Chapter 3 In front of the door
The sun shines through the clouds, and the misty sky shines slightly. There are still crimson clouds in the sky, Chang'an City is bathed in the first rays of morning light, carriages, sedan chairs on the streets in the early morning, stepping on a slight green frost, is heading towards the palace city. The people in the sedan car were dressed in scarlet robes or yews, and there were also men in armor riding horses.
It was another great pilgrimage, and there were only three such pilgrimages a month, which coincided with the tenth day. On this day, as long as the officials above the fifth grade in Chang'an must participate. As a result, on this day, the court and the government hall could not stand under the hundreds of military officials, and there were many officials with low positions who could only stand outside the palace. Of course, these people will not not come because of bad treatment, but they feel that it is a great honor to participate in such a court meeting, and they stand outside the gate with smiles on their faces and listen to the intermittent voices of political discussion from inside. Because this kind of treatment is only available to officials in Chang'an, those officials in the local area may not be able to see the saint for a year, and this is where they are proud.
Outside the Suzaku Gate, many officials met together, they either walked out of their sedan chairs, or got off their hips and horses, and talked together in twos and threes, climbing the relationship, and praising each other.
"Haha...... Master Wei, I haven't seen you for a long time, I'm really getting more and more energetic! ”
"Lord Liu praised it, Lord Liu's face was full of red light, I think it is a happy event!" At this time, the sky was faint, and he couldn't even see the face of the other side clearly, and he had to rely on the characteristics of the voice to tell who was on the other side, I really don't know how he saw the person on the other side with a red face. These are the mutual praise of the officials in Chang'an City to maintain their relationship with each other, and everyone carries the sedan chair!
"Haha...... The prince of Jiangxia. It's been good lately, and the old man has prepared a good daughter red at home. After going down to the court, go to the house to drink two cups? ”
"Definitely, but don't be reluctant when the time comes!" Li Xiaogong said to Qu Tutong. This stubborn old man has always gone to his house to eat and drink, and this time he actually invited guests, which is really rare.
Outside the Suzaku Gate, there is a busy scene, most of the officials are climbing the relationship, talking about friendship, either fellow villagers, or classmates, in short, the officials in the world are one family. This peaceful scene was disrupted in the next moment.
Because in the other direction. A rapid sound of horses' hooves came, the sound of the horseshoe stepping on the bluestone slab was so crisp, in the early morning twilight it seemed to ring in everyone's ears, not that these people had not heard the sound of horses' hooves, but such a rapid horse's hooves, only one guy in their memory would be so reckless, not should it be said to be one and a half.
One and a half of them is Cheng Biting Jin's guy, this guy is just a piece of hob meat, as long as he is there. Then it must be a mess, and even if it is above the court meeting, he will make some trouble. It seems that if you don't provoke something, you will feel uncomfortable. And the other half is Wei Chigong, this black charcoal head is usually fine. But as long as they meet Cheng Biting Jin, then these two people will definitely pinch each other in a few words, so the problem comes. The two of them just don't care about anything when they pinch each other, if they are on horses. It must be a horse fight, and if you don't ride a horse, it's a wrestling and wrestling foot fight. If you don't fight a fight, you won't be done.
Now the sound of horses' hooves is chaotic, everyone knows that this is Wei Chigong meeting Cheng Fairy, and the two of them are fighting on Suzaku Street again, so the civil officials have hidden under the eaves of the corner of the street, and the generals are enthusiastic and began to talk about who wins and who loses. Obviously, they are used to such things, and they even opened the handicap, who will fall down first. This is also a contest between two top generals of the Tang Dynasty, they compete on horses, and the one who throws the other party off the horse first wins.
"Come, come, you see that General Cheng's black horse is really a miracle horse, look at the tendon meat on the horse's legs, it is simply like a dragon, such explosive power is amazing." A military general pointed to the tall horse that gradually appeared in the morning curtain.
"General Wei Chi's Huang Sick Dragon is also amazing, don't look thin, but his strength is amazing, compared to the black horse of that divine horse, do you see that the two horses are evenly matched?" Another general disagreed.
"Don't worry about it yet, while they haven't decided the winner yet, will you guys bet first!" Li Shiji was shouting at this time, he didn't know how many times he had done such a thing, and every time he could earn a lot of money, of course, all the bettors went to eat and drink together. But what is needed is this process, so that the relationship between these generals will be iron, so that they will not lose power under the exclusion of those civil ministers.
Now the Tang Kingdom has almost stabilized, but this also makes the status of those civil servants seem important, after all, these literati are more powerful in governing the world, and since last year's great success in attacking the Turks in the north, there have been few wars between the Tang Dynasty this year, so the status of the generals has declined slightly.
Recently, Tuyuhun sent an envoy to ask for peace with the Tang Dynasty, which gave Wenchen a signal, that is, the saint's education went deep into the barbarians, and the world was just around the corner. So Wenchen began to fire at the generals' camp again, shouting at the saints, and the saints said, in short, these generals were not very troubled. But the current shape is not obvious, the generals have no reason to fight back, and it is not the strong point of these people to play tricks, so they can only play these things aggrievedly, and Li Er is sitting on the Diaoyu Tai and watching the performance of the people below.
