Fu Yunhe listened carefully, and was about to say that he understood, when Han Qixia put away the sickle and stood up, patted the residual leaves on her body, and said, "The wattle grass is almost harvested, let's continue up the mountain."
She continued to stride forward, leaving Fu Yunhe standing there stupidly, staring blankly at her slender but straight back, not recovering for a while, a thought echoed in her mind :
Was he coaxed by Cousin Xia as a child
As if answering the question in his heart, Xiao Yi, who was walking by him, patted him on the shoulder "comfortingly", and then even Guan Yubai smiled at him "comfortably".
Fu Yunhe stood there for a while, sighed faintly, and then strode after him, shouting loudly: "Hey, wait for me!"
The loud shouts startled the birds flying around, making Xiao Hui even happier...
The group continued to climb up the mountain. Along the way, Han Qixia stopped from time to time, climbed trees to pick vines, dug roots in the soil, and called Fu Yunhe to help carry baskets... Seeing her go up and down the mountain, omnipotent Fu Yunhe's expression also changed from fussy at the beginning to calm and calm, with a little emotion in his eyes.
Cousin Xia is no longer the delicate and tender eldest daughter of Prince Qi who was raised in a deep boudoir. He always knew that she had become different from before, but he knew that her true impression of her was still in the past. When he was in the capital, until today, he really understood the growth of Cousin Xia.
She was reborn like a phoenix in the raging fire. She has gained a new life... No, it should be said that she has become better!
What about yourself
As an imposing man, is he still standing still, being left far behind by her
Fu Yunhe narrowed his eyes slightly, thoughtfully.
While Han Qixia and Fu Yunhe were busy collecting herbs, Guan Yubai was also busy. As their position got higher and higher, looking down, the scenery around Yulan Mountain could be seen at a glance. On the one hand, Guan Yubai needs to modify and adjust the position of Yulan Mountain on the sketch, and on the other hand, he needs to compare the surrounding scenery and terrain, and calculate the angular distance...
Xiao Yi stood side by side with him, and the two pointed to somewhere from time to time, discussing in a low voice...
The mountains and forests are fresh and quiet, only the rustling of the wind blowing the branches and leaves and the fluttering of the birds' wings can be heard intertwined, so that the people in it can't help but calm down, as if they have abandoned the disturbances of the world.
rustle...
There was a sudden crackling sound from the grass behind, as if something was moving through the grass.
Xiao Yi and Xiao Si were the most vigilant. They both moved their ears and looked at the sound in unison. The next moment, they saw a white dumpling jumping out from a clump of green grass, with eyes as red as rubies timidly. Glancing at Xiao Yi and Xiao Si, his furry body trembled, and then quickly sprinted in another direction.
It turned out to be a baby rabbit not long after birth, the corner of Xiao Yi's mouth curled up slightly, and he still remembered that the first time he participated in the spring hunting with the stinky girl, he caught her a litter of little rabbits, and the stinky girl was very happy. Her bright smile seemed to be still in front of her eyes.
Almost at the same time, a gray shadow passed over their heads like lightning, with their wings spread out in a swooping posture...
Even if Xiao Yi doesn't raise his head, he can tell that Xiao Hui is hunting just by looking at the shape of the shadow, and it's self-evident what its target is.
Xiao Yi reprimanded: "Xiao Hui, come back!"
Gray Eagle heard displeasure from its master's voice, its swooping body suddenly changed direction, and flew obliquely towards the blue sky.
And the white dumpling quickly took advantage of this gap, nimbly sneaked into the bushes, and disappeared in an instant.
The Gray Eagle, which lost its prey, circled above Xiao Yi's head unwillingly, crying aggrievedly, as if asking, why can't it catch rabbits? It's not the first time it has hunted rabbits!
Xiao Yi raised his left arm and made a gesture with his right hand. The next moment, Xiao Hui swooped down and landed on his forearm.
He stroked Xiao Hui's gray feathers comfortingly, and said with a smile: "Xiao Hui, Ah Yue likes little rabbits, so you can just let them go." He wouldn't forcefully suppress Xiao Hui's hunting instinct, but It was just a baby rabbit with little flesh. Even hunters would let the pregnant beast go and let it reproduce. This is also a respect for the way of heaven.
Xiao Hui tilted the eagle's head, and when she heard Nangong Yue's name, she let out a soft cry, seemingly half-understood.
"Little Hui is so good!" Xiao Yi gently stroked its shiny gray feathers, and then let it fly away by itself.
Xiao Hui quickly forgot the setback just now, and bullied those birds wantonly in the woods, causing a large leaf rain mixed with bird feathers to rustle down, making Xiao Yi, Guan Yubai and Xiao Si below all the embarrassment.
Xiao Si raised his eyes and stared at the eagle speechlessly, and a sentence could not help but come to his mind: The owner can raise the eagle of whatever kind he really is!
