Wait a minute, heroine

Time flies and it’s early spring in February.

The banks of the Qingjiang River are full of greenery. Birds and butterflies are playing among the flowers. Even the horses passing by on the road occasionally come to the blooming petals to smell the breath of spring.

At the junction of Liangzhou and Yazhou, caravans came and went on the official road. Two horses and a carriage stopped outside the stone pavilion inscribed with "Yazhou Boundary". In the pavilion stood three people wearing different clothes. The chivalrous lady of the rivers and lakes, while the big fluffy bird stood on the top of the pavilion and looked at the ferry market.

In the distance, beside the Qingjiang Ferry, Ye Jingtang got off the Black Flag Gang's boat, holding a letter in his hand.

After resting for two days in Dongming Mountain, because the Snow Lake Flowers had not yet been handed over to the court, Ye Jingtang worked as a tool for one night, and then set out the next day, pretending to be an escort again, holding down a carriage of Snow Lake Flowers, turning back towards the pass.

Ye Jingtang's injuries have not yet completely healed, and he did not dare to stay too long on the road with a car full of snow and lake flowers. He also took turns standing guard during his breaks. Naturally, he had no chance to do the big thing of being slept with. When they returned to the customs, the four of them Relax a little and return to Honghe Town first.

Ye Jingtang knew that Sanniang and Yunli had arrived in Honghe Town, but when they passed there, they heard from Uncle Song that after Sanniang learned about his affairs in Tianlang Lake, she thought that he went directly to Jingjie City in order to sell the stolen goods as soon as possible. , and after waiting for a day, we went to Yazhou.

There was indeed something important going on in the Night Terror Hall. After offering incense to his adoptive father, he did not stop and set off directly to Yazhou. He walked to the junction of the two states and received the latest information from the Black Flag Gang.

Ye Tingtang waited until he reached a sparsely populated area before he opened the letter and read it.

The letter was written by Hu Yanjing, the boss of the Black Flag Gang, and explained the recent events, such as the disbandment of the Bai Xiao Camp, the remnants of the troops being merged into the 12th Institute of Yanjing, Cao Aning and others having gone to Yanjing, etc.

Ye Jingtang still has to find the Ming Shen Tu, and will definitely have to go to Yanjing in the future. Faced with this sudden news, it is quite unexpected.

After thinking for a moment, Ye Jingtang took out the fire certificate and lit the letter to avoid accidentally losing it and exposing the hidden pile, and then returned to the stone pavilion.

Dongfang Liren ran out with him this time, first fought fiercely in Tianlang Lake, and then went to the Xihai Protectorate to rob a prison. Although he did not see Ye Jingtang kill Wu Sheng with his own eyes, as the prince of Jinzhi Yuye of the Wei Dynasty, he could participate together. It's enough to be unforgettable for a lifetime.

At this time, Dongfang Liren was standing in the stone pavilion, looking back at the northwest frontier. Apart from sighing, he also felt a little regretful. After all, her martial arts skills were so bad that she probably couldn't beat Xiao Yunli. It would be difficult for her to have such a magnificent experience in the future. If he continues to participate, he can’t help but complain after thinking about it:

"Master, if you had taught me the moves back then, if you had been so careful in 'teaching me by words and deeds', I wouldn't be a little master at the bottom now..."

Xuanji, the real person, stood in the pavilion holding a sword, her white skirt flowing in the wind. From a distance, she looked even more like a frigid and aloof heroine than Ning'er.

Hearing Li Ren complain, she shrugged slightly:

"If you were to learn martial arts and be as smart as learning postures, you would be half a step ahead of Ba Kui. You have fourteen moves, but you haven't learned them clearly after a year. What can you do as a teacher?"

"..."

Dongfang Liren took a breath, causing the fat-headed dragon to bulge, but what the master said was also true. My sister knew everything. She couldn't understand the instructions. No wonder the master didn't care. In order to save face, he added:

"Isn't it the same for my sister? She can stain a lot of water by practicing calligraphy, but in the end she still writes ghost symbols. She is much stupider than me..."

