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The lieutenant next to Prince Jing is an important member of the Tanghe cavalry, and Huo Jingtang told Zhao Baiyu in his letter.

He ordered the Northwest soldiers in King Jing's hands to need his official defense seal. Huo Jingtang's people had been lurking for many years before gaining trust. Ann Wilder ordered.

Once An Huaide was under control, the Huainan private soldiers did not dare to move, and they would just find time to disintegrate slowly.

Zhao Baiyu's most worrying problem of rebellion was easily disintegrated without a single soldier. It is hard to say that there is no credit for Emperor Yuanshou's planning for many years.

The lieutenant general of the Tanghe Cavalry was able to lurk beside King Jing, and even became a powerful confidant of King Jing all the way from a soldier!

It's the same as An Huaide is Prince Jing's confidant, but lurking beside the East Palace to become his capable general, it's the same.

Needless to say, King Jing and Emperor Yuanshou were blood-related blood enemies.

Only brothers understand each other's temperament best, and only mortal enemies understand each other's thinking best. Double buffs are indeed stacked.

Yan Bing was cooking brown sugar outside the courtyard, and when Zhao Baiyu walked over, he reflexively said: "I have finished memorizing the mean."

Zhao Baiyu: "Have you memorized it backwards?"

Yan Bing flattened his mouth, wanted to cry a little, and was dejected: "I will continue to work hard."

"Looking at the past to learn something new, you have to apply what you have learned." Zhao Baiyu saw his sad and tense face, and gently patted Yan Bing on the shoulder and said: "But ordinary people don't necessarily have to memorize it for several years. To have the effect you have achieved in the past few months, our Yan Bing really has the potential to be a scholar."

Yan Bing tried her best to press the corners of her raised lips: "No, nothing."

Zhao Baiyu handed him a piece of white jade and stuffed it into Yan Bing's hands: "From now on, you can also say that you are a scholar. Scholars take the merit test second, and self-cultivation and morality are the most important. Gentlemen wear jade to shine on their virtues. It is considered as high-quality jade, but it is my best wishes. Although I often say that you want to be an official, I am not forcing you to be an official. In fact, it is enough to be a moral person.”

Yan Bing was moved, his nose was stuffy, he stared at the white jade tightly held in his hand, and suddenly regretted that his attitude towards study and study was not hardworking and hardworking, it was hard for Goro to always think about him.

"sorry."

"Ah? Why did you suddenly apologize?"

"My attitude is not correct, I didn't study hard enough, and I failed your expectations."

Zhao Baiyu couldn't help laughing, and rubbed Yan Bing's head: "You are not diligent enough, tell the students in the school, how do they deal with themselves?"

During this period of time, he was busy with errands, so he didn't have much time to care about Yan Bing, but he also knew that Yan Bing usually had to take care of his three meals a day, and spent the rest of his time studying hard. Hurry up to get up and continue the unfinished homework, otherwise why would he buy jade to reward Yan Bing?

"Don't complain about yourself, ah, in my heart, our Yanbing is more diligent and smart than anyone else—by the way, we are cooking brown sugar? I learned it from the people in the county. Brown sugar is good, if it can be boiled into icing sugar alright."

Zhao Baiyu rolled up his sleeves and couldn't help but want to add more firewood.

Yan Bing, who was still so moved just now, immediately stopped Zhao Baiyu: "Don't—you can ruin the syrup I finally boiled with your skill in frying the kitchen. Sucrose is precious, so don't mess around."

"..." Zhao Baiyu waved his hands resentfully, with his back behind him like a refined literati, glanced at the fire that was stirred up by him and almost burst the stove, and under Yan Bing's random movement, he immediately obeyed, and had to admit that some things require talent . "Can't it be made into frosting?"

During this period, the syrup was basically boiled, and there was no modern technology to distinguish white sugar particles. Even icing, that is, rock sugar and sugar cubes, depends on luck if you want to boil it successfully.

Yan Bing: "What do you think?"

Zhao Baiyu really wanted to make icing sugar, but unfortunately he didn't have any knowledge about it in his previous life, so he has no place to show off his prestige now.Shaking his hands away, Zhao Baiyu could only turn his head out of the inn and meet Adjutant Cui head-on.

