While the husband and wife were talking, the sound of the five watches of drums came from the tower, and Fan Lihua smiled: "It's the fifth watch, you should get up." Xue Dingshan sighed: "Alas! The official body is not free, I am leaving, and I will make a complete break with Su Bao. You get the head of the fish yourself, and dismantle it yourself. Fan Lihua helped him pack up his clothes and said with a smile: "I don't need Xu Qiansui to dismantle this fish head." I, just sit firmly on the Diaoyutai and wait for the generals to come and repay the merits. Suddenly, he said with a straight face: "Say yes, make trouble." There are no eyes on the battlefield, you must be careful, don't hurt yourself. Xue Dingshan nodded and said, "Don't worry, for you, I can't let myself be hurt." ”

Fan Lihua got up in full clothes, lit a red candle, took out a red silk bag from the closet, untied it on the dressing table, and inside was a soft armor, and said: "This is a thin rattan soft armor, picking vines in the mountains, made of ancient secret methods, wearing it on the body is no different from ordinary clothes, it can avoid knives, guns, arrows and crossbows, and resist fire." I'm afraid you won't be able to wear the armor on this expedition, so wear it on your body, you can use it for a little self-defense. ”

Xue Dingshan looked at the attentive and thoughtful Fan Lihua, and his heart was like a jar of honey, full of sweetness. He put soft armor on the inside of his robe, and wore a decaying garment.

Fan Lihua looked at it and said with a smile: "Okay." Be careful, I'll wait for you to come back. Xue Dingshan hugged Fan Lihua, kissed her on the lips, and nodded: "I will definitely return triumphantly." It's just that I don't know when I'll be able to come back, so I'm really reluctant to let you go! Fan Lihua also smiled reluctantly: "If you can't bear it, you have to give it up, in order not to separate in the future, let's endure the pain of parting for a while." Xue Dingshan hugged Fan Lihua tightly and kissed her deeply on the lips again. It took a long time to let go of her, and said with concern: "It's still early, you're fine, let's sleep for a while." ”

Fan Lihua nodded with a smile and said, "I know." Alas! How many times have my mother-in-law cried these days, I heard that my mother-in-law is sick? Xue Dingshan nodded and said, "Yes!" When my mother mentions it, you cry, and you've been almost bedridden for the past few days. Fan Lihua endured her sadness and said, "After you go out, I will immediately go to see my mother-in-law and make amends to the old man." Xue Dingshan nodded and said, "It should be." ”

While talking, Fan Lihua personally sent Xue Dingshan downstairs and told him again. Xue Dingshan turned around to leave, but Fan Lihua hurriedly stopped him again and said, "Don't say to the outside world that I am not dead, so as not to let the Turks say that the Tang Dynasty is untrustworthy." Let's just say that I have ascended to immortality, although they have doubts, they can't say anything else. Xue Dingshan smiled: "I know." There is the heavy snow in Phoenix Mountain and the sound of the sheng flute that my sister said, not to mention the Turks, even the Tang sergeants are afraid and convinced. Fan Lihua said with a smile: "If you go out like this, you will fail." Xue Dingshan hugged Fan Lihua and said in her ear: "I can't pretend to be crazy and stupid, can't I make a sad look?" As he spoke, he kissed Fan Lihua's lips, then suppressed his smiling face and replaced it with a mournful look. said: "How? Fan Lihua pushed him with a smile and said, "Let's go." Xue Dingshan turned around with a smile.

Fan Lihua stroked her soft lips, smiled slightly, and watched Xue Dingshan come out of Yilanxuan before returning upstairs, extinguishing the red candle, and lying down in her clothes.

Xue Jingshan took Xue Yinglong, and the young generals who came to stay with him, Xue Yulian sisters, Dou Yuxian and others stayed in the mourning hall all night.

As soon as Xue Dingshan came out, Yi Lanxuan hurriedly changed his mournful look and came to the White Tiger Hall. After entering the mourning hall, I put a few incense sticks in front of the spirit. Li Xiurong led the maid and maid to come in and quarrel with Xue Yulian and the others, and accompanied the spirit behind the curtain. Xu Maogong also came to make incense and personally took care of the funeral.

