Chapter 768: Departure
Huangji City, the Mansion of the General of Wei Chi.
In the lobby, Dan Xuan pushed a whole stack of silver tickets to Yu Chiwei, which seemed to be nearly a million taels.
Wei Chiwei's eyes widened and he stared at the silver tickets on the table, and said in shock: "Good boy, did you kid rob the dynasty treasury? Why are there so many silver tickets, they can't be given to me, right?"
Dan Xuan glanced at him and said, "You think beautifully, these silver tickets are for you to keep for me, and pay Niu Song a military salary every month, I think this money should be able to last until I come out of the Demon Domain!"
Wei Chiwei's brows furrowed even tighter when he heard this, and he wondered: "What, don't your soldiers have military salaries? Shouldn't it, the dynasty rarely delays in this regard?"
Dan Xuan shook his head and said: "You don't understand, I just want to improve the training enthusiasm of the sergeants, in short, you do what I say, if you don't help, I can go to General Wei......"
As he spoke, Dan Xuan pretended to take back a dozen silver tickets, but Wei Chiwei hurriedly held it down and said, "Okay, okay, can't I help you? Can you still trust that old boy of Wei Zifu? He will definitely put all your money into his pocket!"
Dan Xuan laughed, just when Wei Chiwei was telling jokes, after such a long period of contact, Dan Xuan also has a deeper understanding of Wei Zifu, although this person looks very out of tune, but he treats his brothers and friends sincerely, in fact, he is also a trustworthy person, but his erosive life makes Dan Xuan dare not compliment......
Wei Chiwei put away the silver ticket, raised his head and glanced at Dan Xuan's somewhat gloomy face, and said: "What, you are about to enter the Demon Domain, and you are a little reluctant to Huangji City?" It's just two years, let go of some, after two years, when you leave the Demon Domain, General Wei and I will invite you to drink!"
Dan Xuan squeezed out a smile and nodded. There was a sound of footsteps at the door, and at this time, Yu Chi Linglan walked into the hall, holding a tea tray, approached, and handed the teacup full of tea to Dan Xuan, Yu Chi Linglan just glanced at Dan Xuan quickly, then looked away, and still didn't dare to look at Dan Xuan's eyes.
Wei Chiwei was just about to take his teacup, but when he saw Yu Chi Ling Lan glaring at him vaguely, Wei Chi Wei woke up, got up and hurriedly said: "I won't drink the tea, by the way, Dan Xuan, I still have military and political officials to deal with, so I won't accompany you here, let Ling Lan accompany you on my behalf, you young people have more contact! If you dare to run away at noon, you, the general, will swallow it privately!"
"Eh, you ......" Dan Xuan just wanted to stop Yu Chiwei, but this guy ran too fast, and he walked out of the hall in a few steps.
Dan Xuan took a sip of tea lightly and coughed dryly, the two of them in the hall were silent, and the atmosphere was a little awkward.
"This tea is delicious. After a while, Dan Xuan said without words.
"Hmm......" Yu Chi Linglan nodded slightly, and also asked out loud: "I heard my father say that you will go to the Demon Domain in a few days, right?"
Dan Xuan nodded slightly, then lowered his head and took another sip of tea.
Yu Chi Linglan barely squeezed out a smile and said, "Then, then you must be careful......
"Hmm......" nodded again, but there was no topic between the two, and it was extremely embarrassing.
After a while, Dan Xuan seemed to suddenly think of something, raised his head and said, "Oh, by the way, my flaming horse has also asked Miss Ling Lan and Guo'er to help take care of it, and when I come out of the Demon Domain in two years, I will definitely be grateful!"
Yu Chi Ling Lan snorted, suddenly raised his head to look directly at Dan Xuan, and asked, "Then, then what are you going to do, how can you thank me?"
I don't know why, Dan Xuan didn't dare to look at Yu Chi Linglan's blazing eyes, and hurriedly lowered his head and took a sip of tea, saying, "You can thank you as much as you want......
"Then, what if you marry me......" Yu Chi Linglan's eyes were still blazing.