Adjutant Cui came back overnight and asked Zhao Baiyu if he wanted some steamed buns while eating them.

Zhao Baiyu declined: "I'd better have porridge."

Adjutant Cui: "Now the unjust case is over, An Huaide has been arrested, and the Xuzhou case has been handed over to Zheng Chuzhi, what else can we do?"

Zhao Baiyu spread his hands: "There is nothing to do." Looking at the sky, he said: "It's time to eat and play, and it's almost time to go back to Beijing to report on my work. I won't have a chance to come here again in the future. Unfortunately, I haven't seen the bustling Yangzhou so far."

Adjutant Cui nodded: "That's fine. I bought too many steamed buns, so I'll ask Xiao Yanbing if he wants some."

Saying goodbye to Adjutant Cui, Zhao Baiyu continued to walk aimlessly. Now it is almost November, and the weather is getting worse. Everyone wears warmer clothes. It was dark, standing quietly in the gray-blue sky.

The buds of the peach tree at the entrance of the inn withered before they bloomed, and it was still difficult to bloom out of season.

Zhao Baiyu stared dazedly at the dead wood, and when he heard the rattling of the horse's hooves behind him, he subconsciously walked in, thinking to get out of the way, but before he realized it, a sudden gust of wind blew a few strands of hair down, and out of the corner of his eye, he caught sight of An arm in black tight-sleeved clothes stretched out, and then his waist tightened. He was forcibly strangled on the horse and galloped past the door of the inn.

Yan Bing chased after him and shouted: "Robbery—no, kidnapping! Someone is kidnapping, help—Goro—" He was in a hurry: "Adjutant Cui, please save Goro!"

Adjutant Cui gnawed the steamed stuffed bun slowly, and said angrily: "It's hopeless, give up, your Wulang's innocence will not be guaranteed, cook a box of red eggs in advance."

Yan Bing turned around with question marks all over his face: "Do you know that villain?"

Adjutant Cui's face was full of seriousness: "He is the villain who repeatedly took Mr. Zhao's innocence."

Yan Bing was stunned for a moment, then he was speechless: "...It's the king of Xiaojun."

Adjutant Cui shrugged: "Let's cook eggs with brown sugar, I heard it nourishes the kidney."

Yan Bing: "Isn't it for replenishing blood?"

"Really? Whatever you want." Adjutant Cui begged, licking his smiling face, "I want to eat, so make me a bowl."

Yan Bing rolled his eyes and turned back to boil his brown sugar.

***

The horse galloped across the small bridge and flowing water, out of the city gate, across the shoal, and the flowing water was gurgling. There was a row of tumbleweeds on the plain in front of it. When I looked closely, I found that it was the dry grass tied up by the people. You can see it a little further ahead. Burning haystacks.

The breeze blew across his cheeks, bringing a bit of coolness. Zhao Baiyu leaned on the broad and warm chest relaxedly behind him, looking at the hand holding the rein in front of him, the wrist was wrapped with Buddhist beads, and the hand hugging his waist was Wearing a familiar handkerchief, and the familiar scent of Zen lingering in the nose, those impetuous, intermittent thoughts scattered in various times will find peace in an instant.

Zhao Baiyu brushed the hair blown to his cheeks behind his ears, but he didn't notice that there was a faint smile in the corners of his mouth and eyes.

He has a gentle temperament, fair skin and soft facial features. His hair and clothes are always meticulously groomed. He always looks clear and clean, making people very comfortable. He can trust and like him with confidence. Subconsciously, he feels that if Give likes, and you will definitely get a pleasant return.

The horse gradually reached the end of the plain and entered a dead wood forest. In the depths of the forest, frost condensation could be seen on the roots and tops of the trees.

Zhao Baiyu asked, "Where are you going?"

Huo Jingtang didn't answer. He rode his horse to the deepest part of the dead wood forest and entered a canyon. It may be surrounded by cliffs on all sides, or there may be warm springs underground. In the depths of the canyon, there are still green grass and wild flowers everywhere. gurgling.

