Chapter 68: Northwest Journey (1)
Out of the imperial capital, Yu Jue's heart was full of joy, and she was so excited that she hummed a small song that she couldn't hear all the way. The afterglow of the plain and cold fairy is also a good look. The three women got together in a heap and whispered along the way.
Walking a little further, Yu Yun took out a piece of pink tulle and covered his face, covering his peerless face.
"Little Yuyun, why do you want to cover your face?" Yu Jue is the same age as Yu Yun, so he wants to pretend to be old-fashioned and add a small word in front of Yu Yun's name.
"When you're out and about, it's better not to show your face. So as not to get into unnecessary trouble. Yu Yun replied.
is still Yun'er smart, although her mind is pure, but she knows the sinister world, which is really rare. Jing Ge thought to himself.
"Reasonable, after all, we are three beautiful women. When those whores see it, most of them are going to have evil intentions. Alas! Why didn't I think of wearing a veil before I came out? Yu Jue was a little annoyed.
"It's okay, I'll bring it for you and Sister Xue." Yu Yun took out two more pieces, one black and one white, and handed them to them respectively, corresponding to the clothes worn by Yujue and Qianxue.
"Sister Yun is really careful." Qianxue sighed from the bottom of her heart, and even noticed such small details as colors.
"Hee-hee, thank you for the little aftertaste. Although I didn't wear a veil, I did bring a lot of it when I came out to walk the rivers and lakes. Yu Jue flipped the package on the horse's back.
"Look, my night suit, the must-have hat for the rivers and lakes. Little aftertaste, Sister Xue put this on. We are the Three Women. Yu Jue fiddled with her belongings. Happily divide the hat with you to Yuyun and Chiyuki.
Infected by Yu Jue's happy emotions, Yu Yun and Qianxue also happily put on black low-brimmed hats, and talked and laughed along the way.
"Your Highness, we have walked more than seventy miles, and it will be late. There are still more than 130 miles from Seoul, why don't you go to the post station ten miles south to rest and leave tomorrow? The guard stepped forward to report.
"Hmm." Jing Ge nodded, he did not choose the official road, but walked in the wilderness.
"It's so eerie and terrifying here, there is a strange fog gathering, and it's not too far from the imperial capital, how can there be such a place." The sky was slightly dark, it was dusk, Yu Jue hugged her arms and said, she felt a little cold.
"This was once an ancient battlefield, with countless souls and many heroes of the human race. In the past, the ancestors faced the demons here, and they fought bloodily for ten days, and every inch of land was soaked in blood. Peel over the thin layer of soil and you can see the bones of the remnants. For 300 years, no one has lived here, and the yin qi is too heavy. Yu Yun dismounted and said, she knew the history of the human race, stood on the edge with respect, and saluted this misty valley.
"Hundreds of years ago, when the demons were raging, this valley was sandwiched between the two main cities of the human race, Luoyang and Hancheng. It was the main battlefield of a great battle. Jing Ge also dismounted, with some emotion.
The yellowed grass of the brown earth swayed in the wind, and the mist that persisted all year round shrouded it.
"Someone's here." Yu Yun whispered, she was born with divine pupils, but she could see through the void, and the gloomy fog could not block her vision.
"Huh?" Jing Ge was surprised, the evil spirit here is very heavy, and staying here for a long time is not good for the body. Moreover, there are many bizarre rumors of gods and ghosts circulating here, and the strange fog isolates perception, which makes people feel intimidating. Residents in the vicinity are far away and do not dare to approach easily. How could anyone be here?
He didn't even perceive it with a keen sense, only Yu Yun could see through the mist the man who was miles away.
"He's like he's cultivating." Yu Yun saw the man sitting cross-legged in the middle of the field, black mist flowing from his ears and nose. His face was hideous and distorted, and he endured great pain.
"It must be a demonic cultivator." Qianxue said.
"Since he is the big devil, we might as well sneak attack him while he is practicing, and eliminate harm for the people." Yu Jue pulled out her saber and was eager to rush into the mist to find him.
