In the winter of the twelfth year of Yongle, it has been snowing continuously in the north of the Ming Dynasty, from Henan in Shandong to Shaanxi in Shanxi, it is surprisingly cold everywhere, and it is covered in silver. Especially in Shanxi, since the winter moon, the snow has not stopped, sometimes scattered with fine snowflakes, sometimes it is a large piece of goose feathers scattered all over the sky, and the land of Sanjin is dressed up as a seamless snowfield.

Even if it is a sunny day, the heaven and the earth are extremely cold, and the rì head is miserable and white, making people not feel warm at all. But at this moment when the weather was freezing and the wind and snow were filled, there was a team of horses trekking along the ice-covered mountain road, which was exactly Wang Xian and his party who were going to Taiyuan.

Of course, among this group of people, Wang Xian is the most inconspicuous one, and the central figure is Liu Zijin, the general of Tongtian who rides a tall horse, and Song Xian'er, the holy daughter of the White Lotus, who is sitting in a small sedan chair. This trip is precisely because of Song Xian'er, who insisted on going to Taiyuan to worship the deceased, at first everyone didn't feel how, but after the road was so difficult, everyone couldn't help but complain, complaining behind their backs that the saint was ignorant and caused everyone to suffer these hardships. It's just that the general of Tongtian is pressing, so no one dares to say anything clearly.

In fact, Liu Zijin insisted on going to Taiyuan, pleasing the saint Maiden was only one aspect, his real goal was to meet the nobles of Taiyuan City in person, and want to know what they thought of him and the White Lotus Righteous Army. This point, Zhang Wu, the brother of life and death beside him, knows best. So Zhang Wu never said anything about the saint, because he knew that even if the saint didn't go to Taiyuan, the eldest brother would have to go.

With these two big men leading, the team can keep going, and slowly march towards Taiyuan at a speed of thirty or fifty miles a day. Today is the sixth day of departure, and seeing that the sky is about to get dark, the top priority is to find a place to stay...... Although there were guides and documents, they were cautious, and they tried not to meet with the living, and generally camped in the wilderness. As luck would have been, the Pathfinder's men reported that an abandoned ruined temple had been found in front of him, which could be used for accommodation.

There is a shelter from the wind and rain, it is much stronger than the curtain on the ground, Zhang Wuyi gave an order, the team moved over, turned a hill, and saw that the temple was located on the highest mountain, climb up to see, the incense in the temple has long been broken, there is no figure, but the house is still intact, enough to shelter from the wind and snow.

After checking inside and out, and making sure that there was no problem, Zhang Wu ordered the three halls to be cleaned up, he and Liu Zijin and others lived in the west side hall, the holy woman and the people of General Song lived in the east side hall, and as for the largest main hall, it was left for the horses to stay overnight.

The subordinates are all used to walking the rivers and lakes, so they will be busy separately. In a short time, the two side halls were cleaned up, the leaky doors and windows were blocked with felt, and the furniture in the temple was split into firewood, divided into two parts, and each of the east and west side halls was lit on fire.

The fire warmed the people who were about to freeze, and General Song's men began to gather for dinner. General Song is a person who likes to enjoy, and he has reached the limit of patience after eating food for a few days due to the limitations of the previous conditions. This time, the conditions were a little better, so he asked his subordinates to make noodles, and cut the cooked beef frozen into slices, put it in a pot and boiled it into soup, and prepared a whole pot of beef knives to cut noodles.

"Ha Luha, Uncle Song really enjoys it." Liu Zijin walked in with a smile and said, "I smelled the fragrance at the opposite door." ”

"Can you miss a good nephew?" General Song said with a smile. Wang Xian squatted on the side to burn the fire, and listened to a cold saying, which of the two is not necessarily older than the other...... I heard General Song laugh again: "The virtuous nephew is here to find Xian'er, let's go over quickly." ”

"Hehe, yes." Liu Zijin entered the hall and walked towards the beautiful woman sitting by the fire. Gu Xiaolian was quietly watching Wang Xian burn the fire, and felt that the curve of his hips was really perfect. A big red face broke into the sight, so that she couldn't appreciate the official's ass, so naturally she wouldn't give him a good face.

Liu Zijin didn't care, he asked for warmth with a shy face, Gu Xiaolian reluctantly coped with him a few words, and listened to him say in a muffled voice: "I don't know what to do, I always feel sad these days." Later, I figured out that it turned out that my sister was sad, and I was also sad. ”

Gu Xiaolian rolled her eyes helplessly, and smiled reluctantly: "That's too sinful, you still make me sad." ”

"No, then it's okay, let's share joys and sorrows, and weal and woe." Liu Zijin shook his head and said. "Isn't that what the girl preaches all day long?"

"Hehe......" Gu Xiaolian smiled weakly: "That's whatever." Saying that, he handed Wang Xian a glance and asked him to find a way to save the driver, watching his chick being molested, Wang Xian was naturally unhappy, and at this time the noodles came out, and he hurriedly served the first bowl to Liu Zijin, blocking the mouth of this goods.

