Chapter 674: Unintentionally planting willows and willows to become shade

In early November, the snow stopped. Although the sky cleared, the raging chill was still lazy.

The Pingxi Prince's Mansion is not magnificent, but the gold-plated characters on the door still show the majesty of the Wang family. The servants of the two royal palaces at the door put their hands in their sleeves and talked in a mess.

The remaining snow on the ridge had melted away, and dripping ice water dripped from the eaves. From the corner tower on the side door, several grooms drove carriages and horses and put carriages.

After a while, Liu Sheng walked out with his robe and skirt, checked the carriage, and asked people to put some bags into the car. Liu Sheng is now almost in his early forties, and he has a little more experience and even speaking and walking. He is still very delicate, especially in recent years, the scale of the royal palace has become larger and larger, and the number of people has increased, and the number of trivial matters has become more and more. With the opportunity to experience, he gradually becomes familiar with the road. More than 200 people in the royal palace are arranged by Liu Sheng.

After a while, a carriage came over the mud. The snow water melted in the past few days. Although the streets were covered with blue bricks, the carriages were walking on, and even the roads were sticky, which made passers-by frown.

The carriage stopped steadily to the side of the Pingxi Prince's Mansion, and a young man wearing a round neck robe came down. He was very handsome, with a graceful look on his face, but his body was a little thin, and a thick short jacket was sandwiched inside, and he still looked weak.

"Have you come to Mr. Cousin?" Liu Sheng smiled and bowed, "Hello Mr. Cousin."

The young master was Lu Zhizhang. Lu Zhizhang clenched his fist and put it on his lips to cough, and said with a smile: "Okay, okay, okay... Where is Manager Liu?"

Liu Sheng smiled and said, "It's great. Master Cousin should take care of his body more. He locked himself in the house all day long, and his body was broken. Your "Biography of Willow Sheng" is so interesting that I'm even watching it in my spare time."

Speaking of Lu Zhizhang's book, a hint of blush appeared on Lu Zhizhang's slightly pale face, and he smiled and said, "This was the one I thought about with my cousin. Hey, why haven't my cousin come out yet?"

Liu Sheng said: "It's still early, I haven't gotten up so quickly. Should Master Chou go in and sit down first?"

Lu Zhizhang couldn't help but shook his head and said, "Forget it, just wait here and see him off later. Seeing that the New Year is coming, he still has to go to Taiyuan. I heard that it is the twelfth lunar month there, and even his nose can be frozen. I don't know whether it is true or not, so I need to prepare a few more clothes."

Liu Sheng smiled and said, "The ladies have already prepared them. The fur clothes woven from the fur outside the pass can't be filled with the strong wind."

Lu Zhizhang smiled and said, "Actually, there was someone who wanted to come to visit him, but I pushed him and waited for him to come back from Taiyuan." After pondering for a while, he continued, "I have been reading Buddhist scriptures recently and have excerpted a few scriptures. My cousin is free when he is free, so you can take a look."

The groom who was driving the car for him had already taken out a box, and Liu Sheng hurriedly picked it up and put it in Shen Ao's car.

As he was speaking, the middle door finally opened, and many people came out in it. Who wasn't Shen Ao? Shen Ao yawned, as if he hadn't woken up yet, and kept listening to the instructions of the people beside him: "You have to wear clothes when it's cold." "Since you are going to provide disaster relief and save my father, don't always look at other women. Those who know you are going to provide disaster relief, and those who don't know you are Pan An and traveling to Luoyang Road."

Chen Ao suddenly woke up and defended himself: "I was ordered by the emperor to do such a despicable thing, so why would you do such a despicable thing? Don't slander people."

"Hehe... I didn't criticize you. I just remind you. Is it because you are so excited that you have a ghost in your heart?"

Chen Ao lazily again and said, "It's such a cold day, you don't have to send it away, I'll leave myself."

As he said this, Lianbu did not stop. Zhou Ruo saw Lu Zhizhang at the middle gate and couldn't help but say, "I'm here to see him off, why don't you come in and sit in first?"

Lu Zhizhang laughed and said, "I really don't dare to bother my cousin and my cousin's sisters-in-law."

Zhou Ruo smiled: "It's not a separation from life and death. This trip is close and I'll come back in a month."

After reminiscing about the conversation, Chen Ao walked over and patted Lu Zhizhang on the back, and said, "My cousin gets into my car, let's talk, and take me to the Donghuamen side by the way."

The two got into the car together, and the wheels began to roll. Lu Zhizhang smiled and said, "This time I went to Huaizhou, I came to see you off, and I have something to say to you."

Chen Ao smiled and said, "Master Lu has something to say, how dare someone Chen refuse to listen? Please give me advice."

Lu Zhizhang clenched his fist and coughed on his lips, slowly saying: "Dali Kingdom will hold a Buddhist ceremony at the beginning of spring next year. It is said that many eminent monks have been invited to visit. Many countries worship Buddhas, among which Dali Kingdom is the most, so all countries have sent envoys."

