Chapter 1677 – She
Five days later.
The western region of the Great Han, near Qing Shan County.
In the whistling cold wind, a merchant caravan was slowly moving forward on the hard tundra, a man wrapped in a thick coat squinted his eyes and looked into the distance, under the dusky setting sun, the outline of a city was getting closer and closer.
”This ghost weather …… is really cold.” The man couldn’t help but curse as he held a heater in his arms.
”All hold on a little longer! We’ll be arriving at Castle Peak County up ahead!”
”After this trip, everyone will be able to enjoy a few days of happiness, beauty, wine, and food are all available in Castle Peak County!”
The men shouted as they sped up towards the city-state, and just then, a voice came from beside them:
”Brother, in the snow over there, isn’t there someone lying?”
The man froze and looked along with his finger, only to see that in the snow not far away, there was indeed a figure vaguely, not knowing whether it was dead or fainted, not moving at all.
”Where is the beggar again? Such a cold day, wear so little and dare to beg outside, not freeze to death only have ghosts.” The man snorted coldly, “Several of you go over to see if it is alive or dead, if there is still breath, bring it into the city together along the way, it is considered to be a virtue.”
Several figures ran quickly towards the snow, after one of them probed his nose, he put it on his back and hurriedly ran towards here.
”Brother, still alive, it’s a female.”
”Count her life as lucky, throw her onto the wagon containing the goods.”
Several people immediately threw the figure onto the carriage, and along with the bumps of the merchant caravan, they entered into the middle of Castle Peak County together.
The merchant caravan traveled lightly through the streets, looking for people to hand over and unload the goods, and in a short while they vacated the carriage, leaving only the figure lying alone on the wooden planks, as if she was dead.
”Brother, what about her?”
The man tsked and walked over to her, holding the heater, and took a closer look.
The woman was wearing a tattered blue dress, her body was littered with wounds that had been frozen into scabs, her bloodstained black hair was messily draped over her face, and it was impossible to see her appearance, if not for the wisps of white air that still floated out of her nose, like a corpse in the wild.
The man reached out his hand with some disgust and patted her cheek, the ice-stained eyelashes fluttered gently and weakly opened a slit.
”Hey, can you still move? Walk on your own if you can move.” The man pulled out a few taels of broken silver from his pocket and stuffed it into her hand, “We’ve done all we can, ah, don’t die here even if you’re going to die, it’s not easy for us to travel in the outside world, don’t stain us with bad luck.”
The woman propped her hands on the wooden board and staggered to her feet, her eyes blankly sweeping around:
”Where is this?”
”Green Mountain County.”
”Castle Peak County ……,” she muttered the name, and in her cloudy eyes, a flash of clarity emerged, “City state? You guys brought me into the city?”
”Yeah, you fainted in the snow outside the city, if it wasn’t for my brother’s kind heart, you would have frozen to death!” A figure said.
Her brow suddenly wrinkled, gritting her teeth and dragging herself stiffly, she walked in the direction of the city gates, a few pieces of broken silver fell from her arms to the ground, making a crisp sound, even so, she didn’t look down.
”Hiss, I say are you a sick person? My brother gave you the money because he saw you as pitiful, why are you so ungrateful?”
The man was about to go after him, the man reached out and stopped him, shook his head and said, “This woman is a crazy person, let her go …… away Brothers! I invite you to go to the workshop to drink!”
”Good le!”
The crowd went away in cheers, and only when they were completely far away did the woman lower her head and take out a white dan pot from her bosom, glancing inward, her expression relaxing.
She glanced at the sky again and clenched her teeth, holding onto the wall while walking towards the city gates without looking back.
As her figure gradually approached the city gates, several figures ran in from the doorway with quick steps, opening their mouths in surprise as they did so:
”The Champion Marquis has come! The Marquis of Champion has come from Chang’an!”
The voices of these people immediately attracted the attention of many people on the street, who immediately clustered on both sides of the street, turning their heads to look in the direction of the city gates, as if they all wanted to see what the rumored Marquis of Champions actually looked like.
”Champion Marquis ……,” the woman muttered.
As soon as she pulled the old woman passing by her side, she asked suspiciously, “Damsel …… this Champion Hou, what kind of person is he?”
”Aiya, Champion Hou you don’t even know?” The old woman carried a basket of vegetables and said with her hands in the air, “I heard that this Marquis of Champions is the reincarnation of a general star, possessing the power of miracles, and in the early years he led his army to a great victory over the Xiong Nu, and I heard that he made a great show of power in Chang’an a couple of days ago, killing a lot of evil spirits and hitting a heavenly abyss. ……
In short, ah, he is the most powerful godman in the world today!”
Hearing this, the woman’s eyes brightened slightly and then quickly dimmed ……
”No …… there is that thing on earth too …… who knows if he is real?” The woman sighed after a few moments of agonizing.
Just as she turned around and was about to leave, two carriages drove into the street from outside the city gates, these carriages had the word Marquis printed on them, and the moment they saw these two carriages, the people on both sides of the street cheered at once.
But these two carriages didn’t seem to have any intention of stopping, the cold wind that rolled up whipped the hem of the woman’s tattered clothes and whistled past her.
She turned her head to gaze at the departing shadows of the two carriages, shook her head, and continued to walk outside the city.
”Eh, girl!” The old woman pulled her hand and asked with concern, “Looking at you, you haven’t eaten for days, right?”
”…… Well.”
”See you are also poor …… Why don’t you come with me, I still have some food at home, I can share some with you.”
The woman stopped and touched her parched stomach, which seemed to be a little heartfelt.
”Forget it Auntie, I have to hurry out of the city before ……”
”Just eat something, it won’t delay you for too long …… Look at you, you are going to rush, right? How can you do it if you don’t eat enough?”
”That, that’s fine.”
Under the old woman’s gracious invitation, the woman still followed her and turned back towards the city.
”Girl, you came to this Castle Peak County, what’s the matter?”
”Nothing …… I was picked up in the city.”
”Then you are in this county, can you have friends and relatives?”
”No ……”
The old woman nodded, “By the way, I haven’t asked you, what is your name?”
The woman lowered her head, and after hesitating for a moment, she still opened her mouth:
”Jia Lan.”
”After rushing for dozens of miles, we finally arrived at Castle Peak County before sunset.”
Inside the carriage, Yan Zhong pulled up the curtain on the side of the carriage and let out a long sigh of relief, “This ghostly weather …… If we can’t find any more horse replacements and food supplies, we’ll just have to sit in the Marquis’s ‘flying car’ once more. ”
”Going up to the sky to fly in this weather, it is estimated that even the carriages have to be frozen into ice slag and fall down.” Chloe held a ball of fire in both hands, the warm firelight reflecting on the carriage, her afterglow glanced at Lin Qiye on the side and asked suspiciously, “What are you gawking and thinking about here?”
”…… Nothing.” Lin Qiye, who was sitting in the center, shook his head, “It’s just that, ever since I entered this city, my karmic thread seems to have been trembling …… and I don’t know what’s going on.”