"The princess is already so old," Chen Xing said. "It's a blessing from God to be able to give birth smoothly."
Xiang Shu said casually: "King Akler originally had an eldest son, but he died in the battle with Rouran. So I think, I have to come and see this time, after all, it has nothing to do with Che Luofeng. "
Chen Xing: "…"
No wonder Che Luofeng's expression was so strange when he mentioned the Akler people.
"How often are things like this outside the Great Wall?" Chen Xing turned his head slightly and asked Xiang Shu.
"More," Xiang Shu said casually, "it is even more fierce than the battle between Hu and Han in the south. There has always been a battle between the Hus outside the Great Wall. In the past ten or twenty years, either I will kill you, or you will kill me. In the ancient alliance of Chi Le, it seems that there is nothing to do with each other for a while, but in fact, there is a deep blood feud between the ministries.”
Chen Xing thought for a while and said, "So no matter where you are, no matter what clan, you need to be educated and disciplined."
"It's easier said than done?" Xiang Shu said fascinatedly, "It took a lot of effort to mediate the old feud between Rouran and Ackler. Che Luofeng..." After speaking, Xiang Shu sighed again.
After a while of silence, Chen Xing couldn't help but ask: "Che Luofeng won't come to trouble the Akler people, will he?"
"Look at him." Xiang Shu frowned deeply, "Three years ago, the first warrior of Rouran who died under Akler's hands was named Zhou Zhen, who belonged to Che Luofeng..."
"Good brother." Chen Xing recalled a little past about Rouran that he overheard in Chi Lechuan, and said.
"More than that," Xiang Shu replied, "Zhou Zhen is Che Luofeng's lover, and they are a couple."
Chen Xing was surprised: "Girl? Surnamed Zhou? Or a Han?"
"Men," Xiang Shu said, "Han and Rouran are of mixed blood. Brother Zhou Zhen is more than two years older than me. When King Rouran was in power, they were inseparable all day long..."
Chen Xing said, "It's just a guard."
Chen Xing was lying on his side, facing Xiang Shu, Xiang Shu turned around and changed to lie on his side, with his ears pressed against the wooden pillow, and looked at Chen Xing.
"The way they look at each other can't deceive anyone." Xiang Shu said casually, "I don't want to mention it again."
Chen Xing suddenly had an inexplicable feeling, and he felt a little sympathetic to Qi Luofeng. In a dispute three years ago, the Akle tribe lost their eldest prince, while Che Luofeng lost his lover. I just don't know if Che Luofeng transferred that feeling to Xiang Shu and An Du three years after Zhou Zhen's death.
In this way, Xiang Shu also knew early on that Che Luofeng likes men, but he doesn't usually say it.
"I think Che Luofeng..."
Xiang Shu's tone became severe: "I said it, I don't want to mention it again."
"It's so nice of you to treat him." Chen Xing said a little sourly.
"Do you want to be beaten again?" Xiang Shu said in the dark.
Chen Xing had to remain silent.
"Can you not be so fierce?" Chen Xing summoned his courage and said, "Xiang Shu, I know your nature is not like this."
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When he first learned about Xiang Shu's deeds from Zhu Xu's mouth, Chen Xing subconsciously regarded him as a fierce and murderous Hu people, but as he got to know him more and more, he gradually found that Xiang Shu did not Not a belligerent person.
On the streets of Chang'an City at midnight, he would retreat with himself when he was attacked, just to avoid the soldiers patrolling the city colliding with a powerful enemy and losing his life in vain. Fighting against anyone is almost always a matter of self-confidence and strong force, and acupoints will bring people down. He was forced to teach others a lesson, and he pointed to it. The only time he saw him kill was Princess Qinghe. Later, Chen Xing repeatedly considered the situation at that time, and it was indeed forced by the situation, and he had to act the truth.
Xiang Shu's expression suddenly became strange.
After returning to Chilechuan, Xiang Shu more seriously maintained the ancient alliance and let all ethnic groups live in peace. For him, this responsibility is very important. Even if the Akler people and the Rouran people have always had disputes, Xiang Shu will not take sides and help the Akler people.
Therefore…
"I always feel that your ferocity is just pretending," Chen Xing said in a word, "because you need to establish the prestige of Da Chanyu, so that all the tribes of the ancient alliance will fear you, so you are used to using force to suppress you at any time. What they look like, am I right?"
Xiang Shu sat up suddenly, and Chen Xing immediately avoided him, for fear that Xiang Shu would start to beat him again.
However, Xiang Shu put on a robe, said nothing, tied his belt, and walked out of the tent.
"Xiang Shu!" Chen Xing sat up and said depressedly, "Can't we have a good chat?"
He realized that he must be right, Xiang Shu is actually a gentle person, he is not like a barbarian.
