Legend of the Heroes of the Southern Kingdom

Chapter 429
"Me?" Li Wenxuan was deeply surprised by this matter as he planned to make a stab at it.

He Ci smiled helplessly, and said: "Probably because she saw the Wenxuan brothers fighting against all the heroes on the hunt, that's why... that's why I have no choice but to come here to ask for help."

Li Wenxuan showed a look of embarrassment, and murmured: "This..."

Seeing that Li Wenxuan didn't refuse outright, He Shi knew that there was some hope in the matter, and said while the iron was hot: "I know you are eager to return to the south, but don't worry, as long as you agree, the sending team will leave in three days, and the round trip will take as long as one month. It will take half a month, if you are eager, after sending Yilan to Wangjihe, you can go back as soon as possible, how about it?"

Li Wenxuan was in a dilemma, and said: "Brother Heci, to be honest, although I have experienced several battles, I have never had the experience of walking with the army, let alone leading the army to escort the princess thousands of miles away. I also don't know anything about it, this month and a half is not very urgent, but I'm afraid I will mess things up."

Seeing Li Wenxuan's difficulties, He Shi was overjoyed. In his opinion, the matter was more than half done, and he continued: "You don't need to worry, there will be two thousand elite soldiers going with you, and the road will be peaceful. Land, even if there are some wandering horse thieves, they will never dare to provoke our army, and I will arrange someone else to be a courtesy officer, and I will appoint a lieutenant general for you. You don’t need to worry about everything, you just need to escort Yilan to Wangji River safely.”

Hearing what he said with certainty and affection, Li Wenxuan knew that it would be impossible for him not to agree, and he was in Beijing recently, and he met many people, and the friendship was very pleasant, and now he had something to do with the assassin before leaving Li Wenxuan could flatly refuse the request, but this would inevitably offend others. Thinking of the fact that after this farewell, it would be difficult to see each other again, following the idea of ​​being kind to others and leaving a good impression in the end, Li Wenxuan nodded effortlessly, and said : "Okay... I will send Princess Yilan to you!"

"Okay!" He Ci slapped the table hard, and said again: "I really thank you! Otherwise... this matter will be very troublesome."

Li Wenxuan smiled and said, "I'm helping my friend, so don't worry about any troubles, it's just..."

"Do you have any other worries, as long as you tell them, I can solve them all for you." He Ji said, patted his chest.

Li Wenxuan shook his head and said: "No, it's just... Excuse me, I listen to your words, Princess Yilan doesn't seem to want to marry the Khan of the Kelie tribe, why do you make things difficult for her? She is... but Brothers and sisters who are connected to you by flesh and blood!"

After hearing this, there was a burst of pain on his face, and he said: "People are not grass and trees, how can you be ruthless? Besides, Yilan is my own sister? But this marriage was arranged by the previous king. It will be held a year later, but a rebellion suddenly broke out in Wan Yanchang. In order to stabilize people's hearts, several veteran officials in the court that day proposed to advance the wedding date, so as to make the internal and external stability stable. As soon as this proposal was made, all the officials agreed, and I... Although I am a noble king and Yilan is a brother and sister, but in the temple, for the sake of the country, whether she hates me or annoys me, she can only wrong Yilan, and Yilan's last wish is to hope You can be the general who sees you off, otherwise, I know that you want to return to the south, so how can I make things difficult for you? It’s just my elder brother who wants to fulfill Yilan’s last wish.”

Li Wenxuan was deeply moved. He did not expect that in less than a month, this emperor, who was so handsome on the surface, was ambushed and assassinated, and almost died. Then his important ministers rebelled, and then he would "force" his own sister to leave. marry someone else.The emperor, who was supposed to cover the sky with one hand and call the wind and rain, has so many unsatisfactory and embarrassing things. Li Wenxuan was surprised, but also inexplicably sympathetic. Li Wenxuan promised very reluctantly before, but now he is somewhat willing to take such a trip for the assassination , Clasped his fists and said: "Brother Heci, don't worry, I will definitely send Princess Yilan to Wangjihe!"

