In the summer, Tianlang Lake completely thawed and turned into an endless ocean, and the wilderness outside the Xihai Duhu Mansion was covered by heavy snow and turned into a grassland where grass grows and warblers fly.

Hua Junchen hung his sword at his waist, standing on the corner tower of the towering city wall, looking at the boundless West Sea, although he had fulfilled his childhood vision, successfully ranked among the top ten grandmasters of the Northern Liang, and became a genuine 'Sword Saint', but at this moment, he was not heroic at all.

After all, although he fulfilled all his wishes, his daughter eloped with someone, and the place where he married was still unreachable in the Southern Dynasty, even if the world was unified in the future, as usual, it would be difficult to see each other many times.

Hua Junchen has only one daughter, and he naturally cares about it in his heart, otherwise he would not have helped Qingzhi to seek the elixir practiced by the court when he was a child, and then blamed himself for dereliction of duty, and looked for a cure for so many years in the north and south.

If the Ming media is marrying, with the background of the Hua family, it can be guaranteed that even if the daughter marries another family, she will not suffer hardship. But elopement is different, elopement is to cut off the relationship with the family, even if he is a concubine and aunt in someone else's house, he can't control it as a father.

But fortunately, Hua Junchen knew who his daughter eloped with, and the other party was Renjie who was above 10,000 people in the Southern Dynasty, and he didn't have to pick any aspect of his good character, so he wouldn't let Qingzhi live a hard life.

After Hua Junchen stared at the boundless West Sea for a long time, although he was very worried about whether his daughter was doing well now, he finally turned into a helpless sigh:

"Alas......"

Step, step......

On the city wall, Gonggong Yin returned from inspection with two cronies and eunuchs, stopped in the corner tower, saw Hua Junchen with a sad face, and stopped by his side to persuade:

"Mr. Hua is still relaxed, before our family leaves, we have told the twelve institutes to make every effort to search for the whereabouts of Ling Qianjin, and if there is any news, we will notify Mr. Hua as soon as possible......"

Hua Junchen didn't think that Twelve could find his daughter, and if he did, it would be a big deal, but these words obviously couldn't be said clearly, so he just shook his head and said:

"The female university is not staying, so let's leave if we leave. At present, it is still a matter of national affairs, how is the war on the other side of Pingyi City? ”

Father-in-law Yin clasped his hands in his sleeves and looked south:

"The city was closed and defended, and King Liang besieged the city for reinforcements, and he was not in a hurry to attack the city. Just after winter, there is not much grain in Pingyi City, and in two months at most, the food in the city should be eaten, and the palace is trying to transport grain......"

Even if Hua Junchen doesn't know much about military and politics, he can actually see that the current situation is not good.

The three fortresses of the Xihai Protectorate were all built along the lake and lined up, with the purpose of serving as a bridgehead, so that the Northern Liang army could land at any time and serve as a shelter and offensive base; If it is lost, if Beiliang wants to fight the Xihai Provinces, it can only start from the east of the lake to rush to the beach and land, regardless of the difficulty or logistical pressure, it will be several times greater than the current one.

Now in summer, the lake is completely thawed, the two sides of the strait are completely isolated by natural dangers, and the three military fortresses held by the Xihai Protectorate have directly become enclaves, and they can only rely on ships to travel to and from the east of the lake.

In order to prevent the Xihai tribes or the Southern Dynasty from attacking the Beiliang mainland after conquering the Xihai Protectorate, there is no shipyard and port on the west bank of Tianlang Lake, and even big trees are not left, and ships can only be sent from the east of the lake.

This layout allows the lake to advance and retreat freely, but the Xihai Protectorate has become a state of fighting against the water, and can only hold on at all costs until the lake freezes in winter, otherwise there is no way to retreat.

If Zuo Xian Wang Li Gong is here, relying on his prestige is enough to deter the Xihai tribes, let them be cannon fodder to drag down the offensive rhythm of the Southern Dynasty army, and the imperial army can be the supervising team in the back.

But after King Xinzuo Xian succeeded to the throne, his prestige was obviously inferior to Li Gong, not to mention the chiefs of the tribes, even the generals below could not be suppressed, and the ruling power was not strong. And the Xihai tribes have emerged again with the orphan of King Tianlang, so that the ministries can see the dawn of self-reliance and restoration.

This led to the fact that the Xihai tribes could not hold it back, and on the surface they were loyal and sworn to resist the enemies of the Southern Dynasty, but in fact, they were all fishing and slacking off, waiting for the Southern Dynasty to break the city of the Northern Liang.

