Daiyu of the Red Chamber raised a cat
Chapter 192
"Stupid!" Zhou Hang snorted, "Hurry up and go back to the East Palace with Master!"
What's the matter kneeling here, those who don't know think that the majestic crown prince is abusing his servants.
"Yes..." Koizumi hurriedly stood up, nodded and followed behind Zhou Hang.
The prince's chariot has been lifted to the bottom of the steps. Zhou Hang first helped Daiyu up, and then went up by himself.He thought he acted like a gentleman, but he saw the people around him drop their jaws, and then broke out in a cold sweat silently. They all looked at Daiyu and thought to themselves, is this young man who is rumored to be hundreds of years old? , why does His Royal Highness have to be so condescending?
Daiyu supported Zhou Hang's hand to get on the chariot, and she didn't feel that there was anything wrong. She used to do this when she got on the horse, as long as Zhou Hang was by her side.The chariot is covered with thick fox felt, and the bedding is also made of fox fur, which is extremely soft and comfortable.After finding a comfortable place to sit down, Daiyu signaled Zhou Hang to leave.
The two returned home with a full-length honor guard, and the momentum was not insignificant. It seemed that the crown prince was on a tour, and when he left the palace, many people gathered to watch.Everyone talked a lot, and their words showed awe of the crown prince and the military, and even exaggerated how the army of the Northern Expedition was invincible, how to turn the tide and save the army from fire and water; How to measure, how to spread beans into soldiers to call the wind and rain, and the enemies will fall in groups with a wave of your hand.
Daiyu couldn't help pursing her lips and laughing.
One is to laugh that these people have rich imaginations and vivid descriptions, even how they kill the enemy, what weapons they use, what tricks they use, how much force they use, what parts of the enemy they hit, and even the expression of the enemy when they fall down. To describe it, it's as if they went to the battlefield to kill themselves and observed carefully.
To be honest, even she herself can't remember such details.
Er Xiao These people think of her and Zhou Hang too much, as they said, they are gods.
Zhou Hang looked at Daiyu, seeing her smiling, he couldn't help but curled his lips.
She wanted to ask her what she was laughing at, but Daiyu waved her hand to let him listen.
"What do you know! Taking Mingzhu City is nothing. It has been besieged for so long, and it is a certainty. The battle that His Royal Highness directly attacked Gumo Palace was really wonderful! Our brave and mighty His Royal Highness and military advisers only brought Thousands of cavalry were chasing and fighting. It is said that after chasing for a day and a night, there were dozens of battles, large and small, and all of them were victorious. Wangcheng encountered stubborn resistance from the Gumo defenders, and next—"
A man was talking excitedly, but suddenly stopped.
The listeners were anxious, looked at him with wide-eyed eyes, and urged: "What's going on next, tell me quickly!"
"And then there was a fight."
"What next?!" He still asked.
"Didn't you say it, and then we started fighting."
The person who asked was furious: "Nonsense, of course I knew that the fight started. How did the fight go? Be more specific! You just talk about fighting, but no one knows what it is. If it's just like this, I don't need to listen to you." ?”
The speaker glanced at him with contemptuous eyes: "What are you in a hurry for, just keep listening!"
So he straightened his clothes and pretended to be a Mr. Said: "The beating was very horrific, the dead bodies were bleeding for thousands of miles, the ground was stained red, and the rivers were blocked by the dead bodies..." Then there was a shocking scene. The description of the battle scene of weeping ghosts and gods, no matter whether it is made up or what, it is always very exciting and very coherent, and there are thousands of words in one breath without stopping.
After a while, a person interjected weakly: "Did you win?"
As soon as the words fell, they were attacked by everyone's verbal attacks.
"Nonsense! Of course we won!"
"You are stupid, can His Highness appear here if you don't win the battle!"
"That's right, the crown prince and the military adviser will fight in person, how could they not win!"
"Are you stupid or stupid!"
Everyone unanimously accused the questioner.
One person even said: "Here is an honest man, please ignore him."
Zhou Hang couldn't help being happy when he heard it.Secretly thought that these people's brains are really big, they can be screenwriters in modern times, and they are still the kind of thunder rolling.It’s good that he and Daiyu captured Gumo King City and killed many people, but the people they killed never blocked the river. They still pay attention to hygiene, even if they are dead, they won’t throw them into the river. .
The two of them destroyed Gumo because of their idea of Taoism and the lone army, and they suddenly became heroes in the hearts of the people. These people put all the credit on them. They also took down Mingzhu City, and they also destroyed Rongguo. Yes, the [-] to [-] troops of the Northern Expedition spent more than half a year, and the military exploits made by enduring the scorching heat and cold winter were ignored by them, and they were even crowned.
The arrival of him and Daiyu directly contributed to the end of the war, so there is nothing wrong with saying that; but the siege of the Northern Expedition Army for more than eight months was the prerequisite for achieving the strategic goal so quickly.
Without the achievements of the Northern Expedition Army in the early stage, he and Daiyu alone would not be able to do this.
Many people are like this. They only look at the surface of things and only look at the results.
It's like the last straw that broke the camel's back. It's not that the straw is so special or powerful, it's just that the timing and conditions are just right.But people often attribute the credit to that straw. The countless straws ahead are just boring stepping stones and will not be remembered.
Daiyu frowned and said, "What these people said...is too exaggerated."
Zhou Hang took out an exquisite brocade box from his purse, opened it, and there were several candied fruits neatly arranged inside, including candied kumquats, candied lotus seeds, preserved fruits and dried longan.He held the small brocade box and handed it to Daiyu, and said, "Would you like to eat it?"
Daiyu glanced at him and asked doubtfully, "Where did you get it?"
She likes to eat these snacks, otherwise she always feels tasteless in her mouth when she is bored, so there are always reserves in the space.But this time I went out for more than two months, and the snacks, nuts, and candied fruit stored in the space were all eaten when they were in the Mobei Grassland. Some were eaten by her and Zhou Hang, and some were given to others, and they were gone long ago.
Zhou Hang smiled mysteriously, and only said, "Try it first."
Daiyu said, "You tell me first."
Zhou Hang pushed aside a dried longan, threw away the outer shell, passed the flesh to Daiyu's mouth, and said with a smile, "Open your mouth." Outsiders couldn't see it, so they looked around subconsciously, and then opened their mouths to swallow it.
"I just ordered this from my father, and my uncle was there at the time, but you were talking, and no one saw it." While talking, she looked at Daiyu's small cherry mouth, and swallowed, "Is it delicious?"
Daiyu nodded, with something in her mouth, said vaguely: "It's delicious, you can eat it too."
"Oh, good." Zhou Hang looked away in a panic, hurriedly picked up a piece of candied fruit and put it in his mouth, and chewed it desperately for a few times, only then the charming thoughts in his heart subsided a little.
The East Palace is not far from the Imperial Palace, and it took less than half an hour to arrive.
Prince Zhanshi Duwei has led all the officials of the East Palace to kneel outside the gate to greet him.Prince Zhan Shi is in charge of Zhan Shifu in the East Palace. He is the third rank, which is equivalent to the position of the chief historian in the palace. The post of prime minister is a very important position.
Dewey is a kind old man in his fifties with a handsome face.
Zhou Hang got off the chariot and helped De Wei up. The other party glanced at Daiyu and said, "Is this the military advisor?"
Zhou Hang then introduced him, and he cupped his hands and said, "I've heard of the military advisor's ability, all the officials have heard of it. It's just that being famous is not as good as meeting him. I don't want the military advisor to be so young and promising, but I feel ashamed."
He didn't believe the rumors outside that the military commander was hundreds of years old, and the reason why he looked like a young man now was just because of rejuvenation.Eight out of ten rumors are rumors, and rumors are not credible, he would rather believe what he saw with his own eyes.
So he let Daiyu in, and Zhou Hang took Daiyu's hand and walked in.
Now that Daiyu is dressed as a man, no one doubts her identity, so he just grabbed Daiyu's hand. In the eyes of others, he is just a corporal of the prince, and he doesn't think about it.On the contrary, Daiyu was a little uncomfortable, whether she struggled or not, and it was not easy to make too much noise in front of everyone, so she had to let him go.
Zhou Hang ordered his bedroom to be tidied up for Daiyu to rest in. Everyone only thought that he cherished and loved his talents and did not think otherwise.
Daiyu didn't go back to Lin's residence that night.
