The Bamboo Horse Dressed as the Emperor

With the flames shining like the sun, Xie Chen single-handedly broke into the enemy's camp and provoked the enemy's leader with one shot.

The next moment, all the enemies behind him put down their weapons and knelt down.

Xie Chen stood the halberd in his hand on the ground, drove the horse, and turned to another larger tent.

He drew out the long knife straddling his waist with his backhand, and used the blade to pry open the tent.

This tent is different from other tents.In other tents, there are hammocks and felt cloths that are common on the grasslands, but in this tent, there are all things used by the Han people, tables, chairs, beds, and even the food on the table is rice.

Obviously, the person living in this tent is a Han Chinese.

The man who sat in the car when the two armies faced each other.

But now, there is no one in the tent, and the Han man has apparently escaped.

Xie Chen took a few more glances, then put down the curtain, turned around and asked the Cangmu man behind him: "Where is the person?"

The Cangmu man shook his head again and again, saying he didn't know.

Then General Liu and Hao Na arranged for people to accept the prisoners, and Song Jiao also came on horseback.

Song Jiao rode on a horse, crossed the battlefield filled with gunpowder, and walked to Xie Chen: "How is it? Who is that Han?"

Xie Chen shook his head: "I didn't catch it, I ran away."

Maybe it was sent by the Qing Kingdom to stir up trouble, or maybe it was really someone who was an expert.

It's a pity I couldn't see it.

The two got off their horses, entered the tent, and looked around casually.

There was nothing in the tent, even the clothes were taken away, Song Jiao found two or three military books beside the table, but...

It is the most basic thing, a general reader for Qi soldiers.

Xie Chen said: "It seems like a half-baked liar."

Song Jiao nodded: "Yeah."

The two walked around the tent again before putting down their things and going out.

General Liu was arranging for Hao Na to receive the prisoners. Song Jiao told them a few words: "It looks like a charlatan, but let's ask them to see who the Han is. We should prepare early."

"Understood." General Liu said, "It's getting late, Your Highness, go back and rest."

"it is good."

General Liu glanced at Xie Chen who was leading the horse, and said to Song Jiao in a low voice: "Your Highness, brother Shen is very brave today, he was the first one to charge in and cut people down."

Song Jiao smiled: "He has always been like this. He likes fighting and doesn't like reading. I also want to thank the general for taking people to cover him. Let him be more careful next time."

"Who can stop him? Like a wolf smelling meat, he sprang out." General Liu smiled and waved at him, "Your Highness, go back quickly, the battlefield is very chaotic."

General Liu said to Xie Chen: "Brother Shen, escort His Highness back, I will ask them to remember the military achievements for you."

"Thank you, General Liu." Xie Chen led the two horses forward, supported Song Jiao's hand, and put him on the horse's back.

There was scorched earth on the battlefield, and Xie Chen didn't get on his horse, so he took the reins and led Song Jiao out.

General Liu was afraid that something might happen to them on the way, so he hurriedly said, "Come with a small team and follow."

A ten-man team quickly followed.

General Liu looked at the backs of Xie Chen and Song Jiao leaving. Song Jiao was riding on the horse, shaking his feet, leaning slightly on the horse's back, and lowered his head to talk to Xie Chen.Xie Chen held the reins of the horse in his hand, and turned his head to look at him, with a serious expression, very different from his usual fierce look.

General Liu suddenly felt that something was wrong.

He frowned, suddenly felt blessed, and took a deep breath.

He knew, he suddenly knew, why Prime Minister Song and His Majesty not only let His Highness Song Jiao act cheaply, but also let this new soldier also act cheaply.

Xie Chen, this little soldier, he obviously has an unusual status!

The more General Liu thought about it, the more he felt that he was right. He clapped his hands, startling the lieutenant beside him.

Early the next morning, the battlefield was cleared, General Liu confiscated part of the property in the Cangmu camp, and the remaining property and prisoners were handed over to Hao Na for disposal.

General Liu led a group of people back to Stone City, driving chariots and horses.

A few clerks counted their belongings and reported them to the imperial court. General Liu sat by and drank tea.

