"Oh, where are they?" Chen Xiaomu asked in surprise. What surprised him was that the father who had insisted on denying his son would actually send someone to convey the order to him.
Wang Baozhong licked his parched lips and continued: "At the end of the day, a group of us walked to the small town called Cicada on the border between Chu and Zhengzhou, and were preparing to find an inn to rest so that we could go through the new city of Chu in one go tomorrow morning. Yangguan, but as soon as Na Chengxiang arrived at the city gate, he saw a dozen cavalry wearing Zheng Army armor rushing from behind us to rush into the city. Manager Feng had quick eyesight and quick hands, and immediately asked me to rush my horse to keep up with these Zheng Army cavalry. , maybe because the war has just ended, the people of Chu have not withdrawn for a long time, and the officials sent by Zheng have not yet arrived, and no one came forward to maintain law and order. The city was in chaos. At first, I saw these dozen cavalry in front of me. The crowd in front of me was walking slowly, but in the blink of an eye, she disappeared into the crowd. Just when I was looking around, a short knife was quietly pressed against my back. I turned around and saw... It was some of the cavalrymen I was looking for who quietly surrounded me at some point. It was this military master who held a knife against my back." Wang Baozhong raised his finger and pointed at Li Gui.
Li Gui smiled and said: "I didn't know you were Mr. Chen's old friend at that time. In fact, we found you as soon as we entered Cicada City. You were dressed as a businessman and followed us furtively from a distance. This place is the border between Zheng and Chu. There are all kinds of people everywhere. At first we suspected that you were a spy from that country, so we planned to catch you. To be honest, if you hadn’t mentioned Mr. Chen later, we would have prepared to interrogate you and then I’ll kill you!”
Wang Baozhong couldn't help but touch his head when he heard this, and said with some fear, "I said I came to His Highness from Chen State, but you didn't believe it. You should believe it now, right?"
Li Gui nodded and said: "I believed you when you mentioned that you came to our Mr. Chen from the Chen State, because few people know that Mr. Chen came from the Chen State, otherwise I would not have let the soldiers loosen you and take you with you. Come and see Mr. Chen."
"Okay, okay, take me to see Sister Yiqiu quickly." Seeing that the two of them were coming and going and I couldn't keep my mouth shut, Chen Xiaomu was a little impatient and quickly waved his hand to interrupt the conversation between the two.
Wang Baozhong and Li Gui hurriedly got on their horses and ran towards Cicada City. Chen Xiaomu and He Quan patted their horses and followed closely behind them. After running for about ten miles, they saw the low gate of Cicada City in the distance. There were more than a dozen people dressed as businessmen standing in front of the city gate, whispering to each other from time to time, and looking around anxiously from time to time.
Chen Xiaomu deliberately slowed down his horse and asked Wang Baozhong to inform these people first before he went over, because he didn't know whether the body he possessed had any impression of these people who had been in contact with Chen State in the past, or whether it would what reaction to make.
Chen Xiaomu saw Wang Baozhong reining in his horse in front of the group of people, then turning over and dismounting, gesturing to the people, saying something, and turning around to point in his direction.
At this moment, a delicate figure wearing green clothes and a small hat suddenly rushed out of the group and ran towards him. When he gradually saw the face of this figure clearly, the body possessed by Chen Xiaomu was actually out of his control. Excited, he quickly dismounted and rushed over.
This delicate figure ran up to him, hugged him before he could react, and murmured: "Brother Xiaodai, I heard that you have become better and smarter!"
The unique body fragrance exuding from the woman made Chen Xiaomu's heart suddenly soften, and he immediately fell into a gentle land. He gently stroked the woman's black hair exposed on the temples outside the hat, his nose felt sour, and tears filled his eyes. Straight around.
When they were in the Prime Minister's Mansion, Prime Minister Zhao's eldest son and second son started serving the court early and seldom came home. In addition, they were far older than him in age and could not play with him. The remaining third son, Zhao Sheng, initially He also played with him for a few years, but as he got older, he gradually became estranged from him. Only Zhao Yiqiu was about the same age as him, and the two of them were tired of being together all day long. Even though Zhao Yiqiu was smarter and faster at reading than him, there was no difference. She despised him, and later Zhao Yiqiu was admitted to the official school. Every time she came home, the first thing she did when she entered the house was to look for her little silly brother.
