Chapter 112: Entering Pingcheng
When He Mulan saw Su Hejun for the first time, all he thought of were characters like "Yue Buqun" and "Murong Fu".
This kind of sincere and elegant appearance should be very popular in ancient times, but because he wore the official uniform of a typical Xianbei high-ranking official, like a Hu person and a Han person, he was stunned to make that elegant lining into a "city government", and sincerity into a "calculation".
To be honest, people with such a temperament have always been the object of Hemmullan's avoidance.
But as soon as he opened his mouth, He Mullan's perception of him suddenly changed.
I saw this middle-aged beautiful uncle jump off the horse, ignoring the large group of colleagues behind him who were rushing like thunder, walked up to He Mulan exquisitely, and pointed to the child in He Mulan's arms in surprise and said:
"Oh my God! Mulan, when did you have such a big son? Did you secretly give birth to a child when you were in the army? How I didn't know! "
As an egret official, this cliff is unbearable!
Still so good at brain supplements.
He Mullan rolled his eyes at the sky.
She pushed out King Wu, whose face was buried in her arms, and brought it directly to him.
"I saved this child on the way......" He Mulan looked at Su Hejun, who seemed to be choked, and smiled proudly:
"…… He said he was His Royal Highness King Wu."
Every prince in the palace knows it, where will he admit his mistakes! The head of the egret official immediately bowed down and said:
"Waiting for the official to order Su and Jun to see His Royal Highness King Wu!"
A group of people who finally caught up with Su Hejun dismounted one after another, and when they saw the young man standing in front of He Mulan, their eyes suddenly widened, and they bent over in the dark.
King Wu was originally worried in his heart, but when he saw that Da Changqiu was also coming, he immediately settled down in his heart, raised his head, and puffed up his chest.
"Excuse me."
For a while, all kinds of officials and soldiers rushed forward, grabbed His Royal Highness King Wu and looked at it carefully, and inquired in detail about the post station. King Wu had all kinds of speculations in his heart, but he didn't dare to tell these officials who didn't know who was standing behind him, they were just perfunctory.
Su Hejun didn't follow these people to ask, His Royal Highness King Wu dared to perfunctory others, but His Majesty didn't dare, when the time came, His Majesty would definitely let the egrets investigate this matter, and he would naturally know.
So when everyone else was surrounding King Wu, this waiting officer Ling asked He Mulan left and right.
"How did you save His Royal Highness King Wu? You're going to Heijo?"
"I'm going to Pingcheng," He Mulan glanced at the officials behind him. I'm going to visit the other comrades, passing by Pingcheng, but I don't want to go into the city with you."
She knew that Su Hejun understood what she meant.
"You guy, it's still like this!" Su Hejun had always known Mulan's character, and when he heard what he meant, he didn't want to swagger into the city, so he scolded with a smile:
"Also, the letter you came from almost made me lose my office! On the side of His Majesty's □, I am walking on thin ice all the time, and as a result, you are so unconsciously dragging me back! "
"It was originally the duty of the Egret officials to picket injustice. Su Hejun who said such things really doesn't look like the Su Hejun I know, where did the Egret official who vowed to tell the heavens all the 'unrighteous things in the world' go?"
Hermulan laughed at him.
"Are you old, your eyes are old, and you can't see people?"
He Mulan ridiculed like this, but Su Hejun was stunned for a moment, showing a look of emotion:
"What you're laughing at is that I'm not like Su Hejun before anymore......"
He raised his head and said in a very low voice:
"It's not like the previous majesty."
The atmosphere was cold for a moment, and He Mullan turned his head uncomfortably. How is Zhang Bin? The Pingluna County Commander collected a large amount of money to buy grain, grass and weapons, which has been taken down by a number of people."
"Yes, I've got a message too. His Majesty had ordered him to be taken to the capital. Hua Mulan, Cui Hao and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince have been moving constantly, and the Pinglu Najiang County Order may be Cui Hao's person, you should be careful in everything."
"What do I have to be careful, running around, uncertain whereabouts......" He Mullan smiled, "I have a lot to say to you, but you seem to be busy right now......"
She pointed to the people behind her who had already begun to call Su Hejun, "You can escort His Royal Highness King Wu back first, the coming day will be long, and when I enter Pingcheng, I will go to you."
Su Hejun also heard the call behind him, he was the most powerful among the people, and he was deeply trusted by the emperor, he talked with He Mulan, no one dared to come forward to interject, he could only call from afar.
