Chapter 71: Love and Hate
In the world, it is difficult to trust each other, but it is much easier to misunderstand, especially when someone is designed to frame them, it is difficult to untie the dead bonds between the two sides of the grudge.
Is Xuanyuan Mingyu the murderer of his father? This knot has been accumulated in Qin Xingyi's heart, and there is no way to resolve it.
When the crisis came just now, Qin Xingyi could still put aside personal grievances for a while, but when the crisis passed, the hatred surged back into his heart, and he couldn't let go, so he slowly let go of the hand that supported Xuanyuan Mingyu.
There was a long sword on the ground, which Xuanyuan Mingyu had lost there just now because of a wolf bite on his wrist. Looking at the sword, Xuanyuan Mingyu wanted to pick it up again, but it happened that Qin Xingyi let go of his arm, and when the opportunity came, he pounced hard.
Qin Xingyi was so clever, seeing Xuanyuan Mingyu staring at the sword, guessing that he wanted to pick up the weapon, when he pounced forward, he hurriedly stretched out his leg and tripped, Xuanyuan Mingyu threw himself into the air and fell to the ground.
"Stupid, that's all you can do? yes, what else can you do if you're so badly injured? Qin Xingyi asked angrily.
Because the injured wrist hit the ground first, Xuanyuan Mingyu gasped in pain, turned over and sat on the ground, pressed his right wrist with his left hand, and said stubbornly: "Anyway, I won't go back to Moli Town." ”
"If Miss Ben wants you to go back, what can you do to refuse?" Qin Xingyi felt that Xuanyuan Mingyu was ridiculously stubborn.
Xuanyuan Mingyu sat on the ground, frowned and gasped, glanced at Blacksmith Xu who was standing not far away, and asked, "Uncle Xu, you will help me, right?" ”
Blacksmith Xu saw that the two of them had a quarrel over returning to Mo and leaving the town, and felt that it was unnecessary, nodded and persuaded: "Miss, Xu thinks that the opinions of the three princes should be respected in this matter. ”
"Why? Lao Xu, do you favor him? ”
"It's not partiality, Xu is telling the truth. After all, Mo Lizhen hurt the third prince tonight, and it was normal for him to have resistance to Mo Lizhen in his heart. ”
"Hmph, who let him run away without permission? Isn't that self-inflicted? ”
"You can't say that. When I think about it, I think I can understand, who wants to be treated as a prisoner? ”
"He doesn't want to, he can't help it, my father's blood debt hasn't been settled with him yet!"
"When it comes to revenge, the eldest lady must be cautious, once she kills the wrong person, she will regret it in the future."
Qin Xingyi was silent, in fact, she was also afraid of making the wrong person and letting the real murderer escape justice.
"Also, Mayor Ren's proposal to the eldest lady, doesn't the eldest lady think it's better to go back a day or two later? Mayor Ren is not a person who can be fooled casually, the eldest lady thinks carefully, agrees or refuses to propose? ”
Qin Xingyi listened very well and understood that Blacksmith Xu's suggestion was right, and he really needed to carefully consider the stakes involved.
Qin Xingyi originally wanted to win over this leader of the three-regardless zone to listen to his own dispatch. Unexpectedly, the mayor of the town, Ren Sheng, is a very powerful character, and he actually took the opportunity to propose marriage, wanting to use his nepotism with himself to form an alliance with the Western Qin State, so as to achieve the purpose of borrowing troops and expanding the territory of Mo Lizhen, and his ambitions are not small.
"If you don't go back to Moli Town, where is it better to stay temporarily?" Qin Xingyi was not familiar with this area.
"Miss, the closest place to here is the Rota tribe, the home of Mu Shuo, the first warrior of the grassland, is also there, the people there are hospitable, you can temporarily go to the Rota tribe to rest for a day or two."
"It turns out that Mu Zhuangshi's home is in the Rota tribe." Qin Xingyi repeated it, thinking that his suggestion was good.
"Let's go?" Qin Xingyi said, reaching out to pull Xuanyuan Mingyu.
"What? I'm not going back to Moli Town. Xuanyuan Mingyu was like a child's temper, lying on the ground and refusing to get up.
"What a fool! Who said they were going back to Moli Town? Miss Ben follows your wishes, let's go to the Rota tribe. Qin Xingyi said with a smile.
"Really?"
"Of course it is. Miss Ben won't let your figure out of my sight, so don't you want to run away or anything, give me some peace of mind. Qin Xingyi admonished, stretched out his hand, and pulled Xuanyuan Mingyu up from the ground.
Blacksmith Xu remembered that his son was still in Moli Town, and said: "Miss, you go directly to the Rota tribe, I want to quietly go back and bring Xiaodi out, he is too young, and he will starve to death if he is left alone at home." ”
"Okay, you go, Xiaodi is a good boy, can't be fine." Qin Xingyi immediately agreed.
Blacksmith Xu handed the torch in his hand to Qin Xingyi and said, "Here, I don't need a torch." I want to sneak into Moli Town through other town gates, and it's best not to alarm the people of Ren Mansion. ”
Qin Xingyi's own torch had already been extinguished, took over Blacksmith Xu's torch, and said, "Don't worry, Mingyu and I will wait for you in the Rota Tribe, two days is enough, right?" ”
"Yes, it's a short walk from here to the Rota tribe, and it won't take you two hours." Blacksmith Xu said, picked up the iron axe and galloped away.