Passing through a long canyon, the eyes suddenly open up, there is a strange hole in the sky, a waterfall flies down from the waist of the steep mountain wall, splashing silver-white water flowers, and there is a deep pool about ten meters away from the waterfall, the water surface is calm It is so clear that groups of small fish can be seen clinging to the pool wall.

20 meters away from the deep pool is a small wooden house.

It looks a bit old, but the door is clean and free of dust. There is a simple stove made of stones in front of the door. It should be a residence built by hunters in the forest. You can live here directly when you hunt in winter and the mountains are blocked by heavy snow. I just don’t know who the owner is. Who, how did Huo Jingtang know that there is something wrong here?

"How do you know this..."

As soon as Zhao Baiyu opened his mouth to ask, Huo Jingtang strangled his waist and hugged him off the horse. He supported his back with one hand and put his other hand through the crook of his legs. He picked him up like a child, and walked towards the wooden house with big strides, as if he was in a hurry. , couldn't even wait to open the door properly, kicked open the wooden door and went straight to the bed.

There is a skylight in the room, which is quite bright. There is a charcoal stove in the middle, and there are several pieces of coal behind the door. On the right side of the door is a pile of hunting equipment, and on the left side is a bed with a clean and new quilt. .

Before Zhao Baiyu had time to observe more, he felt that the world was spinning in front of him, and when he recovered, he was laid down on the soft quilt.Looking up, Huo Jingtang leaned down and searched Zhao Baiyu's lips familiarly, absorbing the breath that made him miss countless days and nights.

His hands were not honest, and he provoked everywhere, grabbed Zhao Baiyu's hand that had no place to put it on the button of his belt and said, "I will help you, and Xiao Lang will help me too."

Zhao Baiyu's ears, neck and collarbone were easily stained with large patches of red, as if he had applied rouge. He also became agitated, not much more reserved than Huo Jingtang.

Anyway, the gods would not dare to peek at this kind of thing.

With a bang, the silver belt fell to the ground, the long gown slipped off, and the shoes were kicked away. The skylight above the head was open, and one could see the gray-blue sky without a single white cloud. Forest.The silence of the four fields creates a sense of excitement on the human senses.

The sound of the waterfall is like thunder, but the sound of the water is light and muffled in the ears. The warm sweat wets the long black hair, and the hairband is knocked off. A few strands of hair hang down and stick to the cheeks, exhaling warm breath , Eyelids drooping, arms a little weak, Zhao Baiyu lay on the edge of the bed, glanced at the sky outside, it was a bit late.

"What time?"

Huo Jingtang's arms were dripping with sweat, and his slender fingers helped Zhao Baiyu brush the hair sticking to his cheeks behind his ears, and said lazily, "It should be time."

Zhao Baiyu was startled, it must have taken more than two hours?

"Promoting prostitution during the day, not doing business." Zhao Baiyu fiddled with the Buddhist beads hanging down in front of his back cloud, and put his shoulder on Huo Jingtang's chest and said, "It's sticky and uncomfortable."

Huo Jingtang: "Take a bath?"

Zhao Baiyu was listless, "Cold."

Huo Jingtang bit Zhao Baiyu's ear and said, "The water is warm." Then he hugged him, "Let's go, go soak in the hot spring."

Zhao Baiyu put his arms around Huo Jingtang's neck, and caught a glimpse of the fresh scratches on his back, and the tooth marks on his shoulders that were seeping with blood and froth, so he wiped them off with his index finger.

"hiss."

"Does it hurt?" Zhao Baiyu poked, "Why didn't you think about slowing down when you were on the rampage?"

"Hurry up." Huo Jingtang acknowledged his mistake but did not correct it, and took pride in it: "I'm impatient, it's like a house is on fire, next time I promise to bring the ointment with me."

Put Zhao Baiyu into the pool to soak in warm water, Huo Jingtang followed and dived down, leaning against the pool wall, let Zhao Baiyu lie on him.

Zhao Baiyu: "How do you know this place?"

