twin moon

Chapter 100 No.12 Act [-]

Yuansui ten years, December eighteenth.In the north of Mizhou, Linxin Lake.The mountain wind caresses the forest, and the owl hums lowly at night.The dark blue sky came out from the gaps between the treetops, the sky was cloudless, the moon was bright and the stars were sparse.

After escaping from Mulu City, Princess Tuya arranged for her personal attendants to take good care of Jiang Yan along the way.At this time, the injuries on the young man's body were almost healed, but he didn't leave just yet.Firstly, it was because he didn't want to owe the other party a favor, hoping to find a chance to repay it before leaving.Secondly, it is now thousands of miles away from Wanzhou and Mulu City, he really can't think of where else he can go, and where he should go.

Mizhou is located in the northeast of the mainland, and it is bounded by Lingshui with Sizhou.There is a tributary in the upper reaches of Lingshui, named Qingyuan River, which originates from Mingquanling.After the two meet in the moon marsh, they flow westward into the Canglan Ocean.Bounded by the Qingyuan River and the Moon Marsh, the vast Lingbei Plateau in the south is the territory of the Peng Kingdom, while the large virgin forest to the north of the Mingquan Ridge is the border of the Sui Kingdom.

Ninety percent of Sui's population lives in the northern foothills of Mingquanling, on the narrow plain near the Broken Wave Gorge.Its capital, Jiushan, is just a small town with a population of just over [-].

However, the people of his country are good at doing tricks and tricks.Perhaps it has something to do with the inexhaustible natural resources in Jizhou. Various rare mineral deposits are much richer than other states.Therefore, when there is nothing to do, Suiguo people will study these precious materials mined from the ground and make some shocking new things.Over time, their mining technology has also been improved like never before.

Because of this, the ancestors of Suiguo have gradually developed a character of indifference to the world, and even the soldiers of the whole country are no more than ten thousand.However, Weiliang and Pengguo, which bordered them, never thought of going north to invade.In particular, the Peng Kingdom even announced to the world that if someone attacked Sui Kingdom without authorization, the Peng Kingdom would regard it as a deadly enemy.The reason, nine out of ten, is also because the blue flame that the country is proud of needs to rely on Suiguo's superb mining technology to extract crude oil from the depths of the moon marsh to make it.

Right now, in this woodland full of towering giant trees, Jiang Yanzheng is sitting alone in front of his tent, poking the bonfire on the ground with a twig.The Shodi warriors escorting Tuya gathered around another fire not far away.There was a burst of meaty smell in the air, but the young man didn't want to go to join in the fun at all, and he didn't know what to chat with them.

The orange-red flame danced on the boy's still immature face, reflecting golden streamers in his eyes.The snow in the woodland was also melted by the bonfire, and under the thick fallen leaves, it gathered into a small stream, flowing silently.

Creak, creak, there was a sound of footsteps walking towards Jiang Yan's tent on the snow behind him, it sounded a little hasty and cautious.The young man was quite familiar with the sound of these footsteps, and he guessed that it was the Di Ren princess who came without turning his head.

Tuya was still wearing the red cloak embroidered with gold, and her hair was covered with black and blue braids.Against the backdrop of the white snow all over her body, she looks like an elf in the forest, occupying the brightest colors.These days, the girl would come to talk to Jiang Yan every day.However, it seemed to be a conversation, but most of the time, she was the only one talking.

The black-eyed boy didn't make a sound, but just raised his eyes to look at the other party, moved his butt to the side, and gave way to a small piece of the tree stump under him.The princess did not sit down, but stood opposite him and asked softly:
"Why don't you join us? They just hunted a deer, and they're skinning and roasting it."

"No, I'm full."

Jiang Yan responded.It's not that he deliberately acted so coldly, but he really didn't understand why the other party wanted to integrate himself into those alien races, and he didn't know how to respond—he was still wary of these Shodi people from the beginning to the end. Not long ago, the warrior named Du Lie under the princess almost killed her.

