Gentlemen, listen to the sword chant

Chapter 6 It's a Fish or a Jiao, Floating to the Surface

A near-army fight was resolved silently, and the onlookers on the street sighed for a while and dispersed after seeing whether it was lively or not.In Guangling, the soldiers don’t have a good reputation in the eyes of the common people. Many aristocratic dandies are doing robbery acts of bullying men and women because of their military background. There are also many soldiers.In the eyes of the vast majority of ordinary people, this conflict is just a dog eats a dog.

The convoy entered the Beiguan city gate and went deep all the way.

Guangling is the most prosperous city in the south of the Yangtze River. The women in the south of the Yangtze River are graceful, virtuous and graceful, and they are famous all over the world. It is said that when Emperor Tai'an was young, he even disguised himself as a wealthy businessman to choose his concubine here.Guangling is most famous for its vocal music and song towers. Ordinary people can only see the prosperity of Guangling and think it’s nothing more than that, but at night, if they have enough money in their pockets, they can see what real luxury is.People in the rest of the empire are jealous of Guangling's prosperity, and often write poems and phrases to insinuate that in such a sinking Guangling, Wuzhou has no sons and soldiers have no blood.

Walking all the way to the city lord's mansion, Yu Xiong commanded the soldiers to retreat, Fan Chu respectfully rode his horse to the side of the carriage, and lowered his voice respectfully: "My son-in-law, we're here."

"it is good."

Chen Ci took the princess by the hand and got out of the carriage.

Fan Chu and thirty retinues with swords waited silently outside the city lord's mansion.

The City Lord's Mansion is extremely splendid, with vermilion walls, blue-green glazed tiles, and a classical oriental architectural pattern, majestic and majestic.Chen Ci took a deep breath, walked up to Yu Xiong and Murong Tong with the princess on his arm, and bowed sincerely: "Thank you Brother Murong and Brother Yu for escorting you all the way."

Yu Xiong was overwhelmed by the flattery, and hastily returned the gift: "My son-in-law said so much, why is such a trivial matter worth mentioning? My son-in-law, I usually live in the military camp ten miles away from Guangling city, if there is an order, I will just let you know."

"Thank you."

Statements are really appreciated.

Looking at the memories of the original owner, when Chen Ci was in the capital, he was restrained almost everywhere, walking with difficulty, and on the way to the south, the escorts he encountered were all obedient and obedient. Now this Yu Xiong doesn't seem to be putting on airs, but he seems to be sincere.

Murong Tong smiled slightly, and made a "please" gesture: "My lord, Your Royal Highness, the journey has been bumpy and exhausting. My father and king have already prepared a banquet to welcome you, please."

"it is good."

Murong Tong's father was the real leader of the southern Wu area, the King of Wu, the Murong family, famous and rich.The king of Wu did not appear in Chen Ci's memory, which is a blessing among misfortunes, otherwise, if the king of Wu could see the clue, it would be really worth the candle.The original statement had a somewhat melancholy personality at times, but the current statement is a sunny and strong man, and he really can't pretend to be that kind of sentimental and gloomy woman.

"My son-in-law, don't worry, since we've arrived in Guangling, the imperial court's hand will not be able to reach here."

Entering the mansion and passing through the front hall, there is a field of exotic flowers and trees, the flowers in early spring are colorful, there are guard soldiers patrolling everywhere, and there are also maids bringing tea and water walking around.Murong Tong was the first to break the silence of the three of them, he meant to let Chen Ci put down his guard.

"I know that my father and the King of Wu are old friends. It's just that the situation in the court has changed, and the incident outside Guangling happened again. I'm afraid that the palace will be implicated." Chen Ci agreed, but he felt strange in his heart. , The world is full of prosperity, all for profit.Although the Prime Minister and the King of Wu have friendship, the world is not at peace and the current situation is turbulent. It is too late to clear up the relationship at this juncture, so they are so caring?
This era is too cruel, and I dare not be careless in my speeches, but must be cautious.

"Hahaha."

