twin moon

Chapter 62, Scene [-]

As winter goes to spring, the ice melts and the snow melts, Mulu City also ushers in the first New Year's Eve Festival in more than ten years without any night ban.With the end of the war, the streets and alleys in the city are full of laughter and laughter, as if they are still immersed in the strong flavor of the year, and the season of spring and flowers blooming and insects and birds waking up is ushered in in a blink of an eye.

Qi Ziyin's schoolwork is becoming more and more heavy, and Gou Qinghong will take tests and recite various famous classics every few days, which makes him very troubled.Jiang Yan, apart from participating in training in Mo Lingwei, whenever he has a little spare time every day, he will hold a bunch of unofficial histories of the Great Ascension Dynasty's Romance, and he doesn't even think about eating and drinking, and he doesn't even go back to Jiayunzhai.

With no one to play with, Ning Yue suddenly had a lot of free time in her hands.Just a few days after such a day, she began to feel a little bored, always feeling empty in her heart.Every night, I was disturbed by endless and complicated dreams and couldn't sleep.Some of the dreams were about Jiang Yan and Qi Ziyin, but most of the dreams were about the home deep in the Chanying Sea, the home that I wanted to forget completely.

I don't know if my father, who is a high priest, ever sent someone to land to find him?I don't know if the mother at home is healthy now, and is she missing herself?

Ning Yue gradually realized that she might be suffering from a disease called homesickness.

Since the last time there was a big disturbance in the Shihua Pavilion, the growing homesickness is like a little field mouse hiding in the backyard, showing its head out of the grass nest from time to time, reminding the girl.However, there is no cure for this disease, the more idle she is, the more cranky her thoughts become, she can only fill herself with more and more things.

So whenever she was free, the red-haired girl would wander around the city alone, sometimes going to Quyuan Street to spend some money and listening to operas, and sometimes going to Zitong Street to taste some fresh snacks.And her favorite thing to do is to go to the canal and listen to the chats of the travelers who came with the boat.Although Ning Yue couldn't understand many of the stories told by these people, only at this time could she put those complicated thoughts behind her.

On this day, the girl who tossed and turned on the bed all night got up early again, sat on the stone pier used to tie the boat by the canal, and listened to the anecdotes from the travelers. It's a whole morning.When her stomach started to growl, she realized that it was already noon when the sun was rising and the smoke was everywhere.

There was a faint smell of burnt seeds in her nose, which tempted Ning Yue to walk towards the market in small steps.Today's Zitong Street is different from the past. Although there is no festival, it is a lively scene with gongs and drums.On the square in front of the Town God's Temple, she also unexpectedly saw a huge monster lying prone on the ground, whose name she couldn't even pronounce!
The animal was carrying a pair of Luyu made of bamboo and wood on its back. It was covered with long hairs hanging down to the ground. It had a pair of flat and big ears on the side of its head. The tentacles are generally flexible.In its mouth, there are two long curved teeth protruding, which look much taller than Ning Yue's, and they look very powerful.

"My God, what kind of monster is this, can it eat people?"

The red-haired girl gasped, a little timidly afraid to move forward.The crowd of peddlers and pawns in the market were no different, they didn't dare to come forward and take a closer look.

However, there was a team of nearly a hundred people, dressed very differently from the ordinary people in the city, who gathered around the strange animal without any fear, as if they were not worried that it would hurt them at all.

There were men and women in that team, most of them seemed to be servants and maidservants, and there were eleven strong men who looked like warriors.The leader held two thick iron chains in his hand.The other end of the iron chain was worn on the ear of the huge animal.

The warriors wore simple clothes and pants made of various beast furs mixed with linen.Even though the weather was cold, she still showed her breasts, and there were large black tattoos on her bare arms.Their hair was also shaved clean, leaving only a little finger-thick rattail braid on the top of their blue-gray heads, which looked like they were fighting and fighting.

Ning Yue suddenly remembered that she had heard people talking about it by the canal. Dasheng was facing the north, and on a vast grassland, there existed a small border country called Shuodi, which had not entered the Central Plains for many years.Rather than calling it a country, it is better to say that it is a wild and backward tribal alliance.The warriors there drank their blood, and when they fought, they would ride such a long-tused mammoth as tall as a mountain to charge.Moreover, they never wear armor, let alone fear death, rampaging like gods of war descending to earth.

"Could it be that this long-haired animal is the mammoth in that story? And those people with rattails are the brave warriors of Shodi?"

Thinking of this, Ning Yue suddenly felt that she was not so afraid, and instead became very curious about the team of people and elephants in front of her.Just as she stretched her neck and wanted to look forward again, the warrior leader holding the mammoth also opened his mouth at the same time, and shouted loudly at the crowd, with a strange accent from a wild land obviously between the lines:
"My name is Du Lie. This trip to the south is under the order of Hehan from the Muyun Department to escort Princess Bakwuqin Tuya to the Kingdom of Ye for marriage. Before the Lord agreed to meet us, among you southerners If anyone thinks they can beat me, they might as well come forward and have a try. If they can win, you can choose from the gold coins, precious stones, and cow and sheep leather materials we brought!"

