Chapter 38: The tortoise and the elephant contend for our state
After setting off to Lin and the others, Xiao Yiran also took the opportunity to rest for a day. During the period, he also accompanied Xuan Yi and Xuan Liang of the Turtle Clan for an afternoon. From Xuan Yi's mouth, Xiao Yiran knew that the two were sisters and brothers, Xuan Yi was fourteen years old and Xuan Liang was thirteen years old. Both sisters and brothers are very handsome. Xuan Yi is the kind of typical melon seed face, with curved eyebrows and apricot eyes, and his skin is not very dark, obviously he does not work every day like other clansmen in the clan. Xuan Liang is very quiet, which can be described as clear eyebrows and beautiful eyes. There are few words, and he always follows Xuanyi's side closely, never leaving an inch.
After getting acquainted with it, Xiao Yiran asked Xuanyi:
"Young patriarch Xuanyi, do you have a sweetheart?"
Xuan Yi heard Xiao Yiran's question, and there was a rare hint of shyness on her face.
Shaking his head slightly, he whispered:
"Nope."
From the corner of Xiao Yiran's eyes, he saw Xuan Liang's lips move, as if he wanted to say something, so he turned his head to look at him and asked:
"What does Xuan Liang want to say?"
"My sister doesn't look down on the men in the clan."
"Then did Xuan Liang have a crush on the women in the clan?"
Xiao Yiran quipped.
Seeing that Xuan Liang shook his head vigorously, Xiao Yiran couldn't help but smile.
"It seems that both of you sisters and brothers have a high eye. If you take a fancy to our dragon people, you can tell me directly, you can also sue Xiao An. ”
Unexpectedly, the sister and brother both nodded seriously. Xuan Liang glanced at Xiao Yiran's plump breasts under his bra, blushed and lowered his head deeply. Xiao Yiran's twenty-year-old spirit can naturally see why Xuan Liang is shy. Could it be that this kid has taken a fancy to me? Am I so charismatic? Xiao Yiran was a little amused in his heart. At the same time, there is something sweet about it, and there is no woman who does not revel in the infatuation of men. Especially Xiao Yiran, who comes from modern times, is especially so.
"Empress, may I ask you what you're wearing?"
Xiao Yiran had already noticed that Xuan Yi was constantly looking at the silk dress on his body.
"This is called clothes, Patriarch Xuan Yi hasn't seen it, right?"
"No, it's the first time I've seen you. It's so beautiful. Did the dragons do it themselves? ”
"Yes, after defeating the elephant clan, my sister will also give one to the young patriarch Xuanyi, okay?"
"Empress, Xuan Yi doesn't dare to ask for such a valuable gift. Please also ask the empress to call Xuan Yi directly, in front of the empress, Xuan Yi should be called the patriarch. ”
From Xuan Yi's conversation and demeanor, Xiao Yiran can see that this is a very smart girl. When Xiao Yiran led the two to the edge of the rice field, Xuan Yi looked at the rice waves in the field that were undulating in the wind and asked:
"Sister Empress, is this rice?"
"Yes, Xuan Yi has eaten it before?"
"No, it's the first time I've eaten it, and it's the first time I've seen it, it's delicious."
"Empress, will our turtle clan also be able to grow rice in the future?"
Xuan Liang asked more directly, Xiao Yiran looked at him, then at Xuan Yi, and then said:
"It depends on what the relationship between our two clans will be in the future, and I'm afraid it will be up to your patriarch to decide."
The siblings fell into deep thought for a moment. Xiao Yiran didn't bother them either, after all, the affairs of a group were not trivial, and only their sisters and brothers couldn't decide anything.
"Empress, can I join your guard?"
"Huh?"
Xuan Liang's words were very unexpected to Xiao Yiran.
"Can you do it yourself? Why do you want to join my Guard? ”
"I'm an adult and can call the shots. I just want to be around the Empress all the time. ”
The first half of Xuan Liang's sentence was very decisive, but in the second half, his voice gradually became quieter, and by the last few words it was inaudible.
Ha, you really like me. Xiao Yiran snickered in his heart, and his face didn't show anything.
When Xuan Liang wanted to go to the smelter in Hexi, he was politely declined by Xiao Yiran. It is an important place in the clan, and even ordinary people are not allowed to go there, let alone people from other races. Xuan Yi is an understanding person, and he stopped him without waiting for Xuan Liang to finish speaking.
"There will always be opportunities in the future, and there is no hurry. Didn't Xuan Liang want to join my guards, do you know that each of them is one of the best in the clan, and they have to undergo strict training every day, can you endure that hardship? ”
Xiao Yiran is right, of the sixteen guards, only eight of them escort her every day, and the other eight have to participate in training. In order to protect the emperor as his own woman, the sixteen guards were very hard in training.
"I can."
"Then you can train with them from tomorrow onwards, and if you can persevere, I can consider it."
At night, it was Wei Yu's turn to sleep with Wei Zhou, and after the three of them lingered, Wei Yu asked:
"Does the emperor like that turtle kid very much?"
Xiao Yiran could hear the strong vinegar in Wei Yu's words, and couldn't help but smile, kissed Wei Yu's lips lightly, and comforted softly:
"Xuan Liang is still a hairy boy, and he will talk about it later."
Wei Yu naturally didn't dare to oppose Xiao Yiran's decision, but they just inadvertently revealed their hearts.
What Xiao Yiran didn't expect was that because the sixteen guards were jealous in their hearts, they gave Xuan Liang a lot of hardships in the process of training with them. This instead created Xuan Liang and laid a solid foundation for him to become a generation of generals of the Dragon Clan in the future.
For more than a month waiting for the results of the battle with Xiang Lin and them, Xiao Yiran was not idle. Let Cao Ying send many soldiers to the north of the station, as well as to the west to investigate. She wanted to know what other groups were there. In this era, information was very underdeveloped, and the range of activities of the tribe was limited, and they only knew almost nothing about the area around the station. Xiao Yiran didn't want to be near her clan, and suddenly one day, a powerful clan would pop up.
Since only part-time soldiers were left behind, Xiao Yiran had to select four of the sixteen guards to cooperate with Cao Ying's people to investigate. Although they have not yet fitted together, Xiao Yiran has regarded them as his own men in his heart. The night before leaving, he made an exception and summoned Wei Wu, Wei Qian, Wei Fei, and Wei Tian, who were to be sent, to sleep.
Xiao Yiran was like a docile wife, lying in the middle of the four, except for not letting them in, he was left to do whatever he wanted. lingered all night, until Xiao Yiran's chest and abdomen were covered with the sticky juice of the four. At dawn, he repeatedly told the four people to pay attention to safety and come back intact, watching the backs of the four disappear at the door, calling the four women in spring, summer, autumn and winter to serve and bathe, scrub their bodies clean, and Xiao Yiran fell asleep.
Waiting is tormenting, worrying is painful, but fortunately, there are twelve guards such as Wei Wen, who can relieve Xiao Yiran's depressed mood. Xiang Lin and the others have also been away for twenty-two days, and Xiao Yiran knows that there should be news coming back soon.