The Qijiang River is very foggy, and the upstream fog is heavy.

A huge shadow slowly broke through the river mist.

The dragon head took the lead with a hideous face, and then the dragon claws grabbed through the river mist, cut through the waves, and slowly brought out the whole body-

It was a huge dragon boat, heading south from the upper reaches of the Qi River, while slowly turning around, borrowing water power from the middle and lower reaches.

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"Do you know it's wrong?"

A voice came from behind him.

The man in heavy armor honestly bowed his head, pressed his hands on his thighs, his waist straightened, and knelt on the futon in the high hall of the dragon boat.

High carved beams, painted walls, the decoration of the hall lobby is quite gorgeous, the red sandalwood small incense burner in the main hall is full of sandalwood, refreshing people's hearts, three feet of white snow in the furnace.

The heavily armored man who was punished to kneel here heard the lazy voice behind him, and hurriedly straightened his back by three points, his upper body was as straight as a gun, and his kneeling posture was upright.

In his memory, when he was a child, he made mistakes, and the teacher always punished him like this.

Kneel.

There will be no more words.

His Royal Highness was stubborn at first, refusing to admit his mistake and refusing to answer, so he gritted his teeth and kept kneeling, and his posture was extremely standard, until his legs were numb and his whole body was numb, and he would never say a word.

Kneeling three futons in one year.

And often after being punished for kneeling, Yuan Tiangang would only ask him lightly if he knew if he was wrong.

There won't be more words.

To know is to know, and not to know is not to know.

Later, His Highness thought it through a little, whether he answered that he knew or not, he could be exempted from bearing the bitter fruit, and he no longer had to kneel on the ground to fight with the futon.

If His Highness answered that he knew, Yuan Tiangang would let him get up, when all this had not happened.

If His Highness answers that he doesn't know, Yuan Tiangang will point out his mistakes one by one, and what he says is always convincing.

His Royal Highness said seriously: "I don't know. ”

Yuan Tiangang said softly: "Since I gave the word no regrets after the crown, I have never punished you, and today I punished you for kneeling a stick of incense." ”

His Royal Highness lowered his eyebrows and turned his back to the teacher.

"You're on your knees. Yuan Tiangang said lightly: "It's better to kneel here than to die in Xiguan." ”

His Highness whispered, "I don't understand what the teacher means. ”

The national teacher put his hands behind his back, and his voice was ethereal: "You rushed from Beigusu Road to Qiliang Ferry to cross the river, but did you ever agree to Lanling City?"

His Highness was silent.

"You took the eldest lady of the Tang family to borrow the dragon boat, have you ever let Your Majesty know?"

"You went to Xiguan alone, without a soldier or armor, did you do what I told you before thinking twice?"

"Do you think that Huan Tuqiao ordered the sword to be collected because you sank the halberd first? Do you think that if you came alone, you would show your heart for Qi Liang? Do you think that those people in Xiguan were willing to knock out their teeth and swallow them in their stomachs for the sake of your face?"

His Highness gritted his teeth.

Yuan Tiangang smiled and asked jokingly, "Are you here to save people, or are you opening a market in Lanling City, playing buy one get one free?"

Xiao Wu regretted not speaking.

"In the past, most of the mistakes you made were hot-headed, you didn't think carefully, and you were punished to kneel in order to calm you down. Yuan Tiangang sneered: "If you don't know your mistake this time, kneel here until you know your mistake." ”

The hall was empty.

There is only His Highness alone.

Outside the Dragon Boat Courtyard Building, everyone heard Yuan Tiangang's voice of reprimanding His Highness.

This great master of Qi Liang rarely gets angry.

Plan before you act.

Yuan Tiangang is like a mountain, pressed in Lanling City, pressed in Qi Liang's heart and bones, joy and anger are invisible, there has never been the slightest mistake, every proposal, every strategy, is like a prophet who foresees the future in advance, it is incredibly accurate.

How can such a person be angry and angry?

Only when a person finds that things are out of his control, and things are beyond his expectations, will he get angry and angry.

"You received His Majesty's talisman and came here from Beigusu Road, so majestic. ”

"The entire Xiguan is silent in front of you alone, and the faces of the three dogs of Xiguan have been beaten by you at Xidu, which is really worthy of the title of 'Fengsui Marquis' given to you. ”

The reprimands in the hall continued.

"I rushed back from Tianjihai, and I didn't even go back to Lanling City, all the way against the Qijiang River to the West Ferry, do you know what will happen if I am a little late?"

The young Confucian was furious.

"Xiguan will not hesitate to penetrate this ship, raise the banner of Qiliang to start a war, after today, the entire Central Plains will not think about peace!"

"What can you be?"

Yuan Tiangang's voice was full of anger, and the emotions that were silent after the anger were more complicated, and the most mixed was disappointment.

Outside the hall, Yi Xiao, Xiao Buyi and others were all ordered by Yuan Tiangang not to enter.

His Royal Highness looked from afar, and the back of the heavily armored man kneeling on the futon was a little lonely.

The heavily armored man was full of frost between his eyebrows, but he smiled at the moment.

He turned his back to Yuan Tiangang and said, "Teacher, I don't want to be a hero. ”

The national teacher pressed down the anger in his heart.

The heavily armored man said softly, "But if I don't come, will Buyi still be alive today?"

