Chapter 16: Xiongguan
Under the clear sky and the light wind, two larks fanned their wings, chasing and playing in the air, and from time to time they also made a chirping cry.
With the sound of chirping, the last two larks landed on a big locust tree at the same time, and slowly closed their eyes, probably the two birds were tired of chasing and fighting, and wanted to close their eyes and rest for a while.
Just a moment after the two larks closed their eyes, there was a sudden "Knock knock....... in the distance! The sound of the horse's hooves frightened the two birds to quickly flap their wings and fly in the opposite direction of the horse's hooves.
Looking in the opposite direction of the bird's distance, I saw dust splashing on the official road from southwest to northeast, and four horses were galloping, and there were two people sitting on the yellow flower horse in the lead, and they were also a man and a woman.
Even if you are far away, you can see the woman on the yellow horse, but there is a little childishness in this beautiful face, and the reins behind the woman are a man with smooth and fair skin, sharp edges and corners, a tall nose, thick eyebrows and big eyes, and a handsome face, twenty-seven or eight.
Behind the yellow flower horse a red horse followed, the horse is also a woman, but this woman's appearance is really small compared to the woman on the first horse, although this woman is only wearing a rough blue linen shirt, but it must not hide her pro-city and country-like appearance, the appearance of the moon and the shy flower, if the metaphor of the first yellow horse above the woman's face is used on this woman, I am afraid that it is an insult to this woman, even if it is not an exaggeration to describe this woman with ice carving, The first thing that is expected to be said by the person who sees this woman's appearance will definitely be "Oh my God! I can't imagine that there is such a beautiful woman in the world! β
The man on the brown horse is in his thirties, with three teeth and red lips, three teeth to cover his mouth and beard, and a seven-foot sword at his waist, which looks like a shrewd face, and the man on the white horse is also in his thirties, but his face is full of vicissitudes, and there is some sadness in the vicissitudes of life, but what attracts attention is not the appearance of the man, but the green gold gun behind the man, which is several heads taller than the man, Zhao WuvΓ©e's fiancΓ©e, the first beauty of the Great Song Dynasty, Princess Qimeng of both civil and military affairs, Zhao Qimeng, in order to be able to follow the wind around, Zheng Ziqing, who wanted to come to Yanmen Pass to see his parents, and Wei Qi and Xue Quan, the deputy generals who went to the capital with Zhao Wushu to marry Princess Qimeng.
Along the way, Xufeng and the others did not have any conversation, just patted their horses and rushed forward, until the sun sank in the west, the moon rose in the bright moon, and the vision was about to blur everyone's vision, a majestic and magnificent level suddenly appeared in front of everyone's eyes.
Taking advantage of the last bit of light at the time of the alternation of black and white, Xufeng carefully looked at the level in front of him, and couldn't help but feel a sudden wave in his heart, "It's really a big goose gate!" Even in the case of unclear vision, he can't hide his majesty, which really responds to the sentence of the world's nine stops, headed by Yanmen! β
"Phew!" Thinking of this, Yufeng couldn't help but stop and sit down on the yellow horse, "Is there Yanmen Pass in front of the princess?" β
"Honestly! Although I often heard my father and ministers mention Yanmen Pass when I was in the capital, I had never been here, and today is the first time I have come! Princess Qimeng saw that the wind had stopped the yellow horse, and couldn't help but stop and sit down with the red horse.
When Princess Qimeng stopped coming, Wei Qi and Xue Quan arrived in the back, only to hear Wei Qi say, "Princess! General, how wrong you are! To be precise, the front is Ningwu Pass, followed by the partial pass, and the last is the Yanmen Pass, only because these three levels are similar, and are also called the three passes, just because there are few people who know about this, so these three passes are called Yanmen Pass, when Xue Quan and I just arrived with the general, we also mistook this Ningwu Pass for Yanmen Pass, although this Ningwu Pass is majestic and magnificent, but compared to Yanmen Pass, it is a big deal! β
Although Wei Qi is right, outsiders regard these three levels as Yanmen Pass! There are also these three passes are also guarded by our generals, this to Ningwu Pass is to Yanmen Pass, this time we still quickly through Ningwu Pass to Yanmen Pass, not to get the Khitan dog's soldiers and horses have been in Yanmen Pass! Xue Quan said that he was going to go forward.
"Wait!" Under the shout of the wind, Xue Quan couldn't help but stop and sit down on his horse, "I don't know if the general has any questions!" β
Seeing that Xue Quan had heard this, Xufeng hurriedly leaned up, "Wei Qi, Xue Quan sees that we are about to enter the customs, so why don't you quickly deploy the soldiers and horses of these three checkpoints and make it clear to me!" lest after entering the pass, I, General Zhao, can't even say much about the deployment of my own soldiers and horses, and show my horse's feet in front of everyone! β
"I'm talking about my Zhao general! You don't know how to march and fight, but you have to know what these are for, after arriving at Yanmen Pass, you just need to pretend to scare those Khitan dogs, if the Khitan dogs really come to commit crimes, I and Wei Qi will deal with it! And this is a secret of our army, how can it be leaked, if it leaks the news...... When Xue Quan was talking energetically, Wei Qi couldn't help but shout, "Xue Quan, stop it!" Since this General Zhao in front of us sincerely helps us, then we should be honest with him! And what he said is not bad at all, since he is the commander of the three passes, if he doesn't know anything about the things in the pass, then sooner or later he will show his feet! β
Even if Wei Qi said this, Xue Quan still said, "Although Wei Qi said this, but this matter is very important, if he leaves Yanmen Pass a year later and passes on the secrets in the pass, how can he get it?" β
Princess Qimeng heard Xue Quan's words, and couldn't help but say, "Xue Quan, you are enough!" If you don't think about it carefully, even if the general Zhao in front of you really tells the secret of Sanguan after leaving, then we can keep Sanguan safe for at least one year! If you don't tell him everything in the pass at this time, I'm afraid that after entering the pass, he will immediately show his feet, and even if the soldiers in the three passes know that the real General Zhao has died and will not mutiny, the Khitans will also raise troops to attack the key when they learn the news, but I am afraid that the three passes will be lost in a blink of an eye at that time! The most important thing is that I not only believe that this General Zhao in front of me will not leak the news, but I also want to know everything in the three levels, so from now on, you don't have to interrupt again, just listen to Wei Qi tell us in detail! β
When Zheng Ziqing, who was beside Yufeng, heard this, she couldn't help but snort coldly, "Hmph! What kind of princess, although I don't have a good deal with you, but this time you said a fair word! Feed! The one surnamed Xue! Listen to this girl, now you are begging us, not us, don't say you don't want to say it, even if you want to say it, we don't want to hear it! It's a big deal that the trees fall and scatter, where do we come from, and where do we go back! β
"Miss Zheng, you are angry, it's mostly Xue Quan's fault! I'm going to make it clear to the general about the situation in Sanguan now! I hope Miss Zheng won't incite the general to leave! After hearing Wei Qi's words, Xufeng couldn't help but say to Zheng Ziqing, "Sister Ziqing, although Xue Quan's words are not, after all, I have already promised Uncle Zheng to help them for a year, how can I not believe my words!" And this time, the princess and Wei Qi have already blamed Xue Quan, let's listen to Wei Qi! β