Tibetan beads

Chapter 437 City Gate
As the New Year approached, there were more and more people coming and going to the capital, and the city gate was bustling with people from morning till night.

In the evening of this day, an oil-walled car unobtrusively squeezed into the crowd, waiting to enter the city.

Inside the carriage, Liu Xi'er couldn't help but lift up the curtain a little bit, and looked outside.

The capital is still the same capital, but the appearance shown is completely different from when they left.

The imperial guards guarding the gate were all tall and straight, their armors, knives and guns polished brightly.They look serious, but their attitude is not rude at all. They are very courteous when they meet the old and the weak, but if someone disrupts the order, they will be caught out without mercy.

Admiration spontaneously arose in Liu Xi'er's heart.

I don't know if there is no comparison. After seeing the appearance of the Yan family army, I realized how bad the imperial army was in the past.This is the feeling at the feet of the emperor!

Just when she was excited, she heard Concubine Liu Xian reprimanded: "Hurry up and let go! You are so anxious, you can't bear it for a moment? What if someone recognizes us?"

Liu Xi'er quickly put down the curtain of the car, turned around and explained in a low voice: "Auntie, I just want to see what the capital is like now, and whether I can go into the city."

Concubine Liu Xian snorted softly, and continued to rest with her eyes closed.

Liu Xier breathed a sigh of relief.Cousin hasn't made progress for a long time, and aunt's temper is getting worse and worse, so she has to be careful.

After waiting for a while, the person next to them stomped their feet and complained, "How long will it take? It's too cold, and everyone is stiff."

The people behind were probably also very bored, so they added: "Brother, you haven't been to the capital before, right? This is already very fast. When King Zhao didn't come, it was called slow. There were queues from morning to night."

The person next to him responded: "This is indeed the first time for a certain family to come to the capital. They have been doing business in Chudi before. I heard that the capital has been pacified and there are great business opportunities now. Come and have a look."

"Hey, brother is right this time. King Zhao issued a decree, in order to restore people's livelihood, all business taxes will be halved, and no road tax will be collected. You will definitely make a lot of money with this car."

People in business like to listen to good words, and the person next to him chuckled, "Brother Cheng said auspicious words."

The two talked about their business for a while, and suddenly someone in the team fainted, causing a small commotion.The city gate officer hurried over and carried the fainted man to a nearby shed, and found that he was fainted from freezing, so he asked the servant to feed him hot water.

At this time, a four-horse carriage was surrounded by sergeants and drove towards the city gate. The decorations on the carriage were not very gorgeous, but this posture was not ordinary at first glance.

The city gate officer should have recognized this carriage, and immediately led it to another unmanned passage, stepped forward to check the signboard, and then let the road go, but the carriage did not move.

"What happened over there?" A girl came out and asked.

Seeing her looking towards the shed, the city gate officer quickly replied: "It's too cold, someone has fainted from the cold. Please don't worry, Princess, I have already ordered someone to treat her. There is no serious problem."

The girl went back into the car and said a few words in a low voice, then came out again, and said: "The princess said that the purpose of the imperial court's tax cuts is to share the joy with the people, and it is not the original intention to let the people suffer from the cold. The weather is so cold, and it is difficult for the young and strong Endure, you set up a pot at the city gate to cook ginger soup, anyone can drink it for free, so that the common people can feel His Majesty's grace."

The solemn voice of the city gate officer should be: "I humble you."

The carriage didn't stop anymore, and slowly drove away after passing the city gate.

The people at the city gate heard these words, and thanked them in the direction the carriage left.

Liu Xi'er heard someone ask in amazement: "Which princess is this? How can he command the Imperial Army?"

The person behind them had a familiar tone: "This is Princess Yong'an, I heard that he is in charge of the military affairs of the Imperial Army, so of course he can command the Imperial Army."

"Princess Yong'an? Which family does it belong to? Can women also manage military affairs?"

