While Nanfeng County was in turmoil, a bonfire was burning on the grassland.
It was already the end of the year, and northern Xinjiang was covered with ice and snow for thousands of miles.
There is no shelter on the grassland, and the fresh wind blows like a knife, drilling straight into the bones.
Sitting cross-legged by the campfire, Rong Sleeping Crane was wearing a fox fur coat, but his clothes were wide open, revealing a thin black shirt that was close to his skin.
This white fox fur was made for Sheng Weiqiao when the Sheng family was preparing a fur coat for him in Western Xinjiang. It was completely snow-white, without any variegated colors, and the wind hair on the collar was particularly good, lush, dense, and smooth.
When they were sent to Rong Suihe before, although the couple was already in Western Xinjiang, their life was generally quiet at that time. Rong Suihe still looked like a handsome young man, and he looked like a real gentleman in his clothes.
Now that he has fought thousands of miles, he has lost a lot of weight, but his expression is becoming more fierce and fierce, and his eyes are as sharp as knives. Even if they are not deliberately threatening, when they look at each other, they still feel a faint sting in their eyes, and they dare not look further.
If we say that in the peaceful years in the past, Rong Sleeping Crane wore this fur robe and walked among the carved beams and painted buildings, green tiles and red trees, he was a graceful and noble man, rising far away from the world; at this moment, surrounded by snow-like fur robes, he is like a snow-cold mountain. And hard, without any popularity, it looks deep into the bones.
The army went deep alone, even if Na Fuzhen had ordered the army to turn back to Damu, and there were no large groups of people chasing him on the grassland, the group did not dare to be too reckless. As the leader, Rong Suihe had the most to think about. With his busy schedule, he was naturally not in the mood to tidy up his appearance.
At this moment, he has a short beard under his chin, which has not been repaired for a few days. This makes him look seven or eight years older than his actual age, which greatly dilutes the magnanimity of a rich man who has been deliberately pretending to be a young man since he entered the Sheng family. The people in the branch army were decisive in killing.
He was holding the wine bag in his hand, and he was drinking the strong wine inside to keep away the cold. He listened carefully to the whispers of his subordinates: "... That's about it."
"What are you going to do next?" Before Rong Suihe could say anything, Ari, who wanted to press his whole body against the fire, suddenly gathered his fur clothes and came over to ask, "Na Fuzhen doesn't plan to follow you on the grassland. Hide-and-seek, not only did he go back to Damu, but he even called away the beloved deer... Why is this man so stupid? Although the grassland is vast and you are so slippery, he may not lead people all over the grassland to block you. It’s a big blockage, but at least it can restrain you here, and you can’t escape easily! It’s not like you have no enemies in the country. That Marquis Chongxin seems to be a white-eyed wolf you cultivated yourself?”
The weather was cold, even if she was by the fire, she still exhaled a little bit of white air when she spoke, and her expression was blurred by the mist. She only had a pair of eyes, like the obsidian in the ice spring, black and bright, refreshing in the night. .
"Cousin, you are joking." Rong Suihe took a sip of the wine and felt as if a hot fire went straight into his throat, his whole chest was burning, so he restrained himself and put the cork on, handed the wine bag to his confidant to put it away, smiled lightly, and said, " He just took advantage of the situation, and the so-called cultivation is just a superficial term. To say that he was cultivated by Gu... he doesn't count!"
Ari curled her lips and didn't pay attention to the details. She just said, "I think if Na Fu really wanted to trick you, he shouldn't have turned around and attacked Damu. Instead, he would have entangled you in the grassland and called Na Chong Xin Hou gets the chance to dominate the world! In the end, he will sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight, and then he will enjoy the benefits of being a fisherman!"
But she just said this, knowing that it would not be so easy to implement it: apart from other things, let's just talk about Meng Guiyu's domination of the world, which Meng Guiyu thought, but not to mention the Western Xinjiang Army under Rong Suihe's command. , as well as the Southern Xinjiang Army, who was friendly with Rong Suihe, and the Northern Xinjiang Army, which was all under the command of Zhao Shi at the moment... Damu Tong only had three major border armies, and none of them supported Meng Guiyu.
It is too naive to want to conquer the whole country based on the imperial army alone.
In the final analysis, Meng Guiyu can achieve his current status and power by holding the emperor hostage to control the world.
After all, I can't escape my identity as a maternal relative.
After pondering for a moment, Ari continued, "You suggested that I take a boat to go south, but you didn't plan to leave. So, you still want to stay in the north?"
Seeing Rong Suihe but smiling without saying a word, she frowned and said, "You'd better take it easy. Don't think that because Fuzhen has turned around, you can take it lightly... The scouts they scattered on the grassland are not See how many people want to take it back! After all, the royal tent was bloodbathed and He Dun was killed. Na Fuzhen will never fail to avenge this!"
"Thank you for your concern, cousin." Rong Suihe still just smiled, "It's late at night, cousin, please take care of me?"
Ari returned to her tent with a bad look on her face, scolded the two slave girls for serving her, and then lay down unhappy.
I don’t know why, but she tossed and turned for a long time without falling asleep, so that the female slave who stayed with her at night was woken up and couldn’t help asking: "Miss, are you feeling uncomfortable?"
Previously, the Chao Wo tribe offered the prairie pearl to Rong Suihe, but Rong Suihe refused to take it. When Ari wanted to come down, he said that he would be a slave, but Mu Ruohe was killed on the spot because of his forbearance.
