Rebirth of the first courtier

"Nurse Liu suddenly stood in front of Xiao's mother and blocked Xiao's mother. Xiao Qi'ao stood up and walked out.

"My mother is suddenly seriously ill, please call for a doctor!"

40. Chengchen No.40 steps

"Has Madam been sent back to the Xiao Mansion?" Hu Li lay on Xiao Qi'ao's lap, gnawing on a chicken leg in his hand, the oil stains on his hands accidentally rubbed against Xiao Qi'ao's body, and he vomited The tongue pretended not to see it.

Xiao Qi'ao rubbed his hair amusedly, put the chicken bone in his hand aside, wiped his hands with a wet handkerchief, and patted his back.

"You always eat like this, and if you choke, what do you do?" Xiao Qi'ao hugged Hu Li, made him lie on his chest, and pinched his nose. After returning to the Xiao residence, the imperial physician will diagnose and treat her."

"Is the doctor cured well?" Hu Like still remembered what Xiao Qi'ao said earlier about making Mrs. Xiao die of a serious illness.

"It doesn't matter if it's cured well or not." Xiao Qi'ao said indifferently, lifted the curtain of the car window, looked at Xiao Hongyong who was riding a horse outside, "The weather is fine today, do you want to go out for a ride?"

"Okay, okay!" Hu Li nodded, and sat up immediately, "Let's go, let's call Shang Hongyong and the eighth prince together."

"Go and ask His Highness the Eighth Prince if he wants to come out and ride a horse?"

"Yes, young master." Shuzhu got out of the carriage quickly, and ran to the carriage in front to inquire.

Xiao Qi'ao opened the curtain of the carriage, followed the guards walking outside and ordered: "Go and find two horses, I want to ride horses."

"Yes, sir." The guard nodded, clamped the horse's belly, turned the horse's head and went to the back, Xiao Qi'ao took out two sets of close-fitting clothes from the cabinet on the side of the carriage, "Come on, change into clothes before going."

Hu Li nodded, and took the clothes. He and Brother Xiao were both wearing beautiful and luxurious robes with wide sleeves. If they were riding a horse, they would not be as comfortable as tight-fitting clothes.

After changing their clothes, the guard outside also led the horse over, and the two of them jumped directly from the shaft of the carriage onto the horse without getting out of the carriage.

"Let's go, Brother Xiao, let's call the Eighth Prince." Hu Li clamped his horse's belly and ran out first, Xiao Qi'ao shook his head, and followed behind him at a leisurely pace.

Most of the guards who had been accompanying Xiao Qiao's carriage had their eyes lit up. They always thought that Xiao Yuanwailang was a frail scholar, but they didn't expect him to be very skilled.Although he simply jumped on the horse, it can be seen from his relaxed movements that he is also a trainer.

Xiao Qi'ao didn't expect that just such an action of getting on the horse would make the accompanying soldiers have a much better impression of him, and it would be much easier for him to do things in the northwest, and the soldiers would execute his orders quickly.

"Eighth prince, come out and ride a horse." Hu Li ran to Qin Yuyi's carriage, knocked on the wall of the carriage, and laughed loudly.

The Eighth Prince lifted the curtains of the car, looked at Hu Li and smiled, "Brother Hu Li, just wait for me, I will come when I change my clothes."

"Okay." Hu Li nodded, Qin Yuyi put down the curtain of the car, quickly put on his shoes, got out of the carriage and jumped on the horse.

"Let's compete. Whoever gets to the foot of the mountain first will win." Hu Li pointed to the small hill in front of him, and Qin Yuyi nodded, "Okay."

In the past, the two of them mostly met in the palace, and only when Qin Yuyi could leave the palace to learn the art of war with General Weng could they meet outside the palace, and they still had to avoid meeting people.Qin Yuyi was afraid that if he was not careful, he would bring trouble to Xiao Qi'ao and Hu Li, so riding together like this was even more rare.

Xiao Qi'ao watched from behind as the two of them discussed how to run on their own, without asking him at all.

"Brother Xiao, come quickly." Hu Li turned his head, with a happy smile on his face, this time he will definitely win against Brother Xiao and the Eighth Prince.

Xiao Qiao shook his head, pointed to Xiao Hongyong and said: "You and your highness go down, I want to have a few words with Hongyong, be careful when you run, don't get hurt."

Hu Li wrinkled his nose, looked at Xiao Hongyong who was already beside Xiao Qiao and nodded, "Okay, let's go first."

Xiao Qi'ao watched the two of them standing next to him, and after the guard called out, he rode out together and ran out, smiling and shaking his head: "Children have temper!"

"Big brother."

"How is it in the army?" Xiao Qi'ao restrained his smile slightly, but still looked in a good mood, "Grandmother and father, Aunt Liu are all thinking about you."

Xiao Hongyong nodded, "Very good, thanks to the ... book that big brother gave me before."

Xiao Qi'ao glanced at him with a half-smile, but he knew how to talk about scenes.

"I intend to let you go to practice under the account of the Eighth Prince, are you willing?" Xiao Qi'ao looked at Hu Li and Qin Yuyi who had run away. If he wanted to hold power in the future, he had to let Xiao Hongyong follow Qin Yuyi early on. .

Xiao Hongyong remained silent and did not speak. Although the Eighth Prince was no longer the same as before, it was not much better.Even if he learned the art of war with General Weng, no one thought that General Weng would stand by him. After all, the Weng family was a well-known royalist faction. The reason for placing the military power in the Weng family.For the Weng family, no matter who becomes the emperor, it doesn't matter to them, and they will not support the eighth prince.

