The path leading to the former military camp in Jiying Town.

Liu Ruiying and Huo Wang took the lead and walked at the front of the team.

Huo Wang didn't push the horse under his crotch very quickly.

At least compared to when he came to Dingzhou Mansion alone, it was much slower.

Before he had gone fifty miles, it suddenly snowed heavily.

One after another, so happy.

"Liu Xingqi was born in Zhongdu, so he must have never seen such a scene, right?"

Liu Ruiying looked at the sky, stretched out his hand to catch the falling snowflakes, and shook his head.

When it comes to snow, he has seen a lot.

The central capital city is not in the south.

Although there is no Dingxi Royal Domain, the Zhenbei Royal Domain is so icy and snowy.

But every winter, this white snow is also an ordinary thing, not as rare as the Pingnan and Andong kingdoms.

However, it is now approaching the vernal equinox.

The rain of the past two days has already caused some young shoots to emerge on some ground.

Liu Ruiying didn't expect that the weather here would suddenly change so suddenly.

And those young shoots are hidden in the vast expanse again.

"Dare to ask the prince, is this often the case in the Dingxi Royal Domain?"

Liu Ruiying asked.

"Not really...... This phenomenon is called the inverted spring cold. It is very common in Dingzhou, Hengzhou, and Mengzhou, and it is not so frequent in Qizhou and Yuezhou. However, Qizhou and Yuezhou were originally much warmer than the other three states. If nothing else, spring sowing will begin in a while. ”

Huo Wang explained.

"Pass on my king's order: Dingzhou, Hengzhou, and Mengzhou must make preparations for spring sowing. The preserved rice seedlings should be ventilated and dried so that they do not rot due to moisture. In addition, let the state governments of all regions count the losses of the spring cold on the farmers as soon as possible. For those who are seriously damaged, the state government should provide bereavement and assistance. But remember to check and verify the situation, and don't let the villain take advantage of the loophole!"

Huo Wang called a sergeant and explained.

He doesn't like the cold weather.

Because its appearance will always indicate that this year is not a good harvest.

He doesn't like heavy snow, either.

Because the soft and incorporeal snow can also kill people invisibly.

As the king of a realm, he must plan ahead and consider all aspects for the people under his rule.

But manpower is exhausted, and providence is beyond reach...... Even if he is an emperor, he only claims to be the Son of Heaven.

Liu Ruiying looked at Huo Wang's way of pointing out the country, and made careful and detailed arrangements for the sudden changes by dividing them by two. He suddenly felt that Huo Wang was not as unbearable as he felt, and just now he was obviously a good prince who cared about the people.

In other words, my feelings are still too simple.

To be bad for yourself is not good, and to be good to yourself is not bad.

How can there be such a simple thing in the world?

There are only fairy tales in black and white, and the pros and cons are all relative.

Liu Ruiying remembers that when she was a child, there was a story in the book told by her husband called chiseling the wall and stealing the light.

At that time, he was very young, and he was very puzzled by this.

Isn't it a bad thing to destroy someone else's house?

Besides, why do you say that everything is inferior, but only reading is high?

If reading is so sacred, why should the light needed for reading be "stealing" instead of borrowing?

He told his husband about this question after school.

Sure enough.

The gentleman was so angry that he blew his beard and glared, and almost fell off his chair.

"Crooked! Crooked! Who allowed you to talk nonsense like that? Who allowed you to slander the sages like this?"

Liu Ruiying was beaten firmly, but the doubts in his heart were not solved at all.

Although the doubts in my heart have not been solved, another truth has suddenly become much clearer.

Questioning is to be beaten.

You will remember what the gentleman says, and you will do whatever the gentleman tells you to do. Such an honest and one-five-ten, like a donkey pushing a mill and an ox pulling a plow, can have good fruit to eat.

Compared to the present.

Huo Wang is not a good person to himself, but it does not mean that he is not a good prince in the Dingxi Royal Domain, and he is not a good commander in the Xuan Crow Army.