She slept in Zhou Hang's bedroom, and Zhou Hang slept on the bed outside.If it weren't for the hidden guards around him watching all the time, he would have wanted to enter the space directly.While lying on the bed, Zhou Hang secretly figured out that tomorrow he must discuss with the emperor Lao Tzu to remove the hidden guards.He has enough self-protection ability, what else do those hidden guards who seem to stick to people like shadows do!
Although one is outside and the other is inside, thinking of Daiyu lying on his bed now, Zhou Hang feels excited, his heart beats faster, and he doesn't feel drowsy.
Almost all night, he released his spiritual consciousness to wrap Daiyu's body and entangled him all night.
Early the next morning, the Food and Beverage Bureau prepared exquisite meals for the prince to enjoy.Because the prince left the mansion for many days, and came back after winning battles and making great achievements, the breakfast was prepared very richly, with dozens of plates and plates, and more than a dozen maids brought more than 20 red lacquer food boxes, and put them on the table. A table full.
Knowing that Daiyu doesn't like greasy food, Zhou Hang chose a few light dishes for her to eat, and ordered everyone to leave.
He didn't like a group of people standing next to him when he was eating, and Daiyu also liked to be quiet and not to be noisy.Therefore, as soon as everyone retreated, both of them felt very relaxed.Daiyu scooped red dates, longan and millet porridge with a spoon, and asked, "Do you usually eat like this?"
Seeing that she brought the steaming spoon to her mouth, it might be because it was too hot, squinted her eyes and blew it, and then opened her lips slightly, sipping it in small mouthfuls, Zhou Hang couldn't help but hooked his lips, and said, "I don't I like to be too extravagant, usually only five or six kinds of vegetarian dishes plus a few soups. This time, I am afraid that Dewey arbitrarily advocated ordering the food bureau to add dishes to celebrate my meritorious service and return to Beijing. It is understandable. Although Dewey is reticent, She doesn't look easy to get along with, but she is cautious and reliable in her work."
Daiyu hummed, and said, "I think he is also a careful person." After speaking, she still sipped the porridge in the spoon.
The spoon is not big, if it is not because it is too hot, it will be eaten in one bite.Daiyu took small sips and finished eating quickly, leaving only one red date lying quietly in the spoon.The jujube was not very hot anymore, so Daiyu opened her mouth to swallow the jujube, bit half of it, chewed with her mouth pursed, and after a while, spit the skin of the jujube into a small dish.Then she ate the other half, which had seeds, and she spit out the seeds first, and then the skin.
She ate five or six dates in this way before she put down the spoon and wiped her mouth with a handkerchief.
Zhou Hang knew that she liked jujube in porridge, but didn't like jujube skin, but he didn't know why.Adhering to the principle of asking if you don't understand, he asked.
Daiyu said, "The skin is too hard, I think it pricks my throat."
Zhou Hang waved to Koizumi, who was waiting outside, and told him to come in, and ordered: "Tell the Dianshan Bureau to remove the jujube skins when cooking porridge!"
Koizumi agreed and went quickly.
Daiyu frowned, and muttered, "No, I don't eat here every day."
Zhou Hang secretly thought, even if you are not here every day now, wouldn't you be here every day after you get married? Let them practice the kung fu of removing the date skin in advance to be prepared.
Seeing that he didn't speak, Daiyu snorted and turned her head to ignore him.
Zhou Hang asked, "Why don't you eat?"
Daiyu said, "I'm full." Then she stood up, went to a small couch beside her and sat down.
Considering that she had already eaten a steamed stuffed bun with a few small chaos and half a bowl of porridge, it should be about the same, so Zhou Hang didn't say anything more, picked up his own bowl and stuffed it into his mouth quickly and gracefully.Sitting on the small couch, Daiyu looked around, and was suddenly attracted by something on the shelf, so she got up and walked over.
It was a red-painted tube with a slightly curved tip that could be held by hand.
Daiyu walked over, played with it for a while, and asked, "What is this?"
Zhou Hang turned his head and forgot to chew the food in his mouth in shock. He hurriedly walked over, took the thing from Daiyu's hand, and said, "This thing is not for playing, be careful not to burn it!"
"What is it, worth it?!" Daiyu pouted.
"This is a musketeer, very lethal." He put the thing on the shelf again, "Do you remember the bomb that exploded the Shishimen? Although this thing is not as good as the bomb, it is a It's easy to kill someone if you accidentally go off fire."
Daiyu tilted her head: "Why haven't I heard of this thing?"
Zhou Hangdao: "This is something from the West, and I also entrusted someone to buy it."
Daiyu pursed her lips and thought for a while, then said, "If it's really as powerful as you say, wouldn't it be a disadvantage if we fight against Westerners in the future?"
Zhou Hang was surprised again.He didn't expect Daiyu to think of this level. He showed his musket to several people, but they didn't take it seriously, and no one thought that the Westerners who were far away across the ocean would one day have conflicts with him.
A group of ministers who claim to be governing the country are not as knowledgeable as Daiyu, and their minds are full of old-fashioned battles between the dead and the dead, what a fart!
Zhou Hang felt that he had found a confidant for a while, and said happily: "That's why I want to study, how to make more lethal weapons, we won't suffer if we really fight." He has investigated repeatedly, although this is an empty era, There are also many countries that did not exist in ancient Chinese history, but their general geographical distribution and historical trend are similar to those of the earth.There are Russia, France and other countries. Western countries are already developing firearms. If they do not step up their efforts, they will be bullied like the late Qing government.
Since Zhou Hang came here, of course he couldn't be reduced to that level.
Next, he plans to prevent a group of people from going to the West, first to understand the development process of Western countries.In this era, shipbuilding technology is not very developed, and it is not realistic to travel from the sea to Western countries, and it is still necessary to travel long distances by land.In the past, because Rongguo and Gumo lay between the Central Plains and the Western Regions, they often robbed and harassed business travelers along the way, which made the road leading to Western countries very difficult.Now Rongguo is gone, and Gumo is gone. Although the journey to the west is long and difficult, it is no longer as difficult as it used to be.
"How do you use this thing?" Daiyu asked again.
So Zhou Hang stopped eating, took Daiyu to the yard, and ordered someone to set up a target and show it to Daiyu.The musketeers of this period had no aiming star, and the ammunition was filled from the front barrel. It was very troublesome to refill the ammunition after firing a shot.This is also the reason why muskets are not favored by most ministers of the court, even by the generals. It takes one minute to refill the ammunition, and with that time, both arrows are shot out.
Although it is temporarily inferior to the bow and arrow in terms of speed, its lethality is much better than that of the bow and arrow, so it still has an advantage.Daiyu looked at the black hole pierced by the target, and couldn't help saying: "This thing is really powerful!"
Zhou Hangdao: "Improvements are still needed. At least the ammunition filling method must be changed. It is too troublesome to load one bullet in one shot, and the aiming star must be added."
Daiyu couldn't help asking: "What is the aiming star?"
Zhou Hang explained to her, telling her what firearms will look like in the future, how powerful they are, and how terrible the firearms have developed in the world he grew up in, one bomb can wipe out a city. For the flat earth, there are even nuclear weapons capable of destroying human beings tens of thousands of times.
Daiyu was startled when she heard this, "Will our firearms be able to destroy human beings one day?"
Zhou Hangdao: "In theory, there will be. But we can't stop studying firearms because of this. After all, there are people on the other side of the ocean who are one step ahead of us. If we don't study, they will study. By then, with the improvement of navigation technology , they will travel across the ocean to invade us, and if we don’t have weapons to match them, we will be doomed to die.”
At the end, he paused, and said slowly but firmly: "In this world, the strong is king!"
Daiyu pursed her lips and didn't speak for a long time. After a while, she raised her head, looked at Zhou Hang, and said, "I understand."
While the two were talking, De Wei walked through the Yimen Gate, stood about half a zhang away from the two of them, bowed and said, "Your Highness, military advisor, the chariots and horses are ready, and it's time for the two of you to enter the palace for the banquet."
Although Zhou Hang still had something to say, it was difficult to say it in front of Dewey, so he handed the musket to Koizumi and said, "Put it in the red sandalwood box on the shelf and lock it."
Koizumi hurriedly took it with both hands, and Wei Wei took the order.
