Lord, don't leave your husband

Chapter 55
"The deputy envoy is not in good health?" Mu Yanling frowned slightly when he heard the people sent by the Sili Yamen report to him.

"Yes, Lord Taishi, the scheduled date can only be postponed."

"Okay, I understand. You go back and ask Mr. Cheng to send someone to take good care of the deputy envoy. The date of conferring the title will be agreed upon when the deputy envoy is in better health."

It was only after the staff of the Li Yamen came out with a respectful salute that Mu Yanling's eyes flashed coldly: "Greedy!" He said with some disgust.

As soon as the envoy came, he gave a welcome gift of 20 taels of silver, but he didn't have time to entangle with them, so he prepared to give it all at once.It was originally scheduled to be knighted three days later, and the matter was rushed to be completed the day before the Chinese New Year.But judging by the meaning, the deputy envoy still planned to take Joe.

A black shadow flashed behind the screen, it was Mu Yanling's close shadow guard.He whispered: "My lord, the deputy envoy is really sick, not pretending."

"Oh?" Mu Yanling glanced at him.

The shadow guard took a step forward and said in a low voice: "The deputy envoy talked with the Duke yesterday, asked about the situation of my Dingxi officials, and ordered people to burn the fire dragon. Who knows the Duke..." He repeated the matter in a low voice, and it turned out to be As if seeing it personally, "After the Duke left, the Deputy Envoy really fainted, and he was rescued only after being carried outside in the snow."

"You little bastard!" Mu Yanling's mouth curled up and he laughed.

The shadow guard didn't have any expression, no matter what he said, his voice was steady and unchanged.After Mu Yanling laughed, he said again: "My lord, I have found out the matter clearly."

Mu Yanling turned to him, beckoning him to say.

"The imperial court needs a force close to them in Dingxi. The lord was originally chosen, but the prince passed away unexpectedly. Those people in the court are afraid that the lord will have the power alone, so they may not be united with the court. While hesitating, I don't know where the three princes in the court heard about it. , the Duke of Chang'an, who was granted the title, is extremely brave and proficient in the art of war, so I want the deputy envoy to come over to have a look, if it is true, it is estimated that he will cultivate the power of the Duke of Chang'an to fight against the Lord."

Just now when Lai Sanjiang's deputy envoy Zhang More passed out, Mu Yanling just laughed, but now he heard that the Duke of Chang'an was brave and proficient in the art of war, he suddenly burst out laughing.

"So that's the case. No wonder the envoy beat around the bush and insisted on seeing the Duke of Chang'an before being conferred the title."

"Yes, my lord."

"Extra-events are always troublesome, and I can't let a little thing ruin my plan. Since the court wants to see the bravery of the Duke of Chang'an and his proficiency in the art of war, the envoys and all the officials should be invited to watch together when the army is formed." After finishing these words, there was still a smile on his lips, but that smile had been replaced by a sarcastic sneer.

After being served tea by the envoy, Lai San returned to the barracks. He took off the complicated clothes he wore when meeting the guests, and the jade decorations on his body from the bun to his feet, and put on an ordinary cotton livery. Cotton old cloth shoes, I feel very comfortable.The soldiers also recovered from the shock brought about by the tall horse dressed in luxurious clothes when they saw him sent back by many people, and they slowly gathered around and asked questions.

"Mr. Jun, what does the court envoy look like? Is it different from our Dingxi people?"

Lai San thought about it: "It looks the same on the outside, but on the inside, I wanted to see it, but I didn't!" When he was taking off his clothes, he thought in his heart that it would be good if Zhang Mo went all out and took it off with him. He was really curious and wanted to see it too much.But at the end of the chapter, he was not as shameless as him, and in the end he failed to fulfill his wish.

"Then... the envoys from the imperial court, don't they have a lot of airs?"

"It's okay." Lai San said, "it's not too big a show, but it's too talkative, and the habits are a bit strange. You have to drink tea that comes out of the bird's beak. We don't have this kind of tea here. He also specially brought a lot from the capital."

"Huh? Is it disgusting?"