Jing Ge glared at her speechlessly. Her martial arts skills are not high, and she is half-witted in kung fu, but she likes to toss the most.
"It's said that it's the big devil, it must be difficult to provoke, people don't offend me, I don't offend people. Why do you want to attack someone's house? Jing Ge said.
"He cultivates the Demon Dao, it's definitely not a good thing, and when he comes out to mingle with the rivers and lakes, he has to be chivalrous." Yu Jue retorted.
"Good and evil lie in the heart, not in terms of exercises, and if you do good deeds with the Demon Dao Exercises, you can't be called a chivalrous man? Isn't it evil to slaughter innocents with righteous exercises? Jing Ge asked rhetorically.
"Uh... Hum. Yu Jue snorted lightly, turned his face away, and put the saber back into its scabbard. muttered aggrievedly in a low voice, "You are the best at speaking big truths." ”
"Let's go and spend the night at the post station on the official road." Jing Ge got on the horse and commanded, he naturally wouldn't provoke others for no reason like Yu Jue.
There is a post station every 100 miles on the official road leading to the northwest border, and there are not many officers and soldiers at the post station, generally only about a dozen. Responsible for raising horses and transmitting information.
There are extremely precious Liuyun horses in the post station, and some robbers who are close to the wilderness of the post station are very tacit, and no matter how much they pay attention to these post stations. Because this is the bottom line of taboo, once someone attacks the post station and delays the transmission of military information, the imperial court will definitely investigate to the end and punish the nine clans.
Jing Ge and his entourage came to the post station, and the officers and soldiers of the post station were very respectful, after all, they were a prince and had official duties. Even if he doesn't have any real power, he is a big man for them, and he doesn't dare to slack off at all.
The best room was arranged immediately, and the most sumptuous food was brought out.
"Let's get busy, you don't have to wait here." Jing Ge waved his hand and ordered, until now, he was still not used to being surrounded by too many people.
"Your Highness, drink the medicine." Qianxue walked in with a bowl of medicine and put it on the table. Decocting a bowl of medicine every three days, she kept it in mind, never forgot it, and had developed a habit.
"Oh." Jing Ge put down the book in his hand, picked up the bowl and drank it all. By now, he had vaguely known why Yue'er wanted him to drink medicine, and gradually noticed the changes in his body. He was getting weaker, but he didn't mention it to anyone around him.
"What is Your Highness writing?" Qianxue looked curiously at a volume of drawings on the case, with dense annotations.
"This is the Great Qin Atlas that I took from the Wei Mansion." Jing Ge replied, without much explanation, his annotation on it can only be understood by himself.
"By the way, there is news from the imperial capital, Ouyang Tong's son went out of the city with a group of masters, behind us. And there is also a mysterious person, who has hired an extremely powerful killer to deal with us. Qianxue said.
"Come on, just send them back." Jing Ge said indifferently.
"Huh? He also sent them back, and when they came, they should not go back. Qianxue said murderously.
"Why are you so cruel, but you are a little similar to Yue'er." Jing Ge said with a smile, and the girl in white who was as cold as frost appeared in his mind again.
"It's not that the slaves and maids are cruel, it's that His Highness is too soft-hearted and unwilling to be ruthless, and those people think His Highness is easy to bully. It's better to kill them until they are cold, and they will be gone. Qianxue said.
"Well, you have some point." Jing Ge nodded noncommittally, "But it's better to kill less." ”
"Hee-hee, because Miss Yuyun is here?" Qianxue asked with a smile.
"There must be a small reason for this." Jing Ge admitted it calmly.
"Then Your Highness, do you like Miss Shangguan a little more? Or do you like to have more of a girl? Qianxue asked with a wink.
"Eventful." Jing Ge glared at her and scolded.
He hadn't thought about it yet, how could he tell how much he liked.
"The slave knows that she is wrong, Your Highness should rest early, haha." After Qian Xue finished speaking, she quickly ran away.
It was the autumn harvest season, Jing Ge and his party walked northwest along the official road, and the golden wheat fields on both sides of the road were endless, a scene of a bumper harvest. Civilians are harvesting wheat in the fields.
