Chapter 547: Lingwu

In the afternoon of the next day, Princess Ningguo's Luan driving team was slowly late, and at this time, Lin Yong had been waiting on the city gate tower for two or three hours. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Seeing the smoke and dust on the distant horizon, Lin Yong breathed a sigh of relief and resolutely ordered: "Open the city gate, all the civil and military subordinates of Lingwuwei and Lingwu Metropolitan Governor's Mansion will follow me out of the city to greet Her Royal Highness the Princess!" ”

A whimpering horn sounded, and the heavy Lingwu City Gate slowly opened. More than 100 horsemen galloped out and went back for more than ten miles.

Kong Sheng straddled the chasing wind and followed Ning Guo's Luan. Seeing that on the edge of the official road not far away, a middle-aged white-faced and beardless Confucian general led dozens of people to greet him, raised his eyebrows slightly, and said lightly: "Your Royal Highness Princess, it should be Lin Yong, the governor of Lingwu, who is leading people out of the city!" ”

Kong Sheng was a little dissatisfied, one was because the Hui Khan led a large group of men and horses to break into the territory of the Tang Dynasty for a safari, and the Lingwu Army was indifferent; Second, Ning Guo's Luan drove to the rear of Lingwu, and Lin Yong's side did not make any movement, at least he did not send people to greet the guards, which not only violated the Tang Dynasty etiquette system, but also a certain kind of neglect and contempt for the princess.

No matter how great the pressure of the Hui army was, Lin Yong could not ignore the etiquette of the imperial court. In Kong Sheng's opinion, it is impossible to divide too many troops, but a team of more than 100 people should be able to, right? Arranging for a lieutenant to go out of the city to meet the escort was only nominal. But not even doing this can only show that in Lin Yong's heart, Ning Guo, a friendly princess...... Status...... It's not very high.

But for Ning Guo, it didn't matter whether Lin Yong came to greet him or not. It's just that last night, thousands of Hui army horses suddenly appeared and surrounded the camp, and the big battle was about to break out, which made Ning Guo realize the rampant rudeness of the Hui people, and for this, Lin Yong, the governor of Lingwuwei, seemed to be to blame.

Listening to Kong Sheng's words, Princess Ning Guo hummed softly, but she didn't say anything, let alone show her happiness or displeasure. Kong Sheng knew in his heart that it was probably because Ning Guo still held a grudge against him in his heart and refused to pay attention to himself.

Luan's team moved slowly forward and slowly stopped.

Lin Yong bowed down a thousand times, and shouted loudly: "The Governor of Lingwu and the Lingwu Governor of Lingwu are too guarded by Lin Yong, meet Her Royal Highness Princess Ningguo!" ”

On Luan's ride, Princess Ning Guo was silent for a moment.

The atmosphere suddenly became a little dull and awkward.

The Lingwu subordinates behind Lin Yong looked at each other, and they all understood that this was a sign that the princess was not very satisfied with - and in fact, most of them knew that Lin Yong did not send someone to escort him yesterday, and last night the princess of Ningguo was besieged by the army of the Hui Khan Mo Yansi, and the princess obviously had some emotions towards Lin Yong.

Kong Sheng was silently on the horse, and his clear eyes swept over Lin Yong and the others.

Lin Yong rubbed his hands in embarrassment, bowed there again, and shouted loudly: "Lin Yong, the Governor of Lingwu, lead the crowd to welcome the princess late, and ask Her Royal Highness the princess to forgive her sins!" ”

Ning Guo finally spoke: "This palace is just a princess of harmony, after a few days of Lingwu, she will no longer be a princess of the Tang Dynasty, Lord Lin is a dignified and important minister of the Tang Dynasty, a feudal town, why deign to welcome me, a princess of harmony?" How dare this palace be? ”

As soon as Ning Guo said this, the Lingwu people were even more embarrassed. And Lin Yong's face was a little gloomy, he sighed lightly and bowed there, and said in a muffled voice: "Your Highness is Your Majesty's own daughter, the princess of the Tang Dynasty." The princess worked hard for her family and the country to return to her family, and for the people, she made great contributions to the Tang Dynasty and the people. All the soldiers of my Lingwu have never been disrespectful to His Highness, and I also ask His Highness to enter the city to rest as soon as possible to relieve the suffering of the carriage and horses. ”

Ning Guo smiled indifferently: "Then Lord Laurin will lead the way." ”

Lin Yong secretly breathed a sigh of relief, turned over on his horse, threw a glance at Kong Sheng, and then galloped at the forefront with the Lingwu people, preparing to return to Lingwu. He and Kong Sheng are both officials of the three grades, although Kong Sheng is a high-ranking and powerful upstart in the capital, but he is also a Lingwu Domain town that presides over the civil and military affairs, and he does not need to meet Kong Sheng.

