In the wilderness, the wind blows in Youzhou, and in the early winter, the whole territory of Youzhou is filled with white fog. On the south bank of the Daliao River, a once abandoned village has been inhabited.
This is a village where Xianbei and Han and Goguryeo people live together. Chen Xing and Xiang Shu passed by and stayed here temporarily.
No one recognized Xiang Shu's identity, but regardless of Hu and Han, they were very polite and only regarded them as passing travelers. Muramasa asked Chen Xing in Chinese, "What did you guys come from?". Chen Xing said: "We are two brothers, he is my brother. He is a direct descendant, so he is tall and good-looking and can fight. I am a descendant, and my nutrition can't keep up, so I am so empty."
Xiang Shu replied, "Don't listen to his nonsense, I am his servant, he is the young master, and he is a scholar."
Chen Xing motioned Xiang Shu to stop making trouble, and Xiang Shu said in Tie Le: "Brothers can't get married, do you understand?"
Chen Xing could not laugh or cry for a while, so the village manager arranged for them to stay overnight. There are still many vacant rooms in the village, which were cleaned very well. New firewood from this winter was piled in the corners. Chen Xing used pine wood to light a fire in the house. Xiang Shu hunted a few hares and came back for dinner. The meat was simmered in the pot, and the room was warm. Xiang Shu changed into his home clothes and sat on the side to drink tea, while Chen Xing was single and began to prepare dinner.
A small world is actually full of warmth and charm.
This situation is like the ordinary families of Tiele, Goguryeo, Xianbei, or Han people.
Chen Xing sometimes thinks that this is not bad, as long as he is with Xiang Shu, everywhere is a paradise.
"What are you thinking about?" Chen Xing asked him with a smile, thinking he was still thinking about Xiao Shan.
Xiang Shu glanced at Chen Xing, and his face turned red.
"Nothing, I think about the people here." Xiang Shu said unnaturally.
"The people?" Chen Xing wondered, "What happened to the people?"
Xiang Shu said, "Didn't you notice? There are all kinds of clans here, and they intermarry."
"That's right." Chen Xing said, "This is the junction of the Han, Hu, and Goguryeo countries in Youzhou. I also heard someone speaking the Tiele language. When did they move here?"
"The people who moved to the south may have come decades ago. When the Tiele people were sixteen years old," Xiang Shu said, looking at the fire and then at Chen Xing, "you have to prepare for marriage."
Chen Xing smiled and said, "Fortunately, you waited for me for four years."
Xiang Shu said: "I will naturally go south to look for you, whether it is Da Chanyu or not, but you are hiding too far, and it is really difficult to find you."
Chen Xing said happily: "A magic weapon, do you always want to find another magic weapon? Although I didn't know who you were at the beginning, and you didn't know where I was, but fate will always find it."
Xiang Shu drank the tea in the cup and handed it to Chen Xing, Chen Xing filled it for him, the two touched their fingers, and they were already sleeping together that day, Xiang Shu was still a little nervous, and said, "Young Tie Le , Most of them don't like to marry people from the clan, and sometimes they will go south and enter the Great Wall to roam, but not to rob."
Chen Xing said, "That's why it's customary for you to seek foreign marriages." Then he remembered that most of the wives and children in the Tiele family that he saw were also foreigners. Many tribes outside the Great Wall have few people. Like the Akler people, there are only a few thousand in the whole tribe. Long-term intermarriage of close relatives is prone to various blood and inheritance problems.
In addition, Tiele's prophet also observed many signs from the horses. Most of the descendants of the horses in the family and the wild horses of Yinshan are of good breeds, while the foals produced by closed circles are sometimes mixed.
Hundreds of years ago, the Tiele people first had the idea, so they encouraged their tribesmen to marry foreigners. They hope to inherit their wisdom and knowledge through marriage with the Han people, and inherit their fair complexion through marriage with the Xianbei people. Rise to become the most powerful tribe north of the Great Wall.
"Well." Xiang Shu stared at Chen Xing across the fire, and took the milk tea handed over, "Occasionally they will go south in groups to your place, and when they see someone they like, they will come back and bring dowry gifts to ask for marriage. , if you are willing to follow along, you will return to the Chuan Qinglu to pay homage. If you are not willing, it is fine to live in the south."
