Chapter 11: Northland Gossip
Unknowingly, Su Changan and others have been on the road for two days.
The north is not as good as the Central Plains, the mountain roads are rugged, and there are few official roads. Although everyone sat in the carriage, they inevitably had a bumpy road.
At this time, it is late in the evening.
"Lord Su, Gu Gongzi. In front of us is the North Arashi Castle, where we will rest today. It's been a bumpy past few days, and it's been hard work. Liu Dahong, who was driving the carriage, said to the two people in the carriage.
"Okay!" Su Changan poked his head out of the carriage, staying in the carriage without seeing the light of day like a lady these days, Su Changan felt that he was about to rust.
"Beilan City?" Gu Ning also poked his head out, he looked at it, but saw a majestic city standing in the distance in the wind and snow. In the Northland, the only city that can have such an momentum is the Beilan City of the King of the Jin Dynasty of the ancient family.
"Liu Dangtou, isn't it closer to Hualou Town to go to Chang'an? It will take several days to detour from Beilan City. "Gu Ning, as the son of the Taishou of Nagato Town, still has some knowledge. He didn't suspect Liu Dahong and others when he asked this question, but he was afraid that he would delay the opening of Chang'an College.
"Haha, Gu Gongzi is not strange. This Lao Liu in Chang'an has run more than 100 times, and he knows in his heart that he will not delay a few major events. Liu Dahong said with a smile. "It's not a secret, Liu is a little selfish when he comes to Beilancheng, here, we also have an employer, and we also have to send a prince to Chang'an to study, so I took a detour to pick up this son and send him to Chang'an together. ”
"Oh. Gu Ning nodded, Liu Dahong has been running darts for so many years, and he can still be trusted in terms of morality. If it's to pick up people, it's nothing, but it's okay to take a few detours and not delay the date to Chang'an.
"Who to pick up?" Su Changan didn't care even more, he just wanted to find time for Liu Dahong to teach him some knife techniques, but in the past few days, several people in the dart team had to take turns to keep vigil, so he didn't have much time. But when he arrived in the city today, Liu Dahong must not be able to refuse him again.
"A son of the ancient family of King Jin. Speaking of which, it should still be a relative of Gu Gongzi!" Liu Dahong said.
The Changmen Ancient Xiangting was originally a branch of the ancient family of the King of Jin, and it is not bad to say that it is related to Gu Ning.
"King Jin Gu Family?" Gu Ning's brows furrowed, he didn't like the people of King Jin Gu Family very much. When I was a child, the prince of the ancient family would invite them to celebrate their birthday every time he had a big birthday, but the main family didn't look down on them very much. Therefore, every time I go to the master's house, don't talk about those sons and misses, even the subordinates ignore them.
Although Gu Ning was a Confucian student, he knew filial piety, loyalty, courtesy, righteousness, and shame. But after all, he is only sixteen years old, and he has some complaints about the main family.
"Well, the son of the Gu family has a noble status, and he will have to trouble squeezing the two of them when the time comes. Liu Dahong, who was catching the car, didn't notice Gu Ning's strange appearance and continued.
Four carriages, one for their dart team to rest, crowded with three or four men, naturally could no longer live in people. And Ji Dao and Lin Ru's carriage, although there are only two people, but although the two are considered rich children in Changmen, in the final analysis, they are just the children of some unpopular soldiers, Su Mo is a female dependent, although the people of Dawei are open, but if they stay in the same room with a man for a long time, it will inevitably be some rumors, which is naturally inappropriate. There are only Su Changan and Gu Ning, one is the lord of Great Wei, and the other is the son of the Gu family. Although this is not as good as the Jin Wanggu family, it will not lose his value.
Gu Ning's brows furrowed even deeper, if he was in the same room with the people of the main family all day long, this journey would not be too pleasant.
"Brother Gu, what's wrong with you?" Su Changan saw Gu Ning's strangeness, and after a few days of getting along, although Su Changan still regarded Gu Ning as a rival in love, he was still inevitably subdued by Gu Ning's wind. The two are of the same age, and they unconsciously become acquainted.
"Nothing. Gu Ning forced a smile and retreated into the car.
"Is it that the people of the Jin King Gu family are not easy to get along with?" asked Su Changan in a low voice.
"Yes. Gu Ning nodded, pondered slightly, and then continued: "After all, the Gu family of King Jin is the prince of Great Wei, and he is somewhat arrogant. It's not that it's hard to get along with, it's just that it's ...... Kindness...... It's just that the horizons are different, and there are few topics to talk about with us who are people in the village. If you are in the same room, you are afraid of embarrassment. ”
With Gu Ning's Confucian temperament, he can't say bad things about his own master after all, so he can only express it cautiously.
Su Changan was not himself, so he heard it immediately and said, "That is to say, the people of their Jin King Gu family look down on people." ”
"Yes. Gu Ning nodded, which was regarded as acquiescence, and the resentment against the main family in his heart made him not refute Su Changan's words after all.
"So what's the matter. He looks down on you and me, and you and I don't look down on him. Su Changan put his hand on Gu Ning's shoulder closely, "We talked about the two of us, if he wants to listen, he will listen, and if he doesn't want to listen, he will go to the car and walk." Could it be that he still thinks of us to serve alone?" Su Changan's idea was very simple, Gu Ning was his rival in love, but that was a matter in Changmen Town. The new son of the Gu family is a person from outside the long gate, and An Nei must go outside first, so this time he is clearly on Gu Ning's side.
