Volume 1 Chapter 13 Singing at the City Gate
"Shen Yu, what are you doing? We can go! Xu Xiang turned around and continued to carry Jiang Shenyu on his back.
"If you live, I will feel at ease." Jiang Shenyu didn't even look at him, staring at the figure chasing after him.
"Haha! Run! Run! Why don't you run away? Yan Tianxing stopped in front of them breathlessly, with a hideous expression, and said with a wild smile.
"Wait a minute, you run to the east, there is a moat over there, and I will arrange for Jing'er to answer over there." She whispered and began to gather strength to deal with Yan Tianxing.
"No, let's go together!" Xu Xiang insisted.
"You can't go anywhere! I'll hold him back first, you run quickly! ”
"You can't run today! The death of my second and third brothers, you have to pay for your lives! ”
The two brothers he had formed a righteous relationship with, and Yan Tianxing naturally wanted to take revenge, even if he chased them to the ends of the earth, he would not let them go!
Just as the two were in a stalemate, about to break out into battle, suddenly a rush of footsteps came, and a group of soldiers trotted towards the prison with torches.
Yan Tianxing's face changed, such a big thing happened in the prison, even in the middle of the night, the people in the government reacted.
"No, I can't deal with so many people now, if I consume it, my life will be in danger!" Yan Tianxing thought to himself, "Even if you are lucky today!" After I go back and heal my wounds, I'll look for a chance to kill them!" ”
Thinking of this, Yan Tianxing fled to the other side.
The group of soldiers also rushed over, and when they saw Yan Tianxing fleeing, they immediately set up their bows and released arrows, but a master like Yan Tianxing had already fled so far, so it was naturally difficult to hit.
"Changsha, you hurry up! They are from the government, I am a princess, they will not embarrass me! Seeing Yan Tianxing fleeing, Jiang Shenyu breathed a sigh of relief.
Jiang Shenyu made sense, after all, she was a princess, and the people in the government would naturally not embarrass her. But it's different with him, it seems that the King of the East Sea wants to kill himself, so he can't fall into their hands again. So he ran away.
"Chase!" When the commander of the group of soldiers saw Xu Xiang running away, he immediately ordered the soldiers to chase after him.
Jiang Shenyu stepped forward directly, his hands crossed, "Don't chase!" If anyone chases, don't blame me for being unkind! ”
Seeing this, one of the teams thought to himself: "Since the killer has failed, I must not let Xu Xiang escape, as long as I kill Xu Xiang, Hou Ye will definitely give me a lot of bounty at that time!" ”
Thinking of this, he immediately ordered the archers to take their bows, and said loudly: "Xu Xiang escaped from prison and escaped, and he will be killed!" Archer! Get ready to shoot your arrows! ”
"Smack!" The commander immediately slapped the team leader on the back of the head and scolded, "Fart arrow!" Don't you see who this is? This is Her Royal Highness Princess Lanxin! Take it all back for me! ”
The bows that those archers had just put back were put back, and they could only watch Xu Xiang disappear into the night.
"Your Royal Highness, are you injured?" The Commander asked with concern.
Jiang Shenyu's tense strings loosened, and he fell to the ground weakly and fainted.
Three days later, in the royal capital of the East China Sea, the palace guards wore golden helmets and golden armor, standing majestically on both sides of the city gate.
At the city gate, Jiang Fu, the eldest prince of the East China Sea Kingdom, rode a white horse, looking indifferently outside the city gate.
"This Beimeng prince is such a big shelf, the letter said that it has not been a moment in time, and it is now three quarters of the time! Your Highness might as well go back to the palace and rest, right? The attendant beside Jiang Fu said indignantly.
The expression on Jiang Fu's face did not change, and he said two words, "Silence." ”
At this time, a gorgeous carriage began to come outside the city, and in front of the carriage was a tall and mighty silver-armored general, riding a white horse, holding a large flag, and the flag was written with the traditional Chinese character "Beimeng".
The carriage entered the city, stopped on the street, and a hearty laugh came from the carriage, "Hahahaha......"
Out of the carriage came a man wearing an eagle feather fur, this eagle feather is on the ground and bright purple, which is made of the rare purple cliff flying eagle feathers in the world.
Legend has it that the Purple Cliff Flying Eagle is the head of all birds, with very beautiful feathers, its claws can instantly scratch the throat of the wolf, and when it swoops, it has the sound of wind and thunder, and the beasts will be scattered as a bird bow when they meet.
Although it is very ferocious and ordinary people are no match for it, there are always people who want to hunt this eagle.
There is no other reason, just because of its feathers, the purple cliff flying eagle feathers are purple, very beautiful! Many nobles inlaid a few feathers on their clothes, and they immediately stood tall and looked extremely noble.
