Chapter 183

While Lu que is missing Gu Qingcheng, Gu Qingcheng is also missing him.

It has been nearly half a month since Fengxiang's army sailed out to sea by Jing navy warship. There is a big difference between sailing on the sea and river boats. The sea is unpredictable and bumpy, which is far less stable than river boats. Even with Gu Qingcheng's accomplishments at this time, he felt a little uncomfortable in the first few days.

At this time, it was almost dusk. Gu Qingcheng went to the ship's armor plate, held the boat fence and looked at the fleet on the sea. Although she saw such a scene every day these days, she still felt shocked every time she saw this huge fleet.

This time, Daqian dispatched 150000 Fengxiang troops and 100000 Jing Navy people to go south by sea. This time, the fleet was as high as 2000 ships, many of which she had only seen in words but never seen with her own eyes.

It's like the giant ship she's riding now. According to Han's navy soldiers, this ship is called Jiaolong. It's 44 feet long and 18 feet wide. It's four story building with nine masts and 12 sails. It can hold more than 1000 people. It's like a giant whale out of water. There are 120 such ships in the fleet.

But this is not the largest ship of the fleet. The flagship of Yu Yuangao, commander-in-chief of the Jing Navy, is much bigger than the Jiaolong warship she is riding now. It is said that there are only two ships of this scale in the whole Daqian, which are used as the flagship of Jinghai and Hanhai legions respectively.

In order to prevent Tianxing from getting the specific whereabouts of the fleet ahead of time, when the fleet left Daqian, all the seaports were temporarily closed, and the whole fleet drove East for more than 200 Li before turning south.

Looking at the afterglow of the setting sun on the sea, Gu Qingcheng has lost the novelty of the beginning. Every day is the same scene of the sea and the sky. Looking around, there is endless sea water, no land, no islands. If it is not for the shaking of the ship, the wavy waterline brought by the driving can not even make people feel moving, It's like being trapped in the endless sea. This kind of experience is not used to living in Gu Qingcheng, the capital of the emperor.

"Gu Qingcheng took out a letter from his arms. It was brought to her by Lu que through the white feather jackdaw a few days ago. In it, besides some words about the recent situation, most of them were the war news of Southern Xinjiang. These days, she is relying on this to pass the boring time on the ship, and Dongya has become a messenger between her and Lu que, flying all day on the way to the capital and the fleet.

However, as the fleet moved southward, even at the speed of the white jackdaw, the time for sending messages became longer and longer. From the first two days to the present six days, Gu Qingcheng was waiting here in advance, because today is the time for the white jackdaw to return. Unconsciously, Lu Que's letters were her only expectation in the vast sea, Her only hope was to write back to Lu que.

Gu Qingcheng even had the idea of resigning his military post and staying with him after the war. But she knew she couldn't do it. As Lu grew older, he had to face more things.

Gu Qingcheng knows that Lu que not only bears the hope of Da Qian's overthrowing the Three Kingdoms in Northern Xinjiang, but also bears the responsibility of balancing the imperial court's crackdown on the unruly people, and at the same time, he also resists the open and hidden arrows from the imperial court.

Lu que has been assassinated twice in the past two years when she returned to Beijing. One is the assassin of yuqijing dispatched by dark Huang, and the other is the sand robber dispatched by hundreds of people when they returned to Beijing. Gu Qingcheng knew that this was just the tip of the iceberg of the treacherous situation in the imperial capital. Many people didn't want Lu que to enter the imperial court and take over the army. Only when she is in Fengxiang army and holds the power of Fengxiang army, can she help him share the pressure and resist the hidden weapons for him.

Although Lu Que's letter contains a lot of recent information about Nanli battlefield and Tianxing Kingdom, she didn't want to think about these problems before she arrived in Nanhai county. In Gu Qingcheng's opinion, as long as the present situation can be maintained in Nanli battlefield, and Tianxing, no matter whether it is civil strife or not, when Fengxiang army landed and Jing Navy blocked the sea route, Tianxing's fate was doomed.

