Liu Renci said excitedly: "Your Highness! ”

Qin Shuhuang walked up to Liu Renci with a smile, "Uncle Liu, it's been a hard journey!" ”

Liu Renci shook his hand and invited Qin Shuhuang to sit down at the table, "I'm nothing, Your Highness is hard, when did Your Highness arrive?" ”

While talking about Liu Renci, he looked at Qin Shuhuang.

Seeing that although Qin Shuhuang was in the dust, and the skin on her cheeks was slightly red from the cold wind, her eyes were bright, and she knew that she was in good shape, so she was immediately relieved.

Shilan, who was following Liu Renci, didn't expect to see her master at this time.

I haven't seen him for more than two months, His Royal Highness has darkened and lost weight, and he has frostbite on his hands, and Shilan can't help but have sour eyes when she sees it.

Their Royal Highnesses have golden branches and jade leaves, where have they ever suffered this kind of hardship.

She walked quickly to the side and brought tea to Qin Shuhuang.

Qin Shuhuang saw Shilan quietly wiping her tears, watching her laugh, Shilan blushed when Qin Shuhuang saw it, and immediately stood behind Qin Shuhuang and stared down at her toes.

Qin Shuhuang said to Liu Renci: "Uncle Liu, I will arrive in the evening, don't worry, I have already asked people to transport the baggage that was robbed before to the border." ”

With Qin Shuhuang's words, Liu Renci was completely relieved.

He hadn't gotten any news before, although he and Qin Shuhuang had already laid out this matter, but he was always worried about the lack of news.

Those materials were snatched away, and even Qin Shuhuang didn't dare to guarantee that the imperial court would give them another batch.

"Your Highness, who helped?"

Qin Shuhuang laughed, "Uncle Liu, didn't you already guess it, and asked me." ”

"Is it really the Xu family?"

Qin Shuhuang nodded, Xu Siyuan's grandfather was Xu Kui, the general of the border army.

Xu Kui guarded the northern border bordering Beidi.

For so many years, half of the reason why Beidi did not dare to invade Dawu was because of Xu Kui, a veteran of the border.

The first emperor trusted Xu Kui very much and handed over the affairs of the northern territory to Xu Kui to manage.

But after the death of the first emperor, the regent Qin Wei took power, and in order to gain power and encroach on military power, the regent installed Cao Jian in the north.

Cao Jian became the second-in-command of the Northern Army.

For more than ten years, the Dawu Northern Army has been divided into two factions, one is the Xu Family's Northern Army headed by the Xu family, and the other is the Cao Family's Northern Army headed by the Cao family.

Three years ago, Xu Kui was ill and was reluctantly recalled by the regent to Beijing for retirement.

The Xu family lost Xu Kui, and Cao Jian, who was in the prime of life, took advantage of this opportunity to frantically suppress the Xu family in the Northern Army.

Up to now, only forty percent of the Xu family's power in the Northern Army is left, and the Cao family has sixty percent, completely gaining the upper hand.

Fortunately, when Xu Kui was in the north, he trained an elite team of the Xu family, a full thousand people, led by Xu Zizhang, the third master of Xu.

Even if the Xu family army in the northern army was encroached upon by the Cao family, this elite team has always been well protected, and it is still a good combat power, and it is definitely the ace army in the northern army now.

This time, the praying mantis catching cicadas and yellow finches are behind the elite team of the Xu family.

They dispatched 200 men to annihilate the Beidi team sent by Tisan and the Wolf King, and regained the baggage of the envoys' team.

At this time, the baggage has been escorted to the north by them, and after arriving in the north, these materials will be stored in the Xu family first, and they can go directly to the Xu family to pick it up when they need it.

"The third master of the Xu family sent his cronies to do it with an elite team of two hundred people."

Liu Renci frowned, "If this is the case, we will be involved in the battle between the Xu Cao family, I am afraid that it will be unfavorable to His Highness." ”

Qin Shuhuang smiled bitterly, "Uncle Liu, even if we don't use the Xu family, do you think that after we reach the northern border, the Cao family will not embarrass us?" ”

Miss Xu Siyuan of the Xu family has already married Du Qinglin, the son of the Rongguo Mansion, the two families were originally world friends, and now they are close to each other, and Mrs. Rongguo is Qin Shuhuang's aunt.

Even if the Xu family doesn't stand in line, it is naturally on Qin Shuhuang's side, since this is the case, it must be used when it should be used, and it must be used without suspicion.

Liu Renci sighed, Qin Shuhuang was right.

Seeing that Qin Shuhuang's eyelids were blue and black, he was afraid that he was in a hurry to go to Beidi, and he didn't sleep well along the way, Liu Renci simply said about the travel situation of more than two months, and then said: "Your Highness, rest early, and we will talk about the rest in detail tomorrow in the carriage." ”

Liu Renci still didn't know about the situation in southern Guangzhou, and he wanted to ask Qin Shuhuang in detail tomorrow when he was in the carriage.

