Because he was afraid that the departing emperor would rebel again and hinder his return to China, Ji Qingchen discussed with his uncle Ye Qingchen and Yulin Cavalry Captain Guo Lun and decided that this time he would go south as far away as possible from the official road of leaving the country, and he would have to march day and night. Therefore, as soon as the horse team left the range of strength in Beijing, it changed the route and speed of the march, and marched day and night for more than ten days, and finally reached the bank of the Surabaya River, which was less than 100 miles away from Ningwu Pass, on the night of the fifteenth day.

When the horse team arrived at the Surabaya River, it was already late at night, and even if they arrived at Ningwu Pass overnight, they couldn't get out of the city, so Ji Qingchen could only order Guo Lun to camp on the spot and wait until dawn before leaving.

At night, the cold winds of the north howl like ghosts around the camp! The bonfire had long been extinguished, and except for Yu Lin Lang, who was on duty, the rest of the people had already rested.

Only Ji Qingchen's tent still had a faint light.

At this time, he was quietly staring at the letter written to him by Li Qingyi and the "wolf blade" given to him in front of the case, stunned.

When Ye Qingchen walked out of his tent, he saw that there was still a light in Ji Qingchen's tent, and knowing that His Royal Highness Daojiu had not rested, he strode into Ji Qingchen's tent through the return of the guards outside the door.

Ji Qingchen raised his head, saw Ye Qingchen who was near, and asked, "Why hasn't my uncle rested so late, is there anything else to discuss?" ”

"Didn't Your Highness rest too?" Ye Qingchen glanced at the knife on the desk and the letter on the desk.

"Hey! Qingchen can't think of some things clearly! Ji Qingchen sighed slightly and said, "When Calendar Changchuan could have left light dust in the car, but why didn't he do it after the end?" Qingchen could see from his eyes that he was very reluctant to return to Yanyan. Moreover, the teacher was also in the car that day, but why would he avoid Li Changchuan and let Shu'er hand over this letter and this knife to himself? ”

Seeing that Ye Qingchen was a little puzzled, Ji Qingchen explained, "The teacher is the grandson of the god of war Li Yaoshi, and this wolf blade is the saber of Li Yaoshi, representing the glory of the Li family's generals for several generations. ”

"What does Your Highness mean that General Li has given you this letter and this knife has another meaning?" Ye Qingchen began to seriously look at the quaint war knives and letters on the case.

"Yes, if Qingchen's estimate is good, the secret may be in this letter, but Qingchen has not dared to look at what is written on this letter for more than ten days, the teacher's character Qingchen knows very well, since he handed over this letter to Qingchen in private, I am afraid that as long as Qingchen reads the content of the letter, the master-apprentice relationship with the teacher will really be exhausted!" Ji Qingchen said a little sadly.

"Qingchen-" Ye Qingchen said affectionately, he wanted to persuade his nephew, but Ji Qingchen said, "Uncle, needless to say, Qingchen himself knows the severity of the Dao, since we have arrived at Ningwu Pass, if anything happens, it will definitely happen in front of Ningwu Pass, we have come so far, Qingchen doesn't want to be sent to Shangjing again, no matter what is written in the letter, please ask your uncle to take a look instead of Qingchen!" ”

Ye Qingchen hesitated, but still stepped forward to pick up the letter on the desk and opened it gently.

In addition to the letter to Ji Qingchen in the envelope, there was also a letter, Ye Qingchen didn't think that he wanted to read the content of the letter, and was about to hand over the letter to Ji Qingchen, so he heard Ji Qingchen say, "Uncle read it for Qingchen again!" ”

Ye Qingchen withdrew the hand he had handed over, put another envelope with Mu Feng's letter written on it on the desk, and began to read the content that Li Qingyi wrote to Ji Qingchen.

His gaze shifted to the letter, and suddenly his face changed suddenly, and he almost showed signs of unsteady footing.

"Uncle, don't panic, read the letter and talk about it!" Ji Qingchen was very calm.

