Do you know: I’m Xu Jiazi

At the hour of Yin (around 4 a.m.)

The clear night sky is dotted with stars.

The moon, which appeared after the hour of Zi (midnight),

has now climbed high into the sky, casting a clear light.

The snow on the surrounding fields has not yet melted, and its color is grayish white under the moonlight.

"Coo~Coo~"

The owl standing on the tree outside the post station called,

making the early morning even quieter.

At Changyuan Post Station,

in the shadow on the roof, Xu Zaijing sat on a wolfskin mat, wrapped tightly in a thick and warm cloak, blending him into the night.

The well-strung strong bow was placed horizontally on his legs under the cloak, and a tube of feather arrows was placed beside him.

After rubbing his hands, Xu Zaijing covered his ears without earmuffs.

In the yard below,

several carriages were loaded with fine grains and supplies, and the shafts without harnesses were propped flat by wooden supports with forks as thick as forearms on the ground.

He Guan was walking in the stable, adding some night grass and fine grain to the trough from time to time.

"Squeak~"

The door opened.

Xu Zaijing looked over,

It was the two postmen in the post station, holding lanterns and breathing white air and began to patrol the post station.

In such freezing weather, they didn't want to come out to patrol.

But Xu Zaijing's group was quite luxurious, and it happened that they had a rare sentry at night, so it was not easy for them as postmen to sleep soundly in the room.

If they really made these nobles unhappy, not to mention them, the postmaster and postman in the post station would not have a good ending.

Because they had received orders, the patrolling clerks did not approach the stable where He Guan was, but just carried lanterns and walked around the yard for a while, and then went back to the house after checking.

"Hu~"

Xu Zaijing covered his mouth and nose with his cloak and breathed out.

With the cloak blocking it, the white breath he exhaled could not be seen from other places by the moonlight.

Suddenly,

Xu Zaijing stopped moving, moved his ears and looked at the official road not far away.

At this time, the owl stopped hooting, and Xu Zaijing put his hands beside his ears, so the sound became clearer, which was the sound of horses galloping on the ground.

"Gu~"

Xu Zaijing imitated the owl's cry.

Hearing the sound, He Guan in the yard stopped moving, looked at the roof, and listened quietly.

Soon,

the sound of horse hooves approached, and the postman and postman who had just come out to patrol in the post station also walked out of the house, carrying lanterns and walking up to the sentry tower on the wall.

Seeing the light of the lantern on the wall,

the shout of the galloping knight came from outside the post station: "Silver medal military order, quickly prepare the horse!"

Hearing this,

the post station was immediately busy,

and the shout of "quickly fill the gourd with hot water" rang out.

The courtyard door opened,

and a Mongolian horse with a complete saddle was quickly led out.

After verifying the seal, the new horse reins and the hot water gourd were handed over to the postman who came running.

The postman, who had been running for an unknown period of time, was now covered with dust and frost. Feeling the warm gourd in his hand, he said thank you and stuffed the gourd into his arms.

The postman bowed and rode away again.

This movement also woke up Gu Tingye, Zhao Meifeng and others.

Candles were lit in each room, and Gu Tingye's voice rang out: "Zhi Que, don't sleep! Let's prepare early and set off early, and sleep as soon as we get to Nanle!"

So the yard became busy again.

Several stoves that were stuffy were stuffed with firewood, and the flames suddenly became strong, either for cooking or heating water.

Xu Zaijing stood on the roof and moved his somewhat cold body.

Gu Tingye was dressed neatly, and when he walked out of the house,

he saw Alan throwing the bit (horse bit) that he had taken off yesterday evening into the hot water bucket to heat it up.

Seeing Gu Tingye's curious look, Alan explained, "Second Master, I'm warming up the bit! When I put the bridle on the horse later, the horse won't be startled by the bit being too cold."

Gu Tingye nodded.

Before in Bianjing, he rode with a complete saddle and bridle, and he didn't notice that he had to warm up the bit in winter.