Qin Shuhuang bowed his head.

These days in a hurry to catch up with Liu Renci, she and Xie Xuanye almost didn't stop all night, when they arrived at this village, Qin Shuhuang had been running horses for a day and a night, if it wasn't for the Xu family to help her arrange the replacement horses in advance, she wouldn't be here at all now.

Qin Shuhuang went back to the room to rest.

When he was in a hurry, Qin Shuhuang and his entourage rarely got a full night's sleep, except for Qin Shuhuang, everyone else around them was a man, so when they were resting, Qin Shuhuang and Xie Xuanye leaned together and slept together, and everyone turned a blind eye.

Now there is a special room for resting, Xie Xuanye was about to follow Qin Shuhuang into the room, but found that Shilan was already in Qin Shuhuang's room to help clean up.

He paused for a moment, the corners of his mouth twitched, in front of others, he was not the king of Zhenbei, but Qin Shuhuang's personal guard leader Xuan Cang.

Qin Shuhuang felt the strangeness of Xie Xuanye behind him, and turned his head to look at him.

found that Xie Xuanye stiffened his body and froze in place, and immediately knew the reason.

The corners of Qin Shuhuang's mouth raised, and he turned around and whispered to Xie Xuanye: "There is a room next to it, rest early!" ”

Xie Xuanye glanced at Shilan, who was busy in the room, and instantly decided in his heart that when he returned to the capital, he would immediately marry off several of Qin Shuhuang's big maids, so as to save them from getting in the way every day.

Xie Xuanye nodded with a straight face, and said in a low voice, "Your Highness also rests early, if something calls me, I will be next door." ”

Xie Xuanye turned around and went to the next room, Shilan saw Qin Shuhuang coming in, and hurriedly trotted over, "Your Highness!" The slave maid has prepared bath water for you, but do you want to wash it? ”

Qin Shuhuang nodded, and Shilan accompanied Qin Shuhuang into the inner room.

Shilan is a clever person, Rao is just an ordinary farmhouse here, the conditions are limited, she can also arrange a temporary clean room, with a bath bucket in the middle, and the heat in it is thick.

After leaving the caravan of the Stone Drum Academy, Qin Shuhuang was in a hurry, where did he have time to take a bath, and with men all around him, it was even more inconvenient for Qin Shuhuang to wash.

Now with Shilan by his side, Qin Shuhuang suddenly felt that there was an intimate "little padded jacket" by his side.

While bathing, Qin Shuhuang joked: "Why don't you go and serve Uncle Liu, come to me." ”

Shilan pouted, "Your Highness don't joke with the slave maid, the slave and maid are the maids of His Highness, His Royal Highness is back, the slaves and maids naturally want to come to serve His Highness, Lord Liu has an old servant Uncle Ah Hai by his side, and there is no need for slaves and maids." ”

Qin Shuhuang smiled, and asked Shilan about her after she left while bathing.

When Shilan spoke, she obviously felt that His Highness was in a good mood, and the gloom that appeared on her face from time to time before was gone.

Shilan guessed that the purpose of His Highness's trip to southern Guangnan had been achieved.

It's been a long time since I've bathed so comfortably, and after bathing in hot water, Qin Shuhuang's sleepiness came faster.

When Shilan was curling her hair, she fell asleep.

Shilan put the soup woman in the quilt, dried His Highness's hair, folded the quilt for His Highness, put down the bed tent, and then squatted down to make a bunk.

Before he took out a quilt, he was pulled by Qin Shuhuang, Qin Shuhuang patted the big bed, "Come up and sleep, it's all rammed ground, what kind of floor!" ”

His Highness said so, and Shilan laughed and climbed into bed.

In the early morning of the next day, Qin Shuhuang woke up as soon as it was dawn.

I took a hot bath last night and slept well, and after waking up this morning, Qin Shuhuang was refreshed.

Shilan started earlier than Qin Shuhuang.

When he saw that she was awake, he immediately brought her clothes.

Qin Shuhuang saw that Shilan gave her a set of dresses, and shook her head, "Bring the riding clothes." ”

Riding clothes are much more convenient and warmer than dresses, and it is more suitable to wear riding clothes when going out.

Hearing this, Shilan nodded, and took a set of blue and white riding clothes for Qin Shuhuang to put on.

The hair is coiled up and combed into a man's bun, so that it is convenient not to mention, but it is better to wear a hat.

After being dressed up like this, except for the bulging chest, he looks like a young and handsome son.

Shilan on the side seems to be Qin Shuhuang's family.

Get a good night's sleep and get tired.

There was a knock at the door, and Shilan hurried to open it.

As soon as the door opened, it was none other than He Yutian.

