Between the vast sea of ​​clouds

I had a strange dream all night, and I didn't know what I was talking about.Qingping hugged the quilt and sat on the bed in a daze, the sky was dimly bright, and the snow outside did not know if it had stopped.She rubbed her sore eyes, got up and washed her clothes.

She couldn't remember what happened yesterday very clearly. She vaguely felt that there seemed to be something wrong with that glass of wine, but luckily it only touched her lips, otherwise she might really have to stay overnight.

After the preparations were completed, Chang casually knocked on the door and said, "My lord, are you going back today?"

Qing Ping yawned and said: "It's nothing, of course I have to go back as soon as possible. Your Excellency still has official business to do, there are so many things to do, just go back early."

Just as he was talking, a young female soldier in silver soft armor came up from downstairs, with her arms folded, and she liked to look around when looking at things, as if she was very interested in everything.Qingping said to her: "General Ming, thank you for escorting me all the way."

Ming Yuyan shook his cloak, waved his hands proudly, coughed twice and said, "You're welcome, Mr. Li."

A group of people went downstairs to eat, there were not many merchants in this station, they sat in a corner, and Ming Yuyan asked: "Master Li is going back now?"

Qing Ping smiled and said: "Yes, we are leaving for the county today."

She and Ming Yuyan were far from being acquainted, but only a few times of friendship, and the escort along the way was just an arrangement from above.Everyone was always polite. After all, the civil and military officials disagreed, and they couldn't say anything, so they had to eat in suspense.

Anping County is far away, and the east is almost full of battle lines. Qingping sent some things to the barracks in the early days and met several generals. In addition, Sun Congshan has been in business for many years, so the relationship is not bad.Especially in the past two years, the new law has been implemented, one of which is that during the war-free period, the soldiers of the Yunce Army will be used to reclaim land, plant trees and grass, and all will be subsidized by silver.This move was quite appreciated by Zhou Shuai, and it was not easy to say that it would benefit the army.Not to mention that when the mutual market opens at that time, countless money will come in, and the Yunce army will send people to participate, and the benefits will be seen by everyone.

So Ming Yuyan also had some affection for this young adult, but she didn't know where to start. There were too many famous civil servants, and she had to turn around in her stomach for a few times before she understood what she said. At first, she was cautious , for fear of offending this God of Wealth figure and being hated by her.At first, he said the same sentence several times tremblingly, but later he realized that this person really didn't have any twists and turns, and he did what he said, so he calmed down.

——But it's not like this, Ming Yuyan watched her movements when she held up the chopsticks, every move was very elegant, and couldn't help being a little lost in thought.

When passing through Dahe County, it was a snowy night with bright moonlight, and there was silvery snow everywhere, piling up on both sides of the official road like newly released silver.

Xue Ye was the most unsuitable for an ambush, Ming Yuyan didn't take it seriously, he just led his men to follow from a distance.She was born in a dark camp, and she is quite proficient in ambush and stealth, so she feels that she is overqualified.But the young civil servant wrapped tightly on the horse's back suddenly said: "General Ming, I'm afraid there may be a problem ahead."

Minghua subconsciously thought it was absurd, and then felt very ridiculous. There was nothing in this snowy night, not even a bird, so there would be no one there.The cold armor kept the disdain on her face from showing. When she was looking at each other under her hand, she took a step forward. Before she could say anything, the man flicked the whip, and the horse neighed in pain, which was unusual in the quiet night. unexpected.Ming Yuyan scolded Mother Gu in his heart, he fell down, gestured to the person behind him, and walked nimbly along the edge of the snow.She slowly drew out the scimitar at her waist, hating the commander above to death for giving herself such a mess.

The horse's hooves stepped across the snow, splashing a cloud of fluffy snow, and there was a soft sound in the snowdrift.Ming Yuyan's eyes and ears were sharper than ordinary people's, and his complexion suddenly changed. A group of people suddenly appeared at the intersection of the road ten feet away, covering their bodies with white cloth, no wonder they couldn't see anything.

The leader of the group smiled strangely and said something, but Ming Yuyan didn't hear clearly, she didn't stop on her feet, she licked a little snow like a roe deer, and crouched on the dirt behind her, she looked down and saw Pupils shrank slightly, and finally understood why the civil servant said there was a problem ahead.This was originally a soil bag on both sides of the official road, but the other side was emptied, and someone hid in it, and then covered it with snow, it was an excellent hiding place.It's just that the soil bag has been flattened, and a tree in front has also been cut down, and a fresh tree stump still bears the marks of an axe.May I ask which farmer will come to cut wood in the middle of the night, isn't this a big flaw?

Her face was red and hot, and she was so ashamed that she almost got into the snow cave.But he heard the sound of unsheathing, the gleaming long sword resting on the civil servant's neck, Ming Yuyan's eyes darkened, wishing he could go instead of her.

