After Zhao Yan escorted Li Liangzuo and his wife out of Xingqing Mansion, they passed through Jingzhou, Shunzhou and Lingzhou and other big cities along the way, and he did not have any stop in these cities, all the way south to Xi'an Prefecture, as long as he reached Xi'an Prefecture, and then he could enter the territory of the Great Song Dynasty to the south, and then those Western Xia remnants would no longer have a chance to save Li Liangzuo, so if the other party wanted to do it, he would definitely choose this journey from Xingqing Mansion to Xi'an Prefecture.

However, what Zhao Yan and they didn't expect was that the first half of the distance in front of them was very smooth, not to mention the remnants of Western Xia, and they didn't even encounter a thief on the road, of course, with the size of their team, ordinary thieves and robbers didn't dare to come up to find death, so Zhao Yan and they came to Mingsha City safely.

Mingsha City is just located in the middle of Xingqing Mansion and Xi'an Prefecture, and from Mingsha City to the south is no longer the central area of Western Xia, even from Mingsha City to Xi'an Prefecture will become very desolate, and even a large-scale town can not be found in the middle, coupled with the impact of the previous war, making this journey more desolate, according to the previous speculation, if those remnants of Western Xia are ready to rescue Li Liangzuo, they will definitely do it on this journey, after all, in this journey, It will take a few days for the nearest Song army to reach the scene of the incident, and there is no time to rescue.

It is precisely because of this that after Zhao Yan and the others left Mingsha City, the entire team began to be on full alert, and the rangers sent out every day must find out the situation within ten miles of the surroundings in case of an ambush, as for the two thousand Song troops who were ambushed behind them, they were also doubly careful. The team in front of you is contacted every day to avoid surprises.

Faced with this situation, Zhao Yan was also a little nervous at first. After all, he has never been an adventurous person, and this time he agreed to the plan for a special reason, but when the plan was really implemented, and he could not help but be a little nervous when he could be attacked by the remnants of Western Xia at any time.

There is a total of 12 days from Mingsha City to Xi'an Prefecture, of course, this refers to the situation when the journey is smooth, if there is bad weather such as strong winds and snow. The time will be extended, and it is just the beginning of spring. It is the time when they are most likely to encounter strong winds, and it is also very likely that there will be a cold spring, and if a spring snow falls, I am afraid that they will all have to be stranded on the road.

Zhao Yan was also worried about the change in the weather along the way. Especially not long after they left Mingsha City, a thick layer of dark clouds gathered in the sky, and the north wind kept blowing, which made people worry that a heavy snow would fall in the sky at any time, but it was also Zhao Yan's luck, the sky was cloudy for six days, but there was still no snow, and even Zhao Yan found that the clouds in the air seemed to be thinner, which made him also relieved.

Wait until the afternoon. The clouds in the sky were thinner again, the wind was lighter, and even a yellow glow could be seen in the western sky. This made Zhao Yan think that the weather was about to turn cloudy and sunny, and he couldn't help but be very happy in his heart, but at this moment, Chong Mo found him with a wry smile and said, "King Jun, I'm afraid we won't be able to travel tomorrow!" ”

"Why is that?" Zhao Yan asked in surprise when he heard this, they all insisted on hurrying when the clouds were thick before. But now the sky is almost clear, and the wind is much lighter. Tomorrow is a good time to hurry, but the farmer actually said that he can't hurry tomorrow, which he really can't understand.

"The king of the county does not know, the weather in the northwest is unpredictable, especially in the spring, it is easier to encounter strong winds and snow, you don't look at the first few days are gloomy, but people who are familiar with the weather in the northwest know that this kind of weather will be fine, but today the clouds are thinning, and there is light in the west, and the people in the northwest call this light ' The reason why it has this name is that whenever this kind of light appears, then the next day there will be a strong wind, which can blow the stones up, and in this kind of weather, we may have to find a sheltered place to take shelter. At this time, he smiled bitterly again and said, although he was not very familiar with the weather in the northwest, but his subordinates had talents in this area, and the forecast weather was generally eighty or ninety percent sure, so he came to report to Zhao Yan.

"I see, while there is still time now, General Chong asked people to find a sheltered place to camp, and wait until tomorrow to see the situation!" Zhao Yan also immediately said when he heard this, he had also learned the bad weather in the northwest during this time, for example, when he was from Yunxingqing Mansion in Xi'an Prefecture before, he encountered a heavy snowstorm and almost buried thousands of them on the road, so he didn't dare to take it lightly this time.

When he heard Zhao Yan's words, he immediately agreed, and then immediately sent people to find a sheltered camp, but soon a spy came back to report that there was a valley a few miles in front of them, blocked by mountain peaks on both sides, and there were several roads in and out of the valley, so there was no need to worry about being blocked by the enemy, and there was even a small stream flowing down from the mountain, which solved the problem of drinking water in the military camp, which can be said to be a very ideal sheltered camp.

