In the Mingguang Palace, the Tatibao ministers have gathered, standing in two compartments.

Blood Wuyan listed the etiquette of the prince, arranged the seats for night departure, and while calling the ministers to come up to salute, he sincerely said some polite words such as "There are no beads in the eyes, offending the second prince, and looking at Haihan".

The night is not deeply involved in the world, only when the blood is not acted, it is impressed, and there is already a heart of repentance, so it looks the other way and looks polite.

After the ceremony, everyone discussed the matter of helping the soldiers.

After some discussion, Xue Wuyan decided to send Yan Qiwu to lead 5,000 men and horses to aid Princess Zixi, and made Elder Yan Qi serve as the overseer of the army. Princess Zixi was overjoyed and thanked Long En.

Blood Wuyan uses human blood to store the demon cup, and the ministers are obedient, only Elder Yanqi has repeatedly obstructed, he has long been bored, but Elder Yanqi has been a giant of the three dynasties, and he is highly respected, and he can't help him for a while, so he took this opportunity to send his father and son out.

Elder Yan Qi naturally knew it, but Yan Qiwu didn't know that he was originally the commander of the guards, and he listened to the left and right of the palace, and immediately obeyed the order.

Blood Wuyan ordered the attendant to take out two plates of gold as a gift to Yeli and Princess Zixi. Princess Zixi postponed it, but Yeli accepted it all with a big grin.

Yeli was thinking about Princess Zixi's amber pendant and embroidered boots, which were all promised to be exchanged for silver! And he was not familiar with Tatibao, but where did he get the silver? Even if there was an elder who was willing to give generously, he was embarrassed to open his mouth. Blood Wuyan suddenly gave away the etiquette, which was tantamount to a good thing of pie falling from the sky, and it just saved his urgent need!

Yeli accepted the gift and saluted: "The chief sent troops for righteousness and gave favors, so regardless of the previous suspicions, Yeli is grateful." ”

Xuewu Yanlang said with a smile: "This clan is a small state in the mountains and wilderness, with few people and lack of materials, five thousand soldiers and horses and this bit of gold and silver is really a little less, and I hope the second prince and princess will forgive me." ”

Yeli and Zixi thanked him again and again.

After another week, Zixi asked for her resignation from Xuewuyan, and now that she had asked for help, she couldn't wait to give birth to a pair of wings on her shoulders and fly back to Stu City immediately.

Although Blood Wuyan was reluctant to give up the beauty, he couldn't keep it, so he led the ministers to send the two and Elder Yanqi out of Tatibao.

Outside the south gate of Tatibao, 5,000 men and horses had already gathered in the afternoon and waited for a long time.

Xuewu gave the festival charm to Yan Qi in the afternoon, and said goodbye to Princess Zixi, Yeli, and Elder Yanqi one by one.

After the three of them returned the salute, they turned over on the war horse and walked away slowly.

Blood Wuyan stared at the princess about far away, gloomy, like a puppet frozen.

For a time, the horn whined, the sound vibrated through the sky, and the five thousand soldiers and horses were divided into five-colored flags, like a long snake wriggling and moving, and left Tatibao.

It is about 300 miles from Tatibao to the northernmost boundary of the Kejing people, Galeng Pass, during which the mountains are Cui Wei, the roads are rugged, and it takes four or five days for 5,000 soldiers and horses to gather strength to march quickly.

Along the way, the soldiers and horses walked very fast, but in the eyes of Yeli, it was just like a snail crawling, because he was always thinking about the princess's pendant and boots, and now that he had gold, he should retrieve it as soon as possible.

The soldiers and horses traveled more than ten miles, and Yeli couldn't bear it anymore, so he tied the package around his waist tightly (Elder Yanqi asked someone to return the package to him that night), and after making an appointment with Zixi and others to get together at the hunchback house in Baishadu, he happily beat the horse and galloped and went straight to Baishadu.

The white horse's hooves spread out, raising yellow sand and rolling, covering the sky and the sun, and the mountains on both sides retreated like the backbone of a beast.

The cold wind howled, like a knife cutting the face, and the night couldn't help but shiver all over the body.

It turns out that in this southern wilderness land, the weather in spring, summer and autumn is not very distinct, only in the cold winter it is like the late autumn of Middle-earth, and Tatibao is surrounded by mountains, the four seasons are like spring, it is more difficult to perceive the change of seasons, but as soon as Tatibao comes out, this cold weather is felt.

Yeli endured the cold, galloped on horseback, and did not teach for two hours, and had already arrived in front of the courtyard of the landlord's house.

He hurriedly threw his stirrups out of his saddle, got off his white horse, and strode toward the courtyard.

The courtyard keeper who was guarding the gate had already seen it, but he knew that he was leaving, and as he ran inside, he shouted, "The robber who robbed the ox cart is back! The robber who robbed the ox cart is back......

Instantly, the soup pot exploded in the yard, and one by one panicked.

The landlord's wife was leaning on a wicker chair, squinting in the sun, and her spirit was quite sluggish. Suddenly, when she heard the word, she trembled with fright, and said with a sad face: "What are you doing here to kill by God? Quickly close the door." ”

The courtyard man came back to close the courtyard door, but Yeli had already pushed the door in. Before the courtyard door was closed, he was pushed by Yeli, and with a clang, he slapped the courtyard on his back, and a lump hit his forehead.

