The heavy snow stopped.

The red tassels on the helmets of the Chitose Army floated on the snowy fields, like a magnificent banner heading north.

Chen Ji rode his horse at the front, exhaling white mist from his breath and drifting far away in the wind. He felt that the depression in his heart disappeared, and he finally felt like he was living in this world. Bai Li was wrapped in a white mink fur coat. Ruhua, she rode behind and asked loudly: "Chen Ji, what do you most want to do when you return to Luo City?"

Chen Ji reined in the reins, slowed down his horse and walked side by side with Bai Li. He smiled and replied, "Take a hot bath and then sleep in darkness."

Bai Li smiled and said: "Your clothes are torn in many places. When you wake up, come with me to Li Ji Clothing Shop and let them measure you and make two new clothes, as well as boots and Hat." Chen Ji responded: "My clothes can still be worn after being mended."

Bai Li thought he was worried about money and hurriedly said: "I will pay for it, so you don't have to worry about money." "Ah?" Chen Ji was stunned for a moment: "Isn't this bad?"

Bai Li pondered for a moment: "What's wrong? If it weren't for you this time, I definitely wouldn't be able to go back alive. Also, you helped me vent my anger during the debate, so it doesn't matter if I buy you two more clothes." Chen Jixiao He smiled and said, "Okay."

Bai Li smiled and said: "There is only one month left, will you go back to Chen's house?" "No."

Bai Li asked with a smile: "If you don't want to go back to the Chen family, why not come to the Wang Mansion? Then we can push Pai Gow together to celebrate the New Year, and we can also go to the streets to set off firecrackers." It's the Spring Festival, and then it's the Spring Festival. It’s the Lantern Festival where people eat Lantern Festival and go to lantern festivals.

Chen Ji thought for a while: "By then, Senior Brother Liu and Senior Brother Yu will have to go home to watch the New Year's Eve. Master will be the only one left in the hospital, and I will have to accompany him in the hospital."

Bai Li thought for a long time and then asked: "How about my brother and I go to the hospital to keep the New Year's Eve? In the morning, we will sweep the dust, in the afternoon we will hang up lanterns, make dumplings, steam buns, and in the evening we will push Pai Gow to keep the New Year!" Chen Ji was confused: "Princess and Don’t you, the crown prince, have to stay up late at the palace? You spend all your days with your family.”

Bai Li was silent for a moment: "There is no atmosphere of old age in the palace. The steamed buns are steamed by the servants, and the dumplings are also made by the servants. My father has to deal with government affairs, and my mother has taken a rest early. It's boring." Chen Ji said with a smile: "Then Princess and the Crown Prince, please come to the hospital and sweep the dust together, hang lanterns, make dumplings, and steam steamed buns."

Bai Li's eyes were shining: "Okay, we have made an agreement... By the way, did you secretly look at the red cloth strips I wrapped around the apricot tree?" Chen Ji shook his head: "No, Princess, don't worry, then It's your secret, I won't peek into it."

Bai Li let out a long sigh: "That's good."

Not far behind the two of them, Prince Jing and Wang Daosheng were walking side by side. The red cloak behind Prince Jing was particularly eye-catching in the white world.

Mr. Wang said: "Your Majesty, there is no order from the Ministry of War to mobilize the Chitose Army this time. If this matter spreads to the capital, I may be criticized by people." The Chitose Army was a direct army of Prince Jing in the early years, but it is not a private army after all. To mobilize more than 300 people to leave the camp, an order from the Ministry of War is required.

Now King Jing has ordered thousands of soldiers and horses to surround Luhun Villa. Whether this matter is big or small, it all depends on the mood of Lord Long Live.

But Prince Jing didn't care: "If you can't even protect your children, it's better to be a commoner. I think your majesty will be tolerant when he learns about this." Wang Daosheng wondered: "Over the years, the prince has kept a low profile and cherished his feathers, for fear of doing something wrong. To arouse His Majesty's suspicion, why are you so reckless today?" Prince Jing smiled but did not answer.

He looked at the backs of Chen Ji and Bai Li from a distance and changed the subject: "Mr. Wang, what you said before was only for Chen Ji to listen, not even a named disciple. How come you are now a direct disciple?"

Wang Daosheng said calmly: "He was surrounded by monks and could not leave. He must have violated a Buddhist taboo when debating scriptures. I am his teacher, so naturally I have to find a way to protect him. In this way, Wu Zhai's master and uncle If you want to find someone to vent your anger on, you should come to me, not him."

Prince Jing said cheerfully: "Sir, you are very righteous. It's just that this kid doesn't read the scriptures. If he is tested for knowledge in the future, I'm afraid he will embarrass you, sir." Wang Daosheng shook his head: "It doesn't matter, I have the crown jewels in front of me, so there are no traces left behind." This one."

Prince Jing slowly suppressed his smile and glanced at the eldest son beside him angrily.

When the prince saw his father looking at him, he thought he wanted to talk to him, so he immediately rode up to him and said, "Dad, I haven't seen you wearing armor for a long time. You are as majestic as before." King Jing responded: "Earlier, we would send troops to pacify the enemy. "Rebellion, these are peaceful days, so naturally there is no need to wear them."

The prince suddenly said with emotion: "When I saw you put on the Mingguang Armor, I realized that you have lost a lot of weight."