Tuya seemed to know what the young man was thinking, her lips moved, and she continued cautiously: "I just——I don't want you to feel lonely."

"Thank you, I'll just sit here, it's fine." Jiang Yan lowered his head again after speaking, just staring blankly at the fire in front of him.

"In the eyes of the southerners, we are all uncivilized barbarians. But I know that you are different from those people, otherwise you wouldn't have followed us all the way here."

Tuya still didn't give up.Seeing that the other party was unwilling to say more, she squatted down in front of the bonfire instead, and picked up a small wooden stick and fiddled with it to make the fire burn hotter, "I just want to tell you that if you pass through this forest, you will It is the territory of Yimubu. Yimubu and I, Muyun, have been friends for generations, if you want to leave, I can ask them to send you away."

The movement of the black-eyed boy's hands suddenly stopped, but he still didn't make a sound.Seeing this situation, Tuya finally showed a faint smile on her face:

"I'm not trying to drive you away. I just think that if you plan to accompany me back to Yanluoyuan, it is necessary to persuade you to give up this idea as soon as possible."

Jiang Yan finally raised his head, but opened his black eyes a little wider.Tuya ignored him, nodded slightly and continued:
"Most southerners don't know the past of grassland people, and naturally they don't know the grievances and entanglements involved. According to the legend of the grassland, all the people in the world are transformed by the sweat that dripped from the body of the great god Pan Gu when he created the world. Then As the body of the Great God Pangu decayed gradually and turned into two high mountains, Lancang and Tieji, the Shuodi people also began to multiply and live in the land under the mountain that was blessed by the gods..."

This was the first time the boy had heard the other party talk about Shodi.However, what he didn't expect was that the creation gods believed by these so-called barbarians were almost the same as those described in the legend of Dasheng.

"For thousands of years, although the Wuma, Muyun, Qingzi, Chuoluo, and Yimu tribes have gradually emerged on this grassland, they have always been like gravel on the Gobi Desert, doing their own thing. Every time In a calamity year, the cattle and sheep raised by various ministries will die in batches, and bloody wars will inevitably break out afterwards. As a result, the mammoths that were used to fight on the ice sheet are almost extinct. Until more than a hundred years ago, a A great leader has come to the Muyun Department, his name is Xu Muyan, the hero of the Bakwuqin family, my great-grandfather."

When he was in Mulu City, Jiang Yan once heard Qi Ziyin mention this name.This person seems to be the first Tianhehan in the history of the grassland.The Shuodi people held his Canglang Bailu flag and went south in a big way, breaking through Dasheng's defense line in one fell swoop, and almost made the emperor of Yujing a prisoner.It's just that the young man never thought that the girl in front of him would be a descendant of Xu Muyan.

"According to legend, the great-grandfather was the son of the wolf and the white deer, who was sent by heaven to save all living beings. Therefore, he quickly unified all the ministries with a mountain of iron. You should know the following things. Among the southerners, this The first invasion was called the Shuodi Rebellion. Unfortunately, this unprecedented glorious victory in the history of our family did not last long, and it ended with the civil strife in the Muyun tribe, and Xu Muyan was assassinated. Immediately afterwards What is true is that the five major tribes have been trapped in internal strife for decades, and they can no longer maintain the unity of the grassland. After the Guanning military soldiers broke through the iron mountain, the Muyun tribe was so weak that it was almost forgotten, and could only retreat to the I struggled to survive in the tundra at the foot of Lancang Mountain."

It's hard for Jiang Yan to imagine, as Princess Di Ren, who has half the blood of Yubei, which side she stands on when talking about this past, especially when she talks about the insulting names of Shuodi and Manzi .But he still didn't make a sound, just sat there and listened to the other party quietly.

"Decades later, the position of Tianhehan in the Muyun Department has finally been passed on to my Erda-Qinna. He has been arrogant since he was a child, and he hopes to reproduce the history created by the Bakwuqin family a hundred years ago. Brilliant, unified all the tribes of Shuodi. Therefore, after the death of my father, Erda immediately issued the first edict after succeeding to the throne, ordering me to go south to make peace with the country of Ye, in order to obtain enough financial and material resources to rebuild a common clan. A cavalry soldier as strong as a mountain of iron back then. However, this time he seems a little too impatient..."

