The sky is blue, the wilderness is vast, the wind blows the grass and sees the cattle and sheep.

Located outside the city of Qizhou, the northernmost part of the empire, is a vast grassland connecting the barbarians outside the Saiwai.

The sun was setting, and the crimson sunlight shone on the grass more than half a person high, leaving countless mottled points of light.

The girl in white looked at the caravan that was camping around her, and after glancing at the fat uncle on the side, she quietly moved away from the crowd and walked towards the depths of the grassland.

A quarter of an hour later, the girl, who was walking alone in the depths of the grassland, stopped at a grassy slope, looked at the setting sun on the horizon, and sighed slightly.

At this moment, the grassland where she is located is called the Kaz Grassland, which is one of the most important trade routes connecting the Saibei barbarians and the Yunzhou Empire.

Before the outbreak of this world-famous war, there were countless caravans coming and going here every day, but with the Northern Expedition of the Empire, the situation in the northern frontier became more and more tense, and the barbarians outside the fortress began to rob the caravans from time to time.

As a result, this once extremely lively business road gradually declined in just one month.

However, money moves people's hearts. Even so, in the face of high profits, there were still many bold caravans, not afraid of life and death, secretly traveling together, ready to enter the depths of the steppe again, and make some shady transactions with some barbarians.

The caravan that An Lingsu is in now is one such caravan.

The sky gradually darkened, and An Lingsu stood in the grass, frowning slightly.

The appointed time is about to pass, why hasn't that person shown up yet?

Could it be that the news from the academy is wrong?

Soon, An Lingsu shook his head again.

Along the way, she didn't receive any other news, and the people who wanted to come to the academy to arrange for her to come to pick her up should be around here.

It's just that the other party didn't show up for three days in a row, is there something wrong with this?

It is precisely because of this that An Lingsu and Li Si, the academy teacher who came with him, acted separately today.

Seeing that the sky was about to get dark, the girl hidden in the grass sighed silently, and when she got up to go back, her ears suddenly moved.

Someone's coming!

Who is it?

An Lingsu followed the direction from which the sound came, and secretly became vigilant.

Soon, in her sight, another thin figure of a young girl appeared.

It's her, how could it be her!

An Lingsu frowned slightly, and silently walked out of the grass where she was hiding as the other girl looked around.

"Yun'er. ”

The girl's cold voice suddenly sounded, and Li Yun'er turned around suddenly.

"Susu, great, I finally found you!" Li Yun'er was so excited that she couldn't help but pounce on the girl who was covered in grass clippings.

An Lingsu smiled and gave her a big hug.

"Yun'er, I'm glad to see you here. As she spoke, she patted the dust and grass clippings on her body casually, took Li Yun'er's hand, and sat on the grass together.

"Susu, I'm very happy too. Li Yun'er held her hand tightly, looking extremely excited.

"Yun'er," An Lingsu looked at her quietly, and suddenly asked, "You are the one who came to meet us?"

Li Yun'er nodded and smiled a little shyly.

"yes," she whispered, "there was a little accident on the way, so I was two days late." Susu, do you worry about you?"

An Lingsu frowned slightly.

"Yun'er, why?" she asked.

Li Yun'er smiled more and more shyly.

"Su Su," she lowered her head, looked at the weeds below her, and said softly, "I have an ordinary appearance, and my cultivation is ordinary, what can a mediocre person like me do in other places?" But later, Dean Chen told me that an ordinary person like me is the most suitable candidate to be a spy. So, here I am. ”

An Lingsu looked at her side face, and her brows furrowed even deeper.

"Yun'er, you shouldn't come. She sighed lightly, "This is the territory of the barbarians, it's too dangerous. ”

Yun'er is not like them, his cultivation is not high, and in this place full of dangers, he may die at any time.

Li Yun'er smiled and looked back.

"Susu, I have to come. She said with a serious face, "Otherwise, I won't be able to get over the hurdle in my heart." ”

An Lingsu looked at her quietly.

"Su Su," Li Yun'er suddenly smiled self-deprecatingly, and said softly, "Actually, you guessed it all, right? In the academy, the person who secretly colluded with Miss Li to report the news was actually my ......."

An Lingsu sighed, and looked at her gaze, which became a little more complicated.

Yun'er, did she finally confess to herself?

"Susu, don't say anything. Li Yun'er looked up at her, and before she could speak, she continued.

"At that time, I was unable to settle down and seek qi, and I was never able to cross the threshold of cultivation, and I was ready for the worst. It was at this time that Miss Li found me. She said...... She has a rare Ming Xin Dan in her hand, which can help me successfully cross the threshold of cultivation. Li Yun'er thought of the scene at that time, and her eyes still lit up slightly.

