Wait a minute, heroine

The two fast horses jumped onto the lake shore and chased towards the Dongming Mountain in the northwest. Because the three horses were fast, they were able to catch up before the news came back. The Xihai Protectorate did not react much and was still under martial law to hunt down the three robbers.

Xue Baijin took the lead. Because of his taciturn personality, he didn't say anything along the way. He only occasionally looked back at the accompanying lady and the wild man in her arms.

Not far behind, a charcoal-red horse trotted behind him.

Luo Ning sat on the horse, supporting Ye Jingtang with her chest. She had already sutured and bandaged several wounds, fearing that the weather would freeze the little thief. She also took a change of clothes from the side of the horse and wrapped Ye Jingtang, Then he held her in his arms to keep warm.

Ye Jingtang rested on the horse for a long time, and his breath completely calmed down. The tiredness after the intense exercise flooded into his mind. He should have slept for a while; but the medicinal power of the Tianlang Bead to temper the muscles and bones seemed to be still there. , causing the body to be unable to calm down, leaning against the soft little watermelon behind her, and holding the jade-like hands around her waist, something strange appeared while she was half asleep and half awake.

Luo Ning held Ye Jingtang's hand around her waist. Naturally, she was always paying attention to his physical condition. She was watching the road carefully at first, but as she walked, she realized that the smell of the little thief in her arms was not right. After thinking about it, she followed his abdominal muscles. , quietly touched down a little bit...

!!

Although Luo Ning has been together for a long time, she is still very thin-skinned. When she touched the torture tool used to bully the heroine, her beautiful eyes widened a bit. She wanted to pull her hand away as if she was electrocuted, but was held down by the little thief. It seemed like she felt comfortable holding it.

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Luo Ning glanced at Bai Jin not far away, her eyes showing nervousness and shame, and she didn't dare to speak loudly. She just frowned in Ye Jingtang's ear and said:

"Little thief!"

"Um……"

Ye Jingtang was in a daze, and only woke up after being shouted at. He found that he was holding Ning'er's hand and messing around with it, with a bit of shame in his eyes:

"I took Tianlang Pearl when I came here. The medicine was quite strong and it didn't dissipate completely..."

Luo Ning saw that Ye Jingtang's expression was kind and apologetic, but she kept pressing her hand, feeling increasingly ashamed and annoyed in her heart, and whispered:

"Let go. If you do this again, I'll call you Bai Jin..."

Xue Baijin, who was riding in front, had a good sense of perception. Hearing the whispers behind him, he turned around and said doubtfully:

"What's wrong?"

Luo Ning said she would complain to her ex, but actually she didn't have the nerve to speak. She covered each other's hands with her robes and said with her usual expression:

"It's nothing. He took the medicine and his breathing is not stable. Hurry up and get on your way."

"Yeah……"

Seeing this, Xue Baijin didn't say much and instead accelerated his horse speed.

Luo Ning was sure that Bai Jin didn't notice anything strange, so she secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Seeing that Ye Jingtang was shamelessly refusing to let go, she probably wanted him to feel better, so she didn't resist in the end. She just looked away, looking disgusted. .

After being exposed in this way, Ye Jingtang finally came to his senses. He turned his head to look at the cold Ning'er and chatted about daily life:

"Yunli is in Honghe Town. Did you go and see it when you came?"

"I saw it. I helped Sanniang recruit people in the town. There was a table in front of me and two thugs behind me. She looked like a gangster lady. She must not have been copying books these days..."

Ye Jingtang looked at Ning'er's appearance as a good wife and loving mother, and couldn't help it. He leaned closer and kissed her red lips. As a result, Bing Tuo Tuo in front of him immediately turned around:

"Night Terror Hall, if your injuries are not serious, you can ride back by yourself."

Ye Jingtang hurriedly sat up straight, but was pinched hard by Ning'er who was so angry that he secretly took a breath and raised his hand slightly:

"I'll be patient and hurry up."