In this way, Jiang Yan finally understood everything.Tuya's elder brother originally planned to use his younger sister as a bargaining chip in exchange for a chance to revive the precarious Muyun Department.However, the person who defeated and killed Du Lie by mistake right now was not only not of the blood of Ye Kingdom's clan, but had already become a key criminal wanted by the new Lord of Ye Kingdom.If he insisted on following Tuya back to Yanluoyuan, the first thing Qin Nahehan would do would be to send his head to Ye Kingdom in exchange for more benefits.

Jiangyan's throat trembled slightly, and he wanted to ask a question, but he still couldn't open his mouth.The two fell into a long silence like this, and didn't say a word until late at night.

It was past half of the night, and the chatter and laughter of the Shuodi warriors in the forest also subsided, as if they were gradually falling asleep.In today's camp, there are only a few shadows of night watch guards left, walking back and forth with creaking and creaking footsteps.Other than that, there were crackling bonfires and the occasional humming of night owls.

However, Jiang Yan at this time tossed and turned in his tent, unable to sleep.He repeatedly recalled the words that Princess Tuya had said to him before, and his heart was extremely entangled.

He also wanted to listen to the other party's words and leave, but he clearly realized that Tuya could not just go back alone, facing Hehan's wrath, censure, and punishment for the failure of the marriage.But he couldn't help worrying that if he really went to the grassland, not only would he not be able to help, but he would add fuel to the fire and make the situation even more difficult to deal with.

In addition, there is one more thing that has always been difficult for him to figure out—that is, why did Tuya, the princess of the Muyun Department, take the initiative to warn him of the coming danger?And why did he rescue such an unknown pawn with Du Lie's blood on his hands several times?
The more the boy thought about it, the more confused he felt, his palms and feet were covered with sweat, he simply turned over and got up, put on his clothes and got out of the tent, trying to use the cold air to help him calm down.But when he walked near Tuya's big tent, he found that there was still a weak light in the tent.Vaguely, the sound of someone talking can still be heard.

"Haven't you slept yet?"

Curiosity prevailed in Jiang Yan's heart at this moment.Seeing that there was no one else on the left and right, he leaned forward lightly and put his ears on the tent, trying to find out what happened inside.

"Princess, have you really thought about it? The old minister still has a chance to write a letter to Hehan, telling him that he has not been able to find your whereabouts. You should stay in the south and never go back."

A slightly hoarse voice sounded, it was Yuan Ti who led the army to welcome the princess back to the Muyun Department.

"Old general, do you think Erda will believe any of the reasons you said? This time he specially sent you to pick me up, just to kill two birds with one stone. If you can find me, you don't have to doubt that you are a southerner." Your loyalty to him. And if you can't find me, he just has an excuse to get rid of you!"

Princess Tuya's voice was faint, but she had already seen through everything.

"If I can exchange the humble life of the old minister for the freedom of the princess, I would be willing!"

Yuan Ti suddenly knelt down on one knee, causing the armor on his body to rattle.

"Old general... I know, you think that because of my mother, I have suffered a lot of grievances in the Muyun Department, and you wish you could send me away immediately and never return. But you never thought that although I have Half of Yubei's blood, but also half of Shuodi! That grassland is where I grew up, and it is also my home! The old general knows the current situation of the Muyun Department, how can it support the situation with other people? All the ministries are in full-scale war? And how can I just watch Erda use his stubbornness and conceit to completely destroy everything that his father has gained through painstaking efforts! That is the only peace that my Muyun Division has now!"

Tuya spoke a little excitedly, and even her voice became choked up.What followed was another suffocating silence.Yuan Ti seemed to finally understand what the seemingly weak girl in front of her was thinking, so she stopped persuading her.Tuya also let out a long sigh of relief because she finally vomited out what she had kept in her heart for a long time, but dared not say.

