The moon shadow was swaying, the night wind was cold, and the night covered the earth, Kou Wenpu and the others had already left with different thoughts, and the sky was twilight.

The countryside outside Shuozhou was pitch black, and from time to time the strange cries of unknown animals pierced the night, and for a moment it was quiet again.

Only the official pavilion twenty miles away from Shuozhou City is brightly lit, and the large and small piles of campfires illuminate the entire camp as if it were daytime.

Although it was even three o'clock, the gate of the camp was still wide open, the figures were shuttling endlessly, the officers were constantly ordering, and the guards who came in and out escorted many heavy equipment that were originally dismantled in the camp outside Shuozhou. Along the official road leading to Shuozhou, there is a guard holding a torch every ten steps, armed and guarded for lighting, and other guards in the official road are either driving carriages or donkey carts, escorting supplies. From time to time, a commander riding a horse rode on the side, giving urging orders.

Along the official road connecting the official pavilion and Shuozhou City, from a distance, the firelight stretches and undulates, and a fire snake stretches. The sound of people shouting and horses is endless.

They carried grain and grass, ordnance, military tents, and banners and golden drums..... There are timbers for the camp... There are pots and stoves... It is complicated and complicated, and this year's royal palace has made a profit of 800,000 taels of silver and 50,000 taels of silver this year, and sixteen boxes of large camphor wood boxes containing silver are loaded on four carriages pulled by two horses, and the troops of two hundred households follow the escort, and the silver chariot is followed by three single-horse carriages, which are specially equipped with ceremonial utensils for the prince...

In the big camp, the guards come and go like weaving, patrolling endlessly, a hundred households, more than 100 people pestle immovable like wooden stakes, standing outside Xia Zongxiao's big tent, the whole big tent inside and outside the front and back of the water leakage.

Every other pillar of incense, there are three teams of guards who patrol the night and cross the big tent, and there are three or four guards who are proficient in archery on the watchtower that has just been built along the seven or eight two zhang high watchtowers that have just been built around the camp, and the sharp arrows are on the bowstring, staring intently at the direction of Xia Zongxiao's big tent.

In charge of the night patrol of the camp tonight, the commander of the central guard appointed before Sun Shilu was imprisoned by Kou Zhen, he appointed a strict guard patrol plan after receiving the general order of Sun Yanwu, the temporary commander of the central guard, not only the garrison in the camp is strict, but also the secret sentinels and rangers are sent to patrol within a radius of ten miles outside the camp, it is really ... I'm scared... If the prince loses it once, they don't wait for the court to blame, and they don't have the face to live in the world.

Outside the big tent of Xia Zongxiao, there were two large groups of bonfires burning on the bonfire stand, the scorching bonfire was dancing sparks and radiating the scorching temperature, outside the big tent, Sun Yanwu and the officials above the command of the central guard were standing outside the big tent and waiting for the prince to summon them.

The commander of the central guard was temporarily replaced by Sun Shilu, the commander of the capital, and the commander of the subordinate Tongzhi and the commander of the frugal affairs was when Xia Zongxiao officially appointed Sun Shilu as the commander of the guard of the prince of Wei, and he was appointed on the night when the commander of the envoy was appointed.

A total of one Tongzhi was appointed, and four people were in command of the thrift, except for the one who was still in the camp to carry out the night patrol order, and the rest of the officials above the thrift were all here.

However, except for one commander Jian Shi standing next to Sun Yanwu, the other two command Jian Shi surrounded the Zhongwei Commander Tongzhi, although the people on the two sides were not far apart, but the discerning people knew at a glance that the people on both sides did not deal with each other.

No matter where there are, where there are people, there are rivers and lakes, and there are conflicts of interest and struggles, but some of them can be seen at a glance on the surface, and some are sunk underneath, which needs to be carefully perceived.

Zhongwei commander Tongzhi Yang Zhong is also an old man who has experienced the changes in Yongguan back then, his face is full of vicissitudes, he has a beard, his temples are white, and the hair on his head is jet black, his eyes are full of spirit, he is wearing a white tiger armor, and the Mo knife is powerful on the side, and he has the style of a general.

