Chapter 5: Icewine and Silver [2]
This is not the first time Liu Ruiying has faced the prairie people.
But the wolf rider I saw in Jiying Town last time was very different from this Jing Yao.
The wolf rider is just a steppe soldier who charges into battle.
However, Jing Yao is the third prince of the Fire Facing Department.
Whether it's dress, or temperament.
All reveal a kind of pride.
Liu Ruiying looked at the knife he was holding again.
It's a scimitar.
It is shaped like a crescent moon.
The blade is arc-shaped.
The tip of the knife is raised high.
Such a knife is extremely interesting to use as a handicraft.
But how can it be used as a blade?
But Jing Yao used such a knife that seemed to be an ornament.
For the blades.
Liu Ruiying looked away once.
That was the broken sword on Hua Nong's waist.
At the time, he thought the sword was just a toy.
But then he learned how terrible the toy was.
So he didn't dare to have the slightest contempt for the scimitar in Jing Yao's hand now.
After all, this scimitar, which seems to be an ornament, was blocking Hua Nong's dangerous toy not long ago.
Along the way, Liu Ruiying can be regarded as well-informed.
He felt that he had already understood people.
As the third prince of the Fire Facing Department, Jing Yao's body must have something beyond ordinary people.
This temperament alone is cultivated in constant fighting.
Obviously, in every fight, he is the winner.
Jing Yao is indeed what Liu Ruiying saw.
He was not of aristocratic origin in the steppe.
Jing Yao's father was just an ordinary wolf rider.
However, before he was born, he was killed in battle.
So he's a posthumous son.
But he at least had a mother.
This is also his only concern in the sea of corpses and blood.
All people will have concerns.
Wives worry about their husbands.
Mothers care for their children.
The king will care about the land of the world.
And men are also concerned about a woman's smile.
Since his mother died.
His concern was lost.
Of course, there are many women in the fire department who throw hugs him.
But he never pretended.
This is also the reason why he was able to sneak into the Zhenbei King Domain to rob the silver.
A person who has no worries.
Even if his hands were empty, he didn't have any cultivation.
Then he is also invincible.
At least his state of mind is something that no one can break.
It's just that there is no longer an inch of softness in the heart.
Can this man still be called a human being?
Liu Ruiying didn't know.
But Jing Yao knew.
The purpose of his life is revenge.
When he was a child, his mother told him countless times how his father fought and how he died on the battlefield.
"Twenty-three arrows!"
Every time she thinks about her mother, these words ring in her ears.
His father was struck by twenty-three arrows.
He was shot as a hedgehog by the border army of the Zhenbei King's Domain.
Ever since he became the third prince of the Fire Facing Ministry, his ideas have become more and more fanatical.
He's not a monolith.
A man has desires, and he has them.
What a man needs, he also needs.
It's just that he likes to repeat the pleasure of government over and over again.
Since coming to the Zhenbei King Domain.
He had slept in all the brothels along the road.
Every time he didn't pay.
Instead, the scimitar in his hand forced those Qinglou women to sleep with him.
It's not that he doesn't have money and can't afford to pay.
It's that he thinks it's too easy to pay.
Money can only buy a smirk.
But under the scimitar, the trembling appearance of those women summoned the most real pleasure of conquest.
However, if you use a knife to force the Qinglou woman to sleep with herself, there is a chance that she will succeed.
But it is inevitable that you will encounter a few people who will not die.
Or rather, I'd rather die than give in.
Jing Yao also encountered it.
The woman's eyes were determined.
He did not kneel down and beg for mercy as he did, nor did he tremble his shoulders out of fear.
Even if Jing Yao pressed the scimitar in her hand on her neck, the blood marks were still the same.
Jing Yao suddenly felt that this woman was very similar to herself.
It's like it.
Because all he gets is by virtue of his own ability.
People who have no ability will not only live an undignified life, but will also die a very poor life.
So although Jing Yao enjoyed the thrill of that conquest very much.
But in his heart he spit on those who prayed for mercy.
But the woman was unlike anyone he had met before.
Reluctance is unwillingness.
