Horse on the World

Chapter 393 Laba
On the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, it is the time for every family to cook Laba porridge. When the lights in Dingzhou City are lit up, the fragrance of Laba porridge floating from every household overflows in the streets and alleys. Smell, involuntarily quickened his pace, and hurriedly walked home, returned from the snow-shrouded outside to the warm and spring-like home, and then drank a bowl of Laba porridge cooked by the family, how pleasant it was!

Dingzhou has not been attacked by war for more than three years. As the central city of the entire west, its development can be described as changing with each passing day. Dingzhou has attracted a large number of foreigners to enter the area under its jurisdiction. In three years, Dingzhou City has The population is nearly 40, not to mention the west, but also in the Central Plains. In the hinterland of Chu, except for Luoyang with a population of more than one million, there are very few cities that can reach the size of Dingzhou.

If you have been away from Dingzhou City for more than three years, you must be completely unfamiliar with this city when you come back now. The majestic city walls built in Dingzhou to resist the barbarians in the past have now become the inner city, and most of the people living in the inner city are Dingzhou. Outside the city walls, the criss-crossing roads divided the original wilderness into square or rectangular standardized areas, and houses were erected in these areas according to certain specifications and styles. , The architectural complexes of different styles have become a beautiful landscape of Dingzhou City.

Compared with the inner city, the newly planned and built outer city is more beautiful. The wide waiting road can accommodate four carriages in parallel. The transplanted evergreen trees stand tall and are now dressed in silver. There are even long icicles hanging down, and together with the icicles under the eaves, under the light of the qi-death wind lamp, they are slightly shining with brilliance. The planner of this urban pattern is naturally written by Li Qing. Seeing Hengping The vertical street made him suddenly feel like he was dreaming of returning to his hometown.No majestic city walls were built in the outer city, and the people who lived in the outer city were all later immigrants.

Although the inner city is dilapidated and the streets are narrower, the residents of the inner city naturally have their pride. It is precisely because of the bloody sacrifices of old Dingzhou people like them that Dingzhou is prosperous and strong today. , and the old Dingzhou city is the center of power in the entire west. Under the command of Zhenxihou, almost all the important government offices are in the inner city, so compared with the outer city, although the houses in the inner city are much dilapidated, the housing prices are still high It is more than double that of the outer city.

As time went by, the wind and snow became heavier, there were very few pedestrians on the street, almost all the shops were closed, and the bosses and fellows also hurried back home, or gathered around the stove, or Sit on the kang and drink a bowl of Laba porridge.

Amidst the silence, a carriage quickly passed the street and headed towards the Zhenxihou Mansion. Although the carriage with shock-absorbing springs was installed at an extremely fast speed, the interior of the carriage did not appear to be bumpy at all. Lying in the carriage, she actually slept extremely soundly, while opposite her, two female guards with waist knives in their arms opened their eyes wide and were on guard.

The carriage passed through the square and rushed straight to the Zhenxihou Mansion. At this time, a maid also got out of the carriage and stood behind the driver, holding up a sign in her hand. This sign represents the people in the carriage. identity of.

The coachman was selected from the army and had excellent driving skills. When he parked the carriage steadily to the gate of the Zhenxihou Mansion, Mingyan in the carriage miraculously opened his eyes and was still in the carriage. Another female guard immediately handed over a warm wet towel, Mingyan took it, wiped it on her face, stretched out her hand to pat her cheek to make herself look more energetic, and then bent down and got out of the carriage.Gou Yan, who didn't need to hide his identity, has been on the road day and night since he entered the territory of Li Qing, the Marquis of Zhenxi. What he learned from An Guogong Li Huaiyuan was too serious, and he had to report the news to handsome.

The gate of Zhenxihou Mansion opened, and Iron Leopard strode out. Seeing Mingyan, he hurriedly hugged him and said, "Director Li, why are you here on this big festival night?" I bought it, but I don't remember the original surname for a long time, and it has always followed Li's surname.

Ming Yan nodded, "Is the Commander at home, I need to see the Commander soon!"

Iron Leopard gave her a sorry look, "Director Li, Marshal Li is not in the mansion today, he went to Taoyuan Xiaozhu!"

Mingyan was taken aback, "Isn't today the Laba Festival? Didn't the commander-in-chief spend the holiday with the princess in the mansion?"

Iron Leopard shrugged his shoulders and said with a smile: "Mrs. Jiyue in Taoyuan was a little uncomfortable a day ago. The commander took Miracle Doctor Huan and Master Huanqiu to Taoyuan Xiaozhu, and he hasn't come back today. The important two days Official documents are sent to Taoyuan Xiaozhu, Director Li, if the matter is urgent, I'm afraid you have to go to Taoyuan!"

Mingyan nodded, "Thank you Captain Tie." Although Mingyan's rank is much higher than that of Iron Leopard, people around Li Qing can't be judged solely by rank and title, like Tang Hu, only The rank of general, but even Zhengyin generals such as Lu Dalin, Deng Peng, Guo Shanfeng and others, when they saw him, they all called out "brother" affectionately, patted their shoulders and beat their chests to show their close relationship.

The carriage turned around and ran towards Taoyuan, but Mingyan sitting in the carriage frowned. The marshal really dotes on Mrs. Jiyue very much. With Mrs. Jiyue, Mingyan couldn't help but think of another woman, that was hers. a shadow.

