The Splendid Medical Concubine: The Journey of a Concubine

Chapter 77 077 Protection

Chu Yunmu was satisfied and wanted to retreat, but who thought, Shen said again: "Brother Mu, before you go to play the day after tomorrow, you must do all your homework for today and tomorrow."

"Sister Chen, if he hasn't finished his homework, just ignore him."

Shen said in a joking tone, with a smile on her graceful and beautiful face, but she actually dragged Chu Qianchen into the water. Since Chu Qianchen wanted to take Chu Yunmu out to play, of course he had to watch his homework.

When Chu Yunmu met Chu Qianchen's phoenix eyes, his heart skipped a beat: He had escaped his mother's discipline, but he could not escape his second sister's "devil's claws" after all!

He asked his second sister to take him out to play, not to let her watch his homework!

Chu Yunmu swallowed, feeling an ominous premonition.

His premonition came true. In the next day and a half, he was targeted by Chu Qianchen. In addition to eating and sleeping, he was reading, writing, and memorizing.

It wasn't until the morning the day after tomorrow that he felt alive again.

On this day, Chu Yunmu got up early and rushed to Wanyan Courtyard without breakfast, for fear that he would miss the excitement if he went late.

As a result, both of them had breakfast on the carriage.

Fortunately, Grandma Chen knew Chu Yunmu’s temperament very well, and she had prepared a food box in advance, which contained snacks that were suitable for eating in hand, such as thin-skinned xiaolongbao and sweet and soft frosted millet. cakes, butter-fried cakes with crispy skin and soft inside, etc.

The carriage was filled with fragrance.

By the time the carriage arrived near the South City Gate, they had also finished their breakfast.

Grandma Chen glanced at the street outside and said with a smile: "Second Miss, Fourth Young Master, I specially booked a seat facing the street at Furui Tea House today. The view is very good. Looking down, you can see the entire South Street. It’s crystal clear.”

Grandma Chen arranged everything well, but the plan could not keep up with the changes.

Before they reached South Street, the carriage became slower and slower, and finally it was difficult to move forward.

There are noisy voices outside, near or far, coming into the carriage:

"Why are there so many people in front?"

"Don't you know yet? Today there are people from the tribe who came to Beijing to pay tribute. What are they called Xi tribesmen!"

"Didn't you say we won't arrive until noon? I was thinking of leaving the city quickly before the Fanbang people came."

“…”

Chu Yunmu quickly opened the curtains and looked outside, only to see that the street ahead was crowded with people, bustling and noisy.

Chu Yunmu became anxious and chirped: "Fortunately we came out early, otherwise we would have missed it."

"This carriage can't move. Second sister, let's walk over."

"Lao Li, stop the car quickly!"

In fact, even if Chu Yunmu didn't shout to stop, the speed of the carriage would be almost as fast as a turtle crawling.

Chu Yunmu took one of Chu Qianchen's hands and couldn't wait to get out of the carriage.

Seeing that there were many people here, Chu Qianchen held his hand tightly and never let go for a moment.

The direction of the south city gate was boiling, and excited shouts came from south to north like waves: "Coming, coming, the Fanbang people are coming!"

Everyone on the street had bright eyes and stretched their necks curiously to look in the direction of the city gate, including Chu Yunmu.

Before the people arrive, the flowers arrive first.

After a while, I saw pieces of big red petals blown by the wind, and a fine rain of petals fell in the air.

However, unlike that day when Gu Jue entered the city, where the people of the capital threw flowers spontaneously, today it was the foreigners who entered the city who rained flower petals.

The people spontaneously moved to both sides of the street, and saw several camels with gorgeous saddles walking towards them. On the backs of the tall camels sat foreigners in white clothes and white hats, with deep noses and deep noses. Most of them held a flower basket in their hands and were scattering petals into the air.

The air is filled with a fragrant fragrance of flowers, and the camel bells make clear and melodious sounds as the camels move around.

