Dingjiangshan

As soon as Ning Yan said "it's okay", Xie Jue's heart sank with a thud.

——Fortunately, General Xie murmured in his heart, fortunately, Prince Gong is fine, otherwise, with His Majesty's temper, there might be a tragedy involving millions of corpses.

Xie Jue took a step forward and asked urgently, "Your Majesty, have you heard from the prince?"

Ning Yan hummed, as if he had gathered all his strength out of thin air from this letter, his eyes seemed to light up.

"Huaijin is temporarily taking refuge on Jiuhua Mountain, two hundred miles to the east." Ning Yan folded the letter and put it in his arms, and said, "There are Feng Yuan's defenders at the foot of the mountain, and there are about 3 to [-] people. He's stuck on the mountain."

Knowing where it is is better than anything else, Xie Jue heaved a sigh of relief, hurriedly raised his voice to call for his own soldiers, almost summoning someone to help Ning Huaijin.

Ning Yan quietly watched his formation, took the bow from Qin Liu, and put it on his left arm.

Deeper and more exposed, Qin Liu changed Ning Yan into a thicker black cloak. The thick fur swept Ning Yan's side face in the cold wind, making him a little pale.

After Xie Jue dispatched his soldiers, he turned to Ning Yan and said, "Your Majesty, now that you know where the prince is, you can feel at ease. I have dealt with Feng Yuan, and I will definitely be able to bring the prince back. You might as well stay in the camp Let's rest here for a while and sleep, and the prince will come back."

Xu knew where Ning Huaijin was, and Ning Yan was slightly withdrawn by his temporary emotions.

He took the reins of the steed from the hands of the imperial army, stepped on the horse, and smiled at Xie Jue.

"Zhaoming is going with me." Ning Yan said, "Zhaoming is going to suppress the rebellion, but... I am going to pick up my most important person."

Xie Jue: "..."

Because there were other people around, Ning Yan didn't speak too clearly, but put an accent on the word "important".

But who is General Xie? As an "insider" who had discovered Ning Yan's intentions since the beginning of the royal hunting ground, he was already quite psychologically prepared for the two to get together.

Xie Jue knew that Ning Yan was determined not to stay, and knew that persuading him was useless, so he sighed and deliberately added many cronies to Ning Yan when he was dispatching troops.

This is the first time that Ning Yan has been on the front line since he set off on the expedition. Xie Jue was afraid that something might go wrong with this noble body, so he was much more cautious when arranging troops, and he was surprised that more than [-] people were separated, and he brought an extra lieutenant general .

Before setting off, Xie Jue found that Baba had dragged Ding Yue aside and told him that if he really got into a fight with Feng Yuan later, he should not care about anything and just protect Ning Yan.

The previous meeting in the camp made Ding Yue feel good about this young His Majesty, and he immediately patted his chest and assured him: "General, don't worry, it takes so many people to beat Feng Yuan, I'd rather I will definitely stay by His Majesty's side all the time, even if you are captured by Feng Yuan, I will definitely—"

Before Ding Yue finished speaking, Xie Jue slapped the back of the head.

"What is it?" Xie Jue said angrily, "I hope I can order it."

Ding Yue rubbed his head, laughed, and winked teasingly at Xie Jue.

Xie Jue's residence was two hundred miles away from Mount Jiuhua. Ning Yan could travel day and night when he was on the road, but that was not the case when the army was on the road.Although he wanted to arrive as soon as possible, he couldn't make it too difficult for Xie Jue in front of all the soldiers, so he could only restrain his temper, hoping that Ning Huaijin would wait for him in peace.

In Jiuhua Mountain, Meng Changxun only listened to Ning Huaijin's order to wait for Ning Yan, but he didn't know "when" or "how".

He was confused and full of doubts, but Ning Huaijin's condition was really bad, the wounds on his body were cracked a lot, and the fever did not go away. Most of the time, he half-closed his eyes and leaned against the shade of a tree to rest his mind. , I don't know if I passed out or simply rested.

Meng Changxun didn't dare to bother him too much, he turned around twice, and could only order all the soldiers to stand by for the time being.

The dry food in their hands is not enough, and they have been hungry and full for the past two days, and they have suffered enough.They had no choice but to have a stream not far from the hiding place, but they were not short of water to drink.

As Ning Huaijin said, although Feng Yuan had obtained information from Xizuo in advance, he did not believe it rashly. That night the defenders doubled their sentry posts, and the candles in the camp did not go out all night.

When the scouts who went down the mountain to investigate the situation came back to report back, Meng Changxun couldn't help but grit his teeth, thinking that this matter was so dangerous that he almost bumped his head into the tiger's mouth.

Ning Huaijin lay there all day, barely making a sound. Meng Changxun was afraid that something would happen to him, so he went to check his pulse every half an hour, afraid that Prince Gong would suddenly die without him knowing.

The medicine on their bodies was cut off two days ago, and Ning Huaijin, who was guarding a fever for ten miles, had nothing to do, and didn't care about what was noble or not, so he dug some wild notoginseng on the mountain and smashed them with clean stones. The medicine pulp was applied to his wound.

But fortunately, the children of the royal family are not as fragile as they imagined. Although Ning Huaijin was seriously injured, fortunately, his pulse has been stable, which can be regarded as a little consolation for Meng Changxun.

As the evening approached, Ning Huaijin woke up from intermittent coma. Meng Changxun saw the right time to persuade him twice, but Ning Huaijin was determined and just shook his head blindly, refusing to let go and break through.