Moreover, to be honest, in the hearts of many Tang Dynasty generals, especially Lin Yong, who are martial arts generals, have never seen Kong Sheng's courage and brilliance, but they have heard that Kong Sheng's civil and military skills have won the trust of the emperor, and they are not too impressed by Kong Sheng in their hearts, so they can't talk about paying too much attention to it.

And these people guard the border all the year round, have a rough personality, and are not informal. Deep in his heart, he actually doesn't think much of Kong Sheng, a young Beijing official who makes his fortune by pleasing the emperor.

Kong Sheng was indifferent, and still followed Ning Guo's Luan into the city.

However, as soon as the Lingwu City Gate entered, Kong Sheng's impression of Lin Yong changed a lot. The Lingwu garrison was strictly disciplined and the military appearance was strictly organized, while the people in Lingwu City lived in peace and order, and there was no instability and social chaos brought about by the pressure of the Hui army. This made Kong Sheng realize that Lin Yong has a set of rules whether he is leading troops or governing the people.

In the past few days, the Hui army of 100,000 has pressed the border, but the people in Lingwu City are still living a stable life, and no one is panicking and fleeing or taking advantage of the chaos in the city to make trouble. All the pressure was on Lin Yong and the Lingwu defenders, and the war disaster was not as good as the people, which was what Kong Sheng appreciated the most.

Princess Ning Guo lived in the back office of the Lingwu Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, but this was not the most luxurious and luxurious residence in Lingwu City, and it should be said that it was still relatively simple. But the princess should be stationed in the official office, this is the rule.

Kong Sheng led a team of forbidden army guards to enter the official office at the same time. As for Nan Yong, he led other soldiers and horses to camp outside the city. If so many people flocked into Lingwu City in a swarm, it would be a disruption to the order of life in the city, and Kong Sheng would not do this.

In fact, Princess Ningguo brought so many people to return to Huihe, Lin Yong was somewhat disapproving, feeling that the imperial court attached too much importance to rejuvenating the teachers and mobilizing the people. The grain and grass transferred from all over the country were piled up in Lingwu City, and the imperial court wanted to give such a sufficient amount of grain and grass to the Hui people, and the Lingwu army and people were somewhat dissatisfied.

But Lin Yong also knew the helplessness of the imperial court. If the Hui are not given enough price, they will not retreat. And as long as the Hui army and horses don't leave for a day, the threat of Lingwu will not be eliminated for a day, and he, the governor of Lingwu, will continue to sleep and eat restlessly.

Naturally, the officials from the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Household followed negotiated with the Lingwu Metropolitan Governor's Office, handed over the inventory of grain and grass, and at the same time wrote the gift post of the Tang Emperor to reward the Hui Khan, which was to be handed over to the Hui Khan by Kong Sheng, the envoy of the Tang Emperor, and it was also an important part of this peace.

Lin Yong clenched his fist to Princess Ningguo: "Please rest the princess, the minister still has the duty officer, and you need to go up to the city tower to command the defense of Lingwu, so I will leave first!" ”

Princess Ningguo said lightly: "Lord Lin is busy, don't worry about me, as long as there is food to eat and a place to wash and change clothes, anyway, I can't stay in Lingwu for a few days." ”

It sounded like Princess Ningguo still seemed to be in some mood, but Lin Yong was in a hurry to climb the city tower and check the movements of the Hui people, so he didn't care about this.

Lin Yong took a deep breath, and then bowed his hand to Kong Sheng: "Marquis of Chang'an, the safety of the princess will be handed over to you, the official will go first, wait for the evening, and then set up a banquet for Her Royal Highness the princess to catch the wind and wash the dust!" ”

Kong Sheng sighed and nodded slowly.

Lin Yong hurriedly left with his lieutenant, and Kong Sheng smiled at Ning Guo and said, "Princess, you rest first, and if you need it, just summon me at any time." ”

Ning Guo didn't look at Kong Sheng, and sneered coldly: "The Marquis of Chang'an is so noble, how can he do these chores for this palace, I don't dare to do it, I can't afford it." ”

Ning Guo took his personal palace maid and left.

