Marching under the scorching sun is a very painful thing.

Under the scorching sun, sweating like rain, the army continued to advance eastward along the official road, and had already walked out of Henan Mansion for dozens of miles.

I told Tang Xuanzong exactly how to deal with the case of Zhao Zhongde, the governor of Henan Prefecture, annexing and enclosing land.

Of course, the paragraph between me and Qian Rui was omitted.

Tang Xuanzong was very satisfied with the results of my handling, praised me a lot, and promised to give me an official as soon as I returned to Chang'an City.

As soon as I heard that I was going to be promoted to a knight, I was also very excited, thinking: When I have enough merits, I can rescue He Xiangxue.

Running all the way, at noon, came to the front of a boundary monument, this boundary monument is as high as several zhang, engraved with the big three words of the river east road.

I clenched my right hand into a fist and raised it high in the air, signaling for the army to halt its advance.

When the army saw my gesture, they immediately stopped advancing, and the firehead army quickly began to bury the pot and cook.

I turned over and dismounted, and walked to Tang Xuanzong's dragon chariot, and Tang Xuanzong was also walking out of the dragon chariot with the support of Gao Lishi.

I saluted Tang Xuanzong and said: Emperor Qiqi, the front is the boundary monument of Hedong Road, and after walking through this boundary monument, you will enter Hedong Road, which means that it is very close to Mount Tai.

Tang Xuanzong: Jiang Aiqing, accompany me to see the boundary monument.

Me: I will obey the order.

Gao Lishi Fu, one, this, read, the novel xstxt Tang Xuanzong walked in front, and I followed behind.

Coming to the boundary monument, Tang Xuanzong glanced up and said: Cultivate magnificently.

After that, he raised his eyes and looked around, but he saw an empty space, and he couldn't see the edge at a glance.

Me: Your Majesty, when you enter this plain area, you can see from afar, which is very different from the way you see the scenery in Chang'an City.

Tang Xuanzong: Jiang Aiqing, that's a good thing, I like the scenery of this plain, and at a glance, my heart is relaxed.

Me: What the emperor said is very true.

After eating lunch, the army immediately marched.

In the evening, I came to Yunzhou City.

Yunzhou Taishou led the officials of Yunzhou City, the resident generals, the government officials to catch fast, and the rich gentry and celebrities waited at the west gate early, waiting for Tang Xuanzong's holy drive.

As soon as Tang Xuanzong's dragon chariot arrived at the west gate of Yunzhou City, Yunzhou Taishou led everyone to kneel on the ground immediately, and shouted: Yunzhou Taishou Wu Qingshan led the people of Yunzhou to welcome the emperor.

I took the lead, came to Wu Qingshan's side, and said, "Lord Wu, go to the palace first."

Wu Qingshan: The lower officials obey the order.

Wu Qingshan led the officials of Yunzhou City, the resident generals, the government officials to catch fast, and the rich gentry and celebrities into Yunzhou City.

I led the army and followed into Yunzhou City.

At this time, the sky slowly darkened; However, the streets of Yunzhou City are still full of people, and they are brightly lit everywhere.

Seeing this, I thought: Datang is worthy of prosperity, and even a small Yunzhou city is so prosperous.

When he came to the palace, Tang Xuanzong walked down the dragon chariot with the support of Gao Lishi.

Wu Qingshan hurriedly stepped forward to give a salute, and shouted in his mouth: Wu Qingshan, the Taishou of Yunzhou, knocks on the emperor, long live my emperor, long live, long live.

Tang Xuanzong: Wu Aiqing, excuse me, go in and speak.

Wu Qingshan: Emperor Xie.

Tang Xuanzong walked into the palace, and Wu Qingshan and others also followed him to the palace.

I arranged the escort and walked into the palace.

Tang Xuanzong met with the officials of Yunzhou City, the resident generals, the government officials, and the rich gentry and celebrities in his dormitory.

Wu Qingshan: Emperor Qi, Weichen has something to play the emperor.

