245 Jealousy
Further north, the more you go, the more desolate you are, and there are basically no people, but yes, how can someone be haunted in the ice and snow.
Halfway through, everyone stopped to rest for a while, mainly because the dogs needed to change seats and rest, there was no hot tea, Qi Shangyi just ate a few bites of the shopkeeper's prepared already cold jerky, and those cakes were already hard and couldn't be broken, so they couldn't attract Qi Shangyi's attention at all.
Getting on the sleigh again, Qi Shangyi no longer had the excitement he had before, buried his head deep in the thick cloak, and only relied on his ears to stop at the whirring wind, knowing whether the sled was accelerating or slowing down, knowing that the sled stopped again, Qi Shangyi slowly raised his head again.
"Is it there?" Seeing that Erdan was about to get up and get off the sled, Qi Shangyi straightened his waist and asked.
"Hmm." Erdan nodded, and bent down to untie the holster around the dog's neck.
Qi Shangyi carefully got off the sleigh, stood on the ice, and his body was tired from sitting on the sled, so he opened his arms and moved his body, and looked around, the soles of his feet were still the river.
"This is the place of extreme cold?" Qi Shangyi looked at Erdan with some disbelief, no different from other places.
"It's not here, just climb up!" Second Uncle Zhang had already untied all the dogs, and when he heard Qi Shangyi's question, he raised his hand and pointed to the front, "Just climb up!" β
Qi Shangyi raised his head, and in front of him was an iceberg that was not particularly high, full of ice, not even snow, and he went up and touched it, smooth as a mirror, "How do you climb up here?" β
"When the third uncle goes up first, he will throw a rope down. We'll go up again when the time comes. Erdan smiled and gestured to the side with his eyes, the hillside over there was a little slower, and Uncle Zhang was holding two things like sickles in his hands. It's already halfway up the climb.
Uncle Zhang's hands and feet were very fast, and after a while, he climbed up, found an ice cube and chiseled a gap to fix the rope, and then threw the rope down. Everyone went up in turn, Ye Cangjue, Qi Shangyi and Shi Yun, after all, they are people with skill, with the rope. After a few clicks on the ice wall, they reached the top of the mountain, and Erdan and Uncle Zhang were also responsible for getting the sled and the dog up. It took a little effort, but you can see that they've already done these things, so it's not messy at all. Even the dogs are obediently lined up.
Qi Shangyi turned around. In front of me, there was a white expanse full of glaciers, but I could vaguely see people moving not far away.
"There is a small village in front of us, with more than a dozen families, and we will wait for you here when you go to pick herbs." Erdan said while leading everyone towards the small village.
"Aren't you going back?" Qi Shangyi hurriedly asked, "Our time is not necessarily. "After all, looking for herbs is not the package, you can get it once you go. I'm not sure how long it will take, so I'm embarrassed to keep them waiting.
"It doesn't matter. The dogs are tired from our trip back, and because you don't have a certain amount of time, we have to wait here, otherwise you won't be able to contact us when you come out. Erdan said and waved his hand to the front, the person not far away was looking at this side, seeing that Erdan waved, he hurriedly waved his hand in response, but a group of dogs had already adapted to running on the ice, and when they saw the acquaintances on the opposite side, they hurriedly rushed over.
"Haji~" Erdan greeted the visitor affectionately, and Qi Shangyi didn't understand the language he spoke, the two exchanged pleasantries for a while, and the man smiled and nodded to Ye Cangjue, stretched out his hand to signal, and led everyone to his house.
His home is an icy house, the kind of house that Qi Shangyi has learned in geography books, but it is very different from what he has learned. From the outside, it looked like a small hole, and when I bent down to go in, I found that there was a hole inside, the whole polar bear skin was spread out on the ground, there were no tall chairs and furniture, and one person sat on the ground with a soft futon, and sat on the ground around a small fire.
Erdan introduced that the man's name is Jira, he lives with his wife, and has a three-year-old daughter, Jira's wife is very dark, but her facial features are very beautiful, I don't know if it's because of the language barrier, Jila's wife doesn't talk much, and has been seriously cooking milk tea for everyone, and occasionally raises her head and smiles faintly at a few people who are communicating.
Jira told Ye Cangjue through Erdan that the Extremely Cold Land is near here, but the entrance to the Extremely Cold Land is difficult to find, so you have to wait until it gets dark, look at the sky, and the place where the colorful aperture will appear is the entrance to the Extremely Cold Land, which is very accidental and cannot be seen at any time.
