Chapter 11: Three Days
Fan Xian looked at her, unable to say a single word, he finally gradually understood a truth in the world of man, perhaps anything is a matter of destiny, a matter of foreordination and cutting. Duo Duo’s life seemed bizarre, but when he thought about it, it was nothing more than an occasional thought of Master Bitter Lotus decades ago, only that this one thought had drifted and landed in the afterlife, in front of himself, and on top of this grassland in front of him.
There is no need to consider why Haitang was able to make the people of the northern tribes believe in her identity as the king’s daughter, there is no need to consider how she did all of this two years ago, since Master Bitter Lotus threw this variable out before his death, of course, he had already made preparations – Bitter Lotus hid it from his older brother, leaving behind a party of the bloodline of the Kharna royal court, how could he not leave behind some tokens or something like that? How could he not leave behind some tokens or something like that.
The key is ……
“Your parents ……?” Fan Xian looked at Haitang’s face, which was rarely seen in confusion, and asked softly.
Haitang hugged his knees and did not move, but in his heart, he felt the man’s affection, he did not ask about the things on the grassland, did not press himself, but was the first to think of the things he cared about most.
“Passed away when I was very young.” The girl’s face under the hat looked a little forlorn.
Fan Xian did not continue to ask this question, about Haitang’s parents, how that pair of Kharna’s last aristocrats left this world, whether it was Bitter Lotus’s dark hand, it was no longer important, I’m sure that Haitang would not want to associate her master with that kind of role, but only that her heart must have some guesses.
“When Master said these words to me before he died, he let me choose for myself what exactly I should do.” Haitang looked at the water ducks on the surface of the lake, her brows gradually knitted together, for some reason, those water ducks no longer played in the twilight, but somewhat timidly went to hide in the not so many water grasses beside the lake.
“Your choice was to follow his advice, return to the tribe, and then come to the grasslands.” Fan Xian bowed his head in thought, Songzhi was the royal family name of Kharna, only that this tribe had been massacred clean by Marshal War Qingfeng decades ago, so no one under the heavens had thought of the relationship between the name Songzhi Xianling and the Hu people. A trace of pity flashed in his eyes as he looked at Haitang and said, “If you want to take revenge for your mother’s tribe, you should also take revenge on Northern Qi, why target us in Daqing?”
“Revenge? I rarely think about these decades old things.” Haitang pursed the hair that peeked out from under the brim of her hat, glanced at Fan Xian, and said softly, “Just like you, we all know very well that hatred is something that often can’t be washed away, and I’m just going to see how those people who share the same roots as me are actually living …… Anzhi, the Hu people are actually also is human, they also have the right to survive, this way ten thousand miles southward, along the way I do not know how many people died, tribal women and children, should they not live?”
“As for Daqi ……” she lowered her head and scoffed to herself, “Although Master Zun pointed out my life, but gave me the Heavenly Road, I am still Daqi’s saintly daughter today, if I really want to wreak havoc on Daqi, why would I want to run to the prairie. ”
“I just want the people in these tribes to have a peaceful country to live in.” Haitang stared into Fan Xian’s eyes, “That’s why I want to help Speed Bida unify the grasslands, end the continuous tilting within the grasslands, and bring peace to these grasslands.”
“Peace?” Fan Xian’s voice chilled all of a sudden, “The unification and peace of the grasslands will surely lead to an all-out war with Daqing in the future, and this is the future you expect?”
“I will check and balance the speedy Bird.” Haitang lowered her head.
“Childish.” Fan Xian spoke softly, the flavor of his words resembling the mockery of Li Hongcheng when he rebuked him within Dingzhou City, “The ambition of a king is never something that you or I can check.”
“Then what do you think I should do? Should I just watch the Qing army invade westward day by day, and one day occupy the entire prairie, slaughtering the people of the Hu tribe cleanly?” Haitang’s brow furrowed, “Everyone has the right to live, do you still think that there is a difference between the noble and lowly lives of the Hu people and the Central Plains people?”
“There is naturally a difference between noble and lowly, and those who are close to me, his life is naturally precious.” Fan Xian did not budge and said, “You only think about how the Hu people survive, have you ever thought about the people of my Qing Kingdom’s army on the road to Xiliang? All the way west, I don’t know how many houses I’ve seen burned and women and children killed.”
