Tuoba Hong and his entourage passed through Jiangdu, Yingzhou, Ruzhou, Xunzhou, Huaizhou, Anzhou, and Xizhou, a distance of 2,200 miles, and walked for nine days to arrive at the outskirts of the capital of Daliang.

Today, the sky is slowly drifting snow, although it is not like the blizzard in the north, but the snowflakes are still falling like cotton wool, but in an hour or two, the whole earth will be decorated with a piece of snow white, and the distant Liang country is like a white giant beast lying on the white field, magnificent, backed by the Zijin Mountains, such as the land of Longpan.

Tuoba Hong couldn't help but sigh: "It's really a heroic city, second brother, third brother, what do you think is better than the eastern capital?" ”

Li Cunxiao looked at the majestic capital city, and couldn't help but admire: "Good place, I heard that the three dragons gather here, and it is the emperor's capital!" A place of Tibetan wind and breath. ”

Tuoba Hong smiled: "Is the second brother still a feng shui master?" ”

Li Cunxiao smiled: "This is the words in Mr. Buyi's "Looking for the Dragon", I just borrowed it." ”

Tuoba Hong pointed at Jiandu with a horsewhip and said to the two: "You guys have come all the way, how do you feel!" ”

Li Cunxiao said: "Big brother, Dingjiang is a moat, no matter how many cavalry we have, we can't cross the river, but if we cross the Dingjiang, from Jiangdu to Jiandu, all the way fast horses and whips up a five-day journey, without any obstacles, unlike our eastern capital, surrounded by mountains on three sides, but a passageway, guard Lianggu Pass, thousands of troops and horses can't get in, if it wasn't for the King of Great Xia Yan himself to let the Xianbei Department enter the customs, I'm afraid who belongs to this world is still unknown?" ”

Tuoba Hong pointed at Li Cunxiao and smiled: "What you said is the truth. ”

Luo Kedi on the side laughed: "Big brother, second brother, I have a more appropriate evaluation." ”

Tuoba Hong: "Let's talk about it. ”

Luo Kedi laughed: "This is the beauty does not close the door, just wait for the wild man to come to the door." Hahahaha! ”

Tuoba Hong and Li Cunxiao laughed.

Li Cunxiao quipped: "The third brother's words are not rough, the Southern Dynasty is rich, looking at me and waiting for greed, it is like a stunning beauty in front of her, you can enter the hall when you open the curtains, how can you not be moved." ”

Tuoba Hong: "This beauty can see, it is not easy to start, the capital has been the capital of commerce since ancient times, Liang Gaozu Xiao Jing built the capital here, after 60 years of construction, the creation of the world's Xiongcheng, the water system around the capital is developed, not conducive to the impact of cavalry, but the beam is very convenient to transport troops by waterway, a number of waterways directly through the capital, can not be attacked, can not be encircled, unless the Southern Dynasty itself is in civil strife, otherwise it is difficult for us to have a chance, like the siege of food is impossible. ”

Luo Kedi: "Looking at it this way, it really looks like a turtle shell, you can't beat it, you can't bite it." ”

Tuoba Hong: "Along the way, you have also seen a lot of characters in the Southern Dynasties, what do you think of Chen Ziang?" ”

Li Cunxiao: "It's not an ordinary person, I heard that there are four horses in Daliang, Zuo Zongming, Chen Ziang, He Yuanlang, Qian Yi, except for Zuo Zongming, the other three are all from Wu Guogong's family, this Chen Ziang's actions that day are very deep." ”

Tuoba Hongyan: "I don't bring weapons or armor this time, do a good job of welcoming my relatives, take a good look at the heroes of the Southern Dynasty, this Chen Ziang is indeed extraordinary, I have greater expectations for this trip, go!" ”

Tuoba Hong slapped his horse away, and everyone followed.

Outside the Yuanwu Gate of the capital city, the crown prince Xiao Sicong led the Zhongshu Ling Cui Yan, the new Honglu Temple Secretary Li Yunqing, and the commander of the Yulin Weizhong Army, He Yuanlang, waiting for the arrival of the Wei State to welcome the envoys.

The prince has come quite honestly recently, and now King Xin has gone to Fengguo, and the seventh prince Xiao Siyu is about to go to Wei, King Ning is a person with a loose personality, some people say that he is probably pressed to be the prince, he is not willing to do it, so the prince feels extremely relaxed at the moment, probably the most relaxed moment in his sixteen years as a prince, so he tried his best to show his generosity and open-mindedness, and wanted to leave a good impression on his father.

