Chapter 157: Don't live up to the country, live up to you
Under the leadership of the captain Luo Yi, when Yandi Jiuqi approached the Jinling City Gate, everyone found their respective armor from their bags and put them on, and Luo Yi solemnly handed over a Beigen flag to the young man.
Then the nine people turned over and got on the horse, from Beigen to the south, the long-distance distance during this period was also due to the fact that the horses under the crotch of the nine of them were the sweat and blood horses of the Beigen Empire, otherwise, who knows how many horses will be changed during this period, but even if it is a sweat and blood BMW, the nine of them do not dare to rashly drive them for a long journey at one time, especially after entering the territory of Nanli, the nine people simply led the horses to Jinling on foot.
It is precisely because of the good cultivation of these nine people that they were able to spend less than five days outside Jinling City on their feet, and if they were others, half a month might be fast for them.
Luo Yi looked at the magnificent and majestic Jinling City in front of him, and the endless stream of people entering and leaving the city gate, Luo Yi couldn't help but lose his mind.
Even Yanjing, the capital of their Northern Gen Kingdom, is not as prosperous as Jinling, no, compared to Jinling, Yanjing has completely fallen into disadvantage.
"It really deserves to be the capital city of 5,000 years."
Luo Yi subconsciously admired the impact that Jinling City brought to his heart.
Yes, even if they Beigong entered the imperial class a thousand years ago, it is very majestic to rule the mainland by dividing the Central Plains from the south and the north to rule the mainland, but their Beigong people, especially people like him, are still very old.
Leaving the empire in the south is still a goal that they need to keep chasing and chasing.
Even if it is the same empire, and the reputation of the Beigen Empire on the mainland over the years has even faintly overwhelmed the Nanli Empire, but he still puts Nanli in the position of the first power in the continent in his heart.
"Captain, captain?"
Changed into a fiery red armor, the young man's expression couldn't help but become serious, but when he saw Luo Yi looking at Jinling City a little distracted, he couldn't help but ride to Luo Yi's side, stretched out a palm and patted Luo Yi gently, this is outside the gate of the capital in the south, captain, don't lose face in this kind of place.
Luo Yi was brought back to his senses by a few light calls from the young man, shook his head slightly, coughed twice, regained his original rigorous look, and commanded the eight people behind him in a deep voice
"Let's go into town."
Under Luo Yi's command, Yan Dijiu rode in line, lined up, and drove the sweaty BMW under his crotch into the city gate.
And the soldiers guarding the door, because they saw the appearance of these nine cavalrymen for the first time, were a little unapproachable, and coupled with the armor on their bodies, they mistakenly thought they were the cavalry of the nearby New Army.
But soon, the chief came back to his senses the fastest, no, when did Nanli have cavalry with fiery red armor as the main color? Moreover, the horses under the crotches of these people, even he could see at a glance that these horses were all first-class and first-class horses.
Nanli has this kind of legion with a horse configuration, and in the memory of the chief, only the Yulin Black Cavalry in the Imperial City can be compared to it, but the armor of the Yulin Black Cavalry as the guard of the city gate has seen him back and forth I don't know how many times, fiery red? Definitely not like that.
Moreover, the most important thing is that the feeling that these nine people brought to him was that these people were all elite soldiers who were not easy to mess with and had been on the battlefield several times, and they were not some gentlemen who stole through the armor of the army to make a fuss.
"Stop!"
Shi Chang gave an order, and the soldiers guarding the city gate hurriedly blocked the people who originally wanted to enter the city, and after driving them back a few steps, the soldiers all held spears in their hands and surrounded the nine horsemen of Yandi.
Yandi Nine Horsemen and Nine Horsemen strangled the reins in their hands at the same time, stopped the horses under their crotch, and on the boundary of Nanli, especially Jinling City, although they were Yandi Nine Horsemen, the ace troops of the Beigen Empire, but when they arrived here, they still did not dare to run rampant as in Beigen.