Zhou Hang is now wearing ordinary clothes, and must change into court clothes before entering the palace.Daiyu is much simpler, she has no official status, and she doesn't need to change clothes, so she sits under the eaves and waits for Zhou Hang.It took a long time to go in before Zhou Hang walked in, wearing an apricot-yellow prince's python robe, a golden jade belt, a pair of pendants, and a golden ribbon embroidered with dragon patterns.
Zhou Hang, who was young and weak, had fully grown in stature, and after wearing the prince's court clothes, he became more and more handsome, and the maids on both sides bowed their heads and blushed when they saw it.
Daiyu couldn't help being stunned for a while, and then pulled the corners of her mouth to cover up the fluttering in her heart.
Zhou Hang walked up to Daiyu, put his arms around her shoulders, and led the people forward, complaining softly, "This dress is too cumbersome, and it makes me uncomfortable all over."
While speaking, she was already in front of the chariot, and Daiyu stepped on the wooden steps to get on the chariot.
Zhou Hang smiled and said, "Slow down, don't fall."
Seeing Daiyu getting into the car safely, sitting on the brocade mattress, she only stepped on the steps two or three times.
This day coincides with the period of the market, and there are many stalls on the street, and there are more people, and there are more onlookers and discussions.After yesterday, Daiyu no longer cared much about what she should do as they talked about them.
Looking at the things outside through the screen window, the streets are full of people and there are many things, there are clay figurine sellers, windmill sellers, and all kinds of birds in flour, colorful and beautiful.Daiyu just looked at it, but she didn't feel like selling it. She had a lot of such things.From time to time, Zhou Hang sent them, and Li Xu also sent them. Sometimes Lin Ruhai would buy them for her when she came across any strange things when she went out.
She didn't roll her eyes until she saw a man approaching with a big candied haws yelling.
Zhou Hang noticed her emotions immediately and asked, "Want to eat candied haws?"
Daiyu nodded and said, "I haven't eaten for a long time."
"What's so difficult about it?" Then he called Koizumi and ordered her to buy two bunches of candied haws.
Koizumi promised, jumped off the horse and ran to the candied haws vendor, threw a piece of silver, and bought the whole target.Naturally, Daiyu couldn't eat that much, so she picked a bunch for herself, and another for Zhou Hang, and gave the rest to the dozen or so children playing on the street corner.
The candied gourds were sweet and sour, and Daiyu ate them one by one, and she finished eating them in a short time.
Zhou Hang handed her his skewer, and Daiyu saw that he didn't eat any of it.
"Why don't you eat?" she asked.
Zhou Hang smiled and said, "I think you like it. I'm afraid a bunch won't be enough for you, so I'll keep it for you."
Hearing these words, Daiyu's heart warmed up, she was so soft that she was both moved and had an inexplicable emotion lingering all over her body.She pursed her lips and smiled, and said, "Where can I eat so much? One skewer is enough. If you eat any more, your teeth will get sore. You can eat it yourself." She remembered that Zhou Hang also liked to eat this.When they left Beijing when they were ten years old, she didn't know he was human at that time, she only thought of him as a somewhat willful kitten.When they were sitting in the sedan chair, he saw a candied haws seller jump out.
Thinking of Daiyu, she couldn't help telling the scene at that time, and said with a smile: "When you were so young, you were a greedy cat. It is also fate, you jumped into the arms of today's sage, I remember that Eunuch Wei Right next to you, your face turned pale with fright, His Majesty looked at you with a very gentle expression, and even gave you a bunch of candied haws..."
Zhou Hang thought about the scene at that time, it was the first time he saw his own father since he was born, but he didn't know it at the time.Thinking of Daiyu saying that he was young, she couldn't help but argue: "I was just a cat with a small body at that time, but I'm actually 16 years old, much older than you."
Daiyu laughed and said, "I didn't know your origin at that time, and you couldn't speak. I just thought of you as an ordinary kitten. The only special possibility is that you are more humane than ordinary kittens." Right. At that time, I thought, it’s hard life, since I picked you up, I should take good care of you..."
"So that's what you thought at that time..." Zhou Hang said and handed the candied haws to Daiyu.
Withdrew slightly, Daiyu stared at the candied haws, opened her mouth to bite one, and pushed it back around Zhou Hang, saying, "Okay, I won't eat."
Zhou Hang took one of Daiyu's hands and put it in his mouth, and said with a vague smile, "It's so sweet!"
Daiyu turned her head and ignored him.
After chatting and laughing for a while, the two arrived at the gate of the palace. They met Li Xu, Sang Sheng and Li Yu who also entered the palace according to the order, so they left together.Sang Sheng whispered to Zhou Hang that the dragon dog had been obtained, and now it was in Prince Jing's mansion, and he would send it to him later.
Zhou Hang thanked him, and said again: "This time, do you want to stay in the capital for a while?"
Sang Sheng looked at Li Xu who was walking in front, frowned and said, "It depends on your uncle."
After finishing speaking, he looked back at Zhou Hang, "What, what's the matter?"
"I have something to ask for your advice." Zhou Hang approached and told him briefly about his desire to modify the musket, asking him to help.Sang Sheng had seen the musketeer before, but the musket in his impression was not as powerful as Zhou Hang described.However, after listening to Zhou Hang's method of transformation, he thought about it carefully and thought it seemed feasible, so he told Zhou Hang an address and asked him to find him when he was free these two days.
Zhou Hang read the address silently, remembered it in his heart, and said, "Okay, I got it. Can I go anytime, so I won't disturb you and Uncle Huang?"
"..." Sang Sheng: "——say hello before you go."
Zhou Hang said: "Okay, I understand."
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The victory ceremony was held in the main hall of Wenchang Hall, and even the Supreme Emperor also participated.
The rest are the clan, ministers, ministers, and generals of the Northern Expedition.Although there were many prisoners in this battle, the population, cattle and sheep were no less than one million, and there were countless treasures.However, it is impossible for so many people to bring all of them to the capital. They only brought the royal families of Rongguo and Gumo, some important officials, generals, etc., as well as nearly a hundred bloody horses from the Western Regions.
The king of Rongguo and his sons and daughters knelt under the steps to express their submission; King Gumo and the queen also brought their little prince to their knees to express their submission.Both of them presented their king's seal and were willing to become captives at their disposal.
Li Zhao did not execute them, but pardoned their sins with a wave of his hand. He even named the two kings as Uncle Guiyi and Uncle Guishun respectively, and gave them two houses with three entrances in the capital to live in.The next step is to highly praise the achievements of the officers and men of the Northern Expedition, and to reward the meritorious deeds. The old marshal was named Wu Guogong, and a thousand households were given food, Xie Anxiong was named General Huwei, and Zheng Yu was named General Huya, all of them are second-rank Xiao Chenyu was appointed as the leader of the prince's left guard, in charge of the seventh battalion of the prince's left guard, a general of the fourth rank, and in charge of the East Palace Suwei; Li Yu went directly to the household department and served as the servant of the household department.
As for Li Xu, he was dismissed because of the reduction of officials, and only retained the title of prince. Now that he has committed a crime and made meritorious service, not only has the official been reinstated, but he has also increased the income of a thousand households.
Li Xu was not very happy. He felt that it was good for him to be light without an official, and he didn't want to be bound by an official position.
Everyone who participated in the battle, from generals to ordinary soldiers, was rewarded.Of course, in addition to official rewards, a large amount of gold and silk was also given. Even ordinary soldiers could get 20 taels of silver as a reward and ten bolts of fine cloth.
As for Zhou Hang and Daiyu, they were the first to deliver food, grass and cotton clothes in time, turning the tide of the war, and taking down Gumo by their own ability, which is a rare feat.Zhou Hang is already a prince, one person is under ten thousand people, there is nothing to reward, but Li Zhao didn't want to embarrass his son, so he rewarded him with many treasures in his private treasury, and even allocated half of the imperial cook in the imperial dining room to the East Palace. To take care of my son's diet.
Daiyu was appointed as the national teacher of Dingbang, and she was given a thousand liang of gold and two thousand food. Although she did not have a certain official position, the emperor said that the national teacher was better than a prince, and everyone should treat her as a prince.
Daiyu noticed that everyone looked at her differently, and she couldn't tell what the difference was. It seemed that there was more respect, but there were also a few people who were very unkind, and it seemed that jealousy was mixed with disdain.
