Chapter 5: Out of the City at Night
The vast territory of Hanze Continent, since the development of ancient civilization has a history of thousands of years, the empires established by different regimes on this continent rose and fell, and the cycle continued, until 500 years ago, the ancestor of the Fanjing Dynasty, Bian Chengye the Great, led his tribe to conquer the Central Plains and the south from the north, and became the last country to rule the entire continent. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
Eighteen years ago, the world turmoil made the Fanjing Dynasty, which once dominated the world and had a magnificent golden age, inevitably split into six countries. In addition to the Wei State bordering the Ning State, the Han Yan State, there are also the Yun State in the middle, the Guiyu State in the east, and the most powerful Jingtang in the north.
A hundred miles west of Rongyue, an important western border town of Ningguo, is the Kexi grassland, famous for its lush vegetation and fine horses, which is now under the rule of the royal court of Gulle.
When the Six Kingdoms were first established, because of the perennial wars were all weak and remnants, in order to have time to breathe, several countries had jointly sent an envoy to the alliance in Shengjing, the capital of Jingtang Dynasty, and signed an armistice agreement to recognize each other's legitimacy as their own rulers.
In this way, the struggle of various countries has shifted from sending troops to elaborate operations that are much less costly.
Discord, stealing, blaming, investigating, plotting rebellion, there are many kinds of tricks, and they emerge in endlessly.
Some people directly train spy talents to secretly import into the other country, and some people prefer to buy news from well-informed and well-informed famous families, and the most well-known of this kind of Jianghu Hall is the Yunyun Pavilion.
In the eyes of the people of the rivers and lakes, the most mysterious pavilion can always remind its existence when the world is about to forget it.
Two years ago, in the election of the head of Qingxiao Mountain, Li Ming, the closed disciple of the old head, suddenly rose to the top and sat in the position of head unexpectedly, that is, at the request of the head of the second sect, the most popular candidate had asked Elder Si Li to stand on his side in order to win the head before the election, and he impulsively killed someone after being refused.
Seven months ago, Wei and Jingtang almost broke off diplomatic relations, and Yun Guo, who was also caught in the middle, asked Yunyun Pavilion to take over the business and asked them to find out the reasons for the hostility between the two countries. In the end, it turned out that the marriage of the two kingdoms of Wei and Tang was imminent, in order to make the marriage not finish, a country made a detailed work to take advantage of the time when Jingtang was about to inspect the fiefdom with the princess of Jinxi, and found a similar disguise master pretending to be the second brother of Jinxi's fiancé, the second prince of Wei broke into the camp tent to tease, and the figure of the princess who ran away after the stunned princess was gone, Jingtang claimed to be the head of the country, and lost such a big face, the Jingtang Emperor was very angry, but Wei did not admit it, at this time, the envoys of Yunguo came to Jingtang, and took out the evidence, when looking for this businessman, But the building was empty.
Now, the person in charge of today's most mysterious pavilion, Song Jin, the eldest princess of Ningguo, pursed the corners of her lips slightly, her eyes were good, her expression was solemn, and she carefully examined the single book in her hand.
Although Ah Zheng doesn't have Song Jin's vision, he can be regarded as a person who understands Song Jin, and for so long, I haven't seen Song Jin see anything with this look.
"Master, I'm afraid things are not good, the post report of the border pass in the past two days should arrive in the deep capital."
Song Jin frowned, this was different from what she expected. According to the reliable news reported by the spies who installed the royal court, the royal doctor of the court has been notified to prepare for the future, and it is estimated that it is a matter of the past few days, and it is after learning this information, Song Jin did not move, and postponed the time of the group's action until around Gu Yu, at that time, the old king of Turle should have returned to heaven, and several princes are bound to fight for the new throne.
Song Jin is an unnoticeable existence in the palace of Ningguo, she is very low-key, and she has no sense of existence, everything is to prepare for the future departure, and she can easily cut off the relationship with the palace at that time, and at the same time, it is also to make the fact that she is not visible have as little impact as possible on the royal family of Ningguo.
But this does not mean that she is really as ordinary and incompetent as she appears.
Song Jin has always been very clear about the ambition of the Emperor of Ning, and I believe that King Ning also felt it, and the envoy of the eldest son of Emperor Yan of Han to the State of Ning was the most direct reaction to the ambition of the Emperor of Ning.
Yuan Yun, the eldest son of Emperor Yan of Han, sent an envoy to Ning to negotiate an alliance between the two countries to help Ning deal with the anti-Ning State of Jule and Wei's eyesight of Ning State, and sent his own eight-character and pro-family letter to set the marriage between Song Jin, the eldest princess of Ning State, and himself. This is also part of the alliance.
Song Jin also knew about it, but she didn't take it to heart, since it was certain that she was going to leave, who was her so-called fiancé made no difference to her.
But now there is a problem with timing and planning.
Ah Zheng and Ah Sheng stood aside without saying a word, the night gradually deepened, and the front yard separated by a wall already had the sound of silk and bamboo music, and the voices gradually became lively, and the quiet needle drop could be heard in the house of the first brand of the peony building.