Luo Yi also rubbed his temples, he forgot, how could the nine of them enter Jinling City in this way now, how could they be directly put in without saying a word?
This is not Beigen, no one dares to stop them.
Ah, was it just shocked by the majesty of Jinling City and still haven't come back to your senses?
Luo Yi shook his head and smiled bitterly, then took off the burden from his back, opened the baggage, took out a document from it, and drove the horse under his crotch to take two steps forward, Luo Yi bent down and handed the document to one of the soldiers who surrounded them, and motioned with his eyes to let the soldier hand over the document to their commander, that is, the chief who stood behind and looked at him coldly.
The soldier was stunned, but out of subconscious, he still turned around and ran to the chief, handing over the documents to the chief.
After all, just two days ago, they had experienced a lot of jokes here, not to mention that they were guarding the gate of Jinling City, and those things that were not there should not be so easy to happen, right?
Shi Chang snorted coldly and spread out the paperwork, but soon, after his eyes saw the seal in the lower left corner of the document, he hurriedly didn't even have the courage to take another look, he directly closed the paperwork, swallowed his saliva, Shi Chang drank the soldier, walked to Luo Yi's horse, handed the document to Luo Yi with respectful hands, and said
"Welcome to the Northern Envoys."
After saying this again, the chief turned his head to look at the confused soldiers on the side, and commanded loudly
"Evacuate the barricades and let them go."
Although the soldiers didn't know what was going on, they still had to listen to what the chief said, so they moved the barricades and made way for a road for the Yandi Nine Horsemen to pass.
Luo Yi replied to Shi Chang and said softly
"Thank you."
"Horses are not allowed on the main roads in the city, so please dismount your ministers and lead them."
Luo Yi's face was stunned, but he still turned over and got off the horse, and the eight people behind him, seeing that Luo Yi had all dismounted, had to turn over and dismount, holding the reins with one hand.
"Please come into town."
Shi Chang bowed slightly.
Luo Yi's face slowly became kind, squeezed out a smile and replied, and then raised his head and led his horse into the gate of Jinling City.
But as soon as he entered the city gate, Luo Yi handed over the reins of his horse to the young man's hand, ran to the chief, and said a little embarrassed
"Can you lead the way? We have never been to Jinling, and we don't know the distance of Jinling. ”
Although he was a little stunned, he still nodded.
The identity of this group of people, after he saw the seal of the Beigen State in the lower left corner of the document and the seal of the Nanli Ministry of Rites, he understood that this group of people was the envoy sent by the Beigen Empire, which was also an empire in the north and Nanli, to discuss important matters in Nanli, as for what to discuss, he didn't have the heart to care, anyway, a little person like him, as long as he didn't fall into the momentum of Nanli in front of these guys.
After calling Shi Chang over, Shi Chang asked Luo Yidao
"I wonder where the envoy is going? Honglu Temple Yamen? ”
Luo Yi shook his head with a smile and said to Shi Chang
"Please take me to King Zhou's mansion, can you? I waited for Nanli to come here and was ordered by my emperor to visit Nanli, including to visit the prince of Zhou. ”
Regarding Zhou Dunyi's appointment to go to Shangzhou as the military lord as early as two months ago, Beigen still didn't know about it, because the struggle between the family and the imperial power in Beigen has become more and more serious in recent years, so the matter of leaving the south has slowly faded, even the Yandi Jiuqi only knew some rumors about the two countries of Dongxun and Xikun were going to fight against the south, and they didn't know that this rumor had already become a fact.
"Lord Zhou? Zhou Wangye and his old man received an order to go to Shangzhou two months ago, and now he is not in Jinling. ”
Listening to Shi Chang's answer, Luo Yi also quickly understood, it turned out that the rumor had become a reality, Shangzhou? According to his memory, Shangzhou is a state department in the south and east, so if you look at it this way, Zhou Dunyi should have been sent to deal with Dongxun.
