At noon, the emperor brought several uncles to Duanmen. Duanmen belongs to the Imperial City Gate, and between the gate is the location of the central government offices, because he does not want to disturb the official affairs of the provincial ministers, so the emperor sent someone to issue a special decree before he came, ordering the officials of the provinces and ministries not to go to the Duanmen to worship.

Tuoba Shen and others lined up the shifts, Tuoba Shen was in the center, and Li Biao and Jiang Shaoyou were on the left and right. Because the envoy gave the messenger was too high, Tuoba Shen let Li Biao hold it. Yu Zhong, Zheng Daozhao, Liu Wenyuan and others followed, and stepped forward in turn to worship: "Long live Your Majesty!" ”

After Tuoba Shen and the others got up, the emperor stepped forward and said, "Zhuqing is traveling far away today, and my relatives are here to travel for Zhuqing." He Qing and others did not disgrace their mission and returned with honor! ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Zhang Mao showed the three of his entourage on the left and right and stepped forward with a plate and sent it to Tuoba Shen and the three of them. Zhang Mao personally served wine in front of the emperor.

After the emperor wanted to pick up the wine, he looked directly at Tuoba Shen and the three Tuoba Shen and said: "Zhuqing is full of this drink, and when he returns to Beijing after his success, I should set up a banquet for Zhuqing to celebrate his achievements." Then he touched the drink lightly and put it back on the plate, he was still mourning, and he couldn't drink, just dip a little.

Tuoba Shen waited until the emperor had shown him to drink first, then he raised the wine and said in unison: "Thank you, Your Majesty for the wine!" After drinking it full, put it back into the wine buds. Perform the first salute again, and the emperor bows slightly.

Tuoba Shen originally thought that the wine in his wine buds was also wine, but after encountering it, he realized that it was just clear water.

Zhang Mao saw that he had finished saluting, and sang loudly: "Congratulations to all officials, go back!" ”

Tuoba Shen and the others waited for the emperor's car to walk into the end gate for more than a hundred steps before they got up one after another, but they saw the insider Jupeng holding a scepter on his side, and did not go back with the car.

After Jupeng saw Tuoba Shen get up, he stepped forward and bowed and said: "Your Highness, Your Majesty has given you a seal book and this rune, if Your Highness needs it along the way, you can seal the book and this rune, and recruit the state and county garrisons." His Majesty sent the message to the officials, soldiers, the foundation of the country, and they should not be moved lightly without reason. I hope that His Royal Highness will be cautious in this book. ”

Tuoba Shen didn't expect that the emperor finally added another layer of protection to him, giving him the power to mobilize the state and county garrisons, although he still warned him not to use troops and horses, but finally gave him the power, and if there was an accident on the road, there would be more room for operation.

Tuoba Shen took the seal book with both hands, and thanked him: "Please also ask the giant monarch to thank His Majesty the Emperor on my behalf." ”

"There is another thing, today's southern Shangshu Li Gong, secretary and supervisor Zheng Gong see the staff, please pass the post in the south of the city for His Royal Highness, and now the next duty is not enough, and please wait for a while in the post."

Tuoba Shen was stunned after hearing this, he didn't expect that someone would give him a canteen, he is not an officialdom now, and there are few people who know him outside the palace, if you want to say that you can't communicate for a while, I didn't expect that someone would give him a pang, and it is also a big celebrity Li Chong, although Li Chong is only a southern Shangshu now, not a brother who is in charge of the practice of Shangshu Province, but for whether he can be in charge of Shangshu Province in the future, few people in Pingcheng officialdom will doubt it.

Zheng Xi is also forgotten, but why did Li Chong come to see him off, even if Zheng Li is an in-law, but the Li family has many in-laws, and the original capital Cao Shangshu, who was assassinated at the beginning of the year, is still his in-law, he only sent his sons to see him off at that time, why would he personally come to see him off today? And this kind of thing is very suspicious in the eyes of people in officialdom, Li Chong has always been cautious and cautious, how could he do such a thing that is easy to misunderstand?