Fan Qinghe was sitting in the pavilion, wearing a red veil on his face, dressed as a Shazhou beauty, with gold ornaments in her bun. She looked coquettish and charming, but her eyes were a little strange, and she seemed to be muttering secretly - -The master and the apprentice are so thick-skinned, it’s embarrassing to say this...

Fan Qinghe's mischief in the walled city a few days ago opened his eyes. He had never thought that a woman could ride on a man's head and act wild without the man being angry, and even the three of them could be stacked on top of each other.

Fan Qinghe didn't even know how that ridiculous night happened, and he still hadn't recovered from it, and he didn't dare to interrupt in these embarrassing matters. Seeing Ye Jingtang coming back, she stood up and said:

"How about? Shall we take the water route or the dry route?"

Ye Jingtang laughed when he heard this, but did not tease Qing He. He came outside the pavilion, caught the bird and rubbed it:

"Everything is peaceful in the pass. Nothing happened. I just found a fast boat at the ferry. We walked along the Qingjiang River, passed the Broken Dragon Platform and turned into the Huanshan River. If nothing happens, we can reach Jingjie City tomorrow night."

Master Xuanji walked out of the pavilion and held the charcoal-red horse:

"You are already at the bottom of the Martial Saints list now. Thank God if I don't meet you when you go out. What kind of accident can happen to you? Let's go."

After Ye Jingtang took the Tianlang Pearl, his Qi veins were expanded by the strength of the medicine. As his injuries gradually recovered, his body was indeed strengthened. At present, he is probably at the level of King Zuo Xian without taking medicine, and he can be regarded as a Martial Saint goalkeeper. Now the whole Only Lu Taiqing and Monk Shenchen who can deal with him in Wei Dynasty, even Bing Tuo Tuo may not be able to defeat him.

But the tree attracts the wind, he killed King Zuo Xian, and he obviously has the background to unify the Western Xinjiang. Beiliang can keep him alive unless his brain is damaged.

Although the possibility of Beiliang Wusheng entering the pass to assassinate was very slim, Ye Jingtang was not negligent. He first moved the boat out of the ferry to the riverside, and then put the carriage on the deck.

The clipper found at the ferry was a small merchant ship carrying goods. It had a good deck space in the front and a warehouse below. The cabin for living was at the stern, with only two small cabins to provide shelter from wind and rain for the boatmen on the way.

The Snow Lake Flowers snatched from the Xihai Protector's Mansion have all been dried and packaged in a box of half a catty. Two boxes were left for Dong Mingbu. Currently, there are still thirty boxes, which is fifteen catties.

Although there were not many things and could be packed in a large wooden box, these things were too expensive, so Ye Jingtang was still cautious and placed them directly at the head of the bed after carrying them on board.

Xuanji, a real person who travels all year round, is very skilled in sailing and driving. At this time, he pulled up the sail on the deck, while Qinghe used a long pole to push the boat away from the river bank.

Dongfang Liren has been in a golden age since he was a child. Without a maid, he can only be responsible for being pretty most of the time. After trying to help others to no avail, he can only stand on the bow of the boat and look at her, holding the same cute little girl in his arms.

After the sails swelled into a semicircle and the ship began to move downstream, Night Terror Hall came out of the cabin:

"The things are put away. You guys should take a shower first. I'll catch some fish. There's a small kitchen in the back and I'll cook you some food later."

Along the way, they all ate dry food, carried heavy treasures with them, and were in a hurry. They didn’t stay in a hotel. The three daughters’ family was really feeling a little uncomfortable. Qinghe didn’t say much at the moment. Qinghe got a wooden bucket and ran to the boat building to fetch water. bath.

Most of the people who work on merchant ships are men. Even if they need to take a bath, they can just jump into the river and rinse themselves. There are no bathing facilities on small merchant ships.

It was impossible for the three women to jump into the river and take a wild bath in broad daylight. They only washed themselves in a small room on the boat building. The water could flow outside through the openings in the corners.

After the three women started working, Ye Jingtang came to the stern of the boat and let Niaoniao take the helm. If the boat went astray, he would give a warning. He took off his robe and plunged into the Spring River. While taking a bath, he swam with the boat, looking for Fish in the water.