And Sun Yanwu is a lot more immature and young compared with one. The two groups of people leaned against the two campfires, and the flames printed red on their faces, and when they looked at each other, they both saw the blazing fire reflected in each other's eyes.

A thin commander beside Yang Zhong looked at Sun Yanwu, who was looking at him, and said disdainfully: "Hmph! Sun Yanwu, how can this little cub be able to do anything? Mao has not grown up to temporarily take the position of commander of the central guard? Just because it's his grandson Shilu's nephew? I also said that night that he Sun Shilu himself was promoted to the position of commander of the capital, and Wei He still dominated the commander of the central guard! It turned out to be preparing to pave the way for this little cub! ”

Another tall and thin commander also said in a dark way: "The commander of the central guard is in this position, and it is not the turn of this kid in terms of seniority!" It stands to reason that it should be Second Brother Yang, you sit! ”

"That's it!" Yang Zhong retracted his gaze from the confrontation with Sun Yanwu, unwilling to listen to this, he slowly closed his eyes with his hands in front of his chest, closed his eyes and said in a low voice: "He is only the temporary commander of the position, and at that time, His Highness was missing and the army was leaderless... Before Sun Du's commander was imprisoned, he was also in a hurry, and he couldn't be criticized for being a commander, and now he is a justifiable commander......"

"Hmph..."The tall and thin conductor didn't speak, and he also learned Yang Zhong to close his eyes and wait for the prince to summon him, but the thin conductor snorted coldly and whispered something.

The atmosphere in the big tent is much more harmonious, the furnishings in the tent have been neatly arranged according to the original style, a large arhat bed with a mink fur brocade quilt is in the center, the ground is covered with animal skin mattresses, and dozens of small flames are dancing on the candle stands on both sides, illuminating the big tent.

Two braziers and a stove have also emitted a fragrant heat that fills the tent. Xia Zongxiao has taken off Han Niuzi's coarse cotton clothes, put on his own Su embroidered silk and satin four-clawed golden dragon prince's regular clothes, painted gold ribbon line, very luxurious, bathed and changed clothes for a short time, the hair is not completely dry and not tied up and scattered, wrapping a light and thin big pile on his body, sitting cross-legged on the Luohan bed, facing a crane's wing-shaped incense burner, feeling the aroma of grass and trees rising from the crane's slender beak, eating walnuts peeled from the small dice with satisfaction, drinking the Shu tea served by the grain mancang, From time to time, the mouth also made a happy sound of chirp and chirp.

Bai Ye sat in front of the bookcase on the south side, as if he was writing something, his face was sad and he bit the pen with an impatient face, and the corners of his mouth were stained with black ink, and he didn't know it, just staring at the bookcase with only a few words and no way to write the chapter, thinking and scratching his ears and cheeks.

Still wearing Xia Zongxiao's clothes without changing, nor bathing and changing, Xia Zongxiao wanted to be with her, but Bai Ye, who seemed to be smiling, grabbed a handful of walnuts and crushed them into powder and blew them gently with the wind, so he smiled wryly and stopped mentioning this topic.

In front of Xia Zongxiao, there were also two palace people dressed in eunuch clothes, both of whom were familiar with Xia Zongxiao, and they were all attendants around the Queen Mother.

One surnamed Ma and the other surnamed Zhuo, both of whom were eunuchs in charge of the affairs of the Queen Mother's bedroom. The two respectfully stood in front of Xia Zongxiao with a smile and a hint of familiarity, and complained a little: "Your Highness! You've gone too far this time! You can't do that anymore! What a worry! If only there was a good one! Woe to the slaves! You should be sympathetic to us as subordinates..."

Mr. Zhuo also echoed in a timely manner: "It's not! Your Highness! Do you know that when the slaves and maidservants came to announce the decree of the Queen Mother, they heard that Her Highness had been taken captive..."

