Princess Siyun was worried about being gossiped, so she didn't share a bed with Lu Jinping after that. And Xiaoxiao was also afraid that his subordinates would laugh at him, because he was more reserved, so naturally he would not come to the tent to warm him.

Yunzi is a guy who is not afraid of heaven and earth, but if she was still a little bold before this, but now that her father has promised to marry, she will soon become Lu Jinping's side princess, and she wants to marry justifiably, she doesn't want Lu Jinping to look down on her, so she deliberately keeps her distance.

As a result, the woman next to Lu Jinping is only the gentle and considerate Ye Qingqing.

Under the cold and freezing, Lu Jinping's profound internal skills were not afraid of the cold, but when he saw that Ye Qingqing's hands and feet were red from the cold, and even his eyebrows were frozen with ice slag, he was distressed, so he pulled her into his futon and hugged her to keep warm.

Since then, the dry wood fire, although it is cold and snowy outside, and the cold wind is cold, but the big tent is full of spring. The results speak for themselves.

The time has finally come for the spies sent by Lu Jinping to return from the visit, and only three of the four teams sent out earlier have returned. And the news they brought back was very heavy, they could not find the right direction and path, nor could they find the market town that should have appeared, as if he had disappeared, and the other team of spies was not able to return. Not sure what happened.

Lu Jinping consulted with the princess and several elders, and at the same time quietly asked Yelujue's opinion. After discussion, it was decided that we could not wait any longer, because I don't know how long the wind and snow would last. The freezing of death was getting worse, so they decided to go in the direction where the spies who had not returned. First, to find the two missing people, and second, the rest of the direction is likely to be correct.

So, the remaining fifty or so of them set out in the direction of the two spies.

In the heavy snow, try to find the two spies. It's really not easy, because as long as they stagger a certain distance, they can't be seen in the wind and snow, maybe they are only a few hundred steps apart, and there is no way to detect each other's existence, so. Lu Jinping decided to let the plum blossom guard every time he traveled a certain distance, shouting their names loudly. As much as possible, Yelujue's people were not allowed to make a sound, so as not to be suspected by the Turkic elders. Although there are also many Tang soldiers on the Tang border who are Turkic, it is better not to let them be suspicious.

Walking all the way forward, the plum blossom guards shouted hoarsely. In the wind and snow, there was no trace of them left behind, and there was no response, and the two soldiers seemed to disappear into the vast snowfield.

The princess came up with an idea to let the soldier walk sideways. They can see each other, dozens of steps apart, to ensure that they can search forward at a distance from each other, so that the search area is wider and they will not lose contact with each other.

Lu Jinping immediately adopted the princess's suggestion, and after the long snakes lined up, they searched forward, and walked in this way for several days, and finally they made a discovery. -- In the midst of the snowstorm. They found a piece of torn clothing. It was covered in blood and torn to pieces. Identified. They recognized it as the soldier's costume of the Tang Dynasty.

Now that they have penetrated deep into the hinterland of the Turks, it is impossible for there to be other Tang soldiers here except them, and the bodies of the Tang soldiers who died in the previous battle have all been cremated, and at the same time, it is far from here. How could there be any torn clothes here?

They immediately thought of the two dead soldiers who were exploring the path were pretended to be Khitan warriors, but they were wearing the costumes of the Tang Dynasty soldiers.

Did they have some accidents?

Among the Khitan soldiers, there were hunters from Orion, and after inspection, judging from the broken clothing. It was as if it had been torn apart by a wild beast.

This means that the two soldiers may well have died in the belly of the beast.

The snow covered the earth, and all the wild beasts, like cattle and sheep, had a very difficult time finding food, whether they were herbivores or carnivores, and the beasts at this time also became extremely crazy, because they would be very terrible when faced with life and death.

After receiving a reminder from the other Orion soldiers, Lu Jinping immediately ordered the team to be gathered and marched together, instead of searching in a carpet manner, so as not to be broken by the beasts. In the era of cold weapons, the more people assembled, the stronger the combat effectiveness, which is generally the case.

They walked forward for another two days, and the wind and snow finally subsided, and at night, the blizzard, which had been raging for nearly ten days, finally stopped, and the land was quiet, but the snow under their feet could not go all the way.

Lu Jinping ordered camping, and they couldn't dig out the land below from the snow after a long day's effort, and they were already exhausted and out of breath. Lu Jinping ordered to spread a sleeping blanket on top of the snow, so that you could sleep peacefully, because in such an extremely cold time, the surface of the ice and snow was frozen as hard as the ground, and there was not much difference between the two.

After the tent was set up, a guard was arranged, and Lu Jinping was about to get into the tent to warm up with the pretty maid Ye Qingqing, when he saw Ye Lujue, who was disguised as a soldier of the Tang Dynasty, walking towards him. knew that Yelujue had something to say, so he deliberately stepped aside to enjoy the snowy scene.