After the other party finished speaking, he stretched out his hand and pointed to the ten carts pulled by pack horses beside Mammoth.Their trip was very grand, and besides the baggage and yurts for camping, there were boxes and boxes of gifts for the Lord of Ye Kingdom on the cart.

It was only at this time that Ning Yue noticed that there was a young girl sitting in the curtained Lu Yu on the back of the mammoth.He lifted up a corner of the curtain with his slender hands, looked out with some horror, and then put it down immediately, it should be the princess that Du Lie mentioned.

"Are these Shodi men here to make peace? How has it never been heard before?"

"The barbarians don't understand the etiquette of my going to the kingdom. They thought that if you send a girl, someone will want it. However, I heard that the Di people in Shuobei have four tribes: Chuoro, Wuma, Qingzi, and Yimu. Where did the Muyun Department come from?"

"Muyun was originally the most prosperous part of Shuodi, and it was once the only overlord on the grassland. It's just that a few decades ago, Tianhehan, who was in power under his department, was plotted against, and his subordinates were also killed by the other four tribes. They had no choice but to retreat into the desolate Yanluoyuan at the foot of Lancang Mountain in the north, and have since disappeared. If I hadn’t seen them today, I thought they would have all died long ago.”

"However, even if the barbarian princess who drinks blood comes to my door, I will definitely not marry her."

"Don't rush to brag. These warriors all look fierce, and they must not be good. Be careful if they listen to what you said just now, they will drag you over and beat you to death! And I heard that these Di people have always been They only bow their heads to the strong. So even if they come to make a marriage voluntarily now, the person who can marry the princess must be very brave, otherwise, how can he be restrained."

"Speaking of which, the princess's name is pretty nice——Tuya, it's not like a name some savages would choose..."

The crowd gradually set off a series of discussions, which were diverse and heated.Those who spoke deliberately lowered their voices, as if they were afraid of offending the group of aliens who had penetrated into the hinterland of the Central Plains.

However, until sunset, no one dared to come forward to fight.The warrior of the Muyun tribe named Dulie couldn't help laughing and mocking:

"What's the matter? The southern princes are known as the soldiers of the Ye Kingdom, who are even as famous as Yubei and Weiliang. They are all timid and cowardly, who dare not even make a few gestures!"

"The dog can't get ivory out of its mouth, so I'll come and meet you for a while!"

Provoked by the other party, someone in the crowd finally gave a loud shout, and immediately jumped forward, causing thunderous applause from the silent audience.

I saw that the man was dressed in coarse linen clothes, holding a short stick with eyebrows in his hand, he seemed to be an ordinary vagrant in the market.However, he danced the short stick very vigorously, and he looked very brave.

However, before the ronin reported his name, the leader of the warrior Shuodi had already raised his fists and charged forward.Although the short stick is not deadly, it is one inch long and one inch strong, and it stands to reason that it should be more than enough to deal with an unarmed person.But Du Lie was like an angry fierce lion, he didn't care about the raindrops of sticks on his body at all, he rushed to the opponent in just three or two steps.

In this way, the short stick in Ronin's hand, which is not conducive to melee combat, has become a disadvantage.He hastily retreated two steps, trying to widen the distance between them again, but the Shodi warrior seemed to be sticking to his side, taking advantage of every step, and even seized the opportunity to grab the ronin's collar with both hands , directly lifted him up from the ground!

Du Lie was so powerful that the veins on his arms bulged, and he actually lifted a grown man into the air.Before the crowd of onlookers could react, he slammed the person in his hand down to the ground.With a click, the short stick hit the ground and broke in two.And just this seemingly simple fall already made the stick-wielding wanderer vomit blood, and immediately retreated in embarrassment with the support of several spectators.

"Is there anyone who is not afraid of death and dares to fight?!"

Warrior Shuodi raised his hand to wipe a bloodstain from the corner of Sao's eye, which was swept by the eyebrow stick, and shouted at the crowd again.

"Tch, you've become arrogant after only defeating one? Just now, the man with the short stick is too weak to attack. If you stutter a little, you can't even try to bully him within three steps!"

Seeing that the Shuo Di people were fierce, Ning Yue couldn't help but whispered to herself.However, as soon as the words fell, another person in the audience rushed forward with a shout:

"The barbarians don't want to speak wild words. The martial artist He Zhun of the next Raise Your Arms Hall, look at the trick!"

The person who shouted was a warrior wearing fine iron wristbands.I saw that he was holding two knuckles tightly in his hands, his arms were actually thicker than ordinary people's calves, he seemed to be physically strong, and he was quite imposing.

