Bai Ze didn't have time to say goodbye to anyone, Ye Xuan brought Xie Xuan's handwritten letter, saying that he was going to leave the city immediately and go straight to the Tiger Prison.

It is necessary to enter the pass before the 200,000 soldiers of the first army come to the Tiger Prison Pass, otherwise both of them will die.

Bai Ze knew the seriousness of the matter.

The two horsemen rushed through the Heyang City Road, went out of the city through the back city gate, and went straight to the north against the cold wind.

Starry Night.

Both of them were so tired that they foamed at the mouth at the end of the first day and died of exhaustion.

The two of them flew in a royal weapon, galloped for thirty miles, found a town where there were still people, bought two horses, ate some beef and drank two pots of spirits, and then set out on the road.

The two horses, sixty miles from the Tiger Prison, fell headlong in the snow, neighed, but never got up again.

"Commander Ye, with one blow, fly over. Bai Ze said, Qingshuang out of the sheath.

"Good. Ye Xuan had no choice.

The two of them were really angry, rushed into the sky, and went straight to the tiger prison. This is a race against death, and if they do not arrive at the gate before the 200,000 soldiers arrive at the city, they will not be able to enter.

At that time, 200,000 troops will surround the Tiger Prison Pass, not to mention two people, even two rats will not be able to escape.

On the third day, as night fell, the two finally saw the Tiger Prison. This gate, known as the first Xiongguan in the north, crosses the remaining veins of Dushan and divides the north and south of the land of Yan into two.

The single mountain is reckless, and the majestic pass is towering.

At a glance, it seems that the dragon is entrenched, staring at all the people who are about to enter the customs.

The couplet of "the Son of Heaven guards the gate of the country, and the king dies in Sheji" is still hanging on the tower of the Tiger Prison Pass, showing the tragedy of the war when King Yan Zhao faced off with King Qi Cheng here 70 years ago.

Feathers and arrows are overwhelming.

King Qi Cheng's 400,000 troops attacked the Tiger Prison Pass, and King Yan Zhao was shot in the eye by an arrow. The Yan army was terrified, but King Yan Zhao still beat the drum, tore out his eyes, swallowed it raw, and only shouted: "The Son of Heaven guards the country, the king dies, and the ministers retreat!"

Seventy years have passed, and that sentence still echoes in the ears of the scholars in the north, deafening. It's a pity that the king of Yan Kingdom, since King Zhao, has not been as good as one generation after another.

Today, Yan Guo is already exhausted.

"The Son of Heaven guards the country, and the king dies. Bai Ze saw the vigorous and powerful couplets on the upper floor of the Tiger Prison Gate, and sighed, "How many things have happened to the heroes of ancient and modern times, the years are quicksand, and they are all laughing and talking." ”

"He who dies and does not die lives. Ye Xuan's face was solemn and said, "King Zhao has been dead for seventy years, but the will and spirit of the first king have always lived in the hearts of the scholars of the northern realm. ”

Bai Ze was noncommittal.

The two entered the customs before the sun set. The remnant sun is like blood, paving the red of this heavenly moat.

Bai Ze was taken by Ye Xuan to the Tiger Prison Pass, but he didn't see Xie Xuan immediately, but asked Ye Xuan to take him to his temporary residence at the gate.

The name of the Tiger Prison Pass is Guan, but it is actually not much different from the city. The gate was divided into four categories of people, namely the soldiers, peasants, workers, and soldiers, corresponding to the scholars, farmers, blacksmiths, and soldiers.

These people have a small world of their own, and studying is the only way to get out of the tiger prison. Farmers plough the land and provide food. Blacksmiths made iron to make weapons, and if there were no military supplies, they repaired the walls, including planning the buildings in the city.

As for the soldiers, there is only one profession, and that is to receive military training from the age of seven and grow up to become a guard of the Tiger Prison Pass.

Ye Xuan took Bai Ze to his residence in the city, which was an inconspicuous courtyard house. But there are lights in the courtyard, and there is cooking smoke.

But Ye Xuan obviously told him that Xie Xuan didn't have time to see him at the moment, and asked him to wait for him at the place where he lived first, and Xie Xuan would come to him in person later.

If Xie Xuan wasn't inside, then who were the people in this courtyard now?

"Bai Ze, I still have something to do, let's go first!" Ye Xuan brought people over, and without waiting for Bai Ze to ask him anything, he turned around with his fists and left in a hurry.

"It doesn't look like it's in the wrong place. Bai Ze muttered in his heart, hesitated for a moment, and still pushed open the courtyard door.

