Chapter 52
However, in September, it should be a little cooler in Jingzhou. However, Cangding Pass stretches for thousands of miles, and the autumn leaves are still withering inside the pass, and outside the pass is already a vast snowy field.
I put my marten satin cloak together and pressed the rabbit-wool hat firmly on top of my head. Huo Yang said suddenly: "I'm wearing so much at this time. What about the twelfth lunar month?"
I sniffed and patted the bulging luggage on the horse's back: "There is one more." There is also a water-red top-quality mink fur. My mother's favorite back then was so eye-catching that I had no nerve to wear it.
Suddenly I heard a gentle cough. I turned my head and said, "Is it infected with wind and cold?"
Lin Fang shook his head: "It's just that my throat is a little dry, it's okay." I took it off and handed it to him. He was stunned for a moment, reached out to take it, took it up, took a sip, and looked down at me.
I was a little proud. Before I set out to Liaodong, my mother repeatedly told me to protect and take care of Lin Fang. Now I even use internal force to warm him with the water capsule in advance. Is it considered taking good care of him?
Xiaolan came over and said, "Miss, I want it too!"
I took the water bag from Lin Fang and tied it back to my waist. Xiao Lan gritted her teeth and threw the water bag to Huo Yang. Huo Yang took it silently, raised his mouth and blew it, Xiao Lan screamed in anxiety. Huo Yang became proud and really started to warm Xiao Lan.
"My body is much stronger than before, you don't need to be like this." Huo Yang and the others played in a short time, and Lin Fang said to me. I sighed and said, "Forget it. You are my mother's idol now. If you have a few illnesses and two pains, she will definitely blame me in the future."
Lin Fang seemed to be unable to help laughing, and suddenly reached out and rubbed my hat with cold hands.
Today he wore a red and black water satin sable fur, a blue and blue cage crown on the sable fur, and a circle of snow-white rabbit fur surrounded his neck, making him look more and more handsome.
The four of us set out from Kunning for more than two months. In the past few days, we arrived at Chuzhou, the hinterland of Yanliao. Calculated the time, five days ago, people from the front should have met us, but we have not seen anyone come. I was a little anxious, but among the four, I was the only one who was anxious: Huo Yang didn't care about who would come to him at all; Xiao Lan was attracted by the fresh cold scenery along the way without any sense of crisis. Only Lin Fang, who was still calm in the past, comforted me, "I expected that this time was not as simple as helping Murong Huang. If our people could come on schedule, I would suspect that there was a fraud."
That afternoon, I settled in a small village on the ice field, but finally waited for the guards who came to pick them up.
The four of us sat around the fire of the villagers' home. The guards who came unexpectedly pushed the door and entered, bowing: "Sir, Lord, Lord Protector, I'm too late to come down."
Seeing that Lin Fang didn't say anything, I smiled and said, "Is it very cold on the road? Come and cook the fire."
The guard who lowered his head looked up at me for the first time, then lowered his head, and paused, "Leader, Murong Yong is under house arrest. Our people have not been exposed, but they have not dared to act rashly recently, and wait for the leader to show their advice."
Lin Fang nodded: "You are right. Why did Murong Huang be under house arrest because of this..." Suddenly, his voice stopped and said to the guard again: "Come here and cook the fire."
I don’t know if I had an illusion, but the guard’s body seemed to be stiff. After half a while, he slowly moved to the fire. When he looked up again, the man was already in tears and tears of gratitude: “Thank you, the leader!”
This person... I deeply feel that my prestige is not a little worse than Lin Fang...
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With the people in front of us, we were more confident and went to Tujin City, where the commander of the Murong clan of Yanliao, was stationed. Lin Fang mentioned to me this time that he was willing to help Murong Huang, because he owed him a great favor, and because Murong Huang tactfully stated in the letter that he could hand over the south of precious medicinal materials such as Liaodong ginseng and Polygonum multiflorum to us. Because now, this kind of cross-border traffic is just a small fuss for merchants. To be able to monopolize business, one must have the support of the court, and the other must have enough force to ensure the safety of the goods. Just like that, we have both conditions. If it can be achieved, how can the benefits be compared with the business of more than a dozen Jiangzhou escort agencies?
Although we are from the martial arts world, we also have to live and make more money. This also explains that although my father could not rank among the top three in the martial arts world back then and even now, he was the most successful martial arts person selected by "The Wind of the Wulin" - because he was rich and occupied the huge separatist force of the 42 Caves Sixty Villa.
After giving Zhou Fang half of the escort business, I guess Lin Fang was also thinking about making a big deal.
After more than ten days of travel, we finally arrived at Tujin.
This is a stone city. Unlike the beautiful scenery of Jiankang, there are cold gray-brown stones everywhere - houses, roads, castles, and connected to the sky. The city walls are only about a meter high, and there are groups of people and horses constantly entering and leaving the rugged roads outside the city.
A black figure stood at the city gate, with cold people and outstanding temperament and extremely eye-catching. When we saw us, the man rode over and saw a young and handsome face under the gray felt hat, which was more masculine than a year ago.
