The Melancholy of the National Teacher

"Cough cough."

The ice knife-like mountain wind lifted the big witch's hood, and the icy air poured into the neck took away the little warmth. He Lianyu was choked by the wind, so he could only pull the heavy hood back on.

The hood can only be pulled down half way.

A gray-yellow bird's beak that is as long as a baby's arm sticks out from under the hood. The end of the beak is sharp and covered with weird patterns. The patterns are red, as bright as blood that is steaming and flowing, making the beak look weird and evil .

The little slave sent by the caravan to take care of Helian Yu was struggling to be dragged up the mountain road by the snow-capped goats. He just looked up at this moment, his eyelids twitched when his eyes touched the bright red, and goosebumps scrambled jump out.

The little slave thought to himself: No wonder people say witches are lunatics.

Whoever is not sick would put a bird skull bigger than his head on his own head.

Wild witch is the name people in the world give to those witches who walk alone on the land, do not belong to the imperial capital, star tower, city, village or town, or the princes of all parties. They were expelled from Taiwan, wandered in the wilderness, mixed with robbers and thieves, and even civilians looked down on them.

This witch, however, seemed to be a little different.

The little slave remembered that a few nights ago, being chased by the snow demon, they met this witch walking alone on the snow slope not far away at the foot of the mountain. He was wrapped in a black wolf fur cloak, and his black hair was blown by the wind. Like a black feather, half a piece of flying snow cannot be stained. Standing in the snow, the white snow is whiter, and the black clothes are blacker. Compared with the snow demon, it is more like a demon that chooses to eat people.

However, this guy who might be a demon easily killed the snow demon who was chasing them and healed the guard who was frostbitten by the snow demon, so when he proposed to pay for the caravan to cross the Erlong Mountain, the owner of the caravan not only pushed After paying the coin, he also unloaded the cargo from the back of a snow goat, respectfully invited him to go up, and sent a slave—he, to run errands for this man.

It's not a bad job.

He could only huddle with other slaves and stinking goats for warmth, but now he can only get close to the snow on his waist.

The cold quickly attracted the little slave's attention. The pearl bought by the caravan master at a large price from the imperial capital gave off an erratic light in the snowy night. This brilliance came from the sunlight stored in the pearl. The weak monster is also the road sign for the team to move forward.The snow goats and slaves are like moths chasing the flame, squeezing every strength in their bodies, trying to bring themselves closer to the warm radiance.

The merchants and guards in the team were much easier than goats and slaves. They were all wrapped in thick fur, riding goats, or riding slaves that were no different from goats, and crowded together with the goods.

More than 30 people and a dozen snow goats slowly climbed up the steep snow slope, which was extremely difficult. Only Helianyu half-closed his eyes, thinking about the identities of these merchants.

The Canglong Mountains and the Xuelong Mountains surround almost half of Zhonglu. Only the northwest part of Zhonglu, where the tails of two dragons intertwine, is called Erlong Mountain by the world. On the north side, there is the Qinglu where the Hu people ride their horses and gallop, and the wind blows the grass and the cattle and sheep are low.

The emperor of Da'an initially accumulated military exploits by pacifying the bandits in the forest of Erlong Mountain. Once the bandits were eliminated, there were naturally an endless stream of businessmen traveling between Zhonglu and Qinglu. First pass the Zuochuan Pass at the end of the Longwei in the Erlong Mountains, which was established by the previous dynasty to defend against the barbarians, and then take a boat at the river port of Zuochuan Pass, and head to Yunping City in Qinglu by water.

Obviously, this road is safer and warmer.

So why would this caravan prefer to take a more dangerous path than go to Zuochuan Pass?

It must be that the goods they sell cannot pass the checkpoint inspection. It is a trivial matter not to get the customs clearance documents, and the most unavoidable thing is to enter the Zuochuanguan prison.

He Lianyu glanced at the goods covered by the oilcloth, and frowned at the shape of the crossbow. According to the current law, smugglers and military privateers, civilians who violate the prohibition, should have their hands cut off, exiled to the south, and slaves beheaded on the spot.

Helian Yu's eyes lingered on the little slave beside him for a while.

The little slave didn't feel cold yet, but he was not far from being stunned. He Lianyu leaned down on the sheep's back, bent down, lifted the little slave with one hand, and put it on the sheep's back.

Stepping barefoot in the ice and snow made him shiver, and soon, the fire jade pendant attached to his chest warmed him up again.

Helian Yu couldn't help but think of the original owner of this fire jade pendant.

... I hope that Le Dao will not lose his temper when he finds out that he has left the imperial capital.

But even if Le Dao lost his temper, it has nothing to do with him at the moment.

The big witch who was always tossed by the emperor thought, let other people be tossed now.

The owner of the caravan came close to him, and he was also riding a snow goat. The goat's long and sharp horns were taller than the owner of the caravan that grew like a dwarf melon on the back of the sheep. He grabbed the horns and whipped the goat out of breath. .

"My lord, we are going to the resting place."