Minglou - that is, Qin Se, seeing Song Jin slowly flipping through the leaflet, the chief steward Ah Zheng stood aside respectfully and did not say a word, and he was even more careful to serve with his hands down and did not dare to speak, originally she had no chance to see the pavilion master, if it wasn't for the exposure of the hall in the capital of the pavilion before, the pavilion master would not have used this place. Before the pavilion master came, the chief manager of Ah Zheng told himself to be careful not to talk nonsense, and he was also a little nervous and excited.
Now that he saw the real person, Minglou was stunned. The pavilion master is young, but he is still a woman. She raised her eyes lightly and looked forward, the pavilion master's appearance was middle and upper, belonging to the beautiful column, but it was not beautiful, if there was anything special, it was those eyes, which should not belong to a girl.
Famous buildings are also counted as reading countless people, I have never seen such a pair of unfazed eyes, when I think about it, there is a storm inside, and afterwards there is a deep pool. In this way, from the moment she entered the door to now, she has been indifferent, not that she has a bad temper, she has always been smiling, but there is a kind of indifference, but also indifference, this feeling is like ...... It seems that no one is qualified to touch her.
Although he is not very old, he is imposing, elegant and tall, although he is wearing men's clothes, because his figure has been modified, he looks like an elegant son. Maybe when you enter the door, you can restrain your breath and don't see anything special, but now it is serious and serious, and the aura of a person who has been in the top position for a long time slowly fills this brightly lit and warm room, and Minglou feels a little cold.
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Song Jin finished flipping through the booklet, put it on the desk, slowly pondered the matter, and slowly rubbed the jade pendant in front of his waist with his right hand.
After a while, she stood up and suddenly asked Ah Zheng, "When you come back this time, what about the brother you brought?" ”
"They have already settled in your Zhuangzi outside the city, they are too heavy in the rivers and lakes, and there are many people, and they are afraid that they will be targeted by the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division when they enter the Yuandu, so they didn't let them in."
Song Jin agreed, and then turned back to Lu Ao and said: "Without further ado, Ah Zheng wants to go out of the city with me, Master, you go back to the house and find someone to pick up the messengers in the direction of Rong Yue as soon as possible, I'm afraid this time it will be a real fight, and it will be much earlier than I expected." ”
Lu Ao nodded, got up and wanted to leave, Song Jin saw the tea can and the set of six gentlemen next to the booklet, and turned his head to call Ah Zheng: "This is the good thing you said?" ”
Ah Zheng didn't react, and only understood when he followed Song Jin's gaze.
"Yes, this is a set of excellent tea sets that I went over there to find for a long time, and the owner happened to encounter a bad business, and the funded ship ran into a reef and sank at sea, losing a lot of money, so he gave it to me. I think of you and ...... Madame likes tea sets, so she found it. ”
Song Jin smiled and nodded Ah Zheng and said: "More than that, you are the most playful, and you like to collect the most, which merchants have you pit this time." ”
Ah Zheng seemed to think of something, his expression flickered a little, and he immediately returned to normal, and he had cultivated a good attitude in charge of things outside all the year round, and smiled unhurriedly: "How can there be!" Miss, you don't believe in my character, I have never traded money and goods freely, all willingly. ”
Ah Sheng has been silent, just waiting for Song Jin, and then Wen Yan glanced at Ah Zheng: "Okay, it's enough for you to run rampant outside, but you can't deceive Miss, but you have to pay attention to proportion, don't get into trouble, otherwise I won't intercede for you." ”
Ah Zheng waved his hands, not daring, Song Jin smiled and shook his head helplessly. This sent Lu Ao out of the back door, discussed a few words with Lu Ao in a low voice, and watched the carriage drive out of the back alley before turning back.
After sending Lu Ao away, Song Jin took Qin Se and took the two of them on the horse that Ah Zheng ordered people to prepare, and the three of them ran out of the city.
When he arrived at the West City Gate, it was almost the end of the day, and the city gate would be closed in half an hour, Ah Sheng looked at the sky, and suggested that Song Jin go back to the palace first, and when the night was dark, don't do anything when you go out of the city, and you can't come back.
When Song Jin heard this, he slowly stopped, looked at the sky, and slowly shook his head:
"It's okay, I went out today, I was going to go to the master to practice kung fu after seeing A Zheng, and I explained to my mother that I would stay outside too late today, and it would be the same to stay in Zhuangzi for one night, we walked on the official road, and it was dressed up by people in the rivers and lakes, and the suburbs of Beijing were very close, so there would be no problems."
Ah Sheng thought about it, just in case, he took out the saber in the bag and put it on the three of them, and the three masters and servants dressed in men's clothes took advantage of the night and galloped out.
In the deep black sky, a big moon hung above, and the bright and cold moonlight shone in the suburbs of Beijing, not far from the official road, in a forest very close to the official road, all the sounds were silent, the whole forest was like a sleeping beast, pitch black, silent, the black hole could not be seen, like the mouth of a giant beast, absorbing all things.
Suddenly, the silence seemed to be waiting for the trigger, and I don't know what to disturb, and a flock of birds flew out of the forest, their wings staggering and flapping weakly into the sky, as if they had been awakened from their sleep, and were so frightened that they flew straight to the moon and flew high, adding a bit of uncertainty and abnormality to this ordinary night.