At noon that day, after a brief lunch, the news of Penglai Palace's prayer for the country spread, and the royal guards escorted it to the temple where the royal plain prayed for blessings at dusk.

Because Li Shimin had previously instructed him not to live in the temple, the group lived in the royal courtyard near the temple. This royal palace has been here since the early years of the Jin Dynasty, and later, successive dynasties have used it as a royal palace for blessings.

Twilight, sunset. The royal palace is surrounded by three mountains and the confluence of three rivers. The temple is located on the hill, and the royal palace is located at the bottom of the mountain.

Concubine Yang Shufei chose the courtyard where she usually lived, Jiang Chengzi felt that she was a courtier, and it was not good to choose a courtyard by herself, so at the request of Concubine Yang Shu, she also lived in her courtyard.

It was dusk, the green mountains in the mountains reflected the sunset, the twilight was heavy, and the sunset settled on the slowly flowing river, like a blood-red gouache painting. Concubine Yang Shu did not change out of her gorgeous palace clothes, she dismissed all the maids, and only went upstairs in this royal palace with Jiang Chengzi. The two leaned on the railing and looked at the scenery in front of them, and were silent for a long time.

"When are you leaving?"

"Tonight. Jiang Chengzi replied indifferently.

"Depending on the weather, it should be sunny tonight. But, this is in the mountains, at night, and it is always unsafe. Yang Shufei was very worried, "Why don't you leave early tomorrow morning?"

Jiang Chengzi shook his head and said, "I don't want to wait for a quarter of an hour." ”

"Ke'er, he probably didn't enter the boundary of Suizhou. Yang Shufei said.

"They are marching in a hurry, and at their speed, the vanguard should have approached Suizhou, and the enemy is likely to be nearby. Jiang Chengzi was very worried.

Yang Shufei sighed and said, "I don't understand this. It's just that Ke'er said that you want to go north, saying that you cooperate with him tacitly and will be able to pacify the north as soon as possible, and repeatedly begged me to help you and cover your departure from Chang'an, so I reluctantly agreed. ”

"Thank you, mother. Jiang Chengzi still relied on the building.

Yang Shufei smiled bitterly and said, "He is my son, you are here to protect him, but you want to thank me." ”

"Then I won't be grateful. In addition, I left the firmament near here, I am afraid that an enemy will know that Niangniang you are coming out, and I want to take advantage of the loophole and use you to blackmail the king of Shu. Jiang Chengzi said his own arrangement.

Yang Shufei felt that she had no reason to refuse such an arrangement, because the problem that the child said was really very likely.

"You are a thoughtful child, and since you have made such a decision, you have followed it. Only, I have a few requests. Yang Shufei looked at the girl in the night wind.

"Mother, please speak. Jiang Chengzi bowed slightly.

"The first request: I can see that you and Ke'er are both deeply in love. He told me that you were his life, and the last time you were unconscious, he almost followed. Therefore, you must be very careful when you go to the Northlands. Yang Shufei said slowly.

"Yes. Jiang Chengzi replied obediently, "I will definitely be very careful." ”

Yang Shufei nodded with satisfaction, and said, "The second request-" She paused, stepped forward, took Jiang Chengzi's hand, and whispered, "Call me mother." ”

When Jiang Chengzi heard this, for some reason, tears flowed out, pursed his lips, and shouted: "Mother." ”

Concubine Yang Shufei hugged her into her arms, and she also shed tears, and kept saying: "Good child, you promise your mother: you and Ke'er will come back safely." ”

"I will. Jiang Chengzi whispered.

Yang Shufei hugged her for a while, and then gave her a jade bracelet that was close to her. Then, the two of them watched as the glow gradually subsided, and the cold moonlight flowed with the river.

After dinner, they went to sleep. Jiang Chengzi took advantage of the night to set off, because Cang Yan was the same as Bai Feng and Yun Ge, his eyes were not very good at night, and the three birds slept in the back baskets of several guards.

The mountain road is not easy to walk, open up the wasteland and cut out a road, as if in the lost mountain, so according to the established route, go straight to Suizhou.

The mountains and wilderness are undulating, and the beasts, snakes and insects are about to burst out. In the dark night of the mountains in summer, although there is a slight cool wind, it is not cold, but compared to winter, this mountain is too dangerous.

Jiang Chengzi's eyesight and hearing have always been very good, and she has been moving forward at a rapid pace, and before her subordinates can make a move, she has accurately killed those potential dangers. Although Li Nan had seen the ability of the Nine Girls in the last march in the Lost Mountain, he did not let go of even a small centipede, and killed it accurately. He almost felt that after so many years of training, he had trained for nothing.

"Don't get distracted, keep up. Jiang Chengzi suddenly spoke, but his feet did not stop.

"Who?" Jinyun asked.

"Li Nan. Jiang Chengzi reminded that people had crossed a mountain stream.

"Yes. Li Nan replied in a low voice, and also followed which mountain stream to cross.

"Do you need to monitor the map?" Jin Yun asked.

"No, it won't deviate. Jiang Chengzi replied, brandished a machete in his hand, slashed the thorns in front of him, stopped at a hill, and said, "Turn left on the third hill in front, pass by the Changhe, and arrive in Suizhou." General Lee's army should have been stationed nearby. Jiang Chengzi stood on the top of the mountain and pointed to the distance by the moonlight.

