Chapter 175: Going out of the city to suppress bandits
Su Cimo saw her gentle mother so angry, and her heart was also uncomfortable, she really regretted it very much now why she told her mother about it so much.
"Mother, as a loyal servant of this country, her daughter can't see death without help, those thieves are making trouble in the distant mountains outside the city and killing countless homeless people, if the daughter doesn't care, then what's the use of this prime minister's idle position." Su Cimo said.
As soon as Su's mother heard her daughter's words, she suddenly couldn't say anything else, she always felt that it was impossible for girls to go into battle to kill the enemy, and now Su Cimo actually wanted to kill the bandits in person, Su's mother was so frightened that she didn't faint.
Thinking about it, her husband is also a virtuous and loyal minister, and now her daughter is as upright as him, and no one knows the pain in Su's mother's heart.
If the emperor knew that she stopped the prime minister at home and prevented him from participating in the suppression of bandits, I don't know how the emperor would feel. Thinking of this level, Su Mu decided not to worry about Su Cimo anymore, but to collect some thoughts so that Cimo could worry less.
Thinking of this, Su Mu just turned around and secretly wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, and then turned around and grabbed Su Cimo's hand and pulled her up from the ground, and said, "If it's ugly, my mother has said it many times, but I won't say it this time." Anyway, your temper is as stubborn as your father's. It is useless for me to advise. Since you are going, you must be careful along the way, and don't do anything too dangerous, otherwise your mother won't know how to explain to your father. ”
Su Mu said so many words very rarely, Su Cimo was suddenly moved and didn't know what to say, so he could only step forward and hug Su Mu, and then nodded to her with a firm look.
"Mother, don't worry, I will definitely pay attention to safety, and you must be careful everywhere at home and pay attention to safety." Su Cimo said to her mother with concern.
Su Mu nodded, and finally had a smile on her face again.
Su Cimo's heart became more and more sad, now her mother said that she didn't care, but she didn't know how sad and sad she was behind her.
Su Cimo felt sorry for a while, and at night, Su Cimo ate some food and went to bed early, thinking about making full preparations for tomorrow's expedition.
Early the next morning, Su Cimo was woken up by the sound of birdsong outside the window, and when she woke up in the morning, she yawned, thinking that she was going to meet with Tuoba Heng to go to the distant mountains outside the city to suppress bandits, Su Cimo felt a little sad inexplicably, blaming that Tuoba Heng, and she had to follow to suppress the bandits.
Su Cimo resisted the urge to cry and got up, picked out a convenient outfit by the wardrobe and put it on, and then picked up the hat that was placed in the corner and put it on his head.
Looking in front of the bronze mirror, Su Cimo is also a handsome man with a partial demeanor.
Su Cimo drank a few sips of the porridge prepared by Su's mother in the middle hall, and the news of Tuoba Heng and their arrival came from outside the door.
Su Cimo was slightly startled, and was about to get up, when he saw the door, Gu An was stepping into the house.
Su Cimo smiled happily, then stood up and said, "Brother Gu, why are you here!?" ”
Gu An also smiled in his heart when he saw the smile on Su Cimo's face, and then said: "I heard that you are going to fight bandits outside the city, so I specially asked for a peace charm for you, fortunately, the temple opened early today, and I dared to go to ask for the talisman in the morning." ”
Gu An said as he handed over a small cloth bag wearing a red thread, which was a peace charm, Su Cimo was moved to have this intention in his heart, so he immediately accepted the peace charm and put it in his purse.
"It's better to be respectful than to obey your fate, then I will thank Brother Gu." Su Cimo smiled, and Gu An just nodded quietly.
After a while, Song Bibai and Wang Hao also stepped into the house.
Su Cimo wondered, why did he go out to suppress bandits, and these good friends came uninvited.
"Huh? Why are you coming along? Su Cimo asked strangely.
"Naturally, we heard that you are going out of the city to suppress bandits, and as good brothers, we are naturally here to practice for you." Song Bibai took the first step and said to Su Cimo, who pursed his lips and smiled softly.
Wang Hao also nodded and smiled.
"Brother Cimo, you must protect your own safety, we don't want to be without you as a good friend." Wang Hao opened his mouth to speak, and did not forget to reach out and pat Su Cimo's back.
Su Cimo looked at the few good brothers in front of him, and was inexplicably moved in his heart, and then said to the three of them: "Cimo thank you so much, I really don't know what to say, in short, I will come back smoothly." ”
At this time, the tall Tuoba Heng also stepped into the middle hall, and at a glance, these people had already mingled with Su Cimo, and suddenly they didn't know what expression to make, Su Mu saw that Tuoba Heng was coming, and his face was longer than anything else, but he didn't say a word and went to the back hall with the dishes and chopsticks.
Tuoba Heng smiled at Su Cimo, and then said, "Prime Minister Su, we can go on the road." ”
Su Cimo was helpless, and glanced at the three brothers behind him with some reluctance, and Su Cimo followed Tuoba Heng and walked out of the door.