Liu Zijin took it, handed it to Gu Xiaolian, and said attentively: "Sister, eat quickly." ”

"I'm not hungry, Brother Liu will eat first." Gu Xiaolian shook his head, Liu Zijin was a sincere person, and he happened to feel very hungry, so he stopped pushing, took the chopsticks and picked up the noodles, snorted and ate, and praised vaguely while eating: "Good times, good times......

"Eat more if it's delicious." Wang Xian smiled and glanced at Gu Xiaolian, Gu Xiaolian actually understood what he meant, and said excitedly in his heart, could it be that this is a little clear? Then he instructed General Song: "Order more noodles and send them over to Fifth Brother Zhang." ”

"Okay." General Song was a little distressed, after all, he was out of the house and had limited supplies with him, but he was about to arrive in Taiyuan, did he still care about that bit of flour? So he asked people to take the knife-cut noodles that were going to be eaten tomorrow morning, and brought them to the West Side Hall for Zhang Wu and others to eat. Zhang Wu and the others have been eating roasted grain and barbecued meat these days, and they have long been hungry for the bowl and knife. After saying thank you, he grabbed it around the cauldron, and after a while, he filled the pot with knives and noodles, and ate so much that there was no soup left.

Wang Xian also shared a bowl, but pretended to eat a few bites, and while people were not paying attention, they all poured it to the people on the side. The people on the side originally only got some noodle soup to drink, but now they suddenly have noodles to eat, and they are naturally happy, so they will ask you why you don't eat it.

At this time, Liu Zijin, the earliest general of Tongtian, who ate noodles, was already fighting with his eyelids and was tired, and he forced himself to say goodbye to Gu Xiaolian: "Sister, I'm sleepy, I ......" and stood up slowly, walked out crookedly, but who knew that he tripped over the threshold and fell a.

Everyone hurried over to help him, but when they heard that General Tongtian was already snoring loudly, he actually fell asleep to death.

"It's good to be young," General Song said enviously: "It's like we are old, we can't sleep if we want to......" After speaking, he yawned one after another, and was so sleepy that tears flowed. After all, he is an old man, and when he realized that something was wrong, he stood up and shouted: "Menghan medicine ......" said that he wanted to find Wang Xian, but before he could see people, he saw a flower in front of him, and fell to the ground with a poof.

At this time, Wang Xian, who was hiding behind him, also fell asleep on the ground with a pop, and coincidentally, his head was still pillowing General Song's soft belly, which was much more comfortable than a pillow. Immediately afterwards, in a panic, people fell to the ground one after another like dumplings in the two side halls, unable to wake up, even the saint who had never eaten noodles at all......

The ruined temple was quiet, only the sound of snoring one after another, like the crowing of frogs. After a long while, Wang Xian sat up with his head in his hands, his stomach rose and fell, making him fall a little, and he looked at Gu Xiaolian first, and saw her curled up by the fire, looking at him with long eyelashes.

Wang Xianhui smiled, walked over and pulled Gu Xiaolian up, hugged him in his arms, and kissed him fiercely...... It's really hot to watch people hook up with their daughters-in-law these days

"Official, do we have a tacit understanding?" Gu Xiaolian looked at the corpses all over the ground, and the corners of her mouth turned straight up. In fact, the sweat medicine came from Gu Xiaolian, not Wang Xian. When Wang Xian first went up the mountain, everything was searched, and even the close-fitting armor was not spared, let alone bottles and cans. However, Gu Xiaolian is also an expert in medicine, at the beginning, she unknowingly fascinated Zhou Yong's subordinates, and she used the top sweat medicine secretly made by Zhao Wangfu, which was tasteless and effective. When Wang Xian proposed that she repeat her old tricks, she gave Wang Xian a bottle and agreed that the two of them would wait for the opportunity to act, and whoever had a good chance would start it......

"Of course," Wang Xian gave a thumbs up, "It's just a little bit of a good idea."

"That's what the slave family thinks" Gu Xiaolian jumped up happily, hugged his neck and kissed him.

"Alright, okay, get out of this place first." Wang Xian squeezed her little hand and said, "Little mercy, you have to hold on."

"The slave family is not as delicate as the officials think." Gu Xiaolian smiled.

"Hmm." Wang Xian nodded, took off his double-layer armor from General Song, put one on Gu Xiaolian, and one for himself, and found his confiscated musket, loaded the projectile, and held it in his arms. Only then did he say to Gu Xiaolian, who was carrying a bag: "Let's go." ”

But seeing Gu Xiaopian's face change abruptly, he pointed to the opposite side with a shocked expression. Wang Xianzhi said that she had a keen sense of six senses, and her heart was also tight, and she tiptoed to the door, and looked through the crack in the door - only to see a few fierce-eyed men standing at the door of the east side hall opposite...... It turned out to be Zhang Wu and several of his brothers

Wang Xian was also shocked, he obviously watched them eat noodles, but when his gaze moved to Zhang Wu's left hand, he understood everything...... The hand was wrapped in a coarse cloth, and blood was oozing red, which he had not had before.

Obviously, because Zhang Wu ate noodles at the latest, he heard someone in the East Side Hall shouting, "Meng's sweat medicine, so he knew that he was talking." In order to stay awake, they did not hesitate to harm themselves, and finally used ten fingers to connect the pain to the heart, resisting the strength of the medicine. But he cunningly did not get up immediately, waiting for the drugged person to jump out on his own