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Qi Xiao left the room of Jialin Gatekeeper Yan Zhaonian to Tang Ling. Although it was not much better, it was the most spacious room, and there was no bloody smell here. The brazier was always burning, and the room was very warm. Boil a pot of water.

"Where's my father's letter?"

Cao Geng handed the letter from Marquis Xun An to Tang Ling upon hearing the sound.

The letter is very ordinary, like an ordinary letter from home. It starts with everything at home is safe, and it babbles about housework. My son travels far away and the family lacks labor, but I will try my best to prepare the land before the Waking of Insects, and plant seedlings before Qingming. It should be in time. After talking about farming, I finally asked if I could go back when I was away from home for a long time...

Tang Ling's thumb lightly brushed the word "Looking forward" at the end, and put the letter away.

Tang Ling read Xun Anhou's letter very clearly, three points in time, three things.

The first thing is to prepare the land for farming during the waking of stings, and Da Zhou will follow the agreement with Chen Guo and Chen Bing and the border of Qi will put pressure on Qi State.

The second thing is to plant seedlings of melons and vegetables before Qingming. If Qi Xiao can cause turmoil in Qi State within one month, so that Qi State has to send troops back to help the north, Marquis Xun An will take the opportunity to send troops to attack until Liujiang Order Mountain.

The third thing is to return home when the awns are planted... Regardless of the outcome of this battle, Tang Ling should go back...

Tang Ling silently collected the family letter, and couldn't help but think of the letter that Huang Zexian handed to him alone when Marquis Xun An came to Yuanjing. Tang Ling didn't dare to read it until he was about to leave Yuanjing. Look, there is actually a blank piece of paper inside, nothing, no special techniques are used to hide the words, it is a blank piece of paper, just like his father's silence to him, like a heavy hammer It slammed into his chest, which was painful.

Father must be very angry...

Tang Ling took a deep breath, now was not the time to think about those things, she turned around and asked Cao Geng, "How many people did father arrange in Xingtian Pass?"

"Master Hui, there are 20 people, all of whom are skilled.

Lord Hou ordered us to protect the young master every step of the way. "

Naturally, Cao Geng said this because Tang Ling wanted to lend Xing Luowei to Qi Xiao.

Why does Prince Chen need their protection and help?Besides, aren't the people from Xuanji Camp also there?They must have arranged manpower in Xingtian Pass.

Maybe the Tiance Camp is still there.

Zhou and Chen have been hostile for a hundred years, why do they care about the life and death of Prince Chen?

Tang Ling glanced at Cao Geng and said, "Now the situation in the Three Kingdoms is changing rapidly. I took the risk to enter Qi with Chen Jun, and I was determined to take down Qi. If I win this battle, Chen and Zhou will divide the world. It was the time of my life and death in great danger.

Since my father asked you to come, he trusts you to do a good job. If you can understand my instructions and do a good job, then stay, otherwise I don't need you. "

Cao Geng was taken aback, and hurriedly knelt down: "Young Master, Cao Geng has no other intentions, we will only obey your orders."

"Tomorrow, Cao Geng, you will follow King Chu to Xingtianguan. If he is useful to you, he will give you instructions. If not, you will follow him closely. If there is a mistake, you don't have to come to see me again."

"Yes, Cao Geng understands."

Tang Ling waved her hand to let the two brothers Cao Geng and Cao Xin go out, and sighed slowly.

Qing Lan handed Tang Ling a cup of tea and a pill: "Master, go to bed early after taking the medicine."

Tang Ling nodded slightly.

It was too cold in Fenglin Mountain. After leaving the valley, Tang Ling's health became worse and worse. His heart disease showed faint signs of recurrence. Qing Lan had to check Tang Ling's pulse every three hours to make sure that he was not forcing himself. The pill was prepared when she was in the valley earlier, and it can relieve Tang Ling's symptoms of poor Qi and blood.

Qi Xiao walked into the house, and said to Qing Lan and Ye Huai: "The room next door has been tidied up, you all go to sleep for a while."

Qing Lan glanced at Tang Ling, saw him nodding, and then went out with Ye Huai.

"You look bad."

Qi Xiao gently caressed Tang Ling's cheek, his palm was icy cold, "Why is it still cold?"

Tang Ling shook her head: "It's okay, I've already left Fenglin Mountain, it will be fine slowly."

"I'll hold you to sleep."

Qi Xiao did what he said, and before he finished speaking, he carried Tang Ling to the bed, wrapped him in the quilt, and slept with Tang Ling in his arms.

When Qi Xiao entered Jialin Pass, he said that no one is allowed to remove his armor, including himself.

Tang Ling leaned on the hard armor, with complicated emotions in her heart, she stretched out her hand from under the quilt for some reason, and touched Qi Xiao's armor. Frost, cold to the touch.

Tang Ling raised her eyes to look at Qi Xiao, the tangle between her brows was difficult to resolve, they finally arrived at the Qi State, it was the battlefield between him and Qi Xiao, Qi Xiao would let everyone in the world see him, the Ninth Prince of Chen State, his name It will become a story passed down through the ages in the historian's pen.

"Don't worry, I won't let you down."

Tang Ling slightly opened her lips but said nothing. He couldn't help but worry, but he knew that Qi Xiao would take Xingtian Pass.

"It's only three days, I'll be fine, you have to take care of yourself.

do you know? "

"……Um……"

***

Two days later, it was New Year's Eve.

Tang Ling looked at Xingtian Pass from afar in the afterglow of dusk, and saw the fiery clouds hovering over the city gate of Xingtian Pass. The city pass in the cold wind seemed extraordinarily lonely.