Not long after, Song Jiao and Xie Chen also arrived.

General Liu put down the teacup and stood up: "Your Highness."

Song Jiao asked, "General Liu, do you have any news about that Han man?"

"I sent people to ask those people in Cangmu, but there was nothing useful. They said that they were Han people, about seventeen or eighteen years old. As for what they looked like, grassland people think that we Han people look the same, and we Han people think they look the same. One way, they can't tell."

Song Jiao responded and nodded: "Then there is no other way."

Xie Chen said: "Inform the people of other tribes, if you see any suspicious people these days, detain them and notify us."

General Liu nodded: "Yes." He continued: "By the way, Your Highness, some interesting things were confiscated yesterday and put in the warehouse. Your Highness will be leaving in a few days, so pick a few and take them back with you."

Song Jiao asked: "Isn't it going to be reported to the imperial court?"

"Don't be afraid, it will still be registered on the performance list, but let His Highness choose first."

"That's good." Song Jiao looked around.

General Liu pointed him in a direction: "It's over there, the old secretary."

"Okay, then I'll go and have a look."

Song Jiao turned and left, Xie Chen was just about to follow when he was stopped by General Liu.

"Hey, brother Shen, wait a minute, I have two things to tell you."

Xie Chen turned his head, General Liu winked at him and asked him to come with him.

Xie Chen watched Song Jiao go to pick things up, so he followed General Liu.

The two stood at the base of the city wall talking, while people came and went, busy moving things, and no one paid attention to what they said.

General Liu stood still at the base of the city wall, rubbed his hands, and looked Xie Chen up and down: "Oh, not bad."

Xie Chen felt that something was wrong, subconsciously took half a step back: "What orders does General Liu have?"

"No." General Liu waved his hand and suddenly asked, "Brother Shen, you have been here on Pipazhou for almost half a year, right?"

Xie Shen nodded: "Yes."

"I'm used to living in the military camp these days, right? No one treats you badly, right?"

"No."

General Liu nodded in satisfaction: "Very good."

Xie Chen didn't quite understand what he meant, but General Liu said again: "How many years do you plan to stay here?"

Xie Chen didn't change his face: "I obey the order of the imperial court."

"Oh." General Liu patted the young man's increasingly broad shoulders, "Why are you being polite to General Liu? In fact, I saw early on that you are not an ordinary person. You came to our place just to exercise, and you have to go back in a few years. .”

Xie Chen was in a bad mood. When he came here, his grandfather greeted several familiar generals. None of the local troops in Pipazhou knew that he was his grandson.

When did General Liu see it?He won't give himself any preferential treatment...

Xie Chen's mind was spinning quickly, and before he could figure out what to do, he heard General Liu say again: "I said, why did you come to Pipazhou and just make progress like this, you should make more progress, make military achievements earlier, and become a great general , so that His Majesty and Prime Minister Song can accept you."

Xie Chen was confused: "Huh?"

General Liu lowered his voice even more, and said with a voice that only the two of them could hear, "I know, this road is not easy. You have to become a general to chase after your highness." ah."

Xie Chen didn't know what to say, so General Liu thought his unusual identity was...

His Royal Highness Mao Mao's secret lover?

Because he couldn't get the approval of His Majesty and Prime Minister Song who loved his good grandson, he wanted to come to Pipazhou, break out a world, become a brave and invincible general, and then get the recognition of His Majesty and Prime Minister Song, and successfully embraced him.

Last night, General Liu thought of some messy things, and put these things on Xie Chen?

General Liu said again: "However, I heard that both His Majesty and Prime Minister Song dote on His Highness very much. It may be difficult for you to chase after him. But don't give up. I don't think His Highness treats you unintentionally. You Work harder, quickly become a general, and chase hard."

Xie Chen suddenly felt that what he said made sense.

He nodded again and again: "Yeah, you're right."

"I also heard that the sons and girls in Fengxiang City are all beautiful. His Highness is leaving soon. You should seize the time in these few days to get along with His Highness again. Don't let him take you away." Forget about it."

Makes sense!

People who live decades longer are different.

General Liu finally said: "Okay, if there is any good errand in the future, I will definitely think of you, and you should not be discouraged."

