Chapter 106: Lantern Festival
At the beginning of the month, he also nodded and said: "Yes, it is actually not good for us to talk about cooperation with Dongyi, since there is no movement on Nanzhao's side, then we don't have to rush for a while, it is better to swallow the fat of Nanzhao first."
Nan Huai cleared his throat and asked, "What about Beige, do we need to go to Nanzhao now?" ”
Bei Ge shook his head and said with a smile: "Don't worry about it first, the one in Chu Jingli knows that it is not a deal, and we naturally know that since Mingguang did not agree to Chu Enze's cooperation, there are other plans in it, and we have the right to be fools for a few days."
At the beginning of the month, he glanced at Feng Jiu and said: "Not only that, but we also have to push behind Mingguang, Feng Jiu, you let Tianxia downstairs tomorrow spread the news, just say that Princess Lanyu personally came to Muyang and An Wangfu to discuss cooperation, and the news is faster, it is best for Chu Jing to release the news at the same time."
A few people listened to the words of the beginning of the month, felt that it made sense, and discussed some details of the things, and then went to do their own things, Feng Jiu didn't wait to go out, but was stopped by the beginning of the month, and told Feng Jiu to say: "You remember to let Tianxia downstairs spread the news as soon as possible, and by the way, remember to bring a message to Zhen Ji, now is an extraordinary time, then she should be more careful and return to Muyang as soon as possible."
"Okay" Feng Jiu nodded, then turned around and retreated.
With the Yangtze River as the boundary, Chu Jing mobilized 200,000 soldiers and horses to garrison, and at the same time, the 100,000 troops of Western Xia also successfully arrived at the border of Muyang, Qi Bai led 200,000 soldiers and horses of Great Chu to fortify south of the Yangtze River, and the situation on the Western Xia side, Beige only gave Qin Feng 50,000 soldiers and horses, but brought 500 dragons and tigers to the past. Several parties were deadlocked for a few days, and the Western Xia army did not move, and the 200,000 soldiers and horses of Chujing over there only sent an advance force over, but in the end, the whole army was wiped out, and then there was no movement.
Here Bei Ge and the beginning of the month got a piece of news that I don't know whether to be happy or worried, the secret letter from the downstairs of the world has repeatedly mentioned the continuous drought in some areas around Chu Jing, including Xuzhou, and some of the Zhuang's land has cracked, at the beginning of the month, I suddenly remembered the father and son I saw in the hospital that day, and I talked to Bei Ge about the father and son, Bei Ge also sighed with emotion, the beautiful Chu on the surface, in fact, who can see the appearance in private? In the past, they were courtiers, and they obeyed the emperor's orders, which was the way of kings and ministers for thousands of years, but now they are not only the Chu family army, but also the thousands of people in Muyang, their life and death are defended by the Chu family army, and the life and death of the Chu family army are also closely related to them. At the beginning of the month, I finally understood that there is no peace and prosperity, only the people can live in peace, and the cola industry is the blessing of a country and the wealth of a king. If at the beginning of the previous month, he just wanted to help Beige avenge his hatred, then now at the beginning of the month, he also wants to seek something for the people of the world.
In fact, since Beige and the beginning of the month when they came to Muyang, they have heard some things about the first prince from Xu Zhizhou's mouth, but Xu Zhizhou was not very old at that time, let alone snobbery in that court full of conspiracy. A few times when he talked to Beige about the first prince, Xu Zhizhou just stroked his gray beard and said with emotion: "If the first prince hadn't been harmed back then, the current Da Chu would definitely not be like this", after a long time, Beige can feel the meaning of these words more and more, so in the depths of his heart, in addition to avenging his father, he can also be regarded as adhering to his father's will.
In a blink of an eye, it has come to the end of summer, the weather is a little cold in the morning and evening, but Muyang is ushered in the annual lantern festival, this is a unique festival here in Muyang, at least at the beginning of the month in Chujing when I have not heard of it, I heard the locals say that this is to put the river lantern to worship the river god, Muyang is mostly living by the water, in the eyes of the people only where there is water can survive, so before the summer is about to pass, worship the river god to bless the next year to continue to be a year of wind and rain, but also to bless the upcoming autumn to have a good harvest.
Chu Jing's news about Beige's collusion and treason doesn't seem to have played much of a role, but many people know that Beige is the son of the former prince Chu Xiaoyun, many people don't remember this hero who died early, but they can also understand Beige's mood, and when they talk about it after dinner, they are also biased towards Beige more, after all, it is no one else who has saved everyone from the suffering of war in the Southern Expedition and Northern War over the years, it is this King of Anjun, so when Beige took over the jurisdiction of Muyang and other places, he was not as spurned or even resentful as he imagined, and even very popular with some people. Therefore, this year's Lantern Festival is also a ritual of sacrifice led by Beige.
After the ceremony, Beige took the moon to wander around the street at will, and the time to come to Muyang was not short, but it was really the first time for the two of them to take a good look at the scenery. The bustling streets are very lively, there are lantern riddles here, dragon and lion dances there, and storytellers in the distance, so you can't see the appearance of a war at all. Beige is very pleased, if it is really possible, then let yourself protect the happiness of these people. Putting aside their identities at the beginning of the month, just the appearance of a handsome man and a beautiful woman will inevitably cause some commotion in the crowd, so Beige and Beige try to choose a place with fewer people, Beige gently held the moon's hand and walked aimlessly, neither of them spoke, but they both had a shallow smile on their faces.
Suddenly, there was a faint sound of footsteps in the quiet alley, and several households were at the same time, and the two stopped and looked at each other. The footsteps were getting closer and closer, and there was the sound of the blade breaking the wind, Bei Ge was in front of Yue Yue, blocking the direction from which the sound came, and his hand reached for the soft sword at his waist, and Yue Yue also turned around, standing back to back with Bei Ge, always vigilant not to be surrounded by enemies.
The sound of footsteps stopped not far away, and sure enough, a small group of people rushed over from the small alley behind, and surrounded Yue Yue and Beige in front and back.
"Who?" Beige scolded sternly.
The leader turned the knife in his hand, reflected the cold and bright light of the moon, clenched it in his hand, and only said four words: "For the heavens", he held the knife and slashed in the direction of Beige, Beige did not dodge, but waited for him to get close to his body and took the moon to the side of the place, dexterously dodged the attack of the big knife, and kicked the man's wrist with a flying kick. But that person's skills are not bad, he turned over sideways and stood on the ground, he didn't feel strained, he should be regarded as a master, Bei Ge muttered in his heart. The visitor was dressed in a night suit, and he couldn't see any expression clearly, but his eyes were full of hostility to kill them.