If this situation continues, it will be a problem for Pingyi City to survive three months, not to mention that it will be held until winter.

Hua Junchen, as the son-in-law of the family, although he did not panic at all when he bet on both sides, he still had to worry about the country and the people on the surface, and asked:

"If Pingyi City can't be defended, half of the Xihai tribes will be lost, and the light and grain can't solve the urgent need, so we still have to think of other ways. I heard that the prince is in contact with the west, what is the current situation? ”

Gonggong Yin said to this: "On the other side of the desert, there are several tribes who want to take advantage of the war between the north and the south to stand on their own, and the prince is ready to give them half of the fertile grassland where the Wuma tribe is located, so that they can come to the Xihai tribes to establish a country; When the Western Sea tribes learned of this, they would definitely turn the spearhead and fight with the desert savages, and the Southern Dynasty wanted to win over the Xihai tribes and also divided their troops to help quell the rebellion, which was a delaying tactic to drive the tiger and devour the wolf. Contacts are currently underway. ”

When Hua Junchen heard this, he was a little puzzled: "Outside Huang Mingshan, there is no return to the original, and there is still someone there who can pull up the army?" ”

Cao Aning has been standing behind Yin's father-in-law and explained:

"The desert is boundless, although it is barren, but there is no lack of oasis in it, where there is a water source, there are naturally people who take root, and there are people who came from there before, and ran to Yun'an to pay tribute to cheat and eat and drink, although the population is not large, but it is enough to disturb the situation."

Hua Junchen didn't know much about these either, so he didn't say much after thinking about it, turned around and continued to inspect the city wall......

——

Hoof, hoof......

The horses set off from the joint town, and after half a day of running, they finally arrived near the Drinking Horse Pond in the depths of the Gobi Desert in the middle of the night.

Last year, it was still autumn to the barren bone beach, because the weather was cool and suitable for hurrying, there were not many caravans and caravans that ran here, and now in the middle of summer in May, the surrounding area can be said to have completely changed its appearance.

Because of the scorching heat and lack of water in midsummer, Drinking Horse Pond has become the only water source on the nearby Gobi Desert, the night terror hall is still two or three miles away, and it is found that the inconspicuous Drinking Horse Pond in autumn and winter has turned into a huge camp, countless cars and horses are parked around the lake, and tents are set up nearby, even if the night is dark, there are still teams coming or going out from time to time, and the interior is even more overcrowded, and there are traders who take the opportunity to set up stalls, and they start a grilled fish business by fishing and selling.

"Twitter......"

Because the weather is cool at night, the bird has been completely refreshed, standing on the shoulders of the Queen Mother, looking at the grilled fish shop in the distance, constantly shaking her head and selling cuteness, if it were not for the Queen Mother pulling her claws, she would have flown over.

At first, the empress thought it was a gang station, but when she walked nearby, she found that it was densely packed with business travelers, and her eyes showed surprise:

"The Gobi Desert is deserted, I didn't expect so many people to gather here."

The Queen Mother sat behind the horse, holding the empress's waist with one hand, and was also curious.

The people camped here can be called a mixture of dragons and snakes, in addition to the common dart masters, caravans, as well as the teams of gangs such as the Hongshan Gang, and even the desert camel team and the merchants of the West Sea, they don't know where they came from.

The Empress Dowager lives in the palace all the year round, and is quite interested in this atmosphere of open-air camping where the three religions and nine streams gather together, and asks:

"Shall we stay here tonight?"

Night Terror Hall nodded and said, "After a day of running, the horse is also tired, rest here for the night, and go back tomorrow morning." There are too many people here, so let's go and pitch a tent in the east. ”

When the empress saw that the bird was already looking forward to it, she took the bird and walked to the small market:

"I'm going to buy it a grilled fish."

Night Terror Hall knew Yuhu's ability, and was not afraid that something would happen to her, so he immediately took the hand warmer around the east side of the lake, took down the rolled up tent from the side of the horse, and began to camp on the ground.

The last time the Queen Mother came to Liangzhou, she still had an innocent relationship with Night Terror, but this time she came to become a couple, and it felt naturally different.

She blinked to the lake, and saw that there were maple trees in the forest by the lake, and she couldn't help but recall the scene in "The Secret History of Cleopatra", and after a little pondering, she took the rope from the side of the horse, and tried to put it on the branch, because she was not tall enough, and after a few attempts, she flew up on her toes and landed on the branch, and then she opened her arms and dangled around:

"Eh~......"

