Chapter 138: The First Day
The snow stopped after a night's sleep.
Only the gale gusted against the dazzling morning sun.
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The snow has already begun to be cleared in the palace as soon as it is dawn. The snow on the square and steps of the Cuiluan Palace alone took the palace people two hours to sweep it.
After sweeping the last bit of snow on the steps, the two palace people couldn't straighten their waists, holding the bamboo broom with one hand to borrow strength, and clenching their fists with the other hand to beat their lumbar vertebrae, and whispering softly in their mouths. After calming down, we chatted with each other.
One said, "Today's work is done quickly, the city lord gets up and sees that it is safe to go anywhere." β
The matter of falling down the stairs, people's hearts are panicking, and everyone has palpitations, and now they can't tolerate the slightest mistake.
Another said, "Whew, it's useless." β
After speaking, he glanced at the Cuiluan Palace.
The man followed the other party's gaze, the palace door of the Cuiluan Palace was wide open, the hall was filled with cold wind, the tent curtains were fluttering, and there was no one.
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The Pingnan army, which retreated to the mountains and forests, slept overnight in a wind and snow tent, and the bonfire in front of the tent had long been extinguished, leaving only the black chips that had burned out.
Almost all of the soldiers wore military jackets and walked out of the tent hunched and rubbing their hands. One by one, they frowned, and they pulled their palms into it.
The heat in his mouth only filled in front of his eyes for a moment, and the white warmth was taken away by the cold wind.
Most of them were awakened from the cold.
One by one, the fire was extinguished in the second half of the night, and he ate the cold, and he tried to squint and nap reluctantly, but he couldn't sleep well, and he still had a headache when he got up, and the soles of his feet in his military boots were frozen.
"Fuck it!" Some people scolded and ran on the spot, so that they could move themselves and not be so cold, before they went to get dry food.
Cool water, wowo head.
Some people scolded even more ugly.
Indeed, it is better not to eat.
They are accustomed to the southern border of the border, where the climate is not very pleasant, but every winter when one or two light snows fall to the sky, and the sun rises and melts, and it will never become like this.
This snow will fall a little longer, and if you step on the military boots on your feet, you will inevitably pour them into the boots.
If it is an ordinary family, I am afraid that if you are out overnight, you will freeze early and die or be disabled.
"What kind of person is the county lord of Shaohua? Lao Tzu wants her to look good today! β
"Don't say it's good-looking, blame the king for refusing to obey the edict these days, and looking at the prime minister's head. It must have been some kind of magic used against the king. β
"Don't talk about evil arts, I'm afraid that King Ping's edict is fake, or he will use lynching to force King Ping to issue an edict."
"A woman who grew up in another country should not talk about faithfulness. Hey, I don't believe it. β
"That's right! When she entered, she would save the king first, and then arrest people and beat her all over the ground to find her teeth. β
"Women are looking for teeth too?"
"What's wrong with the woman? Wilted roots, according to the beaten! β
These people can't just keep talking to keep them awake.
"Under the command of the prince, pay attention to words and deeds!" A man who looked like a peak roared on the spot, and everyone stopped talking.
"Captain Han, on this day, if you don't let people speak, you have to tremble to death." I don't know where a complaint sounded, but after the silence, I got support, and for a while, the echo was endless.
The man was sitting on a fallen dead tree trunk gnawing on the head of the nest, the military uniform was neat, the armor was shiny, and the body with his back to the side of the group was like a table clock, steady and upright, with broad shoulders and thick neck, and had the style of a soldier.
He finished his breakfast quietly, patted the flour crumbs in his hand, and straightened up.
"Assemble!" His voice was like a bell, and he ordered solemnly, "Pull out the village!" Town! β
The flags of the messengers danced at the same time, and the command to "pull out the village and assemble" suddenly resounded in the forest.
It was soon assembled.
Everyone wanted to go in, and when they were done, they were looking for a warm house.
30,000 people, led by the vanguard, marched to the city again.
The leader rode on his horse and shouted at the door.
"Under the command of King Pingnan, Han Guan, the captain of the Red Ghost Battalion, please see the king!"
He looked up at the castle tower and frowned in surprise.
On the city tower, there was almost no one of the city guards, only one standing on each side of the east and west. There is also a large wooden cone erected upstairs, which is transparent from front to back, wide at the front and narrow at the back, and round and smooth around the perimeter.
He was about to say more when he saw a figure on the tower, slowly appearing from the dark corner of the wall that was unobstructed.
A servant with a man's mink cloak came into his sight.
Both are women.
He wasn't impressed.
Then he saw the man who had been sitting slowly standing up with the support of his servantsβhe saw the man's appearance clearly.
The long hair is low, the tone is clear, but the sleeves are wide, and the description is withered.
He was a sick seedling.
His eyes followed her, watching her walk behind the large vertebrae.
"Hey, hey, hey."
She whispered softly, and there was a sound coming from the awl, which was audible and weak, but because the sound was amplified, it was unusually clear in the quiet field.
"Well, I should be able to hear it all about once." She tried the audition and thought it would work.
"Hello everyone." The cold wind swept by, bringing up a strand of her long hair and fluttering in the wind, and when the wind passed, the hair fell on her shoulders, and she spoke again, "First meeting." I am the monarch you want to clear, the lord of Shaohua. β
Her eyebrows are crooked, and her gaze is kind.
Han Xuan was stunned, and before she could speak, she saw her raise her left arm from the cloak and open some sleeves.
Her wrists were almost covered with leather and bone, and from the outside, the inside of the sleeves looked less like a human arm, but like a thin bamboo pole for drying clothes, which were empty under the clothes.
"In my case, what do you think you have to coerce the king?"
Han Xuan squinted his eyes to take a closer look, although it was not the same as the one in the portrait, but it was indeed the same person.
"According to the law, according to the law, if the army on the border does not have an edict, it must not leave the border. Ladies and gentlemen, do you have an edict from the king? She asked quite politely.
Han Xuan gave up his hand on the horse, "Our army belongs to the king of Pingnan, and since the prince has an order, the military order is like a mountain, and I dare not disobey." Open the gates to the county lord, and everything is easy to say. β
On the city tower, Jiang Linglong bowed his head, "Zhao Chong has an order, that is, a military order is like a mountain." Dare to ask Captain Han, is it the big thing to defend against the enemy on the border, or is it the big thing to leave his post without permission and come elsewhere to play right and wrong? Her voice was gentle, but she suddenly became cold, and her eyes looked at Han Zhou coldly, "Red Ghost Camp, is it surnamed Si or Zhao?" β
Han Xuan gritted his teeth.
He had thought about what kind of character and what kind of person this county lord might be.
I never thought that it was such a weak and strong young woman.
A sick seedling with a knife in his mouth.
He even felt that according to her state, even if she didn't kill her today, she wouldn't survive this winter.
"Captain Han, if you wait for the team to return to the south today, I can take it as a misunderstanding and not play to the king. If you insist on entering, it is big or small, another way to say. β
How could she threaten him with such ease?!
Han Xuan suddenly discovered that the battle-hardened path sometimes failed. His instincts have always been sharp, and he expected her to have a follow-up move, but he didn't know which direction and in which way this trick came from.
It seems that what the prince said is right.
This man is scheming, don't be deceived.
"The county lord is calm and restless. Since the end is coming, and he has traveled so hard to get here, and he has slept all night outside the city, he always needs to see the king and greet him and explain to him in person. He said and bowed his hand, and the righteousness was awe-inspiring, "If the king wants to condemn his crimes, he will be willing to be punished." β
Han Xuan didn't take a step back, and his words were not leaked.