Chapter 17: The Ice Forest's Fury
A four-horse two-wheeled vehicle was running wildly on the bluestone avenue outside the ice city, and the car was occupied by an old couple and an injured daughter, these three people were made up by Feng Feixiang, Binglin and Lan Ling'er, who was still in a coma.
"Sir, please hurry up." Wind Flying shouted in an anxious and deliberately old voice in the carriage.
"Dear old gentleman, the carriage is already the fastest." The coachman looked up at the dim sky: "But be prepared to spend the night outside the city." โ
"Okay, you can do it as fast as you can." I don't know how many times I urged the coachman along the way, but he always felt that the carriage was running too slowly, and he hated to go down and pull the cart himself, but if it was really that way, the carriage would run slower.
"It seems that there is no hurry, they are closing the city gates." When the carriage was still about a hundred meters away from the city gate, the coachman saw that several soldiers were closing the city gate, and the coachman said apologetically: "I can take you to the nearest hotel for free, and you can enter the city early tomorrow morning." โ
"It doesn't matter, sir, you just have to drive over." In Binglin's eyes, the city gate is always open.
"Okay, maybe I can give you a try, but for some silver." The driver walks between major cities all year round, and still understands the "rules" better.
"As long as you can get into the city, you can do anything." Feng Feixiang stretched out his hand and took out a gold coin and handed it out: "You take this." โ
Binglin opened her mouth next to her, but she didn't say anything, she now regarded Feng Feixiang as a friend, and she didn't want Feng Feixiang to know her identity in this situation, she planned to find a time to talk to Feng Feixiang after entering the city.
The coachman whistled, and the four horses stopped beautifully in front of the city gate, and at this time the city gate was only half closed, and several soldiers under the city immediately surrounded him, one of whom had half a thick arm exposed, and a spear in his big hand, and he was dressed differently from the others, and was obviously the captain of these people.
He said, "I'm sorry, but the gates are closed, so let's go into the city and wait for tomorrow." โ
"My lord, there is an injured man in the car who is in a hurry to go into the city to find a healer." The coachman bowed down and smiled and grabbed a handful of silver coins from his arms and secretly handed them over: "Be accommodating." โ
"Take back your dirty hands." The captain yelled fiercely: "The carriage needs to be checked, if there are really injured people, I can consider letting them go, if not, you give me a little care." โ
The coachman was stunned for a moment, but he was away all the year round, and he was not surprised by all kinds of situations, and his face immediately returned to normal, in fact, he still admired such a soldier in his heart, and said respectfully when he lifted the curtain: "My lord, please get in the car." โ
The captain threw his spear into the dirt by the roadside, and the spearhead immediately sank into the dirt, which showed that his strength was quite impressive.
"Hello, I'm sorry to interrupt, I'm doing my duty, please lift the quilt on the injured person." After the captain entered the carriage, his voice was unconsciously suppressed: "By the way, what kind of injury did she suffer?" Where is the injury? โ
"As we passed through the woods, my daughter was mistakenly caught in the chest by a hunting arrow." Feng Feixiang knew that the injury could not be concealed, so he simply said it, but changed the cause of the injury.
"It's unfortunate, may God bless her." This captain saw Lan Ling'er's pale face, and he already believed it, because he couldn't check the injured parts, and the soldiers on the city gate were all men, now after all, it is not wartime, and the inspection is not strict, basically let it go at a glance, he is not embarrassed, got out of the car and said: "Please go into the city." โ
Feng Feixiang said sincerely: "Thank you very much. โ
Bing Lin secretly let out a sigh of relief, keeping the secret of her identity for the time being, but she didn't relax for long, the carriage had just passed the half-open city gate, and a disgusting arrogant voice came from outside the car: "Stop! The gates are closed, who let you in? โ
The captain heard the voice and hurriedly ran over, and took a closer look at Squadron Leader Smith, who turned out to be relying on nepotism, and he said without being arrogant or humble: "Report to the sir, there are wounded people in the car, according to non-wartime regulations, there are seriously injured and sick people can open the city gate alone, and the city gate has not been completely closed." โ
"Captain West, you're on duty." Smith hated this guy very much, and all the squad leaders under him never gave him gifts, because West was appreciated by many officers on the same level as Smith for his leadership and personal combat effectiveness. Smith didn't dare to remove him, so he could only make things difficult for him often: "Have you checked the injured in the carriage?" โ
"Yes, sir." West replied.
"The location and extent of the injury have been examined?" Smith continued.
"The injured person is a young girl, who was put in the chest with a bow and arrow, and I can't check the injury." West replied in a low voice.
