Jiang Yan rode Wu Chen for an unknown distance. The horse on his hip had now grown into a horse with four slender hooves. He soon left the official road and broke into an unfamiliar plain.
When the heavy rain fell, the blood flowing from the wound had formed a scab on the young man's back. He turned around with difficulty and breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that there was no trace of the pursuers anymore.
.
An uncontrollable coldness gradually spread to his limbs and bones, making Jiang Yan's whole body as cold as ice. The remaining strength dissipated like water in a bamboo basket. He could no longer sit firmly on the horse, and his body tilted
He fell headlong.
In a daze, the young man vaguely felt that Wu Chen gently arched his head, and then opened his mouth to hold the skirt of his clothes, trying to help his master get up. But he was so weak that he could not even move his fingers.
When he came out, his consciousness gradually became blurred. At the moment, he felt as if he had fallen off a cliff, and his three souls and seven souls were falling into the endless darkness.
I don't know how much time passed, but it seemed that someone wiped Jiang Yan's wound with a warm and wet soft cloth, and then poured some salty liquid into his mouth. The liquid allowed life to return to the young man's body bit by bit.
Inside his body, he was able to open his eyes again.
What he saw at this time was not the ordinary adobe house wall of a farmhouse, but a huge tent made of linoleum. Through the thick felt cloth, he could still clearly hear the strong wind outside and the pouring rain. But in front of him was the heavy rain.
The person who was wiping her body was a foreign woman with her hair tied up and bare feet.
"Who are you? Where am I?"
Jiang Yan immediately struggled and tried to sit up. The foreign maid opposite seemed not to have expected that the person on the couch would wake up without warning. She was startled and immediately dropped the soft cloth in her hand and rushed out.
, and shouted words in panic that the young man could not understand.
Jiang Yan immediately wanted to catch up, but his legs could not exert any strength at all. His center of gravity was unstable and he rolled to the ground. At the same time, footsteps were heard again outside the tent, and then a girl, surrounded by her entourage, lifted the door curtain.
He walked in quickly, helped him back to the couch and lay down, and what he said in his mouth was the standard Mandarin of the Great Ascension:
"You are so seriously injured. Just lie down and let the maid take care of you. Why are you so anxious?"
The person who came here was wearing a large red cloak embroidered with gold. The green silk on his head was carefully braided into countless braids that were thinner than fingers. He had a gilt forehead band on his forehead and two curved eyebrows.
, although the big black eyes are not as deep as the young man, they are still shining like gems, but they always lower their faces, not daring to look at the other person - never thought that the person who saved the young man would actually be
Princess Shuo Di, who we had a close relationship with before!
"Why is the princess still staying in Wanzhou? By now, you should also know what is happening in the city..."
Seeing that it was not Ye Guo's pursuers, Jiang Yancai was slightly relieved, but he still refused to lie down obediently. The other party did not answer immediately, but personally picked up the soft cloth dropped by the maid from the golden basin, rubbed it a few times and then gently
Gently press it on the young man’s forehead:
"You just need to rest assured that I am recuperating, and there is no need to worry about anything else. I have ordered my warriors to send away the pursuers of Ye State. Even if the other party knows that you are in my tent now, they will not dare to
He rushed in rashly and snatched people head-on."
"But now I am a wanted criminal in the country of Ye, and the princess is here to make peace. It would be inappropriate to save me. Besides, there are friends waiting for me at Huxieping outside the city. I can't stay here for a long time!"
The black-eyed boy was suddenly shocked. He turned his face to avoid the opponent's hand, and then struggled to get up. Princess Tuya had no choice but to explain while holding the opponent's shoulder firmly:
"Look at what you look like now. Where else can you go except lying down? Do you know that you have been sleeping for three whole days, and all roads with a radius of hundreds of miles outside Mulu City have been closed. As long as your companions are not stupid,
It is absolutely impossible to stay where you are and wait."
Unexpectedly, Jiang Yan's expression changed, and he suddenly lost his temper. He waved his hand violently and pushed the girl away:
"Then you don't need to pity me! Whether my friend is waiting, you will find out later when you go to see him! Return the Wu Chen and Yi Jia to me quickly, I am going to look for Ziyin and the others!"