Xing Tianguan had four city gates, Tang Ling and the army detoured to the west gate and hid in the wilderness.

If it was at any other time of the year, there would be sentries and merchants and passers-by on the official road outside Xingtian Pass, but now it is the end of the year, and the weather is freezing, and people from the villages around Xingtian Pass have entered as early as early winter. People from the surrounding cities will not come to Xingtian Pass during the winter, especially the road from Xingtian Pass to the west mountain is rugged and difficult. It has only snowed in the past two days, so it is impossible to walk at all.

It was so easy for Tang Ling and the others to lie quietly outside the city.

After nightfall, everyone became more and more nervous, and no one spoke. They all seemed to be weeds in the wilderness. They grew here, let the cold wind blow, tough and silent.

Waiting, waiting until a crescent moon slowly climbed up, until the crescent moon fell into the thick clouds, and the night became darker.

Wait until the moon is in the middle of the sky, disappearing and appearing from time to time, and when it is midnight, fireworks will explode in the city.

It was New Year's Eve, and there was a New Year's atmosphere in the remote Xingtian Pass on the border of Qi State.

A moment later, more fireworks bloomed over Xingtian Pass.

Lu Xiulin quietly ordered, attack the city!

There were no battle drums, no battle flags, just two light pats on the shoulders, and everyone's blood boiled with enthusiasm.

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"Fight the fire! Quickly put out the fire!"

"Help! Help!!"

"what happened?!"

"I do not know!"

"It exploded! It exploded! The firecracker exploded!"

"what?!"

"The fireworks shop exploded!"

Cao Geng followed Qi Xiao, listening to him yelling in pure Xingtian dialect, he really seemed to be a native of Qi.

When they first entered Xingtian Pass, Qi Xiao and the people around him used Xingtian dialect to communicate fluently with others. Cao Geng was already shocked at that time, but until now, he can't help being stunned when Qi Xiao opens his mouth Leng.

Qi Xiao didn't have time to pay attention to what Cao Geng was thinking, and led his people along the wall to mix with the crowd, and rushed towards the north gate of the city.

There was a sudden chaos in Xingtian Pass, with flames jumping everywhere, people on the street were in a panic, fleeing and evading, crying and shouting.

Chen He, the guard of Xingtian Gate, stood on the tower and asked loudly, "What's going on?!"

"General Qi, it seems that the firework workshop was drained of water and suddenly exploded."

"Fireworks workshop?! There is only one fireworks workshop in the city! Take a look! Take a look for yourself! Now there are at least a dozen fire points in the city, all of which are blown up by fireworks?!"

"...This, this...General..."

"Damn it! Trash! It's New Year's Eve! Guard the city gate for me! I'll go and see for myself!" Chen He kicked the lieutenant general and shouted loudly, "Come on! A team of ten people, go to the burning point to put out the fire !"

"Boom!" As soon as Chen He finished speaking, there was a loud bang that shook even the towers under his feet.

"What's wrong?!"

"General! General! Not good! It's the artillery depot!!"

"Fuck!" Chen He yelled, "Beat the drum! The whole city is on alert! Beat the drum! Beat!"

At the same time, the West City Gate was quietly opened, and Lu Xiulin and Bai Xiqiao led 6000 people into Xingtian Pass.

Chen He came down from the tower, and led his people to run to the artillery depot. The artillery depot is very close to the north city gate, and it will arrive in a moment.

Chen He looked at the soaring fire in the artillery depot with thick black smoke entrenched in the night sky like a huge dragon. He ran faster and faster, and his heart became more and more panicked. What happened? !Why did it blow up on New Year's Eve? !

Artillery Garage, Fireworks Workshop!How could it all explode?How could so many places in the city be on fire all of a sudden? !

Enemy attack? !

How can it be!Fenglin Mountain is covered by heavy snow, and Jialin Pass is normal. Where did the enemy attack come from? !And even if it was an enemy attack, how could there be a commotion from inside the city? !

In the past few days, nothing happened!

Chen He was in a mess, and when he rushed to the artillery warehouse, he saw many people trotting around him, pouring basins of water into the fire.

But the gunpowder smoke was so thick that people couldn't open their eyes, and people couldn't get close to it. The water was all on the ground, not even the black smoke.

Chen He was furious, he reached out to grab a basin of water and prepared to fight the fire by himself, but when he snatched the basin, the soldier beside him suddenly drew his knife, and in that instant, he saw the face of that person, very young A face, black and dirty from smoke, looking at him with eyes as cold as a knife in his hand...

"Boom!"

Chen He's head fell to the ground.

Qi Xiao picked up Chen He's head and tied it around his waist, the knife in his hand was curled with black smoke of gunpowder, making him look like an evil ghost who came out of hell.

The lieutenant general who followed Chen He was so frightened that his legs went limp when he saw such a scene, and he fell to the ground, sobbing in his throat, unable to utter a cry, and watched Qi Xiao walk up to him, raised his hand, and swung his knife...

"kill!"

Without Qi Xiao's order, the guards around him had already drawn their knives, hacking and killing all the military ranks in front of the artillery storehouse.

The defenders were so numerous that they should have risen up to resist and took down a mere dozen or so people from Qi Xiao, but when they stood in front of Qi Xiao and looked at the head of Chen He on his waist, no one dared to move, not even Still standing still, I don't know if it was that coward, who was so frightened that he couldn't hold the knife tightly and dropped it, and then someone else also dropped the knife. walked out.