Dragon Pattern Roll Set

People from Kaifeng Mansion went to Nan'an Temple to inquire a lot of news about the Sand Demon Clan, combined with Zou Liang's life experience that Zhao Pu inquired from the old general Ouyang, they pieced together a rough outline of some of the original appearance of the grievances back then.

Therefore, even Lord Bao, who was not very gossip, was a little worried for Lin Yehuo and Zou Liang.If this matter is not found out, the two young people will probably be strangers from now on.But even if it is found out, there are two possibilities, one is that the grievances are deeper, and the other is that the grievances are resolved... In short, it is true to sweat for the two of them.

Fortunately, this year in the Demon Palace was quite good. Everyone had a good rest and was full of energy. They all packed their things and prepared to go west.

There are a lot of things to take care of before the trip, and Gongsun is always the busiest. The palace ministers of Kaifeng Mansion have been waiting for him for half a year, but he was caught, so he rushed to ask his family for consultation.

The fourth son was also very busy. He was arrested for a while to accompany the empress dowager, and for a while he was taken to the nine palaces to accompany the empress dowager. As soon as he returned to Kaifeng mansion, he was caught by the kitchen lady and maids, and then various aunts and mothers-in-law snatched him up. Hug, when he was snatched back by Gongsun, there was already a long motorcade lined up at the gate of Kaifeng Mansion, and everyone was loading luggage into the car.

People passing by are commenting, the people in Kaifeng Mansion are too busy, they just came back and have to go out again?

Zhan Zhao looked at the kitchen aunt stuffing food into the car with big and small bags, and was curious, "Ma'am, why put so much food?"

"Aren't you going to go to the Gobi desert?" The lady in the kitchen was quite serious, "I made a lot of sausages and steamed buns. These won't go bad after a long time. You also know that you are a road idiot. If you go into the desert You can survive for a few days if you lose your way."

The corner of Zhan Zhao's mouth twitched, he couldn't laugh or cry as he looked at the kitchen aunt, "Good luck, aunt..."

The lady in the kitchen covered her mouth and went in with a smile.

Zhan Zhao saw that everything was almost packed, and the others were also ready to go, so he turned around and went into Kaifeng, ready to see what else he needed to bring.

As soon as he walked to the door, he saw the fourth son sitting on the threshold with his chin in his hand, in a daze.

Zhan Zhao looked at the direction that the fourth son was looking at, as if he was staring at the Mounting Stone at the door, so he walked over and squatted beside him to look at him.

The fourth son has been in this dazed state for the past few days.

Zhan Zhao stared at him for a while, seeing that he didn't recover, he stretched out his finger and poked him on the belly.

The fourth son turned his face to look at him, and touched his belly by the way.

Zhan Zhao narrowed his eyes and asked him, "Little Si, what are you thinking about?"

The fourth son blinked again, and asked, "Maomao, did Xiao Linzi and Zou Zou pick them up?"

Zhan Zhao froze for a moment, then nodded.

The fourth son pointed to himself, "I picked it up too."

"Uh..." Zhan Zhao opened his mouth.

The fourth son tilted his head and asked, "Xiao Linzi and Zou Zou are not doing well, is it because Zou Zou's parents died because of Xiao Linzi's parents or Xiao Linzi's parents died because of Zou Zou's?" Did the parents die or did their parents die because of each other's parents?"

The little four said a long string of words that made Zhan Zhao dizzy, but it seemed to be right... The little guy still had a clear logic.

Zhan Zhao continued to open his mouth, "Uh..."

The fourth son then asked, "Xiao Linzi and Zou Zou were picked up not because their parents didn't want them, but because their parents died, so the fourth son was also picked up, right? My parents don't want me anymore, but they died?"

"Uh..." Zhan Zhao then opened his mouth.

The fourth son continued to ask, "When the fourth son was born, his parents must have been only in their twenties and at most 30 years old. How could they all be dead? Were they murdered?"

"Uh..." Zhan Zhao was tongue-tied, and for the first time felt that his mouth was so stupid.

"Does the fourth son have relatives besides his parents?" The fourth son looked at Zhan Zhao with watery eyes, "Have they all been killed too? Have they been wiped out?"