She doesn't care about these, anyway, after today, there will be no shadow of Dingbang Guoshi in the world.Everyone wants to ask, and the excuse is easy to say, after the national teacher helped the prince to eradicate the evil, he went to wander in seclusion.This is just a foolish sentence, and they will not be able to find it if they try to find it in the future.Today she made a mysterious spell, which is to make everyone present can see her face clearly but also can't see her face clearly.To be specific, it is when you can see it clearly, but you can't remember what it looked like after it passed.Moreover, the impression in my mind became blurred day by day, and after ten days and half a month, I could only remember some outlines.For example, being young, handsome, and slender is a feature that is feasible for many people.
In this way, you don't have to worry about being bumped into by these people in the future, causing unnecessary trouble.
Of course, there are a few that she can remember, that is, Li Xu, Li Zhao, Li Yu and others that she regards as her own, but these people will never betray her.
After conferring the rewards, Li Zhao asked again, "Where is Du Kun, the Recorder?"
Suddenly, a man in a long gown flashed across the crowd, with a goatee, knelt down and said, "The minister is here."
Li Zhao patted his chin and lingered on Du Kun's body, and shouted, "Du Kun, are you guilty?!"
Du Kun was so frightened that he kowtowed and said that he knew the crime. After several kowtows, when Li Xu asked him if he knew what crime he had committed, he was suddenly stunned.Yes, what crime did he commit?Even he himself doesn't know.Thinking of him as a small office, he has been an official for more than 20 years, and the number of interviews with saints can be counted on five fingers, and he is always reprimanded from a distance, without a chance to speak.This time the emperor called him out of the blue, and he said in a questioning tone of "You are guilty!", so he couldn't care less about what crime he had committed.
Seeing that he was at a loss, Li Zhao said slowly, "You gave the crown prince and the national adviser a fake map, which caused the army to enter the enemy's ambush circle, which almost caused a big mistake. Even the crown prince was put in danger. Isn't it a big crime?"
"Holy... Your Majesty, the guilty minister, the guilty minister..."
Li Zhao waved his hand and didn't let him continue, but said flatly: "The national teacher has already found out that the fake map was given by you, but you were controlled by the villain at that time, and you didn't know it was fake. Although there is love It turns out that it was your fault after all, and you should bear part of the responsibility. This time, the merits and demerits will be offset, so let's not punish or reward..."
Du Kun was covered in cold sweat at this time, his clothes were cold against his skin, and he kowtowed, "Thank you, my lord."
Next is the celebration banquet.
After taking down two enemy countries in one fell swoop, the Supreme Emperor was in a good mood and also appeared at the celebration banquet.He hadn't attended the courtier's banquet for a long time, and this was considered a special case.Li Zhao toasted the Supreme Emperor, complimented him very much, and tried his best to give the credit for this time to the Supreme Emperor, saying that he was the most powerful in the country and the hearts of all the people, so that the soldiers in the front fought bravely and killed the enemy.Besides, the old marshal was originally a general who had risen from the emperor's reign, and to praise him was to praise the emperor for being good at discovering talents and employing people.
The Supreme Emperor became more and more happy. After drinking for three times, he pointed to Zhou Hang and said to Li Zhao: "You have given birth to a good son, and Daqin will be handed over to you, so I don't worry, don't worry..."
As he spoke, the wine cup made of pure gold in his hand shook, and some wine spilled out, and he couldn't sit still, and slowly poured it to one side.
Li Zhao stepped forward, supported him, and said, "Father, you are drunk, go back and have a rest."
The Supreme Emperor waved his hand and muttered: "I'm not drunk, who said—who said I'm drunk, I'm happy, I'm not drunk! Come here, pour wine, pour good wine, I can still eat three more jars—"
There is no way to reason with a drunk person, especially if the drunk person is still his elder, he can only rely on coaxing.
While supporting the Supreme Emperor, Li Zhao said: "Okay, okay, you are not drunk, you are not drunk..." So he coaxed him to drink inside, and ordered several maids to help him into the inner hall.
Pushing cups and changing cups, the banquet lasted for more than an hour.Many soldiers were very drunk, Zhou Hang squinted his eyes and seemed a little drunk, he blocked most of the wine for Daiyu.As a monk, his alcohol capacity is comparable to others, and if he sobers up with exercises, he will not get drunk at all.But today he didn't use exercises to hangover, he ate too much, although he wasn't very drunk, he was still a bit confused.
So he leaned on Daiyu's body with his confused energy, resting his head on her leg.
The two seats are next to each other, which is cheap.
Li Zhao glanced at it, thinking that this kid is really bad.That girl Daiyu is honest, she didn't see that most of the brat's drunkenness was fake, but he could see it clearly.If it wasn't for the fact that this bad boy was his son, and that Daiyu was married to him by decree, if he took advantage of a girl like this, he would definitely kick him out!
The Victory Presentation Ceremony was held in the morning, and the banquet started at [-]:[-] p.m. and lasted until the end of the day, that is, it ended in the afternoon.The ministers and soldiers left the palace crookedly supported by eunuchs, but Zhou Hang and Daiyu did not go back, Li Zhao arranged for them to rest in the Qilin Palace.
Zhou Hang was lying on the bed pretending to be drunk, so that Daiyu would take care of him.
Unexpectedly, he pretended to be faking and fell asleep. This time he fell asleep until the sun was setting.Opening his eyes and seeing the apricot-yellow curtains, he suddenly realized that he was in the palace, so he hurried to work, pulled the brocade quilt covering his body to the side, and sat on the edge of the bed to put on his shoes in a daze.Just as he put his feet on the pedals, he stretched out his hand to grab the shoes, but met a pair of hands, he was startled subconsciously, and looked up, but Koizumi was kneeling under the pedals, holding the boots with both hands and waiting for him to put them on.
Where is Daiyu?Thinking about it, he hurriedly looked around, but there was no sign of Daiyu.
Koizumi seemed to sense that he was looking for Daiyu, and hurriedly said: "The national teacher is with Long Live Lord." While speaking, he dutifully took Zhou Hang's feet and put on his boots.
Zhou Hang's mind was no longer here, and he secretly thought that Daiyu was not guarding here, and what was he doing with the emperor Laozi.No, he has to go and see!Thinking about not waiting for Koizumi to serve him, he kicked up the boots, put them on his feet, pulled the robe hanging on the screen and put it on his body, tied the jade belt, and went out, opened the curtain and went out in an instant .
Holding the jade pendant, Koizumi hurriedly opened the curtain and chased after him: "My lord, wait, you haven't worn the jade pendant yet!"
How can Zhou Hang care about the jade pendant or not, he left early and disappeared.
He went all the way to Li Zhao's place, and broke in without waiting for anyone to inform him.Seeing that it was the prince, the guards didn't dare to stop him, they just followed behind and knelt down on one knee and said: "Your Highness the prince forced his way in, I can't stop you."
Li Zhao was talking to Daiyu, when he heard that he raised his head and glanced at Zhou Hang, the corners of his lips curled up slightly.Then he waved his hand from the guards who came in, and said: "From now on, whenever the prince comes, he will be allowed to go, there is no need to notify, you just step back!"
The guard said "Receive the order!", then bowed and retreated.
Here Zhou Hang has strode up to Daiyu, who is looking at him frowning.Zhou Hang suddenly realized that Daiyu's frown might have something to do with the fact that he just barged in without knowing the etiquette, and that he didn't salute when he saw the emperor.Although Daiyu has a broad vision and emancipated her mind, she is an ancient person after all, who pays attention to etiquette and filial piety.
So, Zhou Hang stood still, straightened his waist, cupped his hands and said, "I pay my respects to my father."
Li Zhao waved his hands with a smile, and said, "Forget it. I'm talking to Yu'er about you on the battlefield, so sit down and listen."
Zhou Hang raised his eyebrows and said, "Are you talking about me again?"
Li Zhao: "That's right, let's talk about you."
"What do you say about me?" He was suddenly curious about what Daiyu would say about him in front of the emperor, whether it was good or bad.
It should be to praise him, but she never speaks badly about people behind their backs.
The author has something to say:
Forgive the stupid author for being slow, only now did I see some little fairies giving overlord tickets and nutrient solution.
Unified thanks to:
Thank you Fairy Xueluo for the bazooka
Thank you for the memory of the Seine River, fish language, Wu Jianliang's mother and Tingying's nutrient solution
Speaking of which, I have been under a lot of pressure recently, there are many things every day, my health is not very good, and I have to squeeze the time code, sometimes I really don’t have the energy to watch the backstage, please forgive me~
What's the matter kneeling here, those who don't know think that the majestic crown prince is abusing his servants.
