Chapter 34 Chapter Thirty-Four

I smiled lightly, and the laughter was especially crisp in the empty snowy field, with faint echoes, as if there were women chuckling casually in all directions.I lightly pushed Xuan Qing's hand away, stepped forward to give a blessing, and said: "It's a great honor to be loved by you. It's just that you adore me, but you think I'm smart enough, and I'm not good-looking." If it stains your eyes, maybe you will see my unrefined ruthlessness even more." I tilted my head and smiled charmingly, my temples were twitching, and I slapped my cheeks. "But……"

I deliberately hesitated to attract his attention and listen, and gave Huanbi a look while speaking, and glanced at the dagger on the ground as if nothing.Huanbi understood, picked up the dagger on tiptoe, and hid it beside the man. I quietly said to the man: "Look at me carefully, in fact I am not so good." He looked at me intently, and was about to speak, when suddenly he frowned, his expression was painful, his eyes revealed a fierce look, and he quickly turned around to look at the direction where Huanbi was standing just now.Huanbi's hands and feet were nimble, and she had already hid behind Xuanqing who was nearby in a few steps, her expression flustered.

I patted Huanbi on the shoulder and comforted me: "What are you afraid of, but if you poke him, it won't hurt him, he won't die." I deliberately smiled and joked: "Huanbi, in the past, you killed someone easily , why did you show mercy today?" Huanbi said awkwardly: "I haven't done anything for a long time, and my wrists are weak." The man's expression was full of hatred, and he pulled out the dagger that Huanbi threw into his shoulder with a backhand. Half of the blade was blood-stained, and it fell on the snow-white ice and snow, like blooming bright red wintersweet.He wanted to get up, but the snake's venom was still unclear, and his shoulder blade was injured again. In the end, he was exhausted and fell heavily again.

I smiled lightly, and said slowly: "Hey, don't move around, or you will suffer from the wound opening." He resented him, "If you want to kill me, naturally this man will stand up for you. Why ask a little maid to use such dirty means to plot against me, is it a gentleman's doing?" I couldn't stop laughing, raised my sleeve to cover my lips and said, "Huanbi and I are women, so naturally we don't need to care about what a gentleman does. What's more, you just wanted to take me back forcibly, how could it be a gentleman's action? Why should I bother?" Treat you like a gentleman." I pointed to Huanbi, "She is my maid, what do you think?" I said softly: "Naturally, her appearance is not very inferior to mine. When it comes to being smart and fierce, she is just now. She can approach you silently and stab you with a dagger without you noticing, which is quite amazing."

His expression was gloomy like dark clouds, he was silent for a moment, and said bluntly, "That's right." Huanbi seemed to be startled, and hurriedly called me, "Miss..." I signaled her to keep quiet, and she could only look at Xuanqing, her lips tightly pressed together. I smiled and said: "I'm just an ordinary woman in the country, and my maid can plot against you so much. It can be seen that there are countless smart, smart, beautiful and courageous women in Dazhou. You can admire anyone you choose. Then , Excuse me, sir, are you going to snatch them away one by one, or kill them all?" I stroked my cheek, "No matter which one, I can guarantee that you can't go out unharmed like you sneaked into Shangjing. "

His expression changed slightly, his eyes were sharp and cold, "You have clearly planned for me." I said bluntly: "Of course. Because I can see that your honor is a person who cherishes life." "How did you see that?" I sneered and said, "Because you know that I killed your wife and the child in her womb, and you also said that she has given birth to two sons for you, and now she has a third in her womb. So to the wife who gave birth to you , What was your expression when you heard the news of her death? You knew that I killed her, but you didn't want to take revenge. Although I did it for his own good, but as a husband, you didn't care about it. It's really unreasonable. The only thing that can be explained is that you don't value her, and you don't intend to conflict with us because of her wounds; .So, you always put your own life first."

He sneered and said indifferently: "Using the words of your Zhou Dynasty, you are my half bosom friend." I laughed in horror, "No way. Your Excellency praised me as a half bosom friend. I already feel that your honorable personality is cold. If you really end up with your honorable master, I'm afraid I'll run away because of fear. So, I really don't dare to take it on." The word bosom friend'. I only hope that I will never see your honor again, it is already a great fortune in my life." I made a gesture, "Your honor, please do what you want."

He was suspicious, "You let me go?" I asked back: "Otherwise, what do you think I want your life for?" His gaze cut across my cheek like a steel knife, maybe it was my illusion, but there seemed to be a little tenderness and appreciation in it.He staggered to his feet and took two steps, which was a bit more stable. Seeing her turn around and leave, Huanbi let out a soft "Ai", pointed to his wife's dead body on the ground and said, "Do you want your wife anymore?" He looked back, expressionless, no trace of mourning for the loss of his wife, and said: "He is dead. Do you want me to carry the body out of the city?" He glanced at me and said coldly: "You Remember, you killed my wife, and you have to give me one back. Remember!" He turned and left without looking back.

