Haiyan

Chang Sheng stopped looking at Qi Yan's dingy back, happily took the two boys up Jiangbanpo, the weather was surprisingly good, the warm wind blew over his cheeks, with a little dryness left by the sun, which was very comfortable.

"Prince, it's not good!"

Chang Sheng glanced around, and saw the slaves in his tent striding towards this side.

"Atu, what's the matter?" Dui asked in a deep voice, supporting his almost staggering body.

Atu bent down in a disheveled state, put his hands on his knees, and said out of breath, "No, it's not good, all those base crossbows that the prince planted in Shuofangyuan have been destroyed."

Chang Sheng jumped out of the spot in an instant, his brows were tightly knit, "What's going on, please speak slowly."

"Just now, when General Gu Lingjun came back from Shuobei with a group of troops, he heard from a group of warriors that when they passed through Shuobei, the base crossbows that the prince and a group of children used to ride horses and shoot arrows were all trampled by horseshoes. Ah Han and I went to have a look, and it was indeed all ruined."

"Who dares to act wildly in this prince's territory?"

"I, I don't know, there are a lot of them, there are dozens of them in the carriage, and the clothes they wear are different from ours."

Chang Sheng became anxious, and said sharply: "How many people are there, and what weapons do they have?"

Those who can drive dozens of carriages across the grassland must be of extraordinary status.

"At the moment I came to report to the prince, those people might have already left Shuobei, but judging from the formation, there are about 80 to [-] people, and it seems that everyone has a long sword in their hands."

Changsheng was very angry in his heart. There are a few big generals in Shuobei, and they have always been the place where he and his friends play. Everyone around here knows it, so ordinary herdsmen dare not go to Shuobei to herd sheep. In the area, even a few generals would take a detour from Shuobei during their daily military training, just because they were afraid of accidentally breaking the third prince's favorite base crossbow. It won't work if you don't teach me a lesson.

Changsheng said to the two companions beside him in a rare serious manner: "Dahu, you go to Yin Ping and ask him to transfer twenty warriors to me, Ah Tie, go to Philadelphia to find the blacksmith, and see if our broken crossbows are still alive." Can it be fixed?"

Seeing Chang Sheng suddenly put his hand to his mouth and let out a long howl, he saw a big black horse galloping resoundingly, Du Hu hurriedly asked: "Prince, what about you?"

Chang Sheng got on the horse, and suddenly pulled the rein in his hand, the horse raised its front hooves instantly and stood up, "I'll go and settle accounts with those bastards!"

The word "account" drifted far away, and I saw a person and a horse rushing away in an instant. The few people who got the order hurried to go to work on their own things. Banpo, which was still lively just now, soon became empty.

After running a few steps, he saw Qi Yan who was still leading the horse swaying on the road, and Chang Sheng raised the whip in his hand and threw it on the ground.

With a loud "pop", Qi Yan, who was still in a daze at the side, was shocked for an instant.

Chang Sheng said aggressively: "Xu Qiyan, this prince now orders you to ride your horse and come with me."

Qi Yan looked up at the boy on the horse in a daze, and said softly: "Go, where are you going?"

Chang Sheng had a cold face, completely different from the cunning of the past, and said loudly: "If you are told to go, go, what nonsense, if you don't go, I will beat you up right now!"

Saying that, the small whip in her hand was already raised high, Qi Yan quickly shrank her head.

"Changsheng, didn't you let me go just now, now, why do you want to..."

With a sound of "swish", the black horsewhip made a deep mark on the grass. Chang Sheng blushed and said, "The basic crossbows I planted in Shuobei were destroyed. If you Being able to help this prince teach those outsiders a lesson will definitely benefit you in the future."

When Qi Yan heard that the base crossbow was destroyed, bursts of joy flashed in his heart.

You know, he was almost shot in the arm by the bow and arrow on the basic crossbow. Originally, a noble clan son like him would definitely cause trouble if he was injured, but it was a pity that the one who hurt him was worse than his father. The third prince, a playboy and rascal, always wants to be arrogant to the sky at any time, now that someone has done something they dare not do, Qi Yan must be in a happy mood right now.

But he dared not show it.

"Oh, then, then I'll go with you."

Qi Yan slowly climbed onto the horse's back, and as soon as he sat firmly, the pony's buttocks were slammed with a whip. The horse let out a mournful groan, and swished out, almost knocking Qi Yan off the horse's back. Throw it down.

Chang Sheng hurriedly rode his horse and followed.

After riding for less than a cup of tea, you can vaguely see a dark crowd on the horizon in the distance. The two children jumped off the horses and kept the horses where they were, stepping on the green grass on the ground. Move forward quickly.

Shuobei used to be the capital of Yebei. Hundreds of years ago, Tieerqin Khan King Yinshou who shocked the entire continent split the nine kingdoms of spring into five in Shuobei city.