Ye Qingchen was both relieved and happy to see his nephew's determination that Mount Tai collapsed in front of him and his face did not change, and then he thought of his panic, his old face turned red, he sighed lightly, suppressed the horror in his heart, and he opened his mouth to read:

Light Dust Disciples:

The teacher should not have this letter with you, but because of the friendship between master and apprentice for more than ten years, it became this blood book. For today, you will return to Yan, and the road ahead will be cherished. Your Majesty remembers your old friendship with you, and because of your love with the princess, it will not be difficult for you. However, the Queen Mother is decisive, and she will not miss the old feelings and rob and kill on the way. For the sake of the Empress Dowager's thoughts, if you rob and kill you in Ningwu Pass, then the Ningwu Pass guard will be Mu Feng, the eldest brother of your fellow sect. His people are heroic and heroic, and they value love and righteousness. Now I think that the teacher loves the letter and the wolf peak with the sword, and he will be able to live with you.

At this point, the master-apprentice love is desperate. In the future, each is his master, and when you see him again, it will be your life and death.

I hope that the dust is cherished!

"Sure enough! It's a letter from the teacher and Qingchen! Ji Qingchen sighed softly.

"Your Highness, it is imperative that we consider how to deal with the deployment of the Empress Dowager Xiao, who has left the country!" Ye Qingchen saw that his nephew was still thinking about the friendship between teachers and students, and he ignored the crisis in front of him, and said with a little worry, "The minister's suggestion is to immediately send someone to hand over the letter to Mu Feng, the guard of Ningwu Guan. Since General Li has already made such an arrangement, presumably your senior brother Mu Feng is a trustworthy person. ”

"Uncle, don't panic, I'm afraid this matter is not as simple as you think!" Ji Qingchen thought for a while, and said coldly, "Li Changchuan was able to inherit the throne of the country, which was the result of Qingchen's years of planning with his teacher, and now he ascended the throne as the emperor and began to reuse the teacher, which is a heavy blow to the ten-year-old king of the Southern Courtyard as the emperor and to take advantage of the emperor's young age to listen to the Empress Dowager Xiao." Therefore, when leaving the country, the Empress Dowager Xiao and the teacher are not well known, and the Empress Dowager Xiao always wants to get rid of the teacher, and we rashly sent someone to hand over this letter to Senior Brother Mu Feng at this time, 100% of the letter will fall into the hands of others, and I am afraid that it will be unfavorable to the teacher at that time. ”

"You mean, this is a ploy set up by Empress Dowager Xiao against General Li, he wants to kill two birds with one stone." Ye Qingchen suddenly understood his nephew's worries.

Seeing Ji Qingchen nodding slightly, he asked eagerly, "What does Your Highness mean?" ”

"Qingchen is thinking, the reason why we have not encountered obstacles all the way south in the past few days may be related to the fact that Empress Dowager Xiao wants to attack Qingchen at Ningwu Pass. Now that we have arrived at Ningwu Pass, if we want to find a way out, I am afraid it will be too late. There will definitely be a lot of cavalry waiting for the opportunity to move on all sides of us, and as long as we make any move, we will be intercepted and killed. In this case, why don't we wait until dawn and go straight to Ningwu Pass according to Empress Dowager Xiao's wishes? Before arriving at Ningwu Pass, Qingchen will find a way to hand over the letter to the senior brother, and the senior brother will decide! If the teacher believes in him so much, why doesn't Qingchen believe it? Ji Qingchen analyzed lightly.

"Isn't it! Are we just going to sit back and wait now? Ye Qingchen was anxious.

"Otherwise, what else can be done?" Ji Qingchen replied, "People are swordsmen, and I am fish and meat." I can only wait until I get to Ningwu Pass after dawn, and then talk about it! ”

As he spoke, he picked up the "wolf blade" on the desk and was stunned!

Ye Qingchen was very anxious, but at this time he had nothing to do, so he could only sit in the tent and not speak.

After half a ring, Ji Qingchen came back to his senses, and saw that Ye Qingchen was still in the big tent, so he said, "Uncle, you go back and rest first!" And this matter just needs to tell Guo Lun, don't let him tell Yu Lin Qi again. ”

"No!" Ye Qingchen received the order and bowed down and withdrew from the big tent.

The next day, on the third pole of the day, Ji Qingchen's southbound horse team arrived in front of Ningwu Pass.