An Lingsu frowned slightly.

She has always known that not being able to practice as soon as possible has always been Yun'er's heart disease.

If that Li Qingling uses this as a breakthrough......

Li Yun'er looked at her and smiled sadly, and continued, "Su Su, you know, how scared I am that I won't be able to cultivate. Because, that would mean I would be sent out of the academy and sent home. But I didn't want to go home at all. That home, since my mother's death, is no longer my home. If I were to be sent home, my stepmother would have tormented me even more......"

An Lingsu sighed.

Li Yun'er's matter, she had heard Lin Xiangwan mention something, and knew that her stepmother in the family was extremely vicious. not only often beat and scolded Li Yun'er, arranged for her to do unfinished work, but also often made Li Yun'er, who had worked all day, unable to eat...... Therefore, when she first arrived at the academy, Li Yun'er was so thin and timid.

Under An Lingsu's pitiful gaze, Li Yun'er lowered her head, and her voice also lowered.

"Susu, you don't know, that home is worse than hell for me. In order to escape from that home, I gave everything I had, including my chastity!" Saying this, Li Yun'er's voice was already thick nasal.

When An Lingsu heard this, her heart suddenly tightened, and she hugged the girl in front of her who was sobbing.

"Yun'er, don't say it. She said with difficulty, gently patting the other person's back.

"No," Li Yun'er buried herself in her arms and shook her head slowly. "Susu, listen to me. Otherwise, I will have a bad conscience for the rest of my life. ”

An Lingsu sighed slightly, continued to pat her back, and comforted her silently.

"Susu," Li Yun'er's crying voice sounded under the night sky. "You don't know how much that Ming Xin Dan tempted me! However, I still hesitated...... Later, people close to Miss Li told me that her father was a secretary of the military department and her uncle was a secretary of the ministry. And I'm ...... Nothing. A girl like me, who was born in a civilian and has no background, even if she successfully graduates from the academy in the future, whether she wants to join the army or politics, she has to look at the face of the person. ”

"That man made it very clear, if I offended Miss Li at this time, then ...... in the future Where will I have a future in the future?" Saying this, Li Yun'er couldn't help but smile bitterly.

She looked up at the girl on the side, and said very sadly, "Susu, just like that, after I didn't sleep all night, I finally chose to accept that Ming Xin Dan." Later, I secretly took your notes, lured away the teachers of the academy, and told them about Xiang Wan...... That night, it was also in your name that I led away the gatekeepers in the back mountain and helped Miss Li attract those people......"

An Lingsu patted her hand on the back, paused slightly, and then still patted it gently.

In this world, there is no such thing as perfection, and everyone has their own suffering!

At the beginning, if she could have cared more about Li Yun'er, maybe what happened later would not have happened.

It's a pity that the most unlikely thing in this world is if.

"Yun'er, I'm glad that you can tell me this in person today. Things from the past ......"

As soon as she said this, Li Yun'er shook her head and interrupted her.

"Su Su, I know, I know, you and Xiang Wan are good people, as long as I am willing to admit my mistakes, you will always forgive me. However, I can't forgive myself. She lowered her head and said with a sad face, "So, after struggling for a while, I came to the northern frontier, to the most dangerous barbarian tribe, and chose to be a spy. ”

"Su Su," Li Yun'er said here, looking up at the girl beside her, with a resolute expression, "Actually, I don't know what I can do." I know that I am very mediocre, that is, I practice, and I relied on that Ming Xin Dan to reluctantly enter the door. But, I thought, you're going to be here, so I came early. ”

"Susu, even if I am so mediocre, I can't help you with anything, but there is one thing I can do. ---- if there is danger, it would be good if I could stand in front of you and block the sword for you. Li Yun'er said at the end, and smiled a little resolutely.

"Yun'er, don't say it. An Lingsu hugged her tightly.

Yun'er's nature is not bad, but her heart is too sensitive. Coupled with the fact that her life experience made her more and more inferior and closed, it is no wonder that she was confused for a while, and was coerced and lured to do the wrong thing.

In fact, she is also responsible for this matter. ---- those days, she only cared about cultivation, but in the end she neglected the friends around her, which is why Yun'er is like this......

In this world, there are already their own difficulties. Now, since Yun'er has chosen to come here, she shouldn't blame this poor girl anymore.

Li Yun'er silently shed tears and cried faintly.

An Lingsu quietly held her hand.

After a long time, Li Yun'er looked up with red eyes.

"Susu, are we still friends?" she asked timidly.

An Lingsu smiled.

"Of course. Under the starry sky, An Lingsu said with a serious face.