"Why?"

Xiao Qi'ao didn't look at Xiao Hongyong, but pointed to Hu Li and Qin Yuyi who were running away with only two small figures left, "How about a run?"

"En." Xiao Hongyong nodded, and galloped along with Xiao Qi'ao.

"Even if the eighth prince doesn't become an emperor in the future, he will still be a great general." Xiao Qi'ao said with a smile on his lips, "Now that he is in good health, what do you want to do so much?"

Xiao Hongyong was stunned for a moment, but he did not let go easily.Who knows who will be the emperor in the future, if the prince sitting on the throne of God cannot accommodate the eighth prince, he will have no way out.

Xiao Qi'ao chuckled, which was barely audible during the sprint.

"What if you are under the account of the Eighth Prince, and then under the account of General Weng?"

Xiao Hongyong's eyes lit up immediately, if he could enter General Weng's account, no matter who ascended the throne of God in the future, it would not have much to do with him.

"Is it really possible?" Xiao Hongyong was stunned when he saw Xiao Qi'ao riding his horse galloping. He never knew that his elder brother had practiced a little bit.

"En, let's try." Xiao Qi'ao clamped the horse's belly again, and the horse ran away, leaving only a sentence that was blown in the wind, "There is still time."

To reach the northwest, it will take more than half a month on the road. When they reached Jinhai Mansion in the north, Xiao Qi'ao took Hu Li and separated from the army, leaving two disguised substitutes in the carriage.

From here, they walked eastward for about seven days, and then they arrived at the small county where Li Huai had come.

"The people here are just like the villagers at the bottom of the mountain, they are really tall!" Hu Li said enviously and emotionally as he watched a man in a fur coat pushing a cart.

"Let's go," Xiao Qi'ao led Hu Li, and Li Huai, who had joined them on the road, led the people from Hanshan Pavilion to follow behind them.

"Master, it will take about half a day to reach the valley from here to the east. Would you like to take a rest before leaving?" Li Huai pointed to the east gate of the small county town, from which you can see a mountain range outside the city.

"Let's go now." They didn't come out without any scruples, "How is it there?"

"I have already sent people to deal with the poisonous insects there, and a batch has already been transported away." Li Huai said this, remembering what they saw when they cleaned up the poisonous insects and opened the last door there, the room was full of gold and silver treasures , as if it dazzled people's eyes.

They rode on their horses as soon as they left the county seat, and the speed was much faster.

When they arrived, they happened to see another batch of gold and silver being transported from the grotto, one after another large boxes were sent to the large cart, covered with straw and canvas to cover them.

"After transporting it back, melt all the imprinted ones into gold bars," Xiao Qi'ao took out a coral string from a box, put it in Hu Li's hand for him to play with, and led him to continue into the grotto Walk.

The outside of the grotto is straight up and down, like a funnel. There are eight passages at the bottom. The passages are intricate, and only one can lead to the final treasure.

Li Huai led the way ahead, holding an oil lamp in his hand, "At the beginning, Xia Liu, who was still good at forming formations, took some time to realize that this is a formation. In the mechanism that was set up earlier. In order to prevent accidents from happening, the formation did not move, Xia Liu just figured out how to enter the formation."

"Xia Liu is so powerful!" Hu Liting's eyes sparkled. When his grandfather asked him to learn the formations, he couldn't remember the rules of the formations.

"It's not that Xia Liu is great. Xia Liu said that he was obsessed with the ancient books of various formations in his hand. He had seen this formation before, and the ancient book marked how to solve the formation." Li Huai reminded the road ahead, illuminating the road ahead. "Go this way."

"Oh!" Hu Li nodded, holding Xiao Qi'ao's hand and looked around happily, "Huh?"

"What's the matter?" Xiao Qi'ao followed Hu Li's gaze and saw a small blue grass growing on the side of the passage.

Hu Li leaned over and took a closer look, "Brother Xiao, this is a water spirit grass. The fruit it bears can be eaten directly, and it can increase spiritual power."

"He hasn't produced any fruit yet." Xiao Qiao pulled Hu Li up who was about to lie on the water spirit grass, and Hu Li puffed up, "Brother Xiao, you forgot that grandpa gave you a test and said you are a water spirit Rooted, this thing is just right for you. Moreover, it is about to bear fruit."

Xiao Qi'ao took a closer look, and found that it would take at least ten years for the water spirit grass to bear fruit, that's why the long-lived little fox demon Hu Li felt that the time was short.

"Okay, let's go, and come back when he bears fruit." Xiao Qi'ao led Hu Li and continued to walk forward. Li Huai, who was following them, looked confused. Why did the master and the young master say everything? I understand all the words, but I don't understand them together!

Passing through the intricate passages, Xiao Qi'ao and Hu Li finally saw the place where the previous dynasty's treasure was hidden. It was a huge cave that had been hollowed out. The cave was full of boxes, and some unboxed jewels were scattered on the ground. .

"There are so many!" Hu, who had never seen the world, opened his mouth wide, staring at the gold and silver treasures full of stunned, even if he was a fairy, he would be drooling, how many chickens would he have to buy!

"Remember to leave a corner and don't take it away," Xiao Qi'ao looked around and ordered, "Finally, all traces of our visit here will be erased, and the gold and silver left behind will be useful to me."

"Yes, Master!"