At the end of March, Tianzi Luan drove from Chang'an City for nearly half a month, and a team of two or three thousand people just passed Luoyang City. After resting in Luoyang City for two days, the Son of Heaven's team continued to advance to the southeast. This journey is extremely slow, it really seems that the Son of Heaven came out to enjoy the mountains and rivers.

The line is divided into three parts: front, middle and back, the first part is the opening team composed of soldiers of the old border army, although this walk is an official road, but also afraid that there are places on the road that are not suitable for Tianzi Luan to pass by, and it is necessary to open the mountain and split the road to prepare for the passage of the army. The road opening team also has the responsibility of contacting local officials, and Liu Zhao bore the brunt of it, which he himself asked to be transferred to the front as a pioneer officer. This kind of thing, Liu Yue couldn't stop it if he wanted to, so he simply let that old-fashioned thing go.

In the Chinese army, it is the Luan driver of the Son of Heaven, as well as the guards of the new army, the guards of the female army, and the palace maids. Among them, several wide carriages are the most eyesore, this time the Son of Heaven is on patrol, not only the Son of Heaven is here, but also the Empress Dowager Lin and Liu Yu's other wives, the high bed and soft pillows are like a mobile warmer, and Liu Yue is afraid that Xu Xuan will build a fetal gas, so he prepared a sedan chair for eight people for her alone. With such a family migration, it is no wonder that the road is not fast.

But Liu Yu doesn't seem to be in a hurry.

In the rear army, there are mostly soldiers of the new army, escorting some carriages, and immediately on board are some ministers who go out with the Son of Heaven, and Qi Fang is responsible for the dispatch and security of the rear army, as well as the work of breaking the tail of the palace.

The long line of one or twenty miles must be taken care of from the beginning to the end, otherwise it will be troublesome to wait if they are separated. Before that, Xu Caihua led most of her daughter's army to Jiankang City, and apart from this dispatch, Liu Yu did not make any military deployments. It is impossible to see what Liu Yu is going to do.

Although it is the Son of Heaven, he is full of dragon spirit. But I'm also afraid that there will be bandits along the way. The entire travel team is always on guard, and it is also in a state of tightness on the outside and looseness on the inside. The outside is guarded, but the inside is very relaxed and happy.

Except for the first few days on the road, Liu Yu rode a horse on the road, and the rest of the time he got into the wide carriage of Tianzi Luan and never came out, and the laughter of women could often be heard in the carriage, which sounded to others as if Liu Yu was messing around in the dark. The truth is, you usually have more than one woman, and it's often the laughter of a group of women. It makes people feel that he is unreasonable.

Men who think this way are usually far away from Tianzi Luan, and they can't hear it. Among the women, the palace maids and female officials know each other very well and will not speculate at will, while the female guards gossip, but they also know what it means to be silent during the march. The only one who was more angry was the female medical officer Qu Ning, the carriage she was riding in was no more than a carriage away from Tianziluan, and occasionally she could still hear the shrill laughter, which was even more unbearable than the pain and bumps her body endured.

At noon on this day, the group stopped to rest. By the way, I prepare lunch. Liu Yu came out of Tianzi Luan's car in disheveled clothes, and was about to ask Lu Chu'er to bring the food in. There was a woman coming in front of him, Liu Yue couldn't help but smile when he saw it clearly, it was Qu Ning. Earlier, she had expressed to him that she should be "restrained", of course, whether it was braking or restraining desire, Liu Yu didn't bother to think about it.

"Doctor Qu, didn't you get fine, don't come close?" Liu Yu said with a straight face.

Qu Ning looked indignant and said, "King Lin is really carefree and ignorant of foreign affairs, have you forgotten that Mrs. Zun is still pregnant?" The doctor is here to diagnose her pulse. ”

"Oh."

Liu Yu responded casually, and saw Qu Ning walking towards the sedan chair Xu Xuanzhu was riding without looking back, but Xu Xuanzhu's voice came from Tianzi Luan's car: "Sister Qu looking for me?" ”

Qu Ning thought that Liu Yue was taking care of being happy with his wife and concubine, and put Xu Xuanzhu aside, but he didn't expect Xu Xuanzhu to appear in Tianzi Luan. Although this is a bit unruly, as long as the Son of Heaven has no opinion, the courtiers dare not mention it casually.

With a slight embarrassment on her face, Qu Ning walked over to Tianzi Luan, but she didn't dare to board Tianzi Luanjia easily.

"Is it Qu Doctor Girl, come up and speak." Coming from Luan's drive was Qi'er's voice.

Qu Ning respectfully accepted the order and boarded the carriage. Entering the first floor of Luanjia, this first floor is half a section shorter than the second floor where the Son of Heaven is located, this is a small place like a turntable, with shoes and two palace maids standing waiting to be dispatched.