"Yes, the mark left by Shu Min is also over there. Jinyun replied.

"I've seen the map, and it's suitable for an ambush, but if the army is not in a hurry, you can play with it. Jiang Chengzi sat on a stone and took a sip of water.

"Then it is estimated that such a distance, the morning light will be able to reach it in a slight hour, and meet Shu Min, and then it will be close to His Highness. Li Nan also took a sip of water.

"No, we're not going over there. Jiang Chengzi shook his head.

When a few people heard this, they suddenly thought that when they were in Lost Mountain, she also arranged Qin Qiong and his wife in the mountains like this, wouldn't she also arrange them in the mountains today?

"No, girl, we will follow you. Li Nan hurriedly said, and Jinyun also said that he would follow.

"Jinyun, you don't have to follow me, go down from this place, go down to the mountain col, go along the mountain pass, you don't need to go up the mountain and down the mountain, out of the mountain pass, ten miles to the northeast, Zhang Wei is over there. Zhang Wei, do you know each other? Zhang was very famous for his supervisory history, but he resigned due to illness some time ago. In fact, he was sent to the Northland by Zhang Jia. Now, I'm the one in charge. Jiang Chengzi pointed to a waterless ravine in front of him.

Jinyun took a look at it, this mountain ravine, even if there is no water, is terrifying.

"Girl, do you mean you won't let me follow you all the way?" Jinyun asked nervously.

"There are many people, and you have been trained before. Jiang Chengzi bit a large piece of jerky and swallowed it.

"Hmm. Jinyun admitted unwillingly, and added unwillingly, "But I want to stay by the girl's side." ”

"Jinyun, the military order is like a mountain. Jiang Chengzi's tone was flat and glanced at her.

Jinyun still wanted to argue, but she only felt that the majesty of the Nine Girls made her tremble unconsciously.

"Yes. She replied.

"After you saw Zhang Wei, tell him, I have taken action, I hope he can cooperate with you to go to the border between Xiazhou and Shuofang to pick up two people, well, it is the cliff side where I went to see the king of Shu last time. At that time, Li Nan will send people to that place, and you and the people of the Zhang family must escort people to Chang'an. When Jiang Chengzi said this, he stood up and handed over a jade plaque, "This is the jade plaque of the patriarch of the Zhang clan, he will listen to you when he sees the jade plaque." ”

Jinyun was speechless, the son of the Zhang family gave her this jade plate so that she could use it to protect herself when necessary. It's better for her to use it for something else.

"Yes. Although she felt that it was inappropriate, Jinyun was still a soldier, and the training she had always received was the training of a soldier. Therefore, after Jiang Chengzi said that "military orders are like mountains", she had no other choice.

Jiang Chengzi then said to Li Nan: "You and I will go forward along this mountain range and bypass Suizhou. Departing from the northern border of Suizhou. ”

"Yes. Li Nan immediately got up.

"You don't have to be nervous, eat something before you go. Jiang Chengzi greeted a few people and each ate something.

After that, they were divided into two groups and marched all the way according to the established route.

Li Nan followed Jiang Chengzi, both excited and depressed. Excitedly, he always felt that the young Nine Girls were actually more suitable for war than them, she faced possible dangers, she was quick and ruthless, and she was very calm. And the depressing thing is that the task performed is very different from the task assigned by the King of Shu.

However, no matter what, the last time I followed the Nine Girls to kill Liang Shidu, tsk, it was really a perfect kill. This time, looking at the nine girls, it looks like they are going straight to Xiazhou and Shuofang, which have fallen.

Going straight to where to do something? It will never be to rebuild Xiazhou City or anything.

Li Nan's intuition told him that his own nine girls were going to do something.

Jiang Chengzi didn't want to stop for a moment. The matter of Changsun Jun and Chai Zhewei shows that even if Xiazhou and Shuofang did not fall, they were still in danger. And once Xiazhou and Shuofang really fell. Then, if she is the supreme commander of the Turks, she will definitely let people come to besiege the nearest big city, Suizhou, first. This siege is a temptation, there will be vanguards, to put it bluntly, it is a decoy, then, where will the Supreme Commander be?

If Jiang Chengzi's situation is true, it should be north of Suizhou and south of Xiazhou.

She wants to lurk in the mountains north of Suizhou to repair, gather some news, and act again. However, before the action, she also had to order Empress Xiao and her grandson to be fished out and sent back to Chang'an. Otherwise, once the war breaks out, it is likely to cause disaster to Queen Xiao.

Empress Xiao is Li Ke's maternal grandmother and the mother of Concubine Yang Shu. Although since the war in the Northland, before she left, Yang Shufei did not mention a word about her mother, but she could see Yang Shufei's expectations. A few times, she was close to speaking, but held back. She is a woman who sees the big picture. If it weren't for the change of identity, she would have been a queen a long time ago.

Moreover, Empress Xiao was in an enemy country, but she never forgot to seek well-being for the people of the motherland, and single-handedly established a powerful intermediary system. And as a prisoner, she took advantage of the hatred between the tribes of Hui and Xue Yantuo to successfully drag down the pace of Turkic expansion and win a chance for the Tang Dynasty to breathe and develop.

From a soldier's point of view, Empress Xiao is a woman she admires, and the country should not be ignored.