Just Liu Ruiying came all the way from Zhongdu, and after entering the Dingxi Royal Domain, he saw many people spontaneously building temples for him.

Five households and seven families gave out a few meals of money and food, and also carved an image of Huo Wang with sandalwood, and burned incense during the New Year's Festival, which can really be said to be admired by everyone.

Speaking of which, the expectations of ordinary people are not high.

As long as there is rice in the pot, the tofu and vegetables can be mixed with half full, which is already very satisfying.

And Huo Wang has guarded the border and cleared the wolf smoke over the years. Although he is obsessed with martial arts, he has not delayed his diligence and love for the people.

So over the years, not to mention the harvest of every autumn harvest, there are abundant grains. But as long as you work diligently and don't use your brains to steal and play tricks, and do things like traitors, then at least worry-free food and clothing are still enough to guarantee.

In fact, this is already a very remarkable thing.

Although Huo Wang stumbled on Liu Ruiying everywhere, Liu Ruiying looked at Huo Wang's eyes in this matter. There is already a little admiration.

Huo Wang had been in deep thought since he finished saying the order just now.

Liu Ruiying's originally tense nerves were also relaxed because of this, which made him feel a little bored...... I simply enjoyed the snow.

"It is said that snow flies in August in the northwest, if this is the case, then it doesn't snow for half of the year?"

Liu Ruiying thought.

Creation in the world is truly wonderful.

In half of the Five Great Realms, there is no snow all year round, but only rain. The other half of the place, in Yijiazi, has been frozen and snowy for 30 years.

Looking at the Xuan Crow Army behind him, the armor was all covered with a layer of fine snowflakes, and the large pieces covered the original black.

Black and white, echoing each other.

And the flag carried high, the bright red background color is more bold in the snow.

Heaven and earth are so general that they can't distinguish the boundaries.

In the distance, there seems to be water vapor transpiration, and the fog is thick.

There were no more people and birds, only the clatter of horses' hooves on the snow and the clatter of armor.

Liu Ruiying remembered the red clay wine furnace that Huo Wang had in the tent before.

If you let yourself choose between tea and wine now, it must be wine.

I don't know why, but snow always goes well with wine.

The snow comes with the wind, whether it is living in a large mansion or a ruined temple. As long as there is wine and fire, you can spend the night happily and peacefully.

"If only I could have a glass of wine......

"Hahaha, I never thought that Liu Xingqi was so elegant!

Liu Ruiying didn't expect that she was too distracted, and she unconsciously blurted out what she was thinking in her head, and suddenly felt extremely embarrassed...... However, Huo Wang didn't care, it seemed as if he had just made some major decision, and the aura around the whole person became relaxed and casual.

A Crow Sergeant hurried forward, carrying a tray with two wolf-tailed straps on it.

"It's ......"

Liu Ruiying was very puzzled.

Why did you come up with two helmets when you wanted to drink?

Huo Wang looked at Liu Ruiying's helpless appearance, and he didn't explain at the moment.

He picked up a battle helmet, pulled out the wolf's tail, and drank a few sips like the crow army did when they went on the expedition.

Liu Ruiying did the same, and also picked up the battle helmet and pulled off the wolf's tail.

A rush of blood, mixed with alcohol, drilled into Liu Ruiying's nose and jumped straight to the door of his head.

Just by sniffing it, he felt that he was already three points drunk.

But Liu Ruiying saw Huo Wang beside him holding a helmet, glanced at himself a few times intentionally or unintentionally, and immediately felt a strong force in his heart again.

"Both shoulders carry a mouth, you can drink me, naturally!"

Liu Ruiying closed her eyes, held her breath, and swallowed it in her stomach.

Fortunately, there wasn't much wine left in this hood. Otherwise, Liu Ruiying would have to fall off the horse drunk......

"This wolf blood wine is brewed with the blood of the wolf warrior of the Prairie Royal Court and added to the koji, so it has a heavier bloody smell than ordinary spirits, and the mouth is more viscous. The wolf blood wine of the Xuan Crow Army is never drunk by outsiders, and only the warriors who have stabbed the steppe wolf ride are eligible to enjoy it. ”

Huo Wang saw that Liu Ruiying finished drinking before he spoke.