Gao Puyu, who was walking behind, exhaled white air and said, "Second Master, if there is no hot water fire in the wild, either don't unload it, or keep it warm in your arms."

"Yes!"

After finishing preparations,

Xu Zaijing and his party had breakfast, then left the post station and continued to head north.

On the way,

they first walked slowly to warm up their mounts, and after two quarters of an hour, the speed of travel gradually increased.

When the sun slowly rose from the right side of the crowd, Xu Zaijing and his party had already had a few traces of white frost on their horses.

The white breath exhaled by everyone along the way was too cold, some condensed on their eyebrows and eyelashes, and some condensed on the scarves in front of their noses or the brims of their hats.

Although the sun only showed its head, it made Xu Zaijing and others feel much more comfortable.

In the early morning when the sun did not come out, the temperature on the road was too low to make people's cheeks hurt, and their bodies were really uncomfortable.

Gu Tingye rode beside Xu Zaijing, leaning sideways to face the sun, feeling the sunshine that was better than nothing, and said in a muffled voice: "Brother Jing, at this time. Hu. Zhuang Xuejiu should be in the school, right?"

Xu Zaijing stepped on the stirrups, stood up from the back of the little black colt, and moved his stiff waist and legs, saying: "Well, Changbai has been studying for more than an hour."

Gu Tingye looked at the leather boots on Xu Zaijing's stirrups again, and said: "Brother Jing, are your feet frozen?"

Xu Zaijing sat back on the saddle and shook his head: "I stuffed a lot of Ula grass sent by the Huyan family in my boots, it's okay."

Looking at Gu Tingye's eyes, Xu Zaijing said again: "I'll share some with you during lunch."

"That's pretty much it. It's not worth my trouble to accompany you." Gu Tingye said.

Around 10 o'clock in the morning

Jiying Lane,

Sheng family,

The school where the earth dragon is burning is very warm,

Magpie, holding a rabbit skin scarf, sat on the low wooden platform behind the school. While looking at Xiao Tao's scarf, he whispered:

"Sister Qingcao and Sister Qiuniang won't come, and the wooden platform will be empty. It's hard for us to sleep together."

Xiao Tao, who had chubby cheeks, nodded in agreement and smacked her lips slightly, as if she was recalling the taste of some delicious food.

Buwei, who was next to him, leaned forward and whispered: "In such a cold weather, the two young masters and Brother Qingyun suffered a lot from traveling."

On the other side, Khan Niu nodded repeatedly.

Minglan, who was sitting at the back, was holding the end of a brush in the inkstone while listening to the low voices of the servants and maids behind her.

Now Wei Xiaoniang is still here,

Minglan did not make Wei Shuyi angry and have difficulty giving birth, nor did she suffer the pain of losing her mother.

Therefore, Minglan did not blame herself, miss her late mother, or have random thoughts, which led her to eat less and not eat well, think too much, cry and sleep, which affected her physical growth and development and made her body weak.

On the contrary, she has been raised at the old lady's knees these years. She eats well and sleeps well. She is very healthy. After normal growth, she is already taller than a blue.

Moreover, Minglan's hair was as black and beautiful as silk, and her skin was as rosy and fair as cream.

You know, the reason why Wei Shuyin was able to join the Sheng family was because the Wang family was optimistic about her outstanding color and temperament.

In addition, not to mention other things, Sheng Hong has a father who is a prostitute, and Sheng Hong's appearance is also outstanding.

Therefore, Minglan, who combines the two good looks, is already an outstanding beauty, although her appearance is a little childish and she has slightly chubby cheeks.

Listening to the little girl behind her continuing to mutter, Minglan held the brush she had packed and lowered her head to prepare for writing.

Just after writing one, Minglan turned her head and looked at Xu Zaijing's seat, blinking her eyes with long eyelashes, and pursed her lips as she listened to the howling of the cold wind coming from outside the partition.

