Section 9 Arrival in Jian'an

The courtyard has been very lively in the past two days, and two delivery cars have come, from clothing, food, housing and transportation to daily necessities, with a wide variety of quantities and excellent quality. The old man and the woman of Cangsong are close to their rooms, and sometimes they will scramble, the old man of Cangsong is always at a disadvantage, and occasionally steals it back when he can't grab it.

After Mo Di returned to the royal city, he prepared another day and made the following arrangement: let Prime Minister Zuo stay in the royal city to preside over the overall situation, and Prime Minister Zuo followed Prince Di for many years, so he was more at ease. Let the right prime minister follow him to travel, firstly, because the right prime minister was the head of the prince's faction, and he had just returned to Shun, so he was afraid of taking the opportunity to cause trouble; The second is that the right Cheng camera is sleek, and he has received Prime Minister Lu Cheng of Jian'an State, which is more convenient to maneuver around. And let the right prime minister serve as the commander and head of the envoy, and take charge of the overall arrangement. Let Dong Hu stay in Wangcheng to supervise the people of the court bureau and sit in the mansion. The other three generals Qin Long, Jiang Bao, and Liu Xiong accompanied him. Jiang Bao was ordered to select 500 special people to follow in disguise, and the special people are trained people, who can more or less use martial arts, can transmit information, and complete specific tasks. Among the five hundred were bartenders, gamblers, bookkeepers, prostitutes, and so on, and Murdy wanted to bring them into Jian'an and place them in several major cities for future use. Ordered Qin Long to select 1,000 Jingwei to form an accompanying army, the purpose of this trip was to apologize and stop the war, and should be as low-key as possible, without arranging too many manpower.

On the second day, the envoy team set out in a mighty way.

Qingyue learned that Moddy had sent the news of Jian'an Guo on the fifth day after the team departed. When I was shopping in the small town at the foot of the mountain, I heard the two chatting not far away.

"Hey, have you heard? Jian'an Guo has increased its troops on the border again, and I heard that the soldiers of Jian'an Country are mighty, and their armor is shining brightly, like a heavenly soldier descending to earth. One said.

"Really? Is there such a god? The other didn't believe it.

"Really, my cousin just came back from there and said it himself." The man said worriedly, "If this fights, I don't know how many people will die!" ”

"It's not up to us to decide whether we fight or not," one said.

"I heard that the emperor's eldest son went to Jian'an to sue for peace, and it depends on him whether he will fight or not," one person said.

"I think it's useless if people want to beat you, you just kneel and beg," another said.

The two of them said and walked away, Qingyue was shocked when she heard it, and a few words popped out in her mind: "Jian'an Kingdom, Three Princes, Jade Pei, Border Reinforcement, Apology", Qingyue understood a rough idea, and knew that Mo Di said in the letter that he was going to leave Yueyang Country for a period of time, and he went to Jian'an Kingdom. I can't help but feel a little worried.

Qingyue returned to the courtyard, she didn't think about tea and food, she always thought about how Moddy went to the Jian'an Congress, and she strongly wanted to go and see, so she packed her bags that night, and stayed awake all night, and rushed on the road after saying goodbye to her master and aunt the next morning.

Qing Yue dodged a few guards from the town below the mountain, afraid that they would stop her.

I came to a post house, put the jade flute on the table, and said that I would arrange a carriage with good feet, and I would go to Qinglicheng (Qinglicheng is at the junction of Yueyang State and Jian'an State, and belongs to Yueyang State). The shopkeeper looked at the jade flute, and didn't dare to slack off, but said embarrassedly: "Guest officer, it's not that I don't do things, Qingli City is far away, and there is no coachman who can walk away!" ”

Qingyue can't ride a horse, and it's more troublesome to set up a carriage by herself, and it's not as fast as riding a horse. After thinking for a while, he said, "Then just prepare me a fast horse."

Qingyue led the horse to a small road, where pedestrians and vehicles are scarce, Qingyue tentatively patted the horse's neck and body, saw that the horse did not react, so she rode up slowly, the horse shook its neck, Qingyue gently kicked the horse's belly with her foot, the horse took two steps forward, Qingyue leaned back, grabbed the reins, and the horse stopped. "Rack!" Qingyue shouted a password to the horse, and the horse walked forward slowly, Qingyue was cautious. By the evening, Qingyue was basically able to control the horse, but her body was still a little stiff and sore, so she found an inn to rest.

Qingyue traveled day and night, and the speed was slightly faster than that of the envoy team. As Qingyue became more and more skilled in riding horses, she walked faster and faster than the team.

Mo Di learned that Qingyue was missing about five hundred miles from Jian'an City. The order was to stay nearby, and the reason for the investigation was made in detail, but the person who reported it did not know, only that he suddenly disappeared and did not know where to go. Prince Di was anxious, so he could only send someone to find him, and there was no other way.

Mo Di and his entourage came to Jian'an City, greeted the officials to the front of the car, leaned over and said: "Xiaguan Sipin Zuoyu see His Royal Highness Di, I came to greet him by the emperor's order, the emperor dictated, my country's Jian'an City is not as good as your King's City, the population is large, the traffic is busy, your country's envoy team is numerous, afraid of colliding with the people, please His Royal Highness Di is lightly dressed and walked to the hotel."

