When He Mulan first saw Su Hejun, all he thought of were characters like "Yue Buqun" and "Murong Fu".
This kind of sincere and elegant appearance should have been very popular in ancient times, but because he wore a typical Xianbei high-level official uniform, he looked like Hu people and Han people. became "calculation".
To be honest, people with such a temperament have always been the objects He Mulan avoided.
But when he opened his mouth, He Mulan's perception of him suddenly changed.
I saw this middle-aged uncle jumped off the horse, ignoring the large group of rushing colleagues behind him, delicately walked to He Mulan, pointed at the child in He Mulan's arms in surprise, and said:
"My God! Hua Mulan, when did you have such an old son? Did you secretly give birth to a child when you were in the army? Why didn't I know!"
As an egret official, this is absolutely unbearable!
Still will make up your mind.
He Mulan rolled his eyes at the sky.
She pushed out King Wu with his face buried in her arms and brought it directly in front of him.
"I rescued this child on the way..." He Mulan looked at Su Hejun, who seemed to be choked, and smiled proudly:
"... He said he was His Royal Highness King Wu."
Every prince in the palace and Jun know each other, how can they admit their mistakes! The head of the egret officials immediately bent down and bowed, and praised in his mouth:
"Lingsu and Jun waiting to see His Royal Highness King Wu!"
A group of people who finally caught up with Su Hejun dismounted one after another. When they saw the young man standing in front of He Mulan, their eyes widened and they bent over in darkness.
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King Wu was originally apprehensive, but when he saw that Da Changqiu was also coming, he immediately calmed down, raised his head, and raised his chest.
"Everyone is free."
All of a sudden, various officials and soldiers rushed forward, grabbed the King Wu, looked at it carefully, and inquired about the inn in detail. King Wu had all kinds of guesses in his heart, but he didn't dare to tell these officials who didn't know who was standing behind them, he just perfunctory.
However, Su Hejun did not follow these people to ask. His Royal Highness King Wu dared to perfunctory others, but His Majesty did not dare. When the time comes, His Majesty will let the egrets investigate the matter, and he will naturally know.
So when everyone else was surrounding King Wu, the waiter, Lord Ling, dragged He Mulan left and right to ask questions.
"How did you save His Royal Highness King Wu? Are you going to Pingcheng?"
"I'm going to Pingcheng," He Mulan glanced at the officials behind him. "I went to visit other comrades' homes and passed by Pingcheng, but I don't want to go into the city with you."
She knew that Su and Jun understood her meaning.
"You bastard, it's still like this!" Su He Jun always knew Hua Mulan's character, and when he heard what he meant, he didn't want to swagger into the city, so he laughed and scolded:
"Also, that letter from you made me almost lose my post! I was walking on thin ice all the time by your side, but you were so inconveniently holding me back!"
"It was originally the responsibility of the egret officials to picket injustice. Su He-kun who said this is really not like the Su He-kun I know, the egret who vowed to bring all the 'injustices in the world' to the sky. Officer, where did you go?"
He Mulan laughed at him.
"I'm old, my eyes are old, and I can't see people?"
He Mulan laughed like this, but Su Hejun was stunned for a moment, showing some emotion:
"What you're laughing at is that I'm not like the old Su Hejun anymore..."
He raised his head and said in a very low voice:
"Your Majesty doesn't look like your Majesty before."
The atmosphere was cold for a while, and He Mulan turned her head uneasily. "What happened to Zhang Bin? The county magistrate of Pinglu collected a lot of money to buy food, grass and weapons, which have been taken by several people."
"Yes, I have also received news. Your Majesty has ordered him to be taken to the capital. Hua Mulan, Cui Hao and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince have been moving constantly. The county magistrate of Pinglu Najiang may be Cui Hao's person, you should be careful in everything. "
"I have nothing to be careful about, I'm running around and I'm uncertain..." He Mulan smiled, "I have a lot to tell you, but you seem to be very busy right now..."
She pointed to the people behind her who had begun to call Su Hejun, "You should protect His Royal Highness King Wu and go back first. It will be a long time in Japan. After I enter Pingcheng, I will find you."
Su Hejun also heard the call from behind him. Among the people, he was the most powerful and trusted by the emperor. He talked with He Mulan, but no one dared to come forward and interject, so he could only call from a distance.
