Chapter 14: Encounter
"This general of the Falling Goose Kingdom, King Chen, do you want to protect it?" Xia Nanxuan's long sword was across Yanli's slender neck, and he opened his mouth coldly. The sharp blade of the sword cut the surface of Yan Li's fragile skin, and fine blood stains appeared, staining the blade of the long sword red, and Yan Li frowned in pain.
In the flickering cold light, the end of the long sword near the hilt was faintly engraved with the word "Annan", which was Xia Nanxuan's portable sword, named Annan Sword. It's just that Yanli was held hostage by Xia Nanxuan, and she didn't see these two words.
And as the two stopped fighting, all the people stopped what they were doing and looked at the three people in the center. Obviously, the real battle is controlled by them.
Xia Nanxuan had already seen that Cangya Country and Luoyan Country had reached an agreement at some point, and regardless of whether their alliance was reliable or not, as long as Cangbeichen didn't want to completely tear his face with Luoyan Country, the general must protect him, after all, the general was captured by him, and if he died here, Luoyan Country would only pour out his anger on Cangya Country.
And to protect the general, he must give up this rare opportunity to seize himself, which seems to be a dead end for Cang Beichen.
Cang Beichen looked at the blood dripping from Yan Li's shoulder and the sharp long sword dripping with blood across her neck with an expressionless face, and then suddenly smiled: "King Xuan is holding chicken feathers as an arrow, this person is not a real general of the Luoyan Kingdom at all, how can this king protect him?" ”
Xia Nanxuan's eyes sank, and he was about to kill Yanli with the force in his hand, he really didn't have the slightest hand!
"But!" Cang Beichen shouted suddenly, and Xia Nanxuan stopped his movements, but the sword pierced a little more, Yan Li's cold sweat was dripping with pain, and his face, which was pale because of disguise, was really pale at this time.
"This person is the king's right-hand man, and you will feel distressed if you kill the king like this." Cang Beichen's tone was a little casual, and he looked at Yan Li with pity in his eyes, "So, let her go, this king can also consider giving you a chance." ”
Xia Nanxuan smiled for the first time, with a sarcastic smile on his cold face, and Yanli heard him say, "Let this king leave, or I will kill him." ”
Cang Beichen's face suddenly became gloomy, he stared at Xia Nanxuan for a while, watched his hand slowly exert force, watched Yan Li's expression become more and more painful, and then finally he raised his hand and said in a cold tone: "Okay." ”
Xia Nanxuan wrapped his left hand around Yanli's waist and led her to retreat step by step, but the sword in his right hand was never put down, and King Xuan's subordinates also protected him behind him and slowly retreated, waiting to retreat to the farthest place in sight, King Xuan suddenly slapped out his palm and pushed Yanli away, while he himself jumped back.
"Chase!" Cang Beichen's eyes were already condensed when Xia Nanxuan took out his palm, and he rushed forward extremely fast, but he could only catch the flying goose glass, and the momentum forced him to retreat a few steps before stabilizing his body.
As soon as his words fell, Aoki and the others quickly followed up and launched a charge in the direction of Xia Nanxuan's escape, and Xia Nanxuan's subordinates also gave up the opportunity to escape and fought with Aoki and the others.
Cang Beichen looked down at Yan Li who was held in his arms, there was still blood hanging from the corners of her mouth at this time, the wound on her shoulder pierced by Xia Nanxuan's long sword continued to ooze blood, and there was also a layer of fine blood mist around her neck, and then he raised his eyes and looked at the direction of Xia Nanxuan's retreat, his brows furrowed, and finally he clenched his fist fiercely and retreated to the house with Yan Li in his arms.
Consciousness gradually returned, Yan Li felt a great pain on her body, it seemed that she was in a terrible pain all over her body, and she just wanted to open her eyes when she heard Cang Beichen's familiar voice.
"What the hell is going on with her, why hasn't she woken up all day?" His voice was unpleasant.
Yanli quickly stopped her desire to open her eyes and continued to pretend to be dizzy.
"Childe, although the sword wound on this girl's shoulder is not fatal, it caused excessive blood loss, and then she was severely injured by external forces, which should have been extremely serious, but the girl is a martial arts practitioner, so the injury did not hurt the root. It's just that in the end, it's a serious injury, and it's normal to not wake up for a day. A slightly old voice sounded, and Yanli guessed that this should be the Lang Zhong that Cang Beichen found for her.
"You can tell me what herbs you need, and wake her up as soon as possible at any cost."
"Don't worry, the old man will do his best."
When Langzhong's footsteps were getting farther away, Yan Li felt Cang Beichen sit down on the edge of her bed and didn't say a word for a long time, she couldn't see his expression, but she thought that he should be extremely angry with her at this time! If it weren't for her, maybe he would have captured Xia Nanxuan as he wished and occupied an absolute strategic opportunity.
In fact, Yan Li felt some indescribable complicated feelings welling up in her heart, if it wasn't for Xia Nanxuan, she would never use such a self-inflicted method to find a way to survive for him!
