Zheng Yu did not deceive people, Qiu Yi's brigade moved away for more than an hour, and sure enough, they came to a hilltop on the flat ground, and looked around to see that they were already on top of the mountains, and the path that they had just walked by themselves had turned into a tortuous and small sheep intestine, circling in the mountain col.

Qiu Yizhi let out a long sigh, counted the soldiers and horses and saw that no one was damaged, except for the sergeant who was bitten at the beginning, no one was seriously injured, so he was a little relieved, walked to Zheng Miao's side, gently patted his third brother, and shook his head with a wry smile.

Zheng Miao and Qiu Yizhi glanced at each other, and also smiled meaningfully, but said, "Everyone is tired, right?" I see that the terrain here is quite open and flat, so I won't walk today, so I'll sleep here. ”

Qiu Yizhi hadn't agreed yet, but he heard Zheng Yu reply: "The Third Highness really loves soldiers like sons. It's a pity that there was a heavy rain, and all the fire media we carried were wet, and there was no dry charcoal nearby, so I am afraid that it is not good to make a fire to make food. Please also ask His Royal Highness to walk a few more steps, there are still two hours away, there is a cottage, so that I can spend the night in peace. ”

Qiu Yizhi said: "Don't be afraid." We also brought torches, pine, and grease with the army, and we will take them out to try it, if it can't be lit, it's not too late to hurry with the second prince. ”

Zhao Chengxiao listened to the order, so he asked his soldiers to move a bundle of torches from the baggage truck, took out the flint around him and hit it, and it burned effortlessly, emitting warm light and flames, which made the people around him who were tortured by the heavy rain feel uncomfortable.

It turned out that Qiu Yizhi suffered a loss in the stormy Baoqing Temple, and when he marched from then on, he asked his soldiers to wrap the fire-causing things in oilcloth and oiled paper, and sprinkled gunpowder particles on the torches and pines, so even in the strong wind, it was ignited at all.

Qiu Yizhi took out such a thing, Zheng Yu of course could no longer force Zheng Miao to advance, so he had to agree to camp on the spot for the night.

So although Zheng Miao and his entourage were under the territory of the opponent in Lingnan Road, they formed a military advantage on this hill where there was no village in front and no store behind, which made Zheng Miao, who had always been calm and peaceful, also a little excited, so he pulled Qiu Yizhi and said: "After today's war, camping in the wilderness, I really have the style of going north to the desert with my father!" ”

Qiu Yizhi also said: "I remember that at that time, the two of us, and the county lord Yiran were playing and playing together on the grassland, but I just felt that time would be fixed forever." But the world has changed, and we can never go back to the past......" He suddenly remembered that the county lord was here, but he didn't know where she was now and how she was doing, and a trace of sentimentality rose in his heart.

Zheng Miao smiled and said, "Brother Xian is really stupid. Zi Zaikawa said: 'The deceased is like Sifu', even the sages can't see through the flow of time, and can only sigh in vain. But the brother wants time forever, I am afraid that he will go further than the saint! ”

Zheng Miao's words quoted scriptures, but it attracted Lin Shuhan's chat, and he said: "Zi said: 'The future is terrifying, and you don't know that the future is not now'." The sage also knew that there would be someone in the future who would be able to defeat his old man, but it was a pity that our group of unscrupulous disciples only knew how to read the sages to the death, but they did not dare to cross the thunder pond by half a step. ”

Qiu Yizhi listened to them casually, but he thought about remembering the county lord, and thought of Wen Lingjiao who was left in Shanyin County by himself, and had mixed feelings in his heart.

Suddenly, I heard Zheng Yu say in his ear when he approached: "Your Highness Yi, the dry food brought by our army is not enough, can you give it to me a little evenly?" Would it be better for me to repay more in the future? ”

When Qiu Yizhi heard this, he pulled his thoughts back to the hill and said with a smile: "What's so big about this?" The food I brought with the army is enough to eat and drink for ten days and half a month, and it is nothing for you. That is, you have to send someone to fetch some firewood and grass to dry, and I have to set fire to cook and set up guards, and there are not enough people. ”

Zheng Yu listened to Qiu Yi's words, which meant that he wanted to pinch the garrison power of this temporary camp in his hands, although he was reluctant in his heart, but now that he was outnumbered, he could only nod and agree, and turned around to go back to arrange the people.

