When Liu Mingzhi arrived at the prince's old residence, he saw not only Chen Jie who had changed into a light skirt, but also seven or eight large and small packages on the ground.
Liu Mingzhi bent down and fiddled with the seven or eight parcels he had spread out, and looked at Chen Jie with a confused look: "Jie'er, are you planning to go on an outing?
Just the two of us, you brought seven or eight bags with you at once. Why don't you take the mansion with you? "
Chen Jie heard the slightly teasing tone in Liu Mingzhi's words, and glanced at the baggage on the ground with some confusion.
"I...do you have a lot of things with you?
The baggage contains some clothes that I would change normally and I have prepared two changes of clothes for you.
There are also some food for emergencies and gifts for Ye'er.
I have streamlined a lot of things, so this shouldn’t be too much, right? "
Young Master Liu slapped his forehead helplessly. If he was going on an outing or visiting relatives and friends, he would definitely think that Chen Jie is a good and considerate woman. The key is that this was not an outing or visiting relatives and friends. .
Having prepared so many cumbersome things, is it because you think you can’t leave quickly enough?
"Which baggage is your change of clothes?"
Chen Jie didn't know what Liu Mingzhi meant by asking this question, so she pointed honestly at the medium-sized baggage in the middle.
"This one, all my intimate clothes, outer clothes, etc. are inside."
Without saying a word, Liu Mingzhi picked up the baggage that Chen Jie pointed to, reached out and grabbed Chen Jie's wrist and walked out the door.
"It's getting late, it's time to hurry up and get on the road. We can try to get to Chongzhou to stay overnight before dark. If we delay any longer, we may have to sleep in the wilderness.
Who knows what bad things might happen if you sleep in the wilderness in this kind of weather. "
"But what about your change of clothes?"
"Can a living person be choked to death by urinating? We will think of a way on the road, and Li Ye's gift will be the same. Just buy some specialties in the city near him."
Chen Jie wanted to discuss something more with Liu Mingzhi, but Liu Mingzhi had already pulled her out of the inner courtyard and towards the backyard.
"Come on, mount up!"
Chen Jie looked at the majestic maroon tall horse in front of her, her pretty face couldn't help but panic, and she shook her head hurriedly.
"It's true that I can ride a horse, but I can only ride it slowly for a long time, and the speed cannot be too fast, otherwise I won't be able to control the horse. I thought we were riding a carriage to see Ye'er!"
Liu Mingzhi was also stunned subconsciously. Among the many ladies, there were only a handful of beauties who could not gallop on horseback, so he took it for granted that Chen Jie should also be an equestrian master.
Seeing Chen Jie's uneasy expression as she stared at the horse in front of her, Liu Mingzhi sighed silently.
Young Master Liu released his hands holding Chen Jie's waist and tied the baggage in his hands to the saddle of the maroon war horse. Then he climbed onto his mount first and bent down to gently press Chen Jie's shoulders. As soon as he mentioned it, the beauty sat directly in his arms.
Chen Jie let out a soft breath, feeling the firm and familiar chest behind her, and her beating heart gradually calmed down.
Liu Mingzhi took off a bamboo hat from his horse and handed it to Chen Jie.
"Put on your hats and let's set off."
"good!"
"Sit tight, I will speed up after leaving the city."
"Try to go as slow as possible. If you go too fast, I won't be able to bear it."
As soon as Chen Jie put on her bamboo hat, Liu Mingzhi gently pinched the horse's belly, and the two of them rushed slowly towards the east gate of the capital.
For Liu Mingzhi, there was no need to abide by the rules of not riding horses in the city. However, the Spring Festival had just passed a few days ago and there were many people in the city. It could be said that it was crowded. Liu Mingzhi still slowed down honestly and shuttled through the dense streets. The crowd walked slowly towards the city gate.
About half an hour later, the two men and two horses passed through the dense crowd, and after having the city guards check the two forged identity documents, they swaggered out of the capital.
"drive!"
Following Liu Mingzhi's shout, the riding whip was whipped down gently, and the two slowly moving sweaty horses immediately began to neigh rhythmically, tumbling with four hooves, trampling on the snow on the official road and galloping away.
"Slow down, slow down, it's too fast, I'm a little scared."
