Chapter 107: Reason
Even if he didn't say anything or do anything, Jiang Chuge knew that her relatives had eaten the wrong thing.
"Alright, let's go first." She quickly put away her reluctant emotions, gave Xiaocha a big hug again, and said her final goodbye.
"By the way," she said, as she got into the carriage, suddenly remembered something important.
"Xiaocha, go to my room and bring the small square wooden box in the second drawer under my dresser."
Listening to the little prince talk about his pet Qiuqiu, she suddenly remembered the silly son who had been forgotten by her for a long time and had entered a state of hibernation.
It is unpredictable to go to the West Gu here, and the West Gu Country is full of Gu worms and Gu poison, so she has to take her spirit snake pet that has never been powerful to defend herself.
Although her stupid son will forget her as a mom when he sees Qiuqiu, and he has to play dead when he is in danger. However, she believes that one day, her silly son will still be a blockbuster.
Her persistent old mother has not given up yet, hoping that her silly son will not live up to her expectations again.
Xiaocha quickly found the small wooden box she wanted, she gently opened the lid of the box, and the dots inside were coiled inside with a stupid face, and the frozen snake hyacinth didn't have time to take it back, and it drooped outside with joy.
She chuckled helplessly, put the wooden box in her arms, and briefly said a few words to Xiao Cha before finally getting into the carriage bound for Xigu.
I hope everything will go smoothly when I go to the Western Gu Country.
The Western Gu Kingdom is a remote ancient and mysterious country located in the desert, which has existed for thousands of years, but has little contact with the outside world.
First, for the rumors of it, everyone is afraid to contact it. The other is because everyone doesn't know about Western Gu, but there are Western Gu people standing in front of them without knowing it.
"Just like you and the third princess, the world will not believe that you will be from the Western Gu Kingdom and their princess." Qin Ying explained to her one by one.
"Why?" She was stunned for a moment, and asked humbly and studiously.
"Because in the impression of the world, the people of the Western Gu Kingdom are either purple-lipped and black-skinned, with all kinds of scary patterns on their bodies, or they are mysterious and treacherous, ruthless, and crawling with all kinds of Gu worms. And you are just like ordinary Jiangnan women, completely different from the rumored Western Gu people. ”
"Huh......" She rubbed the goosebumps on her arms and asked curiously, "Then what does a real Western Gu person look like?" Have you ever seen one? ”
"I've been in contact with one or two."
Qin Ying's concise words carried a faint smugness in them, and he continued: "Some of their people are indeed the same as the legendary Western Gu people, with dark complexions, purple lips, and always carrying disgusting Gu worms on their bodies. ”
Qin Ying said as if the person described had flashed in front of him, Jun Xiu's brows were almost twisted into pimples, and a look of disgust was written on his face.
"And what about the others?" She couldn't wait to ask, already vaguely guessing something in her heart.
Qin Ying looked at her starry eyes full of expectant smiles, and chuckled helplessly, which could only satisfy her vanity.
"But some people are just like you, white and bright, cute and beautiful......"
"Hee-hee-......" she happily threw herself into his arms, a pair of blue lotus flowers around his neck, and his mood immediately soared because of his praise.
"Then may I ask Lord Wang Ye to marry such a beautiful and lovely lady, is his heart happy?"
Qin Ying wrapped her arms around her slender waist, pressed her back with her big hand and slammed it into her arms, her cold thin lips whispered at the tip of her ear: "If my beautiful and lovely lady adds another child and grandchild to her husband, then the king will really be happy." ”
"You ......" her cheeks burned, and she reached out to push his chest, but the hug tightened.
"Hey, I still have a Gu spell on me......" she reminded him implicitly, telling him not to go too far, or their lives would be lost.
"Don't worry, this king won't touch your ...... without the consent of Lord Yue."
The inside of the carriage was happy and sweet, but the scene outside the carriage was becoming more and more desolate. The further southwest you go, the more sparse the vegetation becomes, and the sand becomes more and more severe.
After the carriage slowly moved forward for more than half a Qin, it finally came to the border between Nanze and Xigu.
There is a desert here, and there is no end in sight, only a few soldiers from Nanze are standing at the border gate conscientiously, while the soldiers of the Western Gu Kingdom are completely gone.
"Lord Wang." The soldiers who were guarding were shocked, and hurriedly clasped their fists and saluted, but they didn't expect that in this uninhabited place, someone would come here, and it was the second prince of Nanze Kingdom and his concubine.
She sat in the carriage wistfully, not bothering to move a single step. From Nanze to Xigu, the cotton clothes she wore had been changed to the tulle and light silk she wore in summer, but she was still sweating profusely, lying in a carriage like a stove.
Qin Ying wore his thin white robe from beginning to end, and not even a drop of sweat flowed on his face, just like a cold stubborn stone, regardless of spring, summer, autumn and winter, the temperature difference alternated, his face did not change, and he remained the same.
In such a hot weather, I couldn't stand even the bits and pieces of hibernation, and I crawled around in the carriage like a crazy loach, spitting out letters and making crazy "hiss" sounds.
She grabbed the dots by force, used them to cool herself, and leaned her head into the gap in the carriage curtain to peek outside.
I saw that under the scorching sun, under a simple grass shed, Qin Ying, dressed in a white robe, was talking to two soldiers who had been tanned like briquettes by the wind and sun all year round.
It was about a quarter of an hour later that he returned to the carriage and ordered the groom to continue his journey deeper into the desert.
