Because it was summer, General Lou was only dressed in a dark brocade robe made by his daughter, with special leather protectors on his knees, chest and elbows, and his long hair mixed with white silk was meticulously tied up and fixed with a hosta.

He is dressed up with a touch of elegance, more like a Confucian general, even if those civil officials see it, they can't help but feel good.

Soon, General Lou arrived at the gate of the city.

It was just after noon, and it was the hottest time of the day.

General Lou's party was really eye-catching, but the gatekeeper saw the flag planted on the guard's horses and hurriedly went up to say hello.

At this moment, a few people came down from the city wall.

first saluted General Lou, and then reported himself to the door.

General Lou dismounted and returned the salute, but frowned, not knowing why the king of the river was waiting to greet him at the gate of the city, but the family of the main house was not there.

Because the time to return to Beijing is uncertain, and it is June and July in the middle of summer, General Lou is not a high-profile person, so he declined the emperor's kindness to let hundreds of officials go out of the city to greet him.

I'm afraid that the day he returned to Shengjing was only known to the secret spy department and the family of the main house, but this king of Hejian didn't know why he was waiting here, looking at this battle, it seemed that he had been waiting here for a while.

Behind the King of Hejian stood a young and handsome man, slightly taller than the King of Hejian, dressed quite luxuriously, it is rumored that the King of Hejian had a son-in-law, King Jingjun, who was quite used by Emperor Taikang, presumably this one.

Although General Lou has not been in Shengjing for many years, he still knows some things about Shengjing.

King Jingjun's peach blossom eyes instantly looked at General Lou's outfit. His gaze fell back, but he didn't see anyone behind him, his eyes were slightly dark, and then his gaze fell on General Lou's waist.

General Lou Da was not a military general who liked to wear jade pendants like those literati, and he only had a long sword with a handle and scabbard inlaid with sapphires and a delicate jewel around his waist, and the net of the jewel was adorned with a pure crystal bead, which glittered in the sun.

This is the glass roof that his daughter gave him in Liangzhou, and he put it together with his gem sword, so he brought it together.

King Jingjun's eyes flashed.

The King of Hejian laughed, "General Lou shocked my great martial arts this time!" You don't know. The great victory in Liangzhou made the entire court boil. ”

General Lou waved his hand. Although he is not used to dealing with officials in Beijing like this, he can only learn to adapt when he returns to Beijing.

"Where is the prince, it is the duty of our generals to protect the family and defend the country."

The King of the River took a step to the side and let his son out behind him. "This is Inuko Hongchang. Because of his admiration for General Lou. Today, I deliberately followed this king to the gate of this city to catch the wind for General Lou. ”

General Lou arched his hand, "King Jingjun." ”

"General Lou, don't be polite to the juniors." King Jingjun returned the salute.

At this time, a group of soldiers and horses came in the distance. There were also about fifty or sixty people, and the leader was wearing a dazzling silver-white light armor, which was He Lin, the commander of the Imperial Forest Army.

He Lin had already heard Emperor Tai Kang say how good General Lou of Liangzhou was with his soldiers and horses, and how could he be convinced as the commander of the Imperial Forest Army, and he had already thought of wanting to compare.

But no, today I specially received the task of taking over General Lou.

He specially selected the most capable men in the Imperial Forest Army, and then ordered them to change into the dazzling heavy armor that Emperor Taikang asked to wear when he left the palace.

A team of tall, short, fat and thin sons and daughters wearing all the same color of silver-white light armor are indeed neat and beautiful, standing in the hot summer sun, reflecting the light, can blind people's eyes, it is indeed dazzling, but this sin is also not small.

The sons and daughters of the Royal Forest Army complained in their hearts, but they didn't dare to say it to the commander, so they could only lead the horses one by one, and their own commanders were also dressed in the same way, what else could they say!

Seeing that the commander looked majestic and high-spirited, he would definitely be able to slap his face today, and the soldiers felt better, if this uncomfortable sweaty outfit could give the Royal Forest Army a long face, then they would admit it.

Originally, everyone was in a good mood, and when they walked on the royal street, a few young people were still in the mood to throw a flattering look at the girls wearing flowers and branches on both sides, but when they arrived at the city gate, they were dumbfounded when they saw the outfits of General Lou's personal guards.

He Lin was still arrogant one moment, and the next moment his face was black and he could drip ink.

He led the men and horses to the gate of the city, in fact, it was okay to look at it from a distance, but when it came to a closer place, the Imperial Forest Army and General Lou's personal guards could immediately distinguish each other.

The unified silver bright heavy armor of the Royal Forest Army, like a big mountain pressing on the body, is also carrying a big black shield behind him, and the crotch is a short-legged horse of different colors in Guanzhong, which is nothing to look at when you want to put it, in short, it is much more magnificent than a donkey, but a stand next to the tall and strong steppe horse unified by the border army, hehe, that is more ...... Gee.

The bantam horse was not equipped with a horseshoe, and it was several centimeters shorter than the steppe horse, and the height of the Imperial Foresters sitting on the horse was a little lower than that of the Frontier Army.

