Chapter 631: He is the horse bone, we are the thousand gold [Bowing in thanks! Bowing again!]

Early in the fifth lunar month,

At the beginning of the Chen hour (around 8:00 AM)

Yunnei Prefecture,

Jiuyuan City,

1,200 li away from Tokyo,

Midsummer season,

Inside and outside the city, it was no longer the withered and decaying scenery of winter,

Standing on the city wall at this time, looking out of the city from a height, the field of vision was full of lush green, a scene of vitality.

The continuous military camps outside the city were also surrounded by green.

The south wind blew, and the battle flags in the military camp fluttered from time to time.

At this time,

"Boom, boom!"

A sound like thunder came vaguely from afar.

The soldiers standing on the city wall looked toward the direction of the sound one after another.

As time passed,

This sound like thunder became louder and louder.

After a long while,

The soldiers saw from the city wall that there was a large-scale cavalry in the distance, following the battle flags fluttering in the wind, lined up in a battle formation, running toward a certain place.

Subsequently,

In the soldiers' field of vision, that large-scale cavalry, like a water flow encountering a fork in the road, naturally bypassed a certain place and split into two.

The soldiers guarding the city also understood some military affairs,

Understanding that if this were a real battle, the place bypassed by the cavalry would definitely be under a rain of arrows at this time.

Looking from the city wall, although the cavalry was not small in scale, their movements were very smooth without any confusion; the numerous cavalrymen turned and moved like one person, obviously an elite cavalry that was hard to come by.

Just watching from the side was a very comfortable enjoyment.

Just when the soldiers wanted to continue "enjoying," in a place they couldn't see, there seemed to be flag and drum commands.

The cavalry in the distance did not continue to drill, but after merging into one, ran toward the large camp outside the city.

In the military camp,

In front of the main army tent,

The sound of "whoa" was constant,

More than a dozen sturdy and capable young junior officers, sweating profusely, reined in their mounts in front of the tent, dismounted, and walked toward the courtyard.

I don't know how much green grass was trampled, but these young junior officers, like their mounts, were all covered with many grass leaves and debris.

Vaguely, one could smell the scent of grass juice.

When entering the courtyard,

The young junior officers were still whispering to each other.

Someone said with dissatisfaction in his tone: "We were just practicing with great vigor! Why did the General order us to come back?"

"Junyi, I think our coordination is fine! The place where we split the troops..."

After walking a few steps while talking, seeing the capable personal guards standing on the side, the junior officers stopped talking one after another and looked at each other with some surprise.

Soon, everyone entered the main room used as the main army tent.

At a glance,

Beside the huge sand table,

The main army general Xu Zaiduan and deputy general Zhang Fangsong, who were in charge of the camp in the past, were standing solemnly to the side at this time.

Under the map facing the door,

A person was supporting the edge of the sand table with his palms, looking carefully at the sand table in front of him.

Seeing this person,

The young junior officers who entered the room bowed and cupped their hands one after another, saying in unison: "This humble subordinate has seen the General!"

Marquis Yongyi Xu Minghua raised his head, looked at the many young faces in the room full of sweat, and nodded with a smile: "Good!"

Then he added: "Are you all here?"

"Returning to the General! All here!" Zaizuan, who was on the side, cupped his hands.

"Hm!"

Xu Minghua took back the hands supporting the edge of the sand table, adjusted his clothes, and reached out to the side.

A moment later,

Xu Minghua revealed the gold tiger tally in his hand and said loudly: "Transmit the military order of the Emperor and the Palace Guard Division..."

Hearing this,

The many military officers in the room knelt on one knee one after another and cupped their hands in salute.

Listening to the words of Marquis Yongyi Xu Minghua, the young junior officers kneeling on one knee began to have bright eyes, their faces full of excitement.

Soon,

Elite vanguard scouts ran toward the east from the military camp, one person with three horses.

At the You hour (after 5:00 PM)

Bianjing,

When Xu Zaijing and the others finished school, the sun was still hanging in the west, and the sky was much brighter than the Shen hour (after 3:00 PM) in winter.

Xu Zaijing and the others were not in a hurry to go home; just like in previous years, they found a restaurant by the road and sat together with their classmates to eat some cold food and drink some iced drinks.