Liu Ruiying looked at the helmet in his hand in surprise, and suddenly felt that he had really done something amazing.

The snow is getting heavier and heavier.

"We've got to get up to speed. At this rate, it won't be long before the bottom layer of snow turns to ice. The trail is a hundred times more difficult to walk than the main road. ”

After Huo Wang finished speaking, he grabbed the horse and galloped.

"It rained the day before yesterday and the ground temperature rose, so all the snow that had just fallen turned into water. However, before the old snow is gone, the new snow will come, and the bottom layer of snow will gradually freeze. When the night falls, it will freeze and be solid. ”

Qin Lou has been here for many years and has long been familiar with the geography and hydrology of Dingzhou.

Fortunately, when everyone arrived in Jiying Town, it was just getting dark.

Jiying Town, inside the front line camp.

He Youjian was eating in the tent of the Chinese military camp.

Two meat and one vegetable.

It's easy to eat.

The weather is cold, and the war is consumed, which can only be replenished by this.

Huo Wang led the Xuan Crow Army, as if he had entered a no-man's land, and the black pressure broke directly into the camp.

He Youjian heard the panic outside the tent and the shouts of the sergeants, thinking that the wolf rider had come to rob the camp on a snowy night, so he hurriedly stopped and rushed out with his knife.

When I looked closely, I found that the other party did not fight, and it was all war horses sitting down, so I couldn't help but feel a little relieved.

"Counting the days, Tangzhou should have received the letter...... You should get it delivered as soon as possible...... Otherwise, this wolf may really turn his face one day......"

He Youjian was very anxious.

In the first place, he did not advocate such a deal with the Steppe Court.

After all, how many people can retreat from the tiger with the skin of the tiger?

In the early years in the Pingnan royal domain, there was a strange person.

He is a picky eater and a great fan of the hair on the jaws of strange beasts.

The taste of the East China Sea therapeutic fish was very beautiful, so he ran to the beach with the pot and shouted for the therapeutic fish to help, and jumped into the pot to let himself eat a taste.

The hair on the jaw of the fox tribe in the mountains is the most supple and magnificent, so he went to the foot of the mountains and shouted for the fox beasts to behave well, and pulled off the hair on his jaw and sent it to him.

As a result, in his life, he spent the first thirty years begging for fish, and the last thirty years begging for foxes...... But he didn't eat the healing fish until he died, and he held his hair.

He Youjian felt that Tang Ming was following this man's old path, and he was even more dangerous than him.

"Wang ...... Lord Wang!"

He Youjian looked up along the war horse, but only recognized the two banners from the wind and snow. Frightened, he even crawled forward, but the ground was wet and cold, and he began to kowtow incessantly to plead guilty.

"Has Tang Ming arrived?"

Huo Wang asked.

He didn't pay attention to He Youjian's official rhetoric at all.

What sin deserves death, forgiveness is a myriad......

If you want to die, that death is enough.

Who has 10,000 heads worth 10,000 deaths?

People who say that they will die are actually the most unwilling to die and the most afraid of death.

"Back to the prince, Tangzhou has not yet arrived. ”

He Youjian replied, but he was puzzled in his heart.

"Why did the prince ask Tangzhou Tong first? As usual, shouldn't the two of them come together?"

He Youjian looked up and saw Liu Ruiying, and felt that this matter was even more strange.

"Have your sergeant level out a clearing for the Crows to camp. In addition, hurry up and set up some new military tents for everyone in the Investigation Department to live in. ”

Huo Wang arranged.

Then, without looking back, he beckoned Liu Ruiying into the camp where he was still eating just now.

He Youjian compared the prince's attitude towards himself and Liu Ruiying, and secretly said no!

He didn't know what had happened in the Dingzhou Mansion in the past few days, so that the prince would turn his face to this point.

