Volume 1 The First Involvement in the Warring States Chapter 075 Dragons and Snakes (I)
Of course, it is impossible for Long Yangjun not to know that he has come up, but Lu Yu is still a person of Xinlingjun on the surface, in this case, in front of others, if he shows that he is too familiar with him, it will not arouse suspicion.
Compared with other palaces, the temple of the Wei family is not very luxurious, just a single-storey building, surrounded by white marble guardrails, and the railings are carved with Rui beast carvings. There are four pillars in front of the hall, each pillar is coiled with a relief of the divine beast, holding the brazier, although most of them are dominated by the divine beast, making the whole temple look particularly solemn, but the angry eyes look a little evil in the firelight.
However, dozens of guards around were evenly distributed, each guarding their positions, surrounding the entire temple, and invisibly recovering a bit of majesty for the Wei family's temple.
Lu Yu thought to himself that maybe King Wei and Xinling Jun should have some kind of worship ritual in the temple, just like they need to worship heaven and earth and ancestors before leading troops to go on battle.
I thought that although Wei Mingji was a princess, maybe women were not allowed to enter the temple, so she could only wait outside like other ministers. Lu Yu couldn't help but lament that this inequality between men and women would not change until 2,000 years later.
Just as he was thinking, a figure appeared at the door of the temple, and everyone knelt on the ground at the same time. When Lu Yu knelt down with everyone in a daze, he saw King Wei walking out of the temple with Xinlingjun behind him.
I only heard King Wei say: "Where is Lu Yu?" ”
Lu Yu hurriedly got up and walked out of the side of the queue, knelt down on one knee and saluted, and replied loudly: "The minister is here!" ”
King Wei said: "Handan Luyao, you must protect the princess well, and there must be no mistakes." ”
Lu Yu responded: "The minister obeys the order!" ”
King Wei let everyone get up, and said to Lu Yu: "Now the widow has given you a bronze talisman, sixty guards, and twenty warriors, led by you, and accompanied to protect the princess." If you see a widow, if you do not obey the order, you can execute him on the spot. ”
After that, he called Zhao Chang over and handed over the bronze talisman to Lu Yu.
Lu Yu took the bronze talisman with both hands, and couldn't help but feel like he was going to lead the army to fight. The bronze talisman is diamond-shaped and flat, one side is a protruding seal "Wei" character, and the other side is engraved with irregular patterns, which looks a little like a miniature map, and the technique is so fine that Lu Yu sincerely admires the craftsman who made this copper talisman, and he can't figure out how there can be such fine art in this era.
After that, the king of Wei ordered Zhao Chang to hand over the pass order and ultimatum documents to Lu Yu, and also handed over a silk letter sealed with fire paint to Wei Mingji, and instructed her to present it to the king of Zhao.
At this time, I heard Zhao Chang say to the King of Wei: "King Qiyu: The auspicious time has come. ”
King Wei nodded slightly, and Zhao Chang said to Wei Mingji again: "Please princess move into the car and prepare to go." ”
Wei Mingji saluted the king of Wei, and walked down the steps with the king of Wei, surrounded by the slaves and maids who came up to serve.
The others followed and walked slowly.
Only then did Xin Lingjun walk up to Lu Yu and say to him, "This monarch has made it clear to the king that he will bring your horse, and you should have seen it when you came up just now." ”
Lu Yu was busy thanking him.
And Long Yangjun, as if he didn't know Lu Yu, had been deliberately avoiding facing Lu Yu below, just silently accompanying King Wei and not speaking, which made Lu Yu feel strange.
From the beginning of their secret attack on Xinlingjun, especially after the assassination, Long Yangjun did show an extra cautious appearance, probably because Xinlingjun was also secretly investigating him, so he had to do this.
After Wei Mingji got into the carriage, King Wei ordered Lu Yu to be the leader, and Xinlingjun and Longyangjun sent out of Daliang City, and the procession officially set off.
By this time, the sky had slowly risen to the white of a fish's belly, heralding that the day that would replace the night after dawn was coming.
The cold wind was still biting, and the neat steps of the sixty guards broke the silence that it should have, and seemed to drown out the footsteps of others.
In addition to Lu Yu, Xin Lingqun, and Long Yangjun riding horses at the front, twenty warriors, several maidservants, and miscellaneous servants all followed behind Wei Mingji's carriage.
However, Lu Yu learned that there were twenty horses waiting for this group of warriors outside the north gate of the palace, because they were not allowed to ride horses in the palace except for permission, so they could only get on the horses and accompany them after leaving the palace. And the treatment of the sixty guards is a little worse, and on this trip to Handan, they can only use their own feet as a means of transportation.
Half an hour later, the whole sky was already imperceptibly dyed white, and the earth was also illuminated.
Lu Yu finally waited for this day to come.
The pass order that King Wei handed over to Lu Yu was a piece of jade, only half a piece to be exact. The bronze talisman was given to Lu Yu to give orders to the accompanying Praetorian Guards, and the passage order was used when entering and exiting the Wei Border Pass.
The other ultimatum document is a bamboo slip, which serves as an identity verification after entering the Zhao Kingdom. In addition, each janissary and samurai wore a wooden waist badge around their waists, which was used to represent their status.
The brigade traveled for nearly half an hour before leaving the palace. Xinlingjun and Longyangjun were on Lu Yu's left and right, which made Lu Yu feel that his identity had been improved.
