Qin Xiao was stunned, a little surprised.

Yuwen Chengchao's words were very polite, but it seemed to be an eviction order.

Just now he also arranged for himself to be a stunning dancing girl in the Western Regions, and in the blink of an eye, he was about to leave the Yuwen Mansion, this change was too fast, Qin Xiao really didn't expect it.

"If it's inconvenient for the eldest prince, I won't be in trouble." Qin Xiao thought to himself that his original destination was Fengganfu City, and it was just an accident to meet Yuwen Chengchao, since the other party didn't want to contain him, there was no need for him to stick it, such a big city, he still had thousands of taels of silver in his hand, and it was really easy to do it for a few months.

Yuwen Chengchao immediately said: "Brother Wang misunderstood, I didn't want to drive you away, but I wanted to give you a better future." ”

"Future?" Qin Xiao was stunned.

At this moment, Ning Zhifeng had already closed the door and walked over, and said with a smile: "Brother Wang, the eldest prince wants to arrange for you to go to the White Tiger Camp." ”

"White Tiger Battalion?" Qin Xiao immediately remembered that during the day, Yuwen Chengchao ordered Fat Yu to send those official horses to the White Tiger Camp.

Yuwen Chengchao has already said: "The White Tiger Battalion is the soldiers and horses used by Xiling to suppress thieves, and it can also be said to be the guard of the Hou Mansion. You may not know that there are not many soldiers and horses in the Xiling Protectorate, and the sage had a will back then, once there were bandits in Xiling, the guards of the Hou Mansion would assist the Protector to suppress the thieves. The guards of the Hou Mansion are directly subordinate to the Hou Mansion and are trained and commanded by the Hou Mansion, and it is no exaggeration to say that the Xiling Guards should be the most powerful soldiers and horses in Xiling. However, there are three such guards, one team in each of the three counties of Xiling, Zhen County Wolf Cavalry, Fan County Leopard Battalion, and our Yuwen County is the White Tiger Battalion. ”

Qin Xiao thought to himself, as he expected, the White Tiger Battalion was indeed the Yuwen family's private army.

It's just that he never expected that Yuwen Chengchao was ready to arrange for himself to go to the White Tiger Camp.

"Although the White Tiger Battalion is a guard of the Hou Mansion, if you make meritorious contributions or have outstanding talents, it is easy to be promoted, and you will have the opportunity to go to Kyoto." Yuwen Chengchao said with a smile: "After all, it is the Hou Mansion Guard, although the training is strict and it has to endure a lot of hardships, but compared to the other soldiers and horses in the imperial court, it is much easier to be promoted in the White Tiger Battalion." The imperial court also attaches great importance to the Xiling Guards, and every year they will give five places to the Xiling Sanwei, which will be personally supervised by the Lord Duhu, and the five best warriors will be selected and sent to the capital to be incorporated into the forbidden army. ”

Qin Xiao said: "The eldest prince laughed, I have this ability, it's good to be able to eat, and I really don't have the luxury of going to Kyoto." ”

"Even if you don't want to go to Kyoto, you still have a great future in the White Tiger Camp." Yuwen Chengchao smiled and said: "The White Tiger Battalion only has an establishment of eight hundred people, but as long as it officially becomes the cavalry of the White Tiger Battalion, it can not only be equipped with horses and equipment, for food and shelter, but also has a monthly military salary of five taels of silver. ”

Qin Xiao was surprised: "Five taels of silver? ”

Although he carried thousands of taels of silver in his arms, Qin Xiao also understood that five taels of military salary a month was really not a small amount, and the government of the Governor's Mansion was only two taels of silver a month.