However, at this moment, he hoped that Tang Ming had not yet sent the batch of gold, silver, horses, and beauties. If you are hit on the head by the prince, then you can't explain it anyway.

After arranging everything, he walked into the tent tremblingly, and saw Huo Wang and Liu Ruiying talking and laughing, but he didn't dare to say much, just stood quietly under the tent.

"Governor He is still in good command of the army, I see that all the military affairs in the camp are in order. ”

Huo Wang said.

"The prince's praise is really tormenting the villain......"

He Youjian said humbly.

Huo Wang pointed to the seat next to him and motioned for He Youjian to take a seat as well.

"We are guests from afar, but you landlord don't need to be so polite!"

Seeing that the prince made a joke on himself, He Youjian was no longer as nervous as before.

"It's just that the officers and men in this battalion seem to have not been killed for many days, and they are a little slack in order, but why?"

Huo Wang pretended to be puzzled and asked deliberately.

"Here ......

He Youjian was a spirit, and once again inspired all the spirits.

"Back to the prince, most of these sergeants are recruited recruits. It didn't take long to finish his training, so he could only do some patrol and guard work. They have not yet had the power of life and death, and they don't know the cruelty of the battlefield, so the prince looks a little slack. ”

He Youjian explained.

Huo Wang smiled after hearing this, and said: "It turns out that your Governor He actually let a group of fledgling recruits come to guard your Chinese army camp, and he is worthy of being a veteran general who has been fighting wolves for many years, he is really a master of art!"

Why didn't He Youjian hear the disbelief and dissatisfaction in Huo Wang's tone?

At that moment, he explained: "The main thing is that the soldiers who are good at fighting, and the brave men are all led by the two government commanders, and all of them have been stationed at the front line, so as to ensure that our troops have the strongest combat effectiveness to resist the attack of the wolf cavalry at any time." ”

Huo Wang nodded thoughtfully after hearing this, as if he felt that He You's suggestion was reasonable.

There is nothing else at the moment, and the topic has all turned to introducing the customs and customs of the border to Liu Ruiying.

Liu Ruiying also listened to it with relish, especially about the grassland royal court, which made him feel incredible. In the end, I just felt that He Youjian, who was sitting on the sidelines smiling and toasting, was a little pitiful.

Early in the morning of the second day.

The rooster has not yet crowed.

A brisk sound of horses' hooves woke Liu Ruiying up.

After getting up and packing up, I took a look at the account, but it was Tang Ming who arrived.

Huo Wang was already sitting in the center of the big tent, changing his kindness and kindness yesterday.

His face was solemn, his eyes were sharp, and he did not smile.

Seeing Liu Ruiying come in, he only nodded slightly, which was regarded as a greeting, and then took out the letter that Liu Ruiying had also read from his arms.

"Tang Ming, this king called you here for this. What should be the interpretation of what is said in the letter?"

Huo Wang asked in a flat tone and threw the letter down.

After Tang Ming picked it up and read it roughly, his heart immediately felt like ashes......

It was as if an invisible boulder was pressing down on his heart, making him breathless. Even his mouth began to tremble, and his mind went blank.

It was not warm in the tent, but Tang Ming's beads of sweat had already soaked his entire chest from the inside.

If a thorn is in the back, you can't advance or retreat.

Just wait for that thunderous fury to sound overhead.

"How did this letter fall into the hands of the prince...... Isn't this a complete revelation? I don't think he He Youjian will be able to do anything!"

Tang Ming thought in his heart.

But it is useless to blame and complain, and it is not clear what to explain.

Stir up your own disputes and settle them by yourself.

I wanted to use this to exchange for at least ten years of peace for myself, but I didn't think that it would become a butcher's knife that made my head go different.

"I don't think you know much about that. ”

Huo Wang leaned forward, tilted slightly to the left, shifted his weight to his left arm, and said as he propped up the armrest of the chair.

Tang Ming was stunned when he heard this, and he couldn't turn around at all.