Seeing Ning'er's flustered look, Xue Baijin guessed that the two were secretly making out. She felt really weird standing in front of him, so he simply speeded up his horse and opened some distance.

The three of them moved forward in this way and soon traveled more than twenty miles in the wilderness.

Fan Qinghe led his tribe back to Dongming Mountain. Because he brought several carriages with him, they were definitely not as fast as the horses in Ye Jingtang. They were not far away from the West Sea Protectorate at this time.

Luo Ning hugged Ye Jingtang, and not long after touching and squeezing each other, the sound of flapping wings came from the sky.

Bang bang bang~

Then a fluffy fat ball fell from the air, squatted on Xue Baijin's shoulder, tilted his head and looked at it:

"Guji?"

Although Xue Baijin was neither far nor close to Ye Jingtang, he still liked the pleasant-looking Xue Ying. He raised his hand and touched his head.

Luo Ning, who was behind, noticed that Niaoniao was coming, and quickly pulled her hand back, asking as if nothing had happened:

"Where is the Queen?"

"grumble."

The bird tilted its head and pointed, then flew out to lead the way.

Xue Baijin had a bad relationship with the empress, and because of his special status, he naturally didn't want to see the empress's sister, so he galloped forward. When he saw the convoy moving on the wasteland, he stopped his horse:

"Ning'er, are you coming with me or going with him?"

Luo Ning, whom we haven't seen for so long, must be taking care of Ye Jingtang.

But there were Fan Qinghe and the Queen in the convoy, and Bai Jin was the only one walking around. If she ran away with the man, Bai Jin would be lonely on the road. After hesitating for a while, he said:

"Whatever I did in the past, I did it with you."

When Xue Baijin saw this, he naturally would not persuade his wife and Ye Jingtang to leave. He turned his horses and came to the front:

"The two thousand cavalry troops dispersed in a hurry. Without the coach, they will definitely leave separately. I'm not sure how much I can get back. After I get the things, I will go directly to Jingjie City. You must go back to revive the empress. Come with the Minglong Picture when the time comes, and I will give you the Snow Lake Flower."

Ye Jingtang has finished his business in Xijiang. After drying and sealing the Snow Lake Flowers, he will go to Jingjie City to meet up. He only has two days, so he just warned:

"Be careful along the way. I'll come over as soon as the snow lake flowers dry up."

"Be careful. If you are injured, take a good rest. Don't mess around."

After Luo Ningruo gave a pointed instruction, she flew up, landed behind Bai Jin, and hugged her waist:

"Let's go."

"drive!"

…

Ye Jingtang showed a smile, raised his hand slightly and waved, watching the white horse galloping towards the way it came, then he lightly lifted the horse's belly and walked towards the stopped motorcade.

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Hoof-clack, hoof-clack...

The sound of horse hoofbeats came from far away, and more than ten Dongming tribe members in the convoy stopped, looking back and waiting on the wasteland.

Fan Qinghe and Dongfang Liren were sitting in a carriage, looking back at the three of them from the window.

Finding that Ye Jingtang was not coming very fast and his body was not very stable, Fan Qinghe realized the problem, quickly got off the carriage and trotted up to him:

"Night Terror Hall, are you injured?"

Ye Jingtang was seriously injured. Although he could maintain his light-headed expression, he became top-heavy when he moved. He wanted to roll over and dismount gracefully, but as soon as he lifted his legs, he staggered.

"Eh?"

Fan Qinghe reacted very quickly, stepped forward with open arms, and used his chest as a buffer to catch Ye Jingtang. Seeing this, Dongfang Liren also ran over.

Ye Jingtang landed firmly on the ground and patted his robe with a slight embarrassment:

"The injury is not serious. Let's talk about it in the carriage."

Dongfang Liren ran up to him, not daring to delay, and quickly helped Ye Jingtang back into the carriage.