Qi Shangyi glanced at Ye Cangjue in disappointment, Ye Cangjue smiled comfortingly at her, turned his head to look at Jira, and asked politely, "Then there is no other way?" β
Erdan muttered and translated for Jira, who looked up at Ye Cangjue and shook her head helplessly.
"Wait, maybe you'll see you tonight!" Uncle Zhang couldn't wait for Jila's wife's hot milk tea, he had already taken the wine bag from his waist and drank it, took a sip of wine, frowned, turned around and picked up a piece of jerky, and teased the little girl who was crawling on the side, the little girl's name is Bazaar, and she seemed to be very close to Uncle Zhang, just before Qi Shangyi teased her, she climbed farther away, and Uncle Zhang teased her, so she crawled over with a smile.
Erdan chatted with Jila and Ye Cangjue for a while, Jila's wife's milk tea was also burned, Qi Shangyi knew that he couldn't be in a hurry, and tasted the milk tea with peace of mind, to be honest, the milk tea was average, it may have been a long time since he touched such a fresh dairy product, but it was hot, but it was very warm, Qi Shangyi drank a cup, and smiled and asked Jila's wife to add another cup for herself.
There was a knock at the door outside, and Kira's wife quickly got up and opened the door, but she couldn't see who it was, only the sound of a man and a woman talking, and then Jira's wife walked in, followed by a man who was turning his back to untie his cloak and couldn't see his face clearly.
Qi Shangyi thought that it might be a guest in Jila's house, so he didn't look at it again, turned sideways, and teased Basha, who was already willing to play with her.
The man took off his cloak and politely handed it to Jira's wife, and when he saw the visitor, Jira also stood up politely, and after the two said hello, he beckoned the man to sit down.
The man didn't have time to sit still. He noticed the night cangjue, paused, and smiled slightly. didn't get up, just arched his hand, "I've seen Dongli Shengshang!" β
Qi Shangyi was stunned for a moment, turned his head in a daze, and happened to meet the eyes cast by the third prince, naturally surprised.
Ye Cangjue was also stunned, he never expected to meet the third prince here. But he immediately nodded politely.
"What a coincidence, is this also the territory of Beichen?" Ye Cangjue asked, in his own memory. The Extremely Cold Land does not belong to Beichen, but it is not certain whether it belongs to it or not.
"It wasn't before, but it was just recently included, so the palace sealed the order of my father and the emperor to check it in this area." The third prince said very sincerely. But his eyes glanced at Qi Shangyi from time to time. "Why is Miss Xiaoqi here?"
"It's a coincidence to go to an extremely cold place, passing by here, and meeting the three princes here." Qi Shangyi said with a smile, slowly sat up straight, and Jila's wife saw that a few people actually knew the third prince, so she took away Bazaar who was playing next to Qi Shangyi.
Erdan, Second Uncle Zhang, and Third Uncle Zhang were already stupid, but they didn't expect that the one sitting in front of them turned out to be the third prince of their country. There is also a saint of Dongli, who is in a hurry to get up and salute. But he was stopped by the third prince stretching out his hand, "It's fate to be able to get together, no need to be polite," he said and glanced up at Ye Cangjue, and smiled slightly, "Dongli Shengshang won't blame him." β
After greetings, a group of people began to chat again, the third prince said that he and his subordinates were separated, just passing by, so they knocked on the door and came in to hide, I heard that Qi Shangyi was going to the extremely cold place to find Fu Bingcao, and he was busy asking if he wanted to help.
Qi Shangyi turned his head to glance at Ye Cangjue's jealous expression, smiled faintly, and shook his head, "No need, the third prince has official business, so he is naturally very busy, so he won't bother." β
The three princes didn't insist anymore, they just smiled and said some of the growth habits of Fubing grass, and in less than half an hour, Beichen's army followed the marks left by the three princes, and the three princes said goodbye to everyone and left.
Shi Yun took the two dogs with two eggs out to play with the ice, Jila's wife began to prepare dinner, and Ye Cangjue saw that Qi Shangyi was about to go out with a cloak, so he hurriedly put on a cloak and followed out.
"It's so cold outside, what are you doing coming out?" Ye Cangjue caught up with Qi Shangyi, straightened her clothes, and took the opportunity to touch her hand, fortunately, the room was warm enough, so his hands were very hot, but he still handed the handguard to Qi Shangyi, "Take it well, don't freeze your hands." β
Qi Shangyi smiled faintly, happily took the gauntlet, kicked his hand in, and then slowly walked to the side.