Minglan personally experienced hunger and cold when she was a child, and that was in Yangzhou, which is farther south.

But Cousin Jing and the others are going further north.

At this time,

"Take a break."

Zhuang Xuexue, who was behind the desk in front, waved his hands with some interest.

The atmosphere in the school instantly relaxed, and the servants and maids began to busy serving tea and snacks.

But Minglan didn't move much. She just controlled the brush in her hand, started a new line on the paper, and wrote the words "The north wind makes it cool, the rain and snow make it cool".

While writing, Minglan listened to the voices of her young father-in-law Qi Heng and her third brother Chang Feng, and felt the eyes that glanced at her from time to time.

Minglan did not raise her head, but pursed her lips, held the penholder with her white fingers, and continued to write, "The north wind blows, the rain and snow blow."

When darkness fell in front of her, Minglan frowned and glanced at the color of her clothes, then raised her head.

"Girl, drink tea."

Xiao Tao stood between Ming Lan and Qi Heng, holding a tea cup and saying.

Minglan relaxed her brows, put down her brush with a smile, took the tea cup and warmed her hands, blew on it twice and drank.

At the front of the school,

Zhuang Xuexue, who was sitting behind the desk, had a panoramic view of the scene in the school.

After squinting at Qi Heng, who looked slightly disappointed, Xuexue Zhuang frowned slightly and exhaled.

After everyone had rested, Xuexue Zhuang patted the table with a folding fan, and when everyone looked over, he said:

"Bai Gao has recovered, Liao and Jin are fighting. Today, my teacher has a whim. Let's discuss how to recover and govern this Yanyun land."

"For a quarter of a minute, you guys should think about it."

Everyone hurriedly responded.

A quarter of an hour later,

Zai Zhang was called upon by the scholar and was the first to express his opinion.

In the sound of everyone talking and discussing,

Minglan sat at the back, holding a brush and writing something on the paper.

Reflecting the light coming from the partition window, it was vaguely visible that the downward side of the paper Minglan had written on had been used.

Minglan was very frugal in using her other side at this time.

But looking closely, Minglan was not writing at this time, but drawing.

After a few strokes, he could vaguely see that he was a cavalryman, sitting on a big black horse and holding a large flag with the word "Zhou" high in his hand.

In front of the flag is a city gate tower.

Minglan drew another wooden building on the side, and then drew a stick figure with braids upturned on the wooden building.

Minglan smiled slightly as she didn't know what she thought of.

Qi Heng, who was standing in front of him, had just finished speaking his thoughts. As he sat down, he looked at Mo Lan and Ru Lan, who were applauding him, with some complacency. When he looked at Minglan by the way, he saw Minglan's face. The smile on his face.

Seeing this scene, Qi Heng suddenly felt very happy and pursed his lips with a smile.

Zhuang Xueguo's position was so good that he didn't need to look specifically to see this scene coming into view again.

"snort."

Xuexue Zhuang snorted softly, held the folding fan and said, "Changfeng."

Northern Liao,

Nanjing analyzes Jinfu,

It snowed yesterday,

The snow was not heavy and it melted away quickly.

The royal family of the Northern Liao Dynasty built a palace in the city, which was not large in area.

At this time, outside the back court hall, a monk hurriedly walked towards the palace.

Seeing this person approaching, all the imperial guards from the Northern Liao Heart Center along the roadside saluted.

After crossing the threshold and entering the hall, the cold air was blocked out.

The monk straightened his appearance and calmed his breathing.

Come to the apse,

You can also see several strong women from various Mongolian tribes dressed differently from the female officials of the Northern Liao Dynasty standing aside.

Following the announcement, the monk followed the official and walked in.

The warm apse is covered with thick carpets,

Two athletic women were wrestling on the carpet, panting.

Looking at Yelu Falcon and Yelu Ying behind the table, the monk bowed and saluted, and said: "Your Highness, the eldest princess, the pigeons flying on the Buddhist altar in Bianjing are reporting urgently."