Meng Changxun lost his temper, and almost wanted to pry open his head to see what was inside, why was he so stubborn.

In fact, Ning Huaijin himself couldn't tell what he was waiting for. Maybe it was because he believed in Fan Wu's ability and that he would be able to wait for reinforcements, or maybe it was because he simply felt that Ning Yan would not let him be thrown on the battlefield. Don't ask.

But no matter which of the two, Ning Huaijin had to admit that his trust in Ning Yan had become so high unconsciously.

——even, higher than his "big picture".

Meng Changxun didn't know where his confidence came from, and he couldn't be as calm as he was.But after all, he is only a lieutenant in name, no matter how urgent the situation is, he can't compete with Ning Huaijin by patting his thigh.

It's just that Ning Huaijin's "reliance" really didn't disappoint him.

After nightfall, Meng Changxun settled the wounded as usual, scattered the soldiers in his hands and placed them in several mountains and flats, and found a good place for Ning Huaijin to shelter from the wind, and then he picked up some dead branches like the previous nights He covered his body with a mask, ready to make a living for the night.

Meng Changxun was shivering from the cold wind in his sleep, and turned over in a daze. He was about to overcome it and resume his rest, but suddenly he heard a vague sound of fighting from the foot of the mountain in the distance.

At first he thought he was sleepy, but when he listened carefully, it turned out not to be true. There was indeed the sound of roaring soldiers coming from the foot of the mountain, but they were halfway up the mountain, quite far away, so they couldn't hear it clearly.

Meng Changxun rolled over in an instant and stood up, threw off the dead branches and leaves on his body a few times, found a high place suspended in the air and climbed up, squinting his eyes and looking down the mountain.

Seeing that it didn't matter, Meng Changxun was taken aback.At this time, a raging fire was burning down the mountain, most of Feng Yuan's camp was scattered by people, two groups of people beat people upside down, and the fire almost illuminated half of the sky.

Meng Changxun's eyes swept across Xie Jue's general flag, and he was overjoyed immediately. He fell down from the high platform in three steps and two steps, and turned to look for him where Ning Huaijin was staying.

Unexpectedly, Ning Huaijin woke up a long time ago. He looked sober, as if he hadn't slept at all. At this time, he was leaning on the tree and looking at the raging fire below the mountain.

Seeing his expression, Meng Changxun faintly recalled it, and asked tentatively: "My lord already knew that there would be reinforcements coming in these two days?"

Ning Huaijin hummed, and didn't say much. He still looked down the mountain intently, as if he was looking at someone through the dense forest.

Meng Changxun didn't understand how he sent the news out under everyone's noses, and wanted to ask again, but seeing Ning Huaijin's absent-minded appearance, he felt that there was nothing he could ask.

Xie Jue obviously caught Feng Yuan by surprise in the dead of night, the battle below was decided in just an hour, Feng Yuan's defeat was obvious, and he had to retreat.

Ning Yan was here to pick up Ning Huaijin this time, and he didn't insist on chasing him, so he let him go.

As soon as Feng Yuan withdrew, Xie Jue's men quickly seized the situation, and started searching like a mountain in a group of 50 people.

Ning Yan naturally wanted to go up the mountain. He didn't care about the dissuasion of the people around him that "it's dangerous to go up the mountain late at night". Six and a team went up the mountain.

For some reason, the closer they got, the more anxious Ning Yan became.It was as if the emotion that he had deliberately discarded before had returned to his body at this moment, making his heart flustered and writhing in pain.

The road on the mountain was slippery and difficult. Qin Liu tried to help him several times, but he refused.

Ning Huaijin's current location is very different from the location when Fan Wu left. Ning Yan was not sure where he was for a while, so he could only search around the mountain like others.

The shadow guards in the dark had already dispersed in the mountain to look for Ning Huaijin when Ning Yan went up the mountain. Eagle cries could be heard from the mountain from time to time, but there was no one there.

Ning Yan's face was as sinking as water, and he walked up the mountain with one foot deep and one shallow foot. After walking straight for more than half an hour, he heard a faint echo from the mountain.

"General, is that you—"

The voice was not Ning Huaijin's, but it sounded full of anger, Ning Yan immediately turned back and followed the direction of the echo.

Ning Huaijin supported the trunk of the tree, her eyes darkened moment after moment.

Meng Changxun and a few strong soldiers shouted at people from a high place above, but Ning Huaijin didn't join in the fun or find a place to rest, but stood near the path up the mountain, stubbornly going look down.

The light of the torch appeared in his line of sight, and as Meng Changxun's shouts got closer, Ning Huaijin's body swayed, and she still supported herself from falling down.

—not yet, he thought.

He couldn't feel the injuries on his body anymore, he just felt chills, top-heavy, shaking his head and spinning.

After an indeterminate amount of time, Ning Huaijin saw that the firelight finally approached, and the firelight exuding the smell of gunpowder outlined the figure walking in the front very clearly, as if shining brightly in the night.

Ning Huaijin couldn't tell what he was feeling at that time, his gaze was completely occupied by that slender figure for a moment, Ning Huaijin subconsciously took a step forward, but his feet were weak, and he fell forward uncontrollably go.

It's just that he didn't feel the pain, only saw the figure staggering towards him out of the corner of his eye, catching him before he fell down.

"Uncle Emperor—!"