"The man who handed me the small wooden box told me that the woman sitting in the carriage was your friend, young lady, and now the princess of His Royal Highness the Second Prince. This little wooden box is a gift from her, and I must hand it over to you. ”

Hearing this, Bai Jiaojiao pretended to smile easily, "Okay, I know." ”

After saluting, Bai Jiaojiao hesitated for a while before carrying the small wooden box to the private room.

Bai Jiaojiao didn't open the small wooden box, but packed the small wooden box and took it away.

She rode a war horse given to her by Zhou Shiling, brought some change of clothes and other items, as well as some silver taels, some dry food, and two pots of water, and rode to northern Xinjiang.

On this trip, Bai Jiaojiao did not write a letter to her father and brother in advance. She didn't tell her entourage at home that she was going to Northern Xinjiang, but only told them that she was going to Qi County to collect medicine, and within two months, she would definitely return to the imperial city.

When the two attendants heard this, they were a little puzzled, but they didn't ask Bai Jiaojiao anything as if they had made an appointment.

It was only in the early morning of the next day that Bai Jiaojiao walked into the kitchen and saw the breakfast prepared for her by the entourage, as well as some cakes.

She took some of the bread with her, and kept some for her attendants, thanking them in her heart.

There was no one else to accompany her along the way, and Bai Jiaojiao rode to Northern Xinjiang alone, making a detour from Qi County. In such a hurry, it will take nearly ten days longer than the official road from Jingbei County to northern Xinjiang.

By the time Bai Jiaojiao rode a horse to northern Xinjiang, it was already the beginning of November.

In winter, some places in northern Xinjiang are extremely cold, with fierce winds and snowflakes.

Bai Jiaojiao rode a war horse through the snow, and the shallow footprints left along the way were soon covered by falling snowflakes. After leaving home, Bai Jiaojiao walked all the way and never met a familiar pedestrian.

When the soldiers of the Jing army were fighting with the thieves of Beidi and Beiyuan, the pedestrians she encountered on the road may be the soldiers of the Jing army, or they may be sent by the enemy.

Some of the pedestrians, like her, were in a hurry, while others would make small talk along the way. Bai Jiaojiao listened to the pedestrians, but she never heard the familiar country sound.

Looking far away on horseback, you can see the chatting men, all with deep contour faces and beards.

Just look at their looks, even if you don't listen to their accents, you can know that they are not from Dajingguo.

She couldn't ask the passers-by which way to go to camp in the north and meet her father and brother. In desperation, she had no choice but to take out the Sinan she was carrying, and rely on this item again to identify the direction.

Finding the right direction, Bai Jiaojiao picked up Sinan and rode on horseback to continue walking.

After walking on the snow on horseback for almost a day, the horse was tired, and she was hungry and sleepy. I'd love to find a place to rest for the night, wait until tomorrow morning, and continue on my way.

When night fell, Bai Jiaojiao observed carefully and found that there were no coriander lamps in several nearby rooms. But she didn't dare to run far, so she had to get off the horse, lead the horse, and find a house to spend the night.

You have to find someone who is a little farther away from the road to be safer.

The Jing army and the enemy fought from March to November, and where Bai Jiaojiao passed along the road, the villagers who used to live there fled, and those who joined the Jing army joined the Jing army, and some even took refuge in the enemy army......

There were no lanterns in the houses on the side of the road, and Bai Jiaojiao thought to herself that those pedestrians who were still in a hurry like her might also spend the night in a nearby house.

In order not to meet strangers in the house, she decided to find a room far from the road and rest in it for the night. Bai Jiaojiao led the horse to a house far away from the road, tied the horse to the tree behind the house, fed the horse some dry grass, and gave it some water to drink. This war horse has been tired and suffered with her, and no matter where she sleeps, she will do her best to make the horse eat well.

The faint moonlight fell on the ground, and Bai Jiaojiao took a look at these dim lights, and barely saw a huge shadow, half-open, spitting out rancid stench, standing coldly beside the road.

It was a house that had been uncleaned for a long time.

Compared to the ruins on the road when it came, it may be considered lucky.

And she herself was lucky to come to such a broken house at this time when it was dark, infested with jackals, and she was about to be hit by a big worm when she was walking alone

□。

The door of the house was open.

However, it doesn't seem to make much difference whether it's open or not.

After all, what can a dilapidated wooden door, or a broken door with only half a plank, cover?

Pushing open the door, Bai Jiaojiao saw dense cobwebs, and the fine spider silk wrapped around her limbs, leaving several silver silk marks on her cloak. As soon as she saw such a scene, she, a female doctor who had even lived in a cave, was also covered with chicken skin and pimples.

Bai Jiaojiao lit a match, and took a look at the light shining in from the moon and the faint light of the fire, only to see a few spiders who had already found themselves fooled, dragging them

Looking at the pace of their walking, it seems that they still feel a little sorry for her uninvited guest.

Tonight, perhaps she will have to rest in the company of them in this dilapidated house.

The sour heart turned into crystal tears and slipped from the corners of Bai Jiaojiao's eyes.

But she soon saw through the hazy teary eyes that in the northwest corner of the room, there were several small skeletons, curled up quietly.

The cold wind blew into the room, and a rancid smell quickly entered Bai Jiaojiao's nasal cavity, causing her to sneeze several times in succession.

She wiped her face with a handkerchief, wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, and looked again at a corner of the room. I saw that the skeletons there were scattered, and some white miserable bones were broken in the center, and they had obviously been "patronized" by some hyenas passing by.