"Captain West, is this considered a dereliction of duty?" Smith snorted coldly, "You can find a female therapist to check it out." โ
"Yes, sir." West waved a soldier and called out to him, "Go to the nearest treatment center and ask for a female therapist." โ
"How long does it take to get back and forth from here to the nearest treatment facility?" Feng Feixiang asked anxiously in the carriage.
"It takes about half a magic hour." Binglin is considering whether to reveal his identity.
"How long is it going to take?" Feng Feixiang has no other way but to be in a hurry: "I hope he can run faster." โ
"I'm sorry, but I have something to hide from you." After a simple thought, Binglin decided to say it directly, and now in this situation, she can only use her identity to quickly enter the city.
Feng Feixiang just looked at her with an inquiring gaze and didn't speak.
"My real name is Bing Linxue, and I am the daughter of Duke Binglu, the current lord of Ice City." Bing Linxue took a deep breath and continued: "Feixiang, I'm sorry, I hope you don't get angry, I didn't mean to deliberately hide my identity, you also know that a girl is out and about......"
"Oh, what a big deal I'm going to do." Feng Feixiang interrupted Bing Linxue anxiously: "I can understand this matter, and if you can save Ling'er, I can't thank you too late, why are you angry?" โ
When Bing Linxue heard this, she jumped out of the carriage and came to Smith, and asked with a straight face: "Who is responsible if you delay the condition of the injured person if you do this?" โ
Smith looked arrogantly at the old woman in coarse cloth clothes in front of him, thinking that with your attitude, you don't want to enter the city today, he snorted coldly: "You pariahs still want me to be responsible for the life and death of untouchables? The ghost only knows how she was injured, maybe she was hurt by someone who went to steal something. โ
"Fuck you, you goddamn pig." Bing Linxue slapped Smith angrily, followed by a kick on his lower abdomen, Feng Feixiang saw this scene and thought that this young lady was too fierce, and she would even scold people.
Bing Linxue had learned some simple martial arts before, and Smith, who was hurting under his feet, squatted on the ground and shouted, "Ah...... Catch her, you shit. โ
In fact, West could have stopped Bing Linxue's kick, but he was too disgusted with this Master Smith's character, and he saw that Bing Linxue's kick was not fatal to him, but now that Smith shouted to arrest someone, he couldn't disobey him no matter what.
He glanced at Bing Linxue and asked her to go quickly, and then slowly stretched out his hand, and just when all the soldiers were about to move, Bing Linxue slammed her hood to the ground and shouted: "Stop me, I'm Bing Linxue." โ
Smith was so frightened that he forgot the pain, all the soldiers were stunned in place, most of the people at the scene had seen Bing Linxue, and they immediately jumped up happily and shouted after taking a closer look: "Miss Zhenzhen has returned to the city." โ
Smith fainted directly when he heard this, and Bing Linxue herself wondered, my popularity is so good? In fact, there is another important reason why these soldiers are so happy, Duke Binglu released a reward message after Bing Linxue sneaked away, "Anyone who provides clues to Miss Bing Linxue will be rewarded with one hundred gold coins after verification, and those who find Miss Bing Linxue will be rewarded with one thousand gold coins." "Although the young lady came back on her own, even if she can't get a reward of 1,000 gold coins, the Duke will definitely not treat these people who found the young lady in the first place.
Bing Linxue waved her hand at West and said, "Come here." โ
"Miss, welcome back to the city, what do you need me to do?" West bowed respectfully.
"Hurry up and send someone on horseback to invite the best healers in the city to the Duke's Palace, as well as the Archbishop of the Church, Otlao." Bing Linxue jumped back into the carriage and said to the coachman in a daze, "Hurry up." โ
"What's your name, and what's the name of the one lying on the ground?" This was the last thing Bing Linxue asked West before entering the carriage.
A few days later, Smith became a latrine cleaner, and West was promoted to squadron leader to fill Smith's vacancy, but of course that's a story for later.
The soldiers quickly returned to the Duke's Palace to report the news that the young lady had returned to the city with a wounded, and the Duchess Catherine heard the news and hurriedly ran to the door, the Duchess was born in the Imperial Transportation Giant, and was famous for her beauty since she was a child, and she married the Duke of Binglu at the age of eighteen, but she only gave birth to a daughter for the Duke for so many years, and the couple both pampered their daughters a little too much, this time Bing Linxue sneaked away and made Catherine faint directly, and Bing Linxue was pulled by Catherine as soon as she got out of the carriage and asked non-stop.
"Miss, Lord Duke, please go to the study." The old butler of the Duke's Palace, Marsin, waited for the Duchess to finish asking all the questions before bowing down and speaking.
"Okay, I'll go over now and arrange a place for my friend to heal."
"Two rooms next to each other have been arranged, and the best therapist in town is waiting at the door of the room." Marsin replied earnestly.