"Brother Yuan Fang, hurry up, the fire is about to be extinguished!" As soon as Bai Ze pushed open the door, he heard the girl's crisp voice coming from the courtyard kitchen.

"Here it is, here comes the firewood!" a half-grown boy ran out of the firewood room on the other side of the courtyard, holding a handful of firewood, and ran towards the kitchen.

But as soon as he came out of the firewood room, he saw a black-armored young man with a sword, standing in front of the courtyard gate.

"Are you?" Chen Yuanfang didn't react.

"Yuan Fang, it's me!" Bai Ze recognized the half-grown young man at a glance, it was Chen Yuanfang who had met him when he and Xie Xuan went to Liuzhuang to eliminate demons.

"Ahh

"Long time no see!" Bai Ze was naturally happy when he saw Chen Yuanfang. Originally, I thought that the war in the Southern Regions would lead to the crossing of the army in Heyang, and Chen Yuanfang would not be in danger.

It seems that the master has been prepared for a long time and has already taken them to the tiger prison.

"It's been half a year!" Chen Yuanfang hugged Bai Ze excitedly, but he was embarrassed to find that the little boy who was a little lower than him before was already a head taller than him!

"Xiaobai, I haven't seen you for half a year, what have you eaten?" Chen Yuanfang wondered in his heart, "Why did you grow so tall?"

"Haha, probably because I developed earlier?" Bai Ze snorted and changed the subject.

"Yuan Fang, who's coming?" asked as the door of the hall was pushed open, and an old man with a gray head walked out of it.

"Master Liu, I, Bai Ze!" When Bai Ze saw the old man, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he ran over and patted his chest, slapping the breastplate with a bang.

"Ahh

He didn't see through Bai Ze, but Bai Ze saw that Liu Ling had just broken through recently and reached the realm of Zhiwei.

It's just that the one hundred and eight acupoints around the body have not yet begun to cultivate.

"Hey, don't mention it. Bai Ze said, with a helpless face, "This half year is simply not a human life! If it weren't for my life, I don't know how many times I died." ”

"It sounds like a lot of stories. Liu Ling sighed.

"Hey, little fairy!" In the kitchen, Caiyun, who heard the movement, threw away the iron spoon in his hand and ran out, and saw Bai Ze shouting in surprise: "It's really you, I haven't seen you for half a year, you have grown so tall!"

"Little sister, long time no see. Bai Ze saw Caiyun, the little girl's size was only a head taller than the dwarf bean with green scales, with pigtails, and her little face was flushed, which was very cute.

Everyone was naturally very happy to be reunited.

"Caiyun, you rest, I'll come with Yuan Fang!" Bai Ze slipped into the kitchen with Chen Yuanfang talking and laughing, and contracted the work of stir-frying.

"That's not good!" Caiyun said, "I heard the scholars here say that a gentleman should cook far away! You two big men can't cook in the kitchen!"

"Yuan Fang, are you a gentleman?" Bai Ze asked Yuan Fang with a pretended surprise look.

"It's not. Chen Yuanfang took the firewood and added it to the stove, watched Bai Ze pick up the big spoon, and asked him, "Xiaobai, are you a gentleman?"

"It's not either!" Bai Ze laughed.

Caiyun saw that the two of them insisted on cooking, but they had no choice but to compromise and said, "Okay, since you are so insistent, it can only be like this." However, you can't make my best green onion cake, I want to make it myself!"

"No problem!" Bai Ze smiled.

"I said Xiaobai, where have you been in the past six months?" Chen Yuanfang asked Bai Ze while lighting the fire, "Just now you said that if it weren't for your fate, you would have died several times, what happened?"

"Yes, yes, it sounds dangerous!" Caiyun also asked, "Little fairy, what have you been doing for the past six months?" I asked the old fairy, but he refused to tell me, hum! ”

"Since you want to hear it so much, then I'll be a storyteller and tell you about it!" Bai Ze began to tell the story while stir-frying, "It is said that Bai Ze Gongzi left Liuzhuang and came to the majestic and solemn Heyang City......"

Bai Ze picked up a few stories and told them to the two.

When it comes to thrills, both of them scream softly, looking very scared.

"The snake in the Hot Spring Valley is so powerful!" Caiyun patted his chest and breathed a long sigh of relief, "It's good that you were swept away by the underwater undercurrent, otherwise we wouldn't have seen you!"

"Hehe, who am I?" Bai Ze bragged, "I'm a man who aspires to become a Kyushu Sword Immortal, how could I fall in that kind of unknown place?"

"Well, it's better to be careful. Chen Yuanfang said.