Chapter 280: Furious
Hearing the veterinarian's words, Yang Kai was the first to rush into the stable and waited for the others to enter. The veterinarian had already cut open the sesame clothes on the foal, and the mare was licking the black foal.
After confirming that the mother and son are safe, everyone felt relieved. The happiest person was Yang Kai. He had been dependent on Gu Yan for his life in his early years. After Gu Yan's death, he was always taciturn and depressed. He rarely saw a smile on his face. This time, he was full of joy and excited. He looked up and down around the foal and looked back and forth.
Although it was premature birth, the mare had already started breastfeeding. Everyone stood at the door of the stable and waited until the foal had a dry hair and started to get up and feed, before leaving with confidence.
It was a great joy to add a child. Datou wanted to ask the kitchen to make some wine and food to celebrate, but Yang Kai kept leaving the stable. Datou had no choice but to give up and continue to go back to his residence to handle official duties.
A few times had been prepared, and Datou was there, so he gave him some. After the emperor inspected the new army, the two of them had to go to the southwest border to find giant vultures that could carry people. The journey was long, so they had to bring some medicine just in case.
Knowing that the trip is imminent, the official duties that the Censorate and the Ministry of Revenue have urgently handled in the past few days. This time, we cannot return in ten or eight days. We must be fully prepared before leaving.
On August 12th, Long Haotian led his army to camp from the east of the city under the order. The Beggars' Gang had already claimed to have 100,000 gangs, so it was not difficult for Long Haotian to recruit soldiers and horses. However, the new army he recruited was obviously a group of mobs, slackening and uneven, and the army was not in a state of disguise.
On August 13, Tong Chen led his troops and camped in Xi'an City under the order. Most of the troops in Tong Chen were young monks and Buddhist lay Buddhists. The reason why Emperor Wu destroyed Buddhism was mainly because monks could not only be exempted from labor, but also had land in temples. Monks and nuns did not have to work, and they could enjoy the fruits of the land. Moreover, when the court was in trouble, the monks were still out of the matter and stood by. This time, Tong Chen might have learned the previous lessons and strongly called on Buddhist monks and nuns to come out to serve when the Tang Dynasty was employed.
Tongchen's approach is undoubtedly correct. It doesn't matter if you don't work, it doesn't matter if you don't have children, it doesn't matter if you collect land and rent to eat ready-made ones. What's important is that you have to come out to help when the court is in trouble, otherwise what will the court raise you?
Since the Beggars' Sect and Shaolin Temple mostly recruit new troops in the north, they came earlier. However, the recruitment of new troops in Longhu Mountain is mainly from the southerners, and the journey is long, so they came later. It has been received from the Ministry of War that Zhang Shan and others will arrive at noon on August 14th.
The room has been cleaned very clean these days, and the medicines prepared for Zhang Mo were prepared well and placed neatly in a small box. In addition to the ones prepared by himself, he also had three pills in his hand, namely the Detoxification Silver Pill, the Healing Silver Pill and the Huitian Silver Pill. He also put these three pills in the box. It is very dangerous for Zhang Mo and Zhang Shan to lead the troops to fight.
I need these three silver pills more than him.
In addition to these, there is also a detailed list of Ni's family's industries in various places and a gold seal from the Ni family. With the golden seal and this detailed list, Zhang Mo can call on the property left by the Ni family at any time when the new army is in short supply.
Earlier, Zhang Shan invited eight purple Qi high-level masters to escort the Ni family. The journey was long, and these eight purple Qi masters were sleeping in the open, which was very hard. Ni Zhuo also asked him to pick some Taoist magic tools from Taiping Inn to give them to everyone as a thank you. These eight gifts were also prepared, but he did not choose magic tools because ordinary magic tools were nothing more than scepters, Ruyi, magic swords, nectar bowls, ghost sticks, and three clear bells. Moreover, Taoism has a great feature, that is, the talismans, to put it bluntly, it is for the special purpose of magic weapons. Whoever belongs to whom is, the magic weapons left by the predecessors are not allowed to be used by Taoists in the future. The gifts he prepared for these eight purple Qi masters were eight strings of coral flowing beads. According to legend, they were eight strings of coral flowing beads made of red coral trees collected by Shi Chong in the Jin Dynasty. The eight strings were the same size and the number was equal, all of which were twenty-eight pigeon eggs, and each was red and flawless.
There are many considerations for preparing such gifts for everyone. First, he cannot find eight of the same magic weapons. If each person is different, someone will feel uncomfortable. Second, coral is one of the eight treasures of Taoism, and wearing them can calm down and concentrate. Third, coral is rare and precious, red coral is even more precious, and a bead is worth a hundred taels of gold. What is the highest level of giving gifts is not expensive but to suit their preferences. It is pure nonsense, and the more expensive the gifts are, the better.
Eight strings of red coral flow beads are matched with eight pure gold boxes. Each box is more than three pounds, which is one that is heavy and one that is expensive.
Box and Liuzhu were brought back by Datou to Taiping Inn. People who are not physically strong can only rely on their minds if they want to make a living. Datou is very smart and is especially proficient in the world. When he sees the golden box and Liuzhu, he understands why it is so grand. In addition to expressing Ni Zhuo's gratitude to everyone for escorting them all the way, he also leaves a way out. No one will take such a valuable gift in vain. If Ni Zhuo encounters trouble in the future, he will also invite others to help.
Everything is ready, just wait for Zhang Mo and others to come.
In fact, he was a little disappointed because the new army had commander Zhang Shan, so there was no need for Zhang Mo to accompany him. He thought Zhang Mo would come over early to meet him, but Zhang Mo did not come until August 14th.