"It's not really spit out from the bird's beak. It just said that the shape of the tea leaves is like a bird's tongue, and the name of this tea is called sparrow tongue!" Lai San turned around and took out a jar from his bag. I’ve brought it back, let everyone have a taste! Lao Liao, ask someone to boil the water!”

Everyone gathered around, and those who got close poured out the tea leaves and held them in their hands, and those who couldn't squeeze in, smelled the fragrance of the tea leaves.The taste of the best bird tongue is really good, the quiet tea fragrance dilutes the unpleasant smell of the sweaty men in the room.

"Originally, I wanted to bring some back for everyone to taste. He agreed to give me some, but this person is not in good health. After chatting with me, he became sleepy. He closed his eyes and did not open them. He agreed. I don’t even mention the things that were given to me, I don’t know if they were filled! I saw the jar opened and put it aside, and I reached out to take it myself!”

Wow ha ha ha... Everyone laughed. In their opinion, the county magistrate is really cute. His behavior habits are the same as theirs. It hurts to hear.After a while, the water was boiled, and it was poured directly into the large vats that these soldiers usually use to drink water, and then the tea leaves were thrown in, and everyone drank from large bowls.

Whether the tea is fragrant or not depends on how you drink it. Throwing a small pot of tea into a few large tanks is no different from throwing it into a pool of water, and there is no smell at all.Lai San protected the last bit from being put into the water, and shouted: "Leave some for the soldiers! Save some for the soldiers! Brats, you are too disrespectful to the officer!"

When Lai San was chatting and joking with the soldiers, he didn't know how depressed Jing Chi was when he was alone in his barracks.Gu Ziqi went straight into the camp without any hindrance, and his contemptuous eyes after that made Jing Chi feel like he was hurting hard. The pride of a soldier did not allow him to bring out such an army. Being from a military family, this shocked him more than anything else. feel ashamed!

He turned his head and looked at the tattered notebooks that had fallen on the table. It was given to him by his grandfather. When he knew that he was going to train in the army, his grandfather couldn't be happier.

Not long after, Lai San entered his tent with a bunch of things, and put the things on the table. Seeing that the notebook was in the way, he pushed the notebook aside with a bag of food.

"Brother Jing!" He said cheerfully, "I knew there was no cook who wouldn't steal it, and I found everything they hid! There are still two jugs of wine, haha. Get up and eat something!"

Jing Chi looked at the notebook that was pressed under a bag of meat and was quickly stained with oil for a few pages, laughed miserably, and sat up slowly, not taking away his precious notebook, allowing it to be treated as a rag.He picked up a jug of wine, lifted the lid, raised his head and poured it into his mouth continuously.

The jug has a big belly and a small mouth, and a jug of wine weighs two to three catties. Lai San applauded loudly, but he didn't see tears flowing from Jing Chi's tightly closed eyes.

Duke, it seems that it is not enough for me to give you my life back.In the past, I felt that this life was worth something, but now, I feel...it is worthless!I'll give it to you again, I don't think it's enough!
Everything is going on while Lai San thinks he is good, but in fact there are great hidden dangers.

Today is Lai San's big day!The first direct line of troops from him to Captain Guo is about to form an army.

A heavy snowfall just fell a few days ago, and it has been sunny in the past two days, but the weather is extremely cold.Even standing in the open space, even under the warm sun, it is still frighteningly cold.

But on such a cold day, the open ground outside the Desheng Gate at the East Gate of Jingzhou is very lively. Three thousand soldiers are lined up in the large square. As far as the eye can see, countless battle flags are flying, and there are black people and horses everywhere. , but also has some momentum.It's just that the queue was twisted and crooked, and there were countless people muttering in low voices below. Except that they were all young men, all wearing the same clothes, and barely maintaining what was considered a queue standing in the middle, they could hardly see the surroundings. The lively common people are not much different.

There were thousands of people who came to watch the fun. Thanks to the fact that Desheng Gate is dedicated to reviewing troops, the venue is large enough so that it doesn't look crowded.At the head of the city are officials at all levels who came to watch the ceremony of forming an army. The army song "Mie Hu" was played over and over again, which added a bit of solemnity to the scene.

