Qi Huang

They walked this way for nearly four months.

Before leaving, it was late autumn, and after entering the border of Yongzhou, there was already a hint of winter in the air.Li Jingyang, the state capital of Yongzhou, had sent someone to supervise the excavation of the canal as early as when he received the Queen Mother's order.

Most of the people in the Ministry of Industry have never traveled far, especially the Minister of the Ministry of Industry, who has been working hard for a long time.In order to accommodate him, Xie Xuan and the others deliberately slowed down the pace of their journey. When they arrived in Yongzhou, a bit biting wind blew up.

It is located in Changdu County, the largest county in Yongzhou. When you are on the street, you can feel that it is not the same as the prosperity of Bianliang City.Logically speaking, these distinguished guests from the capital should be personally received by Li Jingyang, the local state capital, and they should live in the government office of the state capital according to the law.

But seeing that they had arrived in Yongzhou for several days, and lived in the post house for several days, they didn't even see Li Jingyang.

Xie Xuan was not in a hurry, but the minister of the Ministry of Industry who came to supervise the work was quite angry.He was quite old, but he wanted to blow his beard and stare, saying that he wanted to go to Li Jingyang to ask for an explanation, but Qin Ting almost held him down.

"Master Yu calm down, what if this Lord Lizhou Mansion encounters any difficulties?"

"What's the problem?" Yu Qian said unhappily, "A mere state capital doesn't even pay attention to the imperial decree, and there is no law in the eyes!"

In fact, to get to the bottom of it, Li Jingyang's surname is Li.

Li Jin returned to his hometown not long ago. Although his whereabouts are unknown now, he is not sure where Zhengmao is, secretly manipulating Li Jingyang to do things.Yu Qian didn't understand the truth, but even if they sent someone to report to the saint immediately, the journey back and forth would take more than half a month.

At that time, if Li Jingyang stepped out to receive them, wouldn't he give them another reason for the Li family to beat him up?

"What's the problem?" Xie Xuan put an orange petal into his mouth, "Maybe it's because he's too sick to get out of bed?"

In short, this Li Jingyang, Mr. Li, is about to stop their group of "distinguished guests" who have come from afar from his state capital, and to kill their vigor.

"Then what should we do?" Yu Qian said, "We can wait, but we can't wait for the project. The imperial decree arrived a few months ago. If we delay the important event because of this kind of thing, the queen mother will punish me!"

The oranges at the end of autumn were still a bit astringent, Xie Xuan frowned and swallowed them, then took the hot tea from Tan Xia, took a sip: "No problem."

Yu Qian turned around and asked, "Your Highness, what solution have you thought of?"

Yu Qian felt at ease.

Now that he is old, he can be regarded as half a royalist in the court.I have also heard about the deeds of this little Highness, and I have repeatedly praised his actions with my colleagues.

Judging from the Empress Dowager allowing him to be the master in charge of digging the canal, this little Highness should not be underestimated.

He was expecting, hoping that Xie Xuan would come up with some good solution, but he saw the little Highness slowly put down the teacup, turned to Qin Ting who was beside him and said, "Didn't you say you want to take me to ride a horse? Go today?"

Yu Qian: "..."

Qin Ting said that he would take Xie Xuan to ride a horse.

He has dealt with Liema for more than ten years. When he was in Penglai, there were riding and shooting competitions, and Qin Ting came out on top every time.

During this boring trip to Yongzhou, Qin Ting felt that the carriage was running too slowly and Yu Qian's body was in the way, so he tried to steal Xie Xuan and ride with him to Yongzhou.

Although Xie Xuan firmly refused.

Now that Yongzhou is full of sights and the autumn wind is bleak, where can I ride this poor horse?

But what the little highness wants, even if he has to go through all kinds of difficulties and dangers, even if he wants the moon in the sky, others have to pick it for him.

However, it has to be said that Qin Ting's riding and shooting skills are probably invincible in the entire Zhou Dynasty.

The skill of riding and shooting depends not only on riding, but also on the ability to bend the bow and shoot the moon.Xie Xuan has never ridden a horse in this or previous life, at most he can pull the reins to drive a carriage, but when he is suddenly pulled onto the bumpy horse's back, and seeing the horrific height between himself and the ground, he is frightened for a while.