Seeing Shilan, He Yutian's ears were slightly red, and he handed the food box to Shilan, "The breakfast that the commander ordered me to send is for His Highness." ”

Shilan took it with a smile, and was about to turn around, He Yutian called Shilan again, "Wait!" ”

Shilan turned to look at him and said strangely, "What's the matter, is there anything else?" ”

He Yutian immediately took out a lotus leaf bag from his arms and stuffed it into Shilan's hand, "I gave this to you, eat it while it's hot, I'm going to hurry in a while!" ”

After speaking, he turned around and left quickly, embarrassed to wait for Shilan to say a word.

Shilan stood at the door a little dazed, the lotus leaf bag in her hand that was stuffed by He Yutian was still warm, and she didn't know if it was the temperature of the food inside or the temperature of He Yutian's body.

At the table not far away, Qin Shuhuang looked at Shilan with a smile.

When Shilan came back to her senses, she noticed Qin Shuhuang's eyes, and instantly her cheeks seemed to be burned.

"I haven't seen it for more than two months, but I didn't expect my family Shilan to be remembered!"

Shilan was helpless, "Your Highness! You're making jokes about slaves, too! ”

As she spoke, Shilan blushed and took out the breakfast from the food box and placed it on the table.

The farmer's breakfast is simple, and I am afraid that this is specially made by the master of the Xuancang family for Qin Shuhuang.

A bowl of red bean porridge, two white and fat boiled eggs, two steamed buns, and two small plates of pickles.

Qin Shuhuang picked up the chopsticks and didn't eat them, he had to see what He Yutian stuffed Shilan.

Shilan opened the lotus leaf bag, and the lotus leaf bag wrapped a soft white steamed bun, which was sandwiched with meat and pickles and an egg, not only that, but it was also smeared with some meat sauce, which smelled fragrant.

I didn't expect He Yutian to have a heart.

Shilan has a strong taste, and her favorite food is the meat sauce made by the chef in the kitchen of the eldest princess's mansion.

Qin Shuhuang joked: "Shilan, keep your lotus leaf bag and eat porridge with me." ”

Shilan shook her head, "Your porridge is very light, the slave maid still eats steamed buns smeared with meat sauce!" ”

It seems that He Yutian's breakfast was delivered to Shilan's heart.

Qin Shuhuang couldn't help but curl the corners of her mouth, and when she returned to the capital, she was going to give a dowry.

After a few more days, Tisan still did not hear from the Wolf King's cronies.

By this time, Tisan was finally sure that something had happened to those warriors!

Dawu's envoy team didn't know where they had gone for a long time, and Tisan was concerned about the master in the court of Beidi, so he no longer dared to drag on the road, and immediately ordered the team to speed up and return to Beidi.

Tisan grew up in Beidi, and most of his team were Beidi people, who were accustomed to cold weather, had a higher tolerance for the cold than the Dawu people, and had more experience living in the cold than the Dawu people.

After Tisang's team accelerated, they quickly distanced themselves from Gu Yufei's team.

Half a day later, he disappeared on the way to Beidi.

Gu Yufei's team was originally a team under General Liu.

After General Liu left the team, he took away eighty percent of the good hands, and the rest for Gu Yufei were either ordinary people or servants, and there were few guards.

General Liu left little money, and when Tisang's team was there before, Gu Yufei also asked Tisan to help from time to time, and Tisan did not refuse in the face of the regent.

Now that Tisan said that he would leave, Gu Yufei's days to the north suddenly became difficult.

Not to mention the good supplies and wool products mentioned before, now you may not even be able to eat a mouthful of hot rice.

After only a few days, Gu Yufei's hands and feet were swollen into "steamed buns" because of chilblains, and her two feet couldn't even wear the original shoes.

Gu Yufei sent someone to contact General Liu, and the people sent out did not hear anything after a few days.

Rao is Qin Shuhuang and Liu Renci and his entourage also underestimated the weather in the north.

After seven days of traveling north, strong winds began to blow and hail fell.

In the past seven days, there have been people in the team who have refused to go on the road and stayed at the post station or farmhouse.

Qin Shuhuang and Liu Renci did not persuade those who wanted to stay.

After another seven days, the ranks were already half gone.

The rest became more resolute and faithful.

On this night, Qin Shuhuang and his entourage stayed in a remote mountain village.

After more than half a month, their speed was not slow, and there was only half a month away from Xia Gongcheng on the border.

If there is no wind and snow, you can reach Xia Gongcheng in ten days.

Unfortunately, instead of getting smaller, the snow has gotten bigger.

In the vicinity of this small mountain village, the snow is waist-deep, making it difficult for the horses to move forward.

For the sake of speed, Qin Shuhuang and his entourage did not bring many materials, thinking that they could hold up to Xia Gong City, but how did they know that the consumption of people would become faster under the extreme cold, and when they arrived at the small mountain village half a month away from Xia Gong City, there were not many supplies left.