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Because this is a long journey, thousands of miles, so you can't use those cars that are used in the city, both bells and whistles, and not durable, the craftsman supervisor Cao specially built this new car, which looks much wider than ordinary cars on the outside, and has a lot of space inside, which looks like a house on a car. This car is different from ordinary cars in that its doors are open backwards, there is a car edge stretched in front of the door, the tree is fenced to facilitate this view, the wide door is hung with a yellow gauze tent, the car has leather on three sides, and the seat is filled with silk wool as a cushion, and there is a small bookcase, and there is a small cubicle at the back for resting.

The wheels of this car are wrapped in iron sheets, and the outside is wrapped with a meadow woven of cattail grass and several layers of cowhide to absorb shocks, and then the iron and wood are used as the wheels, and the four walls can be closed to prevent rain, and the wooden planks can also be removed for ventilation. Because of the lack of time, the interior of the car was not painted, only some decorations were set up on the outer wall and roof, and the four corners were hung with copper bells, and the outer wall was painted with cloud dragon patterns. Because it was heavier than a normal vehicle, it was equipped with six horses.

There are also two people who drive the car, both of them are perennial veterans, both of whom are picked up by Cao in the palace, Tuoba Shen specially asked Lu Guang to ask, one is from Zhao County, called Ming Zhao, and the other is from Zhuo County, called Liu Yu, but I don't know if it is also Liu Jing's descendant.

Lu Guang and Liu Teng got on the edge of the car through the boarding ladder, each opened the gauze tent, Tuoba Shen boarded the car with the requisition talisman and the envoy talisman and the seal book, and looked around the car after entering, his clothes had been placed inside, and some books and various fruits to read were also placed on the bookcase. The talisman was leaned against the wall of the car, and the seal book was placed on the bookcase, and Lu Guang was asked to put the gauze curtains on the left and right windows, leaving only the bead curtains to shade the sun. Originally, the windows were opened very large, and after the curtains were closed, the lighting in the car was better.

Tuoba Shen got out of the carriage, stood on the edge of the door, held the low fence with his hand, looked at the tall and mighty end gate and gatehouse in the distance, and found that there were many people on it watching, and after a closer look, he found that it was Feng Qing and Cao Guiren, noble people and others.

"Your Highness, everyone has boarded the car, can you go?" Liu Teng came to report

Tuoba Shen ignored him, and after getting out of the car, he faced the end door, stood up after three times, and said, "It's not too early, you can go, you go and inform General Yu, right?" ”

After a long wave to the end door, he returned to the car.

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Yu Zhong got Tuobashen's words, took the reins of the horse, stepped on the stirrups, turned over the horse, untied the horsewhip, and ordered the soldiers: "Yu Lin, you immediately go to the south of the city to inform Yu Zhen, let him immediately get ready to go, and the baggage battalion will be sent to Sanggan County first, and then return to Beijing after Sanggan takes over." In addition, you personally led twenty horsemen to the south of the city to pass the post ten miles, let the post officer do his best to prepare wine and food, and His Royal Highness will pass on the post banquet. Don't miss the hour. ”

"Yes!" The soldiers got on their horses and whipped away.

The three hundred cavalry appointed by the emperor to protect Tuoba Shen was personally selected by Yu Zhong in the early morning when the sky was slightly bright, and after the city gate was opened, his father Yu Lie is now serving as the secretary of the palace, leading the soldiers in the front palace, and his duty is to protect the emperor, and he also served as the general of the left guard before. Yu Zhong and his father Yu Lie had previously served in the military camp of the capital garrison, and they were relatively clear about the situation in the camps. This time, Yu Zhong was reused by the emperor, and Yu Lie also attached great importance to it, personally handwritten to the old generals in the military camp, and sent an official letter to transfer troops, sending Yu Zhong to personally select the elite cavalry.