When he was thinking about whether to go to King Zhou's mansion, the chief suddenly said
"However, the prince of Zhou returned to Jinling two days ago, and now he should be in the palace, can you envoys go to visit?"
The prince of Zhou?
Luo Yi frowned, Zhou Dunyi's son?
Need to visit him?
But after thinking about it, since His Majesty's order included a visit to Zhou Dunyi, and Zhou Dunyi was still far away in Shangzhou, plus this was two months ago, maybe at this time, the two countries in the south and Dongxun had already started a war, and it was impossible for his party to go to the battlefield to visit Zhou Dunyi.
In this case, it is okay to see Zhou Dunyi's son last time, after all, he is the son of Zhou Dunyi's son, and he should also have Zhou Dunyi's appearance.
Luo Yi nodded and replied
"That's tiring."
"With all your hands, please come with me."
Shi Chang and Luo Yi were side by side, the two of them walked towards the Zhou Palace, talking and laughing, and the remaining eight people followed behind Luo Yi silently, and the young man also raised the banner of Beigen at this time and followed behind Luo Yi.
Soon, the group came to the door of King Zhou's mansion.
This street in the Zhou Wangfu is also the street in the Nanyue Palace, and the distance between the Zhou Wangfu and the Nanyue Wangfu is not far, coupled with the distinctive Beigen banner, not long after entering Jinling City, Luo Yi and his party were targeted by the people of Jinyiwei.
And Luo Yi also noticed that his group was being monitored not long after entering the city, but Rao was him, and he could only detect it, and he couldn't catch the people who were watching them there.
It seems that this is Nanli's Jinyiwei.
And the Jinyi Guard, who was responsible for monitoring their group, also happened to be Wei Zhongxian, the hundred households of the Jinyi Guard.
It's just that unlike the previous surveillance of the Nanyue Palace, he didn't have Jin Yichuan by his side at this time, and he was the only one here.
The people of Beigen?
This must be the envoy that the commander said that day, right? Tsk, Yandi Nine Horses, hey, I feel that the youngest person here holding the Beigen flag can easily kill me, Yandi Nine Horses, but there is something unique.
However, why did they go straight to King Zhou's mansion as soon as they entered the city?
It's a little strange, shouldn't these foreign envoys all go to Honglu Temple after entering the city, and let the people of Honglu Temple arrange their accommodation?
It seems that this matter needs to be reported to the commander.
When he saw Luo Yi and they stopped at the door of King Zhou's mansion, Wei Zhongxian also determined that these guys were coming straight to King Zhou's mansion, Wei Zhongxian jumped on the roof of a house with one leg, whistled at the corner of his mouth, and soon, a gray carrier pigeon flew from the sky, Wei Zhongxian took out a note from his arms, and simply wrote a line of numbers on the note with the short pen of Jinyiwei, Wei Zhongxian crumpled the note into a ball, carefully tied it to the pigeon's feet, and patted it, The carrier pigeon flew again, but this time it flew in the direction of Jinyiwei's yamen.
The words of the commander are too slow, except for the white pigeons, all the carrier pigeons in the imperial city are shot at will when they enter the city wall, so let's send the news back to the yamen first.
After Wei Zhongxian did this, he turned over and went down the wall, pressed his steps against the wall, and came to a small door in the back house of King Zhou's mansion, and knocked with his fingers.
And Luo Yi and them, when they stopped at the gate of King Zhou's mansion, Luo Yi glanced at Shi Chang, and Shi Chang understood what he meant, and stepped forward to call the door.
After a while, the porter Lao Zhang came out of the small door next to the main entrance lazily, and after seeing Shi Chang, Lao Zhang pursed his lips and said to Shi Chang
"You don't look good at the city gate, what is the gate of my palace?"
For this Shi Chang, Lao Zhang has nothing to look at, two days ago, this guy also stopped His Royal Highness the Prince from entering the city, if it weren't for Qi Wuxi's brocade clothes and waist card, this guy might really want to take down His Royal Highness the Prince, hum, although if it really comes to that point, Qi Wuxian and Kumu will not hesitate to shoot, and then blood will be spilled at the city gate, but if this incident happens, it will only be a scandal.
