Zhurou

Chapter 139

The starting point is not far from the capital, so if you walk day and night, even if you walk slowly, you will reach the suburbs in just two days.

Zhao Mingzhi was sitting in the carriage, and he could hear the sound of horseshoes and wheels outside through the door, especially the sound of drums accompanied by the guard of honor was deafening.

Although this trip to the north was intended to be publicized all the way, the louder the better, but after being disturbed by the noise for two days, and with cotton wool plugged into her ears, her heart and pulse still beat in uncomfortably with the rhythm of the advocacy, and her temples on both sides were even more painful. Dull pain.

Seeing the city wall in front, Jinming Pond on the north, and Qionglin Garden on the right, although it is not the time for outing in spring, there are only scattered colorful sheds and wooden sheds left on both sides of the road, but at this time they are already crowded with people. At first glance, there are more than tens of thousands.

Mu Xiang had half-body leaned out of the carriage, but at first glance, she was frightened by the crowds outside, pulled back unconsciously, turned her head and said: "Your Highness, there are too many people gathered, why don't you close the window and let them do it?" Hurry up, let's talk about the rest in the city?"

Zhao Mingzhi shook his head and said, "I'm about to walk slowly, so people can see me clearly."

At this time, her face is no longer covered by cloth, only a very light veil is separated, even if she is far away, she can see her appearance clearly. Although she doesn't have much makeup, she still wears her hair in a bun, with pearls on her face Tin, wearing a pearl crown.

The crown is made of strings of large and small pearls, in the form of cirrus clouds, flowers and plants, and the color is soft, which perfectly matches the slightly thicker eyebrows.

And she was wearing a luxurious gown, with a long skirt that dragged on the floor of the carriage, with cloud patterns embroidered on it, and gorgeous flower patterns on the skirt, a scarf on the shoulders, and small beads rolling on both sides.

Now three days are too early, Zhao Mingzhi took medicine and washed his face, and his original face was finally able to see the light of day again.

Cai Zhou's guard of honor came in a hurry, and it was inconvenient to bring enough palace people. Fortunately, although there is no one to help with the delicate makeup, there are solemn attire.

She was originally very beautiful, dressed upright, and she also had a princess dress, sitting in the middle of the carriage, with a ceremonial guard on the outside, so she didn't need any makeup as a decoration.

Mu Xiang leaned against the corner of the carriage and looked up at Zhao Mingzhi's face. Although she was covered by a thin gauze, she felt like looking at flowers through a literal mist, which made her dazzled, and she forgot about the crowd outside. Noisy and in its own right.

The guard of honor moved forward all the way, and the movement of passers-by on both sides became smaller all the way, because the doors and windows of the carriage were all open, and everyone looked up to see the princess in the carriage. , but the sound was suppressed by the drumming.

After the carriage passed by, the western army was purged again, and then the imperial guards, all of them straddled their horses at their waists, held spears in their hands, wore full armor, and wore helmets.

Finally, one of the people around the road couldn't help but whispered: "Is that really the princess of today? Has anyone seen it before?"

After a while, someone replied: "God knows, I have only been enthroned for a few days now, and the emperor has come in person. There are not many people in the capital who know each other, let alone a princess."

Sighing again, he said: "It doesn't matter if he is a real princess or a fake princess. There are forbidden troops and Western troops coming from left and right. If the thief Di breaks Xuzhou and comes to attack the capital again, he will be able to defend it for a few more days-no matter what. There is someone surnamed Zhao, so he won't run away like Qian Weiwu?"

"You know again? If it's a fake princess, it's just to coax you and me to stay here to help defend the city, delaying time, and telling the emperor to run south in Caizhou..."

"How can you be so shameless?"

"Is there anything the Zhao family can't do? Haven't you seen what the one in Xiazhou did? How many wives and children have been separated in the city, isn't this family responsible for us?"

Everyone was silent for a while.

After a long time, an old man said: "If you are afraid, then you should look south and flee first. This February, five or six of the ten houses in Beijing were empty. Who would spare their lives? Whether it is true or not, it is not worth running away first." will be wrong."

However, as soon as this remark was made, no one echoed it. After a long while, a peddler in his 50s and [-]s complained: "It's easy to say, but I want to run. It's so easy to find a place to stay. To make a living, I don’t have much money in my pocket, don’t I need to eat? Halfway through the run, the Di people didn’t call, so I starved to death.”

Another person said: "Even if you don't know the truth, there is a princess who looks like a princess, so you should look forward to it? With such a posture, it looks like you are really going to fight..."

"If you really want to fight, it's not like a princess is here. Why doesn't your majesty come in person?" Someone snorted, "If your majesty dares to come, I really believe it. He will personally go to the battle to supervise the battle. I will risk my old life and sell it to him. How dare he?!"

Someone laughed at him and said: "Lao Jiu, what is the momentum of Di thief, you are the first to run away, don't talk nonsense here, go back and cook your yokan!"

Su Laojiu spat on the ground and scolded, "I'm telling the truth!"