"Come out!" Xiang Shu opened the tent curtain and frowned, "Put on your clothes!"
Chen Xing: "???"
In the middle of the night, a faint tremor came from the distant land, and the entire Akle camp was still sleeping. Xiang Shu was the first to notice the abnormality. He immediately picked up his sword, rushed into King Akler's tent, and drank a word of Hun, and within a moment, almost everyone in the camp woke up.
The strong wind blew the blizzard. At five o’clock, Chen Xing ran out in a daze, and Xiang Shu had led the Akle warriors out of the snow and guarded the camp.
"Nothing!" Chen Xing said.
"Go to the back! Come with the princess!" Xiang Shu bent the bow and arrow, everyone was very nervous, as if they all felt it, a strange smell came from the wind, the cold wind was pungent, but Chen Xing faintly smelled it.
That's... corpse stench!
The Akler people shouted loudly in Huns, and Xiang Shu said something to King Akler angrily, and King Akler was immediately panicked. Everyone walked out of the snow and opened up the battle. Then, Xiang Shu turned his head sideways, pulled his longbow, and shot the first arrow into the blizzard!
A wailing sounded, and then an Akler warrior screamed and was thrown to the ground by a living corpse that rushed out of the darkness!
"Why is it here too?!" Chen Xing shouted.
Xiang Shu shouted: "Evacuate to the river! Chen Xing, you go first!"
Chen Xing: "I don't! Why!"
In the short interval, Xiang Shu glanced around and said coldly, "The Akler people have long known that there are evils in the north."
"What?" Chen Xing looked blankly and found that something was wrong. When the Akler saw the raven, not only did not panic, but instead retreated while shooting arrows, as if they had fought against the raven.
The torches were not easy to light in the blizzard, the surroundings were dark, the camp had fallen, screams and screams could be heard from behind, and there were an unknown number of living corpses lurking in the dark night. a small area.
There are thousands of corpses! I don't know how many are behind, and they are coming through the snow.
Fortunately, Xiang Shu was attached to the wooden pillow and felt the vibration of the ground. Otherwise, as long as he came out one step later, the Akler camp would not be able to escape the fate of being captured by the living corpses.
The trumpet began to blow in the camp, and the Huns fled one after another. King Akler set fire to the tent, and the flames rose into the sky, blocking the way of the living corpse. Chen Xing pulled his hands apart, and the light suddenly brightened. The surrounding living corpses first retreated, then screamed wildly, and began to chase and kill the scattered Aklers!
Xiang Shu wound up the arrows one after another, Chen Xing cast a spell, and then the luminous arrows poured into the group of living corpses like a torrential rain, emptying the living corpses in front of the two of them. Kai, Chen Xing grabbed the reins of a horse and shouted, "Get on the horse!"
Xiang Shu got on his horse, and Chen Xing said, "What else told me to hide, can you kill the enemy by hiding?"
"Stop talking nonsense!" Xiang Shu shouted, "Go save people! Quick!"
Chen Xing controlled the horse, and the visible range in the snowstorm was narrow. Chen Xing said: "This horse doesn't obey orders!"
Xiang Shu wrapped his left hand around Chen Xing's waist, grabbed the reins, and rushed into the group of living corpses. The living corpses chased the retreating Akler people by their tails. Shu suddenly said: "Light!"
Chen Xing put one hand on Xiang Shu's right hand holding the sword, and poured all his strength into the light of the heart lamp. The epee burst into a strong light, illuminating the dark night!
This light was more dazzling than ever before. As Xiang Shu swung his sword, a shock wave exploded, instantly overturning the group of living corpses in front of him!
Xiang Shu quickly reined in his horse and dismounted at the river bank. The Akle people had fled to the Salawusu River in a hurry. Xiang Shu grabbed the collar of King Akle and asked him angrily, but King Akle was terrified.
Chen Xing: "What's the matter? Let go of him! The group is here again!"
Xiang Shu had no choice but to push away King Ackler, took off the rope on his body, put it on his back, pointed behind his back, and signaled to cross the river quickly. A shout in Tiele came from the south bank of the Salawusu River.
"The reinforcements are coming!" Chen Xing said, "Are you still fighting?"
Xiang Shu said, "Withdraw!" Immediately, he tied the rope around his waist and threw the other end to Chen Xing.
"It's time for you to take revenge!" Xiang Shu said, "If you want to fix me, let me go!"
Chen Xing held the rope with a puzzled expression on his face.
The Aklers retreated across the frozen river, and the living corpses slipped on the ice and caught up. Chen Xing retreated to the south bank, only to see Xiang Shu sprinting a few steps, stepping on the rocks on the shore, shaking off the epee, turning over, counterattack, swung the epee, using all his strength, smashed hard on the ice surface. !