After Fan Qinghe boarded the carriage, he let the convoy continue to set off, then took the medicine box from his side and helped Ye Jingtang carefully check it.

Dongfang Liren supported Ye Jingtang and said distressedly:

"I told you not to fight hard and come back if things don't go right. Why are you still like this..."

Ye Jingtang leaned in the carriage and saw that both of them were very nervous, so he smiled and said:

"It's not like I didn't fight hard. King Zuo Xian's people are all gone. I'm still able to ride a horse with all my limbs intact. It's safe to say I came back without any injuries."

Fan Qinghe had just untied his robe and was stunned when he heard these words and raised his head in disbelief:

"King Zuoxian is dead?!"

Ye Jingtang nodded and said: "I couldn't catch him at first, but as soon as he ran away, he ran into the leader of Pingtian, and then he disappeared.

"This move can be regarded as partial revenge for the Qinchi tribe, but killing the prince of Beiliang is not a trivial matter. I'm afraid it will be more troublesome next..."

As long as Fan Qinghe could remember, King Zuo Xian was the emperor of all tribes in the West Sea. He had thought about rebuilding the royal court countless times to get rid of the control of Beiliang, but under the absolute dominance of King Zuo Xian, there was no hope at all.

Now that he suddenly heard that King Zuo Xian was dead, Fan Qinghe naturally felt like he could see the moon after the clouds cleared, but after he realized it, he felt that the situation was not good.

After all, King Zuo Xian's dominance came from the power of the Northern Liang State and the frontier troops under his command, not from King Zuo Xian alone.

The princes and kings guarding Western Xinjiang were assassinated. If the Northern Liang court could just sit back and watch, they would no longer want Western Xinjiang. They would definitely retaliate next.

Ye Jingtang is not only the orphan of King Tianlang, but also the Duke of the Southern Dynasty.

Beiliang's revenge on the Southern Dynasty for this would involve too much, and it might also shoot itself in the foot.

Taking this opportunity to kill all the remaining elders of the five tribes, we can completely regain the Western Xinjiang and bring all the tribes in the West Sea under the rule of Beiliang.

From the perspective of those in power, even if Ye Jingtang believed that he was an assassin sent by the empress, Emperor Liang would probably admit his identity as the orphan of King Tianlang, thus confirming the rebellion of various tribes in the West Sea and gaining the reputation of being a master.

Thinking of this, Fan Qinghe panicked a little and asked:

"Did anyone see you kill King Zuo Xian? You are a descendant of the royal court. If Emperor Liang knew about this, he would definitely send troops to encircle and suppress various tribes..."

Ye Jingtang knew that killing King Zuo Xian would have serious consequences, so he said:

"I didn't reveal my identity, but no one in the entire Tianlang Lake didn't know it was me. I can only go back and ask the Holy One for instructions on what to do next."

Dongfang Liren was the prince of the Wei Dynasty and had been the regent of the country for several months. He was very aware of the situation. Seeing that Fan Qinghe was a little panicked, he comforted:

"If our government does not withdraw its troops from the border, King Zuo Xian and his family will be killed. Emperor Liang will not use troops against the West Sea. He will only win over various ministries to fight for soldiers, food, grass and horses. If he wants to settle accounts, he will only settle accounts later.

"The killing of King Zuo Xian gave Emperor Liang the name to go to war. If he dared to fight, he would probably take this opportunity to go south instead of liquidating the various tribes in the West Sea."

When Ye Jingtang heard this, he frowned and said:

"You mean, I started the war between the North and the South again, and the one who is responsible is still in Beiliang?"

Dongfang Liren thought about it: "It makes sense if Beiliang really sends troops for this purpose. But the prerequisite is that you dare to fight. You just killed King Zuo Xian and avenged the royal court. You took this opportunity to secretly recruit various ministries and set up a strategic plan. To rebuild the posture of the royal court, Emperor Liang will definitely not dare to engage in military warfare before Tianlang Lake thaws. If he does, he may be attacked from both sides."