He stabbed Li Wenxuan on the shoulder, and said: "It is said that the warriors of the Southern Dynasties were ultimately faithful and loyal, and I can't thank you for your promise!" After saying that, he bowed and bowed.

Even though Li Wenxuan could be regarded as a brother of He Ci in private, he did not dare to accept his worship, so he hurriedly supported He Ci.

He Ci took a blank imperial decree from his sleeve, and Li Wenxuan presented him with a pen and inkstone. He Ci thought about it and then moved his pen like flying, writing while saying: "You don't want to be an official with me, but this is a gift... or You have to have a name, why don't I give you the title of the general who sent you off, but there is no rank, after Yilan arrives in the Kelei Department, you, the general who sent you off, will naturally resign, how about it?"

Li Wenxuan said: "It's so good!"

After the imperial decree was completed and handed over to Li Wenxuan, He Ci breathed a sigh of relief and said, "You can show this imperial decree to Jin Wushu. If you still have difficulties, he will definitely help you with all his strength."

Afterwards, He Ci chatted with Li Wenxuan for a while, and then left. Li Wenxuan didn't delay, and told Tie Ling'er and Jin Wushu about the matter. In fact, Li Wenxuan just greeted them, and Li Wenxuan came alone. In the past, as long as there is a sip of wine and a sip of meat on the way to see off the relatives, it will be enough to not be hungry, but there is no need for Jin Wushu to help.

After Heci went back, he immediately issued a decree to announce to the world that Princess Yilan was going to marry Kelei, and he specifically mentioned that the general who sent her off was Li Wenxuan.Afterwards Li Wenxuan was fine, and on the third night Wan Yanheng called several people to set up a farewell banquet for Li Wenxuan. Tie Ling'er was about to give birth, so she didn't attend, and neither did Mingzhu. As for why, Li Wenxuan didn't ask much. .

Afterwards, Li Wenxuan could no longer "idle around" in the Marshal's Mansion, and Long Qiang led him to a military camp outside the city one day in advance.

Those in the barracks were the soldiers and horses accompanying them this time. Hearing that his immediate superior had arrived, a lieutenant general came out to greet him immediately. After Long Qiang's introduction, Li Wenxuan realized that this lieutenant general was also a half acquaintance Well, it turned out that this deputy general named Wugu was the elder brother of the general called Wule whom Mingzhu met in Yecheng before.Seeing that they were chatting, Longqiang didn't wait long, so he said goodbye.After Wugu and Li Wenxuan briefly introduced the marching route and other responsibilities for seeing off relatives this time, Li Wenxuan breathed a sigh of relief. As Hesta said, Li Wenxuan is completely a hands-off shopkeeper, and all major and minor matters are taken care of by Wugu. Oh, and even the ceremonial officer mentioned earlier is also called Wu Guge as a part-time job.

Li Wenxuan put Mingzhu's earlier advice to the back of his mind, and told Wugu what happened in Yecheng. Wugu first apologized, and then thanked him.After getting acquainted with each other, Li Wenxuan realized that Wugu's lieutenant general who sent off his relatives was inexplicable when he received the imperial decree. To grab this job, Wugu wondered why the emperor appointed him, but Li Wenxuan thought about it later, it is likely that the assassin had known what happened in Yecheng long ago, so he considered him, and chose Wugu specially. Li Wenxuan kept these things in his heart, and did not talk to Wu Gu any more.

Wugu arranged for his subordinates to prepare for tomorrow's departure, while he himself drank wine with Li Wenxuan in the big tent. The two of them were having a good time, when Wugu suddenly remembered something, and said to Li Wenxuan in a straight line: "General , this time we are sending off relatives, our brothers are naturally all at the command of the general along the way, and I will take care of the messy things for the general. The general only needs to eat and drink, and don't bother at all. , the general will not dare to make a good decision.”

Li Wenxuan thanked him first, and said: "It's ashamed to say that I am a general, just a banner. General Wugu just has to do something, so you don't need to take me into consideration."

