Chapter 14: The Snowfield

Qisheng woke up three days later, in a tent, shabby but warm.

"Awake?" the old man sat by the stove boiling the broth, the boiling water making a gurgling sound.

Qisheng instinctively shrank back, only to feel pain all over his body.

"Don't be afraid, it's safe here, come on, get something to eat first. The old man took a bowl of soup and handed it to her.

The milky white soup gave off a taste that was hard for her to refuse, and she hesitated for a moment, but finally took it, drinking it in embarrassment, burning her mouth.

"Eat slowly, and there's more~" The old man smiled.

The old man had gray hair and kind eyebrows, and in the dim light, he squinted his eyes and tore the meat from the lamb bones and put it into the soup, which reminded Qisheng of the old dean in the orphanage in his previous life, there were too many children in the orphanage, and the dean often said that he did not suffer from poverty but suffered from inequality, and everything was broken and broken, trying to maintain fairness.

Qisheng looked at the old man vigilantly, this person spoke the Beimo dialect!

Bai Chop used to be an attendant in the mansion of the nobles of Dongchen Kingdom, and later made a mistake and was sent to the northern border of Dongchen Kingdom as an ice transporter, the northern border is adjacent to the North Mo Country, Bai Chu has been transporting ice between the two countries all year round, and is proficient in the Beimo language and Dongchen language.

Although he was illiterate, he taught Qisheng to speak Beimo dialect and Dongchen dialect, and there was no problem in daily communication.

"Where is this?" Qisheng asked.

The old man looked at Qisheng with some surprise, he didn't expect this "wolf child" to be able to speak human words.

"Oh~ This is the White Frost City, the capital of the king of Beimo. Daddy touched his white beard and said.

She lived in the Barrier Forest all year round, and she didn't know much about the world, and at first she thought that maybe it was a certain stage in the long history, but at least for now, none of the names of the countries here were the ones she had seen in the history books.

However, during the time she was in Li He Village, she probably knew that they lived on the border of Dongchen Kingdom, bordering the North Mo Kingdom, and like all the bordering countries in history, the Dongchen Kingdom and the North Mo Kingdom had a long grudge and were at war all year round.

She didn't understand the purpose of the Iron Horsemen who had brought her here, until she saw the old woman, who looked like a high priest from what she was wearing, and that the Iron Horsemen were different from the Black Camp Army, and they had not come for her.

Judging from the conversation between the High Priest and the Iron Mask, they probably wanted to capture some boys and girls to complete some kind of backward civilization sacrifice activities, just like the "bone corpse" when she first came to this world, this time I am afraid it is another backward custom in another country...... And she was unfortunate enough to be chosen as a sacrifice on both occasions.

"Who saved me?" Qisheng asked, the moment she was dragged out of the horse's belly, she thought she was dead.

"Son, it was General Batu who sent you to me, and he said that if you survive, let me slaughter a sheep every day and stew you for soup and meat, and raise you to be stronger. I think he'll come to see you soon. Daddy tore off a lamb chop and handed it to her, smiling lovingly.

Qisheng took the lamb chop and took a bite of it, and continued to ask, "Who is General Batu?"

"General Batu is the king's younger brother, the greatest golden boot god of war in the Northern Morchio Kingdom, and he has won as many battles as sheep on the grassland. The old man said proudly.

Qisheng stopped talking, silently gnawed on the meat on the lamb chops, but his heart beat a drum, to know how important the sheep are to the herdsmen, she is just a small border pauper, why treat her so kindly?

Don't care about these for now, one more day can live is a day, and Qisheng chewed on the lamb chops fiercely.

Either way, at least it shows that she is worth it for now, even though she knows that it means that she will have to pay a thousand times more.

The Palace of the Kings of Kitamo.

"I heard that you took the high priest's house slave without permission, and she just came to me to complain and ask you to return the house slave. "King Kuqila of the Kingdom of Northern Morocco.

"What kind of house slave, it's obviously a boy snatched from the border of Dongchen Kingdom, I heard that it is a sacrifice. Batu said disdainfully.

"Sacrifice?, she even dared to sacrifice a living person?" Kuqila frowned, her face furrowed.

You must know that although the country is a vast country, the soil is poor, and it mainly depends on animal husbandry for its livelihood, and a large number of people will starve to death every winter.

And in the early spring of each year, a part of the one-horned and slave blood sacrifices that have survived the winter are sacrificed to the god of Xuemo for blessings, resulting in the loss of a large number of laborers, and there is no manpower available.

Since Kuqila came to power, he encouraged childbirth, strictly forbade human sacrifice, and if he found that a living person was sacrificed, he would be fined 10 cattle and 20 sheep, but if the report was true, the whistleblower could own half of the confiscated goods.

"As far as I know, the princess is also involved in this matter, and she wants to save Yu'er through sacrifices. Batu took a sip of tea.

"She was so stupid as to listen to the high priest that the despicable Dongchen bloodline in her body must be at work. Kuqila said with a frown.

"The princess has a great use, I found out some news this time, the pattern of Dongchen has changed, and the abolished former crown prince Chu Qi is likely to become the king of Dongchen Kingdom. Batu said.

"Prince Chuqi, the one who was deposed 10 years ago and exiled to the barren land of the sandbank?

Not only did he not die, but he also successfully returned to the capital of Dongchen to launch a coup d'état, becoming the only surviving son of the old king of Dongchen Kingdom. It is said that the old king is currently under house arrest, and it will not be long before the news of the old king's death will come, and he will become the next king of Dongchen Kingdom. Batu leaned back towards Kuchira.

"Nishinomiya was also involved in this coup?" Kuqila leaned back towards Batu.

"With all his help, the West Palace controlled the palace of the Dongchen Kingdom, and Chu Qi was able to return to Haotian City smoothly. 10 years ago, in order to protect the prince's life, Xigong married his only daughter and became our eldest princess. Now that the West Palace is making a comeback, the crown prince Chu Qi will definitely repay the favor of the West Palace once he ascends the throne. This Xigong lady only has one daughter in her life, and even built a princess palace for the eldest princess when she was in Dongchen Kingdom. It is rumored that Nishinomiya Niangniang is unwell and often wants to see the princess before she dies. Batu chuckled.

Kuqila's eyes lit up, as if he had thought of something, and immediately summoned the healer in the palace.

In less than half a month, Princess Yu'er, who was originally dying, miraculously recovered.

The big sun shone on the vast snowfield, the mountains in the distance were faintly visible, Qisheng squinted her eyes and probed, the cold wind blew on her face and hurt, this year's winter seemed to be extraordinarily long.

"You're not feeling well, come in. Daddy said, and then draped his thick leather jacket over her.

Nanasheng nodded and returned to the tent.

It's been almost half a month since I've been here, eating meat and drinking soup every day, and her body is gradually recovering, although her leg injury has not healed, and she walks with a limp, but it is enough for her to escape from here.

Yes, it was easy for her to get out of here, but what was really difficult was her life after she left here.

After all, in such a grueling winter, being alone means death.

Maybe it was because of this that no one in the whole ranch cared too much about her, and no one restricted her freedom, Dad sent her three meals a day on time, and brought her a new leather jacket, which made Qisheng a little moved.