Shi Chang smiled and said apologetically to Lao Zhang
"Lao Zhang, don't worry about what happened two days ago, wasn't that when I was blind, His Royal Highness didn't care about me, so don't do this anymore, besides, it's not me who came to call the door today, it's them."
Speaking of this, Shi Chang pointed to Luo Yi's group.
Lao Zhang didn't notice the Beigong flag, and asked with some confusion
"Who are they? The prince probably doesn't know them, and His Highness won't know them. ”
Shi Chang leaned into Lao Zhang's ear and whispered to Lao Zhang
"These people are envoys sent to our country by Beigen, I don't know what they think about not going to Honglu Temple, just the leader, he said that Emperor Beigen ordered, if they come to my south, they will definitely visit the old man of Zhou, this is not the old man of Zhou is not in Jinling now, they want to come to visit His Royal Highness the prince, I brought them over."
Lao Zhang glanced at Luo Yi thoughtfully, and then his eyes lit up suddenly.
Tsk, this guy.
At the same time, in the Zen temple outside Jinling City, the Iron Arrow Zen Master sat cross-legged by the pond and meditated, his eyes kindly looking at the bandages wrapped around his body and smiling.
"Xiao'er, you did a good job this time."
Iron Arrow Zen Master praised him with a rare smile in front of him, and suddenly laughed at what he did in Dongxun this time, which really made him grow his face in front of the wind uneven.
Hmph, what about the four grades of bitter wood, my apprentice saved Zhou Budo.
Kumu and Feng Butong reported Zhou Budo's words, but he Iron Arrow Zen Master heard it clearly, so he saved Zhou Budo, and suddenly laughed in a sense In this mission to Dongxun, the credit is far greater than Kumu.
Even if you don't count this matter, my precious apprentice still joined forces with Black Thirteen to slaughter twelve Dongxun grade monks, this is a real feat, does your apprentice Kumu have it?
Hey, anyway, the tone of the Iron Arrow Zen Master's speech in front of the wind this time was a lot harder.
But Suddenly, he was a little flattered, after all, the Iron Arrow Zen Master rarely praised him, and often the Iron Arrow Zen Master was very strict and harsh to him, and if he was not careful, it would be a combination of fists and feet, but Suddenly Laugh also knew that the reason why the Iron Arrow Zen Master treated him like that was for his good.
"Much, thank you for the compliment."
The Iron Arrow Zen Master smiled, holding the fishing rod in one hand and the Buddhist beads that he had returned to him with a smile in the other, paused and continued
"This Buddha bead, I will leave it to you in the future, this time you laugh, it can be regarded as letting Zhou Wang Ye and Yu Linwei owe you a favor here, make good use of these two favors, and you can also make the bumpy road easier in the future."
With that, the Iron Arrow Zen Master put the Buddha beads in the palm of his hand.
"I don't doubt his importance to my Nanli now, Xiao'er, you also know, tomorrow's big court meeting, Your Majesty will definitely reward you for going to Dongxun to perform a mission, but don't doubt his matter, I have discussed it with the Wind King, and I won't tell Your Majesty for the time being, Xiao'er, you have to understand the stakes."
Hearing this, he nodded with a smile, he understood that if the importance of Zhou Budo to Nanli was announced in front of the public at this juncture, it would undoubtedly be a huge danger to Zhou Budo.
The Iron Arrow Zen Master glanced at the sudden smile, and seeing that the sudden smile had no objection, he chuckled and continued
"However, Xiao'er, after all, it is the killing merit of twelve grade monks, and you and Yu Linwei's Black Thirteen and the two people share this merit, which is enough for you to get a lot of rewards, it must be enough, this matter is over, what else do you have to do Xiao'er?"
