"Maybe, if I stop caring about you and let you suffer a little, you will find that I am the best person for you."
"Fifth brother..."
Tuoba Mingyue understood and winked.
Two guards strode forward, grabbed Chu Li's shoulders, one on the left and one on the right, and were about to take her away.
"Fifth brother!"
Chu Li didn’t understand Tuoba Mingyue, but he understood Chu Yeli. In this situation, the only way to be safe was to stay with Chu Yeli.
Chu Yeli looked gloomy, stood with his hands behind his back, and didn't look at her.
"Fifth brother! Fifth brother!"
His eyes flickered darkly, and his palms curled up silently, slowly clenched, trying their best to suppress something.
However, amidst the sounds of her struggles and the repeated calls of "Fifth Brother", he finally sighed heavily, strode forward, pinched the back of her neck and pressed her into his arms.
"Brother Yeli?"
"I will personally judge my people."
After he finished speaking, he carried her on his horse and rode ahead.
Tuoba Mingyue stood there in shock, sneer- ing lightly.
He was soft-hearted after all.
He just couldn't bear to see her suffer any hardship or get hurt.
Did he think that she would hurt Chu Li?
"Princess, His Highness Dong Ling has gone far away..." Xiang Yue looked at the princess's gloomy expression and felt a little bit reluctant. Naturally, she hated Chu Li who interfered even more.
"What can I do?"
"It's been more than ten years, and I still haven't been able to get into his heart. What can I do? But Xiangyue, I have no choice but to do this. In order to conquer Southern Xinjiang and consolidate the royal power, I have to cooperate with him."
Tuoba Mingyue looked dazed:
"Sometimes, I can't even tell whether I love him, am unwilling to give in, or am I using him."
Xiang Yue said bitterly:
"Princess, you are very outstanding, and His Highness Dong Ling is not a heartless and ungrateful person. One day, he will discover your goodness."
"That's all."
Tuoba Mingyue raised his head and wiped the corners of his eyes. "Tell the troops to continue to rush to the border camps day and night."
At this time, on the other side.
The horses galloped at such a speed that they seemed to be flying under the trampling of the ground. The clattering sound broke through the darkness of the night, so rapid was its pace.
Chu Li could hardly open his eyes because of the strong wind.
Behind her, the man was holding her, but the aura around him was extremely cold, without a trace of warmth, freezing her. No matter how uncomfortable she felt, she had to endure it.
The horses are galloping.
Chu Li didn't know how long he had been running in the night. He just felt like several days and nights. He finally slowed down and slowly stopped.
At the horizon, dawn is about to break.
They arrived outside the frontier military camp.
The horse stood halfway up the mountain and looked out from this height. The camp below was filled with white tents, like densely packed ants.
"Xiaojiu."
After a night of silence, Chu Yeli's voice became a little hoarse, "Look."
"Five miles from the military camp is the Southern Frontier. If you want to return to Great Chu, I will capture that place and give it to you, and we can go back together."
Chu Li stayed up all night and looked over with sore eyes.
At dawn, the sun rises, and the warm golden light slowly covers the earth, bringing a feeling of warmth. At this moment, the early morning is quiet and the mountains and rivers are peaceful.
But she felt bitter when she thought that all this was just the calm before the storm.
"Fifth brother, is this the only way you can go?"
"yes."
Chu Yeli looked exhausted, with green stubble growing on his chin. "Xiaojiu, there is more to life than just living."
"Everyone has his or her own purpose and direction. Only by working hard towards it and moving closer to it can one find the meaning of life. If one lives just for the sake of living, then one is no different from being a walking corpse."
Chu Li turned around and said, "But the Southern Barbarians cannot defeat the Great Chu!"
She said:
"For so many years, the Nanman couldn't even invade Southern Xinjiang, let alone Great Chu! This time, the Nanman has no chance of winning."
Chu Yeli said:
"That was in the past."
Today, the Chu State is in internal chaos, the government is in turmoil, and the country is unstable. The Regent has to stabilize the country and keep it safe. Besides, Chu Li is still in his hands.
He has a great chance of winning.
What's more, the Nanman also has a specially trained secret army.
This army will be invincible.
"But if you die..."
"If I die, you will be able to return to the regent. You should be looking forward to it, right?"
"Fifth brother, I have never thought of it this way."
"You not only think so, but you also do it." He pinched her chin, "You always make me sad."
"Fifth brother..."
"Don't look at me like that, Xiaojiu. Take a good look at this land. I will attack it, just like the people of the Chu royal family who conquered my country and massacred my family and my people. I will kill them all."
Every word the man said was gentle, but he was carrying a knife, so he killed people without being seen.
Chu Li's eyes gradually turned cold as she looked at him with her amber eyes. Without arguing any more, she took out the handkerchief from her arms and wiped the blood off his forehead.
His body froze slightly.
"It hurts, right?"
"Let's go down quickly and find the military doctor to get some medicine and bandage it... Okay."
He squeezed her hand and said, "Stop pretending to be nice to me, Xiaojiu. With me, you don't need to pretend. You can show your true self. Even if you disobey me and betray me every day, I won't hurt you in the slightest."
Chu Li looked at him, twisted her wrist, slowly and forcefully broke free from the shackles, and continued to wipe him.
Chu Yeli's eyes couldn't help but shake slightly.
I want to push it away, but I am still attached to it...
I hate being so unprincipled, yet I can't resist this warmth.
Xiaojiu, you always know how to control me.
What should I do with you?
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tread!
Trample!
The soldiers formed into a square formation, and the sound of their marching footsteps was neat and uniform, rising straight into the sky, very majestic and solemn. They were seen wearing light armor, holding spears, wearing helmets on their heads, revealing a pair of eyes.
However, their eyes were an abnormal dark blue color, and their wooden eyeballs were staring straight ahead.
Lift your foot and put it down; lift your foot and move forward.
The overly uniform and orderly movements made them look like puppets.
The army pressed forward.
At this time, Chu Yeli had just brought Chu Li into the military camp, and she saw the army whose bodies were all infected with witchcraft.
My heart sank.
They are coming!
These monsters cannot be killed, are not afraid of pain, and are not afraid of bleeding.
"What are you looking at?"
"Nothing." Chu Li narrowed his eyes slightly.
"Have you seen it before?"
“Never.”
Chu Yeli suddenly grabbed the silver chain on her wrist and pulled her into his arms, "What haven't you seen?"
He hasn't even said what it is, and she says she's never seen it?
If they were ordinary soldiers, there would be soldiers everywhere in Southern Xinjiang and the military camps. How could she not have seen them?
Has she ever seen this witchcraft army?
Chu Li pinched her fingertips calmly, amazed by his sharp mind.
"I haven't seen anything. If it weren't for my fifth brother bringing me to Nanman, I would never have seen these in my life. Military camps, trenches, ladders... I have never seen them."
Chu Yeli looked at her with gentle eyes, but it was as if there was a knife hidden in the cotton. If she was not careful, he would explore her thoroughly.
He seemed to be wondering whether what she said was true or not.
After a moment, he brought her into the tent, locked a thin silver chain to the pillar at the head of the bed, and shackled her wrist with the other end, thus restraining Chu Li in a limited space.
"Fifth brother!"
"Stay here obediently. With Brother Five here, you won't be in danger."
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