"Sister Yiqiu, why are you here?" Chen Xiaomu asked softly, hugging Zhao Yiqiu.
"Brother Xiaodai, please come back to Chen Country with us now. If you don't go back, our Chen Country will really be gone!" Zhao Yiqiu raised his sleeves to wipe his tears and said to Chen Xiaomu.
Chen Xiaomu shook his head gently and said: "Sister Yiqiu, it's not possible now. Yesterday I received a letter of war from the people of Qi. They are going to start a war against Zheng. I can't leave until I finish this battle."
"What? Do you want to fight Qi again?" Zhao Yiqiu asked in surprise.
Chen Xiaomu gave a wry smile and said, "People from the Qi Kingdom are here. If we don't teach them a lesson, I'm afraid they won't be able to withstand this group of people from the Zheng Kingdom." "
Zhao Yiqiu pondered for a moment and asked Chen Xiaomu, "Brother Xiaodai, how long will this battle last?"
Chen Xiaomu sighed, "Who knows, maybe ten or eight days, if not, it could be half a year!"
"no". Zhao Yiqiu shook his head firmly and said, "It's good if our Chen country can support it for another three months at most. One month, at most one month we have to return to Chen country!" Zhao Yiqiu raised the heel of his hand and said.
While the two were talking, Wang Baozhong came from behind with Feng Baobao, the chief eunuch of the Chen Kingdom, and others. Feng Baobao bowed to Chen Xiaomu and said: "Your Highness, we have come to convey the holy will to you based on the emperor's oral instructions. Now this There is a lot of chaos inside and outside Cicada City, and our family is all dressed up as businessmen. If we pass the edict in such a hasty manner, it may be an insult to the holy will! Therefore, our family will exempt His Highness from the ritual of burning incense, bathing and changing clothes to welcome the edict. Today, Your Majesty This is an imperial edict written by the royal pen, and we will personally hand it over to His Highness, so that His Highness can open it and read it by himself."
As Feng Baobao spoke, he carefully took off the cloth bag tied diagonally on his back, took out the imperial edict wrapped in yellow silk with only the jade handle exposed, held it up with both hands, bowed and handed it to Chen Xiaomu, who Upon seeing this, he hurriedly took a step forward and took the imperial edict from Feng Baobao's hand. He opened the silk cloth wrapped outside and slowly unfolded the edict. After reading the contents of the edict, he couldn't help but secretly clicked his tongue in his heart, thinking, The father with the body of a fool really knows how to control the situation. More than two months ago, he didn't even look at this fool. Now he heard that this fool can actually defeat the powerful Chu army outside. I don't want to give this man a try right away. The fool wears so many top hats!
Seeing that Chen Xiaomu was in a daze after reading the imperial edict, Feng Baobao bowed to him again and advised: "Your Highness, this old slave has been with the Emperor when he was still a prince, so he knows a little about His Highness's life experience. Your Majesty, I had no choice but to deny His Highness mother and son back then. I hope Your Highness will not hold any grudge against this matter and rush back to Chen State as soon as possible to save Chen State’s country!”
To be honest, at this time, Chen Xiaomu had no hatred at all for his cheap emperor father who possessed this body. Instead, he felt a little grateful in his heart. If it hadn't been for the cheap emperor father's trick, this person would have been killed. A fool goes to marry Princess Zheng. Who in this world will his soul be attached to? Although I have been leading troops to fight for more than two months in this world lost in the long river of history, after all, I have also enjoyed the blessings of being a royal princess in this world. If my soul had been possessed by this world's prisoner on death row, Or if it’s a beggar, then it’s all over! "
Facing Feng Baobao's earnest look at him, Chen Xiaomu immediately smiled at Feng Baobao and said, "Don't worry, old man, there is no overnight feud between father and son. Besides, my mother is still in Chen State. I will handle the matters at hand and return to Chen State as soon as possible."