No one paid attention to him, they just laughed at each other.

But no matter what they said, everyone saw a princess coming from the south today, and she was the only sister of the day, and she brought countless elite cavalry with invisible tails, which still gave a faint hope to many onlookers.

"Who saw the one who came in the morning? The man in armor, I heard that he is the Jiedu envoy Pei Yong. He is in charge of Xiqin, Qingyuan Road, and Yanyan Road. He hasn't been to Beijing for many years. Summoning people over, does it mean how true it is?"

"How do you know it's the real festival?"

"Jiedu is fake, are these soldiers always real? How many years have you and I lived in the capital, when have you seen such an elite who can fight at first sight?"

"Let's talk about it after a real fight. Didn't the imperial guards look very powerful in the past? The people have already run away before they come!"

"When is this, you are afraid that there will be no battle, and when the thieves come, you and I will not be beaten to death!"

A group of people waited here to gossip and have fun, and when they could no longer see the last flag of the guard of honor, there were only cavalry in formation on the road, and a small voice came out of nowhere and said: "Although I don't know the truth, And it's far away... Today's princess is really beautiful."

The man spoke timidly, and after he finished speaking, he thought he would be ridiculed.

However, as soon as the words came out, no one refuted them. After a long while, someone responded: "It's so far away, and separated by a layer of veil, I can't see clearly..."

Soon, someone said again: "It would be great if we could get closer."

Immediately, there were voices of agreement and sighs one after another beside the road.

At this time, the gates of the city had already been opened wide, and the colorful screens in the princess guard of honor entered first, and gradually slowed down as originally arranged.

At the head, Lu Xianzhang had already changed into a scarlet court dress, wearing a five-beam crown on his head, a jade belt around his waist, and a goldfish bag. He rode a tall horse and led a group of people to raise the flag in front.

There are soldiers guarding the roadside along the way, and the crowds on both sides of the street are no less than those outside the city.

Although nearly half of the people in the capital had fled away, once they got together, they would still walk shoulder to shoulder. Although few people had much trust in the person surnamed Zhao in the carriage, let alone much expectation, they only regarded it as a rare thing to watch.

Zhao Mingzhi didn't expect to be able to turn things around once she came, she just sat upright, looking at the people on the side of the road all the way, watching those expressions that were either vigilant or unfamiliar.

Entering from outside the city, in order to show the people of the capital a clear view, the guard of honor was long, so they walked very slowly. It took two or three hours to cross the Junyi Bridge, and they saw Panlou Street in front of them, and they were about to turn into Xuandemen. , outside the door, beside the road, and even nearby restaurants up and down, surrounded by people.

This is the most prosperous part of the capital, adjacent to Da Nei. In the past, every inch of land and gold was looted by Di thieves and repaired again. Although it is only half of the former bustling area, it is still very prosperous.

Zhao Mingzhi sat upright for a day, his shoulders, legs and feet were already numb, and he was stared at by countless people from far and near, and he couldn't move.

She straightened her back and stared straight ahead, only waiting for the carriage to enter the hall, but for some reason, the sound of drumming stopped suddenly, and the guards of honor in front moved away from the middle.

As soon as the vocal music stopped, the people around became quiet. Everyone followed the guard of honor and looked in different directions, only to see a horse galloping towards Xuande's gate in full view.

The man passed through the princess guard of honor, went straight to the front of Zhao Mingzhi's carriage, got off the horse, threw the reins to the guards, and walked straight.

The visitor did not look into the carriage, but only bowed in Zhao Mingzhi's direction, and said indifferently: "I come to clear the way for Your Highness."

But the coachman was stunned for a moment, seeing someone coming, he jumped out of the carriage obediently, respectfully called "Jiedu", and presented the reins in his hand under the instruction of the other party.

It was Pei Yong who came.

He took the reins and the whip, and regardless of the strange and suspicious eyes of the people around him, he jumped into the carriage, raised his whip, and waited for the guard of honor in front of him to move before driving the carriage into the thick gate surrounded by countless people.

　Thank you, Mu Weicheng, for gifting me two God of Wealth small money jars, two peace charms, two chicken legs for Mingzhi and one chicken leg for Pei Yong =3=
　　Thank you Yan Yuanwei u for giving me a small money jar for the God of Wealth, the dog food Shu Yuzhai gave Mingzhi (why does Mingzhi also eat dog food), the sachet for me, the sachet for me is not cute at all = 3=
　　Thank you Huang Scorpio Gongqing Meishou for giving Wei San two packs of dog food and three chicken legs, Ni Zao kissed Pei Yong for one chicken leg, Yushuang for Yushuang, and Coke Cha kissed me for a safe talisman One piece, one for Mingzhi's little chicken leg:)

　　Thanks to mc95113 for giving me the peace talisman*2, it’s a piece of peace talisman given to me by the little moon, the little chicken leg that the raccoon slave stole the book a few times to give to Ming Zhi, and the rose from the book city I love Nong Nong^_^
　　
　
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