Tang Xuanzong: Aiqing, please speak.

Wu Qingshan: Returning to the emperor, leaving Yunzhou City, and going to the east for fifty miles, there is a river, the river is so rapid that it is impossible to build a bridge on it; Therefore, only one single-plank bridge was erected. If the people of Yunju Fortress and Jeju Fortress want to move around each other, they must cross this single-plank bridge. Because of the rapid flow of the river and the narrowness of the single-plank bridge, many people fall into the river every year and become food for the black dragon.

When Tang Xuanzong heard this, his face changed slightly, and he said: Black Dragon, what is it?

Wu Qingshan: The black dragon is several feet long, with a huge mouth and extremely hard teeth, which can be bitten by large stones, and it looks very terrifying.

Tang Xuanzong: Jiang Aiqing, have you heard of this black dragon?

As soon as I heard this, I thought to myself: Black dragon, I have not heard of it, maybe it is some kind of animal in the river, maybe it is relatively large, they don't know what the name of this animal is, so they gave it this name according to the appearance of this animal.

Me: Back to the emperor, the last general has never heard of the black dragon. However, the last general thought that this was just some kind of animal in the river, and although Lord Wu said it was very terrifying, the last general was sure to conquer it.

Wu Qingshan said in surprise: General Jiang, the number of this black dragon is innumerable, it is very terrifying, it is really not the subordinate talking nonsense, which makes the emperor worried.

Me: Lord Wu, Jiang knows that you don't talk nonsense, please rest assured, you go and prepare the bamboo raft quickly, and wait to see a good show tomorrow.

Tang Xuanzong said with a smile: Jiang Aiqing, I believe in your ability very much, and I am waiting to see your wonderful performance tomorrow. Okay, that's it for today, let's all go down.

Me: I will obey the order.

We bowed to Tang Xuanzong, walked out of the dormitory, and went back to our rooms.

After dinner, I went straight to bed, and I slept quite comfortably.

Nothing happened overnight.

Early the next morning, the army was assembled, and Wu Qingshan also brought hundreds of soldiers and hundreds of bamboo rafts.

As soon as I saw that everything was ready, I ordered the army to continue eastward.

After walking fifty miles, I saw a river, but I saw that the river was five or six meters wide and flowed from north to south, blocking the road for the army to go east.

I signaled the army to stop advancing, and the firehead army immediately buried the pot and cooked food, and all the soldiers rested on the spot.

I took Wang Long, Benniu, Gouwa, Yang Jian, and patted the horse to the bank of the river, but I saw that the river was rushing and looked quite dangerous, and there was a single-plank bridge on the river, and the bridge deck was narrow, and only one person could pass through.

The water of this river is fierce, but there is nothing unusual to see.

Tang Xuanzong also walked over with the support of Gao Lishi, Chen Xuanli and Ge Shuhan also followed, and Wu Qingshan walked last.

When we saw Tang Xuanzong coming, we quickly turned over and dismounted, and stepped forward to give a salute.

Tang Xuanzong: Jiang Aiqing, did you find the black dragon?

Me: Back to the emperor, not for the time being.

Tang Xuanzong: Wu Aiqing, what's going on?

Wu Qingshan: Back to the emperor, this black dragon needs live food to come out of the hole.

Me: It's easy, just throw a few live chickens down and see. Stupid cow, dog baby, go to the Huotou Army and get a few live chickens.

Stupid Cow, Dog: Yes.

The stupid cow and the dog baby immediately ran to the Huotou army and brought four live chickens.

Me: Throw it into the river.

Stupid Cow, Dog Baby: Yes, big brother.

As soon as the stupid cow and the dog baby threw the live chicken into the water, they saw the chicken fluttering its wings on the surface of the river and splashing in patches.

After a while, I saw that the water in the river was spinning rapidly, and a group of black things rushed out at once, and all the people on the shore shouted, obviously very surprised!

I looked at it and saw that the black dragon was one or two meters long, with a huge open mouth and long teeth, but it was not a rare animal, it was called a crocodile by modern people.

