Due to the bad weather for several consecutive days, the trip of Lu Yu and others was slowed down, and the team spent seven days before Yecheng was finally in sight.

And dozens of miles further on, it is the border of Zhao.

It's just because of the weather that Lu Yu suffered. Wei Mingji summoned him four times in seven days, and summoned him every other night, as the saying goes, there are only tired cattle, but no ploughed fields, and when Wei Mingji came back, he occasionally had to "comfort" Dai Ji, almost emptying Lu Yu.

Among them, what made Lu Yu the most embarrassed was the face of Ling Fan. Every time he came back from Wei Mingji's place, it was already midnight, and Ling Fan and Dai Ji waited until he returned to the camp tent before falling asleep, but Lu Yu knew that when he and Dai Ji occasionally made love, Ling Fan was just cheating on sleep.

In the past few days, he felt that his life was very ridiculous.

Although in the eyes of Zhang Wu and others, Ling Fan and Lu Yu were already a relationship between men and women, except for occasionally letting Lu Yu go too far, this stunning beauty still held on and refused to let him make further moves. And in front of everyone, Lu Yu didn't even want to touch her.

In the past seven days, Ling Fan didn't even say a word to Lu Yu. Lu Yu knew that she was jealous, but there was no way, at least until she arrived in Handan.

Women are such strange creatures, and no two are exactly the same. Like Wei Mingji, although many people know her romantic history, she is still a princess on the surface, and her demeanor does not show a trace of frivolity.

Recently, due to the severe cold weather, Wei Mingji has rarely appeared, and most of them hide in carriages or tents.

And Ling Fan was still an inviolable fairy image in front of people, of course, in the eyes of all the warriors and guards, she was just an ugly-looking maidservant, only Wei Cong and the Mu brothers had seen her true appearance.

Daihime is as well-behaved as a sheep, no matter before or after people, she is the same.

During the day, the two followed Wei Mingji's maidservants in the carriage.

Originally, according to Wei Cong, it would take half a month to reach Handan in half a month and 20 days to reach Handan, but now it seems that it still takes about ten days to arrive.

Lu Yu was not familiar with the geographical environment, but fortunately, along the way, the Mu brothers and Wei Cong kept talking to Lu Yu about the name of the place, and some strange and bizarre legends, so that he gradually knew where he was.

In such a remote place as far from Daliang, often because of a war between countries, several cities become the territory of other countries. Just like the current Yecheng of Wei, it belonged to the Wei State in the Western Zhou Dynasty, and belonged to the Jin State in the Spring and Autumn Period, and later belonged to Qi for a time, but at present it is the territory of the Wei State.

During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the princes competed for hegemony with each other, and the Great Wall was derived from the defensive product of the Great Wall in the war, which was first created by the Chu State, and then the Great Wall of various countries was built one after another, mostly for the border and dangerous places.

In Lu Yu's time, the Great Wall that he saw was actually the Great Wall that Qin unified the six countries and connected them on the basis of the original Great Wall between the countries in order to resist the Xiongnu outside the grassland. Over the course of 2,000 years, parts of the Great Wall have been reduced to ruins by war and time.

Of course, at this time, the gatehouse on the wall of Yecheng was still majestic and magnificent, and behind this strong barrier was the place of intersection with Zhao State. Dozens of officers and soldiers lined up neatly on both sides of the city, adding a bit of majesty to this tower.

The guard of Yecheng is an old general named Duan Ganchong, this person's hair is white, and the wrinkles on his face confirm the vicissitudes of time, but a pair of tiger eyes are still bright, and his burly figure seems to tell people that he is still not old. I saw him wearing a suit of armor, pressing one hand on the hilt of his sword, standing at the gate of the city, and an invisible momentum spontaneously emerged, which made people feel awe.

As soon as he saw him, Wei Mingji immediately walked out of the carriage, which showed this person's status in the Wei State.

Duan Ganchong gave Wei Mingji a look and said with a smile: "The old man pays a visit to the princess." ”

Wei Mingji was as well-behaved as seeing an elder, and said, "Mingji hasn't seen a general for six or seven years. ”

Duan Ganchong stroked his long beard with his hand, laughed and said, "Yes, the old man is already old, and he is happy to be idle in this Yecheng." ”

Wei Mingji also smiled: "This is the border between my Great Wei and Zhao State, if the Supreme General guards here, I am afraid that if someone else is replaced, Yecheng will become someone else's bag." ”

Lu Yu stepped forward to say hello to that Duan Gan Chong, but saw that he just nodded slightly arrogantly, and then looked himself up and down, and beckoned himself and Wei Mingji to go up to the city tower.