This inward migration is extremely slow, but osmotic in nature. Compared with Liu Yuan, Yao Chang, Fu Jian, Murong Huang and others occupying the territory of the Han people, burning their houses, and treating them as slaves, it is gentler and more powerful.
Chen Xing said: "In the customs of our Han people, we seldom intermarry with foreigners. If we are not of our race, their hearts must be different. Even Han people are particular about intermarriage, let alone with Hu people."
"There are differences between the clans and clans," Xiang Shu said. "The origin of the gates, you Han people always look down on all those who are not of your own clan, so Liu Yuan was finally tossed to the present situation."
Chen Xing was not happy when he heard this, saying that he could, and that his clan couldn't, and said, "We are not like this."
Xiang Shu didn't argue much, raised his eyebrows and asked, is dinner ready
Chen Xing scooped for him to eat, and suddenly thought that the residents of this village, Han, Hu and even Goguryeo, all lived together. For them, just like Chen Xing and Xiang Shu themselves, is it also some kind of fateful hint from thousands of years in China? Even if they have an undeniable blood feud, one day, all of this will pass, just like a land full of ruins that has been burned by the fire of war, but above the ruins, new life is reborn, restoring the vibrant strength.
Maybe one day, Hu people and Han people will multiply generation after generation on this land, intermarry with each other, and give birth to offspring. Thousands of years later, the inhabitants of Shenzhou will be indistinguishable from each other through the fusion of blood.
At night, the two left the embers of the fire and slept in the room. The floor is very small. If they want to cover it, they have to hug each other very close. After rubbing their bodies for a while, Chen Xing and Xiang Shu's whole bodies became hot again.
"I... I can't help it," Xiang Shu said in a low voice, hurriedly, "Give me, Chen Xing... I will definitely marry you. Except for you, I will never be with anyone in this life, and neither will I. Won't let you leave me, never, give... give me."
Chen Xing felt that Xiang Shu was stroking him with one hand, and kissed him sideways, blocking his words, and nodded nervously. He was very nervous for a while, and turned around. It felt strange and exciting, full of expectations.
But Xiang Shu was more nervous than Chen Xing. When they were together, Chen Xing felt his heart beating so fast that he almost jumped out of his chest.
"Okay... okay." Chen Xing whispered.
It didn't take a while, only to hear Chen Xing scream.
"Ah! It hurts!"
Xiang Shu was a little overwhelmed: "What? It hurts?"
"It hurts to death!!!" Chen Xing almost screamed wildly, and Xiang Shu immediately said: "First... don't move! You're going to twist! Okay, okay, I'll come out now!"
Chen Xing: "…"
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"It hurts... It hurts too much." Chen Xing almost burst into tears, and Xiang Shu had to stop his movements.
"I haven't entered yet," Xiang Shu said depressedly, "It hurts so much?"
Chen Xing tried his best to nod, his face flushed red, and it was really painful, and said, "This can't be done!"
Xiang Shu saw that Chen Xing was screaming as if he had been stabbed by some magic weapon, so he gave up the idea and said, "Okay, let's talk about it later."
"No no," Chen Xing said again, "I've slowed down, let's continue, I'll... just bear with it."
"Forget it." Xiang Shu didn't dare to try again, for fear that Chen Xing would be hurt if he was forced. Although he thought about it very much, he finally felt bad for him, so he turned around and still hugged him in his arms, his body looking like Stick, pull up his panties for him.
Chen Xing still had lingering fears for Fang Cai, and it was even more painful than the last time he was shot by an arrow. After all, in his life, the most serious injury and the biggest pain were the flowing arrow with anesthesia in Xiangyang City. Wow, I didn't expect it to be so painful! What's so good about this! Why do all parents do this? ! In the 100 days after Qinglu paid homage, are people going to be tortured
"You seem like a mountain of thunder," Chen Xing gasped, "it's too big, and it's tough!"
"What?!" Xiang Shu said in disbelief, "Who is Huleishan?! You... used to..."
Chen Xing said, "Haven't you seen that horse in the Akler royal family?"