"Uh..." Zhan Zhao felt that he could no longer speak, what should he do? !

After all, the fourth son was only five years old, so he had no concept of hatred, but suddenly he had the idea that his biological parents were killed by others, which really made him sad for a while.

At this time, a person behind him came up and reached out to hug the fourth son.

Zhan Zhao looked up, and saw Gongsun sitting on the threshold holding the fourth son in his arms, followed by a worried Zhao Pu, and Bai Yutang was also looking at this side, obviously hearing what the fourth son said.

"Your biological parents are indeed dead, but they all died of illness." Gongsun said.

The fourth son looked up at Gongsun, "Really?"

"Yeah!" Gongsun nodded, "All of your village has been plagued by the plague, and many people died. Your mother couldn't raise you after giving birth, and she was afraid that you would be infected with the plague, so she put you by the well before she died!"

The fourth son stroked his chin, "Oh..."

Everyone looked at each other - didn't Gongsun know who the parents of the fourth son were?

Gongsun pinched the face of the fourth son, and said, "Your parents are well, but there is nothing you can do about the plague, they love you so much."

"Is that so..." The fourth son was obviously very sad.

Gongsun poked at him, "It's okay, we're going to the west this time and we'll pass by the one who found your well, you go and offer incense sticks to your parents."

"Yeah!" Little Four nodded.

"Don't you still have me as a father? You also have Zhao Pu as a candidate!" Gongsun rubbed the face of the fourth son, "It doesn't matter, your parents have reincarnated, and there are parents who love them."

The fourth son nodded, "Really?"

The corners of everyone's mouths twitched, didn't Gongsun least believe in such things as reincarnation.

"Of course!" Gongsun patted his butt, "Smile!"

"En!" The fourth son was obviously in a better mood, smiling at Gongsun.

Gongsun nodded, patted his butt and handed it to Chen Xing'er, "Go get some snacks, we're on our way."

The fourth son obediently ran away with Chen Xing'er, and the gloom and gloom on his face disappeared.

Gongsun stood up and patted the hem of his clothes, looked up, and saw that everyone else was looking at him.

Gongsun raised his eyebrows, "Why?"

Zhao Pu folded his arms, "Aren't you lying to him?"

Gongsun replied confidently, "That's right! This kid at this age is just used to cheat."

Zhao Pu didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "Perhaps his parents were killed by someone."

"So what?" Gongsun curled his lips, "You can cheat as long as you can. It's best not to know for the rest of your life."

While talking, the fourth son came out with a big bag of snacks, and returned to the original smiling dumpling, "Daddy!"

"Oh!" Gongsun promised so that everyone could hear the sweetness.

Holding his son and getting into the carriage, Gongsun turned his head and cast a warning glance at the crowd, which meant - no one is allowed to tell him!

Everyone nodded obediently, who would dare...

Yin Hou and Tianzun watched from behind.

Yin Hou laughed, "Gongsun is really a good father."

Tianzun also nodded, "Yes, Gongsun looks more like an adult than them in terms of psychological age."

Zhan Zhao and the others looked back at Tianzun silently.

Lord Bao came out of the yamen with a smile, and said, "Sir is indeed a rare talent."

When everyone was about to get in the car, Pang Yu ran over with a salute on his back.

When Bao Yan saw him in the carriage, he was puzzled, "Isn't your father going this time? Are you not at home with him?"

Pang Yu climbed into the car, "I'll go if my father doesn't! You're all gone and I'm bored in Kaifeng!" While talking, he asked Bao Yan to sit over and squeezed beside him, "My sister said , if your mother is bored living alone in Kaifeng, go to the palace and stay with her, she likes to chat with your mother."

Bao Yan nodded.

Zhan Zhao got on his horse and asked Bao Zheng who was about to get into the car, "My lord, is the Grand Master going this time?"

Lord Bao nodded and said, "The emperor asked him to stay in the palace, it seems that he has something to do, this time another person will go with us."

Everyone was taken aback, "Who is it?"

"Let's go to the front to pick him up." Master Bao pointed to the front and ordered the team to set off.

