The loud cry of an eagle pierced the night sky, and an unparalleled horse rushed out from under the towering city wall and galloped towards the northwest.
Hoof-tapping hoof-tapping...
There is a roaring dragon hanging on the side of the horse in Night Terror Hall, chasing the sun, the Chilong Sword is placed across the waist, and the black cloak is fluttering in the night wind. The tall horse and the strong body make the big and stupid people look a bit small.
The feeling of a bird clinging to a human.
Dongfang Liren was still sad about spring and autumn at dusk, but he was suddenly pulled out and embarked on a long journey. He still didn't realize it, but he was well prepared.
When Dongfang Liren goes on a long trip, he will definitely not be like his sister, wearing a single skirt and no panties. He is wrapped tightly in a fat-headed dragon python robe, and is replaced by a pair of slim-fitting black Nightmare couple style.
The clothes are made of the same Shuiyun Brocade, even the pattern is the same, and the skirt has slits on both sides for easy riding.
The bun that was originally tied with a jade crown is only tied up with a black hairband. It is clean and simple, showing a heroic appearance. A short-edged throwing knife hangs on the belt, a dagger is inserted in the boots, and there should be weapons in the wrist guards.
I brought two of my collection of famous soldiers and hung them on the sides of my horses...
Although it seems a bit like a poor student with too much stationery, just looking at her appearance, she does look like a hidden peerless female master.
At this time, Dongfang Liren was sitting in front of the saddle, with his back straight and not leaning on Ye Jingtang. He just held the sword engraved with the Five Thunder Talisman, looked at it carefully in his hand, and said thoughtfully:
"The talisman engraved on the scabbard is the Taoist Five Thunder Talisman, which has the effect of killing demons and exorcising evil spirits. If I read it correctly, this sword should have something to do with the Taoist sect..."
"This scabbard was made by Queen Lu Xianzi. It was originally just a bare sword strip."
"..."
Dongfang Liren blinked his eyes and lightly slapped Ye Jingtang with his elbow, which probably meant - didn't you tell me earlier? It took me a long time to study...
Ye Jingtang's eyes were full of smiles, and he looked clumsy. Naturally, he no longer had to be as reserved as Dai Yuhu. Seeing that he had left the city and there were no pedestrians on the official road, he leaned forward and put his hands around Liu's waist.
His chin rested on his shoulder.
?
Dongfang Liren raised his chest slightly, his face suddenly changed a bit, he held the sword hilt and said:
"Night Terror Hall, you are so presumptuous again, aren't you?"
Listening to the cold voice of Sister Yu, Ye Jingtang was not afraid at all and coaxed:
"It's a long journey, lean on me and feel more comfortable."
"..."
Dongfang Liren naturally knew that it would be more comfortable to lean on her, but she couldn't even touch Longlong without leaning on her?
She wanted to give a few more warnings, but suddenly she remembered something and tilted her head slightly:
"Yejingtang, when you and Yuhu came back, did you hold her like this too?"
Ye Jingtang had a clear conscience about this and said seriously:
"How is that possible? I'm sitting in the back and I don't dare to move. If you don't believe me, you can ask a bird."
Dongfang Liren knew his sister's temperament and wanted to take advantage of him. She was also scornful of her brother-in-law. Why did Ye Jingtang bully her sister? He didn't say more at the moment and asked instead:
"During the Chinese New Year, I went to take a look at the new house in Tianshuiqiao and helped clean up the house. I found a red handkerchief in the drawer beside your bed..."
Ye Jingtang thought about it for a while, then remembered it and explained:
"Last summer, when I visited the palace for the first time, I happened to meet Yuhu. She asked me to help find a Pisces pendant, so I went to Canyang Pool, and then..."
"..."
Dongfang Liren naturally knew what happened next - she was tricked into going to Canyang Pond, stripped naked and plunged into the water, giving Ye Jingtang a physical shock, and finally pressed her naked body onto Ye Jingtang's face.
…
It's been a long time since the incident happened, but when I think about it now, Dongfang Liren still feels red in the face. He lightly bumped his shoulder and signaled Ye Jingtang to stop talking, and went straight to the point:
"What do these have to do with handkerchiefs?"
"When I came out of the bath, I felt like a drowned rat. Yuhu gave me a handkerchief and asked me to wipe my face. Then she left. I thought I couldn't find anyone, so I left it at home and forgot about it..."
Dongfang Liren thought about it for a while, but he couldn't find anything wrong with it. He was about to continue chatting when he suddenly found that the bird that had been thrown into the air to exercise to lose weight fell from the night sky and stopped on Ye Jingtang's shoulder. He looked around, probably meaning
——What chicken soup? Where can I find chicken soup...
Dongfang Liren could understand the meaning and raised his hand to rub his head:
"It's a drowned rat. Besides eating, what else do you know?"
