Nine dragons wrap around the jade button in the middle. When the light shines on it, it seems that the jade seal is glowing.
Han Du looked at the jade seal carefully, paused for a moment, and then wiped his hands on his brocade robe again and again, for fear that a trace of sweat on his palm would get on the jade seal.
He reached out and carefully picked up the jade seal and turned it over.
The first thing Han Du saw was a corner filled with gold, and he felt relieved. At least from now on, this thing seemed to be real.
"What is this?" Han Du was the closest to Tang Ding, so he was the only one who saw the words on the jade seal. But Tang Ding didn't know what these winding lines were.
After Han Du saw these crooked words, he felt even more relieved. He quickly put the jade seal back and closed the lid. He didn't even think about giving it to anyone else, he just put it into his arms.
Without answering Tang Ding's words, Han Du said directly to him: "Get on the horse, we will return to Beijing immediately."
Seeing the gold box in Slender Monkey's hand, although the contents were taken away by him, just a dozen kilograms of gold was a huge fortune. Moreover, this thing is also a mechanism box with a confidentiality function, so its value is naturally greater.
Han Du pointed at the thin monkey and said, "Please give this thing to me for safekeeping first."
"Yes, Lord Marquis."
After hearing this, Xu Chengfei suddenly smiled at the thin monkey. Han Du said that as long as the thin monkey takes out the things, he will be rewarded heavily. Now that Shouhou had taken out the things, Han Du didn't say anything about the reward, and even asked him to help keep the gold box.
Obviously, Han Du did not forget to reward the monkey, but he had not yet figured out how to reward him, so he took the monkey with him on the pretext of keeping the gold box.
As long as I can stay with Han Du, will there be less glory and wealth in the future?
This is the reason why Xu Chengfei smiled at the thin monkey.
But Shouhou didn't understand Xu Chengfei's profound meaning. When he saw the aloof general smiling at him, he turned back and smiled at Xu Chengfei.
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With a huge treasure in his possession, Han Du naturally did not dare to delay.
Along the way, the army was ordered to move with all its strength and hide as much as possible.
And here is already the edge of the grassland, the intersection with the Ming Dynasty. It is simply difficult for the Meng Yuan tribe to survive here. The only tribes that can survive here are tribes that are inextricably related to the Ming Dynasty.
Such a tribe would not attack rashly when facing the Ming army. As long as the Ming army did not take the initiative to attack them, they would usually choose to turn a blind eye and let the Ming army pass by.
Along the way, although Han Du encountered several tribes, there was never a single conflict. When they were most nervous, the tribe sent hundreds of cavalry to follow Han Du. They turned around and went back to pay their respects until they saw the army leaving with their own eyes.
Eight days later, Han Du looked at Xifeng Pass in the distance, and his heart that had been hanging was finally half relieved. Once you enter the pass, you don't have to worry about the Meng Yuan people coming to rob you.
After all, he brought Tuogu Si Timur, the emperor of the Northern Yuan Dynasty with him. Who knows if he had any means to secretly inform the Meng Yuan tribe?
Fortunately, from now on, at least everything is going smoothly.
After leading his army to stop in front of the city gate, Xu Chengfei immediately lifted his horse forward alone.
I saw a large army coming to the pass, Xifeng Pass City
The soldiers on the wall immediately raised their bowstrings and pointed them at Xu Chengfei, who was standing alone.
Although this army only has a few thousand people, and whether it is judging from the attire or the flags, without exception, it appears that this is the army of the Ming Dynasty.
But there are some things that you should be cautious about and you should still cross-examine carefully if you should ask. Moreover, although this Ming army was small in number, it had many war horses, which was very similar to the Mongolian and Yuan cavalry.
In the past, the Meng Yuan cavalry pretended to be Ming troops and deceived the city gates into opening. This matter had to be guarded against.
"Who is coming!" A loud shout came from the city gate tower.
Xu Chengfei raised his head and did not see the speaker clearly, so he replied directly: "This general, Xu Chengfei, is the deputy general of Shanziying. The Marquis of Zhenhai of the Ming Dynasty led Shanziying into the pass!"
After saying that, Xu Chengfei sat on his horse and waited for the city gate to open.
After a while, the city gate did not open, but a voice came again.
"I wonder if I can ask Marquis Zhenhai to speak?"
Xu Chengfei was suddenly surprised, why did Xifengguan become so cautious? They had already said that the Marquis of Zhenhai would lead his army into the pass, but they actually wanted Han Du to come forward in person?
However, although Xu Chengfei was a little strange, he still stepped back and glanced at Han Du.
When Han Du heard the sound coming from the city gate, he didn't think much about it. He directly picked up the reins and drove the horse forward.
Tang Ding frowned and felt something was wrong. He quickly followed Han Du on horseback and looked at the tower with some caution.
"I am Han Du, the Marquis of Zhenhai. Please open the city gate. I want to enter."
The guard of Xifeng Pass is Wu Si, who doesn't know Han Du at all. But Han Du couldn't see anything wrong with the brocade robe that the Marquis wore behind him.
Wu Si suddenly felt embarrassed, wondering whether the Marquis of Zhenhai below was real. With a tangled grin, he immediately felt the injury and felt a toothache.
