Lan Ling's matter is over for the time being. The elders turned their attention to the old man in a cloak standing next to Qu Le. They just saw him coming out with Qu Le. What on earth is going on?
Seeing the doubts in their hearts, the old man raised his head slightly, revealed his face hidden under the hood, and said expressionlessly: "I haven't seen each other for more than fifty years. I didn't expect you old guys to be alive."
Elders: "..."
Qu Le: "..." She silently praised the old man in her heart. This bad old man really managed to attract so much hatred!
"Why, you don't recognize me anymore?" The old man smiled coldly. He pulled open the collar of his cloak, revealing the spider brand on his neck. "If you don't remember my face, you still remember this sin slave brand, right?"
Elder Lan's gaze suddenly changed, and he opened his eyes wide in surprise: "You are Shuangchi! Yan Shuangchi!"
When this name was called out, the faces of several elders, including Elder Sang, all changed. They stared at the old man's face and carefully distinguished his facial features from the wrinkles. Indeed, the more they looked at them, the more familiar they became.
The past events are also awakened.
Elder Sang frowned and asked: "Shouldn't you stay in the forbidden area until your death to atone for your sins? You actually escaped secretly, how brave you are!"
The old man... no, he should be called Yan Shuangchi. Yan Shuangchi tilted her head slightly and looked towards Qu Le. Qu Le coughed twice, attracting the attention of the elders, and she scratched her cheek unconsciously.
, smiled dryly: "Then what...I let him out."
"Why?" Sang Lanxian obviously disagreed with her approach, "Do you know what crime he committed? He secretly colluded with Sang Yue, who served the saint, to steal the holy medicine. For such a serious crime, even death is not enough to apologize.
However, the saintess of the previous generation was so compassionate that she let him live and let him stay in the forbidden place forever to atone for his sins. How can you release someone casually?"
"Old Sang!" Elder Lan glanced at him and told him to be careful with his words, "Ale is now a saint. She has her own reasons for what she does. Please listen to her explanation patiently and don't be impulsive."
Elder Sang closed his mouth and looked at Qule, waiting for her explanation.
Qu Le smiled helplessly: "My reason is actually a bit arbitrary. He has been imprisoned in the forbidden area for more than fifty years, and the best years of his life have been spent there. I think he has paid enough for his sins.
The price. Look at what he looks like now. He is old and has not many days left. I think even the gods are willing to give him some mercy so that he can spend the last part of his life freely."
The elders looked at each other. Obviously, this reason was not enough to convince them, but for the sake of the saint, they did not want to refute her, and what she said was also true. Yan Shuangchi was no longer the bold, young and energetic person he used to be.
Yan Shuangchi, standing in front of them now, is so old that all his teeth have fallen out. Even if he is allowed to leave the forbidden area, how many days can he live?
After discussion, the elders reluctantly agreed to Qu Le's decision. Yan Shuangchi glanced at them and sneered at Qu Le: "Such a group of old people are so troublesome in making a decision. They will inevitably make things difficult for you in the future.
Whatever you encounter in the future, just make any decision you want, and don’t worry about the attitude of these old people! If you have the ability, let them depose you, the saint chosen by the gods!"
Elders: "..." We were really smart just now, and we actually agreed to the stupid decision of letting him out! I wonder if it's too late to regret it now?
Qu Le hurriedly chuckled: "I'm hungry. I want to go home and rest. By the way, how is Alang? He came from the Bronze Cauldron with me... Uh, okay, that's the Shending Cauldron. That one came from the Shending Cauldron with me."
Where is the man who crawled out? I have to go see him now. Of course, it’s best to have a full meal before seeing him..."
She changed the topic and walked forward. Elder Lan said helplessly: "Ale, you are going in the wrong direction. This is the way home."
"Oh, is it this way? Look at my brain, I'm so forgetful!" Qu Le turned around and walked in the direction pointed by Elder Lan, and the other elders followed. As for Yan Shuangchi,
, and immediately walked with them.
After returning to the tent camp, many tribesmen immediately came forward and asked with concern: "How is it? Is the saint injured? Has the holy medicine been saved?"
Just as Qu Le was about to speak, Yan Shuangchi kicked her from behind. She turned to glare at him and asked angrily: "What are you doing?"
Yan Shuangchi didn't answer her, but grabbed her collar and said expressionlessly: "Go home first."
He dragged Qu Le to the side. Elder Lan said to Elder Sang: "I'll leave this to you. I'll send Ah Le back to rest first." After saying that, Elder Lan quickly caught up with Qu Le. Yan Shuangchi
Not knowing the way, Elder Lan led the way, and they returned to the tent together.
Qu Le saw A Lang lying on the bed at a glance. She put down her baggage and walked over to feel his pulse. The pulse was stable. The reason why he was unconscious now was because his physical strength was too much and he needed to recuperate.
After confirming Alang's safety, Qule was completely relaxed. She sat down on the carpet and rubbed her sore arms: "I'm home now. I almost tormented me to death in the past two days!"
