twin moon

Chapter 63, Scene [-]

"Du Lie, you have injured three people in a row just now, are you planning to attack a girl now?!"

Just when the saber was about to touch Ning Yue's body, Lu Yu, who was on the back of the mammoth, suddenly yelled, with a trembling tone, as if he disapproved of the impulsive performance of warrior Shuodi before.

Du Lie, who was dripping profusely with sweat, let go of the girl in front of him, turned his knife and retreated to the mammoth's feet and knelt down on one knee:
"Princess! You see how cowardly this group of southerners is. When I think that the princess married is someone from this group of trash, I can't help but want to teach them a lesson. Please forgive me!"

The Shuo Di girl in Lu Yu tried her best to suppress the unhappiness in her heart:
"But you clearly know that this time we went south for peace, not for provocation! As the saying goes, there are people outside the people, and among the people in the south, you will definitely meet an opponent that you can't match. Over the years, innocent people in the Muyun Department have died There are enough clansmen here, don’t you want to follow their footsteps to the Longevity Heaven in this foreign country? It’s not good for anyone!”

"But I just can't swallow this breath! The southerners are full of sanctimonious hypocrites. Although they call us barbarians and Di people one by one now, when they finally get married, don't they think about it like a snow leopard in heat? I want to hug you to bed!"

"Listen to what nonsense you are talking about, why don't you shut up quickly! It's getting late, and I can't continue to compete today. I don't want to continue living in the city after nightfall, so pack up and go camp outside the city. Make trouble again!"

While talking, the princess named Tuya finally opened the curtain and walked out of Lu Yu, and stood on the back of the mammoth and began to scold.She was wearing a tulle face, and she still couldn't see her face clearly at this moment, but with only a pair of jet-black eyes unique to the Shuodi people, they were already as bright as the autumn moon, astonishing as a heavenly being.

"Princess! Before departure, Chinnaghan had specifically explained that you will not be allowed to sleep in a tent after entering the city—"

"Hypocritical! If he really cared about me, why would he send me to the distant country of Ye? Dou Lie, don't make trouble here, or you will not only continue to shame me, but also the entire Muyun. The ancestors of the Ministry are ashamed!"

Du Lie wanted to continue arguing, but the young princess didn't want to waste any more time with him, and sat back in Lu Yuzhong again.Immediately, the huge mammoth lying on the ground stood up slowly, and under the guidance of the warriors, it swayed its hill-like body towards Taichun Gate in the south of the city.

Ning Yue didn't know where her courage came from. Seeing this situation, she ran straight to the mammoth, trying to block the other's way:
"Wait a minute, you injured three people in a row, and you just want to leave like this?"

"The mammoth is powerful, please be careful not to hurt yourself. As for the injured, I will send someone to send ten pure gold ingots to each of them as a token of condolence and apology."

Princess Tuya among Lu Yu didn't poke her head out again, but only answered through the curtain.

The other party's arrogant attitude deeply annoyed Ning Yue.She suddenly realized that what made her extremely uneasy during this period of time was not only the growing homesickness in her heart, but also the inseparability of the present moment—after several cold and hot days, she had already regarded this city as her first. The second hometown, at the moment, takes it for granted that this matter must not be settled so easily, and naturally it is impossible for someone to leave in a big way after messing around in his beloved Mulu City.

"No, you can't go anywhere!"

The girl continued to block the opponent recklessly, and was almost stepped on by the raised forefoot of the mammoth.Seeing this, Princess Shuodi in Lu Yu had no choice but to order the warrior leading the elephant to stop for a while and continue to negotiate with her:
"What does the girl want me to do? Du Lie has already explained in advance that this competition is voluntary. Besides, the three people who were injured didn't say anything, and I have already promised compensation..."

"No way! Tomorrow we have to compete again, and the winner will be determined."

"What can we do if we compare? You southerners are timid, and you only sent three people to fight in the whole afternoon, and they all returned in a disastrous defeat. Even if dozens of people come tomorrow, the result will still be the same!"

Du Lie shouted domineeringly, rushed up and stretched out his hand to push Ning Yue.Unexpectedly, the girl in front of him deftly got out from the gap between his arms, and she didn't forget to turn around and ruthlessly pulled the rattail on the top of the other's head.The burly warrior immediately opened his bull's eyes and wanted to explode, but was stopped again by the princess in Lu Yuzhong:

"Du Lie, stand down now. Since this red-haired girl dared to fight, she must have been recommended by a powerful character—so, according to her wishes, let's have another match outside the city tomorrow."

"But the princess—"

"If you leave Ye Kingdom after only three matches, you will not be able to explain to Qinna when you go back to Yanluoyuan. If you have the heart, you should recharge your batteries tonight so that you don't lose tomorrow."

Princess Tuya waved her hand as she spoke, signaling to the other side not to argue anymore.

Du Lie also knew that it would be useless to talk too much, so he led the other eleven Shuodi warriors to kneel on one knee, put their right hand on their heart, and made a big salute to Lu Yu:
"Follow the princess' order, and tomorrow my subordinates will convince them to lose!"

