National events are in worship and worship.

An auspicious day, suitable for foreign affairs. Before the army sets out on the march, it is necessary to hold a sacrificial ceremony.

There is a high platform on the eastern outskirts of Biancheng, which is specially used as a place to worship the heavens. Below the high platform is a vast plain, on this day, Chi Yan mobilized from all over the 100,000 troops all wear black armor, towering and straight, holding soldiers, neatly lined up under the high platform.

Xuan Qi was dressed in military uniform, even more heroic, holding a sharp sword in his hand, standing in front of the 100,000 army, with a grim face and a solemn expression. The rest of the royal family wore black palace clothes and stood on both sides of the high platform.

The ancient music reminds me of the shaman under the high stage with a bell tied to his waist, holding a drum in his hand, wearing a god's dress and skirt, dancing with the sound of the artifact.

The majestic and inviolable Yanhuang Xuanjing stood on the high platform and personally worshiped heaven and earth. On the high platform, there is a tall wooden table, on which are placed pig's head, ox head, sheep's head and all kinds of melons and fruits, in front of the burning of large pieces of firewood, burning wood to sacrifice to the sky, the smoke goes straight to the sky, the imminent conquest is reported to the gods, the heavenly punishment is performed, and the enemy is punished in the name of the gods.

The people bowed three times and bowed nine times.

Subsequently, Emperor Yan led the people to the west to worship the god of the land, Yishe, which means to conquer the enemy and defend the country.

Then, the large army waited outside the city, and Emperor Yan led the royal family and thousands of soldiers to the Taimiao Temple to pay tribute to the ancestors.

Finally, the military flag is sacrificed, the livestock are slaughtered, and the blood of the livestock is smeared on the military flag and snare drum.

Sacrifice to the sky, sacrifice to the earth, worship to the ancestors, and sacrifice to the flag, which is a complete sacrifice for the expedition.

After the ceremony, Emperor Yan Xuanjing led the army to carry out the swearing-in ceremony, boosting morale, only to see Emperor Yan's strong and powerful voice sounded on the high platform: "Daxin jackal, invade our land, deceive my people, want to do wrong, its heart can be punished, it is the anger of heaven and man, so I Chiyan Erlang sent troops to recruit it, drive out the Tartars, recover Beiyue, bless me Chiyan." ”

"Drive out the Tartars, recover Beiyue, bless me with the ...... of Chiyan"

"Drive out the Tartars, recover Beiyue, bless me Chiyan, long live the king, long live long live, long live......"

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The soldiers waved the soldiers in their hands, shouted loud slogans, deafeningly, swallowed mountains and rivers, and vowed to dedicate their strength to the country.

Emperor Yan stepped down from the high platform, inspected the army, and saw that the army was neatly clean, the soldiers were mighty and majestic, and there was iron in their eyes, and his somewhat wrinkled face was full of relief.

Emperor Yan slowly walked in front of Xuan Yi, raised his hand to tie the strap of the cloak around his neck, then turned to the right, sorted out the armor on Xuan Qi's body, and the words of favor sounded: "Yi'er is young, inexperienced in the enemy, and has gone to the battlefield, you, as a brother, must take good care of him and protect him safe." After speaking, he raised his hands and patted the shoulders of the two, and continued to say earnestly, "No one is missing, all of them will return safely for the widow." ”

Xuan Qi and Xuan Yi immediately knelt at the feet of Emperor Yan and said in unison: "Erchen will not fail in his mission." ”

"Get up."

"Thank you, Father."

Suddenly, a young man with a slightly lower stature and an ink-colored palace uniform came to him, hugged Xuan Qi and Xuan Yi in turn, and gave them a cloth pendant sewn with peace and blessings, and said quite aggrievedly: "The two royal brothers must be safe, and the children are waiting for your triumphant return." The tone was full of reluctance.

Xuan Yi smiled and nodded, patting him on the shoulder to signal that he was relieved.

