readx;? The journey of more than 300 miles is really insignificant for the endless wilderness of northern Xinjiang. But for www.biquge.info the climate of the storm and the fact that there are more than a dozen carriages, this camp in northern Xinjiang, which can be reached in half a day on weekdays, is destined to become an unattainable target today.

Today's snow is very heavy and urgent, Lu Yifan and Lan Chen and his party walked for a whole day against the violent storm, and in the evening, the snow on the ground has completely submerged people's knees, and the carriage is even more difficult to move in the snow, so that the last carriage has been shallowly submerged in the snow, and the wheels are no longer able to turn for half a minute, the horses are neighing and struggling in the snow, and the whole convoy is forced to stop.

And until this moment, they are still nearly 100 miles away from the camp in Northern Xinjiang.

Today, the heavy snowfall during the day has greatly affected people's ears and eyes, and at night the earth is even more silish, and it is difficult to discern the direction of progress except for the pitch black sky.

"It seems that we have to set up camp here tonight!" Inside the carriage, Ji Yuan gently lifted the curtain of the car, raised his eyes and looked around, when he saw that Lan Chen and his party who were walking in front had also stopped moving forward, he couldn't help but smile bitterly and said, "There is a rather steep slope ahead, and now the snow is too deep, and there is a thick layer of ice under the snow, the horses can't go up at all, let alone pull a carriage full of baggage? It seems that the only way to do it is to wait for the sun to come out tomorrow!"

Lu Yifan pushed the big coat covering him a little away, and then said with a light smile: "Brother Liu, unload the frame for the horse! Let's get out of the car and find a place with a slightly slower terrain to rest for the night." ”

On a snowy night, in order to resist the biting cold wind, Lu Yifan and Lan Chen chose to spend the night in the leeward part of the hillside at the foot of the mountainside.

"Childe, this heavy snow has been falling for a whole day, and strange things are going to happen when there is a vision in the sky!" Ah Chang stretched out his hand to bake the fire, and said softly, "Do you say that something big is going to happen in Northern Xinjiang?"

"Oh, what do you think will happen in Northern Xinjiang?" Lu Yifan looked at Ah Chang with interest.

"It's hard to say!" Ah Changdai frowned slightly and said, "I just have a feeling, a very strange feeling, even I can't tell myself......"

"I feel this way too!" Ji Yuan nodded and said faintly, "Inexplicable anxiety, maybe it's because I've always been worried about Yi'er in my heart, after all, I have only been separated from her for a long time...... I don't know if she can find me when she comes back from her errands!" Ji Yuan's words came to this, and he couldn't help but let out a helpless sigh in his mouth.

Ji Yuan would mention Ji Yi'er almost every day during this time, and every time he asked Lu Yifan about Ji Yi'er's whereabouts, Lu Yifan would have an indescribable feeling in his heart, he didn't know where Ji Yi'er went, let alone whether Ji Yi'er would come back, especially if Ji Yi'er had the intention of repenting. The only thing Lu Yifan can do now is to use lies as much as possible to appease Ji Yuan, and hide it for a day!

"Look at that!"

Suddenly, one of Lan Chen's subordinates beside another bonfire stood up suddenly, pointing straight to the northern sky with his hand holding the dry food. At this moment, at the end of the northern sky, it should have been a dark place, but in the middle of the air, there was a faint yellow light that was intensifying.

"What's that?"

Everyone who was resting stood up one after another, staring at the end of the north with curious eyes, and everyone couldn't help but stop what they were doing, their faces full of surprise.

"It's firelight!" Xie Yun recognized at a glance what those yellow halos were.

"Firelight?" Lu Yifan frowned and stared at the northern sky solemnly, "There is the Zhuo Wolf Grassland, which is the junction with the Wanli Ice Field......

"To be more precise, it's Han Xiao's camp!" Liu Sandao said in a deep voice.

As soon as Liu Sandao's words came out, Lu Yifan's face sank instantly, if it weren't for the heavy snow blocking the road and he couldn't figure out the situation, I was afraid that he would have been unable to help but rush back to see what was going on.

The fire soared into the sky, reflecting the night sky in the north red, stretching for dozens of miles from east to west, even if it was two hundred miles away, Lu Yifan and the others could still see the outline of the red circle on the horizon.

"Han Xiao's camp is on fire?" Not far away, Lan Chen also looked at the north with a puzzled expression, obviously he also guessed the source of the fire, "But why is this happening?"

"Could it be ......" Hai Lao, who had been staring at the distance, suddenly had a flash of inspiration in his mind, and then an indescribable contemplative color appeared on his face.

"What did you think of?" Lan Chen asked urgently.

"Oh! no...... It's nothing ......" Hai Lao hurriedly prevaricated, although Lan Chen had doubts, but Hai Lao at this moment obviously didn't have so much energy to pay attention to him, so his mind had completely fallen into his own speculation.