"grumble."
Niaoniao tilted his head and looked at the water bag, indicating that he still wanted to drink.
Ye Jingtang was all amused. He took out a piece of dried meat and let the bird eat it. Then he hugged Benben and felt the warmth of the night breeze blowing on his face and the warm fragrance in his nose.
Dongfang Liren was forced to lean into his arms, and after flying out for a while, his body gradually relaxed, because the night was already dark, and a regular schedule had become a habit over the years, and he slowly closed his eyes again.
When Ye Jingtang saw that Benben was asleep, he did not move any more hands or feet. He just held the weight with his hands and pressed his cheek against her bun to make her lean more comfortable.
Hoof-clack, hoof-clack...
The two of them galloped northwest and quickly disappeared into the night outside Yun'an City...
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The distance from Yun'an back to Honghe Town is quite long. The last time I came here with my bodyguard and escorted a convoy, I walked for more than twenty days.
And the fierce horse at its hip is indeed worthy of the name of the divine horse. It can travel a thousand miles a day and eight hundred miles at night. The key is to recover very quickly, and it does not need to stay for too long to rest and replenish.
Ye Jingtang galloped with Cunben Pegasus, and in just a few days, they passed through Sanhe Town, the pass, the wasteland and the barren bone beach in Liangzhou.
Dongfang Liren was still as calm as a queen should be at first, but after all, she did not have the exaggerated physique of Yuhu. After jolting on the horse for a long time, she gradually became tired, and she did not mind being hugged by Ye Jingtang, and occasionally changed her body in the middle.
In this position, I ran to the back and lay on the back of the Night Terror Hall to rest. When I arrived at the inn, I stopped to eat and wash up. Sometimes I even fell asleep on the table.
Ye Jingtang felt very sad when he saw Benben working so hard, but that was just like traveling in the world. There were very few occasions for gratification and grudges, and most of the time he spent eating dirt on the road.
Fortunately, Benben was not a delicate princess who couldn't bear hardships. She didn't feel aggrieved and complained on the way, and she even seemed to enjoy it a little bit.
Every time he stayed in the wild, Benben volunteered to cook on the bonfire, etc. Although the roasted rabbit and grilled fish he made occasionally looked like he had just crawled out of the burning hell, no bird dared to eat them, but he suffered from night terrors.
Tang still enjoyed the meal quite happily.
When the two of them crossed the Barren Bone Beach, they arrived at the Liangzhou frontier fortress, and it was the tenth day of the first lunar month.
Seeing that he had returned to the familiar barren land of the border, Ye Jingtang also breathed a sigh of relief. He looked down and saw that Benben fell asleep in his arms again. He raised his hand and shook the fat-headed dragon:
"Your Highness?"
"Um……"
Dongfang Liren was indeed a little sleepy after running for a long time. After being shaken awake, he first grabbed Ye Jingtang's hand and squeezed it, and then looked around sleepily.
At this time, we have arrived at the Red River. In the first lunar month, the ice and snow in the north have not yet been civilized, and the surrounding areas are still snowfields. Even the original Red River is buried under the ice and snow, and only the outline of the ancient river channel can be seen.
At dusk, the setting sun shines on the snow-white land. At the end of the field of vision, you can see a little smoke rising from a small town, and there seem to be people walking in the town.
The road beneath our feet was full of tracks from wheels and horseshoes, and it looked like there were quite a few people going back and forth.
Dongfang Liren wrapped his clothes tightly, looked around slightly, and frowned:
"The last time I came here, the caravans all went from the official road to Heishiguan, and rarely turned to the town. In winter, the road is blocked by heavy snow, so there shouldn't be many people walking around. Why are there so many people coming and going?"
Ye Jingtang grew up in Honghe Town since she was a child. She knew that few people came and went in Honghe Town after winter, so she was a little confused when she saw this scene. When she got near the town, she helped Benben dismount and put a thick cloak on her.
On our shoulders, walking back to town together:
"Go and have a look first."
The bird was obviously excited to return to his hometown. He flew at the front. As soon as he entered the town, he landed on a bare tree branch and greeted people. A loud voice also sounded from the town:
"Hoho?! Why did you fly back? Is the Young Master's family here?"
"Chiji..."
Ye Jingtang was startled when he heard the voice, and then his eyes filled with joy. He pulled Benben and walked quickly to the entrance of the town, calling from afar:
"Uncle Song!"
In previous years, there were not many people in Honghe Town even during the Chinese New Year. After Night Terror Hall left with dozens of people, it almost became a ghost town.
But things are different now. Many shops have been opened on the streets in the center of the town, and people can be seen walking around. You can even see pavements under some roofs.
Song Chi, the second master of Honghua Building, was sitting outside the original school. Next to him was a brazier and a sign that read 'Recruiting Talents'. Behind him were two well-built apprentices, standing with their hands behind their backs.
