Yu Dan's anger turned into a smile, "Don't mention him, I'll take you to find birds, you don't have to call me prince at all".
While bowing, the two of us walked amidst the bushes so as not to be seen, we tried hard not to make any sound, after walking silently for a while, we heard a soft voice from the side, we both looked at each other, then quietly got up. , but what we saw made me and Yu Dan dare not budge.
Yu Dan's mother and A Die were sitting shoulder to shoulder, both of their faces were white as death, Yu Dan's mother's tears fell, she suddenly leaned on A Die's shoulder, then burst into tears in a muffled voice.
I wonder, who dared to abuse her, why didn't she go find Shanyu and complain tearfully to him? Yu Dan's hand that was holding mine was shaking, he pulled my hand and was about to leave, but A Die's voice was heard asking loudly, "Who is it?" I was scared and wanted to run quickly, but strangely at that time Yu Dan didn't want to go and instead pulled me out of the bushes, with a deathly pale face, he stood in front of A Die and his mother calmly.
A Die looked at me and Yu Dan, there was sadness in her eyes, but the empress's face was calm, she blankly looked at us for a while, then unexpectedly, she raised her head and left, not looking back at all.
I looked at A Die, then looked at Yu Dan, at first I was very scared, but now I just felt annoyed, stomping my feet, I said, "What are you guys looking at? Just like crickets complaining, glaring at each other. Yu Dan , if you want to know, just ask, A Die, if you want to give an explanation, talk".
A Die opened his mouth, but just as he was about to speak, Yu Dan threw out my hand, like smoke in the wind, he ran and disappeared. A Die took a deep breath, after standing without saying anything for a while, he pulled me and walked away, "I told you to memorize the book carefully, why did you run out?"
I pulled her arm, half of my body was pulled by her, so I could only take a step by hopping on one leg, "I'm tired of memorizing the book, and it happened that the crown prince was looking for me to play, so I went. Just now, why is the empress crying while leaning on her back?" your shoulder? Why is the crown prince so angry?"
A Die smiled bitterly and said, “This business between men and women, even if I talk about it, you won't understand.”
"If you don't talk, I even don't understand anymore, don't you often say that I don't understand human feelings? Now is the time to teach me!"
A Die stroked my hair, then invited me to sit by the lake, her eyes were directed to the lake water, but her eyes looked empty and hopeless, "I and the empress had known each other since childhood, at that time she was not yet a princess, just a a mere official's family girl, neither am I right now, but a young man full of ambition, me and him……me and him.”
I softly said, "'The knight and the maiden, joking with each other, present a peony flower', you and him present a peony flower to each other".
A Die patted me on the back and said, "You have read and understood the book of Shijing, the gifts we give each other are not peonies, but the meaning is the same".
"Then why is she now the wife of the Shanyu? Why can't she be your wife? After gifting each other peonies, you two will become a pair of birds flying in pairs?"
A Die laughed softly, "Why? Should I tell the long or short version?" Although he laughed, but hearing it, I felt a little scared. I went to his side and buried my head in his lap.
"From the perspective of state affairs, because at that time the Han Dynasty could not defeat the Xiongnu nation, for the safety of the common people, and to avoid loss of life, the imperial family had to carry out heqin[], but the emperor was unwilling to part with his own daughters, so he chose a daughter from among the ordinary officials who was beautiful in appearance and gifted, gave her the title of princess, and married her to the Xiongnu. As for myself, I was cowardly and too cautious, and dared not go against the decree that exiled her to the ends of the world, neither could she. If she had disappointed her father and mother, therefore, she was forced to become Shanyu's wife. If the Shanyu treated her well, even though the Xiongnu people were not yet cultured and backward, and didn't understand the rules of manners, that would be fine. But the Shanyu was a leaki who didn't understand how to admire flowers, so that the empress cried because she was helpless to change her own destiny.
The crown prince was angry because after all, he was a Xiongnu and couldn't understand many things, and couldn't understand his mother's sorrow.” A Die sighed softly, “If I was born a few years later, when the current emperor is in power, maybe everything wouldn't be what it is now."
I felt that those words were familiar to my ears. After thinking for a while, I remembered that two years earlier, on that Yizhixie engagement day, on that hillside he sighed softly and regretted himself for not having been born a few years earlier, so he can't fight the emperor of the Han Dynasty, and can only watch the Han Dynasty expand westward. It turns out that an emperor of the Han Dynasty can make A Die and Yizhixie want to be born sooner or later.
When A Die saw me thinking seriously, he asked, "Do you understand?"