Qiu Yizhi stopped Zheng Yu and asked, "Second Prince, who are the people who attacked us just now?" Do you recognize? ”

Zheng Yu turned around and looked at Qiu Yizhi's eyes and shook his head: "I only know that it is the Shanyue barbarians in the mountains." These people, large and small, have not a thousand but five hundred, and they gather and disperse, and they can't tell what the origin is. ”

"Does that mean that the origin of these people is unknown, and they can't be investigated, and they can't be investigated?"

Zheng Yu listened to Qiu Yi's tone quite coldly, and couldn't help but shudder, and hurriedly said, "No, no...... Seeing that they were able to gather more than a hundred people at once, it was obvious that several large tribes had joined forces to commit the crime. It was probably because they saw that there were a lot of carts and horses in the two teams, and they thought that the team was escorting some important items, so they gathered the crowd to loot. When the two of them have seen their father, their father will naturally send someone to investigate and find out that it was those barbarians who ate the bear's heart and leopard's gall, and actually shocked the third highness......"

Qiu Yizhi said again: "You don't have to work the king of Lingnan." Since it wasn't him, the old man sent someone over to say hello and make a joke with us. I'm just asking this question, don't take it to heart the second prince. ”

Qiu Yizhi was already sharp-tongued, and these words were deliberately sarcastic, so that Zheng Yu didn't know how to respond for a while, so he only scolded in his heart: When I leave this lonely hill, I will take care of you, a fox and a fake tiger boy, but Nuo Nuo retreated repeatedly.

Zheng Miao's interest was not reduced, and he pulled Qiu Yi's way: "When I was on the way, I saw some wild beasts in the mountains, why don't you send someone to fight a few, and I can fight the tooth sacrifice?" ”

Qiu Yizhi had something on his mind, and he only weighed it for a while and didn't think about it, so he said, "It's okay! ”

After that, he found Wei Chi Jiming and his eighteen personal soldiers, and said, "You guys go down the mountain and hunt some wild things!" ”

Zheng Miao was a careful person, looked at Yu Chi Jiming and said, "You are Yu Chi Lianghong's daughter, right?" The tiger father has no dog girl, and the martial arts are really strong! Fang Cai's secret weapon kung fu, I don't think Yu Chi Lianghong is as good as you. But this side of the barbarians are elusive and unpredictable, so don't patronize the hunt and go away. Also, the terrain here is complicated, so it doesn't matter if you don't find a beast, come back quickly, I'm afraid you won't be able to find your way at night. ”

Zheng Miao was still instructing, but Yu Chi Jiming couldn't bear it anymore: "The little uncle is already verbose when he talks, why are you even more verbose than him, I'll come back when I go, you just have an empty stomach and are ready to eat." ”

Qiu Yizhi listened and hurriedly said: "Ji Ming must not be rude......"

Zheng Miao waved his hand: "People who practice martial arts are also children's hearts, it should be like this, you just go and come back quickly." I'm going to see your means too. ”

Yu Chi Jiming made a strange face: "These few sentences are quite good." As he spoke, he tightened his strong clothes and led everyone down the mountain.

Zheng Miao saw Yu Chi Jiming leave, and couldn't help but praise: "It is worthy of being the daughter of Yu Chi Lianghong, just tried her edge, and she knew that her martial arts were not inferior to her father." There are such characters around the virtuous brother, even the foolish brother I am very envious! ”

"That's ...... Oh no, the third brother is polite. Qiu Yizhi replied.

