Thousand Miles of Bright Moonlight - Chapter 141

The soldiers waited for Yaoying outside the Wangsi Temple. Seeing her pale, in a trance, worried and said: “The princess is unwell, do you want to rest for two days before leaving?”

Yaoying held the reins in her hand, glanced at the sky, and shook her head: “It won’t matter, take medicine on the road… Brother is walking the Wuquan commercial road. I don’t worry, I will go to Shacheng and wait for him.”

She sent soldiers to respond to all the routes that Li Zhongqian might take, and the business road leading to Wuquan was guarded by her own soldiers. Originally this route was not considered dangerous, but now the situation is severe. Wuquan does not belong to the royal court, nor does it belong to Gaochang. Without the royal court army stationed, no one knows whether the Northern Rong troops will pass through Wuquan.

Part of the royal court’s army is now chasing Wakhan Khan under the leadership of Mópido, and the others are distributed in various garrisons to prevent the Bei Rong people from sneaking and intercepting the Bei Rong deserters.

The main force of the Chinese army returned to the holy city with the ancient Sultan. No matter what happened, the Chinese guards could not leave the holy city for too long, otherwise they would be taken advantage of by the enemy. The Tamaragarh almost sent all the guards in the battle of Sam Valley. Elite, actually took a big risk. If the nobles of the family find a clue, or the Wakhan Khan drags all the guards, the North Korea is likely to change.

Had it not been for the fact that Tamaragarh was the son of Buddha and had defeated the Wakhan Khan several times, and various folk legends were raging, his decision-making would not have been so easily supported by military generals.

Therefore, after the war, he must withdraw the army as soon as possible, leave the customs to stabilize people’s hearts, and deal with the affairs of the state.

At this critical juncture, Yaoying was inconvenient to borrow troops from the Wang Court. From now on, she would have to take care of the affairs of the Western Army herself, and she should have left long ago.

He came back because he was worried that Haidu Aling would break the holy city, and because he wanted to confirm his safety with his own eyes.

There is no danger in the holy city, and he is safe.

Yaoying mentioned the rein, “Let’s go.”

The soldiers stopped persuading each other, and flocked to Shacheng with Yaoying.

The horse went out of the city non-stop, and drove the road for several hours. Seeing that the sky was dark, a few people were resting in the post house, drawing water by the well, and the hoofs slammed outside the door, and they drove up quickly without waiting for the horse. Stopping, the knight rolled off the saddle, stepped forward quickly, knelt on one knee at Yaoying’s feet.

“Finally caught up with the princess!”

Yaoying recognized that the knight was one of the guards of the Wang Temple, named Bayi. She suddenly stood up and asked in surprise, “But what happened to the Buddha?”

Bayi shook his head, clasped his fist and said: “Wang Ming Mo will come to deliver medicine to the princess and **** the princess to Sand City. When the princess left, she left a message, but did not say which way to go. Take this post road to the princess.”

Yaoying was startled.

Bayi took out the prescription and a porcelain bottle from his sleeve, and said: “Wang said that while the princess is taking the doctor’s pills, other medicines will be counteracted. Therefore, you must be cautious when you take the medicine when you are cold and fever. Damage to the body. The prescription was prescribed by the king himself, and the medicine was prepared by the monk doctor in the temple. Please remember to take the medicine and don’t take it lightly.”

Yaoying took the prescription and took a closer look. It was indeed the handwriting of Tamaraga. She might be afraid that she was going to pass by the town to grab the prescription. There were several prescriptions written in Sanskrit, Chinese, Sogdian, and Persian.

The night breeze blows, the sky is full of stars, and the courtyard is full of lush vines. Soldiers sit around the stove and roast the naan bread, and the dark night is filled with fragrance.

Yaoying held the porcelain bottle and remembered the way Tamaraga wiped her wet hair. She was solemn, pious and compassionate, not like she was wringing her hair, but more like performing a serious ritual.

So that the little doubt that had just appeared in her mind instantly disappeared.

He has always cared for her so carefully and has no other thoughts.

The soldiers carried a bowl of hot lamb soup and walked to Yaoying, “Princess, you said yesterday that you would go back to the city to ask the Buddha, did you ask?”

Yaoying recovered, took the lamb soup, put away the porcelain bottle, and smiled, “I have asked…”

She didn’t want to ask, but she didn’t think it was necessary. After leaving the city, she hesitated and decided to go back to the temple and ask him face to face. It happened that Prajna asked her to go back, and she went back.

Tamara Gha’s veto was straightforward, and his tone was cold, without a trace.

She thinks too much.

Yaoying sipped the mellow lamb soup, shook her head, and pressed the chaotic thoughts into the deepest part of her mind.

This is not the time to think about this.

The next day, the group continued on their way.