It took three years to complete the construction of Ningwu when Emperor Ping of Great Yan moved south, mainly to defend the Qiang people who were dominating the northern frontier at that time. However, since the departure of the country, which was also a nomadic tribe, the Qiang people at that time established a state in the northwest and established the Dali Dynasty. Ningwuguan became the focus of contention between the country and Dayan after years of war. As long as Dayan controls Ningwu Pass, it is equivalent to having a pedal to go north and leave the country, and if he leaves the country and controls Ningwu Pass, it is equivalent to a sharp sword hanging in Dayan's throat.

Therefore, in order to fight for Ningwu Pass, Dayan and Liguo have experienced many major wars in hundreds of years.

During this period, Ningwuguan was under the control of Dayan, until 300 years ago, 200,000 iron horsemen left the country and went south, broke through Ningwu Pass, and the troops approached the capital of Dayan, and Ningwuguan was recaptured.

But in that year, when the iron cavalry that left the country went to the Weishui River and approached King's Landing, Chen Qingzhi, who was still playing chess with Emperor Xuan of Dayan, was suddenly entrusted with an important task.

Chen Qingzhi was ordered to break the danger of the northern capital with only the temporarily formed 7,000 white-robed army. Then he went all the way north, and the momentum was like a bamboo, and he broke through the Ningwu Pass in one breath and killed the capital city that left the country.

If it weren't for Chen Qingzhi's lone army, without food, grass and reinforcements, he would have almost been wiped out by him when he left the country.

Because of this war, Dayan once again realized the importance of Ningwu Pass, and then Ningwuguan became Dayan's gateway in the north!

I never thought that just 30 years ago, Li Qingyi, the god of the military of the country, rose strongly, and wiped out 200,000 elites of Yan in the battle of the Rouge River with Dayan, which made all the elite soldiers in the north of Dayan be lost, which allowed Li Qingyi to take the opportunity to go south and recapture Ningwu Pass, which had been lost for 300 years.

It is now that Ningwu Pass has become a pass to leave the country, and it has become a sharp sword hanging over the head of Dayan!

Ji Qingchen arrived at Ningwu Pass, and Mu Feng, the general of Ningwu Pass, had already learned the news, and led hundreds of cavalry to leave the country early and stood quietly in front of the pass to wait.

Ji Qingchen got out of the carriage, and when he looked at it from a distance, he saw the central position of the cavalry in front of him, and he was the senior brother Mu Feng standing on horseback.

Ji Qingchen hadn't seen this taciturn senior brother for six years, and the last time they met was at the family banquet on the teacher's fiftieth birthday. In this encounter, he found that his senior brother still hadn't changed much, and he was still dressed in cheesecloth, washed white, and the spotted ponytail mane he was riding on was a little burned bald, and it looked slightly shabby. The only exception was the half-cut sword exposed from the saddle, which was simple and heavy, and had a solemn aura.

But just when Ji Qingchen looked at his senior brother Mu Feng, he suddenly felt a pair of cold eyes next to him looking at him. He looked beside his senior brother, and saw a majestic and high-spirited military general beside him, who was glaring at him with Danfeng eyes open.

Ji Qingchen froze, "Could it be that this is what the teacher said in the letter, Empress Dowager Xiao's chess pieces in Ningwuguan?" ”

It's just that he thought so in his heart, and he didn't show it on his face, he still strode forward and said to his senior brother Mu Feng, "Senior brother, I haven't seen you for six years, and your demeanor is still the same!" ”

Mu Feng had already turned over and got off the horse at this time, and also strode forward, carefully looked at Ji Qingchen for a moment, and then nodded with a slight smile, "I haven't seen you for six years, I didn't expect the little junior brother to grow so big, and really become a beautiful son as the teacher said!" ”

"Senior brother laughed! Qingchen has had poor physique since he was a child, so naturally he can't compare with Senior Brother and Senior Brother Tieyan! Ji Qingchen laughed at himself.

Mu Feng felt that his little junior brother was cute when he spoke, and he laughed loudly!

When the two brothers met again, they were very affectionate!

