Zhu Xibing heard the sound, raised his head, and saw a person in the distance beating a horse and whipping, galloping, it was quiet thinking.

Before she could reply, Jing Si had already run to the nearest place, turned over and dismounted, saluted, and said, "Miss, blame me for being stupid and rude, and only now do I know that Miss is also in the family sending procession!

Zhu Xibing was stunned for a moment, and then reluctantly smiled: "This matter has nothing to do with Brother An, it was my own opinion, I wanted to go to Xiliang to see the excitement, so I disguised myself and mixed into the family sending team." Brother An doesn't have to blame himself. ”

Jing Jing was shocked: "Miss really wants to follow the family to Xiliang......? What's more, if the righteous father knew about this, I am afraid that he would ...... I'm afraid it's going to be a lot of worry. ”

Zhu Xibing smiled and said, "Brother An, don't worry about me. This time without saying goodbye, my father is there, and I will ask my father and his old man for guilt afterwards. ”

After listening quietly, he glanced at Long Shaoyang on the side, and said lightly: "Since Miss has made up her mind, Jingsi will not say more." The young lady has a noble status, and the road is far away, so let's get in the carriage and hurry—the carriage is already prepared in front!" said Zhu Xibing, without waiting for Zhu Xibing to agree, he pulled his mount to the side of the road and turned the horse's head, obviously letting her ride the horse first.

Zhu Xibing knew his good intentions, and he didn't want to refute his feelings, so he had to smile and say, "Thank you, Brother An!" lightly pinched the horse's belly and urged the horse forward.

As soon as there were a few hooves, Zhu Xibing suddenly grabbed the reins, turned to Long Shaoyang and said: "Brother Long, I hate being wronged the most in my life, if I do it, I will do it, and if I don't do it, I don't do it." As the saying goes, hiding a corpse in the snow will be self-evident in the future. So saying, he turned around and went straight to his horse.

The team marched along the official road to Xiliang.

Among the relatives team, there are the prince of the current dynasty sitting in the town, and there are Teng Wang, Xiangye Gan'er and other dignitaries, etc., the officials along the way do not dare to be sloppy, up to the general governor, down to the state capital and county order, solemnly take care of the matter, food and accommodation should be taken care of.

Although Long Shaoyang and Zhu Xibing are in the team, but since the two separated that day, they seem to be deliberately avoiding each other, if you take the car, I will ride a horse, so I didn't say a word again, but let the Teng King Xiao Yuanying on the side scratch his head, and wanted to ask several times, but when he thought of his ears, he finally held back.

After doing this for more than a month, the car drove out of the Daqi territory, set foot on the land of Xiliang, and headed northwest.

Long Shaoyang lifted the curtain and looked out, only to feel that the further he went, the less grass and trees on the ground became, replaced by rolling yellow sand dunes and rocky beaches full of stones...... The wind swept the ground, and the sky and the earth were hazy.

After walking hard for more than ten days, the number of people I met on the road gradually increased. On this day, everyone traveled several miles, just after noon, only to see the dust in the distance, horses' hooves like rain, a team of people and horses came up, it turned out that the capital of Xiliang - Liangzhou was about to arrive, the Xiliang Emperor specially sent a group of people out of the city for thirty miles, came to greet, in order to show respect.

Everyone was overjoyed, followed by the Xiliang people, and entered the city of Liangzhou.

Although Xiliang is a country founded by force and the people are fierce, after all, the land is sparsely populated, the products are poor, and the national strength is relatively large. Everyone walked on the street, but when they saw people and cars coming and going, many of them were blonde, blue-eyed, high-nosed, and deep-eyed, which was very different from the Central Plains. Although the streets are lined up one after another, compared with the Great Qiluo City, it is naturally far inferior.

The lord of Xiliang learned that the prince of Daqi personally gave the marriage this time, and he attached great importance to it, and had already prepared a hotel in the city, which was large in scale and furnished with a rich hall for Qi people to rest. Everyone was escorted by the Xiliang Guards and entered the post house in the city. After a journey of thousands of miles, everyone was overjoyed.

According to etiquette, after entering the post house, the lord of Cheng'an and the maids were admitted to the hall to rest.

Long Shaoyang, Jing Si and others helped the prince Xiao Minglong to get out of the carriage, and as soon as his feet landed, he listened to the sound of vocal music, and walked out of the inner hall in two rows of people, all of them finished in strong clothes, wearing leather boots and holding scimitars. A person dressed as an inner chamberlain walked quickly to the front of the hall and said loudly: "His Royal Highness the King of Qin of the Great Liang Kingdom has arrived!"

As soon as the voice fell, a person walked out of the inner hall. Long Shaoyang raised his eyes and saw that this person was dressed in a brocade robe, looking like he was in his forties, with a square face, a hooked nose, a figure that was not tall, and there was quite a heroic spirit between his eyebrows and eyes. If it weren't for this hair, he would be like the gang leader of the Central Plains Martial Arts.

Long Shaoyang looked at it, but he knew it in his heart. Before leaving, he had chatted with Xiao Di and Cheng Bo several times about the national and folk customs of Xiliang, and got a lot of information from the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Rites. The surname of Xiliang is Li, and the founding monarch Li Bingshi is a person from the Central Plains, more than 100 years ago, the official worshiped the post of Liangzhou pastor, and his ambitions were lofty, and he secretly stored his own power, and then supported the army and became self-reliant, and won the country as the emperor. If you talk about it, it is seventy or eighty years earlier than the founding of Emperor Qi Gao. Liang is located in the Western Regions, multi-ethnic mixed living, Li Bing in order to win the hearts of the people, forever solidify the country, since the founding of the People's Republic of China, under the above rate, recruit a wide range of concubines, intermarry with each other, is a few generations down the country surname is still a Han surname, but the appearance of the lord, blood has been multi-ethnic fusion.