Ye Li, not knowing that there was someone behind the door, came in and shouted, "Old landlord, I've brought you silver! Give me back those embroidered boots!"

The yardman got up, rubbed his forehead, and ran inside. The servants had also suffered earlier, and they all hid back, but pushed the landlord's wife to the front.

The landlord's mother-in-law looked around in a panic, and reluctantly said: "You... You robber, it's not enough to rob my ox cart, and you're going to do evil again?"

Seeing that everyone in the courtyard was panicked, as if facing a great enemy, Yeli laughed and said: "Mother-in-law misunderstood, I am here to repay the silver of your ox cart, quickly return the pair of embroidered boots to me, we don't owe each other." ”

While talking, Ye Li walked to the landlord's wife and took out two large ingots of gold from his arms.

"You go quickly...... I beg you to go quickly, I don't want this money. The landlord's wife knelt on the ground and kept kowtowing.

"You just don't want this money, I still need my boots, give them to me, don't miss my efforts!" Yeli urged impatiently.

Seeing that she couldn't send him away, the landlord's wife could no longer hold back the grief in her heart, and suddenly wailed sadly: "That's a pair of boots that cost people's lives, I would have burned them a long time ago! Now I don't want silver, and you don't want boots, we don't owe each other." You'd better go!"

"You, you!" Yeli was furious, but full of suspicion: "Why did you burn my boots?"

The landlord's wife said miserably: "After you left, as soon as my lord saw those boots, he was so frightened that he died, and I had no choice but to burn them." But... But my hard-working old man is also dead, woo woo woo woo ......"

When Ye Li heard this, he was stupidly stunned, but he didn't believe it!

When he came to his senses, he grabbed a servant and asked angrily, "How can there be such a strange thing?

If you don't believe me, I'll take you to the grave of your master. The servant shuddered.

It turns out that the landowner has been living in the deep mountains and wilderness, and has not seen much of the world, although he is showing off his power in the local area, but in fact he is timid and afraid of things, and his heart and eyes are the size of a needle nose.

The servant said seriously, not as if he was lying, and the landlord's wife cried so much that she cried out to the sky and grabbed the earth, and she couldn't help but believe it at night. His heart suddenly welled up with infinite guilt, and he wanted to say nothing, so he put two large ingots of gold on the rattan chair in a daze, turned around and walked out of the courtyard.

The door of the courtyard exploded, but it had already been closed, and the sad and desperate cry of the landlord's mother-in-law was faintly heard inside, intermittently and tearing people's hearts and lungs.

At one o'clock in the night, he got on the white horse, and the horse swam on the reins, and walked slowly, but his heart had already become a mess, and he was still messy: he blamed himself for being so ruthless and accidentally killing others, and on the other hand, he was frustrated that he could not retrieve the princess's embroidered boots.

In a trance, he came to Baishadu, dismounted at night, crossed the Baisha River, and came to the hunchback family.

The hunchback man was sitting in the hall, and he set fire to the pit, rubbing hemp rope and straw sandals.

Suddenly, he was taken aback when he saw Ye Li come in, and he got up in a panic to salute, but he didn't see Princess Zixi come back, so he asked, "The little brother came back alone, what about the girl?"

Yeli smiled lightly: "The princess is behind, I'll get the pendant back first." ”

If the hunchbacked man did not believe, he asked them about going to Tatibourg. Yeli said it simply. The hunchback man was very happy with the increase in his hand, so he took out the amber pendant and returned it to Yeli.

Yeli took the amber pendant into his arms, and his whole body seemed to flow through a stream of heat, which was very warm, and he took out two large ingots of gold and paid them to the hunchback. The hunchback man shook his hand again and again, but he was forced to tighten by Yeli, so he had to accept it.

Yeli said: "The princess will arrive later, and I will wait here, and I will be disturbed a lot." ”

Hunchbacked: "It's okay...... Childe has traveled so far, I must have not had lunch yet, so I will go to cook. With that, the hunchbacked man slowly walked into the kitchen.

When the time was approaching, the night left the Humpback family had a simple lunch, rested for a while, and then went to the ferry to inquire about the news.

As soon as they left the compound, they saw several soldiers going from house to house searching for wood, door panels, and other items.

As soon as Ye Li came forward to inquire, it turned out that the brigade had arrived at the north bank of the Baisha River and was busy building a pontoon bridge. So he said goodbye to the hunchback man at night and came to the ferry, but he didn't see the elder and Princess Zixi crossing the river, so he had to wait on the shore to meet the sunset.

The Baisha River dried up due to drought, and the water surface became narrow, and there were several bamboo rafts at the ferry on both banks, and they also collected wood, door panels, and other things, so they built a solid pontoon bridge. By the time the twilight came, the people and horses had calmly crossed the Baisha River.

Yeli met with Princess Zixi and others. He wanted to return the amber pendant to Zixi and tell him about the loss of his boots, but when he saw the noise, he temporarily dispelled the idea.

Seeing that it was getting late, he gave the order to go down and set up camp at the Baisha River ferry that night.