Sure enough, as Lu Mo said, this way passed, the weather was getting colder and colder, and the snow was getting heavier and heavier, when Sun Shining woke up, he couldn't help but shiver, Lu Mo's ears were very smart, and he shouted as soon as he heard the movement: "Madam, add more clothes, it's cold here, it's not as good as Tiandu City, I see that the army doesn't even have a doctor, so I must be careful about my body." ”

"How much snow?" Sun Shining lifted the curtains, the snowflakes were all there, and they pounced on her face, her eyebrows and eyes were blurred, she couldn't see far at all, and she didn't know what the situation was before and after, "Where is this?" ”

"It's almost there, and there are about three hours to go, and you can see the first border checkhouse." Lu Mo is very familiar with these, "Your Excellency should have sent two people to be the vanguard to explore the truth and reality, if the small inn is safe, then there will be no big problem in guarding the city at the border gate." ”

Sun Shining looked at the snowflakes all over the sky, the purest place between heaven and earth was a battlefield of life and death, how many people were bleeding, injured, and even killed here.

And Shen Nianyi had already taken Qiu Cheng to the front of the team with his horse, and walked side by side with Que Yingjie: "Captain Que, how long has it been since the people sent out?" ”

"More than an hour." Que Yingjie's expression was very serious, very serious, "I should be back soon." After a pause, he added, "I didn't expect it to be cold like this!" ”

"Haven't you prepared the cold weather?" Shen Nianyi was wearing a black fox, and his silver fox had given to Shining earlier, and if the two of them were dressed in black and white, it would be very compatible.

"There are all the big ones, and they have all changed them, but the hands and feet are cold, after all, they have been running on horseback for a long time, and they still have no effect after moving for a long time, and a few of their legs are numb, as if they are wasted." Que Yingjie is also wearing a fox fur, but the color is completely compared with this one on Shen Nian's body.

And most of the 300 light cavalry are gray squirrel skins, and the warmth is even worse, and there is no preparation in my heart, I only feel that the more I go, the more cold it is, if I really get to the border pass, I am really afraid that before I have time to fight, I will freeze out of a serious illness first, and my morale will inevitably drop a lot.

"This is the first time I have traveled with troops, but I have encountered such a natural danger." Que Yingjie unconsciously said the truth to Shen Nianyi, "When I came out, I was really proud, thinking that this is the best time to be loyal to the emperor, if I take these three hundred brothers to complete the big thing, I will have a bright face wherever I go in the future, and I can also give the old lady the face of the empress dowager." ”

Shen Nianyi listened quietly, he knew that Que Yingjie had too many words that were suppressed, and saying it was the best way, otherwise, when the suppression reached a certain level, he would not be able to control it.

"Who knows, it's been on the road, three hundred good horses have experienced this time, it is a big victory, and they have all been hit hard, and it will be difficult to recover in the future, and then it will start to snow halfway, I have never seen such a big snow since I was a child, and I can't see any people and things a few steps away, if I really fight, I am not sure." Que Yingjie glanced at Shen Nian quickly for a moment or two, for fear that he would show a disdainful expression, and only then did he relax slightly when he saw his unfazed appearance.

"You don't need to be sure." Shen Nian saluted him a few words in return.

Que Yingjie opened his mouth wide, and the snowflakes floated in, making him almost choked, coughing more than a dozen times before stammering: "Shen Zhengqing, you said that you don't need to be sure, do you say that you are not sure either!" ”

Seeing that he looked calm and strategic, Que Yingjie thought that he had already made a calculation in his heart, if Shen Nianyi thought that this was a battle that he would lose, then I am afraid it would be a bit suspenseful!

"I'm waiting." Shen Nian said concisely.

"Wait for the two Pioneers to come back?" Que Yingjie tried hard to guess his words, he could obviously say it more clearly, why was he so stingy with words, he didn't believe it, could it be that when he talked to his wife, he also said half of it, left half of it, or was he deliberately embarrassed!

"Yes, I should have come back, but I haven't seen anyone yet." Shen Nianyi looked straight ahead, his eyes couldn't see too far, but the later he came back, the greater the chance of getting bad news, and he could understand why Que Yingjie was so uneasy.

Even if it is a strong general, in the final analysis, it is also a pampered exercise, without the improvement of the opponent, sometimes, it is far less effective than the last battlefield in person, and at the necessary juncture of life and death, the flashpoint of human nature will be fully revealed.

In other words, if these three hundred light cavalry were not the Empress Dowager's personal guards, but three hundred veterans like Lu Mi who had learned a lot of experience from the army, he would feel much more sure, but Lu Mi was also a figure who could be counted under General Ning back then, so he was a little too greedy?