"This is only the minimum guaranteed salary every month, and it is only the salary of ordinary cavalry." Ning Zhifeng said with a smile: "The highest general of the White Tiger Battalion is the commander, there are two deputy commanders below, and there are cavalry schools and team leaders under them, each level is promoted, the monthly military salary can be three taels more silver, in addition, if you send troops to suppress the thieves and quell the chaos, there is another reward, anyway, if you enter the White Tiger Battalion, you don't have to worry about having no silver." ”

"Silver is a small thing." Yuwen Chengchao said: "If Brother Wang is short of silver, tell me, Qian'er can still get eight hundred taels of silver." The biggest advantage of entering the White Tiger Camp is that you can ride a horse and shoot arrows, Brother Wang, your riding skills are average, but after entering the White Tiger Camp, it will take less than three months, and I guarantee that your riding skills will improve by leaps and bounds. ”

Ning Zhifeng nodded and said, "What the eldest prince said is extremely true. Brother Wang, do you know, we all had experience in the White Tiger Camp at the beginning, and at that time, the eldest prince also personally served as the commander of the White Tiger Battalion, but later the eldest prince had other things, so he handed over the White Tiger Camp to others. Although we don't have any great skills, we can ride horses and shoot arrows, and if I hadn't practiced equestrianism in the White Tiger Camp and was chased and killed by the Tusun people yesterday, I would have died under their arrows. ”

Qin Xiao thought to himself that Yuwen Chengchao had actually been in charge of the White Tiger Camp, and Ning Zhifeng downplayed his departure, but Qin Xiao knew that the reason should not be simple.

When he followed Yuwen Chengchao into the city, he really planned to follow Yuwen Chengchao for a few months, and when the wind calmed down on the side of Turtle City, he would find a chance to go back to look for red leaves.

At this time, Yuwen Chengchao arranged for him to go to the White Tiger Camp, saying that he wanted to give himself a good future, but Qin Xiao was like a mirror in his heart, this eldest prince obviously still had doubts about himself, and he didn't dare to keep himself by his side.

This is human nature, and Qin Xiao can fully understand it.

Speaking from his heart, Yuwen Chengchao can arrange himself into the White Tiger Camp, which is really not a disadvantage to himself.

The White Tiger Camp is not an ordinary place, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is half a life of the Yuwen family, and he also knows that the three major gate lords of Xiling attach great importance to the cavalry guards under their hands, invest a lot of money, and are extremely strict in selecting people.

According to the general route, with his slightly thin body, there is almost no possibility of entering the White Tiger Camp.

After entering the White Tiger Camp, there was food, drink, and military salary, Qin Xiao was really satisfied in his heart.

He has only been hiding in Yuwen County for a few months, and he will stay for half a year at most, if he can enter the White Tiger Camp, it is obviously more hidden and safer than following Yuwen Chengchao.

Yuwen Chengchao is not stupid, the few people under him are also very shrewd, if he gets along with these people day and night, maybe one day he will be seen to be flawed.

When you arrive at the White Tiger Camp, you can still practice archery on horseback, and it takes a few months or even half a year to increase your ability to ride a horse and shoot arrows, which is really not a bad thing.

"Since the eldest prince has arranged it like this, I should be smart." Qin Xiao arched his hand: "Thank you, eldest prince." ”

Yuwen Chengchao seemed relieved when he saw Qin Xiao agree, and said, "Brother Wang, after this turmoil, after a few months, if you feel that you are not suitable for the life of the White Tiger Camp, you can still follow me at that time." Then he smiled and said, "But if you really put your mind to it, you should really be able to be like a fish in water in the White Tiger Camp." Only then did he say to Ning Zhifeng: "Crazy, after you go back, when Brother Wang is well rested, you will send him to Yaoshan, and when you see Yuan Shangyu, you will say that I arranged for the people in the past to take care of them more." ”

Ning Zhifeng immediately said: "Don't worry, eldest prince, I will handle this matter properly." ”

"Brother Wang, just follow the madman tomorrow, there will be someone over there to settle it properly." Yuwen Chengchao picked up his glass, "Come, let's have another drink." ”