“If this is the peace you want, then I will destroy it all.” Fan Xian’s eyes narrowed slightly as he stared at Haitang’s face, “This is a hatred that has been made over a thousand years, and there’s simply no way for our generation to eliminate it …… You’re standing in the position of the prairie royal court, so naturally you want Qing to back down, but I’m standing in the position of Qing, so naturally I want the prairie to continue to be in chaos. ”
Haitang stood up, slightly raised her head to look at Fan Xian, and said, “You’ve been in the grasslands for more than ten days now, and I think you must have found out some things, so why don’t you go back, and wait for me here for what?”
“I want to confirm the role you played.” Fan Xian’s face turned a little pale as he said, “Perhaps you haven’t even thought about it yourself, but you’ve always seen yourself as a citizen of Beiqi, and you haven’t seen yourself as the king’s daughter of Kharna at all. The beautiful name is to find a space to survive for the grassland, but in fact …… it is still for the safety of Beiqi’s rear, and to hold back the footsteps of that emperor old man of mine for Beiqi.”
Not waiting for Haitang to open her mouth, Fan Xian raised an eyebrow and blocked her speech, “This is subconsciously behavioral …… Speaking of this point, I have to admire Master Bitter Lotus.”
He looked at Haitang with pity, “You’re the Holy Maiden, you’re the most outstanding figure in the Heavenly Dao since Bitter Lotus, but it seems that your whole life, just like mine, has been controlled by a towering figure, and any step of your choices falls within his calculations, whether it’s active or passive, Bitter Lotus is utilizing you, to preserve his slice of the Daqi Dynasty. ”
Bitter Lotus has raised Haitang for nearly twenty years, knows his female disciple too well, for Haitang’s decision after knowing her life has long been calculated clearly, knows that no matter how Haitang chooses her own path, she will follow his arrangement and give Qing Kingdom a very painful blow.
Haitang’s face is getting more and more despondent, these two years in the grassland to assist the single Yu Speed Bida, really consumed too much of her mind, today in the lakeshore by Fan Xian directly uncovered her hidden mind under the leather robe, that a trace of her own are avoiding the mind, only to let her find ……
“Neither of us are saints, we simply cannot manage to see the people of the world on an equal footing, if I am sinister, in fact you are selfish as well.” Fan Xian said with a slight scoff, “You use the lives of the western bearded people to delay the pace of my Daqing iron cavalry, which is beneficial to Northern Qi, but have you ever thought about …… these people on the grasslands, do they really need a strong royal court, and need to march to the east?”
“Bitter Lotus is really something.” Fan Xian closed his eyes and slowly said, “Although he was ultimately defeated at the hands of His Majesty, even after his death, he brought so much trouble to my Daqing …… I have to say that these two brothers of the War Family are really the topmost characters in the human world.”
Emperor Qing had been fighting in the south and the north all his life, and it was rare for him to lose, and the only time he finished losing was when he lost miserably to the hands of the Great Wei Dynasty’s Grand Marshal, War Qingfeng.
It didn’t occur to him that decades after War Qingfeng’s death, before Bitter Lotus died, he had planted another landmine in the west of the Qing Kingdom.
“You know I’m not like that.” Haitang did not get angry, standing quietly by Fan Xian’s side, saying, “It’s just that out of many choices, I picked the path that was the best for the grasslands, and for Da Qi.”
Fan Xian of course knew that Haitang was not that kind of person, but just deliberately wanted to provoke the other party, and at this time, his eyes gradually chilled, “What about me?”
Haitang looked back at him and said, “You also said earlier that we are not saints, and it is impossible to consider the people of the whole world on an equal footing, and now it is you, Nanqing, who is pointing the sword at the world, and Beiqi and Dongyi are all in the midst of the storm…….If you are extravagantly expecting me to consider the interests of Nanqing, isn’t it a bit ridiculous ?”
“Ridiculous?” Fan Xian stared into Haitang’s eyes, seemingly wanting to see into the deepest recesses of this girl’s heart, and said quietly, “Wasn’t it also absurd for me to reach that agreement with you in the restaurant in the Upper Capital a few years ago, as the Tisch of the Qing State Supervisory Academy?”
He laughed self-deprecatingly, “It’s also true that I was originally a Southern Celebration powerhouse, yet I had to lift my face up to let you slap me across the face. Obviously, my Daqing iron cavalry is going to step all over the world, but I have to reach what agreement …… peace with the holy woman of a foreign country? Dog day peace. Indeed ridiculous, I am a person who exists in this world, it was originally a very ridiculous thing.”
Planting drinking and chatting will set this world for twenty years, remembering the year when the two people in the capital city to put their arms with the same tour, the building to get drunk together, the garden under the melon shelf to talk together, in no one knows the place, the two most outstanding young people in the north qi south qing, set a childish in the eyes of the world, in their eyes, but is extraordinarily clear and beautiful goal – the world without war.