Yaoying was still ill, and the soldiers wanted to slow down. She was anxious to see Li Zhongqian. After taking the medicine, she still insisted on hurrying. The soldiers knew that it was useless to persuade them, so she had to do it.

In such a starry night, she finally arrived in Shacheng a few days later. Yaoying got off her horse and went straight to the post in the city.

The post house was crowded with envoys from various countries. She turned around and found the place where the envoy from Gaochang lived. “Where is Duke Weiguo?”

Gaochang’s envoy replied blankly: “Princess, Duke Wei is not here. We have been ordered to meet him. We have not seen Duke Wei. Duke Wei is probably still on the way.”

Yaoying’s heart couldn’t help but feel tight, “I haven’t arrived yet?”

Li Zhongqian’s letter was written hurriedly when he set out. The letter said he would come to pick her up, and told her to wait in the royal court and never go to other places.

She received the letter and set off from the holy city to Shacheng, and calculated by foot, he should have been in Shacheng by this time!

Yaoying found the map, frowned and looked at it for a while, and asked the messenger to take out the documents, talisman, etc., to find the garrison in Shacheng.

The soldiers took Yaoying to the military lobby.

Yaoying looked around for a week, frowning, the atmosphere in the camp was depressed, the wind was rustling, the soldiers were hurried, the bows and ballistas all pushed up the city wall, awe-inspiring, a scene of stern troops and horses, the defenders seemed to be ready to go to war.

The royal court army is pursuing the remnant of Beirong. Who dares to attack the royal court now?

The guard “knows” Bi Suo’s staff, Mr. Bayan, but doesn’t know Yaoying, who is in women’s clothing. Watching her take out the talisman, he knows that she is the princess of Handi who is entangled with the Buddha in the legend. Quite polite: “The princess came at an untimely time. Recently, there are more and more refugees fleeing outside Shacheng. Martial law may be in the city. I can’t send soldiers to help the princess find someone.”

Yaoying said, “Don’t dare to bother the general to find someone for me. I have a problem. I want to ask the military to help me find someone.”

“What’s the matter?”

“Which army is the general guarding against?”

The guard hesitated for a moment, Ba Yi stepped forward behind Yaoying, just about to say something, she shook her head at Ba Yi, Ba Yi understood, and returned to the original position.

The envoy from Gaochang who was accompanying said: “Princess Wen Zhao is the governor of the Western Army. Our Western Army and your country are allies. The princess came to Shacheng. Presumably, the general has received the instructions from the Holy City long ago. Rong, please also tell the army the facts.”

The guard shrugged and said: “We are guarding against the Northern Rong army, the Khanate coalition army, and the rebellion army. The Northern Rong turmoil, the various tribes took the opportunity to fish in troubled waters, the Khanate also sent troops to annex small tribes, countless refugees fled to the royal court, those chasing troops They also chased them. Although they were only harassing and did not dare to attack the city, we should not take it lightly.

The Khanate Coalition is a coalition composed of different small countries. They are vassals of a powerful dynasty further west. Most coalition forces are Persians and Turks. The small tribes in the west of the royal court have been suppressed and enslaved by them for a long time. They want to fill the gap, and want to annex the territory of the northwestern part of Beirong.

The guard finally said: “It’s not safe outside the city. All caravans and missions have withdrawn. The princess had better stay in the city and don’t walk around.”

Yaoying thanked the guard and walked out of the lobby.

Bayi caught up with her and asked, “Why didn’t the princess just let the endorse speak?”

Yaoying looked solemnly: “You are the guard of the Buddha, others will take every word you say as an edict of the Buddha. I was talking to the guard as the leader of the Western Army, not a guest of the Buddha. , It’s better to be cautious and don’t cause trouble to the Buddha.”

She didn’t even use the identity of Master Bayan, just didn’t want to cause unnecessary disputes.

Bayi suddenly realized that he nodded yes.

Back at the post house, Yaoying was anxious, sat in front of the lamp, studied the map, and poured a few bowls of tea to calm herself down.

The situation was worse than she had imagined.

Will Li Zhongqian encounter a rebellion on the road?

The desert is vast, she didn’t know which way Li Zhongqian went, so she couldn’t find him, she could only wait for him to find him in the Wang Court, now that she knew he was going to Wuquan, maybe she could go to Wuquan to meet him?

But she was afraid that he would temporarily change his route on the road, and she would miss him.

The more this time, the less anxious she should be. Yaoying called the soldiers and ordered them to leave the city to Wuquan immediately and look for Li Zhongqian’s traces along the way. As long as there is news, she will immediately send a horse back to Shacheng to report.

The guards should go out of the city one after another, and in the end only seven or eight guards were left beside Yaoying.

