Zhurou

Chapter 171 City Wall
Once the palace people started walking and talking in the carriage, they immediately broke the original atmosphere.

Zhao Mingzhi didn't say anything about brewing wine and carrying goods anymore, he just leaned against the side of the car with one hand, and quietly raised his eyes to look into the distance.

The front is still a straight official road, the grass and green leaves grow early on the side of the road, and the scenery along the way is as if, nothing special, and there is no end in sight.

Just looking at the road, not knowing when he would be able to return to the city, Zhao Mingzhi turned his head and asked Pei Yong outside in a low voice: "Second brother, can we go to the east of the city today?"

At this time, Pei Yong was seven or eight steps away from the carriage, obviously not close, but he could clearly hear Zhao Mingzhi's words.

Hearing this, he reined in his horse and came over, asking, "Why do you suddenly want to go east of the city?"

He said again: "I thought you would go to the Taishi Bureau later. It's actually cheaper to go west of the city. If you go east of the city, I'm afraid it will take a longer detour."

Zhao Mingzhi smiled and said, "Didn't my second brother just invite me to see the repairs of the city defenses? I heard that the moat is being repaired in the east of the city. I actually wanted to go and see it, but I was busy with other things and couldn't find a suitable opportunity."

It was rare for Pei Yong not to agree, but said: "Today's schedule is too rushed, and I don't know how long I will be delayed in the Taishi Bureau. If you want to see the moat, it's the same to go another day."

He said: "You have worked really hard recently, and you have been running around non-stop today. You should go back early and take a rest. The injury on your shoulder is not fully healed, and you should take a long rest. Once the root cause of the disease falls, you will not be the only one." uncomfortable?"

Zhao Mingzhi subconsciously stretched out his hands to explore his shoulders. He wondered if he had worked too long in the morning. Sure enough, his joints became very stiff when he moved a lot.

She thought about it, and she hesitated a bit, and said: "Even so...there will be other arrangements for several days in a row, but today is the most abundant time - in fact, I will only ask a few words when I come to the Taishi Bureau later, It shouldn't take much effort."

He said again: "As for inspecting the city gate, I just walked around the city wall. In fact, I was thinking that there are always many people entering and leaving from the west of the city, but I have never been to the east part of the city. I heard that the city wall there was seriously damaged, so I assigned it to repair it." The servant has a lot of hard work and a heavy burden, and I wanted to take advantage of the second elder brother's rest today..."

When the word "Xiu Mu" was mentioned, Zhao Mingzhi was startled, but stopped there.

Pei Yong's attention was always on her. Seeing that she had calmed down inexplicably, he waited for a while before taking a half step closer to his horse and asking, "What's the matter?"

Zhao Mingzhi shook his head, then raised his head again and said, "I just woke up, so the second brother is taking a rest today."

She said it for no reason.

Today, the two of them mentioned the matter of Xiumu many times, especially the follow-up arrangements were all born of Xiumu, so they should not forget it no matter what.

But Pei Yong only said "um", and still waited for her to continue talking.

He was so considerate and restrained, Zhao Mingzhi couldn't help feeling impulsive.

"According to the etiquette, at this time, I should say sorry first, and then thank you. After all, the second brother has worked hard day and night since he came to Beijing, and the burden on his shoulders is even heavier. It is rare to meet Huu Mu, and he still wants to accompany me for a day. It is reasonable... ..."

Pei Yong then turned his head and said: "Whether you feel sorry or not, whether you want to apologize or thank you, as long as you are happy, it's up to you, but if you come to ask me what I mean, I will naturally say it from time to time, every day. It’s not too annoying, but here are all outsiders—do you want to hear it?”

Hearing this, Zhao Mingzhi really shook his head, let alone nodded. After a long while, he couldn't help but pursed his lips and said, "I don't want to talk about the separation with my second brother..."

Pei Yong also fell silent, only turning his head to look at her.

His eyes were full of emotion, and although he didn't say a word, he seemed to have expressed all his thoughts in this one look.

Zhao Mingzhi only took one look at him, and didn't dare to look directly at him anymore. He looked at the horse's hooves with half-lowered and half-flat eyes, and then took aim out of the corner of his eye.

His head is half sideways, the brow bone and nasal bone line are extremely superior, even the master of Danqing can't draw such a smooth and charming side face, but the tips of his ears are slightly red, obviously the driving speed is not fast, that's why he wiped the balm on his hands He still clenched the reins tightly, and the flesh on the back of his palm was even scratched deeply.

Both of them suddenly stopped talking.

After a long time, Pei Yong turned his head to look at the road ahead, and said softly: "If there are outsiders around, it's okay to say..."

The two of them were talking in the car here, and the few palace people in the car didn't take the initiative to approach. Only Mu Xiang hesitated, but still bit the bullet and brought tea over, and placed it on the small table in front of Zhao Mingzhi, which happened to be stuck in this place. When the mouth.

Seeing someone coming, Pei Yong changed the topic and asked: "If you want to see the moat being repaired, why not go to the south of the city? There are fewer detours, and it happens that Nanxun Gate is also repairing the moat. Go through it and take the path to the corner gate. It is facing the Taishi Bureau."

"Strictly counting, the battle at Nanxun Gate is larger than that in the east of the city, and several other flags have been set up to recruit brave men. Your Highness went to inspect it. It's the right time—how?"

He only mentioned one sentence, and then brought the topic back to the original route. After getting Zhao Mingzhi's nod, he didn't call anyone over, but rode forward to inform the front to open the battle.

Sure enough, after going forward for a while, the guard of honor turned around and walked south of the city.

After all, the south of the city was no better than the west of the city, and it took more than half an hour to reach under the city gate by way.

Although today is a rest, the city defense repairs are still uninterrupted.

From a distance, Zhao Mingzhi could see countless peasants on and off the city wall, all in twos and threes, digging and carrying loads, and each was busy making a group.

The princess' guard of honor was very ostentatious, and as soon as she approached, she attracted someone's attention. First, a few people saw it sporadically, and after word of mouth spread, many people looked up and down in a short time.

She didn't delay, since she was here for inspection, she didn't wear any veil, she didn't even comb her bun, she just tied her hair tightly with a long rope, put on her boots and got out of the carriage.

Zhao Mingzhi's appearance was already known to everyone, and Pei Yong would look up and down the walls of the major cities almost every day. There were countless civilians and people who knew him, let alone soldiers. explain.

The two walked together in such a way, with a line of guards behind them, which naturally attracted countless people to watch, but they didn't know their intentions, and they all whispered to each other.

Zhao and Pei just don't know.

Pei Yong has always attached great importance to the repair of the city defenses, and now he introduced them to Zhao Mingzhi one by one, such as how many teams are divided into, how many people are in each team, what work they do, and how they are arranged. What is the result, what is it for, and so on.

He spoke in detail, and Zhao Mingzhi listened naturally and earnestly. While listening, he would go up to try it out if he was curious, and ask the servants all kinds of questions, such as how much money a day, how many people are in the family Where are they, what is the price of food now, and whether there is any place to live.

She was dressed in riding clothes, with no decorations on her body, not even a hairpin. She didn't hesitate at all when she took the hoe and shovel from the peasant and stirred the mud, and soon she was splashed with mud spots all over her body.

(End of this chapter)