Chapter 9 Shield her from arrows(1/2)
Sesse's face darkened. Did Khan actually want her to be a priest? It's so funny. She is from Nanyue, how could she be a priest in the Northern Lu Kingdom?
As soon as Khan said this, Feng Nuan's face changed drastically. He did not expect that his father would actually be a priest, which would be great. He turned his head and said sternly to the guard beside him: "Go! Get the prince's white wolf skin in the carriage!" No matter whether she had him in her heart, today, he would tell the world that she was the woman he admired and that no one could hurt her.
The guard was startled, widened his eyes and asked strangely: "Second Prince, is the wolf skin of the first white wolf you hunted when you were eight years old?"
"Not bad! Go quickly!" Feng Nuan shouted in a deep voice.
The guard had never seen Feng Nuan be so stern. He was so scared that he immediately rode on the horse and left at lightning. However, the guard was delighted that the second prince was finally going to offer the wolf skin.
Ye Wuyan heard Khan's words, and Xuan's eyebrows flickered, and his hand hidden in his sleeve shook slightly. At this time, his seat was adjacent to Khan's seat. He said casually: "Khan is really good at joking. This woman is my concubine, how can she be the priest of the Northern Lu Kingdom?!" His tone was very soft, but there was a vague power.
Khan couldn't help but be stunned and asked, "So he is the concubine of King Yu? No wonder, such a beautiful woman and such a courageous spirit, King Yu is really lucky."
After a burst of laughter, he stopped asking Seser to be a priest.
Seser was far away from Khan, and I wonder what Ye Wuyan said. He was still nervous about being a priest. He was thinking about refusing to say something, but he heard someone calling her name.
"Jiang Seser!" The tone was extremely gentle, and it came slowly from the wind.
Seser looked down the high platform in confusion, and saw the bright sunlight of the day and the people of Northern Lu Kingdom shrouded by the sunlight. At this time, their eyes had just faded away from their praise for her just now, but they had already added surprise, as if they were shocked like a ghost. What's even more strange is that the girls on the grassland looked at Seser, and their eyes were full of deep jealousy and deep despair.
What's going on? It's just that I played a song and offended the women on the grassland. If I had known this, she wouldn't have helped Ye Wuyan. It was thankless.
Seser was sighing slowly in her heart, but her eyes suddenly condensed.
Under the high platform, Feng Nuan was walking slowly from the sun. The black robe with gold edges gently flew under the beautiful sun, adding a wild aura to him. On his handsome face, which was as gentle as a knife and axe, was extremely gentle, especially the smile on the corner of his lips, which was very bright and gentle.
Seser had never seen Feng Nuan smile so brightly. It turned out that the cold man, once he smiled happily, was so moving, which made her feel that flowers were blooming.
What surprised Se Se even more was that Feng Nuan was holding a white wolf skin in her hand. Under the bright sunlight, the white wolf skin exuded a soft luster, so gentle and pure white, and it looked like a good skin. Feng Nuan was holding it like a treasure and walked towards him. What is this guy doing?
Seser thought in confusion, but Feng Nuan had already walked to the platform, jumped and stood in front of Seser. Seser was still looking down at Feng Nuan, but for a moment, his tall body stood in front of her, with a sharp domineering aura. She had to raise her head to see his face.
"Prince Helian, what are you going to do?" Seser asked in confusion, always feeling a little strange.
Her eyes touched Feng Nuan's gentle eyes that dripped out of water, and her heart couldn't help but start to hop wildly. What was this guy going to do? Today's weather seemed too bright, making her body inexplicably hot. What made her feel even more uneasy was that at this moment, she seemed to be the focus of the people, and the bunches of eyes with various expressions made her unable to breathe.
"If you don't speak, then I'll go down!" Seser tried his best to calm down his heartbeat and said lightly.
However, before she could turn around, she saw Feng Nuan do something that she was very puzzled.
He held the white wolf skin and knelt down on one knee in front of her. Seser was completely shocked. It was said that there was gold under the knees of a man, but the man actually knelt in front of her, and was so elegant and natural. Could it be that he had something to ask her? Could it be that he wanted her to be a priest? But why did Feng Nuan let her be a priest? Did he also respect God and Buddha? Or was it because of something else?