"The fire is so fast, it seems that something big must have happened to Uncle Han's camp......" Lu Yifan's tone revealed a look of worry, "Uncle Han deployed his army at the junction of the ice field, and suddenly suffered such a fire, I think the ten* is related to the beast clan!"

"Yifan, should we rush back and have a look?" Ji Yuan asked.

Lu Yifan shook his head silently, and said faintly: "Uncle Han and Governor Xi Chen are in the camp now, even if there is a big matter, the two of them will definitely be able to deal with it, if even they can't deal with it, even if we rush back, I'm afraid it will be useless." What's more, we have more important things to do now!" As he spoke, Lu Yifan's deep eyes were already fixed on Lan Chen, who was standing not far away.

"Life and death are fate, wealth is in the sky!" Liu Sandao suddenly sneered and said, "Our current situation is not at all more stable than that of Han Xiao and Xi Chen!"

"What?"

"Look for yourself!" Liu Sandao suddenly raised the corners of his mouth, his eyes squinted at the top of the hillside, which was still dark at the moment, and there was nothing unusual about it.

However, just a moment after Liu Sandao's words fell, only a faint and chaotic sound of horses' hooves could be heard slowly coming from far to near, and then dazzling fires appeared one after another on the high slope like star spots.

Under the reflection of the firelight, one after another sergeants wearing heavy armor, carrying steel knives at their waists, holding the reins in one hand, holding torches in the other, and riding tall horses appeared above the heads of Lu Yifan and others.

"Which one is Lan Chen's son next?" In the cold wind, a crisp and loud inquiry came down from the hillside. I saw a young commander at the head of the horse team riding forward, leaning slightly towards the people below to take a closer look.

"Who are you?" asked the elder in a loud voice.

"I am under the command of General Chu Lingtian, Zhou Xin, the head of the Northern Xinjiang Battalion, and I am specially sent out to welcome Lan Chen's son!" Zhou Xin replied loudly, and when he mentioned Lan Chen's name, there was a hint of reverence in his voice.

Obviously, the prestige of the Lan family in the northern Xinjiang camp is still quite lofty.

"How do you know that my son-in-law is coming? What proof do you have?" As soon as Sanchun heard that it was Chu Lingtian's subordinate, even if he came to the momentum, he looked like a dog, and said to Zhou Xin with his hands on his hips and his face domineering.

"Any wind blowing in the northern Xinjiang will naturally not hide from the eyes of my general, and I have the token of the Northern Xinjiang Battalion as proof!" Zhou Xin said and took out a palm-sized bronze medal from his waist, and on the bronze medal there were four big characters engraved on the Northern Xinjiang Battalion.

Sanchun stared at a pair of small eyes and looked at it carefully for a long time, and then ran to Lan Chen's side with a snickering face, and said respectfully: "Childe, they are indeed from the Northern Xinjiang camp! Look at us, ......

"I'm Lan Chen, the weather is cold and the snow is blocking the road, we have prepared some small profits for General Chu in the car, but now it is difficult for the carriage to move forward, so we decided to stop here for the night!"

As soon as they heard Lan Chen's self-report, Zhou Xin and a group of sergeants hurriedly turned over and dismounted, first bowed respectfully to Lan Chen, and then Zhou Xin ran down directly from the hillside in three steps and two steps, rushed to Lan Chen's body and didn't even have time to stabilize his body, and knelt down without hesitation.

"Young Master Lanchen is above, please accept Zhou Xin's worship!"

Lan Chen's face changed suddenly, and then he hurriedly stretched out his hand to help Zhou Xinqi up from the snow, and said righteously: "Get up quickly, I am now just a banner master in the Border Guard Mansion, and you are the chief thousand households in the army, how can you kneel down to me!"

"Childe is too modest!" Zhou Xin looked at Lan Chen carefully with a smile on his face, looking up and down carefully, he was the first time to see Lan Chen like other soldiers in the army, and they also had a kind of worship that was almost like faith for the Lan family.

"What are you looking at?" Lan Chen frowned slightly and reached out to touch his cheek, "Is there something strange on my face?"

"No, no!" Zhou Xin hurriedly waved his hand and said, and then he turned his head to look at Lu Yifan and a few people not far away, and a look of doubt flashed inadvertently in his eyes, but Zhou Xin didn't say much, but hurriedly took off his big hat and put it on for Lan Chen, and then said to Lan Chen with a smile, "Son, quickly get on the horse, and rush back to the camp with me to rest! It's cold here, is it a place to spend the night?"

"But these carriages ......"

"Don't worry, Childe, my subordinates will stay here to take care of these carriages for Childe, and then slowly send the carriages back to the camp after tomorrow when it clears, there is no need to worry!" Zhou Xin smiled confidently, and as he spoke, he stretched out his hand to Lan Chen and made a gesture of please.