You can kill me.
But you just can't force me.
Even if I die, I will keep my attachment to life.
What can a Qinglou woman do?
But in Jing Yao's eyes, this is already the greatest ability that is unique in heaven and earth.
He was a very arrogant man.
So arrogant that he thinks that only he has the ability.
After all, the wolf king Mingyao still has to think about the future of the grassland, and many times he has to say back down.
But Jing Yao won't.
His life force is only a charge.
Keep charging forward.
Never go back.
Even if the spears of the border army of the Zhenbei King Domain had penetrated his chest, he would not stop charging.
Instead, he continued to move forward step by step, allowing the spear to penetrate itself deeper.
Then with the scimitar in his hand, the life of the border soldier was killed.
In the end, he didn't kill the woman.
When he put down the knife, he also touched the blood on her neck with his hand.
Then he turned and walked out of the room.
He had his men ransom for the woman.
So he went out of the brothel alone and went to drink.
But while he was drinking, the woman suddenly appeared next to him and poured him a glass of wine.
"Why don't you go?"
Jing Yao asked in surprise.
"Where do I go?"
The woman asked rhetorically across from Jing Yao.
"You can go wherever you want. β
Jing Yao said as she drank her wine.
"You redeemed yourself for me. β
The woman said.
"So what?"
Jing Yao asked.
"That's why I'm going to follow you. β
The woman said.
"Follow me, do you know who I am?"
Jing Yao felt that this woman was really ridiculous.
"I don't know. But whoever you are, I will follow you. β
The woman said.
"If the reason I followed me was because I ransomed for you, then it didn't have to be. It's just a whim. β
Jing Yao said.
The woman did not speak again.
When a person is hardened, there is no need to say much.
She just sat quietly opposite Jing Yao.
Whenever Jing Yao finished drinking a cup, he poured another cup for him.
The movements of the two people are extremely harmonious.
There is even a sense of flowing water.
Taking advantage of the gap between pouring wine, Jing Yao took a closer look at the woman's face.
It's not stunning.
But it's not ugly.
At the moment, he is not dressed like he is in a brothel.
Dressed in a rustic cloth dress.
A little powder.
But it attracted the frequent sideways glances of the people around him.
Jing Yao knew they would be wrong.
I'm afraid that I think this woman is my wife.
It's late at night.
How many men who come out to drink late at night will bring their wives?
How many wives would like their husbands to go out late at night for a drink?
So the people around are envious.
There were even people who came over to toast and praise Jing Yao's wife's virtuousness.
Jing Yao didn't say anything.
He didn't refuse to come.
Drink as soon as you clink glasses.
But the woman smiled coldly.
"In the eyes of you men, is obedience without speaking virtuous?"
The woman said suddenly.
Jing Yao didn't react for a while.
But even if he reacted, he didn't know how to answer.
Because he didn't have feelings at all.
Since his mother's death, his days have been nothing but killing and blood.
He understood the word obedience very well.
Because countless people are kneeling and kowtowing under his scimitar.
He felt that it was obedience.
And the woman in front of her was the first one who was not afraid of his scimitar.
But she poured herself wine very obediently at this moment.
Isn't that also a form of obedience?
"I don't understand what you're saying. β
Jing Yao replied lightly.
Drink all the wine in the glass.
When the woman tried to pour it for him again, the jug was empty.
But she seemed to know that Jing Yao hadn't drunk well yet.
So he took it upon himself to let Xiao Er serve two more pots of wine.
"Where are you from?"
The woman asked.
The women in the brothel naturally have a unique intuition.
At least you can see the rich and poor of this person.
But facing Jing Yao.
Her instincts failed.
and to redeem him, and to take his attendants.
Naturally, he will not be a poor man.
But she couldn't see what Jing Yao was doing.
This curiosity became stronger and stronger when he poured a glass of wine for Jing Yao, and finally asked.
"I'm coming from a place with a lot of wind and sand. β
Jing Yao said.
He certainly wouldn't say he was from the steppe.
"Are you talking about the grassland?"
Unexpectedly, it was broken by this woman.