Guan Yubai looked at the broken leaves that fell on the sketch, and was not angry. He shook off the broken leaves with a smile, and then rolled up the sketch that had been painted and corrected several times, and handed it to Xiaosi beside him. .
"Ayi, the progress of the map is good. When I go back tonight, I can finish half of the new map." Guan Yubai is quite satisfied with the results of these days.
Xiao Yi frowned slightly, looked at Guan Yubai's thin figure, and asked sharply: "Xiao Bai, have you eaten and slept well these two days?"
Guan Yu couldn't help but laugh, and before he could answer, Xiao Si frowned and looked at his young master, that dissatisfied expression had obviously answered Xiao Yi's question.
Xiao Yi rolled his eyes, and said with a smile: "Xiaobai, you haven't tried your grandfather's old man's cooking skills, have you? My grandfather is not only the best in the world in medicine, but also has mouth-watering cooking skills. Let's go to grandfather's cooking together today. How about a meal there?"
Xiao Yi smiled brightly, but no matter whether it was Guan Yubai or Xiaosi, they could hear the implication of the son's words. Whether Guan Yubai had a good meal or bed was up to him to decide. Lin Jingchen What you say counts!
Xiao Si curled his lips at Xiao Yi, and had to admit that this Xiao Shizi still has some reliable moments occasionally, although it only takes a while...
"Brother," the sharp-eared Fu Yunhe came over when he heard the commotion, "The grandfather of the Lin family said that today he will cook some of his old man's special dishes. Let's eat together, how lively!" Fu Yunhe's breakfast today is also at Lin Jingchen's It’s just—Lin Jingchen and Han Qixia are temporarily living in a courtyard of the Defense Mansion, and their daily meals are basically delivered from the kitchen of the Defense Mansion. Open a small stove with Han Qixia, such as the cold wild vegetables that Fu Yunhe ate this morning, it would be delicious.
Thinking about it, Fu Yunhe's saliva began to secrete, and he felt that he and Lin's grandfather really met each other so late!
Looking at Fu Yunhe's salivating look, Xiao Yi couldn't help laughing, but soon he thought of something again, and exchanged a look with Guan Yubai with a somewhat embarrassed expression.
Fu Yunhe immediately felt the subtle atmosphere, raised his eyebrows and asked, "Brother, what's the matter?"
"Xiao Hezi, I originally wanted to wait until I got back to the city to tell you..." Xiao Yi rubbed his chin helplessly and said, "After you go back to the city today, you may only be able to eat dry noodles."
Fu Yunhe was confused when he heard that, Xiao Yi gave Guan Yubai a look, signaling him to explain to Fu Yunhe.
"Master Fu," Guan Yubai said calmly, "After you return to the city, you will lead a battalion of one thousand gods to wait near the secret road. When batches of grain and grass arrive, we will intercept them together!"
At first, Guan Yubai's tone was indifferent, but when he said the last sentence, his tone suddenly became sharp.
Fu Yunhe's eyes froze, and he couldn't help but sigh in his heart: Looking at Guan Yubai's current appearance, people often have the illusion that he is a refined and civil servant, but after all, Guan Yubai is the son of a general, and he is also a famous general of a generation who was invincible. It's like a peerless famous sword sealed in a sheath.
Although I don't know why Guan Yubai and his eldest brother have such a good relationship, but fortunately, he is not their enemy!
Fu Yunhe thought for a while, and asked: "Master Guan, brother, we just intercepted a batch of grain and grass from Nanliang, do they still dare to come?"
"What Xiaobai says, we are responsible for believing it." Xiao Yi smiled and patted Fu Yunhe on the shoulder, anyway, they couldn't get Xiaobai to think about it.
Guan Yubai raised the corners of his mouth slightly, outlined a shallow smile, and said affirmatively, "Definitely."
After a while, he raised his head and glanced in the direction of Dengli City, and almost said to himself: "Now the Nanliang coach should have received the report..."
In the sky, Xiaohui wailed cheerfully, as if responding to him.
While speaking, Guan Yubai's expression moved slightly, and when he looked in a certain direction, he saw a woodcutter walking along a mountain path with a bundle of firewood on his back. He couldn't help lowering his eyes slightly, lowering his head in thought.
"noob?"
Guan Yubai seemed to have realized something, a smile appeared on his lips, and said, "A Yi, let's go for a walk."
Xiao Yi naturally agreed, so the group walked along the mountain road...
At this moment in Dengli City, Nanliang coach Ikaluo has just been reported as expected by Guan Yubai.
Twenty carts of food and grass were robbed!
Ikaluo couldn't suppress his fright and anger, Huo Di stood up from behind the desk, the veins on his forehead were bulging, and his whole face was terribly hideous.
In addition to Icaro, there are two other people in this not-so-big study room, one is in his forties, with dark skin, a big beard, and standing bowed in black armor of a general; It looked like a Nanliang soldier, kneeling on the ground on one knee, bowing his head and cupping his fists.
