After a few cold winds, the sky began to flutter and fall with scattered snowflakes.

The palace lit a brazier and closed most of the windows for the view, leaving only a ventilated skylight.

The national teacher and the caravan have been gone for half a month, and the falcon he raised flew back once and reported that it was safe, and the queen replied seriously, telling the national teacher that everything was fine.

Except for the relationship problems, it is true that everything is fine.

Because of the arrival of winter, Cheng Yin began to plan to use snow water, he planned two long canals to divert water from outside the mountain, and dug a canal in front of the street of every house, which can sweep the snow water in the house and roof into the canal, which can provide a lot of moisture for the dry land here.

Every day before dawn, he came out in a thick fur and cotton robe, and faithfully stood near the queen of Tomor, silently saluted him, and then continued to wipe his sword, and sat at the door of his palace, waiting for the queen to wake up.

At first, the queen lifted the curtain and saw him, she would blush for a while, after all, she came out of Mr. Chengyin's room, even if she just slept in his arms, but ...... Who believes?

The women in the palace all smiled at themselves meaningfully, which made the queen embarrassed for a while, everyone knew the queen's heart for Mr. Chengyin, and the women were privately speculating whether the queen and Mr. Chengyin had made substantial progress.

If so, why did Mr. Chengyin privately send a message to the elders that he would start @一@本@Read @novelxstxt next spring to choose a husband for the queen? Once the Queen's husband is chosen, it will take more than half a year to prepare until the Queen reaches the age of 16 the following year, and then the big wedding will be held.

If nothing happened to the two...... Why is it so intimate? The maids in the queen's bedroom all thought it was very strange, and sometimes the queen woke up crying in the middle of the night for no reason, and then ran to Mr. Chengyin alone.

The next day, he smiled and talked to them like no one.

Of course, she has to smile, all her unwillingness and unwillingness can temporarily turn into nothingness in Chengyin's arms.

"Tomor, Chengyin...... When did he leave, sir? She turned to her guard.

"Hmm...... The gentleman left before dawn, maybe he took someone to open a ditch. Tumor wrapped himself in his cloak and followed the queen through the corridor.

The two came to the platform in front of the palace gate, looked around, and could see a group of people working on the opposite side of the mountain, too far away, and they couldn't see Chengyin's figure clearly.

"Let's go, let's see...... By the way, you ask someone to bring some milk wine to warm everyone's body. The queen commanded, and walked down the stone steps to one side.

The young and middle-aged people mobilized by Chengyin dug about 100 people every day, digging in sections, paying wages every day, and digging ditches in front of each family's surplus labor, and trying to complete this matter in the next two years.

You must know that before this, the Jade Fuling Kingdom did not even have all the tools that could be used to excavate, and it was all exchanged one by one by the frequent trade over the years.

Including the weapons and armor of the guards, they were all exchanged and manufactured under the guidance of Cheng Yin.

However, after all, the Jade Fuling Kingdom is too small, and the specialties are only chalcedony, cistanche, animal fur, etc., these things in the western khanate, can not make much profit, but go east to the Central Plains, the profits, which is why the previous king trusted Chengyin and tried to get closer to the Tang Dynasty.

Chengyin also lived up to expectations, did his best to govern this small country, and taught the queen and the national teacher with his heart, so that this small city-state, which has always been isolated from the world and resigned to fate, became prosperous and prosperous.

The queen appeared in the middle of the mountain, and the young men who were working stopped their work and saluted her.

In a small country, although there is the concept of a monarch, it is not the kind that is high up and out of reach, the young person is the monarch when he is the queen, and the older person is the queen is his own child, and everyone gets along very well.

The queen smiled in return and ordered the guards to distribute the milk wine and shortbread she had brought, while she looked everywhere for Chengyin.

"Mr. Chengyin went up the mountain to check the terrain, and just turned the mountain pass." An overseer's guard reports to his own queen.

The queen frowned and asked, "Then why don't you go with you?" Mr. Chengyin walks alone, how dangerous it is. ”

The guard scratched his head and looked embarrassed, "Your Majesty, when Mr. Chengyin was thinking about things, he didn't like us on the side, and he didn't let us follow." ”

The queen pursed her lips and nodded, "Hmm...... I don't blame you, I'm just worried about Mr. Chengyin, next time he goes alone, you will follow from a distance, just don't disturb him. ”

The guard nodded yes and gave the queen directions, and continued to supervise the work.

Tumor followed the queen in the direction of the col, and he frowned and said, "Your Majesty, you better not go, there is snow on the ground, and it will be bad if you slip to it...... At that time, we will both be scolded by Mr. Chengyin. ”

The queen playfully stuck out her tongue and said, "Mr. Chengyin won't scold me, he will only teach you coldly!" Haha, I'm not afraid. ”

Tomol made a bitter face, "Yes, yes, it's always me who is scolded, punished, and carried the black pot, and the national teacher looks fierce when he sees me now, as if I am the one who does bad things...... Although Mr. Chengyin is reasonable and will not mess with weirdos, he ...... Even if he doesn't speak, he's very oppressive. ”

The hard-working Tomor, because he is honest and loyal, has been a hard life since he was elected as the queen's chief of guard.

