落尘小说网

第 33 章（第2页）

Khasarlookedtowardtheroadleadingsouth。

"Thenwefindher。"

"Andifshesdead?"

Khasardidntanswer。

herdidTarkan。

Somequestionswereeasierleftunanswered。

Fornow。

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AttheXianborder，lifehadbeestrangelybusy。XieZhengspentmostofhisdaybetweentheaandthewatchtowers。ThemapleftbyPrincessShuranhadgedeverything。Scoutswerebeialongoldmilitaryroutes，allthesupplieswerebeingtedandorderswerebeingpreparedforthecapital。AwarmightnotebutXieZhenghadlearnednottowaitforcertaintybeforepreparingfordanger。

Meanwhile，Ayaohaddiscoveredsomethingued，shelikedthecavalry。Morespecifically，shelikedwatgthemtrain。Shehadbeenstandihepracticefieldfornearlyanhourwhenoneoftheyoungersoldiersfinallynoticedher。

"Youvebeenwatgusallm。"

Ayaed。

"Imcurious。"

"Aboutwhat?"

"Howtofight。"

Thesoldierlaughed。

"You?"

Ayaogavehimaflatlook。

"Whatswrongwithme?"

"Nothing。"

Heimmediatelystoppedlaughing。

Ayaopoiowardawoodenpracticesword。

"Itry?"

Thesoldierhesitated。

"Youverainedbefore。"

"Thenteachme。"

Itwasnotgraceful，herfirstattemptnearlysentthewoodenswordflyingfromherhands。Thesoldierlaughedagain，

Ayaoglaredathim。

"Again。"

Shetriedagainandagain。Aftersomanyattempt，shewasstillclumsy，butshehadstoppedlosinghergrip。

Fromacrossthefield，anothercavalrymanwatchedwithamusement。"Shesstubborn。"

Thefirstsoldiernodded。

"Very。"

Ayaoheardthem。"Imstillstanding。"

Thatsilehem。ForthefirsttimesinceleavingYounis，AyaohadsomethingtofocusonbesideswaboutSuyuan。ShedidntknowwhetherSuyuanwouldwaketomorrowandshedidntknowwhatawaitedtheminXian。

ButifSuyuanwokeup，Ayaowaobestrohanthegirlwhohadalwaysneededproteg。

ShewaobeabletoprotectSuyuantoo。

Iheinfirmary，Suyuanremainedasleep。Outside，armiespreparedforawarthatmighte。

InKharun，twomenwerebeginningtosearchforSuyuan，theyfearedtheymightneverseeagain。

Andsomewherebetweenallthreelands，thetruthaboutthatburningnightwasstillwaitingtosurface。