"Huh!" Suddenly, Mu Feng exclaimed in surprise, his eyes moved to Ji Qingchen's waist, and he asked in disbelief, "Senior brother, isn't this the teacher's wolf blade?" How could it be in the hands of the junior disciples? ”

"-It was when Qingchen was leaving, the teacher asked Shu'er to send it." Ji Qingchen replied truthfully.

Mu Feng was puzzled and said, "Senior brother heard that this farewell, the teacher was in the car under His Majesty, and the junior brother returned the big gift to the teacher before leaving, which made the teacher very moved, why didn't he give the knife to the junior brother in person?" Do you want to pretend to be the hand of the princess? ”

However, as soon as he finished speaking, before Ji Qingchen could answer, he heard the sound of horses' hooves rushing in!

The six hundred iron cavalry waiting in front of Ningwu Pass had already silently rushed forward, surrounding Mu Feng and Ji Qingchen and the Yulin cavalry guards in the middle.

"Protect Your Highness!" Guo Lun had already prepared, and when he saw the departure of the national railway cavalry rushing forward, he had already led a hundred Yulin riders to step forward and protect Ji Qingchen and Mu Feng tightly in the middle.

Mu Feng was very calm, and when he found out that it was his deputy general Xiao Han who gave the order to Ningwu Guan Tieqi, he shouted angrily, "Xiao Han, what are you trying to do?" ”

"General, the Queen Mother has a secret order, saying that Ji Qingchen is a Yan proton, but he is actually a secret agent of Yan State, he returned to Yan this time, and he carried the secret of leaving the country, so he specially asked the last general to escort Ji Qingchen back to Beijing!" Xiao Han said proudly.

Yin Qi's gaze met the cold light that Mu Feng shot at him like a knife, and he was not afraid at all!

"Is it the Queen Mother's secret decree? Why doesn't General Ben know the way? Do you have your majesty's will? Mu Feng asked in a stern tone, his eyes full of contempt!

Because, Xiao Han is no one else, he is the nephew of the Empress Dowager Xiao who left the country. If there was no Empress Dowager Xiao, Xiao Han's martial arts strategy would not be qualified to be Ning Wuguan's deputy general at all.

"Mu Feng, you are so bold! The Queen Mother's decree dares to question it, is there still a Queen Mother Xiao in your eyes? You must know that the Empress Dowager is the mother concubine of Her Majesty, and the Empress Dowager's decree is the holy decree of Her Majesty. Do you want to openly disobey the holy decree and rebel against the Queen Mother's order in this way? Xiao Han yelled at Mu Feng, Mu Feng's contemptuous look at him just now made him angry!

Mu Feng didn't speak, but quietly glanced at the little junior brother in front of him, and then glanced at the wolf blade on the little junior brother's waist, and seemed to finally understand the teacher's intention of asking the princess to hand over the wolf blade to Ji Qingchen.

It's just that at this time, he was a little hesitant, he wasn't sure whether the Empress Dowager's decree in Xiao Han's mouth was the Empress Dowager Xiao's own opinion? Or is it the meaning of His Majesty the Emperor?

Ji Qingchen saw that Mu Feng was silent, and he knew what he was thinking in his heart.

At the critical moment, he couldn't care too much, and immediately whispered in Mu Feng's ear, "Senior brother, there is still a teacher's letter here in Qingchen, but you must not let it fall into Xiao Han's hands!" ”

Mu Feng was stunned for a moment, and suddenly asked, "Did the teacher write it to me?" ”

Ji Qingchen nodded lightly!

Mu Feng didn't speak after hearing this, just thought about it slightly,

Suddenly, I saw a look of relief on his solemn face!

Xiao Han, who was riding on the horse, didn't hear the conversation between Mu Feng and Ji Qingchen, he saw that Mu Feng was silent, he thought that Mu Feng had been intimidated by the Empress Dowager's decree, and he had already been impressed by his own power, so he became more arrogant, and immediately ignored Mu Feng's cold gaze, and ordered the iron horse beside him, "Someone!" Quickly take Ji Qingchen to General Ben! ”

"No!" Six hundred iron horsemen led the order and rode to kill Yu Linlang.

