She spoke Western Liang's words in a light and slow tone. For some reason, she looked a bit like Li Chengyin by the river that night. It took a long time for Pei Zhao to react. It was actually a tone of despair.
She said, "You bad people, my husband will kill you to avenge me."
As she spoke, she hugged the cat tightly. She was trembling with fear, but she said it with absolute certainty, as if she really believed that there would be someone omnipotent who would appear like a god to save her.
Until she saw Li Chengyin, when she saw Li Chengyin, she was completely dumbfounded, her hand loosened unknowingly, and she didn't even know that the cat crawled away.
Li Cheng Yin gently grabbed the cat, and Xiao Xue still recognized him, and licked his fingers weakly.
She finally understood what was going on, and she used all her strength to spit at him: "Spy!"
Of course, this meeting was very unpleasant and indecent, and the nine princesses kept cursing Li Chengyin in Western Liang dialect. Pei Zhao still had all kinds of important military affairs to deal with, and it was very embarrassing to stay there, so he left early, and when he walked out of the tent door, he turned around and saw Li Cheng Yin holding the cat and standing there like that.
Pei Zhao's heart was already up and down, but when Gu Jian rescued the Ninth Princess, he finally made up his mind, and he asked Li Chengyin: "Mohu people are inherently suspicious and repeatable, and since victory is fearful of change, please His Highness to stay. Take the overall situation here and let the last commander lead people to chase after Princess Xiliang."
Li Chengyin didn't agree this time, he said, "No." He was extraordinarily calm, "I'll take someone personally, you come with me."
Pei Zhao knew very well that His Highness had learned of his deep-seated plans, and he couldn't help but say, "Your Highness, if you break it, break it, or you will suffer from it."
Li Cheng Yin didn't seem to care, he even smiled again: "What's the difference between killing her like this and killing myself? Ah Zhao, I can't kill myself twice."
Pei Zhao was deeply shaken, he involuntarily took a step back, stepped forward again, and called out, "Your Highness."
Li Chengyin said: "You don't have to persuade me, I chose it myself, so I will take the blame for myself."
His words were bland and unremarkable, especially the words "blame oneself". He said so blandly that Pei Zhao felt his heart skip a beat.
Li Chengyin hugged the cat. When the nine princesses fled, he finally did not take the cat with him. Now the cat is kept in Li Chengyin's tent. He gently rubbed the cat and said, "You Look, she doesn't even want Xiaoxue anymore, I'm afraid she doesn't want to live much anymore."
Li Cheng Yin personally ordered 3,000 Yu Lin Wei and chased them all the way to Tian Gen Mountain.
It snowed quickly in the mountains, and when Tiangen Mountain snowed, there was no way to hide anyone, and he almost captured the Ninth Princess again several times, but every time it was just a little bit short.
Pei Zhao finally spoke and persuaded Li Chengyin: "His Royal Highness, forget it, if it goes on like this, Yulinwei will be frozen."
Yulin Lang is a native of Shangjing. He has never seen such a bitter cold. Hu Tian is snowing in August, and the wind here is so cold that he will be frostbitten if he is not careful.
They wore light furs and brought dry food with them in the mountains. Even the shoes of the nine princesses were broken when they escaped, and they didn't know how to survive in the mountains.
Li Chengyin insisted that he would not withdraw his troops. He looked at the misty snow-capped mountains between the sky and the earth, and he said, "I have already taken everything from her. If I don't give her hatred, I am afraid that she will not. live on."
The army searched the mountain very closely, like a comb, but the princess was able to escape many times, and several times they even nearly caught her, but she and the girl named A'Du were always like gerbils In general, they can be alert to escape in a critical moment.
Pei Zhao gradually began to hope, that's it, let's run away quickly, to a far, far away place, and together with the remnants of Jieshuo, flee to a farther west and more remote place. concluded.
But fate is not willing to end this way.
Princess Xiliang finally returned to the royal city secretly, was taken by the soldiers who stayed in the royal palace, and sent to Li Chengyin again.
This time, she appeared to be much more docile, and even accepted the will of the Celestial Dynasty and decided to marry Li Chengyin.
Pei Zhao felt that this was the worst thing, because seeing Li Chengyin went to see the Ninth Princess in private, he put the cat in front of her, but she didn't even look at the cat, as if , she doesn't even look at Li Cheng Yin now.
Li Chengyin came out with the cat in his arms, the weather was cold, and scattered snowflakes floated in the evening. He walked alone in the snow for a long time, looking dazed and lonely, and he didn't know where to go. In fact, he was just walking in circles in the wild . Pei Zhao followed behind him, silent. After a long time, he suddenly said: "Azhao, I heard Gu Jian say that people in Xiliang believe that there is Wangchuan in Tiangen Mountain. If you drink the divine water of Wangchuan, you will forget all the sufferings and troubles in the world."
