"What are you doing?"

Qi Qingru couldn't help but be a little amused when she saw Yi Jiuxiao looking up at the sky thoughtfully.

"Nothing, just thought the weather was nice today. ”

"Is the weather really good?"

Qi Qingru looked at the thick clouds of the day, and couldn't see what's good, does Yi Jiuxiao like to look at the clouds?

After resting in the central camp for seven days, the escort team set off again, Song Ding led his subordinates to be sent outside the camp, he sat on the border, there were many affairs, and he could not personally escort him, and the escort was still his deputy Pang Chenglong.

Like last time, Pang Chenglong led a thousand people to open the way in front of the head, Yi Jiuxiao and Qi Bin led the team to follow, the princess sat in the phoenix, and Qi Qingru accompanied the phoenix to protect.

All the way to the junction of the two countries.

There is a boundary river on the border of Qi and Wei, which has actually dried up for many years, leaving only a deep ravine.

There was a bridge over the river, defended by camps at both ends, which was used to check on passing caravans and travelers, and to survey the military situation by the way.

Pang Chenglong escorted him to the bridgehead and stopped advancing, he and his army could not cross the border, and could only watch the Heqin team enter the Wei State through the bridge.

As soon as I crossed the bridge, I saw a group of men and horses waiting at the bridgehead, which seemed to be the army that greeted the Wei border.

Seeing the friendly team, the leader turned over and dismounted, knelt on the ground, and said: "Bo Yuan, the deputy general of the border pass of Wei State, greets Her Royal Highness the Princess of Qi State." ”

Yi Jiuxiao and Qi Bin also dismounted to greet each other, and the two sides set off after a polite exchange.

This Bo Yuan was also a master in the early days of Jindan, and was ordered by the border guard general Zhendong General Feng Xihai to welcome the Heqin team to Liufeng Pass, where the border army of Wei was stationed.

Bo Yuan also brought a thousand people, the same status as a deputy general, and the same early stage of Jindan, all of which seemed to be a copy of the border of Qi.

Yi Jiuxiao felt very curious, whether it was a coincidence or a pre-arranged result, but he hoped that it would be smooth sailing in the territory of Wei, and there would be no more twists and turns and dangers before.

This state on the border of Wei is called Huangzhou, and the border is almost a hundred miles away from Liufeng Pass, and the terrain is different from the border of Qi.

The sandy state is mostly desert and the Gobi desert, and the barren state is mostly barren mountains, and the population is just as sparse.

The vehicle walked slowly on the narrow road between the barren mountains, and it took two full days to reach the Liufeng Pass.

The main general Feng Xihai led his subordinates to greet him outside the camp, and the etiquette was very thoughtful. After everyone entered the camp, they stayed in the apartment that had been arranged.

That night, Feng Xihai held a banquet in the General's Mansion, and there were not many people at the banquet, and there was no music and dancing.

Monks are not like mortals, dozens of people drink and have fun together at every turn, monks do not eat fireworks, and banquets are just a courtesy.

Yi Jiuxiao, Qi Bin, and Zheng Yuanhu attended the banquet, and on the Wei side was Feng Xihai and two deputy generals, and Bo Yuan was one of them, and there were a total of six people at the banquet.

During the feast, the spiritual wine often drunk by the monks can replenish the vitality of the cultivators. There are also symbolic foods on the table, some of which are spiritual fruits, and there are also chicken, duck and fish meat that mortals often eat.

The other five people were all drinking spirit wine and eating spirit fruits, and only Yi Jiuxiao's big fish and meat were stuffed into their mouths.

Qi Bin and Zheng Yuanhu have long been surprised, Yi Jiuxiao has eaten like this all the way.

Feng Xihai and the two deputy generals were very curious, Wei had spies on the border of Qi State, and the fact that he and his team killed two bandits in Shazhou has also reached their ears in the past few days.

Because the capital of the two bandits was in the early stage of Jindan, and Qi Bin and Zheng Yuanhu were only in the later stage of foundation building, it was definitely not done by these two people.

Therefore, Feng Xihai judged that it must be Yi Jiuxiao, and thought that his cultivation would definitely not be lower than the early stage of Jindan, and even the middle stage of Jindan was possible.

The fact that the Jindan monks actually ate mortal food really puzzled them!

In the later stage of Qi refining, cultivators gradually began to cut off fireworks, and they stopped eating them during the foundation building period, and they didn't eat Jindan.

This mortal fireworks are the easiest for cultivators to be contaminated with the aura of the mundane, and they cannot transcend the mortal dust, which seriously affects the ascension of the realm of cultivators. In the long run, it will even dull the spiritual root.

Seeing that Yi Jiuxiao ate without scruples and relish, Feng Xihai couldn't help but joke.

"Your Excellency is really clever, and he can be unconventional, which is really the envy of us. ”

Yi Jiuxiao understood what Feng Xihai meant, now it is not what it used to be, and now he still has some understanding of Xiuzhen.

Then he said, "General, I am originally a mortal, how can I get rid of the ordinary." ”

actually said that he was a mortal, Feng Xihai was confused, when would a mortal be able to kill the high-ranking Jindan monk, what was the use of cultivation.

But he didn't dare to refute and ridicule Yi Jiuxiao like Qi Qingru, so he could only regard it as self-humility and laugh at it.

Yi Jiuxiao didn't know that along the way, he had become famous, not only in the escort team, but even the Wei army knew that he was a master, so Zhou Guo must also know his methods.

Now that he says he is mortal, who would believe it, except himself.

