Li Qinghuan

Chapter 104

Halfway through September, He Li's trip to the north was also on the agenda.

He himself has never been one to worry about, and all matters big and small have been arranged for him early in the morning.

Soon it was time to leave Yudu, He Li packed up his things, and went to He Family Tomb again in military uniform, but the difference was that Ji Qing was not by his side this time.

He Li entered the General's Mansion smoothly, knelt upright at the front of the tombstone and kowtowed three times to Empress Dowager He, stopped for a long time, then picked up the helmet on the ground and walked out resolutely.

One person and one horse quickly left Yu Capital City. When he walked outside the city, He Li looked back at the city gate, and suddenly felt a sense of relief. Since then, the mountains are high and the water is far away, and no one can stop him from doing what he wants thing.It's just a pity that no one around him will take good care of him anymore.

He Li looked at the tall city walls of Yudu, and his heart was full of disappointment. He really wanted Ji Qing to see him off, but he didn't say anything before he left. Ji Qing didn't know whether he didn't want to or couldn't. He knew that he was going to leave today. He ran to the court early, and he was obviously not in a hurry, but he didn't even want to delay for him.Or maybe it was because I was too reluctant to give up, and I really couldn't muster up the courage to say goodbye.

He stopped outside the city gate, as if he was saying a grand farewell to Yu Du, who had lived for nearly 20 years, and he seemed to be waiting for someone.

After a long while, He Li sighed, pulled the reins hard and turned around.When he was about to leave, he suddenly heard the sound of horseshoes, and someone called him from behind: "Pray for peace!"

The only one who can call him that is Ji Qing.

He Li was ecstatic in his heart, he couldn't wait to stop, his eyes suddenly brightened again, and he said happily: "Heming! Why are you here!"

Ji Qing was still wearing court clothes, he dismounted from his horse and ran to He Li, raised his head and said, "Sorry, I'm wrong, I'm late this time."

He Li shook his head, his eyes gradually turned red: "It's good that you come, it's not too late."

Ji Qing held his hand tightly, and said with red eyes: "It's been a long time, remember to take good care of yourself."

"Okay, you too, remember to take care of yourself."

Ji Qing nodded: "Don't worry, I know."

He Li raised his head, held back his tears, and waited until the red marks in his eyes faded, then lowered his head, leaned over and kissed Ji Qing lightly.

Ji Qing let go of him, and took a step back: "You go, Ah Li."

He Li restrained his emotions and said with a smile: "I'm leaving, you are not allowed to provoke some goblins behind my back while you are staying in Yudu."

Ji Qing was amused by him, and said softly: "How could it be?"

He Li straightened up, pretending to be relaxed and smiled at Ji Qing: "Okay, I'm leaving."

Ji Qing nodded, waved his hand, turned around and said to the men behind him: "You guys, follow Mr. He, if you want to follow, protect him for me."

He Li turned his head to look, and asked doubtfully, "What's going on?"

Ji Qing explained: "It was the Zheng Chong you brought back when you were in Yuncheng, who came to me and told me that you were kind to him and would follow you to the death."

"So that's the case, just follow, no problem." He Li nodded, turned his head and shouted: "Follow."

Ji Qing waved his hand: "Okay, Li, you go, I have to go back."

He Li nodded: "I'm leaving Heming."

"Ah."

Ji Qing ran out of the main hall in front of Song Duan and all civil and military officials. He was afraid that He Li would have left in a moment, and when He Li was sent away, he would have to go back and plead guilty.

He Li led his men away on horseback, Ji Qingli watched him go from under the city gate, and turned back to the city until he could no longer see his back.Fortunately, Song Duan has always regarded Ji Qing highly, so he didn't punish him severely, but just rewarded him with [-] boards for a moment, and let it go.

He Li brought people here to meet Qin Yang and then headed straight to the northwest. A team of more than 5000 people walked along the road to clean up the bandits in some places and the small East Hu soldiers who entered the pass, and trained soldiers while walking. After more than three months, these people who had nothing to do with each other had a fatal friendship. , calling each other brothers.He Li also mixed in, and naturally became one with the soldiers.

After all, Qin Yang was born as a bandit, and it is unambiguous for a woman to deal with these five big and three rough men, but it is still inconvenient for a woman to stay with a group of men when marching outside, so He Li set up a private room for Qin Yang alone. account.Fortunately, Qin Yang's skills are very good, and he has some real kung fu. He Li, who was not convinced by her, arranged a fight with her, and they were all convinced, and the whole corps became more and more handsome.

A group of people marched during the day, and pitched their tents wherever they went at night, and lit a bonfire.Except for the soldiers on patrol, everyone gathered together to chat.A group of men chatted from the south of the sky to the north of the earth. For a while, they boasted about their ambitions, and they couldn't help singing with wine.

He Li sat on the side with his knees bent and listened with a smile on his face, holding a small altar of cold heart brought from Yudu in his hand, and drank in small sips.

"Xiaohe is not kind! If you have wine, hide it and drink it yourself!"

Because He Li is much younger than them, and he is very easy-going on weekdays, the soldiers are used to calling him Xiao He in private.

He Li smiled when he heard the words, and replied: "There is not much left, not enough. When I enter the city some other day, I will treat my brothers to a good drink."