Murong Tong laughed loudly, patted his chest and said proudly: "Your Majesty, there is no need to worry, I dare not say it in other places, but in Guangling, no matter how powerful the treacherous courtiers are, they dare not do anything to us. As for The Dongying people who came outside the city to assassinate, the son-in-law can rest assured that this matter will be investigated and found out."

Chen Ci nodded, and could only cup his fists in thanks.

All the way to the side hall deep in the mansion, before entering the door, I saw a man in a boa robe with a black boa pattern approaching with a big smile. He was square and had an innate majesty. Before the person arrives, the voice arrives first.

"Nephew, you keep me waiting. The food in this pot has been rolled several times, and it gets hotter and hotter."

"Meet King Wu."

Chen Ci and the princess hurriedly bowed down.

King Wu withdrew the majesty from the superior. He deliberately put on a tiger face, a little displeased, and stretched out his big and powerful hands in his wide sleeves to help the two of them up, "Why are you so polite? This is Guangling, not the capital. In terms of seniority, you should call me Uncle, what other people call King Wu?"

"Yes, Chen Ci pays his respects to uncle." Chen Ci smiled dryly, feeling the kindness of King Wu, and he also sweated secretly.

From Chen Ci's memory, he only knew that the King of Wu had a personal relationship with the prime minister, and they had close correspondence with each other, but no one knew how close the relationship was.At this time, the vegetation is full of soldiers, and Chen Ci is not at ease with anyone, but after thinking about it, since the cheap father can rest assured that Chen Ci and the princess will return to Guangling, no matter what, Guangling must be safe.

King Wu, may be trustworthy.

"Hahaha, this looks good." Wu Wang smiled kindly, patted Chen Ci on the shoulder, then turned his head and told Murong Tong, "Go and get two jars of my aged wine from Kuaiji Mountain."

"Here."

Murong Tong backed away silently.

In the side hall, the cups and cups were intertwined, Chen Ci adhered to the idea of ​​not being suspicious of the employer, and put aside those cautious and distracting thoughts. For the time being, he chose to trust the connections of the cheap old man who was far away in the capital, so as not to push his own son into the fire pit.

Three rounds of wine, five flavors of food.

The rice wine was not pungent in the throat, and the aged wine had quite a bit of stamina. After several cups, both Chen Ci and King Wu blushed a little.

The princess was overwhelmed with alcohol, she smiled and sat beside Chen Ci.

"Nephew, I received a letter from your father. Alas, the court seems to be calm, like a pool of stagnant water, but it is actually a dark tide; it is also like a cage, and the people inside are like sparrows coated with gold powder, trembling. , Walking on thin ice, politics is like this, you are still young." Wu Wang sighed while drunk.

Politics is like this. The pens of those literati often imply swords and swords.

The statement was dull.

He had no idea what kind of predicament that cheap old man had encountered in the capital.

King Wu thought that Chen Ci was worrying about his father, so he raised his mouth, "Okay, don't think about that, the capital is too far away, it's not the countryside described by poets, it's the tomb of heroes. I thought about it, tomorrow you will Go back to Taoyuan Town, after all, your father hasn't been back to worship ancestors for some years, since you're back, you can't help but make a trip."

"Okay, thank you uncle."

That night, Chen Ci and the princess, who were slightly drunk, rested at King Wu's mansion. Early the next morning, King Wu dispatched hundreds of elite soldiers to escort Chen Ci's motorcade to leave Guangling and head for Taoyuan Town, fifteen miles away from Dongguan.

Chen Ci did not know, that night, after the night was quiet, King Wu and his son Murong Tong had a long talk.

"Father, I've checked. Except for Fan Chu, those [-] retinues are just servants in the Prime Minister's Mansion. They are all veterans of the Zhongzhou Iron Army who have retired from the army. They are not masters of the rivers and lakes."

King Wu closed his eyes and meditated.

Seeing Murong Tong's expression of surprise because he didn't understand, Wu Wang smiled meaningfully, "Tong'er, you are still young, you don't understand, Xin Wuji is not a pedantic scholar, with his influence, many people in the Jianghu I have received his kindness... oh, let's keep Chen Ci first, fish or dragons will always come to the surface."

(End of this chapter)