Behind the camel team, followed a motorcade, each carriage with canopy and gold paint that was very different from the Central Plains moved forward slowly. Under the sunlight, the gorgeous carriage shone with golden light, and was extremely luxurious.

The people who were watching were all in high spirits. Foreigners from foreign countries came to the capital to pay tribute, which represented the growing strength of Daqi.

If the Qi is strong, the people will be safe.

The streets were bustling with people.

When those camels passed by the siblings, Chu Yunmu couldn't bear to blink. His little face seemed to be shining. He raised his head and pointed at the camels and said: "Second sister, look, it's a camel. It's better than a horse." Much taller!”

Chu Qianchen was also smiling, but it was because of Chu Yunmu that his beautiful eyebrows softened and his eyes sparkled.

The team of aliens gradually walked away, leaving only the petals on the ground and the fragrance of flowers in the air. The atmosphere on the street has not yet cooled down, and some of the passers-by watching are still unsatisfied.

A woman from behind said in a high voice: "Why do these foreigners wear white clothes and white hats, as if they are wearing sackcloth and wearing filial piety? It is so unlucky!"

"That's right. I heard that the people from the Western Regions don't have blue eyes, green eyes, and yellow eyes? I looked at those people just now and they all seemed to have black eyes." Another man said harshly.

Chu Yunmu listened with sadness and couldn't help but pricked up his ears.

Soon, another old man retorted: "It's not like all Fanbang people have weird eyes. I heard that the Anxi people have higher noses and deeper eye sockets than us Han people..."

"Yes, it seems that there are several tribes in the northeast, and there are many people there with blue eyes and green eyes..."

“…”

So that's it. Chu Yunmu was very excited to hear it.

Unfortunately, the people around started to disperse while talking and laughing.

The streets that were originally crowded with people soon became sparse and deserted, giving the feeling of a cold and refreshing place with people walking around.

After watching the fun, Chu Yunmu, who rarely left the house, still couldn't bear to go back.

He looked around and remembered that he had seen a tea stall on the way here, so he pointed in the direction he came from and suggested: "Second sister, I'm thirsty. Let's go to the tea stall on the street in front for a drink." Is herbal tea good?”

Chu Qianchen looked down at him, looked at him, looked at him... Chu Yunmu almost started to feel guilty. He was wondering whether to use some more straw cats and dogs to coax Chu Qianchen, just to hear Chu Qianchen feel so happy. "Let's go," he said.

Chu Qianchen held Chu Yunmu's little hand and walked in the direction of the tea stall.

In order to go out today, Chu Qianchen picked out robes for Chu Yunmu last night. Today, the sister and brother are wearing clothes of the same color. They are all sky blue, simple and plain, with only the corners of the robe, the corners of the skirt and the waistband. There were some patterns embroidered on the sides, and she looked like a young man from an ordinary small family.

The siblings soon arrived at the tea stall at the end of the street.

This is a small tea stall on the roadside. It is built with a green oilcloth tent and has only six or seven tables. At this moment, half of the tables and chairs are occupied by tea drinkers.

Chu Yunmu was afraid that Chu Qianchen would regret it, so he couldn't wait to pull her to sit down, and ordered two pots of herbal tea like an adult.

The boss responded and quickly served them herbal tea.

Chu Yunmu didn't care about the herbal tea at all, and looked at the next door with burning eyes.

There were four or five people performing juggling next to the tea shop. First, a young man performed sword swallowing, and then a teenage girl in red performed a handstand on the Nine Cases. Her slender waist was as flexible as a willow branch, making it easy for her. He turned around and bent down, forming incredible postures. His body was incredibly soft.

"sharp!"

Chu Yunmu clapped his hands happily, making his palms turn red.

When the monkey raised by the juggling team came to ask for a reward with a straw hat, Chu Qianchen handed him a piece of broken silver, with understanding written in his clear phoenix eyes.

Of course, Grandma Chen understood clearly that the Fourth Young Master was here to drink herbal tea. He simply wanted to watch the sideshow.

