Chapter 95

The reason why Lu que is worried about Gu Qingcheng is the same as Duanmu Ye is worried about him. Although the emperor's edict and the cabinet's notice made the whole affair clear, the secret behind the incident is still unknown to a few people except a few. This is also the reason why Lu que didn't worry about his safety this trip, because even if there are ancestors living in the eighteen Marquis's residence, or if there are strong people who want to revenge for him, it won't be him who will bear the brunt.

However, Gu Qingcheng was different. Although the eighteen Marquis's house was destroyed by the emperor's order, the official in charge of the beheading at that time was Gu Qingcheng's father, Gu Huairen, who is now one of the three armed forces. What's more, the people all over the world think that the reason why the rebellion of the Marquis's residence can be quickly settled is that apart from the Duke of Wei's timely return to Beijing, the rest of the arrangements are made by the military's external cabinet, or by Gu Huairen, who is famous for his strategy.

Therefore, when Lu que saw the white jackdaw, he began to worry, because the white jackdaw had been following Gu Qingcheng all the time. There were only two possibilities for him to appear in yusihu. The first one was where Gu Qingcheng was now, not far away from himself. When the white jackdaw came out to look for food, he felt his own breath and came here. The second is what happened to Gu Qingcheng. The white jackdaw came to find himself. So no matter what the possibility is, Lu wants to go and have a look.

The reason why he didn't tell Zhuge Yan and others the specific reasons was that they were sleeping, disturbing people's dreams and not being a gentleman's trip. On the other hand, Lu que was not sure what he was thinking, so he had to go and have a look first. Moreover, the eldest princess Yu Tianxiang was attacked in Shanyin county last year. After Chongyang, she was assassinated outside the Xuegong palace. If Gu Qingcheng had another accident at this time, it would be a storm to send her back to the capital.

After more than two hours of walking with Dongya, a white feather jackdaw, who flies slowly in the sky, she is tired of land shortage. Although Dongya is more spiritual than ordinary birds, she has not entered the level of exotic animals, so she is not a good guide. As a bird, when it encounters obstacles from mountains and rivers, it flies directly. But it doesn't know how to find some smooth official roads and country roads, which makes it hard for Lu que to follow him.

To the southwest of Yusi lake is Changqing mountain range, and Yongning County is also separated from Qingquan City, one of the nine capitals. The white jackdaw has been flying to the southwest, and Lu que can only follow him to climb the mountain. He has climbed three mountains in two hours, but the meaning of the white jackdaw in the sky is obviously a long way from where Gu Qingcheng is.

In desperation, Lu can only keep up with the spirit. He had been on the boat for four days. Yesterday afternoon, he was busy setting up camp and setting up a tent. He was already a little tired. At night, he killed the fierce beast lone wolf. Although the whole battle took place in a flash, the seven empty and real fireworks were also his limit at this time, which consumed a lot of his spirit. At this time, I only feel the whole body's muscles are sore, and the chest and lung are also swollen and painful.

He called the white Jackdaw and let it fall. Lu que found a flat looking rock and sat on it. He found a water bag from the package and took a drink. Then he felt better. Sitting on a rock with his knees crossed, he squeezed a seal in his hand and began to mobilize his whole body's Qi and blood, because his five zang organs, Tiangang and thirty-six blood orifices were all connected, and the five elements were perfectly reconciled. It didn't take much time to recover. After a long time, Lu kuocai stood up. Although he was still a little tired in spirit, his physical tiredness subsided a lot.

He motioned to the white feather Jackdaw and let it continue to fly to the air to lead the way. Looking at the direction of the jackdaw, Lu que took a deep breath and followed.

When the sky was bright, Lu que climbed the last mountain. What he saw was a plain with crisscross river networks. Even in the early morning, Lu que could feel that the temperature here was higher than that of Yusi lake. The water vapor on the river is steaming and dense. Through the hazy fog, Lu can vaguely see a huge city, like a female tiger, lying on the plain.