"Were you jealous when the third prince was here?" Qi Shangyi glanced back at Ye Cangjue.
"I know that you are jealous and you still have such a happy chat with him!" Ye Cangjue glanced at Qi Shangyi with some complaints, his eyes were full of love.
Qi Shangyi pursed his lips, and glanced at Shi Yun, who was playing happily in the distance, "You had a good chat with him yesterday!" β
"Huh?" Ye Cangjue glanced at Qi Shangyi puzzled, and didn't understand why he wanted to compare Shi Yun with the third prince, he was a man, thinking of this, Ye Cangjue's face immediately sank, and he reached out to take Qi Shangyi into his arms, looked at Qi Shangyi's eyes very seriously and said, "Lone doesn't like men." β
Ye Cangjue posture can accept Wubai and Phantom Sakura together, after all, they are spirit beasts, and the gender of the spirit beast is not clear, but he has absolutely no interest in men, not to mention, he only has Qi Shangyi in his heart.
Qi Shangyi turned the cow to the side, "Hmph, that guy is no different from a woman!" "More charming than a woman, Qi Shangyi said in her heart.
"It doesn't matter if he's a man or a woman, Lone only likes you," Ye Cangjue raised his hand and covered Qi Shangyi's face, making her look at her, "Only you are the woman Lone wants to marry." β
Qi Shangyi looked at Ye Cangjue, bit his lip happily and shyly, and smiled down.
Ye Cangjue looked at her delicate appearance, and it only made people's hearts itch, and he couldn't help but want to take a bite, but his head just went down, but he saw Shi Yun smiling evilly again, so his face sank, and he didn't make the next move.
Qi Shangyi noticed what Ye Cangjue was doing, followed his eyes and glanced at Shi Yun on the side, glared at him, turned his head, and gently kissed Ye Cangjue on the cheek, then smiled, and happily turned around and entered the room.
Ye Cangjue was complaining about the scenery when he was angry, and before he came back to his senses, Qi Shangyi left with a peck, and he originally wanted to continue, but he didn't want Qi Shangyi to have already entered the house, so Ye Cangjue had to shake his head in disbelief and follow Qi Shangyi into the house.
Only Shi Yun was stunned, he didn't expect Qi Shangyi to be so bold at all, even if it was a fiancΓ©, it was impossible to be so intimate before marriage, how much should he avoid suspicion? Shi Yun thought about it and shook the fist in her hand, no, she must not let this little girl spoil herself like this again.
The dinner was very rich, maybe because he was in a good mood, and Qi Shangyi ate a lot. After dinner, Jira and Erdan went out with Ye Cangjue, Qi Shangyi and Shi Yun, it was a coincidence, and they really met the aperture that Jira said, Qi Shangyi looked up at the aperture that flashed in the night sky, which was similar to the aurora seen on TV, which was Qi Shangyi's idea.
"Take these!" Erdan took a burden and a lamp from Jira's hand and handed it to Ye Cangjue, "The extremely cold place is the 'Dark City', this lamp is a kerosene lamp, there is a small pot with kerosene here, it should be able to be able to last for several days, the burden has some cakes and jerky, you can eat hot when you find a place to live, my third uncle and I will come here once a day in the morning and evening, if you come out, it is the best, if you can't touch it, you will go to Jila's house to find us." β
"Thank you." Ye Cangjue took the things handed over by Erdan, and then took out a bag of silver from his arms and called him, "These are for you, and the rest will be given to you when you go back to Blackwater Town and find the money bank, and I will give it to you." β
"No need...... Erdan hurriedly waved his hand, knowing that Yecang Jue was Dongli Shengshang, Erdan didn't dare to accept his silver anymore.
"Take it, he's rich anyway!" Qi Shangyi guessed what Erdan was thinking, and pulled the money bag in Ye Cangjue's hand and stuffed it into Erdan's hand, "I don't know how long this entrance will appear, so let's not rub it in, you take the silver and go back with Jira, and we will go in too." β
Erdan glanced at the money bag in his hand, smiled innocently, and nodded at Qi Shangyi and Ye Cangjue, "Then thank you, I will wait for a few to come back." β
Qi Shangyi nodded and smiled, reached out and grabbed Ye Cangjue's sleeve, and the two turned around and entered the aurora together, Shi Yun waved his hand at Erdan, and quickly chased in.
Erdan and Jira stood outside the aurora, watching the aurora slowly fade away, Jira made a prayer gesture to Aurora, and then the two turned around and left with a few dogs that followed. (To be continued......)