Chu Yunmu smiled at Chu Qianchen, took the broken piece of silver and threw it into the straw hat held by the monkey.

The monkey was also a good judge of expressions. He held the straw hat and lightly jumped on the table in front of Chu Yunmu, and continued to use it.

It accidentally hit a teapot, the teapot tipped over, and the herbal tea inside flowed out from the spout and spread towards the table...

Chu Yunmu stood up in a hurry and quickly tried to hide. He got up in a hurry and hit the bench behind him, making a "clunking" sound.

The bench he was sitting on bumped into the bench behind it, eliciting a loud oath.

Chu Yunmu turned around and saw that the table behind him had been filled with people.

The man with the beard closest to Chu Yunmu stood up. He was eight feet tall and tall. There was a puddle of light brown tea stains on his chest, which was particularly eye-catching on his lake blue robe.

The slender eyes of the bearded man glared at Chu Yunmu fiercely, sharp and fierce

The monkey knew that he had gotten into trouble, so he ran away with a straw hat in hand, without bothering to ask for the reward from other tea guests.

The atmosphere in the tea shed became tense, and other tea guests also looked at Chu Yunmu and the bearded man, most of them worried.

The combat effectiveness of the two sides is really very different.

Chu Qianchen and Chu Yunmu are two siblings. One is a girl and the other is a child. They are powerless to restrain a chicken. In comparison, these three foreigners are all tall and powerful. If they really want to fight against them. If they get involved, the siblings will definitely be the ones who suffer.

"#￥%*&..." The bearded Hu cursed loudly and raised his hand to say hello to Chu Yunmu's face...

Chu Yunmu was stunned for a moment because he didn't understand what the other party said.

Fortunately, Chu Qianchen, who was sitting on his right hand, quickly grabbed him and pulled him to his side.

Chu Yunmu didn't understand, but Chu Qianchen knew that the other party was speaking Nanhao language. It seemed that this person was from Nanhao.

At the end of the previous dynasty, the court was corrupt and the people were in dire straits. Emperor Taizu of the Qi Dynasty rose up and conquered half of the country. As a last resort, the last emperor of the previous dynasty retreated to the south of the Yangtze River and established his capital in Lincheng, which was known as the Southern Wei Dynasty in history. However, the Southern Wei Dynasty only lasted for half a year before being destroyed by the Wuhe clan. The Wuhe clan established the Dahao Dynasty and Daqi faces the river. The two countries have similar national strength, but Nanhao is far from comparable to a small border tribe like the Anxi tribe.

The relationship between Northern Qi and Nan Hao was extremely delicate. In the thirty years since the founding of Northern Qi, the two countries had constant disputes. It was not until the late emperor came to power twenty years ago that the two countries reached an armistice agreement.

In the past twenty years, although the two countries have been in peace for the time being, no one knows when this peace will be broken.

On this Wanshou Festival, Nan Hao also sent envoys to congratulate the emperor on his birthday, but Nan Hao's envoys arrived half a month ago.

Obviously, these people may be members of the envoy team.

"You little bastard, you dare to hide!" Qiu Bearded Hu angrily cursed again in Nan Hao language, strode towards Chu Qianchen and Chu Yunmu, and pointed at Chu Yunmu's nose, indicating that he was not teaching Chu Yun a lesson. Mu's posture refused to let go.

Chu Qianchen took half a step forward, guarding Chu Yunmu behind him, and quietly took out a few silver needles and hid them between his fingers.

Although her skills are far from comparable to Yun Zhan and the others, she also learned some basic boxing and kicking skills from the prince in her previous life.

The prince said that girls are not as strong as men, so they should learn to be more careful. It is better to let others suffer than to suffer yourself.

Chu Qianchen pursed his lips and stood upright, silent, but exuding a calm and unhurried aura from his bones.

The bearded man didn't even pay attention to Chu Qianchen, a little girl who was as tall as his shoulders. He continued to approach, stretched out his hand suddenly, and approached Chu Qianchen...