Because the heavy armor on his body weighed more than eighty catties, and it was a hot summer weather, the horses drooped their ears, panting, and seemed to be shaking and falling to the ground in the next moment.

It's not just the horses that are uncomfortable, but the royal guards on the back of this horse are even more uncomfortable.

Not to mention the different eyes of others, this heavy armor that is not suitable for summer at all is about to kill them.

He was wearing a helmet on his head, his whole body was wrapped firmly, his head was covered with armor, and his underwear was already soaked with sweat, and the sweat on his face was dripping down, which could soak a small piece of the ground.

I thought that I could grow my face in front of the border army and kill the majesty of General Lou, which was worth the pain, but looking at other people's cool soft armor, this light weapon, and this tall horse, I felt that my face was nowhere to go.

They all glanced at Commander He, and their eyes were full of complaints.

He Lin was angry in his heart, he couldn't believe that the broken knots border army was actually such equipment now, this is several times better than the equipment of the Royal Forest Army, this is better than a fart, is it not comparable at all?

Ya, I finally know that Qiu Shilang of the Ministry of War is not blowing in the chapter.

He Lin held back his anger, but he wanted to change the equipment of the Royal Forest Army and go to General Lou, so he didn't dare to offend this hero at the moment, so he had to get off the horse and greet him with a smile.

General Lou's personal guards finally couldn't hold back their laughter and sat on the horses with cold faces.

"General Lou, I'm finally looking back for you!" He Lin went up to say hello.

General Lou smiled and returned the salute, General Lou was approachable and did not put up a fight in front of He Lin, He Lin finally felt better.

This is the gate of the city, so it's hard to say.

He Lin took a step forward and said, "General Lou still has someone to wait?" If not, then go back to the palace with me first, right? ”

A few people had been standing here for a quarter of an hour, and General Lou saw that the family of the main house was still coming, and he didn't wait any longer, so he stepped on his horse and went in the direction of Yujie with He Lin, King Hejian, King Jingjun and others.

Half an hour later, Lou Xinzhi finally arrived at the city gate with his eldest son and sister-in-law and a few domestic servants.

The summer is hot, the sun shines on people, almost can make people sweat in a moment, Lou Yushu, the sister-in-law of the long house, took the towel from the hand of the little guy next to him and wiped his forehead, and complained to his father: "Dad, why do we have to pick up the second uncle together, the weather is so hot, I am about to suffer from heat stroke, there is a teahouse over there, why don't we go to the private room to enjoy the coolness, send a small servant to the city gate and wait, once the second uncle comes, we will go again?" ”

Lou Xin knows that he is used to a comfortable life, and during this time, because of General Lou's victory, the main house of the Lou family has some status in Shengjing, and he is just an idle five-grade petty official on weekdays, and now there are people who flatter him wherever he goes, and he comes out to pick up people on this hot day, it is really not a human suffering, listening to his son's suggestion, he agreed without thinking about it.

A few people went to the teahouse to cool off, and only sent a small servant to squat at the gate of the city.

An inconspicuous little guy, who knows the gatekeeper, so no one knows that General Lou has already entered Shengjing City.

Originally, the old lady asked Lou Xinzhi, the eldest man of the Lou family, to wait at the gate of the city in the morning with the juniors in the family, but this Lou Xinzhi and his colleagues were late, and it was almost noon when he went out with his family......

Listening to the story in the teahouse, half an hour passed inadvertently.

The little guy guarding the gate of the city has not yet heard the news, Lou Yushu drank tea and sipped melon seeds, pouted and complained: "Second uncle, don't lie to us, maybe this time you haven't arrived in Shengjing yet!" Hurt us to waste a day, but today I pushed the appointment of the little son of the Hou family of Yiguo! ”

Lou Zhixing, the eldest son on the side, glanced at Lou Yushu with disdain.

"Lou Zhixing, what kind of eyes are you, you have the ability to find the little son of the Hou family of Yiguo, look at your identity as a concubine, who will pay attention to you!"

Lou Zhixing snorted coldly and drank tea by himself.

Before Changfang Lou Xinzhi didn't marry his wife, he let the personal maid next to him have a big belly, and the old lady hugged her grandson at that time, and didn't let her fight, so she actually gave birth to the eldest son.

Later, although the eldest lady entered the door, she was angry with Lou Xinzhi's personal maid. It will be better to wait until Lou Yushu is born.

However, Lou Zhixing is quite popular with the old lady, although he is the eldest son, he also has a certain status in the family.

In short, Lou's family room is a bad debt.

Here, Lou Zheng and the guards had just lived in Zhuangzi for less than half a day, and before dinner was made, the general guarding the door reported that it was the county order of Linyu County who arrived with the officials.

"Prefectural order?" Lou Zheng was sitting in the main hall of the front yard, drinking the iced sour plum soup made by the medicine slave, and asked strangely when he heard it.

Zhang Gouzi took a bowl of sour plum soup handed by the little maid and drank it all before saying: "Little lady, the county magistrate was invited by the old woman in Zhuangzi......

Lou Zheng was speechless, this old woman was confused like this.

"Please come in."

(To be continued.) )