"Qingcheng, why are you here? I've been looking for you for a long time." Just as Gu Qingcheng was staring at the red sea reflected by the setting sun, Yu Tianxiang's voice came from behind her.

"It's too stuffy in the cabin. I'll come out and blow. Why? What happened? " Gu Qingcheng's hair was blown by the sea breeze and turned around.

"It's nothing, but it's too boring. I'll talk to you." Yu Tianxiang goes to Gu Qingcheng and puts his hands on the boat rail. He is a little stuffy.

"Didn't you just help her with military affairs in the Soviet division?" Gu Qingcheng said in surprise.

"Just now? It's all about noon. Don't tell me you've been standing on this deck all afternoon Yu Tianxiang looked up and down at Gu Qingcheng, and saw that she looked at the northern sky from time to time. A trace of clarity flashed in her heart: "you won't be waiting for cousin Lu's letter again."

"Yes." Gu Qingcheng nodded calmly. Now the emperor has ordered to marry her to Lu que. Only when Lu Que and her crown come of age, they will get married. There's nothing embarrassed about it. Gu Qingcheng took another look at the northern sky and said, "count the time. Today Dongya should come back."

"We are farther and farther away from Daqian, and the sea breeze is strong these days. The breath we left when we came here may have been blown away by the sea breeze. Even if Dongya is smart, it will take some time to find it." After thinking about it, Yu Tianxiang said, "most of the replies from my cousin to you are about the school. No more is the war report of Southern Xinjiang and the situation of Tianxing. I don't even have a word about myself. I don't know how to care about people. What are you waiting for his letter to do? I've been waiting here all afternoon."

Because Lu Que's letters contain no unseen private words, most of which are about the current situation in southern Xinjiang and his analysis and judgment of the future situation, Gu Qingcheng always gives the letters to Yu Yuangao, Gu Jieyun, Su Leyi and others after reading them. After all, the flying speed of white feather jackdaw is much faster than junzhongxin eagle, The contents of Lu Que's letters can help them grasp the current situation in the South more quickly.

"Yunxuejian, songyanmo, Cuihu pen, hanging gallbladder on the wrist, iron hook and silver stroke, Cangsong of strength, running water of the pen." Gu Qingcheng opened the last letter in his hand and pointed to the paper and the ink on it, with a happy smile on his face.

If it's someone else, you may not understand what Gu Qingcheng is trying to express, but Yu Tianxiang understands it. Yunxue paper is Lu Que's favorite paper, Songyan ink is the best of Daqian's ink, and Cuihu pen is even more amazing. Every Cuihu pen is carefully made by Zhang of Cuihu according to different people's usage habits, methods and uses, In Daqian, countless scholars and students are proud to have their own set of Cuihu pen.

Lu que uses these three ways to send a letter to Gu Qingcheng. Although there is no beautiful feeling in the letter, he has expressed his mind from the side. It is a kind of precious and important attitude, a kind of mind waiting for Qing's return. Only these three ways are better than thousands of sweet words.

Looking at Gu Qingcheng's shining eyes, Yu Tianxiang suddenly feels that his best friend and cousin Lu que are a perfect couple. They are not married yet, but the tacit understanding between them is much higher than that of many long-time couples. Others use words to convey their feelings, and one of them has reached another realm, It's a combination of silence and sound here, a silent nature of spring rain moistening things.

Looking at the happy expression on Gu Qingcheng's face, if you put it in the past, Yu Tianxiang would be ashamed of her. But at this time, she didn't have this kind of mind. She just felt blocked.

Yu Tianxiang doesn't know when her cousin Lu Que's figure came into her heart when she didn't realize it. Maybe it was in the cave where she didn't return to the mountain, or when the Chongyang exam was released, or when the great victory in southern Xinjiang was passed back to the imperial capital.