When she was below, Qu Ning was not clear about the structure of the Son of Heaven Luan, and after waiting up, she felt that she might have misunderstood Liu Yu, because there were indeed a lot of people in the carriage, in addition to the two palace maids who were standing, the female emperor, and Liu Yu's other wives Xu Xuanzhu and the Han sisters, there were still queen mothers. In addition to the Empress Dowager Lin's body wrapped more tightly than the teaching, Liu Yu's wives were dressed much more casually, including Qi'er and Xu Xuanzhu, all of them only had a light gauze as an outer coat, although there was a middle single inside, but the ankles, calves and forearms were exposed, and they were holding pieces of paper in their hands, as if they were playing with interest, everyone had a handful in their hands, and on the quilt they sat on, there were many that had fallen.

"Sister, sister, don't worry, it's my turn, I can't say it." Xu Xuanzhu welcomed Qu Ning in, and then pulled out the piece of paper in his hand to throw it on the quilt, but Qi'er stopped doing it, and quickly reminded her that she hadn't "come out" yet.

"Okay, I'll let you out first. Wait for the doctor to diagnose the pulse. Xu Xuanzhu closed the piece of paper in his hand, nodded to Qu Ning, and signaled that she could diagnose the pulse.

Qu Ning couldn't understand what they were saying at all.

Qu Ning had diagnosed Xu Xuan's pulse, and his face seemed to be thinking, very cautious, and a little ominous. Xu Xuanzhu hurriedly asked, "Sister Qu, I don't know if I've been tired for the past few days and has had a tire?" ”

Qu Ning didn't answer immediately, but just put away her arm to diagnose the pulse, looked at the women who were staring at her, and said to Xu Xuanzhu: "Sister Xu, I don't know if I can talk below." ”

Qu Ning's expression, it was hard not to make Xu Xuanzhu think about it.

Although Xu Xuanzhu has been traveling for a long time in the past few days, it is rare for the family to get together, and they don't do anything except rush for a day, and Tianzi Luan is very stable and comfortable, playing the cards made by Liu Yu one by one, and he doesn't even have any uncomfortable reaction in his stomach these days, why did he suddenly have an accident?

"Sister Qu, if you have something to say, you might as well say it directly." Xu Xuanzhu had a little premonition that it was not very good. Road.

Qu Ning said: "It's not convenient to talk here. ”

Xu Xuanzhu nodded and said, "Then you wait." ”

Xu Xuanzhu hurriedly sat down. Take off your saree. Change into heavy spring clothes, then put on white socks, put on shoes on the ground and walk down the bench with Qu Ning. At this time, Liu Yu was walking over while eating, Liu Yu looked at Qu Ning and Xu Xuanzhu who got out of the carriage and asked, "What's wrong?" ”

Xu Xuanzhu smiled faintly and said, "It's okay, it's just a matter of coming down to get some air." ”

"Oh, don't catch a cold, it's a little cold outside." Liu Yu put the cloak he wore on Xu Xuanzhu, and then returned to the carriage alone. At this time, Xu Xuanzhu hurriedly asked Qu Ning: "Sister Qu might as well say it directly, is there something wrong with the fetus?" ”

Qu Ning shook his head and said, "Sister Xu, don't worry, your pregnancy is fine, it's just that you have been tired from the journey recently and need to rest more." ”

Xu Xuanzhu thought about Qu Ning's words, and he didn't understand it a little. In the past few days, the group has only walked seventy or eighty miles a day, and the sunrise is the only way, and as soon as the hour is paused, the group has not yet reached sunset and camped in the post house where they have passed. She was "resting" every day, and she didn't feel too tired.

"What do you mean?"

Qu Ning was a little angry and said, "Sister." The Son of Heaven is still young, and she doesn't understand. Don't you understand? ”

Xu Xuanzhu looked dazed, she really didn't understand.

Qu Ning sighed and said, "If my sister follows King Lin like this and treats the Luan of the Son of Heaven as a child's play, there will be a sound outside sooner or later." What's more, the Queen Mother is not yet full of filial piety, so mixed with King Lin, how can outsiders have no gossip. ”

Xu Xuanzhu finally knew what Qu Ning was talking about, and while she was relieved that her stomach was fine, she was about to tell Qu Ning that it was okay. Liu Yu's voice came from behind Xu Xuanzhu: "Qu Yinu, you are really gossipy." It's okay to do your own things well, do you want to be a minister and come to the court with blood...... Bloody Luan? ”

Although Qu Ning has a lot of opinions about Liu Yu, but now that Liu Yu's identity is different, it is disrespectful for her to be sarcastic in person like before, and when she heard Liu Yu's words, she just looked a little unhappy, but it was not suitable for seizures.