So today, outside the Yuanwu Gate, the prince specially instructed He Yuanlang: "General He, this king knows that your mentor is the old Duke of Wu, and the king also respects the old Duke of Guo, but recently we are here for the important affairs of diplomatic relations between the two countries, and I hope that General He can restrain himself and not spoil the big thing." ”

He Yuanlang clenched his fists and said: "His Royal Highness the Prince, if the people of Wei understand etiquette, the last general will be worshipped." ”

Cui Yan on the side smiled slightly and didn't say much.

Soon, Tuoba Hong's convoy of relatives came from afar, and a thousand cavalry, escorting more than 500 boxes of dowry, drove from the official road.

He Yuanlang led the cavalry of the Yulin Central Guard to meet him, and said loudly: "Where is the envoy of the Wei State?" I am He Yuanlong, the commander of the Central Guard of the Great Liang Yulin, and all the guards are not allowed to enter the city, please release the troops and enter the camp outside the city. ”

Li Cunxiao stepped forward and replied: "I am Li Cunxiao, the commander of the Great Wei Yingshi Guard, this is His Royal Highness the King of Jin, and I will come forward to salute in order to welcome my relatives." ”

He Yuanlang replied with a sneer: "The foreign army cannot enter my capital, please dismiss the army immediately, otherwise my Yulin army will be regarded as an enemy." ”

Luo Kedi roared: "An dares to bully my second brother." ”

In a fit of rage, he directly slashed down with a knife, and the blade swept like a wind.

"Arrogance!"

He Yuanlang slapped his palm on the horse's back, his whole body flew up, the knife just swept under him, He Yuanlang swept his volley, and it happened to sweep on the back of Luo Kedi's knife, and the knife flew out directly and was inserted into the carriage box that was transported.

He Yuanlang's body turned in the air, stretched out his palm and attacked Luo Ke's enemy, Luo Ke's enemy was hit by a move and the flying blade had been lost for a while, and he could only stretch out his palm to face He Yuanlang in a hurry, only to hear the sound of air explosion, forming a shock wave to shake around, Tuoba Hong, Li Cunxiao's robes were blown, the war horse neighed and took three steps back, and under the blow of Luo Ke's enemy, the figure flew out, the war horse knelt on the ground, the person threw and was about to fall to the ground, Tuoba Hong saw this, kicked his feet, and left the saddle, In the air, he held the back of Roque's enemy with his hand, and the two slowly landed.

In less than three moves, Luo Kedi fell behind, but he did not feel lost after he landed, but bowed his hand and praised: "General He is very skilled, and Luo Ke is the enemy." ”

Tuoba Hong stepped forward with a smile: "Commander He, this king is here on behalf of the Son of Heaven of Great Wei, and it is not the military of the Northern Dynasty to unload the blade, and this king is unwilling." ”

He Yuanlang sneered: "Okay, then ask me if my sword promises." ”

Unlike the opponent against Luo Ke just now, He Yuanlang felt a strong murderous aura in Tuoba Hong, and he had to be cautious and planned to draw his sword.

"Stop, stop it for Prince Ben, He Yuen Long, you are so bold, what Prince Ben said just now, do you have to turn a deaf ear? On your knees. ”

The crown prince Xiao Sicong hurriedly rode over to stop him and shouted at He Yuenlong.

He Yuanlang had no choice but to kneel down and said slowly: "Foreign envoys, you are not allowed to bring a sword into the capital, Your Highness, this is a rule set by Your Majesty." ”

When the prince heard this, he was furious: "He Yuanlang, this is the attitude you have when you talk to this king, this palace is the prince, what I say is the will, it is the rule, come and put someone down, and beat thirty military sticks!" ”

Cui Yan stepped forward to dissuade him: "Your Royal Highness the Prince, it is not at fault for Commander He to uphold the law of the country, but it really shouldn't be done to His Royal Highness the King of Jin, so let Commander He apologize to His Royal Highness the King of Jin. ”

Only then did the prince react that it was indeed inappropriate to punish the generals in front of the foreign ministers, so he immediately softened his tone and said: "He Yuanlang, Cui Xiang intercedes for you, and this palace will not embarrass you, go and make amends to King Jin." ”

