Chapter 80: Assassination in the Snow

The second baby rode around the snow, not to mention his Royal Highness, and he didn't even find a guard. He was so anxious that he put his hands to his mouth and shouted: "Your Highness, the holy decree has arrived, go and receive it!" ”

Without warning, more than a dozen white figures emerged from the snow, and they happened to appear beside Erwa, almost standing up to the war horse under Erwa's crotch.

A white cloak was lifted, revealing Qin Lei's handsome face. He whispered to the two people beside him, "Take the team out far away, and don't go near Tucheng." ”

The two men clasped their fists and said yes. Listening to the voices, it turned out to be Shen Qing and Zhong Likan.

After speaking, Qin Lei beat his horse back to the city. Two days ago, the scouts reported that a group of officials dressed were coming in the direction of Tucheng, and if it hadn't been for the heavy snowfall, they would have arrived yesterday.

When Qin Lei entered the courtyard of the field prison, Qin Qi and several unfamiliar faces came out. Qin Lei grabbed the reins of the horse, nodded slightly at a few strangers on the horse, and said, "The upper hand came from afar, and Qin never greeted him from afar, so he was disrespectful and disrespectful." But there is no disrespect.

How dare a few strangers investigate whether he is disrespectful, kneeling in the snow in a proper manner, and saluting His Royal Highness.

Only then did Qin Lei turn over and dismount, pick up the one in front of him, and said gently: "What is the name of this superior?" ”

The middle-aged man in a mink coat said sharply: "If you go back to Your Highness, the slave maid is named Liu Quan." ”

Qin Lei nodded and said, "It turned out to be Gonggong Liu, please inside." ”

The group entered the house, sat down to talk as the guest of honor, and some veterans served tea and food. Qin Qi apologized to Gonggong Liu and said, "There are no rare things on the prairie this season, so my father-in-law will just take a look." ”

How dare Gonggong Liu put on a score in front of Qin Lei, he smiled at Qin Qi and said, "Lord Qin, don't be polite, it's important to get down to business." Then he arched his hand to Qin Lei and said, "Your Highness, why don't we announce the decree first, otherwise the slave and maid will not be down-to-earth in their hearts." ”

Qin Lei nodded and smiled, "It should be." ”

The incense burner table had already been set up, and Qin Qi had prepared a futon for Qin Lei. Qin Lei smiled at him and knelt on it, waiting for Gonggong Liu to announce his decree.

Liu Quan took the holy decree from the desk with both hands, and asked Qin Lei to check whether the brocade set outside was intact. Qin Lei nodded, and the old eunuch grabbed a thread on the brocade set, and with a slight pull, the brocade set cracked open, revealing the golden holy decree inside. Unfolded, the elongated voice begins to read.

After this period of hard work, Qin Lei has no problem reading written words, but it is still a little troublesome to listen to this kind of literary crepe. It starts with except: "Fengtian carrier, the emperor's edict said, heaven and earth Xuanhuang, Yao Shunyu soup ......", the rest are confused. Until the end, Eunuch Liu read: "...... Immortal, he is now allowed to return to Beijing on the same day and take over the Shenwu Gate on the eighteenth day of the lunar month. Chin this. ”

Qin Lei hurriedly kowtowed and thanked him: "Long live my emperor, long live." "He still knows what 'Chin Chi' said.

Eunuch Liu hurriedly stepped forward to help him up after he kowtowed three times.

When Qin Lei asked for the holy decree from Eunuch Liu's hand, he looked at it carefully, and was stunned to find that there were more than 400 words, and what was really useful was the sentence he understood in the end.

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Qin Lei put away the holy decree and smiled at Gonggong Liu: "Father-in-law has come from afar, why don't you rest for a few days before leaving?" ”

Gonggong Liu apologized and said: "Your Highness, the snow a few days ago delayed the trip, if you delay the pick-up......"

Qin Lei laughed and said, "Then don't embarrass my father-in-law, let's leave early tomorrow morning." ”

Gonggong Liu knew that he must have something to arrange, so he excused himself from the fatigue of the journey and took his men to the backyard to rest.

There were only two left in the hall, Qin Lei and Qin Qi. The two looked at each other and smiled, Qin Qi arched his hand and said happily: "Congratulations to Your Highness for your early liberation." ”

Qin Lei looked at the dark-faced man with the same surname and grinned. Qin Qi is an upright person, quite virtuous, and has very strong overall planning ability, and he has handled everyone's food, clothing, housing and transportation in the past six months, without any mistakes. The relationship between the two is also getting closer and closer, when he knew that Qin Qi was a first-class jinshi, Qin Lei also asked Erwa to study under Qin Qi's door.

