The next morning, golden rays of light shone on the top of the snow.

The small triangular tent had been put away, and a pair of men and women were carried by charcoal-red horses and walked slowly down the mountain along the ridge.

Night Terror Hall was riding on horseback, with the cloak on his back fluttering in the morning light, and in his arms was a wild goose wrapped like a caterpillar.

After a long night, the Queen Mother, who had become a little daughter-in-law, huddled in the thick soft blanket, only revealing her reddish face and a pair of big watery eyes, looking at the night with a little shyness.

Shocked, he whispered:

"After you come down from the mountain, you can't mess around again. Yuhu hasn't let me return home yet. After all, I am still the mother of a country..."

Ye Jingtang hugged her soft and tender body and put his left hand in the blanket to keep it warm:

"Then I'll come here secretly, just like what's written in the book. If the empress wants to see me, just give me something and ask Hongyu to bring it over, and just wait in bed at night."

"I see you as lustful and don't want you to go all the way in vain before I get what you want. How can I miss you all day long..."

"hehe……"

Ye Jingtang shook his head, not believing this at all.

After all, Huaiyan enjoyed it very much last night. At first, he was a little reluctant to let go, but as he gradually got used to it, he began to take the initiative to take care of him because he was afraid that he would be tired.

Because he didn't know how to do it the first time, he was asked to teach him various moves mentioned in the book. He spent half the night just studying how to stand. If the tent was not too small to open, I might have been able to study with him until dawn with great interest.

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Seeing Huaiyan getting nervous, Ye Jingtang didn't point it out, he just smiled and said:

"I'm just a guard. It depends on the queen whether she wants to summon me or not. By the way, we made a decision last night to learn how to intercept the clouds in one month. If I fail the test by then, my queen will be punished even if she doesn't summon me..."

Seeing that Ye Jingtang mentioned this issue again, the Queen Mother did not run away, but said:

"Since it's a bet, how can I only suffer the loss? If I learn how to do it, what will you do?"

"Then it's up to you, of course. You can do whatever you want with me. Is that fair?"

"?"

The Queen Mother felt that Ye Jingtang was so thick-skinned, so she was the one who suffered all this back and forth? However, with the words of Ye Jingtang, she always had the final say, so she didn’t say much at the moment, and just snorted softly,

He pulled up the blanket and hid his face in it.

Seeing this, Ye Jingtang's eyes were full of smiles. He did not disturb Huaiyan's rest anymore, accelerated his horse speed and headed towards the outside of the mountain.

And this journey to the desert, which has been going around for thousands of miles, has come to an end with the two people and the horse gradually receding from their backs...

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The charcoal-red horse has amazing leg power. He set out in the early morning and returned to Shazhou City with Huaiyan at midnight.

Although the stone tablet has not been properly processed, because the weather in the desert is so hot that the birds can wilt from the heat, after Ye Jingtang returned to Shazhou City with the hand warmers, he asked Da Benben to lead the team back first.

He then started doing hard work, transferred 500 soldiers from Shazhou City, and returned to Crescent Bay to excavate the stone tablets buried in the ground.

Normally, this kind of hard work should be left to the people below, but Ye Jingtang is worried.

Although the "nine arts" recorded on the stone tablet are too ancient, they are also the arts of ascending to immortality. To put it simply, they are six low-end versions of the roaring dragon pictures.

You can imagine how attractive this kind of thing is to the Northern and Southern Jianghu. It is not unusual for Wu Kui and Wu Sheng to personally snatch it.

Even if Master Xiang Han and others did not come, the stone tablet was found by the people of Beiliang first, and the news must have been leaked. If the evil sect in the world got wind of it and secretly learned it on the road, I am afraid that in a few years, there will be a war in the world.

The catastrophe caused by monsters.

In order to prevent the situation from getting out of control in the future, Ye Jingtang chose to be the escort himself and deliver the stone tablet to a safe area first.

Digging out the stone tablet is still a troublesome task. According to the inference of the craftsmen, the incomplete stone tablet weighs more than 30,000 kilograms. Just to lift it from the stone hall, a frame and a pulley were needed.

It was difficult to cut the stone monument, and it was impossible to load it into a truck and transport it out of the desert. It had to be spread on the ground with logs. Hundreds of people took turns pulling it out. Because the sand was soft, it would get stuck at every turn. The most I could walk was more than ten miles a day until I left.

With the official road in the desert area, the speed is faster.

The task of transporting the stone tablet was quite boring and long. It took more than ten days to walk from Crescent Bay to Wangheya; and then it took another four days to get to the coast of Lianghe River.

Lianghe is the main river in Liangzhou. You can go south to enter the Jinchuan River. From the Jinjiang Canal to the east, you can reach Xiwang Town. Then you can go north to Beijing from Qingjiang River, which takes about half a month.

After the stele was loaded onto the ship, the rest of the journey was naturally much easier. Under the leadership of Meng Jiao, all the elites of the Black Yamen arrived, and there were two thousand forbidden troops accompanying the ship. Safety was guaranteed, and Ye Jingtang left the team alone and rode northward.

Heading to the prairie fire...

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After all this hard work, the time has come to the end of June, and the northwest has also reached the hottest time of the year.

At dusk, tens of thousands of troops were stationed in the wilderness outside Pingyi City. The army was divided into three groups, flying the dragon flag of Wei Dynasty, the flag of Liang Wang, and the black "night" flag representing Tianlang King Xuan. There were many ladders and siege vehicles inside.

