Looking at that little back, Xu Chen seemed to see something, that action and demeanor, yes, it was Tang Yan, this girl's every move at this time, her eyebrows and glances, were so similar to Tang Yan.

Of course, that was Tang Yan before, not now, it was Tang Yan who played with him and frolicked with him when he was a child, not after the Demon Sect that he couldn't see through at this time.

Unintentionally, Xu Chen slowly picked up a piece of extremely dense and slightly smooth bone next to him, gently wiped it with the placket on his body, and then picked up the jade sword on his waist and carved it carefully.

The jade sword doesn't seem to be sharp, but in Xu Chen's hands, it is flying up and down, I don't know when, he has become somewhat familiar with the jade sword in his hand, familiar with the temperature, and even familiar with its mood, this is probably called heart-to-heart communication.

Although he didn't understand the conversation between the two strangers that night, he was more and more cordial to the jade sword in his hand.

At the beginning, Yaxiu next to him didn't understand what Xu Chen was doing, was it a hobby or a boredom?

While Yaxiu was cleaning up, she looked at this strange brother who was slightly older than her, the brother of the Chaoyang Empire.

After a while, Xu Chen suddenly retracted his sword and handed the bone in his hand to Yaxiu's body.

"A little gift to say thank you. ”

Yaxiu wanted to refuse, for strangers' gifts, she couldn't accept them at will, this was a habit, but looking at the ordinary bone in Xu Chen's hand, which had become so delicate and exquisite at this time, her big eyes suddenly lit up, and she shouted in surprise: "Is this a whistle?"

"Sort of. ”

It's so pretty""

Yaxiu was pleasantly surprised, like hugging a baby, she never thought that Xu Chen not only looked good at cultivation, but also had such a skillful hand.

Looking at the smile on the little girl's face, Xu Chen was very happy, as if she was also smiling like this, but how could she think of her again?

It's been more than a month.

......

Winter is rising, the cold is getting stronger, the hot springs behind the yellow cloth are falling along the steep cliffs, becoming a stream and pool, and the white water vapor is diffused everywhere, still warm as spring.

Because the temperature in the cloth enclosure was too high, Yaxiu only wore a close-fitting small obscene clothes, sat on the wet stones by the stream, kicked and beat her two little feet, and happily ate a few pastries in her hands.

She looked at the waterhole below Wenxi and shouted, "The last two pieces of osmanthus cake, you really don't want to eat it?"

Zhao Ling'er walked to the side of the stream, looked at the direction of the waterhole and said with a smile: "Young master, try it." ”

The milky white mist permeated the top of the pool, and only a figure could be seen faintly, and suddenly a cold wind blew from the depths of the mountain forest, penetrating the cloth fence to blow the hot mist on the surface of the pool and shaking uneasily, and the vision was slightly clearer.

There is a rock sticking out of the water in the pool.

A young girl sat quietly on the rock, with her back to the river bank, her lower body was wrapped in a light white wet cloth, her upper body was not wearing a strand, her black hair hung like a waterfall on the back of **Ruyu, and water droplets slowly fell from the end of her hair.

"Eat. ”

Zhao Ling'er looked at the girl in the pool, and said worriedly: "Young master, the coalition forces don't want to pay attention to us at all, and there are many difficulties in both logistics and camps, so let's stay here forever?"

Yaxiu threw the wet hair on her shoulders behind her, walked to the edge of the pond and said angrily: "In my opinion, we might as well go to the military village of Chaoyang Kingdom, and the generals there will definitely welcome us." ”

Zhao Ling'er rubbed her head and said helplessly: "Although the Western Jin Dynasty and the Chaoyang Kingdom have been friends for generations, my Jade Xuanmen ordered the Holy Decree to come here, if we leave the coalition army and go to the Han camp, it will bring trouble to the master." ”

Occasionally, one day, Xu Chen came to the lakeside earlier than usual, he put down his bags by the stone pool, thinking that the girls of Yuxuanmen should still be resting, and glanced at that place casually.

Then he saw a beautiful and picturesque landscape.

He saw a beautiful landscape painting.

In the faint morning light, at the end of the sloping branch that stretched out between the winter lakes, stood a young girl.

The girl was dressed in a light white dress, her black hair was tied behind her like a waterfall at will, ** her feet stepped on the thin branches, with the cold wind blowing on the lake, the branches swayed up and down gently, and her body swayed slightly, looking extremely comfortable, as if it was not the wind of the winter wasteland, but the warm spring breeze.

Xu Chen looked at her quietly, without making a sound, and subconsciously didn't want to spoil the picture.

The girl in white standing at the end of the slanting branch seemed to sense his gaze, flicked her white sleeves, and disappeared behind the yellow cloth in an instant.

Only the thin branch was still swaying gently in the lake breeze.

Xu Chen looked at the trembling branches, and his eyebrows slowly raised.

He didn't see her face clearly, only remembered the blue ribbon that had been tied around the waist of her white robe when she left.

The girl in white disappeared into the cloth and never appeared again. From early morning to evening, Xu Chen turned his head to look in the direction of the mountain stream from time to time, his neck and eyes began to sour, but he still couldn't see the scenery of white clothes and blue waist again.

He secretly guessed the identity of the girl, but he could only confirm that it was a female disciple of the Yuxuanmen of the Western Jin Dynasty, and he couldn't think of anything else, so he had to pack his bags and return to the military village.