"Half-half, I can understand what you said about the emperor and Shanyu, Han Dynasty and Xiongnu, but I don't understand why Yu Dan is so angry, I will think about it carefully later, so that I can persuade Yu Dan not to be angry. A Die, you told me memorize these books, is it because you don't want me to just be a flower?"
"That's right, I'm not looking for someone to teach you to sew and embroider, and also not teach you to cook and take care of the household, I don't know whether what I'm doing is right or not. All those skills belong to the empress, but she is still persecuted, in the palace I can help Yu Dan is doing his best to seize power, but I am powerless to interfere in the affairs of the back palace".
While shaking A Die's arm and looking at him, I said, "I don't want to be a gentle flower, I want to be a big tall tree, I won't let anyone abuse me."
A Die stroked my hair, "Your temperament really doesn't look like a flower, so I even more want you to be alert and pay attention to human nature, and be able to maneuver. If you are only strong, but don't want to pay attention to others, You won't be able to protect yourself, then, you really are better off staying among the wolves."
I quietly muttered to myself, "Who wants to be human?"
A Die smiled and said, "Still grumbling secretly again, now that you've become a human and you can't go back, try your best to become a human!"
I thought silently for a while, then suddenly cheered up, "After Yu Dan becomes a Shanyu, won't the empress be able to marry you?"
A Die looked at the lakeside for a while, then slowly shook his head, "When Yu Dan becomes Shanyu, I will have brought you back to Zhongyuan, you are my daughter, obviously can't stay in Xiongnu. I just told you to learn to write Han and read the scriptures." - The book of Han, and didn't have you learn Xiongnu for this reason. She...she will become the queen mother, Yu Dan is a filial son, her life will be very good".
I asked in surprise, "Why didn't you marry the empress? Don't you want to marry her? The Xiongnu nation doesn't have as many rules as the Han people, so the Xiongnu nation's empress will be able to marry you!"
"Once missed, it will be missed for life. In many things in human life, there is no chance to turn around." A Die spoke almost muttering to himself, I shook his arm, "Why can't it turn around?"
"Once we return to Zhongyuan and you have grown up, ask me again". A Die pulled me up, "Let's go home! Today's lesson can't be lacking at all, otherwise don't even think about eating".
After that, not even a year later, Junchen Shanyu unexpectedly passed away…..
I suddenly got up, took a deep breath, then looked at the sun that was rising on the eastern horizon. Turns out I still can't remember all those past memories calmly, and still feel sad about it.
The past is like a bonfire that has almost died out on the ground, leaving only jet-black ashes, but if you want to directly brush away the ashes, your hands will burn, but one day, the ashes will definitely cool down too.
A Die's last advice rang in my ears, "Yu Jin, A Die apologizes to you, I thought I could see you get married and give birth to children, but now A Die can't accompany you home
Zhongyuan, go home alone. This time you are a rabbit, and they are wolves, you must run, run with all your might, run to Zhongyuan and you will be safe. You will definitely live, promise A Die, no matter what you face, you must try your best to live, and live happily, A Die's only goal is for you to live well".
The sun happily jumped over the meadow, while facing the beautiful sunshine, I said softly, "A Die, my life is very good, very happy, you are happy with the empress, Yu Dan, you too."
A Die always didn't want me to turn into a wolf, always yearned for me to return to Zhongyuan, but actually, even if I didn't escape to Zhongyuan, I would be safe. In Xiyu earth, no one can catch me at this time, even if he is Yizhixie, Shanyu kingdom current Xiongnu.
Lang Xiong got up to welcome the rising sun, under the sunlight the silvery fur all over his body glistened. It raised its head, stretched its neck and howled, its long howl echoing between heaven and earth. I also howled to accompany Lang Xiong, with a face full of smiles I raised a pair of hands, as if to hug the sun, embrace the new day.
Small birds in the forest flew away, shrieking as they dashed into the blue sky. Amidst the cold mist, the dawn's rays accompanied the joyful dance of the fallen leaves in the middle of the forest, violet clouds floated in the sky with the birds. While laughing out loud I kicked Lang Xiong, "Let's see, who gets to Yueya Quan first". Before the howling finished, I had hunted down to the spring.
Within three years, Lang Xiong had grown to be as tall as my waist. I call him Lang Xiong not at all because he is older than me, Lang Xiong is just a nickname I randomly invented. Actually, when I returned to Lang Xiong's side, he was not even a year old, a small wolf who had just started hunting on his own, but now he is the king of our wolf pack. Even though I kicked him a lot behind the wolves' backs, I actually respected him a lot.