"Hey, it's not good if the official is too big, and it's not convenient to catch up." Su Hejun winked at He Mulan, "Go to Pingcheng, come to the Su He family mansion in Changhua to find me, don't go through the main gate, look for the blind door at the corner gate to come in, my personal soldier Tuli, you also recognize it. Don't live in the inn, just stay at my house."
"Okay." He Mullan nodded, and agreed simply.
The feeling that Su Hejun brought to her was very familiar, and He Mulan didn't mean anything polite at all.
After the two finished talking about the old days, they stepped forward with the curious eyes of a group of people. Many of the people in this team are courtiers who have seen Mulan in the palace before, and in the past two years, He Mulan's dress and appearance have not changed, of course some people recognize her.
When they saw that Su Hejun didn't introduce them, they knew that the female general didn't want to be involved in the matter, so they just stood there and saluted. He Mulan returned the salute one by one, and it was not until he stood in front of King Wu that he said in his expectant eyes:
"His Royal Highness King Wu, now that there are so many people protecting you, Ah Shan Zhuo and I are relieved.".
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"What? Won't you come with us?" King Wu shouted in shock, "When you return to Pingcheng, I will let my mother and father reward you heavily!" "
"I thank Your Highness for your kindness, but I have some miscellaneous things ......to do," she said to him, bending down in embarrassment, "I can't accompany Your Highness."
King Wu suddenly remembered that this benefactor was still a general.
Maybe his father didn't allow him to enter Pingcheng casually?
The little fat man thought a lot about it, and suddenly nodded his head violently." If the benefactor is inconvenient, I won't force it, but you wait a while."
He ran to Da Changqiu's side at great speed, leaned over and said, "How much gold did you bring with you?" Give it all to me, and I'll go back to Beijing for you."
The eunuch smiled bitterly and took out two golden tigers that were obviously playthings, only the size of a thumb, from his arms. Tuoba Yu looked extremely disappointed, "That's it?" Da Changqiu is fooling this king?"
"My Highness, I came out on an errand, not to play in the mountains and rivers, why do you bring so much gold!"
Tuoba Yu pursed his lips, and began to look for the leader of the Jinwu again, and went around like this, and when he arrived at Su Hejun, Su Hejun smiled and put a few gold ingots in the hem of his pocket.
He knew that this King Wu loved face, so he took a few pieces from him, and he would only pay more. How could he not do such a lucrative deal? Moreover, the fertilizer water will not flow into the fields of outsiders.
Sure enough, Tuoba Yu used a bag of gold in his hem and hurriedly ran to Shan Zhuo, pouring all these brains at his feet.
"You said that if you saved my life and asked me to give you more gold, I was in a panic and did not answer you immediately, but I swore in my heart that I would give it to you if I could return to Beijing safely. I wanted to give you more, but I don't have any gold left. I know that you have lost all your pack horses, and these are considered to have been given to you by me, and you should not refuse, and you should not be embarrassed."
Tuoba Yu didn't have many playmates in Beijing, he ate and slept with Shan Zhuo in the past two days, and he took care of him more, holding his feet in his arms at night, and worrying that there would be chasing soldiers to accompany him to the toilet during the day, and even the food was roasted and then given to him, he was really grateful in his heart, and gave birth to the dependence that children at this age often have on older children.
Shan Zhuo was used to doing these things because he was with "He Guang", but he didn't expect Tuoba Yu to have such deep feelings for him in his heart, he looked at the broken gold under his feet, and then looked at Tuoba Yu's expectant eyes, and turned back with some hesitation to ask He Mulan with his eyes.
"Take it." He Mullan smiled. His Royal Highness King Wu's life is much more expensive than this gold."
"That's right."
After hearing this, Tuoba Yu nodded seriously and said yes.
Seeing that Mulan also agreed to take it, Edan Zhuo knelt on the ground and thanked Tuoba Yu for his reward.
Before, Tuoba Yu got along with him as an equal, just like "He Guang", but now that he has been successfully welcomed by the ministers of the imperial court and treated him with the courtesy of a prince, he can no longer be so light-hearted.
Unexpectedly, Tuoba Yu also knelt down and bowed to Adanzhuo.
"You saved my life, and you used your body to shield me from arrows, and you are my friend. Friends don't kneel friends, I will pay you back this gift."
After speaking, he didn't wait for Shan Zhuo to react, he stood up suddenly, and walked back to Da Changqiu's side in three or two.
Although Su Hejun was the leader of the team, he was obviously more familiar with Da Changqiu beside the queen, but he still glanced at He Mulan and A Danzhuo a few times with reluctance, and said in a low voice:
"Uncle Uri, let's go back to the palace.".
