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At that time, the world was initially decided, Beirong invaded, Taizu sealed Chen to stay the king of Chen, and said, "The northern thieves are invading, you and others lead the troops to the north, and the land obtained from the north of Yanhui belongs to the Chen country." Chen Liusui led his troops to the north, recaptured the seventy-one cities, and forced Beirong to retreat to the Liangjie Mountain. In order to prevent Beirong from going south again, Chen Liudu set King Chen in Gaoqu.

Gaoqu is in a flat valley in the Liangjie Mountain Range, only fifty miles away from the border, as if it wants to use the capital as a barrier for the Chen State. Chen Liuzhi buried him in the north of the Liangjie Mountain, across the Wuding River and the vast grassland in the north.

The emperor assigned Qi Heng to Chen Guo, and only allocated eighty followers. It is said that Qiheng is guilty and punished, and it will definitely not be like the previous specifications. It's just that the mountain is high and the road is far away, and there are people in the palace who want to cut the grass and eradicate the roots, how can this road be stable? The queen also thought of this, and was even more worried that there were people in Yunshang among the entourage, so she begged the emperor to let Su Ling see him off, and the emperor allowed it.

It has been snowing heavily for three days in a row, and it is difficult to travel on the road, so that it has been half a month since entering the border of Chen Guoguo, but it has still not reached Gaoqu, the weather is getting colder and colder, and Qiheng is already in a hurry.

Everyone walked and stopped, Qiheng sat on horseback for a long time, cold and tired, thinking about what had happened these days, and felt that he had been greatly wronged, so he got off the horse angrily. It's just that he has a strong nature, but he refuses to say anything about his grievances, until his mother puts a robe on him, and his heart is touched. In the end, he was only twelve or thirteen years old, and he couldn't hold back anymore before he started crying.

Su Ling didn't know how to comfort Qi Heng when he saw him crying like this, so he only walked over and patted Qi Heng on the shoulder and sat down next to him, "Your Highness." ”

Qi Heng was afraid of Su Ling's jokes, so he had to wipe away his tears, and he only noticed when he put his hand on his face that his tears were frozen for a while! I don't know what to think, so I laughed.

Originally, this group of people was at a loss when they saw His Royal Highness crying, but His Royal Highness suddenly laughed by himself, and his heart was stretched.

Su Ling said, "Your Highness, we have to leave, we can't spend the night in this snow." ”

Qi Heng looked around, it was an endless white snow, and he would freeze to death if he slept here at night. Just as he was saying that he was leaving, he looked at Su Ling's serious face again, and couldn't help but joke, "Aunt Wanyi listens to you, then I will listen to you too." ”

The roots of Su Ling'er were a little red. It was rare for everyone to see this little marquis with a straight face all day long, so embarrassed, and they also looked sideways. Su Ling said in a deep voice, "Your Highness, you can't stay overnight here. ”

Qi Heng's sadness came and went quickly, and what he said just now was just a joke, but seeing that Su Ling didn't smile at all, he got up and patted the snow on his body while muttering, "Okay, okay, I'll just go." ”

The sun is setting. Although the wind is soft and unimposing, it is like cotton frozen in an ice cave, it seems to be soft, and when it blows on the face, it is also a stinging pain. The crowd was wrapped in robes, and although they were in a hurry, they didn't dare to run fast. Su Ling thought that it would not be a problem to rush to the post station before sunset at this speed, so he did not rush. Qiheng sat on the horse leisurely. Qi Heng's mood was much better, and he laughed with the entourage next to him from time to time, and sometimes complained about how his uncle set the capital in such a cold place. Although those entourages have been with him for a long time, because they have been in Xinling all the year round, the Son of Heaven knows that the rules are the most important, so they are somewhat restrained when talking to Qiheng.

Yin Jun had also heard the story of King Chen's defense of the frontier, and heard Qiheng ridicule King Chen, but at this time, he didn't even care about his identity, and said, "The capital of this country is set in Gaoqu, but the ancestors of Chen State set it, King Chen does not hesitate to use the national capital as a barrier, which prince in the whole world can do this!" ”

Qi Heng just said it casually, but seeing that these people respected King Chen so much, they didn't speak.