The person who can obtain the purple feather is either a master of superior martial arts or a nobleman with a noble status. And the man who came out of the carriage was actually wearing a big fur made of Purple Cliff Flying Eagle feathers, which showed the dignity of his status.
The man on the carriage was Mu Jun, the third prince who came from Beimeng, Jiang Fu stepped forward, hugged his fists and said, "Jiang Fu of the East China Sea has been waiting for His Highness for a long time!" ”
"Haha! I'm really sorry to keep Your Highness waiting! It's all because the scenery of the East China Sea is too beautiful, which makes Prince Ben delay for some time. With a warm smile on his face, Mu Jun stepped down from the carriage.
Jiang Wei also turned over and dismounted, as if he was not dissatisfied with waiting for Mu Jun for so long, and said casually, "His Royal Highness the Third Prince has worked hard all the way, I have ordered someone to set up a banquet in Tengyun Palace, and I also ask His Royal Highness to go with me." ”
"What about the King of the East Sea?" Mu Jun stood still, and asked lightly, with a hint of questioning in his tone, as if he was asking why the King of the East China Sea did not come to greet him.
Jiang Fu frowned, what Mu Jun said was extremely rude, the king of the East China Sea was the king of a country, how could he come out to greet him?
If it is the prince of the Xuanyuan clan, Jiang Zhen may come out to greet him, after all, in terms of etiquette, the family is the emperor, you Mu Jun is just a child of the royal family, what qualifications do you have to let the monarch come to greet him?
Jiang Fu is also a calm person, and said lightly: "Thank you, Your Highness, for your concern, my father works hard for state affairs, and he is so busy these days that he doesn't even have time to eat, because of the arrival of the third prince, my father also specially summoned me and told me to entertain the third prince well." ”
His words were also a perfect response to Mu Jun's rude words, originally Mu Jun's words were to put himself in a respectful position, I am strong in Northern Mongolia, and you other small countries should be my little brother. When I come to your capital, your king will come to meet me, and if you don't come to meet me, you won't be there.
And Jiang Jun's words were misinterpreted into greetings, and he also specifically mentioned later, my father remembered that someone like you would come, but he didn't care about you at all.
"Oh, I see." Mu Jun naturally heard the meaning of Jiang Fu's words, and did not annoy Jiang Cheng for deliberately misinterpreting his words, but said to the silver-armored general holding the big banner: "General Ling, dismount, garrison the flag!" ”
"Yes!" The silver-armored general replied loudly, and with a dashing leap, his feet fell to the bluestone ground, smashing a small hole. He slowly raised the flag above his head with one hand, and then stabbed it on the ground, the flagpole sank three feet into the ground, making a sonorous sound, and the city gate was instantly slaughtered.
With the fixation of the flag, the people brought by Mu Jun actually took the carriage as the benchmark and began to build a large number of buildings, laying carpets, erecting wooden beams, and lifting tables. After a while, a small theater stage was set up.
Jiang Fu was a little puzzled and asked, "Your Royal Highness the Third Prince, what does this mean?" ”
Mu Jun turned around coldly and lay straight on the chaise longue under the stage, and the Silver Armor General immediately stood behind him, and the maids hurriedly fanned him with peacock feathers.
"Let's talk about Mu Jingong for a while!" Mu Jun ate the fruit fed by the maids, and said to the officials on the stage.
Jiang Fu didn't know which one he was singing, so he stayed in place in confusion. Soon, the officials changed their costumes and walked onto the stage.
"I followed the first emperor to open up the territory and pacify the twelve tigers of Mobei."
"Today, there are mandrills who are disrespectful and humiliate my Great Xia subjects!"
"When the first emperor heard this, he was furious and sent 100,000 troops to Qinglu."
“......”
Lingguan's unique Beimeng singing voice, the sound was like thunder, and it reached everyone's ears, and Jiang Wei immediately understood what Mu Jun wanted to do.
This scene is about the beginning of the founding of Great Xia, although the two states of Qinglu have been returned to Great Xia, but the local heroes do not respect the emperor's order, keep dead soldiers in captivity, and wantonly insult the officials sent over. In a fit of rage, the Xuanyuan clan sent the world-famous Jinyi general at that time, that is, Mu Xianyong, the ancestor of Mu Jun, to send 100,000 troops to kill all those heroes.
This story spread in Mu's territory, and there was also the play "Mu Jingong Seeking Lu".
So what is the purpose of Mu Jun listening to this play at this time?
Since the division of the Seven Kingdoms, Qingzhou has become the territory of Chu, and Luzhou has become the territory of the East China Sea. The Xu family, the Mu family, and the Ling family were all the military generals of the Xuanyuan clan back then, and the Jiang clan in the East China Sea was a newly rising powerhouse for hundreds of years.
