Chapter 32 Ningyuan Builds the City, Oath and Survival
Bai Zhen hadn't sent her news back to Baifu for several days, so her father must be very anxious. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info if the gang of Jianghu killers from Baifu are sent around to chase and seal the dust, it will be a big trouble. Feng Chen frowned all the way and didn't say a word. Bai Zhen happily clapped his hands for a while, and looked at the half-green branches in the distance. I don't know when this Bai Zhen handed the brocade bag hanging from his waist to Feng Chen's hand: "I don't know when, I have an extra red crystal stone here, this is for you!" Feng Chen pushed the precious gem in her hand, turned his head and said: "Don't make trouble! You should go back to Baifu!" Bai Zhen suddenly cried and said: "I...... As soon as I go back, my father will definitely force me to marry someone I don't like, can you bear to see me in the midst of fire and water?" Feng Chen raised his eyes and looked at Bai Zhen's pitiful appearance, and didn't say any more. Xin Zhu rode up to Feng Chen and said, "Feng Chen, I'm afraid that after entering this Ningyuan City, we will have to part ways." Feng Chen looked at Xin Zhu in some surprise: "Didn't you go with me to meet Lord Yuan?" Xin Zhu smiled lightly and said, "I still have some things to do in Ziyang Hall, so I'm afraid that visiting Lord Yuan will be delayed for some time." As soon as Feng Chen was about to continue, he was pulled aside by Bai Zhen: "Brother Feng Chen is still in a hurry to find his junior brother, then the two of us won't bother Miss Xinzhu!"
Xin Zhu turned over and dismounted, hugged his fists and said: "The rivers and lakes are far away, and there will be a period in the future." After speaking, he turned over his horse again and ran towards the west gate of Ningyuan City. Feng Chen just wanted to catch up and was pulled by Bai Zhen, Bai Zhen leaned into Feng Chen's ear and said: "Brother Feng Chen, do you think it is important to find Min Tian, or is it important to chase the girl in front of you?" You think about it yourself!" Feng Chen sank his mind, frowned, turned around and said to Bai Zhen: "After finding the soul stone that Min Tian wants to return to Chu Ying, I will send you back to Bai Mansion." Bai Zhen kept shaking his head, hiding behind Feng Chen, and at this moment a carriage came next to him, although the carriage was not big, but judging from the dress of these entourage, the people sitting in the carriage must be either rich or noble. Feng Chen hurriedly dragged his carriage aside, but those arrogant guards still pushed Feng Chen unrelentingly, and knocked down the wooden table of the small stall next to him without paying attention. The arrogant entourage pushed away Bai Zhen, who was about to help up the dust, and said: "Diao Min! How dare you stand in the way! Do you know who is sitting in the car?" Bai Zhen was angry, and said arrogantly: "Could it be that Emperor Ming can't come to this Ningyuan City?" The entourage said with a hippie smile: "Inside the car is Lord Sun Chengzong, a cabinet scholar!" As he spoke, a man with an iron face and sword eyebrows, a bearded halberd, a fat head and a round face, dressed in an official mansion walked out of the carriage. The entourage hurriedly became cautious one by one, and the official shouted: "How can you be rude to the people." With that, he got out of the carriage and picked up the dust that had fallen to the side.
This Lord Sun has been studying and practicing martial arts since he was a child, and he became a talent at the age of sixteen. At the age of thirty-one, he was promoted again, and the road to officialdom can be described as a smooth progress. This time I came to Ningyuan City to see the fortifications and equipment, and as soon as he lifted Feng Chen, he sighed and said: "This Huang Taiji doesn't know when it will attack again, you people still want to go in the city!" Feng Chen glanced at Lord Sun, and said without fear: "I am willing to live and die with Ning Yuan." Master Sun laughed and said, "Come on, take my armor and give it to this little brother." I'll go to the Yuan Mansion first to discuss important matters, and you can go to the Yuan Mansion to find me later. With that, he returned to the carriage and hurried into the inner city.
