third chapter
Shi Yunlin's vision went dark, and his vision was briefly obscured by his mink fur cloak. The cloak fell heavily on her slender shoulders, and a thick smell of blood and warmth enveloped her at the same time.
When she looked at Qishan Lang, Qishan Lang had already withdrawn his gaze and rode away, leaving her with only his back on the horse.
The accident happened so fast that Shi Yunlin was in a daze and couldn't react.
The Queen of Xiang Kingdom reacted first. She hesitated for a moment, then gently tugged on Shi Yunlin's sleeve. When Shi Yunlin turned to look at her, the Queen lowered her voice and said, "Catch up."
Their eyes met, Shi Yunlin understood the meaning of the mother, and she also completely realized from her daze - the Qishan Wolf, which killed many people on the battlefield, would never pity a frozen woman for no reason and fall on Shi Yunlin's shoulder. The cloak is a signal.
However, Hunan, which was destroyed, had long been forced to a dead end. They were frightened birds, and they were people standing on the edge of the cliff. A hint was not enough, they longed for a clear answer.
Shi Yunlin lifted her frozen legs, suppressed her racing heart, and stepped forward to follow.
In her peripheral vision, the banquets of nobles on both sides kept receding. She looked at the back of Qishanlang riding away, carrying the heavy burden of life and death for the remaining people in the Xiang Kingdom, to grab a glimmer of hope.
Qishan Wolf did not move quickly, but Shi Yunlin had to hurry or even trot if she wanted to follow him.
Qishan Lang heard this and turned his horse's head to look at the distressed princess who was catching up.
Shi Yunlin stopped in front of his horse, her chest heaving and breathing slightly. She raised her face to look at Qishan Wolf on horseback.
Only then did she see clearly the rumored half-werewolf from Qi Kingdom.
Qishanlang, who had torn off his cloak, was wearing neither the splendid robes of a noble honor nor the armor of a general, but a thin black coarse linen garment, wrapped around his muscular body. It's obviously not a sturdy body, but it gives people a very tall and majestic dangerous feeling.
He didn't tie up his long hair and wear a fashionable expensive and exquisite crown like the noble son-in-law in the capital. His long hair was let down casually. The stubble on his face made his already distinct and profound facial features look even tougher.
Sword eyebrows and star eyes are often used to describe a man's handsomeness. Qishan Wolf has sword eyebrows but no starry eyes. His eyes were like the scorching sun, bright, firm, deep and wide.
He is a lone wolf on the top of the mountain, and he is incompatible with the noisy banquet in this world.
The moment Shi Yunlin met Qishan Lang's eyes, a gust of cold wind blew over and blew her cloak back. Shi Yunlin shuddered and hurriedly reached for the lapel of her cloak.
The sticky and wet palm made Shi Yunlin stunned for a moment. She lowered her eyes and saw the blood on her palms.
Only then did she see that the mink fur cloak thrown to her by Qishan Wolf was stained with blood. The blood was sprinkled on the dark mink fur, which was not very obvious.
Shi Yunlin's blood-stained palms froze upward, feeling a little at a loss as to where to put her hands.
She looked at Qishanlang and didn't know what to say. She didn't know whether she didn't know what to say or couldn't speak. Shi Yunlin opened her mouth, but didn't spit out a word. Instead, she took a mouthful of cool air.
The bone-crushing cold made her shrink in his blood-stained cloak.
Behind him were the people of Qi State who were watching the excitement, as well as the concerns of his father, the Queen, the Queen, and his younger brother. Shi Yunlin was trapped in embarrassment.
Fortunately, Qishanlang didn't let her embarrassment last too long.
Qi Shanlang threw a dagger from his waist into Shi Yunlin's hand. Shi Yunlin hurriedly went to pick it up, and Diaolang's dagger lay in her blood-stained palm.
Shi Yunlin's hanging heart suddenly fell back to where it was before.
This dagger was the clear answer she wanted.
Qi Shanlang's gaze had already passed Shi Yunlin, looking at the emperor's banquet table in the distance. He didn't know whether he was looking at Emperor Qi or the prince of Qi State, Qi Jiazhi.