"Haha, old goblin, you only have these few moments, His Royal Highness the King of Chu said that you only have a three-plate axe, it seems that it is really a word!" Wei Chigong's hearty laughter came.
"Old man Yu Chi, you don't only have so many hits!" Cheng Yanjin also responded loudly.
"Who's going to fall first?" Seeing that the two began to tease each other, the generals knew that the victory was about to be decided, so they eagerly paid attention to the battle group, the horses collided with each other, and the two people on horseback were also fists and feet, and it could be seen that they were still in a stalemate. Neither of them used weapons, they fought with their bare hands. Punch each other together, or kick each other from time to time.
Everyone is watching. They were all waiting for the moment to divide the victory and defeat, but at this time, another sound of horses' hooves came, and the sound was louder than the sound of the horse's hooves of Cheng Yanjin and Wei Chigong, who were fighting each other.
A tall horse that was a head taller than the others came running from a distance, the hooves of the bowl stepped on the stone slab, and there was a sound like the sound of gold and iron, and a black and shiny fur seemed to merge with the last darkness of the morning, but above the four hooves of this horse, a circle of snow-white fur was like a burning flame. As the horse's hooves flew, it burned into a snow-white cloud.
"Treading the clouds! This is the mount of His Royal Highness the King of Chu! A military general shouted.
"His Royal Highness the King of Chu is back?" Liu Hongji quietly asked Duan Zhixuan beside him, this old guy has been in charge of the troops of Chang'an City all these years, Xuanjiawei is his direct jurisdiction of the army, this army guards the city defense of Chang'an City, and he can't hide anything from Chang'an City. Of course, that was something that was not deliberately concealed, and although it was difficult for those great families or nobles to act quietly in secret, it was not impossible to hide from Xuanjiawei.
"Well, I just came back two days ago, and I went to the palace yesterday!" Duan Zhixuan replied. In fact, he was still a little depressed, because when he heard the news that His Royal Highness the King of Chu had returned, a battalion of soldiers under him was actually very excited, and those guys followed him to the grassland last time. After coming back, it seemed that he had changed a little, and it was no longer the same as before, which made Duan Zhixuan a little depressed. Because his soldiers actually showed strong love for other generals, which made him feel a little defeated.
"Greetings to His Royal Highness the King of Chu!" With the cloud-stepping black horse walked in. Everyone could see clearly the young man sitting on horseback, dressed in bright goose feather armor. He wore a red-tasseled iron helmet on his head, a scarlet cloak behind him that was waving in the morning breeze, and no sword at his waist, but he showed a heroic spirit.
"Ladies and gentlemen, it's really tormenting the little king!" Li Kuanlang replied, and then he was about to dismount. But a jet-black war horse came out from the side, and immediately the knight's big fist slammed straight over, like a heavy hammer with the sound of the wind.
"Haha...... Does General Cheng want to weigh Xiao Wang's martial arts? Li Kuan was not surprised when he saw this, the little thing between him and Cheng Biting Jin had never gotten better, and just now Wei Chi Gong used this incident to mock Cheng Biting Jin.
As he spoke, Li Kuan stretched out his hand and went straight to the hammered fist, he just sat upright on the horse, his body was upright like a straight javelin, only the fist that was swung quickly cut through the air, and the contrast between movement and stillness seemed extremely harmonious at this moment.
"Dong ......" two fists clashed, and there was a dull sound, and then both of them leaned back, Li Kuan's body was like a straight iron plate bridge like a grass in the wind, almost attached to the horse's back, and the chasing cloud under the crotch was also a small light trampling of the horse's hooves on the ground. Cheng Yanjin, who was on the opposite side, also stopped rushing forward, stopped straight like that, and leaned back.
"His Royal Highness the King of Chu, what a handsome kung fu!" Li Jing saw it really on the side, one used horsepower to gather momentum, and the other dealt with it in a hurry, and there was a situation where there was no equal, obviously Li Kuan's martial arts were not much better than Cheng Yanjin. This is also because Cheng Yanjin and Yu Chigong fought all the way before, and their bodies were consumed, so it can be said that the two are almost the same. Otherwise, Li Kuan may not be able to take it this time.
"Haha...... His Royal Highness the King of Chu is very skilled, how about the old goblin, can you still fight now? If it's big, how about me and His Royal Highness the King of Chu beat you? Wei Chigong laughed and said.
"You are a fool to be my old Cheng! I won't fight today, His Royal Highness the King of Chu is back, it seems that this dynasty will be a little more interesting today, unlike before, it was just a bunch of sour Confucians chirping there! Cheng Biting Jin jumped off the horse as he spoke, but no one noticed that after he got off the horse, the hand behind his back was trembling slightly, and he punched Li Kuan, the king of Chu, just now, and as a result, a trembling force was directly transmitted to his arm, making his whole arm numb at once, what an evil man! (To be continued......)