If it wasn't for the military training, it was Dingxi County Duke, an army formation ceremony that was partial to the army, definitely couldn't attract so many people to watch.

"Boss, look, Bingwei looks like a dog today, it seems to be a little pleasing to the eye." In the queue, the soldier Hammer whispered to Liao Tianming in front of him.

"Don't talk, there are so many people watching!" Liao Tianming also whispered.

"It's okay, there are so many people in the dark, who can see us clearly?" Hammer said indifferently, there are many people who think the same as him, low voices in the team can be heard everywhere, although they can't be heard clearly, they are as noisy as mosquitoes Heart.

Jing Chi took the post of military guard for a while, and within a few days, he lost weight rapidly.Originally, he was under 30 years old, too young for a general, but his froze-like eyes and expression without the slightest excitement were by no means comparable to others, but it added to him what a general should have. The momentum made people feel that even if Mount Tai collapsed in front of him, there would be no panic.

He has no other ability, he can only suppress the chaos of 3000 people with his own calmness, and he can do as much as he can!
Jing Chi's appearance today shocked these soldiers. Usually, the guard gave them a strict and unreasonable feeling, because he had to do everything by himself and always looked anxious, so they didn't feel that he was very dignified.But at this moment, he is standing on the general platform.The eyes are like the stars in the depths of the sky, distant, cold and unwavering.Because it is a temporary generation, the word "Jing" on the flag is white, like the cold north wind, rushing straight into people's eyes.

Looking at him, even Hammer, who has always been disobedient, felt a little guilty, and subconsciously controlled himself to behave a little better.

"Master Taishi, are you here?" Deputy envoy Zhang Mo asked Mu Yanling beside him, he and envoy Minister of Rites Zhou Jin were arranged in the middle of the stand.Zhou Jin also understood that her envoy was actually far inferior to Zhang Mo, the eunuch's vice envoy, so she didn't speak much.

A few days passed, Zhang Mo's complexion was still not good, his face was white and short of breath, and he was wearing a thick fur. He still felt cold.The wind was so strong in the morning that he felt a little unbearable.

"Come right away." Mu Yanling, who was on the right side, said gently, "Captain Zhiguo needs to make some preparations before crossing the water."

As soon as the words fell, the soldiers in the queue below suddenly let out a burst of earth-shattering cheers. Countless people ignored Jing Chi and cheered loudly at the gorgeous guard of honor coming from a distance, and many people left the queue and moved forward , Shouting: "Jungong! Jungong!" It turned out that Lai San was riding the extremely beautiful Yuhuacong, with a sword hanging from his waist and a longbow on his back, and came with a battle song.

The queue barely maintained a formation that was neither round nor square, and the soldiers simply ignored the order from above to change their formation. Most of them stepped forward a few steps, cheering to welcome the arrival of the boss they accepted in their hearts.The sound was deafening, drowning out the music that had been playing all the time.

The officials on the tower looked at each other in blank dismay, could this team really be considered an army?Isn't this exactly the same as a bunch of hooligans gathered on the street?

Lai San was so excited that he clasped his fists on the horse and kept saying, "Everyone! Everyone! I'm coming!" Following his response, the cheers became even more deafening.

When Lai San came to the bottom of the tower, the rising sun illuminated his gorgeous armor dazzlingly, and it seemed that even his not-so-tall figure had been stretched a bit slender.Other than that, nothing is clear.

What he is wearing today can dazzle people's eyes. His whole body is plated with silver. He has a helmet that shines like a big pearl, fish scale armor that reflects light on every nail leaf, and combat boots decorated with bright silver. His waist is like a beam of light. His belt, even the quiver hanging on the horse's back, are all made of silver, and even the shafts of the feathered arrows are painted with silver paint.

He shook his head more and more amidst the cheers, if there weren't so many officials and envoys watching from the tower, he would have prepared a set of opening remarks.There really is what kind of general there is, and what kind of soldier there is!