The Nanliang soldier was shocked by Ikaluo's aura, sweating profusely on his lowered face, and said: "Yes, commander, all the two thousand people who escorted the food and grass were killed by iron arrows, and none of them were killed by iron arrows." Survive." The soldier raised a pitch-black iron arrow above his head and presented it to Ikaluo.
The bearded general said angrily, "Marshal, it's the God Arm Battalion!"
Ikaluo stared at the iron arrow as if he had never heard of it, then took the iron arrow and stared at it for a moment.
This is the iron arrow used by the Divine Arm Battalion of the Southern Border Army, and he will never forget it in his life!
Ikaluo exerted force subconsciously, and tightly grasped the iron arrow. If the iron arrow was an ordinary wooden feather arrow, he might have already broken it.
With just a snap of his fingers, many images flashed through Yikaluo's mind like a revolving lantern: the Qianqi Battalion was ambushed in Linghua Canyon, and the entire army was wiped out; disaster; Yanding City and Yongjia City were captured, and even I almost lost my life near Yongjia City like a bereaved dog...
In just a short period of time, that damned Xiao Yi ruined the good situation they had exhausted in Nanliang and finally formed in southern Xinjiang, and now only Dengli City is left as the last city.
For this reason, the King of Nanliang even issued three urgent military orders of three thousand miles to question him. If he hadn't had great military exploits, if it hadn't been for the nine kings who made mistakes in the first place, so that the army was controlled by others, he, the general of the Northern Expedition I am afraid that the status will not be guaranteed!
Thinking of this, Ikaluo's eyes burst out with hatred, and he slapped the iron arrow heavily on the desk.
"Snapped-"
The crisp sound was extremely loud in the study room, and the soldier who was kneeling on the ground lowered his head even lower, and remained silent like a cicada.
"Commander," the bearded general said again angrily, "Although Dengli City has enough food and grass now, 20 carts of food and grass will not have any impact on our army, but we can't take advantage of the southern border army for nothing!"
After being extremely angry, Ikaluo gradually calmed down, strode up to the map hanging on the wall, and asked, "Where was the grain and grass robbed?"
The soldier hurriedly got up, his left knee was a little stiff due to kneeling for a long time, he staggered, and immediately strode to Ikaluo, looked at the map intently, then pointed to a branch of the official road, and said: "Commander , is here!"
Ikaluo casually picked up a dagger on the desk, nailed it fiercely at the fork, then took two steps back, carefully observing the surrounding environment.
This fork is about twenty miles away from Dengli City.
The army of the Southern Border Army should be stationed in Huiling City, Yanding City and Yongjia City at this moment, but according to the map, if you want to get here from these three cities, you must pass through an official road five or six miles away from Dengli City. There is his Nanliang army patrolling near Dengli City. It is impossible for an army to bypass the patrolling team to kill here without making a sound, and then leave without anyone noticing!
Ikaluo narrowed his eyes thoughtfully, and murmured: "If my predictions are correct, there must be a secret road near this area that is not shown on the map."
When the bearded general heard this, his eyes lit up, and he said: "What the commander said is true, there must be a secret road nearby. Why don't you let the general lead a team to search?" He clasped his fists and begged for orders , with a hint of impatience in his tone.
Ikaluo pondered for a moment, then shook his head and said, "No, firstly, you might startle the snake; secondly, I'm afraid that after all your efforts, you won't get anything." There is no way to know how long it will take to search aimlessly like this. Even if the troops are dispersed, it may give the Southern Border Army a chance to defeat them.
Ikaluo stroked his chin and thought for a while, then said to the bearded general, "Konanli, order someone to bring another batch of grain and grass over!"
Conan Li blinked, a little dumbfounded, and couldn't help but said: "Commander, if the food and grass are robbed again, wouldn't it be..." It's cheaper for the Southern Border Army? !
The corner of Ikaluo's mouth curled up, and a pair of dark brown eyes were as dark as an abyss, treacherous and unpredictable.
He said meaningfully: "This batch of food and grass is for them to rob."
What? ! This time, Conanli was really stunned. He has followed Ikaluo for many years, and soon realized that the other party must have a deep meaning, so he asked cautiously: "What does the commander mean..."
Yikaluo continued: "At that time, you will deploy some scouts in the dark, and you must follow the clues to find out that secret passage!"
It turned out to be to lure the snake out of the hole! Conanli suddenly realized, clasped his fists together and said, "The commander is really resourceful, this plan is very clever!"
Ikaluo sneered disdainfully, and said again: "For a little food and grass, the Southern Border Army has exposed such a big secret. After all, the son of Zhennan Prince is just a yellow-mouthed child, and he is still young!"
That being the case, I must live up to their expectations, and I have to make good use of it!
Thinking about it, a sharp light flashed in Ikaluo's eyes.
Now everything is ready, the only thing missing is the "east wind" blowing from Luoyue City...
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I will be returning to Luoyue City tomorrow.
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