Su's mother knew that her daughter was leaving, so she immediately followed out of the house, stepped forward and hugged Su Cimo, and then cried with reluctance: "Cimo, you must be careful all the way." ”
"Mm-hmm, mother." Su Cimo was sad and cried a few tears, but he was always concerned about his boy's face, so he immediately stopped crying, and then turned around and prepared to leave with Tuoba Heng.
Tuoba Heng saw Su Cimo crying, and suddenly felt a little embarrassed and didn't know what to say, although he said to let Su Cimo go, but now he can't have the intention of repenting, because Su Cimo is different from others, always gives him a very smart feeling, Tuoba Heng took him to act, and he felt a lot more relieved.
"Su Cimo, are you okay!?" Although he didn't want him to quit halfway, Tuoba Heng still couldn't be completely ruthless and didn't ask anything.
Su Cimo raised his eyes and glanced at Tuoba Heng, only to find that he saw himself crying.
A sunny smile immediately leaked from Su Cimo's face, and then said to Tuoba Heng: "I'm sorry, I'm really a little out of shape. ”
Tuoba Heng shook his head, saying that he didn't care, and then Tuoba Heng said to Su Mu: "Please rest assured that Su Mu is just a military advisor in the army, I will not let him go into battle to kill the enemy, please rest assured." ”
Su Mu saw Tuoba Heng say this with a firm look on his face, and couldn't help but trust in his heart.
Su Mu said to Tuoba Heng and Su Cimo: "Okay, then you guys should leave quickly!" Be careful along the way. ”
Su Mu shook her hand at a few people, Su Cimo stepped on the horse at once, then turned back and nodded to Su Mu before saying, "Mother, you must take care, my son will come back as soon as possible." ”
Su Mu smiled and nodded, Song Bibai was also a little anxious and walked to Su Cimo's feet and looked at him, and then said, "You must pay attention to safety, don't be careless." ”
"Well, I see, don't worry." Su Cimo said.
Song Bibai walked back to Wang Hao's side and stood still, feeling a little uncomfortable, if he wasn't going to teach in the palace, he would definitely follow to protect Su Cimo's safety.
Tuoba Heng saw that the time was not early, in order not to waste time, he also stepped on the horse, and then said to the few people under the horse: "Then everyone, cherish. Brother Cimo and I will leave first. ”
Several people looked at them and nodded, and Song Bibai also returned the salute, bowed and said to Tuoba Heng: "Cherish all the way." ”
Tuoba Heng stretched out his foot and kicked the horse, and beat the horse away. Su Cimo followed Tuoba Heng and left the Prime Minister's Mansion on horseback, and went towards the place where the army stood outside the city, and when he arrived outside the city, the army made peace with Tuoba Heng and Su Cimo, and Chen Feng led the army in front to wait for the return of these two.
"Third Highness, you are here." Chen Feng bowed to Tuoba Heng according to the courtesy.
Tuoba Heng nodded slightly, then squinted at the army of thousands of people and asked, "Have you finished the task of ordering your troops?" ”
Chen Feng nodded and said, "Back to the generals, I have finished counting the generals, and all the seven thousand troops have arrived." ”
Tuoba Heng nodded, then rode his horse to the front of the team, and said to everyone: "All the soldiers start now, follow me to the mountain, and the soldiers and horses will arrive first with grain and grass." ”
After saying that, Tuoba Heng rode his horse and led the army towards the mountain.
The sun was very spicy all the way, but fortunately, Su Cimo didn't feel anything when he wore a hat. But given the speed of the march, such a day did not seem to be suitable for a march.
Su Cimo didn't think much about it, just rode a horse and followed Tuoba Heng's horse all the way.
After an hour or two, Tuoba Heng looked at the road and saw that there was no road, and in front of him was a road paved with gravel and vines, and from a distance, their destination seemed to be not very close.
"Speed up, or you won't be able to make it by night." Tuoba Heng gave the order loudly, and the army immediately followed Tuoba Heng's horse and accelerated the pace of the march, Su Cimo only felt that his buttocks were a little painful, presumably those soldiers must have been very uncomfortable, but fortunately, they were all a group of men.
Tuoba Heng walked with the army, and suddenly halfway through, they found the appearance of the homeless, Tuoba Heng rode the horse to the side of the homeless, and saw the red marks on the ground, and couldn't help but feel a little disgusted.
Su Cimo didn't know why, so he also rode his horse to follow, and walked over to take a look, only to find that it was actually two people who had been dead for an unknown amount of time, lying on the ground, their bodies had rotted and swollen into a very tall appearance. Su Cimo covered his eyes in fear, and then walked away with the reins around the horse's neck.
Walking away from the two corpses, Su Cimo finally couldn't help it and asked, "How can there be corpses on this road!?" ”
Tuoba Heng thought for a moment before replying: "It is not surprising that there are often displaced people from other states on this official road on foot, and some die on the way due to physical exhaustion. ”