Hearing that the other party's tone was still extremely arrogant, Ning Yue put her hands on her hips and asked back: "Tch, who wouldn't talk big? But what if you are defeated tomorrow?"

"As long as I have a breath, I will never lose!"

The warrior squinted his eyes and snorted heavily, then looked up at Lu Yu on the elephant's back.

Ning Yue was suddenly taken aback by the other party's decisive answer.She couldn't figure out why the warrior Shuodi in front of him seemed to be so resistant to the princess's coming to Ye Kingdom for marriage, and his words were full of inexplicable hostility towards the so-called southerners.But in a moment of bewilderment, Di Ren's team started again, driving the mammoth and the pack team past her, and walked far away under the watchful eyes of the audience...

At sunset, there was a strong aroma of a mixture of food from various houses in Mulu City.But Ning Yue, who had just returned to Jiayun Zhai, didn't have the slightest appetite. She just held a pair of chopsticks in her mouth, thinking about how to bring up tomorrow's martial arts competition with her two companions.

Not long after, Qi Ziyin also rushed from the palace in a dusty manner, and as soon as he sat down, he picked up a piece of braised pork and put it in his mouth.Seeing the anxious look of the other party, the girl couldn't help but burst out laughing, and then used the chopsticks in her hand to grab the meat that the boy in white had brought to her mouth, and threw it back on the plate:

"Look, you are so greedy, the food in the palace is not without oil and water, if you want to eat, you have to wait for the little stutter to move!"

"Ningyue, it's not like you don't know that Jiayunzhai's food is much more delicious than the dinner in the palace. Jiang Yan doesn't know when he will come, so why are we just sitting in front of a table of dishes like this? ? If I knew it earlier, I should have come back later, Master has given me a lot of homework."

When he first entered the Accord, Qi Ziyin noticed something strange in the girl's expression, seeing that the other party was not allowed to move his mouth to eat, he asked rather strangely, "Speaking of which, Ning Yue, you are in a hurry to send a letter to me with Brother Mu Jiang Yan is here, do you have something important to say?"

Ning Yue immediately shook her head in a panic: "There's nothing there. I just think the three of us haven't had dinner together for a long time, Ziyin, don't just doubt him."

"Ning Yue, don't hide it from me. Your eyes have been flickering since just now, and you dare not look at me at all. Besides, as long as you have something on your mind, you will keep biting your lower lip. If you have something to say, just say it Well, how uncomfortable it is to hold back."

The words of the companion made the girl's heart itch, and she hesitated before asking obliquely:

"Ziyin, have you ever heard that there was a commotion in the city today, and there were rumors that people were hurt?"

"Oh, you are talking about the fact that Shuo Di warrior came to the city to stage a fight? It has been spread in the palace for a long time, and it is said that there is also an official of the Chiling Guard among the wounded. For this reason, General Baili and the king Uncle also specially went to meet the father, and I don't know how the conversation is going at this time."

Hearing what Qi Ziyin said, the red-haired girl couldn't help but be amazed: "But I heard that those Shuodi people came here uninvited, so they can attract so much attention?"

"It is precisely because they came uninvited that they are even more unprepared. Ning Yue, you may not know that the Muyun Department once unified the grasslands more than a hundred years ago, and even broke through the defense line against the north. Pin Jinhe attacked to the city of Yujing, forcing the then Emperor Ling to flee to Weiliang in a hurry. Later generations call that dark period of history the Shuodi Rebellion."

"So these people used to be so fierce, no wonder I heard many people call them barbarians!" The girl played with a strand of hair around her ear around her fingertips.

"Well, it wasn't until 60 years ago that the Muyun tribe fought internally, and the imperial court relied on Wei Liang's Guan Ning soldiers to defeat the enemy at Suoyang Pass and regained a large area of ​​northern territory. Since then, Yubei has also strengthened on the south bank of the Jin River For defense, a fortress was set up ten miles away, and cavalry patrolled day and night to prevent the Di people from going south again."

"That Ziyin, what do you think of today's events?"

"The Di people in the north are not familiar with the etiquette of the Central Plains countries, or they don't care about the so-called rules we set, so they come here uninvited and cause trouble in the city. But arrogance is arrogance, and now Muyun The Ministry is no longer as dominant in the Shuobei Grassland as it was back then, this time the other party took the initiative to come to make a marriage, I am afraid they are also trying to use the power of Ye Kingdom to do something."

Qi Ziyin was talking, but he heard some clues from his companion's words, and asked strangely:

"It's Ning Yue—how did you suddenly become so interested in the affairs of the Shodi people? Could it be that you secretly went to the market in the afternoon to join in the fun?"

"Oh, I just met him by chance, so I stood by and watched for a while, why are you so nervous?"

Seeing that the girl faltered at the question, the young man immediately put on a serious face: "Those Shodi people said it was a show, but after all, swords have no eyes, and you are a girl, if you get hurt, you can't kill me." It’s too late to regret. In the future, this kind of thing must never be seen again, do you know?”