"Tama."

At this time, a warm and clear male voice sounded, like a clear spring flowing from a mountain stream at this tense moment.

He was obviously speaking in Nanhao dialect, and most people in the teahouse couldn't understand it, but they felt that there was a soothing tranquility in the unhurried male voice.

The bearded man and other people around him, including Chu Qianchen and his brother Chu Qianchen, all looked at the owner of the voice. The other party was wearing a monk's robe as white as snow, white socks and white shoes, spotless.

He was a young monk in his twenties, with an extremely outstanding appearance. His eyes were like stars, his eyebrows were like ink, his facial features were pure and handsome, and his whole person was like a orchid or jade tree.

The white monk's robes worn on this monk not only did not make people feel uncomfortable wearing linen and mourning, but actually suited him very well, exuding a kind of noble purity that transcended all living beings, as bright as the moonlight.

He looked at the bearded Kutama with a gentle expression, and a slight smile played on his lips, which made people feel good about him.

Tama pointed to the tea stain on his chest and said to the monk in Nan Hao language: "He stained my family crest, and I must make him pay the price!"

The light brown tea stain happened to be on the tiger head pattern on his chest.

Chu Qianchen sighed silently in his heart, mourning for Chu Yunmu's luck. Nanhao people were proud of their family, and soiling his family emblem would be equivalent to humiliating his family.

Chu Qianchen looked at the beard and said loudly in Chinese: "I heard that Hao Kingdom still respects the strong. In this case, let's talk based on strength. What do you think?"

Chu Qianchen was sure that the other party could understand Chinese.

After the Wuhe family established the Hao Dynasty, they also began to Sinicize and learn to speak Chinese. Since these people have family crests and can be sent to Daqi as envoys, they are obviously nobles of Nanhao.

As soon as she said this, the other tea patrons in the tea shed were also shocked.

Recently, there have been many foreigners coming to the capital, and they all speak chirpy bird songs. Teagoers are used to it, and most of them look at these small tribes and small countries of foreign barbarians with contempt.

But Nan Hao is different.

Nan Hao has always coveted Da Qi. Half of the Central Plains is in the hands of the Nan Hao people. All the people of Da Qi have a sweet dream in their hearts. They hope that one day the Da Qi army can go south to regain the lost territory of the Han people; at the same time, they also have a nightmare, fearing that One day the Nanhao people may make an expedition to the north.

Like a stone dropped into a lake, ripples appeared. Some passers-by heard that there were Nanhao people here and gathered around the tea stall. After a while, the tea stall was surrounded by three floors inside and three floors outside. .

Hu Tama, the bearded man, looked at Chu Qianchen in astonishment.

The Daqi girl in front of him had picturesque features and bright and graceful features. Her stature was only as high as his shoulders. She was as fragile and easy to break as the delicate flowers on the branches. He could break her slender neck with just one hand.

"You..." Tama raised his finger and pointed at Chu Qianchen, and asked in standard Chinese, "Want to challenge me?"

He twitched the corner of his mouth, with a bit of sarcasm in his expression, as if to say, you, a girl, are overestimating your abilities.

Chu Qianchen pointed to the bow and arrow he had put aside and asked without answering, "Are you good at archery?"

She means to challenge the opponent with a bow shot.

The other two Nanhao people who were traveling with Qiu Bearded Hu also understood and looked at each other with mocking expressions on their faces.

Tama's arm strength was astonishing. Although he was not the best archer in Dahao, he was still an expert in his field. He was far from being comparable to a thin little girl.

To put it harshly, it is like a grown man cannot compete with a little girl in needlework. The two should not be compared together. How can a worm fly shake a big tree!

Tama grabbed his longbow and said in a rough voice: "Little girl, don't cry when you lose! As long as you and your brother kowtow to me and apologize, I will have enough to let you and your brother go."

