Chapter 271: Escort back to Beijing
A farce in King Jing's Mansion finally came to an end. The family members of King Jing were left in Qizhou to wait for the fate www.biquge.info of the king's family, while he and a group of masterminds entered Beijing under the heavy escort.
In the process of entering Beijing, the long journey and the heavy army were all in good spirits all the time.
Sun Zan and Dai Shan fought in front, and Xiao Jing observed King Jing and the others in the cage in the middle. Li Mu'er didn't want to appear in front of them, so she followed a little farther away.
Ma Cong naturally accompanied her.
Li Mu'er still looked sullen, and Ma Cong had no choice but to divert her attention and chat with her: "Mu'er, do you know the 'golden threshold' in front of King Jing's Mansion? ”
"Golden threshold?" Li Mu'er was really attracted to attention, "Is it the threshold that you must pass when entering and leaving the mansion?" ”
"Hmm."
"In this way, the threshold is indeed golden." Li Mu'er turned around and asked, "Is there any allusion, Brother Cong?" ”
"Well, at the southwest entrance of the palace, there are three six-pillar archways; In front of the six-pillar archway, a huge monument of 'civil and military officials dismount here' stands tall. Before entering the house, it is necessary to pass this huge threshold, the north and south ends of this threshold are carved with white marble dragon head shape, and a copper threshold is poured and fixed with lime, glutinous rice and tung oil in the middle, and the golden light is brilliant, so the people are accustomed to calling this threshold 'golden threshold'. Ma Cong patiently analyzed the "former prosperity" of this article for her, and comforted at the end, "The golden threshold represents the supreme power of King Jing in Qizhou City, but now, it has lost its prestige. King Jing, who was rampant and domineering in Qizhou City, finally subjugated the law, what do you guess the people think? ”
Li Mu'er suddenly understood what he meant, so she followed his words and asked with a light smile: "Are the people happy?" ”
"Well, happy," Ma Cong also laughed, probably because he was in a hurry to see her, his complexion was much darker than when he was in the capital, "Mu'er, you helped the people push down the golden threshold, and the people will be grateful to you." ”
Li Mu'er lowered her eyebrows, but quickly raised her head and said, "Brother Cong, when did you become so good at talking?" ”
Ma Cheng raised an eyebrow triumphantly.
Li Mu'er chatted with him for a few words, and his mood did improve greatly, but he suddenly remembered something, and asked embarrassedly: "That, Brother Cong, I haven't asked you yet, why did you come?" There are enough people here. ”
Ma Cong was stunned, turned his head to stare at her and said, "I am Jinyiwei, and I naturally have to get the emperor's order to travel." ”
The implication is that Zhu Youzhu sent him. Li Mu'er paused and asked again, "Is he okay?" ”
"Good. It's just that since I received an urgent letter from Sun Zhan, I was in a hurry, and I just fulfilled my wish and asked me to come to you. ”
Ma Cong is really better at speaking than before, Li Mu'er smiled. That letter should have told Zhu Youzhi that the talented son of the Chen family refused to help, and Li Mu'er personally went into battle and infiltrated the Jingwang Mansion, right?
Is he in a hurry? Li Mu'er thought to herself.
Yes, naturally, I was in a hurry.
Zhu Youzhu sat on the high seat of the Qianqing Palace, and asked He Wending for the umpteenth time: "How many days have they been leaving?" Where has it been? ”
He Wending smiled and answered: "Back to the emperor, it's only been a few days." There are many people and cars, and you will definitely not be able to go fast. ”
How would Li Mu'er know that when Zhu Youzhu learned that she had entered the tiger's den in King Jing's Mansion, he couldn't wait to run to her immediately to protect her. However, Qizhou City is really far away, once and again for nearly a month, who can handle the affairs of the court?
In desperation, he had no choice but to retreat and send Ma Cong to help. Unexpectedly, Li Mu'er really has her ability, and she actually cooperated with Xiao Jing in such a short period of time, and completely grasped the facts of King Jing's crime.
How the hell did she do it?
Zhu Youzhu took the folding fan placed on the shore, and in this hot July day, because he thought that the person in the distance had embarked on the return journey, he unconsciously felt a little nervous and nervous in his heart......
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"Stay here tonight."
As soon as Xiao Jing Dai Shan spoke in front, everyone stopped one after another. Li Mu'er couldn't help but ask, "Brother Cong, where have you been?" ”
As soon as Ma Cong got off the horse, he signed his and Li Muer's horses with his left and right hands, and said, "It's still early, it's just less than half the way into Henan." ”
Henan. Through the whole of Henan, you can reach Jingshi, soon.
"What's wrong?"
Li Mu'er came back to her senses, only to find that Ma Cong had spread her palms in front of her, waiting for her to dismount. She hurriedly disguised it casually: "Oh, it's nothing, it should be close to Liu, right?" ”
"Liudu?" Ma Cong was puzzled, "Well, it's really close, and if you go a few dozen miles to the east, you can enter the realm of Liudu." What's wrong? ”
Liudu - Nanjing, the former capital. Li Mu'er shook her head and dismounted, and said with emotion: "It's okay, I'm just thinking that before moving the capital to Beijing, it must also be a prosperous place." ”
"That's nature." Xiao Jing happened to come over at this time, smiled and patted Ma Cong's shoulder, looked Li Mu'er up and down again, and said, "Are you in a better mood today?" ”
"Xiao Jing, even you can see it, it seems that I have to hide my emotions well."
"It's okay, when I return to Beijing, it will be fine."
There was something in his words, which made Li Mu'er almost blush. The three of them chatted and walked into the post station together.
A few days ago, I didn't pass through the post station, so I had to charter an inn to stay, and the clerks saw that there were officials and prisoners, and everyone was near and far away. It was different at this station, and the officers and soldiers on the errand were extremely enthusiastic about them. After settling King Jing and the other prisoners well, several people also drank a glass of wine and enjoyed a big meal.
The wine was only slightly drunk, and in the dead of night, Li Muer slept alone in a room, but she began to feel dizzy.
Could it be that I haven't drunk for a long time, and the amount of alcohol is like this?
Or is there something wrong with the wine?
There is no reason, how vigilant Jinyiwei is, in the process of escorting the prisoners, the food and drink are all tested for poison with silver needles, and today will be no exception.
Her instincts told her that the fatigue was not a good sign. She struggled to her feet, hoping to sober herself up and find the horse.
When his eyes swept to the door, he inadvertently caught a glimpse of the incense burning on the table.
There are ghosts in the incense!
As soon as Li Mu'er realized this, the sound of weapons connecting outside had already sounded. It seems that someone really came to rob the down-and-out prince!
But since the medicine can be put in the incense, it must have been controlled in this inn, why is there such a violent fight?
Ma Cong and they drank a lot at night, are they all okay?
Li Mu'er hurriedly struggled to get up and walked towards the door. As soon as the door was opened, Ma Cong's figure appeared in front of her, protecting her.
His neat hands and feet look like he has been drugged?
"Brother Cong...... You don't have ......."
"Hmm." Ma Cong seemed to anticipate what she was going to ask, and before she could finish speaking, he spoke.
"Why is that?" (To be continued.) )