Elder Lan asked people to bring the freshly roasted mutton and cut it into thin slices and placed it in front of Qu Le. Without chopsticks, she just grabbed it with both hands and ate it. Her mouth was full of oil and she exclaimed how good it was.
Seeing that she was eating happily, Elder Lan smiled and looked at Yan Shuangchi: "What do you want to eat? I'll let someone do it first."
"Just make me a bowl of millet porridge," Yan Shuangchi sat cross-legged across from Qu Le and complained casually, "As we get older, our teeth are gone, and our stomachs are not well digested, so we can only eat soft foods.
s things."
It wasn't until these words that Elder Lan was really sure that he was really old. Yan Shuangchi, who was known as the most beautiful man in southern Xinjiang back then, has now become a decaying old man. I'm afraid it would be a shame to say this.
No one believes it, but it's true.
Elder Lan felt so sad that he turned around and ordered his clansmen to make porridge. When he came back, he heard Yan Shuangchi saying to Qu Le: "That cave is a forbidden place. You can't mention the things in the forbidden place to anyone except you.
These are the rules passed down by our ancestors, you must follow them, otherwise you will definitely get into trouble."
Qu Le was eating the mutton attentively. Her mouth was stuffed with mutton. She chewed it again and again and agreed vaguely: "Okay, Wo Ji Dao!"
Yan Shuangchi looked at her with eyes full of contempt and disgust, and continued to admonish: "And you must remember that you are now a noble saint, and your position in the hearts of the people in southern Xinjiang is unmatched, even those
Elders, they can only give you some appropriate opinions, but they must not influence your decision. You must have your own opinion and be confident, so that you can shoulder the responsibility of being a saint! In the future, you must be the best in front of outsiders.
Maintain the image of a saint. You cannot just answer whatever others ask. You must keep an appropriate distance from them and let them learn to respect you. In short, you must put on airs and never let others look down upon you!"
Qu Le swallowed the mutton with difficulty and said: "I understand! This is just like Xiao Feng being an emperor. He must behave noble and cool, so that when people see me, they will think that I am particularly difficult to mess with."
Yan Shuangchi didn't know who the Xiao Feng she was talking about was. As for the emperor, it was all just a cloud to the Southern Xinjiang people who believed in gods. They didn't have the Central Plains people's habit of talking about the emperor. But for her,
Yan Shuangchi roughly understood the meaning of the last two sentences. He nodded: "Yes, it just needs to feel superior, it needs to be... it needs to be noble and cool!"
Qule stuffed the last few pieces of mutton on the plate into her mouth. She chewed them and swallowed them in one breath. She boldly wiped away the oil stains on her mouth and made an "ok" gesture: "No problem.
Guaranteed to complete the task!”
After listening to their conversation, Elder Lan sat down with a smile: "Ale is still young, so you can learn these things slowly, but you must bear in mind what Shuangchi said just now, he is really thinking about you."
Yan Shuangchi turned away with a cold face: "Who cares about this stinky girl? You old man, stop talking nonsense here!"
"Tsk tsk, are you angry because of being told the central thing?" Qu Le smiled triumphantly, "Don't worry, even if you don't want to admit it, I can still feel your love for me from the bottom of your heart. There is no way, like me
Everyone loves a soft girl who makes flowers bloom and monkeys do somersaults when they see her. You can't help but like me, so that's completely reasonable!"
Yan Shuangchi sneered: "Do you know why monkeys do somersaults when they see you?"
Qu Le covered her cheek shyly: "Because she is so beautiful~"
"Because they see the same kind."
Someone just happened to deliver porridge, and the quarrel between the old and the young temporarily ceased. Yan Shuangchi took a spoon and slowly drank the hot meat porridge. Qu Le looked at the man who had finished delivering the hot porridge and left, and suddenly asked
: "Grandpa, where is Badal?"
Elder Lan said: "When you asked me this, I remembered that I haven't seen him since the festival. Do you have anything to do with him?"
"He and Lan Ling are in the same group!" Qu Le slapped the table and said angrily, "I woke up in the middle of the night yesterday to go outside to put out water. I went with Lan Ling at the time. Lan Ling took the opportunity to sneak up on me and I broke free.
, and then Badar suddenly appeared out of nowhere and chased me ferociously! Fortunately, I was lucky enough to be saved by Alang. And this morning, he colluded with the horse team’s boss Ma to besiege Alang and me.
, Boss Ma was bitten half to death by Alang, and Badal led a group of people to continue chasing us. Alang was seriously injured by their shots, and the two of us were forced to jump into the lake, and we barely escaped."
After hearing what she said, Elder Lan's face darkened: "I didn't expect that a Lan Ling and a Badal would die! This traitor must not be let go!"
"Yes, we can't let him go!" Whenever Qu Le thinks of the scene where A Lang was seriously injured, she becomes filled with hatred. This revenge must be avenged!
Elder Lan said: "You can rest peacefully first and leave this matter to me. I will definitely give you and your friends a satisfactory explanation." (To be continued)