Everyone sat in the private room on the second floor,

Buwei was placing the fruit that everyone had just bought by the road and washed clean on the table.

Qi Heng looked at Gu Tingye opposite him.

At this time, Gu Tingye had just taken the folding fan with a fan cover from the maid Qiuniang.

Qi Heng asked in confusion: "Second Uncle, this fan cover in your hand looks very exquisite."

Xu Zaijing, who was in the middle of the two, was fanning himself with some force, and the cool breeze made Xu Zaijing feel very comfortable.

Hearing Qi Heng's words, Xu Zaijing also glanced at Gu Tingye and said: "Yuanruo, guess who sent this fan cover of Second Young Master's?"

Qi Heng smiled: "I think it was sent by Eldest Young Lady Yu, right?"

Gu Tingye glanced at the two with some disdain and said: "Pfft! Let me tell you, this was sent by my own younger sister!"

"Tsk! You two don't have a younger sister, and even if you wanted one, you wouldn't have one! Hahaha!"

After laughing twice, Gu Tingye picked up an apricot and added: "No! Maybe Jing Ge'er, you will have a younger sister! But I don't know how long you'll have to wait to get this!"

After finishing, Gu Tingye took a bite.

Xu Zaijing and Qi Heng, who had nothing to refute, could only smile helplessly.

Subsequently, watching Gu Tingye's face twist from the sourness of the apricot, the two laughed even more heartily.

Looking at Huaxiang, who had sent early peaches to Xu Zaijing, Qi Heng was just about to speak when Qingyun, who was at the door of the private room, shouted: "Sixth Young Master Liang is here!"

Hearing this, the three people in the private room showed surprise one after another and looked toward the screen at the door.

They saw Liang Han walking out from behind the screen with a frown.

"I have seen the two elder brothers and the Little Xiao Xiao Gongye."

After Liang Han bowed with a straight face, he sat opposite Xu Zaijing with some anger and picked up an apricot at random.

"Hey, Sixth Young Master..." Gu Tingye reached out.

"Crunch."

Liang Han, who had bitten into the apricot with hatred, looked at Gu Tingye in confusion while chewing: "Hm?"

Then, his face also twisted from the sourness.

"Ptooey."

The apricot flesh that had been chewed twice was spat out by Liang Han.

"Too, too damn sour..."

Huaxiang, who was standing to the side, hurriedly poured a cup of drink and sent it to Liang Han.

After rinsing his mouth, Liang Han thanked Huaxiang.

"Sixth Young Master, why did you come to find us today?" Gu Tingye asked, picking up two cherries.

Liang Han shook his head and said: "Gu Pei Erge, I..."

Xu Zaijing said: "If there's something, we can discuss it, and we can give you an idea."

"Sigh!" Liang Han sighed with some depression and said: "It's my concubine-born eldest brother. I don't know whose door he went through, but he was transferred from General Gan's command to General Tao's command."

"In my father's words, if the two countries go to war, my concubine-born eldest brother will have the opportunity to make contributions to the country like Jing Ge'er."

"Unlike me, who can't write or fight, and only knows how to mess around in Bianjing all day. They should throw me to the northern front!"

"Because of this, my father and mother are arguing at home again."

Looking at Gu Tingye, who was nodding, Liang Han widened his eyes and said: "No, Gu Pei Erge, what do you mean by nodding?"

Gu Tingye was startled, waved his hand with a smile and said: "Sixth Young Master, I don't mean you; it's just that I actually really want to go north and make contributions like Jing Ge'er."

"Ah! I thought... I don't want to go north; what's so good about the battlefield! It's better to study and research fishing in the capital!" Liang Han pouted.

"Pfft." Qi Heng, opposite Gu Tingye, looked at Xu Zaijing and couldn't help laughing.

Xu Zaijing spat the peach pit in his mouth into his palm, glared at Qi Heng, and said to Liang Han: "..."

Liang Han nodded.

Xu Zaijing smiled and said: "Sixth Young Master, I think you don't want to go, and you have to add another reason in your heart, which is... that... who was hugging and kissing by Jinming Pool..."

Hearing this,

Gu Tingye and Qi Heng also laughed.