His eyes were cold and heavy, with a hint of innate defiance and danger, without the surrender of a courtier to an emperor.
Shi Yunlin followed his gaze and looked back nervously.
Qi Jiazhi's face had darkened a long time ago, and now he cursed and whispered: "This bastard never goes against Gu!"
The attendants around him and the people at the two banquet tables nearby heard the prince's curse, but they had long been accustomed to it. After all, the tense situation between Qi Jiazhi and Qishanlang has long been known to everyone.
Emperor Qi glanced at Qi Jiazhi, then he turned his attention to Shi Yan and his entourage, and said with a gentle smile: "The evil deeds of the Lu State are outrageous. You have come all the way to Qi, how can we, the Qi State, just sit idly by and ignore it."
Shi Yantong took a step forward, first expressed his gratitude, and then mentioned the good relationship between the two countries.
Shi Yunlin didn't look back until she heard about the engagement date, only to find that Qishanlang had left long ago. She didn't even notice when he left.
On the carriage back, several people were still in shock. For a long time, no one spoke. There was only the creak of the carriage shaft and the sound of the driver driving his horse. Then it started to snow, and the wind picked up, whistling and beating the carriages on their way.
The queen put her hands on Shi Yunlin's shoulders, pulled her into her arms, held her little daughter in her arms, and gently patted her little daughter's arms to comfort her, all without saying a word.
Leaning on the queen's shoulder, Shi Yunlin suddenly felt tired. She held her mother's hand with attachment and closed her eyes.
Back at the foot of the mountain where the tent was set up, Shi Yunlin opened the door of the carriage and took a look outside. She couldn't help but be stunned. In just one and a half hours, the world outside was already covered in silver and the color of snow.
Shi Yunlin looked up to the mountainside where the tent was set up and saw many figures standing in the wind and snow. Thinking that they would go to see the Emperor of Qi, the people of Xiang waited in fear despite the wind and snow.
Knowing that the emperor and his entourage were back, the old, weak, sick and disabled who were still in the tent also came out, nervously waiting for the news.
Shi Yunlin helped her mother walk up the mountain. It has just snowed heavily and the road is a bit difficult to walk. The short journey seemed so long in the eyes of the eager people of Xiang. They went up to meet him, and in the middle of the mountain where the snow was falling, they waited with bated breath and looked at Shi Yantong uneasily.
Shi Yantong nodded.
Shi Yunlin looked at the frozen and red faces and instantly showed the most sincere smile. A three-year-old child sitting on his father's shoulders chuckled.
Shi Yunlin looked at the child's sincere smiling face and tears filled her eyes for a moment. She suddenly became more determined - if she wanted to keep these innocent people safe for the rest of her life, she would die without regrets.
She quickly lowered her head to hide her tears. Worried that her mother could not bear it, she helped her return to the tent.
Shi Jing wanted to follow but was stopped by Shi Yantong.
Shi Yantong first comforted the people, and then took Shi Jing back. On the way back, he asked: "Why do you want to follow me today?"
Today, as Shi Yunlin had explained in advance, Shi Jing didn't say a word or do anything, just followed silently. While at the hunting ground, Shi Yantong looked at him several times and saw that his face was calm, not like the irritable naughty boy he used to be.
"To remember." Shi Jing said word by word, "I want to remember those ridicules and insults forever."
His face was calm a moment ago, but now his eyes were bursting with bone-cutting hatred.
Shi Yantong took a deep look at him, nodded lightly, said nothing, turned around and walked into the tent.
Shi Jing stood there and took a deep breath before following him.
When Shi Yantong and Shi Jing returned to the tent, the queen called General Zhao to inquire about Qishan Lang.
Shi Yunlin sat next to the queen, and even Shen Tanxi, who had been sick in the past, stood up and came closer. They were listening to General Zhao's news.
"There are many rumors about the Qishan wolf. Some people say that his parents are fishermen, and he was carried to the mountain by a wild wolf when he was still in his infancy. He was not eaten for some reason and was raised by the wolf. There are also rumors about the Qishan wolf. His mother is a human, but his father is not a human, but a wolf. That’s how the term half-werewolf comes from.”
