Chapter Eighty-Eight: The Love of a Life
The moon was not in the sky, and the sky was dark. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
It was difficult to see the road under his feet, let alone looking for someone, but in order to find Qin Ran, Gredan still groped his way forward.
It was not easy for him to guard against masked men and wild wolves, and to find Qin Ran, but when he came to the top clearing and saw the corpses of the three wolves, Gredan's whole heart jumped to his throat. The two of them only had a one-sided relationship, but she saved so many people, and even chose to change into his clothes to lure away the masked man for him and Tori, until now, Gredan didn't even know her name.
If something happened to her, how could Gredin be happy?
He knew that the little Han didn't tell him his name just to let him live, and she thought about him so much, how could he ignore her life and death?
Gredan picked up a knife from the forest for self-defense, and he continued to follow the traces left by the wolf to find Qin Ran's traces, even if she had an accident, he would find her corpse and find an opportunity to bring her bones back to Datang.
Fortunately, Gredan found herself, the living Qin Ran!
"You're here!" Seeing her leaning against the stone wall at the entrance of the cave, Gredan showed a big smile, and he ran to her with a smile and put his arms around her very excitedly. "Great, you're still here!"
Qin Ran coughed twice and pushed him away. "You think I'm in the belly of a wolf?"
Gredan let go of her and looked down to examine her legs, for he could already smell blood.
"Your leg was bitten by a wolf, but fortunately it didn't hurt your muscles and bones, don't worry, there is a kind of fern tooth grass around here, which is particularly effective, I'll look for it now, by the way, you take off your clothes and I'll see if there are any other injuries."
"I have medicine."
Gredan could see that she was stubborn, which was quite similar to Tori, who had always been strong when he was injured, until he couldn't hold it anymore and fell, and others didn't know how badly he was injured. Thinking of this, Gredan was worried that she would also be injured elsewhere, so he simply went to pull Qin Ran's clothes, lest she fall asleep for a while like Tori.
"Take it off quickly, I-" He went to reach out to pull, Qin Ran subconsciously blocked, and Gredan's palm fell on her chest, and in an instant, Gredan was a little blind, why did her chest feel a little soft to the touch?
Qin Ran pushed his hand away, turned his face sideways, and resisted the urge to slap him.
Gredan exclaimed, Q&A. "You're not a man?"
"When did I say I'm a man."
Cold, Qin Ran's tone was very cold, and in an instant, there seemed to be several layers of frost in the cave because of this, so frozen that the tip of Gredan's heart was about to turn into ice slag.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry...... I thought, I'm so sorry. Gredan couldn't stop apologizing, and his mind was repeating what he had just done, and he should have understood what it was when he touched the soft mass, why did he have to touch it?
Gredan was so ashamed that he wanted to hit the wall.
Seeing that he didn't do it on purpose, Qin Ran stood up and changed the subject. "It's too dangerous to leave Torrey alone, take advantage of the darkness and move the location."
As long as they escaped the masked men before dark, they could survive by fleeing while it was dark.
Qin Ran limped out, and before he could take two steps, Gredan caught up and hugged her in his arms.
"Your leg is injured, I'll hold you, you can hurry." Gredan spoke naturally, with a frank look, and after a while, he said. "Oh, my name is Gredan."
"Huh?"
"I don't know your name yet......"
"Qin Ran."
Gredan went back with Qin Ran in his arms, it happened that Tori woke up, the three of them found a more secret place, Gredan went to pick up dry wood branches and lit the fire, and then he went to the river to get some water, and when he came back, he almost dropped his jaw.
The arrow on Tori's body had been treated, and the position of the leg knife wound was a little awkward, so he took off his pants and put them on the wooden shelf.
As soon as Gredan returned, he saw Tori's bare ass and legs.
Gredan hurriedly walked over, took the pants on the wooden shelf with one hand, and focused on covering the area between his legs, Tori looked at Gredan in confusion, and Gredan leaned into his ear and told him that Qin Ran was a woman.
Hearing this, Tori almost jumped to his feet.
He hasn't married a daughter-in-law yet, why did he show her the front and back? Tori regretted it so much, why did he take off his pants in front of her just now, and moreover, Tori also asked Qin Ran to apply medicine to the wound on the root of his thigh on the back side!
Looking at Qin Ran again, Tori simply regarded him as a flood beast!
Han women are not shy to answer coquettishly, this little man, can fight and kill, where is he like an ordinary woman! Then again, he asked her to help rub the medicine, why would she gladly accept it? Could it be ......