The soft cloth in Princess Di Ren's hand was slapped by the boy and fell to the ground on the spot. She was also frightened and backed away repeatedly, and she couldn't help but let out an exclamation.
After hearing the argument in the tent, an old general who was over sixty years old ran in from the outside. He was seen wearing a pair of white iron armor, his beard and hair were all gray, but his body was very tough. He immediately shouted loudly:
"Bold! I, the princess of the Muyun Department, deigned to come and take care of you. You brat not only refused to thank me but also took offense. Aren't you afraid that I will push you out and chop your head off right now?"
As the old man spoke, he stretched out his hand to pull out the scimitar with barbs on its spine. The claw marks on the leather wrist wrapped around his forearm, which was used to lift the falcon, were clearly visible.
"Old General Yuan Ti, please calm down. I bumped into him accidentally."
However, Princess Tuya shook her head repeatedly, indicating that the other party should not be violent.
"Princess! How come you still have the heart to protect this kid at this time? Not to mention that Du Lie died under his sword before. Now that Duke Ye has passed away, even though this kid is Beizi who was canonized by him, so
As far as our Muyun Department is concerned, it has long been useless. Even if we take him back to Yanluo Plain, Hehan will never let him go easily!"
"Does the old general think that if I just go back empty-handed, he will let me go easily?" Tuya asked in return.
"How can you say that, princess? After all, as soon as Hehan heard that something had happened in Ye Kingdom, he ordered his old ministers to hurry up and lead a team to take you back. Even if he has all kinds of problems, blood is thicker than water, and he is still your brother after all.
——”
Before the other party finished speaking, he was interrupted by the princess:
"In this case, why did the old general not go north immediately after finding me, but continued to stay in Wanzhou for many days?"
"Princess, I am incompetent..."
As soon as the Muyun Tribe was mentioned, Princess Tuya immediately showed an indifference and maturity that was incompatible with her age. There was no emotion in her tone, and she seemed to be used to being used as a bargaining chip in exchange for benefits for the tribe.
Thing:
"Old general, you are loyal and have taken good care of my mother and daughter over the years. Eda knows very well that if you are sent to look for me, you will definitely be able to find me. Naturally, you know very well that if you don't find me this time,
If I take you back, I will break with the entire Muyun tribe and become enemies. But you are worried that if you take me back to the grassland like this, Eda will still order me to marry in another country, and there will no longer be any room for maneuver.
But what I want to say is, actually you don’t need to be embarrassed, we will set off back today.”
The old minister in front of him hesitated for a moment, and the beard on his lips twitched, as if he still wanted to say something, but could not say it. He finally let go and put away the knife, bowed and bowed, and then exited the tent. Princess Di Ren walked out of the tent. He took out a small handkerchief embroidered with lotus flowers from his arms, soaked it in water, rubbed it, and then applied it to the young man's hot forehead.
Jiang Yan did not resist this time, but looked at this Di girl with half Yubei blood strangely. Ning Yue once mentioned this alien princess in front of the boy, but now she is so protective of her, But it was something the black-eyed boy never expected, and he couldn't bear to refute her good intentions.
"Old General Yuan Ti was the one who escorted my mother north to the Muyun Department. He had no ill intentions, he just wanted to do his best to prevent me from being harmed after my mother left."
Princess Tuya lowered her eyes, her long eyelashes trembling slightly.
"I still can't figure out why you rescued me?"
"Shuodi people and Nan people are both human beings. Now that I've seen it, I can't just sit back and watch."
"Then are you going to take me back to the grassland next?"
"Now that you are alone, it is absolutely impossible to leave Wanzhou alive. It is safer to follow us. By the time we enter the boundary of Zhangzhou, your injuries should be almost healed, and it will not be too late to leave by then."
"Zhangzhou? Shouldn't the shortest way from Wanzhou to Yanluoyuan be through Changzhou?"
"North of Suoyang Pass is Yujing. How could a group of barbarians like us be allowed to stop by? This time on our way south, we also traveled to Jiushan in Pengguo and then detoured to Wanzhou via sea. It was just like the grassland people. After all, sailing is inconvenient, and now that the southwestern countries have reached a truce again, the land route is not as dangerous as before."
