Sparrow dream dance

"Princess, look, you are home."

Night, deep and long; snow, one after another.

And his voice was hoarse than this endless night.

The wind, mixed with snow particles, fell down, falling on her hair, eyelashes, shoulders and heart.

Time seems to have passed too long, too long, so long that she couldn't remember how many years she had left her homeland.

Standing on the hillside, the crimson skirt fluttered.

She stared motionlessly at the city in front of her that would only appear in a dream, which was also her real hometown - Hertulton.

The tears all over the sky blurred her vision, and also blurred the familiar city walls, long streets, black tiles, and palaces in front of her eyes. . .

The year she left, she was only.

In my memory, it was a midsummer night.

However, when she stepped on the steed angrily, and went to chase the man who left without saying goodbye, she didn't turn her head to look at this brightly lit and magnificent city, and she didn't think about leaving. When she came back, the world had already been turned upside down.

Everything has changed.

At this moment, Hejing is devastated and decayed, just like the fragmented Mobei grassland, the painstaking efforts of the father and ancestors have been destroyed once, and the glory of the past has disappeared.

After a long journey, there are bare dead branches and blackened ruins everywhere.

Her nose seems to be able to smell the scorched fireworks, and she can even vaguely see that after the fall of her father, those ugly people's hearts are accompanied by chaos and strife, as crazy as the ugliest vines and thorns grow wildly and plunder savagely.

Behind him came the sound of a horse's hoofbeats.

But she didn't look back.

Until the luxurious fox fur cloak fell on her shoulders, she still stared at He Jing, who was sparkling in front of her eyes.

She didn't have to look back, because she knew that the person who came to pick her up would not be her father nor her brother.

"Princess...you are finally back."

The voice of the person behind him trembled uncontrollably.

Chu Xiati let out a long sigh, then looked away, turned around and looked back at the man standing behind her.

He was dressed in cold and solemn black armor, with stubble on his chin.Deepness and tiredness have engraved on his face along with the years, and he is no longer the ignorant little butcher brother when we first met.

But the way he stared at her was still so intense and hot, but at the same time so suppressed and secretive.

It has always been like this, he hopes she can know that he loves her, but he is afraid that she will know that he loves her.

This inextricable contradiction tortured him all the time.

As long as he thinks of her, all the sweetness and pain will come together, making him deeply trapped in it, beyond redemption.

Just like at this time, she was watching him, although he didn't say a word, but he was willing to stand still in such a quiet place.

"General Mu, Her Royal Highness must be tired." The man with a gentle face glanced at Chu Xiati and Mu Kun, breaking the silence lightly, "Maybe let the princess go back to the palace to rest first."

Mu Kun looked at the haggard Chu Xiati with pity, nodded heavily, and called for someone to lead the carriage.

"No need." But Chu Xiati got on a horse and rode towards He Jing without looking back.

"Princess... Duke..."

Mu Kun was shocked, and was about to chase after him, but was patted on the shoulder by Duan Wuyou, "Brother Mu, don't panic, the princess is naturally very safe here."

"Brother Duan, I...I'm just worried that the princess will..." Mu Kun looked embarrassed, hesitant to speak.

Duan Wuyou narrowed his eyes, as if he could easily see through his thoughts, and said, "With the princess' temperament, if you really want to leave, can brother Mu be able to chase you back?"

Mu Kun's eyes dimmed when he heard the words, he clenched his fists tightly, and stopped talking, but looked at the direction Chu Xiati rode away in a very lonely way.

Duan Wuyou saw it in his eyes, smiled calmly, turned over and got on the horse, and drove the horse forward lazily, but said,

"Brother Mu, you and I have nothing."

Mu Kun stared blankly at his extremely thin back. These words were exactly what he said when he first met him.

He vaguely remembered when he couldn't find her anywhere two years ago and was on the verge of collapse.This bookish and handsome man suddenly appeared in front of him,

"I can help you find the person you are looking for."

"Why help me?"

"Because you and I have nothing."

"Just because of this?"

"Isn't that reason enough?"

"You, what do you want?"

However, he didn't answer this question any more, but only evoked a strange smile.

