Trekking through mountains and rivers, passing through one town after another, the team traveled through the land of Qingguo for more than ten days, and it was getting closer and closer to the capital, although it was hard along the way, but there was no unexpected incident, and the journey after entering the customs was extremely smooth.

Since entering the customs, Yun Canglan has used carrier pigeons to release orders, and the purple guards lurking everywhere are all concentrated on the road where the team passes, and find out the situation along the way in advance, to find out if there are any suspicious forces, which is to let the purple guards take the lead in clearing the obstacles along the way.

After all, Ziyi Wei is a powerful dark yamen in Qingguo, and the black flag of Wei and the flower hall of Yan are equally famous, and the efficiency of work is not low, and the team of relatives moves forward smoothly, and there are naturally officials from all over the country to receive and settle down along the way, and serve diligently, but no one can get close to the carriage where the princess is.

On the thirteenth day of entering the customs, in the afternoon, the team finally looked at the magnificent Shangjing City under the sky, like a huge beast, quietly dormant on the earth.

It's like a huge shadow, overlooking the capital in the distance, solemn and magnificent, it actually gives people a strong sense of oppression.

Before he got closer, Han Mo intuitively felt that Shangjing City was much bigger than Yanjing City.

Originally, after a hundred years of transformation and expansion, Yanjing City has become a rare large city in the world, and the four major urban areas in Yanjing City have accommodated hundreds of thousands of officials and people.

But at this moment, Shangjing appeared in front of him, and Han Mo understood what the real first city in the world was, and he understood why the people of Qingguo always had a pride that they thought were orthodox.

Shangjing City has now gone through hundreds of years of wind and rain, full of vicissitudes of life, but also full of a heavy sense of history.

Han Mo knew very well that when the Great Qi State was in the previous dynasty, this Shangjing City was the capital of the Qi State, which lasted more than two hundred years, and then the Li family of Qingguo seized the rivers and mountains of Qi State, and this Shangjing City became the capital of Qingguo.

Shangjing City is also the city with the largest number of city gates in all the cities in the world, with a gate open on each side, two side gates, a total of 12 city gates.

This also shows the magnificence of this Qingdu from the side.

The main gate of Shangjing City is the main gate, and the main gate on all sides is built with protruding gates and tall towers, which greatly enhances the defense of the city gate.

In addition, there is a natural Danshui River in the north of Shangjing City, and there is a tributary of Danshui River in the west, Xinshui River, and these two large rivers have become natural moats on the northwest side of Shangjing City.

In addition, the Qing people have dug two artificial moats in the east and the south of the main gate, the big ditch and the outer ditch, the river is erected a large bridge, the whole Shangjing City is surrounded by water on all sides, living in it, the Qing people have long let out the words, threatening that the Shangjing City is the most easy to defend and difficult to attack the city today, although it is inevitably a little exaggerated, but its defensive strength is strong, but it is also an indisputable fact.

The team was approaching the upper capital, but suddenly heard the sound of drums in front of them, although there was still a distance, but the sound of those drums was very imposing.

A large number of people have appeared from afar, colorful flags fluttering, pennants waving, and a large number of people pressed by black.

Yun Canglan galloped to Cao Yin's side, and said with a smile: "Master Hou, it's time to go to the capital, this is the team that came to greet you!" ”

Cao Yin nodded, smiled faintly, and did not speak.

Since that side, a team of people has galloped over, one by one in official uniforms, looking at the style of their official uniforms, the grade is not low.

Walking closer, the group of people reined in their horses, the first one was not wearing an official house, but a purple brocade robe, about forty years old, with two beards, a national face, a dignified appearance, a well-proportioned figure, when he was young, he must have been a beautiful man with a good demeanor.

This person looked very personable and elegant, turned over and dismounted, and stepped forward quickly, and the officials behind him also dismounted, following the middle-aged man to this side quickly.

Yun Canglan looked at the middle-aged man, frowned slightly, and then said to Cao Yin: "Master Hou, that's my Daqing Rite Department Shangshu Lu Shangde, who is also the current uncle, and the queen's brother!" ”

Cao Yin bowed slightly, and when he saw that the uncle had already come, he also turned over and dismounted.

