As Yu Xin'er's small mouth opened and closed one by one, a teardrop the size of a bean rolled down from the corner of Xin'er's eye, and then Xin'er closed her eyes again, allowing the teardrop to fall on Lihua's knee and seep into his clothes and his skin.

Afraid of making Yu Xin'er even more uncomfortable, Yu Lihua pulled Yu Xin'er into his arms. He didn't speak again, nor did he say anything to agree to Yu Xin'er's request.

He just wants to freeze time, and just hold his beloved Xin'er tightly forever.

"General, Gu Zaizuka, Zhang Sikou and others are waiting for us in front."

Outside the car window, Mao Biao, the leader of the pro-soldiers, walked to the side of the car and whispered to the main general in the car.

When asked for his name when the soldiers of Zhu Lihua rescued Mao Biao from under the collapsed walls of Jilin City a few years ago, he told them that his name was Mao Biao.

In fact, he didn't have a surname at all, because his parents were tenants of the Hu family, so how could they have the same surname as the nobles and commoners at that time.

Since he was a child, he only knew that his parents called him Biao'er, and he didn't know it until he grew up that this was a curse.

But in a hurry, he suddenly thought of the uncle surnamed Mao who died beside him and hugged him tightly without being covered by the dust, so he took Mao as his surname and had a name from then on.

Mao Biao, who had no way out, joined the army of Lihua in desperation, and in the following years, he witnessed the rise and tranquility of the counties under the rule of Lihua.

Seeing that the common people, and even the former slaves, had their own land, that appearance that was completely different from that of his childhood, made Mao Biao's heart feel a great shock.

At the beginning, Uncle Mao described to him the grand occasion under the rule of the Rong people, he seemed to see everything he expected under the rule of the Rong people, but compared with the surrender of the Rong people, he felt that the Rong people always had the same root as him, so naturally there was no yearning for the rule of the Rong people.

In order to keep this hard-won peaceful land, Mao Biao trained like crazy and fought like his life. Coupled with the ability to raise horses for the aristocratic Hu family since he was a child, he won countless victories in previous wars and made many military achievements.

Therefore, Mao Biao went all the way from the army chief to the chief, and then from the chief to the hundreds, and in just three or four years, he stood out from the wooden army and became the commander of the personal army of Zhu Lihua.

For Mao Biao, Lihua is not only his hope, but also the hope of everyone in the whole army, so from the day he served as the commander of Lihua's personal army, Mao Biao gave his life to Lihua.

"Yes, I see.

Mao Qianren went to inform him first, and said that I was physically disabled and could not ride a horse, so I could only go by car. ”

Mao Biao, who heard the order of Zhu Lihua, still knew a lot about the false etiquette between these nobles, so although he was a little disapproving, he still solemnly said "Oh" and left the carriage.

After listening to the sound of Mao Biao's war horse hooves and leaving far away, Yu Xin'er sat up from Lihua's arms, and her originally delicate face was immediately replaced by a heroic appearance, and she said softly to Lihua:

"Brother Yuli, I'll get out of the car first. Otherwise, if you let Master Gu and the others see that there is still a woman hidden in your car, I don't know if it will make your reputation as a white wolf general ruined. ”

Zhu Lihua smiled when he heard this, knowing that this was Yu Xin'er's reluctance to cause more trouble

He nodded and watched Yu Xin'er put on his armor and helmet on the carriage, then smiled at him slightly, covered the mask on the helmet, and left the carriage under the eyes of Zhu Lihua.

It didn't take long for Lihua to meet with Gu Daoyuan and Zhang Ziyu, who were waiting on the official road in the south of Yaoping City, and after everyone exchanged pleasantries, Gu Daoyuan followed Lihua and his party on the road to Wangji.

At the beginning, after Gu Daoyuan sent someone to bring Ji Lu's letter informing him to go to Wangji Huimeng, after receiving the letter, he was overjoyed and immediately suggested that he rush to Wangji as soon as possible to meet with the envoys of various countries.

The reason why Zhu Lihua is so enthusiastic about this matter is because the person who needs reinforcements the most now is not Qi Guo but himself.

In less than two months after the Huangyin City was peaceful, a large number of Rong troops appeared outside the city again. And this time, there are 80,000 pioneers stationed in Muyang and Muyin alone.

Obviously, the Rong army was preparing to storm Huangyin and did not hesitate to transfer all the troops and horses from the rear, so Zhu Lihua realized that there was indeed not much time left for him.

He estimated that in three months at most, the Rong people would be fully deployed, so he only had three months to find reinforcements.

After gaining the trust, Gu Daoyuan also knew the seriousness of the matter, so he waited outside Yaoping City according to Zhu Lihua's suggestion, and prepared to go south to Wangji with him as soon as Zhu Lihua arrived.

entrusted the affairs of Yaoping to Zhang Ziyu, and handed over Huangyin City back to Gao Yunce, Liang Qingyun and An Moran. Although Lihua was relieved of them, the clouds outside Huangyin City still made him feel that time was precious and should not be neglected.

Zhu Lihua didn't stop all the way, and he didn't enter the distance, which actually made Gu Daoyuan add a touch of admiration to this young general. Such an aristocratic general who is never arrogant and lascivious, he has never seen it in his life.

