At this time, both the Tang army and the Cao Gang said that they were too impatient. Today's victory would only require three days and three nights of drunkenness. Jiang Shuo had no choice but to postpone the discussion tomorrow.
After getting drunk that night, Ge Shuhan arranged a tent for Jiang Shuo to rest. Jiang Shuo finally changed his Mahayan brown clothes into Tang Dynasty clothes. When he changed clothes, he remembered Ye Qingyao's thoughtfulness when he bought clothes for him. He couldn't help crying secretly. At this time, a corner of the tent appeared. Lift it, and a handsome-looking boy walks in.
Jiang Shuo was about to ask him what was going on, but when he looked carefully, he realized it was Dugu Xiang. There were no women's clothes in the military camp, so Dugu Xiang could only change into a set of men's clothes, and immediately turned into a pretty little companion. At this time, she and Jiang Shuo were already adults, and there was a head difference in height, so Although the two are similar in age, Dugu Xiang looks much younger than Jiang Shuo.
She had heard Jiang Shuo talk about everything that happened in Stone Castle City, and knew that the joy of victory could not dilute the sadness that the deaths of Jin Diao and Ye Qingyao had brought to Jiang Shuo. She did not know how to comfort Jiang Shuo. Jiang Hu was such a person at any time. In a place where everything will be lost, it can only be said that they were too lucky before. They were able to turn danger into good luck every time and save the people they wanted to save every time.
Compared to Jiang Shuo, Dugu Xiang had experienced this feeling three years earlier. When Jiang Shuo fell into the glacier crevice that day, Dugu Xiang thought he was dead. Although she refused to admit it, she searched for him in the West Sea for three years. , it's just that she doesn't want to face the reality. She didn't expect Jiang Shuo to be alive, which was an unexpected surprise, but she has truly experienced the sadness and despair in it.
Both of them had strong internal strength, and even though they drank a lot, they were not drunk. Dugu Xiang gently pressed his hand on Jiang Shuo's shoulder and said softly: "Brother Shuo, since you can't sleep, let's chat for a while." Jiang Shuo squeezed her hand gratefully, turned around and forced out a smile, and asked Dugu Xiang: "Xiang'er, we hurriedly set off after we met. I haven't asked you yet, what have you done in the past three years? ?" When Dugu Xiang heard this, he immediately became interested. He rolled up his sleeves and said: "Hey... In the past three years, while looking for you, this heroine has been doing chivalry and justice, punching Tibetan knights and kicking bullies in the West Sea..." It turns out that Dugu Xiang has been with the Dangxiang Qiang people in Xihai all these years. The Tubo people treat the Dangxiang Qiang people as slaves, humiliating them and beating them to death without questioning their guilt. It is obvious that Dugu Xiang cannot do this. She has really stood up for the Dangxiang Qiang people in these years. He did a lot of good deeds of chivalry and justice.
Tuoba Chaoguang has never left Xihai, and he and Qimei fight against Tubo. After years of fighting, the relationship between the Dangxiang Qiang and the east and west tribes has become more and more harmonious.
Last year, Tuoba Shouji passed his title of Duke of Xiping to his son Tuoba Chaoguang on the grounds of old age and frailty. Chaoguang asked the saint to resettle the Qimei tribe in Qingzhou. The Tang emperor not only agreed, but also arranged for another The transfer of Xiazhou to the Chaoguang Ministry was the beginning of the Xiazhou Party.
Later, the Tang army and the Tubo people fought fiercely on the bank of the West Sea. Tuoba Qimei and Tuoba Chaoguang led their party Xiang Qiangjian'er to form a ranger army to cooperate with the Tang army until they met Jiang Shuo that day.
Jiang Shuo sighed after hearing this. Secondly, he was happy that the Dangxiang Qiang people had found a good home. He also told Dugu Xiang what he had experienced in the past three years.
When Dugu Xiang heard that he had met the Hexagonal Dragon, which had miraculous healing abilities, and was also brothers with the golden eagle, white ape, and giant bear, he couldn't help but widen his eyes, yearning for it, and danced with his hands and feet, only to hate Jiang Shuo pushed her to the opposite ice cliff and didn't let her fall together.
Jiang Shuo laughed and said: "There is only such a small piece of giant fungus forest under the glacier. If you fall by accident, your bones and tendons will be broken like those of the plow oxen, and you will be smashed into meat cakes." Dugu Xiang disagreed, thinking. : Didn’t the giant bear also fall from the glacier?
