It's a rare warm winter day, and the golden sunshine hitting my body is both refreshing and a little itchy that I can't help but smile.
A carriage was parked outside Bei'anmen in the Imperial City. Beside the carriage's wheel were squatting two old men with gray hair who looked like old farmers.
The two of them were squatting like that, looking like they were shitting from a distance. When they got closer, they were indeed holding a golden rolled pancake in their hands, and they were eating deliciously.
In the forbidden area of the Imperial City, squatting like this is already indecent, and eating pancakes while squatting is unheard of, and eating while squeaking as if feeding pigs is even more unheard of.
But he spoke up, and the javelin-like golden-armored guards beside him seemed not to be looking.
It’s not that they didn’t watch, it’s that they couldn’t afford to offend him.
Wuding Marquis Guo Ying squats on the left, and Jingchuan Marquis Cao Zhen squats on the right.
The former laughs at everyone, but the latter kicks everyone.
"Bah! Bah! It smells so damn good!"
Guo Ying ate pancakes and praised them.
"Look, it's rolled with scallions and pork head and put in sweet bean paste. How can it compare?" Cao Zhen smiled, and when he suddenly spoke, a piece of pig's head in the pancake fell to the ground.
"Hey, damn you don't want me to eat it!" Cao Zhen didn't care about that. He picked up the meat that fell on the ground and threw it into his mouth without shaking it off.
Chew it a few times, then spit it out with a frown.
"What's wrong?" Guo Ying asked.
"There's sand!" Cao Zhen said angrily, "You're going to go back and find trouble with that guy who sells braised pork. You dare to sell me meat with sand in it!"
Guo Ying looked at him and suddenly felt that squatting with him was a little priceless, so she moved to the side.
He moved and Cao Zhen moved.
While returning the favor, he muttered vaguely, "I haven't been back to my hometown for many years. Hey, I wonder how my hometown is doing? I can't think of my hometown, and I feel bad!"
"No, no one is stopping you from going back. It's you who doesn't want to go back!" Guo Ying said, "Who are you telling this to when you are so angry?"
"I don't have anyone at home anymore, who can I go back to see?" Cao Zhen glared, "Besides, I don't have the time. I led troops to fight in the past few years, and it's only been a few years since I stopped to enjoy my life."
As he spoke, his expression suddenly became a little lonely, and he took a hard bite of the pancake in his hand, "My biggest wish when I was a child was that one day I could squat on the ridge of my field and eat pancakes. Now there are so many pancakes that I can't eat them.
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Guo Ying had the intention to yell at him, but looking at his appearance, she still held it back.
At this moment, bursts of cheerful hoofbeats were heard not far away.
The two old men looked over at the same time. A carriage pulled by two horses, probably two mules, came slowly on the bluestone of the palace.
Both mules were smooth, fat and strong, and there were two bells tied to the bridles under their necks, which jingled with each step.
"Li Jinglong?" Guo Ying looked at it with squinted eyes for a moment, "Hey, damn, his donkey cart looks more luxurious than our carriage!"
Cao Zhen stared at the two mules pulling the cart, "What an animal!"
"Hey, you two are here early?" Li Jinglong drove the car in person. He was also dressed in casual clothes and looked like a small businessman with some wealth. He jumped out of the car, put the whip on the shaft of the car, parked the car and said with a smile.
Later, he saw two old men holding a piece of pancake each and said with a smile, "Are you eating?"
"Are you blind? You're holding on even if you don't want to eat?" Cao Zhen squinted. In his eyes, Cao Guogong, the first-rank minister, was just a junior who could be kicked.
"You're good, you came later than us!" Guo Ying also laughed and scolded, "Have you eaten yet? If you haven't eaten, there are pancakes in the car!"
"Junior, have breakfast at home!" Li Jinglong smiled, and suddenly saw Cao Zhen standing up from the corner of his eye, his eyes wandering around in front of his car.
"This mule is good!" Cao Zhen was eating pancakes. "The frame is really beautiful. It's a pity to pull a cart!" As he said that, he turned to Guo Ying and said, "Mules are good animals. They are not as valuable as war horses. They can pull carts."
You can ride and fight again." As he said that, he touched it with his greasy hands.
A mule sensed someone next to him, his ears flickered twice and he turned his head in confusion.
When Cao Zhen saw it, he subconsciously handed over the pancake in his hand. The mule opened his big mouth and swallowed it in unceremoniously.
"Ha, what a beast!" Cao Zhen was delighted, and then looked at his empty hands, "Hey, little plum, your mule ate my pancakes!"