Liang Han looked at Xu Zaijing helplessly and said: "Jing Ge'er, if I dare to say it, my father and mother will dare to break my legs."

Qi Heng looked at Xu Zaijing and said hesitantly: "Sixth Young Master, we young masters from noble families still need to be more careful before we have a legitimate wife."

Liang Han nodded: "Hm, hm! I know. If my father forces me too hard, I'll just pretend to be sick!"

"Hm?" Gu Tingye, listening to the conversation between the two, asked: "Sixth Young Master, you and that girl, wouldn't be..."

Liang Han nodded with some pride and some embarrassment: "Cough! Hm!"

Xu Zaijing shook his head helplessly at this, hearing that Liang Han had already "made a secret promise for life" with that girl.

"Sixth Young Master, what is that girl's temperament like?" Xu Zaijing asked.

"Naturally gentle as water; she does whatever I say," Liang Han said with a smile on his lips: "She is the true love of my life; there will definitely be a place for her by my side in the future."

On the side, Qi Heng looked at Liang Han with envy and approval.

Xu Zaijing raised his eyebrows noncommittally and said: "It's better to be more careful."

Liang Han nodded and said: "Hm, hm! Jing Ge'er, I've remembered what you said! Don't talk about me! I also heard today that the silk, tea, porcelain, etc., sold by our dynasty to Northern Liao and Jin Kingdom are going to rise in price..."

Xu Zaijing and the others nodded one after another, and Gu Tingye said: "This is just part of our dynasty's methods."

As he spoke, Gu Tingye looked at Xu Zaijing with a smile.

Now Northern Liao is focusing on the east, and its control over the Northwest Circuit Recruitment Division is visibly weakening.

Great Zhou, however, is constantly digesting Bai Gao's national strength, and the number of Western Army soldiers is gradually increasing.

Moreover, Great Zhou has been doing business with the Mongol tribes.

For the same things, the Mongol tribes have lower prices than Northern Liao, and selling them to Northern Liao can also let the Mongol tribes' nobles earn the price difference, which naturally wins over many people.

With the rise and fall of each other, the situation is leaning toward Great Zhou's side.

"People in those two offices, the Imperial City Division and the Military Strategy Division, might be doing some bad things in Northern Liao."

Just as Gu Tingye finished speaking, a noisy sound came from downstairs.

Xu Zaijing stood up immediately and walked toward the window with thin gauze hanging.

After looking down, Xu Zaijing said: "It looks like the attire of the palace guards."

"Ah?"

The other three in the private room showed confusion one after another.

Before anyone could say anything, a greeting sound came from the door.

"Lord Eunuch Huai Bao is here."

Qingyun at the door opened the door and shouted dutifully.

Hearing this, Gu Tingye and the others who stood up were even more confused.

A eunuch went around the screen, flicked his whisk, and shouted: "Oh my! Young Masters, still playing here! You really made this servant look for you!"

The four bowed in a salute, and Gu Tingye said: "Lord Eunuch Huai Bao, you are... looking for us for something??"

Wiping the fine sweat on his forehead, the eunuch Eunuch Huai Bao said: "Correct! Tomorrow, the young master and family members of the Lu Long Zhao family will arrive in the capital."

"The Emperor specifically instructed that you Young Masters go to the New Cao Men outside the East Outer City tomorrow to wait and accompany that young master of the Lu Long Zhao family into the city to show favor and welcome."

The four bowed and agreed.

Qi Heng added: "Lord Eunuch Huai Bao, are only the four of us going?"

The eunuch Eunuch Huai Bao smiled: "Little Xiao Xiao Gongye is joking; naturally, it's not just the four Young Masters; many young masters and young ladies from noble and high-ranking families in the capital will go to join in the fun."

Gu Tingye was surprised: "Lord Eunuch Huai Bao, in that case, the noble ladies of the capital are also going!"

The eunuch Eunuch Huai Bao nodded with a smile.

Xu Zaijing said: "This... Lord Eunuch Huai Bao, there are quite a few noble ladies in the capital; if they all ride in carriages, I think it will be quite inconvenient."

Eunuch Huai Bao looked at Xu Zaijing with particularly affectionate eyes; after all, if Xu Zaijing hadn't taken action outside the Shenbao Temple in the west of the city a few years ago to avoid casualties among tourists, whether Eunuch Huai Bao could have lived was a question.