Pei Zhao replied, "I don't believe that this minister is so eccentric."
"I don't believe it either." Li Chengyin said, "How can there be such a cheap thing, you can forget it if you want to."
He lowered his head and stroked Xiaoxue's fluffy white hair. Xiaoxue cried softly, burrowed her head into his sleeve, and shrank into a ball.
Now the person who carries Xiaoxue all day has become him, and he always hides it in his sleeves or in the front of his shirt.
He cherished the cat like he cherished his own eyeballs. Until Princess Xiliang finally escaped and climbed the high cliff, he did not forget to give Xiaoxue to Pei Zhao first, and then he climbed the cliff and persuaded the princess.
There is only a square inch above the cliff, and not many people can go up, so Pei Zhao is far away from the two.
When the princess jumped off Wangchuan, Li Chengyin grabbed her sleeve and suddenly jumped off Wangchuan. Pei Zhao couldn't stop it, he could only watch the two fall into the abyss. Confused.
After a long time, he hurriedly led people along the lower reaches to the river valley, hoping only in case, that the so-called Wangchuan was really water, a deep river.
He led people and searched the river valley for days and nights.
In the end, everyone was desperate, the Yulin Lang and the others were downcast, and everyone was silent, feeling that the evil was more fortunate than the good.
Only Pei Zhao still refused to give up. He led his people along the river valley and swam up again. The valley was deep and rugged, and the water was turbulent. Many horses accidentally slipped into the water and were swept away by the rapids.
Even Pei Zhao himself couldn't tell what beliefs supported him. He just felt that he wanted to see people in life and corpses in death. Thousands of people lost more than half of them in the valley, and when they finally found Li Chengyin, Pei Zhao could hardly believe that he could have such luck.
Li Chengyin and the ninth princess were washed by the water on the huge bluestone, and the water submerged most of their bodies, but Li Chengyin tightly tied his hands and the princess's hands with a belt, one after another dead knot, why? Unable to untie it, Pei Zhao had no choice but to draw out his sword and cut the belt.
Both of them had bruises on their wrists, but Pei Zhao still couldn't separate them, because Li Cheng Yin held the princess's hand tightly, and his fingers were cold and stiff and could not be separated. Maybe when he fell off the cliff, he thought that there was no way to survive, so he held on tightly and never parted again.
Pei Zhao had no choice but to take people, carefully lift the two of them together, put them on the horses, and take turns switching horses.
It took another half a month to get out of that valley.
During this period, neither Li Chengyin nor the Ninth Princess had woken up. They were in a drowsiness with a weak breath. Every day, Pei Zhao worried whether the two of them would die.
However, in the end both of them survived. The army moved slowly, and had already withdrawn several hundred miles eastward, and then turned south again, because Pei Zhao wanted to enter the customs as soon as possible and find a better doctor.
When Li Chengyin woke up, it was dusk. When Pei Zhao arrived at the tent after hearing the news, he was being served by others and drinking porridge. He had not eaten or eaten for a long time. He smiled and called him: "A Zhao."
"His Royal Highness!" Pei Zhao was only close to tears, he took a step forward and held Li Cheng Yin's hand, "You can be considered awake."
Li Chengyin gave him a thoughtful look, then he waved his hand lightly, and everyone else in the army tent retreated, leaving only Pei Zhao.
Li Chengyin still looked thoughtful. He looked at the nine princesses sleeping on the felt blanket in the corner of the tent, and asked, "Who is this woman?"
Pei Zhao was speechless.
Li Chengyin said, "Why is there so much wind and sand here? Isn't the army going back to Beijing?"
Pei Zhao was secretly startled and blurted out, "Don't you remember, Your Highness?"
Li Cheng Yin looked at him with a little surprise, he said, "Didn't we just kill Qi Qi Ya and the army is about to return to the court?" He paused and said, "I've been ill for a long time, am I confused? "
Pei Zhao didn't know where to start, but after thinking about it, he had to tell Li Chengyin little by little about the matter, that Qi Qi Ya had already been killed, and this time, it was the emperor's will to have a relationship, and he led Yu Linwei out. Come from the Western Regions and welcome the Nine Princesses of Xiliang.
Pei Zhao didn't know why, so he just stopped here and paused.
Li Cheng Yin heard what he said, and glanced at the nine princesses who were sleeping on the felt blanket. It was already dark. Although there was a fire in the tent, but the light flickered, the nine princesses were unconscious and unconscious, curled up like a baby. into a group.
Li Chengyin got up and approached slowly. Pei Zhao didn't know if he should stop him. Li Chengyin stretched out his finger and suddenly retracted it, as if he was afraid of being disturbed. But in the end, he hesitated and stretched out his hand gently. The princess' face turned.