Chapter 520: The Heart Has a Thousand Knots
Before the time came, the entire army was ready to leave, Xi Hao shook his dizzy head and stood in the queue and staggered.
"Be careful. Lingering reached out and shook his arm, then let go.
This is still the realm of the giant deer, surrounded by people in the barracks, and all the qiē must be hidden, including their own concerns. Xi Hao pulled the corners of his mouth and showed a hint of a smile, wanting to speak, but because of his hoarse voice and because he didn't know what to say, he didn't make a sound after opening his mouth, just stabilized his body, and then tidied up the armor on his body.
It hurt so much that it was about to fall apart, and the armor was like a thousand pounds on his body, so heavy that he couldn't take a step. Lingering in his eyes, pain in his heart, but he couldn't show that concern, because Fang Cai's action had already attracted others to look at it.
Xi Hao didn't know when he fell asleep last night, only that lingering had been by his side all the time and had never left half a step.
The team began to march, the wind filled the ears, the coldness was like a sharp knife, making it difficult to breathe in the mouth and nose, and after a short journey, the body began to heat faintly, but the legs became more and more unable to lift.
I can't stand it! This body can't stand it at all!
Xi Hao gritted his teeth and dragged his heavy pace to keep up with the team, but he was unable to support himself and gradually slowed down.
"What's going on!" Zhang Wuyi, who led the team, saw that someone was stagnant, beat the horse and turned around, raised the whip and whipped it towards Xi Hao, lingering on the side to pull Xi Hao backhanded, and Ming Wei grabbed the long whip with one hand.
"The adults are angry, Yu Ran has not been in good health these days, so he can't stand it. ”
"Can't stand it?" Zhang Wuyi dragged the tail and laughed, then pulled the whip fiercely, and said: "If you can't stand it, you have to run, who can be responsible for delaying the trip, even if you die, you have to keep up with me!"
Mingwei used force in his hand, Zhang Wuyi used several times to retract the whip, and couldn't help but be annoyed and said angrily: "Yo Ho, I said Ma Changkong, Du Yuhai, it's against you, you still want to do it with me!"
"Brother Ma Brother Du, I'm fine, I can keep up. Xi Hao was afraid that Mingwei and Zhang Wuyi would make a move, so he hurriedly shook his body and said: "I can do it, Master Zhang is right, we can't afford to delay the trip, I'm fine." After Xi Hao finished speaking, he walked past Lingering, and tried to raise his steps and run forward, Lingering hurriedly followed when he saw this, Mingwei glanced at Zhang Wuyi coldly, and shook the end of the whip fiercely, that Zhang Wuyi couldn't hold it, the whip handle took off his hand, and was smashed in the face by a flying flick, and he gasped in pain, and before the roar could be released, Mingwei had already thrown away the whip and walked forward.
"Xi Hao ......" lingering followed Xi Hao, seeing that he was panting for breath, he couldn't help but feel numb, Mingwei had already followed, looking at Xi Hao's appearance, he also knew that his physical condition could no longer support Shuntian, so he lowered his voice and said to lingering: "When you rest for a while, you can find a way to get two horses, we can't wait for Shuntian, and we will rush out when we find an opportunity." ”
Hearing this, Lingering nodded, quietly raised his eyes to pay attention to the surroundings, planning the direction and route of escape, while Mingwei gradually fell behind and pestle beside that Zhang Wuyi.
Xi Hao didn't know how long he had been running, he only knew that his heartbeat was so intense that he was about to jump out, his legs were numb and unconscious, and the whole person was as if he was immersed in water, and it was cold to the bone.
"Rest in place for a stick of incense!" A military order came from the front, Xi Hao breathed a long sigh of relief, his body was weak, and he stumbled forward, but crashed into his lingering and solid arms.
Lingering stretched out his arms and hugged Xi Hao tightly, and after he calmed down for a while, he took him to the side under the tree and leaned up.
I couldn't take care of more, and the surprised eyes of others couldn't match the person's pitiful appearance at this moment, so he stroked Xi Hao's face and said, "You rest for a while." ”
Xi Hao nodded weakly, watched Wanmian get up and leave, and then closed his eyes very tiredly.
It seems that a long time has passed, and it seems that only a short time has passed, because the coldness makes the mind numb and stops thinking, Xi Hao heard someone calling him in a daze, he opened his eyes and saw that Lingering stretched out his hands towards him, so he didn't think about it, and reached out and grabbed Lingering's hand.
"Hold on a little longer, and when we get out of here, we'll give you a good rest. ”
Ten fingers were clasped, and the warmth of the palm was transmitted from the fingertips, lingering and pulling him to avoid the crowd, and slowly walked towards the dense forest on the side.
"Where are you going—" The lingering anomaly had already attracted the attention of the others, and as they saw the two of them leave the group, they realized that something was wrong, and raised their voices and shouted.
"Let's go!" lingering only whispered, then grabbed Xi Hao's waist and stepped on the branches with a leap, the snow fell down, and the two figures were far away in the blink of an eye.
