Chapter 246: Triumph
It turned out that the woman had not yet married.
Lu Qingrong has been in the Great Qi Dynasty for more than ten years, and it is indeed rare for a girl who has not yet married at this age.
Seeing that her words were extremely frank at this time, Lu Qingrong suddenly felt a little embarrassed, especially looking at the men's clothes on her body, which was even more embarrassing.
"That's what I'm here for." Lu Qingrong hurriedly responded, "My husband is also in the army, and he entered the city today." Then he explained: "Dressed like this, I want to be low-key and less troublesome." β
"This lady was indeed prescient!" The woman sighed: "I knew we should have dressed like this." β
Lu Qingrong glanced at the curtain by the window that was similar to the color of his clothes, and could only smile bitterly.
"I almost forgot to say that my maiden name is Ren, and this is my personal maid, called Ziying." The woman spoke eloquently.
I heard that she has called her own family "mother's family", and it seems that she is really going to get married soon. Lu Qingrong said secretly in his heart.
"It turned out to be Miss Ren. My maiden name is Lu, and my husband's surname is Jiang. Lu Qingrong introduced truthfully.
Miss Ren was slightly stunned, and couldn't help but look her up and down, knowing that she was abrupt, she quickly retracted her gaze, but secretly repeated in her heart, her mother's surname is Lu, and her husband's surname is Jiang......
But neither of them likes to get to the bottom of things, especially for people who have just met.
Lu Qingrong and Miss Ren had a tacit understanding that they didn't ask anything.
"Looks like it's time to be in town soon!" Lu Qingrong looked out the window and said.
"Oh?" Miss Ren also looked down the street, only to see that there was nothing but the bustling crowd at this time. On the road, there are several official sedan chairs or carriages, all heading to the city gate.
This time, Mobei won the victory. The imperial court attaches great importance to it, so there are many civil and military officials sent to greet the triumphant, and the lineup is very large, and I heard that even the first assistant of the cabinet, Lord Ji, is among them.
"Maybe these people came early." Miss Ren looked at the official sedan chairs and carriages, and joked with a smile: "If it is any later, I am afraid that the street will be blocked by the crowd watching the excitement, and those officials can only walk past!" β
"There will be soldiers coming. Block a way, right? Lu Qingrong remembered the scene of General Zhenbei's return to the dynasty more than ten years ago.
"Yes, yes, but wait until you get out of the way. The official sedan chairs and carriages that go out of the city cannot pass through there. β
After Miss Ren finished speaking, she saw Lu Qingrong's puzzled face, and then explained to her: "This is the custom of the Great Qi Dynasty. In order to welcome the soldiers back to the court, the road blocked out. The triumphant men and horses must go first, and the other parties can follow. β
"I see." Lu Qingrong really didn't understand this, and at this time, he couldn't help but look at Miss Ren differently.
She even began to wonder which of the unmarried wives in the army was this Ren girl.
Helplessly, she knew a total of so many people, Jiang Xuan and Cui Yan were impossible, and Jiang Ling was even more impossible......
While she was thinking alone, there was a sound of gongs and drums playing from the city gate. interrupted her thoughts.
Lu Qingrong and Miss Ren coincidentally looked out of the window again, only to see that a group of soldiers really appeared at this time. Pedestrians began to be intercepted on both sides, and a wide road was suddenly vacated in the middle of the street.
However, when they looked towards the gate tower, they did not see any movement for the time being.
At this time, outside the Desheng Gate Tower, Qiu Yongan was basking in the sun with a reluctant face.
Among the officials who greeted at the city gate this time, it was not uncommon for them to be in high positions, but the main ones who were in charge of the specific affairs of the greeting were Qiu Yongan, the commander of the horses, and a ceremonial officer of the Ministry of Rites.
Originally, Qiu Yongan usually had no official business to speak of, and this kind of errand on the scene was extremely common for him.
But it was this time that made him feel a little uncomfortable.
The Marquis of Jingyuan was young, so he had the opportunity to make this feat, and he was originally unbalanced in his heart, but now he still let him, an elder, be in charge of greeting affairs, and he always felt that his face was not very good-looking.
At this time, he looked around left and right, and saw the officials who were drinking tea in the tea shed temporarily built at the city gate, including Ji Ming, the first assistant of the cabinet, which made him feel a little better.
But it's only for a moment.
After all, he and the Lu family are a bit of a holiday, the last time the capital tested, he and Lu Yiduo formed a lot of bonds, and now the Marquis of Jingyuan is Lu Yiduo's son-in-law.
What's more, Qiu Yongan, as Qiu Jinting's father, is still Jiang Ke's father-in-law......
Thinking of this, he frowned even more.
Immediately afterwards, I saw that Qiu Yongan ignored the ceremonial officer next to him, and directly called the court musician headed by him to him, and gave a few words in his ear.
The expression on the musician's face was a little surprised for a moment, and then turned into embarrassment, and finally Qiu Yongan glanced at him slightly threateningly, before he bowed his head and returned to his original position without saying a word.
At this moment, a chaotic sound of horses' hooves gradually sounded, from far and near.
Immediately after, the people at the gate of the city saw the black crowd in the distance, riding horses.
In an instant, he had come to the city.