The convoy to welcome the prince back to the palace departed, and He Mulan and Ah Danzhuo did not follow them into Beijing.
What He Mulan wanted to find was Kou Qianzhi, and she wanted to find out if Tuoba Tao's abnormality was really affected by her, and if so, how to solve it.
Mulan's impression of this monarch is "powerful, good at admonishment, wise and martial", such an evaluation is very high for a woman with an introverted personality like Mulan, and He Mulan is almost certain that Mulan has always admired him.
But such a monarch has now become a tyrannical, ruthless, uninhibited and insanely warlike emperor.
It's only been two years, but the changes are so big that He Mullan has to consider whether what Kou Qianzhi said is really the case.
Whether it is Su Hejun or Tuoba Huang, they are all people who were once valued very much by Tuoba Tao, but now they are all trembling and trembling, and they can't feel at ease." The order of exterminating the Buddha is "cruel and not like a normal person can do it, and the anticipation of the war between Liu and Song makes people can't help but be frightened.
He Mulan is just an ordinary person, she can't fight in the house, in the palace, or in martial arts, and her "battles" are all inherited from Mulan.
But she wants to dye for love, for Chen Jie, for Tuoba Huang, for Qiulin Leopard, and for so many people who don't understand where the future is.
"Isn't there a better way to solve it?"
So, she still took Ardan Zhuo on the road.
"This is Heijo?"
When he went to Liangjun from Wuchuan, he had passed through Pingcheng, but did not enter the city, so when he arrived in Pingcheng, Shan Zhuo thought that he would see a large and amazing town, but found that Pingcheng was not so much a magnificent atmosphere as the capital of the country, but it was better to say that it was better to say that it was ......
"Is this an enlarged version of Takekawa?" Idan Zhuo raised his head stupidly and looked at the city wall not far away. Neither tall nor wide, nor very majestic, the walls are full of arrow towers that can be entered, so that the whole wall looks particularly ugly. [,! ], not at all as beautiful and simple as the Han people's hundreds of years of big cities.
There are six more cities like this outside of Pingcheng.
That is the six northern towns of Gongwei Pingcheng, from west to east for the fertile field, Huaishuo, Wuchuan, Fuming, Rouxuan, Huaihuang. They are typical cities built to meet the fighting function of the Xianbei people, so they are neither divided according to any central axis nor perfect bazaars, and they serve the battle.
And it is too ...... for Heijo to do the same
Shan Zhuo showed a disappointed expression.
"Because our successive Great Khans are all out-and-out warriors, when we come to Your Majesty, the martial style is even stronger." Hua Mulan has a deep memory of this paragraph, so He Mulan also explained to Shan Zhuo with a smile.
"I heard that after the four kingdoms were swept away, Cui Situ and other Hanchen in the court persuaded His Majesty to move the capital to Chang'an or Luoyang, which were more prosperous and more suitable for the 'orthodox' status of the Great Wei, because in the early years of the Great Wei had a narrow territory, and Pingcheng was already a hinterland, but now it is not a good place......"
"Yes, Chang'an and Luoyang are bigger than Pingcheng, right? As for the defense of the city, both of these cities are stronger than the walls of the flat city."
Ah Danzhuo nodded repeatedly, believing that the Hanchens' decision was right.
But His Majesty vetoed it. He said it was ridiculous, because if you defend it, only those who are left behind will die forever. Pingcheng is guarded by six military towns, which is more than enough. Heijo is the heart of the six towns that is preserved by 'not letting the soil be saved', and if the heart is removed, the zài of the six towns will become a joke."
He Mullan showed a somewhat touched expression.
"His Majesty said that the soldiers stood on the city wall against the cold north wind, and the Great Khan, as a warrior of warriors, would not have fought for him if he only knew how to roll in a comfortable bed. Only by living in the crisis-ridden royal capital at any time can everyone work together to prevent the six towns from becoming an isolated city."
He Mulan could understand Tuobatao's thoughts, because the later Ming Dynasty also produced such an emperor. An emperor who is "the Son of Heaven is the gate of the country, and the king is dead". He set the capital in Beijing, and guarded the country with the army of the Son of Heaven, although he could not hold the Mongols and could not go south, but he still could not hold the iron hooves of the Manchus.
Collapse never starts from the outside.
"The walls are so low, the palace is ......," Edan Zhuo looked out, but he didn't find any tall and magnificent eaves for him to see.
"The ...... of the Palace" Homulan recalled, only turning to a little memory of the place.
