(The previous chapter had more than five thousand words, so this chapter is a bit late.)
The man and woman generally lived together peacefully. They passed through Dongfeng County and approached Zhe Gui County. Hsu Fengnian and Pei Nanwei rode side by side on a deep plank road. Another hundred li to the east was Tongmen Pass, which was known as a natural barrier. There was a saying that Tongmen Pass was solid, but Beiliang was solid. It was fully deserving of being the most important pass in Zhe Gui County. It was heavily guarded, and the captain of Tongmen Pass, Xin Yinma, had six thousand elite soldiers. He was undoubtedly a trusted general that the King of Beiliang valued the most. This time, Hsu Fengnian moved the troops from all over Lingzhou out of their encampments, but not a single soldier was moved from Tongmen Pass. It was enough to show the extraordinary position of Tongmen Pass in Lingzhou. Hsu Fengnian did not let Huang Xiaokuai's six hundred cavalry follow. Instead, he took a detour to Tongmen Pass to rest and reorganize. He only brought Pei Nanwei and Xu Yanbing on this secret plank road that only the military horses could step on. In the past, there were some officials and generals who came here to compete in horse power. Now that there was an order, they did not want to run into the tip of the spear before the Lingzhou general left. The reason why Pei Nanwei wanted to get out of the carriage to take a breath of fresh air was because she came from a family of scholars. She had heard that the previous dynasty's poet emperor used a poem from Tongmen to win the title of the frontier fortress poem of the previous dynasties. That was how Zhe Gui County came to be. It was said that there was a cliff carving of a sword hero left on the mountain wall in front of them. Her heart yearned to see it.
Hsu Fengnian's hands did not pull on the reins. He closed his eyes and focused, allowing the warhorse to run forward. Pei Nanwei's equestrian skills were average, but she was not afraid of falling off the horse and getting injured. She took off her veiled hat and put on a sable fur coat. She rode a handsome black horse. In the white snow, it was hard to say whether she was like an agile butterfly or a peony swaying in the wind and snow. When Pei Nanwei stopped the horse and raised her head to look at the blurry stone carvings on the cliff, it seemed that there was nothing special about it. She came in high spirits but returned in disappointment. Especially when Hsu Fengnian mentioned this plank road to her. Just in the previous dynasty, there were more than twenty thousand corpses in this area. This made Pei Nanwei's hair stand on end. She no longer had the least bit of leisure and elegance.
It was almost dusk. Above her head was the heavy snow that did not want to stop. The plank road was dead silent and gloomy. She was obviously a little scared. She had no choice but to find something to talk about. She slowed down the horse and asked the man beside her why the Beiliang spies could not find out the details of the master and servant pair. Hsu Fengnian reached out his hand and accumulated a palm full of snowflakes. He held out a small round snowball and said carelessly, "A good spy is even rarer and more valuable than those brave and skillful military officers. Not only must they be able to endure the loneliness year after year, they must withstand conspiracy after conspiracy, the key is that they must always be loyal and devoted. They must also be able to take charge of an area and filter out all kinds of information. In the end, they have to risk their lives to deliver it back. Therefore, without five or six years of polishing, it is impossible to produce a qualified spy that can be used with confidence. Some old spies either disappear at will or directly betray the enemy camp. The difficulty of espionage lies in the fact that it is already difficult for spies to do things. It is even more important to test a person's tenacity. Not everyone is willing to do this job. In the past, in Chu Lushan's hands, there were more than thirty provinces in Beiliang. For more than twenty years, there were only about four hundred people trained. What's more, half of them needed to be cast long lines to catch big fish. If they were divided among more than thirty provinces and more than two hundred counties, how many people could each county have? In addition, last year, in order to help those scholars pass away smoothly, many precious spies who had been hiding for many years were lost. Besides, our Beiliang spared no effort to eradicate the spies on both sides of Liyang and Beimang. Zhao Gou and Spiderweb also didn't rest for a single day. Every year, many people died between the three sides. It was fortunate that Chu Lushan was in charge of espionage. If it were anyone else, Beiliang would have long been blinded. Just those three hundred thousand cavalry, which is very frightening, won't be able to win a big battle. In the war of the Southern Dynasty, the Beiliang cavalry advanced all the way. A large part of the military merit had to be credited to the Beiliang spies. Last time when I went to Hwangnam County, I only cared about killing people to vent my anger. I killed a few double-faced spies. After that, my sister scolded me for being a wastrel who didn't know the cost of daily necessities. Indeed, I wasn't wronged. "
Hsu Fengnian gently tossed the snowball into the distance. He said softly, "This world is really too big. It's not easy to find one person."
Pei Nanwei shot a glance at him. She couldn't see His Royal Highness' expression clearly. She only felt that there was a faint sense of desolation that was rarely seen.
The wind and snow whistled. They were still dozens of li away from Tongmen Pass. Normally, the journey wouldn't be long, but at this moment, the snow on the plank road was thick and the horses' hooves were sinking. Even though Pei Nanwei was wearing a warm marten fur coat, she began to feel that the suffering was not light. Moreover, in the eyes of an expert, her equestrian skills were really shoddy. Hsu Fengnian looked at the sky. There were signs that it was getting heavier. The three of them were riding against the wind, but Pei Nanwei insisted on riding alone in the wind and snow. Hsu Fengnian looked on coldly from the side. When her horse suddenly slipped, her hands were already cold and numb. She didn't have the strength to hold the reins tightly. Just like that, she fell onto the plank road and rolled. Fortunately, the snow was soft and there was no injury. Hsu Fengnian reined in his horse and turned around. He stretched out a hand. She was stubborn. After standing up, she turned around and reached into the collar of her marten fur coat. She used her body temperature to warm her hands. She gritted her teeth and continued to ride forward. Hsu Fengnian was too lazy to ridicule her. He urged his horse to speed up and blocked in front of her horse to block the biting cold wind. When they finally saw the towering walls and flickering lights of Tongmen Pass, Pei Nanwei, who had endured to the end, finally fainted and fell off the horse. Hsu Fengnian then carried her onto the horse and quickly rode into the city.
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