Isn't it dead? But her thoughts soon shifted to the ice-free Spring Valley, which is like spring all year round. It was a pity that Jiang Shuo collapsed the tunnel and could no longer enter it.
He pouted and said, "Master Mahayan is really a weirdo. He's not going to leave. Why would he collapse the tunnel?" Jiang Shuo smiled and said, "Xiang'er, it's not impossible for you to go. , it’s just a bit more hard work, climbing over the snowy mountains. Hey... If Brother Jin is still alive, he can fly you there..." He accidentally mentioned the golden eagle, and couldn't help but feel his heart sink, Dugu Xiang He hurriedly said: "Brother Shuo, let's only talk about happy things today. Let's leave the farewell to another day...Actually, there is another way to the non-frozen spring." Jiang Shuo said curiously: "Xiang'er, You've never been there, how do you know there's another way?" Dugu Xiang said: "Isn't there Brother Bai? The White Ape followed the earth's veins to the Ice-free Spring. We only need to find the entrance to the earth's veins and search all the way. You can also find ice-free springs, it's just a matter of digging bigger holes." Jiang Shuo knew that the entrances and exits of the earth's veins were the miraculous work of nature, so how easy was it to expand the entrances and exits?
For example, in the Jijin Cave in Maoshan, the hole the white ape entered and exited was hundreds of feet above the ground, and it was impossible to climb it manually. If the unknown master had not broken through the golden wall and found another way, ordinary people would not be able to enter the cave, let alone expand the entrance.
He suddenly had a thought in his mind and asked: "Xian'er, isn't the white ape with you? How did it get into Shibao City from the ground with Li Zhuer?" Dugu Xiang shook his head and said: "The golden eagle took you When you flew away, it was the darkest time before dawn. We all stared at your figure. No one paid attention to the white ape. When we thought about it, it was long gone. I don’t know when it left. Jiang Shuo said: "I'm afraid Li Zhu'er has found Brother Bai a long time ago. I don't know what method she used to make Brother Bai listen to her orders. Now that I think about it, Brother Bai told me that it has traveled thousands of miles along the underground river in the earth's veins and walked onto the plateau. The rhetoric was too bizarre and could never be true. I was afraid that Brother Bai was also brought by Li Zhuer. Xiang'er curled her lips and said: "Sister Zhu'er has a deep mind. If she wanted to harm you, she would have taken nine lives. Ah... In this way, the white ape followed the earth's veins and entered the ice-free spring." Maybe it's also a lie. Sister Zhuer only needs to take him secretly through the tunnel into the valley. Jiang Shuo shook his head and said, "That's not necessarily true. Li Zhuer must know something we don't know, such as the route of this underground network." Stone Castle City is an isolated city. It must have well water to be able to hold on for so long when it is besieged. There must be earth veins under the well water. Li Zhuer led the white ape into the underground of Stone Castle City because he was afraid that the cavemen in the earth veins could not pass. But what she didn't expect was that even the white ape couldn't find a way out. If Tieren Xinuoluo and I hadn't accidentally broken the earth's crust and fell below, Li Zhuer wouldn't have been able to enter the stone castle. Xiang'er said: "Now the center of the stone castle has collapsed. Brother Zhang went to see it and found a big stone pit. The spring water gushed out and turned into a small lake. Even the secret passages have been destroyed..." Two While they were talking lively, someone suddenly rushed in with the tent curtain raised. The two of them were startled, but they saw that the person coming was Nan Jiyun.