She subconsciously wanted to help Feng Nuan, but when she saw the tender smile on Feng Nuan's face, she was a little at a loss. She had always been quiet and calm, and at this moment, her heart was a little panicked.
"Get up quickly and just say anything if you have something to do!" Seser avoided his gentle eyes and whispered.
Feng Nuan still couldn't stand up, but just held the white wolf's skin and spoke a language she couldn't understand in his magnetic voice. Feng Nuan also used internal force, and the thick and magnetic voice was filled with incredible tenderness and irresistible magic, floating to everyone's ears.
His words were like thunder, which shocked everyone on the grassland, and there was a suffocating silence, and it seemed that there was a woman crying. What's going on? Seser vaguely saw Khan and Yan opening their mouths wide, as if they were holding an invisible ball. Ye Wuyan, who was sitting on the elegant seat, had a handsome face like ice in an instant, and the narrow phoenix eyes were also filled with cold mist. The slender hand held the cup in his hand and trembled slightly.
"King Yi, what's going on? Isn't she your concubine? How could Aotian ask her for a marriage?" Khan asked in surprise.
Ye Wuyan said coldly: "I just said it wrong. It is my former concubine." After that, he held the wine glass and wanted to drink it, but his hands were shaking violently. The cup finally came to his lips, but he couldn't drink it no matter how hard he was. His dark eyes looked at the couple on the platform with a hint of nervousness through the edge of the cup.
No matter how shocked others, Seser couldn't understand what Feng Nuan was saying no matter what. What language was he using, it should be the dialect of their Northern Lu Kingdom. It seems that everyone except her could understand it. Even Ye Wuyan and stayed in the border for a long time, I'm afraid he could understand it.
"You don't have to talk, you just need to accept this white wolf skin! It means that you Nanyue accepts the friendship of our Northern Lu Kingdom! In this way, you don't have to be a priest." Feng Nuan whispered. This time he used Nanyue's language, without internal force, his voice was very small, and only Seser could hear it. While he said, he suddenly laughed, his smile was extremely cute, extremely gentle, and a hint of cunning.
Is that true? Seser raised her eyes and looked at Feng Nuan. She felt that this was not the case. However, she was really afraid of being a priest, so she hesitated and reached out to take the white wolf skin.
The moment Ses took the wolf skin, the cup in Ye Wuyan's hand tightened unknowingly, and the white porcelain cloud pattern cup instantly became fragments, cutting through his hand and stained with a little blood. But he still didn't know that his cold eyes were filled with heavy mist, staring at the platform.
On the platform, Feng Nuan handed the white wolf skin into Seser's hands, stood up with a smile, and protected her like a mountain to go down behind the platform.
Behind the platform is a curtain. Behind the curtain are many women from Tianyouyuan. They saw Se Se and Feng Nuan coming, and their beautiful eyes shining with envious eyes. It seems that these women from Tianyouyuan are not willing to serve the gods and Buddhas, otherwise how could they be so envious when they see her and Feng Nuan? Only Yi Lengxue, who is worthy of being a priest, is standing quietly under the shade of the trees outside, without a trace of expression on her beautiful face, and her white skirt flutters in the wind, looking like a fairy in the Moon Palace, looking down on the people in the world.
Beside Yi Lengxue, there was Yi Yingxiang wearing a red dress. At this time, Yi Yingxiang made Seser feel strange. If we talked about the previous two meetings, Yi Yingxiang was haggard and bitter because of love. At this time, although she was still pale and haggard, her black eyes seemed to be burning with flames. The anger in her eyes and the red dress were shining together, which made people couldn't help but startle.
"Jiang Sesse, I hate you!" Yi Yingxiang said word by word.
"I know! You have said it, don't remind me all the time!" Seser said lightly. Yi Yingxiang never hides her hatred for her. How could she not know? How ridiculous? She was so lost by her, but she still had to bear her hatred. It's really unreasonable.
However, Seser didn't want to be skeptical about her. For such a paranoid person, the reason may not make sense.
Seser moved his lotus steps and walked out slowly. She vaguely felt Yi Yingxiang's resentful gaze, and she focused her back tightly, as if she was about to stare into her body.