The words were tossed down the hall.

Yuan Tiangang was stunned.

His Highness was silent.

Xiao Buyi, who was outside the hall, pursed his lips, understood what His Highness meant, and sweat began to seep from the corners of his forehead.

Tang Xiaoman, who was beside him, lowered his eyebrows, and gently wiped the fine sweat on his cheeks with his red sleeves.

"Teacher, even when you came to Qijiang...... It's all so urgent, stepping on the last time, the consequences are unimaginable for a second at night. What if ...... What would we be without this ship?"

Yuan Tiangang was silent.

Instead of carrying his hands behind his back, he gently lowered his hands, stretched out his index finger with one hand, and gently tapped the handle of the lupine fan hidden in his sleeve.

His Royal Highness smiled in a nonchalant tone: "I have been used to kneeling since I was a child, and I have made countless mistakes. It's nothing to let me kneel for another day. ”

The heavily armored man knelt upright from head to tail.

He said softly: "The word "no regrets" was given to me by you, teacher. ”

"If I were to sit in Qiliang and do nothing, just watch these things happen, I can't do it. ”

"So I have to come. ”

"I thought about all the consequences, thought twice, and even if I thought about it a hundred times, the outcome would not change. ”

"Even if I am wrong in the end, these mistakes are irreparable, and even cause a war in the entire Central Plains, I will never regret it. ”

The heavily armored man smiled lightly: "Now Buyi is fine, Qi Liang is fine, these are the blessings of the teacher." As for the 'wrong things' I have done, I will never think that they are wrong, so don't think that I can admit my mistakes, teacher. If you don't understand your anger and hate iron but not steel, you can punish me, and I will admit it if you punish me for kneeling for as long as I want. ”

After saying these words, there was silence in the hall.

Needle drops can be heard.

Yuan Tiangang slowly knocked on the handle of the feather fan and turned to leave.

"Rammed goods. ”

His Royal Highness and Xiao Buyi saw that the teacher was not angry and fell down this sentence, and left the hall directly, ignoring them all the way.

His Royal Highness, who was kneeling on the futon with his upper body upright, smiled lightly and shook his head.

Reaching the bow of the dragon boat, the young Confucian lay on the railing and took a deep breath.

Yi Xiao'an, who had just woken up, slowly opened his eyes.

She saw that the national teacher seemed to have just lost his temper, and now he didn't smile with anger on his face.

Lying on the railing, he suddenly laughed angrily.

Very slight and slight sound.

Yuan Tiangang was slightly annoyed and repeated: "What a rammer." ”

The corners of the lips are slightly upturned.

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Torrent City.

The heavy snow in December has finally passed.

The hardest days were gone with the snowfall.

At dawn on this day, the people of Torrent City pushed open the door and looked at the somewhat dazzling snow, the snow in the south was not atmospheric and spectacular enough compared to the north, only a little mournful meaning of the small jasper.

Just recently.

The City Lord's Mansion of Torrent City sent a soldier from the Governor Division, who was quite polite to do the rough work for these people.

Break the ice.

The snow-covered ground was covered with a layer of ice that was neither thick nor thin, making it difficult for pedestrians to walk, and even more difficult for cars and horses to walk.

The icebreakers stood on both sides of the road, and the sharp, blunt-tailed iron hoes and iron chisels struck the ice, breaking a crack in an instant.

Break through the ice.

Even though it's still winter, the city is as warm as spring.

In the port outside the torrent city, there is a rather magnificent scene.

The dragon ship of Baili returned to port in Torrent City, and it was a troublesome thing to stop, but this big ship attracted the attention of countless people when it returned to port.

On the huge dragon ship, there were several young figures.

So the alley was empty.

The port of Torrent City is more popular than ever.

It has always been rumored in the world that the three princes of Qi Liang have disagreements with each other, which is an annoying thing in Lanling City.

Power tricks mislead the country and fratricidal killing, which is what everyone does not want to see.

But today, the three highnesses helped each other to get off the ship.

So all the rumors were self-defeating.

The City Lord's Mansion got the news, and the two god generals personally led the Torrent City armor soldiers to greet them, but they were embarrassed to be blocked outside the crowd.

No one sells the face of the City Lord's Mansion.

Also blocked out of the crowd were some Tang Sect disciples.

The Tang Gate has been scattered for more than a year, and the Tang Men people in Torrent City are relieved to see that the eldest lady who has been missing in the crowd for a short time is safe and sound, and they can't help but feel very emotional when they see the eldest lady holding hands with the gentleman who saved the life of the Tang Gate.

There were iron hoes scattered on the icy pavement, and people had left them there.

The Governor of the icebreaker team, Si Jiashi, threw his iron hammer and squeezed into the crowd with difficulty along the first wave of people, and was fortunate to witness this scene.

The three highnesses were covered with dust and tiredness, and the speed of their progress was not too fast, and the crowd made way for them, and they waved gently.

No one knows what they went through.

It's just that the smiles on their faces when they look at each other don't fake.

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The ice on the side of the road began to melt, and the iron drill was inserted into half of the ice, slowly melting in the sunlight.

The iron drill was untouched, but the tip had no resistance, so it lost its balance and landed on the ice with a thud.

In this world, all the ice melts.

The only thing that can break through the ice is not necessarily the iron drill.