Ye Jingtang was born in the drought-stricken Liangzhou. His water skills are not superb, but his martial arts skills are so strong that he jumped like a white stripe in the waves for a moment before catching a big river fish more than three feet long. He jumped out of the water and landed. At the stern of the boat, I started killing fish and scraping their scales under the admiring eyes of the birds.

Rub rub rub~

While Ye Jingtang was busy working, some words suddenly came from the room behind where the sound of water splashing was heard:

"Witch, why do you look like a little girl who hasn't grown up? Li Ren and I both...did you shave it yourself?"

"Master has been like this since he was a child, and so has my sister. I used to think that I was different from other people, but then I took a shower with the Queen Mother, and I realized that it was the two of them who were different..."

"Hmm~ Doesn't it look good?"

"Tch~ What's so good about this..."

"How about I draw something for Master later? Plum blossoms, peonies or something, it will definitely look good on top..."

"Whatever flowers you want to draw, just write a few words for her, 'hard, hard' or something like that..."

"puff……"

…

The joking words reached his ears. Although he deliberately suppressed his voice and spoke very softly, how could he not hear the strength of the Night Terror Hall Martial Saint.

Ye Jingtang was still thinking about the follow-up situation, but after hearing a few sentences, he became distracted. He put down the knife and washed his hands, letting Niaoniao scrape the fish scales by himself, then quietly got up and entered the ship building.

"Chi chi chi?"

Ye Jingtang slowly came to the outside of the small room, opened the door slightly and glanced around.

The room was not big, but now the three girls were standing in it, pouring water from the buckets onto each other, and helping each other scrub. The moon was all in their eyes, and they didn't know where to look first.

As soon as the door of Night Terror Hall was opened, the three women who were playing around noticed it and turned their heads at the same time.

Fan Qinghe quickly stopped talking and used the demon girl as a shield to hide behind his back; Dongfang Liren's face turned red and he quickly hugged his chest:

"Se embryo, who let you in?!"

As for Master Xuanji, everything was as usual, looking back and saying:

"What, do you want to wash together?"

Ye Jingtang definitely wanted to take a bath together, but the room was too small and there was no room for them to stand. He just said:

"I just finished washing and I just came here to see if there were any orders. Do you want a towel? I'll bring it in for you?"

Dongfang Liren didn't dare to let Ye Jingtang in, but after running around for so many days, the pervert's body was probably exhausted. Anyway, he didn't have to run around by boat, so he immediately pushed the master out:

"Master has washed her, please help her wipe it."

Master Xuanji was very self-aware, but he didn't dare to be the first to fight against the damage. He twisted his waist smoothly and pushed Qing He who was hiding behind his back.

"Eh?"

Fan Qinghe was caught off guard. Before he could react, he was pushed out of the door and bumped into the man's arms.

Ye Jingtang raised his hand to catch the watery Qinghe. Fearing that she would catch cold, he held the moon in his hands and picked her up, then walked into the cabin next door:

"Here, let me wipe it for you."

"Eh? What are you doing in broad daylight..."

Fan Qinghe was stunned. How could she believe the man's lies about helping her wipe her body? She turned red and struggled:

"I'm a doctor. You said you won't act recklessly and don't keep your word, right? Believe it or not, I will go back to Dongming Mountain now..."

Ye Jingtang carried Qing He into the house and got a towel to help wipe his body:

"How could I break my promise and do nothing but wipe it off for you? Stand still..."

"What haven't you done yet? I'll do it myself, don't...oh~where did you wipe you?..."

"hehe……"

While the four of them were fighting like this, the boat floated down the river and quickly disappeared at the end of the river...

…

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Hundreds of miles away, Jingjie City.

As the capital of Northern Xinjiang, Jingjie City has Tianmen Gorge just outside. It has been an important military town in the past dynasties, and the imperial court has accumulated a large number of main troops here.

As the gateway to the Northern and Southern Dynasties, there were quite a lot of caravans coming and going during the Taiping Period. Therefore, the city was so large that it was smaller than Yun'an.

