Desert Journey 01

King Wu's army out of Tongguan in the east, crossing the river to the north through Sanmenxia, marching quite slowly, mainly the marriage of the two countries, is the prosperity of the whole country to celebrate, along the way through the state and county mansions are not grandly entertained, the road is welcomed, everywhere, it is the VIP treatment. In the face of such a God-given opportunity, how could they not have a stammer, and it was a banquet and a gift, so that the army crossed the river for more than ten days, and only traveled more than three hundred miles to Linyi.

King Wu did not enter the city, but set up camp outside the city.

After the camp was built, Li Zheng ordered someone to find the four daughters, and he met them in the camp.

The four girls were already very tired after a day of traveling, and they didn't know what King Wu had called them for.

After the four daughters entered the camp, they found the strange appearance of King Wu.

Shi Jianing sat down on the felt table with a grin, and complained, "I'm tired for a day!

Li Zheng said bitterly, "I don't know if you have found it, this trip to Mobei took half a month to arrive in Linyi, which is far from our plan, according to this itinerary, I don't know what year and month to arrive in Mobei!"

Shi Jianing muttered and said, "It's all because your Tang army is marching slowly, when my brother and I came from Mobei, we were in a hurry while touring the mountains and rivers, and it only lasted more than a month. ”

Cai Wei said: "Lord, there is a reason why the march is slow, the states and counties that pass through this way, the officials are making too much movement, and they are inviting banquets and giving gifts, and they will be delayed for a long time just by eating and drinking, how can they not be slow! From Linyi to Saiwai, I don't know how many states and counties I have to pass through, if I continue like this, I am afraid that when I arrive in Mobei, it will be the coming year."

Li Zheng smiled bitterly and said, "Cai Wei is reasonable, this move is indeed very inappropriate, not only delaying the trip, but also contributing to the atmosphere of corruption, this king has decided that from now on, refuse all hospitality and accelerate forward."

At this moment, the guard said in a loud voice, "Lord Qiqi, Linyi Taishou asks to see!"

King Wu smiled bitterly and said, "Look, someone is coming to the door again, Xuan Linyi is too guarded to see you."

Linyi Taishou cautiously walked into the camp, knelt down and said, "The official knows to pay homage to the prince, the prince is a thousand years old."

King Wu smiled and said, "Let's be flat!"

Fang Zhijing slowly stood up and said, "Lord Wang, the lower officials have already prepared a banquet in the city, and invited the prince to enter the city for the banquet!"

King Wu smiled and said, "Fang Cheng Shou, please go back!" This king has decided to refuse all banquets because of the delay in his trip, and hurry up to go north, Lord Fang, please go back!"

Fang Zhijing's face became very ugly, and he was busy with a smile on his face: "Lord, how can this be done, it is difficult for you to get Linyi once, how can the lower officials do their best as landlords!"

Shi Jia condensed his breath and said, "Lord Fang, don't you understand the words of the prince, let you go back, you will go back, mother-in-law, mother-in-law, wait for the prince to punish you?"

Fang Zhijing dared to collide with Shi Jianing, and said, "Back to the princess, Xia Guan specially prepared some Linyi specialties to bring back to Mobei for the princess, by the way, there are two night pearls, which are as big as a fist, presumably the princess must be very happy."

Shi Jianing was a little moved, and Li Zheng's voice was already ringing in her ears, "Fang Zhijing, this king has made a decision, you go back!"

Fang Zhijing knelt down in horror and said, "The crime of the lower official deserves death, I don't know where I offended the prince, and I ask the prince to forgive me." However, the lower officials dared to ask, why was the prince able to participate in the entertainment of other states and counties, and why did he leave out Linyi alone! Tens of millions of people in Linyi are looking forward to the prince being able to enter the city!"

Li Zheng's face changed suddenly, and he was about to get angry.

Hong Shan said knowingly, "Lord Fang, if you really want to make the prince happy, the best way is to pass the word for the prince, order the prefects and counties along the way, quickly clean up the official roads, and dispel all the thoughts of banqueting the prince, so do you understand?"

Fang Zhijing, as the city guard of Linyi, couldn't hear Hong Shan's voiceover, and hurriedly smiled, "My subordinates should go!"

With Fang Zhijing's message, the speed of the march increased sharply, and three days later, the army arrived in Yanjing.

After setting up camp, Li Zheng hurriedly sent people to inquire about the news of Xie Tong and others, and according to the agreement, they were going to meet in Yanjing.

The four girls came uninvited and entered Li Zheng's handsome camp at the same time.

Shi Jianing crossed his waist and said, "Li Zheng, what are you doing, did you find them!"

Li Zheng frowned and said, "That's so fast, they are outlaws, unlike us, we are taking the official road, they are panicking, maybe they are behind us!"

At this moment, a roaring cheer erupted outside the camp.

Li Zheng said in a loud voice: "Someone, what's going on!"