"Old general, I—I have already told Jiang Yan to let him leave as soon as possible. After all, he is just an outsider, and the disputes on the grassland have nothing to do with him."

After a long time, Princess Sodi murmured again.

"Did the princess still talk to that kid? You are really, no matter what time you are, you are still thinking about an outsider. But, it's not just because of this reason that you let him go, right?"

Yuan Ti's tone became obviously different from before, more like an elder talking with a girl.

"Oh, don't laugh at me, the old general. It's because—because of that young man—he has an extraordinary aura about him. I think the old general can feel it too? It stands to reason that he won the battle The ring is my son-in-law, Shuo Di. This trip to the south has already cost me Du Lie, and I don't want to lose anyone else..."

Tuya was suddenly a little embarrassed by the question.Seeing this, Yuan Ti didn't answer any more, just sighed full of thoughts.

Back in his tent, instead of calming down, Jiang Yan's heart became more and more chaotic.He was somewhat ignorant of the deep meaning contained in Tuya's words just now, but he knew that he would never accept it.I don't know how long it took before I fell asleep amid repeated entanglements.

However, not long after, the boy vaguely felt someone pushing him gently.After opening his eyes, he found that it was Tuya who broke into the tent.At this time, Princess Di Ren seemed to have just fallen asleep, and all the braids on her head were untied, and she was curled up and looked a little messy.He didn't wear formal clothes either, but wrapped the red cloak inlaid with gold trim over his inner clothes.

Just as Jiang Yan was about to ask a question, he suddenly heard a shrill scream from the depths of the woods outside the tent.The princess in front of her also changed color immediately, her eyes were about to burst into tears:
"In the middle of the night, there was a commotion in the distant woods. The old general was worried that something might happen, so he led a few warriors to investigate the situation, but they never returned. Now there are less than ten people left in the camp. You Can you accompany me to find the old general back?"

Jiang Yan also felt that something was wrong, so he immediately got up and put on his clothes, and took his diamond-tooth Xiaotianmo and iron tire bow, all the muscles in his body tensed up: "How long has the old general been away?"

The scream just now reminded him of what happened to him when he was a child.That was not the battle cry when the two armies were at war, but the desperate wail of civilians when they were massacred!
"It's been more than half an hour. Your horse is ready, if you come, follow me!"

While speaking, Princess Tuya turned around and got out of the tent, jumped on her white jade lion horse, led the few remaining Shodi warriors, and galloped out of the camp with the torch held high.Seeing this, the black-eyed boy immediately stepped onto his own Wuchen, and followed behind with his legs clamped tightly.

After the team traveled less than a mile, they saw footprints and hoofprints scattered across the snow in front of them.Just as everyone was about to get off their horses to check, they suddenly heard another scream from the woods, and then several blood-stained figures rushed out from the darkness beyond the fire!

"It's the people from Okibe! Have they been attacked by wild animals?"

Tuya recognized the outfit on the visitor at a glance, but was startled by the bloody figure and exclaimed.Almost at the same time, behind the exhausted crowd, another group of warriors riding tall horses appeared!
At first Jiang Yan thought it was Yuan Ti who led the team back, but after a closer look, he found that those warriors were not wearing the ordinary leather armor of the Shuodi people, but the heavy armor similar to Ye Guoxuan armor.Even the war horse under his crotch is covered with a thick layer of steel protective gear on its vital parts!

Covered in armor, the cavalry looked like moving hills.The weapons flashed coldly in their hands, and they quickly caught up with the fleeing Yimu tribe and killed them on the spot.Soon, the cavalry also spotted Tuya and the others appearing in the forest, and lined up to charge without hesitation!

The team of the Muyun Department was scattered in an instant.Jiang Yan clearly saw that the warriors around him had no power to fight back, so he was decapitated.And Princess Tuya was also frightened, she stopped her horse and stopped on the opponent's front line, completely exposing herself to the butcher's knife!

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