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Chapter 1279 It doesn’t matter whether you are rational or not

Things like welcoming the emperor back to Chang'an must be random and not premeditated.

There is a huge difference between the two.

Yun Chu did it randomly, but Wenrou and the others were unwilling to let go of this good opportunity. They let Yun Chu do it randomly while they organized behind the scenes.

Thus, a grand scene rarely seen in the ages was staged in Chang'an City.

The common people who were doing various jobs went home to pack their bags and planned to follow the county lord to welcome His Majesty back to Chang'an. The merchants who were negotiating grain trading, after learning the news, immediately stopped the grain trading and led their servants to deliver the grain to the team that would follow the county lord to Jiucheng Palace.

Of course, those vendors who were originally selling their own food delivered all the freshly prepared food to the team. Then people selling shoes, luggage, travel tents, and convenient outdoor stoves came one after another.

When it was noon, the entertainers who had just woken up from their sleep felt that such a big event would not be lively without singing and dancing, so they prepared simple bags, took their own musical instruments, and joined the team in their own two-wheeled carriages.

"Our Chang'an is the most prosperous city in the world, and we must welcome Your Majesty back to Chang'an."

"Chang'an has everything now, except for a majesty to sit in the Taiji Palace."

"Only when Your Majesty returns the capital to Chang'an, will Chang'an be the true capital of the world!"

"Go to Jiucheng Palace, go to Jiucheng Palace to welcome back His Majesty. Jiucheng Palace is such a dilapidated place, it is not enough to support the Emperor of the Great Tang..."

After Lu Zhaolin, Yang Jiong and others took off their official uniforms and put on Confucian robes, the calls to welcome the emperor back to the capital Chang'an clearly reached a peak.

Seeing more and more people joining in, Yun Chu said to Wen Rou, "Since it was an unintentional act, you still have to act like it was an unintentional act. I'm leaving first."

Wenrou waved her small fan and said, "Go ahead, go ahead, they will catch up."

When Yun Chu and Yu Xiurong left from the Suzaku Gate on horseback, there were already thousands of carriages parked outside the city. These carriages undoubtedly belonged to the nobles and wealthy families in Chang'an. They did not support Yun Chu's previous actions, and this time, they could be said to be going out with an empty nest.

After greeting Yun Chu and his wife, they followed quietly behind them all the way to Jiucheng Palace.

When Yun Chu and his wife arrived at Xianyang Bridge, Zhuque Street in Chang'an City was still crowded with people from Chang'an carrying their luggage and preparing to visit Jiucheng Palace.

Wenrou withdrew her gaze from Zhuque Street, took a sip of tea, and said to the group of people in green in front of her: "Do you think someone might have killed these people on the road with the intention of creating chaos?"

The long-bearded green-clothed man in the lead bowed and said, "Indeed, their vanguard has already set off."

Wenrou chuckled and said, "You just watched them leave and did nothing?"

The man in green bowed again and said, "It's Hwarangtu. Over the years, the master has always asked us to monitor Hwarangtu and has never asked us to take any action."

Wenrou sighed and said, "You are really good and obedient subordinates of a certain company. Well, go and find them back."

A smile emerged on the face of the man in green clothes with a long beard. He pulled open a screen. There was a long table behind the screen. The table was filled with cleanly washed ears, like a table full of dumplings.

Wenrou took a look and said, "Yes, they are both left ears, so we can calculate the credit."

The long-bearded man in green clothes bowed again and said, "The ear has been cut off, but the man is still alive."

Wenrou glanced at the long-bearded man in green and said, "I just want the ears."

The man in green clothes with a long beard answered once and left in a hurry.

Wenrou then said to a masked man in green, "Our people must occupy 10% of the crowd welcoming His Majesty back to the capital. Have you done this?"

The masked man in green said in a hoarse voice: "When the Lord leaves Xianyang Bridge, our people will blend into the crowd and become the backbone of this chaotic crowd."

Wenrou nodded and said, "Don't be too deliberate, lest the people from the Hundred Cavalry Division find out."

The masked man in green bowed and said, "Among them, there are six hundred secret agents of the Hundred Riders Division."

The gentle gaze once again came to Zhuque Street, and he said leisurely: "The big net will catch the small net, and the small net will catch some noodles. If you still can't make this matter a random act of the people, you don't have to wear a mask anymore."

The masked man in green said, "In Guanzhong, I guarantee it with my life."

A gentle look of satisfaction reached his eyes and he whispered, "Very good!"

Then he said to the other five men in green, "Your Excellency used to claim that you could cut off the head of a general in a million-strong army. This has long been a fact in the minds of the people of Chang'an. This time, if you are blocked by a large army again, I think your Excellency can still continue to be as brave as before. What do you think?"

One of the most muscular men in green stepped forward and said, "I think this is a matter of course."

Wenrou thought for a moment and said, "Your muskets won't hurt the Lord, right?"

The man in green said proudly, "It has cost two years to train one hundred musketeers and one hundred thousand strings of silver. If this still cannot enable you to maneuver freely in the army and be invincible, I will bring my head to you."

He smiled gently and said, "In that case, I will take it seriously."

After all the people in green clothes left, Wenrou looked at Di Fu and said, "Tell your husband that it's time to start."