The patrol team walked to the Eighth Prince's Mansion in a mighty manner, and saw Doro waiting there with five hundred elite soldiers and several carriages in front of the Palace.

Master Bao ordered to stop, and the Eighth Prince walked out of the palace, dressed in casual clothes, and got into Bao Zheng's carriage.

Surprised, Zhao Pu ran to the side of the car and lifted the curtain, "Brother, are you going with us?"

The Eighth Prince sat in the carriage, hugged the fourth son, and nodded, "Yes, I haven't been to Black Wind City for a long time."

Zhao Pu seemed a little worried, "We have to hurry, can your body take it?"

The Eighth Prince raised his eyebrows, "Your myna, I am also a military prince after all."

The corners of Zhao Pu's mouth twitched, thinking that you are a military fart, you look like a frail scholar like that bookworm!

Gongsun squinted his eyes at Zhao Pu, "Do you want to say that you are a scholar who is useless..."

"No!" Zhao Pu quickly shook his head, fished out the fourth son, put it on Hei Xiao's back, kicked the horse's ass, and waved to the people in front of him, "Go!"

The patrol team left Kaifeng North Gate and headed for Heifeng City in the northwest.

……

The journey was very smooth, but just after the Chinese New Year, it got colder the further north we went, and after half a month of driving, it started to snow.

On this day, everyone came to a tower.

The fourth son was wrapped in a thick fur shawl, leaning on the car window, pointing to the majestic city tower and the city wall stretching thousands of miles ahead, "Daddy, Yanmen Pass!"

At this time, the sun was setting, and the sun was shining through the gaps between the city walls, shining on the thick white snow. Outside the Yanmen Pass, there was the endless Mobei.

Zhan Zhao rode Zao Duoduo, raised his face to look at the tower, no matter how many times he came to Yanmen Pass, he still gave people a sense of chill.

"It seems that someone has come to pick us up." Bai Yutang signaled Zhan Zhao to look ahead.

On the city tower, there were guards wearing Song Dynasty military uniforms blowing horns, and a blue battle flag was erected and fluttered in the wind. On the flag was a big "dragon" character and half a white lotus.

Zhao Pu took a look, but he was a little surprised—Long Qiaoguang's team?In the past, Zou Liang came to pick him up every time, but this time he changed his chatter. Long Qiaoguang is the laziest, and he even came to run errands?

When the carriage got out of Yanmen Pass, I saw about a thousand cavalry outside, all in black armor and black cloaks, standing there majesticly, beside, a beautiful tall gray horse was grazing. Two hard bows, one big and one small.

Zhao Pu took a look at the cavalry battalion, it was the Xiao cavalry battalion under Zou Liang, they were all elite soldiers, why did they run out with Long Qiaoguang?

Chen Bosong, the commander of Xiaoqi Battalion, had already dismounted from his horse, and bowed in front of Zhao Pu's horse, "See Marshal."

Zhao Pu nodded, motioned him to get up, and asked, "Why are you here?"

"We will follow General Long to pick up the marshal." Chen Bosong replied.

Zhao Pu was a little puzzled, "Aren't you Zou Liang's people? Why did you follow that talk?"

As soon as Zhao Pu finished speaking, he heard a lazy voice, "Oh, that damn wolf cub has become more and more autistic recently, Zuolu is not very peaceful, and Liao people are more frequent, so he refuses to Come out and feed the wolves all day long. Lao He asked me to pick you up instead of him, and it’s inconvenient for me to come here, so I borrowed the Xiaoqi camp from him.”

Everyone followed the prestige, and saw a reclining chair behind the gray horse, and this person was dozing off on the reclining chair.Just looking at the light blue robe and blue cloak, one can recognize Long Qiaoguang at a glance.

Sure enough, when Long Qiaoguang raised his head, his neatly trimmed mustaches were parted to catch the eye.

Zhao Pu hooked his fingers at him.

Long Qiaoguang stood up and waved to the Xiaoqi battalion. The formation of 500 iron cavalry changed, and [-] guards on both sides cleared the way. They were well-trained.

