Xiao Jingchen stuffed the letter back into the envelope, and answered, Liang Twelve opened the tent door and came in, took off his helmet, and covered his ears with a sigh, "I'm so cold, my ears are about to freeze." ”

Although this helmet is padded with a layer of fur, it is still useless in this northern Xinjiang. He had frostbite on his ears, and after a while he was roasting hot in the house, it was time to itch again.

He has lived for more than 20 years, and he has never suffered such hardship.

In the past, when he was mixed with brocade clothes, his mother felt sorry for him all day long. Now this condition is compared to when he was a brocade guard, if his mother sees it, her eyes are afraid that she will cry blind.

But do you regret it? Of course not.

Although the northern Xinjiang is bitter, he feels that it is worth it.

In the past six months, they don't know how many battles they have fought, killed countless Yansha generals, and made many military exploits.

In the past, when they were Jinyi guards, they did not bear their names, the common people scolded them, and the officials who were confiscated scolded them, saying that they were the emperor's minions, and they never heard others praise them anything.

But after coming to northern Xinjiang, wherever they went, they would be warmly welcomed by the common people.

They are all doing things for the court, but their reputations are completely different.

If you don't come to northern Xinjiang, you won't be able to experience this feeling at all.

Liang Twelve rubbed his frozen face to heat, sat opposite Xiao Jingchen, lifted the teapot on the small stove on the table and poured himself a cup of tea, drank it while it was hot, and then felt alive again.

"Oh, that's comfortable."

Xiao Jingchen glanced at him, "You really don't plan to go back to Kyoto for the New Year?" ”

Liang Twelve shook his head: "It's cold and snowy, I can't fly back even if I have wings." If I go back again, my mother will definitely not let me come again. ”

Xiao Jingchen glanced at his old tender baby face, and still felt a little ashamed of this group of loyal subordinates.

Just as he was about to say something, Ding Rui's voice came in from outside: "Master, my subordinates are back." ”

Liang Twelve pulled his throat and said, "Lao Ding, come in quickly." ”

Ding Rui opened the curtain and came in, and shook his head at Xiao Jingchen: "Master, there is still no reply from the princess." ”

Xiao Jingchen nodded faintly: "Come and drink a cup of hot tea to warm up." ”

I can't talk about what it feels like in my heart, but it's not good in short.

Ding Rui didn't drink, but said: "My subordinates will go back to their tents to change their clothes first." ”

After speaking, he picked up Liang Twelve.

"Lao Ding, what are you pulling me for?"

Ding Rui said in a muffled voice: "I slipped on the way back just now, and it hurt a little bit, you help me get the medicine." ”

Liang Twelve was not very happy, "You let others help me, and I'll talk to my grandfather for a while." ”

Ding Rui grabbed him and dragged him out.

As soon as he came out of the tent, Liang Twelve was shivering from the cold, "Lao Ding, you are really not a thing, who are you looking for when it comes to medicine?" ”

Ding Rui glanced at him lightly: "Are you stupid?" Don't you see that Ye is uncomfortable? ”

Liang Twelve had a question mark, "Is there one?" ”

He was sitting across from him just now, and he didn't see anything.

Ding Rui shook his head helplessly, "Lord has been looking forward to the princess's letter, but in the past six months, the princess can only write two letters, I thought that this time the princess was free, she would definitely write, but it has been almost two months, and I haven't seen a reply." ”

Liang Twelve naturally knew about this, he covered his ears that were quickly frozen and said, "That girl can't change her mind, right?" She is a princess now, and most of the little white faces who want to be on the top are pasted up, our lord is now in the northern frontier where birds don't, and she is 108,000 miles away, and when she defeats the Yansha country and goes back, maybe the girl and the little white-faced child can play soy sauce. ”

Ding Rui hurriedly covered his mouth: "If you let the master hear this, I'm afraid you won't want to do it." ”

Liang Twelve pulled his hand away and snorted twice: "Did you catch with your hands?" It stinks. ”

Ding Rui didn't bother to take care of him, turned around and entered his tent.

Xiao Jingchen's ear power was very good, and he could hear the conversation of the two subordinates outside clearly, and then took out the envelope and rubbed it twice.

Change of heart?

The winter in northern Xinjiang is very early, and the sky is already dark at the end of the Shen period.

The soldiers in the military camp of the Great Zhou had all entered the tents early, leaving only a few patrolling teams.

By the halfway point, most of the officers and men had already fallen asleep.

In winter, heavy snow falls in northern Xinjiang, and it lasts for a long time, and the depth of the snow is generally below the knee. Therefore, when people who serve as soldiers in northern Xinjiang reach old age, they are easy to fall into the problem of old and cold legs.

At this time, the sky and the earth are snow-white, and even if it is night, the light is not dim.

Soldiers on patrol are patrolling around the barracks in a line.

The weather was very cold, so the soldiers did not stop much at night, and it was warmer to walk. The soldiers guarding the gate were more difficult, standing on the sentry tower in front of the barracks gate, unable to move. Although the sentry tower was specially made to protect it from the wind, it did not have much effect, so the soldiers above were so cold that they stomped their feet.

Just as the soldiers on the sentry tower wanted to summon someone to come up to replace him, so that he could drink hot tea to warm up, he suddenly saw someone in the snow in the distance, and it seemed that someone was riding a horse towards the barracks.

The soldier immediately became vigilant, and in general, no one would come to the barracks on a winter night, so he immediately took out his binoculars and looked at the man.

I saw that the man didn't seem to be too tall, and his body was tightly covered up and down, only a pair of eyes were exposed, and his body swayed at will with the movement of the horse.

The soldier was worried that the visitor would not be good, so he shouted to the patrol soldier who happened to pass under the sentry tower: "Come here, there is a situation." ”

The soldiers immediately turned their steps and hid behind the gate, and another had already pulled out his trumpets, ready to sound the trumpet warning at any time when he found out.

Then he saw the man and the horse, swaying slowly to the gate of the barracks, and before the soldiers on the sentry tower could give a warning, the horse stopped.

The man on horseback looked up at the soldiers on the sentry tower, and said, "The contemptible people have come to visit Xiao Jingchen and General Xiaoxiao, please pass it on your behalf." ”

This voice is indisputable.

The soldier asked, "Who are you?" What happened to come to General Xiao Xiao in the middle of the night? ”

The man said lazily: "I am the old man of General Xiao Xiao, and it is inconvenient to talk about him to the outside world, please pass it on on my behalf." ”

The soldier saw that he really didn't look like he was here to make trouble and sneak attack, so he shouted into the barracks, and a soldier went in to spread the word.

It's not too late now, Xiao Jingchen hasn't slept yet, he is reading a book in the tent, and he was really surprised when he heard the soldiers say that someone was looking for him.

Who could it be in the middle of the night?

On second thought, could it be the one who sent the letter? He left a message for the post station, and if there was a letter from him, he must deliver it as soon as possible. So all he could think of was the messenger.

Thinking that it might be Lin Ruan's letter, he didn't even bother to put on his cloak, opened the curtain and walked out.