Chapter 44: The Wolf Howling Moon
The desert sand is like snow, and the moon is like a hook.
Two figures walked through the night, the silvery moonlight sprinkled on the ground, and the air of desolation filled the air, weaving a lonely net that covered all the scenes.
In the endless wasteland, desolate and lonely, this is a desolate and lonely land forgotten by the world, and occasionally the loud cries of wild geese flying south echo in the silent sky......
"Childe, we are already out of the border of Great Xia, if Childe is a little bit worse...... "Liran retracted his steps and reminded uneasily.
Xia Xuehan sniffed the smell of earth rolled up by the wind, but it was mixed with a strong smell of blood, frowned, and said, "It's okay, I'm afraid there are not many people in this world who can hurt me." Liran, you go back first, the wolf will leave me alone!"
Who knew that as soon as Liran heard this, he knelt in front of Xia Xuehan with a "poof", and his cold face showed sadness for the first time, and the tears in his eyes were about to roll down, and he begged: "This is not what Liran meant, please don't drive Liran away, Liran is willing to go to the soup for Gongzi!"
Xia Xuehan shook her head helplessly, helped her up, and said with a smile: "Liran, what do you want? I want you to take my warrant to Yanmen Pass to send troops to help me do something, where do I want to drive you away!"
"Really?" Rizen wiped away her tears, still a little disbelieving.
"Silly girl, what are you lying about!" Xia Xuehan stretched out his hand and was about to touch her head, but he suddenly felt that something was wrong when he was halfway through, and he retracted again, took off a jade token from his waist, and said: "You take my token to the general soldier of Yanmen Pass, and let him arrange it like this......" Xia Xuehan leaned over Liran's ear and taught the strategy, Liran nodded, and led the order to go.
By the moonlight, a white robe danced on the wasteland, sweeping towards the pass of the Liao State.
In front of it is the boundary of the Liao country, this wasteland is the land of a hundred battles, I don't know how many wars have occurred throughout the ages, there has always been a hoe to see the white bones, digging a well out of the red water.
The two majestic gates stand on the desolate wilderness, far away from each other, and in this lonely night, perhaps only these two cities are far away. The city pass of Daxia is called Yanmen Pass, every year the wild goose flies south and returns to the north, must pass here, just like a portal in general, hence the name; the city pass of Daliao is called the Wolf Pass, the wolf roars at night on the night of the full moon, it is not spectacular.
The armor and spears of the guards shone in the moonlight, and Xia Xuehan's white clothes flickered, avoiding the eyes of the soldiers guarding the city, and arrived in the Heavenly Wolf Pass.
The whole city in the Heavenly Wolf Pass was under martial law, and the streets and alleys were full of soldiers patrolling, so quiet that no sound could be heard, even if it was a dog barking.
Xia Xuehan used a thousand miles of fast wind to cross the streets and alleys, and ran towards the general's mansion, leaving no shadow in the night, like a gust of wind blowing.
In the lobby of the General's Mansion, the lights were bright, and the person sitting on the main seat was not the chief soldier of Tianluo Pass, but Xiao Fan, who regained his usual grace and nobility at this time, and said, "Harchi, how is it about explaining your affairs?"
"Back to the prince, two hours ago, Xia Xuehan killed a group of my vanguard cavalry in Honglian Village, ten miles away from the border, and I think that at this time I am already close to the Heavenly Wolf Pass!" replied a fat general in armor below, and the Liao army general Har was full of fat, and the flesh on his face was flashing when he spoke.
"Maybe he is not close to the Heavenly Wolf Pass, but is in the Heavenly Wolf Pass?" Xiao Fan said with an elegant smile.
"Ah, Lord Wang, do you want me to lead someone to search the whole city?" Although Hal was full of fat, he jumped up at once when he heard this, and held a Xuanhua board axe in his hand, ready to fight at any time.
Xiao Fan smiled and waved his hand, and said, "It's okay, he has a good plan, and I have a wall ladder." If he dares to come, he will not be able to ask for a bargain. ”
"Oh, that's good. By the way, Lord Wang, the queen is in the Heavenly Wolf Pass, do you want to meet her?" asked Harchi.
"Why is she here, the mother of a country, what is she doing here?" Xiao Fan asked puzzled.
Harchi scratched his head and said, "I don't want to ask about this, why don't you go and take a look!"
"Take me there!" Xiao Fan had three doubts in his eyes, got up and walked towards the back hall with Harchi.
In a delicate courtyard, the room was brightly lit, and a beautiful woman sat beside a few desks and drank tea, as if waiting for someone. The woman was about forty years old, wearing a long skirt of dark blue brocade, embroidered with white plum blossoms, and her black hair was twisted into a wishful bun, and only a plum blossom white hosta was inserted.
"How can the imperial aunt deign to move the phoenix to this pass, if it is a little errand, then how can it be good?" A clear voice came from outside the door, and Xiao Fan, who was dressed in black, walked in slowly, with a pair of dark jade-like eyes with a smile.
The beautiful woman gently put down the tea set in her hand and said with a shallow smile: "I guessed that you would come, this time the imperial aunt ventured here to find you for something." "She is the empress of Emperor Yuanzong of the Liao State and Xiao Fan's aunt.
Xiao Fan waved his hand and asked, "It's good for the imperial aunt to send someone to spread the word if she has something, how dare you work for the imperial aunt!"
Empress Xiao waved her hand to interrupt Xiao Fan's polite words, and said, "This time the stakes are very high, I must come to tell you in person, there are many eyes and ears in the court, so I have to come here to wait for you." ”
"I don't know what the matter is, but I also ask the imperial aunt to give me instructions!"