Qin Lei must not be able to return to Beijing with 1,500 people, so Qin Lei wants to talk to Qin Qi about the arrangements after leaving: "I will hand over the left-behind personnel to Zhong Likan and Shen Qing, you only need to be responsible for their supply." ”

Qin Qi said strangely: "Supplies? What are they going to do? ”

Qin Lei smiled and said, "You have to find something for them to do, they will get tired of training alone." ”

Qin Qi didn't ask much, and nodded in response.

Qin Lei said again: "Then there is the matter of military horses, you have to be careful, it doesn't matter if it takes a long time, don't leak the news." ”

Qin Qi smiled and said, "Your Highness, don't worry, I know this." ”

Qin Lei nodded and said, "Old Qin, if you persist for two more years at most, I will want to transfer you back." ”

Qin Qi sighed in his heart, how could it be so easy to offend that person, but he still thanked His Highness.

Qin Lei saw that he didn't believe it, but he didn't say anything more.

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In the early morning of the next day, more than 200 horsemen drove out of the south gate of the city and galloped away. Only a long chaotic string of horseshoe prints remained.

Qin Surabaya and Erwa were not in the team, and they will set off in the second batch.

The group of people hurried up, eager to grow their wings and fly to Zhongdu at once. However, the sky was not beautiful, and from the third day they left Tucheng, it began to snow again, and the snow was heavy and intermittent. Sometimes you can't even see the road clearly. The wind was blowing stronger and stronger, rolling up the snow particles and smashing them on the face, and the horses were running crookedly.

Qin Lei and the others put a quilt on the war horse to keep out the cold, and he wrapped it with several layers of thick cotton robes and wrapped them together, leaving only a slit in front of them. In fact, the wind and snow can't see anything clearly, and it is all up to the leading old horse to lead the way so as not to lose his way. Qin Lei and the others couldn't help but be grateful to Qin Qi, this careful field supervisor had prepared enough warm clothes for everyone, many people were still troublesome at that time, if it wasn't for Qin Qi's glare, they would have taken it off.

After seven days of walking on the snowy prairie like this, Qin Lei and the others could not say that after all, the tempering of several months was not in vain. The eunuch Liu Gonggong was miserable, many people froze out, some people's fingers froze, some people fell directly from their horses in gallop and were injured, and some people started to get sick.

After a lot of hard work, I finally walked out of the prairie, and there were still three days before the first day of the lunar month. And the road ahead is still snowy.

Qin Lei placed the wounded at the post stations along the way, streamlined the team and changed horses, and continued south. He knew that the team was at its limit and did not dare to stop for a moment, because it would take several days to recover once it stopped.

Who told us not to be treated by the emperor? Qin Lei smiled self-deprecatingly. He shouted at the tired team: "Everyone grit their teeth and hold on, and I will give you ten days off when you arrive in Zhongdu, okay?" ”

A cheer rang out from the ranks, and the march finally did not slow down.

Eunuch Liu was also in the team, he had been tossed out of human shape, but he still let Qin Lei tie himself to the back of the horse, and he didn't dare to miss the day. Qin Lei took good care of him and came to visit him from time to time. During the day's march, Qin Lei rode over again, and the two chatted casually, and then talked about the itinerary.

"Father-in-law, don't worry, we have entered the Gyeonggi territory, and we can arrive in Zhongdu early tomorrow morning, the time is just right." Qin Lei said with a smile.

Father-in-law Liu turned his head with difficulty, looked at the snow-white world around him, and said with a wry smile: "Thanks to His Royal Highness this way, the slave and maid will not forget ......."

Before the words fell, a bowstring sound sounded in the mountains and forests, Qin Lei reflexively fell off the horse, and at the same time wanted to pull Eunuch Liu, but he was firmly trapped on the horse's back and couldn't pull it at all. Qin Lei watched as Eunuch Liu was hit by two arrows in the chest, and blood splattered three feet away.

At this time, there were wails all around, but Qin Lei didn't have time to take care of it, as soon as his body hit the ground, he rolled frantically to the big stone beside the road. The hard training on weekdays showed results, and after a few exertions, he approached the boulder. The sound of breaking wind suddenly sounded in his ears, and Qin Lei didn't dodge, but actually hunched his waist and used his back to block the bow and arrows that were shot fiercely.

The guards who came back to their senses watched this scene with fear, but Qin Lei's movements were too fast, and it was too late to stop them.

The sharp long arrow pierced Qin Lei's back with a huge momentum. slammed Qin Lei behind the boulder.

Shen Bing and the others suddenly seemed to have returned to the Zhulu River half a year ago...... Crazy and rushed in the direction where Qin Lei disappeared.

At this moment, an angry roar came from behind the boulder: "Send a signal!" ”

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