In the sixteenth section, several people galloped all the way, Tingya, a famous city in the western part of the Eastern Han Dynasty, finally appeared in front of Wu Ming's eyes. In the distance, I saw a huge building standing in the middle of the city. A gust of wind swept by, and the wind chimes on the building "jingled" with the autumn wind, and came from afar.

Liao Gang listened to the pleasant wind chimes, a smile appeared on his face, and said, "Lord Wu, that's Angelica Palace." It's really here. ”

At the beginning of the founding of the Eastern Han Dynasty, this Qingting was not a part of the Eastern Han Dynasty, and ten large tribes were entrenched in the Qingting grassland, fighting endlessly. After Gaozu Xuanyuan Hai unified the entire Eastern Han Dynasty, these tribes were forced by the strong force of the Eastern Han Dynasty to unite to deal with the Eastern Han Dynasty and form a tribal alliance. At the beginning of the establishment of the alliance, there were several battles with the Eastern Han Dynasty, and they occupied a favorable position, and the Eastern Han Dynasty had no way to take them for a while.

At this time, the Persians in the west saw that there was a advantage to take advantage of, and took advantage of the chaos to occupy the entire south bank of the Tianqing River, and built bridges in the south, built ships, and actively prepared for the northern expedition. In order to persuade the tribal alliance, Gaozu Xuanyuan Hai took a few retinues and went to Tingya alone, hoping that these tribes would surrender to the Eastern Han Dynasty. At that time, Lu Gongzi, as a generation of strangers, was also one of these entourages.

The negotiations went relatively smoothly, but by the time of the final vote, the elders of two tribes refused to become part of the Eastern Han Dynasty on the grounds that the steppe warriors could not accept the rule of the agrarian people, and actively persuaded the other tribes to surrender to Persia. Many tribal leaders suddenly moved, and when it was critical, Gao Zu asked the elders of the two tribes face to face, since there was an agreement, why they went back on their word. The two elders replied: "The customs and cultural habits of the two sides are very different, just as there is a simple truth that there can only be felt tents and no buildings on this grassland." ”

Lu Gongzi stood up at this time and said that he could build a large building, but the elders did not believe it, so the two sides made a bet that if Lu Gongzi could build a majestic building within a year, all the tribes would unconditionally accept the rule of the Eastern Han Dynasty, and if it could not be caused, the Eastern Han Dynasty must recognize the independence of the Qingting Grassland Tribal Alliance, and not infringe on the Qingting, and at the same time, help them recover the area south of the Tianqing River.

After listening to Lu Gongzi's relevant plans in detail, Gaozu accepted this bet. It took Lu Gongzi nine months to complete this world-famous building. Because the Persians had blockaded the south of the Azure River, it became delusional to transport rocks from the south. The northwest of the Qingting grassland is a sandbar, almost most of which is the Gobi, and the northeast is Nanping, which is also a grassland, and it is impossible to transport mountains and rocks. The transportation of rocks from the far east could not meet the construction schedule, so the building was almost entirely made of wood.

The one-year deadline was stipulated, but Lu Gongzi only spent nine months, and in such a difficult situation, the construction period was completed three months ahead of schedule. It coincided with the grassland earthquake, and the entire grassland collapsed, and almost all of those felt canopies collapsed in the earthquake, crushing countless cattle to raise. The next day, people woke up and saw that the whole city was in shambles. But the wooden building still stands in the middle of the court, unharmed. At this point, everyone was convinced by Lu Gongzi's divine art, and the tribal alliance expressed its acceptance of the rule of the Eastern Han Dynasty.

Gaozu was overjoyed, and in order to commemorate, he gave this building a resounding name: "Angelica Palace." ”

While listening to Liao Gang explain the history of Angelica Palace like a number of treasures, several people have arrived at the south gate, although Tingya is a city, but the whole city except for Angelica Palace, is composed of felt tents. Fences and deer repels are inserted outside the felt tent, which is a fence to prevent people from entering and leaving at will. Only one door is opened in each of the four directions of east, south, west and north to facilitate management, and it is the south gate where a few people enter.

Several soldiers stood at the intersection and said loudly: "Liao Xiongsheng, why did you kid come, do you have any urgent military affairs?" ”

Liao Xiongsheng said loudly: "The remnants of the Southern Expeditionary Army have arrived, Niangniang is not far from our camp, and the Governor of Lu is planning to welcome him, and I am here to inform the eldest prince." ”

The man was taken aback, and hurriedly got out of the way: "Go quickly, the eldest prince is still in the music camp today, I hope you have good luck." ”

Walking into Tingya, although Wu Ming had heard about this city countless times before, he still felt a sense of novelty, and there were felt tents on both sides of the road. Even some wine shops and teahouses are just some tall felt tents. People of different colors, different clothes, and different races are running through the streets. Although the number of refugees is increasing, it still can't hide the unique atmosphere of this city.