When he stepped on the tower, Lu Yu realized the importance of the tower to the war. Just on the city wall, the field of vision can be greatly improved, as long as the enemy is attacking, you can prepare in advance, and the defending generals can use the city tower as a headquarters for commanding operations, and it is an extremely important shooting base.

After drinking a bowl of hot soup, Duan Gan Chongcai asked, "Why did the princess suddenly have time to visit the old man in this remote place?" ”

Wei Mingji said with a smile: "This time, I was ordered by my father to go to Handan to visit Mrs. Pingyuan, and the general also knew that Mingji hadn't seen her aunt for a long time. ”

Duan Ganchong laughed and said, "The old man thought that the princess had come to visit, but it turned out that she was just passing by. But the old man also forgot how long it had been since he had seen Mrs. Plains. ”

Speaking of this, seeing that Lu Yu was sitting aside and didn't speak, he asked.

Lu Yu got up and saluted him: "Humble Lu Yu, I was ordered to escort the princess to Handan." With that, he stepped forward and handed him the order.

At this time, Wei Mingji briefly talked about how he met Lu Yu in Chu State and his deeds after arriving at Daliang.

Sure enough, Duan Ganchong also took out a piece of jade, matched it with Lu Yu's piece of pass, nodded and said: "General Lu is young and promising, and he can actually get the king, Longyang Jun, and Xinling Jun at the same time, this has never happened in my Great Wei, and it seems that he will have an unlimited future." ”

After that, he sighed again, "It seems that the old man can't accept the old man." ”

Lu Yu hurriedly said: "The general has won the award, and compared with the general, there are still many places where the humble position is not as good as the horse." ”

Wei Mingji also interjected: "The general has made many military exploits for my Great Wei, and now among the generals of the older generation of the dynasty, who can compare with the general?" ”

Duan Ganchong said with a smile: "The old man is no longer able to go to the battlefield, if it is useful, it is now the border of Qin and Wei that is guarded instead of here." In the future, the Great Wei will be handed over to a young and promising talent like General Lu to serve the hegemony of our Great Wei. ”

Listening to what he said, Lu Yu always felt that he was dissatisfied with King Wei and Long Yangjun.

Wei Mingji said: "Ye is my Great Wei Companion Capital, is it an unimportant territory? It is rumored that the famous general Ximen Leopard of the Great Wei Dynasty was also here to open twelve canals, except for the witch rule Ye, so that the city of Ye prospered, and became the important place of the Great Wei. ”

Speaking of this Ximen Leopard, Lu Yu couldn't help but feel spirited, because Ximen Hou was his descendant, and of course he also knew that Wei Mingji just talked about eliminating witches, and it was he who cracked the custom of Hebo marrying a wife for people. I already knew it at Xinlingjun before, and at that time, Xinlingjun also said that his swordsmanship was more sophisticated than that of Longyangjun, but it was not left to future generations, otherwise Ximen Hou might sit in the position of "the first sword of the beam".

Hearing this, Duan Ganchong's eyes showed a gleam, and he said: "This matter is indeed true, if it weren't for Ximen Leopard, I'm afraid that the people of the world would still be persecuted by the evil custom of Hebo marrying a wife." ”

After that, he got up and returned the pass order to Lu Yu, and said: "Although there are only thirty or fifty miles ahead to enter the Zhao Realm, the weather has been bad in recent days, and now the road is closed by heavy snow, which can be described as difficult to move an inch. ”

Lu Yu and Wei Mingji were stunned for a moment, and then heard him say: "It's better to delay the princess here for a day or two, and wait for the weather to be good before going on the road." ”

Wei Mingji sighed softly and said, "Well, since that's the case, let's bother here first, just to catch up with the general." ”

Duan Ganchong laughed and said, "It may be that God sees that the old man is idle here, and he has not seen the princess for a long time, so take this opportunity to let the old man get together with the princess." ”

As early as the city gate, Lu Yu felt that the relationship between the two was not ordinary, and now after listening to the conversation between them, he is more sure of this idea, but it must not be "that kind of" relationship, but the kind of family affection between elders and juniors, thinking that the two of them are related?

I only heard Wei Mingji say: "I still remember when Mingji was a child, every time the general returned to the dynasty in a battle, he would bring back with fun things, so every time the general went out, Mingji looked forward to your return." "It's like thinking back to the time when I was a child.,With the kind of smile that only a girl has.。

Lu Yu secretly wondered if this was the case.