The fourth son looked through the car window and couldn't help admiring, "Wow, what an air!"

Long Qiaoguang got on the gray horse and came to Zhao Pu's side.

As they approached, everyone discovered that his horse was not gray, but piebald, and it was the legendary spotted leopard.The ground color of the horse is white, and the whole body seems to be splashed with mud spots. It has many gray markings, and with the gray mane, it looks like a gray horse from a distance.

The horse snorted when it reached Hei Xiao's side, as if to say hello.

Hei Xiao shook his head and also greeted him - Ban Ban.

The horse looked lazy, very close to Long Qiaoguang's usual carefree demeanor.

When Long Qiaoguang came to Zhao Pu, he began to complain, "Tell me, it's getting harder and harder to take care of the dead child recently. No matter how old He and I coax him, he won't talk! Who is that? Why is that girl in the red dress like this? Huh? Start messed up and end up abandoning? It seems that my baby has been made lovesick. Do you know that he is autistic..."

Zhao Pu interrupted him with his hand on his forehead, "That man in red is a man, you idiot."

Long Qiaoguang opened his mouth wide, and after a long time, he sighed, "Oh, men look like this these days? Why are women messing around? The girls raised in the Western Regions are not so delicate, how can they raise men with such virtues?" Yes? Does he have a girl? I said, Zhao Pu, why don’t you let me go back to the Central Plains for a few days? I can’t find a wife here, and I’m too young to give birth..."

Zhao Pu kicked the spotted leopard's ass, and the gray horse gave a disgusted glance at Long Qiao, who was still chattering, and ran away.

"Ban Ban! Slow down!" Long Qiao Guang patted the horse's head, "Have you not seen Hei Xiao for a long time? Are you two not good brothers?"

It wasn't until the piebald leopard named "Banban" ran away that everyone felt that their ears were clean in an instant.

Zhao Pu shook his head speechlessly.

Continue to move forward with soldiers and horses.

Along the way, the thousand cavalry were more vigilant.

Zhao Pu hooked his fingers to Long Qiaoguang who was ordered to cover his mouth and not speak.

Long Qiaoguang came to his side.

"Not peaceful recently?" Zhao Pu asked

Long Qiaoguang covered his mouth and looked at him.

Zhao Pubai said, "Say."

Just as Long Qiaoguang was about to speak, Zhao Pu warned him, "Speak briefly!"

Long Qiaoguang opened his mouth for a long time, and said, "Yes."

……

Behind him, both Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang wanted to laugh.

The Eighth Prince leaned against the window of the carriage, and asked, "The Liao Kingdom has been active in this area recently? Don't tell me you're afraid to come?"

Long Qiaoguang frowned, and said, "It's paradoxical to say that Yeluqi brought people here himself, and he's been wandering around the area recently, and the ones he sent out didn't look like spies, but rather hunters or engineers? The world finds something."

Zhao Pu frowned, "Looking for something?"

Long Qiaoguang nodded, "I touched the front of Zuoying that day, and you also know that the wolf cub is not in a good mood recently, so I took the iron cavalry camp out and arrested dozens of him, and found that they were all engineers with compass and shovel. I don't know him What the hell are you looking for? Later, Yeluqi personally came to ask for someone, saying it was a misunderstanding, and they were looking for something."

"Then what are you looking for?" Zhan Zhao wondered.

Long Qiao Guang said, "It is said that a person from the Liao Kingdom was lost, or some kind of official, intending to rebel and then ran away."

Zhao Pu frowned, "How reliable is it?"

"Pull it down." Long Qiaoguang laughed, "Of course you look for people in crowded places. Who are you looking for in the barren mountains? If you don't look for them in so many market towns, just wander around in the desert. Digging graves is more or less the same."

Everyone looked at each other, which was not a good sign.

"Is there any treasure out of this desert?" Long Qiaoguang was quite curious, "The other places are not peaceful these days, and there are more than ten or twenty people wandering around the sea of ​​ghosts in every corner of the small country, and they are not afraid of getting lost. In the quicksand pit."

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang looked at each other, and everyone vaguely felt that it might have something to do with Lost City, could it be that the news had leaked?