Chapter 16: Preparing for the Journey

"Of course, you haven't been to the capital since you were so old, just this time I went to attend the queen mother's birthday banquet, and I can also take you to have a good time in the capital" I think about it, my grandson is already dying, and he has been in Dongping Mansion since he was a child, and he has never been to another place.

"But I don't want to go? What's so good about the capital, I'd better stay at home, it just so happens that I have a lot of things to do" Ming Jiutian really doesn't want to go, if he goes, it's nothing more than some officials in the imperial court, get together to talk about military affairs, two talk about politics, and I feel bored when I think about it.

"If nothing else, your grandmother and uncle and grandfather will also go " The old marshal knew that if he wanted his grandson to go with him, he couldn't persuade him just by himself, so he didn't bring the Dongfang Yue brothers and sisters out as bargaining chips.

"If that's the case, then I'll go, it just so happens that I haven't seen my grandmother for several years, and I have a lot to say."

"Well, you'll go play after you finish eating, I'm going to find Lao Cui and catch up on the old days..."The old marshal put down his chopsticks and said.

"Whatever, it's your friend, not my friend" Ming Jiutian is also happy, anyway, don't come to me for troublesome things.

"Tu Rui, it's up to you to go to the capital to celebrate your birthday" The old marshal gave an order, after all, this kind of thing was arranged by Tu Rui in the past.

"Can you call Tu Ling and Hu Yuan together," Ming Jiutian asked.

"Whatever you want—" said the old marshal after a moment's hesitation.

Tu Rui heard this, and directly threw a grateful look at Ming Jiutian, after all, as a guard at the border gate, he can't go to other places at will, and this time he can have the opportunity to take his son to the capital for a long time, and it is a beautiful thing to think about it.

Seeing the old marshal and Tu Rui go out, Ming Jiutian also put down the dishes and chopsticks, and he was still very excited to go to the capital, after all, he had never been to the capital when he was so big, and he heard that the capital was very big, very prosperous, and what he wanted, it seemed that he really had to go and see.

After a while, I saw Tu Ling and Hu Yuan coming.

"Young master, I really don't know how to thank you," Hu Yuan said with a smile.

"Thank me? What is there to be thankful for? "Ming Jiutian felt inexplicable.

"This time, the two of us can follow you and the marshal to the capital chief to see it, I heard that you asked for it? You don't know, the two of us have wanted to go for a long time, but my father has not allowed it, I didn't expect that this time it was actually your light" Hu Yuan's mood at the moment can no longer be described as happy.

"Yes, young master, I have begged my father many times, but my father just doesn't agree, this time I have to thank you, young master" Tu Ling, who was silent, was also very grateful to Ming Jiutian.

"My father is now organizing a guard of honor of 1,000 people, I really didn't expect that tomorrow I would be able to follow the marshal to the capital to attend the queen mother's birthday banquet, I feel like I'm dreaming when I think about it," Hu Yuan also said happily.

"What's the meaning of a birthday banquet, think about the fact that the queen mother is also half buried in the ground, what's there to see" Ming Jiutian is not interested in these at all, if it weren't for the grandfather who said that grandma would also go, he wouldn't go.

"Young master, I'll leave for the capital tomorrow, I don't know if you have anything to prepare?" Tu Ling asked seriously, according to the usual practice, you should also bring some gifts and other things.

"No need, my old man will prepare it" Ming Jiutian is not interested in these at all, who is the queen mother, and it has nothing to do with him.

"Young Master, in order to thank you for taking the two of us to the capital to attend the Queen Mother's birthday banquet this time, the two of us decided to give you a small gift together to show our gratitude," Hu Yuan said flatteringly.

"Gifts? Do you still be polite between us" Ming Jiutian has always treated Hu and Tu as friends, and he has never thought about anything else.

"Young master, you're out of sight, young master, please take a look," said Hu Yuan and took out a suitcase.