"Wait!" Suddenly, just as the six hundred iron horsemen were about to rush to kill, Mu Feng roared sharply.

Mu Feng has been guarding Ningwu Pass for six years, and he is a disciple of Li Qingyi, the god of the military of the country, and one of the three generals of the country, and Xiao Han is only a deputy general, and he has just been transferred to Ningwu Pass, and he has no prestige in Ningwu Pass.

"You-" Xiao Han was startled, his demeanor was a little flustered, he was a little afraid of his own eyes, when he first arrived at Ningwu Pass, he carefully selected the six hundred cavalry in front of him to be his personal guard, the purpose was to have an army in his hand that could listen to his command when necessary, but he didn't expect Mu Feng to stop his personal soldiers with only one sentence.

Mu Feng ignored Xiao Han's panicked state, but swept his eyes coldly over the departing cavalry on the horse, and the departing cavalry on the war horse was forced by Mu Feng's cold gaze to involuntarily lower their heads, like a group of children who have made mistakes. Mu Feng snorted coldly, then he moved his gaze to Xiao Han, and walked towards Xiao Han step by step calmly.

"Wood-Wood-Peak-what do you want to do?" Xiao Han no longer dared to look at Mu Feng's eyes, and when he saw Mu Feng walking towards him step by step, his voice was a little distorted, and his face was full of fear.

"Xiao Han, what kind of decree did the Queen Mother give you again?" Mu Feng walked up to Xiao Hanma and asked in a calm tone.

Hearing Mu Feng say this, and seeing Mu Feng's calm face, Xiao Han was a little stunned, could it be that he was wrong just now? He suddenly let out a long breath, and was about to speak, when he heard a "sonorous" sound, and then a flash of white light, he heard a "poof-" sound, and saw a stream of blood gushing out, and Xiao Han's head rose to the sky.

Quiet!

The audience was terrible!

Mu Feng killed Xiao Han with one sword!

Ji Qingchen didn't expect that his senior brother would do this, and kill his deputy general with his own hands for his junior brother.

Ji Qingchen was stunned!

Yu Lin rode stunned!

The Liguo Iron Cavalry also didn't expect that the Lord would kill the lieutenant general, and they were also stunned!

Only Mu Feng's face was still calm after killing Xiao Han, and he returned the long knife in his hand into the scabbard on the saddle of Xiao Han's headless corpse, and Xiao Han's corpse fell off the war horse fiercely, and then he said, "Xiao Han pretended to pass on the Empress Dowager's decree and wanted to kill the Nine Emperors of Dayan, causing a dispute between leaving the country and Dayan. Damn it! ”

"Open the gates ——!" Mu Feng faced the city tower of Ningwu Pass and roared roughly.

"Squeak", the city gate of Ningwu Pass opened.

Hearing the sound of the city gate opening, the six hundred cavalry under Ning Wu Pass came back to their senses, and immediately took the initiative to give way to Ji Qingchen and Yulin Cavalry.

Mu Feng strode up to Ji Qingchen, "Senior brother, let's go." Otherwise, if you are one step later, I am afraid that you will really not be able to get out of Ningwu Pass! ”

"Senior brother-" Ji Qingchen's eyes were hot, and he didn't know how to thank this senior brother who had never been a close friend and had never met many times.

This is a real life-saving grace!

"Senior brother, since the teacher passed on the wolf blade to you, he must have his own deep meaning. So when you encounter danger, how can my brother not help you? Mu Feng smiled indifferently and said heartily, "As for the teacher's letter, you don't need to give it to the senior brother, you can keep it for yourself!" ”

Ji Qingchen knew that Mu Feng killed Xiao Han because he was forced to do so, and now he was in the territory of leaving the country, and he was not out of danger yet, so he couldn't stay in front of Ningwu Pass for too long, so he bowed deeply to Mu Feng, "Thank you, senior brother!" Qingchen is leaving, please cherish it yourself, if the senior brother goes south to Dayan, the senior brother will sweep the couch and wait! ”

Mu Feng didn't speak, just smiled faintly and shook his head slightly.

Ji Qingchen hurriedly boarded the carriage, Yulin rode the war horse, and the horse team began to slowly leave Ningwu Pass.