"President Lin, fight against the guardian, Huo Yang, and Miss Lan!" Liu Ke——Murong Kai said loudly, "You are finally here."
"Huh--" I said loudly, with my legs clamped my horse's belly, and I beat the horse around Murong Kai in a circle, "Brother Ke'er, I haven't seen each other for many days. It's stable and heavy, it's too late!"
Xiaolan made a "chuckling" sound, Murong Kai seemed to consider the sentence and said, "I'll make my sister laugh."
I immediately said in front of him and said with satisfaction: "Good brother!"
Murong Kai rode his horse in front to guide him, and at the same time he respectfully said to Lin Fang: "Principal Lin, please follow me to my mansion first."
We stopped the horse at the same time, and Huo Yang said, "Don't you go directly to see the prince?" Murong Kai said, "Uncle Wang's family is not easy to enter now. I haven't seen Uncle Wang for five days - he is under house arrest."
Lin Fang said with a deep face: "Even you can't see it - the situation is so dangerous? When will it happen?"
Murong Kai said: "Seven days ago, the king wanted to double the tax on Tujin's fourteen cities to provide military pay. Uncle Wang insisted on opposing it. Uncle Wang falsely accused Wang Wang of having an affair with Jin State, cut off military power, and placed it under house arrest. The outside world did not know about this."
I looked at Lin Fang, he frowned slightly and said, "Don't worry, since we are here, we will help the prince regain military power."
Murong Kai jumped off the horse and bowed deeply.
Following Murong Kai into the city, we took action separately. We followed the route he gave to find the back door of his house. Under the guidance of the servant, we went to the guest room, washed up, and changed into the Liaodong Hu clothes given by the servant. It was quite novel. Only then did we arrive at the main hall, Murong Kai had been waiting for a long time.
When I entered the dining room, I was surprised. I didn't pay much attention to the outside of the city before. Murong Kai, the boy, had risen a lot higher after not seeing him for a year, and now he is half taller than Lin Fang. He is wearing a long purple soap dress and a shell strap on his waist, which is extremely heroic and powerful. But he still has a gloomy face.
After a conversation, we realized that they returned to Liaodong that day and the domestic situation had changed a little. Murong Da, the eldest prince who had always helped the king deal with the government affairs, suddenly reached out to ask for military power and said that he would help Murong Huang share his worries. Murong Huang tried every means to protect his military power. However, the two sides were incompatible and had fought openly and secretly for more than half a year.
Now the court is clearly divided: the eldest prince Murong Da is in charge of the government affairs and advocates attacking Jin, and behind him is the State of Zhao; the second prince Murong Hao holds military power and wants to get closer to our great Jin. The third prince Murong Xun is a loyal person by nature and is Murong Hao's loyalty. The three sons are in a turmoil, but the king is already old and is obsessed with the fifteen beauties in his harem.
Half a month ago, Murong Feng's men suddenly gathered troops to cause trouble, and a small army even attacked the palace and killed a beauty by chance. After investigation, the food and salary were insufficient, and the officials forced the troops to rebel. The king was furious and insisted on increasing taxes. Murong Feng knew that it was the prince who was behind the scenes, but his military power was still seized.
After saying this, Murong Kai was filled with righteous indignation: "My Uncle Wang is dedicated to serving the country and the people, but he was framed by a bitch. I heard that the envoy of Zhao will go to Tujin next month to discuss the matter of the alliance. It is really a headache!" After saying that, he stroked his palm on his forehead and pinched his temple.
I patted his shoulder: "Hey, Murong Kai, don't force me!"
He looked at me for no reason. I said, "Don't worry, leave these things to you, Uncle Wang, and Lin Fang to worry. We are the ones who work hard at the critical moment. We want to break our heads, but they can easily resolve the things we want to break our heads."
He looked at me in disbelief and then at Lin Fang. When Lin Fang heard this, he looked at me with a smile. My face was inexplicably hot - why did he look like this? I'm just telling the truth! Over the past few years, I have gradually understood that in terms of power and scheming, I am not as good as a person like Lin Fang in any case. Otherwise, the master would not have been loyal to him that day. Since that's the case, just follow his direction.
I also looked back at Lin Fang in one go. His eyes slid over me and stopped on Murong Kai: "Little Prince, you will tell me more carefully about what has happened and is about to happen in the court in the past."
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Two days later, Lin Fang instigated Murong Kai to bribe the general who guarded the Second Prince's Mansion with a large sum of money, and asked Murong Kai to bring a Central Plains opera troupe into the Second Prince's Mansion. It's funny that Murong Kai had his own mansion at the beginning of the year and had no fiefdom, so he could be called penniless. So when he talked about "a large sum of money", Murong Kai widened his eyes: "I don't have money, do you have it?" Lin Fang glanced at him: "I think of a way."
So Murong Kai, who was simple-minded, ran to the door of the richest man in the city who was unkind and fell, and then knocked hard on his first robbery in his life. Because Murong Kai has always had a good reputation, the people in the city only blamed the stones at the door of the richest man's house for tripping over the most handsome and brave little prince in the city.
