Chapter 23: The Journey

Two fast horses jumped onto the shore of the lake and chased towards the Winter Styx Mountain in the northwest, because the three horses were fast, and before the news came back, the Xihai Protectorate did not react much, and was still searching for the three robbers under martial law.

Xue Baijin took the lead, because of his quiet personality, he didn't say anything along the way, but occasionally glanced back at the accompanying lady and the wild man who was hugged by his wife.

Not far behind, the charcoal red horse trotted down.

Luo Ning sat on the horse's back, supported the Night Terror Hall with her chest, had already sutured and bandaged several wounds, afraid that the sky would freeze the thief, and took a change of clothes from the side of the horse, wrapped the Night Terror Hall, and then held it in her arms to warm it.

Night Terror rested on horseback for a long time, and his breath was completely calmed, and the tiredness after intense exercise came to his mind, and he should have slept for a while; But Tianlangzhu's medicinal strength that has nowhere to be used seems to be there, causing the body to be unable to calm down, leaning on the soft little watermelon behind his back, and holding the jade hand on his waist, there is something abnormal in his half-dream.

Luo Ning held the hand of Night Terror Hall around his waist, naturally paying attention to the condition of his body at all times, he was looking at the road carefully, but as he walked, he found that the thief's breath in his arms was not quite right, and after thinking about it, he quietly touched his abdominal muscles......

!!

Although Luo Ning has been together for a long time, her face is still very thin, and when she touched the torture instrument that bullied the woman, her peach blossom eyes widened a little, and she wanted to withdraw her hand as if she was electrocuted, but she was held down by the thief, and it seemed that she felt very comfortable holding it.

Luo Ning glanced at Bai Jin not far away, his eyes showed nervousness and shame, and he didn't dare to speak loudly, but frowned in the ear of the Night Terror Hall and said:

"Thief!"

"Hmmm......"

The night terror hall was in a daze, and after being shouted, he came to his senses, and found that he was holding Ning'er's hand, and his eyes were a little ashamed:

"When I came over, I ate Tianlang Zhu, and the medicine was relatively strong, and it didn't disperse clean......

Luo Ning saw that the night terror hall looked kind and apologetic, but his hand was pressed and he didn't let go, and he became more and more ashamed in his heart, and whispered:

"You let go, I'll call Bai Jin like this again......"

Xue Baijin, who was riding a horse in front, had a good sense of perception, and when he heard the whispers behind him, he turned around and wondered:

"What's wrong?"

Luo Ning said that he was complaining to his predecessor, but in fact, he was embarrassed to speak, covering each other's hands with robes, and said as usual:

"It's nothing, he took the medicine, his breath is not very stable, hurry up."

"Really......"

Seeing this, Xue Baijin didn't say much, and instead sped up the horse's speed.

Luo Ning was sure that Bai Jin didn't notice anything unusual, so he secretly breathed a sigh of relief, seeing that Night Terror was cheeky and didn't let go, probably hoping that he would feel better, and in the end he didn't resist, just looked away and made a look of disgust.

The night terror hall was so folded, but it was completely sober, turned his head to look at the cold Ning'er, and chatted about family life:

"Yunli is in Honghe Town, did you go over to see it when you came?"

"See, helping Sanniang recruit gangs in the town, setting up a table in front of him, and two thugs standing behind, pretending to be like a gangster lady, I must not have copied books well these days......"

Night Terror Hall looked at the appearance of Ning Er's good wife and mother, and couldn't restrain herself, so she leaned close and plucked on her red lips, but the ice lump in front of her immediately turned around:

"Night Terror, if you're okay, ride back by yourself."

Night Terror Hall hurriedly sat up straight, but was still pinched hard by the annoyed and angry Ning'er, secretly took a cool breath, and raised his hand slightly:

"I'll be honest and hurry up."

Xue Baijin saw Ning Er's panicked appearance, so she guessed that the two were secretly making love, and she felt really strange in front of her, so she simply sped up her horse speed and opened up some distance.

