Chapter 190 Divine Bird
Jin Sui never expected that the trip to the northern border would end like this! It was really full of drama from the beginning to the end.
It can be said that none of the plans she made at the beginning were useful. The fish oil firearms made in the space were the most useful.
Sure enough, plans can never keep up with changes, but if you are well prepared, you will have an advantage.
Hei Hu was very obedient. He asked him to take Jin Sui away from Northern Frontier as soon as possible, so he marched at a fast pace, tiring Jin Sui to death.
It was very cold. Riding a horse against the cold wind, the wind blew on her face like a knife. Every time she stopped to rest, she went into the space to warm her body.
It took her a long time to stand up. There was really no other way. Even if she had space, she couldn't use it as a carriage.
I kind of miss Yan Jiu’s luxurious carriage. When I return to the border town, I must customize one for myself.
Energy bars once again played a significant role. During breaks, she would take out a lot of energy bars and boil them into syrup, and give them to the soldiers to put in their biscuits or add compressed biscuits to cook together.
It becomes a bowl of porridge that is ugly in color but tastes sweet, filling and high in calories.
Heihu said that when they came here, they all ate dry food and drank water boiled from snow. The dry food was so hard that an ordinary knife could cut it, and only a knife made of fine iron could cut it.
Jin Sui regretted not making large-scale improvements to military rations. When she returned to the border town, she wanted to mass-produce compressed biscuits, cheese, dried meat, dehydrated vegetables and other dry foods that could be stored for a long time and were easy to carry.
In order to ensure that the soldiers can have more nutritious food when they are on the march, Heihu and his men have developed a good habit. No one asked where Boss Ji got the food from.
Anyway, after Jinsui cooked, he would call them to come and eat. After eating, they didn’t even have to wash the bowls. They just added some boiling water and it became a bowl of sugar water that they drank up completely.
They ran for three days in a row, and when they passed by the Tore tribe, they did not dare to go in, for fear that Bater would send a letter here using a falcon and Tore would stop them.
Anyway, no one trusts anyone now! They didn't even go into the secret post of the Yanzhou caravan passing by.
Jin Sui was a little worried: "We are running so fast, what if the prince and the others can't catch up?"
Hei Hu didn't think there was anything wrong with this at all: "We're just going back to the border town anyway, so we just need to chase them back to the border town!"
Jinsui: ...What you said makes a lot of sense!
Three days later, no one knew where they had gone. They didn't even see a tribe, nor any trace of yurts or horse manure.
Heihu was worried that we would get lost, but Jinsui used a compass to find the way: "As long as we can get to the border town, it's fine! There are no roads in the world, but when more people walk on it, it becomes a road!"
Hei Hu praised: "Boss Ji, what you said makes sense!"
Just at this moment, the scout team came to report: "An unknown group of more than 500 people was spotted ahead."
Hei Hu immediately put them on alert, and Jin Sui took out his firearms like they were free, until the team leader reported again: "It's Han Chinese! That team is all Han Chinese."
Jin Sui still didn't relax: "It could be horse bandits! We encountered a group of horse bandits when we came here."
It was not until that team also sent people to inquire and reported to each other that we learned: "We are the former subordinates of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of the Northwest Army, and we have been ordered to meet him here."
Hei Hu asked Jin Sui in a low voice: "Who is the Crown Prince?"
Jin Sui was overjoyed: "It's the prince! Did you forget that he was the crown prince? Come on, he's one of us!"
They were indeed their own people, Gu Changxiao's old subordinates. He ordered them to meet us here. Naturally, there were more than a few hundred of them, but they acted separately, with a total number of 3,700.
When the team heard that they were from the Black Feather Camp and were ordered by King Li to escort Miss Ji back to the border town first, they immediately joined the escort team.
Jinsui also felt a lot more at ease. With the joining of the Northwestern Army, she was confident that she could escape even if Bater sent people to chase her.
The troops were led by the seventh-rank captain Xie Maolin. He began to be wary and reserved towards Jinsui, Heihu and others. They did not eat from the same pot for meals and were divided into teams to keep watch at night.
It was not until Jin Sui cooked a pot of compressed biscuit porridge and brought it to them, and then took out a few hundred energy bars and ate them in front of Xie Maolin.
The Northwest Army, which had been eating cold cakes and drinking snow water, could no longer sit still and suggested to Captain Xie that they eat in batches so that even if the food was poisonous, they could provide timely rescue.
After eating like this for three days, they began to scramble to eat the first batch because they were afraid that the Black Feather Army would run out of rations and would eat it all.
They even suggested defeating a few gangs of horse bandits on the way to replenish military rations. Hei Hu repeatedly assured them that they had enough rations and would definitely not be able to eat them all. Only then did they give up the idea of "using local materials".
Xie Maolin privately asked Hei Hu, is this Miss Ji the prince's woman? Why did he send an army to escort her?