"Yes..." Koizumi hurriedly stood up, nodded and followed behind Zhou Hang.
The prince's chariot has been lifted to the bottom of the steps. Zhou Hang first helped Daiyu up, and then went up by himself.He thought he acted like a gentleman, but he saw the people around him drop their jaws, and then broke out in a cold sweat silently. They all looked at Daiyu and thought to themselves, is this young man who is rumored to be hundreds of years old? , why does His Royal Highness have to be so condescending?
Daiyu supported Zhou Hang's hand to get on the chariot, and she didn't feel that there was anything wrong. She used to do this when she got on the horse, as long as Zhou Hang was by her side.The chariot is covered with thick fox felt, and the bedding is also made of fox fur, which is extremely soft and comfortable.After finding a comfortable place to sit down, Daiyu signaled Zhou Hang to leave.
The two returned home with a full-length honor guard, and the momentum was not insignificant. It seemed that the crown prince was on a tour, and when he left the palace, many people gathered to watch.Everyone talked a lot, and their words showed awe of the crown prince and the military, and even exaggerated how the army of the Northern Expedition was invincible, how to turn the tide and save the army from fire and water; How to measure, how to spread beans into soldiers to call the wind and rain, and the enemies will fall in groups with a wave of your hand.
Daiyu couldn't help pursing her lips and laughing.
One is to laugh that these people have rich imaginations and vivid descriptions, even how they kill the enemy, what weapons they use, what tricks they use, how much force they use, what parts of the enemy they hit, and even the expression of the enemy when they fall down. To describe it, it's as if they went to the battlefield to kill themselves and observed carefully.
To be honest, even she herself can't remember such details.
Er Xiao These people think of her and Zhou Hang too much, as they said, they are gods.
Zhou Hang looked at Daiyu, seeing her smiling, he couldn't help but curled his lips.
She wanted to ask her what she was laughing at, but Daiyu waved her hand to let him listen.
"What do you know! Taking Mingzhu City is nothing. It has been besieged for so long, and it is a certainty. The battle that His Royal Highness directly attacked Gumo Palace was really wonderful! Our brave and mighty His Royal Highness and military advisers only brought Thousands of cavalry were chasing and fighting. It is said that after chasing for a day and a night, there were dozens of battles, large and small, and all of them were victorious. Wangcheng encountered stubborn resistance from the Gumo defenders, and next—"
A man was talking excitedly, but suddenly stopped.
The listeners were anxious, looked at him with wide-eyed eyes, and urged: "What's going on next, tell me quickly!"
"And then there was a fight."
"What next?!" He still asked.
"Didn't you say it, and then we started fighting."
The person who asked was furious: "Nonsense, of course I knew that the fight started. How did the fight go? Be more specific! You just talk about fighting, but no one knows what it is. If it's just like this, I don't need to listen to you." ?”
The speaker glanced at him with contemptuous eyes: "What are you in a hurry for, just keep listening!"
So he straightened his clothes and pretended to be a Mr. Said: "The beating was very horrific, the dead bodies were bleeding for thousands of miles, the ground was stained red, and the rivers were blocked by the dead bodies..." Then there was a shocking scene. The description of the battle scene of weeping ghosts and gods, no matter whether it is made up or what, it is always very exciting and very coherent, and there are thousands of words in one breath without stopping.
After a while, a person interjected weakly: "Did you win?"
As soon as the words fell, they were attacked by everyone's verbal attacks.
"Nonsense! Of course we won!"
"You are stupid, can His Highness appear here if you don't win the battle!"
"That's right, the crown prince and the military adviser will fight in person, how could they not win!"
"Are you stupid or stupid!"
Everyone unanimously accused the questioner.
One person even said: "Here is an honest man, please ignore him."
Zhou Hang couldn't help being happy when he heard it.Secretly thought that these people's brains are really big, they can be screenwriters in modern times, and they are still the kind of thunder rolling.It’s good that he and Daiyu captured Gumo King City and killed many people, but the people they killed never blocked the river. They still pay attention to hygiene, even if they are dead, they won’t throw them into the river. .
The two of them destroyed Gumo because of their idea of Taoism and the lone army, and they suddenly became heroes in the hearts of the people. These people put all the credit on them. They also took down Mingzhu City, and they also destroyed Rongguo. Yes, the [-] to [-] troops of the Northern Expedition spent more than half a year, and the military exploits made by enduring the scorching heat and cold winter were ignored by them, and they were even crowned.
The arrival of him and Daiyu directly contributed to the end of the war, so there is nothing wrong with saying that; but the siege of the Northern Expedition Army for more than eight months was the prerequisite for achieving the strategic goal so quickly.
Without the achievements of the Northern Expedition Army in the early stage, he and Daiyu alone would not be able to do this.
Many people are like this. They only look at the surface of things and only look at the results.
It's like the last straw that broke the camel's back. It's not that the straw is so special or powerful, it's just that the timing and conditions are just right.But people often attribute the credit to that straw. The countless straws ahead are just boring stepping stones and will not be remembered.
Daiyu frowned and said, "What these people said...is too exaggerated."
Zhou Hang took out an exquisite brocade box from his purse, opened it, and there were several candied fruits neatly arranged inside, including candied kumquats, candied lotus seeds, preserved fruits and dried longan.He held the small brocade box and handed it to Daiyu, and said, "Would you like to eat it?"
Daiyu glanced at him and asked doubtfully, "Where did you get it?"
She likes to eat these snacks, otherwise she always feels tasteless in her mouth when she is bored, so there are always reserves in the space.But this time I went out for more than two months, and the snacks, nuts, and candied fruit stored in the space were all eaten when they were in the Mobei Grassland. Some were eaten by her and Zhou Hang, and some were given to others, and they were gone long ago.
Zhou Hang smiled mysteriously, and only said, "Try it first."
Daiyu said, "You tell me first."
Zhou Hang pushed aside a dried longan, threw away the outer shell, passed the flesh to Daiyu's mouth, and said with a smile, "Open your mouth." Outsiders couldn't see it, so they looked around subconsciously, and then opened their mouths to swallow it.
"I just ordered this from my father, and my uncle was there at the time, but you were talking, and no one saw it." While talking, she looked at Daiyu's small cherry mouth, and swallowed, "Is it delicious?"
Daiyu nodded, with something in her mouth, said vaguely: "It's delicious, you can eat it too."
"Oh, good." Zhou Hang looked away in a panic, hurriedly picked up a piece of candied fruit and put it in his mouth, and chewed it desperately for a few times, only then the charming thoughts in his heart subsided a little.
The East Palace is not far from the Imperial Palace, and it took less than half an hour to arrive.
Prince Zhanshi Duwei has led all the officials of the East Palace to kneel outside the gate to greet him.Prince Zhan Shi is in charge of Zhan Shifu in the East Palace. He is the third rank, which is equivalent to the position of the chief historian in the palace. The post of prime minister is a very important position.
Dewey is a kind old man in his fifties with a handsome face.
Zhou Hang got off the chariot and helped De Wei up. The other party glanced at Daiyu and said, "Is this the military advisor?"
Zhou Hang then introduced him, and he cupped his hands and said, "I've heard of the military advisor's ability, all the officials have heard of it. It's just that being famous is not as good as meeting him. I don't want the military advisor to be so young and promising, but I feel ashamed."
He didn't believe the rumors outside that the military commander was hundreds of years old, and the reason why he looked like a young man now was just because of rejuvenation.Eight out of ten rumors are rumors, and rumors are not credible, he would rather believe what he saw with his own eyes.
So he let Daiyu in, and Zhou Hang took Daiyu's hand and walked in.
Now that Daiyu is dressed as a man, no one doubts her identity, so he just grabbed Daiyu's hand. In the eyes of others, he is just a corporal of the prince, and he doesn't think about it.On the contrary, Daiyu was a little uncomfortable, whether she struggled or not, and it was not easy to make too much noise in front of everyone, so she had to let him go.
Zhou Hang ordered his bedroom to be tidied up for Daiyu to rest in. Everyone only thought that he cherished and loved his talents and did not think otherwise.
Daiyu didn't go back to Lin's residence that night.