The three of them walked like this, and soon they had traveled more than twenty miles on the wasteland.

Fan Qinghe took his clan back to the Winter Immortal Mountain, because with several carriages, the speed was definitely not as fast as the night terror, and at this time he had not yet left the Xihai Protectorate.

Luo Ning hugged the night terrors, and not long after touching each other, the sound of flapping wings came from the sky.

Bang Bang Bang ~

Then a fluffy fat ball fell from the sky, squatted on Xue Baijin's shoulder, tilted his head and looked:

"Goo?"

Although Xue Baijin was not far away from the Night Terror Hall, he still liked the lovely Snow Eagle, and raised his hand to touch his head.

And Luo Ning, who was in the rear, found that the bird was coming, so he quickly withdrew his hand and asked as if nothing had happened:

"Where is the Queen?"

"Tsk."

The bird tilted its head and pointed, then flew out to lead the way.

Xue Baijin had a bad relationship with the female emperor, and his special status was special, so he naturally didn't want to see the female emperor's sister, so he galloped forward, and when he saw the convoy marching on the wasteland, he stopped his horse:

"Ning'er, are you with me, or with him?"

Luo Ning hadn't seen each other for so long, so she must be taking care of her by the side of Night Terror.

But there are Fan Qinghe and the queen in the convoy, and Bai Jin walks the rivers and lakes, she is the only one by her side, if she runs with the man, how lonely Bai Jin should be on the road, so he hesitated or said:

"What I'll do in the past, come with you."

Seeing this, Xue Baijin naturally did not persuade his wife and the night terror hall to go, and turned the horse to come to him:

"The two thousand cavalry scattered in a hurry, and without the commander, they would definitely go separately, and I can't say how much they can get back. After I get the things, I will go directly to Jingjie City, you will definitely go back to give the female emperor a life, and when the time comes, come over with the Minglong Diagram, and I will hand over the Snow Lake Flower to you. ”

The Night Terror Hall is busy in the Western Xinjiang, and when the Snow Lake Flower is dried and sealed, it will go to Jingjie City to meet, and it doesn't take two days to go, and he just admonishes at the moment:

"Be careful all the way, I'll come over as soon as possible when the snow lake flowers are dry."

"You should also be careful, if you have an injury, take a good rest, don't toss around."

After Luo Ning gave a pointful admonition, he flew up, landed behind Bai Jin, and hugged his small waist:

"Let's go."

"Drive!"

……

Night Terror Hall smiled, raised his hand slightly, and waved, watching the white horse gallop towards the road from which it came, before lightly slapping the horse's belly and walking towards the convoy that had stopped.

——

Hoof, hoof......

The sound of horses' hooves came from far and near, and the dozen or so Winter Hades tribesmen in the convoy had already stopped, looking back and waiting on the wasteland.

Fan Qinghe and Dongfang Liren were sitting in a carriage, and they were looking back at the three of them by the window.

Finding that the speed of the Night Terror Hall was not fast, and his body was not very stable, Fan Qinghe realized the problem, quickly got out of the carriage, and trotted to him:

"Night Terror, you're hurt?"

The night terror was very serious, and although the weight lifting on the look was light, it was top-heavy, and he wanted to turn over and dismount in a chic manner, but as soon as his legs were raised, the person was a stumbling person.

"Huh?"

Fan Qinghe reacted very quickly, stretched out his arms and stepped forward, using his chest as a buffer to catch the night terror, and Dongfang Li also ran over when he saw this.

Night Terror landed steadily, and patted his robe with a little embarrassment:

"The injury is not serious, let's go to the carriage and talk about it."

Dongfang ran to the front of the people, and did not dare to delay, and hurriedly helped the night terror hall back to the carriage.

After Fan Qinghe boarded the carriage, he let the convoy continue to set off, and then took the medicine box from his side to help Night Terror Hall check it carefully.