Mulan seems to like to keep her head down when she gets there, so much so that she can't find anything useful at all.
"The Royal Palace...... It's not big, and besides, the houses are very low." He Mullan thought for a long time and could only find this adjective. Tuoba Tao and the previous Great Khans did not have much money to repair the palace, although Tuoba Tao has now conquered the north, but there are more places to spend money.
It seems that there are many harem concubines who live together, which also leads to the palace fighting of the harem is particularly cruel.
"This is also ...... It's unseemly." Shan Zhuo snorted. In Wuchuan, even the average Xianbei aristocracy will at least enclose a large piece of land and make amazing houses.
"That's why the Hanchens have a headache." He Mulan laughed. The Xianbei people hoped to usher in a brave emperor, but the Han ministers all hoped that the reigning emperor would be majestic and able to represent the 'orthodox'. But our majesty is stubborn, no matter how others die, they will not move the capital, and they are not willing to repair the palace well......"
"The one who can sleep casually in the grass ......"
As He spoke, he was suddenly stunned.
What she had to say, Mulan didn't have in her memory.
And the familiarity she blurted out was as if the emperor had been her friend for many years and could be judged at will. In fact, she hadn't met him at all.
What's going on?
Is she making up something out of thin air based on Mulan's memories?
Or is she a split personality?
He Mullan shuddered.
"Aunt Hua, why don't you speak?"
Shan Zhuo looked at He Mullan, who suddenly stiffened with some concern, and led the horse to follow her into the gate of Pingcheng.
"Nothing, something suddenly came to mind."
Hermulan lightly carried his own trepidation
Because Tuoba Tao was very confident in the safety of Heicheng, it became very easy to enter this stable, and the guards at the gate only casually interrogated a few words, and saw that they were Xianbei people, and they were carrying military horses, so they let them in without even asking for money.
The more you go to the bustling big city, the more generous the door official becomes, this is because you can still survive if you offend people in a small place, and here you may have a person wearing cloth clothes may have a bad identity, and you don't have a comfortable life in a small place when you run errands here.
Having said that, there are many more opportunities to make friends with dignitaries than in small places.
Ah Dan Zhuo entered the gate of Pingcheng with the attitude of "countrymen entering the city", but found that there were many people on the road looking around like him, and he was even afraid of going wrong, which made him settle down all of a sudden, but found that Aunt Hua was calmly walking on the road as if she had no feeling for the stable.
It's worthy of Aunt Hua! So calm everywhere!
'Art is really higher than life. Future generations of TV crews should come here to see what the 'bustling stable' looks like.' He Mulan raised his feet expressionlessly to avoid the poop of a pile of livestock, and looked at the small and wooden houses around him, and even the windows covered by curtain and linen cloth were not even covered by curtain
[,! In contrast, Hengdian Film and Television City is so luxurious that it looks like a palace city on an alien planet.'
He Mulan, who has been to the Forbidden City, Xi'an, Hengdian Film and Television City, Songcheng and other tourist attractions, really feels that Pingcheng is really ...... Ordinary ones are like a bigger town.
It's no wonder that the Hanchens are eager to move the capital to the death.
Then again, it was also good for the emperor to be frugal and informal, at least even the emperor lived in a palace like a big village, and the ministers and nobles did not dare to build that kind of luxurious and spacious mansion.
It's better than the emperor lives, unless it's too fat.
"Excuse me, how do you go to Changhua?" Hermulan asked an old man on the side of the road in the hope that he would show her the way.
As soon as the old man heard the name of "Changhuali", he was in awe, and immediately sincerely hoped that he could show her the way, He Mulan thought that it was probably the same as the land time, hoping that the "nobles" could give some benefits after pointing the way, so he gladly accepted and followed the old man to find Changhuali.
Hemulan and Edan Zhuo led the horses and followed the old man up a heavily guarded street until he was stopped by a few guards at the gate of a fang.
He Mulan and Edan Zhuo took out all the cakes and gave them to the old man as a thank you, because at last they didn't have to nibble on them anymore when they got to such a place.
They've had enough, too.
The old man happily went home with a bunch of hungry and thick cakes, and He Mulan took out the gold seal and showed it to the doorman, and reported the people he was going to visit, and easily entered Changhua.
Tuk Tuk.
"Who?" A middle-aged man opened the corner door with his hands and feet and looked out.
"It's me." He Mulan looked at the one-eyed man with wide eyes and smiled slightly. Is Su Hejun back? Please help me report ......"
The one-eyed man nodded happily.
He Mullan smiled slightly.
"Let's just say that Mulan came as promised."
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