The prince is very fierce

The Northern Qi army occupied the north of the Yellow River, and Ningwuguan, which was originally used to resist the Northern Xinjiang cavalry, became the Qi army's rear area. Although the war between the two countries had a great impact, the Northern Qi Dynasty came to restore the country after all. Apart from recruiting soldiers and raising money and food, the lives of the people at the bottom were not greatly disturbed.

In the early morning, in Qingxu County on the bank of the Fen River, Liu Zhixian, who had become a minister of the Northern Qi Dynasty, stood on the city wall, looking at the distant southwest with his hands behind his back, his eyes deep, almost "Wang Shibei set the Central Plains Day, family sacrifice" Don't forget to tell Nai Weng's taste.

The people under the city wall came in and out as usual, but the soldiers guarding the city changed to soldiers and horses from the Northern Qi Dynasty. The Guanzhong Army led by Guo Xianzhong was blocked in the Hedong area and would not be able to come back in a short time.

At the bend of Fenhe River not far from the county seat, two horses walked through the fields and entered the sweet-scented osmanthus forest covered with snow.

The horse is one brown and one white, and is covered with a riding jacket, but you can still feel its huge size, mainly because the rider on the horse is a bit too petite.

On the brown chasing wind horse, Zhu Manzhi is wearing a raincoat and a bamboo hat, with a long sword slung across his back. He is sitting in a very quack-like manner. Unfortunately, he is round and round, small and exquisite. Sitting on a tall horse, he does not look like a quack. It's even a little bit more cute out of thin air.

On the white horse next to her, Chen Sining was much better. She was tall, with powerful legs that were round and strong. With the scimitar behind her waist and the bamboo hat on her head, she carried the aura of "Keep strangers out" in her every move.

The white chasing horse belonged to Ning Qingye. After Xiao Qi agreed to Manzhi to go out for a walk, Manzhi borrowed the horse on the pretext of helping walk the horse, and then slipped away from Yueyang to Taiyuan.

Zhu Manzhi finally ran out and did not show any signs of fatigue from the long journey. He pointed to a big stone by the river with great interest and repeated the old saying:

"Have you seen that big rock? I used to sit on it and fish with my dad. Even though my dad is a swordsman, his fishing skills are not as good as mine..."

Chen Sining glanced at the river longingly, slightly confused:

"I wish the Great Sword Master that even the bastard can't fall down? Isn't that true?"

Which pot won’t be opened?

Zhu Manzhi's expression froze, he waved his hand and skipped the topic, and came to the abandoned courtyard:

"This is the place where my father lived in seclusion. That sword that shocked the world and made ghosts cry was practiced in that vegetable field. I remember that on the day when the sword was completed, there were gods weeping above, nine dragons coming to court, and hundreds of ghosts below. Silence, all beasts bow their heads..."

After traveling together for so many days, Chen Sining had already figured out Manzhi's character, and she praised him with a wink:

"Oh! So powerful?"

Zhu Manzhi rolled his eyes: "Old Chen, can you take some snacks? In the teahouse, if you cheer so suddenly, you will be looked at as a fool."

Chen Sining smiled with crooked eyebrows and pretended to listen carefully to the explanation.

Zhu Manzhi was satisfied now, but there was nothing to explain about the dilapidated yard and two vegetable fields on the edge of a mountain. She couldn't talk about being hung from a tree and spanked by her mother when she was a child, and then turned around. First, head towards the woods:

"This is where the Sword Master lives in seclusion. You've finished reading it. I'll take you to the county town to eat at an old restaurant and then go back home."

Chen Sining's mind was not on sightseeing at all, so she naturally had no nostalgia for this place. She walked slowly beside Man Zhi, thought for a while and said:

"We are already here. It is only more than two hundred miles away from Taiyuan City. It is said that the Wang family's hometown in Taiyuan is there. I have been a member of the five powerful families in the Central Plains since I was a child. My father wanted to marry a legitimate daughter to be the queen, and everyone looked at it. No, I’ve always wanted to see why I’m so high-minded, and I just happened to be there..."

Zhu Manzhi raised his hand slightly, stopped Chen Sining from speaking, and said helplessly:

"Old Chen, you can't do this. You said you were just going out for a walk. When we left Yueyang, you said Xiangyang was nearby. When we left Xiangyang, you said Luoyang was nearby. Then there were Hedong and Linfen. They were all blocked all the way to the north. Ningwu is closed, where are you going to go to the grassland when you arrive in Taiyuan?"

"Well……"

Chen Sining really meant this. She asked casually on the way and learned that Xu Buling had come to the north, but she didn't know exactly where he went. She directly said to go to Xu Buling. She was afraid that Manzhi would not agree, so she used this step-by-step method. , coaxing Manzhi all the way over.

Seeing that Manzhi finally couldn't bear it anymore, Chen Sining smiled sarcastically:

"You're all here. It's only about four hundred miles to Liangcheng. Zhui Fengma got there in two days. Didn't you say that Mr. Xu has come to the north? Anyway, he has already come here. It's not a waste to stop by to meet him. ”

Zhu Manzhi also wanted to find Xu Buling, otherwise he would not have crossed the Yellow River and reached Beiqi's territory. She hesitated:

"I made an agreement with Sister Qiqi to stroll around nearby, but ended up running so far without saying a word, and even ran to find Mr. Xu. What if I go back and kick me out?"

Chen Sining blinked: "We were just strolling around, near Dayue. Logically speaking, this is also Dayue's territory. We haven't even left Dayue's door. Do you think that's right?"? ?

I'm not stupid!

My silly sister Qiqi is not stupid either...

Zhu Manzhi frowned, hugged his bulging chest, thought for a moment, and nodded thoughtfully:

"It seems so. Then when the time comes, you explain to Sister Qiqi that I might have misunderstood and you forcibly abducted me."

