When Jiang Huaiyang pushed Zhu Men and paced in, he met his eyes with Ruan Haoxin, who was waiting in the hall.

There was no surprise on his face, and he calmly sat down on the rose chair on the left, poured himself a cup of cold tea, and sipped it leisurely, as if waiting for the other party to speak.

When he wasn't facing the little lady, he also had the usual coldness in his eyes. This coldness is forged by a long period of unknown darkness, quenched with poison and blood.

Jiang Huaiyang finally put down the teacup, but his mouth was not what Ruan Haoxin thought, "I remember, in the battle between the besieged valleys, you were injured in the left wrist, and now you are fine?" ”

As soon as he mentioned this, he bowed his head and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty, it's a great thing." ”

At this moment, he is talking back as a courtier, a brother who has been with the king for a long time. He was a little strange, this injury had been seen by the imperial doctor earlier, after many years, why did the new emperor suddenly mention it?

Jiang Huaiyang looked at the carved door, and the vermilion color was a little darker because it was night. He was clearly looking at Zhu Men, but his gaze seemed to fall on a very distant place, and he sighed, "The snow was really heavy that day, and it was all over the sky. ”

Ruan Haoxin also remembered something, and echoed softly, "Exactly, I almost couldn't get out." "It's easy to talk about now, but at that time, it lost most of the soldiers.

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It was a season of snow like goose feathers, and the whole land was shrouded in white terror.

Jiang Huaiyang, who was still the little prince at the time, led the army and struggled forward in the snow. In order to march as soon as possible, they had no choice but to abandon some of the grain and grass.

They were chasing the Khitan army all the way ahead, but the leader of the same company dropped the chain at a critical time. He stopped his horse in a sneering manner, and turned back to plead guilty, "Your Highness, this snowy mountain, the road ahead is really a little uncertain. ”

He happened to be Ruan Haoxin next to him.

Ruan Haoxin laughed, grabbed the reins with one hand, and kicked the horse under the other side with his foot raised, "Don't know the way?" When you don't recognize the road, when Your Highness went to the Four Highnesses to borrow people, what did you take? ”

This is not the territory of Wuguo, it is extremely cold all year round, in terms of climate adaptation and familiarity with the terrain, they do not have an advantage, how many people point to him to lead the way.

The horse of the leader was frightened, and rushed forward, so that the face of the leader turned pale, and he shouted for a while before he could barely calm the horse.

Ruan Haoxin took control of the horse and stepped back for a while and asked, "Your Highness, what should we do now?" ”

Jiang Huaiyang's face remained unchanged, as if this was not something worth caring about, but the people in the army knew in their hearts that this time was no better than spring, once they got lost, they would die for life.

He said coldly, "Go forward, don't look back." He also instructed the pawns around him to remember to mark the dead trees, so that the marks would not be hidden by the snow.

Originally, if you had stepped up and identified the clues on the road, you would still be able to find the direction of the enemy. But no one expected that the four princes of the same camp would assign a person who didn't know the road to them for a momentary moment.

After all, they couldn't pry each other's brains to probe, and they didn't have much defense against the four princes of the same camp.

As he was walking, he suddenly heard the sound of horses' hooves behind him.

Jiang Huaiyang's expression was grim, and after hearing that there were not many people, everyone faced the enemy head-on.

The soldiers have been walking in the snow for a long time, and it is the time for itchy hands. In a short time, there was more blood on the ground, and the enemy fell to the ground.

The only two living mouths left killed themselves by biting their tongues.

Jiang Huaiyang's eyes sank a little more, and there was sarcasm in his tone, "It's loyal." ”

It's okay if it's just like this, but there are constantly enemy troops chasing after them, and the number is not large, but the batch is large. As the saying goes, one blow, then decline, and three exhaustion, Jiang Huaiyang understands that he can't blindly respond to the enemy, so he ordered all the soldiers to move forward and avoid for the time being.

It's just that the Khitan army behind is like a rat smelling a fragrance, chasing after it.

Jiang Huaiyang and the others had no choice but to turn into a valley and staggered away from each other for the time being. Fang breathed a sigh of relief, but found that the food and grass were in an emergency, and he couldn't confirm whether the Khitans were still wandering around, so he almost fell into a dilemma.

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Jiang Huaiyang gradually retracted his thoughts, "If you hadn't led a few people and brought back the grain and grass that were left behind, I'm afraid that you and I would have been unpredictable." ”

"The things that have gone through the years are not enough." Ruan Haoxin shook his head, quite emotional.

At that time, most of the soldiers were exhausted and could only take a short rest. But after all, rest and recuperation will delay time, and people are tired and tired, and it is difficult to raise morale.

Despite this, after Ruan Haoxin led the troops away, there were still Khitan troops who found them, and there was another bloody battle.

It was also since then that Jiang Huaiyang planted the seeds of suspicion about King Jing. Now that I think about it, those who fought with them at the beginning were the Khitans, and the subordinates of King Jing who pretended to be the Khitans were clearly distinguished.

Half a year after he ascended the throne, King Jing finally couldn't hold back and showed his ambitions.

Jiang Huaiyang half-lowered his eyes, and subconsciously tapped on several cases with one hand, "Aiqing has only come back for a short time, and it should have been a time to recuperate, but——"

He told Ruan Hao about the situation and his calculations one by one.

Ruan Haoxin frowned, pursed his lips, and was silent.

"If you don't want to, I won't force you." In terms of being a king, especially when treating people he trusts, Jiang Huaiyang is still lenient enough.

King Jing wants to rebel, the emperor naturally wants to be peaceful, Ruan Haoxin is a courtier, there is no reason to sit idly by.

He resolutely said, "The ministers swear to die." "I can only thank the widow and weak sister at home for the time being, and it is not too late to come back and make amends.

"Okay."

Jiang Huaiyang smiled.

With Yu Huai following, he is more confident about the plan to be implemented.

After setting the date of the expedition and planning it properly, the conversation inevitably turned to the person who became the estrangement between the two.

"Your Majesty knew that the little sister was not in her house." In the silent hall, Ruan Haoxin's words seemed a little abrupt.

"Yes." He didn't shy away from it at all, and admitted it generously - in fact, he knew it at a glance, and at this point, she probably turned off the light, or only left one in the inner room, how could it be so brightly lit.

Ruan Haoxin looked into his eyes, "Your Majesty, as the king of a country, didn't you even count the ministers you promised before?" ”

He lifted his eyelids, suddenly hooked his lips, and supported his head with one hand, "I should allow her to leave the palace, not take back the concubine." This was quite a bit of a denial, but he didn't do it, and he vaguely felt that there was really something to lose.

The air cooled down suddenly. The two men who were still reminiscing about the past together almost undercurrently.

(End of chapter)