Chapter 18 I blame you for being too beautiful

A dialogue that seems to have profound meaning is derived from a fairy tale. It seems that if you plunge into the lake of life, it will turn into scum and no longer appear. However, if you think about it carefully, the two people who are having the dialogue will be like a noble princess once they take off their clothes. Behind the clothes of His Highness and the firewood chopper from Subi Lake, they are actually just two young men and women aged fifteen, sixty or seventy-seven years old.

In some extreme environments, such as ice cellars at the bottom of wells, young people often forget their identity, responsibilities or other things, and become much more pure. In this Beishan Road night that has just experienced a bloody battle Next to the forest fire, Princess Li Yu and Ning Que of the Tang Dynasty became simple storytellers and storytellers.

Because the wounded around were sleeping, the voice of the storytellers was a little low. In order to hear the story clearly, the people listening to the story had to get closer. Because of this, they naturally sat together, shoulder to shoulder. Side by side, they gathered around the fire and chatted meaninglessly until they fell asleep.

After an unknown amount of time, the night gradually faded away, the stars gave way to the faint morning light in the sky above the forest trees, and the faint sound of horse hooves could be heard from the south of Beishan Road.

Old man Lu Qingchen and Ning Que opened their eyes at the same time, looked at each other and then woke up their companions. A prairie barbarian lay on the ground and listened. After a moment, he raised his right hand and made a gesture. He clenched his fist and waved it quickly, signaling to his companions that they were coming from the south. There were a lot of people, and they were riding heavy horses.

The fire was almost extinguished, with gray-white ash falling from the charred wooden bars, and a few sparks remaining. The guards and the prairie barbarians got up with difficulty, took out the military single crossbows they had prepared, and pointed them at the still dark Beishan Road. Everyone was so seriously injured that they couldn't move quickly, and since they knew the attacker was powerful, there was no need to hide. They just needed to wait calmly - waiting to be rescued or die in battle.

The fallen leaves on the North Mountain Road were blown up by the strong wind. Dozens of cavalry emerged from the dim sky. The knights and horses were covered in extremely thick black armor. They were running at such a fast speed, and the sound of hooves was like thunder on the earth. Trembling, the embers and ashes in the fire were blown up by the earthquake, like morning smoke.

The most elite heavily armored Xuanqi in the Tang Empire!

Once the cavalry group wrapped in heavy armor launches a charge on the battlefield, it will be difficult to find an opponent in the world. Even the powerful swordsmen cannot cause effective damage to these heavy armored cavalry.

However, everyone could clearly see that the heavy cavalry running out of the morning light had clear arrow and knife marks on their bodies. They had obviously been attacked before, possibly in an ambush at the southern foot. In this case, these A group of heavily armored cavalry who were not suitable for fighting in dense forests had to forcibly cross the Beishan Road overnight. You can imagine the urgency and anxiety.

Dozens of heavily armored black knights roared out of the North Mountain pass, still more than thirty feet away from the two fires. The young knight in armor and a red cloak looked at the people beside the fire in the distance and shouted loudly: "Huashan Mountain in Gushan County is here! Where is Your Highness!"

Upon hearing the name Huashanyue, the guard holding the crossbow immediately relaxed his vigilance and responded loudly. Ning Que lowered his head and glanced at Princess Li Yu, who was leaning against his shoulder. Seeing her eyelashes moving slightly, as if she was about to wake up, he couldn't help but smile and raised his eyebrows, and silently took back the boxwood bow in his left hand.

The horse's hooves, like lightning hammers, trampled through the North Mountain Road at high speed, rolling up or crushing fallen leaves. The young general who called himself Hua Shanyue slapped the pommel, galloped off his horse, and quickly ran to the fire with a snap. He knelt down on one knee, raised his fists and said in a hoarse voice: "The mountain rescue arrived late, and the crime deserves death. Please forgive me, Your Highness."

At this time, dozens of heavily armored black cavalry rushed into the forest. The elite cavalrymen of the Tang Dynasty, who looked exhausted, dismounted one after another, knelt down behind Hua Shanyue in formation, and said in unison: "Your Highness, please forgive me."

Li Yu didn't know when he opened his eyes, as if he had just woken up or maybe... he had been awake for a long time.

She looked at Hua Shanyue, the captain of Gushan County, who was kneeling in front of her, at this young general who was loyal to her, and at the cavalrymen who had obviously experienced a bloody battle to get here, her eyebrows were full of encouragement. , smiled and said: "Why don't you get up quickly, do you really want me to punish you?"

She was very happy. These cavalrymen of the Tang Dynasty who came to the rescue at the southern foot of Beishan Road and ambushed them all night long and worried about her life and death finally saw the virtuous Princess after a year. How could they not be excited?

Hua Shanyue raised his head excitedly and was about to say something when he saw Her Royal Highness the Princess sitting on the shoulder of a young soldier with a very natural expression. Seeing this scene, his heart tightened slightly for some reason, his eyes showed a trace of surprise and displeasure, and his brows wrinkled slightly.

Ning Que, who had been watching these heavy cavalry, saw the young general's face clearly when he raised his head. It was a handsome and plump face, with eyebrows like swords, adding a bit of rustle. Heroic.

At such an age, he is already the captain of Gushan County, commanding an entire banner of heavily armored black cavalry. Hua Shanyue is undoubtedly the most outstanding figure among the young generation of the Tang Empire. He is the best choice regardless of his appearance and ability.

It's a pity that there is always a threshold that he cannot cross in his life. He even fell hard on this threshold a few years ago - this threshold is what he has always buried deep in his heart, but has long been known to the entire Tang Dynasty. That love.

The deepest and fiercest love for Her Royal Highness Li Yu, the fourth princess of the Tang Dynasty.

Hua Shanyue's suddenly depressed and slightly cold mood was naturally not directed at Li Yu. Even if he killed him, he would not dare to show any disrespect to Her Highness the Princess - he just hated the young soldier next to Her Highness. Who are you? How dare you Being so close to such a noble body of His Highness, not too close, but already in contact!

He had never been so close to Her Royal Highness the Princess's shoulder in his life, and he had never enjoyed such wonderful treatment in his life. If possible, he would have drawn out his knife and chopped off the young soldier's shoulder!

Hua Shanyue hid this kind of jealous and cold emotion very well, at least in front of Her Highness the Princess, so Li Yu only saw the flash of surprise and displeasure in his eyes.

She was startled for a moment, and then she felt the warmth coming from her arm, and then she understood where the strange look in the young general's eyes came from. She subconsciously raised her hand to straighten the hair around her temples to hide her embarrassment - she didn't even have it herself. Thinking about it, she and Ning Que actually spent the night side by side by the fire. Although the situation dictated it, it was indeed inappropriate for the Princess of the Tang Dynasty to be so intimate with a young man.

Princess Li Yu slowly stood up.

Then the maidservant who listened to the story ceased to exist.

The remaining warmth between their arms was quickly blown away by the morning breeze.

After a moment of silence, Ning Que shook his head and smiled, looking at her side face, and suddenly felt that the morning light was shining on her cheeks, and her eyebrows looked particularly beautiful, much cuter than they had been on the journey a few days ago.

Indifference and pride are certainly not as beautiful as calmness and grace.

But he still felt that the girl illuminated by the fire was the most beautiful.