This was once the great Xuandi capital, now one of the nine capitals of Daqian, Xiajing Qingquan city.

Coming down from the mountain, the fog in the mountain hit his face, which made him feel fresh after driving all night. Walking up the official road along the rice field that has been harvested for more than half of the year, Lu que saw the white jackdaw circling on his head. After two clear calls, he flew straight into the city and fell down beside a tower in the center of Qingquan city.

"That's the nine story Qingquan pagoda. Next to the pagoda should be the world-famous zuixiang residence. I didn't expect that sister Qingcheng was in Qingquan city. I thought it would be OK, but I didn't worry about it." Lu que shook his head with a bitter smile and put down his worry.

Although Lu que has never been to Qingquan City, he also knows that there are 72000 Phoenix guards stationed here, so there is no danger.

Under the Daqian military system, the twelve main armies were stationed in the border areas, of which the Henghai and Jinghai armies, with 100000 people, were stationed in the northeast and southeast coastal areas respectively. There are 300000 troops in Panshi and benlei, which are mainly set up to cope with the tide of animals. The rest of the armies are 150000. Except for the Changqing army and Fengxiang army stationed in the imperial capital, the rest are stationed at the border.

At the beginning of Emperor Yu Yuanxu's accession to the throne, Yu Chuqing, the eldest princess, took power. In order to strengthen the control over the place, she sent two of the upper and lower army's Pro guards, the left and right army's forbidden guards and the seven Palace's imperial guards to garrison the eight auxiliary capitals of the Empire. At that time, they were collectively known as the Badu sixteen guards.

Later, when the country was stable, Emperor Yu Yuanxu transferred the six guards back to the capital, leaving only the top ten Phoenix guards. The top ten Phoenix guards are named after the five colored Phoenix, with 36000 people each. The four guards and the seven palace guards stationed in the capital are 12000 people. In addition to the unknown number of shadow guards, dark guards, secret guards, Royal three guards, a total of 24 guards.

Among the top ten Fenghuang guards, the left and right Zhuque guards are stationed in Yanyang city near the northern Xinjiang, the left and right Honghu guards are stationed in Qingquan city near the southern Xinjiang, and the remaining six guards are stationed in the other six capitals. There are 72000 left and right Honghu guards in Qingquan City, and the leader of left Honghu guard is Gu Huaiyi, Gu Qingcheng's second uncle. Naturally, Lu que doesn't worry about what danger Gu Qingcheng will encounter here.

Lu que went through the ridge of the paddy field, walked on the official road, and walked along the official road toward Qingquan city.

In the upper room with a small courtyard in the middle of zuixiang in Qingquan City, Gu Qingcheng has already got up early and is dressing up. On the carpet at the door of the room, Bai Langwang is lying on it and sleeping soundly, but his ears occasionally show that he is not sleeping.

"Bai Xia, do you know where Dongya has gone?" Gu said as she combed her hair in the mirror.

The white wolf king looked up at the window. Usually, the big bird stayed at the window, but he didn't know where he had gone. It seemed that he hadn't seen him since last night.

Gu Qingcheng didn't expect the white wolf king to answer her. It took the beast to reach the ground level to refine the bone in the throat and speak. Naturally, some strange species could be found in the xuanjie level, but it obviously didn't include the wolf. Seeing the innocent eyes of the white wolf king, Gu Qingcheng couldn't help laughing at him.

Just then, the white jackdaw flew in from the window, landed on the table, picked up a piece of cake, looked up and swallowed it. Although the white feather jackdaw has good endurance and is suitable for long-distance flight, last night, in order to keep up with Lu que, it kept suppressing its own speed. From time to time, it circled over Lu Que's head to guide him. After one night, it was also exhausted.

"Dongya, where did you go last night?" Gu Qingcheng tied up the green silk, tapped on the head of the white jackdaw who was drinking from the teacup, and asked. In Fengming academy, although the white jackdaw often flew out to look for food, or went to ruishe to look for Lu que, it never stayed up all night.