Yelv Falcon and his sister looked at each other, waved their hands and said, "Okay, let's go down."

The two strong women relaxed, stood up, bowed and retreated outside.

Compared with the Bianjing Palace a few years ago,

At this moment, Ye Luying's face was clearly that of a woman.

Although her appearance is not charming and charming, her brows and eyes are full of heroic spirit, her eyes are calm, and she has a different kind of temperament.

Yeluying, who wore her hair in a woman's bun, stretched out her hand toward the monk and said, "Master, please sit down."

There were strong female officials who presented embroidered piers wrapped in brocade, and there were also female officials who took the information from the monks' hands.

At Yelu Falcon's signal, the female officer handed the urgent report directly to his sister Yeluying.

"Master, what did the emergency report say?" Yelv Falcon asked.

"Back to Your Highness, I received a letter from Maitreya's chief disciple, saying that Wulang of the Xu family had led people north to Beizhou yesterday!"

Yelv Falcon frowned and said, "Is it the case of Beizhou's silence? Did Da Zhou notice something?"

The monk shook his head: "That's not true, but Maitreya's chief disciple also said in his letter that if possible, let us take the opportunity to kill this guy to avoid future troubles."

Seeing Ye Luying put down the paper with the information written on it, she stopped talking.

"According to what the letter said, Da Zhou didn't notice. Xu Wulang went to Beizhou just because he had a grudge with Maitreya's leader. He somehow angered the Emperor of Da Zhou and was sent to Beizhou for a tour."

Yelv Falcon nodded, and then sighed in frustration: "It would be great if the plan succeeded at that time, who knew it would be like this!"

Hearing this, the monk sitting on the embroidered pier lowered his head.

Ye Luying looked at the paper on the desk, raised her eyebrows with a look of reminiscence in her eyes, and asked lightly: "With our good skills in Da Zhou, are we sure that we can kill Xu Wulang?"

Yelu Ying's voice spread in the hall, and there was an attendant standing in the hall. It turned out that he was Yelu Falcon's confidant. The Bei Liao imperial guard frowned and glanced at Yelv Falcon.

The monk glanced at Yelv Falcon and the guards not far away. After thinking for a while, he said: "The eldest princess, Xu Wulang, defeated the powerful Bai Gao general Mimu Tuoxia with one move; Jinyang Village, According to His Highness, it is one against a hundred."

The monk took a deep breath and continued: "Let's not talk about the decisive battle at Keyi Gate with a dozen people blocking nearly ten thousand people. We just knew a few days ago that Xu Wulang whipped the iron kite with a stick in the Baigao Palace. The men and horses left the ground, this kind of person"

The monk shook his head and said: "Although Maitreya believers have aspirations to die, fighting Xu Jiawulang in the wild is really a way to die. This guy is really beyond the power of human power."

Yeluying frowned and thought for a moment: "What if we don't care about the loss?"

"If we follow what the eldest princess said, we can lure him to Beizhou City. Sprinkle him with gold juice and fire oil, shoot poisonous arrows with powerful crossbows, and delay his life. He will never be able to leave Beizhou City!"

Yelv Falcon pursed his lips unbearably and glanced at his sister.

The monk added: "However, in this case, without Beizhou as the center, the plot behind the eldest princess will not be easy to launch! It is really hard to say how long it will involve Dazhou in the future."

Yeluying nodded and said sadly: "If possible, I really want to make a deal with Dazhou and let Xu Wulang come to our Northern Liao Dynasty to fight for my Yelu family."

Yelv Falcon on the side rolled his eyes and said, "Sister, for my brother's succession ceremony in the next year, I might invite him as an envoy to come to Xijin Mansion."

The monk shook his head and said: "Your Highness, Xu Wulang is busy with the imperial examinations of the Great Zhou Dynasty, so Xu will not come to participate."

Yeluying waved his hand: "I order everyone around Beizhou to wait quietly. Even if they die, they can't ruin my affairs."

"As commanded."