Chapter 163: Twelve Lady Goes North Alone
Jin Sui's voice was not loud, but it was deafening to Yan Jiu's ears, and it shocked him greatly. He could tell that it was Jin Sui's true words, not perfunctory or deliberately packaging private feelings as righteousness.
It turns out that there are such women in the world! No, even among thousands of men, few can compare with Miss Ji in terms of righteousness.
Yan Jiu stood up and bowed: "Miss Ji's words make Yan Jiu ashamed, I apologize to you."
Jin Sui chuckled and said, "Why should you apologize? I think it's better to raise your doubts openly, rather than guessing in your heart.
We haven't had a good chat all along the way, so since we're talking about this, let's talk it out all at once.
I know what Yan Jiu is worried about. You think I have a romantic relationship with Gu Changxiao and you are worried that I will act on impulse in the Northern Frontier.
I can assure you that I will never mess around."
Yan Jiu sighed in his heart, Miss Ji had not guaranteed that she would not fall in love with Gu Changxiao.
Of course he could understand that, because no one could guarantee this.
Just like him, if someone had told him a few months ago that he would fall in love with a eccentric and eccentric woman, he would have thought that the other person was crazy.
This seemingly weak Miss Ji was the one who had burned the Tartars with fire and killed Zheng Yun with a knife. Where in the world could there be another girl like her?
And her words just now seemed to open a brand new door for him. Although he didn't know what was behind that door, his blood was already boiling.
Compared with Miss Ji's thoughts, he seemed like a frog in a well. All along, everything he thought, thought, and did was for the Yan family, and on a larger scale, it was Yanzhou and Yandi.
Like all the nobles in Yan, he always felt that even if the Great Xia court and the Northern Frontier fought to the death, it would not have much impact on Yan, or on the nobles.
For example, the Yan family, whose genealogy can be traced back to the pre-Qin period, has remained the head of Yan despite the successive dynasties. This has also created the high status of the gentry, who look down on others with no regard for others.
The dynasty was nothing in their eyes, let alone the common people.
But the emergence of the border town made Yan Jiu vaguely feel that if the gentry did not change, they would eventually be defeated by another force, a force he had not yet recognized.
Today, Miss Ji told him that it was the power of faith, which surpassed the power of love.
The wheels rolled forward, the waves surged, and as the head of the Yanzhou nobles, what could Yan Jiu do? Seeing that he was in deep thought, Jin Sui left the room without disturbing him.
She sincerely hoped that Yan Jiu could realize that cooperating with Gu Changxiao was not just helping Gu Changxiao alone, but was about saving the people living in the border areas and rebuilding the backbone of Yan.
When she came to bring hot water again, Yan Jiu realized the awkwardness. The two of them could sleep in a large carriage, but sleeping in the same room and the same bed had a completely different meaning.
The inn was too small and there were not enough rooms. He was the only one who had a separate room, and the other rooms were already crowded with people who had beds on the floor.
Yan Jiu stood up quickly and said, "I didn't think it through. Miss Ji will stay in this room tonight. I will go back to sleep in the carriage."
Jin Sui has to agree to this. Tomorrow the Yan family guards will spread the news that she and Yan Jiu are having an affair.
Sleeping on a bunk bed with others on a train is completely different from sleeping on a double bed in a hotel.
She said hurriedly, "I'll live in the carriage. Jiulang, please don't refuse me, otherwise I'd rather sleep on the floor next door. Anyway, I also slept on the floor when I was in the Black Feather Camp."
Yan Jiu hugged the quilt and left: "Then I'll sleep on the floor."
Jin Sui was speechless. How could you, a person who would show disgust even if a grain of rice fell on your doormat, tolerate sleeping on the floor with others?
"If Jiulang is so bothered by these details, then I'd better ride in the same carriage with Liuyun!"
These words made Yan Jiu stop in his tracks. How boring it would be without Miss Ji accompanying him along the way!
Jin Sui successfully persuaded him to let her sleep in the carriage, a large carriage that would not split into two halves if the curtains were not drawn, and in which one could roll around if one spread out one's arms and legs.
Especially after taking a bath in the space and rolling onto the thick animal skin blanket, it is so comfortable that one almost forgets that one is in the icy and snowy northern border.
Before going to bed, I couldn't help but wonder, where are Gu Changxiao and the others? Where is Twelve Niang? Can I sleep well tonight?
The answer is no. Then Twelve Niang lit a bonfire, heated rice wine, set up the tent, and scolded Gu Changxiao as usual, saying that it was this vixen who hid the prince!
What real or fake Li Wang? I don't believe it! It must be a fox spirit who imprisoned the prince and made up nonsense.
Han Xing, this idiot, actually believed it! They were unwilling to save the prince, so he could only rely on himself.
Your Majesty, just wait! I will definitely rescue you from the vixen!
Just after taking a sip of rice wine, my whole body warmed up. Then I heard a frightening yet familiar growl coming from the wilderness. It was a wolf! Twelve Niang drew out the sword from her waist. This was a fine iron sword she bought specially from the border town. It could cut bones like cutting mud. Along the way, she had killed several lone wolves with this sword.