He looked up and looked at Huo Wang, and knew that the prince was looking for a step for himself.

But what is the purpose of this?

That's right.

Huo Wang didn't want to kill Tang Ming now. However, this does not mean that he will let Tang Ming do whatever he wants to run Dingzhou into a monolith, sit on the country of China, and become the king of kings.

Don't use an elephant to crack a nut.

But if you want to deter the cow, you have to kill the chicken with a knife.

He Youjian.

The family has been born and raised in Dingzhou for generations.

He has been in the army since he was a child, and he has been serving under Tang Ming, and he was not outstanding.

It was just an autumn hunting, and He Youjian, who had just joined the army, was on guard at the camp gate.

Who would have thought that he insisted that the time had passed, and the camp was locked, and the soup that had returned late in search of joy was blocked outside the camp gate.

Although, at that time, he personally sent a message to Tang Zhongsong to enter the battalion, but afterwards he also stopped the officer who wanted to punish He Youjian.

Since then, He Youjian has risen steadily until he took charge of the military.

Unlike Tang Zhongsong, Tang Ming feels that the way to employ people is still to put friendship first.

He Youjian can stop the son of the state commander when he sleeps at night, and ordinary people will only think that he is stupid and has a very shafted brain.

But Tang Ming just took a fancy to his character, so he reused it.

Now He Youjian, even if Tang Ming asked him to cut his old mother, he would not hesitate to draw the knife.

With such a loyal and brave subordinate, how could Tang Ming give it up easily?

But in front of the prince, there is no other way out than to abandon the car and protect the handsome, and this seems to be the wish of the prince.

Tang Ming knelt under the account and closed his eyes.

He was really helpless......

"Lord Wang...... He really didn't know. In the name of the labor army, he applied to the governor for the allocation of gold and silver. As for the horse beauties...... But he was proud of his merits and forcibly demanded it from the governor of the state. ”

At this moment, He Youjian, who was kneeling behind Tang Ming, suddenly raised his head and said.

Liu Ruiying saw his back in the rear.

Although he was kneeling, he was no different from the momentum he had when he looked at the map that day.

He Youjian is also clever.

Although he took all the blame on himself, he did not admit that he was a collaborator.

This fornication with a foreign enemy is completely different from the nature of an invitation to the battle. The two are very different, like clouds and mud.

Huo Wang also didn't expect that the situation would develop like this, but he had to take it over by himself.

"But how did I hear that these gold, silver, BMWs, and beauties were going to be sent to the royal court opposite?"

As a last resort, Huo Wang had no choice but to forcibly uncover the bottom.

After He Youjian heard this, he did not defend himself, but kowtowed deeply again.

In fact, Huo Wang had no evidence, but the content of this letter, what he had seen and heard along the way, and the feelings given to him by the officers and soldiers in the army, made him very sure that this wolf cavalry was definitely not a sudden and sudden side trouble, but a premeditated thing.

The one who can do this must be Tang Ming.

However, Huo Wang just wanted He Youjian to be the scapegoat and knock the mountain and shock the tiger. As for the specific twists and turns inside, he also didn't have the effort to delve into it.

What is the use of these means in the face of absolute strength?

All the Dingzhou Mansion soldiers are not enough to kill the Xuan Crow Army in one round, and you Tang Ming may not be able to borrow Huo Wang's sword even if you dance like risking your life.

And Qi Huo Wang and Wolf King Mingyao know each other very well, and there will be no big war in the short term.

No one wants to break this delicate balance first.

Therefore, Huo Wang just wanted to break Tang Ming's careful thoughts once and for all, and let him honestly guard Dingzhou, so that he could also understand the secret of the Star Sword with peace of mind.

Therefore, He Youjian must die.

It's just that Huo Wang didn't expect that he would come forward on his own and take care of the crime. This can't help but make people think highly of him, and at the same time, it also makes Huo Wang even more jealous and disgusted with Tang Ming.

