Chapter Eighty-Eight: To the Prairie
Early in the morning, after the breakfast prepared by Moshu, Xiao Yu left Xiaozhu with Yi and Qin Mumian, and took a carriage and walked in the direction of the grassland mission.
At the edge of the large open space in front of the Siyi Pavilion, the carriage stopped. Then turn around and move forward, Moshu doesn't use a carriage, and he can't afford to raise a horseman, so he has to return the horseman and the carriage to the Anguo Mansion.
At this time, the frame of the grassland had already been prepared, and an official of the Ministry of Rites saw Xiao Yu coming, and hurriedly whispered a few words to the head of the mission.
The principal of the grassland is a middle-aged man who looks to be in his forties.
After the official of the Ministry of Rites finished explaining, the middle-aged man turned his head to look at Xiao Yu, who was dressed in a black robe, and said, "You are Xiao Yu?"
The voice was peaceful, but it overwhelmed the noisy sounds around him, and every word came clearly into Xiao Yu's ears.
Xiao Yu's heart moved slightly, and he stepped forward and said, "It's Xiao Yu." ”
The middle-aged man nodded slightly and said, "You can call me Uncle Mu, I am the leader of the mission." ”
Xiao Yu nodded yes.
At this moment, a group of black-robed guards walked in the distance. This is the Dark Guard's outfit. As soon as they saw the secret guard, they all hurriedly and respectfully got out of the way, whether it was the envoy of the Ministry of Rites or the people of the Prairie Mission. Qin Mumian's face also changed slightly, and he quietly blended into the crowd.
A black carriage slowly approached and stopped in front of the mission, and the curtains on the carriage were lifted, revealing Xiao Lie's indifferent face.
Since moving out of the Anguo Mansion, Xiao Yu has never seen Xiao Lie again, and when he saw him coming to see him off, he couldn't help but feel a little surprised, and bent down and saluted: "Father......"
Xiao Lie looked at him silently, as if he was looking at it for the last time, and after a long time, he slowly shook his head and said, "You...... Do it yourself. ”
Xiao Yu looked at Xiao Lie, looked at the man who had changed his life, and said after a moment of silence: "Keep in mind my father's teachings. ”
Xiao Lie didn't speak and lowered the curtains.
An ordinary son of the Eastern Capital, who is not loved by his father and is forgotten by the whole world, but he is not willing to be forgotten. Now going to the Saiwai grassland is undoubtedly a rare opportunity for him, or to make the world think of himself again and know himself again. Or completely forgotten.
With the sound of horses' hooves, the black carriage went away.
Xiao Yu had already attracted the attention of the audience when he spoke to Xiao Lie, and at this time, no matter what the rumors were, the officials of the Ministry of Rites did not dare to snub him at all, and this time a carriage was specially prepared for him.
Xiao Yu beckoned to the two people hiding in the crowd and walked towards the carriage with his few luggage.
Suddenly, Uncle Mu frowned slightly, looked at Qin Mumian and Yi, and said, "Who are they?"
At this time, Qin Mumian and Yi both made a lot of disguise, almost another person, in terms of appearance alone, they were already ordinary and could not be ordinary.
Of course, Yi was originally very ordinary, but this time he just changed to a different style.
Xiao Yu explained: "They are my entourage. ”
Uncle Mu's calm gaze swept over the two of them, and he didn't find anything wrong, and he didn't go to his heart, just nodded and left.
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Leaving the eastern capital, he naturally headed towards the grassland.
Although it is logically considered spring, it is still snow-white as far as the eye can see.
Horses dragged carriages galloping on the official road. The luxuriously carpeted carriages undulated slightly as we advanced.
A handsome maid was looking out the window at the rapidly sweeping scenery, perhaps thinking that she might not see this in the future, and looked a little listless.
Beside him, a young man in a luxurious light coat was flipping through an unknown book.
Xiao Yu and the three of them were sitting in the carriage at the end of the line.
He also looked out the window at the rapidly reclining scenery, but what he thought of was what the bitter cold grassland looked like thousands of miles away. The uncertain future makes his face not look good, but his eyes are full of anticipation and eagerness for the future.
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has not yet left the boundary of the Eastern Capital, so naturally there will not be so many rights and wrongs to disturb the mission.
The journey here is bland and uninteresting.
When it was getting dark and it was dusk, the team stopped and did not enter the inn, but prepared to set up camp.
There is a creek here, and the people of the steppe of the mission are familiar with the way to cook and set up tents.
In order not to be noticeable, Qin Mumian and Yi also blended into the crowd to help. Only Xiao Yu was left standing idle.
The young man in a noble light fur walked down the luxurious carriage with the maidservant, he looked at Xiao Yu not far away, and frowned invisibly.
A tall guard next to him walked over and glanced at him inquiringly, he shook his head, signaled not to follow, and then walked towards Xiao Yu.
He admitted that this person named Xiao Yu was indeed a little different, much better than those self-righteous sons and buddies in the Eastern Capital.
But he has one thing in common with those sons of the Eastern Capital, and that is hypocrisy. is almost hypocrisy that penetrates into his bones, if Xiao Yu can have a bit of true temperament, then it can still make him have a little appreciation, but hypocrisy makes him have little good impression of Xiao Yu left.
Walking not far from Xiao Yu, Xiao Yu also saw this young man, he didn't seem to have much surprise, smiled and saluted, and said, "Brother Lin Han, you are also here." ”
Lin Han looked at him and said lightly, "You don't seem to be surprised that I appeared here at all?"
Light is the meaning of blandness, there is no emotional change or even no emotional voice, there is no deliberate embellishment, but it naturally reveals a luxury.
Xiao Yu has seen a lot of this kind of temperament, such as Xiao Lie, such as Zhang Xueyao. Although they are not deliberate, and their temperaments are different, the perennial habit has deeply rooted this luxury in their bones.
Xiao Yu said with a smile: "In the Eastern Capital, few people can make a scimitar. And it is also a popular style of scimitar in the steppe. ”
When Lin Han heard Xiao Yu's words, he unconsciously stroked the handle of the scimitar hanging from his waist.
Lin Han didn't talk to him much, and soon left in a hurry, Xiao Yu looked at Lin Han's thin figure, and there was some inexplicable meaning in his smile.
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Night.
Xiao Yu sat cross-legged in the tent, and opposite him was Qin Mumian, who sat silently in the corner of the tent like a stone.
A small oil lamp flickered on the faces of the three men.
Qin Mumian held a legendary novel and said, "That Uncle Mu is very strong, at least in the frost realm. ”
Xiao Yu was not too surprised, there were cultivators in the Patriotic Mission and the Baozhu Mission, how could there be no cultivators in the mission of the grassland, the greatest enemy of Great Zheng in the past few decades.
Qin Mumian seemed to be just reminding her, and after she finished speaking, she stopped talking, just looked at the scroll in her hand intently.
There was silence in the tent. Only the sound of flipping books that comes to mind from time to time.
Xiao Yu closed his eyes, but somehow, he suddenly remembered Lin Han's thin figure.
"It's too thin...... he muttered to himself, almost inaudibly, "if it's a woman, it's just fine." ”
He knew that his guess was probably right, so what could or should he do if he did?