The night terror hall, who was setting up a tent, saw this and hurriedly got up and came to the subordinate tree, and opened his arms:

"How did you climb the tree, beware of ......"

The Queen Mother swayed back and forth for a long time, but finally maintained her balance, squatted down on the tree slowly, tied the rope to the branch, and said quite strongly:

"It's not that this palace doesn't know martial arts, and it usually uses less, don't worry, you just need to set up a tent."

Because the Gobi Desert is too hot to wear thick clothes at all, the Queen Mother wears a common gauze skirt, although it covers the ankles, but there are no trousers inside, just small shorts with steamed buns.

At this time, the Queen Mother squatted on the branches, the gauze skirt sprinkled down, looking from under the tree, just enough to see the white legs, and the plump and round peach, the middle fabric bulge is quite attractive......

Night Terror raised his eyes to see this scenery, and felt that it was much better than the moon in the sky, and he forgot about his business at the moment, and looked up with one hand on the trunk of the tree, and commanded:

"The branches of the tree could not hold up and were tied to the trunk...... It's a slipknot, not a strong ......"

The Queen Mother carefully kept her balance tied to the rope, and she really didn't pay attention to what the Night Terror Hall was looking at, and under the command of Rory, she couldn't fix it, and said:

"Why don't you come?"

Wow~

Night Terror came to the big maple tree on tiptoe, sat on the branch against the trunk, helped tie the rope, and saw the hand warmer supporting him to look carefully, and turned his head to pout on his face.

The Queen Mother didn't have to hide from the branches, and when she saw this, she hurriedly looked at the camp in the distance, frowned, and said:

"What are you doing? What should Yuhu do when he sees it......"

"What are you afraid of, Yuhu doesn't know."

"I know that I can't mess around in person, this palace is the queen mother in name......"

"Hehe......"

Night Terror's hands and feet were very nimble, and after tying one side, he jumped on the trunk next to him, tied the other end, and then hugged the Queen Mother down in the way of a princess:

"Come on, how about you try it."

The Queen Mother held the rope with both hands and sat down in the middle, but found that there was no board, and her buttocks hurt a little while sitting, so she stood up and looked left and right.

Seeing this, Night Terror Hall was quite enthusiastic, and sat on the swing himself:

"Why don't I use it as a cushion for my mother?"

The Queen Mother felt that this was a bit embarrassing, but Yuhu was not there, and she didn't twist too much, she sat on the lap of the Night Terror, with her back to her chest, and raised her eyes to look at the rope:

"This rope won't break, will it?"

Creak~

Night Terror Hall toe lightly, and the two of them swing back and forth on the swing:

"This is hemp rope, which can hang more than a thousand catties of things, how much does the two of us add up, rest assured."

The Queen Mother shook her eyes twice, raised her eyes and glanced at the chin of the Night Terror, and then withdrew her gaze and looked at the stars in the sky:

"The stars in the sky are in the middle of the night, and the wind and moon in the world are clear. Who knows that it will be like this for eternity, only the poet walks alone. ”

"Huh?! Can Boa also write poetry? ”

"It's written in the book. Look at this scene, is it similar to what is written in the secret history of Cleopatra? I think the prince of Liang must have brought Queen Yan here......"

Night Terror Hall has been gone for so long, in fact, I also found that "The Secret History of Cleopatra" is not completely made up, and many things are right, but whether the prince of Liang really stole the Queen Mother back then, it is indeed impossible to verify, and said with a smile:

"At the end of the book, it seems to be recorded that the prince and the queen mother went out of Wangheya and went to Shazhou to live in seclusion, let's look for it when we have time."

When the Queen Mother heard this, she naturally came to the spirit and turned around in her arms:

"The place in the book is called 'Moon Bay', more than a thousand miles away from Shazhou City, Shui'er said that she has been there, this palace came this time, just to go over with her to have a look, are you sure you have time?"

Night Terror Hall must have run out of time recently, so he thought about it and said:

"King Liang has already arrived in the city, why don't I go and finish the Xihai tribes first, and let's go over together?"

The Queen Mother was a little disappointed, but the state affairs were important, and she didn't force it:

"It's okay, anyway, the palace won't fight, this time is just to hang out near Liangzhou, just wait for you to come back."

Night Terror chuckled and looked up at the moon as well, swinging and swaying.

Because the scenery is very romantic, the Queen Mother licked her red lips, and when she saw that there was no one nearby, she stepped forward to kiss the lips of the night terror, and also stretched out her lilac tongue very obediently.

Zizi~

Because of this period of time, the night terror hall followed the march, and for the sake of military discipline, it didn't mess around, and the body was a little suffocated.