Princess Tuya finally raised her eyes and smiled at the young man. Jiang Yan suddenly realized that the seemingly innocent princess in front of him had actually been thinking about many things silently. He didn't say anything else, he just felt that he Inadvertently, I already owed the other party a huge favor.
At the same time, Ning Yue, who had been unconscious for a long time after being cast on a spell, also woke up in the cabin of a small boat. She sat up holding her sore forehead and saw Granny Cen sitting just a few feet away. There, he looked at himself with a half-smile.
"How can my mother-in-law forcefully take someone out of the city?! Turn the boat around quickly. I still have to go rescue Ziyin and find Jiang Yan!"
"Miss, there should be patrolling soldiers everywhere in Mulu City at this time. Did you know that not long after we left the city, Tingweisi searched for you and the black-eyed land boy from everywhere. Now we can go back without any help. It is different from seeking death."
"I won't listen, I won't listen! If it were my mother-in-law, would you also watch the people you care about in danger and not be so cruel as to save them?"
"I--" The old woman opposite hesitated for a moment, but avoided answering: "No matter what, we have gone far now, and there is no way we can look back. The young lady listened to my advice and stopped thinking about saving lives. It’s a human matter. After a while, I will personally send someone to find out the whereabouts of the two young men on my behalf.”
"But, Ziyin can't wait until then!"
"But what if I tell young lady that the young master of Ye Kingdom has escaped safely now?"
Hearing what the other party said, Ning Yue was startled at first, and then her blue eyes suddenly flashed again: "Zi Yin escaped? Really?"
"There is no need for me to deceive you about this matter. It is said that someone robbed the execution ground that day, but since the person you want to save is safe, is the lady willing to go with me now?"
"Then we - where are we going?"
The red-haired girl was finally persuaded by the other party and relaxed her brows slightly. She lifted the curtain on the small window on the side and stared blankly at the turbid water outside the boat, but did not give a definite answer.
"We are currently sailing up the Yanjiang River, heading east. After passing Yugu Lake and reaching the eastern foot of Qinglan Mountain, we can transfer to a carriage and enter Jingshu City to meet an important person."
"Mother-in-law is going to the capital of Weiliang? Who do you want to see?"
"Miss, haven't you ever wondered where Qi Shouyu learned about and practiced breathing?"
Seeing that the girl no longer persisted, the old woman smiled again on her face, but she asked the other party in return.
After Ning Yue thought for a moment, she finally reacted:
"Could it be that my mother-in-law suspects it's my father? But my father hates people on land extremely, so why would he have any contact with them?"
"At first, I was also suspicious of the high priest, but after thinking about it carefully, I gradually realized that there might be someone else who leaked the secret of Xiangxi. As the investigation deepened, I felt more and more that maybe it was this person, too. The method of making firebolt guns was awarded to Qi Shouyu."
"My mother-in-law is saying that someone in the clan deliberately leaked the secrets of our ancestors and our clan and blamed it on my father? But there is no one else in the hall who knows these secrets except the chief priest and a few high-level officiants. .Doing this will not bring any benefit to him at all!"
"Regardless of who this person is, and no matter what the other party's purpose is for so much trouble, it is imminent for the tribe to return to the mainland. You have also seen the power of the wind and the firebolt gun. In the future, once the army is in full swing, See, not only tens of millions of people on the mainland will be devastated, but tens of thousands of people in Cangliu City will inevitably be annihilated! Miss, the person you and I met at Jingshu on this trip was precisely to prevent this. thing."
Grandma Cen's tone did not sound as calm as usual. She was obviously not being alarmist, and the red-haired girl felt the seriousness of the situation from between the lines. She did not continue to ask, but turned her head again, staring at the surging river in silence. After a long pause, he finally nodded gently:
"Okay, then I will go with my mother-in-law..."
Although she said this, the tears in the girl's eyes could not stop rolling down her cheeks and sliding into the turbid river water. Because she knew clearly in her heart that even if Jiang Yan and Qi Ziyin were still in the world, they would have gone thousands of miles away. Perhaps there will never be a chance to meet the two of them again in this life.
In her mind, a scene suddenly appeared in her mind when she and Jiang Yan first entered Mulu City three years ago and met Qi Ziyin - the rising sun was warm at that time, the grass and trees were still green, and the begonias were still fragrant...
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