Such a childish agreement, but because of the two people involved in this agreement, and appears to be close at hand, may become a reality at any time, because the two young people in their respective countries, has great influence, if the situation remains unchanged, the old man gradually retired, the future of the river and the mountain, would have been the two young people under the palm of the thing.
But now several years have passed in a flash, and the world’s situation has long since changed drastically because of the outbreak of the Da Dong Shan matter. The world was changing, and people were also changing, and before twenty years were up, Fan Xian and Haitang no longer seemed to be able to farm and drink and chat.
“I’m not willing.” Fan Xian’s face whitened, but his eyes grew brighter, “It’s been five years since I left Tanyuzhou, and in those five years, no one knew what I wanted to do, only you knew …… you knew how much I risked for this agreement, how much I suffered, and how much I helped you, Beiqi. ”
He stared at Haitang’s eyes and said in a hoarse voice, “You know all of this clearly, and I didn’t hesitate to risk being accused of being a traitor a thousand years from now for what …… And you, you ran away without a word, came to the grasslands, and started stabbing me in the back. ”
“I am not willing.” Fan Xian’s eyes grew cold.
Haitang looked at Fan Xian’s face and listened to his ghostly words, and for some reason, her heart felt as if it had been stabbed, and it pained her raw, causing her cheeks to turn white.
“I didn t think that this matter …… would involve you.” Haitang stared at him in a daze, feeling that the pain of the man in front of her seemed to have fallen on her own body, “I don’t know where those knives came from, after knowing about this matter, I went to Qingzhou City, only there was another one that had been stolen.”
Although Fan Xian had already guessed that the expert who had as high as the ninth rank and stole into Qingzhou to help him eliminate the evidence was Haitang’s doing, at this time, when he heard her admit it in person, his mood was slightly better, but his face was still very ugly and he said, “You’re still concealing from me …… The appearance of these knives was originally a very strange thing.”
He grabbed Haitang’s lapel and said through clenched teeth, “Your connection with that little emperor of Northern Qi has never been broken …… This time it’s obvious that he is shading me, what else do you want to cover up for him?”
Haitang placed his hand on his hand without force, looked at his eyes with pity and apology, and said, “I really don’t know about this matter, and I don’t know what went wrong on the side of the Upper Capital City, so why would His Majesty do such a stupid thing.”
Indeed stupid, Beiqi’s biggest help in the midst of the Qing Kingdom was Fan Xian, and although Fan Xian had gradually cut himself off from Beiqi since Dadong Mountain, if the Emperor of Beiqi really wanted to have a future, it would be very difficult to leave Fan Xian’s help.
Fan Xian, however, knew very well how that young Emperor of Northern Qi thought.
He moved closer to the side of Haitang’s slightly reddened face and whispered into her ear, ”Not stupid at all. He wants to force me to rebel? There is no that possibility …… two years ago in Kyoto, he wanted to use the hand of the eldest princess to kill me to help the boss to the throne, this account I have not yet settled with him …… how can I possibly rebel?”
There was a hint of mockery in his words, but Haitang’s heart went cold. She was the first time to know that two years ago in the Kyoto change of the Qing country, there is actually the shadow of the Northern Qi, so think about it, the vein of this matter will be very clear, the young emperor of Northern Qi knows that Fan Xian is a very vindictive person, of course, do not dare to continue to put their hopes on his body, coupled with the fact that Haitang has been in the prairie in the past two years, unable to act as a bridge between the Emperor of Northern Qi and Fan Xian, the two sides are drifting apart, in order to the security of Northern Qi , the Emperor of Northern Qi would inevitably choose to pick apart the relationship between Fan Xian and Emperor Qing.
“His Majesty has no choice.” At this time, the gesture between Haitang and Fan Xian was very ambiguous, but what the two said was so alarming, she said quietly, “In these two years, you have helped Emperor Qing to reorganize his officials, govern people’s livelihoods, and take care of the internal treasury, and with a great war in sight, how would he dare to trust you?”
“I don’t care if he believes me or not, I don’t even need your trust right now.” Fan Xian shook his head, his cheek rubbing against Haitang’s slightly cooler face as he took a deep breath and said, “You take a message to that little emperor of Northern Qi, and say that I, Fan Xian, will repay him with an everlasting lesson because of the two great gifts that he bestowed upon me.”