Jiang Shuo thought that Nan Jiyun would bump into him and Xiang'er, an orphan and an orphan, in the same tent. His face turned red and he said, "It's late at night in Nanba. Why don't you rest? Can't you sleep?" Nan Jiyun didn't care about Dugu. Regarding Xiang's stay in Jiangshuo's tent, he crossed his hands and said, "Young master, during the day Xiang'er said something that offended Abu Si. This man has a narrow mind and is preparing to gather his troops to crush the camp here!" Dugu Xiang said: " Doesn't Brother Shu Han not care about his misbehavior?" Nan Jiyun said: "Shuai Han has been traveling all night to return to Chang'an to offer prisoners! Zhang Shouyu is still in Shibao City, and Gao Xiuyan came with me." Dugu Xiang said angrily : "It turns out that this old boy, Ge Shuhan, was eager to show his merits and left first. Absi saw that there was no one here to support us, so he dared to act like this." Nan Jiyun said: "No, what is the young master's intention now? ?" At this moment, Gao Xiuyan and Xiao Dayou also broke in, and Xiao Dayou yelled: "Zhi Niang, the five thousand cavalry under Abu Si have already assembled at the foot of the mountain. Young Master, I have already assembled my brothers. , as long as the young master gives the order, we will fight with this thief!" Jiang Shuo was shocked and said: "No, no!" Gao Xiuyan also said: "No... Five thousand well-trained cavalry is no small matter, Caobang Although there are many martial arts masters among the brothers, they are not soldiers after all and do not understand the method of fighting. If they fight head-on, they will definitely suffer heavy casualties." Xiao Dayou said: "What's the matter? Do you just have a stick in your neck and let them kill you?" Jiang Shuo said: "Let's run and avoid him for the time being." Xiao Dayou couldn't help but feel discouraged and said: "Young Master, you, the majestic leader of the Cao people in the world, how can you just run away?" He patted his chest and said: "Cao people All the brothers are willing to go through fire and water for the young master, and they will fight to the death!" Gao Xiuyan advised: "Now it's all Arbus who is making trouble unreasonably and fighting so big. It's too big, and it's hard for Commander Han to explain it." Jiang Shuo nodded and said: " We were going to the Western Regions, but we left two days early... But there are so many of our Caobang brothers here, Absi won't attack them, right?" Gao Xiuyan said: "Young Master Jiang, don't worry, Absi just wants to take advantage of it. The night is harming you, and the Cao Gang is responsible for transporting the baggage. If Ming Huo fights against the Cao Gang, even tens of thousands of Tang army athletes in Hequ will not agree." Jiang Shuo said, "That's good!" Everyone came out of their tents and came outside. , Jiang Shuo’s camp was on a hillside. He was the only one on this hill. It was also arranged by Abu Si for Ge Shuhan. He gave it the euphemistic name
"No one disturbed him." In fact, he had already planned to kill Jiang Shuo during the night. Jiang Shuo first asked: "Where are grandpa and Master Gezhuang?" Nan Jiyun said: "Master Dugu and Master Gezhuang knew that you could only walk but not fight, so they went north and said they would wait for you in Fuqi City. "Jiang Shuo nodded. Grandpa Xindao and Master Ge are both gods. There is no need to worry about them.
His eyesight was very good. Even though no one was raising fire at the foot of the mountain, he could still see the faint silhouette of a human being. Furthermore, he had the skill of observing Qi. He could only feel that the powerful Qi water spewed out by the people and horses at the foot of the mountain was like a rushing river. There was no trace of it at all. If you escape, you will know that what everyone says is true.
Suddenly, he heard a chirping sound flying into the air with a long and shrill sound. Nan Jiyun said, "It's Yao Lang. He is guarding at the foot of the mountain. We agreed that once Abusi's army goes uphill, he will sound the warning." Sure enough, Hearing the rumble of horse hoofbeats coming from down the mountain, Nan Jiyun said: "Young master, please walk faster!" Gao Xiuyan said: "I'll stop him." Jiang Shuo said: "Brother Gao, be careful!" Gao Xiuyan smiled and said: "Don't worry, I am both a general under Han Shuai's tent. I don't think he would dare to do anything to me." Jiang Shuo's dragon horse and Dugu Xiang's jade lion horse were behind the tent. After getting on their horses, Nan Jiyun and Xiao Dayou also got on their mounts and wanted to go with Jiang Shuo.
Jiang Shuo said: "Brother Xiao, you can't leave. You still need to take charge of the overall situation here and send the brothers back to the Central Plains safely." Xiao Dayou said: "But..." Jiang Shuo said with a straight face: "This is The young master's order is not to be discussed!" He spoke with dignity without realizing it. Xiao Da was stern, crossed his hands and said yes, not daring to say any more.
Nan Jiyun said: "Young Master, I am not a member of the Cao Gang, I will go with you." Jiang Shuo didn't waste any time, nodded in agreement, pointed to the north, and said: "Nan Ba, Xiang'er, let's go north. , bypass Albus’s army, and then join Grandpa and the others.”
