Chapter 879: Reminiscing about the Past Around the Fireplace
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Yunyang opened her mouth in surprise, she was now a little confused about whether this man's eyes could see or not.
"I'm just blind, do you still have to be afraid?" Sheng Heng threw a piece of firewood into the stove, but it only touched the side of the stove, made a loud "dang" sound, and fell to the ground.
Although Yunyang was guessing in his heart: "You catch sheep, paste the wall so skillfully, who can believe that you can't see it?" But she still stood up and threw the firewood that Shengheng had not thrown into the burning hearth.
I don't know if it's because of Yunyang's protracted silence or a compromise of his powerlessness, Shengheng said seriously: "No matter what, I'm the Great Khan of Akatani after all, and I know the severity, so I will definitely not mess around." ”
Yun Yang carefully grasped his words, and only after a long time did he respond softly: "Oh. Then, she timidly added: "If your eyes are good, will you let me go back to Luoyang?" ”
The soothing atmosphere suddenly froze, and in the shack, which had suddenly quieted down, only the occasional crisp crackling sound of pine wood could be heard in the hearth.
"You...... Do you like Hyo-ah? Shengheng faced the direction of the flames and asked thoughtlessly.
He suddenly mentioned Zhao Yuan, and Yun Yang felt that her heart had lost weight all of a sudden, the temperature around her dropped instantly, and the snow-covered wasteland not far away seemed even more hideous and violent, always reminding her of how far away she was from her loved ones.
"I just heard that most of the concubines of the Great Qi Kingdom are selected from the young ladies of the family, and they didn't have the opportunity to meet Xiaoya before entering the palace, so I wondered, how did you like him?" Shengheng seems to want to know the answer.
"We didn't know each other at Hanyang Palace." Yunyang slowly opened his mouth, as if telling someone else's story: "The first time we met was in a market, when a frightened horse was rushing towards me, and the emperor coincidentally left the palace and stepped forward to save me. ”
The corners of Shengheng's mouth curled up slightly—this was really a cliché beginning, but it had the ability to determine the ending immediately. He couldn't refute it, he couldn't even interject. Such a start made everything logical and tight, and without his participation, there was no chance to even listen, because Yunyang had already shut his mouth. She was reluctant to share with him the memories of her first love.
"Your first time is Hyo-ah? Of course, you Han people value the first time, especially the royal family. Seungheng seemed to know that Yunyang would not answer, so he consciously came to a conclusion.
Sure enough, Yunyang could only say nothing about this kind of explicit question.
"My first time was arranged by the shaman elder, I don't remember it very well, I only know that the other party is a few years older than me. At that time, my brother and I were just ordinary Akatani nobles, with a low status, and there was nothing to show off except for being able to summon the Leopard Army. But we have enjoyed the same treatment as the Celestial General, so it seems that the Shaman Elder is quite far-sighted. When Shengheng recalled this, his expression was particularly serene.
Yunyang was curious about his unfazed attitude, the first time, isn't it unforgettable?
"After that, the shaman elders would arrange for me to meet with different girls at regular intervals. They are all beautiful, but I don't remember much about their appearance, I only know that their routines are similar, after Chenghuan, they just grind my nails, pick my ears, comb my hair, and say all kinds of sweet words. At first, I was still excited, but then I gradually became numb, because they were doing this so that I could not leave them, be controlled by them, and thus be controlled by the shamans. ”
"But isn't it good for them to treat you like this?" Yunyang finally couldn't help but open his mouth.
"It felt okay at the time, especially for someone like me who didn't have a mother around me since I was a child, and it was a strange feeling to be taken care of. However, if this tenderness is forced to intimidate, no matter how well it is disguised, it will be insincere. Shengheng's tone was flat, but it sounded a little bleak.
Yun Yang looked at him deeply, imagining how he spent those nights in the arms of various women, and his curiosity became even more intense: "There are so many women, don't you have one who you like?" Really not one? ”
Shengheng's face lifted slightly, as if trying to recall: "There should be one, I am very impressed." She was plump, like a mother, unusually warm to the touch, but her eyes were always cold. When we hugged and slept together, she didn't say a word, she was as stiff as a piece of wood, and she wouldn't grind my nails or comb my hair, and she didn't even bother to say a word to me. But I was very interested in her, and I tried every way to get her to speak. When I thought she had given in to me, she cried out and begged me not to be angry, for if the night was not safe, her husband and daughter would be thrown into the serpent's lair. ”
"I remember stroking her hair and feeling her deep fear, just like my heart. Because on that night, we were all helpless, and at the same time we were under the control of the shamans, guarding each other, supervising, doing things that seemed to be passionate, but in fact went against our hearts. The fun is over, the sweat is not warm, and the exhaustion is just to give an explanation to the visitors. ”
Yunyang didn't expect that the seemingly rude Seungheng could say such a thing, didn't she think that this person was very enjoying this kind of treatment? For example, in the Lukan tribe, when he hugged left and right!
Finally, she said sharply and clearly: "Lie." ”
Instead of being annoyed, Seungheng laughed out loud, laughing so loudly that Yunyang's eardrums were buzzing.
"Maybe you didn't believe me, but after that night, I noticed that every woman around me had the same face as hers. I even drunk myself to break the illusion, but it didn't work. Finally, one day, I inquired about her place and searched for it, only to find out that after that night, her husband had taken her and her daughter to the northern icy lake. ”
"You're talking about the Styx?" Yunyang couldn't help but gasp,
"Yes." Shengheng said excitedly. His face reflected the firelight, and it looked very vivid, as if he had found an audience for the first time, and he couldn't wait to tell everything and tell him: "No one can come out of the Styx alive, so no one knows what is there." I only heard that it is the northernmost lake in heaven and earth, and there are jet-black beasts as big as mountains and snow-white giant bears in it, and the blue glaciers are endless, and even the sunlight is frozen into colorful icicles when it reaches there. There is no way for the living to survive there, so it is called the Styx. ”
The herders who live nearby have seen the family of three ride to the lake and float into it on a freshly built raft, leaving their horses behind. The horses of the Akatani people were all disloyal, and they roamed the lake waiting for their masters, but they did not wait until the day they were torn to pieces by the wolves. ”