Feng Nuan stood there without leaving. He leaned against the trunk of the tree, his narrow eagle eyes narrowed slightly, and a sound that was so clear that there was no trace of emotion came out of his mouth: "Yi Yingxiang, can you be more rational? If you want to hate, you hate me, it is because I don't like you, don't transfer your hatred to her. To be honest, she hasn't liked me yet! But even if she doesn't like me, there is no possibility between me and you. I hope you can come out as soon as possible and find your own happiness."
"Can I find my happiness?" Yi Yingxiang murmured, looking at Feng Nuan's cold face, her heart gradually felt despair.
Because the song "National Style" played by Seser shocked the people of Northern Lu Kingdom. It became even more difficult to choose the candidate for the priest, because no matter which woman in Tianyouyuan did not have the talent of Seser. In the end, Khan decided that Yi Lengxue would still be the priest, which was only temporary. The new priest would be postponed until next year.
For Ye Wuyan, the waiting for a year should be much shorter than that for four years. In any case, she also helped him a favor and smiled bitterly.
Se Se avoided the lively crowd and slowly walked on the grassland. The scenery on the grassland was gorgeous, but Se Se couldn't feel at ease to appreciate it. Walking slowly along the banks of the Yunshui River, I suddenly saw a flowing figure standing there under the shade of the trees in front of me. It was Ye Wuyan, and her broad clothes were rolling in the wind, giving her a cold and desolate feeling.
Seser wanted to bypass him, but he didn't expect that he seemed to sense her arrival. He slowly turned around, his eyes as deep as the night sky were quietly staring at her, and there was no expression on his thrilling face.
Seser stared into his eyes. If she read it correctly, she seemed to see a trace of pain in his eyes.
She suspected that she had read it wrong. When she was about to take a closer look, she saw Ye Wuyan's eyes suddenly focus on the white wolf skin she was holding in her hand. Her deep eyes suddenly turned sharp, and her already cold face seemed to be covered with frost.
He stood there quietly, his black eyes as deep as the sea, so Seser could not see what he was thinking.
He stared at the white wolf skin in her hand, and a cold smile appeared as the corner of his lips: "I seem to be supposed to congratulate you!" His voice was cold, with a hint of mockery.
Congratulations to her? What kind of joy can she have? She frowned and was puzzled.
"I think I should congratulate you too. Priest Yi will be your princess next year!" Seser said coldly without hesitation.
Ye Wuyan's body stiffened, and a slight fluctuation flashed across his handsome face. He seemed to have no joy in the congratulations of Seser. He suddenly turned around and stood facing the Yunshui River. His upright back reflected a slanted shadow in the sunlight.
Seser stood silently behind him for a moment, looking at his lonely figure, she didn't understand why he was unhappy. He should be happy when he saw the beloved beauty. However, Seser always felt that she couldn't understand the man's heart, and she was too lazy to guess whether he was happy or not had any relationship with her.
Seser turned around and walked towards the crowd, meeting the people of Northern Lu. When they saw her, they looked very respectful. Some even smiled at her and spoke in words that she couldn't understand. Seser felt inexplicably. Could it be that she played a song "National Style" and they began to admire her? It was a bit incredible to think about it.
In the evening, there is a last program for the Heaven Sacrifice Conference, which is to dance the Sacrifice Dance around the bonfire.
It is said that the women's dance in Tianyouyuan was very good. During the day, Seser looked at the woman's waist drum and thought it was very good. I wonder if this sacrifice dance was exciting?
The night slowly kicked off.
The night sky on this grassland is extremely clear and distant, and the bright moon hanging in the air is even more amazingly beautiful and extremely clear, as if it has tear open the hazy veil, as white as jade and as pure as snow.
The bonfire that soared into the sky started to burn, making the sky red. Even the bright cold moon seemed to have reddened its faces by the bonfire. The sound of drums and melodious horse-head fiddles sounded. The girls and boys of Northern Lu were dressed in bright ethnic costumes, sang and danced in the open space in front of the bonfire at the rhythm.
Se Se in Nanyue, never saw such a scene. He was mixed in the crowd, looking at the singing and dancing people, smiling faintly. Next to the bonfire, there were a row of tables. The Khans, Yan and the royal nobles of the Northern Lu Kingdom were all sitting there, drinking and watching singing and dancing.
After the first dance, the drums stopped, and only the beautiful tune of the horse-head fiddle fluttered in the air.
