Chapter 18, departure to the capital
The next day, the people of the Ming family had already begun to show up, and the accompanying honor guard was already standing neatly outside the gate of the Ming Mansion, waiting for the old marshal to give an order, and they could set off.
Ming Jiutian put on the armor given by Hu Yuan and Tu Ling, and looked in the mirror, he looked like a young hero in the mirror, but Ming Jiutian wore armor for the first time since he was a child, and after just a few steps, he felt that the armor on his body was too heavy and not very comfortable.
"Young Master, are you ready?" Tu Ling outside the door asked.
"Alright, are you leaving?" Ming Jiutian asked.
"The marshal ordered me to come and urge the young master, the accompanying honor guard is ready, just waiting for you" Tu Ling responded.
"Okay, let's go" Ming Jiutian walked out of the room.
Outside the gate of the Ming Mansion, the old marshal and some of his entourage had already been prepared, and the old marshal had to order, and these people could get on their horses and set off.
"Oh my God, what are you?" The old marshal saw Ming Jiutian walking out wearing a suit of armor, not only was Ming Jiutian wearing armor for the first time, but the old marshal also saw many people accompanying him for the first time.
"Grandpa, isn't this the armor you all wear, besides, how can I also be a member of the Ming family, the Ming family naturally has to have the appearance of the Ming family, not to mention that I went to the capital this time to see all the people of the imperial court, although I don't know any of them, but I can't lose the face of the Ming family."
"Young master, your armor really matches your temperament too well, everyone, look at it, how much of a young handsome demeanor?" Hu Zhan, who was next to the old marshal, was the first to stand up and give a compliment, which could be regarded as expressing his gratitude for taking his son to the capital.
"That's it, no matter how our young master looks at it, he is a dragon and a phoenix among people."
"No, I think it's very much the style of our marshal back then."
"It's, it's..."
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The entourage began to talk about it, but all of them said nothing more than some sloppy words.
"Tian'er, you can give grandpa a big surprise today, grandpa promised you, when you get to the capital, you can play as you like, you can play wherever you want, you can play how you want, what do you think?" Obviously, Ming Jiutian's actions really made the old marshal very happy.
"Okay, when the time comes, you can allow me to take Tu Ling and Hu Yuan out to play," Ming Jiutian also responded happily.
"Master Qiqi, the accompanying guard of honor has been put in place, and all the accompanying baggage has been prepared, ready to set off at any time" Tu Rui appeared beside the old marshal.
"Well, I don't think it's too early, the whole army listens to the order, gets on the horse, and prepares to go..."
This time it was Ming Jiutian's turn to be embarrassed, although he lived in a military home, but he had not been in good health since he was a child, and he had never learned to ride a horse at all.
"Young master, young master, here..."Hu Yuan called Ming Jiutian in a stingy voice.
"Huh? What does this mean? Ming Jiutian followed the voice and looked at it, and Hu Yuan was pulling a carriage in his hand.
"That's the case, young master, the marshal ordered, it's a long way to the capital, and it's inevitable that you'll be tired of traveling and driving, where is the horseback riding in line with your identity? Therefore, I specially ordered me to prepare a carriage for your rest, young master," Hu Yuan explained his intentions.
"Uh..., well, I just got up early today, and I can make up for it in the car" Ming Jiutian stretched his waist and got into the carriage, as soon as he entered the carriage, he looked around, the car was very clean, covered with soft mattresses, all kinds of snacks were available, and the most terrifying thing was that there were two maids who were seventeen or eighteen years old.
"Hu Yuan, just prepare a car, why are there still two women?" Ming Jiutian asked puzzledly, to show that there are also subordinates in the family, but like such a young one, Ming Jiutian has not seen it.
"Young master, it's a long way to the capital, and there are some guards with you, and it's okay for a group of big men to fight, but they can't be said to serve people, so I will prepare two girls for you, and serve your diet and daily life along the way" Hu Yuan thought about everything.
"Well, that's right, okay, now I'm sleepy, young master, I want to sleep, just sit quietly with the two of you, don't disturb me if you're fine," Ming Jiutian commanded.
"Yes, young master," the two maids nodded in agreement.
With a sound of departure, a team of 1,000 people set off in a mighty way, not that they didn't want to bring more people, first, this is to go to the capital, according to the laws of the imperial court, it is not allowed to enter Beijing with a large army.
Second, why are you bringing so many people with you instead of going to war? In this way, the army marched all the way from the main street of Dongping Mansion, passed through the west gate of the main city of Dongping Mansion, and went directly to the capital on Shangguan Road, but it had to pass through Zhongzhou Mansion on the way.
"Qiqi family master, Madame sent someone to send a letter" Tu Ling's voice sounded.
"Bring it up," said the old marshal.
"Tian'er, your grandmother has sent a letter, saying that she has arrived in Zhongzhou Mansion, waiting for us there, and going to the capital together after the convergence" The old marshal was also very happy, after all, he hadn't seen his wife for several years.
"Okay, that's good, then when can we get to Zhongzhou Mansion?" Ming Jiutian asked with sleepy eyes.
"Soon, at this pace of travel, it will be two days at most," the old marshal replied.
"Okay, I must take a shower first when I get to the place, it's too hot this day" Ming Jiutian was very unaccustomed to wearing heavy and stuffy armor, and he was sweating all over his body at this moment.
"When you get to the place, let alone take a bath, you can swim no problem," said the old marshal.
"Well, if it's okay, I'll go to bed first" Ming Jiutian yawned, lay down and fell asleep again.
When Ming Jiutian woke up, it was already night, and the accompanying honor guard had already set up camp, and many bonfires had been lit on the camp, and at this time it was already time to bury the pot and prepare dinner.
"Oh my God, woke up? Let's eat first, all the way, it can't be too good, let's eat," said the old marshal.
"It's okay, Hu Yuan prepared two maids for me, and now they are giving me food" Ming Jiutian responded with a wry smile.
"Oh? It seems that Hu Yuan, this kid is very good at taking care of people, and he will definitely become your right-hand man in the future, haha..."The old marshal said with a strange smile, and the old marshal smiled, and everyone sitting around the bonfire began to laugh.
"Uh..., I said, what are you laughing at? made people feel weird, "Ming Jiutian is also inexplicable."
"Don't understand, do you? They laughed at you and brought two maids, you know, although we are not marching and fighting, but there are men all around, you get two women, what is the matter? The old marshal also smiled and leaned back.
"What's wrong with the women, Hu Yuan said, they are here to take care of my diet and daily life" Ming Jiutian said disapprerovingly.
"You kid hid two women in the carriage, who knows what you're doing in there?" The old marshal began to laugh strangely again, and when he smiled, the people around him began to laugh again.
"Marshal, this is a good thing, it seems that our young master has grown up, haha..."
"Forget it, I can't talk about you, I'm going back to eat, eat my braised lion's head, stewed pork knuckle in sauce, you just go here to gnaw on your cold steamed buns with the northwest wind" It's really unreasonable, Ming Jiutian thought to himself, although he hadn't gone through the matter of men and women, but what this group of people meant, he still understood in his heart.
"Oh, our little master will still blush, haha....." The people next to him coaxed.
"Haha....." a group of people chimed in.