At this moment, Bai Jiaojiao recalled that when she was still taking care of Zhou Shiling in Weiyuan, she heard some words from Zhou Shiling: "Sister, you want to go to Northern Xinjiang to treat the wounded, and my sister supports you to go." But you have to know that the two armies are fighting on that side, and no matter which side they are, there are soldiers who died on the battlefield. You grew up in the imperial city since you were a child, how have you ever seen the tragic scene of corpses all over there? ”

"While fighting in the northern frontier, I witnessed a soldier fall from his horse. Before anyone else could help him up, a prince of the Northern Abyss Kingdom waved his whip, and many horsemen rode over the man's body. ”

"Pity the wounded soldier, who was trampled to death by the enemy's iron cavalry, and his body was incomplete."

"I'm not afraid." Bai Jiaojiao looked at Zhou Shiling with resolute eyes, and said, "Sister, I heard you say this, and I want to go to the north to avenge those soldiers who died tragically." ”

Zhou Shiling shook her head slightly, "I advise my sister not to go, if you go there, you will have to suffer a lot of pain in your heart." ”

In a dilapidated house.

Bai Jiaojiao was thinking about what Zhou Shiling had said to her when a slight sound of footsteps came from the direction where the river was located.

She listened carefully, and soon heard a familiar male voice: "Go and talk to Bai Gongzi, let him come here, I have seen the delicate horse." ”

This low and magnetic voice was Lu Yan's voice.

Bai Jiaojiao was excited in her heart, and hurriedly stood up and ran out, but accidentally stepped on a skeleton and made a "creaking" sound.

If it was before, she might be afraid, but because Lu Yan was there, she was very calm. Lu Yan's concerned words came from his ears: "Jiaojiao, don't be afraid, there is me." ”

As soon as Bai Jiaojiao heard the word "Jiaojiao", a warm current instantly surged in her heart.

In her memory, she rarely heard Lu Yan call her "Jiaojiao", and most of the time, he called her "White Girl".

Tonight, in this snowfield in the north far away from the imperial city, in this dilapidated house full of horror atmosphere, I heard Lu Yan call her "Jiaojiao". It made her mood no longer panic and depression, but became a lot more relaxed.

Lu Yan took off the fox fur draped on his body, carefully put it on Bai Jiaojiao, gently hugged her into his arms, and murmured: "Jiaojiao, you are so stupid, you want to come to Northern Xinjiang, you don't know how to inform in advance?" You see, if it weren't for Sister Shiling's writing to General Yun to tell me that you came to Northern Xinjiang alone, I wouldn't have known. ”

Bai Jiaojiao was hugged by Lu Yan like this, and with a slight face, she rubbed a strand of Lu Yan's hair, plucked an invisible string in her heart, and her heart was like a deer colliding. I couldn't help myself for a while, and called out:

Plunder.

If Lu Yan is called "Ah Yan", it will make her feel that it is not appropriate. After all, whether she was in her previous life or when she dreamed in this life, she would dream that Bai Qingyun would call Lu Jue "Ah Jue".

She called Lu Yan, and didn't want to call Lu Yan the way Bai Qingyun called Lu Yan.

She has to call out Lu Yan's name happily, so that no matter whose name needs to be avoided, no one needs to be avoided.

"It's called Shiyu." Lu Yan stretched out his hand and patted Bai Jiaojiao's tun and said, "The clothes you are wearing, but I sewed them for you with my own hands." If you wear my clothes, it's mine, call me 'Shiro', or 'Husband-kun'. ”

"I don't." Bai Jiaojiao realized that she had been fooled. But Lu Yan's embrace was so warm, and he didn't leave him for a while.

Let Lu Yan carry her out of the dilapidated house and put her on his horse.

"It's so late, where are you going to take me?" Bai Jiaojiao didn't want Lu Yan to run around at night, so she asked softly.

Lu Yanwei glanced at Bai Jiaojiao awkwardly. This woman, after coming to such a dangerous place, people were frightened.

The house was dilapidated and dirty, where was it suitable to live in? What's more, his Jiaojiao is still a real general's daughter, so he is reluctant to let her suffer like this and rest in such a place.

In this wilderness, even if he and Brother Bai have no place to live, they can't let Jiaojiao suffer with them. No matter how difficult it was, he had to find a clean, warm place for her to rest.

Bai Jiaojiao rode on horseback, Lu Yan led the horse, let Bai Jiaojiao's war horse follow aside, and went to the wooden house by the river with them to spend the night.

Lu Yan whispered to Bai Jiaojiao that there was a small wooden house by the river, which they had built temporarily after coming here.

"How many times have you stayed in that room?" Bai Jiaojiao asked with a smile.

When she heard that there was a temporary wooden house built by Lu Yan and them around here, she was very happy. When a newly built house is built, there will be no peculiar smell.

It's more comfortable for them to rest inside.

She could keep watch outside the house and let Lu Yan and her brother rest in the house.

Lu Yan didn't speak, because he was looking at Bai Jiaojiao in the faint moonlight. Seeing Jiaojiao so thin, he was so distressed that he couldn't even say half a word.

Unable to hear Lu Yan's answer, Bai Jiaojiao didn't ask any more questions, silently grabbed the reins all the way, and rode forward.

After walking on the snow for nearly a pillar of incense, Bai Jiaojiao rode to the river, and soon saw a small wooden house, at least twice as large as the broken house she had found before.

There was a gleeful gleam in her eyes. Such a big cabin is enough for them to come out in half and let her rest. She brought a curtain with her, and she just closed it.