Jing Yao narrowed her eyes.
At this moment, he became murderous.
His identity must not be revealed.
Otherwise, not only will the long-planned plan fall short, but he will also be buried in this Zhenbei King Domain, far away from his homeland.
After his mother's death, he dug an extra pit next to her grave when he buried her.
That was the final destination he had prepared for himself.
Therefore he must not die outside.
Even if the blood is drained, you have to crawl back to the fire with your stump back.
Then he lay down in the pit he had dug with his own hands, and waited for the wind and sand and rain to bury him automatically.
For such a result.
He'd rehearsed it countless times in his head.
It has been prepared for a long time.
There is nothing to worry about.
The only thing he feared was that he couldn't go back.
"Because the wind and sand in the Zhenbei Kingdom are not small. You say that you have more wind and sand there, then there is only grassland. β
The woman said unhurriedly.
Jing Yao still didn't answer.
Just drinking his own wine.
But the previous murderous intent faded again.
That's where the contradiction lies.
The people of the Five Kingdoms regard peace and prosperity as their lifelong pursuit.
However, the prosperity of the grassland can only be obtained through continuous conquest and fierce warfare.
What kind of suffering is what kind of happiness is counted?
Jing Yao herself couldn't tell the difference.
So he had to get out.
It is necessary to defeat and kill those who may destroy the peace and prosperity of the grassland in advance.
In this way, we can strive for a period of relative peace.
"It's time for you to go. β
When the two pots of wine were drunk again, Jing Yao said to the woman.
"I poured you three jugs of wine, but you also had to pour three jugs of wine for me. β
The woman said.
immediately called Xiao Er and asked for three pots of wine.
The flask was placed on the table, and the woman smiled.
Jing Yao's heart suddenly touched a little.
But he was soon forcibly suppressed.
A man's knife can force a woman to do a lot of things she wouldn't want to do.
However, a woman's laughter can also make a man do a lot of things he has never done.
Jing Yao couldn't remember the last time he poured wine for someone.
But at this moment, his hand involuntarily picked up the wine jug and poured a glass for the woman.
The people in the restaurant gradually dispersed.
After all, there are still a few people who can drink like this all the time.
Those who remained in the hall were drunken drunkards.
They lay on the table, presumably snoring four times soon.
That's fine.
Because Jing Yao was afraid of being quiet.
If his surroundings were to be quiet, he would panic uncontrollably.
Although the steppe people are addicted to alcohol.
But Jing Yao is one of the few people who doesn't like to drink.
Drinking alcohol is indeed an interesting thing.
But interesting things can't be done all the time.
Because there is so much to do.
There's less fun in it.
Occasionally, it's the most appropriate.
The second child in the restaurant also hid behind the account counter and secretly took a nap.
There was silence throughout the hall.
Jing Yao couldn't stand such a state.
So he deliberately slammed the flask on the table after pouring the wine.
Use this to make some noise to ease the panic in his heart.
"What are you afraid of?"
The woman had finished drinking a jug of wine.
He asked.
"Nothing scares me. β
Jing Yao said.
The woman glanced at him contemptuously.
The more a person says that he is not afraid, the more his fear is about to reach its extreme.
"If you don't like being quiet, why don't you let your men come and drink with you?"
The woman asked.
"Me and them...... Don't know what to say, and I don't drink well. β
Jing Yao said.
This is not a lie.
Jing Yao's alcohol consumption is indeed not large.
And he really can't drink his group of subordinates.
As a three-part public.
It's a shame to get drunk by your subordinates.
So when he was in the ministry, at many banquets, his bowl was filled with water.
Fortunately, the color of the bowl was very dark.
No one else can see the difference.
Although the other two ministers knew, after all, for the sake of the face of the fire department, they would not expose it.
Otherwise, within three days, the entire grassland would know that the three princes of the Fire Facing Department had replaced water with wine during the banquet and drank all night.
"If you don't drink well, don't drink it at all. β
The woman said.
"But I want to practice. β
Jing Yao said.
