Chapter 53: Did you cry for the wrong person?
The deputy general came running and stabbed the horse's belly with his sharp blade.
With a neigh, the snow-red warhorse raised its front hooves high and charged forward, nearly throwing Qi Xin off his horse. Then, with a sudden turn, Qi Xin was flung back, his lower back hitting the hitching post.
The deputy general quickly followed her, and while she was dizzy, he grabbed her left shoulder, pressed his thumb hard into her shoulder socket, and then stabbed her eyes with his bayonet.
Qi Xin felt the pain, and by the time she realized what was happening, the knife's tip was already within reach. Her body was restrained, unable to move, so in this critical moment, she had no choice but to grab the blade with her bare hands.
In an instant, bright red blood flowed down her wrist and dripped onto her cheek. Her cheek trembled slightly and her long eyelashes fluttered uncontrollably.
The soldiers were all shocked to see such a sudden change. On one side was the deputy general who shared the same living and eating ties with them, and on the other side was Princess Jialing, who had a close relationship with their own commander, Shen.
Besides, even if the deputy generals were really at fault, it would be difficult for them to kill their own brothers and sisters under such a huge mental shock. What's more, Princess Jialing's surname is Qi after all. Before the matter of the old Duke is concluded, Qi Xin will always be an outsider.
At this critical moment, Zheng Basu, who was not far away, could no longer wait. He drew his bow and shot an arrow into the palm of the deputy general. The deputy general felt pain and fell to the side.
"Come here, tie him up for me!" In order to prevent the deputy general from causing trouble again, Zheng Basan took two steps forward and pressed him to the ground.
"Zheng, Commander Zheng...this..." No one moved, and a young man who looked like a soldier spoke cautiously.
"Why, my words are no longer effective?" Zheng Ba could actually guess what they were going to say, but some of them were just for the internal spread of the National Salvation Army...
But now he was facing Qi Xin, the person that his own Seventh Master had ordered to protect. In addition, he had a good relationship with Xiao Jiu before. Official business was official business, and as a friend, Zheng Ba didn't want those gossips to really affect her.
After all, they were soldiers led by Chen Yu, and Zheng Ba's style of doing things was very similar to his. He advocated an open and aboveboard attitude and hated those shameless people who crawled around in the dark and gossiped about others. However, his brothers in the Jingguo Army all had the original intention of speaking up for the old Duke, but they were not aware of the other side of this deputy general.
Although everyone was still hesitant to speak, due to Zheng Ba's intimidation, they had to obey even though they were unwilling.
Qi Xin slowly threw away the blade with her remaining blood. She was so frightened that she didn't notice the side of the blade that was rusted by her blood.
She stood up tremblingly, her blood-soaked body swaying in the wind, like a helpless boat drifting in the sea of illusion.
Seeing this, Zheng Ba hurried over to help. Qi Xin glanced at him expressionlessly, then shook off his hand and walked forward.
Zheng Ba hurried over and tried to stop her: "Your Highness, Your Highness, where are you going with such injuries?"
"Where are you going?" Qi Xin looked as if she had heard some ridiculous joke. She turned around and glanced at him, saying, "What does my whereabouts have to do with Commander Zheng?"
Qi Xin could feel that her wound was healing quietly. Although she didn't know why, the pain was real, and she really didn't want to waste any more words on it.
Qi Xin continued to walk forward with her head down, when she bumped into something. She subconsciously touched the wound on her forehead, as if that could heal all the pain.
"Xiaojiu, Xiaojiu, how are you?" Shen Yu looked hurriedly at the bloodstains all over Qi Xin's body. He felt a sharp pain in his eyes. "What happened? How, how did you end up like this?"
Zheng Ba quickly clasped his fists and said, "It was my negligence that allowed the infantry battalion lieutenant to injure Your Highness. I hope that Master Qi will forgive me!"
Qi Xin then realized that Shen Yu was also fully armed, and what he had just hit was the cold iron reinforcement layer on the chest of his wart armor.
Qi Xin rarely saw him in military uniform with his hair tied up like this. Instead, he always saw him with the elegant appearance of a sickly young man. Therefore, he often overlooked his identity as a general. Even though he often called him "General Chen", he had never felt so unfamiliar with him in his heart.
Thinking about it carefully, I had been looking for him before because I was curious about him and relying on my mother's order. But then, I don't know when, there was an inexplicable change in my heart.
Could this be - like?
But now...
Even if Chen Yu himself really cherishes himself, what about the old grudges between them?
The Jingguo Army's attitude toward the Qi family, and consequently, toward himself, was not formed overnight. And Chen Yu's failure to curb it suggests that, no matter how much he feigns, he can't conceal his deep-seated suspicion of his father and resentment toward the entire Qi royal family.
Qi Xin raised the corner of her lip with a dull look in her eyes. She slowly removed Chen Yu's hand from her shoulder and walked out of the camp without a word. She seemed to have forgotten what she was doing there. The feeling that everything she had insisted on was meaningless, like trying to draw water with a bamboo basket, completely in vain.
She felt like she was a joke!
In fact, she didn't care much about this matter at first, or rather, she chose to ignore it.
Qi Xin might not even realize that his feelings towards Shen Yu were quietly changing, bit by bit, deep into his bones...
