The Melancholy of the National Teacher

Helian Yu knew that he was dreaming.

After all, he is already much older than ten years old. At his age, a commoner might already have grandchildren.He raised his hand to the sky, and the warm sunlight coated his hand with a layer of white gold. This hand was pale, not opened, and still covered with baby fat. The herbal juice from helping with the tent.

Lying on the grass, he sat up, not surprised that he was wearing a brocade outer shirt that is common on grasslands. The aroma of green grass and soil filled his side, dyeing him very fragrant.

"Leaving?" Helian Naren said lying beside him, "The sun is so good, why don't you let it shine again?"

Helian Yu turned around, and his twin sister, who was also ten years old, was lying side by side on the grass with him, with a head of black hair that was longer than hers spread out, and a concentric circle between the eyebrows shot out flame patterns in four directions in the sunlight. Shiny under.She is weaving a garland of wildflowers, and the sunlight dances between her fingers, woven with the flowers.

He Lianyu listened to himself and said: "I heard that the emperor of Zhonglu sent envoys, I want to go and see."

This sentence immediately let the 37-year-old Helian Yu know which part of his life was reproduced in the dream.

It was... the beginning of his destiny.

"Do you really want to go to Zhonglu?" Helian Naren threw the garland aside, and looked at him dissatisfied with the same blue-green eyes as Helian Yu, "I heard from Father Khan's witch that you have already set aside the big witch's tent. Have you finished reading the slips and scrolls in the book? If you want to read Zhonglu’s book, just let the merchants buy it, why go all the way to Zhonglu to read it?”

Helian Yu was silent for a moment.

The little boy said: "Some books cannot be bought."

The arrogant princess of the grassland snorted unhappily. She has been spoiled to the sky by her parents and the people around her. Only her twin brother can let her compromise for a while. After Helian Yu was forced to agree to accompany her to After horse racing hunted and secretly went to pull the beard of the first warrior in Yunping City and told her a story, the brother and sister held hands and came outside the king's tent together.

The king's tent belonging to the grassland khan is bigger than the palace. The largest room in it can accommodate 1000 people dancing, and the smallest room is enough for Helian Yu and Helian Naren to play hide-and-seek for a day.The two little ones slipped in through a side door, crept through the rooms separated by banners embroidered with white eagles, and it took a long time to hear their father's voice.

"...Master Wang is saying that I must send my most beloved daughter to Tianjing City?!"

This sentence made Helian Ren's eyes widen, and before she was about to rush out, her brother held her hand, raised his index finger to his lips, and told her to be quiet.

A stranger's voice came over. The accent of this person was a bit strange, not like that of Qinglu people, and his voice was particularly sharp.

"Your Majesty said that Princess Naren will be welcomed by the entire city of Tianjing, and Dazhong will prepare all the most noble things, and that Her Royal Highness can choose a prince at will to be his son-in-law."

"I won't allow it!" Muren Khan roared, "That's my daughter's marriage! It must be decided by me! What's the matter with your prince of Zhonglu?!"

The voice in the room was a bit noisy. After Khan finished speaking, everyone rushed to express different opinions. It was not until the voice gradually died down that the Chinese envoy with a sharp voice and a strange accent spoke again: "I think, I'm afraid it's up to you, Khan, [-] White Armored Army are ready to go and wait on the south side of Qiongshui, does Khan want to see Yunping City be breached again?"

"but……"

"Everyone knows what Princess Naren's marriage means. If the princess' son-in-law is not a member of my Dazhong royal family...Muren Khan, you have bowed your head to Dazhong, but now you are thinking of treason?"

"But...but..." Muren Khan's voice was difficult, "...Lord Wang, let me think again."

Ten-year-old Helian's heart sank.

Then he felt his arm being strangled by Helian Naren.

The next moment, she threw Helian Yu's hand away, turned around and ran out along the way they came.

He Lianyu hurriedly chased after her, and the two children shuttled between tents. Amidst countless exclamations, they ran out of Yunping City.

Helian Naren fell and rolled far away on the grass. The girl lay on the ground for a while, then got up by herself, wrapped her hands around her knees, and buried her face between her legs.

When Helian Yu approached her, he heard the girl whimpering softly.

Ten-year-old Helian Yu didn't know what to say. He sat down beside Helian Naren and handed over his sleeve. "Don't cry, Mommy will think I'm bullying you."

"Those people, those men," Helian said, burying her head between her knees, choking with sobs, "They obviously don't want to marry me, all they want is a position. All of them! Disgusting smiles smiled at me as if they were handsome warriors... Zhao Natu, I don't want to marry, okay?"

He Lianyu was stunned: "But... girls have to marry?"

"Why do I have to marry?! Why do I have to marry the new master of the world?!" Helian Naren screamed, "What a ridiculous prophecy?! These men actually want to marry a woman to become the king of the world! Lord... Is the Lord of the world such an easy thing to get?! Then I will be one too!!!"

"But……"

"I've decided. I don't want to go to Zhonglu." Helian Naren interrupted him. She turned her head and looked at Helian Yu with tears in her eyes. I will set foot on the land of Zhonglu, and that must be the time when I lead the army of Hu people south!"