Before the guards could answer, a familiar voice came from outside the camp, saying, "Why is the prince so anxious, Xie Tong has been waiting for you for a long time!"

The crowd was overjoyed, and they finally escaped unharmed.

Xie Tong opened the tent and walked in with an arrow, followed by Huo Zixin and Lao Lai, and the nightingale was the last to follow.

Hong Shan cried with joy, and her lover was finally alive.

King Wu looked at the energetic appearance of several people, and said with a smile, "How many days have you arrived?"

Huo Zixin smiled and said, "Lord Wang, if you don't come, our brothers will set off first, Yanjing is tired of drinking this wine, I heard that the wine in Mobei is very hot, and I am impatient to wait in the next place!"

Everyone burst into laughter, and the scene they had been waiting for for many days finally became a reality.

Li Zheng was in a good mood and said loudly, "Tell me to go down and prepare a banquet, this king will get drunk today." He paused, then continued, "Reward the three armies!"

This banquet was held directly in Li Zheng's tent, and after a short time, the wine and food were prepared and presented.

Everyone sat on the left and right, and Li Zheng and Shi Jianing sat on the top seats.

Xie Tong deceived himself and squeezed into the middle of Hong Shan and Cai Wei, hugged him left and right, and said with a smile, "Ha, two ladies, the little brother wants to kill you!"

Hong Shan gently pushed him away, and said with a coquettish smile, "Death, how bad it is for people to look at!"

Cai Wei said, "Take your stinky hands away, otherwise this girl will chop them off directly."

Xie Tong deliberately pretended to be scared and said, "Sister Caiwei, is this a little too contrived?"

Hong Shan smiled and said, "Do you think that all the women in the world are like Shan'er, look at how Caiwei cleans you up!"

Huo Zixin and Wang Wanru sat together, not knowing what they were secretly saying, the two of them laughed for a while, and whispered for a while, like glue.

The whole camp was full of joy, and everyone enjoyed the joy of a long absence.

Only Lao Lai is more pitiful, he sits alone and drinks there.

Wu Wang Li Zheng saw that Lao Lai was alone, and said with a smile, "Lao Lai, Yi is fearless!"

When they heard this, they all fell silent.

Xie Tong thought of Yi Wudang, who avoided Nanyang, and felt extremely uncomfortable, and hurriedly said, "Hey, Lao Yi, his old injury recurred, and when he fled Tongguan, I was afraid that something would happen to him, so I sent someone to send him to Nanyang, I believe that Brother Li Xiao can take care of him." ”

Li Zheng suddenly felt a pity, and said, "It's okay to go to Mobei with thousands of mountains and rivers, which is difficult and dangerous, and it is extremely unfavorable for Yi Wuxing to recover from his injuries." He glanced at the nightingale and continued, "Who is this girl?"

Xie Tong was just about to explain, when the nightingale suddenly stood up and said, "The people's girl nightingale, I've seen the prince!"

Li Zheng said thoughtfully, "Nightingale, this name is so familiar, is it the nightingale floating towards the painting pavilion?"

Nightingale laughed and said, "It's the little woman."

Except for Shi Jianing, everyone here knows what kind of place floats to the painting pavilion, and the name of the nightingale is well known in Chang'an.

Li Zheng said, "I don't know why the girl wants to go to Mobei and walk with us."

Hong Shan glared at Xie Tong angrily, although there were no words, Xie Tong could read the strangeness in her eyes, and Hong Shan was angry.

Xie Tong wanted to explain a few words for the nightingale, but when he saw Hong Shan's appearance, he swallowed it back directly.

The nightingale was not embarrassed because of her humble background, but said generously, "The little woman has always longed for the life of Mobei, I heard that where is a grassland, the breeze is clear, cattle and sheep are everywhere, and the scenery is very beautiful, so I begged their brothers to take the little woman to see the style of Mobei."

Her words resonated with everyone, and a harmonious and beautiful picture was imagined in their minds.

Hong Shan was obviously full of hostility towards the nightingale, especially seeing that the nightingale was so close to Xie Tong and the others, she hated this kind of girl from the Qinglou very much, practicing her own body, and living by pleasing men, she glared at Xie Tong fiercely, and said unhappily, "In this way, the girl is interested in Mobei, why don't you set off by yourself, but follow us."

Xie Tong was very embarrassed, Hong Shan's jealousy was not the right time, he hurriedly explained, "The nightingale girl is alone, it's really inconvenient"

"Xie Tong, stop it", Hong Shan interrupted him, "Shan'er is asking Miss Nightingale, not you, what are you explaining!"

King Wu couldn't help but snicker in his eyes.

Shi Jianing gradually understood what was going on, and he whispered to Li Zheng, "You men don't have a good thing, it's all over the place."

Li Zheng smiled and said, "What's the matter with this king, this king has only heard of her, and it is not this king who brought him here."

