After listening to Cheng Huailiang's words, Fang Yiai's relaxed mood was suddenly shattered. She sighed and looked in the direction Cheng Huailiang pointed.
The leading ceremonial guard had already joined the crowd of ordinary people. A group of simple people also knelt down and shouted long live the emperor. Even Fang Yiai, who was nearly two miles away, felt his ears ringing.
Just when Fang Yiai and Cheng Huailiang were lamenting the simplicity of the people, a small leader from the guard battalion responsible for breaking up the rear of the large army rode up to Fang Yiai and Cheng Huailiang. He cupped his hands and said businesslikely, "You two
Young Master, General Gao has an order. For the safety of the two Young Masters, please take two steps quickly and blend in with the team. Otherwise, we will not be able to explain anything to you adults. Please!" After saying that, he turned sideways.
The horse gave way.
Fang Yiai and Cheng Huailiang looked at each other, and Fang Yiai handed over his hand and said, "Thank you." After saying that, he took his horse and Cheng Huailiang and rode together into the tail of the large team.
"Thank you for your trouble, General Gang." After watching the little leader hand over the order to Gao Qingxiang, Fang Yiai came up to express his thanks.
There should, or should be said, there must be spies from the other side among the people in front. Although I don't think that the other side will choose to take action at this time, it is safer. Fang Yiai is obviously willing to obey. After all, it concerns him.
It's best to be safe if you can save your life.
Moreover, people from the imperial guard camp had been dispatched several times because of this matter several times before. Therefore, as one of the senior officials of the imperial guard camp, Gao Qingxiang knew the true purpose of the emperor's trip, and Fang Yiai was not surprised.
Gao Qingxiang looked at Fang Yiai and the two of them, smiled and nodded, without saying anything else. Because he had never been to riding and shooting lessons, so seeing Gao Qingxiang's lack of intention to speak, Fang Yiai felt apologetic and could not talk much. And the same thing happened.
It was because of the riding and archery lessons that General Gao could be regarded as one of Cheng Huailiang's mentors, so in front of Gao Qingxiang, Cheng Huailiang did not dare to be too presumptuous and calmed down.
As the large army moved forward slowly, they watched as the people in front crossed Shun'an Bridge and arrived at the north bank of Qing Canal. Fang Yiai and others, who were the tail of the group, also came to the people on the south bank of Qing Canal.
Fang Yiai's body couldn't help but quietly become alert. After all, she was prepared for anything. She also looked at the dark crowd.
Most of them were farmers nearby. Some of the old people all smiled kindly at Fang Yiai who was looking over, bowed their heads and nodded as a greeting. However, the young daughter-in-law and the eldest girl both smiled and wanted to see but didn't dare.
She looked away from Fang Yiai's eyes, while the child looked at the person curiously, without the slightest hint of timidity.
"What the people want is just to live and work in peace and contentment. When their lives are stable, they will naturally have a smile on their faces." As if he could see that Fang Yiai was a little nervous, General Gao said, and patted Fang Yiai's head gently.
Shoulders, signaling him to relax.
Chong Gao smiled gratefully, Fang Yiai's body slowly relaxed obediently, looked at General Gao and said, "Yes, so the common people are the most simple and practical people. Because they don't ask for much, they can live in poverty."
And happy.”
"You know a lot, kid." General Gao looked at Fang Yiai intently and said with a smile.
"Haha, just a random emotion." Fang Yiai said embarrassedly. Just as he was about to retract his gaze from General Gao, he unexpectedly looked over his shoulder and saw a young couple in the distance that made him feel a little weird.
.
The woman was wearing a green cloth dress, her face was a little pale, and she was nestling in the arms of the man beside her. However, the woman's beautiful and refined appearance made Fang Yiai feel familiar, but for a moment he couldn't remember where he had seen her before.
The man lowered his head and put his ear close to the woman's lips. He saw the woman's lips move up and down twice. The man then raised his head and looked in his direction, with a hint of disgust and hatred in his eyes.
.This made Fang Yiai even more confused. Could it be that someone among himself and others had robbed his wife? But his wife was clearly in his arms?
But what confused Fang Yiai even more was that the woman seemed to be coughing unwell in the man's arms, but she didn't raise her hand, while the man raised his other hand and patted the woman's chest casually.
twice.