"How can a child be born between a man and a wolf? This is impossible." Shi Jing followed his father in.
General Zhao stood up quickly and said: "They are all rumors, I really don't know whether they are true or false."
Shi Yantong waved his hand and motioned for General Zhao to sit down. He walked to the other side and sat down.
"General Zhao, please continue," the queen said. She was a little anxious and wanted to know more about Qishan Wolf.
General Zhao sat down again and continued: "No matter who the parents of Qishan Wolf are, he was indeed raised by wolves. When he was seven or eight years old, he followed a group of wolves all over the mountains and was first discovered by fishermen on the beach. Discovered When he was a child, he couldn't speak and could only communicate with wolves. The people in the fishing village wanted to raise him, but he ran away within a few days and returned to the mountains to hang out with the wolves. Some people say that he still can't understand humans. language."
There was silence in the tent. Shi Yunlin felt the worried eyes of her family looking at her. She smiled and pretended to be relaxed and said, "Probably not. Otherwise, how could he lead the troops to fight?"
General Zhao was asked. Although he was a military commander, Qi and Xiang had almost no war conflicts. Before today, he had never seen Qishan Wolf.
The queen asked again: "I don't want to be with people, I just want to live with wolves. Then how did he join the army?"
"Later, for some reason, Qi Shanlang suddenly appeared in the residence of the previous general of the Qi Kingdom. Later, the previous general was disarmed and he directly took the commander's seal."
Shi Yantong, who had been silent all this time, suddenly said, "What's the problem between him and the Prince of Qi?"
Not asking if there is a festival, but confirming that there is a festival and asking why.
"I know this. Unlike other mysterious rumors, many people know about the festival between Qi Shanlang and the prince of Qi State." General Zhao said, "The prince of Qi State is angry and cruel. Taking advantage of his status as the crown prince, he unscrupulously Arrogant. When Qishan Lang first took office, the prince of Qi State couldn't stand his unusual behavior, so he often found troubles and tried to suppress him. After several times, Qishan Lang was no longer polite, and he had no scruples in doing things to people with whom he had no relatives. . Later, the prince of Qi State insulted a female soldier under Qi Shanlang. Qi Shanlang, who was still fighting outside at that time, hurried back to Beijing overnight and broke into the East Palace with a knife. "
The queen took a breath and asked in disbelief and surprise: "How come the prince is still alive after using a knife on him?"
Shi Jing also asked: "What happened next?"
General Zhao continued: "What happened in the East Palace that night is unknown to outsiders. It's just that Qishanlang was imprisoned in the sky prison for half a month, and after being released from the sky prison, he still led the army. And he always likes to gather friends everywhere. The playful Prince Qi hasn’t left the house for almost three months..."
Shi Yunlin listened quietly to General Zhao's story about Qishan Wolf. It doesn't matter whether Qi Shanlang wanted to marry her because he was against the prince of Qi State.
She was vaguely aware that this was the person she was going to marry. The wedding was very close, and she would soon have to spend time with that person day and night.
She vaguely thought of the past. When she was a child, her elders pointed out a marriage, but when she grew up, she had no fate with that person. She didn't hold back either, she parted with her and gave her blessings indifferently.
The eldest brother was worried that she would be unhappy, so he found some gadgets to make her happy. After learning that she really didn't care, the eldest brother said firmly: "There are so many good sons and daughters in the world for Yun Lin to choose from. Yun Lin will marry the best person in the world in the future."
She nodded with a crooked eyebrow, and bent down to tease the fish in the pond with a willow branch.
The eldest brother picked up her fallen shawl and asked, "What kind of husband will Yun Lin choose in the future?"
Shi Yunlin made circles of ripples in the pool water, and the warm soft light of March shone on her innocent and delicate dimples.
"Of course, he must be knowledgeable, rich, handsome, and most importantly, a gentle person like the eldest brother!"
General Zhao was still talking about the Qishan wolf. Shi Yunlin lowered her eyes and looked at the sachet in her hand, which had the word "peace" embroidered on it.
This is the Great Emperor's peace charm.