Lang Xiong seemed to sense what I was thinking, he snorted a few times at the surface of the water in annoyance, then looked down and drank the water. Lang Xiong has always thought of himself as the most handsome and dashing wolf under the heavens. His fighting prowess is second to none. As soon as he saw him, the male wolves immediately bowed to him, while the female wolves immediately floundered. and thought, after he was born, why should I also be born in this world?
In order to easily tell them apart, I tried to give each wolf a name based on their age and sex, namely wolf number one, two, three…and so on, until there were countless more. When I just arrived, I only needed the name 'wolf ninety nine', but now that Lang Xiong and I have been crisscrossing all over, I can't count anymore and only remember that the last wolf is 'wolf number nineteen. thousand nine hundred and ninety nine', and that incident had occurred almost two years ago. When I realized that when I saw a wolf it took me a long time to remember their name, I couldn't help but give up my attempts to name them.
Years ago, the Qin Dynasty used the tactic of 'fight enemies near and befriend those far' and finally succeeded in uniting the world. I'm a human after all, my nose can't be compared with Lang Xiong's, for me, remembering every wolf's face is really difficult.
If A Die knew that I applied the strategy he taught me to the wolves, would he either laugh or cry? If I had understood a bit earlier, and could help A Die, would things have turned out like this?
"Dunhuang in the fourth month is beautiful, dressed beautifully by Yueya Quan...", Lang Xiong who was lying lazily beside me glanced at me coldly, after snorting out loud, he condescendingly closed his eyes, as I didn't think that he was extraordinarily handsome, nor did Lang Xiong think that my face was beautiful. Compared to the mother wolf whose fur glistened in the water, lest I look ugly in the wolf's eyes.
I glared at him angrily, while braiding my hair, I sang, "Yueya Quan's water is so clear, I threw a stone to see how deep it is, I want to hit the wolf but it screams at its claws, my heart is wavering"
When I reflected in the water, the sparkling water ripples reflected the image of a beautiful woman. Within three years, the little girl A Die has turned into a beautiful princess. Although I can't praise myself as a princess, I know that I am beautiful. I drew a cute face on the surface of the water, then nodded satisfactorily, then howled, to signal Lang Xiong to turn back. Lang Xiong grunted, then jogged in front of me.
We stood on a high place in Mingsha Shan, looking at a group of merchants in the distance walking on a winding road, it seemed they were getting ready to set up camp and rest. I thought about my almost finished salt and tattered dress, I squatted down, then with a very sweet face looked at Lang Xiong,
as soon as he saw my very strange face, he suddenly backed away, his face scrunched up and he looked at me with annoyance.
I slowly growled at him, telling him to go home first, I intended to rob the merchant's party. Without being able to do anything, he glanced at me, he felt that I was not up for negotiation at all, finally, he signaled that he would follow me. I rushed forward and hugged his neck smiling, he closed his eyes, pretended he didn't like my hug, but he pressed his body tightly against mine.
Since leaving A Die, no one has stretched out their arms to hug me, but luckily I have Lang Xiong, even though he can't hug me, I can hug him.
The two of us stealthily approached the merchant group's encampment. The group was very small, only about ten people. I was amazed, I had never seen such a small group before. What do they trade? I kept thinking about this, so Lang Xiong became impatient, from behind he bit my buttocks lightly, I was embarrassed and angry at the same time, I turned around and pinched his ear.
When he saw that I was really angry, he tilted his head, his big eyes sparkling, he didn't understand at all. I couldn't help but sigh softly, the mighty wolf king accompanied me here to steal the chicken, I was only a little girl and couldn't fight a big wolf, but this time let him. I sternly warned him not to touch my butt again, otherwise I won't allow him to eat the grilled meat, after speaking, I turned and looked back at the merchant troupe.
A large man dressed in black nimbly lifted a wheelchair,
while another man dressed in purple bent down and drew back the curtains of the carriage, something glistening white came into my sight.
The white color was not as sparkling as snow, but soft, comfortable and serene, as if illuminated by the moonlight of the autumn night, the white color was slightly yellowish. The face of a young man slowly appeared clearly, his eyebrows and eyes were clear like the ripples of a sparkling calm river, his stature was graceful like an orchid or a cauliflower. He just sat quietly, but I felt that I had seen the bright moon rising from Tian Shan, and felt the spring breeze caressing the Gobi Desert.