"But," Helian Yu said, "you are a girl."

"During the Wu Dynasty, half of the successive Sun Khans were women." Helian Naren said.

But, that would be very hard, Helian Yu thought after returning to his tent at night.

He spread out the long scroll cut from silk under the whale oil candle, squinting his eyes to read the tadpole-sized characters on it.

The star crown moved quietly for an hour, He Lianyu blinked, and found that he hadn't read a single word in the hour that had just passed.

He was silent for a moment, feeling that his current state was not suitable for homework, so he could only wind up the scroll and put it aside.

At this moment, a gust of wind blew from outside the door curtain, making the flame of the candle sway endlessly.

He Lianyu looked up, and found that the person who came in turned out to be his father who always ignored him.

Mu Ren Khan stood at the door, he looked particularly tall, so it was especially terrifying to appear in this image at this moment.The whites of Qinglu's Khan's eyes were bloodshot, and he seemed a little unconscious, so he just stared at Helian Yu.

"...Father sweat?" Helian Yu who stood up felt a chill from the bottom of his heart, he suppressed his trembling, and lowered his head.

"You and your sister really look alike."

Wooden Khan said.

"Uh...they are twins after all?" Helian Yu replied hesitantly.

"I heard that you want to go to Zhonglu, Xingtai?" Muren Khan asked again.

The overly ominous feeling made Helianyu think about his answer, so Muren Khan repeated the question again, with an even aggressive attitude.

"Let me ask you, do you want to go to Zhonglu?"

"Ahem, this...Although my son is not very old, he still has a heart that wants to go out and see things... My son also really wants to see what the back of Yinguo Ri Mountain looks like."

"So," Muren Khan paused, "Do you want to go to Zhonglu?"

He Lianyu kept his head down, and being forced to ask this question again, he couldn't help raising his head, and quietly looked at his father Khan's expression.

The moment he saw it, he froze.

He felt that the tall figure casting a shadow towards him in front of him didn't look like a person, but a wolf, or a tiger, or something like a lion, anyway, it was locked in a steel cage and could only fight between trapped beasts... …

... beasts.

He Lianyu quickly suppressed this disrespectful thought, he raised his head completely, and looked at his father, he saw the hesitation, severance, reluctance, indifference, and a little bit of warmth in the other's eyes and dodge.

He instantly guessed what kind of decision his father Khan made.

After thinking for a breath, the ten-year-old Helian Yu replied: "Yes, Father Khan, I want to go to Zhonglu."

The 37-year-old Helian Yu repeated this sentence.

He wants to go to Midland.

Take a look at the 700-year-old prosperous ancient capital, the star platform where countless powerful witches gather, and the starry sky where books from the world are collected.

Even if he could never return to the grassland, he would only be sad, not regretful.

After all, in Zhonglu, he met Le Dao.

"Le Dao..."

"Witch doctor! Witch doctor! Has he woken up! I heard him talking in his sleep!"

37-year-old Helian Yu was woken up by Le Dao's loud voice.

The moment he opened his eyes, a big face occupied his entire field of vision. Because the distance was too close, this face that he should have been familiar with looked very strange.

The two of them looked at each other for a moment, and Le Dao was pulled away. At this moment, Helian Yu saw Wu Lun lying beside his bed, crying sobbingly.And he himself lay on a soft low bed covered with sheepskin, with heads crowded in all directions.

"You're finally awake!" Quan Luoqiu, whose voice was louder than Le Dao's, roared. This old man looked like he was about to cry out in the next moment.

The corners of Helian Yu's eyes twitched, and he suspected that he might have almost returned to the Styx, but he asked the witch doctor who healed him - the witch doctor was working hard to drive away everyone in the tent except him and his patient - and got The answer turned out to be just that the cold air entered the lungs, a small wind chill caused a fever, and he was too tired.

"You need to rest well," said the fat witch doctor who looked more like a butcher, shaking the wine jar, which contained ginger wine soaked in herbs. When Helian Yu was unconscious, the witch doctor asked Le Dao to wipe the patient's whole body with the wine After reading it again, now that Helian Yu has woken up, he can drink it by himself, "It's bitter, do you want to add honey?"

Helian Yu shook his head, took the wine jar, and drank it down in one gulp.

The witch doctor took back the wine jar, said to see if the bone soup was ready, and left the tent.

This made Helian Yu, who still had a lot of questions to ask, shut up. Fortunately, the next moment, the person who woke him up sneakily opened the door curtain.

"Okay?" Le Dao sat down on the edge of the bed, holding Helian Yu's hand, "Can you stop scaring me? Be careful and punish you for deceiving the emperor."

He Lianyu stared at the junction of the two hands, Le Dao rolled his eyes, hummed softly, but didn't let go.

The big witch can only be too lazy to care about him.

"How long have I slept?"

"Soon," Le Dao raised a finger, "just one day."

Dawu casually asked the second question: "Where is this?"

"Oh." His Majesty the Emperor laughed.

He said, "It's the place you want to go the most, Qinglu, Yunping."