Chapter Seventy-Four: Prince Gong Kerim
The carriage staggered forward. Except for the moment when he first left the palace, Fei Ning lifted the curtains and looked out for a while, and then lowered the curtains after turning a few streets. In order to avoid the big butler in the car from misunderstanding the location of the Limeng military camp, he just sat honestly and did not make any other movements.
The chief butler didn't seem to care about his small movements, Xu saw his caution, and comforted with a smile: "Lord Fei doesn't need to be too nervous, my Limeng's army has already started to attack Jing'an a few days ago." ”
He had been locked up in the palace all day, and no one had told him about the situation outside, so Fei Ning was a little surprised to hear the news. "This is a fight? How many troops did Limeng send this time? As soon as the words came out, he realized that something seemed to be wrong, and he hurriedly added: "Hehe, if it is inconvenient to sue the old man, the big housekeeper will treat the old man as if he didn't ask anything." ”
The big butler smiled proudly: "It's okay to sue you." We sent an army of 300,000 this time, even if we use a pile of people, we can also pile up the wall of Yuguan in that town! ”
After all, he has been a Jing'an person all his life, and when he heard the news, Fei Ning subconsciously "chuckled" in his heart and raised it. Then he thought that he was now a traitor to Jing'an, this worry was too redundant, and he smiled bitterly at himself, and he didn't have the heart to talk to the big housekeeper anymore.
The rickety carriage was like a cradle, and after all, Fenning was old and not as energetic as before. After sitting for less than two quarters of an hour, he leaned back against the carriage and dozed off. I don't know how long I slept, but I was suddenly woken up by the big housekeeper: "Lord Fei, wake up, we're here." ”
Arrived? Fei Ning opened his eyes suddenly, as if he had come to see the emperor in the past. habitually recuperated his appearance, and then got out of the carriage with the big butler.
A vault larger than the small courtyard where he now lived stood in front of him. On the white curtains, the two colors of Xuan and gold are full of incomprehensible Limeng characters and various ancient totems of different forms. Not only does it not look fancy, but it looks seven points solemn and three points mysterious.
Walking into the tent, Fei Ning raised his eyes and saw a bookcase facing the door of the tent, and the bamboo slips on the bookcase were stacked at random, piled up into a hill. A man who looked to be in his forties sat on the floor behind a bookcase, pen in hand. Something was written on a tube of bamboo slips.
This man is very elegant, although he is dressed in aristocratic clothes, but the bookish smell exuded from the writing posture. It is no different from those weak scholars in Jing'an. But when he looked up, Fei Ning realized how wrong his impression had just been.
It's not that this man looks rough, on the contrary, he has a face like jade. The complexion is different from the bronze of other Limeng people. Born very fair-skinned. What made Fei Ning realize that his first impression of him was wrong was those eyes. Ferning had lived to this age, and had never seen such sharp eyes on anyone's face. There seemed to be two arrows emitting a faint cold light inside, and when he looked at it, his gaze was as sharp as substance, and it made people's hairs stand on end, and he didn't dare to look at them.
With these eyes, Fei Ning is very sure - this man is not easy to mess with.
But. This sharp gaze disappeared after the chief butler opened his mouth to introduce him.
"Lord Qiqi, Lord Fei has already brought it."
"Lord Fei. This is our lord. The chief butler turned his head and saw that Fei Ning was obviously shocked by his master, and he couldn't react for a while, so he kindly secretly stretched out his finger and stabbed him.
Fei Ning came back to his senses, habitually preparing to perform the kneeling ceremony that was prevalent in Jing'anguo, and only halfway did he bend his knees to remember the prince in front of him, so he stood up straight again in embarrassment, pressed his left hand on his heart, and bent down respectfully, making a standard Limeng salute.
"The old man visits the prince."
Fei Ning's actions apparently pleased Prince Gong Kerim. He smiled kindly, and said in a straight Jing'an official dialect: "Lord Fei, this king and you have been friends for a long time. It's a pity that the official business has been too busy recently, and Lord Fei has been a guest in the cold house for so long, and this king has not had the opportunity to take the time to entertain you in person, which is really rude. ”
"The prince has every opportunity, and now it is a great honor for the old man to take the time to meet the old man, so why be rude." In exchange for his native Chinese, the ability to speak in the officialdom that Fei Ning had practiced in the past has been rediscovered.