Although it was only sent out of Daliang City, this was already a special treatment given to him by King Wei. Even if you want to lead troops to go on an expedition, it is extremely difficult to get this treatment.
Xin Lingjun was followed by Ximen Hou and two other generals that Lu Yu had not seen, Lu Yu was ostensibly Xinlingjun's person, but Long Yangjun was alone, and he did not see Jing Jie or other generals accompanying him. In comparison, Long Yangjun seems to have lost a lot of money than Xinlingjun in terms of pomp and circumstance.
However, Long Yangjun and Lu Yu knew in their hearts that the reason why Jing Jie did not accompany him was because there were other arrangements.
Lu Yu's heart couldn't wait to join Zhang Wu and the others, but he could only leave Daliang City today, but he hadn't left the Wei realm yet, and according to the plan, they would arrange for Xiao Zhengwen and Dai Ji to leave on the third day after Lu Yu left Daliang City, and then Long Yangjun secretly helped them to rendezvous with Lu Yu, separating Lu Yu's departure as much as possible to avoid suspicion.
Of course, he wanted to participate in this operation very much, but because he could not leave the princess, she aroused her suspicion, so he could only wait patiently. As long as he walked out of this Daliang City, without Xinlingjun by his side, Lu Yu could deliberately slow down the team and try to buy time for Zhang Wu to catch up, after all, they had Xiao Zhengwen and Dai Ji in their team, and there was no way to catch up with Lu Yu quickly.
Xin Lingjun didn't talk to Long Yangjun, but he was very close to Ximen Hou from time to time, and said whispers that even Lu Yu couldn't hear, and he didn't know what he couldn't know.
Lu Yu didn't really want to know what Xinlingjun and Ximen Hou were secretly saying, as long as everyone could leave safely, all the affairs of Wei would have nothing to do with him. The most urgent task now is to try to prevent Zhang Wu from killing Proton, because once Proton dies, the people who unify the six countries will not be Yingzheng, and there will be no Qin Shi Huang in history, if there is a butterfly effect because of this, it is very likely that the next two thousand years of history will be rewritten, and he may not appear in the world after two thousand years.
So in any case, with his worship of Qin Shi Huang, Lu Yu has to protect the "normal development" of history.
Before I knew it, I had come to the north gate of Daliang City. thought that he was still regarded as an imposter when he first came here, and then he was praised as a "public figure" in Daliang City, and he was even implicated in the struggle between Xinlingjun and Longyangjun. Lu Yu felt an indescribable feeling in his heart, what he had experienced in the past few days could finally come to an end.
Fortunately, luck was always on his side, and he chose such an opportune time to break away from the rights and wrongs of Daliang City and start another journey in this era.
"General Lu?"
Xin Lingjun's voice brought Lu Yu back to his senses. Xinling Junqi said: "Lu Yu, what are you thinking?" Why didn't I respond to a few words of calling? ”
Lu Yu laughed to hide his embarrassment, and said, "I just remembered that when I first arrived in Daliang that day, it seemed to happen yesterday." ”
Ximen Hou immediately answered: "Brother Lu was killed by the villain that day... Hehe, I was embarrassed by Jing Jie, but my younger brother helped me solve the siege. ”
These words were obviously directed at Long Yangjun, it was Jing Jie under Long Yangjun who deliberately made things difficult for Lu Yu that day, but fortunately, Ximen Hou arrived in time to get out.
Otherwise, he didn't even know who Jing Jie was, in case he offended someone from the Wei royal family, then no matter how famous he Jiaolongxia was, his journey in Daliang would definitely not be very pleasant.
Long Yangjun said disapprerovingly: "Jiaolongxia's reputation is outside, and it is inevitable that some people want to fish in troubled waters, but fortunately, it is just a misunderstanding." ”
Xin Lingjun didn't take their topic, but just said to Lu Yu: "It's not too early, this gentleman has sent you and the princess to the city gate, Lu Yu, you have to protect the princess well." ”
Lu Yu nodded and agreed, said goodbye to Xinlingjun and Longyangjun, and the team finally stepped out of Daliang City.
The city guards were in awe, respectfully saluted him, when Lu Yu came in from here that day, they mistakenly took Lu Yu as a liar, when the identity was verified, Lu Yu was in Daliang City, "wind and water", maybe these city guards were once worried that Lu Yu would retaliate against Israel, but fortunately, until today, Lu Yu has not troubled them.
He was a little strange why Long Yangjun didn't even say a word from the palace to the city gate, he seemed to be full of thoughts, and Lu Yu felt that he was a little imperceptible sadness.
What made him willing to fight in front of Xinlingjun's "sworn enemy"? Thinking back to yesterday's conversation, Long Yangjun probably had already discussed the plan with Hou Rong, and as soon as he Lu Yu left Daliang, he would deal with the matter of alchemy of the living.
At this moment, the air outside Daliang City was sweet to him, although he had not yet stepped out of the Wei realm, it was already like a liberation, and he no longer needed to face the face of Xinlingjun.
After driving for more than ten miles, a warrior rode close to Lu Yu and asked him: "General, we are about to cross the river, the terrain in front of us is suitable for camping, do you want to rest for a while?" ”
Lu Yu looked at the sky, and it was almost noon at this time, so he agreed to the samurai's request and asked him to pass the order to go down and stop and rest.