Xuan Qi shook the peace pendant in front of Xuan Zhi's eyes, leaned over and whispered: "With Anu's pendant, Brother Wang will definitely return safely, and when Brother Wang is away, you have to listen to your father's words in the palace." ”

Xuan Zhi nodded obediently.

There was a hint of a smile on Xuan Qi's cold face.

"Your Highnesses, I wish you a triumphant return." Bai Yi, who had been guarding behind Emperor Yan, stepped forward and saluted the two of them, dressed in white armor, which was in stark contrast to everyone's blackness.

"Borrow General Bai's auspicious words." Xuan Qi gave him a firm look, and the two of them didn't need to say much, they could know everything with one look, "Father, Sheng'an Palace, Biancheng, I'll leave it to you." After speaking, he saluted Bai Yi.

A prince's salute to his courtiers is enough to represent everything, and this salute carries too much, with expectations and trust......

Bai Yi returned the salute again, and his voice was sonorous and powerful: "Your Highness is at ease, and the ministers will live up to their trust." ”

Xuan Qi nodded knowingly.

"It's getting late, let's get on the road!" The Yan Emperor's deep voice sounded at the right time.

"Father, take care."

The sound of bells and drums sounded, accompanied by the sound of majestic bells and chimes, and the mighty army marched through the streets of Biancheng and headed for the south gate.

The people in the royal city were afraid of the royal power, and lived cautiously on weekdays, and only such a major event as today's expedition dared to stand on the streets, shouting, cheering, and praying for the army to return victoriously as soon as possible. When Xuan Qi's eyes swept over the people in the city, they immediately dodged their gazes in a panic, lowered their heads, and saluted him tremblingly.

Suddenly, there was a commotion in the crowd, which alarmed Xuan Qi in front.

"What?" Xuan Qi's face was gloomy and quite angry, and he turned his head to ask Su Wei behind him.

"Master, my subordinates will go check it out." After Su Wei finished speaking, he turned his horse's head and walked towards the place of the commotion.

After a while, an attendant ran over to Xuan Qiji: "Your Highness, a woman is clamoring to see the eleventh prince, and the brothers have stopped her." ”

Xuan Qi and Xuan Yi glanced at each other and continued to ask, "Do you know who it is?" ”

"My subordinates don't know."

Xuan Qi waved his hand, the attendant immediately retreated, Su Wei came at the right time, and said: "Master, she is the youngest daughter of the Imperial Doctor's family, clamoring to see the eleventh prince." ”

"Oh......" Xuan Qi thought thoughtfully, "but Xiao Yasong, who is famous for his arrogance? ”

"Exactly."

As soon as Xuan Yi heard the four words of Doctor Yushi, he knew in his heart that he was the little daughter of the Xiao family, and when he heard the name Xiao Yasong, he had a headache.

Xuan Qi glanced at Xuan Yi meaningfully: "Let her come." ”

"Brother Wang, don't ......" It is estimated that Xiao Yasong always pesters Xuan Yi to tease him on weekdays, and he is a dignified son, but he is afraid of this little girl who is less than fifteen years old.

"Eleven, solve your own affairs." Xuan Qi looked at him with a reluctant look and couldn't hold back a smile.

"The Eleventh Prince, why didn't you say goodbye to me?" After a while, a sharp voice sounded, and before I saw him, I heard it first.

Xuan Yi turned away from looking at her, looking disgusted.

Xiao Yasong appeared in the crowd, only to see that she was slightly lower, wearing a pale pink cardigan skirt, combing a simple bun, handsome, with a simple face, full of childishness, and a pair of eyes that were very smart.

The sharp voice sounded again: "Eleventh prince, why don't you ignore ......" She looked up and saw Xuan Qi with a serious face, immediately closed her mouth, lowered her head, and didn't dare to come out, she cautiously moved in front of Xuan Yi, lowered her voice and said: "Eleventh prince, please dismount, the little woman has something for you." ”

Xuan Yi had never seen her speak so gently, extremely uncomfortable, Xiao Yasong, who was not afraid of heaven and earth, was afraid that she was only so obedient in front of the six princes.