Seeing that the hand warmer was so active, after he dangled on the swing for a while, he also let go of one hand, put it in Huaiyan's collar, and continued to warm his hands......

——

The other side.

In front of the small stalls where the lakeside merchants and dart masters gathered, the empress held the impatient bird in her left hand, and after waiting for a while, she took the grilled fish from the hawker's hand, turned around and turned back to the lake, and said solemnly:

"Forgot the words of Night Terror? If you go out, you have to pretend to be stupid, who doesn't know that there is a haunting white bird in the night terror hall now, if you leak your identity again, you will be dyed yellow next time you go out. ”

"Huh?"

Seeing this, Toritori took his eyes off the big grilled fish, tilted his head in a dumb appearance, and then opened his mouth to ask for a reward.

The empress shook her head secretly, and fed the birds a bite, and before a person and a bird had passed between the carriage tents, she suddenly heard the sound of dense horses' hooves from the periphery.

Boom Boom –

The empress raised her eyes and saw a horse team of more than ten people, galloping from the Gobi Desert, led by a rather burly bearded man, wearing a short sweatshirt, with two plate axes hanging on the side of the horse, and more than ten warriors in the rear were obviously following the gang, and the team looked full of gangsters.

With the appearance of the horse team of unknown origin, the originally peaceful camp suddenly reacted, and many dart masters picked up their blades, and the nearby dart heads or caravan owners also began to inquire one after another:

"Where did this team come from?"

"I haven't seen it in Liangzhou, it's like a foreigner......"

……

Although the rivers and lakes in Liangzhou are large, there are eighteen cottages in Guanghong Mountain, but most of the people present are caravans of dart masters who go south and north, and they go around to worship the mountain, and there are more than a dozen warriors' horse gangs, and it is impossible that everyone present has not seen them, so it is only a moment to determine that they are outsiders.

After turning over and dismounting near the camp, they consciously led the horse and went to the lake to let the horse drink water, sat down on the spot and trimmed it up, and did not conflict with people.

Because there was no chaos, the nearby dart masters and caravans all lowered their guards and continued to talk.

But the empress frowned slightly, thinking how high the martial arts of the leader was, looking at the pace of breath, it was estimated that the grandmaster was up, and he could be killed indiscriminately in this camp, not like an ordinary horse bandit, so on the way back, she listened carefully to the conversation of several people:

"It is said that the army of the Southern Dynasty is stationed at Heishi Pass, how can we get out of the pass?"

"Go around from the mountain, and when you reach the plain, the road will be easy to walk."

"If you want me to see it, I should go to Dolan Valley, there are no soldiers and horses of the Northern and Southern Dynasties there......"

"With this weather, can you never go back to the past? It's a bit of a detour from Liangzhou, but at least you won't get sunburned along the way......"

"I made an appointment to meet with the people of the Gou Chen Department in the middle of the month, if I can't catch up with it if I am delayed on this way, I am afraid that it will ruin the above things......"

……

When the empress heard this, she roughly understood that this wave of people should be from outside Shazhou Pass, and she was going to connect with the pro-Beiliang forces.

However, it is not clear who these people are and whose purpose they are.

The Empress listened for a moment, and without alarming the snake, she gave the grilled fish to the birds, and told them to keep an eye on their movements, and then returned to the east shore of the lake.

Although a long time has passed, the tent that should have been set up is still lying on the ground, and the two horses are drinking water by the lake.

A hemp rope hung between two trees, and the night terror hall sat on it with one hand holding the rope, and the queen mother, who was supposed to be the mother of the world, leaned on the man's arms, raised her cheeks and lips to touch, and kissed it called a selfless ......

“？”

The empress came to the vicinity silently, and when she saw the two people who were pouting behind her back, a touch of helplessness flashed in her eyes, and she coughed lightly twice;

"Ahem."

Crash~

As soon as the voice came out, the Queen Mother, who was holding the neck of the Night Terror Hall, was full of excitement, and almost bit the tongue of the Night Terror Hall, and quickly bounced off the swing, and stood up to tidy up her clothes.

Night Terror Hall was also startled, and hurriedly got off the swing and patted his clothes:

"You're back? What about birds? ”

Because the empress had known about the relationship between the two for a long time, she didn't say anything, and came to her and responded:

"I found a wave of human hands outside the gate, and let the birds star. Where is the tent you pitched? ”

"Oh."

Night Terror Hall was a little embarrassed, so he hurriedly went to the grass and set up the tent with a wooden stick as a support.