What Wugu thinks is a little different from Li Wenxuan. He has been in the army all year round, and he is very clear about the military hierarchy. This is the case when a senior official crushes people, especially in the army, even though he has been beaten by others before. He had greeted him and told him to handle all the affairs for Li Wenxuan, but he was still not at ease. He was afraid that Li Wenxuan might misunderstand that he was taking power without authorization, so he asked this question. Now that Li Wenxuan said the same thing in person, he was really relieved.

Wugu said again: "The general is generous, please rest assured that Wugu will do his best along the way, but there is one thing that Wugu still needs to advise the general in advance."

Li Wenxuan asked: "What's the matter with the general, but it's okay to talk about it."

Wugu said: "Although I haven't stayed in Shangjing for a long time, I have heard about it. Rumors..." Wugu looked around, as if he was afraid that someone would eavesdrop, and it would be okay to see, so he continued: "The rumors Our princess Yilan is very...very difficult to serve, so the general can do whatever he wants along the way, but one thing must be very careful, that is, never offend our princess in the slightest. Princess Lan, otherwise not only you, the general, but our brothers in the entire army may not be able to bear it."

Li Wenxuan's heart skipped a beat, and he immediately thought of Akita's hunting dragon gun's comments on that Princess Yilan. After ordering, I felt that the road ahead was uncertain, but Li Wenxuan quickly settled down, smiled and thanked Wugu for his kind reminder, and continued to drink and eat meat, but the taste of this fine wine has changed a little.

In the early morning of the second day, the princess’s Luanjia left the capital amidst the farewell sounds of the assassins and hundreds of princes and ministers. Li Wenxuan and Wugu had been waiting outside the city for a long time. The official of the department handed over briefly, counted the dowry baggage, and finally Li Wenxuan bid farewell to Heci, and paid homage to Princess Yilan outside the car curtain with Wugu, and then the military flag went west.

The marching speed of the sending-off team was much slower than Li Wenxuan imagined. When the sun was shining at noon, it was only about 30 miles away from Shangjing. Li Wenxuan wanted to ask Wugu to go down and march faster, but who knew that Wugu said This is a rule that has been set long ago. No matter which princess is getting married, the procession of seeing off the relatives has to go slowly, so that people feel that the married princess is reluctant to leave. If it is too late, someone will gossip. It would be laughed at to say that the princess is eager to get married as soon as possible.

Li Wenxuan was speechless, he could only walk steadily forward step by step, and the big black horse under his crotch seemed to have sensed the master's intentions, shaking his head and never stopping along the way, it actually looked like he was moaning and sighing.

Li Wenxuan followed the rhythm of the big black horse, swinging back and forth on the horse's back, and was about to fall asleep on the horse's back, but suddenly heard a woman behind him shout loudly: "General Li!"

At the moment there was a shock, Li Wenxuan grabbed the reins tightly, for fear of falling off the horse, turned around and saw that the person who came was a female general in silver armor, riding a white horse on her lap, with a pearl and jade gold knife on her waist, a pair of big bright eyes were shining through the black veil Stare at yourself.

Li Wenxuan said dumbly: "Mingzhu? You... why are you here?"

This female general is Mingzhu, but she didn't answer Li Wenxuan's question, she just said indifferently: "General Li, the princess is welcome!" After saying that, she turned around and left.

Li Wenxuan looked at Mingzhu's back, and asked Wugu on the side: "Why is she in the army? Why didn't I know before?"

Wugu shook his head like a rattle, and said: "The general doesn't know, and I don't know. Miss Mingzhu belongs to the princess. Of course, she won't tell us who the princess will take with her, but... but the princess is welcome. , the general should go over quickly, otherwise the princess is in a hurry and it’s not good.”

Li Wenxuan nodded again and again, feeling that what he said was reasonable, immediately galloped towards the middle of the brigade, and dismounted when he reached the station in front of Princess Yilan's colorful chariot.