Hei Hu said proudly: "Boss Ji is not the prince's woman! She is our boss, the military advisor of the border town!
Hehe, from now on you will know how powerful Boss Ji is!"
As for the fact that Boss Ji once pretended to be the King of Li, Jin Sui strictly forbade Hei Hu and the others to tell it. This was difficult to explain, and Xie Maolin's defenses might be even stronger, so Gu Changxiao had to come and explain it in person.
When we were almost at the border between the two countries, we met a group of shepherds from the northern border. There were a dozen young men herding more than a thousand sheep.
At first, they were very wary of the Daxia army, thinking that they would directly rob their sheep. They sent people back to the cave to call their tribesmen while holding up their swords to defend themselves.
It was not until Jin Sui used his poor northern Xinjiang dialect to communicate with them and expressed his willingness to buy their sheep that the boy still did not let down his guard.
Jin Sui took out glassware, perfume, cloth, tea, and sugar and asked him if he was willing to exchange them. These small tribes far away from the royal court would not accept gold or silver, but only barter. The young men's eyes lit up, believing that they really wanted to trade.
Soon their clan leader was brought in. When he saw that the other side was well-equipped Xia soldiers, he knew he couldn't escape, so he decided to be bold and negotiate a deal with them.
In the end, Jinsui used fifty black tea bricks, one hundred kilograms of sugar, one hundred pieces of cotton cloth and a glass eagle that the patriarch had specifically requested.
Three hundred sheep were exchanged, and during this time Xie Maolin asked curiously where these supplies came from.
Hei Hu said, "Our Boss Ji's! Boss Ji is very rich. Let's follow her and enjoy the best of everything."
Xie Maolin had already discovered that this Black Tiger Captain was a bit stubborn, so he asked more clearly:
"I mean, where did she hide all this stuff? How did she come up with so much in one night?"
Hei Hu looked at him like a fool: "We already have mutton to eat, why do you care where it comes from? Be careful that Boss Ji will say that those who ask questions are not allowed to eat, we eat it and you just watch!"
Xie Maolin: ...
Is the army of Border Town so unique? Your Highness is too difficult.
“Brothers from the Northwest Army have come from afar, and I should have treated you to a meal a long time ago, but it has been delayed until today.
We are having mutton hotpot tonight! So there will be mutton for everyone!"
The Northwest Army is obviously not used to Miss Ji's style of doing things. How does she act like a girl?
It's not like we escorted this girl, but this girl took us to the northern border! The soldiers of the Black Feather Camp had eaten a big pot of meat when they were in the royal court, but the soldiers of the Northwest Army had not eaten meat for a long time.
All border troops suffer, and the Black Feather Army suffers because no one took the border soldiers seriously before. Since the fake King Jinsui came, their situation has improved dramatically.
The Northwestern Army suffered because their old master, the Crown Prince, was deposed, they were suppressed by Prince Yu, and they were persecuted by the new commander.
At one point, they were faced with the situation of either being killed or rebelling. Fortunately, Gu Changxiao contacted them in time.
But the journey out of the northwest was also extremely difficult. At one point the military supplies were exhausted and the food supply was almost cut off.
I can't remember the last time I ate meat!
Some soldiers were about to shed tears when they saw the bubbling milky white mutton soup in the big pot. Jin Sui felt very uncomfortable watching this.
These are our soldiers guarding the border! Prince Yu and his men eat delicious food, yet they treat our border troops so harshly.
A lot of pepper is added to the mutton to remove the coldness. Each person eats a bowl of mutton with the soup. The remaining broth is used to add some tomatoes to cook noodles.
The aroma spread for miles, and everyone was sweating after eating it, and they no longer felt cold. Jinsui also took a lot of nitrated leather to give to the Northwest Army soldiers to keep warm.
Feeling that they had escaped the royal court's pursuit range, everyone slowed down a bit, and Jin Sui began to ask Xie Maolin in detail about the situation at the northwestern border.
What’s funny is that the news of them buying sheep quickly spread in the tribe, and they actually met three groups of herdsmen waiting to sell sheep along the way.
They also asked for tea bricks, sugar, linen, and the sacred artifact that the patriarch specifically requested.
The aesthetics are really unified from top to bottom! They all like shiny glass products.
As long as they are willing to sell, they will take as many as Jin Sui can get. After being away from home for so long, I have to bring some gifts back to my brothers in Border Town! She turned her escape route into a purchase along the way. Hei Hu was a little worried: "Will we have 10,000 sheep when we return to Border Town?"
Jinsui laughed and said, "Then I will change my career to become a rancher."
Hei Hu took it seriously: "No, no, it's better for Boss Ji to be our boss. With you here, the brothers will feel more at ease."
That day, the scout team brought good news that the prince had caught up.
The troops led by Gu Changxiao were also marching at a forced pace. Fortunately, Jinsui's team slowed down a bit in the past few days, so they managed to catch up.
He had more men because all the Northwestern Army had joined him.