Ye Jingtang nodded slightly and asked again:

"What happens after Tianlang Lake thaws?"

Fan Qinghe knew this clearly and responded:

"There is no place to build big ships in the west of Tianlang Lake, and the soldiers are only good at fighting on horseback. The boats are all soft-footed shrimps. As long as Tianlang Lake thaws, the ministries in the West Sea cannot threaten the east of the lake, and the Beiliang Navy can invade at any time. In the inner hinterland of Western Xinjiang, and even southward along the rivers..."

Dongfang Liren thought about it for a while and felt that it was a good opportunity to send troops now. He turned around and said:

"Why don't you take this opportunity to raise the banner of King Tianlang? As long as all the ministries in the West Sea raise their troops and gather 20,000 to 30,000 Tianlang Cavalry, and we, the Wei Dynasty, will launch the Northern Expedition at the same time, it will not be easy to defend Beiliang..."

As the King of Dongming, Fan Qinghe has been planning the restoration of the country these years. Although he hopes that Ye Jingtang will regain the throne, he still shakes his head and says:

"It sounds like this, but the Northern Liang Imperial Master and the Liang Emperor are not stupid. In the past twenty years, they have confiscated all the horse farms and armor workshops. The soldiers in each department can only wear leather armor and ride inferior horses, not to mention the food and grass. We can barely survive starvation, we can’t save even a penny, and we can’t gather enough soldiers to fight in a short period of time..."

Dongfang Liren nodded slightly, feeling that the situation was indeed not that simple, so he nodded and said:

"Then now we can only pretend that Ye Jingtang is contacting various ministries and trying to restore the country, put pressure on Emperor Liang, so that he will not act rashly, and leave the rest to the Holy Shang to handle...that's it..."

While Fan Qinghe was listening, he had already taken off his outer robe. He saw that his chest was covered with bruises and his shoulders were covered with wounds. He felt very worried. He pulled down his pants again to see if there were any injuries on his legs.

Dongfang Liren was talking, and he originally wanted to turn his gaze elsewhere, but soon found out that the villain had reacted and gradually became tense.

Her expression froze slightly, her serious and calm cheeks turned red, her words stopped abruptly, and she turned to look at the Night Terror Hall angrily.

Ye Jingtang was also frowning and discussing. He didn't have any random thoughts at first, but when he was surrounded by two beauties and had his pants pulled down, his body became a little unruly.

He noticed that the expressions of the two girls froze at the same time, and their eyes looked strange. Ye Jingtang also showed a certain amount of embarrassment on his face:

"Uh... I just took Tianlang Beads, and my strength is gone. But the effect of the medicine that strengthens the muscles and bones is still there, and there is something wrong with my body. You don't need to worry about me, I will just calm down."

Fan Qinghe didn't want to push the stick anymore. He hesitated for a moment, raised his eyes and asked:

"Are you sure it's okay? I won't care if it's okay."

Ye Jingtang opened his mouth. He originally wanted to nod calmly, but he hesitated when the words came to his mouth, so he changed to:

"Say no, actually there is something going on, but it won't have much impact..."

"?"

Fan Qinghe was speechless. Even before he entered the door, he understood what the man meant. He sat up straighter and looked at the Queen:

"I have to go out at any time to take care of the Snow Lake Flowers and tell them to turn over. I really don't have time to help. His Highness should have learned, right? He is so seriously injured that I won't be able to trouble you for long..."

Dongfang Liren doesn't know much about medicine, and he has several carts of Snow Lake Flowers behind him, and he really needs Fan Qinghe to take care of him at any time. It's really hard to shirk this right now. She thought for a while:

"How about we alternate? I'll help him nurse him back to health on the way. When we get to Dongming Mountain, if he's not well, then you can do it instead?"