Dongfang Liren held on to the night terrors, and said distressedly:

"I said that you should not fight hard, and if the situation is not right, you will come back, why are you still like this......"

Night Terror Hall leaned in the carriage, and seeing that both of them were very nervous, he smiled:

"It's not that I haven't fought hard, Zuo Xianwang is gone, I am still able-bodied and can ride a horse, and I can say that I have returned unharmed."

Fan Qinghe had just untied his robe, and when he heard this, he was stunned and looked up in disbelief:

"King Zuo Xian is dead?!"

Night Terror Hall nodded and said, "Originally, he couldn't catch up, but as soon as he escaped, he ran into the Pingtian Sect Master head-on, and then he was gone."

"This move can also be regarded as revenge for part of the Chi Ministry, but killing the prince of Beiliang is not a trivial matter, and I am afraid that it will be more troublesome next......"

Since Fan Qinghe can remember, King Zuo Xian has been the emperor of the various tribes of the West Sea, and he has thought about rebuilding the royal court countless times to get rid of the control of the Northern Liang, but under the absolute dominance of King Zuo Xian, there is no hope at all.

Now that he suddenly heard that King Zuo Xian was dead, Fan Qinghe naturally felt a little like he could see the moon in his heart, but after reacting, he felt that the situation was not good.

After all, King Zuoxian's dominance comes from the national strength of the Northern Liang and the border army under his command, not King Zuo Xian alone.

The princes and kings who guarded the western frontier were assassinated, and the Northern Liang court could sit idly by, and the western frontier would not want to do so in the future, and it would definitely retaliate next.

Night Terror Hall is not only the orphan of King Tianlang, but also the prince of the Southern Dynasty.

The Northern Liang took revenge on the Southern Dynasty for this, which involved too much, and it might even lift a stone to shoot itself in the foot.

And taking this opportunity to kill the remnants of the five major tribes can completely recover the Western Xinjiang and let the Xihai tribes completely fall under the rule of the Northern Liang.

From the point of view of those in power, even if Night Terror Hall thought that he was an assassin sent by the empress, Emperor Liang would probably admit the identity of the orphan of King Tianlang, so as to confirm the rebellion of the various tribes in the West Sea and obtain the name of the teacher.

Thinking of this, Fan Qinghe was a little panicked and asked:

"Did anyone see you kill King Zuoxian? You are the descendant of the royal court, if Emperor Liang knew about this, he would definitely send troops to encircle and suppress the various departments......"

Night Terror Hall knew that if he killed King Zuoxian, the consequences would be more serious, so he said:

"I didn't reveal my identity, but no one in the entire Tianlang Lake didn't know that it was me, so I could only go back and ask the Holy Lord to see what to do next."

Dongfang Liren is the prince of Great Wei, and he has been the regent of the prison country for a few months, and he is very clear about the situation, and when he saw that Fan Qinghe was a little panicked, he comforted:

"If our dynasty does not withdraw its troops from the border pass, King Zuoxian's whole family will die, and Emperor Liang will not use troops against the West Sea, but will only attract all departments to fight for soldiers, food, grass and horses, and if you want to settle accounts, you will only settle accounts after the autumn.

"King Zuo Xian was killed, which can be regarded as giving Emperor Liang the name of his teacher, if he dares to fight, he should take this opportunity to go south, instead of liquidating the Xihai tribes."

When the Night Terror Hall heard this, he frowned and said:

"Meaning, I have re-provoked the war between the North and the South, and the one who occupies the situation is still on the side of the Northern Liang?"

Dongfang Liren pondered: "Northern Liang really sent troops for this, that is indeed reasonable." But the premise is that you have to dare to fight, you just killed King Zuoxian, it can be regarded as revenge for the royal court, take this opportunity to secretly recruit various departments, put on a posture to rebuild the royal court, Emperor Liang will definitely not dare to move troops before the thaw of Tianlang Lake, and he may be attacked on both sides if he moves. ”

Night Terror nodded slightly, and asked again:

"What about after the thaw of Langhu that day?"

