Emperor Zhenguan

Chapter 903
Outside Chang'an City, a village.

"This trip to Liaodong on business, it may take a long time to go back and forth. You have to take good care of your mother and children at home. When you come back, I will bring you some new clothes." A man with a clearly visible scar on his face faced him. The plump woman asked.

This woman looks like a Turkic person, with slightly curly hair and very old skin.Beside her, there were two plainly dressed little boys, they were holding on to the hem of their mother's skirt, looking at their father who was about to go far away reluctantly.

"Go ahead, I will take care of the house, don't worry." The woman resisted the feeling of parting, responded softly to her husband, and then handed the burden in her hand to the husband, telling him to be careful when going out and not to be arrogant .

"Okay, I know, you still use this woman's talkativeness." The man waved his hands impatiently, then looked at the two sons, squatted down, stretched out a pair of arms, and hugged the two boys in his arms , Said: "Go out for my father, you two are the little men in the family, take good care of your grandmother and grandmother, if anyone dares to bully them, kill them with the knife that my father left you, don't be afraid, you know Know."

"I know!" The two little boys, who were thick-headed and tiger-headed, immediately nodded in agreement when they heard their father's words.

The man looked at his wife at last, and said, "Shi Niang, I'm leaving now because of my husband, and I will ask you to take care of the family."

"Hmm." The woman nodded.

Watching her husband leave, this woman named Shi Niang first sent her two sons to light the stove, and then went to help the old mother get up, wash and eat.After making sure that the old mother was fine, she just walked to the kitchen and started cooking.

"Aniang, yeah, are you going to the grassland this time?" The eldest son asked his mother curiously while adding firewood.

"I don't think so." Shi Niang shook her head and said, "He said he was going to Liaodong, so it should be the Khitan people's pasture."

"What is Khitan?" the second son asked.

"Khitan is a tribal name." Shi Niang replied with a smile.

"Where are they?" asked the second son.

Shi Niang thought for a while, then smiled and said, "They're gone."

"No more?" The two sons looked confused.

Shi Niang smiled and said: "Next time you see Lady Dan at the head of the village, you can ask about Khitan, she was originally from Khitan."

The eldest son thought of something and said, "Then, Aunt, is the Khitan stronger than the Turks?"

Is the Khitan more powerful than the Turks?

When Shi Niang heard the words, she just thought it was funny, even if the Turkic people were exterminated now, it's not like a little Khitan can touch porcelain.

"of course not."

"Ha, then I'm better than the leftover dog!" The eldest son said excitedly.

Seeing the smiling face of her eldest son, Shi Niang also looked happy.She used to be the daughter of a Turkic tribal nobleman, but when the Tang Dynasty destroyed Turkic, she also became a captive.She thought that she would be treated as a slave, sent to build roads, or tortured to death, but unexpectedly, she was betrothed to her current husband.

Although the husband is not a nobleman, nor does he have many cattle and sheep, but the husband was born in the Weifu army. He fought with the emperor of the Tang Dynasty and made many achievements. After retiring, the family received a lot of land and property.In addition to the income from the fields, the family also invested in a small textile factory, which can sell a lot of things every year, earn a lot of money, and have no worries about food and drink.

For her, the past of the grassland is a dream after all. Compared with the days of constant migration, she prefers the present life.Although the husband was a drunkard and a bit violent, he treated her better, he didn't worry about food and clothing, and he would not treat her as a commodity and give it to others at will, but treated her as his wife.

After giving birth to two sons, she also registered with the government and officially became a Tang person. She is still named 'Shi Niang' to completely remove the traces of Turkic people on her body.She is very satisfied with her current life, or in other words, many Turkic women who, like her, became captives and finally married Tang men are very satisfied.

For them, it doesn't matter who they marry, they only cling to those men who can support them.Whether they are Chinese or Turkic.However, living in the Tang Dynasty these years, she has gradually accepted the thoughts of women in the Tang Dynasty, and gradually became Centralized.

"Aniang, why are you going to Liaodong?" the second son asked.

Shi Niang thought for a while, and said, "From what he said, it seems that he is escorting a group of prisoners there."

Village entrance.

Shi Niang's husband gathered a few of his companions from the Weifu army, led the horses, and went to Chang'an to report.Although they have all withdrawn from the front-line battle sequence, their names are still on the register of the Ministry of War. If they have any unimportant work, such as escorting prisoners, supervising slaves to build roads, etc., they can accept orders from the Ministry of War to go on business.Well, this is a paid transfer order.

Several people chatted and laughed, and quickly got on their horses and hurried away.When they were on the official road, a group of cavalry passed by them, attracting several people to look at them again and again.

"If I'm not mistaken, it was a plate cavalry just now, right?"

"Yes."

Shi Niang's husband frowned and said, "I remember, the plate armored cavalry had to fight, and they were not the patrolling cavalry in Guanzhong."

"Why don't you care about all that, you're still worried that someone would dare to make trouble in Guanzhong."

"That's true."

The few people didn't think about the plate cavalry any more, and headed towards Chang'an one after another.

At this moment, the plate armored cavalry they were talking about was naturally not making trouble, but was rushing to martial arts to protect a certain His Royal Highness who came out to show off.These plate armored cavalry felt that they were wronged, they only obeyed the emperor's orders, how could they pay attention to where the prince was all day long.Today they suddenly received an order to go to Wugong to secretly protect His Royal Highness, which made them very depressed.

The good news is that they are not the first batch to secretly protect His Highness the Crown Prince, nor will they be the last.However, they still don't think much about the task of protecting His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.You know, there are hundreds of Zhechong mansions in the counties and counties of Guanzhong, and you can easily meet old soldiers who have been on the battlefield.These old soldiers have all experienced life and death. Once they conflict with the team of His Highness the Crown Prince, if they fail to rescue them in time, they will have to be buried with the Crown Prince.

Therefore, not many plate armored cavalry were willing to take over the task of secretly protecting the prince, because the disadvantages outweighed the advantages.Moreover, they can't chat with His Royal Highness, because it's very taboo.When they came, not only the brothers around them reminded them, but also the generals warned them not to approach His Royal Highness at will.

When they arrived at Wugong, they successfully connected with the team of plate cavalry that had previously protected His Highness the Prince.The two parties greeted each other, chatted for a few words, and then completed the shift change.

"Old Liu, Xiao Erlang, the two of you approach fifty steps forward and secretly protect His Highness the Crown Prince. If something goes wrong, immediately sound an arrow to warn." The cavalry captain ordered.

"As ordered."

The two cavalry rode apart.

After they left, the cavalry captain squatted down slowly, pushed aside the grass, looked around, and finally landed on several figures not far away.

"Brother, I heard from the brothers in the Feiying Camp that His Royal Highness has been to Hedong last time. We are lucky this time. His Highness is just playing martial arts." A younger brother leaned forward and said.

The cavalry captain muttered: "A nobleman is a nobleman, so why don't you stay in Chang'an? Why do you like to run around?"

He doesn't know if His Royal Highness is having fun, he only knows that he is under a lot of pressure, and if His Royal Highness makes any mistakes, he has to be careful with his head.

(End of this chapter)