"Does Lord Fei know that his country recently sent troops to attack Jing'an?" It is not a lie that Krimu is busy, in order to save time, he saves the extra polite greetings and directly opens the skylight to say bright words.
"I've already heard from the big butler on the way here."
"Then did Bagan (the big butler) ever tell you, who are you leading the troops to fight in Jing'an this time?"
"This ...... The chief butler did not say it, and asked the prince to make it clear. ”
"Well, let's tell you the truth, this time the leader of the troops is a young man named Cui Yuhe, who is only twenty-five years old this year. Does Lord Fei know him? ”
Are you finally going to come in handy? Fei Ning licked his lips excitedly, cleared his throat, and began to report on Cui Yuhe's situation. "I know ...... Cui Yuhe"
After listening to Fei Ning's introduction, Kerim wrapped one hand around his waist and habitually rubbed the invisible stubble on his chin with the other, thoughtfully.
"In this way, you Emperor Jing'an have high hopes for him."
Fei Ning laughed dryly, "Although this is the case, this kid has never been on the battlefield after all, and he may only talk on paper." The emperor is really old and confused, so many generals in the prime of the court are not selected, but they want to choose such a stinky hairy boy. ”
"Hey, Lord Fei must not be underestimated. Cui Yuhe can stand out among the generals who ask for battle, I am afraid that there is still a bit of excellence. Do you know how his name came about? Krimu asked as he gestured to take a seat, motioning for Fenin to sit down and reply.
Fenning did as the locals did, and sat on the cushion laid out at the bottom left of him, in the same style as Cremu. He took the tea offered by Bagan, took a sip of it comfortably, and then began to explain.
"This is going to talk about the autumn hunt in the seventh year of Pingxi. The prince also knew that the Jing'an royal family held an autumn hunt every three years, and the emperor himself led a number of noble ministers to participate. In that autumn hunt that year, the emperor had a whim, ordered people to surround a large area of woods, put in 99 prey of various kinds, and asked all the children of the official family who were 16 to 20 years old who participated in the autumn hunt that year to be randomly divided into two camps, red and blue, to compete for prey in the forest. The winning side will each receive a generous reward, and those who are excellent can also be directly awarded official positions. At that time, it was stipulated that the leader of the team was selected by those teenagers, and those boys were at the age of blood and strength, and no one was willing to give up this best opportunity to others. And Cui Yuhe, who happened to be crowned that year, stood out among this group of newborn calves and won the position of team leader. I don't know what method he used to mobilize these improvised rabble, like a command, advance and retreat in a measured manner. In the end, the blue side led by him won a complete victory with more than 60 prey, including a tiger, a bear, and two leopards. The emperor praised him a lot, and immediately wanted to give him an official position, but this Cui Yuhe unexpectedly resigned on the grounds that he still wanted to follow his grandfather to learn skills for a few more years. The emperor cherished his talents, not only did not blame, but appreciated him more and more. His talent and fame began to spread from that time. ”
Klim was very satisfied with Fenin's knowledge, and with this initial understanding, he was no longer as jealous of the enemy country's commander as he was at the beginning. "In this way, Cui Yuhe's only record is only to lead a group of hairy boys to win another group of the same opponent?"
As far as the old man knew, that autumn hunt was his only chance to show his skills. In the next few years, this kid lived in a simple and low-key manner. ”
Krimu nodded, and gradually had a plan in his heart to deal with the enemy. Fei Ning, an obedient and easy-to-use chess piece, also got his eyes on him again. "This king will set off tomorrow and personally rush to the battlefield to suppress the battle. Would you like to come along? As long as Lord Fei can cooperate like today in the future, when I win a complete victory, this king guarantees that in the future, your status in your country will not be lower than when you were in Jing'an. ”
This is exactly what Fei Ning wants, how could he not want to? immediately got up and saluted again, and replied: "My subordinates are willing to work for the dogs and horses." (To be continued.) )