Neon Clothes and Iron Clothes

Chapter 593 Haidongqing

Wang Bo had lost his temper at this time, so he couldn't listen to Lu Zhaolin's persuasion. Seeing this, Lu Zhaolin had no choice but to follow closely behind, secretly praying in his heart that he could pass this test safely.

The group of people walked two or three miles, and when they saw fireworks rising in front of them, Acton turned his head and said with a smile: "My master is right ahead, please!"

Wang Bo snorted coldly, whipped his whip, and followed him. He saw more than a dozen tents not far in front, surrounded by vehicles, and there might not be four or five hundred guards surrounded by knights. Seeing an army, Lu Zhaolin became more and more surprised, and asked Acton cautiously, "Dare to ask your master?"

"Brother Sheng, we will be arriving soon, so we will communicate when we meet, so why ask?" Wang Bo sneered.

Acton laughed and said, "You are a straight-tempered young man, but if you talk like this, you will suffer sooner or later!"

"A young man?" Wang Bo raised his eyebrows: "You have a strong tone. Judging by your appearance, you are younger than me. How dare you call me a young man?"

"You don't know!" Acton said with a smile: "The age of us Mohe people is not calculated by the age of birth, but by the number of battles we have experienced and the number of enemies we have killed. If we have never killed a person in our life, we are A hundred years old, not as good as a young man who killed the enemy! Although I am not old, there are at least so many thieves who have been shot and killed!" Acton stretched out his right hand, spread five fingers, and turned it over again: "May I ask how many thieves you killed? A thief?"

Before Wang Bo could speak, Lu Zhaolin spoke first, "So the strong man is serving in the army?"

"That's right!" Acton said proudly, "It's already here, please wait here, both of you, I'll go in and let you know!"

"No need to pass it on!" Wang Bo sneered, and said loudly: "Prince An of Jiangzhou, Fan Yang and Lu Shengzhi are here, where is the master of the camp, can I see you?"

The camp was originally only one mu square in size, but Wang Bo's voice was so loud that everyone in the camp could hear it. Acton's face changed drastically, and he said angrily, "You young man is so rude, why don't you wait for me to tell you, and make a noise here , What should I do if my master is disturbed?"

"Don't worry!" Wang Bo said with a proud smile, "If your master finds out that Brother Lu and I are here, and it's too late to greet him, how can he blame you!"

Acton paused, hesitating how to deal with it, but a man came out from the camp, dressed in brocade robes, with a purple scarf wrapped around his head, with a majestic expression.Acton was about to bow down to apologize, when the man saw Lu Zhaolin's expression changed drastically, he hurriedly dismounted and rushed forward to salute, "Isn't this Lu Sheng's brother? Why are you here?"

Lu Zhaolin saw the person coming, but he couldn't remember who it was, but he must have a high status, so he hurriedly got off his horse and returned the salute: "I dare not, please forgive me for my poor eyesight, what is your Excellency—?"

"My brother, Cui Hongdu, belongs to Qinghe Cui family's Qingzhou side branch!" Cui Hongdu smiled and said, "Brother Lu passed by Qingzhou when he was young, and I saw Brother Lu's demeanor at that time, but I don't want time to fly, it has been more than ten years!"

"So it's been such a long time. No wonder I don't have much impression. How is Brother Cui?" Lu Zhaolin was also a little embarrassed when he heard this. He remembered that he had visited Qingzhou more than ten years ago and visited the local Cui clan. But he didn't have any impression of this Cui Hongdu at all. It is estimated that this person was also a passerby at that time.Although Lu Zhaolin was not as famous as Wang Bo when he was young, he was also a erudite and good writer when he was more than ten years old. He signed for Deng Wangfu when he was 20 years old. He is also a star in Cui Lu's family. After many years, he can still recognize him at a glance, but Lu Zhaolin has no impression at all.

"Brother Lu, you have seen it too. I can't study well, so I have long since abandoned literature and turned to martial arts!" Cui Hongdu didn't notice Lu Zhaolin's embarrassment, and was full of joy to see his idol when he was young: "Now I am a general in Wang Wenzuo's yamen. , it can barely be counted as a fifth rank!"

"Wang Wenzuo? Could it be Wang Wenzuo who served as the military envoy in Jiannan Zhidu Yingtian?" Lu Zhaolin was taken aback. He had traveled in central Sichuan for several years and knew a little about the local officialdom.

"That's right, it's him!" Cui Hongdu said with pride on his face, "But the imperial court has transferred him back to Chang'an, and he has another appointment. It's a coincidence that I met you on the way back! By the way, my seventh sister is also in the camp." Among them, she is Wang Wenzuo's wife, and she likes your poems the most, can you take a moment to see her?"