Support the scene.
The last time Song Chi came to Liangzhou, after seeing the limitless number of heroes in Liangzhou, he went back to Tiannan angrily and called a group of disciples to come over and re-establish the Tangkou here, and the temporary base was naturally bought by Shui'er.
The Glacier Escort Agency.
Hearing Ye Jingtang's voice, Song Chi quickly stood up and walked quickly to the entrance of the town, waving from afar:
"Isn't the young master's family in Jiangzhou? Why did he come here suddenly? Where is Yuan Qing?"
"Uncle Chen brought people here by boat. They are going slowly and are still on the way."
Ye Jingtang entered the town with Benben and saw so many unfamiliar people on the street. His eyes were very surprised. He first went to the brazier outside the school with Song Chi and sat down, and then asked:
"Why are there so many people in the town?"
The last time Song Chi came to Honghe Town, he had met Prince Jing, and he recognized the female hero in black who was following him. He quickly asked his apprentice to bring a chair, asked Prince Jing to sit down, and then brought a hot water bottle:
"Aren't the flowers in the snow lake blooming? These are all Jianghu people trying their luck outside the pass. Several towns near Heishiguan are overcrowded. Jianghu people settle in these places, selling information and trading... Come on, drink first.
A cup of hot water will keep you warm…”
Dongfang Liren sat down on the chair, holding a hot water cup, and looked around the town:
"Are they all going to grab Snow Lake Flowers?"
Song Chi sat down on the bench, shook his head and said:
"This group of miscellaneous fish in the rivers and lakes, wherever they can get snow lake flowers, they are all here to dig for gold. There are always a few wild snow lake flowers in the thousands of miles around Tianlang Lake. As long as you find one, you can sell it for a sky-high price
, I harvested one in the past few days, and spent more than a thousand taels of silver... Biaozi, go get the thing."
When Ye Jingtang and Dongfang Liren heard this, they naturally became interested. They looked up and saw two disciples running back quickly, and within a moment a carriage was brought over.
Song Chi opened the curtain, revealing a large vat in the empty carriage.
There is turf in the tank, and in the center is a small shrub, only two feet tall, with a few sparse leaves and a small peony-like flower hanging on the side.
Although the shrub is very inconspicuous, the flowers look like peonies, with more than ten petals blooming quietly, which looks very eye-catching.
"Oh..."
Even though he was a prince, Dongfang Liren had only seen snow lake flowers that had been dried and stored for many years. When he saw them alive for the first time, surprise flashed through his eyes. He cautiously walked closer and looked at them carefully:
"How did you get this back?"
Song Chi didn't know how those gold-mining gangsters brought back such a large vat of mud intact from the snowy field. He just said:
"There are many strange people in the rivers and lakes. If you are lucky enough to find one, it is not unusual to get one back.
"According to old people from the past, this should be the Snow Lake flower that has just grown out in the past sixty years. The rhizome is not very useful as a medicine. Just one flower can't produce a medicine, so it is not expensive to sell.
"By the way, can this thing be brought back to the Central Plains to be raised? If possible, it would be good to give it to Shaodong's house and raise it as a money tree..."
Being able to raise snow lake flowers as a money tree for your family would make the emperor feel luxurious, but this thing obviously doesn't work.
Dongfang Liren shook his head and said: "The growth conditions of Snow Lake Flower are harsh, probably related to water and soil. It only grows around Tianlang Lake. Fortunately, it was dug out with the mud, otherwise it would have died. I guess it should be placed in a flower pot.
, and he won’t live too long.”
Song Chi didn't know much about flowers and plants, so he naturally frowned when he heard this:
"What should I do? Send it back to Tianlang Lake to be planted? It took the Snow Lake Flower three generations to grow. Let me raise it to death. If I don't get struck by lightning, I'm afraid I will have my spine stabbed by future generations."
"If you plant it back in the wilderness, sooner or later you will be ruined by other people in the world. Let's raise it for a few days. When Miss Fan comes, let her find a place to raise her..."
After Ye Jingtang carefully looked at the snow lake flowers for a few times, he asked Uncle Song to put them away, returned to sit down by the brazier, and asked:
"Can Uncle Song ask about the current situation outside the customs?"
Song Chi sat down again and responded:
"When I heard the news about the Snow Lake flowers blooming, I knew you would definitely come over. I have been paying attention these days. Beiliang should be picking and transporting the Snow Lake flowers back. There have been several escort robberies at Tianlang Lake.
It is said that someone else got a car..."
Dongfang Liren frowned: "One car?"
Song Chi waved his hand and said: "A snow lake flower looks half the size of a palm. It is only the size of a fingernail when it is dried. I heard that it cannot be suffocated, so I can only lay the petals flat in a ventilated place. It occupies a small area."