Fan Qinghe was clear about this and responded:

"Where there is no big boat to build in the west of Tianlang Lake, the soldiers are only good at horse fighting, and they are all soft-footed shrimp on the boat, as long as Tianlang Lake is thawed, the West Sea departments will not be able to threaten the east of the lake, and the Beiliang Navy Division can enter the inner belly of Western Xinjiang at any time, and even go south along the river ......."

Dongfang Li pondered for a while, and felt that the current situation was a good opportunity to send troops, so he turned his head and said:

"Why don't you take this opportunity to raise the banner of King Tianlang? As long as the various departments of the West Sea raise troops and gather twenty or thirty thousand Tianlang cavalry, and our Great Wei will wave the Northern Expedition at the same time, it should not be easy for the Northern Liang to hold it......"

Fan Qinghe, as the king of the winter underworld, has been planning to restore the country all these years, although he hopes that the Night Terror Hall will re-ascend the throne, but he still shook his head and said:

"That's the case, but the Northern Liang Guoshi and Emperor Liang are not stupid, in the past twenty years, all the horse farms and armor workshops have been confiscated, and the soldiers of all departments can only wear leather armor and ride inferior horses, not to mention the grain and grass, which is maintained at a barely starving amount, and not a penny can be saved, and there are not too many soldiers to fight in a short time......"

Dongfang Liren bowed slightly, feeling that this situation was indeed not so simple, so he nodded and said:

"Then now I can only make the appearance that the Night Terror Hall is contacting the various ministries and trying to restore the country, put pressure on Emperor Liang, so that he is not reckless, and leave the rest to the saint to deal with...... You can ......"

When Fan Qinghe listened, he had already taken off his outer robe, and saw that his chest was full of black green, and his shoulders were full of wounds, so he was quite worried in his heart, and pulled down his pants again, wanting to see if there were any injuries on his legs.

Dongfang Liren was talking, and he wanted to look away, but he soon found that the villain had reacted and slowly became tense.

Her expression was slightly stunned, her serious and calm cheeks turned red, her words stopped abruptly, and she turned her head to look at the night terror hall in annoyance.

Night Terror Hall was also frowning and discussing, and he didn't think about it, but he was surrounded by two big beauties, and he pulled down his pants, and his body was a little disobedient.

found that the expressions of the two girls were stiff at the same time, their eyes were strange, and the night terror hall also showed three points of embarrassment on his face:

"Uh...... I ate Tianlang Zhu just now, and my strength is gone, but the medicinal effect of quenching muscles and forging bones is still there, and the body is a little wrong. You don't have to worry about me, I'll just calm down. ”

Fan Qinghe didn't want to push the stick anymore, hesitated for a moment, raised his eyes and asked:

"Are you sure it's okay? I'll leave it okay. ”

Night Terror opened his mouth, and wanted to nod calmly, but when the words came to his mouth, he hesitated a little, so it became:

"Say no, in fact, there is something wrong, but it doesn't have much impact......

“?”

Fan Qinghe was directly speechless, even if he hadn't entered the door yet, he understood the man's meaning, sat up a little straighter, and looked at the queen:

"I have to go out and take care of the snow lake flowers at any time, and I can't tell them to turn over, but I don't have time to help. Your Highness should have learned, right? He's hurt so badly, he won't bother you for long......"

Dongfang is not very familiar with pharmacology, and there are several carts of snow lake flowers in the back, and it really needs to be taken care of by Fan Qinghe at any time, and it is really difficult to shirk this matter at the moment. She thought for a moment:

"Shall we do it differently? On the way, I will help him recuperate first, and when he arrives at Winter Styx Mountain, if he is not well, I will replace you? ”

Fan Qinghe felt that with the physical condition of the night terror, it would definitely be better when he waited until the Winter Styx Mountain, and he was afraid that the queen would retreat, so he nodded decisively:

"Okay, wait until we get to the Winter Styx Mountain to see the situation. Your Highness is busy first, I'll go out to see the situation of the snow lake flowers. ”

Saying that, Fan Qinghe hurriedly packed up his things and left the carriage, and left a bottle of jade dragon paste very sensibly before leaving.

