Chapter 316: A Narrow Encounter
Considering that it was a terrible thing to be infected in this era, no matter how hard Helian tried to hold on to the water, He Mullan still rested for a day before letting him continue riding.
Helian Zhishui had his own insistence, even if He Mulan said that the wound medicine of these Lu Shuihu people was very good, and there was no difference between her bandaging and Lu Shuihu's bandaging, Helian Zhishui still insisted on asking He Mulan to bandage him.
The children of this era were sensible early, and the education and edification they received were different from those of modern people, and Helian Zhishui was one thing unavoidable - Helian Zhishui was a nobleman, and Lu Shuihu was just a group of miscellaneous beards.
In his opinion, Lu Shuihu is lowly and careless, and no matter how much He Mullan thinks everyone is equal, he can't erase the estrangement between education and the environment for many years.
From He Mulan's point of view, Zhishui was just a child who had not grown all his hair, and Tuoba Tao sent him to follow him in order to gain Helianding's trust, and also to show Dawei's sincerity to Helianding.
It's nothing to take medicine for him, but it is unacceptable to force him to set off regardless of his body, after all, Helian's identity is already very important.
After deliberation, Hermulan personally took Helian to stop the water and hurried.
"Hahahaha...... How do you ride a horse sideways...... Hahahaha...... Won't it fall? Lurtai laughed when he saw Helian riding a horse, and he dismounted with a smile.
Helian Zhishui opened his folded legs a little with an ugly face, and roared angrily: "It's not that my leg is injured, why do you ride a horse like this!" โ
"Hahaha, I know your leg is injured, ouch, hahaha, the last time I saw someone riding a horse like this, it was a little girl, are you really the son of Helian Gong? For such a big person, just riding a horse for a day, you have to take the ...... with the general."
"You are just a miscellaneous beard, and you dare to ...... Hmm, hmm, hmm......"
Helian looked back at Hermulan behind him, who was covering his mouth and shook his head disapprovingly.
With his "miscellaneous beard" exit, the atmosphere was strangely stagnant, and Luertai's hearty smile suddenly put away, and he successfully stopped laughing at him.
It's just that he doesn't even look at him except for not teasing him anymore. Gai Wu even rode out of the column from behind He Mulan, squeezing into the crowd of Lu Shuihu to appease something.
He Mulan let go of Helian and sighed involuntarily.
Helian Zhishui's great-grandfather Zhang Yuan is so scheming and visionary, and Helian Ding can be regarded as a momentary master, but this child still has the habit of being a gentleman, and he has never suffered hardship.
If He Mulan didn't know that his nature was not bad, but because he had experienced too painful things, his personality was a little perverse, and there was such a โกโก in the team, she would have stopped doing it, and she had to kick him out of the team.
This kid is also smart, and when he noticed that the atmosphere changed suddenly, he immediately looked up pitifully and asked her, "General Hua, is it that I was too angry just now......
This kind of thing will not be mentioned again in the future. Even His Majesty had never called them Zahu in front of these warriors of Lu Shuihu. He Mulan looked at him disapprovingly: "You are indeed dragging us back now, and it is inconvenient for me to take you personally, but this is also a helpless way, you should be patient, and you will be angry at Lu Shuihu, and even speak ill of you, it is not a gentleman's doing." โ
Helian Zhishui's face turned white, and he couldn't speak, and finally only lowered his head.
The vicinity of Xingcheng is mountainous, and now it is winter, and the wind can scratch people's faces from galloping horses. Hermulan had long been accustomed to this harsh wind in the Northland, and Helian Zhishui originally wanted to maintain his own demeanor, but after being blown by the wind and almost falling down a few times in the morning, he obediently turned around and sat upside down, nested himself in Hermulan's warm cloak, and pretended to be dead.
Lu Shuihu didn't look at him, and of course he didn't laugh at him, only the pedestrians on the road looked sideways and pointed at Helian Zhishui. A young man sits sideways and buries his face in the arms of a man, which naturally triggers infinite reverie.
He Mulan is a person who doesn't pay attention to other people's opinions, there is no hiding along the way, how you like to look at it, but Helian Zhishui is not such a person, all the way down, I can't wait for my legs to hurry up, and I will never be seen by this strange eye again.
In the blink of an eye, a day passed, and hundreds of people went straight to Chang'an City to stay overnight. After Chang'an, it will take three days to go west to Qinzhou. Not long after Xia Guogang Ding, after so many years of fighting, the people have not yet recovered, Chang'an is Helianding's fiefdom, guarded for nearly ten years, Helian Zhishui is very familiar with it, he needs supplies on the way to the west, and the first thing he thinks of is Chang'an.
They want to go to Xingcheng is a secret investigation, so naturally they have to disguise themselves, He Mulan used glue made of glutinous rice juice to put a beard on his face, which can't be melted without hot water. And Helian Zhishui was wearing ordinary people's clothes and looked like a small servant.
The two of them brought their own soldiers, family generals, and hundreds of Lu Shui Hu Zhuangding, and at first glance, they thought of the famous "Tiantai Army" in Qinzhou, so when they got started, they caused trouble.
The guards would not let them into the city.
Helian was about to get angry, but He Mullan stretched out his hand and pulled him aside. Chen Jie, who was behind him, skillfully took out a bag of things from his arms, talked to the city gate official for a while, and after stuffing some more things, a group of people were finally released.
Where had Helian Zhishui seen such a scene, and asked strangely with his mouth wide open, "What did General Chen give him just now?" Why did you suddenly change your attitude? โ
Not only did he let them in, but he also showed them the way.
Why?
When he came to his senses, he found that he had already asked.