He Yuanlang reluctantly dismounted and saluted: "His Royal Highness the King of Jin, the last general is reckless, I hope to forgive me, but the foreign army, can not enter the capital is the law, I am the one who guards the imperial city, I must not defend it." ”

Cui Xiang and Li Siqing came over to be peacemakers: "His Royal Highness the King of Jin, the military camp has prepared wine to relieve the suffering of the soldiers, according to the etiquette of the prince's envoys, His Royal Highness can bring a hundred guards into the city with light weapons to protect the safety of His Highness, and Yulin Wei will also be fortified outside the Honglu Temple Post House to protect His Highness's safety." ”

After listening to this, Tuoba Hong turned to the general on the side and said: "You lead the troops to live outside the city, don't disturb the people, I order the army Cao to prepare more grain, grass, wine and food, so that the soldiers can rest more in these days." ”

The general received the order and went down to make arrangements.

Tuoba Hong said to Li Cunxiao and Luo Kedi: "The second brother and the third brother choose a hundred guards and follow me into the city. ”

Li Cunxiao and Luo Kedi: "Yes, big brother!" ”

Tuoba Hong turned around and saluted Xiao Sicong with a smile: "Your Royal Highness the Prince, our Northern Dynasty has a fierce style, and I am afraid that we will disturb the prince, and I hope that the prince will not be strange!" ”

Xiao Sicong's actions just now obviously lost the dignity of the pattern, and he seemed to be a little displeased, but this Tuoba Hong took the initiative to salute, and he had to smile back: "The King of Jin is polite, Liang Wei will be a country of brothers in the future, and the King of Jin and the lonely family can also be commensurate with brothers. ”

Tuoba Hong smiled: "Brother Crown Prince is extremely true. ”

Xiao Sicong introduced to Tuoba Hong: "Brother Xian, let me introduce you to my brother, this is Master Cui Yancui of Zhongshu Ling"

Cui Yan saluted: "I have seen His Royal Highness the King of Jin." ”

Tuoba Hong returned the salute: "Cui Xiang is polite." ”

Xiao Sicong continued to introduce: "This is Li Yunqing, Lord Li, the secretary of Honglu Temple. ”

Li Yunqing saluted: "I have seen His Royal Highness the King of Jin." ”

Tuoba Hong returned the salute: "Master Li is polite. ”

Tuoba Hong pointed to the five hundred cars of dowry behind him: "Lord Li, I will present the five hundred cars of the wedding gift with the gift list, and ask Lord Li to check it." ”

After that, Tuoba Hong took the gift slip from Li Cunxiao on the side and handed it to Li Yunqing.

Li Yunqing took the gift list, flipped through it casually, nodded and thanked: "Your Highness Xie." ”

Tuoba Hong handed over the gift list, raised his hand and said to the prince: "Brother Prince, please!" ”

"Brother Xian, please"

The prince led everyone to ride into the capital city, and Cui Yan and Li Yunqing behind him also shook their heads slightly when they saw that the prince was so familiar with Tuoba Hong.

Tuoba Hong glanced back at He Yuanlang and quietly asked Luo Kedi: "Third brother, are you convinced?" What do you think this will do? ”

Luo Kedi said calmly: "Serve, this will be long, run for the sea, and collect for the abyss, I am far from it." ”

Li Cunxiao followed: "Big brother, the fourth horse of the Great Liang He Yuanlang is the second disciple of Wu Guogong, I think this He Yuanlang is on martial arts cultivation, I'm afraid it is above Chen Ziang, the third brother didn't even go through the three moves in his hands just now." ”

Tuoba Hong sighed: "Daliang is full of talents, don't be underestimated, I'm afraid the odds of winning against him are less than fifty percent, but it's a pity that these characters were born in the Southern Dynasty and can't be used by me." ”

Li Cunxiao smiled and said, "Big brother, do you know who is the commander of the personal guard who accompanied the princess and King Yong?" ”

Tuoba Hong asked in a solemn voice: "Is this He Yuen Long?" ”

Li Cunxiao nodded and replied, "That's what Yuen Long is?" King Yong's three thousand personal guards are in charge. ”

Tuoba Hong smiled: "Hehe, that's very good! ”

Tuoba Hong They didn't notice that He Yuanlang's eyes had been paying attention to him behind him, and there was a trace of coldness in his forbearance gaze.