The man smiled at him, and obediently reached out and handed the horn.

Su Xiaochen hurriedly grabbed it, hung it back on his waist, and secretly said in his heart, these people of the blood clan are not as arrogant as they imagined. He also nodded at the moment, which was regarded as a return gift.

The leader man seemed to want to say something to Su Xiaochen, but because of the language barrier, he had to wave his hand again, and immediately someone next to him brought a roasted mutton, handed it to Su Xiaochen, and attached a dagger very thoughtfully.

Su Xiaochen took the mutton and thanked him, suddenly feeling that he was thinking too badly of the Imulans. Before, he was trapped in the wind and sand and almost died, but these people saved themselves, returned the horn to themselves, and brought food, and did not suffer half a penny, and their vigilance was slightly reduced at the moment.

After Su Xiaochen finished eating a whole piece of mutton, he suddenly felt more energetic, and he looked around again. It was discovered that it was a huge cave. No wonder the wind and sand are howling outside, but the cave is very stable.

It is obviously the season of summer, and it can be as cold at night as it is in winter, but Imuran and Bihai are just separated by a mountain of Jueling, and the weather is so different.

By the next day, there was a blue sky and white clouds outside the cave, and it was clear as if nothing had happened. If it weren't for the desert that you could look out on, you would have felt like a nightmare to last night's sandstorm.

When Su Xiaochen looked at this scenery that he had never seen before, he suddenly felt a sinking on his shoulders, and turned to see that it was the leader, he pointed behind him with his finger, and stuffed a rein to Su Xiaochen.

Su Xiaochen has loved horseback riding since he was a child, and when he saw that the horse behind him was black, his coat was shiny, and his posture was vigorous, and he was obviously a good horse, and he was very happy.

He approached the side of the horse, stroked the horse's neck, rolled over, and got on the horse. There was a low exclamation from the crowd around them, and only the leader laughed heartily, as if satisfied.

The leader gestured to Su Xiaochen again, motioning for him to follow him, and then jumped on a tall horse as well. I saw that the horse was more than twice as big as Su Xiaochen's, with a lot of curly mane, and it looked like a lion from a distance, and it was also jet black, without a single stray hair.

Su Xiaochen suddenly reacted, the horse he was riding should be the foal of the leader, it was obviously an extremely fine breed, and the leader gave himself such a horse to ride, no wonder others exclaimed.

Su Xiaochen suddenly had a thought in his heart.

When these Imulans saw that I was a scholar, they should have thought that I was not good at riding horses, so I deliberately rode staggered to make them careless, and then took advantage of their inattention to gallop all the way south on horseback, and with the equestrian skills I had practiced since childhood, I might not be able to escape.

In any case, I can't follow them further north, if it really falls into the hands of that second master, I really don't know what they will coerce and lure themselves to do.

The leader didn't seem to care what he was thinking, and walked ahead of himself. He beckoned a cavalryman and said a few words. I saw that the cavalry had left the ranks and galloped away in another direction.

* * * * * *

Taiye City, on the Fuxing Terrace.

Zhu Zhiling was commenting as usual, and suddenly there was a sound of footsteps outside the hall, and when she looked up, it was her little sister Zhu Zhitong.

Zhu Zhitong looked anxious, and asked, "Sister, I heard that Su Xiaochen is missing, can this matter be taken seriously?" ”

Zhu Zhiling smiled and said, "Your news is fast, did Yinhua tell you?" ”

"Sister, did you just say it's true?"

"Yes, they stayed overnight when they arrived at the edge of the Hanjiang River, and I heard that they found that Su Xiaochen was missing when they crossed the river the next day, and now they don't know where to go."

Zhu Zhitong shouted anxiously: "Sister, where will he go?" ”

Zhu Zhiling's hand is still flying with Zhu batches, and it does not stagnate.

"Is this...... My sister doesn't know anymore, their Cangwu people are lost, so let them worry about Cangwu. ”

"Sister!" Zhu Zhitong was already a little angry.

Seeing her expression, Zhu Zhiling had no choice but to be relieved: "Okay, you don't have to be in such a hurry. Do you think, whether he lost it before crossing the river or after crossing the river, both sides of this big river are either blue or blue, and if you really want to find it, are you afraid that you won't find it? Is it possible to run to Imulan? ”

"That'...... Then you lend me Yinhua and ask her to help me find out where Dasu went. ”

"Nonsense! I can use it at any time, how can I lend it to you? ”

"Sister! Da Su and I helped you a lot at that time, how can you sit idly by now? ”

Zhu Zhiling saw that she suddenly found out about the secret spying on Nanhua Island, so she hurriedly reprimanded left and right, and said in a low voice: "Little sister, why are you in such a hurry, you don't even care about proportion. How could my sister sit idly by? In this way, I asked the Binzhou prefect along the post road to visit carefully, and then let Mo Daqiu and them secretly help to investigate, he has a lot of chickens and dogs and thieves, and it is not difficult to think about it. ”

Zhu Zhitong saw her sister say this, and she breathed a sigh of relief in her heart. It's just that I still can't rest assured in my heart, and I was about to open my mouth to say more, but I saw Zhao Wuyin, the head of the household, enter the palace.