Xia Nanxuan's face appeared in his mind again, he was much taller than in his memory, his once childish face has now completely faded away, with the handsome and resolute unique to young men, he looks three points familiar, seven points unfamiliar, his temperament is not as warm as she remembers, but has become more and more indifferent and alienated, no wonder she didn't recognize him at that time.
Brother Nanxuan, I haven't seen you for a long time, do you remember me? Yanli thought quietly, some joy of reunion and some faint bitterness. For six years, she is no longer the beautiful and ignorant little girl she was at the beginning, and Xia Nanxuan is obviously no longer the gentle and young boy she was back then.
After waiting for a while, Cang Beichen also left, Yan Li slowly opened her eyes, she found that she had changed into a clean dress at this time, the wound on her shoulder had been treated and wrapped in gauze, although there was still obvious pain, but she felt that she could already operate her internal force.
Thinking that it should be Cang Beichen who saw that she was seriously injured and lifted the ban for her, this can be regarded as a blessing in disguise, Yanli comforted herself in her heart. It's just that it's been a day since Xia Nanxuan was poisoned, and she really can't help but worry about his situation, thinking that it was she who scattered the poisonous mist on Xia Nanxuan, Yanli felt bitter in her heart, the first meeting after many years turned out to be that I hurt you.
Yanli pursed her lips tightly, looked at the sky outside through the window screen, it seemed that it had begun to twilight, wait a little longer, Yanli told herself, and she just stopped the urge to go to Xia Nanxuan immediately.
Night.
Yanli endured the pain in her body and got up quietly, after yesterday's scuffle in the house, there was no one to guard it, Yanli actually flew over the wall very easily, and she almost couldn't wait to start running.
Yanli had already made plans when she was about to hurt herself yesterday to save Xia Nanxuan, and she had already sprinkled him with the unique glow powder of Luoyan Country, which could guide her to find him in the night.
However, after all, a day has passed, and the dust is no longer so obvious, Yan Li followed the clues and ran for more than an hour before finally discovering a cold spring, and Xia Nanxuan was immersed in this cold spring at this time.
Tonight, it's the night of the full moon. A cold spring in the wilderness was even more lonely in the night, and a bright full moon hung high in the air, and its moon shadow cast on the water, and the afterglow was sprinkled on the familiar figure.
Yanli's heartbeat suddenly accelerated, but when she slowed down and walked closer, she found that his face was flushed, his eyes were closed, his beautiful eyebrows and eyes were full of pain, and even his body had been trembling.
"Who?" Although Xia Nanxuan was extremely painful, he still maintained the most basic vigilance in the end, probably hearing footsteps, he stood up abruptly and opened his eyes, still holding the familiar long sword in his right hand.
Yan Li was stunned, not because of the sword, but because Xia Nanxuan's black eyes, which were still bright yesterday, were bleeding at this time.
"This king is poisonous, and if it is short, it will make people's internal strength gradually lost, and if it is a long time, it will kill people." Cang Beichen's words when she gave her Bliss and Joy were still in her ears, Yan Li's whole person looked at Xia Nanxuan blankly as if she had lost her soul, his face was actually very similar to back then, why didn't she recognize him at the first time?
Although he is the prince, why didn't he even consider the possibility that the person who came would be him? Why, when they met again after many years, would they have sprinkled such deadly poison on him?
"Who?!" Without receiving an answer, Xia Nanxuan asked again sharply.
Yanli snorted at this time, and while walking towards Xia Nanxuan, she deliberately lowered her voice and said sadly: "I am the daughter of a nearby farmer, and I went up the mountain with my father to collect medicine during the day, but when I went back in the evening, I got separated, and now I can't find my way back." Can Childe recognize the road in the mountains? ”
Probably hearing a female voice, Xia Nanxuan relaxed slightly, but then immediately tensed up: "I don't recognize, you get out of here quickly." ”
Yan Li didn't give up: "Childe, I see that your eyes are bleeding, but what beast have you encountered?" ”
"Don't be nosy." Xia Nanxuan closed his eyes and sank his whole person into the cold spring again, obviously unwilling to pay attention to her anymore, but Yan Li could see that Xia Nanxuan's underwater hand holding the sword did not let go.
Yanli was silent for a moment, she was already on the bank of this cold spring, biting her lip tightly, she slowly but firmly took a step towards the cold spring as if she had finally made a decision.
"Yikes!" Yanli screamed, took a few steps under her feet, and her body actually fell towards Xia Nanxuan in the cold spring.
Xia Nanxuan got up vigilantly, and the long sword in his right hand was almost swinged, but he hesitated for a moment and suddenly put it down, obviously he was not sure whether Yanli was really just the daughter of a peasant family, and he was worried that he would hurt her by mistake.
Yan Li was exactly right, and her whole body fell on Xia Nanxuan's body like this, bumping into her arms, the faint cold fragrance unique to his body entered his nose, and the wound on his shoulder also hurt faintly.