Han Mo had already stepped forward at this time, dismounted and followed Cao Yin's side, Cao Yin and Han Mo glanced at each other, did not stand, and took the initiative to step forward, but heard that the uncle of that country, Lu Shangde, had already laughed and said: "This must be Changdehou, it has been hard along the way!" He raised his hands, took three or two steps in front of Cao Yin, and arched his hand: "Contemptible Lu Shangde, I am ordered to come to greet the princess and the marquis, you have worked hard all the way!" ”

Cao Yin smiled and arched his hand: "It turned out to be Uncle Guo, thank you for your welcome!" ”

Uncle Guo smiled heartily: "Master Hou, I didn't wear an official uniform today, I only wore this simple dress to greet you, you don't have to be surprised." The princess of your country is about to be the crown princess of my Daqing, and Yanqing is also a family, if I wear the official mansion, I will be a little outside, but it is not as cordial as this! ”

Cao Yin smiled lightly and said, "Uncle Guo has a heart." ”

Uncle Guo turned around and introduced some officials behind him, mainly officials from the Ministry of Rites and Honglu Temple, Lu Zongfeng, the secretary of Honglu Temple, was standing by Uncle Guo's side, and he looked very easy-going.

After introducing the officials, Cao Yin turned around and introduced: "This is my deputy envoy Han Mohan, deputy envoy of Dayan, and this is Lord Song Shiqing Song, the servant of my Dayan Rite Department!" ”

Uncle Guo immediately gave up his hand, looked Han Mo up and down, and said with a smile: "This Deputy Envoy Han, I have heard of it, it is a rare young hero!" ”

Han Mo had already smiled and said, "Uncle Guo has won the award, he has a false name, and he can't afford to be praised by Uncle Guo!" ”

Uncle Guo laughed, and then said to Yun Canglan: "Lord Yun, you escorted the princess to Beijing all the way, that is a great merit, and this official must ask the saint for a decree and reward you well!" ”

Yun Canglan looked indifferent, and said calmly: "Uncle Guo, the princess was frightened on the road, so let the team enter the city earlier, and let the princess rest early!" ”

"Frightened?" Uncle Guo frowned: "What did Lord Yun say about this?" ”

Yun Canglan looked at the face of his uncle, and said slowly: "The princess was assassinated when she entered the territory of my Qingguo, fortunately the princess is fine, otherwise...... Yun is only afraid that he will have to die to apologize! ”

As soon as his words fell, the officials of Qingguo were surprised, and even Uncle Guo's expression changed greatly, and he lost his voice: "What? Princess...... Assassination? He seemed to really don't know about the assassination, but his surprise didn't seem to be fake.

Han Mo was also observing the words and expressions, seeing that Uncle Guo looked sincere, he frowned slightly, and only felt in his heart that either this matter really had nothing to do with the Qingguo Hou Party, or this Uncle Guo was a genius actor.

Uncle Guo is the elder brother of Qinghou, so he is naturally the core figure of the Hou Party, if this assassination was instigated by the Hou Party, this Guo Uncle should know some information, and his expression will not be so sincere.

Cao Yin smiled faintly: "One of the murderers has been captured by us and brought to Shangjing, can you find out the clues and go back and interrogate them well!" After a pause, he smiled indifferently: "This murderer is Qin Si, the envoy of your country's army, and now he is in our team, this marquis first wants to explain to his uncle that although he is an official of your country, it is my princess Dayan who assassinated, so ...... But for the time being, it cannot be handed over to your country! ”

As soon as Cao Yin said this, everyone was shocked again.

Someone in the Qingguo officials already shouted: "Impossible, this is ...... No way! ”

Yun Canglan looked at that person, but he also knew it, and knew that this person had a good relationship with Qin Si, and sneered: "There is nothing impossible, it is indeed Qin Si who led people to assassinate the princess!" ”

Qin Si is a member of the Hou Party, although Yun Canglan really doesn't want to see that it was Qingguo who planned this assassination, but he hopes to use this opportunity to strike a blow at the Hou Party.

Uncle Guo's face was no longer as hearty and friendly as before, he groaned for a while, and finally said, "I'll discuss this matter later." Master Hou, let's go to the city! ”

At this moment, an official behind him stepped forward and said: "Uncle Guo, the princess enters the city, and there is no need for so many Yan soldiers, there is a camp outside the city, let some soldiers follow the princess into the city, and the rest of the soldiers will be stationed outside the city!" ”

Han Mo immediately said: "My Imperial Forest Army is on the orders of my lord to protect the princess and the marquis, before the princess gets married, our Royal Forest Army will naturally not leave the left and right!" ”

Cao Yin also smiled faintly and said: "Uncle Guo, our people, one by one, many people enter the city, if it is not allowed, my princess Dayan will not enter the city!" ”

Although Cao Yin's tone was soft, this soft tone had a toughness that was difficult to refuse.

