Crossing the Sword

Chapter 141 Betrothal to Jinlan

So the two of them disguised themselves as brother and sister and continued on their journey on foot. In fact, Ye Shisan had originally proposed to dress up as a couple, but in the end, he was answered by a series of thunders. In order to avoid being struck by thunder, Ye Shisan had to raise his hands and surrender, and became sworn brothers with Bai Yuzhenyi, becoming siblings of the opposite sex.

After this sworn brotherhood, Ye Shisan's originally weak thoughts were suppressed. After all, he knew that in ancient times, people attached great importance to status. There was no possibility of any other development between the sworn brother and sister, after all, it was not in accordance with etiquette. This kind of etiquette restraint had great power. This can be seen from Yang Guo and Xiao Longnu in "The Condor Heroes".

But Bai Yu didn't have that thought. To her, the restriction that brothers and sisters can't get married is just nonsense. Her father Fuxi and her mother Nuwa are brothers and sisters, so this so-called etiquette has no binding force at all in their ancient god clan, not to mention that in this era, the binding force of those etiquette is not strong. Of course, Ye Shisan didn't know this.

Bai Yu's appearance has not changed, and Ye Shisan is not worried about this. Because even if the Black Emperor really distributes portraits, he can only spread his portrait of Ye Shisan. Even if he knows that the two of them are together, he will not randomly distribute Bai Yu's portrait. Not to mention that doing so will make the Green Emperor and Nuwa very angry. But if others know that Ye Shisan and Bai Yu are together, I am afraid that few people dare to pay attention to Ye Shisan.

The two continued to travel and enjoy the scenery along the way, not caring about their own situation at all. Both of them played their current roles very seriously. Bai Yu was chivalrous and righteous, and she lived up to her role as a female hero. Ye Shisan was even more happy to be idle. He never took action against enemies that Bai Yu could easily solve. He was honestly doing his duty as a scholar along the way, and occasionally recited a few lines of poetry, which made Bai Yu praise him for his witty words.

One day, the two came to the border between Sanmiao and a small country, and suddenly saw a small group of people in front of them, wearing the military uniforms of Sanmiao. There were not many people, only a dozen or so. But it gave people the feeling that each of them was a master. They were not those trash who had only cultivation but were nothing when fighting, but real masters who had experienced the baptism of war. Any of them would not be inferior to Susano in terms of kung fu.

Ye Shisan made this assessment based on his aura, because the other party was an expert and must have the alertness of an expert. So he did not use his Sky Eye to investigate, after all, if the other party noticed that he was spying on them, it would easily cause unnecessary trouble. Bai Yu, who was standing by, also noticed this and whispered, "Brother Ye, there are troops from the San Miao Kingdom ahead, should we take a detour and pass by?"

Ye Shisan shook his head and said, "No need. They should have discovered us by now. If we take a detour now, it will easily arouse suspicion. After I changed into this appearance, no one recognized me, right? We can just pass by like this and pretend they don't exist."

"Yu'er, look at these soldiers, they are so energetic, they must be the regular troops of Sanmiao. They are so heroic, so enviable. I have already begun to regret why I didn't learn martial arts and became a poor and useless scholar." Ye Shisanxiang was deliberately attracting their attention, but this would make them less suspicious of him. After saying this, he waved his fan in a serious manner and chanted: "Drunk, I look at the sword by the lamp, and dream of blowing the horn in the camp. Eight hundred miles of roast meat for the subordinates, fifty strings of music from the frontier, the battlefield in autumn. Good poem, good poem!"

Those Sanmiao soldiers were also attracted by Ye Shisan's voice. After looking over, they discovered Bai Yu's beauty and heard Ye Shisan chanting "Pozhenzi". They couldn't help but feel a sense of pride, and some even deliberately straightened their chests.

Bai Yu laughed at his amusement. Then he retorted: "What's good about being a soldier? There are disciplines, and you have to obey orders. You have to listen to others. It's more fun to be a chivalrous man like me."

Ye Shisan laughed, closed his fan and said, "You, a girl, think about being chivalrous all day long, be careful that you won't be able to get married in the future." After saying this, Ye Shisan glanced at the dozen or so Sanmiao soldiers, and unexpectedly found a familiar face. It was Ling Fei, his confidant in Youdu, known as the Five Elements General!

When he saw Ling Fei, Ling Fei also noticed him and Bai Yu. However, Ling Fei only had a slight flash of surprise on his face, and then he immediately recovered and turned his head to the side, no longer looking at them.

Seeing Ling Fei like this, Ye Shisan immediately understood that Ling Fei might have received an order to hunt him down. Although it was unlikely that he had come specially, he might have received the order to "kill or arrest anyone who saw Ye Shisan." Ling Fei certainly didn't want to deal with him, so he decided to turn a blind eye.

In fact, Ye Shisan did guess right. There was a group of mountain bandits nearby, relying on the power of the natural barrier, making a lot of trouble. It was a bit like Liangshan Marsh, and ordinary local troops could not suppress it. Ling Fei was ordered to come to quell the rebellion. The Five Elements Flag Army had already set up camp not far away, and he only brought a few deputy generals to explore the opponent's mountain terrain and troop deployment. On the way back to the camp, he took a rest here, but he didn't expect to meet Ye Shisan's brother and sister.

He recognized Bai Yu at first sight, and with his intelligence, he immediately guessed that the scholar was Ye Shisan.

He had already had a very unhappy relationship with the Black Emperor because of Ye Shisan's matter. However, he had no choice but to pretend to agree to it because he could not disobey the imperial decree. Now that he had encountered it, he had also made up his mind to work without putting in any effort, and pretend that he didn't see it.

Unfortunately, he and Ye Shisan knew how to play dumb, but Bai Yu didn't have such thoughts. When she saw Ling Fei, she immediately went up to him happily and said, "Brother, it's really you. You don't recognize me, do you? I'm Bai Yu!" When she called him, Ye Shisan knew that things were going to get bad, but he still followed her.

Ling Fei was also helpless, and immediately laughed and said: "It turns out to be my junior sister. I didn't notice you just now. By the way, why did you come here instead of staying in the Fuxi Temple? Who is this brother?" Then he winked at Ye Shisan.

Ye Shisan understood immediately and did not give Bai Yu any chance to do anything bad. He went up to him and said politely, "So this is General Ling. My surname is Ye, and my name is Ye Songxi. Nice to meet you, General Ling." Bai Yu now remembered that Ye Shisan's name should not be exposed, so he did not reveal his identity.