Chapter 571: The Mission Leaves Beijing
Gu Qinghan's waist twisted wildly, wanting to break free, her plump round buttocks rubbed between Qi Ning's abdomen, making Qi Ning's body soft, but she didn't let her break free, and said softly: "Sanniang, I'm about to leave, I don't know how long it will take, you just let me hug it, I won't mess around." Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info"
Gu Qinghan listened to his soft tone, stopped writhing, sighed, closed his eyes, and said in a low voice: "Ning'er, I'..... Hey, I know what you want, but let's ..... If we continue like this, we will wait for something to happen sooner or later if we play with fire. ”
"Sanniang thinks something is going to happen?" Qi Ning said in a low voice: "I did think of something, but Sanniang .......!" ”
"Don't talk about it." Gu Qinghan said softly: "This is already my biggest concession, and it will never be beyond this line again." sighed, closed her eyes and said softly: "Sanniang knows that you are good to me, but there are some things that you don't want to do." ”
Qi Ning smelled the fragrance on Gu Qinghan's body, and suddenly heard the sound of footsteps, he felt keen, and immediately let go, and at this time he had already heard Qi Feng's voice outside: "Master Hou, everything is ready, you can go to the imperial city." ”
As soon as Gu Qinghan waited for Qi Ning to let go, he was a little flustered and sorted out his clothes, Qi Ning turned around and walked to the door, hesitated, glanced back at Gu Qinghan, and said softly: "Sanniang, I'll go first." ”
Gu Qinghan wanted to speak and stopped, Qi Ning knew that the envoy team was going to leave after seeing the emperor, and at this time, he was afraid that they were already waiting for the imperial city, so he didn't hesitate and went out.
Gu Qinghan watched Qi Ning's back disappear and was stunned.
Qi Ning led the servants of the Hou Mansion, Pegasus rushed to the front of the imperial city, the city gate had been opened, the guards let Qi Ning enter the city, and when he arrived at the square in front of the palace, he saw that many people were already waiting, and Yuan Laoshangshu of the Ministry of Rites actually got up early in the morning to wait, except for some officials, two hundred Yulin guards were dressed in bright armor, and in the morning breeze, they lined up like guns.
Ma Lan of the Zhenguo Company was also among them, but the King of Huainan was nowhere to be seen, Qi Ning stepped forward, and saw Chi Fengdian, the commander of the Yulin Battalion, coming over, and saluted: "Master Hou!" ”
Qi Ning nodded with a smile, Chi Fengdian turned around, beckoned, and saw two generals in armor coming over, both saluting Qi Ning, Chi Fengdian had already introduced: "Master Hou, this is the Yulin general who accompanied the escort mission this time, this is Wu Dalin, the leader of the guards, this is Liang Xiong, the deputy leader of the guards, the safety of the mission, just leave it to them." ”
The two of them bowed their hands to Qi Ning again, Qi Ning saw that Wu Dalin was not very powerful, his figure was long, his eyebrows were thick, his nose was straight and his mouth was wide, he was not handsome and powerful, but it gave people a deep feeling, that Liang Xiong was a tiger's back and a bear's waist, with a thick beard like a needle, and he looked like a fierce general.
Yuan Lao Shangshu also stepped forward at this time, and Hu Bowen, the servant of the ministry, followed him, and Qi Ning immediately arched his hand and said, "Old Shangshu!" ”
Yuan Lao Shangshu said: "Hou Ye, originally sent an envoy to Eastern Qi, which was a matter within the official duties, but unfortunately the person is old and weak, so he can only ask Hou Ye to do it for him." In terms of many etiquette systems, there is Hu Shilang to assist, and Hou Ye doesn't have to worry too much. ”
"This time, I have to rely on Lord Hu to help me a lot." Qi Ning smiled, saw Sima Lan also coming over, and arched his hand: "Old Guogong." ”
Sima Lan said: "Jinyi Hou, this time the envoy to Dongqi is also for the alliance between the two countries, the stakes are very high, whether the alliance can be reached or not, it is all up to the Hou Ye." ”
"I'm going to do my best to make this happen." Qi Ning nodded.