Suddenly, he smiled and wrapped his hands in bandages, and it was inconvenient to move, but the corners of his mouth opened and said
"I am willing to listen to the master's orders."
"Stay in Jinling, retreat for a while, stabilize your cultivation, and take advantage of this period of time to help you break through."
Suddenly, the smile was stunned, and the struggling color in his eyes made the Iron Arrow Zen Master see it clearly.
"What? Don't want to? ”
After hearing this, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but feel a little bitter, and after hesitating for a while, he finally replied helplessly
"Back to the master, the apprentice thought, go to the front line after recovering from his injuries."
"Nonsense."
The Iron Arrow Zen Master directly dropped the fishing rod and stood up angrily, walked in front of Sudden Smile, and reprimanded Suddenly Smile
"Do you know what you're talking about? Go to the front? Do you need help on the front lines? There are so many high-grade monks on the front line, what is the difference between one more and one less of you? ”
Suddenly, he smiled and listened to the reprimand of the Iron Arrow Zen Master, and lowered his head, he knew that the Iron Arrow Zen Master was for his own good, and whether he went to the front line at this time would not play a key role, but, but the national disaster was at the head, how could he suddenly laugh and stay in Jinling for this reason, he, he really couldn't calm down and think about the retreat.
Biting his lip, he suddenly smiled and replied loudly with his eyes closed
"Disciple, this is the wish of the disciple, now I am besieged by all countries, this, when this kind of national disaster, how can the disciple hide in Jinling and steal his life! Although the apprentice does not play a role in the battle situation, the apprentice can also go into battle to kill the enemy, as long as the apprentice kills one more enemy, the possibility of me Nanli winning this war will also increase by one point! ”
"You!"
The Iron Arrow Zen Master was unable to refute the words of the sudden laughter, yes, the words of the sudden laughter are right, he can also go into battle to kill the enemy, he is a monk after all, and he also cultivates the arrow path, which can kill people and invisibly.
However, the Iron Arrow Zen Master knows that this so-called war is just the plan of the old guy who is uneven, and he has a great chance of surviving this experience when he leaves the south, and he will not return to the front line for the sake of Feng Buping's plan.
On the battlefield, there are no eyes on the sword, and the sudden smile is true for the monk, but after all, it is difficult to defeat the four hands with two fists, and if you are not careful, you will become a cold corpse on the battlefield like an ordinary soldier.
If I didn't know, it would be good if I didn't participate in the plan of Feng Buping, and I would not hesitate to agree to Xiao'er's heart to serve the country.
But now, knowing that it was just a trap set by the uneven wind for the countries, laughed at him.
The Iron Arrow Zen Master turned around and stopped looking at the ground and smiled.
He was afraid, he was afraid that his expression would be seen by Suddenly's smile, and he was even more afraid that he wouldn't be able to look directly at Suddenly's eyes, and he couldn't refuse when he looked at Suddenly's smile.
And in the small hall where the Qiangong lived in the Jinling Imperial City, Qi Wuxian knelt on the floor on his knees, kowtowed to the Qiangong a few times one after another, and his head stopped on the floor and no longer raised.
Father-in-law looked at Qi Wuxian with a somewhat ugly face, and asked bitterly at the corner of his mouth
"Are you really going?"
Qi Wuxian buried his head on the floor and answered his father-in-law's question loudly
"No hatred, I am willing to go to the front line, not to break the countries, not to return to Jinling."
Father-in-law Qiangong sat slumped on the chair, kneading his forehead with one hand, for Qi Wuxian, he had long not regarded the other party as a dispensable Qianhu of Jinyiwei, he, for Qi Wuxian's feelings, it was more like treating Qi Wuxian as his own junior, about the current front line, although the war had not completely broken out, but as he had experienced the last time the coalition of countries fought against the south, he had experienced the cruelty of the war, he didn't know how many times.
"Are you, really, decided?"
"Nanli gave Wuxian a home, and for Nanli, Wuxian is willing to give everything, including this life without hatred."