Although Xuan Yi had disgust on his face, he quickly dismounted and stood in front of her: "What? ”

Xiao Yasong took down an object from her waist, it was a purse embroidered with lotus flowers, and a small lotus-shaped jade pendant hung at the bottom of the purse, she said proudly: "This purse is what I gave you, it was made by Wu Nong, the embroidery master of Biancheng, who I begged my mother to find, and it was full of herbs to drive away evil spirits, which can keep you safe." ”

It comes from the hands of a famous artist, and it is a good thing, but Xuan Yi is disgusted: "This prince is going into battle to defend against the enemy, and he doesn't go to hunt ghosts, what is the use of your herbs to exorcise evil spirits?" ”

Xiao Yasong was quite unhappy: "There are inevitably dead people on the battlefield, there are many lonely souls, wild ghosts, and ghosts, and there are always benefits to carrying them, if you don't want to?" She raised her voice suddenly.

Xuan Yi was afraid that if she didn't take it again, she would be beaten up again, if this woman made a mistake, I was afraid that the six royal brothers would be present, and she was not afraid, if it was really like that, he was seen by the soldiers and the people in the city, what kind of face did he have? Thinking of this, Xuan Yi obediently took the sachet in her hand and held it in his arms.

Xiao Yasong smiled: "That's good." ”

"Okay, the object has been received, Miss Xiao, please go back, and this king should also go on the road."

Xiao Yasong suddenly became serious, her eyes were a little moist, and her eyes were staring at Xuan Yi: "Return safely." ”

Xuan Yi felt a little throbbing in his heart, in order to hide his emotions, he quickly stepped on the horse, bowed his head and said to Xiao Yasong: "This king knows, go back." At this moment, there was a little less disgust in his tone.

Xiao Yasong nodded, turned around and saluted Xuan Qi, and quickly ran away.

Xuan Qi gave an order, the army continued to move forward, and after a while, Xuan Yi took out the sachet in his arms, looked at it for a long time, and a smile unconsciously appeared on the corner of his mouth.

Xuan Qi secretly saw this scene and smiled without saying a word.

As soon as he came out, he was caught by several women on the south gate tower not far away.

Ji Qianning, who was dressed in red, and Nangong Ning, who was dressed in purple, looked into the distance, the wind blew the hair, and the blowing triggered a crisp sound, the clothes were fluttering, graceful, and independent.

Suddenly, a woman wearing an ink-colored dress embroidered with a peacock pattern slowly stepped onto the high platform, and a jade jade pendant hung around her waist, making a pleasant sound.

Ji Qianning and Nangong Ning heard the sound, turned around and saw someone coming, and hurriedly saluted her, and the woman returned the salute. I saw the woman in front of me combing the most fashionable snake bun in Biancheng and wearing the most fashionable makeup, the two looked at the bright face and couldn't help but exclaim: "What a beautiful woman, Princess Changle is worthy of being the fashion vane that women from all over Biancheng are rumored to imitate." ”

The person who came was Princess Changle who participated in the ceremony, Xuan Ke.

The three of them looked at each other and smiled, walked forward hand in hand, and continued to look at the army that was about to leave the city not far away, and saw a woman running away quickly after sending objects to Xuan Yi from a distance, Ji Qianning couldn't help but ask: "Whose woman is that, and Eleven?" ”

Changle seemed to think of something, and chuckled: "The little girl is the little daughter of Xiao Yushi's family, her name is Yasong, she is fourteen years old, she has been arrogant since she was a child, she is not close to others, and she does not look at others in her eyes, but she only likes to pester the eleventh brother, who says that he dislikes it, but the dignified man is bullied by the little girl of the Xiao family." ”

"In this way, this little girl of the Xiao family and Eleven are childhood sweethearts." Ji Qianning smiled.