Princess Yilan's chariot is more than two or three times larger than ordinary palace chariots. Although she has never entered it, she knows that Li Wenxuan must also be very gorgeously dressed. From the outside, Li Wenxuan's chariot is about the size of There is a guest room on the top.While sighing, Li Wenxuan walked to the side of the chariot, and after saluting, he asked, "Li Wenxuan has seen the princess."

"Hi, General Li, you don't need to be too polite."

From behind the bead curtain came a crisp sound as light as dripping water. If it weren't for Li Wenxuan's good hearing, he might not be able to hear this person's voice.

"Such a small voice... Is this Princess Yilan really as difficult to serve as the rumors outside? It's really not like it!" Li Wenxuan thought like this, but soon felt that something was wrong. The voice sounds gentle, but what's going on in the bones is uncertain.

Li Wenxuan asked: "I don't know what the princess has ordered?"

Princess Yilan said inside: "May I ask where the general is now?"

Li Wenxuan was in a daze when he left the city gate. Princess Yilan asked him casually, but she really stopped him. Li Wenxuan only knew that he had traveled more than 30 miles. I can only bite the bullet and say honestly: "I... I am not familiar with this place. I only know that it is about 30 miles out of the city. As for where it is now, I don't know."

As soon as this remark came out, the surrounding sergeants wanted to laugh in their ears, but they could only restrain themselves from making a sound, but the maids around the chariot couldn't help it, more than a dozen people burst out laughing at the same time There was a sound.Li Wenxuan's face was flushed with embarrassment, and Mingzhu was accompanying him on the other side of the chariot. She gave Li Wenxuan a strange look, and then said, "Princess, three miles ahead is Shilipo."

"Oh." Princess Yilan agreed softly, and then said: "General Li, why don't you take a rest at Shilipo, what do you think?"

Princess Yilan asked Li Wenxuan in a negotiating tone, but Li Wenxuan didn't dare to discuss with her, and immediately nodded in agreement. Seeing that Princess Yilan in the chariot had no other orders, she quietly left.

After Li Wenxuan left, he wiped off his sweat and went directly to Wugu. When he told him that the princess was going to take a nap in Shilipo and gave the order, Li Wenxuan asked with [-] points of doubt: "Brother Wugu, just now I Listening to Princess Yilan's words, she is very gentle and not as rumored... Cough cough."

Wogu looked at Li Wenxuan with a look of disbelief, then looked back at the princess' chariot, thought for a while, then patted his thigh and said, "Oh, no, you have to be careful, it's probably because the princess has other plans , talk kindly to you now, but when it happens, it will be a violent storm!" Then he patted Li Wenxuan on the shoulder, as if telling Li Wenxuan to take care of himself.

After Shilipo took a nap, the sending-off team continued westward, but the princess did not come to deliver the order again, and Mingzhu came to look for Li Wenxuan again, but Li Wenxuan was still restless for half the afternoon.

Before dusk, the sending-off team stopped early. According to the reason given by Wugu, escorting the princess was no different than usual marching and fighting, and it was not a big deal for everyone to lie on the ground during ordinary marching.But having the princess here is quite different now.

First of all, in order for the princess to have a good rest, the princess’s heating tent naturally needs to be carefully worked out, and it must not be sloppy. Secondly, correspondingly, the tent of the Chinese army, which is a superfluous General Li, must not be sloppy, and it also needs to be very grand. Otherwise, the royal majesty will not be displayed. In the end, the accompanying soldiers and generals must not be ambiguous, and their tents must be properly and meticulously arranged. Maybe the princess will not sleep at night and go out for a stroll. , There is a mess everywhere, so the tents, no matter how big or small, must be set up with great care.

Li Wenxuan's head was a little big when he heard it, and he secretly rejoiced that everything was managed by Wugu, so seeing them busy, Li Wenxuan couldn't help much, and naturally no one dared to ask this general to help, so Li Wenxuan simply tried to Feeling at ease, Dama ran out to find a place with a good view to sit down and drink. It was estimated that the camp was almost set up, and then stretched a long way back to the camp.

(End of this chapter)