He didn't fully believe him until a year ago when he gave him the exact whereabouts of Chu Xiati in Qingzhou, and this time he was able to bring her back to the Xiongnu safely.

After recovering from the memory, Mu Kun couldn't help shouting at his fading figure again,

"What do you want?!"

He reined in his horse, and when he looked back, there was a gleam of light that Mu Kun couldn't figure out.He pursed his lips, smiled strangely and said,

"What I want, one day, you will always know."

In the next few days, the news of Chu Xiati's return to Hetulton quickly spread throughout the Mobei Grassland.The tribal leaders of all ethnic groups rushed to Hejing to meet the only heir of the Hun King who is still alive and the only princess of the Hun Kingdom.

Hertulton, who was on the verge of dying, seemed to have regained his vitality, and every Hun citizen seemed to have hope again.

Yes, she is the daughter of Atida. As long as she comes back, she can lead everyone to revive Xingbang!

However, no one could perceive the unspeakable anguish and entanglement in her heart.

She asked Mu Kun, Duan Wuyou, and even the maid who served her for news about Yan Kingdom many times, but the answers she got were always irrelevant.

This night, she put on a veil and walked further and further away.She didn't want to leave, but she didn't know where her heart should go.

Unknowingly, she stepped onto the highest observation deck in Hejing.

The cold wind blew on her cheeks, but she still insisted on looking at the northeast sky against the wind.I only hope that the wind from far away can bring a little news about that person.

Is she still in Yanjing?

Is she all right?

Is she looking for herself again?

Chu Xiati stood there for a long time, feeling overwhelmed, and when her legs became numb, she suddenly realized how much she yearned for the not-so-warm hug from that person.

She walked down the stone steps slowly, and when she was almost at the exit, she saw two patrol soldiers on duty walking towards here, one fat and one thin, chewing their tongues.She didn't intend to care about it, but when she heard the familiar words wafting into her ears, she subconsciously avoided the dark corner next to her.

"Have you heard that, on the top of Beiku Mountain yesterday, the son-in-law fought with a group of soldiers from Yan Kingdom." The thin man's eyes flashed with excitement.

Chu Xiati was taken aback for a moment, Yan Jun came to attack?Why didn't Mu Kun tell himself such a big thing?

"What is the outcome?" the fat man asked.

"My son-in-law is so brave, how can the group of rats from the Yan Kingdom fight against each other? Naturally, our army has won a complete victory, and even the general of the Yan thief has been captured alive! And the strange thing is, guess what, that general It’s just a ten-year-old child, but I heard that he is the confidant of the new emperor of the Yan Kingdom. What do you think the dog emperor of the Yan Kingdom would send a child to lead the army to fight..."

The thin man was talking excitedly when his voice stopped abruptly, and he looked at Chu Xiati who came out of the darkness as if he saw a ghost.

After the two recognized it was Chu Xiati, their knees softened and they knelt down tremblingly.

"What do you mean by the new emperor of Yan Kingdom just now?" Chu Xiati stared at the skinny man and asked word by word.

"Back to Your Highness, the Kingdom of Yan has changed to a new emperor."

The skinny man didn't know why Chu Xiati asked that question, so he could only bite the bullet and reply, his body covered in cold sweat.

"Who changed?"

"The current emperor of Yan Kingdom is... the former King Yanxiang." He knelt down on the ground, not daring to hide anything.

"She became the emperor?" Chu Xiati murmured to herself, with the deepest confusion in her eyes, "But why...why?" Wuyou didn't tell her anything during the journey, but arrived at Hejing Afterwards, it seemed that everyone had made an appointment not to let her know any news about Yan Kingdom.

But, didn't she promise herself that she would leave that place of right and wrong?

The two soldiers looked at each other for a long time before the fat man replied cautiously, "Hizhi just came back from Yanmen Pass a few days ago, and I heard from the people of Yan that the new emperor seized the palace for his beauty."

"Beauty?"

The fat man's face couldn't help showing a faint red light, and he deliberately lowered his voice and replied, "I heard that it's for his own sake...the emperor's wife."

"shut up!"

Chu Xiati suddenly yelled and cursed, the two soldiers shrank their necks in fright, and knelt on the ground, not daring to breathe.

"If you dare to speak nonsense again, be careful with your tongue!" Chu Xiati trembled with anger, her hands and feet were cold.

