Poor children

Chapter 118 Linqu City Meets Forest Defense

一
The Central Plains is a vast territory. After leaving the capital and heading west, we are almost reaching the northwest border. For several days in a row, we have been camping in the wilderness. We have run out of water and rice. But there are rules for getting married. What time is it? Don’t mess with the rules on when you start and when you stop, but there are always some small delays on the way, so you can’t get to the city to rest.

"Go and ask uncle to come over," the pauper said to Laibao.
Laibao agreed and went outside the car to call a soldier who was on the side of the car, "Go and call your General Fang over here, my mother is here to invite..."

The soldier took the order and urged his horse to run towards the front of the team. The ground was extremely bumpy today, and when he passed a pothole, he almost threw Laibao under the car.
After a moment, I saw Fang Shaoqin galloping over from the front of the team on horseback.

"Is there something wrong?" Fang Shaoqin came close and turned the horse's head to move forward with the carriage.
"Sister is looking for you, I don't know what happened..." Lai Bao arrived
After hearing this, Fang Shaoqin handed the reins to the general beside him, jumped onto the carriage, and got into the carriage with Lai Bao.

"Uncle is here." Pao'er smiled and asked Fang Shaoqin to sit down at the low table, and immediately poured tea and served it with his own hands.

Fang Shaoqin took the tea and drank it in one gulp.
"Uncle, does he know where we are now?" Paoer pushed the snacks on the table in front of Fang Shaoqin.
"Now is the boundary of Linqu" Fang Shaoqin said, "The city of Linqu is the boundary between the Central Plains and the northwest."

"How far is it from Linqu City?" Pao'er asked again.

"If you don't say anything, you still have to be thirty or forty miles away."

"Maybe we can get there before dark?"

"We have to set up camp in another hour, where can we get there in time?"

"What if we don't care about the camping time?"

"This is against the rules..." Fang Shaoqin was a little embarrassed.
"When did uncle start to care about the rules?" Poor boy laughed

"Of course I haven't followed any rules. It's just that if you get married at the wrong time, it will be inauspicious. I'm afraid that everything will go wrong for you in the future. At that time, my master, sister and brother-in-law were not the only ones asking..."

"Uncle, aren't you worrying too much? How can an unlucky hour be as unlucky as the unlucky hour when I was born? What is my destiny? Those who come and go have to step aside when they see me..."

"Having said that, it's just..." Fang Shaoqin still hesitated
"For several days, the water was only enough for food. You guys can still go to the river to wash yourself at night. My sister and I haven't bathed in many days. If we get so smelly in the northwest, I'm afraid the king of the northwest will break off the engagement. "Noble complained," Laibao complained.
"If we speed up, we can arrive before sunset in two hours at most. It's just that the road to Linqu's boundary is uneven. I'm afraid the carriage and horse will be very bumpy when running." Fang Shaoqin arrived

"What's wrong with being bumpy?" Noble said

"Of course there is nothing wrong with the kid's family, it's just that the old man in the carriage behind doesn't know whether he can bear it..." Fang Shaoqin arrived.

The poor boy laughed and said, "Didn't you always want to test him?"

Fang Shaoqin and Lai Bao both had sly smiles on their faces when they heard this. If they were really old or an expert, they would be able to tell a little bit about it after a bumpy ride. Generally, an old man might not be able to get out of the car after a bumpy ride of thirty or forty miles.

"If it's true, we have to hold a funeral for him in Linqu City." Fang Shaoqin arrived

"Don't worry, he's much tougher than you." Pao'er said, "Tell Brother Tiedan'er to go first and find a good place to stay. Let's rest in Linqu for two days before leaving."

"Yes." Fang Shaoqin stood up, bowed his hands and saluted, then went out, got on his horse and went to the front of the team.