Dongfang Liren waited for Fan Qinghe to get out of the car, then closed the doors and windows, and just turned around before he could speak, he was pulled by the arm of the Night Terror, leaned on his chest, she raised her eyes and said in annoyance:

"Color, did you do it on purpose? Even though it's okay, he still says that he has something to do, and deceives women into sympathy......"

Night Terror put his arms around Big Ben and said with a smile:

"It's really a little dry, but within the range of bearing, if Your Highness is not in the mood, I'll just hold it and sleep for a while, and wait until the Winter Styx Mountain."

Dongfang Liren wanted to see the night terror hall very much, and pretended to be generous, snorted softly, hesitated for a moment, or untied the placket, revealing the shiny silver fat-headed dragon, hooked the fabric a little, and straightened up slightly:

"Do you think this king doesn't know your character? Two days ago, I asked the girl to help with the conditioning, and I couldn't wait to pounce on it and bite two bites, but I pretended to be light-hearted, thinking that others couldn't see it...... Woo~"

Dongfang didn't say a word before he was bitten.

She raised her hand and knocked on the skull of the Night Terror Hall, and then carefully looked left and right, making sure that Fan Qinghe had separated the people around her, and then turned over and rode on her waist, holding her cheeks and lips together, and then she learned about Suo Suo and began to find a position by herself.

Squeaky ......

The carriage sped along the moorland toward the mountains to the northwest, while the birds watched the wind and grass around them.

Night Terror Hall leaned on the carriage, and wanted to help the stupid teaching, but the wounded shoulders were really difficult to move, so he had to lean against the old man, and looked at the stupid cheeks red and a little fierce, and opened his mouth when he came over.

Outside the carriage, Fan Qinghe sat on the side of the charcoal red horse to help the sentry, and after branching the people away, he might be a little curious, and wanted to come to the carriage to see if the queen was doing the right thing.

As a result, as soon as she approached, the window of the carriage was lifted a little, revealing the slightly red cheeks of Dongfang Liren:

"Doctor Fan, if you're bored, why don't we change shifts?"

"Uh...... How can I be bored, I'll just take a look, hehe......"

Fan Qinghe hurriedly retreated, followed honestly, full of cranky thoughts and couldn't suppress it, and finally took a flute from the convoy and played the vast and distant West Sea tune:

"Toot ~ Toot ......"

……

On the other side, the town of Red River.

Before dawn, countless Jianghu people who gathered at the border pass and were ready to go to the wasteland to pan for gold got up early and headed for Heishi Pass, which was a hundred miles away.

Song Chi spent the rest of the month to prepare, the new hall of Honghualou has been basically completed, named 'Xihai Hall', although there are only more than 30 people, but there are Song Chi and Pei Xiangjun in charge, and they can also control the scene, and with the east wind of the snow lake flowers, they also beat their reputation.

The first thing to do is to let the local Jianghu people know that there is a number one person here, so that someone will come to do business.

Usually, when the hall opens, it is necessary to destroy a few small gangs to establish power, or hold a hero banquet, and invite the surrounding rivers and lakes to have a meal or something, but at present, it is much simpler.

Now that the flowering period has come to an end, the Jianghu people who have found good things outside urgently need a safe place to convert the objects into silver tickets and fall into their pockets, otherwise according to the consistent style of Liangzhou heroes, with a large package to hurry, thousands of miles of Liangzhou Road may be more difficult than Liaoyuan.

The rivers and lakes have a demand, Song Chi took advantage of the trend and set the town as a safe zone in the name of Honghualou, and the people of the rivers and lakes can trade and settle in it without paying money, and those who dare to cause trouble will arrive immediately.