Xie Chen nodded vigorously: "Thank you, General Liu."

General Liu nodded with satisfaction: "Well, let's go and play with His Highness."

In a few days, the dust will settle on the grassland, and Song Jiao will return to Fengxiang City.

The night before he left, General Liu specially held a banquet for him.

Unlike when we came here, now that the weather is hot, General Liu arranged the tables and chairs outside, and everyone sat on the ground in the open air.In the middle is a huge bonfire, on which a sizzling lamb is roasting.

Song Jiao sat in the main seat, and everyone stopped calling him "Your Highness" with the intention of looking after children, but called him "Your Highness" in a serious manner.

Xie Chen sat next to Song Jiao. Under the signal of General Liu, a group of people toasted Song Jiao, and then they stopped coming and disturbed them.

In the words of General Liu, young people need their own space.

Song Jiao ate two large pieces of mutton, and the system drooled beside him.

But he didn't dare to possess him casually. The animals in Pipa Island were basically raised for food, and no matter how bad they were, they were raised for milking cows and goats. The system dared not imagine what would happen to him after possessing himself.

Song Jiao picked up a piece of meat with chopsticks, waved it in the air, and let the system smell it.

System: "Whoa, take it, take it."

Song Jiao smiled and said, "Don't be sad, I'll buy you some barbecue when I get back to Fengxiang City."

"It's better to be like this." The system closed itself again.

Song Jiao had almost finished eating, so she put down her chopsticks and hiccupped a little.

Seeing this, General Liu quickly clapped his hands.

So a prairie man who is good at singing and dancing came on stage, the drums and music continued, the bonfire shone, and the figures swayed.

Song Jiao looked at it and thought it was very interesting. Sitting in the seat, he also shook his body and nodded his head to beat the beat.

Xie Chen turned to look at him, took out his handkerchief from his sleeve, and wiped Song Jiao's dirty lips.

Song Jiao turned to look at him and smiled at him.

General Liu secretly observed: "Why don't you dance here? Haven't you been infected by the enthusiasm on the grassland? How could this be?"

He "chanted" towards Song Jiao and Xie Chen: "Stand up and dance for me, dance for me!"

Perhaps it was General Liu's love spell that had worked. Over there, Xie Chen really stood up and extended his hand towards Song Jiao.

General Liu slapped his thigh: "That's right!"

Not only did everyone around him startle, even Xie Chen and Song Jiao heard it, Song Jiao turned to look at him, he quickly restrained his expression, kept smiling, and made a "please" gesture to the two of them .

Xie Chen pulled Song Jiao up, but the two of them didn't go to dance. Xie Chen just pulled Song Jiao through the crowd, passed the bonfire, and walked outside the camp, on the tower of Stone City.

The two stood on the tower, facing the outside of the city, with bonfires and cheers behind them, as if they were far apart, but also very close.

Song Jiao rested his hands on the battlements, the flames flickered behind him, casting a little shadow, which also swayed.

He will go back tomorrow, Xie Chen has not been in a good mood since the past few days, and is always wronged in front of him.

Song Jiao was also a little disappointed, and he realized that he couldn't stand the parting with Xie Chen at all.

Less than half a month after we separated at the beginning of the year, he couldn't help running over to look for Xie Chen.In the future, we will be separated for one or two years, and the calculation is not clear.

well.Song Jiao propped his head in frustration, looking at the dark place under the city tower where the bonfire could not see.

Xie Chen stood beside him, still wearing armor because of the rules in the army.He bent down a little, got closer, and saw the drooping corners of his mouth.

"What's wrong? Are you unhappy?"

Song Jiao lowered his eyes and sighed, "A little bit."

Xie Chen took out a copper-cast little wolf from his purse, and put it in front of him: "Here."

The little wolf was sitting, with its hind paws curled up on the ground, its tail curled up, its two front paws resting on its front, and it was looking up to the sky and howling, very vivid.

Song Jiao blinked his lowered eyes, and there was a smile on his lips.

Xie Chen took out another lamb from his purse.