Li Bing's third generation to Li Xun, Li Xun died two years ago, and the only son Hongzhi who was fourteen years old at the time. Xun has two brothers, Li Yu and Li Qi. Li Yu was frail and sickly and died young, while Li Qi was brave and strategic, and Li Xun was promoted to the king of Qin when he was in power. After Li Hongzhi ascended the throne, Li Qi was the generalissimo of the world's soldiers and horses, and with the identity of the emperor's uncle, he was really one of the best figures in Xiliang.

Long Shaoyang said in his heart: "It turns out that this person is the current imperial uncle of Xiliang Kingdom, Li Qi, the king of Qin. But seeing Li Qi walking down the steps quickly, he stepped forward to salute and said with a smile: "His Royal Highness the Prince of Great Qi is coming to our country in person today, in order to become a good friend of the two countries Qin and Jin, it is really a blessing for my Liang country! This king has been waiting here for a long time, Your Highness, please!"

After speaking, without waiting for Xiao Minglong to answer, he turned to Xiao Yuanying, King of Teng, and said: "His Royal Highness King Teng, he has a good demeanor, and it is difficult to hide his free and easy atmosphere!" and said to Jing Jingsi: "General An is famous, and it is really a blessing to see him today!" and said to Long Shaoyang: "I have long heard that there is a young man in Daqi, and he is really talented!" ...... He greeted everyone for a while, although it was the first time they met, they could easily recognize each person's surname, and there was no mistake in the rank and order, everyone couldn't help but be stunned, and returned the salute one after another.

Long Shaoyang was shocked: "King Qin is really shrewd and old-fashioned, it seems that he has already figured out the official rank, body shape, appearance and other characteristics of the members of the mission, so that he can match everyone one by one without introduction." Glancing at Zhu Xibing, who was wearing men's clothes on his side, he was stunned, and immediately understood: "Zhu Xibing is dressed as a man, and she is not in the list of envoys, so she was not recognized by King Qin." ”

Xiao Yuanying couldn't help but ask: "Lord Wang, Xiao Wang is lazy by nature and doesn't like to travel far, this is the first time to go abroad, I don't know how the prince can recognize Xiao Wang at first sight?" He saluted the landlord and used the humble title of "Little Wang".

King Qin smiled heartily and said: "His Royal Highness King Teng is really a fan of the authorities, His Royal Highness is free and uninhibited, and his reputation has already spread all over the world, who doesn't know?

The mouths of the people were humble, but their hearts were full of joy.

King Qin led the way and let everyone into the hall. A table of banquets has already been arranged in the hall, with wine and meat cups and seasonal fruits, which are full and very rich. King Qin invited everyone to take a seat, and Long Shaoyang followed the prince Xiao Minglong, Xiao Yuanying, Jing Si and others to sit down, but saw that Zhu Xibing did not push, and sat next to him on the right, looking at each other, obviously deliberately avoiding his gaze. The rest of the Great Qi guards and other wedding givers were seated in the side hall.

Everyone sat down. On the Daqi side, Xiao Yuanying, Long Shaoyang, Jing Si, and Zhu Xibing embraced the crown prince Xiao Minglong, and on the Xiliang side, four or five officials and generals surrounded Li Qi, the king of Qin, in the middle. More than a dozen palace maids were scattered around waiting.

After the guests and hosts sat down, King Qin poured a large glass of wine, held it with both hands, and said with a smile: "All the guests have traveled thousands of miles and come from afar, and this king is here with a glass of water and wine to wash the dust and catch the wind for you!

After Long Shaoyang, Jing Si and the others sat down, the wine glasses, tableware and other items had been carefully looked at one by one, and there was no abnormality. Xiao Minglong, Xiao Yuanying, and Zhu Xibing drank it all.

King Qin looked at Xiao Minglong and said, "Your Royal Highness the Prince, what you drank just now is Chiliuxia, the famous wine of our country, and it has been skilled for twenty years, I don't know what Your Highness thinks it tastes like?"

Xiao Minglong paused and said with a smile: "Your Royal Highness King Qin, this wine is as red in color, flowing as a glow, soft and round, and has a lingering fragrance in the mouth, it is really the best wine." ”

These words were unhurried, King Qin couldn't help but be stunned, he first saw that Xiao Minglong, the prince of Great Qi, was just a sixteen-year-old child, so he had a tentative meaning, who expected that the other party was very old, and immediately praised: "I didn't expect that His Royal Highness the Prince also has a lot of research on the wine of our country, which really impresses this king." This king toasts you again!"

And they drank.

After a few rounds of drinking, King Qin suddenly turned to Zhu Xibing and said: "This strong man is really beautiful, just this king patronizes and drinks, but he has time to ask for advice, I don't know what to call a strong man, where to serve?"

As soon as he said this, everyone at the banquet felt a pang in their hearts, but they saw Zhu Xibing smile and said: "The prince is in love! The villain is just a low-ranking officer in the guards of the East Palace, and he relies on His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to promote and protect the left and right. As for the name, in front of the nobles, how dare the villain claim it!"

The words were so loud that everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

King Qin nodded thoughtfully, turned to the crown prince Xiao Minglong, and said with a mysterious smile: "Hehe, your country is really full of talents, I don't know when such a young talent came out again, but this king is deaf." ”

Before the crown prince Xiao Minglong could speak, Long Shaoyang had already rushed to say: "It's not just this young strong man in front of you, if it was placed half a year ago, I'm afraid that His Royal Highness King Qin has never heard of Long, right?"