"Okay, okay, okay! I've heard that Nanren's martial arts gym is very powerful. It's better to see once than to hear about it. I'm here today to experience it!"

Du Lie, who was standing in the middle of the crowd, also laughed loudly, and greeted him again with a punch.

Both of them used empty-handed captures, they fought back and forth for more than [-] times, but they were indistinguishable.Seeing that He Zhun made another move to attack forward, he exerted [-] points of strength.But the warrior Shuodi on the opposite side didn't intend to accept this move, he suddenly shortened his body and rolled away on the spot.After dodging, the dust from the soles of his feet rose in mid-air, just enough to captivate the opponent's eyes.

The challenger suddenly lost his position, staggered and staggered.But Du Lie didn't show mercy because of this, instead he rushed forward and punched him twice on the door, and then kicked him back into the crowd.When I went to see him again, He Zhun was beaten until he was foaming at the mouth, and passed out on the spot.

"Taking advantage of others' danger, victory is not military!"

Ning Yue, who was watching, couldn't help mumbling again.She raised her head to look at the spectators nearby, and saw that most of them were also sullen. However, under the momentum of the warriors from the Muyun Department who went down to two cities in a row, everyone only dared to criticize in a low voice, and no one opened their mouths to criticize the tall and burly Savages are rude.

"Cheating and cheating, do you really think that there is no one in my country! Red feather guard Gao Yang is here to meet you!"

Just when Ning Yue was angry, the No.3 challenger jumped out of the crowd.I saw the man in his early thirties, wearing red lacquered rhinoceros leather armor, bowing left and right, holding a pair of double-pronged long swords in his hands, he was actually a red-feathered guard patrolling Zitong Street.

"If you use a weapon, you won't be afraid of being defeated, becoming disabled, or losing your life in vain?"

Du Lie was speechless and viciously threatened the third challenger in front of him.Immediately, he also turned around, and pulled out a curved saber from the bag beside the mammoth.

Gao Yang was unwilling to lose half a point to the opponent in terms of momentum, he immediately clenched the long sword in his hand, and sneered back:
"Hugh, you have to rely on the customs clearance document printed by the lord of the country, so that we can do whatever we want in Mulu City. Ye Kingdom is a civilized place, how can we allow Mandi to act recklessly here?"

"What a bold tone! The descendants of the Muyun tribe have always only obeyed the strong. If you have the strength to yell and scold, it's better to win this round before talking!"

Warrior Shuo Di was clearly enraged by Gao Yang's words, he swung his saber and slashed at the opponent without mercy.Fortunately, the official of Chi Lingwei had been prepared for a long time, and deftly avoided the opponent's full attack, and stabbed the opponent's heart with the long sword in his hand.

Seeing this, Du Lie didn't dare to be careless at all, and poured twelve points of strength into the knife, defusing a deadly onslaught.Although the two were just trying to compete, they aimed their moves at the vital point, and they didn't hesitate to strike.On the street, which was not considered open at all, the sound of swords and soldiers clashing immediately sounded like a battlefield.

After all, Shili's martial arts were much better than the previous two, and gradually pushed the opposite warrior Shuo Di into a corner.Seeing that victory was in sight, Du Lie suddenly stopped protecting the vital parts of his body, but turned from defense to offense, swinging the saber in his hand wide and wide, and launched an offensive desperately.

Although the swordsmanship he used was swift and fierce, Gao Yang was on duty in the city after all, and he didn't want to kill anyone because of a competition.Seeing that the sword edge was about to stab the opponent's body, he hastily withdrew some of the strength in his hand, and deflected the sharp blade to one side.However, a moment of hesitation turned into an opportunity for the opponent.I saw that warrior Shuodi raised his saber in his hand and slashed into his shoulder without any hesitation!
Immediately, bright red blood spurted out from the wound.Gao Yang hastily swiped the long sword twice, forcing the opponent to retreat and delaying the attack.However, the wound on his shoulder was deeply visible, and his face was already pale, and he could no longer fight.

At this time, Du Lie was so red-eyed, he took another step closer, planning to put Gao Yang to death like crazy.Ning Yue couldn't hold back the anger in her heart any longer, and immediately rushed out of the crowd, blocking in front of the Shuo Di warrior who was half a foot taller than herself, and stopped her solemnly:

"Enough! The competition should have ended immediately, how could anyone hurt someone like you?!"

Warrior Shuo Di was startled for a moment, but he shouted loudly on the spot, his voice was like thunder:
"Xiao Nizi, since I was just off the stage, I have heard you muttering some unpleasant things. Do you want to compete on stage too? It's a pity that I, Dulie, never beat women. Be sensible. Get out of here quickly, don't stop me!"

However, he did not expect that this red-haired girl who came from nowhere not only dared to stop him, but also refused to back down even a single step.Turning from embarrassment into anger, Du Lie stared fiercely at him, raised his saber and wanted to move forward!

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