During the banquet, he talked about the follow-up itinerary, and Yi Jiuxiao also calmly talked about his previous experience, and he hoped that the Wei army could escort them all the way in case of another surprise attack by the Zhou State.

Although they were lucky to get through before, good luck will not always accompany them. If Zhou Guo sent several Jindan masters at the same time, with the current strength of the escort team, he would not be able to deal with it.

However, Feng Xihai can only participate in the escort within the scope of the defense area, and if he crosses the defense area, he will exceed his authority, and he cannot call the shots, unless there is an order from the emperor of Wei and the military department.

As the saying goes, generals are outside, and military orders are not subject to them. The general who commanded tens of thousands of troops to guard the border, and the escort team of 2,000 people must have the right to send it.

The defense area is only two hundred miles, and there are still thousands of miles behind, can he only rely on his own five hundred people to walk through, Yi Jiuxiao couldn't help but feel a little depressed.

It stands to reason that Wei should attach great importance to such a major event, even if it is not known to everyone for the sake of secrecy, at least the Wei court must arrange special personnel to come to the border to meet and coordinate.

The Wei court did not make arrangements, so how could the friendly teams in foreign countries contact the states and counties?

Seeing Yi Jiuxiao fall into deep thought, Feng Xihai couldn't help but smile secretly, he didn't want to succeed in harmony. Although harmony is beneficial to Wei, it is not beneficial to him.

He is the imperial prince, and his sister Feng Qiushui is the imperial concubine, who was canonized as Concubine Jing by the Emperor of Wei and was deeply favored by the emperor.

Concubine Jing has a son named Wei Tong, who has always wanted to seek the position of the crown prince and fight secretly with the current prince Wei Yangming.

As Wei Tong's uncle, he must want to help his imperial nephew.

If Wei Tong can ascend the throne in the future, it will definitely be of great benefit to the Feng family, at least it can ensure that the Feng family will stand in the Great Wei Dynasty for decades.

However, the emperor suddenly wanted the crown prince Wei Yang to marry the Qi state, which undoubtedly strengthened the prince's position, so that Wei Tong could not compete with the prince.

Most of the children of the royal family of Qi State advocate cultivation and have no intention of imperial power, even if they are put on the throne, they want to let go as soon as possible, so as not to delay their cultivation.

The royal family of Wei is different, they are very obsessed with power, and the battle for the throne of the past dynasties is particularly fierce, which may be related to the practice of the royal family, or it may be related to the guidance of the elders.

Each generation of the old emperors of Wei allowed the next generation to fight, and even encouraged such fights, and then made the strongest of them the heir.

The current emperor, Wei Wen, sought the position of crown prince by killing his half-father and half-brother, and finally became the emperor.

Wei Wen himself is a cultivation wizard, and he entered the middle stage of Jindan in his forties, and he is a leader among the princes.

His elder brother is also in the middle of Jindan, and at first the two fought openly and secretly, and finally turned into a bloody fight.

More than thirty years ago, Wei Wen launched an incident, led people to besiege his brother's mansion, and killed his brother with his own hands.

At that time, the two brothers were on par with each other, and the fight was also very tragic, the elder brother was killed, and Wei Wen was also seriously injured.

His golden pill was shattered by his brother, and the golden pill was the foundation of the monk, and once damaged, it could not be repaired unless there was a panacea.

Therefore, after Wei Wen ascended the throne, he rarely took care of the government. In addition to marrying a wife and having children, he was looking for a way to repair Jindan, but unfortunately he couldn't find it.

His cultivation not only stopped, but also degraded day by day, and he could barely control it at first, but in the past two years, he suddenly fell to the realm of qi refining, and his whole person also aged terribly, like an old man in his last years.

Wei Wen is less than eighty years old, and a normal Jindan powerhouse can live to be more than five hundred years old, but the monks whose realm has fallen are not even as long as the longevity of mortals.

In the past two years, Wei Wen has been unable to go to the court, keeping it secret from the outside world, claiming that the emperor is in retreat, trying to impact the Yuanying realm, so as to cover the ears and eyes of outsiders.

This reason is reasonable, the emperor was originally a cultivator, and many emperors also continued to practice during their reign, and there were many people who had been in retreat for several years in order to impact the realm.

The queen's name is Li Rong, the Li family is a big family of Wei, and Li Rong's brother is the Fubu Shangshu of Wei, who has been taking care of money for the emperor and is very powerful.

This time the matter of harmony, in fact, was decided by the queen, if the marriage is successful, Qi Guo will become the prince's dependence, this is a mother planning for her son.

The crown prince Wei Yang is Li Rong's only son, twenty-nine years old, and the eldest son of Emperor Wei Wen.

Wei Wen did not marry the queen and the concubines until he ascended the throne, and the marriage of cultivators is different from that of mortals, and there are many people who marry as early as their teens, and those who marry a few hundred years later.

Wei Tong is one year younger than Wei Yang, and the two brothers have been fighting since they were children, comparing cultivation, power, and resources.

The two of them are half a pound and eight taels, one biological mother is a high-powered queen, and the other biological mother is a favorite concubine who dominates the harem. Even the two of them are almost the same, both of them are at the peak of foundation building, and they are both preparing for the impact on Jindan.

Although the emperor's affairs have become a top secret of the royal family, some people still know that Feng Xihai is one of them.

Concubine Jing spent a lot of time with the emperor, and she knew almost all of Wei Wen's secrets.

She told all these secrets to her brother, and she asked her brother to help her plan and ask the family to support her mother and son.