Huanbi was so angry that he couldn't get any more angry, and said bitterly: "There are such unreasonable men in the world. If you don't want the body, don't you even want to bury your wife's body? It's a waste of a husband!" He sighed and looked at the woman, "She Pitiful!" Xuan Qing stroked my shoulder, "Don't take what he said to heart." I half-kneeled in the snow, stretched out my hand to scrape away the snow around the woman, and said coldly: "Huanbi, is this the first time you have seen the frivolity and selfishness of men in the world? Why should you be angry?"

Xuan Qing looked at me, his lips moved slightly, but he didn't say anything after all, he just scraped away the snow with me and buried the woman in the snow.My fingers were so cold that I lost consciousness, I breathed out slowly to warm my hands, looked at the bumps of snow on the ground, and sighed: "This is my daughter's home, but now it's better to be buried in the snow than to be buried in the loess." .” Huanbi leaned close to me, and said softly, "Miss, you just asked me to throw a dagger at him, I'm really scared, I've never done such a thing before."

I held her hand and comforted me: "It's the first time for me to kill someone with my own hands today. If it's not a last resort, who would want to be stained with blood. Huanbi, thank you today too. If you didn't throw him, I would also There is no excuse to deal with him." Huanbi looked puzzled and angry, "With the young master here, it is not difficult to kill him, why do you have to let him go? He is so contemptuous of young lady." My gaze met Xuanqing's gaze, and I asked softly, "What do you think?" He pondered for a while, his eyebrows curved like a crescent moon, and said: "This person must be quite powerful in Hehe." I knew what he was thinking. Under Hehe Khan, there are two great kings of the South Court and the North Court, who are in charge of political affairs. Quite authoritative.Xuan Qing naturally paid attention to the two of them. I nodded, "At least he is also a general. Then, why did he come?" Naturally, it will not be to appreciate the beautiful scenery of Huishan Qingxue.Xuanqing looked serious, "I'm afraid it's for the purpose of spying on the affairs of the two countries." He shook his head, "The frontier defenses are so lax, yet people from the Hehe country can come in so brazenly." I thought about it, "His dress is no different from that of the people of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and there is a trade at the border. If he clears the customs and defense, he will naturally be able to come in." Xuan Qing said: "When I return to Beijing, I will naturally report to Brother Ming that I want to step up the border defense. This shows my great ambition." I nodded silently, but there was another layer of meaning in my heart that I didn't express.Huanbi was puzzled and asked, "How does Miss know that this man is famous in Hehe?" I said: "Did you notice the silver hair fox fur on his body? Maybe it looks the same as the ordinary one at first glance, and the appearance is ordinary. But the ordinary silver hair fox fur is gray and black, only the tip of the hair is silvery white." A little. But the silver hair fox fur he is wearing is pure black, without any impurities, and the silver ash on the tip of the hair is also very neat. It must have come from "Mohu". Hairy fox fur is like the Nanzhu used in the Great Zhou Palace, it is very rare and only for the nobles to enjoy. Anyone who can afford this kind of silver hair fox fur must be an unusual and ordinary person in the Hehe clan." Huanbi was silent for a moment, then said timidly: "Miss, I just thought..." She hesitated slightly, "I thought that Miss praised me in front of him because she wanted me to follow him instead of Miss." I was startled, then smiled and said: "You are overthinking." Huanbi hurriedly said: "I know, I know, it's my fault, I'm overthinking. I thought..." She didn't say any more, she just blushed and bowed her head in silence. Xuan Qing smiled and said: "You are Huan'er's younger sister, how could she be like this?" I glanced at him and said coldly: "Who said I was cruel just now, and now I am here to smooth things over." Huanbi took my hand and said softly: "Miss, it's my fault. I shouldn't have screamed. Miss should hit me. I have no complaints." I caressed her slightly red and swollen cheeks distressedly, and said, "Is it better? It's my fault. I acted too hard in a moment of impatience. I didn't intend to hit you." Huanbi said with tears in her eyes, "I know." Xuanqing said with a gentle apology, "It's already dark, and the mountain is too cold to live in. Let's go back the way we came." I kept silent, Xuanqing asked Huanbi to accompany me, and went to fold a few A pine branch came out, he took out the flint and steel at his waist and lit it.The flame of the torch of the pine branch is bright, and there is a delicate fragrance overflowing when burning. Xuanqing held the torch in one hand, and took my hand with the other. I shrank my hands and turned my back. Xuanqing sighed and smiled bitterly: "I was the one who hurt you when I said something. But now it's dark and the road is slippery, so you can walk by holding my hand." I couldn't , I had to put my hand in his hand, and the two walked hand in hand, he was so strong, so naturally he walked steadily and quickly.Huanbi followed behind alone, and inevitably fell behind a lot. Xuan Qing and I had a quarrel because of the matter just now, so it was inevitable that the two of us looked gloomy.After a while, Xuanqing stopped, stretched out his hand to Huanbi, and said, "Let's go together, the three of you", and then handed the torch in his hand to Huanbi. Huanbi couldn't