Xia Qingcang quickened his pace and hurried to the direction where the voice came from. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

When he arrived, the scene in front of him made him cry and laugh, it turned out that there was no danger, only Princess Lingyue stood alone and beat her chest and screamed.

"Miss Moon Spirit, what are you doing here?" Xia Qingcang asked with a long sigh of relief.

"I'm going with you. Princess Lingyue pouted.

"Miss Yueling, you don't want to follow me if you don't go back to your home so well?" Xia Qingcang asked a little impatiently.

"My parents died early, leaving my brother and I to live together, I used to like my brother very much, but now he wants to marry me to someone I don't like at all. So I ran away from home, and I will never go back. Princess Lingyue sighed.

Suddenly, Xia Qingcang's eyes flashed Xia Xue's face.

Xia Qingcang shook his head, sighed, and said, "I think your brother has his own troubles, right?"

"What can be the hardships? What can be more important than the happiness of my sister's life? If you have a sister, what will you do?" Thinking of asking her to marry Prince Hasen, Princess Lingyue was angry in her heart, and asked a few rhetorical questions in a row.

If my sister was still around, of course I would like her to be happy and happy, but unfortunately, she is no longer there.

Seeing Xia Qingcang's expression suddenly become a little gloomy, Princess Lingyue realized that her words were a little too radical just now, and hurriedly apologized: "Brother Xia, I'm sorry, I was a little excited just now. I just want to follow you around and have a look, nothing else, please, let me follow you, okay? Now Xiaobai is gone, my brother doesn't care about me anymore, and I only have you as a friend in this world. ”

Looking at Princess Lingyue's pitiful appearance, Xia Qingcang chuckled: "Okay, let's go, but you have to listen to me along the way, and you can't fight nonsense." ”

"Well, as long as you let me follow you, everything else is easy to say. Hearing that Xia Qingcang agreed to go with him, his mood immediately cleared the clouds and saw the dawn.

So, just like that, the two started their journey north together.

After some time, the two came to the border city, Yinzhou.

At first, the two of them were quite interested in touring the mountains and rivers along the way, but the further north they went, the more obvious the appearance of the war, especially in Yinzhou, this side of the city, the whole city was filled with a depressing haze, a haze that was about to come.

The pedestrians on the road hurriedly walked through the streets and alleys, their faces solemn and their heads bowed silently.

From time to time, a few wounded soldiers would be brought in at the city gate, and they would go straight to the medical hall without stopping.

Looking at the pained expressions of the soldiers on the stretcher, Princess Lingyue had goosebumps all over her body, and she approached Xia Qingcang tightly.

Xia Qingcang's eyes flickered, he had heard about the situation in the north before, but when he saw it in person today, he didn't expect it to be so grim. Although no formal war broke out between the two countries, these large and small conflicts have occurred one after another, increasing several times compared to before. Correspondingly, the number of injured and killed people has also risen sharply, causing Yinzhou, which was originally a key connection between the two countries, to become deserted, and even the sky seems to have become much more gloomy.

Since entering Yinzhou, the two of them did not speak all the way, and went straight to the yamen in the city.

"Xia Shenzhuo, what kind of wind blew you here?" After Xia Qingcang revealed his identity, Xu Zhutou of the Yinzhou Yamen greeted him warmly.

"I have something to do here, can you please ask Xu Zhutou to briefly introduce me to the current situation on the border?" Xia Qingcang said respectfully.

"Hey, we've been having a hard time lately. Xu Zhutou sighed and began to introduce.

Since that day Xi and the Emperor went to Yinzhou and returned from hunting with the Great Khan of Termu, the Turkic side has somehow suddenly become much more arrogant, and often take the initiative to provoke trouble, and in this way, conflicts of all sizes have broken out.

Our border guards have also intervened in some excesses, but they often end up in small battles. The Turkic soldiers were extremely fierce, and the two armies clashed, and in the end they were basically defeated by our side.

After a few victories, the Turks became even more arrogant and began to burn and plunder our territory. A few days ago, a village near Yinzhou was bloodied by Turkic soldiers, and it is said that not a single one survived.

With the passage of time, the location of the war gradually approached Yinzhou City, and some powerful people in the city also began to move their families south in order to escape the war. That's why Yinzhou has become the lifeless appearance it is today.

After coming out of the yamen, Xia Qingcang's face was solemn. Princess Lingyue asked with concern, "Brother Xia, what's wrong with you?"

"No, it's fine, I'm just afraid that the person I'm looking for may not be in that place anymore. Xia Qingcang replied with a smile.

"Who are you looking for, and where is he?" asked Princess Lingyue.

"Qingcao Village, twenty miles north of Yinzhou, at the junction with the Turks. Xia Qingcang looked at the north and said.

"Did you hear Xu Zhutou say just now that there is constant turmoil in the north, are you sure you want to go?" Princess Lingyue asked softly.

"Yes, you must go. But you, it's better to stay in Yinzhou, further north, I'm afraid I may not be able to take care of your safety. Xia Qingcang said.

"No, I'm going with you. ”

Xia Qingcang didn't expect Princess Lingyue to answer so resolutely, but looking back, he was a little worried about leaving her alone in Yinzhou, so she had to let her follow, and there was more or less a response on the way.

And Princess Lingyue's mood at this time was even more complicated, what she saw and heard along the way made her view of the war change, and she wanted to go to the front line to see what this war really looked like.

The two left Yinzhou and continued northward, and on the way they met many refugees who had fled from the north, with miserable expressions and tired faces. I also passed by some empty villages, the villagers of which must have been gone for a while, leaving only a mess.

After traveling for a while, the two were surprised to find that someone had gone north like them.

It was a young man striding forward with his bags on his back.

Xia Qingcang stepped forward and asked, "Brother Tai, don't you know that the border is in constant turmoil now, and it is very dangerous?"

The man laughed, "I know. ”

"You know that you still dare to go north? After walking ten miles, you will reach the Turkic border. Princess Lingyue asked.

"It's okay, the people in our village and the Turkic village next door are very good, it's going to be fine, I'm doing business outside all the year round, it's rare to go home, do you think I can't go north?" the man smiled and quickened his pace forward.

"Dare to ask where this brother is?" Xia Qingcang asked.

"My name is Bai Lehuo, a native of Qingcao Village, and there is a father and wife at home, I haven't seen them for more than a year, so I miss them. Bai Lehuo smiled stupidly.

"It just so happens that we are also going to Qingcao Village, since we are on the same road, let's make friends and go together. Xia Qingcang also smiled.

"That's great, when you get to Qingcao Village, I invite you to drink goat's milk wine, which my father made with his own hands is very famous. Bai Lehuo smiled enthusiastically, his eyes full of homecoming.