"What if the two of them don't come back?" Que Yingjie asked cautiously.

"It's not like they won't be able to come back." Shen Nianyi said it very simply, his words made the other party inevitably have more doubts in his heart, but his intuition has always been very accurate, although he often said that he can't rely on intuition to solve cases, this is the most stupid method.

It's a pity that these were all before Sun Shining appeared around him, he didn't believe it before, some people have a keen sense of intuition, even including himself, but Shining broke his consistent insistence, she is not a fellow believer, but from the first case she participated in, she played the finishing touch, and the effect was more perfect than he expected.

He compromised and compromised a step forward, and then found that he also had intuition, which was different from Shining's innateness, because he had accumulated over time and had too much experience, and the laws that were naturally formed were also quite accurate.

Que Yingjie silently closed his mouth, he found that the more he came into contact with Shen Nianyi's words, the shorter he looked, so he waited patiently, waiting for the results given by the two urgent pioneers.

The snowflakes were swept up by the whirlwind, and his eyes were even worse, Que Yingjie wanted to raise his hand and rub his eyes, and heard Shen Nianyi's suggestion: "Before waiting for the news, let's stop the team first." ”

This suggestion could not be opposed, it was too close to the first lodge, and if there was an ambush there, it would inevitably suffer heavy losses.

Que Yingjie didn't dare to take a big risk, he didn't even have a superfluous word, he rushed directly to the front of the team, and ordered the march to stop temporarily, and stand by in place, this standby is a full half an hour.

He still chose to go hand in hand with Shen Nianyi, this time he trimmed, Shen Nianyi was also very cautious, he didn't even go to Mrs. Shen's carriage, to take a second look, always in the middle of the line, not forward or backward.

"Here we are." Two words, just two words, it seems that someone struck Que Yingjie's heart twice with a drumstick, he almost jumped on the spot, his heart was really painful and stuffy.

When he regained his breath, a horse had already stopped in front of him, and the soldiers above fell down and crawled closer: "Captain, Lord Shen, there is no one in the small stack, it is empty." ”

"Why are you so late?" Shen Nianyi did not appease, let alone dismount, but asked with a downward attitude.

The man's voice was trembling: "The two of us went alone, and when we arrived at the small inn, we couldn't see anyone, and I was a little panicked, and he proposed that either we should investigate and explore the surroundings again, maybe there would be clues, at least not empty-handed, I thought about it, so I followed." ”

How much range can there be, the two of them controlled the horses, and slowly turned a small circle first, there were no traces of fighting, and there were no traces of blood, perhaps all the evidence was submerged in the heavy snow, and was completely covered.

The two of them didn't give up, and actually expanded the range and went to the second circle, this time, they were afraid that their peers would have to ignore some details, so they proposed that the two of them explore separately at both ends, and then converge at the origin.

He walked unhurriedly, went around a circle, and returned to the place where they had marked, but did not see another person appear, at first he thought that the man was careful, and came back later than him, so he waited patiently for a while, and this wait was half an hour, and he suddenly panicked, knowing that the man must have something wrong.

He wanted to go back to the original way to find a circle, but he was afraid that the big team here would be in a hurry, and after waiting in such a cold weather, there was a layer of cold sweat on his back, and he was still a decisive character, knowing that he couldn't give up the big and ask for the small, so he resolutely turned the horse's head and rushed back to the team, before and after, still delayed for nearly an hour.

"That is, another person is missing?" Shen Nianyi asked thoughtfully.

"Yes, except for a small inn over there, there are no obstacles on the left and right, if someone makes a move on him, I should be able to find out, but there is no other movement except the wind." The man was obviously a little afraid of Shen Nianyi, his head was lowered, and he didn't dare to look at it.

"Did you come back alone?" Shen Nianyi's question was very abrupt.

Que Yingjie's reaction was not slow: "What Shen Zhengqing means is that someone secretly followed him back!" ”

"Impossible! I had formal training, and if someone came with me, how could I not find out, even if I was a little panicked, I was still very cautious. The man raised his head suddenly, and a pair of eyes finally met Shen Nianyi in mid-air, and he found that the other party's eyes were as sharp as an eagle, and as long as a slight lie could be completely exposed.

Shen Nianyi did not avoid the gaze of inquiry, whether it was true or not, this person's confession was very important, he said word by word: "You tell me in detail again, what is the scene in the small stack, use all your memory ability, think clearly!" ”

The man gasped and said with a bitter face, "Lord Shen, are you doubting me?" ”

"No, you're the only witness, I'm going to hear what you have to say!" Shen Nianyi didn't look at Que Yingjie beside him, but said to him, "There is still hot soup that has not been cooked, give him a bowl to come back to his senses, I want to hear him say it, I want to do it very much!" ”