The man's voice was calm, and he said calmly, "...is that the only way? I heard that people who have nowhere to go will kill people and take money. What you want is nothing more than blueprints and letterheads. Kill me!" What are you doing, how do you explain when you go back?" He put his hand on the edge of the sword, pushed it lightly, with a faint smile, "Think carefully before speaking, is it interesting to fight and kill?"

Ming Yuyan gasped, feeling that this person really didn't know how to live or die.The group of people in Xueli looked at each other suspiciously, and then a person came out and said: "Your Excellency is a smart person, and wise people don't say dark words. You hand over your things, and then you go back and forth from where you came from. We don't have to take your adult." fatal."

"Yes, life is more important. I have always been greedy for life and afraid of death, so I will give this to you."

The civil servant smiled, got off his horse and took off his cloak.The sapphire blue official uniform showed her identity, and Ming Yuyan looked curiously at the ribbon on her lower waist, gently swaying in the windless night... No!She took a closer look, and saw that the man put his hands behind his back and made a movement to come over.

The civil servant took out a bag of things from the horse's back, and said hesitantly, "If I give you something, will you really let me go?"

"Of course! Our boss always keeps his word!"

"very good."

Ming Yuyan had already set up an ambush with someone, and just as he was about to tell her what to do, the civil servant suddenly asked, "Who are you, Qi Zou?"

The woman who just answered said quickly: "Lord Qi is our boss' sworn sister—"

As soon as the words fell, the woman in the lead wanted to slash her with a knife angrily, but countless snow foam suddenly sprinkled from all directions, covering their sight. fell down in the snow.

Immediately afterwards, there was the sound of a blunt instrument piercing into flesh, a red trace in the snow that was blowing up all over the sky was soaked in the white snow, and more blood was sprayed on the ground, messing up the originally quiet night moon and snow scene.

There was a dead silence, Ming Yuyan grabbed a handful of snow and wiped the knife after finishing the group of people, and skillfully commanded his men to tie up the mouths of the living people, bundle them into a ball and throw them in the snowdrift.Only then did she see the civil servant who disappeared at some point during the battle, standing quietly on a blank field leading his horse, his hair was covered with snow, Ming Yuyan put away the knife, and walked over embarrassedly, looking at The moment he saw her face, he froze.

The silvery moonlight shone on that person's clean side face, her expression was exceptionally indifferent, and there was a very complicated emotion in her eyes, the light from the snow reflected in her eyes, it was as bright as nothingness, it was so clear at that moment I don't know what kind of heart, but I actually developed a feeling of sympathy with her. It seems that the soul has just returned to the cold body after life and death. This kind of completely strange and familiar feeling forces people to communicate with the former again and again. Split yourself, and reassemble a new self after being disrupted.

Ming Yuyan glanced at the bloodstains on the ground, those things had long been frozen together by the snow, and when it snowed again tomorrow morning, nothing could be seen anymore.She just came back to her senses at this time, and cautiously suggested: "Master Li, why don't you rest for a while? A tent in the east can still make do..."

The young civil servant took out a scroll and stuffed it into his clothes, got on his horse and looked down at her, his voice was as cold as ever: "No need, let's go, isn't there still a long way to go?"

Ming Yuyan wiped the soft armor on her body, and she was not at all unhappy about being interrupted by her. In fact, she was even secretly happy, as if seeing her unknown side, she was regarded as an accomplice.She put her two fingers together on the side of her lips and blew a whistle. The subordinates brought the horses, and the team was neatly organized. The horses' hoofs stepped on the fluffy snow. Ming Yuyan suddenly remembered the eyes of the civil servants, and finally realized that it was clearly experience. The stillness after death.

"General Ming?" Qingping waved his hand in front of her eyes, and asked the chief follower very puzzled, "Is this sick?"

The commander replied: "From what I've seen, only adults get sick. General Ming has such a strong physique, and it's no problem for him to go to the river to take a bath in winter. How can he get sick?"

Qingping gave her a blank look, coughed a few times and said, "Ming—General Ming?"

Ming Yuyan was shocked, Yoyo came back to his senses, saw several pairs of eyes staring at him, and almost threw the table over.

Qingping rolled up his collar, and asked her politely: "Are you all right?"

Ming Yuyan almost bit his tongue and stammered, "What? No...it's okay!"

Qing Ping looked at her several times suspiciously, and seeing that there was nothing wrong, he said, "Then let's set off?"

"Okay, let's go... let's go!"

The long follower followed Qingping, very puzzled and said: "What's wrong with this general, he looked fine yesterday."

"Shh, don't talk nonsense." Qingping made a gesture of silence, "Be careful to throw you into the river, which river in Yunzhou doesn't freeze in winter? Just throw you into that river."

It's cold in Yunzhou, and there is no river that does not freeze. Chang Sui was embarrassed, and said, "I'm just making a metaphor..."

Ten days later, Qingping returned to the government office in Anping County. Before he changed out of his outfit, someone from that side came to invite him, saying that Mr. Sun had something important to invite.

She had to wear dirty clothes to see Sun Congshan in the back mansion, and when she entered through the arched door, she saw a man cutting plum branches at the table, looking quite leisurely.