She also wanted to send someone out of the city, and her soldiers stopped him: “Princess, Shacheng is a border town, and it is not peaceful. You must keep a few people by your side.”

Yaoying is nothing more than that, and he brought in another group of Shacheng merchants and asked them to help inquire among the refugees to see if anyone had seen or heard of Li Zhongqian.

A few days later, there is still no news.

Yaoying tossed and turned every night, and had a nightmare as soon as she closed her eyes.

She was soaking in the **** corpse mountain in despair. The young Li Zhongqian knelt in front of the corpse mountain, excavated a corpse, and held her hand tightly, “Mingyue Slave, brother is here to pick you up.”

Yaoying raised her head in surprise. The young man in front of him suddenly became a grown-up Li Zhongqian. He was disheveled, covered with iron arrows, vomiting blood, and fell to the ground, crawling towards her little by little, and she reached out to reach him. , Grabbing his hand, he looked at her, his mouth curled up.

“Don’t be afraid, brother is here.”

Yaoying woke up from her dream, in a cold sweat, sat for a while, her heart pounding.

The dream is not necessarily true. The last time she had a dream, the person she saw was Li Xuanzhen.

This dream will certainly not come true.

Yaoying was upset for a while, so she had to turn on the lamp to read the military intelligence report sent by Gaochang to avoid her own random thoughts.

Seeing that in the middle of the night, she was drowsy, and there was a sudden and stern horn in the quiet night. The crossbow|arrows on the city wall were all fired, the roof tiles vibrated, and the name was Masi.

Yaoying was taken aback, cloaked up and asked people to go to the city gate to find out the news.

After a while, the soldiers returned on horseback: “There is a rebellious army attacking the city while it is dark!”

“Bei Rong people?”

“Look at their armor, it should be from Beirong.”

Shacheng had strengthened its defenses a long time ago, and the defenders were well prepared. Before the enemy came close to the city gate, the defenders blew the horn. The defender shot one of the opponent’s generals with an arrow. The sound went from the mountain whistling tsunami to sparse, and gradually stopped.

Yaoying rushed to the city gate and asked the refugees who had just entered the city if they knew the news from Wuquan.

After a lot of questions, nothing was found. The guard sent someone to invite her and told her a bad news: “According to the prisoners, Wuquan was occupied by a group of horse thieves a few days ago, so the road is blocked.”

Yaoying’s heart jumped wildly and she was in a cold sweat.

The guard said: “Princess, my duty is to station in Shacheng. I cannot send soldiers to Wuquan.”

Yaoying returned to the house, fidgeting, gritted her teeth, summoned the soldiers, and called Gaochang’s envoy: “Call all the caravans in the city and pay a high price. I will borrow their guards. How many of our people are in the nearby city? Send a letter. Eagle sends the letter, call them all!”

The caravan lives near the post house and is familiar with Yaoying’s subordinates. Hearing that there are great rewards, they have successively sent their guards.

Yaoying assembled a team of four to five hundred people, first gave them half of the reward, and asked them to **** herself to Wuquan.

A group of people disguised as civilians went out of the city and walked out for dozens of miles. Suddenly there was a thunderous sound of horseshoes on the hill ahead. Silhouettes dressed in leather jackets and masks on their faces poured out from all directions, brandishing all kinds of machetes. , Leaped towards them with teeth and claws.

The soldiers immediately drew their swords vigilantly, and surrounded Yaoying tightly.

“Raise the flag!”

The cavalry raised several Western flags.

Bayi’s eyes were sharp, he glanced around, and said: “The princess doesn’t need to panic. Look at the bows and sabers of these people, unlike the army, they should be horse thieves.”

As he said, he bends his bow and shoots an arrow, shoots a Ming Dy, with a scream, the Ming Dy goes straight into the sky.

The guards drew their knives together, drove their horses and galloped, calmly opened the battlefield to meet the enemy, raised the knives in their hands, and stubbornly killed them. The horse thieves’ first wave of charges was immediately dispersed. Only then did the other party realize that they were not ordinary people, and had the intention to retreat.

Bai and the soldiers escorted Yaoying away, and quickly left the horse thieves behind, and the sound of breaking through the air and the sound of the guard yelling and cursing loudly came from behind.

Yaoying turned her head on horseback, and the dust was flying in the back. A few horse thieves galloped down the hill and chased them. The headed horse thieves were tall, with disheveled hair, and a furry coat with a fierce aura.

The guard fired several arrows at the horse thief. The horse thief swung his knife to block, avoiding the arrows, and staring straight at Yaoying, who was guarded by the soldiers and regiments in the middle.

Several guards armed with knives on the left and right wings stepped forward to stop him, and the lights of the knives flickered.

As if he hadn’t seen him, he drove his horse wildly, and when he galloped closer, he even raised his arms, thrown off his only weapon, rolled off the saddle, and rushed forward without fear.