Fang Yiai's brows furrowed. Wouldn't it be better to be patted on the back when coughing? Did the man not know, or did he deliberately want to hit his chest in broad daylight? Since the woman was leaning in his arms, she must be his wife
Come on, there's no need to be so impatient, right? If you don't understand, just forget it. You don't care about your own business anyway.
"What's wrong? Is there something wrong?" General Gao asked. At the same time, he was a little worried that Fang Yiai would impulsively identify the spy in the crowd. If that happened, the entire team would be alarmed, including those who came to see the emperor.
The people will also suffer.
"General Gao, don't worry about him. This kid is just like this. If he doesn't understand, he just wanders around. He will be fine in a while." Cheng Huailiang said carelessly.
"Uh? Oh, I'm sorry. This is a problem I've had since I was a child. I can't change it. If I'm negligent, please forgive me, General Gao." Fang Yiai came back to her senses and said embarrassedly, while thinking in her heart
The doubts were left behind.
"It's nothing." General Gao breathed a sigh of relief and said nonchalantly.
"By the way, is there anything to say about Shun'an Bridge?" Fang Yiai asked curiously, looking at the wide blue stone bridge under the horses' hooves.
"It's just an ordinary stone bridge, what can you say?" Cheng Huailiang curled his lips and said.
"Haha, don't tell me, this bridge is really interesting." General Gao said with a smile.
"Oh?" Fang Yiai looked at General Gao with bright eyes. Cheng Huailiang also turned his head curiously. Fang Qi and Cheng Huailiang's little follower Cheng Yu, who followed behind, also raised their ears.
"It is said that this bridge was originally built in the second year of the Elephant Period in the Northern Zhou Dynasty. The Turkic leader Sabolo Khan proposed to the Northern Zhou Dynasty. Emperor Xuan of the Zhou Dynasty proposed to him as the daughter of Zhao Wang Yuwenzhao. When marrying, Sabolo Khan wanted to express his love for her.
Because of his sincerity, he funded the construction of the Shun'an Bridge on the Qingqu outside the city to show that he would always surrender to Shun'an and be subordinate to the Great Zhou Dynasty." General Gao said.
"Hey, why haven't you heard of it before? And there is no record in the history books?" Fang Yiai asked puzzledly.
"I don't know if this is true. I heard it from some elderly people nearby when I was on an outing. I guess it must be a rumor, otherwise why wouldn't it be written in the book?
General Gao shook his head uncertainly and said.
"That's true." Fang Yiai thought for a moment and nodded.
"What happened next?" Cheng Huailiang asked.
"When the princess got married, Yuwen Shenqing was the envoy, and General Changsun Sheng was the deputy envoy. He sent the princess to the Turks across Shun'an Bridge. Not only did the princess win the favor of Shabolu Khan, but General Changsun Sheng also became
The guest of Sabolo Khan has been recognized by the Turks." General Gao said with great respect.
"Isn't Chang Sun Sheng the grandfather of Chang Sun Huan whom he has never met? So awesome!" Cheng Huailiang said.
"Yes, when the Sui Dynasty was first established, the Turkic Shabolu Khan wanted to raise his troops to attack. Because the turmoil in the Central Plains had not yet been calmed down, there was not much spare power to deal with the Turks. Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty sent General Chang Sun Sheng to send an envoy to the Turks again. Rumor has it that
Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty once personally sent General Changsun Sheng across the Shun'an Bridge. I heard that he later sent many envoys to the Turks, and General Changsun Sheng always crossed this bridge to go to the Turks." General Gao looked at the blue stone bridge under his horse with emotion.
, said.
"Indeed, if it hadn't been for General Chang Sun Sheng, I'm afraid the Turkic army would have sent its troops southward to sweep away the Central Plains. With the strength of the Central Plains at that time, it was impossible to withstand the Turkic tiger and wolf army." Fang Yiai nodded and said.
, looking at the Shun'an Bridge that I just walked past.
Regardless of whether this bridge was built by Sabolo Khan in order to surrender to the Northern Zhou Dynasty, it should be a silent witness of history that carries history but is submerged in the long river of history.
After Fang Yiai finished sighing, she suddenly thought about it. If history is true, haha, it is impossible for Jieli Khan not to know about it. It seems that the emperor chose this path without the intention of suppressing Jieli Khan and his son again.