"You also know that the matter of the establishment of an heir in the court is divided into two factions, one faction is the eldest prince Yelu Renjie, that is, my son, and the other faction is the second prince Yelu Renhui, the son of Concubine Guan, and half of the ministers of each faction support it, and the emperor is also hesitant. Empress Xiao frowned slightly, and there was more worry between her eyebrows.
Xiao Fan played with the jade jue in his hand and said with a smile: "Everyone knows about this matter, is there anything wrong?"
"Originally, the balance was balanced, no matter which end was heavier, it would tilt to that side, but now, it is about to deviate towards Yelu Renhui's side, and the imperial aunt is looking for you to ask for help. Empress Xiao said.
"Oh, would you like to hear about it?"
"The emperor decreed, Liaoxia marriage, the princess of the marriage is Princess Zhaomeng, the daughter of Concubine Guan, she is the emperor's favorite princess, if she pulls such a helping arm in Daxia, the consequences will be unimaginable!"
Xiao Fan suddenly suppressed the graceful smile on his face, his eyes revealed endless fierceness, and asked, "Princess Zhaomeng is married?" Why don't I know who I am with?" He no longer has that calm and leisurely, even when he was calculated by Xia Xuehan in Shaolin Temple, he did not have such a gaffe.
"The emperor also announced the decree of the dynasty this morning, the king of Langya, Xia Xuehan, and my country's Princess Zhaomeng married, in order to perpetuate diplomatic relations, and has sent a letter of state to the Great Xia Kingdom. Empress Xiao's face was not as good as the friendship between the two countries, and the joy of the people was replaced by deep worry.
"Xia Xuehan!" Xiao Fan almost gritted his teeth and said these three words word by word, the jade jue in his hand was pinched into powder by him, spread out his palm, the powder in that hand drifted away with the wind, and said abruptly, "The holy decree has been issued, the emperor will definitely not take back his fate, don't worry, aunt Huang, I will solve it in my own way! What I cherish will never be snatched away by others!"
"Even if you get it, it is not right, but it tarnishes a girl's innocent reputation, is this how you love someone?" Empress Xiao said, seeing that Xiao Fan was already a little moved.
"Well, if she really likes him, then I can only silently send a blessing. King Langya and Emperor Chongming's nephew are not insulting her. Xiao Fan's face no longer had a trace of expression, and he was about to turn around and leave after speaking.
"Wait. If he is not a relative of the imperial family, if he is just a lowly illegitimate child, are you sure to stop this marriage?" Empress Xiao stopped him and said unhurriedly.
"What did you say?" Xiao Fan suddenly turned around, and a black lightning bolt struck in front of Empress Xiao's eyes, like a desperate hungry beast that had found a lamb that could feed it.
"Do you think Xia Xuehan's mother concubine is really the sister of Emperor Daxia?" Empress Xiao leaned back in her chair and sighed.
"Who?" Suddenly there was a movement on the roof, Xiao Fan slapped his backhand towards the roof, only to hear a loud "boom", the roof was torn off, and the tiles were scattered all over the ground, with the power of a palm, until so.
Xiao Fan lifted his breath and jumped onto the beam, saw a white shadow in the night leave quickly, looked back and said to Queen Xiao: "Aunt Huang, wait a while, little nephew will go back!"
With a long roar, hundreds of black shadows sprang out from all corners of the Heavenly Wolf Pass, following Xiao Fan towards the white shadows in front of him. The white shadow in front of him has a peculiar figure, obviously like a fallen leaf in the wind, fluctuating, and seems to be about to fall down at any time, but there are three or four feet away in one step.
However, although Xiao Fan and the hundreds of black-clothed people behind him were slightly inferior, they still followed firmly, and the white figure in front of him couldn't get rid of it no matter what.
The white figure in front of him was Xia Xuehan, he hid on the roof and would not have been discovered, but when he heard what Queen Xiao said, his mind was disturbed, and his breath was a little disordered, and Xiao Fan felt it.
Xia Xuehan has already left the Heavenly Wolf Pass, but the pursuers behind him are still clinging to him, no matter what, he can't get rid of it, on the vast wasteland, under the bright moonlight, chasing and fleeing, they are as fast as lightning.
In the blink of an eye, thirty miles have been chased, both sides have no intention of stopping, although the two passes are far away, but at least sixty or seventy miles away, Xia Xuehan is so easy to return to Yanmen Pass.
Xia Xuehan stood on a mound, and there were more than 100 stones scattered around the mound, and turned to face the menacing pursuers, with a mocking smile on his face.
Xiao Fan led hundreds of black-clothed masters to the front, and the cold murderous aura dispersed the thick clouds in the sky.
"Senior brother, this is the second time!" Xia Xuehan said slowly with a playful smile on the corner of his mouth.
"Yes, senior brother, I still have some confidence if I dare to chase after me, it is impossible to set up ambushes in this empty wasteland!" Xiao Fan said, with a wave of his hand, hundreds of black-clothed masters drew their long knives at the same time, cold and murderous.
"Who said that I arranged an ambush, Senior Brother of the Wheel of Life and Annihilation Formation has heard of it!" Xia Xuehan raised his hand after speaking, and his majestic true qi shot out, took a boulder, and landed on a position in the southwest corner.
The boulder has just fallen, and the more than 100 stones seem to be alive, moving quickly and changing directions, and the yellow sand rises in the middle of the stone, and the human form cannot be seen clearly when avoiding the distance.
"Senior brother, take care! Senior brother will not accompany him!" Xia Xuehan didn't care what happened to Xiao Fan and them in the formation, he turned around and left, he wanted to go back to Chang'an to ask his mother, I believe that the mother concubine would definitely laugh and scold him for being a stupid child.
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