"Someone ran away—"
It was a great shame for the leader of the army to dare to be such a blatant deserter during the march, but as soon as they called out, everyone realized that Zhang Wuyi, the leader of the group, had not stood up to stop it! The scene was chaotic in an instant, someone went to the front to report, and when Li Bing, the leader in charge of the front queue, heard the shouting and rushed to him, Tang Mian and Xi Hao had already disappeared.
"Twenty people will come out and chase after me, and the rest will stand by on standby!
"Yes!"
The group of men and horses quickly went towards the dense forest, and after going on for less than two miles, they saw a man lying on the snow, his clothes ragged, his hands and feet trapped by a horsewhip, trembling but unable to move.
"Who?!" Li Bing shouted, the man was tied up in a ball, and when he heard the question, he desperately raised his head from the snow, and shouted: "Old Li, hurry up and save me!"
Li Bing looked at it, and it was Zhang Wuyi, who had just disappeared, and hurriedly rushed forward to untie his hands and feet, and asked, "Where did the people go?"
That Zhang Wuyi was untied, his whole body was naked and trembling, and he wanted to shake off the cruel words, but because his appearance at this time was really ridiculous and embarrassing, he had to turn around and stare at the little soldier who lowered his head and smiled, and said, "Undress Lao Tzu." ”
Those little soldiers naturally didn't dare to brush off his meaning, one by one took it off, but also let him wrap it, and when his clothes were tightly wrapped, he sneezed a few times and said: "Damn, dare to sneak attack Lao Tzu, count them lucky, if I hadn't been defenseless, they would have died in my hands today." "God knows that he came here with Mingwei, he wanted to throw off his majesty and punish Mingwei fiercely, but who expected that he was thrown to the ground before he could see the other party's means, and then he was pulled out by the man three times and five divided by two, and he was tightly bound up here for a long time to suffer the cold.
"What does Brother Zhang mean, there is no need to chase him?" Li Bing looked at his appearance, as if he didn't plan to send someone to chase him anymore, so he asked. Zhang Wuyi stretched out his hand and pointed to the horse's hoof prints on the ground and said: "They stole the horses, and the people who were delayed would have run away a long time ago, we have to rush to Nagano, do you think the general will slow down the team because of these three deserters, I also know that the three people turned into ashes, and when they get to Nagano, let the general send an official document to chase them." ”
Li Bing nodded his head when he heard what he said, and shouted to lead people back, but Zhang Wuyi turned back as he walked, and shivered with palpitations.
Just kidding, that Ma Changkong looks mediocre on weekdays, but he didn't expect to be so skilled, this will be a hurry, what if he is in a hurry to fight back and hurt his own life, take so much money as a leader, you can't be so desperate.
The decision in his heart was made, Zhang Wuyi no longer had the slightest pause, urging everyone to turn around and leave.
The horses' hooves went all the way to the west, and the three men and the two horses rushed forward with all their might, until the horses were exhausted, and they stopped.
"There is a small town in front, lingering, you and Xi Hao are waiting here, I went to buy clothes and came over to change for you, we are wearing military uniforms and armor that is too attention-grabbing." ”
"Good. Lingering nodded, hit the horse to a densely wooded place, looked down at the person in his arms, and said softly: "Xi Hao, are you okay?"
Because of the galloping all the way, and already exhausted, Xi Hao was like the end of the crossbow at this time, once the tight strings were loosened, the fatigue would come like a mountain of seas, so that he could no longer support it, and shook his head gently, he wanted to say that he was fine, but the hands that grabbed the saddle were already trembling involuntarily.
Lingering jumped off the horse, looked up to see Xi Hao, and then took his hand and hugged him off the horse.
"Xi Hao, Xi Hao, relax, we're fine. ”
Xi Hao's body was shaking intermittently, his hands were clenched tightly, the whole person was not in a state at all, and he was in a trance!
"Xi Hao, look at me, talk to me, come back to your senses, Xi Hao. Reaching out to wipe the mask off Xi Hao's face, holding the pale cheeks, he called him one by one, trying to pull back his thoughts that he didn't know where to go. Xi Hao looked around in a trance, then tilted his head slightly, came back to his senses in the lingering cry, raised his eyes to look at him, pursed his lips, and finally made a hoarse voice: "Lingering...... I'm so cold...... Hold me tight......"
The armor on his body was torn off and thrown aside, and he stretched out his hands and tightly wrapped Xi Hao into his arms, seeing that he was still trembling, he pulled open his shirt again, revealing his chest in the wind and snow.
hugged the man's cold and slender body into his arms, and gave him warmth with his own body temperature, the kind of clasping that didn't care about a qiē made people feel so fulfilled, and the reliance and hugging filled the whole body and mind, making people feel distressed and sad and choked with tears.
"Xi Hao, don't be afraid...... I won't let go of your hand in the future, I won't leave you alone, I won't let you find me, never, I swear, I swear......"
The sobbing sound suddenly sounded, Xi Hao shrank his body, clasped his lingering back with both hands, and cried uncontrollably. All the grievances and pains, all the unbearable memories and shame that I don't want to recall were vented unreservedly at that moment, and the tormented heart finally regained its peace at that moment.
It turns out that not a single qiē has changed, no matter what happens, the lingering emotions with themselves have not changed!