Suddenly, I heard a eunuch shouting: "The emperor has arrived!" ”
The officials immediately lined up, only to see more than a dozen eunuchs and palace maids surrounding Longtai over, although the sky has not yet brightened, but Longtai's spirit is not bad, everyone knelt on the ground and saluted, Longtai made everyone flat, then walked to Qi Ning, and said: "The auspicious time is coming, I have prepared a send-off wine for you, drink the send-off wine, and send an envoy to Dongqi, I will hand it over to you." ”
Without waiting for the emperor's order, the eunuch had already sent a golden cup of imperial wine, not only Qi Ning, but also Hu Bowen, Wu Dalin and Liang Xiong also gave a cup each, Longtai himself also took a cup in his hand, and said warmly: "Ladies and gentlemen, this envoy is related to the national fortune of my Great Chu, and whether it succeeds or fails depends on your ability." "Don't be verbose, raise the cup and drink it all.
Everyone didn't talk nonsense, they all drank it all.
Hearing the sound of drums and trumpets, Longtai stared at Qi Ning, groaned slightly, and finally said, "Go, I'll wait for you to come back with good news." ”
Qi Ning bowed, didn't talk nonsense, turned around and went over, turned over and got on the horse, and everyone on the envoy also turned over on the horse, followed Qi Ning, out of the city gate, Qi Ning saw that there was already a convoy waiting outside, and there were seven or eight big cars in front and behind, and the cars were full of goods.
In addition to the two hundred guards, there were also thirty or forty chauffeurs, and the whole team had more than two hundred and fifty people, which could be regarded as a mighty one.
Out of the imperial city, the whole team is in order, the front is more than ten horsemen to lead the way, Qi Ning and Hu Bowen are behind, the Yulin guards are guarding the convoy, all the Yulin guards, one person and one horse, carrying a longbow, wearing a war knife at the waist, the iron armor is sonorous, majestic, along the capital avenue to the north gate of the capital.
"Master Hou, there are three carts of gifts." Hu Bowen rode a horse and followed Qi Ning and explained: "The rest of the vehicles are loaded with the necessities of life on the road. Zhenguo Gong has instructed that we will go to Eastern Qi on this trip, and try not to disturb the local government along the way. ”
Qi Ning bowed his head and said, "That's what I mean." He asked, "Has the route to Eastern Qi been decided?" ”
Hu Bowen said: "After crossing the Yangtze River, all the way to the north, to the edge of the Huai River, along the Huai River to the east, close to the East China Sea, you can cross the Huai River, enter the territory of Xuzhou, and then go north to Qufu, and then turn to the northeast, you can go to Linzi Lucheng, Lucheng is the royal city of the Eastern Qi Dynasty. ”
"How long will it take to get on the road?" Qi Ning asked.
Hu Bowen said: "If everything goes well, about ten days at most, we can rush to Lucheng, go back and forth, and estimate the time of this month." ”
Qi Ning bowed slightly, but in his heart, he was thinking about the entrustment to Baiying.
Xiang Baiying said that on June 18, Xiangyang Gurung held the Aoki Conference, today is May 18, and there is still a full month before the Aoki Conference, if it is not surprising, above the Aoki Conference, Elder White Tiger must be trying his best to win the position of the gang leader, and then there are even various forces to support him to take the position, which is certainly not what Xiang Baiying sees.
Previously, Qi Ning had always thought that the backer behind Elder White Tiger was Ximen Without a Trace, if so, the control of the beggar gang by the Shenhou Mansion would naturally be beneficial to the imperial court, although Qi Ning was extremely disgusted and even hated Elder White Tiger as a person, but he really couldn't reverse the situation, in fact, there was not much loss to the imperial court and himself.