"Madam, you go back first, and come and talk to Doctor Qu for your husband." Liu Yu said with both hands on Xu Xuanzhu's shoulders.

Xu Xuanzhu nodded, and went back to the carriage first, and Liu Yu cooled his face.

Qu Ning grabbed Bai and said: "If His Royal Highness King Linwang has anything to say, you might as well leave it until you return to the court." If King Lin is dissatisfied with the little girl, the little woman will resign as a female official after returning to the court, and she will not appear in front of King Lin. ”

"I'm afraid that Qu Yinu has misunderstood the meaning of this king, in fact, I want to tell you......" Liu Yue smiled evilly and leaned close to Qu Ning's ear and said, "The main purpose of our trip south is to find Liu Gongzi's ......"

Hearing Liu Yu mention "Liu Gongzi", Qu Ning's body was shocked, as if a fluctuation in his heart was lifted by Liu Yu. Although Qu Ning felt that her cheeks were a little hot, she still forced herself to calm down and said, "His Royal Highness King Lin is really joking. ”

Qu Ning thought that Liu Yue was taking revenge on her arrogance, and deliberately mentioned her sweetheart to embarrass her.

At this time, Liu Yu sighed and said, "This king is really not joking. If you can't find Liu Gongzi on this trip, there must be a war in the south, and the imperial court can't afford such a war, so it's better to avoid it. ”

Qu Ning didn't expect that "Liu Gongzi" would be related to the war in the south, and she had heard before that the main purpose of the imperial court going south was that Su Yan, the king of the south, was kidnapped for no reason, and then the imperial court sent troops to investigate the results. Now these rumors are basically consistent with what Liu Yu said, which means that Liu Yu is not deliberately deceiving her.

"That'...... Liu Gongzi, what is his identity? Qu Ning still mustered up the courage to ask after being the most embarrassed.

After admiring the personable and courageous "Liu Gongzi" who rescued them from the fire pit, Qu Ning devoted himself to Mingyue. But it's a pity that the family surnamed Liu in Chang'an City has been inquired about by her, and she didn't find the "Liu Gongzi" she admired. And Liu Yu, the only person who knows about this matter, seems to be an enemy in her previous life, Qu Ning's teeth itch to Liu Yue's hatred, and she also knows that even if she lowers her arrogant head, Liu Yu will not tell the truth. Therefore, she has also suffered from lovesickness in the past two years.

"Liu Gongzi's identity, it is inconvenient for this king to disclose it for the time being. But what can be said is that after Qu Yinu learned her identity, she would definitely be surprised, and she might lose her love. ”

Liu Yu's last sentence was obviously "provocative", how could Qu Ning not hear it. Qu Ningxin said that he must be complacent when he saw through his heart. Thought she wouldn't admit it.

King Lin refused to speak. Then don't talk about it. But there is one thing to tell. Even if Liu Gongzi never has pity for the little girl, I will not give up, and I will not change my original intention because of King Lin's words. Hum! ”

After Qu Ning finished speaking, he didn't look back and carried her medicine box back to her carriage.

Liu Yu looked at her back and muttered: "The cold stone girl is just a, you want to be crazy about men, right?" When you know that Liu Liniang is the Liu Gongzi you are looking for, look at the way you look at yourself and find a stone crack drill. ”

Liu Yu thought about this moment of "witnessing a miracle". You must take Qu Ning to see it with your own eyes, this is called pleasure.

Liu Yu returned to the carriage, put all the unhappiness behind him, and played his cards with peace of mind. Compared with the good cards of Qi'er and Xu Xuanzhu and others, Liu Yu's cards are not very good, often stealing a card and touching a card, except for Lin Meiren, who only looks at one side and does not play, the rest of the people are stunned and do not find it at all, so Liu Yu has also become the biggest winner.

The prize after victory is a kind of touching, hugging and kissing. So much so that the laughter in Tianzi Luan's driving continued.

Liu Yuzheng was happy that he had thrown two cards to win, and the sound of horses approaching came from outside the driving carriage. Liu Yu looked out of the window with a short gun, it was Lu Chuer's daredevil. Liu Yue said first, everyone was not allowed to ride horses close to Tianzi Luan within a mile, and if they wanted to ride horses, they had to slow down like the guards riding horses. This is Liu Yue who is afraid of someone sneaking up, and only Lu Chuer is so stunned that he is not afraid of eating guns.

"Your Majesty, the general, my uncle, the county guard of Antao County sent someone to send local specialties."

Lu Chu'er jumped off the horse, jumped directly onto the platform outside Tianzi Luan's car, and stood beside Cai Yingnu and a female army guard who were driving the car and asked for instructions.