The lamb is also sitting, and its four legs are so short that it cannot be coiled up, it can only hang in the air.The tail is also short and attached to the back.

Song Jiao just laughed: "Where did you get the wolf and the sheep? Later, I will say that you are a big bad wolf."

Xie Shen didn't speak, and took out another eagle.

Song Jiao glanced at the eagle, then turned to look at him, and saw a bulging purse in his hand.

"what is this?"

Xie Chen continued to take out small bronze gadgets.

A coiled long snake, a neighing horse, and an old cow drinking water.

All kinds of animals, eighteen in total, were lined up on the battlements, like a zoo.

Song Jiao frowned, and asked again: "What is this?"

Xie Chen said: "The old soldier talismans of the eighteen tribes in the grassland."

Song Jiao asked in shock: "Ah? Why are you here?"

"The imperial court will give them new soldier talismans, and the old ones are useless." Xie Chen said, "I think it looks pretty, so I took it here and gave it to you."

Song Jiao picked up the little wolf and rubbed its ears, annoyed and funny: "It should be handed over to Grandpa Xie for centralized destruction, how can you give this kind of thing away? Brother Parrot confessed to his sweetheart, We all know that we need to send flowers, how can anyone send this?"

Xie Chen seemed to be in touch with the little wolf in Song Jiao's hand, and couldn't help touching his ears.His dark eyes were shining, as deep as the night, but distinct from the dead night.

"I will give it to you, all eighteen tribes. I will give you the whole world in the future."

Xie Chen doesn't seem to understand romance at all, and seems to know it very well.

Song Jiao glanced at him, suppressed her pounding heart, lowered her head and arranged the eighteen small animals, not daring to look at him again.

Xie Chen leaned over to look at him, wanting to take a sip, but at this moment, cheers suddenly came from behind the two of them.

The two quickly separated as if they had been caught doing something bad.

But when they looked back, they realized that it wasn't that they were discovered. It was such a long distance, and it was still at night. No one could see the scene on the tower. A person is "dancing", so they cheer.

The music became louder and louder, and it was very clear when it reached the city tower.

Song Jiao looked at Xie Chen, rolled his eyes, then walked up to Xie Chen generously, wanting to hold his hands.

"Let's dance too."

When Xie Chen was holding his hand, he subconsciously straightened his back, and his body was a little stiff.

Song Jiao raised his hand, passed his fingers through his fingers, clasped his hand, tried to take a dance step, and then stepped on Xie Chen's foot.

He leaned against Xie Chen's arms, tilted his head, and smiled embarrassedly: "Actually, I don't know how to dance either."

He just... saw it on TV when he was five years old, but he can't remember clearly until now.

He couldn't jump, so he wanted to let go of Xie Chen's hand. Xie Chen turned his attack, held his hand instead, and touched his toe with his toe: "I know, that's what I should step on."

Song Jiao smiled, and the two of them stayed close together, moving back and forth, left and right.

Not far away, the music was louder, and the "competition dance" was over, and everyone laughed again.

Song Jiao was taken away by them, and the sadness of parting had faded a lot. His forehead rested on Xie Chen's armor, and his eyes were bent into crescent moons.

I don't know how long it took, the music gradually stopped, Xie Chen still clasped Song Jiao's hand,

Xie Shen lowered his head, it was obvious what he wanted to do by leaning over, and Song Jiao also looked up at him.

When it wasn't going well, Song Jiao suddenly rolled his eyes, couldn't help it, "puchi" and laughed out loud, uncontrollably.

Xie Chen was puzzled: "What are you doing?"

Song Jiao laughed and said, "I...poof..." He lowered his head for a while, and when he raised his head again, he still pursed his lips and suppressed the smile, laughing until tears came out: "I thought of something funny. "

Xie Chen was a little dissatisfied: "Mamao."

"It's really funny." Song Jiao looked at him with apologetic eyes while still smiling, "Brother Shen, I think of you squawking when you were a child."

Xie Shen:?

"And when you were young, you stirred cow dung with a branch. I...although you were trying to save me at that time, but... I don't know why, when I saw you just now, I suddenly thought of it."

Xie Shen:? ?