Fan Qinghe felt that given Ye Jingtang's physical condition, he would definitely be well by the time Dongming Mountain was reached. He was afraid that the Queen would back off, so he nodded decisively:

"Okay, we'll check the situation when we get to Dongming Mountain. Your Highness is busy first, I'll go out to see the situation of Snow Lake Flowers."

As he said this, Fan Qinghe quickly packed up his things and left the carriage, leaving behind a bottle of Jade Dragon Cream in a very sensible manner before leaving.

Dongfang Liren waited for Fan Qinghe to get out of the car and closed the doors and windows. Just as she turned around before she could speak, Ye Jingtang pulled her arm and leaned it against her chest. She raised her eyes and said angrily:

"Sex embryo, did you do this on purpose? You said there was something wrong even though everything was fine, to deceive a woman's sympathy..."

Ye Jingtang hugged Da Benben and said with a smile:

"It is indeed a bit dry, but it is within the tolerance range. If His Highness is not in the mood, I can just hold him and sleep for a while. We will wait until we get to Dongming Mountain."

Seeing Ye Jingtang, Dongfang Liren wanted it very much and pretended to be generous. He snorted softly. After a moment's hesitation, he untied his clothes, revealing the shiny silver fat-headed dragon, and opened the fabric a little. , stood up slightly:

"Do you think I don't know your temperament? I asked Miss Fan to help with your treatment two days ago. I wanted to pounce on you and take a bite. You also pretended to be calm and indifferent, thinking that others couldn't see it... ugh~"

Dongfang Liren didn't say a few words before he was bitten.

She raised her hand and tapped Ye Jingtang on the head, and then carefully looked around to make sure that Fan Qinghe had pushed away the people around her, then she turned over and sat on her waist, holding her cheeks and pressing her lips together, and then looked at her. Start looking for a spot yourself.

Creaking, creaking...

The carriage moved quickly through the wasteland, heading towards the rolling mountains to the northwest, while the birds paid attention to the surrounding wind and grass from high altitude.

Ye Jingtang leaned against the carriage. He wanted to support Benben and teach him, but he couldn't move because his shoulders were injured, so he leaned against him like an old man. He looked at Benben, whose cheeks were red and a little fierce, and he came over and started talking. Open your mouth.

Outside the carriage, Fan Qinghe sat beside Tan Honglie on horseback to help keep watch. After pushing him away, he might have been a little curious and wanted to get closer to the carriage to see if the Queen was doing the right thing.

As a result, as soon as she approached, the window of the carriage was lifted up, revealing Dongfang Liren's reddish cheeks:

"Doctor Fan, if you're bored, why don't we change shifts?"

"Uh... How could I be bored? I just looked around, haha..."

Fan Qinghe quickly retreated from the difficulty and followed him obediently. His mind was full of random thoughts and he could not suppress them. Finally, he took a flute from the motorcade and played a tune of the vast and distant West Sea:

"Dudu~dudu..."

…

On the other side, Honghe Town.

It was almost before dawn, and countless people gathered at the border gate to go panning for gold in the wasteland. They got up early and headed towards Blackstone Pass, a hundred miles away.

Song Chi spent more than a month preparing, and the new hall of Honghua Building has been basically completed, named 'Xihai Hall'. Although there are currently only more than thirty people, with Song Chi and Pei Xiangjun in charge, they can also control the scene. With the snow, Dongfeng Huhua also made her reputation famous.

When Jianghu people open a branch, the first thing they need to do is to let local Jianghu people know that a famous person is here, so that people will come to do business.

Normally, when opening a hall, you need to eliminate a few small gangs to establish your authority, or hold a hero's banquet, treat the surrounding famous celebrities to a meal, etc., but now it is much simpler.

Now that the flowering season has come to an end, people in the world who have found good things outside are in urgent need of a safe place. They can convert the items into silver notes and put them in their pockets. Otherwise, they will follow the usual style of Liangzhou heroes and rush away with a big package. The state road may be harder to walk than a prairie fire.