Defoe cupped his hands and asked, "No souvenirs?"

Wenrou shook her head and said, "Why would I need a souvenir for something I did spontaneously?"

Defoe said: "That means it is not written down and not seen in the news."

Wenrou waved her hands irritably and said, "Get out, get out."

Yun Chuyu Xiurong crossed the Xianyang Bridge without restraint and saw Wu Sansi waiting there. After more than a month, Wu Sansi had lost a lot of weight, his face was tanned red and dark by the sun, and he no longer had the heroic spirit he had in Chang'an.

"My Lord, please allow me to follow you."

Yun Chu said: "There is something wrong with your position, you can't go."

Wu Sansi burst into tears and said, "Your Excellency still looks down on my brother?"

Yun Chu shook his head and said, "It's not that I look down on you, but once the Queen sees it, when she kills you brothers, I won't even have the chance to stop her. Don't forget that the Queen is the head of your Wu family."

Wu Sansi pulled the reins of Yun Chu's warhorse and said, "Sir, if none of my brothers participate in such an important event, I am afraid that the prince will not like it in the future."

Yun Chu smiled bitterly and said, "Do you think the prince will like us doing this?"

Wu Sansi was surprised and asked quickly: "Is this just for His Majesty?"

Yun Chu smiled and said, "I have received the emperor's grace for more than 20 years. Now, it is time for me to repay your majesty's grace. This move is only to relieve your majesty's worries, and it does not involve anything else."

Wu Sansi said softly: "How unwise of you, my Lord."

Yun Chu laughed and said, "Maybe I am just a fool."

After saying this, he shook the reins, shook off Wu Sansi's hand, and continued to ride forward.

From Chang'an to Jiucheng Palace, it is only more than 300 miles, and a fast horse can arrive there in one day. If there are 100,000 people following behind, including 100,000 civilians, it will take ten days for all of them to arrive.

Before Yun Chu left Xianyang, Emperor Li Zhi had already learned the news.

After listening to the report from his secretary Cheng Yunjin, Li Zhi squinted his intact right eye and asked, "Your father is here, why are you here?"

Yun Jin cupped his hands and said, "I guess he heard that Your Majesty had beaten up his beloved son, so he came to cause trouble for Your Majesty."

Li Zhi curled his lips and said, "You brought tens of thousands of people with you?"

Yun Jin continued to play his retort, "Your Majesty is the ruler of the world, and there are not enough people to ask Your Majesty to apologize."

Li Zhi laughed and said, "With 100,000 soldiers and horses, I will still be a little bit afraid of him, but with 100,000 civilians, what can he do to me?"

Yun Jin said: "My father alone can defeat a million strong troops."

Li Zhi laughed up to the sky and said, "Just because of his bravery when he was shot like a hedgehog by the Turks in the Western Regions?"

Yun Jin chuckled and said, "Except for Your Majesty, everyone believes that my father's martial arts are invincible in the world."

Li Zhi's laughter suddenly stopped, and he said to Yun Jin in a cold voice: "Is he really going to welcome me back to the capital Chang'an?"

Yun Jin replied calmly, "Chang'an is your majesty's former residence."

Li Zhi nodded and said, "You can leave now."

Yun Jin packed up the documents and left the Jiucheng Palace Hall.

Li Zhi glanced at Ruichun and asked, "Was it premeditated or did you just do it on impulse?"

Ruichun bowed and said, "Before Yunchu came to Jiucheng Palace, no one in Chang'an knew about this. It was only after Yunchu told Yu Xiurong that people in Chang'an knew about it.

After confirming many facts, the spies of the Hundred Cavalry Division unanimously agreed that Yun Chu and his wife wanted to be with His Majesty at this time."

Li Zhi looked at the eunuch He Chun again and said, "Don't you know either?"

He Chun bowed and said, "Everything seems extremely hasty, even disorganized."

Li Zhi sighed and said, "Didn't Yun Chu submit a memorial?"

Hechun shook his head and said, "No, he just came like that."

"The Queen doesn't know either?"

"I guarantee with my life that the Queen didn't know about this beforehand."

"Where is the prince?"

"I guarantee with my life that the Crown Prince is in Jiucheng Palace and knows nothing about what is happening outside."

"Then why did Yun Chu come to Jiucheng Palace at this time? It is very unwise."

Li Zhi fell into deep thought, but when his eyes fell on the head of the giant bear that was secretly looking at him at the door, his heart suddenly felt sore for some reason. He waved at the giant bear, and the giant bear immediately jumped over the threshold, came to lie down beside Li Zhi, and then turned over with difficulty, revealing its soft belly, and one paw gently rested on Li Zhi's arm.

Li Zhi's hands kneaded the giant bear's soft belly. For some reason, a string of tears fell from his intact right eye, across his cheek, and onto the giant bear's thick fur.

Li Zhi knew very well that the giant bear loved him. Even though he had chopped it seven or eight times with the back of his knife last time, the giant bear was scared for a while, but in the end it still came to see him secretly when he was free.

But Li Zhi felt guilty and didn't dare to get close to the giant bear again...

After eliminating all rational possibilities for Yun Chu's behavior, there was only one irrational answer left. As a friend, he came to Jiucheng Palace just to see him, and perhaps to protect him...