The wind and snow on the road gradually increased.

In recent years, the border has been full of bones, the bones of horses, cattle and livestock, and the fields that should have been full of crops are covered with frost.

"Where are we?" The prince in the carriage lifted the curtain and asked the young guards who were entourage.

"Back to Your Highness, this is the Jade Gate Pass."

It's getting colder and colder, and it looks like the return trip is going to be postponed.

"Who is the general guarding the pass?"

"Back to Your Highness, it's Xuanyuan Po."

"This king and the Ministry of Rites will enter the customs first, and you go to inform Huaiyuan and Anyang."

"No!" The guards saluted with both hands, and immediately rode towards the convoy behind.

......

"An Shu, it's almost time to pass the Jade Gate." Looking at the frozen fields, I felt uncomfortable, even though there was no war, and the taxes would be much lighter. But I'm afraid that the ice and snow have been gone, so how can I ...... it again

My helpless sigh seemed to be noticed by An Shu in front of me, and she gently put her hand on my cheek, which was warm, and made my cold face have a trace of blood.

"Huailang, what's going on?"

Looking at her bright eyes, I was a little stunned, how could she understand the suffering of the people who had lived in a greenhouse like she had since she was a child.

"Wouldn't it be great if there were fewer calamities and the people could live and work in peace and contentment......

Whether it is a natural disaster or a man-made disaster, it is the people who suffer.

"It's going to be fine!"

"Hmmm......"

I looked at her so pure, untouched by the world, and said words full of hope, simple and lovely.

Outside the carriage came the sound of hurried horses' hooves.

"Your Highness, Sir. Ahead is the Jade Gate. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has already entered the customs first. ”

…… As expected, the desolation in the Kannai was worse than expected. Many children, who did not even have a single coat, were huddled in the corners of the wall and their hands and feet were frozen purple and black.

"Someone, go and hand them out a fleece coat."

"No!"

It was His Royal Highness the Crown Prince who was distributing supplies......

A thought flashed through me. For the people, the crown prince should be a good emperor in the future.

But I still sighed and shook my head, because I knew that it was not he Li Chengqian who won the throne in the end......

…… No matter how well he does, it's useless.

Compared with the private houses, although Xuanyuan Po's mansion is large, it looks very shabby. It seems that there has been no one to take care of it for many years.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is here! The minister is late, and there is a lot of slackness! "It was the Jade Gate guard who spoke, Xuanyuan Po.

Xuanyuan broke a broken armor, and his face and hands were either knife wounds or sword wounds, and at first glance, he was a military man who had been fighting for years.

"Old general, please. This king Xie'anyang and the horse returned to Beijing, the road encountered wind and snow, and if you want to live here temporarily, you can arrange it. ”

"No!" Xuanyuan Po hurriedly got up and arranged the matter.

Yumen Pass is a perennial land of ice and snow, with a dangerous snow-capped mountain at its back, easy to defend and difficult to attack. In normal good years, the grain harvest could only barely take care of the army, and in the past few years, it has been even worse, and even the people have frozen to death and starved to death.

However, the Turks were in the same situation. Years of ice and snow, grain and livestock have frozen to death in the countryside, and they are no longer able to invade our Datang territory.

I got out of the carriage and wandered around the general's mansion with An Shu, the stone benches, stone appreciation, and creeks in the courtyard were frozen into ice and dried, and there was no life.

The people in the house can count them on one hand.

Xuanyuan Po also had a daughter......

But before he got married, he was brutally poisoned.

As a father, Xuanyuan Po petitioned to come here to guard the border, but I don't know why......

I know that......