Duan Ganchong smiled again: "The princess still remembers those things. Xuan sighed again, "Shaohua in an instant, you have grown up in a blink of an eye, and the past ten years have passed so fast." ”

Wei Mingji said softly: "How could Mingji forget? Every time the general brought back, Akihime still keeps it. ”

Duan Ganchong seemed to think of what was on his mind, his face darkened, and he said gloomily: "Back then, Mangmao, Jin Contempt, Xinlingjun and the old man both worked for the Great Wei, but now only the old man and Xinlingjun still exist. ”

When Lu Yu heard Mangmao's name, he asked, "Is this Mangmao general the one from the twenty-two counties of the Great Wei Expansion Territory?" ”

I only heard Wei Mingji say: "Exactly." ”

Duan Ganchong also nodded and said, "I didn't expect General Lu to know about him too." It's a pity that when he later served as the commander of the Sanjin Alliance, he was defeated by the Qin general Bai Qi in Huayang, and there has been no trace since then, and it was already twenty years ago. ”

Speaking of this, Duan Ganchong said again: "The old man almost forgot that strange things have happened frequently in front of him in recent days, and the old man is sending people to investigate, and the princess and General Lu may have to stay for a while." ”

Wei Mingji and Lu Yu frowned at the same time and asked, "Strange thing?" ”

Duan Ganchong nodded and said: "A few miles ahead, there have been unknown footprints recently, and at first the old man thought that there were enemy spies......"

It turned out that just a few days ago, footprints were found in the snow outside Yecheng. At first, Duan Ganchong thought that a certain country had sent spies to spy on them, but later based on the shape of the size on the snow, he found that they were not human footprints. Every day after the snow, the footprints were soon covered with heavy snow, but new footprints appeared, and they stopped two or three miles outside the city, so they sent people to monitor day and night, but found nothing. And after several days of observation, it was found that the footsteps came from the same beast, so it was guessed that there was only one number.

And it happened that Lu Yu needed to pass through this place to escort Wei Mingji, so he remembered this matter, I was afraid that there were large beasts infested, and it would be inappropriate to hurt them in case they were injured.

Lu Yu frowned and asked, "Did the general send someone to set a trap?" ”

Duan Ganchong said: "How could it not be, but that guy is very smart, every time he leaves footprints around the trap, as if he is deliberately provocative, the old man suspects that if it is a beast, it will be a beast with a very high spirituality." The old man has been in Ye for several years, and he has never encountered such a strange thing. ”

Wei Mingji said: "Why didn't the general let General Lu help?" ”

Lu Yu also nodded and said, "This is exactly what the humble position means. If we can catch that beast, we can get there sooner. ”

Originally, he didn't really want to take care of this idle matter, but because Duan Ganchong had already sent someone to check for a few days without progress, he didn't know how long it would take to wait any longer, and if he was bored in the city all day, it would be a boring thing, thinking that Zhang Wu and the others should also think the same as him, so he took this matter down.

Duan Ganchong was overjoyed and said: "This is very good, just let the old man see the skills of Jiaolongxia." If General Lu needs a helper or something else, the old man should send someone to fully cooperate. ”

Lu Yu was busy and modest, and said: "There is no need for helpers, since the general speculates that the beast has a certain spirituality, too many people will make it alert and not show up, it is better to let a few lowly people try it first." ”

At this time, a soldier walked in, and it turned out that he had come to report that he had settled down for Wei Mingji and Lu Yu.

Duan Ganchong said to the soldier: "You go and call Zou Ping." ”

Subsequently, he recommended Zou Ping, who was originally in charge of this matter, to Lu Yu.

This Zou Ping is quite tall, a head taller than Lu Yu, the heavenly court is full, a pair of big eyes under the thick eyebrows are like cold stars, the tiger's back is bear's waist, and he walks in the wind, slightly like a general. Judging from the beard on his face, this man must have been around forty years old, and he must have been pregnant with a hard kung fu.

After Duan Ganchong introduced the two of them to each other, Lu Yu asked him about the method of tracking down the beast and the trap he had set up, because he was still at the stage of hearing about the beast, and although they had not found anything at present, at least the information they had might become the key.

I only heard Zou Ping say in his hoarse voice: "Since we found that the footprints of the beast were much larger than the footprints of people, we used a large animal trap, although it has been determined that it is not a bear, but the body of that thing must be at least as big as a bear." ”

Lu Yu frowned and said, "Usually when did those footprints appear?" ”

Zou Ping shook his head and said: "We have been paying close attention every hour, but those footprints seem to appear out of thin air, at first I thought it was a soldier who was lazy, but after changing two groups of people, the footprints still appeared suddenly, if it wasn't a real thing, I would think it was a ghost." ”

Hearing him say this, Wei Mingji suddenly gasped and said, "If it's a beast that can't be seen by the eyes, how can you catch it?" ”

Although Lu Yu felt a little tricky, he knew that there could be no ghosts in this world, but he suddenly thought of animals like chameleons, which could use the surrounding environment to hide their figures, and in this ancient night, there was no high-tech product like an infrared telescope, and it was actually normal for the black light to be blind and not noticed.