"Yes, this princess is just about to say, I think the eleventh brother has a good impression of others, but he doesn't know it, otherwise, according to his temperament, he will not let others bully, and he will not accept the gifts given by the girl, my old Xuan family is always in love, hey......"

Ji Qianning and Nangong Ning were amused by her tone, watching the two of them laugh out loud, Changle also laughed, and the three of them laughed together and bent over.

Suddenly, Changle stopped laughing and sighed: "It's better to be young, ignorant and fearless." She remembered the past, and her eyes were lonely.

"Who's to say it's not." Nangong Ning looked into the distance and echoed.

"That's right." Changle put away his lonely eyes, pulled Ji Qianning away and stood beside Nangong Ning, glanced at her body with bad intentions, and asked, "Yong'an, you have been married to Bai Yi for a few days, is there any movement in this belly?" ”

Nangong Ning's heart suddenly felt as if she had been pricked by a needle, she immediately returned to normal, and pretended to be shy and said, "My daughter's family is not ashamed to ask this." ”

"What's that?" Changle looked indifferent, "You have a deep friendship with Ah Ning, so you are also a friend of this princess, and you can chat freely between friends, why should you avoid it?" ”

Nangong Ning hurriedly said: "The princess is kind, I misunderstood. Then he turned around and said in a shy tone: "That, not yet." ”

Changle looked regretful: "I'm really anxious for you, but I have to hurry up, give birth to a cute doll, and have fun with this princess." ”

Hearing this, Nangong Ning, who was facing away from the two of them, felt even more uncomfortable, but he could only force a smile: "I know." ”

Ji Qianning next to her watched this scene silently, even if Nangong Ning pretended to be perfect, she still noticed the embarrassment, helplessness and sadness that flashed on her face, and she already knew a little in her heart: "Between Lan'er and Brother Yi, there must be a problem." ”

Thinking of this, he did not realize that the mighty army had already driven out of the city gates.

"May my Red Flame soldiers return triumphantly." Changle's voice pulled Ji Qianning's thoughts back.

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The gale horse galloped forward, the horse's hooves stepped on the dust, Xuan Qi rode on the horse, took out half a jade pendant from his arms, stroked it back and forth with his hand, and looked at it quietly for a long time, his eyes were full of reluctance.

"Brother Wang, on this day, why didn't you see your sister-in-law come to see you off?" Xuan Yi suddenly asked beside him.

Xuan Qi didn't look up, recalling the events of last night:

"Ning'er, tomorrow, I'll leave."

"Then I will not give it away, lest I be reluctant to give up."

"Wait for me."

"Take care of yourself."

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"It's better not to send it." Xuan Qi's voice sounded faintly, although it was not good, but after all, there was some expectation in his heart, after waiting for a day, he did not see a familiar figure, and he couldn't help but feel melancholy, so he could only put away the loneliness in his eyes and pretend to be fine.

Xuan Yi doesn't understand, why don't you see better? Shaking his head and sighing, he looked behind him, and the moment he raised his eyes, he suddenly exclaimed: "Brother Wang, look." ”

Hearing this, Xuan Qi turned around, looked in the direction of Xuan Yi's finger, and stopped the horse in an instant, and his face was unconsciously full of smiles.

I saw three women standing on the city gate not far away, and the figures of the other two gradually dimmed, only the figure of the woman in red was deeply imprinted in Xuan Qi's eyes, the green silk floated, the red clothes fluttered, and she vaguely saw that she was wearing half a piece of auspicious cloud jade pendant around her waist.

"This red dress is very beautiful." Xuan Qi admired it over and over again in his heart.

Ji Qian stared at Xuan Qi, with complicated feelings in his heart, and forced a smile to keep the best face in his eyes.

Dozens of feet apart, they seem to be close to each other, looking at each other affectionately, one look is enough to represent everything.

There were tears in the eyes of the two, and only the word "peace" echoed in their hearts over and over again.