Lan Chen and Hai Lao first glanced at each other, and later, with Hai Lao's encouragement, Lan Chen decided to take his subordinates to change into a group of sergeants' fast horses, and followed Zhou Xin to take the lead in rushing back to the northern Xinjiang camp.

From beginning to end, Zhou Xin and others never said a word to Lu Yifan. This is not because Zhou Xin does not know Lu Yifan's identity. On the contrary, it is precisely because he knows Lu Yifan's life experience that he behaves so coldly.

Turning over the horse, just as he was about to raise the whip and set off, Lan Chen suddenly turned the horse's head, and then looked at Lu Yifan with a glint in his eyes, as if he was hesitating about something.

Liu Sandao glanced at Lan Chen with a sneer, and before he could say sarcasm, Lu Yifan took the first step to speak: "Let's go! General Chu Lingtian and your father are old friends, and it is estimated that he has long wanted to meet you!"

"Let's go together!" Finally, a resolute look flashed on Lan Chen's face, and he said slowly, "Although I don't like to walk with you at all, after all, we both went to visit the Northern Frontier camp as the banner master of the Border Guard Mansion, so it is not rude to go down together!"

"I ......"

"Lu Yifan, I'm not looking at your face!" Before Lu Yifan could open his mouth, Lan Chen was the first to snort coldly, "If it weren't for the fact that there is a female streamer among you, I am afraid that I can't withstand this cold winter and moon night, I wouldn't bother to call you!"

Although Lan Chen's tone was still cold, the meaning of his words made Lu Yifan feel a heartfelt warmth. I saw him smiling and looking at Ah Chang, who was staring at him with a pair of big eyes, and before Ah Chang could show his determination, Lu Yifan directly agreed to Lan Chen's suggestion, and said with a smile: "So thank you Lan Chen, Gongzi! Let's go!"

Saying that, under the surprised gazes of Liu Sandao, Xie Yun and Ji Yuan, Lu Yifan actually took the lead in taking Ah Chang towards Lan Chen, and then he ignored the disdainful gaze of Lan Chen's subordinates, first helped Ah Chang onto the horse, and then jumped to ride another horse next to Ah Chang steadily, only to see him holding the reins with both hands and looking at Lan Chen with a smile, and said, "It's time to go!"

"Lu Yifan, you are really getting more and more spineless!" Lan Chen sneered and sarcastically, "I originally thought you would refuse my sympathy!"

"I've thought about it, but it's not necessary to think about it carefully!" Lu Yifan ignored Hai Lao's scrutinizing gaze at all, and still looked straight at Lan Chen, and then took the initiative to step forward, stretched out his hand and put his hand on Lan Chen's shoulder, and said with a smile, "Although you and I have been mortal enemies since childhood, no matter how we say it, we are not enemies! ”

When Lu Yifan said this, Lan Chen's heart trembled suddenly, and Hai Lao's eyes on the side suddenly changed, and his gaze at Lu Yifan became more and more cold, because he suddenly found that the city revealed by Lu Yifan's words was getting deeper and deeper.

"Just now you said that General Chu Lingtian knows everything about the northern frontier, so I don't know what you think of the sky-high flames in the north at this moment?" Lu Yifan stretched out his hand again and patted Lan Chen, who was still immersed in contemplation, and then the words changed, and his soft gaze fell directly on Zhou Xin, who had a strange face.

Anti-customer-oriented, rather than passively accepting, it is better to take the initiative to control the overall situation. This is what Lu Yifan is going to do now. Even if Zhou Xin ignored him, Lu Yifan was still cheeky to chat with Zhou Xin.

"This ......" Zhou Xin didn't expect Lu Yifan to take the initiative to talk to him, and he was stunned at the moment, "I don't know, let's wait until I return to the camp and ask my general in person!"

"It's okay!" Lu Yifan nodded with a smile.

"Then let's hurry back to the camp!" The general has already prepared ginger tea and is waiting to catch the wind and ward off the cold for Lan Chen and Lu Gongzi!" Zhou Xin looked at Lan Chen with an embarrassed face, in order not to lose etiquette, he had to bring Lu Yifan with him in his words at this moment, after all, Lu Yifan had already taken the initiative to come up just now.

At this moment, the night was deep, and the blizzard that had been falling for a whole day gradually stopped, and Zhou Xin took Lu Yifan, Lan Chen and a group of fast horses to rush back to the camp in Northern Xinjiang.

However, in the big tent of the Chinese army in the northern Xinjiang camp, Chu Lingtian and Ma Rufeng and Fan Jiang had already been waiting for a long time! Just as Zhou Xin said just now, Chu Lingtian had indeed prepared a pot of steaming ginger tea waiting for their arrival.

It's just that for Lu Yifan, whether this pot of ginger tea is to keep warm or worse, it is not known!

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