Zheng Miao felt strange when he saw such an absent-minded look of his righteous brother, who was usually very decisive, and hurriedly lowered his voice and asked, "Is there anything strange about it?" How does the virtuous brother look a little unrelenting. ”

Qiu Yizhi was stunned when she heard this, pulled Zheng Miao aside, and said in a low voice: "Speaking of Yiran just now, I heard that she was not accustomed to the water and soil after entering Beijing, and went back to Bohai to recuperate. But I remember that she has always been in good health, and she has never been so hypocritical, I don't know what is going on? ”

Zheng Miao pondered for a moment and said, "Brother Xian knows, apart from you, the county lord of Youyan Mansion has the best relationship with Brother Yu and your sister-in-law, Mrs. Xiao Qin. When she left Beijing, she also went to my house to say goodbye, saying that she was not used to eating Luoyang's water and absorbing Luoyang's wind, so she wanted to go back to Bohai to recuperate. At that time, the foolish brother and his wife saw that her face was really not good, and they could not force her to stay, so they gave her something and said goodbye to her. ”

Qiu Yi listened to it and thought: Yiran County Lord is actually a hostage left by King Zhongshun of Bohai to stay with the emperor, if the emperor does not nod, he will never let her leave Beijing without permission; After she left, Dali Khan, the king of Zhongshun, immediately sent his eldest son, Prince Urdon, to the capital, and the reason was the same......

But I heard Zheng Miao continue: "But don't worry, Brother Xian, the county lord has always been strong, and he must have returned to the Bohai Sea, and as soon as he stepped on the vast grassland, he was already half cured. We are both young, and there will always be a time when we will see each other again. ”

Qiu Yizhi was overwhelmed with emotion when he heard this, and asked quietly: "Then over there in the Bohai Sea, has the third brother heard any news?" ”

As soon as these words came out, Zheng Miao's face suddenly tightened, and he subconsciously looked around, and saw that there was a flat open space all around and no one was eavesdropping in private, so he lowered his voice and said, "The Bohai Sea is not very peaceful. Nabi Simi borrowed troops from the west, and in a few years unified the fragmented Turkic tribes, not only destroying all the countries in the Western Regions that had originally borrowed troops, but also intending to invade the Han Dynasty in the south. ”

Qiu Yizhi originally wanted to ask if there was any news to reach the capital when he arrived in Bohai, but he didn't want his third brother to talk about state affairs again, so he had to listen to him intently.

I only heard Zheng Miao say again: "Fortunately, the power of Jiwei, who was able to conquer and fight back then, is still there, and Biximi does not dare to rush south, so he pities the Bohai Dali Khan who is caught in it, and he has to play a few recitals every year, asking the Han to send troops to help resist the Turkic eastward advance." This is a big deal, and now that the national politics have just improved, my father is unwilling to make a big move, so he sent his second brother to sit in Guangyang and secretly give Dali Khan some help. ”

When Qiu Yizhi heard Zheng Miao say this, it was not easy to twist the conversation back to the county lord, so he continued to say: "The emperor also mentioned to me, saying that he wanted to take advantage of the fact that his old man was in good spirits and personally raised troops for the Northern Expedition, even if he couldn't completely wipe out the Turks, he would always fight them so that they couldn't recover for thirty or forty years......

The two were talking, but they heard someone coughing behind them, and hurriedly turned to look, but it was Zheng Yu who came, only to see him bowing his fat body, and said: "I have ordered my subordinates to bring firewood and grass according to the requirements of His Highness Yi, I don't know where to put it?" ”

Qiu Yizhi glanced at Zheng Yu, and scolded secretly in his heart: Are you the first time to lead the army to go out, even if you bring less dry food, you don't even dare to call the shots for such a trivial matter, and you still want to ask me for instructions?

His face was silent: "The second prince is really resolute." I see that these firewood and grass are not half dry and wet, so it is better to spread them all out under the fire and dry them before adding them to the fire. ”

Zheng Yunuo retreated in a loud voice.

Qiu Yizhi and Zheng Miao brothers were disturbed by Zheng Yu, so they couldn't talk about it anymore, and the two looked at each other without saying a word, only the wind between the mountains was blowing in their ears.