On the Kangzhuang Avenue west of Fengling City, there is an army of more than 100 people marching against the wind.

Unlike the Beiyu army, which is mainly ink, likes black clothes and black armor, and holds a straight knife, the difference is that this army is all red clothes and red armor, with a hook and sickle at the waist. Apart from these two differences, the two armies are very similar in other respects.

There is no need to guess, the big flag erected in this army has already indicated the true identity of this team, and the totem drawn on the big flag in the middle of the team is a cloud-stepping unicorn...... And the cloud-stepping unicorn is also the exclusive totem of the Xilie Marquis Mansion in the land of Qinlu.

At the time of the establishment of the Great You, in order to highlight the merits of the nine princes, Youtaizu specially gave these nine princes their own totem flags. In addition to the phoenix totem representing the Beiyu Marquis Mansion, and the Tayun Qilin totem representing the Xilie Marquis Mansion, there is also the Jinshui Xuanwu totem of the Nanzhao Marquis Mansion, and several other princes also have totems exclusive to their own fiefdoms. Although these totems have no substantive significance, they can play a great role in showing their glorious glory, because during the grand ceremony of the country, these totems can be lifted into the air at the same time as the imperial flag of the Great You Empire ~ the five-clawed golden dragon flag, indicating that they are on an equal footing with it...... Of course, in reality, these nine princes would never dare to sit on an equal footing with the emperors of the current dynasty.

Because these totems represent the glory of their surname family, in addition to the contemporary Hou Ye sitting in the position of the Hou Mansion, only their family heirs have the right to use it, and the flag used by the family heirs is different from the Hou Ye himself, the flag played by the Hou Ye will have its totem and surname, and the flag played by the descendants of his family can only be a totem...... For example, when Mu Qiuhuang encountered the golden cavalry in Mangdang Mountain, he once played the blood phoenix flag that was bare, with only a totem of a phoenix bathing in fire and no surname "Mu" on it, and Mu Qingen's golden flag would have the same totem and surname...... And it was because of Mu Qiuhuang's presence that the Blood Phoenix Banner could be qualified to play the blood-colored phoenix flag weaving that bathed in fire, if Mu Qiuhuang was not at the scene, but Tie Qiyun led the Blood Phoenix Banner Iron Horse, Tie Qiyun could only play the banner representing his own name...... This can be seen from the banner of "Qi" that Qi Sanbao played when he first met Mu Qiuhuang...... And it is worth mentioning here that after the failure of Murong Yan, the Marquis of Dongche, to rebel, the totem of the White Tiger Roaring Mountain representing the Marquis of Dongche has also been taken back by the little emperor...... That is to say, now in addition to the imperial flag, there are only eight totems.

At this time, since the Qilin Banner of Tayun was played in the Xilie army, it means that this team must have the direct descendants of the Xilie Ji family.

Sure enough, when the team was pulled closer, I saw that in addition to the red-armored cavalry, there was a huge carriage in the middle, and there was also a cloth-clothed swordsman standing at each of the four corners of the carriage, and the strangest thing was that there was a huge elk on the side of the carriage, the reason why it was a huge elk was because it was really tall, and its size was not only larger than that of ordinary elk, but even slightly better than the physique of the fierce war horse beside it.

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Different from ordinary carriages, the furnishings in this carriage are like a small room, the ground is covered with precious skins of unknown animals, in addition to the seats on both sides of the carriage, there is a small table in the middle, there is a small stove for making tea on the table, and two precious small tea bowls, in the bowl is extremely precious rain and dew spring tea.

A young man and a young girl are drinking tea.

The man was about twenty years old, dressed in a magnificent red-gold robe, with a golden crown on his head, and his hair was neatly combed, not a single mess. In addition to his extraordinary appearance, he also has a pair of charming peach blossom eyes, and the only fly in the ointment is that this young man's lips are a little thin...... The reason why it is said to be a fly in the ointment is because there is such a saying that I don't know whether it is true or false, and people with thin lips are generally mean and unkind.

The little girl opposite her was wearing a fiery red dress, with a childish face, autumn pupils, red lips and bright teeth, and two faint blush on her fair cheeks, which looked extremely beautiful.

It's a very clear beauty, and it makes people feel happy when they look at it, and there is absolutely no distraction.

The young man looked at the little girl lazily, and his expression was very pleasant.

But the little girl herself was not very happy, pursed her lips, and looked a little sad, because she had a marriage contract, and the fiancé on his marriage contract did not have a good reputation.

This young man is Ji Yan, the son of Xiliehou Mansion, and this little girl is his own sister Ji Ruoxue.

Ji Ruoxue's nickname is Xue'er, because she was born in the morning of heavy snowfall, and she has been very fond of Xuehuaer since she was a child...... She is called Cher because she likes the freedom of the snowflakes when they fall.

Cher is sixteen years old this year, she is still very young, she has enjoyed prosperity and wealth since she was born, and she has lived a carefree life.

If she hadn't been suddenly told that she had a marriage contract a year ago, I'm afraid she would still be the cheerful little Xue'er who didn't know what it was like to be "sad".

When she first learned that she had a marriage contract, she was a little confused; Later, when she learned that her fiancé, who was about the same age as her, had grown up alone in the barracks since he was a child, she had some indescribable feelings, and would secretly look at the name of her fiancé on the marriage book by moonlight at night, a little joyful and a little shy; Later, after learning that her fiancé had been deposed, she became a little more worried...... But in the end, when she heard that her fiancé stepped on the red carpet to the Qinglou and stayed in the Qinglou, she was a little disappointed and wanted to return the marriage letter.