Song Jiao just looked at him, thinking of these things for no reason, and laughed out loud, afraid of hurting him, he quickly lowered his head again.

"Also, Brother Shen, when you were young... I just suddenly discovered that I seem to have forgotten many things about you when you were young, but in fact I remember them all."

Xie Shen:? ? ?

Xie Chen's expression froze, he was dead, he wanted to jump off the tower.

I grew up with my wife, and this is the only shortcoming.

Xie Chen immediately wrote a poem——

Maomao is my wife, and she has known me since she was a child.When I was about to kiss, my wife exposed my bottom.

I didn't forget any of the pigs squawking and playing shit.I am Maomaofu, and I will also expose him.

"You were terrified of setting off fireworks when you were a child."

"When you were young, you ran like a duckling, flapping."

"You were so stupid when you were young. You pointed at sheep feces and said they were chocolate balls. You insisted on going over to have a taste. I was just playing with shit. If I hadn't pulled you along when you were young, you would have gone over to eat..."

Then Xie Chen managed to drive his wife away.

Song Jiao's already pursed lips loosened again, and the approaching body also stood up straight.He pushed Xie Chen away, patted his armor again, and there was a "bang".

Song Jiao put away the eighteen small bronze animals, turned around and walked down the tower.

Xie Chen lost a kiss that Song Jiao had prepared.

The kisses to the lips flew away.

Xie Chen sighed helplessly, why is it okay for my wife to expose me, but why not for me?

My wife is so hard to coax.

But still a wife.

Xie Chen quickly followed, followed by Song Jiao's side, and recited silently a hundred times in his heart.

"Xie Chen, the mouth is for kissing, not for talking, stop talking."

We have to leave early tomorrow morning, and the banquet in the evening didn't take long, so everyone went back to sleep very early.

The next morning, Song Jiao also woke up early.

Get up, wash and change clothes, the team is also ready, and wait at the gate of the city.

Song Jiao stood at the gate of the city, and told General Liu some things: "The imperial court should have received the papers. If there is anything in the future, the imperial court will reply in time. If there is anything difficult to do, you can also write to me. I will help to find a way. And those saplings and crops, remember to let them record every day according to my method, so that after two or three years, they should be able to grow crops."

General Liu nodded: "Don't worry, Your Highness, we all remember."

"That's good." Song Jiao thought for a while, and then said, "By the way, and, I will also tell the court about the weapon-making thing that was mentioned a few days ago..."

"Understood, don't worry, Your Highness, let's go, if you don't go, you won't be able to reach the post in front before dark."

"Okay." Song Jiao looked at the soldiers behind General Liu, as well as the prairie people who had formed an alliance, and waved to them, "Then I'm leaving."

Everyone clasped their fists and saluted: "Your Highness, take care, and have a safe journey."

Song Jiao withdrew his gaze, then looked at Xie Chen beside him.

Xie Chen held the reins of the horse and stood beside him the whole time.

Song Jiao looked at him, puffed up his cheeks, and managed to maintain a smile on his face: "Brother Shen, take care too."

Xie Chen nodded, and plucked his hair hanging beside his ears: "Understood, be careful on the road, and send someone over immediately if something happens."

"En." Song Jiao nodded, remembering what happened last night, and looked down at her toes.

Xie Chen handed him the rein in his hand: "Here."

Song Jiao originally wanted to make up for the kiss he didn't give him last night when they parted this morning, but he didn't expect that there were so many people at the gate of the city.

Embarrassed, he could only take the reins and get on the horse: "Then I'm leaving."

Let's save it for later.

General Liu ordered people to retreat to the side to make way for the team returning to Fengxiang City.Song Jiao could only loosen the rein and drive the horse forward.

Song Jiao was reluctant to give up, and after walking less than a dozen steps, he suddenly heard General Liu's order from behind: "There are all of them, turn back."

Not knowing what happened, Song Jiao stopped the horses before looking back.

But he didn't see anything clearly, Xie Chen quickly ran forward, occupying his entire sight.Xie Chen stopped in front of him, grabbed his sleeve, made him bend down on the horse's back, and supported his face.

Xie Chen gently kissed Song Jiao's forehead.