At this time, remembering what Xiao Wenkao had said during the banquet that day, Gu Daoyuan shook his head with a smile, and threw the only trace of jealousy and defense against Lihua in his heart out of the clouds.

Shenjing is located in the middle of the summer water that originates from the Kunlun Mountains. It is also in the most central position of the four countries under heaven.

Yao Jun set this place as Wangji in that year, precisely because of the purpose of consolidating the Quartet and placing the royal power in the center to facilitate the rule. But she never thought that in the hands of her unscrupulous descendants, this important place that thoroughfies all over the four countries and all directions has become a place of four wars.

Hundreds of years later, except for Gyeonggi City, the surrounding areas will be divided up by the nations.

When Shenjing was first built, the inner city was 1,720 zhang, and the outer city was 70 miles.

The north of the city is crossed by Mangshan, and the south of the city is blocked by summer water.

The inner city is built with "five palaces",

Among them, the Taimiao enshrines the Yao Jun shrine, and there is the most magnificent and tall statue of Yao Jun in the world.

The temple is dedicated to Yao Jun's husband, King Wen of the Great Zhou.

The examination palace is dedicated to King Wu of the Great Zhou, the son of Yao Jun, and the founding son of the Great Zhou.

The Qilin Hall is the place where the Son of Heaven discusses, followed by the Son of Heaven's main bed and the harem halls.

As for the Ming Hall, it is the land of Shenjing to worship the nine tripods that symbolize the four kingdoms of the world.

Outside the inner city, it was originally a market for the daily transactions of the common people and the residence of the nobles.

More than 500 years have not eroded the pattern of the city, even if those markets have gradually become the private property of the rich and noble, but those nobles of 500 years ago still live in the homes of their ancestors and guard the royal palace in the inner city.

Unlike the surrounding nations, since the Son of Heaven belonged to only one city, the nobles of Wangji never received a land reward.

But since their ancestors took root in Wangji, the sense of honor of defending the Son of Heaven can make their ancestors stick to it for generations, just for the false name of a nobleman.

Back in the day, the great honor of being able to live next to the Son of Heaven was regarded by the father-in-law of all countries as a mountain.

As for the changes in the city, it is also closely related to these nobles who live in the outer city.

Because under the patriarchal system, the concubines can inherit the title and live in the ancestral house, and those concubines and small sects can only gradually occupy the market.

The fang market, which was originally used for business, is still used for business, but the people living in the fang market are poor but have prominent ancestral family backgrounds. They have become the mainstay of Shenjing today, and they have become the most populous group of people in Shenjing City.

In addition to the Shenjing City, when the countries encroached on the land of the Son of Heaven, they left two hundred miles of Pingchuan around Wangji to protect the face of the Son of Heaven, and there were still 100,000 people living there, who had been cultivating for generations as Wangji's food, clothing, shelter and transportation needs.

But it would be a big mistake to think that Wangji is barren because of this, because the summer water that Wangji relies on is distributed in the richest cities in the world, both upstream and downstream.

The Yidu of Shu and Nanjing of Chu can be directly reached by the summer water and its tributaries. In the middle of the Qin State, the three rivers of the Qi State and the Surabaya County can also be reached through the tributaries of the Xiashui.

Therefore, there is an endless stream of merchants and merchants in Wangji, and its wealth and prosperity are unparalleled in the world.

Therefore, the walls of Shenjing have long been useless, because the number of people living outside the city is several times greater than that inside the city. The vast majority of these people were merchants from Chu and Shu who settled down here, and over time formed a departure from Shenjing. ”

Early in the morning, I crossed the Mangshan Mountain, and finally came to the north of Wangji Shenjing, and while looking at the dense houses in the south that could not be seen, I listened to Gu Daoyuan's explanation beside me with relish, and couldn't help but feel a sense of joy in my heart.

In the haze of smoke, a towering statue of a god standing behind the house gradually became clear in the eyes of Lihua and the others. And on the official road leading to Wangji, there were also bluestones paved with the ground, stretching into the invisible distance.

Seeing that Gu Daoyuan stopped talking, Zhu Lihua immediately straightened his clothes with his hands.

But before he could thank Gu Daoyuan for his teaching, he heard Gu Daoyuan suddenly change into a rather respectful tone and said: "General, there is the statue of Yao Jun in front of you, seeing the statue is like seeing Yao Jun, from here on, everyone is not allowed to ride a horse."

The general is inconvenient to walk, so it is better to get out of the car and let the soldiers push the bamboo chairs to walk. ”

After saying that, Gu Daoyuan knelt and kowtowed in the direction of the statue of Yao Jun.

Zhu Lihua hurriedly called someone to help him out of the carriage, and under his leadership, he and the soldiers behind him bowed to Yao Jun.

In the process of saluting, Yu Lihua secretly turned her head to look at Yu Xin'er, who was dressed as her own soldier, and the Rong people she was carrying, but strangely found that they were not only more respectful than the Qin people when they gave courtesy to Yao Jun, but also recited the appearance of words, and they couldn't help but feel very different in their hearts, and they had some impulses to ask Yu Xin'er for the reason.

But Gu Daoyuan was beside him, where did he dare to be right and wrong, and then he smiled at Yu Xin'er, who looked up at him after Shi Liwan, turned his head and sat on the bamboo chair, and walked in the direction of Shenjing along the official road paved by bluestone with the support of the soldiers.