"What are you talking about? Mingyan is here. She came back from Luoyang? She wanted to see me in such a hurry as soon as she came back. Did something serious happen to Luoyang?" Li Qing couldn't help being surprised when he heard Liu Qiang's report, no, statistics The Investigation Department has not received any information about this!
"Please come in quickly!" Li Qing said,

Huan Xi had already rushed home to celebrate the Laba Festival in the afternoon, but Huan Qiu was still in the garden, Ji Yue had only moved a little, and there was a prescription prescribed by Dr. Huan, and Huan Qiu was waiting here again. What's going on?At this moment, Jiyue was smilingly taking the Laba porridge from Qiaoer, and putting it in front of Li Qing and Huan Qiu, Huan Qiu quickly stood up, "Thank you Ma'am!"

Jiyue smiled and said: "Master Lao Huan has been bothering these days. He has to work hard for me in addition to his busy work! I can't go back today for the holidays. Jiyue is very disturbed. These bowls of porridge are cooked by myself. Yes, Lord Huan tasted it, but I don't know how it tastes?"

Both Li Qing and Huan Qiu brought the porridge, the taste was really not good, but the two men smiled and raised their thumbs up, shouting: "It's delicious!" With a fancy smile, "Is it delicious? Is it delicious, then eat more, Qiaoer, and then go and serve more!"

While talking, Mingyan walked in, "See you, Commander!" Mingyan gave a military salute to Li Qing. Although Mingyan is a woman, the Military Intelligence Investigation Department is a military agency, and Mingyan is also on the register as a soldier. .

"Thank you, you just returned to Dingzhou?" Li Qing asked.

Ming Yan nodded, "Yes, I just came back, I went to the waiting mansion to see the commander-in-chief, and when I learned that the commander-in-chief is here in Taoyuan, I hurried over here!"

Li Qing was startled for a moment, then said immediately: "Is there anything important? What happened in Luoyang?" He knew that Mingyan would not chase after Taoyuan Xiaozhu if it was not a particularly important matter.

Mingyan nodded, but did not speak. Huanqiu on the side immediately understood Mingyan's meaning and stood up, "Marshal, let me go down and see how the anti-abortion medicine I made for my wife is doing. Very important."

Li Qing nodded, just as Huan Qiu was about to leave, Jiyue handed over another bowl of porridge, "Doctor Huan, please drink another bowl if it tastes good!" Huan Qiu took it with a smile, "Thank you Madam!" Holding the bowl Then he went out.

Jiyue nodded to Mingyan, "Brother, I'm going to rest first!"

Li Qingdao: "Okay, you go to rest first, Huan Qiu will send the medicine over later."

Seeing Qiaoer help Jiyue into the back hall, Li Qing turned his gaze to Mingyan.
"The thing is like this!" Only Li Qing and Mingyan were left in the room, and Mingyan reported to Li Qing in detail what he had gained from this trip to Luoyang.

"It turned out to be like this. I also thought that King Ning's soldiers were so sharp, but it turned out that it was Xiao Haoran who was showing weakness. It was such a big trick. Xiao Haoran's handwriting was great, powerful, powerful, but this time, I didn't even look at it." Come out, the old man is a man who has experienced many trials and tribulations, and he deduced Xiao Haoran's overall plan based on a few clues, I am not as good as him!" Li Qing sighed.

Ming Yan smiled and said: "As the saying goes, an old man is like a treasure. Lord An has experienced many storms, and has dealt with Xiao Haoran for decades, so he knows everything about him. The two of them can't hide it from the other. Your Majesty I've only met Xiao Haoran a few times, but I don't know him at all, so it's only natural that I can't see through this trap."

"I'm still too young!" Li Qing stroked his neatly trimmed beard and said, "Know yourself and know your enemy, and you will never be defeated in a hundred battles. If you are honest, you will not be deceived. It seems that we have to vigorously collect information on these old people." Yes, otherwise if you face them in the future, you won’t even know how you lost if you lose.”

"The general is victorious in every battle, how could he lose to Mrs. Xiao?" Mingyan laughed.

Li Qing shook his head and said: "From this plan, we can see Xiao Haoran's sophistication. Even if King Ning wins every battle in the early stage, as long as he loses in the last battle, he will lose everything. This plan is indeed flawless."

"Marshal, what should we do?" Ming Yan asked.

Li Qing took out a map from the desk, looked at it repeatedly for a while, and said, "Prince Ning has already stepped into the cliff with half of his foot. The situation was revealed to Zhong Ziqi in secret, but the timing must be right, Ding Wang must lose his vitality, but he must not lose too much blood and lose the capital of the duel with Xiao Haoran. Their duel ended too quickly, so We're at a huge disadvantage."

"But Marshal, we haven't had much contact with Zhong Ziqi, how can we disclose the information to them quietly? If it is too obvious, it will arouse their vigilance, but if it is too late, it will not have the desired effect. !" Mingyan said in a bit of embarrassment.The military intelligence department was established not long ago, and there was almost no infiltration with King Ning's intelligence structure.

Li Qing nodded, "You can discuss this matter with Qingfeng later, she should have a solution."

(End of this chapter)