"Second sister." Chu Yunmu nervously pulled on Chu Qianchen's skirt.

He was only five years old and had never been in such a situation before, so he was a little panicked.

He panicked, he felt that he was a man, of course he had to stand up at this time, otherwise he would be beaten twice by the bear at most!

Chu Qianchen rubbed Chu Yunmu's head and winked at him, meaning don't worry, she knew it well.

Chu Qianchen directly pushed Chu Yunmu into Nanny Chen's arms, then turned to look at the juggling team outside the tea stall, and said to the girl in red: "Girl, can I borrow your bow and arrows?" Can I use it?”

The members of this juggling troupe also have bows and arrows, one of which is smaller than the other bows. Obviously, this bow and arrow should belong to the girl in red who is performing the overlapping form.

The girl in red nodded repeatedly, pointed at her bow and arrow, and called out to the monkey: "Huahua."

The monkey understood immediately, picked up the bow and arrow skillfully, sent it to Chu Qianchen, and then ran away again.

Chu Qianchen weighed the sheep's horn bow and was quite satisfied. Although this bow was not a top-notch bow, it was very suitable for a girl like her who was not strong enough.

Without saying a word, Chu Qianchen nocked the arrow, buckled the string, and drew the bow. The series of movements were like flowing clouds and flowing water, and the bow was opened like the autumn moon moving across the sky.

Tama and other Nanhao people are all good at bow shooting, and they can tell at a glance that Chu Qianchen is not a showman, but must have practiced.

"Whoosh!"

The arrow shot out rapidly, with a cold sound of breaking through the air, as fast as lightning...

The next moment, the feathered arrow had hit a willow leaf tied with a red rope a hundred steps away.

The feather arrow nailed the willow leaf to the trunk of the willow tree. The trunk was shaken by the arrow, and the fallen leaves fell like rain.

Chu Qianchen's arrow was shot cleanly and neatly, causing an uproar among the passers-by who were watching the excitement.

"Bah bang bang!"

The girl in red was the first to applaud, and the monkey squatting next to her was also applauding.

Chu Yunmu was stunned, fearing that he would fall behind, so he clapped desperately. The second sister is so awesome!

"Sister, your archery skills are so good! You can shoot through a tree with a hundred steps!" the girl in red praised sincerely.

There were a dozen red ropes tied to the willow branches of the willow tree, which were tied by members of the previous juggling team. They were originally used to perform flying knives.

Tama couldn't hide his surprise and looked up and down at Chu Qianchen.

They Hao people have always respected the strong, and Tama didn't think that his archery skills would be inferior to that of Chu Qianchen, but this little girl's archery skills when she was only a teenager was really amazing.

He thought that when he was thirteen or fourteen years old, his archery skills might not be as accurate as hers.

It wasn't until this moment that Chu Qianchen truly caught his eye and became qualified to talk to him, or in other words, negotiate terms.

Tama curled his lips and said, "Little girl, for the sake of your archery skills, I won't argue with your brother."

If he insists on competing with a little girl like Chu Qianchen, even if he wins, it will be disgraceful.

Another Nan Hao man took out a broken piece of silver from his sleeve, put it on the table, and said in Hao language: "Go back to the post house first!"

Tama and his companions walked out of the tea stall.

The monk in white made a one-handed Buddha salute to Chu Qianchen, smiled slightly, like the spring breeze turning into rain, and his brows became warmer.

He turned around and left. As he walked, the hem of the monk's robe rippled slightly, and his back was thin and straight, like a cool breeze.

Several other people followed him, and this group of people obviously looked up to him.

"Second sister," Chu Yunmu rushed over, grabbed Chu Qianchen's left hand, and looked at her with bright eyes, "You are so awesome!"

"Can you teach me archery when you go back?"

"I'm so smart, I can definitely outshine others!"

As he talked, he started bragging about himself.

"Then you can't complain about being tired!" Chu Qianchen couldn't help but curled his lips and gave the borrowed bow and arrow to the monkey called Huahua, and also gave it the plate of plums they just ordered. Its rewards also serve as rewards for borrowing bows and arrows.