Feeling his gaze, Qin Ran, who closed his eyes and rested, said. "I don't mean anything else."
Suddenly, Tori blushed, his eyes should have been like eagles, but at this time, he was awkward, like a silly sheepdog.
Seeing that the two of them stopped talking, Gredan handed the warm water to Qin Ran, she finished drinking, and then handed it to Tori, who was about to drink when he suddenly remembered that Qin Ran had just drunk it, and he hurriedly pushed the water bladder away.
Gredan didn't know what Tori was thinking about at the moment, he looked at the fire in front of him, and unconsciously thought of the soldiers who died tragically and those who escaped, and said to himself. "I don't know what happened to them......"
Hearing this, Tori spoke.
"Prince, today's incident is clearly a trap they have set! The eldest prince's team was attacked, please support, as soon as you walk away, we will be attacked by masked people from both sides, if it weren't for Qin Ran's help, the food would have been burned out earlier! Tori was furious at the mention of today's events. β¦β¦ In the end, the food was still taken away, and how many of the five hundred soldiers were left now? Prince, we are really empty of money and money, so don't let go like this! β
Qin Ran glanced at him, Tori was an understanding person.
Gredan shouted his name in a heavy voice, motioning for him to stop talking. "Tori."
At this time, Qin Ran looked at Tori and interjected ruthlessly. "He can't even take care of himself, can he take care of you?"
Tori didn't speak, he looked at Gredan.
Gredan sighed and continued. "Everyone knows that my father doesn't like me, I have no power or power, they bully me, I can only bear it, if I fight back, maybe they can't do anything to me, but you ......"
Tori has followed Gredan for so many years, he is not ignorant of his thoughts, listening to him tonight, Tori is very moved, after all, he was originally just a slave.
"Dead lips and cold teeth." With a flickering of her eyes, glowing with a cold glow, Qin Ran didn't look at the two of them, she stared at the sparks jumping in the fire, and said unhurriedly. "If you die, you can't protect them, only if you are really strong, can you protect your relatives and friends around you, otherwise, you can only watch them die in front of your eyes, but you can't do anything."
The firelight flickered, Qin Ran on the other side of the fire, her figure seemed to be blurred, so that Gredan could not see clearly, through the starlight, he seemed to see a woman kneeling on the ground and crying bitterly.
She looked so strong, but he felt like he had touched her heart.
It's not that Gredan doesn't understand what Qin Ran means, but he doesn't want to get involved in the battle between the princes, and he doesn't want to use countless lives to accumulate to reach that highest position, besides, he can't do it at all.
Gredan only has the identity of a prince, his mother is a slave girl, died shortly after giving birth to him, living for more than 20 years, no one can understand the hardships more deeply than him, and he, he hopes that everyone can live.
At this point, Tori's eyes were even more different when he looked at Qin Ran, she had the same thoughts as him.
"Princeβ"
Tori still wanted to persuade, Qin Ran shook his head at him. "Think about the current situation for a while, without food, your brothers will not only die in vain, but also bear trumped-up charges, now, think about a way out for those soldiers who are still alive."
As soon as these words came out, Gredan and Tori were silent, they lost their food, and the food for the rescue could not be distributed to the people, and in addition to the soldiers who escaped today, more people would die.
If we want everyone to be safe, there is only one possibility - food is safe and sound.
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Three days later, inside the palace of Uransili.
The king of Mongolia and his courtiers all focused their eyes on the embarrassed Gredan, and everyone waited quietly, waiting for him to explain.
"Gredan, your team was supposed to arrive in the capital three days ago, why did they arrive today?" The king sat on a high throne, and he looked down on Gredan.
"Back to my father." Practicing silently twice in the morning, speaking in front of the king and the ministers at this time, without the indignation and grief, Gredan's expression was natural. "Three days ago, Erchen and his entourage went to the west side of the mountain col of the Tuokali River, and suddenly a group of masked people appeared, killing people and taking food, and the soldiers resisted to the death, so they protected the grain cart, and on the way back, they met the Hohehao people, and they helped deliver the grain cart."
According to Qin Ran's words, Geldan did not mention the sneak attack on Kublai Khan's convoy, let alone the interception and killing of them halfway, but focused on how his soldiers resisted to the death and used their lives to protect food, as well as the follow-up matters of the Hohhao people's enthusiastic help.