Haitang’s body trembled as he looked at Fan Xian in surprise, wondering what he would do. In this world, the only person who dared to say that he would teach the king of a country a lesson was probably only Fan Xian who dared to be so arrogant, apart from the Grand Master.
“Don’t forget that you’re from the Kingdom of Qing, and you’re the son of Emperor Qing.” Haitang sighed, “Who would believe that you would consider things from the standpoint of Northern Qi or Eastern Barbarians? It’s only natural for His Majesty that he doesn’t believe you.”
“I consider things from the standpoint of the Kingdom of Qing, and I don’t want the people of the Kingdom of Qing to be caught up in endless wars and bloodshed.”
“What exactly have you set up in the grasslands, surely you won’t tell me.” Haitang passed her hands naturally through Fan Xian’s armpits and said, “But I will try my best to stop you.”
“Aside from that emperor old man of mine, there’s no one in this world right now who can stop me, and neither can you.” Fan Xian took her hat off and stroked her hair.
Fan Xian held Haitang tightly, but his eyes gradually calmed down, holding her in his arms, his eyes slightly narrowed as he looked at the sky, a hawk was flying in the twilight, those water ducks in the lake, precisely deterred by this hawk, hid in the water plants.
In fact, Haitang also noticed the pale eagle, and also knew why Fan Xian was hugging himself like this, and sighed in her heart, knowing that she as well as His Majesty was really sorry for the young man who was hugging her, and with incomparably complex emotions flooding her mind, she did not bother to point out Fan Xian’s small-mindedness.
“Stay with me for three days.” Fan Xian said in her ear.
Above the grassland about ten miles away from this lake, hundreds of Xihu cavalrymen were guarding their king, the master of this grassland, Shan Yu Sulpida, indifferently looking into the distance, watching the traces of eagles crossing the sky over there.
Songzhi Xianling left, Shan Yu was worried that she would never come back, so he followed with his cavalry, for some reason, Shan Yu’s heart just had this worry, as if he felt that someone was about to take away the most important woman in his life.
This woman is not beautiful, not at all compared to the tribes to contribute to the beauty, but Shan Yu will be her more important than anyone else, because this woman for him to bring more than 10,000 iron cavalry allegiance, to bring their own never thought of some of the strategy of governance, to bring the grasslands of the new meteorological, and more importantly,…… this woman to bring peace. Shan Yu brought peace, rare peace.
Whenever he was with this king’s daughter of Kharna, Shan Yu speedy Bida felt that it was the most joyful moment in his life, even if he was just sitting face to face, looking at each other, he was also joyful and incomparable.
He knew that she was the Holy Maiden of Northern Qi, the closed disciple of that great master Bitter Lotus, the walker of that mysterious Everlasting Heaven on earth, but he knew even more that the Songzhi Immortal Order was a hu man, his own kindred spirit.
If in the future he was able to sweep the Six Heavens and attack the grasslands, on top of his steed, if he could have her sitting beside him, this world would surely be much more beautiful.
The eagle gradually descended, and Shan Yu Speed’s eyes narrowed, like a falcon, shining with an intimidating light.
That girl went after a man, who was that man.
The falcon was unable to report to Shan Yu that the man was abominably flicking your treasures, so Shan Yu was able to maintain the calmness of his eyes. In other words, Fan Xian’s deliberate behavior did not have the effect he thought it would.
“Charge over and kill him.” Da Dangdao looked at Shan Yu’s clouded face and said loudly, “Kill him!”
Speed Bida did not answer, when Songzhi Xianling left, she said that she would come back, then she would definitely come back, he respected this woman with a bizarre life, although he did not mind using his sword to proclaim his power, he was not willing to use this way to obtain a woman’s heart.
“Follow them and don’t bother.” Shan Yu Speedy closed his eyes and spoke peacefully, but the words hid a palpitating chill.
The royal court experts beside Shan Yu were like clouds, if these hundreds of riders rushed over at this moment, Fan Xian, even if he had heavenly skills, in this pale grassland, I was afraid that he would not be able to escape death. But he was very curious, who was the person who could make Songzhi Xianling so moved, could it be the rumored Nanqing white boy from a few years ago?
The grassland master’s hand holding the reins was getting tighter and tighter, but his expression remained calm, he was destined to become the master of the world, of course he wouldn’t mess up just because of a powerful minister from Southern Qing, but he wouldn’t let that young man come to the grassland and go back alive either.
The Cang Ying sent a message that the Western Hu cavalry near the royal court had begun to mobilize, and as soon as the Songzhi Immortal Order was separated from that young man, they would begin their attack.