Liu Mingzhi listened to Chen Jie's words that were difficult to speak clearly because of the cold wind blowing on his face. He raised his arms with force and turned the direction in the air amidst Chen Jie's screams, and stabilized himself again. He immediately landed on the horse's back and let it sit down facing his arms.
Looking down at Chen Jie, whose bamboo hat fell off her back and her head was pressed tightly against his chest, Liu Mingzhi laughed and hugged the beauty's waist: "Hold tight!"
Chen Jie wanted to complain a few times about Young Master Liu's reckless behavior, but the speed of the horse's attack became faster and faster. She was so frightened that she could only hug Liu Mingzhi's waist tightly and dare not let go.
As the horse jolted, Chen Jie's slender legs instinctively wrapped tightly around Liu Mingzhi's waist in a slightly shameful posture, for fear that she would be jolted off the horse's back.
Liu Mingzhi clearly felt Chen Jie's delicate body trembling slightly due to the howling cold wind. He silently pulled his cloak, held it tightly in his arms, and whipped the riding crop again to speed up.
Such an intimate gesture between the two of them was not because Liu Mingzhi had some dirty thoughts on a whim and planned to have something exciting with Chen Jie on horseback, but because he was pressed for time and wanted to do something as quick as possible. The trip to meet Li Ye ended as quickly as possible.
There has been no battle report regarding the Western Expedition, and Liu Mingzhi cannot guarantee when there will be a specific result.
What he was worried about was that once the battle report of the Western Expedition came, but he happened to be away from the capital, he would not be able to make a timely response.
It would be fine if the battle report that came in was still a victory report, but if it contained something that the important officials in the court did not dare to decide on their own, that would be troublesome.
A major military event would undergo unpredictable changes if delayed for just one day. Liu Mingzhi would never dare to ignore it casually.
The horse with sweat and blood has the reputation of traveling a thousand miles in a day and eight hundred miles in a night, and it is certainly not a deserved reputation.
With the effort of just one stick of incense, the majestic momentum behind the two people gradually turned the vast capital city into a small black spot that could not be observed with the naked eye.
Looking from the boundless official road, one can see a vast expanse of white and lonely trees. The two people and the horse seemed to have entered an inaccessible world of ice and snow.
Only the two lines of horse hoof prints of different shades on the official road tell the story of people passing by here in the past.
On the fourteenth day of the first month of the fourth year of Dalong's Taiping reign, it was within the territory of Laizhou Prefecture in the East China Sea.
Liu Mingzhi fought in the south and north, and conquered the east and west for more than ten years. He left his footprints in the south of the Yangtze River, the Shu region, the southwest, the Western Regions, the Jin Kingdom, and the Turkic grasslands.
Only the Laizhou area of the East China Sea was his first time to set foot in it.
Looking at the customs and customs in Laizhou City, Liu Mingzhi was slightly amazed.
Although Laizhou is Dalong's territory, the customs and customs here are still somewhat different from those in the capital.
Liu Mingzhi, who has settled in the capital for many years, inevitably felt a sense of novelty when he first saw the local people in Laizhou.
The well-informed Young Master Liu was a little surprised and felt quietly growing, not to mention Chen Jie as a woman.
Before she came out of the court and married Li Baiyu, she was a lady waiting for the unknown person in her boudoir. Although she was not at the point where she never left the house, she rarely traveled far.
After marrying into the prince's palace, as a concubine, she could not show her face at will.
It is almost impossible to travel far away from Beijing.
When I saw the customs and customs in the East China Sea, thousands of miles away from the capital, I was naturally surprised and inexplicable.
"Husband, look at the shops on both sides of the street. They are full of Confucian culture. It seems that Confucianism is very popular here in Laizhou!"
Liu Mingzhi looked around the city's environment with a dull gaze, and nodded lightly in response to Chen Jie, who was looking at everything in novelty.
"This place can be regarded as the hometown of Confucius and Mencius. It is normal for Confucianism to prevail, but there is nothing to make a fuss about.
However, Confucianism is a double-edged sword. Too much Confucianism may not be a good thing for the court. "
Chen Jie's lips parted slightly and she looked at Liu Mingzhi blankly: "Ah? What do you mean?
If there are more scholars, the court will have more foundations for selecting candidates. How can this not be a good thing? "
Liu Mingzhi smiled calmly, glanced at the people walking around, took Chen Jie's hand and walked towards a shop.
"I don't understand what I'm telling you. Let's go, buy some gifts and go see Li Ye."