"no problem."

Chen Sining nodded seriously, patted the horse and walked towards Ningwuguan in the north.

Zhu Manzhi almost wanted to die, Xu Buling, there was a thunder bearer at the front, so of course he didn’t say much, he drove his horse and trotted behind him:

"But I don't know where exactly Mr. Xu is going. He is just relaxing with Miss Cui, and then going to Guiyan City to get a piece of wood or something. We can't go to the capital of Northern Qi, right?"

Chen Sining was quite confident about this and took out the napping little green snake from her sleeve:

"Ah Qing remembers Mr. Xu's smell. Let's find a place we must pass by. As long as we find the place where Mr. Xu stayed, we can follow the clues to catch him up. Didn't you ever work as a policeman? You don't even have this ability?"

Zhu Manzhi puffed up his chest: "Of course I have the ability, but Mobei is so big, where can we find the place where Mr. Xu stayed?"

"Since we are relaxing with the girl, we must go to a place with beautiful scenery. Just look for it slowly along the road..."

While chatting, the two girls rode horses and galloped towards Ningwuguan.

Ningwuguan is less than two hundred miles away from Qingxu County. With the horse's power, it won't take long to run across it with all its strength. But a good horse is hard to find. Zhu Manzhi and Chen Sining both treat the horse as a treasure. It's okay. When you are walking, you would like to have someone carry the horse on its back, so naturally it will not run with all its strength. Like ordinary horses, it will rest for a while after running for thirty miles.

With the Northern Qi army occupying the north of the Yellow River for nearly a year, Ningwuguan has become the rear area. In the past, there was no border access between the two sides. Now there are no restrictions. A large number of Northern Qi merchants came from Ningwuguan, and merchants from the pass went to Northern Qi. There were also many of them. Naturally, the Northern Qi army did not set up any barriers to stop trade within its jurisdiction.

In the afternoon, Zhu Manzhi and Chen Sining walked to Ningwu County together. As the New Year's Eve approached, the number of merchants increased, and it was getting dark again. The official road was crowded with horse teams and convoys, so the two simply dismounted and rested by the river, waiting for the road to clear up before leaving.

Zhu Manzhi likes to chat very much and won't stop talking as long as there are people around him. Chen Sining is also chatty and will never be the one to end a chat. The two of them get together, and the result is that the two horses' scalps are numb.

Zhu Manzhi could talk about everything from astronomy and geography to trivial matters. As they chatted, the topic somehow ended up on the relationship between men and women:

"...When we were in Chang'an City, Mr. Xu and I went to dig graves together in the middle of the night. Although Mr. Xu looked cold on the outside, he was actually very capable of deceiving girls. He brought me back with him. Guess what he said he wanted to take me with him? Am I going home?"

Chen Sining was naturally interested in this topic. She paid attention to the caravans along the way and asked, "How do you say it?"

Zhu Manzhi glanced left and right, then leaned forward and whispered: "Mr. Xu said that his home has a very large sea of ​​flowers. There is also a big bed in the sea of ​​flowers, which can sleep ten people without being crowded."

"Um?"

Chen Sining blinked her beautiful peach blossom eyes and thought for a moment:

"Why do you want such a big bed?"

"Yes, I thought it was strange. I didn't believe it. I really wanted to take a look. Later, I followed Mr. Xu to Suzhou and found that he really had such a big bed, and it could really sleep ten people..."

When Zhu Manzhi said this, he realized that the joke was a bit naughty and ruined his innocent and cute image, so he coughed lightly.

Chen Sining didn't believe that Xu Buling would do such a ridiculous thing as "Ten Women at Night", so naturally she just took it as a joke, shook her head and said:

"Mr. Xu is a bit sentimental, but he is also very responsible. He takes good care of the girls around him."

Zhu Manzhi nodded: "Of course, Mr. Xu is different from those princes and noble sons who judge people by their appearance, and he is very manly. Unlike my father, a majestic swordsman, who was trained by his wife so that he did not dare to talk back..."

Chen Sining was quietly listening to the interesting stories about the contemporary swordsman's strict wife control, but she felt something was wrong in her heart.

Looking around, he saw a caravan passing by on the road in the distance, with the flag of Guan Nei Trading Company flying. There were a dozen or so cars with quite a lot of people. There were dozens of warriors dressed as bodyguards around them. From temperament to physique, they were absolutely ordinary. , especially the man at the front who is carrying a fine iron spear, sitting on a horse with a straight face, and his back alone makes people feel fearful.

Chen Sining is very skilled in martial arts, and only people of her level can feel the pressure from the strong. The motorcade was slowly passing by on the official road, and the curtain of a carriage parallel to them was opened slightly, revealing the profile of a middle-aged man wearing ordinary clothes. There was also a middle-aged scholar inside, looking at On their side.

Chen Sining was cautious by nature, so she was naturally wary if she didn't know the details. She pinched the cigarette pill in her sleeve. However, before she could take a closer look, the middle-aged man in the carriage looked away and continued to look away, as if he just glanced at it casually. The scenery on the roadside, and then the curtains were lowered.

Zhu Manzhi was still talking about her father being greedy and her mother not letting her in. She noticed that Chen Sining frowned and asked in confusion: "What's wrong?"

Chen Sining didn't know the details of the caravan. For the sake of safety, she couldn't stir up trouble. She got on her horse and walked elsewhere, casually saying:

"This road is not very safe. Let's go somewhere else to exit the customs."

"oh……"

Zhu Manzhi didn't feel anything strange. He knew that Chen Sining was good at martial arts, so he didn't ask any questions. He got on his horse and followed Chen Sining, and continued to talk... ——

Wait a moment, refining...