However, Qin Huai had a secret conversation with Long Tai on the river, and Qi Ning knew that there was someone else behind the White Tiger Elder, so he had to re-examine this matter.
Having just crossed into this world, Qi Ning's pursuit is very simple, he just hopes to survive in this strange world.
But when he arrived in the capital, with the development of things, because of Gu Qinghan, Qi Ning had already carried the Jinyi Marquis Mansion on his shoulders, and the little emperor was very important to himself when he first ascended to the throne, and Qi Ning did have the heart to help the little emperor stabilize the overall situation, which was of course for the friendship with the little emperor, but the more important reason was for his own future.
If it comes, it will be safe, such a simple truth Qi Ning is naturally clear, and now he has adapted to his new role in this world.
Qi Ning is already very clear about the situation of the court, to let himself be free and comfortable, being a marquis is of course an excellent choice, to keep what he currently has, and even to keep Gu Qinghan's safety, first of all, to keep the Jinyi Marquis Mansion, to keep the Jinyi Marquis Mansion, of course, to tie himself to the little emperor, so that the little emperor's position is as stable as Mount Tai.
Occasionally thinking of the original intention of coming to the capital, Qi Ning inevitably felt a sense of guilt in his heart.
He pursued all the way from Aizawa City to find Fluttershy, but what happened after that completely disrupted his plans, taking Fluttershy's dart team and robbing them on the peninsula, and since then Fluttershy's whereabouts are unknown, Fluttershy is a displaced refugee, after the Qinhuai War, there are countless displaced people, there is no way to check the household registration, Zining does not know where Fluttershy came from, let alone where Fluttershy is going, sometimes remembering, can only pray silently in his heart, hoping that Fluttershy can get out of the sea of suffering.
The envoy to the Eastern Qi Dynasty marched out of the capital of Jianye and began to go all the way north.
The previous time I went to Xichuan, but I went secretly, and I only brought a few Hou Mansion's entourage with me, this time I went to Dongqi, and my subordinates followed two hundred Yulin warriors, compared to the last time, it was much more majestic.
Leaving the capital, the excitement at the beginning gradually faded, and soon the eyes were replaced by green mountains and green waters, white clouds and clear water, high sky and light clouds.
When it is May, the climate is suitable, the road passes, the scenery is extremely beautiful, if it is a change of events, many scenery can only be seen in tourist areas, but in this era, you can see everywhere.
The Ministry of Rites had already planned the route of the mission in advance, and there were cavalry in front of it, Qi Ning was quite leisurely, on the way, occasionally passing through a few villages, seeing a large group of people, the villagers were all taking refuge early, so as not to invite disaster.
Jianye capital to the north less than two days away, is the Yangtze River, the road is smooth, but it only took a day, then to the riverside, after crossing the river, to the northeast direction, the team is not in a hurry, the guard leader Wu Dalin is a taciturn person, but often from front to back to turn a circle, supervise the guard must not relax, although Liang Xiong looks very rough, but is a cheerful person who is good at words, on the road with Qi Feng and others occasionally laugh, only one day down, has been very familiar.
Although Hu Bowen is a civil official, he is not weak, and his horseback riding skills are not bad, he has always been by Qi Ning's side, he obviously knows that the little marquis of Jinyi is not clear about many diplomatic etiquette, and he explains from time to time, in Hu Bowen's view, this time Jinyi is waiting to envoy Dongqi, it is just a symbolic meaning, it is a kind of sincerity expressed by the imperial court to Dongqi, and when the time comes, if you really want to deal with all kinds of things, you have to rely on yourself as a servant of the Ministry of Rites to deal with it.
He told Qi Ning all kinds of etiquette, but he was only worried that he was really going to Dongqi, Qi Ning didn't know the etiquette, and if there was a mistake, it would cause misunderstanding and even ridicule from the Dongqi people.