And according to Duan Ganchong and Zou Ping, the footprints of the beast were along the side of the beast trap every time, and even circled around the trap once or twice, indicating that this guy was not only quite spiritual, but also had very good eyesight. According to this information, Lu Yu's feeling told him that the beast probably thought that the trap had food, so it would go around. No matter how high the spirituality is, as long as it is not a refinement, then there will be no such behavior, and it is impossible to provoke as Duan Ganchong said.

At this time, I had one last question in my heart, and immediately asked, "Do you have any food to lure in your trap?" ”

Zou Ping shook his head, but at the same time, his eyes lit up, as if he hadn't thought of it before.

Lu Yu already had a preliminary plan, and said with a smile: "Let's wait for this beast to appear obediently!" ”

When Zhang Wu and the others listened to Lu Yu finish talking about the clues they got from Duan Ganchong and Zou Ping, they all felt that this matter was a little strange, but they couldn't guess what kind of beast it was.

Because according to the footprints mentioned by Zou Ping, it should be an unknown beast that seems to be standing on two legs, but no one in the city knows that there has been a two-legged beast in this area, and Zhang Wu and the others have never heard of any beast that walks on two feet, and it is much larger than the human body.

The two Mu brothers thought about it for a long time and also proposed to use food to lure. Because in this cold environment, there is a lack of food, so it is likely that they are out to forage. According to the topographical analysis, there are small slopes of different sizes three miles outside the city, and there is no dense forest for them to use as a hiding place, so there are only caves in the ground. But the fact that the animals that live in the caves are larger than humans is another point of confusion among the people.

At first, everyone thought it was good, but they thought that since the beast had spirits, it might be necessary to choose carefully what food to use as a lure; And so far, only footprints have been found, and nothing has happened about whether the beast was a meat eater or a vegetarian.

However, if the body size is really as big as Zou Ping said, the possibility of eating meat is still relatively high.

In the end, the crowd couldn't think of any other way, so they decided to follow the method proposed by the two Mu brothers first.

After Xiao Zhengwen heard about this kind of thing, he was also very excited, and shouted that he must follow.

Lu Yu smiled: "That's a whole night thing, and the weather is so cold now, it's not fun to stay outside all night, and you will freeze into an iceman every minute." ”

Dai Ji also came over to persuade: "What Lu Ye said is right, not only is it cold, but such a big beast may eat children." ”

Xiao Zhengwen was startled by her words, and immediately didn't argue to go together, but walked to the side alone, pouting, looking very dissatisfied.

Everyone laughed at Xiao Zhengwen's expression.

After Dai Ji finished saying that sentence herself, she seemed to think that what she said was right, and the beasts that can eat children must also eat adults, so she hurriedly said to Lu Yu: "Lu Ye must also be careful." ”

Zhang Wu asked, "But I want to ask the second brother, what is 'minutes'?" ”

Ling Fan also "made an exception" and took the initiative to say the first sentence to Lu Yu in a few days: "I also want to know." ”

Lu Yu scratched his head and said with a smile: "You think it means 'anytime' or 'very likely', this is the dialect of my hometown, and I forgot to explain it for a while, it's really sorry." ”

Then they asked, "Suo...... Village? ”

Lu Yu was embarrassed, and secretly scolded himself for why he suddenly came out with another sentence in English, and said embarrassedly: "The last sentence of sorry means sorry and sorry." ”

Everyone had a look of sudden realization, Ling Fan also whispered a few times, and then said: "Lu Ye's words are always so novel, don't forget to explain them by the way in the future, otherwise if you scold people in your hometown dialect, everyone will not know it." ”

Lu Yu smiled dumbly, but because of the different times, the words used to speak must be different. However, since she is willing to take the initiative to talk to herself, it means that she is no longer angry in her heart, at least not as serious as when she was jealous a few days ago.

Then he said: "Don't worry, if I scold people in my hometown, I will definitely not be able to explain, then isn't it looking for a fight?" ”

Ling Fan snorted, rolled his eyes at him, and turned his head away from him.

Zhang Wu hurriedly said: "The second brother doesn't seem to be that kind of person, but if he scolds the seventh senior sister, the eldest brother... The eldest brother must learn that sentence, and it can be used to scold people in the future. Hahaha. ”

Everyone laughed again, and even Xiao Zhengwen, who was pouting, couldn't help laughing.

Because Zhang Wu gave them the impression that he had never joked like this, it seemed that he should have been more or less infected by Lu Yu.

Ling Fan didn't obey and said: "Now even the sixth senior brother has helped him to bully me, hum!" ”

With that, he stomped his foot and went out.