After seeing all this clearly, I thought: these ancients are really uninformed, and the crocodile insists that they are black dragons.

Thinking of this, I couldn't help but show a hint of pride on my face.

Me: Your Majesty, this black dragon is indeed powerful, but it can also be easily dealt with.

When Tang Xuanzong heard this, a smile appeared on his face, and he said: Jiang Aiqing, let's talk about it.

Me: Returning to the emperor, this black dragon has great strength and a hard body, and can only be killed by inserting a spear into its huge mouth.

Tang Xuanzong: Then Aiqing will do it.

Me: I will obey the order. Stupid cow and dog baby, go to the army to get a spear and a bamboo raft.

I only heard Yang Jian say coldly: Give me a spear and a bamboo raft.

As soon as I heard this, I smiled and said to Yang Jian: Brother Jian is really a master of art and bold, and my eldest brother admires him.

Yang Jian didn't speak, the expression on his face was very calm, but the murderous aura in his eyes was quite chilling, which made people shudder.

It didn't take long for the stupid cow and the dog baby to get a spear and a bamboo raft.

Yang Jian and I took a spear and a bamboo raft, came to the shore, threw the bamboo raft into the river, and jumped on the bamboo raft.

The crocodiles saw the big food and swam towards us.

Swimming closer, the crocodiles leaped out of the river in an instant, opened their bloody mouths, and pounced directly on us.

When I looked at the crocodile's teeth, I was really shocked and thought, "Oh my boy, this is terrifying."

I immediately settled down, and with a light touch on my toes on the bamboo raft, my body jumped several meters into the air, dodging the hard blow of this group of crocodiles.

When the people on the shore saw that I was in great danger just now, but I had escaped safely, they all cheered and applauded.

On the other side, Yang Jian was different, his martial arts were too high, and his reaction was also extremely fast, the moment a few crocodiles pounced on him, he inserted a spear into the crocodile's mouth one by one, and threw all these crocodiles to the shore, seeing that he couldn't live.

I landed on the raft from the sky, and the crocodiles jumped out of the water, opened their mouths, and pounced on me.

This time, I was fully prepared to use my spear, like a sword to seal the throat, a shot directly into the mouth of a crocodile, and threw it hard at the shore.

However, my body and technique are not as fast as Yang Jian's, and after throwing out a crocodile, I jumped into the air to avoid the attacks of other crocodiles.

The two of us were hunting crocodiles on the raft, and the people on the shore were watching intently, each with a stunned expression, and they couldn't believe their eyes.

Both of us are very good at light work, and no matter how drastic the action is, it will not make waves.

However, the waves on the river are still very large; Because, these crocodiles pounce in and out, and they still have great power.

Ten minutes later, all the crocodiles in the river were killed by us, and the whole river surface instantly returned to calm, and the river water flowed quietly, looking very pleasant.

We jumped ashore from the raft and saw that there were no less than 100 crocodiles on the shore.

I immediately walked up to a crocodile, took out the dagger I carried with me, cut off the crocodile's tail with force, walked to Tang Xuanzong's side, and said: Your Majesty, although the meat of this black dragon is extremely fishy, as long as it is cooked properly, it is a superb delicacy.

Tang Xuanzong: It's the first time I've seen this thing, can I eat its meat?

Me: Back to the emperor, you can eat. I thought to myself: people in modern times eat this kind of meat, but it's not wild.

I went to the Firehead and cooked a pot of soup with this crocodile's tail.

After it came out of the pot, I tasted it first, and it was really superb.

I brought a bowl to Tang Xuanzong, so that he could open his eyes.

Me: Your Majesty, this soup is extremely fresh and quite rare.

Tang Xuanzong was originally very afraid, but when he saw that I ate with relish, he tasted it and said: Aiqing, it is really the best.

I laughed out loud and said, "Thank you for your praise."

After lunch, the army crossed the river on a bamboo raft and then marched eastward.