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Because Pingyi City was on the defensive and the Southern Dynasty did not launch a general offensive, the wilderness was still calm, but the atmosphere of the confrontation between the two armies was extremely depressing.

Behind the golden tent in the center is the residence of the female officials accompanying the empress. Dongfang Liren and others who returned from a trip to Shazhou also lived here.

At this time, in the golden tent, the empress was wearing a long red dress, sitting sideways on the couch, with a chess case in front of her, and she was concentrating on playing chess with Hua Qingzhi.

Hua Qingzhi didn't actually know the identity of the empress before. She only thought that the beauty in red was the beautiful concubine of Mr. Ye. Last time she came to the military camp with various troops from the West Sea, she didn't have the chance to go to the Golden Book Sage.

But this time it was not the case. She ran back from Shazhou all the way and found Miss Yuhu waiting at the entrance of the military camp. She originally wanted to say hello, but the Queen who was walking beside her said with joy in her eyes:

"Sister, why did you come out?"

Hua Qingzhi was getting off the carriage at that time. When she heard this, her face turned pale and she almost fell off the carriage.

After all, she had said to Yuhu's face before that she was "all-too-familiar" and she turned out to be the empress of the Southern Dynasty. If she was holding a grudge...

Hua Qingzhi was too embarrassed to say anything at the time, so she quietly followed Sanniang into the military camp. She didn't dare to leave the tent for the past few days, hoping for the stars and the moon, waiting for Ye Jingtang to come back and use her as a protective umbrella.

Fortunately, the empress was busy with military duties and did not call her over to clean up. Only this afternoon when she had nothing to do, she called her over to play chess with her.

Hua Qingzhi is the "Little Chess Saint" of Beiliang, a serious national player. In a duel with the Empress, even ten chessmen can kill the Empress to tears.

But Hua Qingzhi comes from a wealthy family, and what she knows best is "accompanying the emperor is like accompanying a tiger." How could she dare to show her extraordinary achievements at this time? She sat sideways on the couch with a demure demeanor, frowning in deep thought, and praised for a while:

"Your Majesty's move is truly a magical move..."

The Empress took some time out of her busy schedule to call Hua Qingzhi over, and she was already prepared to be mercilessly crushed. As a result, she and Hua Qingzhi both felt confident after doing it.

Although the empress felt quite happy, she also knew that she was weighing a lot and joked:

"I still like Miss Hua's unruly look. I am not a moody tyrant. I can let go of my subordinates and speak freely without worrying about my identity."

Hua Qingzhi is not stupid. The emperor asked you to speak directly. You are a courteous and virtuous corporal. But if you speak the truth, it is a sure sign that you are talented and proud. She just smiled implicitly:

"Your Majesty is joking, the little girl made a careless move. In this situation, how can she turn her hand into clouds and rain. Besides, this move is indeed wonderful..."

The empress knew that 90% of Hua Qingzhi was complimenting her, but even if it was only 10% of the truth, it was still the Little Chess Sage of Beiliang, praising her for her good chess play, wasn't it?

The Empress didn't even bother to listen when she praised her for her martial arts skills, but when she praised her for playing chess well, she was really happy for several days. Perhaps she was coaxed to be happy, so the Empress frowned and said:

"The Hua family is a famous family in Hudong Road. I have heard about Mrs. Hua's skill in governing the country for a long time. Your Majesty has also made great contributions to the Wei Dynasty. Since Miss Hua has come to the Wei Dynasty as a guest, how can I treat her badly? From now on

If you have any questions in the future, just tell me clearly at any time."

"Well, Your Majesty treats the little girl so politely without caring about past grudges. Why does the little girl still have any problems?"

"Yeah?"

The empress held the side of her face with her hands and ate a few more Hua Qingzhi balls:

"Xue Baijin kidnapped you here and made you unable to return home. Why don't you complain at all?"

"..."

Hua Qingzhi blinked, feeling that these words were spoken from the bottom of her heart, but she did not dare to report Xue Baijin's situation in front of the emperor. What if something big happened and Mr. Ye was angry...

Hua Qingzhi thought for a while and just said:

"Nvxia Xue also had a misunderstanding. Now that the matter has come to this point, the little lady has looked away."

The empress didn't even look away, but she didn't think Hua Qingzhi could swallow her anger, so she said:

"Misunderstanding is misunderstanding, and compensation is compensation. After entering the door, I will let you be the big one and she will be the small one. If she dares to disobey, I will help you punish her."

"?"

Hua Qingzhi was stunned and said quickly:

"Your Majesty, Mr. Ye and I..."

"Play chess well. If you say these duplicitous words again, I will punish you."

"..."

Hua Qingzhi opened her mouth, but did not dare to confront the empress. She could only continue to vent her anger silently...

At the same time, behind the golden tent.

Luo Ning and Pei Xiangjun were both family members and had no positions in the military camp. They had nothing to do and it was difficult to move around, so they both stayed in Fan Qinghe's tent.

After Fan Qinghe got the white lotus and lotus seeds, as the chief alchemist of the Dongming Department, he must study the properties of the medicine. After leaving Ye Jingtang, he set up a medicine furnace in the military camp and tried to figure out several new medicines.

At this time, there was a medicine stove in the middle of the large tent. Fan Qinghe, wearing a red and yellow gauze skirt, opened the lid to observe the heat.

The big fluffy bird squatted on the shoulder and looked at it, looking like it wanted to help taste it.
To be continued...