"Wait a minute." The carriage had only moved a few steps forward when she hurriedly shouted to stop, and she couldn't bear to look at the soldiers who were sticking to their posts and being sunburned like briquettes.
Qin Ying neither urged nor asked, but watched her rummage through the boxes and cabinets in the big carriage, and then turned out all the few remaining Western Gu specialty fruits.
Along the way, they stopped and stopped, enjoying the beautiful scenery along the way, while tasting the special food of various places.
But the further west you go, the less populated there are, let alone a small town market, and even the smoke village is difficult to find.
These fruits were the same as they had bought in a rare place three days ago, in exchange for several bags of water, and she had been reluctant to eat them, and now they were showing some signs of softness and decay.
She used her professional knowledge as a doctor to examine one by one, and there were a few small rotten spots, which could still be eaten after being removed.
She lifted the curtain, and a wave of heat rushed to her face, feeling that her face was instantly evaporated with a layer of sweat, and it was hot and painful from the scorching sun.
"Hey, big brother......" She had no choice but to retreat to the carriage and waved at a soldier led by her, who was stunned for a moment and immediately ran over with his fists in response.
"You take it." She quickly threw the fruit into the soldier's arms, and her arm was only stretched out for a moment, and it felt like it was going to be sunburned.
"Princess, this ......" The soldier looked at their new second princess of Nanze Kingdom with a confused expression, the sweet fruit aroma made him swallow a mouthful of saliva, and his cracked lips looked particularly dazzling under the scorching sun.
"All the soldiers are not afraid of the scorching heat, guarding their homeland, their spirit is commendable, and their courage is respectable. The small fruit is not a tribute, and I hope you don't dislike it. ”
"Princess......" The soldier's fingers trembled and held the sweet fruit that was more valuable than gold, silver and jewelry, his eyes were instantly full of heat, and he looked at her excitedly, and then peeked at Qin Ying, who was sitting in the carriage expressionlessly, not knowing whether to accept the princess's kindness or not.
"Take it." She chuckled, watching the soldiers swallow their saliva wildly and excitedly, and her heart was also moved with heartfelt joy.
Soldiers and generals are the iron walls of a country, without which there would be no stability in the country and no peace and contentment for the common people. They deserve it.
"Take it." Qin Ying's people were cold, but their hearts were not cold, and after he opened his mouth to give permission, the soldiers accepted their reward with tears in their eyes.
"Thank you Lord Qin, Princess Qin!"
The roaring sound echoed in the scorching desert, and the carriage continued to move slowly, and at this moment, in the yellow sand not far away, a masked man with purple lips and black skin was half exposed, staring closely at what was happening at the pass.
A black lizard crawled from the top of his head to his cheek, its head resting on the purple-black corners of his mouth, the man's lips were furled, making a sound that could not be heard by human ears, and when the carriage disappeared, the lizard that rested on his cheek also burrowed into the yellow sand and disappeared.
"Strange ......" sat up with a grunt after lying in the carriage for a long time and doing pure natural sweating.
She grabbed the cold-blooded animal in one hand, leaned her back against the arms of the iceberg prince Qin Ying, and her eyes looked through the gap in the carriage curtain, observing the endless and empty desert around her.
"What's wrong?" Qin Ying lightly spit out a few words and continued to close his eyes and breathe, although his body was as cold as an iceberg all year round, it didn't mean that he couldn't feel the heat.
On the contrary, a naturally cool physique like him is more unbearable than ordinary people.
"Why do I always feel like I'm having eyes on us?"
Her two watery eyes were fogged by the heat wave, and she felt that the whole desert was revealing strangeness, and there seemed to be a mirage hallucination in front of her.
"Leave him alone." Qin Ying did not veto her auditory hallucinations, but replied lightly.
"No, really, someone is really staring at us......" Under the scorching sun, she actually hit a spirit, and she had goosebumps on her body, and looked around tremblingly.
"Don't be afraid, they won't dare to act rashly."
Qin Yingfeng's eyes opened slightly, and through the gap in the carriage curtain, his eyes looked at the rapidly surging sand dunes in the distance. He added leisurely, "This king is here to meet his father-in-law and mother-in-law, presumably King Xi Gu can't wait to see you, a daughter who has been separated for ten years." ”
"Yes......" she muttered uncertainly, completely unaware of the sudden halt of the sand dunes surging in the distance, before quickly turning around and hurrying towards a mirage illusion.
"Keep up."
Qin Ying's eyes narrowed, and the sudden cold cheer startled her, she raised her eyebrows in confusion, and heard the sound of the horseman waving the horsewhip outside.
"Drive!"
"Ouch......" Her body shook and almost fell, but fortunately, Qin Ying had already taken precautions, and her big hands wrapped around her waist, fixing her whole person in her arms.
"What's going on?" She asked nervously, and the carriage drove slowly, the first time it had driven so fast.
The desert was full of sand dunes of all sizes, and the wide carriages were always in various tilts, and if it weren't for the horseman's skill, I am afraid that the carriage would have overturned by now.
"I'm going to see your daddy." The corners of Qin Ying's mouth were slightly hooked on his calm face, looking at the mirage illusion in front of him, and replied firmly.
"My dad?" She was stuck in Qin Ying's arms, and it was difficult to stabilize her body, and she had no time to look at the scene outside.
Sitting in the wide carriage is like having done a roller coaster, making people dizzy and dizzy.
Just when she felt that she was about to be thrown upside down, the carriage suddenly stopped, and a cool breeze blew, instantly saving her from hovering on the verge of heat stroke.