"Hey, it's not good for Guan'er to be too big, and it's not convenient to tell the old times." Su Hejun blinked at He Mulan, "Go to Pingcheng, come to see me at the Suhe family mansion in Changhua, don't go through the main entrance. , the corner door is looking for the door that is blind in one eye, and you can recognize my personal soldiers. Don't live in the inn, just stay at my house. "
"Okay." He Mulan nodded, agreeing simply.
The feeling that Su Hejun brought her was very familiar, and He Mulan didn't mean to be polite at all.
After the two finished talking, they stepped forward with the curious eyes of the crowd waiting. Many people in this team were courtiers who had seen Hua Mulan in the palace before. It had only been two years since He Mulan's outfit and appearance had not changed. Of course, some people recognized her.
Seeing that Su and Jun didn't introduce them, they knew that the female general didn't want to get involved, so they just stood there and saluted. He Mulan returned the salute one by one, until standing in front of King Wu, and then said in his expectant eyes:
"His Royal Highness King Wu, now that there are so many people protecting you, A-Danzhuo and I are relieved."
"What? Aren't you going with us?" King Wu cried out in shock, "When I get back to Pingcheng, I'll let my mother-in-law and father-in-law reward you heavily!"
"I thanked Your Highness for your kindness first, but I have some chores..." She bowed to him in embarrassment and said, "I can't accompany Your Highness."
King Wu suddenly remembered that the benefactor was still a general.
Maybe the emperor did not allow him to enter Pingcheng casually
The little fat man thought about it a lot, and suddenly nodded suddenly. "If it is inconvenient for the benefactor, I will not force it, but you wait a moment."
He ran to Da Changqiu's side very quickly, leaned his head over and said, "How much gold do you have on your body? Give it all to me, and I will return to Beijing for you."
The eunuch gave a wry smile and took out two golden tigers, which were obviously playthings, only the size of a thumb. Tuoba Yu looked at it and was extremely disappointed, "That's it? Did Da Changqiu fool this king?"
"My Highness, I came out to run an errand, not touring the mountains and waters. Why do I bring so much gold!"
Tuoba Yu pouted, and began to look for Zhi Jinwu's director. He went around like this, and when he arrived at Su Hejun's place, Su Hejun smiled and put a few gold ingots into the hem of his pocket.
He knew that this King Wu loved his face, and he took a few pieces from him, and he would only return more. How could he not do such a lucrative business? What's more, the fat and water will not flow into the outsiders' fields.
Sure enough, Tuoba Yu used his hem to pocket a pocket of gold, and hurriedly ran to A Danzhuo, throwing all his brains at his feet.
"You said that if you saved my life and asked me to give you more gold, I was flustered and didn't answer you right away, but I swore in my heart that I would give it to you if I could return to Beijing safely. I originally wanted to give you more. A little, but I have no gold on my body. I know that you have lost all your pack horses, and these are given to you by me, and you should not refuse or be ashamed."
Tuoba Yu didn't have many playmates in Beijing. He ate and slept with Adan Zhuo for the past two days. He took care of him most of the time. At night, he covered his feet in his arms. He was really grateful to give it to him when it was hot, and gave birth to the dependence that children of this age often have on older children.
Because Adanzhuo was used to doing this with "He Guang", he didn't expect that Tuobayu had such deep feelings for him. He looked at the broken gold under his feet, and then looked at Tuobayu's expectant eyes , hesitantly turned around and asked He Mulan with his eyes.
"Come on." He Mulan smiled. "The life of His Royal Highness King Wu is much more precious than this gold."
"indeed."
After Tuoba Yu heard the words, he nodded seriously and said yes.
Seeing that He Mulan agreed with him, Adanzhuo knelt on the ground and thanked Tuoba Yu for his reward.
Before Tuoba Yu got along with him as an equal, just like "He Guang", but now that he has been successfully welcomed by the court ministers, and treated him with the courtesy of a prince, he can no longer be so ignorant.
Unexpectedly, Tuoba Yu also knelt down and bowed to Adanzhuo.
"You saved my life and shielded me from arrows with your body. You are my friend. Friends don't kneel down as friends. I'll pay you back for this gift."
After speaking, without waiting for Adanzhuo's reaction, he stood up in a hurry, and walked back to Da Changqiu in three or two.
Although Su and Jun in the team are the leaders, he is obviously more familiar with Da Changqiu next to the queen, but he still reluctantly glanced at He Mulan and A Danzhuo, and said in a low voice:
"Uncle Ulri, let's go back to the palace.".
The convoy to welcome the prince back to the palace set off, but He Mulan and Adanzhuo did not follow them into the capital.
