Return of the Swallow

Cao Yuqing waved her hand, "You're welcome."

In fact, Cao Yuqing still had some sympathy for Lu Heng. When she saw him holding back his sorrow when he asked for nothing, and pretending to be free and easy in front of Qin Yining and Pang Xiao, she would think of herself, so she agreed. Escort Lu Heng for a while.

Anyway, Qin Yining and Pang Xiao stay together, which is the most reassuring thing.

Compared with when Qin Yining and Lu Heng led the Minuo tribe to avoid the pursuit of Tatar soldiers and horses, Pang Xiao's Jinghu Guards can be said to be experts. They are familiar with this kind of thing, and it is as simple as drinking water and eating.

They had a clear division of labor. Scouts had their own duties as scouts, and guards had their own duties as guards. Therefore, they skillfully crossed the Tatar land and reached the border of the Zhou Dynasty, without encountering Tatar soldiers and horses even once.

The day before arriving at the border pass, Cao Yuqing said to Lu Heng: "Get ready. Today we will leave the team first and then wait for an opportunity to enter the city."

When Lu Heng heard this, his heart skipped a beat. He was reluctant to leave Qin Yining.

They have been together for such a long time, and even if he can't have her, it is still satisfying to be able to look at her by her side. But now he had to leave first. The feeling of being reluctant to leave was like cutting off flesh.

Cao Yuqing couldn't help but sigh when she saw Lu Heng's expression.

"Second Master Lu, it's better to look away. Don't feel bad about yourself. It's just delaying yourself."

Cao Yuqing said that, turned around and left the tent.

Standing outside the tent, taking a deep breath of the cold air for a while, Cao Yuqing's depressed mood improved again.

Although she is in the same situation as Lu Heng, she is now able to find fun in a life where she gives her wholeheartedly without asking for anything in return. Qin Yining is a good child and sincerely recognizes her. She can gain Qin Huaiyuan's friendship and trust. , it is the best situation to have such a well-behaved and filial niece like Qin Yining. It's better than her insisting on forcing things and ending up with chickens and eggs.

Soon, Lu Heng packed up the simple salutes.

Standing in front of Qin Yining and Pang Xiao, Lu Heng did not show any inappropriate emotions and said goodbye to them with a smile: "Goodbye for now, see you in the capital."

Pang Xiao also handed over to him: "I believe that Brother Lu will be able to solve all the problems when he comes here. We are waiting for your good news."

"Me too,

Take care and farewell. "

"Goodbye."

Lu Heng glanced at Qin Yining again.

Qin Yining was wearing a rather large black mink velvet cloak and a mink velvet hat. At first glance, the clothes belonged to Pang Xiao.

Black fluff wrapped her tightly, and her palm-sized face was half-hidden in the fur collar. There seemed to be a little more flesh on her face, and her complexion was also good. When their eyes met, her lingering eyes were full of A gentle smile.

"Be more careful."

"I will. Farewell." Lu Heng suppressed the reluctance in his heart, thinking that Qin Yining and Pang Xiao were indeed well protected together, and he no longer had to worry.

After making up his mind, Lu Heng turned around and mounted his horse, and left the team with Cao Yuqing and Liao Zhibing.

Pang Xiao looked at Lu Heng's back, pursed his lips, and then smiled freely. He took Qin Yining's small hands hidden in the cloak and held them in his palms, breathed a sigh of relief, and tried his best to help her warm them up.

"Is it cold? Come on, go back to the tent and rest for a while."

Qin Yining smiled and nodded, carefully lifting the hem of the cloak to avoid dragging it on the snow and getting dirty. His other hand was tightly held by Pang Xiao's warm and dry hand, and he followed him step by step.

"When shall we enter the city?"

Pang Xiao smiled and said: "We have to make some noise to attract the attention of those people, so that Brother Lu and the others can enter the city conveniently. I want to order someone to deliver a message to the city after lunch, saying that the king and the princess are back. , let them open the city gate, come out and kneel to greet us."

Qin Yining chuckled when he heard this: "The Holy One must have arranged someone in the city. Since I have told the world that you are treasonous, I know that you went to Tartar to find me. There must be someone responsible for surveillance in the city at this time. I'm waiting to capture you as soon as you come back. You said you want them to kneel down to welcome you? Are you trying to scare them into kneeling?"

Pang Xiao said indifferently: "Whether it's beating or kneeling, or scaring, we just don't kneel."

The big hand snorted her head, because the warm hat was a bit big, and when he rubbed it, her bun was loosened, and the hat also covered her eyes. It looks really cute and tight like that.

Qin Yining said angrily: "What are you doing?" He raised his hand to hold his hat.

However, Pang Xiao held down the hat and kept it covering Qin Yining's eyes. He bent down and bit her lips gently, and then his flexible tongue went straight in and danced with her.

Because his vision is blocked by the hat, his senses are much sharper than usual.

Qin Yining felt that his whole body was on fire. I breathed in his breath, and even my body was strongly surrounded by his breath. I don't know if it was due to lack of oxygen, but even my legs felt a little weak for a while.

When she came back to her senses, she had been placed on a simple wooden couch in the tent by Pang Xiao, and he had been supporting her cheek with his arm, leaning over her body, with a pair of phoenix eyes that seemed to be lit. Group fire. The spark that started a prairie fire was unstoppable and soon burned her too.