The queen covered her mouth and snickered, with a displeased look on her face, and said, "Tomor, as my guard, I have wronged you." ”

Tomor was startled, and hurriedly waved his hand and said, "I didn't mean that, I was just worried that if you were really injured, I would feel guilty and be punished, this is my dereliction of duty." ”

The queen grinned and said, "Okay, okay, I know you're worried about me, but it's okay, I climb mountains a lot...... Well, I often climb the mountain to find Brother Chengyin. ”

She quietly added: "The national teacher is not here now, we will not be scolded." ”

Tomol was a little crying and laughing, this queen, what she was most afraid of was the roar of the national teacher and the coldness of Mr. Chengyin, no matter how she persuaded herself, it is estimated that there is no roar from the national teacher, and Mr. Chengyin's eyes are useful.

Chengyin came up the mountain to check the thickness of the snow, there is now a thin layer on the top of the mountain, the long canal should be dug from the foot of the mountain upwards, and go around the place where there is snow, so that when the snow melts, the snow water will bubble down the mountain and gather into the pool where the water is stored, which is convenient for the people to use.

Water is so important here, the reason why the palace is built next to the mountain is because there are underground water veins, and the daily water consumption of ordinary people is limited, with snow water, it should be much more relaxed.

He thought a lot and did a lot for the people here, so he was highly respected here.

But no matter how high the respect is, it can't compare to the pride and sense of belonging that melts into the bones as a Datang person.

"Mr. Chengyin." The queen greeted him from afar.

Cheng Yin's heart tightened slightly when he heard her voice.

Since explaining the situation to her, she has never called herself "brother" in front of others.

In the past, she had to scare her with a snub, but she was still willful and stubborn and shouted Brother Chengyin, but now she ......

Cheng Yin smiled self-deprecatingly.

It was only after hurting her that I taught her this, and I really don't know whether to be happy or disappointed.

"Alright, don't be so loud." Cheng Yin walked up to her side, raised his hand and made a silent gesture, "On the snowy mountain, you can't make such a loud noise, it will cause a collapse." ”

The queen pouted, "What kind of snowy mountain is this...... Isn't it covered with a little bit of snow? You don't allow me to go to the icy lake outside the mountain pass, how can I have a chance to go to the snow-capped mountain...... It's so big, it's only as far as the outpost. ”

Cheng Yin smiled and listened to her complaints, and felt quite pitiful when she thought about it, because once she left this "range", the barrier of the Jade Fuling Kingdom would be invalid, if there was no great Khan in the west, it would be okay, the other party had been eyeing here all these years, so you have to be careful everywhere.

How good would it be for such a small hidden country to be used as a capital, or as a treasure store, or as a mausoleum?

The khanates of the West, presumably, did not have any good intentions.

Last time, I was deflated, and I lost two men who explored the secret passages of the palace at night, and I didn't dare to mention it the next day, and the two sides just treated it as if they were nothing, so they got together and dispersed, who knows what excuse will there be next time, Chen Bing is nearby?

However, now that winter is on, the mountains to the west are covered with snow and are relatively safe.

“…… Shall I go out for a walk with you? Cheng Yin said.

"Really?" The queen was a little surprised, Chengyin took her back to the palace most of the time, and rarely took her out to play.

Cheng Yin nodded, and said to Tomor, "You go and lead my horse to the bottom of the mountain, and we will go down slowly." ”

Tumor should run down the mountain, Chengyin stretched out his hand and pulled the queen, first went to the place of work to take a look, instructed the precautions, and then slowly descended the mountain.

Horses have been prepared, because there are very few horses in the Jade Fuling Kingdom that are specifically used for riding and shooting, so most people don't know how to ride horses, after all, in the desert Gobi, camels are the most important means of transportation.

Chengyin hugged the queen, pushed her into the saddle first, stepped on it himself, arranged the cloak and hood for her, pressed it tightly, and then rode the horse slowly towards the mountain.

On the col opposite the palace, there are two arrow towers and a wooden fence, which are closed every night, and at this time they are open to traffic, and they bow down when the queen passes by.

"Mr. Chengyin, where are you taking the queen?" One of the guards asked.

"Huh? Just walk outside the pass, without leaving the range of the outpost. Cheng Yin replied, he looked at the guards' embarrassed looks, and said strangely, "What's wrong?" What's wrong? ”

"Nope! No! The guard waved his hand and replied, "It's just ...... Before the national teacher left, he specially instructed that no one should take the queen out, including you......"