Prince Jing was startled. Sometimes people don’t realize how fat or thin they are. It’s not until they can no longer fit into the clothes they once wore that they suddenly realize that they have gained a lot of weight. Or they realize that they have lost weight only when they find that the clothes they used to wear are suddenly loose and baggy. He lowered his head and looked at it. Wearing the bright light armor on his body, he looked up at the backs of Chen Ji and Bai Li, and suddenly asked: "Yunxi, what do you think of Chen Ji?"

The prince looked forward and saw the old whale knife slung beside the saddle. The young man's back was straight, like a young knight from the Tianshan Mountains. He thought for a while and responded: "Okay, very good, there is no such good friend as him." That's it." After saying that, he looked at Chen Ji and Bai Li, and then at his father, wondering: "Dad, what do you mean by suddenly asking this? Do you mean...

Before he finished speaking, Prince Jing interrupted: "Yunxi, do you have a favorite woman in Luo City?" The prince replied: "No, the ladies from the noble families are all pretentious and unattractive. "

Prince Jing said casually: "I wanted to help you with matchmaking in the early years, but you said you were going to Donglin Academy to study, and you didn't want to get married before you returned from your studies. Now that you have been to Donglin Academy for three years, you have reached the age of reaching your prime. If you go to Donglin Academy again, If you put off not wanting to get married, this palace cannot keep you."

The Crown Prince's face changed: "You want to get rid of me?" Prince Jing said angrily: "I said I would send you to the border army!"

At this moment, a man galloped over the snowy field. The man was wearing a bamboo hat and a black pen, and his face was completely hidden in the shadows under the bamboo hat. There were three long knives with black scabbards hanging next to the horse's saddle. The handle of the knife is filled with murderous intent.

"Protect Your Majesty!" The Chitose Army formation quickly moved closer to Prince Jing and the Crown Prince. A cavalry group from the rear, carrying a horse-drawn carriage, stood in front of Prince Jing. But even though there were thousands of troops and horses here, the uninvited guest showed no intention of stopping. , don’t avoid or give in!

At the critical moment.

Chen trace followed the sound of horse hooves and squinted his eyes. He suddenly turned to look at Bai Li: "Princess, is that the person who has followed you many times before?" Bai Li was startled: "It's him!"

Previously, outside the medical center, a middle-aged man stood under the bun shop and secretly looked at Bai Li. When Chen Ji wanted to take a closer look at him, he had disappeared.

According to Bai Li, she has discovered this person four or five times, and it is definitely not an accident.

Chen Ji was shocked and confused, why did this person appear here?

The distance between the two sides was getting closer and closer. Chen Ji led the white carp and stood still, waiting for the Chitose Army to surround them. When the middle-aged man's black horse charged, the hoofs of the horse stepped on the snow waves.

However, when he got closer and saw the white carp on the snowy field, he slowly slowed down.

Chen Ji tightened the reins with his left hand and leaned towards Bai Li. He held the handle of the whale knife with his right hand and stared quietly at the middle-aged man approaching. But he gradually realized that something was wrong. The man raised his head and revealed a tough face like a knife, but there was no trace of it. Hostile. Instead, he seemed to be relieved, his muscles relaxed and his face became much softer.

I saw the Chitose Army rushing ahead of the man and surrounding Chen Ji and Bai Li.

The man rode his horse past the perimeter of the Chitose Army's formation as if there was no one around, without saying a word.

Chen Ji was in the military formation, looking out through the red tassels on the helmets, and found that the other party was also looking at him. The soldier holding the royal flag looked at Prince Jing: "Your Highness, take him?"

Prince Jing took a deep look at the man and shook his head gently: "We are all just on the road, so there is no need to be embarrassed."

Next to the military formation, the man slowly rode his horse past the military formation until they completely missed each other. Then he pinched the horse's belly tightly and accelerated away in the other direction. It was as if nothing had happened.

Bai Li wanted to go to his father and tell him that he had followed him many times, but Chen Ji grabbed his arm and shook his head silently.

Chen Ji led Bai Li away from the Chitose Army formation again. When they were dozens of steps away from each other, he suddenly said: "I guess he heard that you were in danger, so he temporarily set out from Luo City to look for you. Judging from the time, he heard that you were in danger. , he got the news only a little later than Prince Jing."

Bai Li was puzzled: "Come to find me?"

Chen Ji thought for a moment: "In other words, he came to save you." Bai Li was silent.

Chen Ji asked: "Princess, do you have any relatives like uncles?" Bai Li denied: "My mother is an only child."

Chen Ji looked back at the man's leaving figure, who gradually turned into a distant black dot in the white world. He quietly looked at Prince Jing, only to find that Prince Jing's face remained as usual, as if he hadn't noticed anything.

Chen Ji said softly: "Don't tell the prince in advance." Bai Li hummed.

At this moment, the sound of horse hoofbeats sounded in the distance again, and an official in red robe appeared at the end of the snowy field. Zhang Zhuo, wrapped in a cloak, led dozens of cavalrymen from the Luo City Army and Horse Division to arrive.

Arriving in front of the Chitose Army Formation, he dismounted and waded through the thick snow to reach Zhang Xia's horse. He anxiously looked at his daughter: "Are you okay? Are you injured? Are you cold or hungry?" Zhang Xia He quickly dismounted his horse, his eyes red: "Father, I'm fine. When we were attacked, it was Chen Ji who risked his life to save us. Not long after we arrived at Luhun Villa, the prince arrived with the Thousand Years Army." Zhang Zhuo relaxed a lot. In a tone, he hung his cloak on Zhang Xia's shoulders: "If nothing happens, it will be fine. If nothing happens, it will be fine."

Bai Li looked at Zhang Zhuo and then at Chen Ji.
Chapter completed!