Chapter 64: Tempering

Before the first snow since the beginning of winter fell on the prairie, Xuan Qi finally led the army back to Juyanhai. Looking at the crowds of people, the people of Juyanhai who welcomed the triumphant return of the army, Xuan Qi's eyes couldn't help but moisten, although there were not many of his own clansmen among these people, but Xuan Qi could still feel the enthusiasm and sincere gratitude.

The Juyanhai cavalry on horseback, everyone was in good spirits, and they had never held their waists so straight, and a sense of pride permeated the streets and alleys of Juyanhai, constantly spreading in all directions.

It was already snowing heavily in Mobei, and the two warring sides also stopped fighting for months and began to recuperate, preparing for another bloody battle after the beginning of spring next year. And the 300,000 army was eaten by Xuan Qi at once 150,000 Helian Lu, only 100,000 cavalry remained, but he had to send a letter of help to Queen Elena, as for how many troops will come to help at the beginning of spring next year, Helian Lu can only pray that the carnival of several months can make Queen Elena miss and reluctant to herself.

Under the heavy snowfall, Xuan Qi hugged Helian Le, who was more than a year old, and Helian Yu'er sat beside him, talking and teasing Helian Le, while looking at the martial arts training ground outside the pavilion, Helian Nian danced the long sword in his hand. Helian Nian, who just passed his sixteenth birthday yesterday, is already an adult, looking at Helian Nian, who dances impermeably and is difficult to enter in the snow, Xuan Qi can't help but think of his youth, and also thinks of Xuan Si who ran for his life in the heavy snow with him.

According to the news from Chu Lin, his family in Tamsui City is also fine, and Xuan Si's scars have basically been removed, although they have not returned to their original appearance, and there are still faint scars, but if you don't look carefully, you can't see it. Xuan Si simply took off the hat on his head, I heard that this time during the New Year, he will appear in Kaifeng with Liu Shuyao, this is also Xuan Qi's special arrangement for his family to go north together, and when they saw Helian Nian, the two of them also completely let go of their past grievances and were willing to come together, so that Xuan Qi couldn't help but be overjoyed.

Xuan Qi had already discussed with Helian Yu'er, and he wanted to take advantage of the truce time to take Helian Nian to the land of the Celestial Empire to hone and hone his temper, Helian Yu'er naturally thought that Xuan Qi was very likely to take Helian Nian to meet his family who was far away in the Celestial Empire, although he sighed secretly in his heart, he did not stop him and agreed.

Early the next morning, Xuan Qi took Helian Nian, who had never gone abroad and was quite excited, and after bidding farewell to Helian Yu'er, he went all the way south and rushed to Kaifeng. In order to temper Helian Nian, the two did not take a carriage, but rode south. Helian Nian, who is dressed in Hanfu, and speaks fluent Chinese, is like a young man from the Celestial Empire, who is quite similar to Xuanqi back then. Along the way, Helian Nian looked around, and from time to time he would ask Xuan Qi this and that, and Xuan Qi would patiently answer them one by one. Looking at Helian Nian, Xuan Qi couldn't help but think of the situation when he and Qiqi went all the way north, how similar it was!

Seeing that he was getting closer and closer to the capital, Xuan Qi thought of his uncle Li Xing, who was still in the capital, and originally wanted to go to visit, but because of the existence of Helian Nian, there were many inconveniences, so he gave up the idea in his heart. The two walked all the way, looking at a dense forest from a distance, but it was a royal hunting ground, Xuan Qi had also come to hunt with Li Rui, and Xuan Qi still respected and missed his emperor uncle.

Passing through the royal hunting ground was a shortcut, and Xuan Qi didn't think much about it, and slowly walked into the hunting ground with Helian Nian. Not long after entering the hunting ground, Xuan Qi saw a column of officers and soldiers of the Royal Forest Army blocking the way from a distance, and couldn't help frowning, in this cold and snowy time, who else would come out to hunt?

Xuan Qi and the others got closer, thinking about bypassing the officers and soldiers of the Beijing camp who were blocking the road, and continued to move forward, but before they got closer, they heard the sound of shouting and scolding from a distance: "Blind your dog's eyes, get out of the way, otherwise Lao Tzu will kill you and feed the dog." ”

Xuan Qi frowned, looking at this young man who was wearing the armor of the general of the Imperial Forest Army, but he didn't know this person, he thought it should be the new little commander of the Royal Forest Army! Xuan Qi had Helian Nian by his side, so he naturally didn't want to cause more trouble, so he beat his horse and walked diagonally to the side. Helian Nian saw that Xuan Qi had changed direction, so he had no choice but to glare at the general and follow closely behind Xuan Qi.

"Stop!" suddenly there was a loud shout behind him, and at the sound of horses' hooves, hundreds of people were already rushing over with a young man wearing a jade crown and a pale yellow silk robe.

Xuan Qi grabbed the sweaty BMW under his crotch, and turned his head to look, but he knew that this person was Li Zhe's eldest son, the current holy prince, Li Zhunji, who was nineteen years old, but he didn't know why he wanted to stop his father and son.

The young general of the Imperial Forest Army threw out a fifty-tael piece of official silver from his hand, fell in the snow with a pop, and said loudly to Xuan Qi and the others: "Our prince has taken a fancy to the two horses, this is the money to buy horses, leave the horses, take the silver and leave!"

"Phew! Lao Tzu doesn't care what prince you don't like, Lao Tzu is still a prince!" Helian Nian saw that the other party was so arrogant, but he couldn't get angry, so he blurted out and scolded.

Xuan Qi smiled bitterly for a while, knowing that he would definitely not be able to be good today. Sure enough, as soon as Helian Nian's voice fell, Lee Joon-gi was already frowning, but the general of the Royal Forest Army shouted and scolded: "Bold! Dare to say such a rebellious thing, slander the prince, and be like a rebellion." Take these two down and show them to the public!"

The sound of horses' hooves sounded, and more than a dozen officers and soldiers of the Royal Forest rushed up and surrounded Xuan Qi's two people. Helian Nian was also furious, he didn't expect that this bullshit prince's subordinates would do it when they said that they would do it, and they actually wanted the lives of their father and son. Helian Nian immediately pulled out the long sword behind him, and with a swipe, it had already broken a spear that had stabbed over. Xuan Qi had no choice but to pull out the long sword behind his back, pay attention to Helian Nian's safety at any time, and be ready to come forward to save him.

"Don't hurt Prince Ben's bloody horse!" Lee Joon-gi sat on his horse from a distance and shouted loudly.

All the royal forest soldiers who rushed up shouted loudly, and seeing that Helian Nian was extraordinary, he cut off the spear in his companion's hand with a sword, and immediately shot at the same time, stabbing Helian Nian. Helian Nian let out a loud shout, and the whole person jumped up from the horseback to the right, and with a wave of the long sword in his hand, he cut off a spear, and fell with his body, kicking the chest of the Imperial Forest Army. The Imperial Forester screamed, and several bones were already kicked off, blood spurted from his mouth, and flew backwards.