When she stood up, she found that the situation was different this time. It was not a lone wolf, but a pack of wolves!
While drinking rice wine in big gulps, she took out a fish oil firearm from her arms, jumped on her horse, and galloped away. When the wolves chased her near the campfire, she threw the fish oil in her hand into the fire with force.
After a loud "boom", the sky was filled with fire. The wolves were frightened and retreated whimpering.
Twelve Lady clapped her hands and laughed on horseback: "You still want to eat me? Tonight I will eat roasted wolf meat!"
Suddenly, she felt a chill on her back, and the hair on her neck stood up. A rough laugh came to her ears: "What do you think, big brother? I'll let her have the treasure!"
"If you dare to walk alone on the northern border, you would have died long ago if you didn't have any treasures on you! What a good thing! Such a small thing can cause such a big fire."
"I heard that a large army of Tartars was burned to death by the King of Li using thunder and fire at the border of Yandi, and a city was also burned down! Could this be it?"
Yan Twelve Niang forced herself to remain calm, turned around with a smile, and greeted the three people with a bow: "Hello, brothers."
At the same time, while the three men were admiring the burning of the wolves and regarded her as a sure thing, she slapped her horse's buttocks and galloped away to the north with all her might.
The three of them were not surprised but happy. This is interesting. The little girl was scared and waited for you to catch her, just like catching a sheep. What fun is there? It is only interesting to catch a girl like a lone wolf and see her desperate face when she is in a desperate situation! Yan Shier Niang ran wildly. Fortunately, it didn't snow in the past few days, and much of the snow on the ground had been eaten into the sand, so the road was easy to identify.
She cursed Han Xing in her heart. The prince asked you to suppress the bandits before, and you said that the bandits on the border had been suppressed. How come there are still so many? If Han Xing heard it, he could only sigh in silence and could not say anything.
Miss, I am suppressing the bandits near the border town, not the bandits in the northern border!
If you encounter bandits on the way to Chang'an, will you blame me for not eliminating them completely? Twelve Niang didn't have time to curse too much, because the horse bandits caught up with her. They deliberately didn't shoot cold arrows, as if to tease her. They swung the lasso rope, first around the horse's neck, but was cut off by the quick-eyed and quick-handed Twelve Niang with a knife.
The second person trapped Twelve Lady and said with a laugh, "Whatever I trap is mine!"
"Haha, the woman is yours, I only want her sword!"
Twelve Niang was pulled off the horse by him. Fortunately, she knew kung fu, otherwise an ordinary woman would have died from the fall.
After dragging the rope on the ground for dozens of meters, Twelve Niang finally found an opportunity to cut the rope, but her horse had already run away.
Twelve Niang wiped her bleeding cheek and said, "It didn't matter if the horse ran away. She could just kill them and steal their horses."
They confronted each other with knives. She was not good at knife skills, as she had practiced with whips before. But she had a precious sword and a few firearms. She still didn't believe that she couldn't kill the three of you horse bandits!
As Yan Jiu said, this journey alone north did teach Twelve Niang a lot, but she did not learn a lesson as she expected. Instead, she became more bold and fearless.
There was no way, since her idol was the fake King Li. Whenever she thought of what the prince had done, Twelve Niang felt that the current difficulties were nothing.
At the same time, Han Xing was leading a team of scouts to investigate. They were looking for local herdsmen. Captain Huang held the telescope given by Jin Sui as pious as if he was holding a treasure from the gods.
Even though he had boasted to Han Xing a hundred times, he still continued to show off: "See? Press here, and you can see clearly even in the middle of the night."
Han Xing also echoed the same sentiment a hundred times: "How amazing! I wish I had asked... Taoist Xiao Ji for one at that time."
Hei Hu and his friends would still call him Prince Jin Sui in private, but Han Xing consciously changed his words because it would be disadvantageous to Taoist Xiao Ji.
"Oh! There's a horse in front. Look at the saddle. It's our Daxia's!"
Han Xing instantly turned into a robber and snatched the telescope from Captain Huang's hand. He looked carefully at the warhorse that was running away in fear, with half a hemp rope around its neck.
He hurriedly said: "Someone, stop that horse!"
It was indeed Daxia's horse. They and the prince were anxiously waiting for Cheng Yu's letter! Otherwise, the team would have been faster.
When the two soldiers stopped the horses, they all became anxious: "Did the messenger encounter bandits? Look at the broken end of the hemp rope, it's still new, they should be nearby."
Only Han Xing's anxiety was different from others, because he found a familiar whip stuck in the saddle, which had whipped him many times.
I couldn't help but mutter: "Impossible, this is impossible."
Captain Huang pushed him and asked, "What's wrong? Do you know who it is?"
Han Xing climbed onto his own horse and said to the big black horse, "Take us to find your master."
Naturally, he did not return the telescope to Captain Huang, and even said to him, "Let's search separately! Send someone to inform the prince."