Several people galloped all the way, ran for a while, and stood in front of a tall felt tent, Liao Xiongsheng said: "This is Le Ying, I'll report it now." After saying that, he turned over and dismounted, and was about to go inside. The two guards standing in front of the felt tent suddenly stood in the middle and said, "What are you doing, no big or small, break into it without being reported, and look for death?" ”

Liao Xiongsheng stopped, and said with a flattering smile on his face: "Two big brothers, I have something important to tell the eldest son, and I hope to be accommodating." The two guards snorted coldly, and one of them pointed his nostrils to the sky, and said, "The eldest prince said that today coincides with the Persian dance troupe coming to perform in a friendly manner, and everyone is gone." ”

Liao Xiongsheng was suddenly so anxious that he was sweating profusely, and said in an almost pleading tone: "Trouble the two eldest brothers, the remnants of the Southern Expeditionary Army have returned, and the crown princess is on the way, this is Lord Wu, this is the third prince, they can testify." Hearing Liao Xiongsheng say this, the two guards paid attention to it, looked at a few people again, and one nodded to the other and said, "I know that kid, it is indeed the third son, it seems that this person is not lying." Although he said the third prince in his mouth, his tone was completely disrespectful, Wu Ming turned his head to look at Liao Gang, and saw that although his face was blue, his face was quite normal, and it seemed that he had been angry a lot before.

One of them nodded and said to Wu Ming: "You are the representative of the Southern Expeditionary Army, Lord Wu, you go in with me, you two don't move, wait with me." After speaking, he flashed into the felt tent, and Wu Ming held back the anger in his heart and followed in.

When he turned into this felt tent, Wu Ming was also frightened, and ordinary felt tents are relatively rare for sixty square meters. At the time of the prince's southern expedition, the main camp account used for deliberations was only about 60 square meters.

Wu Ming took a cursory scan, and found that in addition to the dome, this felt tent is simply a small theater, the whole felt tent is about oval, there is a performance stage in front, there is an audience seat below, and at the back, there is a high platform, there are tables, a table of people are sitting there talking, while eating snacks, snacks, and shouting loudly from time to time.

It is estimated that it is the so-called VIP seat.

The black pressure below was crowded with a lot of spectators, buzzing and noisy. On the stage, a Persian was announcing the curtain: "Next, I would like to invite all the fathers and villagers to enjoy our characteristic dance, the spiral dance." A burst of cheers erupted below.

Several Persian women stepped onto the stage. They were all dressed very coolly, and they were just wearing strips of cloth of various colors. The women swung their hips and twisted their waists on it, making all sorts of seductive movements.

When he was in Kyoto, there were occasional orchid performances, but it was much more solemn, Wu Ming was pulled over by some men in the guard camp to watch it a few times, and felt that those orchids were acceptable except for the skirts that were a little shorter, but every time they performed, they still made those men in the army excited. Wu Ming shook his head, withdrew his gaze, and followed the guard towards the VIP seat behind.

"Get out of the way, get out of the way, urgent military affairs, you can't afford to delay one by one." The guard walked all the way, shouting viciously all the way. Although these spectators are in the mood, when they see him, they are still like mice meeting cats, obediently getting out of the way.

It didn't take long for the two of them to walk to the VIP stage at the back. On a VIP table in Nuoda, there is now a round table with jade inlay, and a man who looks like a boy is sitting alone on the table, staring at the opposite table with bright eyes, a few drops of saliva dripping from the corners of his mouth and falling on his silk collar, but he is especially unconscious.

Behind him stood an old man who looked like a butler, who was carefully wiping the corners of his mouth for him, and when he saw the two of them coming up, he glanced at it, and his brows suddenly furrowed. The guard was still arrogant just now, but at this time he was as docile as a cat, and said to Wu Ming in a low voice: "You wait here." He nodded and greeted the old man.

He whispered a few words in front of the old man, the old man's face changed, his eyes burst into light, he looked at Wu Ming, and then straightened his clothes and was about to come over.

At this time, the dance on the opposite side probably danced to the end of the fun. The drums beat in a hurry, and to the beat of the drums and flutes, the Persian women kicked their legs, and the strips of cloth floated high. One of them spun at great speed. faster and faster, and then threw the strip of cloth on his body down the stage......

There was a sudden chaos of birds below, and the sounds of all kinds of ghosts crying and wolf howls came and went. The boy who was sitting at the table suddenly roared, jumped up from his chair like a spring, and then jumped to the railing in a few steps, and followed the wolf howl. The crowd below suddenly became even more chaotic, almost overturning the entire felt tent. Someone shouted at the top of his voice: "It's not good, it's not good, the eldest prince is bleeding, come quickly." ”

The old man was also taken aback, and he didn't care about greeting Wu Ming, so he ran over in a few steps, pulled Liao Shengqiang back to the table from the railing, and then took out a small bottle from his arms, poured out a few pills, and fed Liao Sheng to eat. He was still sweating profusely and beat his back and wiped his chest for Liao Sheng, his face was anxious.

After a long while, Liao Sheng gradually calmed down, and the old man waved his hand and said aloud to the chaotic crowd below: "Don't panic, everyone, the eldest prince just had a little nosebleed, and he took some pills to calm his heart, and he was already fine." ”

The crowd then fell silent.