"Who prepared this armor for Captain Zhiguo?" Chen Dinglei couldn't help asking amidst the cheers from the stands.He shouted so loudly that Mu Yanling next to him could hear him.

"He chose it himself." Mu Yanling smiled and responded loudly.

Chen Dinglei was speechless for a moment.The officials of the Li Yamen couldn't stand it any longer, and stopped him and said, "Your Majesty, the time has come, let's start!" Then, under the guidance of the officials of the Ministry of Rites, Lai San got off his horse and started the complicated routine of Cheng Jun. ceremony.

In the freezing weather, all the people on the city tower were extremely solemn. Waiting for the end of this ceremony, no one was cursing their mothers in their hearts, but no one did not express seriousness and holiness on the surface.

Seeing it in his eyes, Mu Yanling sneered slightly in his heart.This kind of army has persisted until now, which has exceeded his expectations. Is it finally going to reveal its original shape at this moment?

If the imperial court wants to see the Duke of Chang'an, who is brave and proficient in the art of war, then you should keep your eyes open.I also prepared a surprise for you!

The ceremony of becoming an army is actually meaningless at all, and it takes a long time. The common people onlookers don't like to watch it. So many people gathered around to watch it. In fact, it is the next step, the military parade after the ceremony.

These people endured the cold and waited for an hour, and finally when the ceremony was over, it was Jing Chi's turn in the stands, directing the soldiers to perform some military performances, showing the demeanor of an army and the results of long-term training.

If it was normal, it should be the formation, archery, riding, and assassination.These common people love to watch, so everyone waited with great interest.They should see the new army dressed in neat clothes, standing silently, waiting for the orders from the soldiers and guards in the stands to be conveyed, and then shouting chant to carry out.

But looking at it now, it should have been a line when viewed horizontally, a line when viewed vertically, and a queue when viewed obliquely. Now it is in the shape of a twist, and each queue is twisted and twisted together. This is still a soldier. We know that the performance is about to be performed, so we automatically find the result after it.

A lot of people were stomping their feet to keep warm, a lot of people bowed their heads and clapped their hands, and a few showed no concern, standing still with their necks hanging in the cold wind, not unbuttoning a few buttons to show that they were not afraid of the cold, which was quite impressive Save face.

In the distance outside the Xiaobeihe city, there are no those painted boats in the city, and it seems to be more turbulent. Looking at the vicissitudes of life, it is quiet, flowing slowly and watching this monkey-like military parade.

Such an army, even if Dingxi's martial arts declined, has not been seen in a hundred years!
The officials of the Sili Yamen looked at Jing Chi with perplexity.Jing Chi nodded at him, indicating that it was time to start.

The officials of the Sili Yamen swallowed dryly, but they couldn't help it, so they ordered someone to sound the bugle.

"My lords, go down. The military parade has begun." Mu Yanling smiled lightly on the stand, stood up first, and asked the envoys to go first, followed by himself, leading the officials on the top of the city down the steps of the tower, walking slowly Enter the square and step onto the parade specially prepared for them.

The shimmering Duke of the county was already waiting on it. He had nothing to do after presiding over the ceremony, and he had stood there for a while. At this moment, he warmly welcomed every official on the stage, especially the two envoys. Even more enthusiastic.Everyone was dazzled by him, but they were too embarrassed to say anything.

"Mr. Jun, I heard that this is the first personal soldier that you trained day and night in the barracks. It is really mighty." Eunuch Zhang Mo couldn't help but sarcastically.The thought of winning over the Duke of Chang'an has been completely frozen.

"Congratulations! Where is it!" Lai Sanmei was very polite to him. In Lai San's opinion, his army is very good, and it is good if there are enough people. It's all pleasing to the eye, what's so bad about it?

"Our family will wait and see, the county lord will give an order." Zhang Mo rolled his eyes.

The chaotic group of officials also stood casually. Facing such an army, it seems that they don't feel the need to be solemn. The expressions and the crowd watching the excitement are generally giving you face.

Lai San's words made the scene even less majestic. He waved his hands excitedly and shouted: "Brother Jing, let's start!"

(End of this chapter)