The purple clothed man stretched out his hand, about to support the young man in the carriage to get off, but while smiling faintly, the young man gently pushed his hand away, resting on his own pair of hands, he slowly inched off the carriage. In disbelief I opened my eyes wide and looked at him, was Heaven jealous of this human who was so perfect?
When he moved from the edge of the carriage to the wheelchair, the wheelchair slipped a little on the sand, but luckily he managed to hold it by holding on to the roof of the horse carriage. The tall man in purple clothes reached out several times to help him, but after being glanced at by the man in black, he withdrew his hand.
An ordinary person only needed to jump when he got off the carriage, but the young man had to struggle for half a cup of tea, however, from the beginning to the end, a smile always played on his lips, the movements that were actually sad were carried out with grace, even though in a hurry -Hurry, he stays calm. The young man looked up and looked at the four corners of the hilly Mingsha Shan, then turned his eyes to Yueya Quan who was curved and lying peacefully in the middle of the sand mountain. The tears reflect the bright blue sky, sparkling clear like a flamingo. A flash of awe flashed in his eyes. For thousands of years, the yellow sand has been rolling, but it can't swallow up the spring that is curved like a crescent moon.
The sky is blue, the sand is yellow, the water is green, there is no wind blowing, no sound, the serene scenery that I am used to seeing, because of the white shirt, becomes softer, it turns out that the natural scenery can feel lonely.
I stared at him so that I forgot my purpose in coming there. Suddenly I realized why I was there, for a moment I hesitated, stole or not? I immediately felt that there was no reason against me doing it. That young man would draw everyone's attention to him, how could I pass up such a good opportunity like this?
The burly man in black and the burly man in purple stood behind the youth like a pair of iron pagodas, unmoving. Other people were busy, setting up camp, building fires and cooking. I made sure that no one paid any attention to us, then motioned for Lang Xiong to wait for me at this place. Slowly, I crept toward their camels. I would find out what they were selling, see if they had anything I wanted, lest I have to wait for them to eat to find out where the salt was stored, otherwise it would be very difficult to find.
In the Gobi Desert most merchant groups rely on camels for long journeys carrying their wares. Camels are docile, from the past I have known their character, besides, from the wolves, I have learned the art of moving secretly, they are very difficult to find me, but because I was careless, it turns out I forgot the horses to pull their carriage. His reins had been removed, and he was casually eating hay. When I just approached the camels, it seemed that they didn't pay attention to me, but the smelly horse suddenly raised its head and gave a long neigh, unexpectedly, horses can also use martial arts, it turns out that they know the trick to lure the enemy in and then catch them with one blow. o'clock.
The two burly men dressed in black and purple immediately blocked in front of the young man in white, while the other men ran towards me and surrounded me. I glared at the smelly horse, his eyes were clearly full of laughter, but I couldn't make calculations with him, the important thing was to run away. I ran out quickly, silently Lang Xiong suddenly jumped up and pounced on the two men chasing me.
Just as Lang Xiong and I were about to flee, a soft and somewhat indifferent voice rang behind me, "Miss, if you insist on escaping, the seven arrows that can be shot one after another in my crossbow won't do any harm to me." used".
My footsteps slowed, then stopped. Lang Xiong immediately turned towards me and growled softly, he didn't understand that we were in trouble. Unable to do anything, I frowned, told him to flee first, then turned around and blocked his body.
The young man in white was holding a small crossbow made of iron. Seeing me turn around, he lowered the crossbow that was aiming at me, then studied me. The man in purple beside him pointed at the wolf's head stamped on their camel's rump with his thumb, then laughed sarcastically and said, "Are you blind or have you eaten bear guts? How dare you attack us? As soon as you see us, desert thugs the sand will dodge far away".
Because I didn't want to follow him running away, Lang Xiong became very annoyed, but he still didn't want to run away alone and with one jump, jumped in front of me, then viciously looked at all the humans in front of me, preparing to attack fiercely.
The man in purple stared at Lang Xiong for a moment, then screamed in surprise, "It's a wolf, not a wolfhound!" Upon hearing that, everyone else's faces turned deathly pale, then tensely looked around them. Wolves in the desert always appear in packs, a single wolf need not be feared, but a pack of wolves can annihilate a small army. But today they don't need to be afraid, because of my carelessness, only Lang Xiong and I were in the vicinity, summoning the other wolves would take time.
The youth in white raised his crossbow at Lang Xiong, but his eyes stared at me. I quickly blocked in front of Lang Xiong, “Please don't……don't hurt him…it was me, I was the one who was about to steal. Your things, not him”.