She slept in Zhou Hang's bedroom, and Zhou Hang slept on the bed outside.If it weren't for the hidden guards around him watching all the time, he would have wanted to enter the space directly.While lying on the bed, Zhou Hang secretly figured out that tomorrow he must discuss with the emperor Lao Tzu to remove the hidden guards.He has enough self-protection ability, what else do those hidden guards who seem to stick to people like shadows do!
Although one is outside and the other is inside, thinking of Daiyu lying on his bed now, Zhou Hang feels excited, his heart beats faster, and he doesn't feel drowsy.
Almost all night, he released his spiritual consciousness to wrap Daiyu's body and entangled him all night.
Early the next morning, the Food and Beverage Bureau prepared exquisite meals for the prince to enjoy.Because the prince left the mansion for many days, and came back after winning battles and making great achievements, the breakfast was prepared very richly, with dozens of plates and plates, and more than a dozen maids brought more than 20 red lacquer food boxes, and put them on the table. A table full.
Knowing that Daiyu doesn't like greasy food, Zhou Hang chose a few light dishes for her to eat, and ordered everyone to leave.
He didn't like a group of people standing next to him when he was eating, and Daiyu also liked to be quiet and not to be noisy.Therefore, as soon as everyone retreated, both of them felt very relaxed.Daiyu scooped red dates, longan and millet porridge with a spoon, and asked, "Do you usually eat like this?"
Seeing that she brought the steaming spoon to her mouth, it might be because it was too hot, squinted her eyes and blew it, and then opened her lips slightly, sipping it in small mouthfuls, Zhou Hang couldn't help but hooked his lips, and said, "I don't I like to be too extravagant, usually only five or six kinds of vegetarian dishes plus a few soups. This time, I am afraid that Dewey arbitrarily advocated ordering the food bureau to add dishes to celebrate my meritorious service and return to Beijing. It is understandable. Although Dewey is reticent, She doesn't look easy to get along with, but she is cautious and reliable in her work."
Daiyu hummed, and said, "I think he is also a careful person." After speaking, she still sipped the porridge in the spoon.
The spoon is not big, if it is not because it is too hot, it will be eaten in one bite.Daiyu took small sips and finished eating quickly, leaving only one red date lying quietly in the spoon.The jujube was not very hot anymore, so Daiyu opened her mouth to swallow the jujube, bit half of it, chewed with her mouth pursed, and after a while, spit the skin of the jujube into a small dish.Then she ate the other half, which had seeds, and she spit out the seeds first, and then the skin.
She ate five or six dates in this way before she put down the spoon and wiped her mouth with a handkerchief.
Zhou Hang knew that she liked jujube in porridge, but didn't like jujube skin, but he didn't know why.Adhering to the principle of asking if you don't understand, he asked.
Daiyu said, "The skin is too hard, I think it pricks my throat."
Zhou Hang waved to Koizumi, who was waiting outside, and told him to come in, and ordered: "Tell the Dianshan Bureau to remove the jujube skins when cooking porridge!"
Koizumi agreed and went quickly.
Daiyu frowned, and muttered, "No, I don't eat here every day."
Zhou Hang secretly thought, even if you are not here every day now, wouldn't you be here every day after you get married? Let them practice the kung fu of removing the date skin in advance to be prepared.
Seeing that he didn't speak, Daiyu snorted and turned her head to ignore him.
Zhou Hang asked, "Why don't you eat?"
Daiyu said, "I'm full." Then she stood up, went to a small couch beside her and sat down.
Considering that she had already eaten a steamed stuffed bun with a few small chaos and half a bowl of porridge, it should be about the same, so Zhou Hang didn't say anything more, picked up his own bowl and stuffed it into his mouth quickly and gracefully.Sitting on the small couch, Daiyu looked around, and was suddenly attracted by something on the shelf, so she got up and walked over.
It was a red-painted tube with a slightly curved tip that could be held by hand.
Daiyu walked over, played with it for a while, and asked, "What is this?"
Zhou Hang turned his head and forgot to chew the food in his mouth in shock. He hurriedly walked over, took the thing from Daiyu's hand, and said, "This thing is not for playing, be careful not to burn it!"
"What is it, worth it?!" Daiyu pouted.
"This is a musketeer, very lethal." He put the thing on the shelf again, "Do you remember the bomb that exploded the Shishimen? Although this thing is not as good as the bomb, it is a It's easy to kill someone if you accidentally go off fire."
Daiyu tilted her head: "Why haven't I heard of this thing?"
Zhou Hangdao: "This is something from the West, and I also entrusted someone to buy it."
Daiyu pursed her lips and thought for a while, then said, "If it's really as powerful as you say, wouldn't it be a disadvantage if we fight against Westerners in the future?"
Zhou Hang was surprised again.He didn't expect Daiyu to think of this level. He showed his musket to several people, but they didn't take it seriously, and no one thought that the Westerners who were far away across the ocean would one day have conflicts with him.
A group of ministers who claim to be governing the country are not as knowledgeable as Daiyu, and their minds are full of old-fashioned battles between the dead and the dead, what a fart!
Zhou Hang felt that he had found a confidant for a while, and said happily: "That's why I want to study, how to make more lethal weapons, we won't suffer if we really fight." He has investigated repeatedly, although this is an empty era, There are also many countries that did not exist in ancient Chinese history, but their general geographical distribution and historical trend are similar to those of the earth.There are Russia, France and other countries. Western countries are already developing firearms. If they do not step up their efforts, they will be bullied like the late Qing government.
Since Zhou Hang came here, of course he couldn't be reduced to that level.
Next, he plans to prevent a group of people from going to the West, first to understand the development process of Western countries.In this era, shipbuilding technology is not very developed, and it is not realistic to travel from the sea to Western countries, and it is still necessary to travel long distances by land.In the past, because Rongguo and Gumo lay between the Central Plains and the Western Regions, they often robbed and harassed business travelers along the way, which made the road leading to Western countries very difficult.Now Rongguo is gone, and Gumo is gone. Although the journey to the west is long and difficult, it is no longer as difficult as it used to be.
"How do you use this thing?" Daiyu asked again.
So Zhou Hang stopped eating, took Daiyu to the yard, and ordered someone to set up a target and show it to Daiyu.The musketeers of this period had no aiming star, and the ammunition was filled from the front barrel. It was very troublesome to refill the ammunition after firing a shot.This is also the reason why muskets are not favored by most ministers of the court, even by the generals. It takes one minute to refill the ammunition, and with that time, both arrows are shot out.
Although it is temporarily inferior to the bow and arrow in terms of speed, its lethality is much better than that of the bow and arrow, so it still has an advantage.Daiyu looked at the black hole pierced by the target, and couldn't help saying: "This thing is really powerful!"
Zhou Hangdao: "Improvements are still needed. At least the ammunition filling method must be changed. It is too troublesome to load one bullet in one shot, and the aiming star must be added."
Daiyu couldn't help asking: "What is the aiming star?"
Zhou Hang explained to her, telling her what firearms will look like in the future, how powerful they are, and how terrible the firearms have developed in the world he grew up in, one bomb can wipe out a city. For the flat earth, there are even nuclear weapons capable of destroying human beings tens of thousands of times.
Daiyu was startled when she heard this, "Will our firearms be able to destroy human beings one day?"
Zhou Hangdao: "In theory, there will be. But we can't stop studying firearms because of this. After all, there are people on the other side of the ocean who are one step ahead of us. If we don't study, they will study. By then, with the improvement of navigation technology , they will travel across the ocean to invade us, and if we don’t have weapons to match them, we will be doomed to die.”
At the end, he paused, and said slowly but firmly: "In this world, the strong is king!"
Daiyu pursed her lips and didn't speak for a long time. After a while, she raised her head, looked at Zhou Hang, and said, "I understand."
While the two were talking, De Wei walked through the Yimen Gate, stood about half a zhang away from the two of them, bowed and said, "Your Highness, military advisor, the chariots and horses are ready, and it's time for the two of you to enter the palace for the banquet."
Although Zhou Hang still had something to say, it was difficult to say it in front of Dewey, so he handed the musket to Koizumi and said, "Put it in the red sandalwood box on the shelf and lock it."
Koizumi hurriedly took it with both hands, and Wei Wei took the order.