If they were in the period of Da Xuan in the former dynasty, there was still a possibility for them. However, in Da Qian, they were cousins and half of the blood of the royal family of Yu. It was absolutely impossible for them to get together. As my father and Emperor said, if yu Chuqing had followed the wishes of the former Emperor and ascended the throne, Lu que would not be Lu, but Yu, She is the crown prince of Daqian, and she is the princess of Wangfu just like Yu Qinglin. How can they be combined.

Even if she didn't want to, she couldn't change her predestined blood. She could only suppress this idea in her heart.

"Tianxiang, what's the matter with you?" Feeling that his friend's mood was not right, Gu Qingcheng asked.

Gu Qingcheng's intelligence can't tell what Yu Tianxiang thinks about Lu que. In fact, it's not just now. Gu Qingcheng felt Yu Tianxiang's favor for Lu que very early on. At that time, she thought Lu que had saved her life and didn't think much about it. Even now Gu doesn't treat Yu Tianxiang as a potential rival, Two people's kinship status has been doomed to be impossible between two people.

Besides, Gu Qingcheng knows what Lu que is after. If it wasn't for the fact that they went south together in winter and experienced so many things together, maybe even if the emperor married her, she couldn't really get to Lu Que's heart. Her future husband is different from all the people in Daqian, such as the spirit beast, the spirit tripod and the green wood leaf, What's more, the nameless Dao Yin that she has been comprehending all these days, and Lu que, who has these things added to her body, can't linger in the world like most of the students in the Academy, and go to the official road of the world.

Just as Lu que once said in xiyuanze, when she realized all the feelings in the world, she still didn't understand them in her heart and was kind-hearted. This is Lu Que's way, and it is also her way to look after Qingcheng,

"Nothing. Maybe I haven't had a good rest on the boat these days." Yu Tianxiang rubbed his forehead and said, "it's almost dark. Maybe Dongya is delayed on the way. Let's go back to the cabin first."

"No Gu Qingcheng shook his head. "I'll stay here for a while. Although it's windy these days, the sky is cloudless. I want to see what the starry sky looks like."

"How could you be so interested?" Yu Tianxiang was a little surprised.

"What else?" Gu Qingcheng said with a bitter smile, "the vast sea is surrounded by endless sea water. I can't even see the island. Instead of sitting in the cabin, I'd better find something to do for myself, and ~" Gu Qingcheng said. After a pause here, he took a look at Yu Tianxiang and said, "when I was in xiyuanze, Lu que once taught me to identify the stars in the sky. He once said that the stars change at four o'clock, I also want to see how the stars on the sea in this summer are different from those at that time. "

"I wanted to play chess with you, but since you want to see the stars, I won't go back. Anyway, I have nothing to do. It's OK to look at the stars." Yu Tianxiang thought for a while, drew back her steps to leave, found a comfortable position, leaned on the boat fence, and swam in the sky with twinkling eyes.

"Dangdangdang ~" at this time, a series of golden bell sounds came from the lookout tower on the mast of the front ship. The sound was clear and sweet, far away on the sea.

"What's the matter, but meet the enemy?"

Yu Tianxiang and Gu Qingcheng, who were looking at the sky, were shocked when they heard the sound. They knew the connection between the fleets. In the daytime, they relied on the flag, and in the evening, they used the bell and drum. However, the bell was heard for the first time. They did not understand the strange beast expressed in it. They looked at each other and looked at the pilot ship that was ringing the bell. However, because of the obstruction of their sight, they could not understand the sound, But I couldn't see anything except the huge hull.

"The royal highness of Princess Gu Shuai, this is not a warning to the enemy, but what a happy event the former ship has discovered." A Jing naval captain in charge of the huge ship came to answer the questions.

"Happy event?" Yu Tianxiang was puzzled, "what happy event can we meet in the vast sea?"

"Er ~" the captain heard that the two were born in the imperial capital and did not know anything about the sea. He quickly replied, "on the sea, there are three kinds of happy events. One is to rush through a hurricane, the other is to find an island that can supply water, and the third is to meet the auspicious omen of the sea."