Back then when Yebei established his kingdom, King Tierqin Khan was dressed in black fur and a big horse, with a seven-foot bronze ancient sword on his waist and a black gold sword in his hand, as if he could not fall down.

At that moment, the Shuobei Grassland, which became famous with King Tierqin Khan, is now just an ordinary wasteland in the south of Yebei.

Time has buried thousands of miles of dry bones, with traces of blowing away heroes.

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The advancing team stopped to rest, and the warriors sat on the grass with their long swords in their arms. It was a moment of relaxation, and they did not bend their backs because of laziness.

The high-quality agarwood was burning inside the carriage, and the lingering white air seemed particularly seductive.

The maid handed over a mare's milk grape that had been peeled and took a bite. Li Su frowned slightly on his otherwise plain face.

"Where is Mr. Ruan?"

Throwing the slightly sour grape into the glazed cup beside her, the servant girl sprinkled the melted water in the ice basin on the cloves on the table, and when she heard the boy's question, she said respectfully, "I've been gone for an hour. Yep, it's almost here now."

Li Su has always been impatient, and now he waved his hands a little irritably, signaling the servant girl to go out, and then fell asleep on the bed behind him. He was wearing an azure brocade gown, a pair of red phoenix eyes were narrow, long and bright, and the black hair was tied high. It seemed that the whole face was sharp and angular, but at the age of twelve or thirteen years old, the cold air was overwhelming, and it shook three miles away.

"Let me tell you, the two of us will hide behind that hill later, first to find out the reality of the enemy, and we are not allowed to act rashly, and everything is under my command, understand?"

Chang Sheng ordered Qi Yan beside him, speaking in a very low voice.

Qi Yan nodded obediently, and then made a silent gesture, Chang Sheng patted his head appreciatively, expressing his satisfaction.

The noon sun was so hot that it would never end the vast grassland.

A fast horse was parked in front of the most luxurious carriage in the distance, Ruan Qiusong bent down and said to the people in the carriage: "Second Master, the warrant has been received, Your Majesty invites us to enter the city quickly."

After a long time, a faint "um" was thrown out from the car, and the group of people rode forward, but in the next second, a sharp whoosh came through the air, barely brushing the cheek of one of the warriors, straight Straight through the carriage.

"Protect the young master!"

The sound of drawing swords came out one after another, and the cold air instantly condensed the hot and dry air around, without any panic.

The maid in the car jumped down and said something to Ruan Qiusong with an unfriendly expression. Just as this war was about to break out, the whole wasteland seemed to be still, and there was no more movement.

Chang Sheng hid behind Jiang Banpo, which was the closest to the group of people, the crossbow string wrapped around his arm was still trembling slightly, Qi Yan huddled beside him, so nervous that he even breathed weakly.

"Go out to confuse them first, say that you shot the arrow, and lure me out of the man in the car. I think he seems to be the leader of this team."

"Chang Sheng, he looks a few years older than the two of us, how do you know he is the leader." A certain child asked in a low voice foolishly.

"You're so stupid, you didn't see how those maidservants flattered him just now, and the man later gave him all the talismans my father gave him. This man must be extraordinary."

Chang Sheng offered his body, and the bell around his waist was removed and placed on the grass beside him: "Besides, without his permission, how dare the people below him destroy my base crossbow at will? He must have ordered it. He is now I can't see him in the car, you go out and lead him out of the car, and then I'll clean him up."

"But Changsheng, I, I don't dare, there are so many of them, if I say that I shot the arrow, what if they kill me?"

Chang Sheng slapped him on the head, and said angrily: "Idiot, you just say that you are the son of the Eastern Khan King, and you accidentally shot over there when you were out hunting. Besides, you are so young, no one will take it You take it seriously."

After Qi Yan heard this, she suddenly stretched out her hand and counted her fingers, and said sullenly: "Changsheng, you are only eight years old, and you are two years younger than me. If you go out, they will not take you seriously." .”

Qi Yan laughed as she spoke, as if she was very satisfied with her plan.

Chang Sheng squatted aside, his heart was full of fire - why did he bring such an idiot here in the first place, it's not even as good as a piece of wood.

"Are you going or not!" Chang Sheng's face was cold, and he suddenly pointed the bow-crossbow hanging on his arm at Qi Yan, "If you don't do what I say, I'll shoot an arrow at you now .”

Qi Yan immediately stretched out both hands to cover her head, and hurriedly said: "Chang Sheng, quickly take it away, what if that thing goes astray."

Chang Sheng scolded: "Then are you going or not?"

Qi Yan pouted, thought for a while, then nodded, and said: "According to what you say, is it really all right?"

Chang Sheng looked at him seriously: "Of course, when did such a smart person like me make a mistake?"

"Who said, last time you said that the apron in Philadelphia was pink..."

There was a muffled bang, and before Qi Yan could finish speaking, Chang Sheng kicked him on the buttocks and kicked him out from behind Jiang Banpo.