"Fifth Young Master is right, so the noble ladies who are going tomorrow will naturally have to ride horses."

Xu Zaijing nodded with a smile: "So that's how it is."

The eunuch Eunuch Huai Bao smiled: "Four Young Masters, don't forget to dress up tomorrow morning! With that, this servant will return to the palace first."

"Go slowly, Lord."

Sending him downstairs,

Watching the departing guards and eunuch,

Everyone looked at each other, and Xu Zaijing said: "Then, everyone, see you tomorrow?"

Nanjiangtang Lane,

Rong family,

Hui Xue Courtyard,

The sky was bright, and the light in the main room was acceptable.

Rong Feiyan stood in the room with her arms crossed, and the maids Seeing Xi Bu and Ningxiang opposite her were each displaying a summer outfit.

Looking at the clothes in Ningxiang's hands, Rong Feiyan shook her head and flicked her wrists, saying: "This one won't do, take another one."

Ningxiang hurriedly turned around, put the unfolded summer outfit aside on the clothes rack, took down another one and unfolded it, and was about to stand opposite Rong Feiyan again when she saw Rong Feiyan waving her hand at her again.

The meaning of this wave was that there was no need to pick anymore.

Seeing Xi Bu said: "Young Lady, then we'll wear this one tomorrow?"

Rong Feiyan nodded with a smile.

Ningxiang said: "Young Lady, we still have to ride horses tomorrow; there might be dust flying, do you want to wear a veil?"

"Wear it."

"Hm!" Ningxiang went to Rong Feiyan's box again, excitedly looking for a suitable veil.

Half a stick of incense later,

Ningxiang looked at Seeing Xi Bu helplessly and said: "Young Lady, these are all the veils in your box."

Rong Feiyan shook her head: "I don't think any of them are suitable."

Ningxiang said: "Then, will you wear a curtain hat?"

Another half a stick of incense,

The two personal maids sighed helplessly: their young lady was not satisfied with any of the curtain hats.

Rong Feiyan looked at the curtain hats in their hands and shook her head: "Those who wear curtain hats tomorrow might all have thin gauze hanging, that's too ordinary!"

"Young Lady, then... shall we change to a different color of thin gauze?" Seeing Xi Bu suggested.

Rong Feiyan shook her head: "Changing the color won't match the clothes we just picked."

Ningxiang said: "Then Young Lady, shall we cut the thin gauze into strips..."

Rong Feiyan shook her head: "Wouldn't that be like a beggar?"

"That's true... then what should we do..." Ningxiang and Seeing Xi Bu, who was frowning in thought, looked at each other.

The room fell silent.

After a while,

"I have it!"

Rong Feiyan's happy voice came.

The next day,

Bianjing Outer City,

Outside the New Cao Men,

Many young masters from high-ranking families in bright clothes, riding on oily and shiny horses, were chatting under the shade of the trees.

Not far from them, the carriages of various families were also parked.

Xu Zaijing, who was talking and laughing with Lu Zezong, was suddenly patted on the shoulder by Qi Heng on the side: "Jing Ge'er, look quickly."

Xu Zaijing turned his head in confusion and looked in the direction Qi Heng was pointing.

In his line of sight,

A noble lady was riding a horse toward them; what was hanging around the edge of the curtain hat she was wearing was not semi-transparent thin gauze, but gold threads strung with pearls the size of jujube pits.

The interval between each pearl gold thread was very small, and as she walked, the girl's face under the curtain hat was visible from time to time.

Just by appearing, she was very eye-catching.

"This... how did she think of dressing up like this..." someone couldn't help but sigh.

Subsequently,

That girl rode her horse to the middle of the noble ladies she was familiar with,

Amidst the crisp exclamations and laughter, that girl took off the specially made curtain hat; who else could it be but Rong Feiyan.

Subsequently, Rong Feiyan exchanged curtain hats with her friends and tried them on.

It made the group of noble young masters scan over there non-stop.

Xu Zaijing, relying on his good eyesight, feasted his eyes and sighed: "I think there will be new popular things in the capital again."

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 632 =====