Volume 1 Above the Temple Chapter 61 Into Kyoto
The weather always says that it changes, just like a woman's temper is changeable, and it makes people scratch their heads.
Three days ago, Mu Qiuhuang and their departure from Baqiao were all the way to the wind and snow, and even when they camped last night, it was still snowing heavily, and the snow was already thick enough to fill the horse's hooves, but today it was sunny, and the snow on the ground had already melted away, leaving only some snow white in the distant shady col, which was used to prove that it had indeed snowed a few days ago.
Mu Qiuhuang got out of the tent and greedily sucked a breath of fresh air, stretched his body in the morning light, listened to the crackling of the joints of his body, and couldn't help but feel a hundred times more energetic, looked around, and found that the surrounding tents had already been closed, leaving the tent where he was staying.
But for these, Mu Qiuhuang is not at all concerned, not because he is sleepy, but because he sleeps late every night, after coming down from Wudang Mountain, he will secretly practice the true yuan for an hour every night, although Zhang Changling left a "seed" in his body to practice twice the result with half the effort, but the seed also has to be watered and irrigated to thrive, isn't it? Moreover, he had the habit of getting up late every day, and the soldiers had long been accustomed to it, so it was natural that there would be food left for him in the quarters.
Mu Qiuhuang walked all the way towards the room, and saw that these Beiyu sergeants looked all in good spirits, wiping each other's armor.
"Hello young master!" Seeing Mu Qiuhuang walking by, everyone said hello.
"Well......" Mu Qiuhuang nodded all the way, and finally came to the room to open the curtain and go in, but saw that Su Xiaoxiao and Wuxin were eating breakfast, Mu Qiuhuang felt a little strange, because at this time on weekdays, the two of them should have already eaten breakfast.
"Childe is here?"
"Good morning, donor!"
"Why, you two are up so late today?" Mu Qiuhuang sat down beside them, picked up half a steamed bun and started eating with pickles.
"The weather is very good today, so the little monk also went to vomit, so he missed the order to eat." Wuxin explained.
Su Xiaoxiao stood up and went to fill Mu Qiuhuang with a bowl of broth, and then said unintentionally: "The next thing is to enter the imperial capital Fengling, Xiaoxiao naturally has to dress up well, and can't embarrass the son." ”
Mu Qiuhuang looked at Su Xiaoxiao when she heard this, and then she noticed that Su Xiaoxiao had wiped light powder and painted red lips today, and she had also changed into a red shirt on her body...... It still looks bright and moving.
Mu Qiuhuang saw Su Xiaoxiao's appearance, and then recalled the way the soldiers were wiping each other's armor just now, and couldn't help but feel a little funny, took a sip of broth, and said: "It's just to lie in the imperial capital, do you need to be so solemn?" Wouldn't it be nice to look like a little monk like this......"
As soon as the words fell, he heard an unintentional smug saying: "The little monk has not yet changed his clothes, and he will go to change his clothes after eating." ”
Su Xiaoxiao couldn't help laughing when she heard this, Mu Qiuhuang looked at her with a strange expression, and said incomprehensibly: "As for that, is that? ”
"The donor doesn't know, people rely on clothes and Buddha rely on gold, and the world's eyes are shallow, only skin, no bones......"
"Stop." Mu Qiuhuang interrupted Wuxin's words and said puzzledly: "Little monk, who did you learn these from?" I remember the first time I met you, you didn't have these superficial ideas, did you? Mu Qiuhuang was puzzled.
"Amitabha, this is Zhang Zhenren's ...... for the little monk However, the little monk felt that what Zhang Zhenren said was very right. Wuxin said sincerely.
"I see." Mu Qiuhuang couldn't help but have black lines on his head when he heard this, but he also missed the days when the three of them went to Wudang Mountain.
As soon as the three of them left the room after breakfast, they saw Ling Hu Ji coming to Mu Qiuhuang with a box, and the armor on Ling Hu Ji's body today was also polished, and even the boots were spotless.
Mu Qiuhuang saw Ling Hu Ji like this, and said with a smile: "Brother Ling Hu, what's wrong with you today?" It's just to go to the imperial capital, so you don't need to be so solemn! The armor is also wiped so clean? Isn't it more messy to show that we are an army of a hundred battles? ”
Ling Hu Ji was a little puzzled by Mu Qiuhuang's meaning, scratched his head and said: "Our Beiyu army is an army of a hundred battles, so there is no need to deliberately show ......."
Mu Qiuhuang laughed when he heard this: "You are all dressed so solemnly, have you prepared a shirt for me?" I can't wait until you are all glamorous, and my son will hold you back again. ”
"Naturally, there is." Ling Hu Ji handed the wooden box to Mu Qiuhuang and said: "Set off now, you only need to gallop a pillar of incense to reach Fengling City, the young master should change his clothes first." ”
"I'm going to change it too?" Mu Qiuhuang was a little stunned.
"Of course, since the young master is entering Beijing by edict, of course he has to show the momentum of our Beiyu army, so as not to be compared by other princes." Ling Hujie replied.
Mu Qiuhuang took the box and said with a smile: "When you say that, it's really like this, this son is already chic and handsome, and he is young and promising, if he loses points because of this dress, wouldn't it be wronged."
"What the young master said is extremely true." Ling Hu Ji withdrew from the account and waited for Mu Qiuhuang to change his clothes.
When Mu Qiuhuang came out after changing his clothes, he saw that everyone was staring at him, so he smiled embarrassedly and asked, "Isn't it a bit burnt?" ”
"No! This outfit sets off the son very majestic. Su Xiao praised.