Twenty or thirty women from Tianyouyuan were still wearing pure white clothes, with ink hair tied with buns of various feathers on their buns, but colorful ribbons were covered with shoulders, just like fairies in the sky. They were all little men holding copper bells in their left hand and copper-shaped bells in their right hand. Holding hands, they took extremely simple dance steps, very neat and unified, and the soft colorful silk danced lightly in the wind, drawing rainbows in the night. As they moved, the copper bell in their left hand made a clattering sound.
This is the God-sacrificing dance, so simple but also beautiful.
The sound of the horse-headed fiddle is like a mountain flowing water, and the women are in a circle, like snow lotus, with petals blooming, like dreams. A woman in a pure white water shirt appears in a stunning appearance like a water lily standing in the wind.
It is the priest Yi Lengxue!
At this time, Yi Lengxue danced gracefully, like a flower's stamen, with less coldness and a little more tenderness. The women in white danced around her and danced the sacrifice dance of the gods, and she, in the middle of the circle, began to dance the sleeves and the red silk draped on her shoulders.
It is as light as the wind, as beautiful as the flowers, and the dancing posture of Yi Lengxue is very beautiful.
Seser glanced at the obsessed eyes of the people around him and slowly stepped out of the circle. Yi Lengxue is indeed a rare beauty, she can be beautiful and charming in her dancing.
The temperature difference in the grassland is big, and the sun is still beautiful during the day. At night, it is already cold at night. Seser feels a little cold, so he took out the cloak made of white wolf skin sent by Feng Nuan and put it on his body, covering the cold night wind.
Yun Qingkuang, who was following Seser, saw her wearing white wolf skin, her black eyes condensed, and he was always laughing and suddenly became solemn. Even Xiaochai and Zhuizi had a little cold face.
"Why do you guys look at me like this?" Seser asked, obviously, these three people were unhappy.
"Of course it's because of you, a white wolf." Zhuizi said coldly, with a hint of dissatisfaction in his voice.
"What's wrong with this white wolf skin?" Seser asked with his eyes raised, just wearing a wolf skin. Is it that they are?
"Don't you understand the meaning of giving away wolf skin?" Zhuizi asked with wide eyes.
"Is there any other meaning? It's just a wolf skin." Seser raised his eyebrows in confusion, and was suddenly shocked.
Xiaochai smiled and said, "Don't Miss Jiang really know? There is a custom on the grassland that the fur of the first prey hunted by a man on the grassland in his life is given to his lover. If the woman accepted his animal skin, she would accept his wishes, and no one would give this woman a wolf skin."
"What?" Sesse was shocked. She didn't expect that the Northern Lu Kingdom would have such a custom. If this were the case, the wolf skin that Feng Nuan gave her would not be the first time he hunted it.
Sesse Yingying smiled and said, "This wolf skin should not be this meaning, maybe it was not the first time Prince Helian hunted." Even Sesse said this sentence a little unconfidence. She would not forget how gentle and brilliant Feng Nuan's smile was at that time.
"Don't you know what Prince Helian said when he knelt in front of you?" asked Zhuzi.
"What was he talking about?" Seser asked in a voice.
"He said, are you willing to accept my wolf skin and be my companion for life? But you accepted his wolf skin. Now, in the eyes of the people of Beilu Kingdom, you are already the favorite of their second prince." Zhuizi said lightly.
So that's it. Seser was stunned. No wonder Feng Nuan wanted to say that to her in the dialect of Northern Lu. He was afraid that she would refuse. At this moment, Seser suddenly understood why Yi Yingxiang was so angry with her, why Ye Wuyan wanted to congratulate her, and the grassland people smiled and saluted her when they saw her. It turned out that there was a reason.
At this moment, countless kinds of tastes came to my heart and mixed together, so complicated that even she herself couldn't explain it clearly.
She knew that Feng Nuan liked her, but she didn't expect that he would show his affection to him in front of the people of Northern Lu. Is his feelings for her already so deep?
Shi Shi lowered her head and let the night wind blow on her dark hair.
"You go and see, I want to walk around and be alone," Seser said to Xiaochai and Zhuizi.
"Don't go too far." Xiaochai said with a chuckling.
Seser nodded and walked forward. The boundless sea of grass was rising and falling in front of her eyes. Seser sat down in the sea of grass, quietly looking at the bright moon in the sky.
To be continued...