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Huleishan is the king of horses among the Akler tribe who are good at raising horses. He is majestic and taller than all the horses. The horse is extremely strong, coming and going like the wind. The second species depends on its mood. When Chen Xing accidentally saw its artifact, he was shocked on the spot.
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When Chen Xing was about to describe how he felt in that moment, Xiang Shu showed a somewhat frustrated expression and said, "Go to sleep."
"Either..." Chen Xing always felt sorry for Xiang Shu, and said, "I'll stick to it for a while, mating... How long does the process of mating usually take?"
Xiang Shu: "You think I'm a horse? Sleep! Stop talking nonsense!"
Chen Xing: "Are you angry?"
"No," Xiang Shu replied, "I'll talk about it later, really not."
Although he said no, Chen Xing always felt that Xiang Shu was still a little concerned. The next day, when Chen Xing was washing by the well, he saw Xiang Shu was frizzy, obviously he didn't sleep well last night.
"What's the name of this place?" Chen Xing looked around and saw green waters and green mountains in winter. When it was daytime, it was another kind of fairyland on earth.
"Varennu." Xiang Shu replied after washing his face and feeling a little bit more energetic.
"Valennu!" Chen Xing suddenly remembered, isn't this the place where Xiang Shu traced Prince Ye's whereabouts and confronted him for the first time last time
"Yes." Xiang Shu replied, "At one time, all the residents in this village were turned into scorpions, and I set them on fire."
The last time Xiang Shu came to this place, it happened that Wang Ziye was transforming a living corpse in the village. After that, Xiang Shu burned all the scorpions and followed Wang Ziye's trail south. At that time, Youzhou was remote and sparsely populated. Earlier, under the jurisdiction of Xianbei, after Fu Jian captured Dayan of the Murong clan, Emperor Sima Yao of Jin took many actions to make several counties in Youzhou stand on their own, intending to oppose Qin and restore Jin. Many Jin troops were brought in by sea ships to assist Youzhou in fighting Qin.
Although Fu Jian was out of reach, his resistance was not loud, and because he was located at the junction of the Chile Ancient League, Goguryeo, Qin, and Han, he was very sensitive, and it was not suitable for him to lead the army to take it by force. It has become a four-for-nothing area, waiting for the destruction of Jin before freeing up its hands to deal with it.
At that time, the Jin army moved around in small groups. After finding that the village was destroyed, they began to besiege Xiangshu.
"Sabaya!" Chen Xing said, "The place where Xinyuan Ping cut the black dragon!"
"Well." Xiang Shu rode on his horse, left the village, looked back, and said, "Follow me."
Xiang Shu was not in a hurry to go to Goguryeo, but bypassed the Valennu tribe and went all the way eastward on the south bank of the Liaohe River.
"Where to?" Chen Xing couldn't help asking.
Xiang Shu said: "When I left Chilechuan, I thought about a question, why did you come to Valennu's Department at the beginning of the prince's night?"
Chen Xing said, "Maybe he needs a dagger?"
At that time, Prince Ye, who incarnated as Keira, had resurrected the boss, Shan Yushuluwen, with the blood of the devil, but was buried in the sky by Xiangshu.
Where did he go after that? After being reminded by Xiang Shu, Chen Xing suddenly realized this problem.
"Not long after my brother Wang Meng died," Chen Xing wondered, "Zi Ziye came to Fu Jian's side, so he went to Chang'an to become an official?"
"Well," Xiang said, "but after a while, he reappeared in the north."
In the years after Shuluwen's death, Xiang Shu couldn't solve this knot, and sent scouts to track down Keyera's whereabouts. After getting the clue, he came alone, and he finally found the target.
"Don't you think it's strange?" Xiang Shu looked at the nearby mountains and fields indifferently, and said, "Why did he come all the way to this kind of place? Just to transform a thousand living people into ghosts?"
"No amount is too little. Maybe he is bored and wandering around?" Chen Xing guessed, "Or is he resurrecting the prince of the Sima family? Will there be a tomb of Sima Yue or Sima or something?"
"Then he will let his hands down." Xiang Shu said, "Look at this place, is it the meeting point of the leylines?"
"No," Chen Xing also felt a little strange and said, "This place has nothing to do with the leylines."
Xiang Shu: "To defeat your enemy, you have to understand your enemy. These days, I have been thinking, what exactly is Wang Ziye? How long has he lived in this world? Why did he become Chiyou's subordinate?"