At dusk, Zhao Yan and their team finally arrived in this valley, and then began to set up camp, among which the seed has spread the news that there may be a strong wind tomorrow throughout the army, which also makes the soldiers work very hard when camping, and the wedges of the fixed tents are very deep, after all, even if there is a valley block, the wind will blow in along both sides of the valley, if the tent is not strong, it is likely to be blown over, and then they don't want to strengthen the tent in the cold wind.

Zhao Yan's tent was the first to be tied, although his carriage was relatively comfortable, but it was only relatively speaking, and the road conditions were not very good, and he would have back pain after sitting for a day, so after the tent was set up, Zhao Yan immediately went into the tent to rest, and by the way, he boiled some hot water and prepared to make tea. This time he didn't even bring small bean sprouts when he came to Xixia, and Zhao Yan was not used to letting the soldiers in the army serve, so he did things himself, after all, he was not a particularly delicate person.

Zhao Yan's tea is naturally not the kind of tea cake that takes a lot of effort, he has long found that the tea cake of the Great Song Dynasty is very inconvenient to use, so he asked people to make a batch of fried tea, which is a common tea in later generations, and he brought a lot of it when he went out this time, among which he gave some to Zhao Ji and Yang Wenguang and others, and most of the rest were given to Hu Yanqing, these military cadets, and he only had a small can left, ready to drink on the way back.

The water boiled, Zhao Yan washed the tea first, and then put it in the teapot to brew, and when the tea was brewed, he just wanted to pour himself a cup to taste, but he suddenly thought of a person, and then simply held a teapot in one hand and two cups in the other hand out of the tent, and now the whole camp is still busy, most of the soldiers are busy camping, only a few tents around Zhao Yan have already been set up in advance.

Zhao Yan distinguished a few tents around, and then went straight to a very large tent, there were two heavily armed guards standing in front of the door of this tent, and when he saw Zhao Yan, he just nodded and saluted, Zhao Yan also nodded to them, and then reached out to open the curtain at the door of the tent and walked in.

I saw that the big tent was empty all around, only a carriage was parked in the middle, it was the special carriage where Li Liangzuo was imprisoned, in order to prevent Li Liangzuo from having the opportunity to escape, even if he was resting, he would not be released, it can be said that eating, drinking, and sleeping were in the car.

There are windows on all sides of the carriage, of course, there are iron fences cast on the windows, as soon as Zhao Yan came in, Li Liangzuo and Queen Liang in the carriage had already seen him, but both of them just glanced at Zhao Yan lightly, and then closed their eyes again and sat there motionless, as if they didn't intend to say anything to Zhao Yan.

Zhao Yan had already expected Li Liangzuo's reaction, and at that moment he walked to the carriage with a smile, put the teacup in his hand on the springboard in front of the carriage, and poured two cups of tea with his own hands, and then sent one of the cups of tea into the small window for delivering rice and said: "After a day's journey against the cold wind, presumably His Majesty the Emperor is also cold and hungry, it is better to drink a cup of tea to warm up, dinner will be delivered soon." ”

Hearing Zhao Yan's words, Li Liangzuo finally opened his eyes and glanced at Zhao Yan again, but this time he finally did not close his eyes immediately, but looked at Zhao Yan with interest, and finally stood up and walked to the window, reached out and took a sip of the teacup, and only after a while did he speak: "Good tea, first bitter and then sweet, makes people have endless aftertaste, I have long heard that His Royal Highness the King of Guangyang County of the Great Song Dynasty is versatile, I didn't expect to be so proficient in the tea ceremony." ”

"Haha, it's not that I know how to make tea, but this tea itself is more peculiar, only need to be brewed with boiling water, it will be full of tea fragrance, it can be said that it is not only convenient, but also tastes good, and it is likely to replace the tea cakes used now in the future." Regarding Li Liangzuo's praise, Zhao Yan laughed and said.

"I see, you Song people are very proficient in these strange and obscene techniques." Li Liangzuo heard some contempt here, although their party members have been learning from the Great Song Dynasty, they still advocate force in their bones, and Zhao Yan's new invention will only be regarded as opportunistic in their eyes, which is also true for Li Liangzuo.

"Strange kinky skills?" Zhao Yan couldn't help but feel amused when he heard this, and immediately glanced at Li Liangzuo, who was drinking tea, and said with a smile, "It seems that Your Majesty doesn't pay much attention to some new inventions, but has Your Majesty ever thought that some small inventions are likely to have a huge impact, and may even affect the national fortunes of a country?" ”

"Oh?" Li Liangzuo also glanced at Zhao Yan indifferently at this time, and said with a chuckle, "Affect the national fortune of a country, does it depend on this small tea leaf?" (To be continued) R580