However, this follow was for three days.
During the three days, the two of them, Fan Xian and Haitang, strolled through the grasslands. They bought two good horses from a certain tribe and galloped around for a while, and then went to a certain sea to fish two nets of small silver fish and grilled them for dinner. The last night, but was stationed in a larger tribe, around the fire, with those Hu people eating beef and mutton, drinking wine with burnt knife.
Haitang knows what these three days mean, three days later, perhaps the two of them will be torn from the complex relationship, become each other’s enemies, so these three days need to cherish.
Fan Xian also knows what these three days mean, Haitang’s identity as a king’s daughter does not resonate through the grassland, but she can take herself on the grassland to move freely, she is to use this vivid fact to tell herself that the Hu people and the Central Plains people can live in peace with each other, and the Hu people are not inherently barbaric and good at killing.
Because of her apology, Haitang accompanied Fan Xian for three days without asking a single word about anything else, but did not even think about Fan Xian’s true purpose.
The firelight reflected the faces of the two of them, red, just like two small children who were playful in winter. Haitang handed Fan Xian two things and said, “For your child.”
Fan Xian took them and found that they were a string of ruby beads and a cute little peyote that Hu children liked to play with.
“The beads are for Little Flower, and the little knife is for Liangzi?” He raised an eyebrow and said, “Little Flower Child is expected to like it, Liang Zi is still young, I’m afraid he won’t like it. …… But …… thank you, have a heart.”
“Master said before, Mrs. Fan’s body is very difficult to give birth to a child, and now that Fan Liang was born, it is also considered to be a fulfillment of his wish.” Haitang smiled faintly and said, “I think you must have put in some effort.”
Three months ago, Lin Wan’er, who had been laboriously carrying a child in October, finally gave birth to a lynchpin, and before the palace messed up with giving the name, Fan Xian hurriedly took a Fan Liang and added it to the family tree. This matter caused Emperor Qing to be furious, but fortunately, Fan Xian still gave the emperor the right to take the word, so he was able to bluff his way out of this matter.
Listening to Haitang’s words, Fan Xian smiled slightly bitterly, during these two years, apart from helping His Majesty to deal with the affairs of state, most of the rest of his energy was focused on treating Wan Er’s illness, in order to have a child, Wan Er really gave extremely much, and he had suffered a lot in order to develop the medication, but fortunately, Mr. Fei Jie’s pre-determined path was on the right track, and only then did he succeeded in making Wan Er pregnant.
“Why the name Fan Liang?” Haitang asked curiously, knowing that she was afraid that she would have a hard time seeing this young man again after this night, so she kept asking for a moment, wanting to know how the other party actually lived during these two years, and what the people beside him were like.
“An idle wife is a good mother.” Fan Xian said with a smile, “It’s interesting isn’t it?”
As the tribesmen gradually went to sleep, only Fan Xian and Haitang were left by the fire, and both of them seemed to sense something going on, neither of them the slightest bit sleepy as they quietly waited for the dawn to come.
“It’s going to be dawn soon.” Haitang leaned on Fan Xian’s shoulder and spoke quietly, this woman had finally revealed the feelings of a girl’s family when it came to the moment of parting.
After Fan Xian was silent for a moment, he suddenly said, “After dawn, as soon as you leave, that amorous Shan Yu, will break me into pieces.”
After three days, with the cultivation of the two of them, it was naturally clear that not far behind them, the master of the grassland was forcibly suppressing his anger, waiting to give Fan Xian the most fatal blow.
Haitang closed his eyes and said lazily, “Don’t worry about these things, I’ll take care of it.”
“I’m a man, I’m not used to letting women handle things.” Fan Xian smiled, the firelight reflecting his smile, making him look extraordinarily kind and confident, “You’re very strong, and that Shan Yu is also very strong, but I will prove that I’m stronger than you guys.”
Haitang sat up straight and looked at him silently, not knowing what he wanted to say.
Fan Xian looked at her calmly and said, “I’ve never liked fictional stories of couples separated by their communities, Duo Duo, you’ve been plotting on the grasslands for two years, I’ve been preparing for four months, I’ll defeat you completely and utterly and break all the hearts that Bitter Lotus has left behind. I love the peace and happiness of the prairie, but for the peace and happiness of the people of the kingdom of Qing, for my peace and happiness, and for the unrest of Shan-yu, I must destroy it all.”
“If I keep you for three days, I am keeping you for life.”
The young man from the Kingdom of Qing stood up, looked at the dark grassland before dawn, and said softly.