The voice of the caravan boss cut through the wind and snow with difficulty.

He stopped the goat, and then faced Helian Yu with a smiling face. The owner of the caravan is obviously a smart person. His eyes are not like the little slave who passed out on the back of the sheep at the moment, which was abrupt because of lack of kindness. Offense, on the contrary, in terms of how to show flattery without saying a word, Helian Yu felt that the palace guards in the Forbidden Palace would not do better than this person.

However, being summoned by him, the wind spirit, which no one else could see except him, made a whistling sound, warning the big witch that this fat human being was full of killing intent towards him.

This is a bit interesting, Helian Yu thought, fortunately, there is only one caravan owner in the whole caravan.

The caravan owner didn't know that his disguise was almost nonexistent in the sense of the spirit of heaven and earth.Still pretending to be humble, he bent down and pointed to the snowy slope in the south.

"It's the tunnel over there."

Half of the entrance to the tunnel mentioned by the caravan owner was already covered by snow. If they came half a day late, they might not be able to find the entrance even if they turned around for an hour before the entrance.

The slaves who put down their goods were driven to dig snow with their hands. Only the unconscious little slave leaned on Helianyu's goat. The caravan owner seemed to have forgotten that he had another slave. Helianyu saw this kind of flattering behavior. Never made a sound.

A gust of wind that suddenly changed the direction of the wind directly blew away the ice and snow covering the entrance of the cave. The owner of the caravan cast a vague glance at Helian Yu, while the merchants and guards complained to each other and helped them into the tunnel.

The pearl of the caravan owner was a little dimmer than before, and the brilliance could only penetrate more than one foot into the darkness. The merchants sat around the pearl, surrounded by guards, and the slaves began to look for firewood, light the fire, and boil water.

When the little slaves woke up, they had already rested for more than half an hour in the lee of the tunnel entrance.

He couldn't believe that he wasn't frozen to death in the ice and snow, so when he woke up, he was very dazed.

He Lianyu threw the firewood into the fire, clapped his hands, and then turned his head.

He sat with half of his body in the darkness, still looking blacker and blacker, whiter and whiter, but this time, the black and deep part was the darkness in the tunnel, and the white and thrilling part was the exposed, frozen ice and snow Chin of normal color.

The little slave stared blankly for a moment, then hurriedly got up.

"grown ups……"

"What's your name?"

Helian Yu who interrupted him said.

"Ah I?"

No one would ask a slave's name. The little slave was stunned for a moment before replying, "My name is Ulun."

This is the name of a barbarian.

The facial features could not be seen clearly on the face covered by dust and mud, but Helian Yu still found traces of his familiarity on this child, as if an old man traveled through time and came to him, before he asked another question, one big and one small heard A vague conversation not far away.

It was the merchants on the other side who were talking.

"Where's the witch?"

Helian Yu stopped adding firewood to the bonfire, and the little slave Ulun subconsciously held his breath.

They sat in a corner with their backs to the gathered businessmen, leaning against a clump of stalagmites, the firelight was half blocked by the stalagmite bushes, a tall and thin businessman stuck his head out and looked towards them, Helian Yu stretched out Shaking his fingers, the jumping flames captivated the eyes of the tall and thin businessman. He sat back beside his companion and whispered that the person they were talking about had fallen asleep.

The merchants lowered their voices. In an environment full of goats bleating, they should be very safe. Therefore, after warming up with a few sips of strong wine, the topic around the campfire became unscrupulous.

"Have you ever seen such a long beak? That bird might have been a powerful monster when it was alive... Dark witches, only black witches who have gone on evil ways will use bones to drive the power of demons."

"People who bring bad luck..."

"If the black witch really brought bad luck, our emperor would have died long ago."

A businessman takes the conversation in another direction.

The merchants fell silent for a moment, trembling for the person they were talking about.

After a while, a young businessman spoke up.

"That one is different, the prophecy of Zaoshuang Great Witch has already said, that great witch is..."

"Who will fall in love with the new master of the world?"

The caravan owner's remark made the group chuckle.

There are only three-year-old children in the world who don't know this prophecy, and compared to the first few obscure sentences in the prophecy, this last sentence involving love is the most widely circulated.

The object described in this prophecy is Qinglu Muren Khan and his child of the Dayan clan, and the last sentence of the prophecy says that this child will fall in love with the master of the new dynasty.

Khan Dayan gave birth to a pair of twins. In the past, everyone thought that this prophecy was about the female Khan of Qinglu, the glorious sun witch. The young talent of the crucian carp wants to become the sweetheart of the female khan, but the female khan has died five years ago, so only her twin brothers are left to fulfill the prophecy.

"Back then our emperor brought that man into the battle for hegemony, who wouldn't laugh at him, now it's all right, who would have thought that it would be two men..."

The drunken words of the merchants became more and more dangerous. Behind the stalagmite bushes, the little slave Uren watched quietly. He couldn't see the expression on the witch's face, but he could feel a gust of cold wind rippling around the campfire.

"Go to sleep." Helian Yu said to him.