After Dali set the capital of Jinling, the capital city regulations followed the old system of the Southern Tang Dynasty, because the Yangtze River moved westward, the stone city wharf of the former "door berthing Dongwu Wanli ship" has long been abandoned, and the west wall of Jinling is built by the Qinhuai River, and the city wall crosses the river from the city wall, which is the water gate wharf. At that time, the Qinhuai River was not a slender figure in the future, but a large river with a width of more than 100 meters and a slow water depth and waves, which was the natural channel for ships to and from the north to the south.

This day is a good day on the yellow calendar that indicates "it is advisable to travel far away", the wharf should be more lively than usual, but since yesterday it has been half sealed, seeing a three-story giant car ship up to 20 zhang docked on the wharf, but the vicinity is surrounded by cloth curtains, only the carriage shuttles, the armor-piercing people gallop back and forth, early in the morning there are two teams of soldiers to clear the wharf, civilians are not allowed to close to peep, only vaguely see a carriage rolling in.

Some people complained, such a pomp, isn't it the prince's minister on patrol? The boatman on the side laughed and said, "You often come and go at the dock, don't even know this?" Look at the size of the car and boat, now only Dayan has it, it was originally used for water warfare, but where do we have such a big car and ship in Dali? Looking at this posture, it is natural that the Dayan delegation took the princess back to China! But it's a big piece of news. ”

As soon as the boat family said this, an old man immediately said: "I have heard this, this princess originally said that she was married to the champion of the Nadu family, but somehow, she covered up her eyes, saying that there was a calamity on her body and it must be so, and begged our majesty to give her a marriage and acted in that scene, and now that the calamity has passed, she will return to China." ”

Another idler sneered and said, "But you also believe this? Tell you, my family happens to have a relative's niece and nephew who is helping in the Du family, what do you say? Where is the princess to avoid trouble, it turns out that she asked for marriage back then, but it was because she was tricked! Two or three months ago, I suddenly vomited a big blood centipede, and then I became a general person, I don't remember anything before, I just want to go back. How can this love Gu say it, so I made up these words! ”

Everyone was amazed just now, but a young man in a green shirt sneered, and everyone looked at him, and he said, "It's really hearsay!" The idler said, "Then you know the truth?" The young man said coldly: "My brother is in the Yuan family's accounting room, and I heard the young master of the Yuan family say that the princess is rude, and Du Erlang has never touched her for three years." She finally regretted the marriage, and she was afraid of annoying His Majesty, so she made up this nonsense. ”

The idle man immediately laughed and said, "I said, where did you get the news, the Yuan family, isn't it the maiden family of Du Erlang's concubine?" Do you believe that? When the young man saw that all the people were in disbelief, his neck burst with bruises......

At this time, Murong Luoyan, the princess of Dayan who was arguing with everyone on the dock, was already sitting quietly in front of the window of the cabin. Looking from the window, the Jinling city wall is towering, and there is a faint green mountain shadow behind it, reflecting the black clouds all over the city that are pressed very low, there is a kind of surreal feeling, Luo Yan feels that if the clouds are divided at this moment, and a huge dragon flies out of it, she will probably not be too surprised. However, after sitting for half a sound, the black cloud was still only moving slowly, and the hull of the ship trembled, but it was the cable that started the boat.

Seeing the surging river, the majestic Jinling City finally gradually faded away, only the black clouds still suppressed the vision. Although Luo Yan did not have the idea of going to the country and leaving her hometown, she also felt that life was desolate and unpredictable, and there was nothing more unpredictable than this.

The cabin she lived in was about the best on the ship, spacious and bright, and even divided into two entrances, inside and outside. At this moment, there were only five people in the cabin, including her, Mother Li, and Tianzhu, but they had an irrepressible excitement. Xiao Meng, in particular, walked around, amazed, and then exclaimed, "How is our ship faster than other ships!" Qingqing smiled and said: "This is the car and boat made by the Holy Emperor of Great Yan, in addition to the sails, there are also wooden leaf wheels on both sides of the boat that can be linked, and the soldiers take turns to step on them, which is twice as fast as the regular boat!" ”

Luo Yan's heart couldn't help but move slightly, and she said strangely: "Could this be a warship?" Qingqing nodded: "Naturally!" Such a ship would require at least hundreds of sailors. Luo Yan lowered her head and thought for a while, and couldn't help but sigh secretly.

After thinking for a while, Luo Yan beckoned to Xiao Meng and said, "You go and see what His Royal Highness is doing, and tell him, if you are free, please come to me, I don't understand some things." ”

Xiao Meng gave an order, and ran out with a grin—although the boat was fast, it was very steady, and a cup of tea would not splash on the table. After a while, Xiao Meng jumped in and said with a smile: "Your Highness is still busy at this time, and he said that he would come when he was done." ”

Luo Yan nodded, paced around the cabin for a while, and then said: "Tianzhu, you carefully sort out this room, Qingqing, you go and check the bed and bed, the boat is damp, don't drill any reptiles." Xiao Meng, you go out and make the layout of each floor of this ship roughly clear, Mother Li, you accompany me to the door to stand up. ”

Qingqing and Tianzhu glanced at each other, but Xiao Meng couldn't help but be overjoyed because he could go out again, and it was the whole boat, so he said hello and flew away, but Li's mother said: "It's windy on the boat, what do you want to see, isn't this window the same?" ”

Luo Yan took a cloak and put it on her body, Mother Li was busy bringing her together again, and she also took off a cloak behind the door, and then accompanied Luo Yan out of the hatch.