Get up early in the morning, and changed into military uniforms with Datou and others, and went to the west gate with the Ministry of War. Today, the group of veterans from the Western Regions were about to enter the city. The emperor had previously issued an order, ordering him to represent himself and the soldiers.
The officials from the ministry went to the west gate to greet him.
Chang'an has more than one city gate in southeast, southwest and northwest. There are more than a dozen city gates of all sizes. The main gate on the west side is called Jinguang Gate, which is closed on weekdays and will only be opened when there are grand celebrations or when there are state guests coming to pay tribute. This time, the emperor issued a special order to allow these veterans from the Western Regions to enter the capital from Jinguang Gate.
The cities where the capitals of all dynasties are located are all called Jingcheng. It is not that the city name contains the character Jing. Chang'an is Jingcheng and Luoyang is also Jingcheng.
After being named General of the Cavalry, the court quickly issued military generals' uniforms. Datou and others were also named General Yulin because of their contributions in killing Yang Fugong. Therefore, these four people also had military generals' uniforms, and the five people were wearing military officers' uniforms.
In addition to the officials of the Ministry of War, there were musicians from the Ministry of Rites, which was the treatment that soldiers from the expedition received only when they returned to the court. ??
At the time of the year, Yao Liqin and his group arrived. The journey back this time was long. In order to return to Chang'an before the fifteenth day and night, the group was covered in dust and exhausted.
At this time, in addition to the people and the officials of the Ministry of War, there were a large number of people watching and waiting outside the city. When they saw everyone greeting each other, they heard the sound of the war drums. Yao Liqin and others were all moved and shocked.
When he arrived outside the city gate, Yao Liqin stepped forward and shouted, "Yao Liqin, the vanguard of the Dingxi Army, led the soldiers of the Zuoying to return to the court with the order."
Yao Li said diligently and turned over and dismounted, "The emperor ordered the Dingxi Army to be loyal and serve as a decisive commander, and made contributions to guard the border. He specially ordered the General of the Cavalry to lead the officials of the Ministry of War to greet me on his behalf."
After hearing the words, Yao Liqin and others got off the horse, and all the women and children in the car got off the car and knelt down to thank him.
Go forward and walk hand in hand with Yao Liqin. The war drums sounded again. A group of veterans entered the city with tears, and the attention of everyone was paid to the honor.
It was already Siyu that he sent Yao Liqin and others to the inn. Since Zhang Shan and others were coming at noon, they did not stay at the inn for too long. After explaining some schedules for tomorrow to Yao Liqin, they rode their horses to the south gate with Datou and others.
There were also many people waiting outside the south gate. In addition to the eunuchs who sent the orders and the accompanying guards, there were also many Chang'an people. When they arrived, they could already see the military flag flying south. The Tang Dynasty did not have a national flag, and the style of the military flag was the same, but the characters on it were different. Most of the flags were filled with a huge character "Zhang". The flag where the commander was located was stabbed with the four big characters "Guarantian Zhenren".
"Sir, you seem to be very nervous." Big Head whispered.
"Shut up." He glanced at Big Head.
"Bigou said it was right," Shi Xuanming, who was standing beside him, smiled, "You are indeed very nervous."
"Dead bald donkey." Sighing and scolding.
Shi Xuan
Ming didn't care and laughed, "The Bull's Nose."
"Real man." Reveal the shortcomings.
This trick works so well, Shi Xuanming was embarrassed and embarrassed, and he coughed to cover up.
Since most of the new troops recruited were infantry, the army moved very slowly. After waiting for a long time, I saw Zhang Shan riding a horse in front. Zhang Shan was wearing a purple high-gong Taoist robe, followed by a group of purple high-gongs, including Zhang Mo.
While seeing Zhang Mo, I suddenly found a young man in luxury clothes beside Zhang Mo. He was not a Taoist priest, with a long sword on his waist and riding a white horse.
He did not recognize this young man, but his appearance made him frown. It would be fine if this person was walking with Zhang Mo, but when he rode his horse, he turned around and talked to Zhang Mo from time to time.
Not only were the surprises, Datou and others were also surprised. Although the young man did not act excessively, he talked to Zhang Mo with a smile on his face. This was no longer a matter of restraint. You should know that Zhang Mo has been granted marriage by the emperor, and any man should take the initiative to avoid suspicion.
"Where did this thing come from?" Big Head cursed.
Yu Yi had already noticed his brows frowning. Seeing that Big Head was still adding fuel to the fire, he hurriedly pulled the corner of his clothes secretly.
I thought I had experienced too many hardships and my heart was already very calm. Only then did I realize that I was not calm. Seeing that the man in gorgeous clothes was not only walking beside Zhang Mo, but also smiling and talking to Zhang Mo from time to time, I was instantly angry and rushed to my heart.
What made him angry was not only the man in gorgeous clothes, talking and laughing, but also Zhang Mo's attitude. Although Zhang Mo had never shown closeness and had no smile on his face, he was talking to the young man.
There is also Zhang Shan. Zhang Shan knew that Zhang Mo had been given marriage to him by the emperor, but he still allowed others to walk beside Zhang Mo.
Datou and others had never seen trembling with anger before. Seeing this, Datou hurriedly expressed relief, "Stop being angry."
Without answering the conversation, he had the urge to turn around and leave, but he felt that it was too cowardly to leave like this.
As the distance approached, the man in gorgeous clothes still did not stop talking to Zhang Mo, and seemed to have seen him at this time, and when he spoke, he occasionally gave him provocative eyes.
At this time, Datou and others also discovered that the man in gorgeous clothes was indeed coming to Zhang Mo, and was obviously provoking him.
"Sir, everyone is paying attention, don't be impulsive." Yang Kai said in a deep voice.
"He is provoking me." The words are trembling.
"He won't live tomorrow." Big Head said coldly.
"I let him survive today..."
Chapter completed!