The loud noise shook Chen Xing's eardrums, and the ice surface cracked like a cobweb, bursting, shooting water arrows, and the river water gushing out, blocking the way of the living corpse.
Chen Xing immediately grabbed the rope, pulled it wildly, dragged Xiang Shu who had fallen into the ice water, and shouted, "You're crazy!"
Xiang Shu slammed out of the water, showing a savage smile. The two turned their heads to look, and saw that the living corpses that did not stop fell into the water one after another. I don't know how many there are on the north bank. A, holding a machete, standing on the bank of the river, like the leader of a group of living corpses.
Chen Xing: "…"
Tie Le and the Huns who came to receive the carriage had arrived, brought the Akle clan, and the whole clan retreated south. The blizzard was instantly covered, blocking the line of sight.
Why even here? When Chen Xing suddenly saw Jin, his heartbeat seemed to stop.
It was only a short time after Xiang Shu fell into the water, and his hair and eyebrows were covered with shattered ice. Chen Xing didn't bother to ask the Akler people any more, he quickly put Xiang Shu on the carriage at the back of the team, and said, "Come on! Go back to Chilechuan! "
Xiang Shu took a deep breath, but he couldn't stop the shivering. Chen Xing quickly took off his wet fur, took off his clothes, wiped his body first, and then took off his robe. They took them off together, wearing only underpants, lifted the blanket, got into Xiang Shu's arms, and wrapped the two of them in the blanket.
Xiang Shu immediately hugged Chen Xing and buried his head on his shoulder. Chen Xing wailed, "Mum! It's so icy!"
Xiang Shu's skin was so cold that it almost froze, but Chen Xing's body was hot, so he had to endure it when he was hugged by Xiang Shu.
"Huh..." Xiang Shu breathed slowly.
Chen Xing couldn't help rubbing his chest, protecting his heart, Xiangshu's internal breath revolved, and after such a short moment, he recovered, and his whole body slowly warmed up.
Chen Xing stroked his shoulders and leaned his profile against his chest. The cold wind was blowing outside the open carriage. Chen Xing rubbed the ice balls on Xiang Shu's eyelashes again, thinking that this guy's eyelashes are really long, and Like a girl.
After a while, Xiang Shu let go of Chen Xing and said, "Okay, I'm alive."
Chen Xing said with an expressionless face, "I should have beaten you up for revenge while you were freezing."
Xiang Shu: "Are you beating now? I won't fight back."
Chen Xing said: "You really don't fight back?"
Xiang Shu: "Don't fight back now, wait until Chi Lechuan to fight back."
Chen Xing: "…"
Chen Xing stuck his head out of the blanket, looked out, looked at the front of the convoy, and said, "Why is there a ghost here? Who is going to explain it to me?"
Xiang Shu pressed his head back into the blanket, motioned him to sleep, and said, "You'll know when you return to Chi Lechuan."
The caravan drove for nearly four hours and finally arrived at the foot of the Chule River. The first thing Xiang Shu did when he got off the car was to grab King Akle's robe and drag him to the king's tent, and then instruct the chiefs of the tribes of the ancient alliance. Come to a meeting.
On the north side of the Chuanchuan, cavalrymen of all ethnic groups gathered outside the Chuanchuan as if they were facing a formidable enemy, and sent additional patrols. The horse-rejection stake was pushed out, and the archers put their quivers on their shoulders in the blizzard, lit torches, and ambush in front of the camp. All the scouts were sent out to investigate the movements along the Salawusu River.
There was already a lot of noise in the tent, and the clan chiefs of all ethnic groups used language that could not be communicated, questioned and cursed. King Akler's face was ashen, Xiang Shu put on his royal robe, and sat silently on the seat of the big unit, listening.
Chen Xing basically understood, and the more he listened, the more frightened he became.
It turned out that King Akle was attacked by a living corpse half a month ago in the area east of Balikun, so he hurriedly withdrew to the Chile River. When everyone asked a question, King Akler replied, obviously reluctantly.
"Why didn't you make it clear?" Loufan Patriarch said angrily.
Patriarch Tiele said, "Da Chanyu heard that your clan was trapped, and he brought someone to rescue you without saying a word. That's how you repaid Chilechuan?!"
"I thought they wouldn't come!" said King Ackler, "how do you think these mountain ghosts will be chasing after them?"
Che Luofeng sneered a few times with schadenfreude with the redness and swelling on his face that Xiang Shu hit. Xiang Shu threatened him with a look, telling him not to be arrogant.
Chen Xing asked in Chinese: "King Akler, you have always known, tell me, the appearance of this group of living corpses must have something to do with you, if you don't explain clearly, they will come again later, you let us How to deal with it?"
Everyone was stunned, and they didn't understand Chinese, so Xiang Shu translated it.
King Akler said, "Are you a mage in the Central Plains? You must have a way to deal with them!"