"It seems that the Prime Minister's new policy has had a significant effect." Yu Yun looked at this scene and admired it happily.
She admired the female prime minister she had never met. Throughout the ages, how many women have been able to hold power and rule the world like her? No. If you really want to find one more person to come out, you can only count the supreme existence in the current court - Empress Wu Niangniang.
"Tax relief, disaster relief, allowing the poor to open up wasteland for private farmland, distributing wheat and rice seeds, and issuing decrees to protect them from encroachment...... These are all very good, and they do have the ability to govern the world. Jing Ge nodded, Yue'er's courage and means were amazing.
"It's been a long time since Daqin has had such a wise prime minister." Yu Yun said.
"In the long run, I'm afraid it won't be long before Great Qin will become stronger, and its national strength will overshadow Xiliang and Qi." Qianxue also said on the side.
Jing Ge chuckled, "Can't Xiliang have a virtuous minister?" ”
"Does Xiliang also have such a character?" Yu Yun is curious, such a capable minister is rare, and even if there is, it may not be reused by the monarch.
There are many people of insight throughout the ages, but few can be appreciated by the monarch and entrusted with important tasks.
Fortunately, it is the Empress Wu who is in charge of the Weiyang Palace today, if she is still the mediocre monarch who destroyed the Great Wall, how can she allow the new policy promulgated by Lord Shangguan. The faint king always looks down on the virtuous ministers. If it has become like this today, it is not because the monarchs of the past have been stupid and incompetent! Yu Yun thought to himself.
"Of course there is, you must know that Xiliang also has a powerful woman. Presumably, people of insight will also be reused in her hands. Jing Ge thought of the lupine scarf, the mountain village man with a fairy wind.
"Does that powerful woman mean the daughter of Bai Ze, the king of Xiliang?" Yu Jue asked, and the four of them walked forward side by side, chatting all the way.
"Who else but her." Jing Ge replied, I don't know what kind of demeanor that strange woman is.
"There are rumors that Bai Ze is going to pass the throne to her."
"It's not surprising, after all, King Xiliang is such a daughter, who will he pass it on to if he doesn't pass it on to her."
"Wow, then she will become the Queen of Xiliang. Da Qin and Xi Liang are in the hands of women, which is unprecedented, overshadowing all men. Yu Jue was amazed, her eyes were full of little stars, and she looked quite proud between her words.
While a few people were talking, they were unconsciously approaching Seoul.
"Seoul is not much smaller than Luoyang." Qianxue looked at the giant city in front of him, the black city wall was strong and tall, and the momentum was overwhelming, like an ancient giant beast lying on the plain.
"This is one of the eight main cities of the human race, with a long history, in the era when the demon race was raging, like Luoyang, it did not fall." Yu Yun said.
The traces of the swords and axes on the walls of the city have not faded for hundreds of years. In addition to wisdom, the human race also has a big advantage over the demon race, which is to make good use of tools and build city houses.
"How could such a tall city fall! Even if Xiliang breaks the Yanmen Pass, it may not be able to drive straight into the Central Plains! Yu Jue stared at the giant city and sighed.
"It's hard to say, it's easy to say. Although the city is impregnable, the hearts of the people can be broken. Jing Ge glanced at Yu Jue and said meaningfully.
Several people patted the tall flowing cloud horses and stepped into the main city together with the night.
Two hundred miles away in Luoyang City, a green-shirted maid entered a mansion through an inconspicuous small door.
"See Childe, Madame, and Lords." She saluted.
In the twilight, the hall became more and more silent and dark, and the candle flame reflected on the face and it was difficult to see the face. There were more than a dozen figures sitting in the hall in turn, and a young man on the main throne had a complexion like white jade, a handsome appearance, and an innate nobility.
"Why didn't Lord Shangguan come here in person?" Someone asked.
"My young lady is entangled in affairs, so it is inconvenient for me to come here in person." The green-shirted maid replied respectfully.
"Bold, didn't you even summon her to come?" The young man on the throne slapped his palm on the coffee table beside him and shouted loudly.
Startled, the green-shirted girl quickly fell to the ground, not daring to move.