Before she even realized it, Xie Xuan hid behind Qin Ting and tightly held onto Qin Ting's robe.

The wind howled, Qin Ting's not-so-broad back moved from front to back, blocking all the chill.

Amidst the sound of the wind, Xie Xuan was blown so hard that she couldn't keep her eyes open.

But maybe he was infected by Qin Ting's sassy demeanor, he opened his eyes with difficulty, and saw Qin Ting's delicate side face, and those eyes that were always smiling.

Xie Xuan thought that Qin Ting should really like this feeling of indulgence and freedom between heaven and earth.

After a long time, the horse under the seat slowed down, Qin Ting took the rope and let the horse slow down.

The red hair band wrapped around Qin Ting's hair crown was a little loose, fluttering towards Xie Xuan's face one after another with the direction of the wind.Xie Xuan sat at the back, not knowing whether it was blown by the wind or the hairband, she sneezed loudly.

Qin Ting couldn't help laughing, and the dripping tears on his face disappeared, revealing his usual relaxed expression.

He turned sideways slightly, wrapping one hand around Xie Xuan's waist.

"What are you doing?" Xie Xuan looked up at him.

Qin Ting didn't answer, just said: "Don't move around."

The next moment, Xie Xuan felt that his lower body was soaring into the air, and the feeling of having nothing to rely on made him feel a thump in his heart. His hands were scrambling, and he tightly held Qin Ting's arm.

However, in a short while, Xie Xuan saw another flower in front of his eyes, and with the faint ambergris fragrance wafting from Qin Ting's body, he had already changed positions steadily.

Qin Ting asked him to sit in front of him, and when he held the rein with both hands, it seemed as if Xie Xuan was wrapped in his arms.

"There is a way that Zhong Wuyan has something to do, and Xia Yingchun has nothing to do. Your Highness, in your eyes, I am so worthless?"

Xie Xuan blinked, and gently pinched the horse's mane to stabilize her figure: "I don't know what you're talking about."

"On the way from Bianliang to Yongzhou, you have been absent-minded." Qin Ting looked ahead and said indifferently, "Is it because you don't want to go to Yongzhou, or is there someone in Yongzhou that you know well but don't want to meet?"

Xie Xuan: "No."

"Don't pretend to be stupid." Qin Ting said expressionlessly, "This horse is not sitting for nothing."

Qin Ting is worthy of running an intelligence network, which is more sensitive than spies.Xie Xuan thought about it, but couldn't find a good reason to prevaricate, so she pulled her face like a fool: "Then I'll get off the horse."

As he said that, he was about to jump straight off the horse.

At such a high height, just jumping down without hesitation, Qin Ting was so frightened that he tightened the reins immediately, and grabbed Xie Xuan back to his chest.

A gust of wind that came from nowhere instantly filled Qin Ting's sleeve robe, and beat Xie Xuan's body cracklingly.

"Okay, I'm afraid of you." Qin Ting sighed, "I won't ask any more."

But at this time, Xie Xuan started to push forward: "If you really want to know, why not make a deal? Isn't your Qin family used to making deals?"

"What does Your Highness want? Let me hear it?"

Xie Xuan squinted and smiled: "Didn't I tell you before?"

Before?

At first, Qin Ting didn't react.

But when he looked down and saw the slightly sly look on Xie Xuan's face, his thoughts couldn't help drifting to that night in Tianjiexue.

Wine does not intoxicate people, but people get drunk first.In the few glasses of wine in that two-phase contest and mutual wariness, every drop is the comfort of the rest of life.

Qin Ting shook his head, and finally smiled helplessly: "Why is Your Highness so interested in my sincerity? Then Xiao Ling and Li Zheng are not enough for you? Your Highness, you must know that since it is a transaction, you always have to Pay a price... What if, this price is something you can't afford?"

Xie Xuan: "Huh? There are things I can't afford?"

One of the two looked up, the other bowed his head, and they looked at each other speechlessly.

They seemed to be drunk again, obviously none of them had been contaminated with the happiest wine in the world.