"Very well done." Bing Linxue was uneasy in her heart, and in order to prevent being scolded, she took the Duchess's hand and said coquettishly: "Mom, you can go with me."
Bing Linxue's coquettish expression made Feng Feixiang almost fall, and after Bing Linxue left, Marcin came to Feng Feixiang, and he said, "Dear sir, please come with me, do you need them to carry this young lady in?" โ
Feng Feixiang declined his kindness, picked up Lan Ling'er and followed him to the door of the guest room.
"This is where you rest." Marcin pointed to the four maids and said, "If you need anything, you can tell them." โ
"Thank you." Feng Feixiang nodded politely.
"Sir, the therapist is waiting for you inside, I won't bother." Marsin turned and left.
Feng Feixiang entered the door and saw a man and a woman in the hall, and smiled politely at them: "Are you a therapist?" โ
"Yes." The man dressed in white patted the woman on the shoulder and said, "This is my right-hand man." โ
"Hello." Feng Feixiang anxiously asked, "Can you start now?" โ
"Of course, you can put the injured person on the bed in the inner bedroom, and let my assistant check on the injured first."
"Then let's get inside." Feng Feixiang didn't wait for the therapist to continue talking, picked up Lan Ling'er and came to the bedroom, and gently placed her on the soft big bed.
The healer explained a few words to his female assistant, and returned to the living room with Feng Feixiang, leaving only the female assistant and the four maids in the bedroom, the female assistant checked Lan Ling'er's injury, and she found that the wound had been treated with water magic and had healed.
Feng Feixiang told the therapist in the living room about the process of Lan Ling'er's injury and the treatment method at that time, at this time the female assistant came out and told the therapist about the wound, and after listening, the healer immediately said that as long as Lan Ling'er woke up within three days, there would be no big problem, and if she could use light magic to treat it, she would wake up quickly, and the therapist prescribed some potions and left the Duke's Mansion with the female assistant.
Feng Feixiang said to the four maids, "You guys go out first." โ
"Yes." The answers of the four of them were exactly the same as the volume of their voices, which showed that they were well-trained.
Feng Feixiang sat at the head of the bed and looked at Lan Ling'er's pale face, and said softly: "Ling'er, when you wake up, Brother Feng will take you to eat all kinds of snacks you like." โ
At this time, a kind old man walked in with Bing Linxue, who changed back into women's clothes, Bing Linxue's delicate body was wrapped in a red sรจ long skirt as bright as the summer sun, and the long skirt was bare with smooth skin like winter snow, coupled with a sweet smile, so that Feng Feixiang's eyes almost fell out, Feng Feixiang felt disgusted when he saw Bing Linxue's smile, and after knowing that she was a girl, he found that her smile was really beautiful.
Bing Linxue introduced Feng Feixiang: "This is Archbishop Otlaw. โ
Otlao and Bing Linxue's grandfather are friends of life and death, because the clergy of the church cannot get married, he has never married a wife and had children, so he regards Bing Linxue as his own granddaughter, after the death of Bing Linxue's grandfather, Otlao loves Bing Linxue even more, today he is wearing a white magic robe, a scattered silver hair, and an old face with a kind smile.
"Hello Archbishop." Feng Feixiang said respectfully.
"Boy, I heard Xiaoxue say that you are very upright." Otlao stared at the clear eyes of the wind and asked, "Are you interested in coming to the Church of God the Father?" โ
"I'm sorry, but I don't have that idea yet." Feng Feixiang doesn't want to be a bachelor for the rest of his life.
Bing Linxue said with a smile: "Grandpa Otrau, don't be busy pulling Feixiang into the church first, let's wake up Ling'er quickly, I have to surprise her." โ
"Yes, my dear granddaughter." Otrau came to Lan Ling'er's bed and waved his hand, a soft light flew out of his fingers and landed on Lan Ling'er, the light slowly spread out in all directions until it wrapped her entire body, and then slowly entered her body, "The fastest time is a magic, she can wake up by tomorrow morning at the latest." โ
"Thank you, Archbishop, for saving my sister." Feng Feixiang said solemnly: "I hope you can give me a chance to repay." โ
"Okay." Otlao laughed and agreed happily: "Then you can protect my 'good' granddaughter, don't let her sneak away again, old man, my heart is not good, I am afraid that I will not be able to bear it a few more times." โ
"Grandpa laughed at me again." Bing Linxue shook Otlao's arm coquettishly, and when she heard that Lan Ling'er was fine, a stone in her heart finally let go, after all, Lan Ling'er's injury had a lot to do with herself, she continued: "Feixiang, let's go out, don't disturb Ling'er's sister to rest." โ