mtl008 Chapter 958 Extra: A Young Man's Journey 11
Chapter 958 Extra: A Young Man's Journey 11
Zong Lin's original intention was to use the other party as a scapegoat. He had already observed that among the enemy forces tracking him, the real leader should be the one he had taken hostage.
As long as he takes the other person hostage, even if he is found later, he will have a chance to escape smoothly.
He hadn't expected his opponent to be such a tough nut to crack. As they rolled down the slope, they exchanged many blows. Finally, they were stopped by a broken tree and used it to jump down into the cave below. Both of them were injured.
The thick felt hat on the other person's head was pulled off, and his long hair fell down. Only then did Zong Lin realize that the person he was holding hostage was actually a woman.
Zong Lin lit a tinderbox. At this moment, the two of them were slumped on the ground, looking at each other warily.
Suddenly, the woman smiled.
"You little soldier are quite interesting, and you're even handsome. How about you take me as your wife?" Dugu Li looked at Zong Lin with a smile.
Zong Lin scoffed, "Are you crazy?!"
Just a moment ago she wanted to kill him and use him as a scapegoat, but now she's shamelessly telling him to follow her. This woman must be crazy.
“Interesting,” Dugu Li said, ignoring his sarcasm. She raised her hand at him and said, “I’m not joking with you. If you want to live, you have no choice but to submit to me. That’s your only way out.”
Zong Lin immediately became alert, looking around before tentatively saying, "Instead of threatening me here, you should think about whether we can get out of here! This is within the Great Zhao territory. If I can't get out, you're even less likely to!"
"That's hard to say!" Dugu Li tilted her head and looked him up and down: "Are all you Central Plains people like you, pretty boys? You're so handsome, it would be such a pity if you died."
Zong Lin had never seen such a shameless woman who could flirt with people so easily.
"She really is a barbarian's daughter!" Zong Lin said in a low voice.
Dugu Li snorted softly, "I can hear you!"
"Then your Mandarin is quite good." Zong Lin was indeed a little surprised. He had come into contact with quite a few barbarians, but it was rare to see someone who spoke Mandarin so well. He hadn't noticed it before, but now that he looked closely, this woman's status must be quite high.
“I’ve been learning those Confucian classics from your Great Zhao since I was a child, and they’re so boring. If you’re curious, I can tell you about them slowly.” Dugu Li seemed to have really discovered a new kind of fun. She struggled to get up from the ground, ignored Zong Lin’s cold stare, and crawled to his side, raising her hands to cup his face.
Zong Lin's dagger was now pressed against Dugu Li's neck.
Dugu Li looked at him with a smile: "We've already fallen to such a state, wouldn't killing me be no fun? You're fighting against Northern Yan, don't you want to know what the real Northern Yan is like?"
Dugu Li's words successfully piqued Zong Lin's curiosity.
Zong Lin slowly sheathed his dagger, his gaze fixed on Dugu Li: "Who exactly are you?"
Dugu Li didn't answer him, but instead leaned forward and kissed him on the cheek. "Want to come?"
Zong Lin didn't understand for a moment. The hardships he had experienced at the border had filled his mind with nothing but how to climb the social ladder, leaving him no time to think about anything else.
Dugu Li chuckled, "You really don't understand romance."
Dugu Li leaned in and sealed Zong Lin's lips with hers.
Zong Lin's eyes widened, and he pushed her away: "You... shameless!"
"So you Central Plains people are just troublesome. I've taken a liking to you today and want to spend the night with you. What's the point of shame?" Dugu Li rubbed her brow against his face. "The night is long, aren't you cold?"
Zong Lin slowly tightened his grip on her shoulder: "I have someone I like."
"The person you like probably doesn't like you back, right?" Dugu Li said with a smile. "If she liked you, you should be overjoyed, not resentful."
"Since you can't have the person you like, why not enjoy life while you can? What do you think?"
Zong Lin stared intently at Dugu Li.
A moment later, he leaned in and, as if venting his anger, sealed Dugu Li's lips with his.
The cave was cold in the dark, but in this environment, the intertwined souls found a sliver of solace.
Afterwards, Zong Lin looked up at the dark cave, his clothes covering the two of them. Dugu Li's face was pressed against his neck, gently rubbing against his ear.
“I am very satisfied with you. Come back with me, and I will give you fame, fortune, power, and status,” Dugu Li said.
"Such arrogance." Zong Lin clearly didn't take the words of this woman he had only met briefly to heart.
"My name is Dugu Li, and I am the next Grand Consort of the King of Northern Yan." Dugu Li kissed his Adam's apple, and Zong Lin couldn't help but groan.
He looked at Dugu Li in disbelief: "Then you..."
"I want to elope," Dugu Li said nonchalantly. "Our Dugu clan is no worse than the Northern Yan royal family. Why should women of our Dugu clan be born to live as women of the Northern Yan royal family? The Northern Yan king is almost old enough to be my grandfather. His son is older than me. He might die in a few years, and I'll just marry his son. But his son is a good-for-nothing, fat and pig-eared, not as handsome as you."
Dugu Li likes beautiful things, including people.
Unfortunately, neither the King of Northern Yan nor his son were her type.
Zong Lin asked in surprise, "So you ran away from the wedding?"
Dugu Li chuckled: "You're really funny. Would I run away from my marriage if I gave up being the Empress Dowager of Northern Yan? I just didn't like the King of Northern Yan's appearance, so I ran away to clear my head. Anyway, his current Grand Consort is still alive. Oh, I forgot to mention, his current Grand Consort is my aunt, and his ex-grandmother was my great-aunt."
Dugu Li pointed her finger at Zong Lin's chest: "So I didn't lie to you. You become my mistress, and I'll give you power and status. Isn't that more interesting than you being a lowly soldier in the army?"
Zong Lin: "You talk as if you can be the master of the Northern Yan King."
Dugu Li said casually, "How do you know you can't do it if you don't try? If the Northern Yan royal family wants to be the men of my Dugu clan, then the women of my Dugu clan can also control the power of the Northern Yan royal family. We in Northern Yan don't have that rule in your Great Zhao that women can't interfere in politics. If I want it, I can get it."
"Am I unwilling to accept this?" Zong Lin murmured.
"What are you unwilling to accept?" Dugu Li asked.
Zong Lin said firmly, "I am not reconciled either. Why should I be chosen just because I am a twin, and even then, I will always be relegated to a subordinate position, a mere supporting character? We were all born human, so why am I considered unlucky? I am not reconciled. I will make them all know how I, this unlucky person, will destroy everything they hold dear!"
Now it was Dugu Li's turn to stare blankly at him.
Zong Lin pinched Dugu Li's chin and looked her in the eye. "Don't you want this world? Let's join forces. I'll help you get what you want, and you'll help me bring down the so-called gods from their pedestals. Then, we'll share the world."