If you can train such a subordinate person, if you have the heart of disobedience, wouldn't it be a thought to turn the world upside down? Although Tang Ming's martial arts cultivation is much worse than himself, this kung fu to buy people's hearts is even more fatal.

Martial arts cultivation is practiced to the extreme, and karma is nothing more than ten thousand enemies.

However, the desire of the people in the world can form an irresistible general trend.

Right now, he has to cut off one of his arms before he can stop.

Huo Wang asked Liu Ruiying to come and deal with this matter together, one was what he had promised before, and the other was also to pick up the plane and spend more time with Liu Ruiying.

Originally, he promised Liu Ruiying that he would retry He Youjian after the war, but he didn't expect that the letter fell into his hand like a sleepy pillow.

Without further ado, it's a godsend.

"Pass on the king's order: He Youjian, the governor of Dingzhou, fornicated with the grassland royal court, disturbed the hearts of our army, messed up my borders, and the crime was not punishable. However, this king is merciful, and remembers the exploits of the past years, so that his family is not implicated in this matter. In addition, Tang Ming, the commander of Dingzhou Prefecture, did not investigate the use of people, listened to his slanderous rumors, remembered the crime of dereliction of duty, fined him for one year, and received 50 military sticks. ”

Liu Ruiying copied the above will word for word in a reply letter to the Imperial Prison.

In the afternoon of the same day, he personally watched He Youjian, the governor of the prefecture who had been in charge of the military power of Dingzhou for nearly ten years and commanded tens of thousands of troops, be escorted by the Xuanya Army to the gate of his camp.

There were many henchmen and descendants of He Youjian in the camp, and they couldn't restrain their grief and indignation, so they attacked them in groups to rob the law field, but they all died under the black knife of the Xuan Crow Army.

"Do me a favor. ”

"Huh?"

"Help me hand this over to the state lord. ”

Before the execution, He Youjian handed a small note to Liu Ruiying.

Then he smiled at him and said, "Now, you can make a good deal." ”

Liu Ruiying did not stay to watch the scene of the execution.

He only heard in the tent many knives cutting incessantly all afternoon until nightfall.

What a delicate mash this has to be......

The sound of the knife died down, and Liu Ruiying came to Tang Ming's tent.

He was seen lying on the bed, and a doctor was administering medicine.

The fifty military sticks of the Xuan Crow Army are not so easy to bear.

What's more, he Tang Ming didn't dare to use his skills to protect his body, so he was beaten fifty times naked.

When it comes to stick punishment and board punishment, Liu Ruiying is also very familiar with it.

The Central Investigation Division even has a whole set of textbook-like gadgets for this.

He had personally seen his comrades in charge of torture take a piece of rice paper and put it on a brick, and then hit it repeatedly with a stick until the brick broke and the paper was good.

The stick practiced in this way has no scars on the epidermis, but the inside is already broken bones and tendons.

Liu Ruiyi saw that Tang Ming's skin was open and the blood was bleeding, but this did not hurt his muscles and bones, and he would definitely be able to recover after some time.

Thinking about it, the Xuan Crow Army is also merciful.

In fact, for Tang Ming's identity, this military stick is even more reflected in the damage to his heart.

The dignified Dingzhou state ruler, in front of the public, was stripped of his pants to expose his buttocks, I am afraid that he has not used a stick, and this self-esteem is afraid that it has been shattered all over the ground......

Liu Ruiying handed him He Youjian's note, then turned around and left to return to his account.

"Is Liu Xingqi still used to this barracks?"

"Back to the prince, everything is fine. It's just that I am fascinated by the climate and customs of the border of Dingzhou. ”

Liu Ruiying arched his hand and replied.

"Haha...... The spring is full of snow, and it is not surprising that flies freeze to death. ”

After Huo Wang finished speaking, he rubbed shoulders with Liu Ruiying.

Tang Mingping retired from the doctor and opened the note.

His eyes were red after just one glance, and he forcibly stood up and bowed three times in the direction of Yuanmen.

There was only one sentence on He Youjian's note.

In the next life, listen to the bell on the first floor.