Uncle Guo turned back to the official and said, "What Master Hou said is right, these are all the princess's guards, how can they be separated." What's more, Yanqing and Qing are now brother countries, stationed outside the city, what is the reason? He smiled and bowed his hand to Cao Yin and said: "Master Hou is not surprised, please enter the city quickly, the Holy Lord has made a decree, and the Yan Kingdom delegation will stay in the royal palace, this is a great grace!" ”

Cao Yin smiled leisurely and said: "I am not a courtier of Qingguo, your lord's arrangement can only be said to be enthusiastic, but it cannot be called grace!" ”

Uncle Guo laughed and said: "It's extreme, it's me who lost my words!" ”

At this time, the greeting procession in the rear has come, the gongs and drums are noisy, the sound of ceremonial music, separated on both sides of the avenue, and under the welcome of the uncle and the officials of Qingguo, the Yan delegation finally entered the first city in the world.

Shangjing City is magnificent, the pavilions are connected, and the streets seem to be much wider than Yanjing City.

In the first city in the world, a prosperous place, along the way is a restaurant and tea shop, green tiles and light walls, tall trees shade, the scenery is quite beautiful.

The main street has been Qingguo's soldiers on both sides of the separation, people are strictly forbidden to walk on the road, those side roads, there are still pedestrians such as carp, busy traffic, many people are rushing to watch the arrival of the Yan State mission.

The soldiers of the Yan State Mission are all elite soldiers of the first class of the Yan Kingdom, most of them are strong and strong, the armor on their bodies is well-shaped, they all have a cold expression, their eyes do not squint, and they are all high-headed horses under the seats, and they are well-deserved elite troops, not only strong in combat, but also good in appearance, walking on the streets of the capital, bright armor and angry horses, very imposing.

The people on both sides of the street were talking in low voices, but Han Mo noticed that there were many literati and ink writers in long robes and hand-cranked folding fans, with their chests straight, raising their heads, pointing to the princess's carriage from time to time, and then whispering a few words to their friends, and then let out a strange laugh, with a look of disdain on their faces.

Along the way, I saw a lot of such scenes, and more than half of the literati and artists I saw showed disdainful expressions.

Han Mo is not a fool, although there are many people, but he can also guess the thoughts of these literati.

Yan married a princess, in the eyes of these scholars who don't know the truth, it is the Yan people bowing their heads to Qingguo, as a ceremonial state, these scholars are full of the pride and self-esteem of the orthodox country, Yan Guo is just a vassal state of one side in their eyes, so seeing Yan Guo send a princess, it is a great satisfaction of their vanity as the people of Shangguo.

Han Mo could only sigh in his heart, sometimes he read too much, he was indeed full of bookishness, and he did have the talent of etiquette and a deep cultural heritage, but at the same time, it also made this country become cowardly and lose its iron-blooded wolf nature in the disease-free moaning wind of literati.

For a hundred years, regardless of the South Wind Country, Wei and Yan have always been prevalent in martial arts, especially in Wei, the people have undergone strict militarized training since childhood, and the people in the jurisdiction of the Yan family have never stopped militia training when they are slack, and the emperor of Yan is to maintain the martial arts of the people, and will raise the army every year to carry out two hunting activities, and the warriors of Yan can also have an excellent home, whether they are in the army or become a bodyguard, they can be respected.

After the founding of the Qingguo people, they boasted of being orthodox, and the style of writing was popular, although it did not develop to the point of abandoning the martial arts, but it is undeniable that in the country of Qingguo, the martial artists did not get due respect, and those talented literati were the objects of national worship, so although Qingguo had a peerless famous general like Shang Zhongli, there were very few people from the martial arts, and most of the soldiers were forcibly recruited, and the combat effectiveness of the soldiers was obviously inferior to that of Wei and Yan.

In this era of turmoil and hegemony, it will be an extremely dangerous situation for the citizens of a country to recite beautiful texts all day long, but lose the ferocity and bloodlust of wolves.

While the literati on both sides of the road laughed at Yan Guo's cowardice, why didn't the Yan people laugh at their self-righteous wisdom in their hearts!