Zhu Zhiling saw that it was Zhao Wuyin, guessing that he had something important, so he hurriedly turned his head and coaxed a few words: "Good, sister has something to do here, you can go back first." By the way, a few days ago, Ye Zhiqiu sent more than a dozen birds, and my mother gave me a pair of red-headed parrots, and I also sent you together, okay? ”

Zhu Zhitong was helpless, so she had to answer and went out of the hall stupidly.

Zhao Wuyun saw her walking away and laughed: "I look at that pair of red-headed parrots It's funny, and I want to play with nothing on weekdays, why did you send her." ”

Zhu Zhiling glanced at him and said in a low voice, "You...... I don't want to think about the parrot although interesting, but it will learn to speak, raised on the moon tower, if you and I have any whispers to be heard, how to get it. Although I dare not say that my mother has such a desire to spy, it is better to be careful. ”

Zhao Wuyun nodded and said, "It's still you careful, I didn't even think of this." ”

"Well, don't talk about parrots. Let's talk about Nanhua Island. ”

Zhao Wuyun heard a spring breeze on his face, and said: "I have been in office for more than a month, and now this household is already stable." I carefully selected a principal and recommended him to the ministry, and went down to serve as the new governor of Cheongju, and he was in charge of Nanhua Island, which was foolproof. ”

"What's your name?"

"Wang Weishou."

Zhu Zhiling chuckled: "The name is auspicious, this person is reliable?" ”

"This man has been with me for more than three years since I was a squire. In addition, if you want to find someone more secure, I'm afraid it will be gone. ”

Zhu Zhiling nodded and said, "That's fine." As long as Wang Weishou is reliable, we can draw the gourd in the same way and quietly transport the gold ingots of Nanhua to other places, but there is still a trouble. ”

"What?"

"When Lu Wenchi smuggled gold ingots twenty years ago, the governor of southern Xinjiang was still Liu Zhan, and the old man was very afraid of things, so he didn't care much about this. Now that it has been replaced by Liu Mingyan, it is not easy to smuggle by sea under her nose without being detected. I have to think about it, and I have to have a good idea. ”

Zhao Wuyun sighed and said: "Actually, we are not like Lu Wenchi to move this silver to eat, drink and have fun, this is not used in a real place, not to mention that it is your Zhu family's silver, and it has to be secretly moved, it is really private silver used as official silver." ”

Zhu Zhiling said with a smile: "That's a good thing, and she may not agree to everything when I tell my mother." For example, I wanted to expand the Golden Feather Camp and add 30,000 people, but she refused to nod. ”

Zhao Wuyin frowned and said, "Why didn't she nod?" Now the Imulans are forcibly plundering the border of Linzhou all day long, and the officials and people of a state are complaining. In recent days, even the number of refugees who have fled to the capital of Taiye has more than doubled. Yesterday, the two waiters at the bottom of the house were still dragging the money I wanted to set up a porridge shed, saying that Jingzhao Mansion sent people to block the gate of the household department in the north three grids every day to beg for relief silver taels, and one begging was a day. If you don't expand the Golden Feather Camp, the Linzhou side will become more and more uncontrollable. Does your mother know these things when she doesn't nod? ”

Zhu Zhiling pondered for a moment when she heard this, and suddenly the corners of her mouth curled, and she laughed softly: "It's okay, if my mother doesn't allow it, it's not allowed." I simply didn't expand the Golden Feather Camp, and let those Imulans make trouble, and the more the trouble was as good as possible. You can stay up for a while, there is really no way, see where you are not in a hurry, first dismantle and repair a little bit and take it to Jingzhao Mansion, I have my own ideas in a few days. ”

When Zhao Wuyun saw his wife's smile, he guessed that she had a plan in her heart again, and asked, "How are you doing?" ”

"Since the Imulans are harassing badly, and the expansion of the Golden Feather Camp is also a symptom rather than a cure, I guess that in a few days, the prefect of Linzhou will be unable to bear the folds, and when the time comes, you will make up another book of folds to help the victims, and I will take these two folds and hand them to my mother, and then take advantage of the situation to propose a joint expedition with Cangwu and the two countries!"

"Northern Expedition?"

Zhao Wuyun was taken aback, he didn't expect his wife to want to make such a big move, he thought that it would be over if more soldiers from the Golden Feather Battalion were stationed in Linzhou, didn't they endure it like this for so many years.

Zhu Zhiling did already have a plan in his heart, and promised Emperor Wen to help him get rid of Mu Yunzuo, on the condition that he send 100,000 troops to Bihai, called the Northern Expedition, to help her seize power. It's just that I don't have an excuse to play my mother. Now that the Imulans are harassing them, there is just an excuse. What's more, my sister Zhu Zhijie has just married, and the relationship between the two countries is the closest time. However, this matter still needs to be carefully calculated, and it is better not to know too much about your husband at the moment.

So she deliberately had a blank look on her face and said: "You are now more and more lenient, you are the secretary of the household department, why did you even ask about the affairs of the military department." I am your wife, and there are some things that cannot be mixed with public and private, you just have to endure these days. ”

Zhao Wuyun thought about it carefully, and it was indeed a bit of a suspicion of overstepping, so he stopped talking.

Zhu Zhiling walked out of the hall, stepped on the city tower, and looked at a great mountain and river in the distance, thoughtful.

Li Houcong and Liu Mingyan, it seems that the two most important moves at the moment are on them.