Zhou Hang is now wearing ordinary clothes, and must change into court clothes before entering the palace.Daiyu is much simpler, she has no official status, and she doesn't need to change clothes, so she sits under the eaves and waits for Zhou Hang.It took a long time to go in before Zhou Hang walked in, wearing an apricot-yellow prince's python robe, a golden jade belt, a pair of pendants, and a golden ribbon embroidered with dragon patterns.
Zhou Hang, who was young and weak, had fully grown in stature, and after wearing the prince's court clothes, he became more and more handsome, and the maids on both sides bowed their heads and blushed when they saw it.
Daiyu couldn't help being stunned for a while, and then pulled the corners of her mouth to cover up the fluttering in her heart.
Zhou Hang walked up to Daiyu, put his arms around her shoulders, and led the people forward, complaining softly, "This dress is too cumbersome, and it makes me uncomfortable all over."
While speaking, she was already in front of the chariot, and Daiyu stepped on the wooden steps to get on the chariot.
Zhou Hang smiled and said, "Slow down, don't fall."
Seeing Daiyu getting into the car safely, sitting on the brocade mattress, she only stepped on the steps two or three times.
This day coincides with the period of the market, and there are many stalls on the street, and there are more people, and there are more onlookers and discussions.After yesterday, Daiyu no longer cared much about what she should do as they talked about them.
Looking at the things outside through the screen window, the streets are full of people and there are many things, there are clay figurine sellers, windmill sellers, and all kinds of birds in flour, colorful and beautiful.Daiyu just looked at it, but she didn't feel like selling it. She had a lot of such things.From time to time, Zhou Hang sent them, and Li Xu also sent them. Sometimes Lin Ruhai would buy them for her when she came across any strange things when she went out.
She didn't roll her eyes until she saw a man approaching with a big candied haws yelling.
Zhou Hang noticed her emotions immediately and asked, "Want to eat candied haws?"
Daiyu nodded and said, "I haven't eaten for a long time."
"What's so difficult about it?" Then he called Koizumi and ordered her to buy two bunches of candied haws.
Koizumi promised, jumped off the horse and ran to the candied haws vendor, threw a piece of silver, and bought the whole target.Naturally, Daiyu couldn't eat that much, so she picked a bunch for herself, and another for Zhou Hang, and gave the rest to the dozen or so children playing on the street corner.
The candied gourds were sweet and sour, and Daiyu ate them one by one, and she finished eating them in a short time.
Zhou Hang handed her his skewer, and Daiyu saw that he didn't eat any of it.
"Why don't you eat?" she asked.
Zhou Hang smiled and said, "I think you like it. I'm afraid a bunch won't be enough for you, so I'll keep it for you."
Hearing these words, Daiyu's heart warmed up, she was so soft that she was both moved and had an inexplicable emotion lingering all over her body.She pursed her lips and smiled, and said, "Where can I eat so much? One skewer is enough. If you eat any more, your teeth will get sore. You can eat it yourself." She remembered that Zhou Hang also liked to eat this.When they left Beijing when they were ten years old, she didn't know he was human at that time, she only thought of him as a somewhat willful kitten.When they were sitting in the sedan chair, he saw a candied haws seller jump out.
Thinking of Daiyu, she couldn't help telling the scene at that time, and said with a smile: "When you were so young, you were a greedy cat. It is also fate, you jumped into the arms of today's sage, I remember that Eunuch Wei Right next to you, your face turned pale with fright, His Majesty looked at you with a very gentle expression, and even gave you a bunch of candied haws..."
Zhou Hang thought about the scene at that time, it was the first time he saw his own father since he was born, but he didn't know it at the time.Thinking of Daiyu saying that he was young, she couldn't help but argue: "I was just a cat with a small body at that time, but I'm actually 16 years old, much older than you."
Daiyu laughed and said, "I didn't know your origin at that time, and you couldn't speak. I just thought of you as an ordinary kitten. The only special possibility is that you are more humane than ordinary kittens." Right. At that time, I thought, it’s hard life, since I picked you up, I should take good care of you..."
"So that's what you thought at that time..." Zhou Hang said and handed the candied haws to Daiyu.
Withdrew slightly, Daiyu stared at the candied haws, opened her mouth to bite one, and pushed it back around Zhou Hang, saying, "Okay, I won't eat."
Zhou Hang took one of Daiyu's hands and put it in his mouth, and said with a vague smile, "It's so sweet!"
Daiyu turned her head and ignored him.
After chatting and laughing for a while, the two arrived at the gate of the palace. They met Li Xu, Sang Sheng and Li Yu who also entered the palace according to the order, so they left together.Sang Sheng whispered to Zhou Hang that the dragon dog had been obtained, and now it was in Prince Jing's mansion, and he would send it to him later.
Zhou Hang thanked him, and said again: "This time, do you want to stay in the capital for a while?"
Sang Sheng looked at Li Xu who was walking in front, frowned and said, "It depends on your uncle."
After finishing speaking, he looked back at Zhou Hang, "What, what's the matter?"
"I have something to ask for your advice." Zhou Hang approached and told him briefly about his desire to modify the musket, asking him to help.Sang Sheng had seen the musketeer before, but the musket in his impression was not as powerful as Zhou Hang described.However, after listening to Zhou Hang's method of transformation, he thought about it carefully and thought it seemed feasible, so he told Zhou Hang an address and asked him to find him when he was free these two days.
Zhou Hang read the address silently, remembered it in his heart, and said, "Okay, I got it. Can I go anytime, so I won't disturb you and Uncle Huang?"
"..." Sang Sheng: "——say hello before you go."
Zhou Hang said: "Okay, I understand."
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The victory ceremony was held in the main hall of Wenchang Hall, and even the Supreme Emperor also participated.
The rest are the clan, ministers, ministers, and generals of the Northern Expedition.Although there were many prisoners in this battle, the population, cattle and sheep were no less than one million, and there were countless treasures.However, it is impossible for so many people to bring all of them to the capital. They only brought the royal families of Rongguo and Gumo, some important officials, generals, etc., as well as nearly a hundred bloody horses from the Western Regions.
The king of Rongguo and his sons and daughters knelt under the steps to express their submission; King Gumo and the queen also brought their little prince to their knees to express their submission.Both of them presented their king's seal and were willing to become captives at their disposal.
Li Zhao did not execute them, but pardoned their sins with a wave of his hand. He even named the two kings as Uncle Guiyi and Uncle Guishun respectively, and gave them two houses with three entrances in the capital to live in.The next step is to highly praise the achievements of the officers and men of the Northern Expedition, and to reward the meritorious deeds. The old marshal was named Wu Guogong, and a thousand households were given food, Xie Anxiong was named General Huwei, and Zheng Yu was named General Huya, all of them are second-rank Xiao Chenyu was appointed as the leader of the prince's left guard, in charge of the seventh battalion of the prince's left guard, a general of the fourth rank, and in charge of the East Palace Suwei; Li Yu went directly to the household department and served as the servant of the household department.
As for Li Xu, he was dismissed because of the reduction of officials, and only retained the title of prince. Now that he has committed a crime and made meritorious service, not only has the official been reinstated, but he has also increased the income of a thousand households.
Li Xu was not very happy. He felt that it was good for him to be light without an official, and he didn't want to be bound by an official position.
Everyone who participated in the battle, from generals to ordinary soldiers, was rewarded.Of course, in addition to official rewards, a large amount of gold and silk was also given. Even ordinary soldiers could get 20 taels of silver as a reward and ten bolts of fine cloth.
As for Zhou Hang and Daiyu, they were the first to deliver food, grass and cotton clothes in time, turning the tide of the war, and taking down Gumo by their own ability, which is a rare feat.Zhou Hang is already a prince, one person is under ten thousand people, there is nothing to reward, but Li Zhao didn't want to embarrass his son, so he rewarded him with many treasures in his private treasury, and even allocated half of the imperial cook in the imperial dining room to the East Palace. To take care of my son's diet.
Daiyu was appointed as the national teacher of Dingbang, and she was given a thousand liang of gold and two thousand food. Although she did not have a certain official position, the emperor said that the national teacher was better than a prince, and everyone should treat her as a prince.
Daiyu noticed that everyone looked at her differently, and she couldn't tell what the difference was. It seemed that there was more respect, but there were also a few people who were very unkind, and it seemed that jealousy was mixed with disdain.