She took several deep breaths before she managed to stabilize her mind and asked, "Where is that general from the Yan Army?"

"Back to the princess, I was... imprisoned in the dungeon by the son-in-law."

"Lead the way." Chu Xiati's eyes became colder.

"No...no."

The soldier opened the cell, held a lantern, and led her through the cold, dark corridor.

The dungeon in winter is gloomy and cold, and the darkness that sees the sky makes the limbs and bones viciously penetrated by the biting cold.

When she reached the end of the corridor, she said coldly, "Give me the light, you wait to retreat and wait at a distance, and you must not enter without permission."

Holding the lantern, she slowly walked into the cell, and the small cell was suddenly brightly lit.

"Xiao Zhong, is it really you?" Chu Xiati asked tremblingly.

The boy in front of him had disheveled hair, his face was a little purple from the cold, his body was covered with injuries, and his blood was frozen, but his eyes were still unyielding.

The young man stared at Chu Xiati for a long time, and immediately rushed up to the iron fence, with a look of great joy on his face, "Master! That's great! You're still alive! Master must be very happy to know!"

"Who hurt you like this?"

Chu Xiati hurriedly opened the iron door, put her cloak on him, her eyes were moist, "Your master, she..." She wanted to ask him a thousand words, but she didn't know where to start, and finally turned For a sentence, "Is she okay?"

"I'm fine. Winning or losing is a common matter in military affairs." Yang Zhong scratched his messy hair and grinned back.

He paused, then drooped his head and said, "But Master's situation... I can't say whether it's good or not."

"What happened to her?" Chu Xiati asked anxiously.

"Master, she..." Yang Zhong scratched his hair desperately, trying to rack his brains to tell Chu Xiati everything, but he was a teenager after all, what happened during this period was related to the change of regime , the bitter struggle for power, the competition for conspiracy, the entanglement of love and hate, is not something he can easily explain.As a result, he hesitated for a long time, but he still didn't say why.

Chu Xiati became even more anxious after hearing this, and said anxiously, "You just need to tell me if she betrayed me."

Yang Zhong stared wide-eyed, quickly shook his hands, and said, "No! Master, she has always missed you! But my father told me that Master is already the emperor, and the emperor cannot leave Yanjing easily... Master said that only trust Me, that’s why I was sent out to look for you, Mrs. Mistress, and you even made me a general! I asked others about you at first, but no one had seen you, but when I asked about Mr. Duan, some people said they had seen him driving you. The carriage is heading west. What Master said is indeed true, if you can find Mr. Duan, you can be found!"

"Your master...do you really miss me?" Chu Xiati asked nervously, afraid that she might hear wrong.

Yang Zhong nodded, the young man's eyes curved into beautiful arcs, "Master also said that no matter what, he will find you, and after he finds you, he will marry you."

"Okay! Let's go back now!"

After hearing this answer, Chu Xiati wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes with a smile, and supported the boy with all her strength.

But when they turned around and were about to step out of the prison, they met Mu Kun's gloomy eyes.

It is not known when he appeared at the door of the cell.

He stood silent, eyes burning with pain.

Yang Zhong looked at Mu Kun vigilantly, while Chu Xiati reached out and patted the back of his hand, signaling him to feel relieved.

She supported Yang Zhong and walked towards him step by step.

When passing by, he grabbed her arm and begged bitterly in his voice, "Princess...you can't go."

"Let go." Chu Xiati said quietly.

He stood there dumbfounded, and loosened his hands unconsciously.

He has always been obedient to her.Even if you want him to let go.

Looking at the back of her gradually leaving, his Adam's apple trembled violently, and finally shouted loudly, "You will regret it! That person will never marry you!"

Chu Xiati's heart trembled heavily, but she didn't turn her head. She gritted her teeth and led Yang Zhong slowly into the night.

On the other side of the darkness, a green shirt came out slowly, and walked to the side of Mu Kun who looked sad.

"Duan said that if she really wants to leave, you won't be able to chase her back."

He played with the sunspot in his hand, seemingly casually speaking.He suddenly smiled, and said, "Fortunately, you and I both know that she will always come back. And soon, she will come back willingly."