"Poof......" Dan Xuan squirted out all the tea in one sip, and looked up at Yu Chi Linglan a little sluggishly.
The two looked at each other for a moment, but Yu Chi Linglan suddenly looked away and said with a smile: "Tease you, look at your stupidity, as if this girl is relying on you!"
Dan Xuan was relieved when he heard this, and laughed awkwardly. It's just that he didn't notice that Yu Chi Linglan's smile was so forced, as if it was squeezed out.
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Three days later, when the first rays of sunlight burst out from the horizon of the Imperial Pole City, two fast horses were already galloping towards the east against the rising sun.
The person in front was an old man in a gray robe, and it was Dan Xuan who was half a horse behind. The two of them were heading towards the entrance of the Demon Domain, the way was not very close, and the Imperial Pole City was some distance away from the entrance of the Demon Domain.
Originally, Dan Xuan was still a little worried that once he left the Imperial Pole City, Lei Qian might take the opportunity to attack him. And now it seems that since there is this gray-robed old man to send him off, this person's strength is unfathomable, and with his escort, there will definitely be no danger along the way.
Ten days later, the two arrived at the western foot of Tongmen Mountain, which was deserted, and rested in a cave at the foot of the mountain.
The bonfire was lit, and the two had dinner, and the old man was silent all the way, like a mute. Dan Xuan is also a person who is not good at talking, so there are only a handful of words that have been said between the two along the way.
Dan Xuan was looking at the bonfire in a daze, and his heart was full of antiquity and excitement about the location of the Demon Domain, but he was also a little apprehensive.
The old man glanced at Dan Xuan, but suddenly said, "How old is this year?"
Dan Xuan was slightly surprised, if he remembered correctly, this was the first gossip that the old man took the initiative to tell him.
"Twenty-one!" Dan Xuan said truthfully.
The old man nodded, put a piece of dry wood still in the bonfire, and said, "Who do you think the eldest prince and the third prince will be the overlord of Beichuan in the future?"
When Dan Xuan heard this, he was even more surprised that the old man would ask this question. But he shook his head and said: "I don't dare to talk about this matter!"
Dan Xuan's answer seemed to be within the old man's expectations, he curled the corners of the old man's lips, and continued: "I don't think you will say it! Since you have chosen the Third Prince, you must have confidence in the Third Prince! The Third Prince is a kind-hearted and frank person, and he is indeed a rare good master! And the eldest prince is ruthless and cunning, and does things without breaking the means, and it seems that he is not treated well by people like you!" However, looking at the battle for succession in history, the vast majority of people who can laugh to the end are people like the eldest prince, so if you choose like this, aren't you afraid of choosing the wrong direction?"
Dan Xuan was slightly stunned when he heard this, in fact, he really hadn't thought about it.
Seeing that the young man was silent, the smile on the corner of the old man's lips became even bigger, and he said: "Now that the Yelang of the Guyin Dynasty is arrogant, it is impossible for a small Tianzeling to stop the pace of our southern expedition, and the only thing lacking now is the opportunity!"
"Then when is the time for the Southern Expedition?" Dan Xuan looked up at the old man.
However, the old man just looked at the fire and was silent, with a grim smile in his eyes.
Dan Xuan felt that today's old man seemed to be a little different from the past, but he couldn't tell where it was different. After a deep groan, Dan Xuan still said loudly: "Old man, there is one thing I have always wanted to say, but I have never been sure, so I don't dare to say anything! I think Emperor Zun's body seems to be a little strange, the last time I saw him, when he was close to me, I found that his aura was a little disordered, and the two acupoints of 'Yang Bai' and 'Cheng Pulp' were also dark black......
"Okay!" The gray-robed old man suddenly interrupted Dan Xuan's words, a mocking smile appeared on his face, and said: "How can you speculate on the depth of the emperor's dignity?
After speaking, the old man got up and said slowly: "Rest early! Tomorrow we will arrive at the entrance of the Demon Domain, you still have to recharge your energy today, there are still many things waiting for you to complete!"
Under the flickering firelight, Dan Xuan looked up at the back of the old man gradually leaving, and the apprehension in his heart seemed to be more obvious.