Chen Ao curled his lips and thought to himself that it would be better for the wife to go to such an occasion. I just don’t know if Kong Ding and Kong Jing were invited? However, he was not enthusiastic about this kind of thing. It would be better to kill him than to talk about Buddha. Thinking of a bunch of bald heads talking about putting down the butcher knife, it made him even more goose bumps. In the eyes of bald heads, Chen Ao was probably a big devil.

Lu Zhizhang said: "A friend from Dali said he wanted to meet you."

Chen Ao said: "What do he want to see me?"

Lu Zhizhang said: "He and I are just a general friend. I just want me to recommend it. As for what I say, I don't know. But I told him that you are going to Taiyuan in the near future and I really can't get away."

Chen Aohe nodded and said, "It's best to refuse."

Lu Zhizhang said, "But that man refused to give in and said he would come back to pay homage. I rejected him once, so it would be hard to refuse again and again. I was afraid that what this man would say was related to the affairs of various countries for worshiping Buddha."

Chen Ao pursed his lips and said, "Since that's the case, let's talk about it when I come back from Huaizhou. Why...What are the people of Dali asking me for?"

Lu Zhizhang said aiily: "It's mostly because he wants to invite King Pingxi to Dali."

Chen Ao couldn't help but smile and said, "What are you asking me to do? It's so funny."

Lu Zhizhang said: "You are the Regent of the Western Xia and the King of Pingxi of the Song Dynasty. You have dealt with Khitan, Tubo, Japan, and Dayue. In the hearts of all countries, your prestige is the highest. Only when you go to Dali can this grand event be held."

Chen Ao smiled and said, "They treat me as honey and use various countries as flies. I will never go to Dali. You'd better let him die."

Lu Zhizhang also smiled and said, "I knew my cousin would not agree."

The two of them were busy with their own things, and it was difficult to get together. At this time, they sat in the carriage together and said a lot of words together. Lu Zhizhang was weak and coughed after saying a few words. Chen Ao couldn't help but say: "How can a real man be so sick? Now you are a bachelor of library in the Academy of Calligraphy and Painting. Your body is so precious, how can you waste it like this? It's better to take good care of your body."

Lu Zhizhang smiled bitterly and shook his head and said, "We cannot break the weekly magazine. If it is broken, how can I explain it to others? Let's talk about it later."

Lu Zhizhang pursed his lips and said slowly: "If my cousin goes this time, if he can really save more than 100,000 Taiyuan people, it will be a great merit. I am honored to be my cousin." He looked at Chen Ao and couldn't help but say: "No cousin, nor Lu Zhizhang's today, ah... I have remembered many past events these days, and I have figured out one thing."

Chen Ao couldn't help asking: "What's the matter?"

Lu Zhizhang smiled faintly and said, "My cousin taught me how to chase Ruoer's cousin's wife, but in fact he had a bad intention, right?"

Chen Aoda was embarrassed and couldn't help but think that he was only thinking it through now.

Lu Zhizhang smiled and said, "The past is like smoke. All the past is over, so my cousin doesn't have to be upset."

Chen Ao felt even more embarrassed. In fact, he had never been upset...

Next, the two sat in the carriage silently and went to Donghua Gate. Lu Zhizhang got off the carriage and said to Chen Ao: "Cousin, let's leave."

Chen Ao's feelings for Lu Zhizhang were a little complicated, and he was also moved at this time, and said to him: "Please pay attention to your health."

The carriage passed through the gate and left the city. Outside there were sheds, and there were still houses outside the city walls. They were built along the city walls, doing small business and burning charcoal gathered here. More people living here were the people at the bottom of Bianjing City or refugees gathered in the suburbs. When the carriage passed through here, the wilderness was convenient. There was no mountains in Bianjing. Except for a Bian River, the rest were flat. There were still undestroyed snow in the wilderness. The snow was exposed in the sludge, which was indescribable.

In the wilderness, a team of cavalry waited for a long time. Tong Hu, who was leading the team, came over and stopped beside the carriage, and whispered: "Your Highness, a total of 1,500 lieutenants have been waiting for their orders. The bag has been prepared. Can you set off?"

Chen Ao sat in the carriage and said, "Go."

The team winds forward, along the official road, heading towards Taiyuan.

After walking dozens of miles forward, he saw the continuous forests, almost blocking the road. There was a road in the forest. There was a market called Xiamaji. This Xiamaji had been around for a hundred years and appeared at the same time as this forest. It is said that when the Emperor Taizu of Song, because there was no danger to guard in Bianjing, the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun fell into the hands of the Khitans again. The Khitans gathered cavalry in the pass and the road to Bianjing was flat. In order to consolidate the defense of the capital, Zhao Kuangyin was afraid of the Khitan cavalry that came day and night, so he planted trees in the north of Bianjing. This forest was called Xiamalin. If he wanted to pass here, he had to dismount and walk, while the Song army could defend along the forest to resist the enemy leading the horse.

Chen Ao looked at the continuous artificial forest and couldn't help but smile bitterly: "I didn't want to plant willows and willows to form shade. Zhao Kuangyin originally wanted to plant trees for military purposes, but he did not know that if he was not careful, he actually made such a big environmental protection project. The most environmentally friendly emperor in the world is probably the one who is the one who is the most environmentally friendly."

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