And she herself was carefully hiding this subtle emotion, because she didn't know whether Chen Yu was good to her because of her mother, her identity, or simply because of herself.
After all, even her own biological parents can use her without scruples. Even though she longs to be loved, it is difficult for her to give her true heart to them.
Ever since what happened with Qi Xin last time, Chen Yu has been feeling a bit addicted.
He is young, but the burden on his shoulders is very heavy, and he never stops for a moment.
After experiencing life and death several times, he took everything lightly except his father's injustice, let alone the love affairs between young men and women, which he never even thought about.
But for some reason, Qi Xin seemed to have no memory of it afterwards, and he was a little confused. However, he was too embarrassed to say it out loud. This made the usually invincible Marshal Shen look like a girl in the boudoir, and he kept thinking about it every day and couldn't figure it out.
Now that he knew Qi Xin had come all the way to find him, it was impossible for him to say that he wasn't moved at all. Commander Shen, who always remained calm even in the face of adversity, wanted to abandon his subordinates who were reporting important military information and rush to find her without stopping.
But reason told him that he couldn't do that.
The main reason is that the military situation is urgent and Qi Xin is already in the camp. There are many mountains and traps here, so no one should dare to act recklessly in his own territory.
Besides, he and Xiao Ba had long known that the deputy general was no ordinary person, so they had already set up defenses. Seeing that the deputy general was isolated and helpless, they planned to wait and see what would happen, and try to lure out the forces behind him. However, the military information was secretive, and only he, Xiao Ba, and Xiao Bai knew about it.
In addition, the subordinate who came to report at that time also said that Xiao Ba had already gone ahead, so Chen Yu never expected that she would be injured like this.
Now, seeing Qi Xin's disheartened look, he thought she was just in pain, so he had no time to question Zheng Ba in detail and just followed her.
"I'm sorry, Xiaojiu. I originally asked you to stay in Shengdu because I thought you would be safer there than following me to Ningbei." Chen Yu paused, "Xiaojiu, even if you are a Super Zero Blood, not to mention that you haven't yet resonated, even if your abilities are already far superior to those of ordinary people, you are outnumbered. What if you are taken advantage of by someone with ulterior motives? And—"
"Oh? So, it was me who influenced the Duke's plan?" Qi Xin interrupted him bluntly, her eyes unconsciously warming up. She suppressed her grievances and stood still without looking back.
Shen Yu's gaze followed her back and landed on her fingertips that were still bleeding.
After all, there was a long and deep cut on the palm of his hand. Even if it healed on its own, it would be difficult to recover to its original state in a short time.
Not to mention that Chen Yu didn't know, even Qi Xin herself didn't quite understand the changes in her body. She just vaguely felt that she was very different from before.
Therefore, Chen Yu's impression was still stuck on the stage where her previous wound was extremely difficult to heal. He touched her fingertips with heartache, mainly because he didn't know whether she had other injuries on her body. He was just worried that his movements would be too big and affect her pain.
Chen Yu knew that in this turbulent time, with military reports coming in frequently, he had to stay away from the main tent for too long, but he really couldn't bear to abandon Qi Xin.
Xiaojiu was injured so badly by that damn deputy general that I really don't feel at ease leaving her to anyone to take care of her.
Shen Yu patiently coaxed, "Xiaojiu, be good. Come back with me first and take care of your wounds, okay?"
"Not good!" Qi Xin was stunned when she blurted out, but she quickly reacted and returned to her lukewarm tone, "Marshal Shen is very busy, how dare I bother you?"
Chen Yu was not used to Qi Xin talking to him like this, so he walked around to her and was about to say something when he noticed that her eyes were slightly wet.
Seeing her like this, Shen Yu couldn't describe the feeling in his heart. He slowly caressed her cheek and lifted her face up, even his voice trembling uncontrollably: "Have you, have you cried?"
"I didn't!" Qi Xin used her less injured left hand to slap Shen Yu's hand away. But the next second, Shen Yu took a big step forward, put his hand on the back of her neck, and gently but firmly controlled her body, and placed a kiss on her right eyelash.
"Be good, come back with me." Shen Yu took advantage of her daze and repeated in a low voice almost pleadingly. Even the heat from his breath was transferred to her face. Qi Xin was at a loss as to what to do, and only felt her eyelids burning.
"Okay?" Shen Yu leaned forward, moved closer, and added.
The coldness of Chen Yu's shoulder armor suddenly stimulated Qi Xin, and she finally came back to her senses. However, he was too close to her, so when she tried to push him away, she brushed against his plump, fleshy lips.
This unexpected event made the two people who had just stood there stunned, not to mention that no one would notice that the blood on Qi Xin's body, which could corrode the blade, had no effect on Shen Yu.
"What are you doing?" Qi Xin's heart was pounding, but she was so angry that she didn't think Chen Yu's behavior of being so close to her could have any other meaning.
"Oh, there are many people who care about me and are willing to work for me. May I ask, in what capacity are you speaking? As my savior? Or—as my former master?"
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The author has something to say: Family members, who understands?
Who said Yingshuo is so bad? I just finished the due date of the previous stage and now I am welcoming a new batch!
Save the child [poor]
ps: Please forgive me for being silent for two months, she is alive now!
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