Xie Tong's pleading gaze went to the opposite side, and Huo Zixin hurriedly lowered his head in fright, not daring to take this stubble.

Lao Lai, who didn't say a word, suddenly smiled and said, "I fell in love with the nightingale at first sight, and planned to amphibious and fly, so I ransomed for her."

The crowd burst into laughter.

The nightingale said generously, "Let you laugh." With that, she sat straight next to Lao Lai.

King Wu smiled and said, "Lao Lai actually has such a style, you should have a drink."

Everyone raised their glasses and drank them all.

The feast was drunk until dusk, and everyone returned to their tents drunk.

Originally, they were all in pairs, and Dao Lao Lai was quite embarrassed here, and Li Zheng, the king of Wu, prepared a camp tent for him and the nightingale.

Lao Lai stood in front of the tent and refused to enter in embarrassment.

The nightingale was unusual, she lifted the curtain and entered, and said with a smile, "Come in! The little girl doesn't mind a girl's family, is it possible that General Lai, who is brave in the world, is actually afraid!"

Lao Lai stubbornly entered the camp.

Cai Wei and Hong Shan had been sleeping together, but Xie Tong shamelessly followed them into the camp. He laughs, "I can finally get a good night's sleep."

Hong Shan blushed and said, "You sleep on the ground, and Cai Wei and I sleep on the bed." ”

Xie Tong smiled and said, "Isn't it okay to sleep together?"

Cai Wei said angrily: "If you are brave enough, come up!

Xie Tong walked out of the camp tent stupidly, and the sky was full of stars.

He looked at the brightest star, and didn't know what to say!

There were soft footsteps behind her, and she didn't have to look at it, she also knew that it was Hong Shan.

Hong Shan gently hugged him from behind and said, "Brother Hitomi is angry!"

Xie Tong turned around, hugged her into his arms, and said, "How can I, Xie Tong, be such a person, I just can't face you, Ling Zun's matter, I feel deeply helpless, does Shan'er understand me?"

Hong Shan cried faintly, sobbing continuously in his arms.

Xie Tong caressed her back lovingly, and after a while, Hong Shan stopped crying and said, "How can Shan'er not believe you! After hearing the bad news of my father, I knew that this was Song Wenyuan's conspiracy against you, but Shan'er was alone and helpless, and she had to pretend to believe the hypocrite's words, and what was even more hateful was that my sister actually believed him so much, and stubbornly thought that you killed my father!"

Xie Tong said in a low voice, "Okay, it's all over"

Hong Shan wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes and said, "Since you fled Chang'an, Shan'er has been worried about your safety all the time, and when news came, Shan'er didn't even dare to listen to it, for fear of hearing your bad news!"

Xie Tong smiled and said, "Isn't I good now?" Ren Sima Xuan and Song Wenyuan have three heads and six arms, and they still can't do anything to me!"

Hong Shan burst into tears and laughed, and said, "Cai Wei is also worried about you! It's just that she has a hard mouth and refuses to speak!"

Xie Tong said, "Lao Tzu will take her down sooner or later, and we will be slept together."

Hong Shan spat and said, "It's not serious, you are not by Shan'er's side during this time, you have experienced so many changes, if it weren't for Cai Wei, I'm afraid Shan'er would have fallen ill a long time ago!"

Xie Tong said, "From now on, you and I will never be separated, Xie doesn't want you to be hurt in any way, as for Song Wenyuan, let him wait for Lao Tzu's revenge!"

Hong Shan threw herself into Ailang's arms again.

King Wu's army stayed in Yanjing for three days in a row, prepared enough food, clothing, horses and vehicles, and then slowly left Yanjing.

After the Great Wall of Yanjing, it is equivalent to the real Tang Dynasty, this area is the burial place of many grassland ethnic armies, how many heroes who dominate the grassland look at the Great Wall and talk, can only look forward to the beautiful city of the Southern Dynasties, and fantasize about the splendid cultural life.

When the army came out of the customs, it seemed that it had passed through a very obvious watershed.

The weathered stone walls and sparse grasslands outside the fortress come into view, and the area is so desolate that there is hardly any human population in sight, except for passers-by and smaller caravans, who are running in groups of threes and twos, riding tall horses.

Years of war have left an indelible mark on this vast land, every inch of land under the feet is soaked in human blood, and the end of the endless grassland hides the ardent expectations and aspirations of all the tribes of the grassland for the Southern Dynasty.

Xie Tong rode on a tall horse, walked side by side with several people, and when he left Yanjing, even Huo Zixin, who had always laughed and impermanent, reined in, he knew the dangerous aura here. Due to the years of conquest, the grassland tribes were very hateful to the Southern Dynasties, especially during the Great Sui Dynasty, Yang Guang relied on the strong national strength to expropriate and oppress the grassland tribes, so that these nomads hated all the time. (To be continued.) )