Even in Beiliang, people don’t dare to put their eggs in one basket. It would be good if they can put a hundred or so flowers in a cart.”
Dongfang Liren thought about it and said, "One hundred and ten flowers is not a small amount. It is enough to prepare several medicines... So, it is not easy to grab it now. We have to wait for the Snow Lake flowers to dry and put them in a box before we can start?"
"
"right."
Song Chi looked around, lowered his voice a bit and said:
"There are quite a lot of heroes coming here this time. Most of them are looking for wild plants in the snowfield, and some of them are powerful ones that haven't emerged. They are probably waiting for the snow lake flowers to dry so they can pack them in sacks and grab all the plants at once."
Ye Jingtang thought about it for a while and felt that the situation was not very urgent. He thought about it and asked:
“Where are the snow lake flowers dried?”
"Now the Xihai Protectorate has sealed the city. No one is allowed in or out, and there is no way to find out the news. But there is no need to worry about the young master. There are many powerful people in the world. As long as Xue Huhua can take action, someone will definitely be the leader. Wait.
Those ruthless people came out with sacks on their backs, and the young master's family came out to take advantage of others... No, they were confiscated according to law and turned over to the state treasury!"
Dongfang Liren sat up a little straighter and twitched the corners of his mouth, obviously thinking that Song Chi was pretty good.
Ye Jingtang knew that this was a method, but it was too shameless to eat black and white, and when Jiang Zahu came, it was impossible to grab a sack and take it away. It would be good if he could grab a handful, and the only way to eat black and white was to order mosquito meat.
Ye Jingtang's goal this time is to rob King Zuo Xian's warehouse and take away the pot, so he definitely has to go there in person.
After chatting with Song Chi for a while and roughly confirming the situation outside the customs, Ye Jingtang felt that the situation was not urgent, so he breathed a sigh of relief, stood up and said:
"I'll send Li Ren to the Escort Bureau to rest first and burn some paper money for my adoptive father. Could you please Uncle Song arrange two people to help me contact the spies from the Hei Yamen here..."
Song Chi stood up and said: "I came here a year ago just to burn some paper for Yuanfeng on New Year's Eve, so that you wouldn't be able to come back after running around during the New Year, and there wouldn't even be anyone to visit the grave. Go ahead, go ahead, these things
I'll do it myself."
As a son, Ye Jingtang felt really ashamed when he heard this. He bowed his hands again and then led the horse back to the escort agency with Benben.
If no one lives in the house, it will be disintegrated and deserted within a few months. For this reason, after Sanniang left last time, she left someone from the gang to take care of it.
After Uncle Song came over, he tidied up the house specially for the New Year, making it look brand new inside and out. Two red lanterns were hung at the door.
After Ye Jingtang put the horse in the escort agency's stable, he wanted Benben to rest for a while while he and Niao Niao went to burn incense sticks.
But this time Dongfang Liren came alone to pay homage to her father. She couldn't sit in the house, so she went out and bought some paper money and incense on the street, and then they went to a small mound outside the town.
.
The isolated small grave has also been swept, the surrounding snow has been cleared away, and there are still ashes of burned paper money in front of the tombstone.
The birds kept following him, and when they arrived at the grave, they looked very wilted and obviously a little sad.
After all, the adoptive father of Ye Jingtang is the adoptive father of Birds and Birds. He was raised just like Ye Jingtang. Now that we are separated forever, how can we not feel any loss or concern.
Ye Jingtang came to the tomb, inserted the Chilong Knife into his side, and knelt down in front of the tombstone. He had many words in his heart and wanted to report on his harvest and growth experience over the past year.
But looking at Senbai's tombstone, I couldn't say a word. I could only think of the time when I stood on the mound with my adoptive father and looked at the boundless wilderness.
After Dongfang Liren hesitated for a while, he knelt down beside him, the two of them were side by side, and then took out the fire folding paper to burn the paper.
Seeing this, Ye Jingtang breathed out softly, took the paper money and showed a smile:
"Dad, this is my confidante, named Dongfang Liren, the younger sister of the current Holy Emperor..."
Dongfang Liren's face turned red obviously, but he didn't deny it at this time. He just lowered his head and muttered softly:
"The little girl Dongfang Liren is here to pay her respects to Senior Pei."
"Chiji..."
…
Night gradually enveloped the earth, the faint firelight appeared and disappeared on the mounds, and the green smoke slowly drifted into the sky with the wind.
The men and women dressed in black knelt side by side in front of the grave, with birds squatting beside them. Next to them was the old knife that had been with the man in the tomb all his life.
Although there were no words between each other and the scene was a little desolate, the knife was still the same knife, the son had become a weapon, and a sensible daughter-in-law was brought back.
If someone in the tomb saw this scene under the spring, I'm afraid he would only be happy about it...
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