The guard looked at each other.

Behind him, the guard who drove the horse thief raised a longbow, aimed at his back, and shot out ten thousand arrows.

Yaoying looked at the unarmed leader of the horse thief running wild in the yellow sand. She seemed to feel something, her throat choked for a long time, and she trembled: “Don’t shoot arrows!”

The soldiers immediately waved their flags, and the bowstrings stopped abruptly.

Hundreds of people stopped in front of the hill, watching the tall figure rushing up against the forest-like long knife and dense arrows.

The guard only needs to raise the long knife, and he can easily chop him into meat sauce.

He ran fast, chasing the wind and the electricity, and when he was approaching, he didn’t know if he stepped on a hole in the quicksand and suddenly fell to the ground, and then he rolled and jumped up again, flying forward.

The guards were shocked by the aggressive aura of the gods blocking and killing the gods and the Buddha coming to kill the Buddha emanating from him, and they were stunned for a while.

The squally wind flapped the flag and the wind howled.

Yaoying froze on the horse back, unable to move for a while, the sky was whining, and the sand was lifted by the wind and thumped on her face. She kicked the stirrups hurriedly, loosened the reins, turned off the horse, and pushed. He drove over to help her soldiers and ran down the hillside.

Suddenly, her heartbeat became very slow and slow, and all the noise around her faded. The wilderness and the horse thief were all gone, and only the figure rushing towards her was left in the world.

At this moment, all the suffering became insignificant.

As long as Brother is alive.

She ran towards the horse thief head.

He saw her, running faster, almost in the blink of an eye, and it seemed that after a long, long time, the sound of running was getting closer and closer, and then a pair of solid arms hugged her violently, hugged her tightly, forcefully It was as big as she was going to crush her.

“Brother…”

It’s been three years.

It has been three years since his expedition.

Yaoying grabbed Li Zhongqian’s robe and found that she had already burst into tears and couldn’t cry.

She imagined many scenes of reunion with Li Zhongqian. She once thought that she would see him in the next moment. The surprises and disappointments were not as real as this moment. She couldn’t say anything, just clinging tightly. He, for fear that all this is just a dream.

The thinly callused fingers lifted Yaoying’s wet face gently.

She raised her head and looked at the man in front of her.

His face was full of weather, tangled hair, and embarrassed, described as haggard, thin cheeks, gloomy and deep complexion, like a snowy peak that has been frozen for thousands of years, even if it is baked by the scorching sun of the Flame Mountain, it can’t dissolve the layers of freezing. Ice and snow, a pair of blood-red narrow and long phoenix eyes, gleaming with a dark glow.

Yaoying could hardly recognize him.

In the next moment, Li Zhongqian’s mouth slowly curled up, staring at her for a long time, the coldness in Feng’s eyes dissipated, “Stop crying, brother is here.”

Yaoying burst into tears, raising her hand to wipe the dust and sand off his face, his thin cheeks slowly appeared, and there was a fierce scar between her brows.

He must have suffered a lot.

“Brother.”

Yaoying couldn’t say anything else, so she yelled again.

Li Zhongqian responded in a low voice, “Brother is here.”

Yaoying hugged him, raised her face, tears still flashing, she couldn’t help but smiled, looking at him with joy.

“Brother is thin.”

Li Zhongqian smiled and touched the top of her hair, “Mingyue Slave has grown taller.”

In the year of parting, he was triumphantly triumphant, wearing a majestic armor suit, she paddled her feet in front of him and gestured, only to the place of his breastplate at that time.

Pampered since childhood, people like crystal glass were sent to the barbaric Ye Lu…

In the past three years, how much has she suffered?

Every time he thinks about it, his heart is turning sharply.

Li Zhongqian held Yaoying with tears in his eyes, suddenly tightened his arms, and slowly closed his eyes. After a while, he opened his eyes, “Brother is here, let’s go home.”

His response was a few vague murmurs, and his chest was hot.

Li Zhongqian shook all over, let go of her hand, Yaoying closed her eyes tightly, she had lost consciousness, her hands still held his robe tightly, her knuckles turned white.

“Mingyue Slave!”

He was so anxious that his voice changed.

The soldiers had already surrounded him, and when they saw this, they hurriedly said: “A Lang, the princess rushed on the road with an illness the other day. She was exhausted and tired. Her illness has not recovered. In the past few days, she has been worried about A Lang’s safety all day long, and she has not slept for several nights. , Seeing A Lang at the first glance, he was overjoyed and couldn’t bear it.”

“Alang, go back to Shacheng first.”

Li Zhongqian took the cloak handed over by the soldiers, wrapped Yaoying tightly from head to toe, and hugged her on horseback.

“Go to Sand City.”