Captain Huang chased after him and shouted, "Give me back the telescope!"
Han Xing turned a deaf ear to him, paying attention to the horse hoof prints on the ground and praying that the big black horse could lead him on the right path.
Twelve Niang, whether it is you or not, you must be safe! Fortunately, the big black horse was brought correctly. When Han Xing appeared in front of Yan Twelve Niang with a spear in hand and two horses, she felt that she was dreaming.
And because too much blood flowed, her head began to feel dizzy, and the blood flowing from her forehead blurred her eyes, making her feel as if she saw cold stars with thousands of stars.
He called out tentatively, "Han Xing?"
Han Xing jumped on his horse, cut the rope on Yan Shier Niang with one spear, and knocked her off the bandit's horse.
Twelve Niang was lifted high into the air. Han Xing slapped the horse's back and jumped up, catching her in mid-air.
Unfortunately, because the young woman who had been following them for three days had too many firearms, the first three horse bandits were burned and blew bone whistles to call for more companions.
Now they were surrounded by more than twenty horse bandits.
Han Xing didn't ask why Twelve Niang appeared here? Instead, he glared at these people, how dare you hurt her!
Han Xing pulled a piece of hemp rope and tied Twelve Lady to his back. He wiped the blood off her face with his cloak and said softly:
"Don't sleep, I'm going to kill them!"
Twelve Lady laughed: "Kill them all! Don't let any one go."
Han Xing also smiled, and at the same time felt relieved, because he didn't know how long Twelve Niang had been tortured, and he was afraid that if he hadn't come, the girl would have been able to grit her teeth and persevere with her proud character.
But after being rescued, he felt relieved and fell into a deep sleep, and never woke up again.
This is a common way for people in cold lands to die, dying with a smile on their face in their sleep.
Looking at Twelve Niang’s spirit, there’s no need to worry that she won’t be able to hold on.
Han Xing made a dashing spear pose on horseback. He had broad shoulders and a thin waist, and wore the fish-scale silver armor specially made for him by Taoist Xiao Ji. He looked like a god of war descending from the sky.
Although there was only one man and one gun, the vicious bandit, who had just been playing with a lamb, now looked fearful.
Not only was he afraid of the person in front of him, he was also afraid of his identity.
"He is a general of the Xia army? Are there troops from the Great Xia passing through?"
Han Xing naturally would not answer them. He kicked the horse's belly and, while galloping, he picked up a man with one spear. His arm strength was so strong that it was terrifying.
Soon the spear pierced the three bandits like a string of candied haws. He thrust the spear into the ground with great force, and the spear remained standing.
What's even more terrifying is that the bandit on the gun was still alive and wailing with his hands and feet twitching, as if the cry was coming from hell.
The other bandits were frightened and retreated one after another, and some even wanted to turn their horses around and escape.
Someone yelled, "He has no weapon! Quick, kill him!"
Han Xing turned his head to look at Twelve Niang on his back. He was afraid that the young lady had fallen asleep, and he was also afraid that his violent and shocking killing method would scare the young lady.
Little did she know that Yan Shier Niang felt a little ashamed at the moment. As expected, every time she hit Han Xing before, Han Xing would just let her play with him.
With his fighting power, how could he not avoid her whip! She didn't think there was anything wrong with Han Xing's violent killing of bandits. She had seen more horrifying corpses, such as the sea of corpses hanging in the woods and the Tartars burned to death in the old border town.
She had just been beaten all over by these bandits, and she wanted to cut them into pieces. Han Xing was avenging her, so how could she be afraid? Hearing the bandits say that Han Xing had no weapons, Shi Er Niang pointed to a precious sword stuck on the ground and said, "Go get the sword, it's my sword."
Han Xing shook his head, reached into his waist, and pulled out a crossbow. With two crisp clicks, he said softly, "Close your eyes."
Twelve Lady shook her head: "I'm not afraid! I've already burned them once."
Han Xing smiled: "Miss Yan is indeed a heroine."
Twelve Niang puffed out her chest proudly, and suddenly found herself pressed tightly against Han Xing's back. Her face immediately turned red. At the same time, she discovered that our Lord Han, who killed people without blinking an eye, had bright red ears.
It was hard to tell whether it was red from the cold or because the girl on his back was pressed too closely.
He pressed his finger and aimed at the group of horse bandits who were preparing to escape. After a loud 'bang', both the men and horses were shaken and flew into the air.
The fire spread quickly, and everyone lost interest in fighting and shouted, "Run! Run!"
A horn sounded, and a group of Xia soldiers appeared howling and surrounded them. Captain Huang and his men arrived.
It was just a boring journey all the way. The soldiers had no other fun except entertaining Eunuch Zhou. Now that they found the horse bandits, they all rushed to kill them.
Seeing that he didn't have to do it himself, Han Xing hurriedly tried to bandage Twelve Niang's wound, but he saw that the girl, who was so energetic just now, had fallen limply on his shoulder.
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