Yesterday, before going to bed, Gu Qingcheng found that the white jackdaw had disappeared, but now the white jackdaw has grown up, with a few feet of wingspan and its speed, there is no need to worry about being preyed on by raptors. But it's Qingquan city after all. People in the city don't know that this bird belongs to Dingguo government. What if someone is happy to shoot it down. Gu Qingcheng was really worried about it for a while. He didn't sleep all night and got up early this morning.

The white jackdaw tilted his head and looked at Gu Qingcheng for a moment. He clapped his wings as if to invite merit. He pecked her palm twice with his sharp beak. Seeing Gu Qingcheng looking at himself in doubt, the white jackdaw raised his head and motioned to the white wolf king twice.

"Dongya, do you mean Baixia and I didn't go out with you last night?" Gu Qingcheng looks at the action of the white feather jackdaw with some doubts. She really doesn't understand its meaning.

Seeing that Gu Qingcheng didn't understand, the white jackdaw's eyes turned and flew to Gu Qingcheng's bedside. He opened the package on the bedside and turned out a white jade carving. The jade carving was given to Gu Qingcheng by Lu que on her birthday last year. It was Gu Qingcheng himself. Because of the exquisite craftsmanship and Lu Que's hand carving, Gu Qingcheng liked it very much, so he always took it with him.

"Lu que? You mean you went to find Lu que? Isn't he supposed to be at Yusi lake at this time? " Seeing the jade carving, Gu Qingcheng immediately understood it, but she was still a little surprised. She knew that Lu que was in Yusi lake now. Although Yongning County was adjacent to Qingquan City, there was a Changqing mountain range stretching hundreds of miles in the middle. She didn't understand how the white feather jackdaw found it?

Just when Gu Qingcheng was puzzled, the white wolf king, who had been lying on the carpet, raised his head and smelled it in the air. There was a light of joy in his eyes and a cry of excitement in his mouth. He jumped out of the window even though it was the second floor.

When Lu que entered the city, he was almost stopped. If he hadn't shown the wooden card of the students of Fengming academy, the soldiers guarding the city gate might not have let him into the city. Shoucheng soldier took the wooden card and looked up and down at him. Lu kuocai found that his winter hunting suit had been torn by the dead branches and thorns in the mountains. In addition, he was tired and dusty all night. He looked more like a beggar.

It's not that there are no beggars in Daqian. There are beggars in the capital to eat and drink at Tianjie banquet. However, the government has no special way for those who are not supported by the old or the young. If they are the families of the soldiers who died in the war, the government will come forward to provide them with pension and give them some money and food every month, but if they are the ordinary people, they have to let them go.

But Lu que, who looks like a 17-year-old with hands and feet, is forbidden by Da Qian. Even if he has no special skills, he can go to the local government to look for a job. After all, Da Qian's territory has been expanding year by year since the founding of the people's Republic of China. It takes a lot of people to open up wasteland or build roads, and there is always a place to eat.

After walking into Qingquan City, Lu que found that the architectural style here is quite different from that of Qianyuan city. Daqian built the country with fire, and the color of Qianyuan city's buildings is brighter, brighter and faster. The whole Qianyuan city looks magnificent, with the majesty of a prosperous imperial capital, while the color of Qingquan city's buildings is more gloomy, giving people a sense of simple desolation and powerful historical atmosphere.

Lu que knew that his image was not very good at this time, but it was already daybreak, and the people on the street began to increase. For a moment, he couldn't find a place to change his clothes. So when he came to zuixiangju, Lu que didn't enter through the front door, but went to the side door near the kitchen, which was usually used to transport fruits and vegetables, and saw an opportunity to slip in.

After half a turn in zuixiangju, Lu kuocai came to the backyard where he went to the upper room. At this time, he felt the green wood breath of the white wolf king from a small courtyard. He was just about to knock on the door when he saw the huge body of the white wolf king jumping down from the second floor.