help being taken aback, blushed, and then looked at me.I saw that she was walking really hard and difficult by herself, and my heart ached, so I nodded in agreement.Huanbi put his hand in Xuanqing's hand, took the torch, and walked beside him with me on the left and right.I saw her just walking silently with her head down, her lips moving slightly as if she was whispering something.Can't help saying: "Huanbi, what are you talking about?" She was startled suddenly, her face turned red like a cloud, and she shook her head again and again. I didn't say anything when I saw her.Seeing that Xuanqing just supported us and walked forward without speaking.He was even more thinking about what Xuanqing said just now, and he felt unhappy and refused to speak any more. It was already midnight when we got back to the inn room.Xuanqing went to the room to freshen up, and Huanbi and I scooped hot water to wash in our own room.The moment the hot towel was applied to the face, the body trembled slightly, and the mind relaxed a little. Just as he was changing into homely clothes, he saw Xuan Qing knocking on the door and entering with a midnight snack. He smiled and said, "You must be hungry. I ordered Xiaoer to cook pine nut porridge. It's hot enough to use." I was angry at the word "spicy" he said in my heart, so I said lightly: "Thank you, my lord, for your trouble." He took a breath and said, "Are you still angry because I said something wrong?" I smiled coldly and said: "Your Highness is a body of a thousand pieces of gold, how dare I be angry." There was a slight remorse in his brows, and he said: "I know I'm not good, and I shouldn't say that about you. But you're just being angry when you say that. Are you going to have a quarrel with me?" My eye circles were slightly red, and my nose was sore, I said: "You can think of me as a prank, or as a child. I definitely can't afford to be a prince." Xuanqing made a wink, and Huanbi said: "How can you eat only pine nut porridge? I'll ask the kitchen to get some more side dishes." Then he closed the door and went out. Xuan Qing sat down next to me, and said apologetically: "It is indeed my fault today, and I shouldn't have said anything to hurt you. It's just that the woman was alive just now, but you killed her with a sharp knife. Although I know that you are doing it for her own good, I can't bear to let it go." She was suffering from the poison of the snake, and she was also shocked. After all, you are a weak woman, how could you kill her life so cleanly, after all, you are also a person who recites scriptures day and night." My chest was suffocated, and I looked at him and said, "Do you think I have no compassion? Or do you think I should recite the "Mantra of Rebirth" before killing her." I decided, "I just can't bear her suffering. Later, the Hehe man said that she was pregnant, and I was also very surprised. Is it really pity for a life, is it just to watch her languish and suffer?" Tears flickered in my eyes, "You think my strike was too sharp and sharp , but when I killed her, why didn't I feel scared? Besides..." I bit my lip, "I came out of the killing and scheming in the harem, don't you know that?" Xuan Qing held down the tears that were about to fall from the corners of my eyes with his fingers, anxious and distressed: "Don't cry. I know that I said wrong words to hurt your heart, reminding you of those things in the previous palace. But I am really not at ease. "He patted me on the shoulder, "I was also in a hurry at that time." He was a little embarrassed, and said: "To be honest, although I also killed many people when I quelled Runan Prince, but seeing women kill people, It's also the first time. And it's my beloved woman." I sighed, and said sadly: "Perhaps we don't know enough. I am peaceful every time I meet in the palace and get along with each other outside the palace. You have never seen me in the palace. How to fight fiercely with others, maybe if you understand the real me, you won't like me anymore." Xuanqing earnestly said: "Even if you fight fiercely with others, you will not be willing to hurt others on your own initiative." He grabbed my hand and said: "Huan'er, as you said, maybe we are together It hasn't been long, and you and I don't know each other deeply enough. Then, don't be angry with me again, okay? If you keep being angry like this, how can we get along and understand each other." I was slightly relieved in my heart, and said: "You are cruel and short-lived—" When the word "short-lived" was mentioned, I panicked, stomped my feet, sighed and complained: "Everyone can call me cruel, call me No, but you can't..." He said: "Yes. I can't." I glanced at him, "Even if everyone in the world thinks I'm bad, you can't, because you are different from others." A rainbow-like neon light flashed across his eyes, shining brightly.He put his arms around me and said, "Because in this world, you cherish me the most, and I cherish you the most, and they are unique in each other's eyes. It is true that I blamed you today, Huan'er. If you don't forgive me, I really will To become cruel and short-lived..." I hurriedly covered his mouth, and said bitterly: "I always talk nonsense, do you think I still care about you?" I glanced at him and said, "Qing, I always think you are very good, but now I also realize that You are just as inadequate." He said, "Just say it, I'll listen carefully." I sighed: "I think you are too soft-hearted about this incident. Or, you are too kind-hearted, and you are too merciful to all sentient beings and consider others." He smiled faintly and said: "Maybe I am really too compassionate." I leaned on his shoulder and said softly: "I hope your kindness will not become your burden."