These are all things that Chen Xing never thought about, but intermittently, through the fight with Wang Ziye and what Xiang Shu said, they also had a preliminary understanding of Wang Ziye - he has lived for a long time, and he is unwilling, just like Gu Qing In other words, he was once a mortal, chopped into pieces, buried in the ground, and suffering for thousands of years.
Before his death, he also liked a girl.
"Will this be his hometown?" Chen Xing suddenly said, "Xiang Shu, you are so smart, you think too much!"
Xiang Shu took Chen Xing to ride around the hill, and on the hillside of the Liao River, there appeared a strange house that was once built by the alchemists - it was an abandoned temple.
After viewing, there are two towering trees, but the leaves have already fallen in the cold winter, and there is a stone tablet under each tree.
This view is different from the buildings of any country on the land of Shenzhou, as if it has existed here for a long time.
"When I first found him," Xiang said, "he was right here."
Chen Xing remembered that in Canglang Yuzhong, he ran into Wang Ziye without warning. He shouldn't appear again today, right
"What is he doing?" Chen Xing asked.
"It seems to be offering sacrifices." Xiang Shu said, "You are more familiar with ancient things than I am. Where was this place before?"
Chen Xing replied, "The Three Kingdoms are under Yuan Shu's rule."
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Chen Xing thought for a while, and then said: "Han Youzhou County? Youzhou in the Warring States Period, Zhou Shi was also called this name."
Xiang Shu: "What about earlier?"
As early as before the Battle of Muye, when the history was ambiguous, in the ancient Shanhai Chronicle, Chen Xing remembered a name that few people knew, which he saw from the Shanhaijing.
"There is Yi Kingdom." Chen Xing said.
Xiang Shu came under the tree and wiped the stone tablet under the tree with his hand. Two large seal characters appeared on the inscription on the right side. Xiang Shu glanced at Chen Xing, and Chen Xing recognized it and said, "Jiang Yao."
"Where is this?" Xiang Shu wiped the inscription on the left.
"Wang Hai." Chen Xing murmured, suddenly realizing that Xiang Shu might have solved the key point of a certain problem.
"This is his lover's grave." Chen Xing said, "Do you want to dig it up and take a look?"
Digging the grave is going to be struck by thunder, but in order to restrain Wang Ziye, Chen Xing is willing to sacrifice his luck. After all, the purpose of digging Jiang Yao's tomb is to stop Wang Ziye from digging graves everywhere.
"It's pointless to dig a grave." Xiang Shu rejected Chen Xing's proposal and stared at him for a while.
Chen Xing: "?"
Xiang Shu turned his head and frowned: "Let's go, I just don't understand, since he already has the ability to resurrect the dead, why doesn't he bring his love back to life?"
For some reason, Chen Xing looked at Xiang Shu and felt that he still had something to hide from him. He can feel that Xiang Shu loves him, loves him very much, but sometimes his eyes remind Chen Xing of the time when they hadn't communicated with each other yet, but Xiang Shu already knew that Suixing existed.
It was like they would be separated at any time in the next moment. This uncertainty about the future caused Xiang Shu's eyes to be filled with persistence, as if he was trying hard to break the fate of his anger.
Chen Xing was especially aware when Xiang Shu emphasized "I will never let you leave me". If you are full of hope for the future, you won't say this specifically, but if you say so, it seems that you can't escape the fate of death. But isn't it all right now? They were really together, and the future became bright. Even if they couldn't kill Chi You, they now had the basis to fight against him.
What is he thinking? Chen Xing was very strange, but he didn't ask, and repeatedly told himself that this was just because he thought too much, and he couldn't make a judgment based on his intuition.
Chen Xing and Xiang Shu came down the mountain, Chen Xing thought for a while, and then said: "That's not the case. If he resurrects Jiang Yao, she will no longer be the person Wang Ziye loves when she wakes up."
In fact, Xiang Shu has never been able to figure out what the group of ghosts that Wang Ziye resurrected are all about, saying that they are himself, they don't look like it. Say no, and they are all moving around with their former names. Just like Sima Wei, why did he say "I don't know who I am" when he was resurrected