Chapter 43: Starfall
"Star Slave ......"
The carriage was still exploding, the hot bursting flames flying everywhere, and the hot smoke making me retreat.
"Ahem...... Ahem...... "I was choked by the black smoke and my eyes were so bright that I couldn't tell in any direction.
One of my hearts was beating rapidly in my chest, dangling in the air.
"Star slave...... Where are you?" I struggled toward the carriage with a glimmer of hope, my eyes red and tears rolling in my eyes, burning from the smoke and fire.
"Celestial Princess......" Seeing this, a Yu Linwei was about to step forward to stop him.
"Wait!" Xiao Ao stopped with one hand, "Let the eldest princess find it!"
Ignoring the onlookers behind me, I gritted my teeth and covered my nose and rushed into the front of the carriage, which was surrounded by billowing black smoke.
Star ...... Star Slave ......"
A burnt smell of paste came to my face, and as soon as I looked down, I saw the star slave who had been unrecognizable.
I squatted down tremblingly and sat down beside him: "Star slave...... Star slave, wake up......"
The star slave lay on the ground with a dying breath, like a kite with a broken string, and his body was scarred by phosphorus fire. Clusters of fire burned on the mottled ground, and strands of blood slumped from the charred black earth, stinging my eyes.
I picked up the shattered body of the Star Slave and clamped it tightly into mine. I felt his body gradually chill, as if he would close his eyes forever at any moment.
I shook my head vigorously, desperately trying to dispel the uneasy thoughts in my heart, and softly reassured, "Star slave, don't be afraid...... I...... I'll take you home......"
"Moon...... Month ......"
The Star Slave struggled to open his eyes, fragmented words swirling in his dry throat, struggling to call my name over and over again.
I grabbed his hands that were bloodied by the flint explosion, clutched them to my chest, and said tremblingly, "Don't speak, don't say anything...... It's me who is not good, shall I take you home? or I will take you back to Fengming Mountain......"
Xingnu didn't speak, his eyes stared at me quietly, especially on his scarred cheeks.
"The snow in Fengming Mountain hasn't melted yet, Xingnu, do you remember when we climbed to the top of the mountain, and I always wanted to know when the snow would melt? Shall we go back again? Maybe it has melted...... Perhaps, the current Fengming Mountain is more beautiful than before......"
My whole heart was pinched, smoke billowed to my face, my nose was sore, and tears were rolling in my eyes.
I forced myself to pull out a smile, and the whole arm holding Xingnu was shaking, and my chest felt like it was being pressed against a thousand pounds of boulders, unable to breathe.
"You can't speak, you've never called my name in full...... But you've been with me for four years, Star Slave...... I already know where your home is, and you won't have to flow Lang again...... No one dares to bully you anymore, you cheer up a little...... I'll take you home, I'll get you out of here right away!"
So saying, I got up and prepared to carry him, but he stopped me. One of the Star Slave's hands hung down weakly, then lifted up, stopped in mid-air, and landed gently on my palm.
A blood-stained finger trembled and scribbled in the palm of my hand, and I tried to breathe deeply, but the sadness and despair in all directions surged into my heart. The fire in front of me was blazing, but my heart was sinking into the bottomless abyss step by step.
Star Slave's clear pupils silently reflected my face on the verge of collapse, and as I finished writing the last stroke, his palm covered my palm, dripping with blood and blurring my vision.
No, yes, cry.
That's what I once encountered in a dream. Xingnu told me that he wanted to go home, and I cried loudly in my dream, but he took my hand, wrote three words one by one, and looked at me silently.
I was distorted in his star-bright pupils, and I was crying with the ugliness of my own, and I was awakened by the ugliness of my dreams, and the night had not yet come to an end.
In that silent dream, the star slave kissed me on the cheek. Tell me, don't cry.
Bangkok told me only three words before he died: I can't cry.
- No, these two heavy words are my pride, and I have to be strong to protect the important people in my life.
But I just want the star slave to live well, even if he is not by my side, even if his relatives are enemies of me. I just want the star slave to be unharmed, to be able to happily eat pigeon legs, look at the beauties he loves to see, find the direction of home, and no longer be bullied by the world.
When these wishes were played by the palm of fate again and again, I could no longer maintain my pride. The star slave easily debunked my vulnerability, but only said three words - don't cry.
I clenched my palms, the handwriting in my palms merged with blood, my gritted teeth and pretended to be calm were all crushed, and the last trace of defense in my heart was finally broken through by despair and helplessness, and my hot tears fell.
"I don't cry...... Can you not bleed? I don't cry...... Can we go home? Xingnu, are you in pain? I don't cry when I listen to you, but can you listen to me and get better immediately?"
The star slave stretched out a hand with difficulty, and his eyes looked at me motionlessly. I couldn't stop crying, and the tears hit his hands in big drops.
"Moon...... I...... Love ...... "The star slave blindfolded me with one hand, and in the burning ruins, I heard him calling my name intermittently.
Suddenly, there was another earth-shattering explosion in the carriage, and my blindfolded palm suddenly fell. The Star Slave's shattered words were annihilated in the sound of the explosion, and came to an abrupt end.
I snapped my eyes open, tears blurring my vision. In front of me was a fierce burning fire, which made my world collapse in an instant, "Star Slave-" heart-rending cry, I tried to wake up the Star Slave in front of me with my eyes closed, but found that no matter how loud the voice was, it was useless. "Don't! Don't die...... Don't leave me ......"
At this moment, a dark figure suddenly flew out of the cliff, grabbed me by the collar with one hand, and in the blink of an eye I was restrained by him and landed under the dead tree on the edge of the cliff. He grabbed me by the neck and imprisoned me in his cold arms. I was in a state of grief and shock, and I didn't react for a moment.
"Turkic prince, you have finally appeared!"
Xiao Ao laughed arrogantly, and Yu Linwei behind him quickly took position and surrounded us.
A cold and evil voice sounded behind him: "The Central Plains people really like to win more than the less, but I have also learned a trick from you Central Plains people over the years." Helan choked me tightly, "The princess of your Zhou Dynasty is now in my hands, you'd better be interesting!"
"Interesting?" Xiao Ao said sarcastically, as if he had heard some kind of joke, "What kind of princess is here?" The princess had already died in order to prevent you from entering the customs just now, and you thought that you could threaten Yulin by catching a woman who looked like the princess?
Xiao Ao gave an order: "Be in place!"
I was trembling with anger, although I knew that the Xiao family was by no means good, but I didn't think that Xiao Ao was this kind of villain who was killed after all.
Xiao Ao was presumptuous, staring at me arrogantly, waving his hand, and said loudly: "Release the arrow!"
At this moment, looking at this deserted sword gate, I felt the despair of dying for the first time......