When Gu Ning heard this, he was slightly relieved and nodded. said, "What Brother Su said is that it is Gu's daughter, which makes you laugh." ”
"Everyone, Beilan City has arrived!" As he spoke, he had arrived in Beilan City, and Liu Dahong shouted at the top of his voice.
The crowd got out of the car and prepared to be inspected for entering the city.
The Beilan city of Great Wei is an important town in the Northland, and there are often some aliens who want to sneak into the city to find out the news, so this kind of routine inspection is common. On weekdays, I just look at the famous brand, and then report my home. But today's inspection was extremely strict, Su Changan looked at it on tiptoe, searched his body, his name tag, even where he came from, what he did when he went to Beilan, and when he left, he had to register them one by one.
Su Changan doesn't move around much on weekdays, but he also knows that this posture is by no means unusual, so he asked in a low voice.
"Brother Liu, what's going on? Is the inspection of Beilan City so strict on weekdays?"
"No!" it was Gu Ning who replied to him, and he would come to Beilan City once or twice a year to attend some of the meetings of the lord's family. But even the prince of the Gu family was not so strict when he was eighty years old. "I guess something is going on. ”
"It seems that the demon clan in the north is not very peaceful, probably to prevent foreign races. Liu Dahong answered.
When Su Changan heard this, he thought that his father was hurriedly transferred to Trapped Dragon Pass a few days ago, and he was a little worried.
After only a moment, it was Su Changan's turn.
Liu Dahong is an old Jianghu, and before he stuffed more than ten texts, the soldiers guarding the city were not embarrassed, and they were let go as soon as they passed the normal scene.
Beilan City is worthy of being an important town in the north, with many merchants and pedestrians on the streets. It stunned several young people who had almost never left the country in Beimen Town.
"I'm afraid even Chang'an City is nothing more than that. Ji Dao, who was walking at the end of the team, sighed.
"I haven't seen the world, Chang'an City is many times more prosperous than here. "Su Changan rarely found an opportunity to squeeze Ji Dao to avenge the bullying he was bullied in the academy back then.
Ji Dao blushed and was speechless for a while. It's just that because of Su Changan's identity, he looked at him resentfully, but he didn't dare to do it like before.
"Brother Gu, look at that bracelet, it's so beautiful. ”
"Momo likes it? Let's take a look. ”
When the two were arguing, a conversation between Su Mo and Gu Ning sounded beside them. Su Changan turned his head to look, but saw Su Mo holding Gu Ning's hand affectionately, walking to a stall on the side of the road, and carefully selecting the ornaments on it. I didn't know what the two of them were talking about, but I heard Su Mo let out bursts of laughter like silver bells.
Seeing this, Su Changan was like a frosted eggplant, and the small sense of accomplishment he had just achieved with Ji Dao's fighting spirit suddenly disappeared.
"The toad wants to eat swan meat. Ji Dao stepped forward and said, his eyes full of banter.
"......" This time, Su Changan was speechless, and looked at Ji Dao with the same resentment, but because the other party was a head taller than him, he also didn't dare to make a move.
"Harmony makes money. Lin Ru on the side stepped forward to persuade him, although this guy is a martial artist, he is silent, and he cherishes words like gold along the way. And people who talk less, when they speak, usually have a lot of weight.
Therefore, Su Changan and Ji Dao both bought Lin Ru's face, no longer stared at each other, and followed the army with a little anger.
Everyone stopped and stopped all the way, and finally arrived at the destination of this trip.
It was a mansion that was so big that it almost caught up with half of Changmen Town, the door was eight feet high, four feet wide, the door nails were nine vertical and seven horizontal, and there were eight guards in front of the door, holding war halberds and carrying long knives at their waists.
On the way, Liu Dahong told that everyone went to the palace to report, and the people in the palace would be responsible for arranging accommodation. Therefore, everyone has no other questions except to sigh at the majesty of this palace.
It was getting late, and Liu Dahong didn't dare to delay any longer, so he led everyone to the gate of the palace, and was about to ask the guards in front of the door to report. But I saw that the gate of the ancient house was slowly pushed open, and an old man was standing behind the door, squinting at a few people.
The old man was dressed in a gray cloth robe, with silver hair, his face was wrinkled, and his body was a little rickety. It looks like it's old.
"Is it Liu Darttou from Changmen Town?" Before Liu Dahong could report to his home, the old man asked loudly.
The voice was full of anger, and it really didn't seem like it came from an old man like this.
"It's a master!" Su Changan said to everyone in a low voice with a serious expression.
"Oh, how can you see it?" Gu Ning saw that Su Chang'an's expression was not like a joke, but this old man was the housekeeper of the Gu family, and Gu Ning had seen it a few times, and he didn't think there was anything special, so he asked curiously.
"It is said in the book that the old housekeeper of a big family is either a hidden master or a peerless master. Su Changan said.
"And such strange books, can Brother Su tell me about them when he has time?"
"It's easy to say, it's easy to say. Su Changan has always been happy to share his library with others.