"I know, I know." Chu Yunmu said in an adult voice, "Mother said, only by enduring hardship can one become a master!"

After experiencing this little disturbance, Grandma Chen was still a little shocked and said to the two masters: "Second Miss, Fourth Young Master, the carriage is here."

What she meant was to invite the siblings back home.

The Marquis's carriage has stopped outside the tea stall.

Chu Yunmu had seen enough of the excitement. Now he just wanted to go home and learn bow shooting from Chu Qianchen, so he immediately got on the carriage.

Chu Qianchen followed him. She held Hu Hu's hand and was about to step onto the carriage when her eyes inadvertently passed by a restaurant diagonally opposite. Gu Jue was sitting by the window on the second floor of the restaurant. Looks lazy.

When he looked down from above, it was as if he was looking down from the nine heavens. In his gaze, it was as cold and indifferent as the moon shining on a cold pool.

Chu Qianchen's eyes widened slightly, he didn't expect to meet Gu Jue here at all.

She's so lucky today!

Chu Qianchen smiled sweetly, sweetly and softly.

So happy? ! Gu Jue couldn't help but twitch the corners of his mouth, and his cold eyebrows softened a bit.

Chu Qianchen was happy at first, but then his smile froze, and he thought dullly: I have to leave today, what a pity! pity

She couldn't help but glance at Nanny Chen next to her and regretted it. I should have known I would have come out without Nanny Chen.

If it was just her and Brother Mu, she could take Brother Mu to find the prince and have a few words.

She already knew that money is hard to buy. Chu Qianchen reluctantly held Hu Hu's hand and got into the carriage. She could only comfort herself in her heart: the day after tomorrow was the day to see the prince, and she could talk to him again... By the way, she You can also bring a box of walnut cakes to the prince!

Gu Jue, who was leaning against the window, put her right fist to her lips and chuckled, seemingly watching the cat's tail behind her droop down in frustration, completely unlike the arrogant and confident look she had when holding a bow and arrow just now.

"Yun Zhan," Gu Jue said, looking at the arrow that hit the willow tree trunk, "her accuracy is better than yours."

The arrow that Chu Qianchen shot just now was also seen by Gu Jue and Yunzhan and Mo Chen in the elegant seats.

Yunzhan nodded calmly and said, "Indeed."

Looking at it, Zhao Yunzhan also felt that the bearded man made a right decision. If he had to compete with Chu Qianchen, it would be difficult for him to win against her.

But if it was a competition between cavalry and shooting, shooting range, or shooting at living creatures, it would be difficult for Chu Qianchen to compare with them.

However, in this round, Chu Qianchen shot the arrow first, which meant that Qiu Bearded Hu was already in a passive position. He had to beat Chu Qianchen in the standing shot to be considered a winner.

Gu Jue picked up the tea cup and took a slow sip.

This Miss Chu Er from the Yongding Marquis Mansion not only has extraordinary medical skills, she is also quite good at archery. She has obviously been practicing for several years.

Thinking of her situation in the Hou Mansion, Gu Jue became more and more curious about where Chu Qianchen learned his good archery skills.

This girl was full of confusion, but she didn't have the slightest malice towards him. Instead, she was full of...respect, admiration, or should I say admiration?

Below, the carriage of the Yongding Marquis Mansion drove away along the street. Yun Zhan's eyes moved to the group of people on the other side. Looking at the back of the monk in white, he couldn't help but said: "Your Majesty, that one can't be... "

"Yes." Gu Jue nodded and confirmed Yun Zhan's guess, "He is Jialou."

The white-clothed monk's lay name is Wuhe Jialou. He also has another identity, that is, he is the eldest prince of the Wuhe family of Nanhao.

Nanhao and Northern Qi are two equal countries. It is somewhat similar to the Northern and Southern Dynasties period.

(End of chapter)