Chapter Twenty-Three: The Dilemma of the Northern Frontier

Yu Ziying had also heard Dadamu and Gesang mention that the northern Xinjiang country had fallen into a national famine, and grain had become a priceless Cheng dΓΉ, but now that she saw it with her own eyes, she truly realized the meaning of this sentence.

This...... Is it the Northern Frontier Country?

Along the way, Yu Ziying did not see a single person from the northern Xinjiang country, there were no farmers in the fields, there were no pedestrians on the road, except for their team of people walking on the road, as if between heaven and earth, there was nothing else.

The earth on both sides of the road cracked and dried up, not so much barren as the fields that had been cultivated were now barren.

After the group left Baishi Town, along the way, Yu Ziying saw not a beautiful scenery, high mountains and flowing water, but a boundless barren field.

So she didn't feel surprised, and she acted calmly.

Yu Ziying fully understands the moodiness of a villain, when he is normal, it is actually abnormal, when he is abnormal...... That's a perfectly normal thing.

And the Yin Ghost Army has always felt that King Xuanyin treats Yu Ziying differently, but at this time, seeing that she is not half particularly vicious, she is completely like an ordinary soldier walking on foot behind the incense chariot, and she has to be suspicious.

Yu Ziying did not sit in the incense chariot with King Xuanyin, she was neither his favorite concubine, nor a person of disparity in status, neither was she summoned by King Xuanyin, so she naturally had to follow the team on foot.

The fiefdom of King Xuanyin is in the extreme north of the northern frontier country, so they must catch up with a not short distance, I heard that the extreme north is cold there is perennial snow, four seasons of winter, completely an ice and snow kingdom.

After the people of Baishi Town, Dadamu and the others happily sent the Xuanyin King and the Yin Ghost Army away like sending the plague god, Yu Ziying also followed on the road.

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As soon as I thought of it, King Xuanyin had a stupid pox pit horse face, and when he approached Yu Ziying, it was like taking an aphrodisiac...... Dadammu ......

Rather than worrying about her safety, Dadam was more worried about something else.

Besides, nephew, didn't you see the kind of ...... that King Xuanyin was right to her It's the kind of slimy energy that can't wait to become the spirit behind her and possess her, it's completely ...... Don't worry about it, okay?

Dadamu thought for a moment, then touched his scoop and thought about it again, and finally he patted Gesang on the shoulder and said firmly: "She is a miracle woman who can come back from the ice, what do you think is the difficulty in this world to get her?" ”

"Uncle, do you believe that she can make her life comfortable no matter where she is?" Gesang's eyes were empty and he muttered.

He didn't say what he was sorry for, but how could Gesang not know.

In the end, Dadamu drooped his shoulders decadently, glanced at the conspicuous incense in the Yin Ghost Army, and couldn't help but sigh.

When Dadamu heard this, he slapped his thigh vigorously in surprise, and kept spinning in place, laughing from ear to ear: "Wonderful, wonderful, hahahaha...... It turned out that Lao Tzu still left a way to live, and sure enough...... This little girl is righteous, Lao Tzu owes her a big, big favor...... It's just a pity ......"

Gesang's empty eyes moved, he took a deep breath, and then exhaled: "Actually, Binggu ...... Miss Yu had already instructed me to wrap some of the supplies in oilskin layer by layer, tie them up, and then sink them under the ship, so that we could pull them up again as soon as the Yin Ghost Army left. ”

Dadamu cast his gaze from the boat, and saw Gesang's lost and dazed look, like a wandering corpse with a lost soul, so he shook his head, got off the boat, walked to his side, and was silent for a while, he asked: "I said, that bad guy asked Lao Tzu to hand over the matter of transporting grain to you, what does this mean, Lao Tzu is still a general, should you report to Lao Tzu?" ”

"Am I thinking too much? Actually, I just can't stop at all......"

Gesang saw her back in a daze, took off the wide cloak, revealing the embroidered robe hunting, her posture was slender, but her back was as straight as a pine bamboo, and her steps were so steady that she did not look like a leap-aged girl at all, but like a person with outstanding demeanor and a burden of wind and clouds.

After saying this, without waiting for Gesang to recover from his stunned, Yu Ziying had already taken off the navy blue cloak and cloak that Gesang had lent her, put it on the ground, and turned to leave.

"You're very good...... Yu Ziying thought for a while, and added: "It's just that sometimes, you think too much." Remember one sentence: thinking too much will only ruin you. People, if you like it, you will fight for it, cherish what you get, and forget it if you lose it, and you must stick to the road you choose, and you don't need to complain about the hardships on the road. ”

Gesang's expression froze, and he looked at Yu Ziying in astonishment, as if he couldn't understand what she was saying at all.

"I'm afraid you're mistaken." Yu Ziying interrupted him expressionlessly, and then slowed down his tone, trying to make his hoarse voice clearer: "This qiΔ“ is all my own volition, and it has nothing to do with the will of others, you can choose to blame yourself and resent, but please don't force that kind of pitiful, helpless, and miserable feelings on me, because I don't need it." ”

When Gesang saw Yu Ziying's attitude, there was a hint of gloom in his eyes, but the pain on his face lightened, and he said again: "Thank you for doing a qiΔ“ for me, I ...... I actually hate myself for being so incompetent, and I would let you bear all the burdens, I ......"