Turn around the mountain circuit, and then bypass the mountain road in front of you to reach the post station. But I saw a crowd of people and horses faintly visible on the snow in the distance. There was no sound of the horses' hooves stepping on the snow, and the world was quiet, and people in the distance suddenly appeared like ghosts. Everyone was instantly vigilant.

Su Ling reined in his horse and looked at the team from a distance. Chen Guo cavalry costume.

Su Ling stopped, motioned for everyone to stand by and rode over alone. When I got closer, I saw that it was really Chen Guoren, and he also recognized the commander at the front, it was Chen Guo's general Lu Yan.

When Lu Yan escorted Empress Chen to the royal capital Xinling, he met Su Ling's father, and the two had similar temperaments and hit it off at first sight. Su Ling was only seven years old at the time, but he vaguely remembered it.

Lu Yan asked loudly, "Is there a team escorting His Highness Qiheng in front?" ”

Su Ling said, "Su Ling, the deputy general of the Huling Cavalry under the tent of the Marquis of Dingyuan, was ordered to escort His Royal Highness Qiheng into Chen. ”

Lu Yan didn't expect that the handsome little general on the other side turned out to be the son of an old acquaintance, and laughed, "It's the little marquis of Suhou Mansion, and he really looks a little like the marquis." I'm Lu Yan, returning to Gaoqu from the southwest. ”

"When I came, my father specially instructed you to greet you." Su Ling said, but there were some doubts between his words, the emperor ordered that he was not allowed to greet him, how could King Chen not know?

Seeing Su Ling's expression, Lu Yan immediately understood what Su Ling was thinking in his heart, and said in a low voice, "Little Marquis, don't worry, King Chen will abide by the king's orders." I didn't pick up His Highness, but I just happened to meet him when I returned to Gaoqu from Lucheng to restore my life. ”

Su Ling also understood. It must have been King Chen who saw that His Highness had not yet arrived for many days, and he was not very relieved, so he ordered Lu Yan to come here.

Lu Yan rode forward and saluted Qiheng again.

Qi Heng squeezed out a smile, "In such weather, the horse can't run, I don't know when it will arrive?" ”

Lu Yan smiled, "The mountain road is already difficult to walk, just go down the mountain." The snow under the mountain is not so thick, and the official road is almost cleared, so you will definitely be able to reach Huadao Mountain before the sun sets. ”

The two teams were combined, with Su Ling and Lu Yance in front.

"Fortunately, General Lu is here." Su Ling sighed lightly, "There were originally eighty people escorting His Highness, but now there are only these twenty-six left. ”

When Lu Yan first saw them, he expected that the road would not be smooth, "How could the emperor give such an order?" …… It's just that although these followers are not top masters, they are not easy to deal with, and now they have lost most of them! Those people are so blatant? Do you know who they are? ”

"We captured two people the other day, but we couldn't find anything." Su Ling paused for a moment, and then said, "After that, my father sent a message, and the letter said that the Wild Wolf Wei had recently left Xinling. ”

"Wild Wolf Guard? The Desolate Wolf Guard will not be easily dispatched, how can it be ...... this time" Lu Yanxin said, the Desolate Wolf Guard directly obeyed the emperor's orders, how could someone transfer without going through the emperor? Could it be that the emperor wanted to kill his own son?

"Your Majesty handed over the call of the Desolate Wolf Guard to Wei Wuyu. Those people are all with murderous intentions, and their number of martial arts is no less than ours. Although these people are inferior in martial arts, they are all loyal. We are also cautious along the way, but in the end, it is difficult to guard against the enemy. Su Ling sighed. These days, I didn't dare to walk from the main road, so I could only go around this mountain road, but suddenly it snowed heavily, and the mountain road was difficult to walk, so it was delayed for a few days. ”

"No wonder. When King Chen saw that His Royal Highness was delayed, he must have expected it, so he specially asked someone to tell me to go into the mountain and maybe I could meet him. Lu Yan knew that although Su Ling finished speaking in a few words, the hard work of this road could be imagined, and he couldn't help but secretly praise that the tiger father had no dog.