Winter is coming in a blink of an eye, at the beginning of December of this year, it snowed in Shuguo, which has always rarely snowed, and one morning, Xiao Diyuan suddenly wanted to go to the suburbs to see the snow scene, so he took Ding Cong and a guard out of the door.

They went on horseback.

The snow fell heavily on this day and piled up high on the ground, so the horses did not run very fast. The north wind was blowing, stinging and stinging on the face.

Ding Cong muttered to Xiao Diyuan, who was running not far in front, while riding his horse: "Second Highness, the slave really can't see what's fun about coming out in this weather." ”

He gasped as he said this, and although he was dressed thickly, he couldn't help but shiver from the biting cold wind.

Xiao Diyuan replied: "Enjoying the snow in winter is called elegance. ”

He lowered his voice and added, "You don't understand." ”

Out of the city, Xiao Diyuan went straight to a small road on the south side, which was obviously going to a more remote area, Ding Cong hurriedly asked: "Second Highness, where are we going to enjoy the snow?"

Xiao Diyuan didn't seem to be willing to answer, and said without looking back: "Follow along." ”

Ding Cong and the guard had to keep up.

They crossed a large plain, set out on a mountain path, and crossed a mountain where endless forests stretched as far as the eye could see.

Xiao Diyuan led them through the forest from a very small road, and when they looked ahead, it was a frozen river. On the other side of the river are mountains again.

Xiao Diyuan stopped and let everyone get off the horse and rest.

Ding Cong, who was already tired and out of breath, immediately dismounted, brushed away the snow on the big stone slab next to him, and let Xiao Diyuan sit, and then he and the guards also sat down on both sides of Xiao Diyuan.

"We're going to cross the river later, and then we'll cross the two mountains ahead of us to Yunmai Peak. Xiao Diyuan said to them.

They wondered where he was going to take them all the way, and he couldn't bear to keep talking.

There is a corner of the northern end of the country, and there is a valley nearby, where several families live, where they can eat pure local cuisine and drink small fish soup made from a famous local fish. It's just that it's too hard to go in this weather, so Ding Cong couldn't help but say: "Second Highness, if you want to drink that special small fish soup, we can also fish some directly in this river." ”

Just break a hole in the ice on the river and put a fishing net down to catch it, but they didn't bring a fishing net, but it's fine, they can make one out of grass and rattan.

Xiao Diyuan smiled and said, "Of course, I came all the way here not just to drink small fish soup. ”

Ding Cong seemed to have a sudden realization and said with a smile: "Okay, anyway, we will follow you wherever you go." By the way, Second Highness, how should we cross this river?"

No one knew how thick the ice was on the river, and whether it was strong enough to withstand the passing of horses and men over it. It is still a little possible for people to pass from above, after all, several of them have light skills, and they can fly over on tiptoe at that time, but the horse is not good, the horse must walk over, but with the weight of the horse....... It's a sweat.

Xiao Diyuan saw Ding Cong's worries, and laughed: "Of course, let the horse pass over from above, and we can still sit on the horse's back at that time." ”

Seeing that Ding Cong's thoughts had not yet turned a corner, Xiao Diyuan explained: "The water of this river is about two meters deep, and our horses are nearly three meters when they stand up, so they can wade through the river, regardless of whether the ice can withstand it or not. ”

Ding Cong suddenly realized, and said embarrassedly: "Yes, yes, why didn't the slave think of it, or the Second Highness thought it through." ”

However, even if Ding Cong is not particularly smart, Xiao Diyuan still likes him very much.

Everyone has the best in everyone.

The sky cleared, the snow was a little lighter, and Ding Cong told Xiao Diyuan a joke while eating the pastries that had been frozen into stones. Xiao Diyuan didn't make a sound, but listened to him very carefully.

I don't know where Ding Cong heard so many jokes.

Ding Cong is a person who knows how to make people happy, which is one of the reasons why Xiao Diyuan likes him.

They ate pastries, drank water, rested for about a quarter of an hour, and then rode across the river.

But the horse was very clever, and it knew that there was a river under the ice, so it would not take a step forward. Ding Cong tried his best to chase it away with a whip, but he refused.

"Second Highness, how can this be done?" Ding Cong turned around and asked Xiao Diyuan for help.

He knew how to make the horse run, but he deliberately asked Xiao Diyuan.

Xiao Diyuan raised his whip and whipped down on Ding Cong's horse's buttocks, the horse couldn't help but run forward as soon as it was in pain, this run instantly crushed the ice on the river surface, and the horse's legs could only stretch into the river, the river under the ice was not cold, it was warm, so the horse did not feel uncomfortable, and carried Ding Cong to the other side of the river step by step.

Seeing this, the other two horses followed.

After crossing the river, the three horses carried their owners quickly to the mountain road, and soon they crossed two mountains, and in front of them was Yunmai Peak, a mountain at least three or four hundred meters high, and the mountain road became more difficult to walk.

But it is undeniable that the scenery seen on Yunmai Peak is much more beautiful than that of the mountains that have been passed before, and the range of view is much farther.

Since the roads were extremely steep, they took care to control the speed of the horses.

It took them nearly half an hour to reach the summit of Yunmai Peak, and they stood on the stone platform made of countless stones that was the most suitable for viewing the scenery, and looked around.

At the southern end, where the snow is fluttering and the clouds are filled, is Zhaoguo.

Xiao Diyuan's gaze locked on that direction.

The desire to find out his life experience as soon as possible suddenly burned in his heart like a raging fire, since he was not suitable to act rashly in front of Xiao Hong and the Liu family in the past two years, he might as well start from Zhaoguo.

Of course, Xiao Hong and the Liu clan would not tell him the truth, and they wished to keep it secret forever, but there may be people on the Zhao side who wish to make the truth clear as soon as possible, otherwise they would not have acted secretly for this.

Obviously, Li Pei was only suspicious of his identity and didn't know the truth, but what about the queen mother of Zhaoguo?

Li Pei told him about the three princes of Zhaoguo being eaten by wild wolves, and he knew that the incident happened in the mountain villa where the queen mother took the three princes to vacation, so he wanted to meet the queen mother of Zhaoguo.

He also knew that the queen mother was bathing in the bathing room when the third prince had an accident, so he obviously couldn't get more information from her, but he still wanted to see her, as if he wanted a wish.

Soon he had an idea - to find a reason to leave the palace after the year or year, and then quietly go to Zhaoguo to meet with the queen mother, and then go to meet Jiang Yuetang by the way.

That little guy should be in the nervous preparation stage now, so he has been holding himself back for not writing to her recently, but he doesn't miss her for a day, and this miss makes him crazy sometimes.

To meet her can also explain his lovesickness for more than a year.