"Did it eat it? Did you feed it?"
Li Jinglong was disgusted with these old killers from the bottom of his heart, but he couldn't afford to offend them.
"I have Lan Xinzhai's snacks in my car. I'll get them for you..."
"Are you going out on a journey, or on a fucking outing? Do you have snacks with you?" Cao Zhen walked sideways to the carriage, "Let me see what other goodies you have brought!"
With that said, he climbed in without ceremony.
Immediately there was shouting and yelling from inside, "Hey, fourth brother, look at this guy, there is a heater in the carriage, good tea, and a painting book. Oh, why is the carriage so soft!"
Seeing him having fun inside, the corners of Li Jinglong's eyes twitched.
"Master Marquis, this is the carriage prepared for the old man..."
With a whoosh, Cao Zhen jumped out and stared at Li Jinglong with an unkind look, "Why didn't you tell me earlier?"
"You didn't even let me talk!" Li Jinglong smiled bitterly, and then quickly went in to tidy up the carriage.
At this moment, Zuo'anmen suddenly opened from the inside.
Immediately afterwards, several guards in civilian clothes came out under the leadership of Deng Ping, looked around, and then revealed the people behind them and came out.
The old man was in front, leaning on a cane and wearing ordinary clothes made by his granddaughter-in-law, with a smile on his face.
"Your Majesty..."
"Count the ball, don't kneel down!" The old man laughed, "Are you all here?" As he said that, he looked behind him at Zhu Yunxi, who was also dressed in casual clothes and looked like a scholar, "Everyone is here!"
Zhu Yunxi was dressed in Confucian uniform, and he looked a bit like a scholar, "I know you don't like grand ostentation, so it's just us, two carriages, and the guards pretending to be servants, following on foot!"
It is said that there are only these people, but in fact, I don’t know how many people are around secretly.
The old man smiled and said, "Okay, let's take a walk, it's getting late, so I won't take a damn while to have lunch!"
Li Jinglong stepped forward and held the old man's arm, "You always ride in the villain's car. The car is covered with soft cushions to keep you warm. The villain drives the car quickly and safely!"
"Zhongzhong!" The old man laughed twice more, looked back at Miyagi, and got into the car. But he didn't enter the carriage, and just sat on the shaft.
Looking at the mule pulling the cart, the old man said the same thing as Cao Zhen, "What a good animal!" After saying that, he slapped the mule's butt with the walking stick in his hand, "Let's go!"
The two carriages, with Guo Ying and Cao Zhen in front, and the old man and Zhu Yunxi behind, slowly left the palace city, then hid in the busy city and rushed towards the city gate.
"I'm afraid that you're always jolted, so I went to pick up two mules." Li Jinglong drove the carriage and said with a smile, "Everything that should be prepared is ready in the carriage. You always go in and take a rest when you are sleepy and tired."
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The city gate was right in front of him, and the old man was swaying on the shaft of the carriage to the rhythm of the wheels. "I just got up, so I'm sleepy and tired." After saying that, he turned to Zhu Yunxi who was sitting on the other side and said, "Grandson, Liu Jin knows
Shall we leave?"
"I found out in the morning, my mother has been crying for a long time." Zhu Yunxi said with a smile, "I insisted on coming with you, so I tried to persuade him to stop it. When my grandson was leaving, he was still howling at the top of his lungs.
, call me ancestor!"
"Tsk tsk!" The old man's face seemed to be a little unpleasant, "Hey, our darling grandson has been left at home." After saying that, he sighed again, "After all, he is our filial darling grandson, and he doesn't want me to leave!"
The city gate was right in front of us, and two cars slowly left the city following the flow of people.
The air is full of noise and various smells are mixed together.
After leaving the city gate, there was even more crowds.
Cao Zhen jumped out of the carriage in front, grabbed two roast chickens from a stall selling roast chicken on the roadside, and put them back in the car.
"Old man, you haven't paid me yet?" the man selling roast chicken shouted.
"Ask for money from the guy behind the wheel, he's my eldest nephew!" Cao Zhen shouted.
Li Jinglong was driving in the car and telling the old man a joke. Before he could react, he saw a man selling roasted chicken. He had a nose that was neither a nose nor a face. "Hey, you have to pay for the roasted chicken that your uncle bought!"
"I..." Li Jinglong really wanted to whip him, but he had no choice but to endure his anger and take out his wallet from his arms.
While he was counting the copper coins, another shouting came from behind.
"Hurry up, people in front, you're blocking the road and making a fool of yourself!"