Xiang Shu roared, "Presumptuous!"
King Akler froze suddenly, he was already worried, and now he was speechless. Chen Xing is one big and two big. He can't understand the language and speaking habits of this group of barbarians. He really can't communicate with each other.
"Let me tell you." The princess sitting on one side of the tent whispered, "You see, the leading mountain ghost, he is my son."
Chen Xing: "…"
"Three years ago, Rouran's Che Luofeng killed my son," the princess said slowly, looking at Che Luofeng who was sitting beside her, with tears in her eyes, "I dug out his heart..."
Xiang Shu turned sideways and whispered to Chen Xing to translate, Chen Xing was even more puzzled, only to hear Che Luofeng sneer: "You You Duo killed my warrior, my Zhou Zhen! His heart was also dug out!"
"Shut up!" Xiang Shu said angrily, "Che Luofeng! Do you still want to be beaten?!"
Che Luofeng had no choice but to speak angrily, the princess calmed down a little, and said to the crowd: "When my son died, a doctor came to the shore of Balikun Lake, just like your Han Chinese friend, with magical medical skills..."
Xiang Shu suddenly stopped translating, and Chen Xing only heard half of it, he pulled the corner of his robe and signaled to speak quickly.
"Kyella." Xiang Shu said a name.
The princess was startled, then nodded.
Chen Xing was still confused for a while at first, and then suddenly remembered, isn't this person the doctor who once treated Xiang Shu's father and eldest Shanyu? !
Xiang Shu said in Chinese, "What did he do to your son?"
The princess said: "He told us that he happened to have a 'heart' in his hand, and he gave it to us, so he took out a black heart from the wooden box he was carrying, put it in Yuduo's chest, and let him take it again. After a dose of medicine, after three days, Youduo came back to life."
The second half of the conversation between Xiang Shu and the princess was in Chinese, and Chen Xing understood it.
"But after he came back to life, he didn't eat, drink, or sleep," the princess said. "Neither did he recognize me, nor his father or his family. Finally, one day, he left us and went north. He never came back. Until this fall, when he came back, he brought his mountain ghosts with him... "
The princess covered her face and wept, choked up: "I dreamed of him, pointed to my heart, and asked me why I didn't avenge him, why..."
When Xiang Shu heard this, he got up and left the king's tent: "From now on, all clans will take turns to prepare for the battle. Any clan in the meantime will be expelled from the Chile Ancient League if they report personal grievances."
Che Luofeng looked at Xiang Shu with a complicated expression, but Xiang Shu had signaled Chen Xing to get up and leave.
The snow was a little lighter, and in the afternoon of that day, the Tiele people built a wooden stake defense line in the north of Chilechuan.
Before Chen Xing came to the defense line, Xiang Shu was wearing iron armor, and he was instructing the leaders of all ethnic groups to take precautions.
"Don't be scratched or bitten by them." Xiang Shu repeatedly urged, "When you see a corpse beheaded, don't fight."
Chen Xing sorted out the experience of getting to know Kyella as described by the princess. Now it is almost certain that the identity of this doctor must be one of the mysterious people who used grievances to create "魃".
It is even possible that he is the mastermind behind all this, or even the mastermind hidden in the dark.
Three years ago, he went outside the Great Wall. First, he turned Prince Akler into a living corpse. Then, during the southbound journey, he made the boss, Shanyu, take special medicines.
"Yutuo is the same as your father," Chen Xing murmured. "They have all turned into living corpses. As long as we can find the root cause of the chaos, we may be able to uncover the truth."
Xiang Shu said: "That fellow went south as early as three years ago, and now he is lurking in the Central Plains, and even on the southern bank of the Yangtze River. After this matter, even if the solitary king chases the ends of the earth, he must be found."
Chen Xing took a deep breath and said, "Most of the living corpses are now crossing the river."
Xiang Shu nodded and said, "The scouts have reported, they are wading forward in the snow."
Chen Xing frowned, looked up at the sky, and said, "It would be better if the snow fell a little more."
Living corpse operations are inherently difficult. If there were the blizzard a few days ago, maybe they would have been trapped in the snow before they reached Chilechuan.
Why are they so persistent in going south? Chen Xing was puzzled.
Where do they come from? Where are you going
Countless questions filled Chen Xing's mind.
"Xiang Shu," Chen Xing frowned and thought, "I don't know why, I always feel that the origin of this gang has something to do with Mount Erqilun, the place where the dragon fell according to the legend of the Huns, we have to leave as soon as possible. Go north."
At the foot of Yinshan Mountain, the horn sounded.
Xiang Shu said: "Fight them first! Come on! Prepare to fight!"
The snow stopped, and on the endless snow-covered plain, tens of thousands of living corpses dressed in tattered rust armor rushed towards Chile River!