"Really?" Mu Qiuhuang looked at the clothes on his body, and said with a strange smile: "Just don't be beaten." ”
Everyone was a little unclear, so they knew that Mu Qiuhuang saw that he was wearing a purple and gold crown at this time, stepping on cloud climbing boots, and wearing a black brocade robe, and couldn't help but think of the ten princes of the Haihun Marquis Mansion who were disabled by themselves, and the ten princes were dressed like this that day.
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When Mu Qiuhuang and his party came to Fengling City, they saw that there was already a long queue in front of them, although the group of people saw the arrival of the army, they unconsciously gave way to a passage, but Mu Qiuhuang stopped moving, looked at these queuing crowds with interest, and couldn't help but sigh that this flow of people is really much more than those state cities in Beiyu.
After looking at the crowd for a while, Mu Qiuhuang shifted his gaze to the city wall.
"Is this wall really tall?" Looking at the Fengling city wall in front of him, Mu Qiuhuang couldn't help muttering.
Hearing this, Ling Hu came to Mu Qiuhuang's side, pointed to the city wall and said to Mu Qiuhuang: "That's natural, this Fengling City is known as the largest city in the world, and the manpower and financial resources spent on building the city wall alone are far from ordinary. ”
After listening to Ling Hu's explanation, Mu Qiuhuang sighed, but blurted out: "If you let Brother Ling Hu lead the troops to attack, how many people do you need?"
Ling Hu Jian thought for a while when he heard this, and replied: "This city wall is too strong, and there is a lot of food in it, the strategy of besieging the city and cutting off food is not very effective, but if there is no internal response, if you attack it directly, I am afraid that it will cost a lot of manpower and financial resources......"
The two openly discussed how to capture Fengling City, which was naturally a big rebellion, but fortunately, there were Beiyu soldiers all around, and the voices of the two were relatively low.
"Why don't you say that my Beiyu Kyushu City doesn't have such a city wall?" Mu Qiuhuang asked with some envy.
"Such walls cannot be built without the strength of the whole country." Ling Hu Ji said truthfully, but after seeing the envy in Mu Qiuhuang's eyes, Ling Hu Ji's tone suddenly changed and said to Mu Qiuhuang: "Actually, this is nothing great?" No matter how strong the city wall is, there is a moment when it is captured, the reason why we don't have such a strong city wall in Beiyu is because we don't need it, and the horizontal knife in the hands of the Beiyu army is the strongest city wall. ”
"Well, that's great!" After Mu Qiuhuang heard these words, he couldn't help but give Ling Hu Ji a thumbs up.
Seeing this, Ling Huyu smiled, touched his big bald head with some embarrassment, and explained: "This is what the righteous father said, and the last general is just repeating the words of the righteous father." ”
Mu Qiuhuang couldn't help but smile dumbly when he heard this, and said leisurely: "Well, what my father said is right. ”
Ling Hu Jian was deeply convinced of Mu Qiuhuang's words, and affirmed: "That's natural, what the righteous father said naturally can't be wrong." ”
Just as Mu Qiuhuang and Ling Hu were chatting, they saw a slight commotion in front of the crowd, a group of people consciously got out of the way, and a team of more than ten people rode over on horseback, their speed was very fast, and they came straight to Mu Qiuhuang's side.
"They should be officials of the Ministry of Rites?" Ling Hu Ji explained in a low voice to Mu Qiuhuang.
"Oh." Mu Qiuhuang replied and stared at the group of people.
I saw that the leader was about forty years old, with a big belly, fat head and big ears, and he was full of oil and water in his stomach. However, what does not match his appearance is his dress, his official hat is upright, the official robe is ironed neatly, the beard is neatly combed, and after turning over and dismounting the horse, he tidied up the clothes that were messed up by the horse, and then asked in an official tone: "The person who came is the son of the Beiyu Marquis Mansion?" ”
Mu Qiuhuang said in his heart: "Isn't this asking knowingly? The flag behind you is clear, don't you know this phoenix flag? ”
But right now, he is in the imperial capital, and he is nominally a courtier who belongs to the Dayou Empire, so the respect for the imperial power should still be there, thinking of this, Mu Qiuhuang turned over and dismounted, and replied: "I am Mu Qiuhuang, the son of Mu Qingen, the Marquis of Beiyu, I don't know ...... the adults are?" ”
The man saw that Mu Qiuhuang turned over and dismounted to give himself enough face, so his attitude was also a lot softer, and he introduced himself: "I am Yan Kun, the left attendant of the Ministry of Rites, and I am ordered to welcome the children of the princes into Beijing."
"Oh, if that's the case, then it's up to Lord Lao Yan to arrange." Mu Qiuhuang gestured.
"Well said." Yan Kun smiled slightly: "According to the regulations, the entourage of the princes' children into Beijing shall not exceed 100 people, Mu Gongzi should first screen and select the number of people entering the city, and the remaining people can be temporarily stationed in the county town outside the west of the city, and the entourage of the children of other princes is also stationed there." ”
Mu Qiuhuang looked at Ling Huyu and saw that he nodded, and then said, "Okay, I'll go and arrange it, Lord Yan wait for a while." ”
After Mu Qiuhuang whispered to Ling Hu Ji, except for him and Wu Xinsu Xiaoxiao, Ling Hu Ji only brought twenty people, and the remaining two hundred and eighty people were brought to Xiwai County by other people in the Ministry of Rites to be stationed in Xiwai County.
Yan Kun was also a little surprised to see that Mu Qiuhuang only brought such a few people, you must know that the children of other princes brought a whole hundred people? However, the fewer people there are, the happier Yan Kun is, so he looks at Mu Qiuhuang's eyes are a lot kinder, and his words have become familiar, and he personally beats the horse to lead the way in front of Mu Qiuhuang.