Outside, the river breeze was cold, and Luo Yan couldn't help but shudder slightly, but she heard someone say, "What does the princess command?" When I turned my head, it was snowy.

Xue Qingyuan was the captain of Murong Qian's female guard team - in Dayan, the noble prince and princess had their own guard team since she was more than ten years old, and the princess was all female guards, while the prince had a female guard team in addition to male guards in order to guard the backyard in the future. This time, Luo Yan asked Xue Qinglai for it, but it was just an expedient measure. But Xue Qing is steady and meticulous, and she has already mingled with the female guards on Luo Yan's side in the past few days, and she also cares about Luo Yan.

At this moment, looking at Xue Qing's face that was slightly red from the cold, Luo Yan was surprised and couldn't help but be moved: it was really embarrassing for her to be on duty outside her cabin as her captain. He smiled and said, "I just came out to see." ”

Xue Qing smiled: "Mother Li is old, and she is not used to the boat, why don't I accompany the princess around?" Except for the bottom, you can't go to the bottom, but the upper two floors can be seen. Luo Yan was about to nod, but as soon as the hatch opened, Qingqing had already rushed out, and said: "Princess, you are really forgetful, I am also confused, when will the bed not be bothered?" Your Royal Highness, when you see that I'm not by your side later, it will be a good meal! ”

Luo Yan was stunned, and said in her heart: I'm afraid that there is something inside, and the dzi may not be able to see it! It's not easy to say this in front of Xueqing, so I have to say: "Then you take a cloak and come out again!" Qingqing smiled: "How can I be a princess squeamish, isn't Xiaomeng running around without a cloak?" ”

Luo Yan couldn't hold back and smiled: "If she goes shopping, she can't sit still like she burns her ass, what do you want to do with a cloak?" ”

Xue Qing took a few steps back with a smile on her face, and only said, "Princess, be careful, if there is anything, we are on duty at the door day and night." ”

Luo Yan nodded, she didn't plan to go more, she walked along the porch to the front deck to take a look, this ship has three floors, the top floor where Luo Yan is located is less than ten zhang long, counting all the way, there are only six doors, and her room is the third. When you look down, the lowest layer is estimated to be more than twenty feet, and you can see the soldiers in uniform coming and going on the deck, and you can also see the huge wheels on both sides constantly turning.

After standing on the deck for a while, Luo Yan felt that the wind was getting stronger and stronger, and she had no intention of looking more, so she walked back along the road, and just arrived at the door of the fourth room, but saw that as soon as the hatch opened, Wen Qingyuan pushed Murong Qian and walked out, followed by a tall figure in a dark uniform, Luo Yan only felt that her mind was buzzing and suddenly blank, and somehow she didn't dare to raise her head, and pushed the door into her cabin in a few steps, and then closed the door with a "bang", and leaned against the door, and then breathed a sigh of relief.

Tianzhu hurriedly came out to look, and when he saw Luo Yan's pale face, he couldn't help but be surprised: "Princess, what's wrong?" ”

Luo Yan waved her hand, the confusion in her heart subsided slightly, she couldn't help but smile bitterly, and said in her heart: There is nothing wrong, it's just that your princess is really a bad seed, and I don't quite understand why she is scared like this.

But I heard someone knocking on the door, and Mother Li said loudly: "Princess, why did you shut us out?" Luo Yan was stunned, couldn't help blushing, walked quickly to the inner room, and said to Tianzhu: "You go to open the door, just say I feel a little disgusting......

After a whispering sound of the door opening, Li's mother's exclamation immediately sounded: "Why is it disgusting again?" It's not the wind blowing! A few steps came over and looked at Luo Yan's face, and it was really a little pale, and she couldn't help but shake her head and frown: "I just said don't go to blow the wind, you don't listen?" I've only been better for a few days......"

Listening to this familiar nagging, Luo Yan felt that an empty heart slowly fell to the ground, and seeing that she was so easy to say that it was over, she was about to open her mouth again, and said softly: "It's Luo Yan, next time I don't go out, I will listen to my mother, okay?" ”

Mother Li suddenly felt satisfied, her face was stretched, but she still nagged two sentences to finish.

The door of the "Bangbang" cabin was knocked again, Luo Yan was startled, but she heard the voice of the second brother: "Luo Luo, it's me." Qingqing hurriedly went over and opened the door, Murong Qian came in with a wheelchair, but there was no one behind him. Luo Yan hurriedly got up, let him to the tea table outside, poured two cups of tea by himself, and said, "You all go to your cabin to tidy up, there is no need to be served here first." ”

After a while, the sound of the door closing sounded, and in the silence, Murong Qian raised his head with a complicated expression, looked at Luo Yan and said, "What do you want to know?" ”