Later, before the group evacuated the king's tent, Rong Suihe considered that Ari was still pregnant. Although the cousin did not intend to have the child, it was not convenient to have an abortion immediately on the grassland while on the road. So she picked two of the female slaves in the king's tent who looked more reliable and gave them to her.
In order to facilitate communication, the two female slaves selected also understand Damu Mandarin.
Originally, many Ruru nobles could not speak Da Mu Mandarin, and the female slaves had no chance to learn it.
But because Ruru’s khan now is Na Fuzhen, who suffered a lot at the hands of Old Master Sheng and changed his life’s destiny, he is worried about Damu and has learned many things that ordinary Ruru nobles are not interested in. . At this time, women mostly depended on men to live their lives, and the late Kehe Dunmonaro family was no exception. The clever servants below also followed suit.
At this moment, the slave girl turned over and sat up, knelt down in front of Ari in the dark, stretched out her hands to rub her forehead, and asked softly, "But did you remember Princess Mi Zhen County?"
"...Why do you think of her?" Ari was silent for a while, and then asked coldly after a while.
The female slave kept moving and whispered: "I don't dare to hide it from the lady. These days, I have occasionally heard them talk about some past things, so I know your identity."
Ari said "Huh" and said nothing.
The female slave was silent for a while, and then said: "Actually, my father was also in trouble earlier!"
"Then how did you become a slave girl?" Ari was unable to sleep at the moment and had many things on her mind. The slave girl felt comfortable squeezing her, so she asked casually, "Even if the tribe you belong to is small, your father won't like you. At least you can be a concubine, right? At most, you can be easily bullied... However, no matter how much a concubine is bullied, can any female slave be bullied as much? "
"... It's not that my father doesn't like me." The female slave said softly, "It's just that he followed the former Khan wholeheartedly. One year, the Khan went out on patrol and visited the slave's tribe, and he caught the mistake of his father. , so the slave’s father was dealt with. The slave’s brothers were not alive either. Only the slave was young and looked decent, so he was treated as a slave.”
Ari said softly: "It seems that we all have a sweet life first and then a bitter life."
"Miss, are you really... Shen Jiuniang?" The female slave heard this and her men paused, with a somewhat surprised and regretful tone, "When I heard what they said before, I couldn't believe it! Nanfeng County! If it weren't for Mi Zhen County The princess came from that place. It is said that the prince also grew up in that area before going to Chang'an. The servants have never heard of such a place... The young lady actually came all the way from there... "
Although Ari didn't say anything, the slave girl suddenly felt the temperature in the tent plummet.
She closed her mouth belatedly, and after a while she said timidly: "Miss, I admit my guilt."
Nothing could be seen in the pitch-black tent, not even any outline. What came into view was a scene of darkness and nothingness, which made one doubt that he had even opened his eyes. Ari maintained this posture for a while, and then said calmly: "It's so good to be with you." It’s your errand, don’t be too smart!”
"...Yes." The expressions on each other's faces could not be seen in the tent. The slave girl nodded before she came to her senses and responded quickly.
What she couldn't see was that Ari's long white fingers were writing "Sheng Wei Qiao" over and over again on the quilt in front of her. There were complex emotions in her pupils, struggling repeatedly and flickering on and off.
What they didn't know was that a moment later, the conversation between the two was reported to Rong Suihe.
The subordinate who reported the report was a little embarrassed: "Originally, it was just a routine surveillance of the two female slaves... Because after all, they were brought out by the king's account, and the cousin is pregnant now. We are worried that our negligence will cause the cousin to suffer. Who knows... these are all The subordinates are not, telling a group of people to gossip, and the female slaves are... But Ruru is indeed a barbarian, you dare to ask Miss Cousin about such a thing! Why not just get rid of the two female slaves when you get to the place, and make the Cousin sister sensible at the same time A sensible maid to serve you?"
Rong Suihe didn't take it to heart: "It's okay to knock it. There are many things nowadays, so don't bother with some trivial matters. As for the slave girl, just look back and see what your cousin means. My cousin also came from a wealthy family earlier, and she was bossy to her. It’s no stranger to me, she can handle such small things by herself.”
The men agreed and went, but the discussion in the camp continued: "... Mr. Leyang means to ask the prince to accompany his cousin to board the ship from the North Sea, secretly go south, go ashore in Nanfeng County, and go to Nanfeng County. In the Xinjiang army, persuade the Southern Xinjiang army to send troops to fight against Ruru! Take the route that the Southern Xinjiang army used to ambush Saili before and go to Western Xinjiang... Ruru is currently meeting up with Gu Ailu, both heading south from the north, pointing directly at Chang'an!"
"Mr. Leyang's plan is to use Western Xinjiang as a foothold, unite the Southern Xinjiang and Western Xinjiang armies, and then call on all the prefectures and counties to fight against Ruru."
Speaking of this, the subordinate paused and then said, "Sir, there is another plan in this plan, that is, the princess and the young prince are now in Nanfeng County."
"If the county prince goes south, he can reunite with the county princess for a while... After all, the county prince and the county princess have been spending less time together and away from each other since they got married, and the county princess is also working hard."
Le Yangwen originally didn't want to say the following words or didn't mention them, but he took it into consideration after seeing Rong Suihe describing the appearance of Sheng Weiqiao and Rong Ruibin from memory that day.
Rong Suihe was well aware of the staff's intentions, but when he heard this, he shook his head: "This method... is too long."