After exchanging a few words with Tie Dan'er, Tie Dan'er urged the horse to gallop away, Fang Shaoqin also ordered everyone to speed up, and the whole team started to gallop
two

As dusk approached, a group of people rushed toward the city gate with smoke and dust. The soldiers guarding the city didn't know when it happened. They saw a group of people coming from the direction of the Central Plains. They thought it was rebels from the country who came to raid the city. Suddenly, he panicked and hurriedly went back to invite Master Lin Qu to come over. The Master had just arrived home and unloaded his clothes. He was only half-wearing his home clothes. He was dragging his shoes when he was beaten by soldiers from his home.
"It's really unreasonable. The army is attacking and you are so shocked. Why can't you even wait for me to put on my clothes? Damn it, how unbecoming is this?" The master pointed at himself, "How are you different from the kidnappers?" ?" After he finished speaking, he looked up and saw a large group of people and horses swarming in. Fang Shaoqin was startled. Fang Shaoqin's horse was running a little hastily, and he barely stopped until he was in front of Lord Guard. Lord Guard was struck by the rushing horse. He was so scared that he froze in place without moving.

"Are you Lin Qu guarding Lin Rufang?" Fang Shaoqin asked immediately.

"That's right...it's me. I'm here to give you my name!" Mr. Lin still stood where he was, looking at Ma Ma, not taking a step back.
"Master Lin, I am Fang Shaoqin, the eldest son of the Master of the Ministry of Rites, do you recognize me?"

"Hey!" Mr. Lin finally came to his senses and hurriedly saluted, "It turns out that General Fang has arrived. Some are not far away to greet you, some are far away to greet you..."

"Master Lin is very polite"

"I heard that General Fang has been appointed as the Marriage General. Could it be that...?"

"That's right, the person in the car is the mother of the Northwest Kingdom, and I am going to Princess Zhuyang."

"Hey!" Upon hearing this, Mr. Lin hurriedly ran to the pauper's carriage and knelt down to say hello. In such a hurry, one of the shoes he had not picked up even ran away.

"The empress said, Mr. Lin, please get up. The ground is cold. Stop kneeling and come closer to talk." Lai Bao came outside the car to spread the message.

When Master Lin saw him being called forward, he thanked him, stood up, and stood by the window next to the poor man's carriage with his hands hanging down.
"My group is causing trouble in the city," said the pauper.

"I don't dare, I don't dare. It's a small official's honor to welcome the empress." Mr. Lin said, "If the empress doesn't mind, please go to the small official's house to rest."

"It's too ostentatious for us to come here like this. It's inconvenient to bother Mr. Lin's house. General Huang came here earlier and has already settled on a place to stay. Please don't worry, Mr. Lin."

"The junior official then asked the garrison in the city to come over and protect the queen's safety."

"No, I have enough manpower here. I just ask that we don't mobilize troops and mobilize a large number of people," the poor man said.

"This..." Mr. Lin was a little embarrassed.
"Master Lin, you don't have to be like this, everything will be fine as usual," Pao'er said, "I see that Master Lin is also a brave man. He never gives way to the war horse in front of him, which is really shocking. We, the Central Plains, have Master Lin stationed at the border, so we have no worries."

"I'm scared, I'm scared." Master Lin hurriedly handed over his hand again
"Master Lin, please go back quickly, I'm disturbing everyone."

As soon as he finished speaking, Lai Bao took some money and handed it to Mr. Lin. "The empress said that she would come and stay here so as not to trouble you all. Please take us to have a cup of tea and buy a new pair of shoes..."

Master Lin took the money with both hands, knelt down and kowtowed, saying, "Thank you for the shoes..."

The carriages and horses started moving towards the city again. Mr. Lin only dared to get up when no one could be seen.
When the soldier saw that the person was gone, he quickly picked up the shoes and came over to help Mr. Lin put them on.

"Is the war horse standing still in front of him?" Lai Bao, who was in the carriage going away, naturally laughed out loud.

"Look at how funny you are," said the poorer, "I heard that Linqu is a prosperous place, and both countries trade here..."

(End of this chapter)