"You can't practice the amount of alcohol. If you can't drink, you shouldn't drink. Some things just have to be absolute. β
The woman said.
Jing Yao shook her head.
He couldn't explain it to the woman.
And even if she did, she might not understand.
Jing Yao looked at the scimitar beside her.
He forgot to pour wine for the woman.
His eyes gradually blurred as he looked at the knife.
He knew he was drunk.
Although his own subordinates were guarding not far from the door.
His safety is not to be feared.
But he didn't want anyone to see him drunk.
Not to mention the woman who had just been ransomed from the brothel by herself.
When he woke up the next day, he found himself asleep on the table at the restaurant.
Like the drunkards he hated.
Jing Yao patted the back of her head.
The subordinate next to him handed over a towel that had been soaked in cold water.
He wiped his face with a towel and lifted his spirits.
There's business to do today.
His main business is to kill.
And the person who killed it was the province of the Investigation Division, Dong Yi.
Not surprisingly.
Jing Yao made up for the thrill of conquest that she hadn't experienced last night.
Until that winter, he also dried his tears.
The snot hung on the placket of his chest, and he swung his knife and cut off his head.
It happened in the afternoon.
It's late afternoon.
Jing Yao and her subordinates were looking for something to eat on the street.
But I ran into the woman again.
The two were separated by several battles.
But they all stopped with a sense of heart.
"Aren't you already gone?"
Jing Yao asked.
"Where can I go?"
The woman's answer was no different from last night.
"You have sound legs, so you can walk anywhere. β
Jing Yao said.
"I just want to see the town. After all, I was sold to a brothel and never came out. My room also doesn't have windows. Because the bustard was afraid that I had run away. β
The woman shook her head and said.
A trace of compassion rose in Jing Yao's heart.
It seems that this woman was also a wretch.
But there are many bitter people in the world.
He also has quite a few fire clubs.
But there is no way to give any mercy and sympathy to this Qinglou woman who is the Zhenbei Domain.
The two of them are people from different worlds.
But since Jing Yao ransomed her, this intersection has arisen.
"I'm leaving. β
Jing Yao said.
"Where are you going?"
The woman asked.
Jing Yao smiled and didn't answer.
Naturally, he wouldn't tell the woman where he was going.
But now he is where he was going.
This is the town and the restaurant.
Because this is the only way for the military salary and silver escort of the king of Zhenbei.
The woman silently watched Jing Yao with her entourage, and the fast horse galloped past her.
And she also reversed course.
Behind Jing Yao's group of people, he walked step by step.
However, she has neither martial arts cultivation nor horseback riding.
How can you keep up with Jing Yao's speed?
Soon, her figure turned into a small black dot.
And then vanished.
"The sword of the grassland is no worse than the sword of your royal domain. β
Jing Yao saw that Liu Ruiying's gaze was resting on his knife.
So he spoke.
"There is no difference between a knife and a sword. It's just a tool for killing. If I could, I could kill people with chopsticks. The chopsticks are no worse than this knife or this sword. β
Liu Ruiying said.
Jing Yao nodded for the first time.
It seems that he approves of Liu Ruiying's point of view.
Whether it's a knife or a sword, or whatever.
As long as you can kill, it's all the same.
Especially chopsticks.
When you use it for food, you can feed people.
But in the hands of some people, this thing that raises people can kill people.
Things often change so quickly and wonderfully.
It's hard to figure out the rules.
"I don't want to do anything with you, I want you to go by yourself!"
Liu Ruiying said.
This was extremely naΓ―ve to Jing Yao's ears.
He worked hard to get this done, how could he retreat because of Liu Ruiying's words?
But Liu Ruiying thought more complicated.
He didn't think he could kill the three princes of the Fire Facing Division.
And even if it is killed, it will definitely cause chaos on the border.
It is highly likely that even a big war will be triggered.
The weapons sharper than the sword are words and hearts.
Liu Ruiying wanted to see if she could talk about this Jing Yao.
But apparently, with his own current ways, he is still far from it.
In other words, Jing Yao's firmness is no longer something that anyone can say.
Maybe only the wolf king Mingyao can do it.