Huo Jingtang: "When you come here, ask the local people." After a pause, he added: "There are too many people in the inn, so it's troublesome."

Zhao Baiyu patted Huo Jingtang's shoulder, heard his muffled grunt, looked over in surprise, and found that there was a hideous wound there, which seemed to have not been treated and bandaged, and it was still cracked after the intense action, and became more severe. Seriously.

"How did you get hurt?"

Huo Jingtang stared straight at Zhao Baiyu's face: "It's all right."

Zhao Baiyu didn't dare to touch Huo Jingtang's wound, and couldn't move his eyes: "How could it be all right? The wound is still fresh, was it stabbed by your father? Don't tell me you didn't fight back, just let him hit you."

Huo Jingtang swallowed, the color of his pupils gradually darkened, he clasped the string of Buddhist beads in his palm, trying to calm down his excitement.

Zhao Baiyu didn't notice anything: "Have you brought any medicine?"

"In clothes."

Clothes are in the log house.

"Don't soak in the water, let's talk when we go back." Zhao Baiyu felt pain just looking at the hideous wound, his face wrinkled unconsciously, and his eyebrows were also furrowed, as if he wanted to cry. "You really are, what can be bigger than the body?"

"you."

"Stop talking nonsense, luckily you're not in a place with dense blood vessels, otherwise you'll die on the bed after such a toss, even if you ask a doctor, I'm afraid they won't be able to clear up the rumor that you're going to die soon."

While talking, Zhao Baiyu raised his legs and wanted to climb ashore, but when he bumped into something unbelievable, he quickly raised his head and rolled his eyes at Huo Jingtang: "Be serious!"

"I promise, I swear, Xiao Lang will spare me this time."

Huo Jingtang's palms were big and his fingers were long. He easily grabbed Zhao Baiyu's neck, but imprisoned him beside the black stone wall of the pool. Focus on the ball.

Huo Jingtang's index finger almost touched Zhao Baiyu's eyeballs, the latter subconsciously closed his eyes, and his finger traced the eyelashes to trace his eyebrows.

Zhao Baiyu, who closed his eyes, did not see the intense excitement in Huo Jingtang's eyes. Zhao Baiyu didn't know how irritating he was crying, his eyes were a little red, his brows were slightly frowned, and his nose and cheeks were stained a little. Concubine color, with a forced expression on her face, she is resolute yet fragile, looking like she wants to cry or not, she is as clean as hell, but also so cute as hell.

Huo Jingtang has to hold on to the Buddhist beads tightly so that he can resist the urge to bully Zhao Baiyu to the point of collapse. He has to be more gentle. After all, he is newly married and his relationship foundation is shallow. Mr. Xiao Lang is still too thin-skinned. up.

The water from the waterfall splashed on the black stones, splashing out splashes, reflecting the swaying water surface. Some fish that came swimming were frightened and ran away with their tails, but the water surface was still shaking.

***

Zhao Baiyu strung on the Buddhist beads that were too violent and broke just now, frowned, wearing Huo Jingtang's robe that was one size bigger, sitting barefoot on the porch, watching Huo Jingtang grilling fish, it was a bit unacceptable : "Is the fish caught from the pool?"

Huo Jingtang was spreading the wild fruit he picked on the grilled fish, when he heard this, he glanced at Zhao Baiyu: "Xiao Lang still dislikes his own things?"

Zhao Baiyu: "I despise you."

Huo Jingtang had a deep meaning: "Xiao Lang likes to eat directly."

Zhao Baiyu: "...We haven't seen each other for three months, why did the little county king become a hooligan?"

Huo Jingtang handed him the grilled fish, took the Buddhist beads in his hand, turned over and jumped onto the low fence and sat down, stepping on the fence with one foot and tapping the other foot on the ground, wearing a loose middle Wearing a pair of half-dry trousers, she is not afraid of the cold at all.

With loose hair, matching his wild and unrestrained sitting posture, it can be described as a Wei Jin madman to put it mildly, but it is slovenly to put it bluntly.

While stringing the beads honestly, Huo Jingtang raised his foot and lightly kicked Zhao Baiyu's lower back: "In the northwest, I'm famous for being gentle."