Sun Congshan is over 45 years old, but with proper maintenance, he looks no more than [-] years old.She behaved calmly, with the air of a noble and noble gentleman, Qing Ping came over and looked left and right, saw that she had cut those plum blossoms in a mess, picked out two beautiful ones, and planned to put them in his room.

Sun Congshan's smooth black hair was tied behind her back with a red string. She tossed her hair and said angrily, "Master Li, good things are coming soon!"

Qingping said yes, continued to play with the plum blossoms, and said lightly: "Thanks to Mrs. Sun, I have been promoted and made a fortune."

Sun Congshan sneered, put down the scissors and sat on the stone bench, roughly stuffed the bouquet of flowers into a vase, and cursed: "Fuck her self-cultivation, shit!"

Qingping leisurely held the flowers and said: "My lord, I told you earlier that you are not suitable for this thing."

Sun Congshan immediately revealed the qualities of a warrior, raised his legs, and said impatiently: "Say it quickly, is that Xiaoniang Xin and Xia Mingchen doing it again?"

"Which state will not quarrel?" Qingping poured a glass of water for himself, and said in a low voice: "It's better to quarrel, they quarrel theirs, let's do ours."

Sun Congshan showed an admiring expression, patted her on the shoulder and said happily, "That's right, that's the reason."

After finishing speaking, the usually unsmiling county chief said coyly: "Huaizhi, let's talk about something?"

Qingping's eyelids twitched violently, every time the adult called himself the word, it was usually not a good thing.

Huaizhi was chosen for her by Mr. He, a staff member of the family. Mr. He was knowledgeable and said, "The breeze and bright moon make Huaizhi safe", and he directly gave her the word.

So sometimes Sun Congshan would call her Huaizhi, which is also a common practice in the officialdom. The boss calls his capable subordinates, and they usually call them by words to show the meaning of intimacy.

"what's up?"

Sun Congshan thought for a while, and said, "Do you know about the fact that you believe in the king and become a vassal?"

Qingping's hands holding the flowers shook, but he still said: "I see, I have read your letter a long time ago."

Sun Congshan sighed: "Her fiefdom is also interesting, why is it in our Anping? Do you think it's not good for Fengfeng?"

Qingping answered irrelevantly: "Has the palace been built yet?"

Sun Congshan scratched his head, his face was very ugly, building the palace cost a lot, she really didn't want to accept this thing that has nothing but face, "No, there is a house in the ancient city, it was the mansion given to Marquis Zhongwu by the first emperor, It can still be used after cleaning up, what do you think?"

Let Chu Jun live in the old house?Qingping thought for a while, but still said tactfully: "My lord, it's inappropriate to compare the rank of Xin Wang with the second rank of the imperial court, isn't it?"

Sun Congshan took out a flower in despair, and sighed: "If there is money, we can build her whatever kind of palace she wants. The problem is that there is no money now, and everything is empty talk. What should I do?"

Qingping wanted to say that Chu Jun probably wouldn't care about this, but then he thought about the three years of separation, who knows what this person has become?I am used to the luxurious life of a prince in Kyoto, how can I adapt to the poor mountains and rivers in Yunzhou?

She suddenly fell silent. Sun Congshan was still waiting for his capable subordinates to give advice and suggestions, but when he found that she had stopped talking, he suddenly felt relieved. The money in the county treasury was spent carefully, and every cent was spent Use it for ideas.She was suddenly terrified, slapped the table, and said bitterly: "Since you've come to my place, you can live here! You can't! You have to!"

Qingping was taken aback by her aura, and heard her say in a bad voice: "Li Huaizhi, His Royal Highness Xin Wang has already passed Wu'an Mountain, and will arrive in Anping in the day after tomorrow. I want you to meet him, don't shirk!"

She wanted to let her capable subordinates stand out in front of King Xin, but she didn't notice that there was a pile of petals falling on the table. Qingping numbly threw away the bare branches, took out a good one from the vase and began to stroke, her eyes drifted away, not knowing I was thinking about something, and it took me a long time to answer vaguely.

Thousands of miles away, Xilan.

The long convoy was struggling to move forward in the snowstorm. The wind howled and ran on the vast land, rolled up the snowflakes all over the sky, and rushed towards it.

"Your Highness...Your Highness!" One person walked against the wind and shouted loudly.

You can't ride a horse in this kind of weather, otherwise you will be targeted by the wind and blown far away.They could only get off their horses, hold the reins, and trudge forward in the deep snow step by step.

The one in front turned and gestured for her to come closer and speak.

The spy crawled over in the snow, knelt down in front of her and said loudly, "We're about to arrive at Mount Wu'an, Your Highness! Just get out of here!"

The young woman nodded, pulled off her mask and lowered her head to take a breath. The hood was blown up by the wind, her eyebrows were immediately covered with snow, and even her eyelashes were covered with ice. She wiped her face with her hand, then suddenly raised her head and smiled. for a moment.