I owe the female honor system a billion

Chapter 161 42. Lan Shan
The scenery of Lanshan is lush and lush, and the whole mountain forest is covered in the miracle of life in early spring.It was the joy of early spring, and it was the time when all things grow. So, all kinds of seeds that fell from afar, brought by the breeze, and many big trees, sprouted and took root in such a wide world, and then Over the years, it has slowly grown into a lush forest full of vitality.

It was clearly such a lively scene, but Xia Qinglan, who was riding on the horse, seemed to frowned, and felt a little uncomfortable turning her gaze to the figure in the carriage behind her.

They didn't bring many people with them when they went out, they just brought some troops to follow.

Among the team in front, there was only Xia Qinglan riding on her, and a carriage pulled behind the horse.

Looking at the lush greenery around her, Xia Qinglan couldn't help but recall in her mind that before they were besieged in the fenced mountains, due to hunger, they boiled all the green grass roots or leaves that could be seen all over the mountains into a pot of soup , and then swallowed whole to relieve the hunger in the stomach.

Her eyes were heavy, but in her heart she regretted agreeing to Su Chang to come to Lanshan.

But it's all here, why can't the expression on his face be pulled down, so he sighed silently, and then asked the carriage behind him,
"Light dust. Can it be bumped?"

The group of them set off from the imperial capital. Xia Qinglan was okay and could ride a horse to see the surrounding scenery. As a man, Su Chang couldn't be so casual. He could only stay in the stuffy carriage, only at night when he was resting. Come out to rest with Xia Qinglan.

Several days passed, and Xia Qinglan was still more worried about whether the bumpy carriage would shake the young man's body.

But fortunately, the young man's warm and clear voice came from the carriage,
"no bumps"

"That's good. We're almost at that mountain." Xia Qinglan's eyesight was excellent, and she could see from a distance that some stairs had been artificially built on the halfway up the mountain, leading directly to a section above that mountain. A small shrine.

Presumably it was the place where local officials built the remains of the late emperor on the mountain after he ascended the throne.

Xia Qinglan's face was pale, and she silently compared the current scenery here with the previous scenes in her memory. Looking at the small ancestral hall halfway up the mountain, Xia Qinglan's heart beat faster, and her breathing In an instant, the muscles tensed slightly.

The horse under him felt his master's movement, and shook his hooves a little uneasily, causing Xia Qinglan to rein in the horse rope with both hands, and then slowly calmed down.

"His Majesty!"

At the foot of the mountain in front, the local officials learned that Xia Qinglan was coming here to worship the ancestors early on, and then led many local officials to wait here.Several ministers wearing heavy military costumes saw Xia Qinglan's figure from a distance, and hurriedly ran towards Xia Qinglan wearing such heavy clothes.

"His Majesty!"

"His Majesty!"

Many officials followed the chief forward, Xia Qinglan's eyesight was excellent, and she recognized from a distance that the leading official was the horse official of her family when they fought against Li Chao.

She also laughed, stopped her horse, looked at the leading official from afar and shouted, "Yao Guang! Are you in charge of this mountain?"

That Yao Guang smiled and came to Xia Qinglan's horse, knelt down, saluted Xia Qinglan, "That's right, Your Majesty, we haven't seen each other for a long time, it's rare that Your Majesty still remembers you."

"There's nothing I can't remember. You, the horse officer of the Sixth Battalion, are the ones who eat the most." Xia Qinglan said while riding on the horse and looking at Yao Guang with a smile, as if recalling.

"Eh haha, it's all the past, it's all the past." Yao Guang rubbed his head, smiled a little honestly, and said to Xia Qinglan.

"Okay, get up quickly, now I'm going up the mountain to worship my ancestors, can you make arrangements?"

"It's arranged, it's arranged." Yao Guang stood up and said to Xia Qinglan.

Xia Qinglan smiled at her, crossed her legs and headed towards the mountain.

The road on the mountain is made of stone bricks. Although the mountain is a bit higher along the way, it is not very bumpy.Su Chang also got out of the carriage and followed Xia Qinglan in front. The soldiers at the foot of the mountain did not follow up the mountain, only a few personal soldiers followed Xia Qinglan up the mountain.

Xia Qinglan led Su Chang to the small ancestral hall on the top of the mountain.

The ancestral hall only has a small entrance. The soldiers and many officials were waiting on the stairs below, and they did not follow Xia Qinglan and the others to the front of the hall. Therefore, in front of the hall, only Xia Qinglan and Su Chang came here .

Xia Qinglan led Su Chang to the front of the hall, and from afar, she saw the canvas hanging on the wall inside the ancestral hall.

What was painted on it was the portrait of Xia Qinglan's biological mother, Xia Wuju.

Many ancient portraits are not flattering to Su Chang. Compared with realism, Su Chang thinks it is more like freehand brushwork, but this portrait is not bad, at least Su Chang relies on this portrait, a man full of gentle smile Surprisingly, a woman in a Confucian costume appeared in his mind.

Xia Qinglan led Su Chang inside and saw the painting, but she just curled her lips and said,

"not quite like"

She stared straight at the painting that she said didn't look like it, and then she stayed where she was, without moving a bit.

Seeing her appearance, Su Chang smiled understandingly, and then looked at the incense candles prepared by the officials in front of the incense stand next to him, just like when Xia Qinglan took him to visit his parents on the second day of their wedding, he took He picked up Xia Qinglan's incense and helped her light the candle before returning to Xia Qinglan's side.

While Xia Qinglan's nose moved slightly, she seemed to smell the aroma of the candle lighted by the boy, so she turned her divergent eyes to look at the boy beside her.

She opened her mouth slightly, and took the joss stick from the boy.

Holding the incense candle in her hand, she looked at the portrait of the late emperor painted on the incense stand, and said to Su Chang, "My stupid old lady, look, she is dressed in a Confucian costume, she doesn't look like she is fighting at all."

Su Chang stood beside him, didn't speak, just looked into her eyes, followed her gaze to the incense stand.

"I was on the top of Lanshan, and I thought she was on duty for a shift change. I was woken up by the soldiers beside me when I was half asleep, and said that she was leading the soldiers to the north by herself, but she wanted me to take the rest of the soldiers. Assault south."

"Li Chao was also deceived by that idiot old lady. The southern defense line was weak, so I broke through with less than a hundred cavalry and survived." Xia Qinglan said while closing her eyes, refusing to see the portrait.
"When I heard about her again, it was because she was beheaded by the enemy and ended up dead."

(End of this chapter)