"Why, haven't you heard of it?" The man said in a ostentatious tone, "Princess Yong'an is Miss Xu San! The one who regained Chu."

Many people know about this, especially the merchant from Chudi next to him, who said with a proud look: "Miss Xu San, you are really a living Bodhisattva. Thanks to her, we in Chudi did not suffer any wars." What a sin."

There are also people who are not used to it, so they added: "Living Bodhisattva? I heard that Miss Xu San has a hobby. She builds a Beijing temple after the war. That mountain of human heads is like a mountain. It scares people to death! There is someone who loves killing so much. Bodhisattva?"

The businessman from Chu was not happy, and retorted bluntly: "You know Zhujingguan, why didn't you ask, who were the people who were beheaded by Miss Xu San? Either they were soldiers who slaughtered the city, or they killed people without blinking an eye." There are thugs and corrupt officials who bully the people. The third lady is very kind to the ordinary people. She will give porridge and clothes to the refugees when she meets the refugees, and ask them to eat with the army. The Buddha even has the angry eyes of the Vajra, why can’t she Is it a Bodhisattva?"

"That's right, that's right," someone else came from Chudi, and echoed, "You people have heard about Miss Xu San's mercy. People in Chudi say that she is the Nine Heavens Xuannv who came down to punish rape and eliminate evil. , Killing a life to save a life is a great mercy."

The merchant from Chudi responded repeatedly, and then talked about Miss Xu San's deeds in Chudi, how she used soldiers like a god, how she hated evil like a vengeful enemy, and how spring breeze turned rain into rain.

At the end, the native of the capital city said: "Then you came at a good time. I heard that Miss Xu San is getting married, and the date is set on the eighteenth day of the first lunar month. If you don't rush to leave, you can go and congratulate her."

"Really?" The few people from Chudi were overjoyed, "The day is so close, why should I stay here? This year I didn't go home for the New Year for my livelihood, and it's not in vain to catch up with Miss Xu San's wedding. gone."

"I remember that Miss Xu's fiancé is the second son of Yan? This is really a perfect match, a perfect match."

"That's right, it's King Zhao's Second Young Master, the one who defeated Yuzhou Guard. Speaking of Yan Second Young Master, I heard..."

This person is also well-informed, and he speaks clearly about Yanling.How the first emperor rescued him when he was there, how he acted bravely when he was accompanying the prince in the capital, Xue Yi, the number one general under his command, was a fate formed by helping him out of righteousness, and so on.

The queuing time passed quickly in the chatter.

Soon it was the aunt's and nephew's turn. The coachman showed the documents, and the city gate officials checked them and let them enter the city.

When the city gate was far away and there was no one else around, Liu Xi'er finally couldn't help it, and said with a little jealousy: "Xu San...she is so majestic now, King Zhao actually let her be a woman in charge of military affairs, and she is not afraid of breaking the rules." .”

Concubine Liu Xian gave her a sidelong glance: "You heard this for a long time, and you just heard this?"

Liu Xi'er felt her displeasure, and called out timidly: "Auntie..." She felt baffled, she didn't know what she did wrong, her aunt was getting harder and harder to serve.

Concubine Liu Xian hated that iron could not be made into steel, but when she was angry, she was playing the piano to a cow, so she had to suppress her temper and said: "You have been listening to it for so long, but someone mentioned your cousin?"

Liu Xi'er was startled and shook her head.

"That's it." Concubine Liu Xian said in a deep voice, "You only care about Xu San's prestige and prestige, and you don't think about why she is. She is not in Yan Er's favor! King Zhao called her in charge of military affairs, that is, Yan Er Zhang Military affairs. The two of them have such high prestige among the common people that King Zhao can still suppress them, but what about your cousin? Your cousin is in a difficult situation.”

　After the tooth extraction, it was better than expected, and it didn't hurt very much. It's just that I can't eat hard food at the moment, and I'm so hungry.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)