Everyone was in an uproar, not to mention letting a four-grade official take over, but also letting the light clothes be simple, and the most hateful thing was to let him walk to the pavilion, which was a naked insult. Moody and Prime Minister Right have not spoken, knowing that they will be subjected to some difficulties this time, but they did not expect it to be so. After a while, Moddy stepped out of the carriage and ordered twenty people to accompany him, while the others camped outside the city, called Jiang Bao to him, and after whispering a few words, Jiang Bao left.

Moody led more than 20 people to the pavilion on foot, and on the way, the citizens pointed and talked endlessly. Moody turned a deaf ear and had no expression on his face. Zuo Yu snickered.

When Moody and his party arrived at the pavilion, it was already past midnight, and everyone was already exhausted after a long journey and four or five hours of walking.

At this time, someone outside the door reported: "Report to His Royal Highness Di, the right prime minister sent someone to invite you and all the adults to the prime minister's mansion for a banquet, saying that the banquet has already been set up, please come over early." ”

"Damn, they just did it on purpose," Liu Xiong scolded.

"Liu Xiong, you go to Qingli City tomorrow to garrison the border with General Zuo, you don't have to go to the banquet tonight, Prime Minister Right and Qin Long go with me." Moddy was afraid that Liu Xiong would be in a hurry and get into trouble.

"Lord Wang, if I don't deal with it myself, he will set up a banquet for a prime minister, and I will go by myself." The right prime minister said.

"Forget it, I'll go, I have to be cautious in everything I come here, even if it's deliberately difficult, we have to continue." The prince said, "Let's simply freshen up as soon as possible and go to the banquet immediately." ”

When I came to the banquet hall, I saw Xu Fang, the right prime minister, sitting on the top seat, and more than a dozen other courtiers sitting on both sides. Seeing Prince Di walk in, Prime Minister Right and the other courtiers did not get up, and Xu Fang said casually: "Your Royal Highness Di, we have been waiting for you for a long time, take a seat." He gestured to the table in front of him.

Prince Di looked at everyone, most of them were a little drunk, presumably when they ate and drank for a long time, ordinary people knew that they were not as good as the remnants, not to mention that he was a prince and a prince of a country. The right prime minister frowned, and Qin Long was furious. Prince Di hesitated for a moment, but still sat down, and the right prime minister and Qin Long followed and took their seats.

Xu Fang laughed.

An official in the audience laughed and said, "Your Highness Di, you are really such a big shelf!" We've been waiting for you here for a full hour. Isn't it time to express it? ”

"I'm sorry, everyone, we have a long way to go, and we hurried here as soon as we arrived at the pavilion. I didn't want you to wait for a long time, and I will make amends to you below. The right prime minister said humbly.

"I'm talking to Lord Di, what kind of green onion are you?" Officials said.

"Don't be rude, this is Liu Min, the right prime minister of Yueyang Country, Lord Liu." Xu Fang said angrily.

"Right Prime Minister? I'm still the king of the cat country and the dog country," everyone laughed.

"You-" Qin Long snapped up.

"Sit down" Murdy ordered Qin Long, and then said: "Okay, I, Moddy will punish myself with three cups to make amends for everyone" Saying that, he picked up the wine bowl, took the first sip of wine into his throat, and was so choked that he couldn't help coughing twice, this wine was unusually spicy.

"Lord Wang" The right prime minister looked at Moody worriedly. was stopped by the prince raising his hand.

"Hahaha——, Your Highness, how is the wine of our Jian'an country?" Xu Fang said with a laugh.

The other officials laughed as well.

"Prime Minister Xu, your country's wine is stronger than my country's wine, but it is a good wine" said as he picked up the wine bowl again, drank it slowly, and drank it together with hatred, and then drank two more bowls, feeling dizzy and burning.

At this time, an official stood up from his seat, came to Murdy with wine, and said: "Your Highness Di, I am a product of Sun Xin, I have heard of His Highness's prestige, I have admired it for a long time, I see you today, I want to give His Highness a glass, I wonder if Your Highness can appreciate your face?" ”

Moody knew that if he drank this bowl, everyone else would have to drink it, and if he didn't, this person would definitely be entangled, and Xu Fang would also exert pressure at that time. "Didn't they just want to pour me wine! If they wish, they will".

"My prince is not strong enough to drink, I will drink it for him," the right prime minister said, raising a glass.

"You're on your behalf? Can you do it? If you can do it, why should he come? Sun Xin said.

"It's okay" The prince raised his hand to the right prime minister to stop him, "Sun Xin, fortunately" said and raised his head and drank the toast.

Sure enough, other officials learned from Sun Xin to come to toast Murdy one after another, and Moddy did not refuse to come, and tried to repeat the names of the toasters every time, in order to let his not very sober mind remember the names of these people, and also convey his thoughts to the right prime minister and Qin Long. It wasn't until Moody was unconscious that the banquet ended with everyone's laughter.

When Prince Di and the others returned to the pavilion, Prime Minister Right hurriedly called the accompanying doctor. He commanded, "Doctor, quick! Quickly sober up the prince. ”

The imperial doctor stabbed the prince in the throat a few times to induce vomiting, the prince vomited for a while, and gradually regained consciousness, and the imperial doctor gave the prince some sobering decoction. The prince's state slowly returned to stability, and his body was a little weak.

"Please forgive the prince, the minister has to order the imperial doctor to sober you up, for fear of missing the matter of tomorrow's court" The right prime minister felt a little guilty.

"It's okay, right prime minister, you did the right thing" Prince Di nodded affirmatively to Liu Min, and then ordered: "Everyone go down and rest."

Only Prince Di was left in the room, and he began to think carefully about how to deal with the court tomorrow.