Kong Sheng sighed, looking at Ning Guo's charming and slender back, and his heart was slightly complicated.

Kong Sheng still changed into civilian clothes, and walked with Wu Xianwu out of the official letter, still preparing to wander around Lingwu City, or to pass the time. The main reason is that Kong Sheng felt that Ning Guo was very embarrassed to get along with him in the back office, so he simply moved out to the front yard under the pretext of an excuse and lived with the forbidden soldiers.

Lingwu City is quaint and desolate, and the streets are paved with bluestone bricks, and many of them are covered with moss and polished, which shows the long history of this city. The people and merchants in the city looked calm and came and went freely, and there were many foreign faces among them. Lingwu is located in the Central Plains to the Western Regions and Mobei traffic point, there are too many merchants. If it weren't for the deterrence of the Hui military horses, I'm afraid the caravans would still be in groups as in the past.

Wandering all the way and checking the customs of Lingwu, everything seemed so quiet and peaceful, which made Kong Sheng even more appreciate Lin Yong's ability. If the magistrates of the Tang Dynasty are as capable as Lin Yong, why can't the Tang Dynasty move towards revival and reproduce the glorious grandeur of the Kaiyuan Tianbao era?

Hearing the general's praise for Lin Yong's governance, Wu Xian and Wujie were a little disapproving.

The three of them were strolling around when they suddenly heard noisy human voices, chaotic running sounds and shrill shouts in front of them, and they became a pot of porridge. Kong Sheng frowned, and suddenly saw that the heavy city gate in front of him was closing in full swing, and many people were running in his direction.

Kong Sheng grabbed the arm of a young strong man and said, "May I ask my eldest brother, what happened, there is such a panic in the city, and the officials and soldiers still have to close the city gate?"

The young strong man gasped and said hurriedly: "Childe, are you going out of the city?" Let's go back. Outside the city, the Hui military horses suddenly attacked, a large area of black pressure, is coming in the direction of Lingwu, the governor has ordered the whole city to be on guard, close the city gate, and strictly prohibit anyone from going out......"

After saying that, the strong man walked away.

Kong Sheng was a little surprised, and explained to Wu Xianwu: "It is unlikely that the Hui Hui people will attack in a big way, because the princess's peace team has already arrived in Lingwu, and the Hui Khan knows it, and I have already agreed with Mo Yansi to meet in three days, how can he attack in a big way at this moment?" What's more, the army is moving, the sound of horses' hooves is shaking, and there is no movement at this moment, is there some grass and trees in the Lingwu defenders? ”

"Let's go to the top of the castle tower to check the movement!" After speaking, Kong Sheng took the lead and ran in the direction of the city gate tower, and then he was about to climb the city gate tower, but was naturally stopped by the heavily guarded Lingwu soldiers.

"Who are you? Dare to trespass on the city tower, hurry back, otherwise military law will be engaged! The soldier scolded.

Kong Sheng smiled, took out his Chang'an Marquis and the Imperial Gold Medal from the General of the Shence Army from his arms, and slowly handed it to the soldiers. The soldier glanced at it and saw that it was a gold medal, with four big characters engraved on the front "Ru I am here", and on the back was the word "hole", the soldier was taken aback, and immediately realized that the personable son in front of him was actually the Marquis of Chang'an and the general of the forbidden army, Kong Sheng, such a big man, how could he dare to stop it again?

More than a dozen soldiers fell to the ground: "The little one meets the general, and asks the general to forgive his sins!" ”

Kong Sheng smiled lightly: "Gentlemen, please get up, where you are waiting for the division, how can this official blame you, Governor Lin is on the city gate, right?" Take me to him quickly! ”

The soldiers said yes again and again, and a leader hurriedly took Kong Sheng to the city gate tower in fear to meet Lin Yong. Lin Yong was taking a group of generals to look at the movement of the Hui camp on the city wall, and suddenly saw Kong Shengdao coming, he couldn't help frowning, and said in his heart, Why are you running up, isn't this causing chaos for this official?

Lin Yong said in a deep voice: "The Marquis of Chang'an is not resting in the back office, what are you doing when you go up to the city tower?" ”

Kong Sheng smiled and arched his hand: "Kong heard that the Hui army was coming, so he went up to the city tower to check out. (To be continued.) )