In previous years, the commander-in-chief of Yazhou was Wang Yin, the Duke of Zhenguo, who was also the empress's biological uncle and Wang Chihu's biological father. He was in charge of all military and political power in Yazhou.

However, after the empress came to Yazhou, these rights were naturally handed back to her niece. Wang Yin personally wore armor and went to Tianmen Gorge to supervise the army. The empress moved into the palace in the city and began to be busy with various inspections of the army.

After the beginning of spring, the situation in the Northern and Southern Dynasties became elusive. Not only did the Northern Liang Dynasty not know whether the empress would fight or not, but also the border troops of the Southern Dynasty did not know. At this time, all orders were carried out in accordance with the state of combat readiness. The office was on duty at all hours of the night, three times a day. Inspection of Beiliang fine work and so on.

Because of the strict control, night has just fallen, and there are few people on the streets of the majestic city located between the mountains. Only large groups of soldiers and horses are left patrolling along the streets. The palaces in the city are brightly lit, and many Yazhous can be seen. Officials came in and out, reporting on border defense affairs.

In a market in the west of the city, because it is in a busy area, there are many people on the street. In teahouses and restaurants, idlers can be seen gathering together everywhere, whispering secretly:

"King Zuo Xian died at the hands of Duke Ye. How could Beiliang tolerate such a big thing? I guess there will definitely be a fight..."

"Duke Ye is the orphan of King Tianlang. He killed King Zuoxian to avenge his family. It's okay for Beiliang to run to clean up the western border. But to attack our great Wei, I'm afraid he's going a little crazy..."

…

In an inn in the market, an inconspicuous little carriage was parked in the backyard, covered with a tarpaulin, and it looked like it was just carrying a cart of sundries.

On the second floor of the inn, Xue Baijin stood at the window in a brocade robe, looking at the palace in the distance and listening to the words of the people around him.

In the room, Luo Ning was sitting cross-legged on the bed. She seemed to be meditating and practicing, but she was holding the piece of 'Longtan Tourmaline' in her hand, silently thinking about the little thief who had just met and separated before being intimate.

Rumble~

After a moment of silence, a spring thunder suddenly sounded from the sky.

Luo Ning opened her eyes, came behind Bai Jin and looked outside:

"It's raining. Is it okay if the carriage is parked outside?"

The carriage in the backyard was filled with snow lake flowers that Xue Baijin later snatched back.

Although the two thousand cavalrymen dispersed into the ice field and were not easy to chase, they could not withstand the wolves in the north and south.

Those Jianghu people who did not dare to provoke King Zuo Xian found out that Ye Jingtang was involved in the main force, and they became courageous at that time. They began to chase and block Tianlang Lake, and snatched many Xuexue Lake flowers.

Xue Baijin, on the other hand, took advantage of both sides. Not only did he steal King Zuo Xian's troops, he also participated in the treasure hunt and snatched back more than twenty boxes in one night.

Although the quantity was not large, she was able to snatch back more than ten kilograms by herself, which was already considered impressive. Originally, she wanted to chase them all the way to Hudong Road without leaving a hair for Beiliang.

However, the risk was too high. If they bumped into Master Xiang Han and others, they would have to explain themselves on the spot. In the end, they followed Ning'er's advice to leave it alone and returned to Jingjie City.

Seeing Ning'er worried, Xue Baijin said:

"It's just a batch of medicinal materials, sealed in jade boxes and covered with oilcloth. What could go wrong? Even if something does go wrong and we lose some, it's because Ye Jingtang came back too late. No wonder we didn't keep it safe."

Luo Ning knew that these Snow Lake Flowers would not fall into the hands of the Pingtian Cult, but she couldn't help but be concerned about the little thief being so desperate, so she still ran down and checked the carriage carefully.

Although Xue Baijin was casual in his words, he never leaked anything in his work. It was impossible to detect the problem. He did not help Ning'er at the moment and continued to listen to the words on the street.

But before Ning'er finished checking down below, a burst of words from the street reached their ears through the falling spring rain:

"Miss, Sanniang said not to run around at night. If you sneak out, what if you meet a bad guy? Let's go back to sleep..."