He left a Northwest Army and Han Xing to escort Yan Jiu, because Yan Jiu and Yan Shier Niang were carrying a lot of goods and were walking very slowly.
The two had obviously only been apart for a few days, but when they met again, the feeling was very different, and the way they looked at each other was almost filled with tears.
Jin Sui was very sure of her feelings. Her heart fell in love with Gu Changxiao earlier than she herself did.
Her heart seemed to be shrouded in fog, but when Gu Changxiao climbed up the temple and appeared in front of her, the fog dissipated. She could deceive others but not herself.
Gu Changxiao is different to her. That mysterious and indescribable feeling is what countless infatuated men and women call love.
She had to admit to herself that she was in love with Gu Changxiao.
Not when he kissed her, not when he confessed his love to her, but when he climbed up to the temple with his hands bloody and said to her, "I'm here to take you home."
As soon as Xie Maolin saw the look in the eyes of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince as Miss Ji, he knew exactly what was going on. What Hei Hu said was not clear enough. It was obvious that Miss Ji was His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's woman!
Gu Changxiao was confused by the flock of sheep: "Where did they come from?"
Jin Sui laughed: "I bought it just in time for you guys to have a welcome party. I'll treat the whole army to stewed mutton tonight!"
The Black Feather Army soldiers cheered: "Thank you, Boss Ji!"
The newly joined soldiers of the Northwest Army were a little confused. "Boss Ji? You call a little girl Boss?"
While Hei Hu led his men to skin and stew the sheep, Gu Changxiao told Jin Sui about what happened next. When he rushed back to the royal court, Tuo Ya was sending Yan Jiu and others out of the royal court.
But he was worried about Bater and insisted that Bater come out and explain things in person. Yinuo admitted that he could not send troops to pursue and could not send anyone to take Jinsui away.
Bater was reluctant to come out at first. He had lost such a big person and really didn't want to see Gu Changxiao and the others again.
Fortunately, Jinsui escaped using a "miracle" method, and the news that he brought the Han woman into the temple was not spread.
Later, Bater and Toya entered the shrine and found that everything had disappeared. They thought that Jinsui had thrown it down the mountain from a small window to vent his anger.
He also took people to search at the foot of the mountain, but unfortunately they found nothing.
It's a wonder we can find it! Jinsui has been transferred to the space.
Bater was willing to come out to meet Gu Changxiao later because he wanted to add a sentence to his promise: "I will not send anyone to pursue, let alone send anyone to Daxia to take away Ji Xiangu.
However, if she ever steps into my northern border territory, I will spare no effort to keep her here!"
Jin Sui patted his chest and said, "Damn it! I can't travel to Northern Xinjiang anymore! Bater is so paranoid.
Maybe in a few years when he grows up, he will realize how stupid what he did was!"
Gu Changxiao shook his head: "No, he will only think that he didn't try harder to keep you.
From now on, not only can you not go to the Northern Frontier, you can’t have any contact with the people of the Northern Frontier. Who knows if there might be Bater’s spies there!”
Jin Sui smiled and said, "If he really sent spies, he would find out that I am not a Taoist nun at all, and he would naturally give up this idea."
“Bater is not pious to the gods at all. He doesn’t care whether you are a Taoist nun or not. He just wants fish oil and firearms.
The so-called building of a Taoist temple for you and calling you Fairy Lady are just means to keep you here."
Gu Changxiao suddenly smiled and stared at Jin Sui, which made Jin Sui blush a little: "Why are you looking at me like that?"
"I was thinking that Sui Sui is really amazing. There's always someone trying to snatch you away from me! Well, I have to work harder."
Jin Sui blushed: "No need to work too hard, just give me more money and I will work hard."
Gu Changxiao smiled: "All my money belongs to Sui Sui!"
Jin Sui sneered: "How much silver do you have? If you really count it, you still owe me money!"
Gu Changxiao laughed loudly: "Then I promise that no matter how much money I have in the future, it will all belong to Sui Sui!"
Jin Sui hurriedly changed the subject: "This matter will not affect your and Yan Jiu's cooperation with Beijiang, right?"
"No, Toya is worried that we will leak this matter! Apart from Bater's personal emotions, the people in Northern Xinjiang don't dare to publicize this matter.
Even those dignitaries would be very sorry to know that we left in such a hurry. They all want to buy perfume and glassware from you and Twelve Niang!"
Jin Sui smiled and said, "Then when we get the goods from the border town, we'll send them here right away. Haha, exchanging luxury goods for military supplies is such a good deal!"
She asked curiously, "What do the people of the royal court think of us Feitian?"
Speaking of this, Gu Changxiao was even more amused: "They are already preparing to build a temple for the sacred bird!"
Jinsui also laughed out loud. It was really ironic! Bater wanted to build a Taoist temple for me, but the dignitaries collectively opposed it.
As a result, you took the initiative to build a temple for the "divine bird", but Bater couldn't tell the truth.
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