At four quarters of noon, twenty miles outside Dingxi City.
Qin Ming, Li Jing and other generals, after apologizing, urged their horses to chase Baili Zhi and others.
Looking at Qin Ming's leaving figure, Duan Zhixuan glanced at Li Jing and joked:
"Didn't the Chief Manager say a few days ago that my brother is your close disciple?"
"But why don't you see Brother Ming and show you the disciple ceremony to the Chief Supervisor?"
Li Jing, who was originally chatting and laughing, his expression froze slightly when he heard these words.
These days, when Li Jing showed off his disciples to everyone, he felt so embarrassed at this time.
But fortunately, Li Jing has been in charge of the army for many years and has long been trained to have bronze skin and iron bones.
He stroked his long beard, glanced at the surrounding generals, then snorted coldly and said solemnly:
"Humph, a strict teacher will produce great disciples, and a rigorous general will produce great soldiers."
"What's more, the two countries are at war right now. I have already told him that the general manager can only be called the general manager in the army, not the master."
After hearing this, all the soldiers suddenly realized.
However, Duan Zhixuan still asked reluctantly:
"Then since the chief manager doesn't want Brother Ming to reveal the relationship between you."
"Why did the Chief Manager take the initiative to make it clear? Isn't this inconsistent?"
Hearing this, Li Jing glared at Duan Zhixuan fiercely and said:
"I am happy with it, can you take care of it? If you keep talking nonsense, I will send you to attack Yuzhong now."
Duan Zhixuan rolled his eyes and said leisurely:
"Hey! A high-ranking official can crush people to death!"
Li Jing curled his lips and turned to look at Yuchi Gong and Xue Wanche.
"Have you found out the movements of Tuyuhun and Dangxiang in the past two days?"
Yuchi Gong sighed, and then reported to Li Jing what he had learned in the past two days.
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the other side,
The two men, who were riding side by side, rode their horses and searched for two quarters of a hour in the crowd, and finally saw their own team, which they had not seen for a long time.
There were still more than ten meters away, and Xu Gou, who had sharp ears and eyesight, saw Qin and Ming.
He stepped on the horse stool, stood up straight, waved to Qin Ming, and shouted:
"Master, look quickly, Master is here to pick us up."
"Sir (mountain chief), we are here."
Qin Ming and Bai Lizhi looked at each other, clamped their horses' belly, and rushed towards the crowd as if they were flying.
Xu Gou looked at Qin Ming who was running towards him, and the corners of his eyes couldn't help but feel moist.
He turned over and dismounted, punched Qin Ming heavily, and said in a trembling voice:
"Subordinate, pay your respects to the young master."
Qin Ming laughed.
"Get up quickly."
Xu Gou nodded heavily and got on his horse.
Qin Ming glanced at the two masters and apprentices who were chatting not far away, and asked in a low voice:
"Is this journey going smoothly? Have any of the things in the house been seen by others?"
Xu Gou grinned, patted his chest, and said:
"Everything went smoothly and no one saw anything in the house."
At this time, two tall, dark-skinned young men in silver armor rode their horses to Qin Ming's side, cupped their hands and said:
"Huo Yi (Mu Yi) has met the young master."
Qin Ming twisted his eyebrows and asked:
"Ahuo, Amu, didn't I ask you to stay at home? Why are you here?"
Huo Yi, who had an upright temperament, touched the back of his head and said with a naive smile:
"My wife ordered me to bring the fire-character and wood-character teams to protect the young master."
After saying this, Huo Yi turned around, took out an envelope printed with fire paint from the backpack behind him, and handed it to Qin Ming.
"Sir, this is a letter from Madam to you."
Qin Ming looked happy when he heard this and quickly took the letter from Huo Yi's hand.
Immediately, he lightly kicked the horse's belly and came to the carriage where Sun Simiao and others were riding.
After exchanging a few words of greetings, Sun Simiao and others from the Qin and Ming dynasties cupped their hands and said:
"Dean Sun, Baili, you go forward with the army first, I will have a few words with Xu Gou and the others here."
Sun Simiao smiled warmly.
"Since the mountain leader still has something to do, let's go and do some work first. It's good for Pindao to have a bad guy with him."
Baili Zhi lowered her head and glanced at Qin Ming, then echoed:
"Chief Shan is just going to do his work, my master won't mind."
Qin Ming nodded slightly, turned his horse's head, and led Zi Shu and others towards the roadside.
A few moments,
Qin Ming got off his horse and eagerly took out the envelope from his arms.
After the envelope was opened, there were four smaller envelopes inside, and each envelope was signed.
They are, the eldest wife Xiao Changxi, the younger wives Wan'er and Jun'er, and the old man.
After seeing the signature clearly, Qin Ming took the lead in opening the letter from his eldest wife Xiao Changxi.
In the letter, the eldest wife described in detail the various affairs in the house these days.
Missing him is evident in every word.
As Qin Ming read, his eyes felt a little sore.
However, what pleased him was that everything in the Qin Mansion was going smoothly and nothing difficult happened.
At the end of the letter, Xiao Changxi wrote that she would guard the Qin Mansion for him and take good care of Wan'er and the others so that he would not have to worry about the home.
Finally, he was repeatedly told not to think about making meritorious deeds, but to pay attention to his own safety and go back safely.
After reading Xiao Changxi's letter, Qin Ming slowly let out a breath of turbidity.
Next, Qin Ming opened the remaining three letters one after another.
The letter between the two little wives is very long, five pages long.
The letter is full of longing.
Moreover, Qin Ming also discovered that the stationery papers of the two young wives were all wrinkled.
It was obvious that the two women wrote this letter while crying.
Their move was undoubtedly a practical action to tell Qin Ming what it meant to be short of paper but long in love.
Qin Ming finally opened the letter the old man gave him.
The content of the letter is very simple, just one sentence.
"Don't be brave and come back alive. As long as Aweng is here, no one in this huge Chang'an can bully you."
Qin Ming's heart felt warm after reading it, and then he burst into laughter and murmured:
"This bad old man loves to brag. When will he change his habit?"
Saying this, Qin Ming carefully collected the letter and put it in his arms.
After that, he raised his head and faced everyone.
"You guys have had a hard journey."
Mu Yi, who was taciturn, and Huo Yi, who was upright by nature, heard this and quickly bowed to Qin Ming.
"Be loyal to the prince."
At this moment, Xu Gou chuckled and said:
"Sir, in addition to letters, Madam Wan and Madam Jun also asked them to bring several carts of supplies."
Qin Ming nodded slightly.
"It's not too early. Let's get on our horses first and catch up with Dean Sun and the others. After arriving at Dingxi City, I will slowly take stock of the supplies."
Zishu and the others heard this and bowed in response.
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On the other side, Sun Simiao, who was wearing a gray robe, had just finished listening to his disciple's medical practice over the past two days.
Sun Simiao stroked his long beard and said with a smile:
"Well, yes, yes, it's exactly what I expected."
"If you want to master medical skills quickly, the fastest way is to practice."
"Baili, please talk to me again about the details of how you and the mountain chief treated the seriously injured man last night."
Baili Zhi narrowed her eyes and smiled, nodded heavily, and said:
"Yes, Master."
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