Mu Jun means that you Donghai are just a newly rising powerhouse, and you dare to be disrespectful to me. Hundreds of years ago, my ancestors could send 100,000 troops to kill Haoqiang, and the same is true at this time.
"It seems that if Father doesn't come to meet him, he plans to stay here and not leave!" Jiang Yu sneered in his heart, "Among the Seven Kingdoms, you are the strongest in Beimeng, but I don't let anyone take care of it at will!" After capturing the twenty-three cities of Chu State, do you really think that you are invincible in the world? ”
"What does the third prince of Beimeng mean?" The attendant beside Jiang Fu asked in a low voice.
"You go back to the palace first, and tell my father about this matter, and see what my father means." Jiang Fu whispered to the attendant, who left in response.
If Mu Jun doesn't leave, he naturally can't leave, otherwise Beimeng will take advantage of the topic.
At this time, the play has come to an end, and what is staged on the stage is those heroes who are caught and beheaded one by one. Mu Jun suddenly looked at Jiang Wei and asked, "Your Royal Highness, what do you think of this play?" ”
"What does His Royal Highness the Third Prince think?" Jiang asked rhetorically.
"I think it's a good song! Does Your Highness think these servants should be rewarded? ”
"Yes."
After Mu Jun heard this, he stood up and laughed loudly, "His Royal Highness the eldest prince of the East China Sea thinks you sang well, and said that he would reward you, why don't you thank Your Highness?" ”
The officials on the stage immediately tidied up their clothes, knelt down, and shouted, "Thank you, Your Highness!" ”
"Get up!" Jiang Fu frowned, he didn't know what Mu Jun meant, but he still wouldn't be stingy with a little silver, so he said to the people behind him: "Go and get some gold and silver to reward these servants." ”
"Oh, I don't have to!" The servant behind Jiang Fu was about to go to get the gold and silver, but Mu Jun suddenly raised his hand to stop him.
"They followed Prince Ben to the East China Sea, and there was naturally no shortage of gold and silver."
"I wonder what His Highness wants to reward?" Jiang Wei asked.
"Before the king arrived in the East China Sea, I heard that the king of the East China Sea had a special product called Zichuan in a small county called Zichuan under Linzi, which was called 'jade gourd', which was very exquisite. So before going to Linzi, I went to Zichuan and got some, Your Highness won't blame Prince Ben, right? Mu Jun smiled and said.
After speaking, he clapped his hands, and immediately more than a dozen maids walked to the front of the stage with a wooden plate covered with red cloth.
The red cloth was uncovered, and on the wooden plate was placed a thumb-sized white gourd-shaped fruit, which was white and flawless, crystal clear, like a piece of jade, and exuded a faint fragrance.
The jade gourd is a unique medicinal herb that grows under very harsh conditions and is also very rare. Grinding into powder and adding it to medicine can improve the medicinal properties several times, which can be said to be a universal medicine.
Due to the scarcity of jade gourds, the value of a jade gourd is more than a thousand gold, and only the royal family and nobles can afford to use it.
In the entire East China Sea, the annual output value is only a thousand, and the family surname of the jade gourd is Yun, which is the family where the queen of the East China Sea is also Jiang Fu's biological mother.
Seeing that Mu Jun's maids took out more than ten at once and rewarded these officials, Jiang Wei could imagine that there were more in Mu Jun's hands, did he loot the entire Yun family?
"How did Your Highness get so many jade gourds?" It is about such an important medicinal material, these are the treasures of the East China Sea, Jiang Fu's tone was a little cold.
"Ah, I was going to buy it, but the Yun family didn't sell it! Therefore, Prince Ben had no choice but to take it himself. Mu Jun replied lightly, as if he was talking about a trivial matter.
"Your Highness, you can know that the Yun family is my mother's maiden family, isn't it a bit too much for Your Highness to do this!" Jiang Wei could imagine that the "take it yourself" that Mu Jun said must be a violent method, and he was a little worried about whether the Yun family was okay.
"Huh? Is it? Mu Jun showed a look of surprise on his face, and then pretended to be annoyed and said, "It's all because Prince Ben didn't figure it out, and he killed five people by mistake, what a sin!" Then I have to pay for it when I see the queen! ”
"Who did you kill?" Hearing that there was also a fatality, Jiang Fu's anger suddenly rose, and his title was changed from "Your Highness" to "you".
"I didn't know it was the Queen's maiden family before, and I thought it was some pariah! Naturally, I don't remember who I killed. ”
After speaking, Mu Jun seemed to remember something again, and said: "Oh, by the way, there was another girl along the way who muttered about assassinating Prince Ben, as if she was called Yunling, but fortunately Prince Ben didn't kill her, but just arrested her." ”
"Bell!"
"General Ling, what about the people?" Mu Jun asked the silver-armored general.