Chen Xiaomu didn't know that his inadvertent address of the old man moved Feng Baobao so much. Chen Xiaomu's honorific address of the old man showed that he did not regard him as a slave, but as his elder, not in public. Under this, Feng Baobao was about to burst into tears. Ever since he entered the palace and became a eunuch, no one has ever called him that. Even his apprentices usually call him something nondescript. How can he be called master, let alone those princesses and princes? That's right. When you are happy, you call your father-in-law. If you feel a little angry, just call him "Mianren", or add the word "death" to call him "Mianren"!
Feng Baobao secretly vowed in his heart that from now on, except for the emperor in the palace, he would do his best to protect Chen Xiaomu and his son and treat him as his own child.
Chen Xiaomu certainly didn't know about these inner activities of Feng Baobao. When he saw that Feng Baobao was going back to resume his life, he hurriedly asked Li Gui to bring fifty taels of silver and give it to Feng Baobao as payment for his hard work. These were all the things he learned from later novels about receiving orders. He didn't know whether the etiquette of eunuchs was correct or not, so he just tried to draw a picture. After all, strictly speaking, he had been in this world for so many days, and this was the first time he had received an imperial edict from the emperor, but he didn't Knowing how precious silver was in real ancient times, a large family with dozens of people generally spent four to five taels of silver a month. A dignified seventh-grade county magistrate's monthly salary was about eight taels of silver, so he rewarded Feng Baobao. The fifty taels of silver can cover the expenses of a large family for nearly a year and the salary of a seventh-grade county magistrate for half a year.
Feng Baobao declined for a while, but finally accepted the money. Feng Baobao hurried back to Chen Kingdom with the palace guards to resume his duties. Zhao Yiqiu and Wang Baozhong, together with several guards from the Prime Minister's Palace, insisted on staying, no matter how Chen Xiaomu tried to persuade them. After leaving, Chen Xiaomu had no choice but to let these tails follow him and continue towards Xinjing, the capital of Zheng.
After resting for a night in Cicada City, he walked on the road for another day and night. On the morning of the third day, it was just dawn and there were about ten miles away from Xinjing. Li Gui, the vanguard, saw that there were densely packed people standing on both sides of the road. In the middle of the road, a group of people wearing various official uniforms of the Zheng Kingdom gathered around two cars with their roofs covered with the royal yellow silk satin. Each car had a dragon chariot and a phoenix chariot pulled by four divine horses. It turned out that Chen Xiaomu's team was leaving the new capital. When there were still more than a hundred miles away, he sent someone to report to the court that he would lead his troops back to Xinjing. After hearing the news, Emperor Su Chengxuan and Queen Lu immediately took Tai Su Muyang and the three princesses Su Xingran, Su Xingchen, and Su Xing After speaking, the officials of Zheng State in Xinjing City mobilized a group of well-known wealthy businessmen and squires to go ten miles out of the city to welcome Chen Xiaomu, the son-in-law of the dragon, who had returned in triumph.
Among them, Su Xingran and Su Xingchen were standing next to the dragon and phoenix chariots of their father and mother. They were already looking at each other. From time to time, they stood on tiptoes and stretched their necks to look at the gray road ahead. "
The morning fog had not yet cleared, and finally I heard the sound of horse hooves coming from the fog in front of me. It was sporadic at first, as if there were only a few horses running on the road. After a while, the sporadic sound of horse hooves became It was as dense as a violent storm, and for a moment it seemed as if the whole earth was trembling. The first to rush out of the morning fog was the vanguard led by Li Gui. When he suddenly saw the welcoming crowd appearing on the road, Li Gui hurriedly pulled the horse in his hand. Rein, "Hai", the war horse raised its head and neighed, suddenly raised its two front hooves, turned in a circle in the middle of the road, and then stopped.
Li Guifei jumped off his horse and ran quickly to the chariot of Su Chengxuan and Queen Lu. He got down on one knee and clasped his fists in his hands to report to Su Chengxuan and Queen Lu: "Li Gui, who is of humble rank, is Mr. Chen's vanguard. I am here to pay homage to the Emperor." , pay homage to the Queen."