Gu Qingcheng was also surprised to see that the white wolf king jumped down from the second floor. All the people who could stay in the backyard of zuixianju were dignitaries. The day before yesterday, she brought the white wolf king in, which caused a commotion. If she was not born in Dingguo Gufu, she would not be able to live here. Although the white wolf king would not hurt people easily, it would be a trouble if she frightened others.

Gu Qingcheng came to the window and looked down. He found that the white wolf king was throwing a ragged and unkempt man to the ground. He was even more shocked. Although he didn't know why the beggar dressed up came to his door and what his purpose was, it was a human life. If he was killed by the white wolf king, it would be very troublesome. Gu Qingcheng quickly drank "Bai Xia, Don't hurt people. " With that, Gu Qingcheng couldn't even care to go down the stairs. He put his hand on the windowsill and jumped down from the second floor.

However, after jumping down the stairs, Gu Qingcheng found that the white wolf king didn't want to hurt people. Instead, he was more excited and affectionate. Besides seeing the white wolf king treat Lu que like this, Gu Qingcheng had never seen him treat others like this, including his father and brother, who often found some herbs for the white wolf king.

"Is this man Lu que, but how can it be?" Think of just white feather jackdaw's appearance, Gu Qingcheng heart move, some unimaginable walked past, pushed away is using the head in that face dawdle of white Xia, toward the face to see.

"Lu que, why are you here? How could it be like this? " Seeing the face of the man lying on the ground, it was Lu que. Gu Qingcheng asked in surprise.

Lu que pushed the white wolf king away from him, stood up, patted his clothes behind him, and said with a bitter smile, "I was camping in Yusi lake. Last night, Dongya came to me with a trace of blood on her beak. I thought something happened to you, so I followed him."

"You mean you have been on the boat for four days, and just arrived at yusihu, you haven't had time to rest, and you have been on the road all night to come here?" Gu Qingcheng knew in a moment when he heard that Dongya must have sensed Lu que when she went to Changqing mountain to look for food last night. Then she went to look for him. As for the bloodstain of the sharp beak, it must have been contaminated when she was looking for food. Lu que arrived here without a rest because she was worried about her own safety.

"Well." Lu nodded his head, a little embarrassed. He really thought too much about this. This is the place where big Qian's heart is. How could Gu Qingcheng be in danger.

"Thank you so much." Gu Qingcheng takes out a silk handkerchief and wipes the dust on Lu Que's face. He is distressed, but more moved. At this time, it suddenly occurred to her that on the night of Tianjie banquet, Lu que once said, if one day you are besieged by the army, I will help you out. Last night, the white feather jackdaw went to find him. He must have thought something had happened to him, so he came here without sleep.

"It's OK. I think too much." Lu que smiles. He takes the silk handkerchief from Gu Qingcheng's hand and wipes it himself. But because he was in a hurry last night, he fell several times. This little silk handkerchief can't be cleaned.

"Come on in, take a bath and change your clothes." Then Gu Qingcheng did not care about the dirt on Lu Que's hands. He took his hand and walked towards the room.

When Lu que entered the house, he found that it was a large two-story building, with the main hall, the side room, the study and the flower hall. Although it was not very big, the layout was very ingenious. It was obvious that the merchant of zuixianju had spent a lot of effort.

Gu Qingcheng passes through an arch and comes to a room. Even through the door, Lu can see the water vapor coming from the gap between the door and the window. There is a smell of sulfur in the water vapor.

"The four springs in Qingquan city are famous all over the world, and the zuixiangju is connected with the geothermal hot spring. It happens that there is a small soup pool in my courtyard. You can go in and soak to relieve your fatigue." Gu Qingcheng pointed to the room and said, but there was a trace of blush on her face. Although the hot spring soup pool was living water, she had bathed in it last night. Now Lu que is in it, which is equivalent to washing it again with her bath water. Thinking of this, even Gu Qingcheng is shy.

"Good." He nodded and was about to open the door with the package. Although the package was dirty, the clothes he changed were still inside.

"Shall I call two maids to serve you?"