Yu Ziying turned his head slowly, his gaze fixed on his face with extreme indifference.

"Don't ...... Walk. ”

The expression on his face was very distorted by some kind of painful and suppressed emotion, and it was no longer as kind and warm as when Yu Ziying first met him.

Gesang never expected that the next second she told him his name, she turned around and left without hesitation, and at that moment Gesang seemed to be controlled by the devil, forgetting all her care and reason, and reached out to hold her firmly: "...... Don't go. ”

"Take care."

Yu Ziying took his hand and gently bowed his head invisibly.

She was finally willing to give him her name.

Gesang paused for a moment and repeated in surprise: "Yu, Yu Ziying? ”

"My surname is Yu, Yu Ziying."

"Ice Girl......" He was dumb and wanted to say something to Yu Ziying, but was interrupted by Yu Ziying.

If these words were to be said by others, it might be just an ordinary wish, but Gesang knew Yu Ziying's ability, and his heart was in vain, and an uncontrollable sourness and sweetness were mixed in his heart.

"I have received your silver taels exactly, so I divined a hexagram for you, and the divination shows that you will be safe and healthy in this life, and you will be troubled in case of trouble." Yu Ziying lowered her eyes and said lightly.

Gesang felt puzzled and strange, he wanted to give her all the money in his hand, but was stopped by Yu Ziying.

Yu Ziying stretched out his hand, picked up a piece of broken silver from his palm and took it away.

Gesang glanced at her, but his eyes seemed to be stung by something, and he quickly brushed it away, and then he lowered his head and took out a few pieces of broken silver from his pocket: "I don't have copper coins on me, only a few pieces of broken silver, if you need me......"

Yu Ziying waited for Dadamu to go to the deck, looked at Gesang with silent eyes, and took the lead in breaking the silence: "Do you have a copper coin on you?" ”

Dadamu didn't look at Yu Ziying again, perhaps because he didn't dare to look at it, he turned sideways and reached out to pat Gesang on the shoulder, then staggered past him, leaving first, leaving the last bit of time for them.

Before meeting Yu Ziying, Dadamu had rewritten what he was going to say in his heart several times, but when he really said it, he still couldn't be as relaxed and comfortable as he imagined.

"Yourself...... Take care, I know you're not an ordinary person, but ...... You still have to be careful, I have told you everything I know about the King of Xuanyin and the five ghosts, and no matter how many things I do, I can't do anything about it...... Anyway, thanks. ”

Dadamu observed Yu Ziying and found that she did not look sad or depressed at all, and still had the same heartless and flat look as he knew, and he couldn't help but feel a dull pain in his heart, but in an instant he felt as if he was relieved.

What friendship can be more worthy of nostalgia and cherishing than life?

Although they have not been together for a long time, they feel that their friendship with her is extraordinary.

After Yu Ziying "asked for leave", she walked to Gesang and Dadamu who were standing in front of the Eagle Maru, they seemed to have known that she would come, or maybe they hoped that she would come, so they waited there, and when they saw her walking towards them, they all looked at her with a complicated face.

Lust was stunned for a moment, and after confirming that Yu Ziying was really gone, the next second he hummed a strange joke in a low voice, and laughed pleasantly.

β€œβ€¦β€¦ King Xie allowed it. After Yu Ziying was about to give a salute in his direction, he turned straight away.

Lust heard the tassel through the big red flower curtain, and the action of removing makeup was paused, and he immediately pampered and willful: "Not allowed." ”

"King, I need to leave for a while." Yu Ziying surrendered himself to his advisers, so that when he called lust, he could no longer call him by his name.

In front of it are five tall horses with black horses all over the body to open the way, and behind are seven people dragging the chariots in front, followed by nearly a thousand Yin ghost armies guarding the left and right, and the grain cart is in the last position.

Yu Ziying saw that the matter of moving grain was almost done, so she walked to the incense of lust.

About twenty-four truckloads of supplies emptied the inner cabin of the Takamaru, and the naval soldiers of Dadamu were red-eyed one by one, and they watched sadly as the grain carts were occupied and pushed away by the Yin Ghost Army.

As a result, this caused some people within the Yin Ghost Army to be dissatisfied and rejected by Yu Ziying, and some were in a state of wait-and-see, curiosity and scrutiny.

However, some people are happy with the windfall this time, after all, most of the people in the Yin Ghost Army have families and families, and they are more inclined to profit and fill the vacancy of food and clothing than the killing and revenge of the momentary blood.

The "crusade" of the five ghost commanders was disturbed by Yu Ziying in the middle of the situation, and the guide zhì finally evolved into a situation of thunder and rain, and the Yin ghost army was hindered by the protection of the Xuanyin King to her and the ambiguous and intimate attitude, neither resisting, complaining, or appealing, but had to pack up their anger and prepare to return to the fiefdom with interest.