There was demand in Jianghu, so Song Chi took advantage of the situation and designated the town as a safe zone in the name of Honghua Building. People in Jianghu could trade and settle there without paying, and thugs who dared to cause trouble would arrive immediately.

Although Honghua House has declined in the past, it has been ranked among the top wealthy families just by using the words "Young Master Night Terror Hall".

As soon as the name was announced, people from the Jianghu who gathered at the border to hunt for treasures flocked here. Even people from the Eighteen Villages in Hongshan and the Liangzhou Caravan came here as a place for negotiation.

Pei Xiangjun had only arrived two days ago, and he was originally worried about how to spread the word and get Xihaitang started.

Seeing that thousands of Jianghu people regard Honghe Town as an absolutely no-arms-prohibited zone because of the name of "Night Terror Hall", and even the horse bandits speak honestly and in a lowered voice when they come in, the pride of being the head of a wealthy family is irritated. However, when I was born and grew up, it was the first time I experienced the feeling of dominating the world in Honghualou in the past.

At this time, it was still dark. Pei Xiangjun got up early, put on a black robe and a bamboo hat, and a black scarf on his face. He dressed up as the Red God of Wealth and prepared to go to the town to see if there was anything worth buying. .

Zhe Yunli, who ran after him, got up earlier than Pei Xiangjun, put on a chivalrous costume, carried a long knife about the same height as his body, and urged outside:

"Aunt Pei, hurry up, hurry up, the town is noisy, something seems to have happened."

Zhe Yunli didn't look like a scholarly lady at all in front of Pei Xiangjun. After hanging around in the town for a few days, she had almost become one with the heroes of Liangzhou. Root straw.

Pei Xiangjun was helpless when he saw this. After coming out of the house, he took off the knife and let Yun Li hold it in his hand:

"Little girl, what's the point of carrying a knife like this? When your wife comes back to see you, she won't say anything about you. She will teach me a lesson..."

"I know, Aunt Pei~"

Zhe Yunli chuckled, and then left the Glacier Escort Bureau with Pei Xiangjun. She wanted to see if anyone was causing trouble, so that she could pretend to be the eldest lady of Honghualou and fight with three punches and two kicks to settle things.

But with the background of Ye Jingtang, there are really only a few people in the north and south who dare to cause trouble in Honghualou.

Pei Xiangjun took Yunli to the crowded street. As soon as he walked not far away, he heard a bunch of people talking around:

"It's really dead. I saw it with my own eyes. King Zuo Xian was swept away seven or eight miles by the yellow dragon's body of King Ye Dayan. He fell to the ground and plopped twice and then disappeared..."

"With a few plops, you think the Four Sages of Beiliang are just ordinary fish in the rivers and lakes..."

"What I saw with my own eyes is probably fake, but something really happened to King Zuo Xian. There is a lot of chaos in Pingyi City right now. Many people are running towards the Protector's Mansion. Lu Jieyun's disciples seem to be there. in……"

"Xu Tianying? Isn't he a newbie? Why did he run to Beiliang?"

"Otherwise, how can we call him Pao Kui..."

…

When Zhe Yunli heard this, his eyes showed surprise:

"Cousin Jing killed King Zuo Xian?"

Pei Xiangjun didn't expect Jingtang to make the matter so big. He felt that the situation was complicated and it was difficult to talk about it in the street. He thought for a while and said:

"Let someone go out and ask first. If this is the case, Jingtang should be back soon..."

Zhe Yunli held the knife and thought about it, frowned and said:

"None of the Four Saints of Beiliang are gone... Before I leave the world, Cousin Jing will take care of all the masters first. In that case, I will have to be pinned down by Cousin Jing for the rest of my life..."

"..."

Pei Xiangjun blinked and didn't know where he was going. He glanced at Yunli's increasingly delicate figure, coughed slightly, and quickly walked to Uncle Song's place...