"Because this is the characteristic of Wei Guoism." He Mulan replied to him with a smile, and when he saw that Helian Zhishui looked ignorant, he smiled and said, "Because we paid for the road." โ
"What? Buying road money? When my father was here, there was never such a rule here! Helian Zhishui said in disbelief: "Who allowed him to buy the road money?" To whom? Da Wei is willing to raise so many moths? โ
"What is your name, there used to be city gate fees in the plains, but I didn't dare to be so blatant." Lurtai sneered.
"If you keep calling, it's useless to give money, we have to deduct it."
After Helianding left Chang'an with his people and went straight to Western Qin, Wei defeated Chang'an again. The city gate officers all retired from the army to serve as garrison troops, so they ate more heavily in the dark.
Just as they had passed through the city gates, debating where to arrange food and lodging for so many people, another caravan that was no less numerous than them entered the city.
Caravans are a group of people that are welcomed in all cities. They traveled from south to north so that goods from north to south could be transported, and they were never stingy with money, and their taxes were high, and the more people they caravans, the more popular they were.
This caravan seems to have come from the west of the Liang Kingdom, some of them are dressed as Hu people in the Western Regions, and the people at the head are tall and mighty, quite young, riding a BMW made by Liang, followed by a carriage, and two maids are sitting on the wheels outside the carriage, and it seems that this carriage is the female dependents of the merchant chief.
The people of the Western Regions are different from the Han people, who often bring their wives or children with them when they do business, and they will even settle down where it is easy to live. Chang'an is in the east-west traffic area, and it is a big city, although such a caravan came in, although it is very spectacular, but when Helian Zhishui and He Mulan saw the appearance of the leader, they were suddenly startled, and immediately lowered their heads, one squatted down as if picking up something, and the other immediately turned his face to the saddle and pretended to arrange the harness.
The leader of the caravan also seemed to be very interested in the many Lu Shuihu people here, but he mistook the barbarian Gu in front of him for the leader of this group of people, and after carefully looking at it for a long time, he looked away, and did not seem to find what he wanted to know.
After this group of people passed, one big and one small couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. He Mulan, who pretended to pick up something, immediately straightened up and exclaimed in surprise:
"He's here! Isn't it supposed to be in Qinzhou? โ
Helian Zhishui's face was even worse. He was somewhat familiar with the leader, the kind that he would absolutely recognize face-to-face, and he was here, so his identity could not be hidden.
โโฆโฆ In any case, let's find a place to stay, preferably away from them. โ
He Mulan looked at Lu Shuihu behind him, and then at Mangu.
"He stands in front of the exam, they seem to think of you as the leader, if you have any contact, remember not to wear a bang."
She said solemnly, and Mangu immediately nodded heavily.
"Don't worry, general, I'll be careful."
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The merchant team dressed in Liangguo has been out for a while, and seeing Di Ziyu frequently looking back, Wang Dong, a Han strategist dressed as a housekeeper next to him, couldn't help but ask:
"The lord, but look at the group of Lu Shuihu people in the back? Although they seem to be brave, their leader seems to be an unknown figure, presumably a member of the Tiantai Army after the split. โ
After the Tiantai army split, they went their separate ways, and they could be seen everywhere in the Xia Kingdom. There are mercenaries, there are bandits, and there are those who mix into the market to make a living, so Wang Dong has this to say.
"It's not those Lu Shuihu people...... Di Ziyu's temperament is almost completely different from the beginning. He paused and continued: "Lu Shuihu who dares to run around at this time should have no problem. I think the back of the guy who picked things up just now ......."
He touched his chin.
"Why does it look so familiar? It's like I've seen it somewhere. โ
"Di Ziyu! You're trying to suffocate me, aren't you? โ
A woman's shout suddenly came from the car behind him.
"Now that you're in the city, let me go to the toilet!"
"The woman is the trouble, and she's still putting on the shelf of her princess! It's just a fake, pretend to be a few days, and really treat yourself as a housewife......" Di Ziyu muttered a few words, but the person obediently rode his horse to the side of the car and instructed a few clansmen to find a suitable inn.
"Hey, bear with me. I said that you are also squeamish, just solve it in the car! โ
Di Ziyu pursed his lips.
"If you want to trouble like this again, I'll kill you!"
"You kill. Kill me, no one will be able to take you to the king. โ
Yucui snorted in the car.
"You said that Helian Ding hid in Chang'an, Chang'an is so big, how to find it?" Di Ziyu waved his horsewhip angrily: "Although I am willing to marry you, I also want you to find Helian Ding for me." Don't put your mother's shelf in advance, you love me, I don't have any pity for you, be careful of my ......"
"Oops......"
There was an exclamation in the car.
"What's wrong!"
Di Ziyu knew that Yucui was not a squeamish person, so she was so shocked that she rolled off the saddle and quickly opened the car door.
The four maids on the carriage are nominally maids, but in fact, they are all his mother's personal female generals, and each has the ability not to lose to men, and Yucui can't get out of the car at all.
There was also a martial maid in the car, staring at her every step of the way.
In the car, the close-fitting female general frowned gloomily, Yucui was originally kneeling in the car, but now she was half-squatting, covering her abdomen with a painful face.
Seeing Di Ziyu open the car door, Yucui glanced at him with slanted eyes and sneered:
"Didn't you want me to be careful?"
Di Ziyu was speechless for a while, and asked in disguise, "What's wrong with you?" โ
Yucui clenched her sleeves and half-knelt down again.
"It's nothing, it's just that the decay water came suddenly."
She didn't have a shy expression, but Di Ziyu, who heard the words, turned into a big red face