Zhao Baiyu shrank back: "Are you gentle? I think you are very coquettish."

"What does Xiao Lang like?"

"Love the way you shut up."

"—"

After taking a bite of the grilled fish, he found that it tasted good. Zhao Baiyu was quite surprised: "Your skills are good." He didn't hear a reply for a long time, so he turned around and asked, "Why don't you talk?"

Huo Jingtang finished stringing the beads, and played with the one on his wrist, glanced at Zhao Baiyu, and made a silent movement.

"...now I like the way you are quiet."

Huo Jingtang said: "Skills necessary for marching."

"Cooking or grilling fish?"

"Guess what little soldier I joined the army from?"

Zhao Baiyu hesitated: "Could it be the gang leader?" Seeing Huo Jingtang smiled, he got up in surprise, and sat on the fence, gnawing on the grilled fish while being surprised: "Really? No, you are a dignified little county king , or in your grandfather's army, why don't you even have any special treatment? Is it too unpopular? Well, with your previous petty temper, you must be a thorn in the army, and you should focus on the person you care for."

Huo Jingtang smiled and looked at Zhao Baiyu who had bright eyebrows and eyes, and suddenly found that this kind of Zhao Baiyu was much more pitiful and cute than the little one who wanted to cry.

Ah, I discovered a different side of Mr. Xiaolang again.

"Have you ever been spanked?"

"Have."

"Really!" Zhao Baiyu didn't realize that he disliked the fish tail with many fish bones, so he held it in his hand and stopped eating. "Tell me, what's going on?"

Huo Jingtang naturally took the fish in his hand and dealt with the rest: "In the middle of the night, I was hungry and slipped out of the barracks, and ran outside to catch wolves to eat."

Zhao Baiyu was in high spirits: "Catch the wolf!"

Huo Jingtang originally said that casually, what happened in the past was really a bit silly, but he was surprised to see the admiration in Zhao Baiyu's eyes when he looked over. How can you get revered without worshiping a wild wolf?

——Joke, if there is such a good opportunity, Huo Jingtang will naturally not miss it!

He used the simplest words to describe the most thrilling scenes, from encountering and catching wolves, becoming friends with the wolf king, to being found leaving the barracks without permission and being beaten fifty sticks, and then dispatching the gang leader to take charge of the food for the entire barracks.

Zhao Baiyu sat next to Huo Jingtang unconsciously, clutching Huo Jingtang's arm nervously from time to time, and finally heaved a sigh of relief: "Interesting."

It's like the legend of a young knight in folk tales.

Avoiding Huo Jingtang's medicated wound, Zhao Baiyu pinched Huo Jingtang's arm, it was stiff and full of strength at first glance, it was indeed a physique capable of subduing a wolf king.

I don't know what Huo Jingtang looked like when he was a teenager, was he as rebellious as a wolf, looking at people with fierce and defensive eyes?

Zhao Baiyu uttered his doubts and guesses, and Huo Jingtang immediately changed the subject without a trace: "Are you still hungry?"

"good."

"I also learned other crafts when I was in the head army. Later, I will go to the mountains to catch a hare and cook something delicious at night..."

"Aren't you going back to the city at night?"

"Sleep here."

"also."

As the topic was happily brought to light, Huo Jingtang heaved a sigh of relief.

Zhao Baiyu looked at the valley with a smile, and wanted to turn around and ask Uncle Hai or Adjutant Cui. Anyway, Huo Jingtang made it clear that he didn't want to talk about it, and if he said it, it would be 100% watery, so it's better to ask someone else.

***

As the sun was setting, Yan Bing cooked the brown sugar eggs but Wulang and Xiaojun Wang did not come back together, so he and Adjutant Cui squatted at the door drinking brown sugar eggs, chatting with each other.

"...Speaking of which, why is the Little County King the Little County King? He is not young anymore."