As winter begins to envelop the wasteland, the situation on the border changes quietly but unequivocally. Sporadic battles have allowed hundreds of more cavalry corpses on the wasteland, and also prevented any trade between the two sides, and each other's determination and bargaining chips have been clearly seen, so the Beiqiang Khan conveyed his idea of peace to the Central Plains people and negotiated.

Yes, these days, the two sides have experienced sporadic battles, all of which are extremely limited, either you have one or two dead or wounded, or I have one or two dead or wounded, and there is not much difference from peacetime.

War is an extension of politics, but this so-called politics does not only refer to two kings, but also to those who have military power under them, such as the general of the Chaoyang Empire, Ximen Wang.

Since the negotiations are to begin, of course, there must be people who are responsible for unifying ideas and leading the negotiation process, and it is naturally impossible for General Ximen to leave Wuxian Town to negotiate in person in the wasteland.

The tentative attack and defense in the wasteland has nothing to do with Xu Chen, and the negotiations that will start soon and will have nothing to do with him, although many people know that his back and scenery are terrifying, but he does not have any military identity after all. In fact, with his current status, it doesn't hurt to negotiate on behalf of the military, but the strategists in the Great General's Mansion of Wuxian Town, as they have done in the past two months, dare to let him go to the wasteland to adventure.

The north wind was howling outside the window, the room was hot, and Xu Chen was concentrating on reading by the dim light at the table.

The lieutenant glanced at him and said, "Three days ago, someone in Wuxian Town disguised himself as a caravan and went out of the city, and the direction should be the wasteland. ”

As a person beside the crown prince, after knowing Xu Chen's identity, the lieutenant only looked at him, logically speaking, he could only report what he knew, not to say any speculation, but thinking of the strange caravan in Wuxian Town, he still couldn't hold back after all, and said tentatively: "I heard...... General Simon had other plans. ”

There are many explanations for this, sometimes it's just a simple idle chatter, and sometimes it's a heart-wrenching statement.

"You don't have to be tempted here like a girl, what Your Majesty and the prince want to do, I don't know, my prince is here, you don't need to know. ”

Xu Chen put down the scroll in his hand, looked at him and shook his head and said: "In the final analysis, everyone lives for themselves, lives well, or thinks that they are alive well, and will only help others when they have nothing to do, this is nothing." ”

Looking at his subordinates who wanted to stop talking, he smiled and waved his hand, and continued: "He's not an idiot, don't think too much, just continue to help me watch Wuxian Town." ”

The lieutenant was ordered to go out.

With the arrival of winter, Mobei ushered in the first snow, and the military village also ushered in a formation division, which held the documents of the Chinese military tent and said that because of the cold weather, the Chinese military tent was worried that the defensive formations in the border defense line would be damaged, so he sent himself to inspect and repair.

The number of cultivators in the world is very small, and the Fu Master Formation Master is even rarer, whether it is in the prosperous city or the bitter cold border fortress, such a character is always noble, especially on the battlefield, if there is an excellent formation division, the military defense line will be naturally stable for a few points, so the arrival of this formation division has been warmly welcomed by the generals and ordinary soldiers.

The general of the military village greeted this formation division into the tent diligently, and was about to slaughter sheep and cook cattle for a good hospitality, but unexpectedly, this formation division waved away the soldiers who served, looked at no one around, and asked with a serious expression: "Is the little gentleman here?"

............

The jet-black waist card doesn't seem to reflect any light, and it is dull and dark but does not feel dirty.

The two waist cards slowly approached, and when they were only one line apart, they seemed to have some kind of suction, and they were automatically adsorbed together, and the inconspicuous but actually wonderful secret charms on them were perfectly wedged together.

Xu Chen looked at the waist cards that were put together and said curiously: "It turns out that there is such a use." ”

"The waist cards are all specially made, and even the wind spirit masters of the Dushan Sect are difficult to forge, so as long as you see the waist cards, you can confirm the identity of the holder. ”

The formation master from the Chinese military tent explained a few words to Xu Chen, then stood up and bowed, and said respectfully: "I've seen my lord." ”

Xu Chen looked at the gray hair of the formation master, and didn't want to accept this salute, so he quickly helped him up and said, "Where am I, please get up quickly." ”

The formation master looked at the black waist card in his hand, his eyes were full of sighs and smiles, and explained: "My lord, your waist card is not something that ordinary people can hold in their hands, this waist card has extremely high authority, this must be given to you by the national teacher himself, except for the national teacher and the saint, I am afraid that on the bright side, even the prince will not move you." ”

Xu Chen took the waist card back, held it in the air and looked at it carefully for a long time, but he didn't see anything, thinking that when he was in the capital, when Lu Yin accepted him as an apprentice, he gave him this thing inexplicably, but he didn't feel anything at the time, if this waist card was really as powerful as this person said, he really underestimated this little thing.

"Even if it is not based on the imperial system, I am the thirty-fourth generation disciple of Feiyun Dao, you are the descendant of Master Lu Yin, and you are considered my ancestor according to your seniority, do you want me to kneel down and kowtow to you?"

Xu Chen smiled and waved his hand: "I know that I am of high rank, but I really didn't expect it to be so high, don't talk about it, you came to me today, you must have something important to say." ”

"Beiqiang went south, it seems to be dull, but there is a huge threat hidden during the period, this matter is not a big deal, the imperial court has always felt a little strange, even if he Beiqiang has been recuperating for many years, there is no reason to put on such a big battle, and it is impossible to have such a big courage. ”