Xia Zongxiao's eyes swept over Mr. Zhuo, and Mr. Zhuo immediately realized that he had said something wrong, and hurriedly pretended to slap his mouth and said, "Look at the slave's broken mouth!" It's time to fight! It's you who go... Trip! ”

"But don't have a next time! Scatter your heart and scatter your heart, and you don't even bring a guard, which makes people miss that! The right minister was ruthless, and when he learned that His Highness... And white... Princess... On the night of going to relax, he went to the palace of Wen Ji Town, went to the Bai family's prison, and was escorted to the Shuozhou Thorn Mansion Prison to wait for the fate! Even Wei Du left the front-line military affairs and returned from Jingsui Town..."

There were no useful words in the chatter, and Xia Zongxiao had already learned these words from the little dice, but he didn't have time to listen to them nagging again and again, Xia Zongxiao waved his hand impatiently and interrupted.

"Alright, alright! You two haven't seen each other for a long time, and you're still nagging! Is there something serious? What about the Emperor's grandmother's decree? Take it out, I'm looking! The little dice finally peeled out a complete walnut and handed it to Xia Zongxiao, Xia Zongxiao was overjoyed, sat up straight and took it, this is not easy to peel a walnut completely, but the will of man is indispensable. In fact, there is no difference in taste between broken and whole, but in the sense of satisfaction in his heart, Xia Zongxiao has a kind of stubborn paranoia.

I couldn't wait to stuff it into my mouth to satisfy it, but my eyes unconsciously swept to the side of the white night, and saw that she was still sitting on pins and needles, frowning, meditating, stepping on the chair with one foot that didn't sit down, leaning forward and pressing on the bookcase, the pen in her mouth swayed up and down, and sighed at the bookcase.

The two internal officials also looked over with Xia Zongxiao's eyes and saw... Protect... Princess... This appearance suddenly shocked the eyeballs to the ground.

Xia Zongxiao looked at Bai Ye's style that was more grandfathered than him and was speechless for a while, and smiled awkwardly at the two internal officials: "... Ah Ye, she was born in the army... It's more bold... Two... See the laugh... Laughing"

“... Don't dare, don't dare White... Princess Wei... He is worthy of being the mighty Xia Liao, a general with outstanding military achievements! He is really the husband of a woman... Heroine... Informal... Admiration, admiration..."

“...... Prizes and prizes..."

Xia Zongxiao stepped barefoot on the soft animal skin, came to Bai Ye's side, handed the whole walnut to Bai Ye's mouth, Bai Ye's attention was on the bookcase on the piece of music was suddenly stretched out in front of a hand startled, suddenly looked up at Xia Zongxiao, and saw the walnut in his mouth, so he put his attention back to the chapter and returned it to you, absentmindedly lowered his head and bit the pen in his mouth and muttered: "I don't like to eat walnuts..."

Xia Zongxiao didn't care so much, he stuffed it directly into Bai Ye's mouth, Bai Ye could only take off the pen in his hand, biting the walnut in his mouth, his brows were still not loose, and he commanded with a bitter face: "Good job..."

Xia Zongxiao glared at her angrily, and saw that she had sat in front of the bookcase for half an hour, but she only wrote more than ten crooked words on the recital to the emperor's court, which was still a format with no content, and Xia Zongxiao took a lot of effort to understand what was written on it. The criminal minister Ji Zhen commanded the general of Zhenbei to play in the white night......

Xia Zongxiao couldn't believe it, pointing to these words that were more ugly than earthworm crawling and asked, "What is this?" ”

“... Extend.. So? The walnuts in Bai Ye's mouth hadn't been chewed yet, and his pronunciation was vague, so he looked back and forth between Xia Zongxiao and Zhangzhang to understand.

"Please, the sin of the music! Didn't you ask me to write it? ”

"I asked you to write the plea! It's not a ghost drawing charm for measuring characters under the flyover! What are these for you? Book from the sky? Who understands! ”