He Mulan wanted to find Kou Qianzhi. She wanted to find out whether Tuoba Tao's abnormality was really influenced by her, and if so, how to solve it.
Hua Mulan's impression of the monarch was "powerful, good at remonstrance, and wise and martial". Such an evaluation was very high for a woman with a reserved personality like Mulan. He Mulan was almost certain that Hua Mulan had always admired him.
But such a monarch has now become a tyrannical, ruthless, unwilling to listen to anyone's advice, and a madly warlike monarch.
It was only two years, but the changes were so great that He Mulan had to consider whether what Kou Qianzhi said was true.
Whether it was Su Hejun or Tuoba Huang, they were all people who were once valued by Tuoba Tao, but now they are both trembling and unable to feel at ease. The "decree to destroy the Buddha" is cruel and not like a normal person can do, and the anticipation of Liu Song's war makes people terrified.
He Mulan is just an ordinary person, and she doesn't know how to fight in house, palace, or martial arts. Her "fighting" is also inherited from Hua Mulan.
But she wanted to ask for Ai Ran, Chen Jie, Tuoba Huang, Qiu Lin Baotu, and so many people who didn't know where the future was.
"Isn't there a better solution?"
Therefore, she still took Adanzhuo on the road.
***
"This is Pingcheng?"
It was the first time that A-Dan Zhuo came to Pingcheng, so he had a great vision for the country of the Great Wei Dynasty. When he went from Wuchuan to Liangjun, he had passed by Pingcheng, but he did not enter the city, so when he arrived in Pingcheng, A-Danzhuo thought he would see it. Go to a big and amazing town, only to find that Pingcheng has the magnificent atmosphere that only the capital of the country can say, it is better to say...
"Is this an enlarged version of Wuchuan?" A Danzhuo raised his head stupidly, looking at the city wall not far away. Neither tall, wide nor very majestic, the city wall is full of arrow towers that can be entered, so that the entire city wall looks very ugly, not as beautiful and simple as the big city of the Han people for hundreds of years.
There are six other cities like Pingcheng.
That is the six northern towns that defend Pingcheng, from west to east are Woye, Huaishuo, Wuchuan, Fuming, Rouxuan, and Huaihuang. They are typical cities built to meet the combat functions of the Xianbei people, so there is neither a central axis nor a perfect market division, and everything serves the battle.
And Pingcheng does the same, it's too...
A Danzhuo showed a disappointed expression.
"Because our previous Great Khans were all true warriors, when they came to His Majesty's place, the martial arts became even more prosperous." Hua Mulan had a deep memory of this episode, so He Mulan also explained to Adanzhuo with a smile.
"I heard that Cui Situ in the court and other Han officials persuaded His Majesty to move the capital to Chang'an or Luoyang, which are more prosperous and more suitable for the 'orthodox' identity of the Great Wei, because the territory of the Great Wei was small in the early years, and Pingcheng was already a It's in the hinterland, but now it's not a good place..."
"Yes, Chang'an and Luoyang are bigger than Pingcheng, right? If you want to talk about city defense, these two cities are stronger than Pingcheng's city walls."
Adanzhuo nodded again and again, thinking that the decision of the Hanchens was right.
"But His Majesty rejected it. He said it was ridiculous, because if you rely on defense, only those left outside will die forever. There are six military towns guarding Pingcheng, which is enough. Pingcheng is 'No' Let the heart of the six towns exist in the earth, if the heart is removed, the existence of the six towns will become a joke."
He Mulan showed a somewhat moved expression.
"Your Majesty said that the soldiers stood on the city wall facing the cold north wind. As a warrior among warriors, if the Great Khan only knew how to roll in a comfortable bed, no one would fight for him. Only Living in the capital of the capital at any time, everyone can work together to prevent the six towns from becoming an isolated city."
He Mulan could understand Tuoba Tao's thoughts, because the Ming Dynasty in later generations also had such an emperor. An emperor who "the son of heaven controls the gate of the country, and the king dies in the society". He set the capital in Beijing, and guarded the country with the army of the Son of Heaven. Although he prevented Mongolia from going south, he still could not guard the iron hoofs of the Manchus.
Crash never starts from the outside.
"The city walls are so short, the palace..." Adanzhuo glanced around, but did not find any tall and majestic eaves that he could see.
"Imperial Palace..." He Mulan recalled, only flipping through a little bit of memory about there.
Mulan seems to like to bow her head when she gets there, so that she can't find anything useful at all.