When Yelu Jue was about to arrive at Lu Jinping's side, his speed slowed down, but he didn't stop, he just said in a low voice: "Tonight, it's the third watch in the middle of the night." Come out, I have something to say to you, a hundred paces south of the barracks, and I will be waiting for you there

"Okay, I'll come out then."

After Yelujue walked away, Lu Jinping turned around and came back, and when he turned around, he still casually glanced at Yelujue's back, thinking to himself what did this Khan's wife have to tell him?

Although Yelujue was wearing loose Tang Dynasty soldier clothes, her graceful body could still be outlined in Lu Jinping's eyes. Of course, it is not the curves that appear in the loose robes now, but the appearance of the charming lines that I have seen in Lingzhou City in my mind.

Late at night, everything was silent, Ye Qingqing in his arms slept very sweetly, Lu Jinping lightly got out of the quilt, but Ye Qingqing still felt it, and said, "Where are you going?" ”

"I'll go out for a while, and I'll be back soon, you can sleep." After saying this, Lu Jinping felt that it was not safe, and if he didn't come back, this little girl might come out to look for it, so he added: "I'll go to the princess to discuss some things, it may take some time, you don't have to wait for me, sleep by yourself." ”

"Oh, okay." Of course, Ye Qingqing knew what Lu Jinping meant, it was likely that he had a date with the princess, and he was going to stay with the princess in the middle of the night.

Lu Jinping got dressed, opened the curtain and came out, only to see a bright moon, shining clearly on the snowfield. The bright light emitted by the snow is dazzling, and if you are exposed to strong light reflections for a long time, you are prone to snow blindness. It's a pity that I don't have sunglasses, so I have to bite the bullet and hope that we can finish the conversation soon.

He came out and walked to the south, walked dozens of steps, and did not see any guards, because the more than 50 guards under his command were actually Khitan warriors, and when he came out, he did not see the people who served as guards, presumably they were broken away by Yelujue, so as not to find out.

Lu Jinping then walked forward, and after walking for a while, he couldn't see any figure in the snowfield alone, because the moonlight was very clear, and the snow reflection was very strong, and he could see far away. However, within the line of sight, there was no figure of Yelujue.

Just when he was confused, suddenly, he felt a slight movement behind him, and immediately turned around, and saw a figure standing up from the snow, looking at him with a smile in the moonlight, it was Yelujue.

It turned out that she was wearing a white robe, lying in the snowdrift, and the whole person was hidden in the snow, and Lu Jinping walked past him without anyone noticing.

Lu Jinping smiled and said, "Madam, do you really like to joke, hiding here to scare me?" ”。

"What? I was not afraid of being brave and good at fighting and charging into battle before, but now the prince is afraid of me as a woman? ”

Lu Jinping saw that she was smiling sweetly, and there was an ambiguous style in her smile, so she didn't dare to say such things to her again, so she went straight to the point and said, "What does Madam want to tell me?" Please say it. Let's not leave for too long, lest they be worried. ”

"What I want to tell you is, of course, about the relationship between our Khitan and the Tang Dynasty, and what my husband left before he set off to follow the Turkic Khan to the Western Regions, I haven't had the opportunity to tell you in detail, it just so happens that the moonlight is very good today, and we can just talk about it. ――You don't feel cold, do you? I think you're very cold tolerant along the way, so this cold shouldn't be of much help to you, right? ”

"Well, sort of, what does the Khitan Khan have to explain? Madame, please. ”

Yelujue glanced at him, walked forward with his hands behind his back, and said, "Shall we talk while walking?" You walk with me, I can't sleep, it's been a snowstorm for more than ten days, I'm very depressed, I finally have such a beautiful night, why don't you enjoy it? Don't you Datang have a saying about stepping on the snow to find plum blossoms? Although there are no plum blossoms in this endless snowfield, let's think about the artistic conception of stepping on the snow to find plum blossoms. ”

Lu Jinping saw her walking forward as she spoke, and didn't care if she kept up, so she had to smile wryly and shake her head and follow behind.

The snow is too deep, every foot can be submerged to the thighs, such a deep snow to go forward, where is there any artistic conception of stepping on the snow to find plums, it is simply a deep foot shallow foot in the difficult trek. However, this lady walked in a chic and unusual manner, and she didn't feel bitter at all, so she had to follow behind.

The two walked out of the distance, and Yelu Jue began to say: "My husband, Khitan Khan, studied in your Tang Chang'an for several years when he was young, so he has a deep affection for Datang, and after inheriting the position of Khan, he originally wanted to return to Datang immediately, but unfortunately Khitan is the same as the Turks, there are also many tribes, and the opinions of the chiefs of each tribe are different, among which there is a tribal chief named Ketuyu." The forces are extremely strong, and they are fighting against our Dahe clan, and they have always wanted to compete for the position of Khan. (To be continued.) )