"The general defeated the Turks at the age of 15, and the class teacher returned to the court. During the banquet, His Majesty joked that the general should directly attack the nobility. According to the law, the son of the nobility has to be reduced by one level. The general's father is a prince, and if one level is reduced, he will be the county king. You know that there is no joke Well, although there was no decree, everyone in the court knew about it, and King Kang jokingly called him Little County King. His Majesty didn't object, so he slowly shouted it away, and it couldn't be changed. And..."

"And what?"

Adjutant Cui looked back and forth, looked up at the roof and the wall, and lowered his voice to make sure there was no one there, and said, "You don't know what a 15-year-old little county king looks like."

"Of course I don't know, please don't be secretive, tell me quickly." Yan Bing was in a hurry.

"Looks like a fairy."

"what?"

Adjutant Cui nodded seriously: "It's very similar to my aunt."

"Your aunt?"

"The general's mother is my aunt. It is said that she was the most beautiful woman in the capital and the only female general in the Northwest. She is also the most beautiful woman in the Northwest. The general is still young in her teens, and she has not lost her stature. She was raised in the palace. , that dog's temper is really hated by people and ghosts. When I first arrived in the Northwest, it was a disaster for everyone. Do you know what it looks like when you look at your nostrils?"

Adjutant Cui also made an expression of looking at people with his nostrils, which is very funny.

"Although the dog's temper makes people want to beat him, but in the military camp, a young man who pays special attention to cleanliness, fair skin, and smells like sandalwood suddenly appeared in the barracks. , there are really people who are used to the general's bad temper, and there are quite a few men and women."

"Are there any women in the barracks?"

"They are women from the nearby counties, and they have the characteristics of the Northwest—female rural soldiers. They are amazing, not inferior to the men in the Northwest, and they are also the dream lovers of the men in the Northwest. It's a pity that no one likes the men in the Northwest," Adjutant Cui said sadly. Said: "They actually like the general's one!"

Yan Bing was both curious and vigilant: "The king of the small county is so popular in the Northwest, why don't he have many confidante?"

"Who can stand the general's dog temper?" Adjutant Cui broke the news secretly to him again: "Actually, when the general was young, there were wolfish men and women who recommended themselves as pillows. Get out. The general is a born difficult general, and also a martial arts genius. Except for my grandfather and uncle, he has been invincible all over the Northwest at the age of 13. Tsk tsk, you didn’t see him attack, he is black and ruthless, so shady..."

"Probably because of this, the general hated that thing so much. Later, when he grew up, he would not be mistaken for a woman. His face became more and more stinky, and his eyes became more and more sharp. Basically, no one dared to get close to him."

"Hey, don't tell Mr. Zhao. Our general is mature and stable now, and his temper is gentle and kind."

When he said this, Adjutant Cui's conscience ached.

Yanbing buried her head in eating the poached egg: "Mmm, I won't say anything."

***

Zheng Chuzhi was overjoyed when Emperor Yuanshou's letter was issued to Yangzhou Prefecture. He hurriedly asked Yangzhou Prefecture to send troops to protect the criminals and bring Sima Jiao and An Huaide back to Kyoto.

As important witnesses, Sun Negative Yi and Huang Qingshang also had to be brought back to the capital together, but Zheng Chuzhi was a little worried that Zhao Baiyu would stop him.

After thinking about it, His Majesty appointed him to be the presiding judge of the case, and Zhao Baiyu dared to stop him to resist the order.

Zheng Chuzhi patted his head: "Look, I'm so happy and confused." He hurriedly asked someone to tell him: "Go and tell Jiangyang County, I'm going to leave Sun Yingyi and Huang's orphan girl."

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The author has something to say:

"Doing this kind of thing, the gods dare not peek."

... I know what you want to say, dare you, you are all lying down inside and outside the house.

This chapter writes about Buddha incense, so I would like to recommend a kind of incense by the way, the fragrance of goose pear tent, so sweet.

I have bought all kinds of incense, such as old sandalwood, Indian old sandalwood, ambergris, etc., are not as good as the incense in the goose pear tent, but this is my personal favorite. I like this sweet smell. Other incenses are more vigorous .

The incense in the goose pear tent I bought before is used up, and now I am using Xuezhongchunxin. It smells quite overbearing, but it is a bit choking, and it can last for a long time