The Queen Mother's face was as red as blood, and she didn't dare to look back at the empress, until the empress walked up, she hooked the hair around her ear, and said embarrassedly:

"I ...... I ......"

Without a place to be ashamed, it looks like he wants to hide his face and throw himself into the lake.

The empress shook her head and said calmly:

"The Queen Mother should not have entered the palace to be a widow, and I succeeded to the Queen Mother and helped a lot, and now I have a pleasant person, how can I not be a human beauty. However, this matter can only be made public after the world is peaceful, and it will not have a good impact if you say it now. ”

The Queen Mother was caught by her goddaughter, her head was numb, and she didn't dare to speak, but she just lowered her head and made a sound.

Night Terror Hall perennial darts, the movement of setting up the tent is extremely fast, and after setting up the tent and patching up the blanket, he turned around:

"Come and sit down and rest for a while."

Seeing this, the empress and the empress dowager came to the triangular tent, the empress sat in the middle, and the empress dowager sat in front of the empress in a proper manner, not daring to be next to the night terror.

Night Terror sat down next to him, feeling that the atmosphere was a little awkward, so he raised his eyes to look at the moon in the sky:

"This moon is so big."

"Hmph~"

The Empress didn't respond, but lowered the curtain in the middle of the tent, put the Night Terror Hall on the other side, and then leaned on it with a package as a pillow:

"After a long day's travel, hurry up and go to sleep, I have to get up early tomorrow to rush back."

The Queen Mother naturally also lay down with Yuhu.

The Night Terror Hall was cut off by a curtain, and the two of them could not be seen close by, but he could clearly hear the soft breathing, which felt rather strange, but he didn't do anything in the end, lowered the curtain of the tent, and lay down on the right side of the tent.

"Huhu~"

Soon, the tent fell silent, and the three of them lay flat in the small space, without any words, and seemed to have fallen asleep one after another.

But where can the Queen Mother sleep, after lying for an unknown amount of time, she suddenly found a slight movement in her ears.

窸窸窣窣~

？

The Queen Mother noticed that something was wrong, opened one eye and peeked, but found that Yuhu was lying upright, and there was nothing unusual, the voice came from the night terror hall, she couldn't help but wonder:

"Night Terror, what are you doing?"

"Uh......"

Night Terror Hall was lying flat on the right side of the tent, ready to put down his mind to sleep, but before he could fall asleep, a hand like a crisp jade quietly touched under the curtain that separated the two sides, and the palm of the hand first fell on the abdomen, and then slid down, shaking the villain through his pants......

？！

The night terror hall is a little bit of physique, where it can withstand this means, and is reluctant to move the naughty hand of the tiger girl, so he said:

"There are mosquitoes, I scratch."

"Really......"

The Queen Mother hummed suspiciously, because it was not easy to drill over and see, so she didn't say much.

The night terror hall was lying down and was touched and pinched, it was really a little unbearable, and his hand quietly touched the curtain, wanting to pay tribute to Yuhu.

As a result, he never thought that Yuhu would kill and bury it, and after touching his hands a few times, he turned over on the opposite side, lay with his back to him, and ignored him.

？

The night terror hall was teased, and it was naturally unhappy to see this scene, and it was not good to go over to pick up Yuhu, so he hesitated for a moment, and saw that Yuhu was lying on his side with his back to the curtain between the two, but his heart moved.

窸窸窣窣~

Night Terror quietly pulled the curtain up, revealing the moon facing the enemy on the back, and as the gauze skirt slowly lifted, the full moon and bow pants appeared in front of him......

Speaking of which, they are only separated from each other by the curtain, and they can only see a full moon, and the experience is quite chic.

“……”

The empress was lying on her side facing the Queen Mother, and when she noticed the bold actions of the Night Terror, her cheeks were obviously a little red, and she wanted to push it back, but she was caught by the Night Terror, and then the bow on the side was pulled away, and she felt a little coolness......

“？！”

The empress's body tightened significantly, biting her red lip lightly, and cautiously looking at the empress dowager who was close at hand, obviously a little nervous.

窸窸窣窣~

The Queen Mother was not stupid, she heard the slight strange movements, and felt that the two of them should be doing something unsightly, but she didn't dare to open her eyes, and after lying down for a while, she turned over and lay her back to the two of them.

As a result, I never thought that the night terror hall was so bold that Yuhu didn't dare to say anything, and secretly reached out and touched her twice, startled her and quickly moved forward quietly, but she still didn't hide, she could only close her eyes and pretend to sleep, when she didn't know anything......

(End of chapter)