"Two, I said this thing is suitable for me?" Ming Jiutian opened the box and saw that it was actually filled with a slightly golden copper armor.

"Young master, you don't understand, you think, the Ming family is still martial, wearing this armor to attend the queen mother's birthday banquet, on the one hand, it reflects your majestic and tall image, and on the other hand, it also reflects that there is someone in our Ming family?" Hu Zhan's son just thinks a lot and thinks comprehensively.

"Yes, young master, it is estimated that you will wear this when you set off tomorrow, and the marshal will have to close his mouth happily when he sees it" Tu Ling also echoed on the side.

"Well, I haven't worn it when I'm so big anyway, and the first time I wear it is out of curiosity" Ming Jiutian also understood in his heart that if he wore this armor, his grandfather would be happy.

Sending Hu Yuan and Tu Ling away, Ming Jiutian thought to himself that he didn't know how long he would go, and if Xiao Wu would be bored at home, he simply went to ask Xiao Wu if he would like to go with me.

Ming Jiutian came to the backyard under the big tree where Xiao Wu usually lived.

"Xiao Wu..., Xiao Wu..., are you there?" Ming Jiutian shouted.

"What's the matter? Big brother—" Xiao Wu poked his head out of the bird's nest he had built.

"Tomorrow I have to go to the capital with my grandfather to attend the Queen Mother's birthday banquet, originally I didn't want to go, but my grandmother will also go, so I plan to go, I came to you just to ask you, do you want to go?" Ming Jiutian was still very willing to take Xiao Wu with him.

"I guess I can't go with you, just now I received a summons from Lao Yuan Yu Jian, he said that he was coming back, but it is too far away from us, and I need to arrange a precise coordinate here, otherwise Lao Yuan should be lost again" Xiao Wu also said helplessly, after all, fifteen years of getting along day and night, this person and a bird have long been affectionate.

"Are you coming back? Where is this mysterious Lao Yuan, I always hear you talk about it, but I don't see anyone" Ming Jiutian is also eager to see this so-called Lao Yuan, after all, if Lao Yuan comes back, it is very likely to solve his big problem.

"Hey, uh... How so? To put it simply, I have known Lao Yuan for a long, long time, when I was a little bird, Lao Yuan was like this, I don't know the specific age, I don't know the name, but we are very good brothers, but sometimes, Lao Yuan's memory is not very good, and he has forgotten a lot of things, and sometimes he can't find his way home when he goes out" Xiao Wu told Ming Jiutian what he learned about Lao Yuan.

"Are you sure Lao Yuan doesn't have Alzheimer's?" Ming Jiutian was shocked, listening to Xiaowu's words, no matter how he listened to this old yuan, he felt like he had Alzheimer's.

"Beings like us don't get sick, and I remember I also asked Lao Yuan how he had memory loss, and I heard him say that it seemed that he had suffered a head injury many years ago," Xiao Wu recalled.

"Obediently, this is my life-saving straw, don't let him get lost and can't come back or come back late, when the time comes, my little life will be over" Ming Jiutian smacked his tongue, his little life was actually in the hands of this kind of person who couldn't remember the way home, and he pinched a cold sweat for himself when he thought about it.

"Don't worry, what about me, by the way, then you will leave for the capital tomorrow, without me by your side, what about your safety?" Xiao Wu asked very seriously.

"What danger can I have, I am accompanied by the masters of the Ming family, and no one will hurt me" Ming Jiutian has never been outside, and he doesn't know that the rivers and lakes are sinister.

"No, Lao Yuan explained when he left, kilowatts can't let you have any mistakes, there are a lot of masters in your Ming family, but after all, it is impossible to do it wherever you go, they will follow you, come, you sit on me, I will take you to a place" As soon as the words fell, a red light emitted from Xiao Wu's body and fell on Ming Jiutian's body, Ming Jiutian only felt that he was getting smaller at a rapid pace, and the small one was smaller than Xiao Wu, who was the size of his palm.