Volume Four, The Year of the Curtain, Chapter 38: Weicheng Drunk
It was still dark when Ning Que woke up, and it was pitch black beside Subi Lake. He poured the remaining mutton into the ashes of the bonfire in front of him, carried Sangsang back to the carriage, and then asked the big black horse to start heading south.
The speed of the black carriage was no longer as fast as the previous days. It set off before dawn and arrived at the outskirts of the earth city south of Subi Lake at almost noon.
Sangsang had already woken up and had been leaning against the car window, looking at the increasingly familiar scenery without saying anything. It was not until she saw the border town surrounded by loess in the distance that her expression changed slightly.
Ning Que looked at the small city in the distance and said, "Look twice, we may never see it again in the future."
The two's lives in the Minshan Mountains since childhood were full of cold blood and betrayal. It was not until they came to Weicheng to join the army that they finally had a relatively peaceful life. For the first time, they tasted the warmth of the human world. They lived a lot in this border town.
In 2006, I owned my own home and still had a lot of debt.
Weicheng is their real hometown.
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Ma Shixiang had served as a general in Weicheng for many years. Because he had no family background, and there were no major wars between the Tang Dynasty and the Jinzhang, it was extremely difficult to accumulate military merit, so he was never promoted.
In another year, he will leave the border army and return to his hometown in Langya County. He is very satisfied with this because he has accumulated a lot of silver over the years. His only regret is that he has less money to collect firewood in recent years.
A lot.
Ever since that guy left Weicheng with his maid, Weicheng's luck seemed to have deteriorated. The pressure on the border of the Tang Dynasty from the Golden Horde Royal Court in the wasteland gradually increased. Although the Golden Horde Royal Court still did not dare to invade the border,
The cavalry of those large tribes often pretended to be horse thieves and attacked the logistics cavalry going to Helan City, which made the Qichengzhai including Weicheng and even the entire northern frontier army feel extremely annoyed.
Now what made Ma Shixiang even more troubled was another thing. He looked at the dark clouds that were gradually drifting over Weicheng. His gray hair trembled slightly and he thought about how he could deal with the big shots in the city.
Today, in Weicheng, in addition to hundreds of experienced cavalry, many important people came here a few days ago, including two real generals from the Imperial Department with dozens of crossbowmen, more than ten officials from the Tianshu Department, and
The three adults from the Qintian Prison all came to this inconspicuous border town for some reason.
It is said that the situation in the other frontier fortresses in Qichengzhai is similar, except that Weicheng is obviously the focus of surveillance by the big shots in Chang'an City, and there are actually several powerful Nanmen Watchers among the dozen or so Tianshu Office officials.
The powerful yamen in Chang'an City seemed to have mobilized all their forces and took over the jurisdiction of the border very directly. Surprisingly, Beidaying did not make any drastic response to this.
There is no secret that can be kept absolutely. The reason why these people came to Weicheng has been spread in the past two days. The people in Weicheng were shocked, but they had to accept it because they all saw the edict issued by Xiling Temple.
Ling, knows that that thing is true.
As the dark clouds got closer and closer, Ma Shixiang's mood became heavier and heavier. He didn't know what he should do or what he could do. When the military official issued the military order, he was helpless and didn't hear it.
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"General Ma, did you hear what I said? Lead the cavalry out of the city immediately and rush to the clouds. Keep that black carriage out for me at all costs!"
The military official shouted in a deep voice.
Ma Shixiang was in a slightly peaceful mood and asked for instructions: "Do you just need to drive me away?"
A gloomy-looking Taoist from Nanmen said: "If you have the opportunity to kill the daughter of Pluto, of course you can't miss this opportunity. When the time comes, let your subordinates act according to the opportunity and cooperate with us."
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Hundreds of people rode out of Weicheng, with several carriages mixed in among them. Ma Shixiang on the horse in the front was very silent, and the cavalry in Weicheng were also silent. The team arrived at a slightly higher meadow in a silent and depressing atmosphere.
The dark clouds have crossed the meadow and are extremely broad. The front end is about to enter Weicheng, but the rear end seems to be still near Subi Lake. It stretches to cover the sky for an unknown number of miles.
The cavalrymen looked up at the clouds above their heads, still silent, but with extremely complicated expressions on their faces. When they lowered their heads, they saw the black carriage walking slowly under the clouds, and they exclaimed in surprise.
Several adjutants and hundreds of cavalry looked at their commander at the same time. Ma Shixiang held the reins in his hand, his veins were slightly visible, but his face was expressionless, and there was no order.
An official from the Tianshu Office got off the carriage and looked at the black carriage on the wasteland in the distance. His expression suddenly froze. He noticed that the cavalry around him did not move and shouted angrily: "What are you waiting for?"
Ma Shixiang said: "The military order I received was not to allow that black carriage to enter the country. Now that it has not entered the country, we naturally have to wait."
The Taoist priest from the Nanmen Temple shouted sternly: "This is a great opportunity to kill Ming Nu. Why are you hesitating? Do you want to let that carriage leave?"
Ma Shixiang remained expressionless and said: "I am a soldier of the Tang Dynasty and I only execute military orders."
Officials from the Tianshu Office hurried to a carriage at the back, saw the military official waving his arms angrily, and shouted: "The military must cooperate with our actions, you immediately order the cavalry to attack!"
The military official was silent.
The official of Qin Tianjian, who had the lowest status, persuaded Pannana: "Although the imperial court issued a document requiring us to monitor and drive away, His Majesty's decree did not say that we should take the initiative to attack."