"The imperial palace... is not large, and the houses are very short." He Mulan thought about it for a long time, but could only find this adjective. Neither Tuoba Tao nor the previous great khans had much money to build the palace. Although Tuoba Tao had conquered the north, he needed to spend more money.
It seems that there are still many harem concubines living together, which also makes the palace fights in the harem especially cruel.
"This is... too disrespectful." Adanzhuo clicked his tongue. In Wuchuan, even ordinary Xianbei nobles would at least enclose a large piece of land and make amazing houses.
"That's why the Hanchens have a headache." He Mulan laughed. "The Xianbei people hope to usher in a brave emperor, but the Han ministers all hope that the emperor who is in power is majestic and can represent the 'orthodox'. But our majesty is stubborn, no matter how others die. Moving the capital, I don’t want to repair the palace properly…”
"That one, but in the grass you can sleep casually..."
As He Mulan spoke, she was suddenly stunned.
What she wanted to say was not in Hua Mulan's memory.
And she blurted out the familiarity, as if the emperor was her friend for many years and could judge at will. In fact, she had never seen him at all.
How is this going
Is she making it up out of thin air based on Mulan's memory
Or is her personality split
He Mulan shivered firmly.
"Aunt Hua, why didn't you speak?"
A Danzhuo looked at He Mulan who suddenly stiffened with some concern, and led her horse and followed her into the city gate of Pingcheng.
"It's nothing, I suddenly thought of something."
He Mulan lightly conveyed her fear.
Because Tuoba Tao was very confident in the safety of Pingcheng, it became very easy to enter the capital. The guards at the gate just interrogated a few words, seeing that they were from Xianbei, and they were carrying military horses, and they didn't even have money. Just let them in.
The more prosperous the big city is, the more generous the gatekeeper becomes. This is because people who offend people in small places can still survive. Here, it is possible that a person in commoner clothes may have an extraordinary identity, but there is no business here. Comfortable in a small place.
Having said that, there are more opportunities to make friends with dignitaries than in small places.
A-Danzhuo entered the gate of Pingcheng with an attitude of "the countryman entering the city", but found that many people on the road were looking around like him, and they were even afraid of going wrong, which made him settle down all of a sudden. However, she found that Aunt Hua was as calm as she was walking on the road as if she had no feeling for the capital.
As expected of Aunt Hua! So calm everywhere!
'Art really is higher than life. The TV crew of later generations should come here to see what the 'prosperous capital' looks like. 'He Mulan raised his feet expressionlessly to avoid a pile of livestock poop, and looked at the small and wooden houses around him, and even the window paper was not covered by gebu and sackcloth.
'In contrast, Hengdian Studios is so luxurious that it looks like an alien Miyagi. '
He Mulan, who has been to the Forbidden City, Xi'an, and tourist attractions such as Hengdian Film and Television City and Songcheng, really thinks that Pingcheng is really... Ordinary, it's like a bigger town.
No wonder the Han courtiers were desperate to move the capital.
Having said that, it is also beneficial for the emperor to be frugal and informal. At least even the emperor lives in a palace like that of a big country, and the ministers and nobles dare not build that kind of luxurious and spacious mansion.
It's better than the emperor's, unless the guts are too fat.
"Excuse me, how do I get to Changhua?" He Mulan asked an old man on the side of the road, hoping he could show her the way.
As soon as the old man heard the name "Changhuali", he was in awe, and immediately sincerely hoped that he could show her the way. He Mulan thought that it was probably the same as when he was in peace, and hoped that the "noble people" would be able to guide her after pointing the way. If I offered some favors, I gladly accepted it and followed the old man to Changhuali.
He Mulan and A Danzhuo led the horse and followed the old man down a heavily guarded street until they were stopped by a few guards at the gate of a square.
He Mulan and A'Danzhuo took out all the cakes and gave them to the old man as a gift, because they finally didn't have to eat this anymore when they got to such a place.
They have had enough.
The old man happily carried a pile of hungry and thick Hu cakes and went home, while He Mulan took out the golden seal and showed it to the guard, then reported the people he wanted to visit, and easily entered Changhua.
Tuk Tuk Tuk.
"Who is it?" A middle-aged man swiftly opened the corner door and looked out.
"It's me." He Mulan smiled at the one-eyed man with wide eyes. "Have you been back with Su Hejun? Please let me know..."
The one-eyed man nodded happily.
He Mulan smiled slightly.
"It's just that Hua Mulan came by appointment."
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