The man questioned: "You don't know how to lie to us, do you?"

Another person immediately retorted, "How could it be? Look at Xiao He, he is not a person short of money. But I can't figure it out, why does this young man with delicate skin and tender flesh rush to eat the hardships of marching and fighting?" ?”

He Li raised his eyebrows: "Slender skin and tender meat?"

The big man laughed: "Isn't it?"

Qin Yang chuckled and joked, "Ten people like you are not enough for him to fight."

"Miss Qin is serious? Then I really want to try it!"

He Li put down the jug, waved his hands, and stood up: "Come on!"

The man rolled up his sleeves, took a step back, and charged forward, He Li slid sideways under the big man's arm, raised his leg and gave him a kick on his buttocks, the man just flew a few steps away, and then Straight Leng Leng threw himself on the ground.

He Li stepped forward and stretched out his hand: "Are you still here?"

The man covered his butt with his backhand, waved his hand and said, "I won't come."

"Okay." He Li nodded and sat down again.

Qin Yang beside him was so happy that he could not believe it, and said with a smile: "I told you that you don't believe me, but this is good, your ass is probably hurting for several days."

The big man sat down with difficulty, cursing and saying: "You are still standing aside to watch the fun."

Qin Yang replied unceremoniously: "If you don't listen to my advice, you will blame me now."

The man knew he was in the wrong, so he pursed his lips and ignored him, then turned to He Li and said, "What did Xiao He grow up on? He looks so weak, but he has quite a lot of strength."

He Li thought for a while, and said solemnly: "I don't know either."

The man pursed his mouth and stopped talking.It's not very good-looking for a big and thick man to be wronged, but it looks a little funny.It made Qin Yang lean forward and backward with laughter.

He Li lowered his eyes and took out a map from his pocket: "Tomorrow we will arrive at Hangu Pass. After passing through Hangu Pass, we will go straight to Lancheng and meet Old General He."

Qin Yang suppressed his smile, and moved closer to He Li: "Go directly?"

He Li nodded: "Go directly, the side of Lancheng is still considered stable, first ask the old general to give us an arrangement, otherwise it will be regarded as a straggler, and the brothers will not be able to be promoted in the future after making military achievements."

The man listened to him, his eyes widened and he said, "Which Old General He is Xiao He talking about?"

Qin Yang turned his head and said, "How many old generals can Da Wei have?"

The man swallowed his saliva: "Red, the one from the Red Wing Army?"

Qin Yang said: "Nonsense."

The man had a look of disbelief, and whispered: "General He...Xiao He...you are a family? No, I remember that General He has no son..."

"No son has a grandson, I am his grandson." He Li explained with a smile.

The man was even more shocked, and said loudly: "General He's grandson should be named Song! The one whose surname is Song is either the emperor or the prince. Who are you lying to?"

He Li raised his forehead and said with a wry smile: "Have you forgotten that there is another Prince Yu who was demoted just last year?"

The man thought about it carefully, and realized that he really didn't know much about it.To say that the prestige of old general He Huaizhou is well known in Wei, and it is also well known that old general He has an only daughter married to the royal family of the Song family.The fact that His Royal Highness King Yu was demoted to Baishen also caused an uproar in Yu Capital City. As for what name he changed to and where he went, few people knew.It seems that it is not unbelievable that he was born in Jiangmen, raised an army by himself, and then went north to fight against Hu.

The man sat by the bonfire in a daze, spent half an hour sorting out the twists and turns inside, and reluctantly accepted that the person he called "Xiaohe Xiaohe" every day was the once famous man in Yongzhou Regarding the fact of His Royal Highness King Yu, he said, "Then can we still call you Xiaohe in the future?"

He Li stared at the bright fire in a daze for a while, and was caught off guard when he heard this sentence, he came back to his senses and said, "What?"

The man weakly repeated what he said just now, He Li nodded, and said: "Of course, you can still be like before, you can call you whatever you want."

The man nodded and hurried away.

He Li was very puzzled by this, turned his head and said, "What's wrong? Why did he run away?"

Qin Yang spread his hands, expressing that he didn't know too well.

"Knowing such a shocking secret, I guess I'm showing it off to my brothers. Maybe when you wake up tomorrow morning, everyone will know that you are the grandson of General He."

He Li smiled, looked up at the cold moon hanging in the sky, suddenly felt very lonely.

"It's winter again..."

The wind outside the customs is very strong, and it is the middle of winter again. It blows on the body like ice knives and hurts people.You have to pass the Hangu Pass before you are truly on the battlefield.The flames of war raged and burned most of the homes outside the pass, and the people fled to the pass with their families. The formerly prosperous and peaceful border town turned into ruins, deserted.

Along the border all the way to Lancheng, all the cities on the border were swept by the flames of war, almost lifeless, with corpses everywhere, and the city guards were cleaning the battlefield non-stop, extremely vigilant, it seemed that they had just fought One game, always ready to deal with the next attack of the enemy.

Seeing this, He Li didn't bring anyone into the city, but went directly from the suburbs. The small border towns along the Great Wall were all beaten up like this. Although Lancheng was guarded by the Red Wing Army, it must have endured most of Donghu's firepower. It is not optimistic.