There was silence all around, and looking around, even the last bit of autumn was covered by frost.

Suddenly, I saw a gray-black figure galloping across the withered grass in the distance.Qin Ting looked up, and a smile finally appeared in those deep black eyes: "Your Highness, do you like to eat rabbit meat?"

Before Xie Xuan could respond, Qin Ting flipped his wrist, and with the shaking of his cuffs, a delicate crossbow that was only as long as his forearm appeared in his hand.

The crossbow was made so small that it could just fit into Qin Ting's sleeve.Perhaps it was the sense of crisis that he had cultivated from practicing martial arts since he was a child. Even if there were guards watching from the dark, Qin Ting did not let go of his vigilance.

It's just that the crossbow used for self-defense is now used by Qin Ting as a tool for shooting hares.

The hare was not far away from the two of them, this equal distance was a natural barrier for someone like Xie Xuan who was not good at martial arts at all.

But not for Qin Ting.

He raised his arms and turned his head sideways, pointing the bow and crossbow straight ahead, without needing to aim again, the bow and arrow in the crossbow flew out with a "swish".

"Ah-"

On target.

The hare hiding in the withered grass jumped up and down twice, and finally lost its strength, and fell out of it crookedly.

The hare was still moving at first, trying to struggle to get up and continue to escape, but in the end it was no match for the arrow pierced in its heart, and after kicking its hind legs twice, it was silent again.

During the silence, no one made a sound.

After a while, Qin Ting said: "Look, if you expose your weaknesses to others, you will definitely die without a place to bury you."

After finishing speaking, he turned his eyes to Xie Xuan as if there was nothing there: "Could it be that His Highness will show his weaknesses at will?"

"Me?" Xie Xuan squinted at the dead hare, and smiled slightly, "I'm not a hare."

"Then Your Highness, stop trying to ask me for my sincerity." Qin Tingdao said, "Not everyone is like you."

Xie Xuan was silent for a while, then nodded slightly: "You are right."

This time, he really wanted to get off the horse.

The guard in the dark stepped forward with some insight, and using his own body as a step, he supported Xie Xuan to stand firmly on the ground.

Qin Ting watched him go away with the guards, endured it, and asked, "Where is your Highness going?"

Xie Xuan didn't turn her head back: "Go and see my weakness."

At the beginning of the second month of staying in the post station, Yu Qian couldn't bear it anymore, and wanted to knock on the state government office no matter what.

Fortunately, this time Xie Xuan is no longer doing nothing.As the prince, he represents the empress dowager behind him. No matter how unruly Li Jingyang is, he will not lose face to the emperor.

Except for Qin Ting, most people followed Xie Xuan to the government office.After they passed through the gate and were led into the main hall with the stewards of the mansion, they got the news that Li Jingyang was ill in bed and could not greet them in person.

After hearing this, Yu Qian couldn't help laughing angrily: "Your Highness really hit the mark."

The steward of the government office bowed his head and apologized: "I'm really sorry, Your Highness, my master has always been in good health, but suddenly fell ill for some reason."

After finishing speaking, he cautiously raised his head to look at Xie Xuan, and found that the person's eyes did not fall on him at all.

"...Your Highness?"

"Oh." Xie Xuan came back to his senses, "Your lord really can't come out to meet him?"

"Yes." The steward sighed, "If your highness doesn't mind, I will arrange accommodation for you first, and when Master Li is in better health, I will definitely come to make amends."

There was nothing abnormal in the house, it seems that Li Jingyang really closed the door to thank guests, and no one was seen.

Then the person he wanted to see was gone.

Xie Xuan withdrew his gaze, and looked at the steward indifferently: "No need, remember to send me a message to him."

"Your Highness, please speak."

Xie Xuan smiled lightly and said, "If Li Jingyang doesn't come out to meet us today, don't regret it in the future."

After all, without caring whether the manager's face was blue or white, he turned and left.

It's just that in the next moment, in front of the gate of the government office, a group of people walked in at some point and waited.The person in the lead is graceful, noble but not cold, his body is as tall as a pine and cypress, and his steps are still determined.

"It seems that the king of Japan came at the wrong time?"

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