Liu Yu coughed, his face was very ugly, he could feel from Lu Chu'er's title, in her head, the first was the emperor, the second was their general, and the third was his "uncle". It's been more than two years since I met this Lu Chuer, and this Lu Chuer still can't change her words.

To outsiders, it was Liu Yu who asked for the performance to instruct Qi'er to speak, and when he met an old acquaintance, the women in the carriage all looked at Liu Yu, and only Liu Yu had the right to order who came out recently.

"What a specialty, send it in."

Lu Chu'er rushed in with a burden on her back, and was about to open it, Liu Yue hurriedly pointed and asked, "Have you checked it?" ”

"I've checked, and there are only some souvenirs in it, nothing else."

Liu Yu is still not at ease, in case there is an explosive or something in it, won't the game be over?

"You go to catch the car, Guard Cai, you take out the lu and check it again."

Lu Chu'er looked aggrieved, and in a blink of an eye, her uncle arranged for her to catch the car again, and she didn't like to do this kind of work the most. But she didn't dare to disobey Liu Yu's order, so she had to obediently hand over the burden to Cai Yingnu, and then took Cai Yingnu's place to catch the car.

Cai Yingnu inspected it and said, "It's fine." ”

Liu Yu asked Cai Yingnu to take revenge in and open it, it was all food in some places, and many melons, fruits and persimmons were rare in Chang'an City. But it is said that Chang'an City is rare, it does not mean that it is also rare in the palace, and these things are often eaten by women in the palace.

Liu Yu waved his hand and said, "Take it and give it to the guards." ”

Cai Yingnu was a little surprised, these things are not common on the market outside, they are all good things, Liu Yu is so willing?

Cai Yingnu had just taken out the persimmon to give it to the guards when he was resting, and Lu Chu'er rushed to grab a persimmon and stuffed it into his mouth, and said with a smile: "Uncle Xie." ”

Liu Yu said: "We are outside, food and water of unknown origin must not be touched, if someone poisons it, it will not be good." ”

Lu Chu'er was shocked when she heard this: "Poisonous? Phew, Phew...... Uncle, if you didn't say it earlier, I swallowed two bites. ”

Liu Yu ignored her nonsense, and then asked, "What else did the county guard of Andao County say?" ”

"Oh, he also said that he was going to lead local officials to welcome Luan into the city outside Antao County, and said that there would be filial piety."

Liu Yue said coldly: "This is the mentality of a corrupt official, stammering with the boss." ”

Xu Xuanzhu said: "Didn't the sister of the Sui family write from the day before yesterday saying that the magistrate of Andao County has a good name?" ”

Every time Luan drove by, Liu Yu would often turn over the local officials' achievements and local customs in the past few years, which was also convenient for Liu Yu to have a preliminary understanding of the place, as Liu Yue knew, when pacifying the Huaiwang Rebellion, Andao County belonged to the front line of the war, and the county guard at that time was replaced by the current county guard Hu Liangcheng after the death of the war, although Hu Liangcheng did a good job in the locality, but it should be related to some powerful people in the court.

Liu Yu checked the transcript of last year, that is, the first year of Qichang, and found that some officials in the imperial court recommended Hu Liangcheng to serve as a messenger in the ministry, and a county guard was appreciated by the Beijing officials after less than a year, and he couldn't get rid of the collusion between officials and officials, which was basically the same as corruption and perversion of the law. Because it costs a lot of money to "honor" the officials in the capital, which is not something that a local official can afford, and if he is not greedy, he will not be bribed.

"Who knows what about Lu Dao, let's see when we arrive, how about spending one night in Andu County today."

Liu Yu grabbed the cards and prepared for a new game.

Xu Xuanzhu didn't quite understand what Liu Yu meant, the Son of Heaven had traveled through many places before, although Liu Yu also met with the magistrate, but after coming back, he basically didn't comment a word, but Liu Yu had a lot of "silver tickets" on him. At the same time as the imperial court commerce and trade department was popular, the silver horn has spread all over the north and south of the river in less than two years, and has gradually been accepted by ordinary merchants, and now the silver ticket has become very popular. Even giving gifts and giving silver tickets is convenient, after all, "gifts are light and affectionate".

There are even many who are obviously corrupt officials, Liu Yu did not deal with them, and accepted their gifts, making Xu Xuanzhu think that Liu Yu was "corrupted".

"Madam, what do you want, draw the cards quickly. If you lose, I'll take off you a piece of clothing until I strip you naked. ”

Liu Yu saw that Xu Xuanzhu seemed to be thinking about things, so he had to use some special methods to return her Yuan Shen to his place. Sure enough, after Liu Yu finished speaking, Xu Xuanzhu's face immediately turned red, and he no longer thought about things that were not in her care. (To be continued......)