Geldan didn't know how Qin Ran invited the Hohehao people, but the fact that the Hohehao people helped escort the grain was true, and he was not afraid of others to check at all. In fact, there were too few soldiers alive in Gredan, and they couldn't transport the grain cart back at all, so Qin Ran had to come up with this way to deal with it.
After talking about the story in detail, Gredan said sadly. "Father, there were 500 people when you went, and only 45 people left when you returned!"
"How so!" With a slap on the armrest of the seat, the king got up angrily.
Including Kublai Khan, Dai Qin, Hastana and others, the palace was strangely quiet for a while, and those who knew the truth felt strange, the grain escorted by Gredan had already been destroyed, where did he go to borrow the grain? I don't know if the situation is even more strange, will Gredan's luck be too good, and only forty-five people will be able to save food?
At this time, Gredin did not forget to add in time. "Father, the return route and time of the sons and his party seem to be known early."
Gredan's words are like a stone thrown into the water of a lake, which looks unremarkable, but it can set off a thousand waves and eventually disturb the water of a lake.
When Gredan said this, he felt quite angry in his heart, and he successfully led the disaster to the east.
This is also the fact that he did not mention the attack on Kublai Khan's army and the request for support from Daiqin's army, Qin Ran said that doing so would make the king suspicious.
Inadvertently, a seed of doubt was planted in the king's heart, and one day it would take root.
When Gredan was in the palace, Qin Ran and Torihou were outside the palace and never left.
"It's all in plain sight." Picking up a bowl of hot milk tea, Tori toasted Qin Ran with tea instead of wine.
"You're welcome, I'm also asking a friend for help." Through the white warehouse, Qin Ran used the resources of Cangsong Pavilion to transfer a batch of grain, and the sudden rain that day extinguished the fire that ignited the grain, and the masked man hid the grain cart when he saw the rain, and then, Qin Ran took the surviving soldiers to find the remaining grain.
Thinking of Cangsong Pavilion, Qin Ran was slightly stunned.
I didn't know before, but now when I heard Bai Cang talk about the industry of Cangsong Pavilion, I realized that it was so rich and rivaled the country, and the wealth and connections of Cangsong Pavilion were not only stored in the Tang Dynasty, but also in Mongolia, Qin and other countries.
Just thinking about the matter of Cangsong Pavilion, Gredan had already found the two of them.
He said to Qin Ran. "You come with me."
Gredan took Qin Ran out of the city and walked to the bottom of a barren mountain outside the city, he turned to look at her with an inquiring intent in his eyes.
"Now that the wagons were over, my father was merciful enough to distribute food to his dead brother's family as compensation, which was the best outcome. You have helped me too much in this matter, and Gredan is bound to repay you, but you are very capable, I want to ask you, what do you really want? β
Gredan was much taller than Qin Ran, she looked up at him and curled the corners of her mouth slightly.
"Stay with you."
The afterglow of the setting sun shone on the side of her face, and after a long time, Gredan still remembered the palpitations of this moment, and at that time, how much he wished that she would remain by his side for many years.
On that day, Qin Ran confessed to him that she had offended Kublai Khan, and she could not return to the Tang Dynasty at this time, and she would inevitably take revenge when she returned.
After listening to this, Gredan responded to her request, and the two returned to the city, and he asked Qin Ran to go to his mansion.
Before going to Gredan, Qin Ran returned to the Mongol family who took her and Ichiro Yamano.
"Xiao Ran, didn't you say that you would be able to come back on the same day, why did you delay for so many days, do you know how worried I am?" The moment he saw Qin Ran, Ichiro Yamano's anxiety, worry, and irritability for many days seemed to have found an exit, and it was finally released.
That day, Yamano Ichiro waited until late at night, still did not see her, he went to wait for her outside the city at dawn the next day, in recent days the wind was strong, he waited for two days and nights, but the body fainted from the cold, or the Mongolian brother who took in the two carried him back.
It can be seen that she walked in front of him safe and sound at this time, and Ichiro Yamano instantly calmed down. "Are you in danger? If there are any injuries, let me see. β
"Are you sick?" When he got closer, Qin Ran found that Ichiro Yamano's face was pale.
"It's cold, it's not in the way." Ichiro Yamano waved his hand, not intending to tell him that he was not lightly ill, and when he saw her return safely, he felt that he was half cured, and Ichiro Yamano noticed that she had some problems walking, and looked down at her legs. "Do you have a leg injury?"
"Gave the wolf a bite."
Since Ichiro Yamano was willing to stay with her, there was no need to hide anything from him, Qin Ran roughly told him about the events of that day.