Ning Que and Sang Sang reappeared and were on the run. This incident caused a big disturbance in Chang'an City, but the various forces within the empire had different views on this matter.
Zhuge Wuren, the chief officer of the Tianshu Department, was a close confidant of the Empress. He wanted to gather the power of the empire to destroy the black carriage, kill Ning Que, and remove a heart problem for the Empress. Although the Taoist practitioners of Nanmen Temple
They didn't have any objections to Ning Que, but as they believed in Haotian, of course they wanted to kill Sangsang wholeheartedly.
Her Royal Highness Princess Li Yu is on good terms with Ning Que and Sang Sang. However, facing the catastrophe that may come to the entire world, the more this happens, the more she must remain silent. However, contrary to everyone's expectations, the strongest and most important military force
, was not very positive about this matter. For example, the military official did not speak at this time.
The military of the Tang Dynasty had a very high status and only obeyed His Majesty's will and the military orders of superiors. Therefore, the military official did not speak. No matter how anxious and angry the officials of Tianshu Office and the Taoist priests of Nanmen Temple were, they could not force Ma Shixiang to lead Weicheng.
The cavalry attacked, but without the protection and cooperation of Tang Qi, how could they dare to approach the black carriage?
The Weicheng cavalry stood on the meadow, looking at the black carriage, while the people in Weicheng stood on the earth city, looking at the black carriage. The emotions inside and outside the city were equally complex.
The people in Weicheng watched Ning Que and Sangsang grow up. They never imagined that Ning Que would make such a big fuss after leaving Weicheng, and his little maid actually turned into the daughter of light.
Ning Que and Sang Sang are now well-known celebrities in the world, and they are the biggest celebrities that have appeared in Weicheng. They are Weicheng's greatest pride. They are the objects of everyone's talk, and they are the light of Weicheng.
The gambling shop owner supported the pile of earthen arrows, looked at the black carriage in the distance, and sighed: "He still owes me more than ten yuan in gambling debt, and it seems that he will never be able to collect it in this life."
An aunt with a dark red face looked at him and said mockingly: "The money Ning Que and Sang Sang send from Chang'an City every month is shared by the whole city. Is it possible that all the money given to you has been fed to dogs?"
The owner of the gambling shop smiled awkwardly, and then said nervously: "It's just a joke... Speaking of which, I think about the hard work that little girl had to carry a jug to buy wine every day. Who would have thought that she would become like that later?
The daughter of light finally became the daughter of Hades.”
The emotions of the people on the earthen walls of Weicheng were very complicated. Many people looked at the black carriage in the distance and were very frightened. When they heard about the daughter of Hades, their faces turned pale.
The aunt looked at everyone's expressions and spat under the wall: "Bah! Ning Que is full of bad ideas, and everyone in Weicheng knows it, but that girl Sang Sang has a kind heart, how can she be the daughter of Hades?"
"That's what the decree of Xiling Temple says."
"Xiling Temple also said that we Tang people are all guilty, why don't you jump down and commit suicide to atone for your sins?"
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Memories in Weicheng included quarrels and even insults. It did not affect the hundreds of cavalrymen on the meadow, who were still silent. An officer who only came to Weicheng this year to take up his post could not bear the depressing atmosphere.
Under the strong pressure of the department official, he whispered beside Ma Shixiang: "General, killing the daughter of Pluto is a wonderful feat, and it is worth taking some risks."
Ma Shixiang glanced at him without saying a word, then looked at the black carriage, frowned slightly, suddenly whipped his whip, raised the reins, and circled back to the back of the meadow, preparing to return to the city.
Hundreds of cavalrymen then ran down the meadow.
A Nanmen Guanyu man rushed to Ma Shixiang's horse, his face was so gloomy that it seemed to be dripping, and he shouted sternly: "Ma Shixiang, what are you going to do! If you escape from the battle, I will kill you directly!"
Ma Shixiang shouted: "If your Majesty has a will, I will send troops. If your Majesty has no will, how can you, a simple old man, be nothing?"
Officials from the Tianshu Office rushed over and scolded severely: "You broke up the cavalry formation, how could you stop the carriage outside the city?"
Ma Shixiang said: "The carriage will not enter Weicheng."
The official shouted sternly: "Ning Que wants to go back to the academy, how could he not enter Weicheng!"
"You know nothing."
Ma Shixiang looked at the Tianshu Department official and said contemptuously. Then he clamped the horse's belly, knocked the official away, took hundreds of Weicheng cavalry, carried away the smoke and dust, and entered Weicheng a moment later.
That night, Ma Shixiang, several adjutants, and all the cavalrymen who had participated in the wood-cutting activity at Subi Lake packed the only restaurant in Weicheng into an airtight place.
Everyone talked about the story of Subi Lake, the shabby little courtyard, and the little maid who carried water, and drank all the wine that the restaurant owner had saved in order to reminisce about it.
Ma Shixiang was the military commander of Weicheng. No one dared to compete with him, so he drank the most. When he was getting drunk, he looked at the people in the restaurant and said: "When Ning Que left Weicheng, he said three words to me.
For those three sentences, I will not use a knife on him."
An adjutant burped and said, "I asked you back then what the three sentences of Ning Que were, but you have been unwilling to say them. Can you say them now?"
Ma Shixiang stroked his beard and said, "Don't say it, don't say it."
That night, Ma Shixiang got drunk and Weicheng got drunk.
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