"Auspicious on the sea?" Yu Tianxiang and Gu Qingcheng look at each other. She can understand the first two, but it is the first time that she has heard the third.

"Yes, Princess highness, we have investigated boats before the sea route, and there are no islands nearby. Then the first and second cases are not in line with each other, but the first ship of the former ship has already issued the Wenxi bell tone, and it must have met the auspicious sea."

"What is the auspicious omen of the sea? Is it the encounter of divine beast or holy beast? " As soon as Yu Tianxiang's eyes brighten, he has seen the talking nine color deer, the spirit beast and the Zhuo bird in bugui mountain. Then there must be some beasts in the vast sea, such as the legendary dragon clan.

"Yes or no, but I'm not sure." The captain scratched his head. For a moment, he didn't know how to answer Yu Tianxiang's question.

"But the deer in the forest, the whale in the sea?" Gu Qingcheng suddenly thought of a word Lu que said when he told the white wolf king not to hurt the deer when he cherished yuanze. He quickly asked.

"It may or may not be." The captain scratched his head again. It was going to be dark soon. The front ship blocked his sight again. He didn't know what happened in front of him. He just knew there was no danger.

"Let's speed up, let's go ahead and have a look." Yu Tianxiang suddenly got excited and ordered.

"This ~" the captain looked at Yu Tianxiang with some embarrassment. It was about to go to night. In the evening, such a large fleet had to drive according to a fixed formation. On the one hand, it was for defense, on the other hand, it was to prevent the trailing and marginal warships from falling behind. Therefore, every ship had its fixed position. At this time, it hastened to speed up, He can't bear the responsibility as a school captain.

"You can speed up. I'll explain to Uncle Huang. The princess will take all the responsibilities." Yu Tianxiang saw the captain's embarrassed face and said.

"This ~" the captain took another look at Gu Qingcheng.

"Just do as Princess Tianxiang said, but first you send a message to the bell and drum of the front and rear ships, saying that we should speed up and have a look ahead. He Yang Wang there this Shuai will go to explain Gu Qingcheng was also curious and wanted to go ahead to see what auspicious omen it was. He said to the captain.

"No Seeing that both Yu Tianxiang and Gu Qingcheng had said so, the captain gave a military salute and turned to leave. In terms of military position, both of them were much higher than him. In terms of identity, both of them were royal princesses and the legitimate daughter of Dingguo government. It was hard to find anyone more noble than them in the whole Daqian. Even in terms of military merit, Gu Qingcheng was a military adviser in the battle of Danshui and the battle of hexingyuan, It's also much higher than the Jing Navy, which trains or cruises every day. Since they both gave orders at the same time, he had to obey them.

Shortly after the captain left, the golden bell on the ship sounded according to a specific frequency, and then the sails folded up on the mast were opened one after another. Yu Tianxiang and Gu Qingcheng both felt the shock of the ship. Under the effect of the wind, the speed of the ship was increasing, and the two people standing in the bow could hear the sound of the ship breaking the waves.

"What happened, why accelerate?" Just then, Gu Jieyun, the current deputy commander of Fengxiang army and Su Leyi, the military adviser of Fengxiang army, came out of the cabin. They were not new people like Yu Tianxiang and Gu Qingcheng who went to sea for the first time. Naturally, they understood what the sound of golden bell with a specific frequency meant.

"The commander-in-chief, the commander-in-chief and the commander-in-chief will send out a ring of joy. We are curious and want to go ahead and have a look." Gu Qingcheng said.

"Oh? It's strange that there will be a ring of "Wen Xi" in the evening Su Leyi also showed a trace of curiosity, "since there is no danger, go and have a look, Jieyun, you say."

"What else can they do when they give orders?" Gu Jieyun some helpless said, "things have come to this point, then go to have a look."

"My God, what's that?" When several people's boats surpass several large ships in front of them, and their vision is no longer blocked, they finally see what appears in the sea in front of them. Yu Tianxiang and Gu Qingcheng give a cry of surprise at the same time.

"Is that the king whale?"