Just when Wu Si was in a dilemma, he suddenly saw the man following Han Du and his eyes widened.
He murmured to himself: "Is it... the young father-in-law?"
He rubbed his eyes in disbelief and looked over again.
"What a young man!"
Wu Si didn't hesitate anymore and immediately waved his hand and shouted: "Go down with the order and open the door!"
Seeing the city gate open, Han Du, who was a little impatient at first, immediately felt his grudge disappear. He waved his hand and asked the army to follow him into the pass.
As the city gate opened, Wu Si led his generals out of the city to greet them.
"Wu Si, the last general, pays homage to the Marquis of Zhenhai. Please forgive me for keeping you waiting for so long."
Wu Si kept his posture very low, not only saluted respectfully, but also took the initiative to admit his mistake.
Now that Wu Si has reached this point, Han Du can't say anything more. He waved his hand lightly and said: "It doesn't matter, you are also responsible."
"Thank you, Lord Marquis!" Wu Si bowed to Han Du again.
Then he bowed to Tang Ding and said with a smile: "I will finally pay my respects to the young master. I wonder how he is doing lately? Please ask the young master to say hello to the young master on behalf of Wu Si after he returns to Beijing."
When he heard Wu Si asking about his father's physical condition with such concern, Tang Ding immediately understood that Wu Si was probably his father's former general. Although Tang Ding couldn't remember meeting Wu Si, since Wu Si knew him, that was probably the case.
"Okay~" Tang Ding smiled and nodded.
, replied.
Wu Si suddenly became happy, trembled all over, stretched out his hand to indicate, and shouted: "Please enter the gate of the Marquis of Zhenhai and the young master."
Han Du responded with a smile and nodded, then rode towards the city gate.
After the army entered the pass, Wu Si kindly wanted to stay with Han Du and Tang Ding for dinner.
Tang Ding nodded and agreed because he was once a general under his father's command.
Wu Si, Han Du, and Tang Ding sat around a table filled with delicacies.
Wu Si smiled and took off his helmet, and said humbly: "There is nothing to entertain the Marquis and the Young Master in the wilderness at the border. Please forgive me for any inconvenience!"
When Han Du saw Wu Si sitting down, he couldn't wait to pick up his chopsticks and sighed with a smile: "You are so humble after such a rich meal. In fact, I am satisfied now that I can eat hot dishes. During these days in the grassland, even hot dishes are not available." We can’t even eat food, so we basically live on cold water and fried noodles.”
Tang Ding was not polite. He nodded as a response and started eating the food directly. He was also so greedy that he didn't even bother to say polite words.
Wu Si was very happy about the intimacy in Han Du's words. He quickly laughed and said: "I can understand it. I can completely understand it. I have experienced the bitter cold of the grassland several times."
"Demon Town Museum"
"Alas!" Wu Si sighed heavily and said with some dejection: "Looking back now, I really don't know how I got through it in the first place."
Han Du picked up a chopstick and put the mutton into his mouth. The hot mutton mixed with the aroma danced in his mouth. He didn't have time to talk to Wu Si at all, so he just responded to him with a big nod.
After swallowing the mutton with satisfaction, Han Du looked at the scars on Wu Si's face and asked with some confusion: "What's the matter with your injuries? When I entered the pass, I saw someone who had been attacked at Chengguan. Could it be that Meng Yuan just harassed the city gate?"
Wu Sizheng was about to raise a drink to toast Han Du, but when he heard Han Du's question, an embarrassed look appeared on his face. He put the wine glass back on the table, shook his head dejectedly, and said with a wry smile: "Xifengguan was indeed attacked just now, but they were not from Mengyuan."
"Who is that? Besides the Meng Yuan people, who else here can hold the customs?" Tang Ding also looked at Wu Si curiously and asked while eating mutton.
Wu Si saw that both of them wanted to ask clearly, so he explained: "It was Yongchang Hou's squadron returning to the court. Because they arrived here at night, the general could not see clearly and did not dare to switch. Yongchang Hou felt that the general was procrastinating, so he directly sent his troops The siege was forced to break through. The last general was whipped several times by the Marquis of Yongchang because he did not open the door."
Han Du's eyes widened immediately after hearing this, with an expression of complete disbelief. He was so shocked that he dropped the chopsticks in his hand, still unaware of it.
Tang Ding was not much better than Han Du. After hearing what Wu Si said, he couldn't even eat the mutton in his mouth.
Such an abnormal reaction from the two people immediately shocked Wu Si. After looking at him for a few times, he slowly put down his chopsticks and did not dare to speak.
Han Du took a deep breath, grabbed Wu Si's arm with one hand, and asked in disbelief: "Are you sure it's Marquis Yongchang, or Lan Yu who waved his army to break through?"
Wu Si nodded affirmatively to Han Du and said: "The general knows Yongchang Hou, and Yongchang Hou also called the general in front of him, so it is impossible for the general to admit his mistake."
After speaking, Wu Si pointed at the scars on his face.
Han Du immediately let go of Wu Si's arm, his expression full of confusion and solemnity.