This time, when the army returned to the dynasty, most of the soldiers and horses stayed in the suburbs of Beijing and Xuanfu, and only more than 10,000 people followed Jiang Xuan back to Beijing.
And most of the more than 10,000 people are also stationed outside the city, and there are only 2,000 people who can really follow him into the city.
At this time it was these two thousand people who came to the city.
Jiang Xuan rode a jujube red war horse, at the front of the team, dressed in military uniform, calm and composed, with a kind of calmness unique to the battlefield.
The tea shed that was still lively just now was already empty.
All the officials stepped forward and stood in positions according to their ranks, welcoming the victorious soldiers of Mobei.
Seeing this, Jiang Xuan immediately turned over and dismounted, his posture calm.
At the signal of the celebrant officer, the sound of gongs and drums became more intense, and the rhythm became more and more compact.
Jiang Xuan was still unhurried.
I saw that he started from Ji Ming, the first assistant of the cabinet, and thanked him in turn, saying something like "thank you", and he only smiled modestly at everyone's compliments.
After greeting the officials, Jiang Xuan came to Qiu Yongan.
"There is Captain Lao Qiu, and this time the Xingshi will move the crowd to greet him." Jiang Xuan said politely.
"Don't dare to be!" Qiu Yongan naturally didn't dare to show the impatience in his heart, with joy on his face, and his smile was inevitably exaggerated, "The prince of Jingyuan Marquis fought for the country and did his best, no matter how much he raised the army, it was not too much!" β
Jiang Xuan arched his hand and said, "Qiu Duwei praised it." β
Qiu Yongan continued to maintain a smile and reminded: "Please enter the city by General Zhengbei!" Today, the emperor will personally go to the noon gate to greet him, and ask the general to conquer the north not to miss the auspicious time. β
Seeing him urging like this, Jiang Xuan couldn't help but wonder a little in his heart.
Ben didn't think much about it, and when he turned around and walked towards his war horse, he noticed that the simple and rapid gong and drum beat just now had now turned into a magnificent piece of music, which sounded very familiar.
Jiang Xuan suddenly stopped and paused for a moment, as if recalling where he had heard this music before.
In an instant, Jiang Xuan suddenly broke out in a cold sweat, and immediately turned around and walked back towards Qiu Yongan.
"I'm tired of Captain Qiu." Jiang Xuan was unusually strict, but he was not angry.
"General Zhengbei, please speak!" Qiu Yongan continued to urge: "Don't let the emperor wait for a long time!" β
"Since it's to welcome me and wait for my triumphant return, let's change the triumphal song!" Jiang Xuan smiled slightly, "In this way, the name is justified, and we are more down-to-earth." β
Jiang Xuan did not say it directly.
But Qiu Yongxin was like a mirror, he just pretended to be stunned for a moment, and immediately ordered to change the triumphal song.
Jiang Xuan returned to his horse with satisfaction.
And at the moment when he turned around, he saw the musician at the head at the same time, and he seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, which was also a lot more relaxed.
At this time, the musician was still happy, and he could even say that he was a little afraid.
The music that Qiu Yongan asked him to play just now, although it is not among the royal orders, can still be regarded as the exclusive use of the emperor.
Back then, the emperor was in power, and he had just overthrown the auxiliary king, and he feasted the ministers in the palace, which was the music used. And this piece was also specially composed for that banquet, and it was played in several royal banquets later. Although it has rarely been seen again in recent years, it has never been used elsewhere.
And the reason why Jiang Xuan insisted on changing the triumphal song was also because he remembered the origin.
At this time, the triumphal rectome has been sounding for a while, and the melody has gradually changed from flat to high-pitched, magnificent and inspiring.
With the sound of this passionate music, Jiang Xuan led two thousand elite cavalry from Zhenbei to the city in a mighty manner.
Lu Qingrong, who was looking forward to it by the window of the teahouse, finally waited for the figure that made her think about it day and night.
The crimson shoulder armor and battle robe made Jiang Xuan even more imposing.
Lu Qingrong couldn't see the cheers of the people on the street, he couldn't hear the exclamations coming from both sides of the private room, and he didn't even pay attention to the two thousand soldiers and horses behind the general, and there seemed to be only one person in front of him, which was Jiang Xuan.
She saw Jiang Xuan sitting on the horse with his head held high, saw Jiang Xuan's red robe was particularly bright, and saw that Jiang Xuan seemed to be thin and dark.
"The expression of the Marquis of Jingyuan is so scary!" Miss Ren suddenly said: "I don't know if he is so strict in the mansion on weekdays?" β
Is it strict?
Lu Qingrong has many expressions imprinted in his heart, leisurely and indifferent, cynical, focused, serious, gentle and caring, and even includes hippie smiley faces, but this Yan sΓΉ, she has seen less.
At this time, I looked at him again, and this attention found that it was really as Miss Ren said, and it was extremely cold.
Lu Qingrong secretly pondered in his heart, I don't know if he just came back from the battlefield to get here, or if he usually has such a face in front of outsiders?
Just when Lu Qingrong was puzzled, Jiang Xuan, who had been moving forward indifferently and did not respond to the cheering crowd on both sides, suddenly raised his head and looked at the private room where they were. (To be continued......) R1292