Although Honghualou has declined in the past, it has been included in the ranks of super-first-line giants only by relying on the five words "Young Master Night Terror".

As soon as the name went out, the people from the rivers and lakes who gathered at the border to hunt for treasure flocked to it, and even the people from the eighteen villages of Hongshan and the Liangzhou horse gang came here as a place for negotiation.

Pei Xiangjun only arrived two days ago, and he was worried about how to publicize it and let Xihaitang do it.

Seeing thousands of people in the rivers and lakes, because of the name of 'Night Terror Hall', they regarded Honghe Town as an absolute forbidden area, and even the horse bandits came in and honestly suppressed their voices to speak, and the pride of being the lord of a wealthy family spontaneously emerged, and it was the first time that he experienced the feeling of Honghualou dominating the rivers and lakes in the past.

At this time, before dawn, Pei Xiangjun got up early, put on a black robe with a hat, and a black scarf on his face, dressed as the red god of wealth, and prepared to go to the town to see if there were any objects worth buying.

And Zhe Yunli, who ran over, got up earlier than Pei Xiangjun, changed into a chivalrous costume, carried a long knife about the same height as his head, and urged outside:

"Aunt Pei, hurry up, hurry up, there's a commotion in the town, it seems that something has happened."

Zhe Yunli was in front of Pei Xiangjun, but she didn't look like a scholarly lady at all, she had been in the town for a few days, and she was almost integrated with the heroes of Liangzhou, and her posture of carrying the knife had become her hands on her shoulders, almost holding a straw pole.

Pei Xiangjun was quite helpless when he saw this, and after coming out of the house, he unloaded the knife and let Yunli hold it in his hand:

"Little girl, what do you say like carrying a knife like this? When your sister comes back to see you, she won't say anything about you, but she trained me......"

"I know, Aunt Pei~"

Zhi Yunli grinned, and then went out of the Binghe Dart Game with Pei Xiangjun, wanting to see if anyone was making trouble, she pretended to be the eldest lady of Honghualou, and went to settle it with three fists and two feet.

But there is a background of night terror, and there are really few people who dare to make trouble in the territory of Honghualou, and there are really few people in the north and south rivers and lakes combined.

Pei Xiangjun took Yunli to the crowded street, and just walked out a short distance, only to hear a bunch of people from the rivers and lakes talking around:

"It's really dead, I saw it with my own eyes, King Zuo Xian was slapped by the Night Great Yama King with a yellow dragon, swept out for seven or eight miles, landed on the ground and pounced twice, and then disappeared......"

"I also pounced twice, you are the four saints of Beiliang are ordinary miscellaneous fish in the rivers and lakes......"

"What I saw with my own eyes is probably fake, but King Zuo Xian should really have an accident, now there is a lot of chaos on the side of Pingyi City, many people are running to the side of the Duhu Mansion, and Lu Jieyun's apprentices seem to be among them......"

"Xu Tianying? Isn't he a new runner? How did you run to Beiliang? ”

"Otherwise, how can you call it a runner......

……

When Zhi Yunli heard this, his eyes showed surprise:

"Cousin Shocking destroyed King Zuoxian?"

Pei Xiangjun didn't expect Jingtang to make such a big deal, he felt that the situation was more complicated, and it was not easy to talk about it on the street, so he thought about it and said:

"Let someone go out and ask first. If that's the case, Shocking Hall should be coming back soon......"

Zhe Yunli thought about it with the knife and frowned:

"The four saints of Beiliang are gone...... Don't go out of the rivers and lakes in the future, Cousin Shocking will clean up all the masters first, in that case, won't I have to be pressed by Cousin Shocking for the rest of my life......"

“……”

Pei Xiangjun blinked, he didn't know where to go, glanced at Yunli's increasingly delicate figure, coughed lightly, and walked quickly to Uncle Song's foothold......

(End of chapter)