Feng Chen hesitated a little and held the battle armor in his hand, anyway, he had been looking for his junior brother along the way, but it didn't hurt to help Yuan Chonghuan in that barracks. Bai Zhen asked as he walked forward: "Such a big city, I don't see a few small shops with their doors open, I'll go to the front and ask for directions in a while!" Feng Chen followed closely behind, and finally asked an old man, only to know that the young and middle-aged people in this city were all arrested and served as soldiers, and the remaining old and weak women and children were afraid of another war, so they fled south one after another. When Feng Chen wanted to ask if there was a place to stay in the city, the old man smiled and pointed to many houses and said, "Young man, you can live in whichever of these houses suits your liking." Bai Zhen pushed the door and entered, and was smashed by a thick layer of dust falling on the threshold. Bai Zhen ran to Feng Chen's side with a black face and said, "Brother Feng Chen, no one has lived there for a long time. They were just about to go back to the farmhouse to take a closer look when a group of stone-carrying craftsmen came in from outside the city.
Feng Chen stepped forward and asked, "Big brother, where are you going?" The shirtless eldest brother said breathlessly: "On the order of Lord Sun, we have moved all these stones to build the city. Feng Chen stared at the stones on the ground, and then said, "Thank you for your hard work, big brothers!" The craftsman who followed the team shouted: "Little brother, it's not safe here, you still enter the city!" Feng Chen turned around and smiled and said, "I'm here to guard the city." Several big brothers passed by him dismissively. As soon as Feng Chen entered the dusty room, he heard a rapid breathing sound from the corner of the wall, followed by a violent cough, which frightened Bai Zhen to hide behind Feng Chen, and an old man with messy hair and ragged clothes jumped out of the corner of the wall, ran to Feng Chen, and stretched out his big dirty hands to wipe the clean white clothes of Feng Chen. Bai Zhen angrily picked up the corner of the wall and was about to blow the old man away, but Feng Chen stopped Bai Zhen and held the old man up: "Old man, is this your home?" The old man muttered: "I am your ancestor! Don't talk nonsense, shh......h I'll tell you a secret, this Ningyuan City! The city wall is loose and thin, and a cloud ladder will climb up!"
Feng Chen and Bai Zhen listened to the clouds, and the crazy old man rushed out of the house again, shouting on the street: "If you don't build a city wall, it will be difficult to resist the enemy." General Yuan defended the city, guarded the road and ran out of food and grass at the end, and was the most loyal minister throughout the ages. Feng Chen ran to the outer city to take a look according to the crazy old man's words, and sure enough, the guards in the city were slack, not to mention, how could such a thin city wall resist the iron cavalry of the Jurchens. Feng Chen didn't even think about it, picked up the Battle Imperial Armor given by Lord Sun just now and went straight to Yuan's mansion.
As soon as I walked to the gate of Yuan Chonghuan's mansion, I happened to encounter a hardcover and light luxury carriage that also stopped at the gate of Yuan's mansion, only to hear the entourage next to the car shouting inside: "Go and spread the word, the imperial inspector is here, hurry up and call your Lord Yuan to come out to greet him." The guards at the door didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly passed it inside, only to see that Lord Sun and Lord Yuan went out to greet him, and Feng Chen hurriedly hid behind the big tree next to Yuan's mansion, looking from the back of the inspector, so that Feng Chen had a sense of déjà vu.
Feng Chen thought to himself, this time it is lively, the important ministers in the capital are all gathered in this Yuan Mansion, I am afraid that it is a little inappropriate to visit again at this time, but I can follow the inspector to find out. Feng Chen looked at the wall next to Yuan's mansion and easily jumped in. As soon as he jumped in, he found that he happened to jump into the side of Yuan's study, and Master Sun prevaricated: "I ordered Zu Dashou to build Ningyuan City a few months ago, but this guy cut corners, and only built one-tenth of the fortifications for me. The inspector turned his back to the window and said, "I'm asking about the current defense situation!" Yuan Chonghuan came one by one: "Now I will rebuild the fortifications in the city, and I plan to build the city wall three feet high, the female wall six feet high, and the corner of the wall three feet wide." With such a thickness, I don't believe that this Jurchen can dig it with an iron tool! The top of the city wall is two feet and three feet wide, enough to put down the red-clothed cannon. ”
After listening to Lord Yuan's words, the inspector nodded with satisfaction and said: "Then this matter should be handed over to Zu Dashou, Gao Jian, and He Qian to supervise the construction! I came to be ordered by Emperor Ming this time to recall some soldiers outside the Guanwai, and follow me to the Guanwai Emperor Taiji to retrieve the Nine Dragons Map." ”