The two of them drank it all, Yuwen Chengchao stood up and said, "I'm almost drunk, it's time to go back." He looked at Qin Xiao and said with a smile: "Brother Wang, you don't look down on that Western Regions Dancing Girl, forget it tonight, otherwise you can stay here." ”

Qin Xiaoxin was startled, but he also got up and said, "The eldest prince said that he laughed." After hesitating for a moment, thinking of Haniz's appearance in his mind, he couldn't help but ask: "Eldest prince, what ..... What will happen to that Western Regions Dancing Girl in the future? ”

"She's only been here for a little over a month." Ning Zhifeng said: "Stay here for half a year first, and then see which dignitaries and nobles spent a lot of money to buy her." Then he sighed: "But then again, young and beautiful, you can still be sent as a gift, and when you are older, it is estimated that there will be no good ending." ”

Qin Xiao frowned, but he also knew that what Ning Zhifeng said was true.

Haniz is young and beautiful now, and he is naturally worth a thousand gold, but after ten or eight years, he will be old and yellow, and no man will look down on him, so the ending will naturally be very miserable.

Yuwen Chengchao raised his hand and patted Qin Xiao's shoulder, and said warmly: "It is not easy for people to live in the world, everyone has their own destiny. ”

Qin Xiao could only nod slightly.

That night, he returned to Yuwen's mansion, slept a little, and got up early the next morning, Ning Zhifeng was already waiting, and when he saw Qin Xiao, he immediately said: "The eldest prince just went to the Hou Mansion, he wanted to send you, but if you can't rush over as soon as possible, I'm afraid the old Hou Ye will really be angry." ”

"The eldest prince will be fine, right?"

"There will be no major events, but punishment is inevitable, and I am afraid that dozens of sticks will be suffered." Ning Zhifeng sighed: "But this can't be helped, before I started last night, the eldest prince thought about the consequences." After all, it was Uncle Meng's son-in-law who was beaten, and he also beat the sons of several major families in the city, if the eldest prince was not punished, even if those families did not make trouble, Uncle Meng and Mrs. Qiong would not stop there. ”

Qin Xiao thought that Mrs. Qiong's faction could force Yuwen Chengchao out of the Hou Mansion, so naturally they would tear their faces, and now that they found an opportunity, and they were still beating Uncle Meng's son, of course they would not be good.

"You don't have to worry, I sent you to the White Tiger Camp, and this matter doesn't involve you." Ning Zhifeng said: "I'll send you over." ”

The two left Yuwen's mansion and rode towards Yaoshan.

On the way, Ning Zhifeng briefly explained that the White Tiger Camp was stationed at the foot of Yaoshan Mountain, more than fifty miles south of Fengganfu City, and Yaoshan was only one of the many lonely mountains in Xiling, and it was not big.

An important reason for the purpose of being stationed in Yaoshan is that although the White Tiger Battalion is almost all cavalry, and the main training content is horse riding and archery, there is also an important training content, which is mountain warfare.

There is Changling in the north of Xiling, and Qilian Mountain in the south, which are two large mountain ranges that stretch for hundreds of miles, in addition, countless lonely mountains are also dotted on the land of Xiling, which also provides a hiding place for the bandits.

The White Tiger Battalion also shoulders the responsibility of suppressing bandits, and the Xiling bandits are mainly mountain bandits and horse thieves, so training horse archery can catch horse thieves, and to deal with mountain bandits, you must have extraordinary experience in mountain combat.

Riding a horse to the White Tiger camp didn't take too long.

The camp was very wide, enclosed a large pasture, after all, there were also 800 men, and there were horses, surrounded by logs as a fence, the camp gate was open, and four soldiers in armor stood guard outside the camp gate with spears and sabers.

Before he approached the camp gate, he saw two flags standing directly above the camp gate, fluttering in the wind.

On one flag is a white tiger, with teeth and claws, majestic, while on the other flag, there is a dragon flying and a phoenix dancing with the word "Tang" written on it.

The Tang of the Tang Dynasty!