Qin Xingyi looked at the back of Blacksmith Xu in the distance, and felt that he was brave and strategic, and he was very relieved that he had gathered such a subordinate.
"Mingyu, can you go? You can rest assured that until you find out whether you are the real murderer or not, Miss Ben will not be harsh on you. Qin Xingyi said soothingly.
"Okay...... Can you lend me your red tassel gun as a crutch? "Xuanyuan Mingyu is not sure how far he can go, he needs to rely on external forces, at least a crutch.
"No problem, here you go." Qin Xingyi agreed haughtily, and immediately handed over the red tassel gun in his hand to Xuanyuan Mingyu, and picked up the long sword by himself, joking half-truthfully:
"The red tassel gun was given to you, you won't find a chance to stab me, will you? However, Miss Ben is on guard, and this long sword is enough to deal with you. ”
Xuanyuan Mingyu smiled sadly, feeling that Qin Xingyi couldn't be blamed for being too careful, after all, she had a deep hatred for herself, and she had to be vigilant.
He took the red tassel gun in his left hand, used it as a crutch, and walked forward with difficulty step by step.
The road is long, and it seems that he can't finish walking, Xuanyuan Mingyu felt that it was getting more and more difficult, and it was very difficult to walk, so he stopped and said with a wry smile: "I'm sorry, I can't walk." ”
Qin Xingyi followed behind Xuanyuan Mingyu, holding a torch and a sword in one hand, like an official escorting a prisoner, and asked, "What tricks do you want to play?" ”
"No, don't guess...... I just feel tired and want to sleep. Xuanyuan Mingyu threw the red tassel gun to the ground, his knees weakened, and he sat down.
Qin Xingyi saw that Xuanyuan Mingyu was indeed physically exhausted, and he did not have other plans, so he hurriedly threw away the long sword, helped him sit firmly with one hand, moved the torch closer, and saw clearly that his face looked even more tired and haggard, and asked, "Mingyu, don't sleep, can you still hold on for a while?" ”
Xuanyuan Mingyu closed his eyes, feeling that he had been persevering for a long time, what was the use of persevering any longer? He replied sleepily, "I'm sorry, I want to sleep." ”
Qin Xingyi looked at Xuanyuan Mingyu in surprise and drowsy, his body was crooked in his elbow, he couldn't help but get scared, threw away the torch, reached out to help him pulse, noticed that his pulse was extremely weak, worried, reached out to hold his body, and persuaded:
"Mingyu, don't sleep, okay? It's almost dawn, don't sleep in the open field, it will freeze bad people. ”
Xuanyuan Mingyu was dazed and wanted to sleep, but when he heard Qin Xingyi's concerned words, he felt quite touched in his heart, and felt that this was a good opportunity for conversation and communication, and maybe he could persuade Qin Xingyi to release himself, so he beat his spirit, squinted his eyes and asked:
"Little star, sometimes I really don't understand you. You treat me like a prisoner, but you care about me so much, what is your heart for me? ”
Qin Xingyi felt that the question raised by Xuanyuan Mingyu was difficult to answer for a while, and she also noticed that her attitude towards him was full of contradictions and entanglements, full of love and hate, and looked at him with wide eyes.
Xuanyuan Mingyu said in a puzzled tone: "Little star, if you hate me, don't be so good to me, it will make me have the illusion that you are worried about my life or death." ”
Qin Xingyi was asked to the knot in her heart, and after being entangled for a while, she replied: "Nonsense, of course I'm worried about you, I don't want you to die like this." ”
"But don't you think it's strange like that? It's unfair to me that you decided I was a murderer and treated me as a prisoner just because of a jade pendant. ”
Qin Xingyi heard Xuanyuan Mingyu complain a little, and explained: "At first, I did think that you were a murderer, but now, I am not sure, this matter seems to be a mystery, which makes me fall into a thick fog. ”
Xuanyuan Mingyu listened, slowly sat up, opened his eyes wide, and there was a glimmer of hope for survival in his clear eyes, and asked: "Although I have amnesia, I still have the scene in my mind where you went down to the river to save me four years ago, when you were willing to save me, now, please save me again." ”
Qin Xingyi heard Xuanyuan Mingyu mention the past, her heart rippled with affection, wave after wave of ripples spread, her heart became soft, love gradually prevailed, and the eyes looking at Xuanyuan Mingyu also changed subtly, and asked faintly:
"Mingyu, how do you want me to save you?"
Xuanyuan Mingyu felt that the conversation was very harmonious, and became more and more hopeful, and bluntly pointed out: "I don't blame you for hurting me and causing me to lose my memory, it's because you misunderstood me." Therefore, you can't treat me as a prisoner, let me go, and from then on I will part ways with you and never see each other. ”
Never to see each other? Let this mystery sink like a stone into the sea? Xuanyuan Mingyu, aren't you delusional?
Qin Xingyi thought silently for a while, and said categorically: "Mingyu, you don't understand my thoughts. If you really killed my father, I will not forgive you! If you are innocent, I will stay with you and try my best to compensate you. So, you can't live without Miss Ben for the rest of your life. ”
Qin Xingyi didn't realize that her statement was very domineering, hating a person can be a unilateral act, but loving someone is best to be happy with each other.
Love and hate are two opposing extremes, how can they be easily interchanged?