Pinger? Xue Baijin was slightly startled when he heard the sound, and turned to look towards the street.

Luo Ning, who was holding an umbrella to inspect the carriage, also raised her head, with a bit of surprise and displeasure in her eyes, and then went out to discipline Yunli, who was wandering the street at night.

But before Luo Ning had even taken two steps, she suddenly heard a faint and resentful voice coming from the spring rain:

"The sound of rain shatters my dreams, and I wake up from my dream. The shadows of flowers shake half of the courtyard under the waning moon. The fragrance of the red plum blossoms is still the same as before. I stand alone at the cold window in memory of my old friend...

"Brother Jing's safety is uncertain now, how can I sleep? Alas~ If I had known that I would be so frightened, I should have followed my brother Jing in Jiangzhou, and it is better to be by my side than to suffer the sorrow of spring and autumn here..."

?

Luo Ning's steps paused slightly, with an incredible look in her eyes. Her voice sounded like that of Xiao Yunli, but could the tone and refined words of this young girl come from her Yunli?

Not to mention Luo Ning, even Xue Baijin tilted his head slightly and was stunned.

Luo Ning was full of doubts, and after thinking about it, she flew up and landed on the street wall, looking at the street with Bai Jin.

As a result, he looked up and saw two girls walking together in the dimly lit market.

Ping'ers followed politely behind, holding an umbrella in her hand, and was earnestly persuading the young lady to go back.

In the front is a frail and scholarly young lady, wearing a white top and a pink fairy skirt, her hair is combed elegantly, her hands are folded on her waist and she is moving slightly, her eyebrows are frowning as she walks, and her eyes are like Happiness is not happiness, the trace of spring resentment between Qingli's eyebrows makes people feel pity just by looking at it.

? ? ?

Luo Ning was stunned and didn't dare to confirm who this girl was. It wasn't until she saw the young lady under the umbrella that she was looking at the storytellers and barbecue stalls on the street that she confirmed that this was their apprentice!

Although she felt a little pretentious, Yunli was indeed more pleasing to the eye now than the wild girl she was before, but what she said was wrong.

Luo Ning thought about it and flew up, landed in front of the two of them, and said:

"Yunli!"

"hiss--!"

Zhe Yunli, who was looking for a supper, suddenly heard the voice of his mistress. He trembled with fright, and his scholarly temperament was destroyed on the spot. He regained his usual quirky spirit, stood up straight quickly, and turned around with a look of joy:

"Eh? Master Wife, why are you here too?"

Luo Ning came forward with an umbrella and looked at Yunli showing her original shape, not knowing what to say. She frowned and asked:

"What were you talking about just now?"

"..."

When Zhe Yunli heard this, he knew that his mistress had heard what he had just said. His expression stiffened slightly and he explained awkwardly:

"I'm just worried about cousin Jing's safety, so I made a few nonsense remarks, please don't take it seriously..."

"What's that poem about?"

"I read it out casually after copying and memorizing it all day long. This means that I have done well in my homework recently, right Ping'er?"

"Well……"

Luo Ning blinked her eyes and felt that it was the same. The weirdness in her heart disappeared by a third, and she stopped pursuing Yun Li and said instead:

"Yes, I can recite poems now, but at my daughter's house, there are some things that I still can't say casually. What should I do if people misunderstand me?"

"Hehe~ I'm just talking nonsense in private, please don't get me wrong, Master."

"Hmph... Sanniang is here too? Where is she?"

"Aunt Pei is over in the West Market. I've been here for several days. This is the first time I've gone out for a stroll. Unexpectedly, I was bumped into by my wife as soon as I went out. Would you like to go and have a look, my wife?"

Luo Ningcai didn't believe that this was Yunli's first time running away because she had nothing to do with Bai Jin, so she immediately said:

"Your master is on the second floor and go take a look. I'll go hang out at Sanniang's place."

Zhe Yunli felt relieved, nodded quickly and ran into the inn.

Luo Ning looked at Yunli, who was already an older girl, and felt a little complicated. After watching the two of them go in, she sighed secretly and ran to the West Market to get in touch with each other...