Qin Yining naturally slept through lunch.

By the time she woke up from the pain and fatigue in the afternoon, Pang Xiao had already finished negotiating with the city.

Pang Xiao squatted beside the bed. He didn't look like he had done any strenuous exercise at all. He felt as refreshed as if he had taken a tonic pill.

Qin Yining rubbed her sore waist and glared at him fiercely.

Pang Xiao smiled and grabbed her hand and kissed her, "Are you awake? Are you still feeling uncomfortable? When we enter the city later, let's go to the inn and go to sleep, okay? Get up first, be good."

As he spoke, he pulled her up as if coaxing a child.

Qin Yining was so coaxed that she blushed and said angrily: "I'm not a child, don't be so disgusting."

"Nauseous? Where's the nausea? Sweetheart? Baby? Big baby? Little darling?"

Pang Xiao's voice was deliberately lowered, and the deep and magnetic voice blew against Qin Yining's ears. Each sound made her heart tremble and her face turned redder.

"Who is your little darling? You are the little darling."

Pang Xiao saw that her face was so red that it looked like she could bleed, so he couldn't help but hug her and let him sit on his lap, rocking her like a child.

"Why do you think I like our sister Yi so much? To be honest, you are my heart, my baby. If you are not by my side, I will miss you so much after a while. This feeling was not so strong before, Missing you is inevitable, but it doesn’t mean we can’t be apart for a moment. But since this incident, if I don’t see you in front of me for a while, I will panic and worry that you have been kidnapped again. .”

Having said this, Pang Xiao lowered his head and kissed her forehead: "Tell me, have you stolen my heart?"

Qin Yining buried her face in Pang Xiao's chest, leaving only the outside of her red ears, and said in a muffled voice: "That's nonsense, who taught you to say such things."

Seeing that Qin Yining was really embarrassed, Pang Xiao stopped saying these words that made her blush and heartbeat. He personally helped her change clothes, put on shoes and socks, and even helped her comb her hair with rough hands and feet. Although his skills were not very good, he pulled her scalp. It hurts, but the bun is beautiful.

After putting a sable velvet cloak on her and carefully trimming her collar, Pang Xiao smiled and said, "My baby is so beautiful." He kissed her loudly on the cheek again.

Qin Yining's face was crimson, even brighter than rouge. She was embarrassed to stare at Pang Xiao, so she followed him obediently and left the tent.

Huzi and the rest of the Jinghu Guards were already ready. When the group saw Pang Xiao and Qin Yining coming out, they all stood still with their horses in hand, and their military appearance was very neat.

After finishing packing, Pang Xiao loudly ordered:

"Set off."

"yes!"

Pang Xiao gave the order, and everyone got on their horses and headed straight for the "Tianyu Pass" city gate at the forefront of the border between Tatar and Dazhou.

There are four counties in the northern border passes of the Great Zhou Dynasty, namely Tianyu Pass, Tianlang Pass, Tianshu Pass and Tianmen Pass.

Among them, the one closest to the front line is Tianyu Pass. In the past, Ji Zeyu led the Longxiang Army to guard here.

Although the Longxiang Army is still stationed here, the coach has changed several times. The current temporary coach of the Longxiang Army is named Kang Qiong, who was arranged by Li Qitian. He is the same as the former generals of the Longxiang Army. The running-in is not very good.

Ever since the big incident of Prince Zhongshun's treason came out, the court was like boiling water poured into hot oil, and everything had been turned upside down.

Because he knew that Pang Xiao had gone to Tartar with his soldiers, Li Qitian specially arranged for a trustworthy general to guard Tianyu Pass with more than a hundred people. Just wait for Pang Xiao to come back and take him down in one fell swoop.

The official sent by Li Qitian was named Yi Binghu, who was twenty-nine years old at the time. Now he is serving as a fifth-rank Wuyi general and temporarily returned to the Gyeonggi camp, but he had some connections with the Huben army in the past.

As we all know, the 100,000 troops of Pang Xiao's Tiger and Ben Army have been selected through rigorous testing and selection. Even if they get started, it does not mean that they will never be eliminated. They will also undergo strict assessments at each period of time. Decide whether personnel should stay or leave.

Yi Binghu was once a member of the Huben Army, but he only stayed there for a month. Because he failed the assessment and wanted to use money to find a way, he was discovered by Pang Xiao, and he was severely reprimanded in public. .

Yi Binghu's family is a clan from the Northern Hebei Kingdom, and has produced many children who serve as officials in the court. He has felt that he is the favored son of heaven since he was a child, and he has been grudged by Pang Xiao when he was humiliated. Later, after he was kicked out of the Huben Army for repeatedly being cautious, he used his family connections to find a job in the Gyeonggi camp, but he still had knots in his heart.

This time, Li Qitian arranged for Yi Binghu to come to the border and wait for the enemy. In fact, he knew this in the past. Not only Yi Binghu, but also the more than a hundred subordinates Yi Binghu brought with him were all kicked out by the Tiger Army.

Li Qitian seized on their hatred and gave them this opportunity to take revenge. He also doesn't have to worry about the people below giving Pang Xiao trouble.