When he found Lin Fang with his head wrapped around his head and holding the money, Lin Fang nodded and said, "As a prince, you can't make a fuss every time you spend money. Think of some other way next time."
So the troupe successfully entered the Second Prince's Mansion and left the next day. Two beauties in the troupe were left by the Second Prince.
Of course, there were two more servants in the mansion. No one noticed the minor changes in the family of the second prince Murong Huang, who was in power.
However, this incident was not just Murong Kai.
I closed the door of the wing room, turned to Xiaolan and said, "Xiaolan, I was so embarrassed to throw it home today!"
Xiaolan held the layers of skirts and pulled down the water-red short shirt hanging on her chest: "Miss, you still need to say it! If the master knew about such a slutty dress, we would kill both of us!"
I sighed and looked down. It was obviously a good ochre blue veil skirt, but it was made in a vague way. I could see my ankles; it was obviously a white background, a pure silk dress with a tender yellow background, which had to wrap my chest so tightly and the collar was so wide-I felt that I could see two round buns as soon as I lowered my head...
"Are the women in our opera troupes here in Dajin dressed so coquettishly?" I said angrily.
This outfit was naturally found by the opera troupe. In order to disguise himself as a beauty and be left by the second prince as the singer in the mansion, we must wear it.
In the evening of this day, we put on these two clothes and sat in the sedan chair tremblingly. Following the troupe into the prince's mansion, someone asked us to get out of the sedan chair with a curtain. I stood still and looked up, but I saw people around me kneeling on the ground. Prince Murong Kai stood dumbly under the eaves of the palace, staring straight at my chest. I wanted to hit someone at that time, but was pulled by the headmaster beside me and knelt down.
Later we entered the main hall and saw Murong Hao who had not seen him for many days. The former Prince of Yingwei is now sitting on the soft couch in a look of sluggishness, and the servants are pouring wine for him. The troupe started, and he laughed. Xiaolan and I sat down next to him, with our heads hanging down, left and right. He patted my shoulder and whispered, "Thank you!"
The three of us sat on the soft couch, and Murong Kai sat on the lower seat. He never looked at him again during the meal.
Later, I caught a glimpse of two familiar figures in the hall. They had already changed their clothes, and Huo Yang looked over with expressionless face. It was obvious that he could see his body stiffen and his eyes were blazing fire. Then, he also stared at my chest tightly for a long time, and then looked at Xiao Lan... The evil disciple, I want to kill him!
I thought Lin Fang would be much calmer, but I didn't expect that his gaze would slip past me. He raised his eyebrows and turned his head away.
After the banquet, Murong Kai was unable to stay for a long time. After greeting Uncle Wang, he said goodbye. He never looked at me from beginning to end, but his ears were as red as cooked shrimps. Everyone retreated, and only five of me were left. Murong Huang swept away his depressed state, jumped off the soft couch, and bowed deeply to us: "Thank you all for help!"
Xiaolan and I also hurriedly stayed behind Lin Fang and Huo Yang. Lin Fang smiled and said to Murong Hao, "The prince used to save me, not to mention that Lin Jie refused to refuse!" After that, before Murong Hao could speak, he naturally looked at me. He took off his outer robe, put on only the deep clothes, and reached out to put the outer robe on me: "Wrapped." He said lightly.
My heart warmed up, and the original uneasiness disappeared. The Hu suit he was wearing was actually very big, enough to cover most of my body. I closed my collar and covered myself tightly.
Huo Yang also took off his outer robe and put it on Xiaolan. Xiaolan and I both glared at him, but he looked at him with a peaceful look.
Murong Huang kept looking at us, and then he spoke: "Thank you for your hard work, two girls. Alliance Leader Lin, don't worry, tomorrow I will send someone to find a few more sets of Jin women's clothes."
Lin Fang nodded and looked at me: "You go and rest first?" Murong Huang said, "The room is ready." I nodded. Then I arrived at this room with Xiaolan.
After complaining for a long time, Xiaolan and I took off our clothes viciously and put on our usual outfits, but we still felt depressed.
"Have you noticed Murong Kai?" I asked carefully. Xiaolan looked at me and said, "What's wrong with him?"
"...Nothing." I lowered my head, why did I have the nerve to say it-that little boy!
"Hmph! Miss, you didn't see Huo Yang's eyes, staring at... staring at..." Xiao Lan said angrily, "I must teach him a good lesson tomorrow!"
I was immediately filled with righteous indignation: "Yes! This beast, I didn't see that he was so bold! Only the leader of the alliance is a gentleman!"
Xiaolan nodded vigorously.
When I lowered my head, I saw the dark gray long clothes he was wearing today, lying quietly on my bed. Suddenly, my heart moved, and the scene in the hall just now appeared in my mind.
I saw him and Huo Yang disguised themselves as they walked into the hall. I saw him look at us and Murong Huang indifferently. I saw him raise his eyebrows suddenly. I suddenly realized when I saw his eyes. I saw him turn his head away.
Chapter completed!