Shan Ling originally thought that Li Huilan would have some emotions, but unexpectedly she would comfort herself instead.
Xia He, who was sitting next to her, stretched out his chopsticks to put some dishes into his wife's bowl and looked at her with concern and comfort.
In fact, Xia He also knew that his father-in-law was not from this place, but when he heard his wife mention this, he couldn't help but feel curious.
Normally, if people are fleeing from disaster, they would usually choose to go to rich and prosperous places. How could they come to this border area?
After everyone finished their meal, Shan Ling and Shan Xiong planned to leave.
But before leaving, he suddenly saw Li Huilan walking in with two bowls of freshly prepared blood-replenishing soup and bone-strengthening soup in her hands.
Shan Ling stopped immediately upon seeing this, took out a silver note with a face value of five hundred taels from his pocket, and handed it to Xia He, saying:
"Although you haven't officially joined the Xuanwu Camp yet, as a senior sister, I still think you should show some appreciation."
"Besides, you are now at the critical stage of bone refining. I'm sure your monthly military pay is far from enough to cover your expenses. Take this money, it should be enough for you for a while!"
"Senior sister, you are too polite!"
Xia He seemed a little embarrassed for a moment, and kept saying words of refusal, but he took the banknote very neatly.
After all, we are really poor now.
"Sister, where's mine? I don't have any money either!"
"Your family gives you more than a thousand taels of silver every month. If you don't spend lavishly, how can you be broke?"
Xia He's mouth twitched as he listened to the conversation between the siblings.
One thousand taels every month...it's really frustrating to compare yourself with others.
It seems that even if they didn't practice martial arts, the Shan family was quite wealthy in the capital.
After the two left, Xia He walked to the backyard.
Suddenly, a loud and clear eagle cry was heard in the sky, as if it was about to pierce the clouds.
When Xia He heard the call, he subconsciously looked up.
A huge and majestic mountain eagle swooped down like lightning.
The broad and powerful wings drew graceful arcs in the air, bringing up a sharp wind.
In the blink of an eye, the majestic mountain eagle landed steadily on Xia He's outstretched arm.
"Bai Mei, I've prepared something delicious for you."
Xia He smiled slightly, took out a small piece of dried meat from his arms and handed it over.
Baimei is very picky about food. He will not eat ordinary meat at all. The worst meat he eats must be the meat of monsters.
Usually it lives on the mountain outside the town.
In recent days, they have been getting along better and better, and their relationship with Xia He has become closer.
Xia He smiled, reached out his hand gently, and rubbed the white-browed eagle's head gently.
Baimei seemed to enjoy the caress. He narrowed his eyes slightly and let out a low moan.
Then, Xia He suddenly waved his arm and shouted softly:
"Go ahead!"
Upon receiving the order, Baimei instantly spread his wings, took off into the air again, and rushed towards the sky.
After a while, Xia He's eyes began to change form rapidly.
Then, the surrounding scene began to spin rapidly as if being stirred by an invisible giant hand. When everything returned to calm, a completely new scene appeared in front of Xia He.
Hovering before a certain courtyard, one could still feel the blood and energy of several figures inside.
"The face of the surname Zhen looks very ugly, haha!"
The Tiger and Leopard Cavalry that were transferred in have been in the yard all the time, and there are at least two of them who are at the Bone Refining level or above.
It seems that there is really no chance in the short term.
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That night, it snowed heavily, and the houses and ground in the town were soon covered with a layer of white.
In the following days, heavy snow fell without stopping for a moment.
The snow had accumulated so thickly that anyone stepping on it would instantly fall into a deep hole.
"It snows heavily on the border, but in the capital, it's probably very warm even in winter."
Xia Heha was breathing heavily and came to the military camp with Erpang early in the morning to report for duty.
I didn't expect that the military order would come down right after I arrived.
"Patrol?"
The military households of the garrisons were transferred to the Great Wall one after another and began to perform garrison and patrol tasks according to orders.
Most of them were placed on the high city walls, but basically they were all on the city walls.
But this patrol needs to patrol directly out of the city.
In this cold winter, who would be willing to go out and suffer this?
However, this seemed to be an order issued by the governor himself, and although others complained, no one dared to raise any objection.
"That Zhen guy is such a bastard!"
It's just a shit stirrer.
It would be much easier to get into an accident if you were to go out of the city as a scout, and if you killed someone and buried him in the snow, you might not find him until spring.
But even if he knew, he couldn't just refuse to disobey military orders.
Just at this moment, a cloud of dust was raised in the distance, accompanied by the sound of horse hooves coming from far away.
Soon, several figures appeared in front of everyone.
Several knights were wearing tiger and leopard skins, looking very imposing, and the horses they rode were strong and powerful.
When they were closer, one of the leading knights pulled the reins, letting the horse raise its front hooves high and then land steadily.
He looked down at the people below and scolded:
"Listen up! The patrol officers who have been named, move quickly. I will give you half an hour to organize a team of ten people."
"If you don't have enough slaves, you can transfer idle slaves from other places to make up the number. But no matter what, this team must leave the city to carry out the mission in half an hour. If there is any delay, you will be punished by military law!"
After saying this, the knight waved his whip and sped away in a cloud of dust.
"What's the big guy doing here? Where are the barbarians? Is the boss crazy?"
"Captain Liu, why didn't you say this just now? What's the point of saying it after the fact?"
"Damn it, you just want me to take the lead, right? Then why are you interfering? Get lost!"
In the crowd, Captain Wang walked towards Xia He.
His name was also called, but not today. However, his expression was still very ugly, and he said,
"Brother Xia, you don't have enough military slaves. Do you need me to lend you some?"
"Thanks for your kindness, but I'd better recruit someone from somewhere else."
Xia He thought to himself that this rule was probably aimed at him, after all, he only had Erpang as his military slave.
This guy named Zhen even sent someone over to remind me, how thoughtful of him!
It's only half an hour, even if we can borrow some people, they will be a bunch of rabble, which will be just the right time for that bastard to take action!
"Okay, over there, come here!"
Captain Wang brought a group of people over.
"This group of people were originally military slaves. After the death of the military households, they temporarily retained the military status. You can pick any one you want."
Xia He glanced.
Previously, when Captain Fan sent people to search the mountain, several military households died. These people were the ones who were vacant at that time.
But after so long, the good ones and those in good condition have been picked up, and the remaining ones are probably not wanted by anyone.
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