However, she is a kind and sensible little girl at heart, her marriage contract is the order of her parents, the words of the matchmaker, and the parties are not qualified to decide, and once the marriage book is married, then no matter which party violates the marriage contract, it will be a great shame for the other party...... What's more, at that time, the other party had just encountered a very tragic low point in her life, and she didn't want to bring this unfriendly news to the other party at that time.

Therefore, the little girl pressed this sorrow in her heart for a whole year, and took advantage of the opportunity of Emperor Long Qian's Zhao to order the princes to enter Beijing to spend the festival together, she went to ask her parents, saying that she wanted to follow her eldest brother into Beijing to see and understand, and her parents, who did not want her to travel far away, actually agreed when they learned that the Beiyu Marquis Mansion was also the son of the world entering Beijing, she knew that this was her parents hoping that they could meet in advance, so that they could get to know each other.

Originally, she also planned to have a good chat with each other after meeting each other during the last Japanese Festival, and strive to obtain the other party's understanding, and return the marriage certificate.

But along the way, when the news about that person came one after another, she actually retreated in her heart and had the idea of secretly escaping.

Actually, it's not to blame the little girl, after all, the lord has gone all the way, and he has been too bad, not to mention the two sons of the Haihun Marquis Mansion who killed and disabled people in Jianzhang City for no reason, and even kicked another son who kindly sent him across the river off the boat, robbed other people's boats to cross the river and didn't return them, and even lit people's boats with a fire...... For such a fierce and cruel person who does not know how to be grateful, the little girl is cowardly in her heart, thinking that she will definitely not be able to convince the other party by herself, and even imagine the worst plan, that is, the other party will not withdraw from the marriage after seeing her, what should she do? Do you really want to wronged yourself and spend your life with this kind of person?

"No, never!" The little girl gritted her teeth secretly, but when she remembered that her father and eldest brother would definitely not agree to her divorce, the little girl was a little disappointed...... "Do you want to ask Master?" The little girl just had this idea in her mind, but she was rejected by herself, Although the master loves herself very much, and her father also respects the master very much, but about the affairs in the Xiliehou Mansion, the master never expresses his opinion, and even if the master helps her speak, the father may not listen...... The little girl looked at the elk outside the carriage, and after carelessly pinching the silver money hidden in her sleeve, she secretly made up her mind to find an opportunity to escape from the team.

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Just as the little girl was secretly planning, suddenly a discordant voice came into her ears.

"Little sister, if you don't drink this tea again, I'm afraid it's going to be cold." Ji Yan opened his mouth and pushed the tea bowl forward.

Ji Ruoxue raised her head and glanced at her eldest brother, she had a good relationship with her eldest brother, but for the first time, she felt a little eyesore, because the eldest brother would never allow herself to escape, and in the previous conversation with the eldest brother, through the eldest brother's words, she actually found that the eldest brother, who had always been arrogant, actually had excellent praise for the fiancé whom she seemed to be disgusted with.

Ji Ruoxue picked up the tea bowl and took a sip, hiding her true thoughts.

After Ji Yan saw Ji Ruoxue's appearance, she asked softly, "Little sister, do you have something on your mind?"

"I didn't ...... Nope! Ji Ruoxue was a little nervous when she replied.

"Why not? On weekdays, you like this rain and dew spring tea the most, before drinking it, you will always look at the color of the tea and smell the fragrance of the tea, how can it be like today, like a cow drink? Ji Yan pierced mercilessly.

"Big brother, how long will it take to get to Fengling City?" Ji Ruoxue suddenly asked.

"If we are in such a hurry, it will take another seven days to get there." Ji Yan replied truthfully, but she didn't know why this little girl who had never cared about the itinerary suddenly asked about this?

"Can we go a little slower?" Ji Ruoxue pleaded in a low voice.

Ji Yan already knew in her heart when she heard this, knowing that the little sister was guilty of a girl's thoughts, and she didn't think about the abnormality of the little sister just now, and smiled slightly: "We're slow enough?" Judging from the news from the next person, your fiancé should be in Fengling City soon......"

"It's only seven days! I'm running out of time, my God! Hurry up and get a snowfall! Ji Ruoxue prayed secretly in her heart and lifted the curtain.

When Ji Yan saw her like this, she no longer made fun of her, and began to close her eyes and take a nap.

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It may be that God really felt Ji Ruoxue's prayer, not long after Ji Ruoxue's prayer, the snow really fell slowly from the sky, and after a while, the wind and snow were getting bigger and bigger, and the figure could not be seen clearly after a hundred steps...... It was also at this time that Ji Yan ordered the team to stop advancing and set up camp.

"Big brother, I want to ride Xiaohua on the snow." Ji Ruoxue pretended to be calm and said.

Ji Yan smiled slightly when he heard this, and said helplessly: "Go ahead!" Go ahead! I know that you like snow the most, but don't go far, the wind and snow are too big at the moment, and it's easy to get lost......"

"Thank you, big brother." Without waiting for Ji Yan to finish speaking, Ji Ruoxue rode on the elk and ran out with joy.

Ji Ruoxue, who was dressed in red, was very conspicuous in the white snowstorm, and the running speed of the huge elk was faster than that of a horse, and the idiom "fast as lightning" seemed to be made for this elk.

At this time, Ji Ruoxue straddled the elk and galloped into the wind, like a flaming red tassel.