After a while, the people who came to mourn and the people who were going to the funeral came to the Shuai Mansion one after another, and the Shuai Mansion was very lively. Musicians, chariots and horses, please Ling Tsing Yi...... All ready, ready to hear.

Xu Mao ordered Jiang Xu to take Xue Yinglong to the White Tiger Temple to pay respects and open the cave.

After breakfast, Xue Yinglong came back. Xu Maogong looked at the sky, and the auspicious time was near. Ordered Tsing Yi to invite the spirit to come out, go around the coffin three times, and mourn the spirit. Princess Liu came over and cried in person, and only after the ghost left the house did she return to the bedroom under the persuasion of Mao and others. Xue Yinglong did his filial piety to mourn the soul of the driver, and held the banner and fell into the basin. On the street in front of the marshal's mansion, the female dependents boarded the car, the rest of the people waited on the horse, all kinds of deacons set up, and the inscription was erected in front of them, and the book read: "The Tang Dynasty granted the two Liao kings of the east and Pingxi, and ordered the world to supervise and recruit, the generalissimo of soldiers and horses, the Marquis of Weining, and the spirit of Mrs. Fan of Xuemen." "The monk and the bell chime rang together, reciting some transcendent scriptures, and the chariot and horse deacons set up, more than ten miles away, and traveled all the way to the West Gate of the White Tiger Pass.

After walking a short distance, the governors of the various prefectures who stayed in Baihu Pass, the squires of the clan set up sheds and road sacrifices. Even the people of Baihuguan poured into the streets to see off Fan Lihua, and the streets were full of mourning.

At the end of the day, the funeral procession went out of the west gate. The officials of various provinces and the people of Li dispersed one after another. Only the close relatives and friends of the Xue family went to the White Tiger Temple with the spirit to rest the spirit.

Xu Maogong came to the horse of Xue Dingshan, who had a sad face and messy eyes, and said in a low voice: "It's all arranged?" Xue Dingshan nodded slightly, and said in a low voice: "Please rest assured." Xu Maogong nodded.

Outside the White Tiger Pass, there are also sacrificial tents set up by the generals stationed in the camp, and Xu Maogong only ordered the person who led the way to pass the order "Excuse me." "I didn't stop much.

At the foot of Baihu Mountain, Li Shimin has ordered someone to set up a sacrificial tent, in which three animal sacrifices are arranged, incense is burned, and music is played by musicians in Tsing Yi. The will has long been handed down, and after the road sacrifice, the spirit must be personally sent to the White Tiger Temple. At this time, he had already led Cheng Yanjin and other old princes to get off the chariot in front of the sacrificial tent, and sat in the sacrificial tent to wait for the funeral procession.

Next to it is the sacrificial tent set up by the Turks, and the Turkic prince Jianfeng took Mosi, and Gao Sheng waited in front of the sacrificial tent early. Su Baotong also arranged another 1,000 capable henchmen to wait for the opportunity to move in the name of protecting the Prince of Jianfeng.

On the boundary of the White Tiger Pass, at the foot of Phoenix Mountain, Su Baotong received the news from Li Daofu and learned that Li Shimin was going to personally pay tribute to the funeral, and he could go to the foot of the White Tiger Mountain at noon. Su Baotong hurriedly ordered his uncle Yang Hu to lead 50,000 iron cavalry to capture Baihu Pass, and he led 50,000 troops to encircle and suppress Li Shimin's ministers at the foot of Baihu Mountain. The two groups of people died down and quietly approached the White Tiger Pass.

It was nearly noon, and the funeral procession came from afar, and the attendant hurriedly returned to Li Shimin. Li Shimin personally greeted him outside the sacrificial tent. The deacon who led the way saw it and hurriedly ran back to Xu Maogong. Xu Maogong hurriedly waved his hand to stop the music and cover the flag, and Brother Xue Dingshan came to Li Shimin to pay a salute.