Seeing the nervousness on the opponent's face, although Ning Yue was very moved, she also understood the requirements of the competition that she had planned in her heart, and it might be difficult to have the opportunity to speak.Even if he can mention it in person, there is absolutely no way for his companions to agree to follow him to mess around again.

Thinking of this, she suddenly became a little unhappy, put down the chopsticks in her hand, and stared at the market in the distance outside the window and became dazed.It just so happened that Jiang Yan, who was belatedly arriving, hurried into the Accord, and seemed to be full of thoughts. Seeing that the two people beside the small case were silent, he opened his mouth and asked:
"Why do you two look so ugly, do you already know the news?"

Qi Ziyin had no choice but to ask his companions to sit down in embarrassment: "Ning Yue went to watch Di Ren fight in the afternoon. I just said a few words to her, and I was a little unhappy. But when you came in, you said that we already knew the news. related to this matter?"

The boy with black pupils immediately nodded his head as Qi Ziyin understood what he said:
"Just now when I came out, I heard from the comrades in charge tonight that the lord of the country seemed to intend to marry the Muyun tribe, so he decided to select a martial arts-strength, unmarried child from among the princes to go with him. The opponent will fight again. No matter the winner or loser, this person will marry Princess Nadi, so—”

"So, they chose me, didn't they..." Before he finished speaking, the boy in white had already guessed the result, and lowered his head resentfully.

"Originally, both the lord of the country and General Baili planned to send that Yu Li to destroy the other party's prestige. However, Jinghai Hou advised that this matter must be done by the blood of the Wang family, so that it can fight for our country Ye. Save some face so that those barbarians do not see them as timid cowards. Second, to clearly inform the other party that the person you send is the future marriage partner, so that it will not be as painful as it is today Killer, goodbye blood."

Jiang Yan didn't know how to persuade the other party for a while, so he had to tell the whole story truthfully, "I don't know when your Uncle Wang and the Lord saw you and me competing in Guihong Garden, and they actually said that I won three years ago. Yu Li, and if you can beat me, you are the best choice among the seven princes."

"So the Lord agreed like this? Why? Why! Isn't Ziyin his favorite son? Could it be that he has the heart to let Ziyin marry that barbaric Shodi princess?!"

Before Qi Ziyin could answer, the red-haired girl who had been silent all this time suddenly jumped up. A few hours ago, she was still thinking about how to ask one of her two companions to have a relationship with those newcomers. Di Wushi decides to compete, but now that the candidate is going to marry Princess Natuya, she is absolutely unwilling.

The black-eyed boy didn't answer any more, and didn't know how to answer.He just looked at the sullen Qi Ziyin in front of him, feeling sympathetic and helpless.After all, if the same thing happened to him, he would rather die than agree.

After a long silence, Qi Ziyin sighed faintly:

"However, it seems that the royal father can only choose me as a concubine. He has seven sons, brother Zixiu is a noble son, and he must not take risks, and the two brothers Ziqi and Zixian are not born of concubine. Marriage, only me and the other three elder brothers have just come of age. Among them, Ziyou's elder brother's martial arts are really not superb. Martial arts..."

Hearing that her companion accepted the arrangement imposed on her, Ning Yue immediately reprimanded:
"Idiot, are you willing to be used as a pawn like this? Ziyin, do you know what it means to your future once you agree! No, let's find Uncle Baili together, or go directly to see your father. You said that the Muyun tribe is now in danger, and marrying them is simply pushing you into the fire pit!"

"How can I not know. But the emperor's order has been issued, even if I go to ask my father now, it will be of no avail..."

The white-clothed boy in front of him just shook his head non-stop, as if resigned to his fate.

"Oh, what's the matter with the three of you? If you have any unhappy things, you have to eat the food before talking about it. This girl Xiaoyue has worked so hard to prepare a large table of dishes, why didn't she take a bite?"

Out of anger, Ning Yue opened her mouth to persuade her again, but suddenly heard someone behind her speak.It turned out that it was Leng Jiayun who came upstairs after hearing the previous dispute.

Seeing the three people sitting in the Accord looking at each other without saying a word, the woman thought they were having a quarrel again, so she hurriedly stepped forward to persuade them.But Qi Ziyin made a long face, and without waiting for Sister Jia to ask any more questions, she got up and saluted and ran downstairs.

Looking at the back of the other party going away, Ning Yue turned her head to look at Jiang Yan who was also at a loss, and then rushed downstairs behind the boy in white.

Leng Jiayun still wanted to ask what happened, but before she could open her mouth, Jiang Yan slammed the chopsticks on the small case, and chased him out without saying a word.Only the woman was left alone facing the table full of dishes with a dazed expression.

Leng Jiayun couldn't help heaving a long sigh, and waited for a long time to see no one turned back, then turned to tidy up, muttering in her mouth: "The children have grown up after all, and they don't want to tell me what's on their minds anymore. ..."

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