"This—" Lu Zhaolin turned his gaze to Wang Bo who was at the side. Cui Hongdu was a clever man, and he immediately understood what the other party meant, and said with a smile, "This is Brother Lu's friend too, right? Come, come, come together!"

"Don't dare!" Seeing that Cui Hongdu respected Lu Zhaolin so much, Wang Bo had a strange feeling in his heart: "Prince An in Lower Jiangzhou!"

"Admiration for a long time!" Cui Hongdu smiled and cupped his hands. In the past ten years, he was basically in the Korean peninsula, Liaodong, and the Japanese archipelago. He didn't spend much time in the country. He seldom discussed poetry with noble families. He happened to miss Wang Bo. During the time when he became famous, he didn't react much when he heard the name Jiangzhou Wang Zi'an. He thought it was a nephew of Lu Zhaolin's later life, so he didn't pay much attention to it.Wang Bo saw it, and his heart became more and more angry: "I came to your camp today to beg for birds?"

"A bird?" Cui Hongdu was stunned, Acton on the side hurriedly told the whole story, Cui Hongdu laughed and said: "So that's it, it's just a falcon, if it's anything else, it's fine. It’s easy to say, it’s all on me! Brother Lu, wait a moment, I’ll ask someone to fetch a few good ones for you to choose from!”

Wang Bo was even more angry when he heard this. He thought the other party was an outsider, a country bumpkin, and thought his falcon was an ordinary thing. He was about to open his mouth to ridicule, but Lu Zhaolin preempted him and said, "It's just a falcon. Brother Cui, don't let it go." In my heart!"

Cui Hongdu smiled, and Lu and Wang led them to their tents, boiled water and made tea, and after a while, seven or eight falcons were sent from the outside, all of which were extremely majestic. The largest one was nearly 1 meter tall. The two wings are more than 2 meters long.The head feathers are white with brown spots, and the upper body is dark gray; the chest is maroon, and the tail is pure white; the beak and claws are like iron hooks, and the eyes are like lightning, which is frightening.Compared with Wang Bo's original falcon, it is simply a pheasant.

"How?" Cui Hongdu smiled proudly: "Are these few falcons passable? Brother Wang can choose one at will, and I will pay you for it!"

"This one is okay too?" Wang Bo asked, pointing to the biggest falcon.

"You have good eyesight!" Cui Hongdu said with a smile: "This is Haidongqing. The Mohe people call it 'Xiongkulu', which means the god of eagles. Ordinary falcons can also catch rabbits and wild ducks. This Haidongqing can catch big prey like swans, roe deer, and even goats. It is extremely majestic, and there is no falcon in the world that can compare with it. For brother Lu's sake today, you can take it? But Your eagle slave must first learn how to tame it, but this beast is dead in your hands!"

Wang Bo was overjoyed when he heard the words, the original anger had long since disappeared, he thanked Cui Hongdu, and happily went out to tell Ying Nu to go.Cui Hongdu saw it, and said with a smile: "Brother Lu, this is the nephew of a family friend of yours, but he is still a little childish, and he forgets his old temperament when he gets a new gadget!"

"Brother Cui, what are you talking about!" Lu Zhaolin said with a wry smile, "You should have heard that the general will be named alongside Wang Bo, Yang Jiong, and King Luo Bin, right?"

"What a false name!" Cui Hongdu said with a smile, "Writings are a matter of ages. Brother Lu's poems and essays are admired all over the world. Even after thousands of years, the world will read them endlessly!"

"Really?" Lu Zhaolin said with a smile, "Brother Cui is blind today. The one just now is Wang Bo. When it comes to articles and poems, the other three of us are far behind him, but these four heroes are just taking the three of us." Make up for it!"

Cui Hongdu opened his mouth wide and couldn't close his mouth for a while: "How, how is this possible? It seems that he is only in his early twenties?"

Lu Zhaolin said with a smile: "If you can write good articles if you live long, everyone must be an old turtle for the first article in the world!"

Cui Hongdu laughed loudly when he heard the words: "Yes, yes! I really can't understand mediocre people. Fortunately, I lost him a sea dongqing today. Otherwise, I'm afraid that after a thousand years, people will laugh at me for not knowing how to descend from immortals." world!"

At this time, Wang Bo had come back from the outside, and he bowed to Cui Hongdu with joy on his face: "Thank you, General Cui, for your generous gift of the eagle!"

"No problem!" Cui Hongdu said with a smile: "It's true that sea dongqing is rare in other places, but it's not a rare thing here. If Brother Wang Xian likes it, he can enjoy it!"

"When I was in Chang'an, there were many good eagles in the homes of high-ranking officials, but none of them could compare to this Haidongqing!" Wang Bo said with a smile: "Even the other falcons are rare in Chang'an, but I don't know them. Where did General Cui come from!"