She doesn't care about these, anyway, after today, there will be no shadow of Dingbang Guoshi in the world.Everyone wants to ask, and the excuse is easy to say, after the national teacher helped the prince to eradicate the evil, he went to wander in seclusion.This is just a foolish sentence, and they will not be able to find it if they try to find it in the future.Today she made a mysterious spell, which is to make everyone present can see her face clearly but also can't see her face clearly.To be specific, it is when you can see it clearly, but you can't remember what it looked like after it passed.Moreover, the impression in my mind became blurred day by day, and after ten days and half a month, I could only remember some outlines.For example, being young, handsome, and slender is a feature that is feasible for many people.
In this way, you don't have to worry about being bumped into by these people in the future, causing unnecessary trouble.
Of course, there are a few that she can remember, that is, Li Xu, Li Zhao, Li Yu and others that she regards as her own, but these people will never betray her.
After conferring the rewards, Li Zhao asked again, "Where is Du Kun, the Recorder?"
Suddenly, a man in a long gown flashed across the crowd, with a goatee, knelt down and said, "The minister is here."
Li Zhao patted his chin and lingered on Du Kun's body, and shouted, "Du Kun, are you guilty?!"
Du Kun was so frightened that he kowtowed and said that he knew the crime. After several kowtows, when Li Xu asked him if he knew what crime he had committed, he was suddenly stunned.Yes, what crime did he commit?Even he himself doesn't know.Thinking of him as a small office, he has been an official for more than 20 years, and the number of interviews with saints can be counted on five fingers, and he is always reprimanded from a distance, without a chance to speak.This time the emperor called him out of the blue, and he said in a questioning tone of "You are guilty!", so he couldn't care less about what crime he had committed.
Seeing that he was at a loss, Li Zhao said slowly, "You gave the crown prince and the national adviser a fake map, which caused the army to enter the enemy's ambush circle, which almost caused a big mistake. Even the crown prince was put in danger. Isn't it a big crime?"
"Holy... Your Majesty, the guilty minister, the guilty minister..."
Li Zhao waved his hand and didn't let him continue, but said flatly: "The national teacher has already found out that the fake map was given by you, but you were controlled by the villain at that time, and you didn't know it was fake. Although there is love It turns out that it was your fault after all, and you should bear part of the responsibility. This time, the merits and demerits will be offset, so let's not punish or reward..."
Du Kun was covered in cold sweat at this time, his clothes were cold against his skin, and he kowtowed, "Thank you, my lord."
Next is the celebration banquet.
After taking down two enemy countries in one fell swoop, the Supreme Emperor was in a good mood and also appeared at the celebration banquet.He hadn't attended the courtier's banquet for a long time, and this was considered a special case.Li Zhao toasted the Supreme Emperor, complimented him very much, and tried his best to give the credit for this time to the Supreme Emperor, saying that he was the most powerful in the country and the hearts of all the people, so that the soldiers in the front fought bravely and killed the enemy.Besides, the old marshal was originally a general who had risen from the emperor's reign, and to praise him was to praise the emperor for being good at discovering talents and employing people.
The Supreme Emperor became more and more happy. After drinking for three times, he pointed to Zhou Hang and said to Li Zhao: "You have given birth to a good son, and Daqin will be handed over to you, so I don't worry, don't worry..."
As he spoke, the wine cup made of pure gold in his hand shook, and some wine spilled out, and he couldn't sit still, and slowly poured it to one side.
Li Zhao stepped forward, supported him, and said, "Father, you are drunk, go back and have a rest."
The Supreme Emperor waved his hand and muttered: "I'm not drunk, who said—who said I'm drunk, I'm happy, I'm not drunk! Come here, pour wine, pour good wine, I can still eat three more jars—"
There is no way to reason with a drunk person, especially if the drunk person is still his elder, he can only rely on coaxing.
While supporting the Supreme Emperor, Li Zhao said: "Okay, okay, you are not drunk, you are not drunk..." So he coaxed him to drink inside, and ordered several maids to help him into the inner hall.
Pushing cups and changing cups, the banquet lasted for more than an hour.Many soldiers were very drunk, Zhou Hang squinted his eyes and seemed a little drunk, he blocked most of the wine for Daiyu.As a monk, his alcohol capacity is comparable to others, and if he sobers up with exercises, he will not get drunk at all.But today he didn't use exercises to hangover, he ate too much, although he wasn't very drunk, he was still a bit confused.
So he leaned on Daiyu's body with his confused energy, resting his head on her leg.
The two seats are next to each other, which is cheap.
Li Zhao glanced at it, thinking that this kid is really bad.That girl Daiyu is honest, she didn't see that most of the brat's drunkenness was fake, but he could see it clearly.If it wasn't for the fact that this bad boy was his son, and that Daiyu was married to him by decree, if he took advantage of a girl like this, he would definitely kick him out!
The Victory Presentation Ceremony was held in the morning, and the banquet started at [-]:[-] p.m. and lasted until the end of the day, that is, it ended in the afternoon.The ministers and soldiers left the palace crookedly supported by eunuchs, but Zhou Hang and Daiyu did not go back, Li Zhao arranged for them to rest in the Qilin Palace.
Zhou Hang was lying on the bed pretending to be drunk, so that Daiyu would take care of him.
Unexpectedly, he pretended to be faking and fell asleep. This time he fell asleep until the sun was setting.Opening his eyes and seeing the apricot-yellow curtains, he suddenly realized that he was in the palace, so he hurried to work, pulled the brocade quilt covering his body to the side, and sat on the edge of the bed to put on his shoes in a daze.Just as he put his feet on the pedals, he stretched out his hand to grab the shoes, but met a pair of hands, he was startled subconsciously, and looked up, but Koizumi was kneeling under the pedals, holding the boots with both hands and waiting for him to put them on.
Where is Daiyu?Thinking about it, he hurriedly looked around, but there was no sign of Daiyu.
Koizumi seemed to sense that he was looking for Daiyu, and hurriedly said: "The national teacher is with Long Live Lord." While speaking, he dutifully took Zhou Hang's feet and put on his boots.
Zhou Hang's mind was no longer here, and he secretly thought that Daiyu was not guarding here, and what was he doing with the emperor Laozi.No, he has to go and see!Thinking about not waiting for Koizumi to serve him, he kicked up the boots, put them on his feet, pulled the robe hanging on the screen and put it on his body, tied the jade belt, and went out, opened the curtain and went out in an instant .
Holding the jade pendant, Koizumi hurriedly opened the curtain and chased after him: "My lord, wait, you haven't worn the jade pendant yet!"
How can Zhou Hang care about the jade pendant or not, he left early and disappeared.
He went all the way to Li Zhao's place, and broke in without waiting for anyone to inform him.Seeing that it was the prince, the guards didn't dare to stop him, they just followed behind and knelt down on one knee and said: "Your Highness the prince forced his way in, I can't stop you."
Li Zhao was talking to Daiyu, when he heard that he raised his head and glanced at Zhou Hang, the corners of his lips curled up slightly.Then he waved his hand from the guards who came in, and said: "From now on, whenever the prince comes, he will be allowed to go, there is no need to notify, you just step back!"
The guard said "Receive the order!", then bowed and retreated.
Here Zhou Hang has strode up to Daiyu, who is looking at him frowning.Zhou Hang suddenly realized that Daiyu's frown might have something to do with the fact that he just barged in without knowing the etiquette, and that he didn't salute when he saw the emperor.Although Daiyu has a broad vision and emancipated her mind, she is an ancient person after all, who pays attention to etiquette and filial piety.
So, Zhou Hang stood still, straightened his waist, cupped his hands and said, "I pay my respects to my father."
Li Zhao waved his hands with a smile, and said, "Forget it. I'm talking to Yu'er about you on the battlefield, so sit down and listen."
Zhou Hang raised his eyebrows and said, "Are you talking about me again?"
Li Zhao: "That's right, let's talk about you."
"What do you say about me?" He was suddenly curious about what Daiyu would say about him in front of the emperor, whether it was good or bad.
It should be to praise him, but she never speaks badly about people behind their backs.
The author has something to say:
Forgive the stupid author for being slow, only now did I see some little fairies giving overlord tickets and nutrient solution.
Unified thanks to:
Thank you Fairy Xueluo for the bazooka
Thank you for the memory of the Seine River, fish language, Wu Jianliang's mother and Tingying's nutrient solution
Speaking of which, I have been under a lot of pressure recently, there are many things every day, my health is not very good, and I have to squeeze the time code, sometimes I really don’t have the energy to watch the backstage, please forgive me~
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