Cui Hongdu smiled: "Just now that Acton said that he would pay you a bird, which annoyed you. In fact, you can't blame him. This falcon is indeed not a rare thing in his hometown. After Goguryeo and Liaodong, the local tribes were afraid of being subdued, so they presented falcons as a tribute. In fact, there should be falcons from Liaodong in Chang’an, but it’s just a matter of the past few years. My brother may not be in Chang’an, so I don’t know!”

"That's true. I have been away from Chang'an for several years, and I don't know much about the situation in Beijing!" Wang Bo nodded.

At this time the tea was ready, Cui Hongdu poured tea for them, and at the same time called servants to inform Wang Wenzuolu and Wang of the news.The three drank a few sips of tea, and the atmosphere in the tent gradually became active.It turned out that although Lu Zhaolin and Wang Bo had great literary fame, their official careers were quite bumpy.The former was dismissed from office after serving as a small official in Jiannan Road for three years, and became an idler in Chengdu; although the latter became an official at a young age, he had to leave the political culture at that time because his poems annoyed the emperor. Chang'an, the center, went to self-exile in Shu. In fact, both of them had become politically marginalized people. Judging from their backgrounds, talents and learning, they were both very unsuccessful.

"Hongdu, there are distinguished guests coming, why don't you lead them to my account?"

Following the voice, the door curtain was lifted, and Wang Wenzuo stood at the door, beside a pretty young woman, Cui Yunying.Lu Zhaolin and Wang Bo hurriedly stood up and saluted. Wang Wenzuo waved his hands: "You two are free of courtesy. We met today by chance. It's really fate, so we can skip the customary etiquette, just joking! Qiniang, I will leave the cooking of tea to you!"

"Yes!" Cui Yunying said with a smile: "I am lucky to see you two today, please don't be restrained!"

Cui Hongdu gave up the main seat and sat on the right hand side. Cui Yunying knelt and sat beside the tea stove, and Wang Wenzuo sat in the middle. His eyes swept over the two of them. Lu Zhaolin felt that the other person's gaze was menacing, and made people subconsciously lower their heads to avoid looking at him. , I thought to myself that this Wang Wenzuo has broken Baekje, Goguryeo, Japan, and Tubo in recent years, and has a great reputation. Now it seems that being famous is not as good as meeting!
"Your Majesty!" Wang Bo laughed and said, "I just heard from the nobles below that they came here to investigate after seeing the fireworks. I know this is a law in the army, but this is a country, and you are not marching and fighting, but you have to do the same?"

Wang Wenzuo smiled: "Most of my subordinates are Rong people. They live by shooting, hunting and grazing. They migrate between the mountains and fields. They have long been used to scouts and inspections. Although they are in the middle school, they are as usual. It makes the distinguished guests laugh!"

Hearing Wang Wenzuo's answer, Wang Bo's expression changed slightly. His question just now was actually implying disrespect, but Wang Wenzuo told the truth, as if he didn't feel the thorn in his words at all.He has seen and heard a lot in Chang'an these years, and he knows that no matter how humble and hospitable people in high positions are on the surface, none of them are truly generous.There is no one like Wang Wenzuo who talks about things and looks at people at the same level.

"My lord, I see that the arrows used by your entourage are very different from ordinary arrows. Why?" Lu Zhaolin hurriedly changed the topic beside him, lest Wang Bo say the wrong thing again and cause trouble.

"Oh, is it bigger?" Wang Wenzuo smiled.

"Exactly, I have never seen such a big arrow! This kind of arrow, I am afraid that it is difficult and far away?"

"That's true!" Wang Wenzuo said with a smile: "Although it can't reach far, it can penetrate armor at close range, especially if it hits weak points such as the ribs, face, and throat. One arrow can immobilize the enemy. It is not a light arrow. As far as I can!"

The people in the tent chatted for a while, and when they mentioned the old things in Chang'an, Wang Bo suddenly let out a long sigh: "Your Majesty, this time you received the imperial edict to return to the capital, and you are proud of it. I don't know when I will be able to accept the imperial edict like you. , Return to Chang'an!"

Wang Wenzuo smiled when he heard the words, and thought to himself that this drama has finally come. No matter how talented these poets in the Tang Dynasty were, later generations regarded them as demigods, but there was only one thing in their hearts - the name of the poem moved the emperor, Entering the dynasty as a doctor.In today's words, it is the realization of traffic, but what the poets of the Tang Dynasty wanted to change was not money, but power.Whether it is the Four Heroes or Li Du, what they have worked so hard to pursue all their lives is to be able to enter the court and establish the merits of life.

(End of this chapter)