18. Chapter 18

The night was getting deeper, the fire in the courtyard had not stopped, but the wind in the woods was getting stronger and stronger, Tang Yu shrank and leaned against the leeward part of the tree trunk, looking at the fire in the distance, anxious but helpless.

There were too many people who came to put out the fire, most of them were men, her middle clothes were too thin, and she was in a mess with water, Tang Yu really couldn't show up, so she could only hide here and wait for someone to disperse, and then go back quietly.

The woods were deep, as if he was aware of Suosuo's movements, and Tang Yu held the portrait of his mother tightly to embolden himself.

Suddenly there was the sound of a tree branch being trampled and broken behind him, Tang Yu suddenly struck a clever role, stood up vigilantly, and turned around quickly, and saw a man in black more than a dozen steps away, with his head down, his face hidden in the shadow of the tree could not be seen clearly, he could only see that he had a coat on his arm, the light was too dim, but he vaguely looked like a woman.

"Miss Tang, subordinate Chu Feng, is the guard next to the prince, the prince expected that it was inconvenient for the girl to go back at this time, so he sent his subordinates to deliver clothes. There are no female dependents in the palace, and the prince took the three princesses to the courtyard to rest at dusk, preparing to go to Anguo Temple tomorrow to burn incense, so he could only pick the clothes of the grandmother next to the three princesses and send them over. ”

Tang Yu had already hidden behind the tree, and when she heard this, she didn't say anything.

There was no movement over there, and Chu Feng didn't look up, he turned around and put his coat on a low branch, and said goodbye: "Take care, girl, my subordinates will go back to resume their lives." ”

Tang Yu tightened the scroll in her hand, glanced at the burned corner, she lowered her head, and said in a voice that almost only she could hear: "Please tell the prince, the prince has a life-saving grace for me, I am truly grateful, if the prince is in need, no matter what the property, as long as I can do it, I will definitely find a way to repay the prince." ”

She believed it, because Song Qin really wanted her, she was really the kind of person who wanted her to do something to set fire, just now he wouldn't have gone away in a bad mood, let alone let go of tonight's opportunity, let alone take the risk to save her mother's portrait for her. So no matter how Song Qin behaved in other ways, it was a fact that he saved her life, and she did owe him his life.

Chu Feng paused and looked back.

The prince resolutely went down the mountain to save people, as the prince's personal guard, it was impossible not to protect secretly, chased all the way, and guarded outside the Tang family's courtyard, in case the prince did not come out, he went in to save people again. When he saw the prince holding the beauty into the woods, Chu Feng was secretly happy for the master, thinking that even if the prince could not take advantage of it, at least he would get the gratitude of the beauty, who would have thought that it would not be long before the prince came out with a cold face, the look on his face was indescribably cold, Chu Feng followed the prince for so long, and he had only seen the prince show such an expression twice, once tonight, once in the southern Xinjiang war, and found that the military salary sent by the imperial court was mixed with sand.

What did Miss Tang have to say to make the prince angry like that? And the prince cared so much about Miss Tang, he was so angry that he didn't touch a single hair of Miss Tang.

"Miss Tang asked her subordinates to tell her, didn't the girl thank the prince in person?" Chu Feng asked in a deep voice.

Tang Yu pursed her lips. Song Qin saved her, but she also had a light thought, she thanked her, but she couldn't give Song Qin the thank you gift.

The little girl was silent, Chu Feng thought of his master's temper, shook his head helplessly, turned around, and hid behind another tree, "Miss Tang, the prince was angry when he just left, and he only ordered his subordinates to protect the girl, and he didn't tell the others." I saw that the girl was delayed and guessed the girl's scruples, so I sent someone to the mountain to look for clothes, which could not be hidden from the prince, and the prince did not object, which shows that the prince also cares about the girl.

And the subordinates did this, not for the girl, but for the prince. The prince worked hard to rescue the girl, I believe that the girl has understood the prince's intentions, but the prince has always been cold-faced and hot-hearted, and sometimes it is obviously good-intentioned, and when it comes out of the prince's mouth, it may become a bad thing and cause people to misunderstand. Therefore, the subordinates made their own opinions, hoping to change the girl's perception of the prince, lest the prince's hard work be in vain, do good deeds, and become a wicked person......"

The evening breeze hit people, Tang Yu was very sober-minded, and interrupted indifferently: "The prince saved me, I am grateful, but the prince has nothing to do with me, you don't need to say it anymore, please take the clothes back." ”

She and Wei Zhao were childhood sweethearts, Song Qin witnessed and satirized them for life, knowing that she and Wei Zhao were in love with each other, and he behaved frivolously, Tang Yu really couldn't have feelings other than disgust for this kind of life. As for the dress, Chu Feng said so, she still accepted Song Qin's kindness, didn't it imply that she accepted the love?

The little girl's words were ruthless, with the cool breeze blowing to Chu Feng's chest, blocking him for a while but unable to speak, he finally understood why the prince changed his face, and risked his heart to give it to her, but as a result, people slapped the ground, how could the prince stand this anger?

Chu Feng still wanted to persuade again, but he didn't want to lose the master's price, so he trampled on people in vain, and really took his clothes and left in a fit of anger.

Since people are not rare, what else does he do with clothes? Let her be ruthless and blow the cold wind all night!

There were still two secret guards around, and Chu Feng rushed back to the palace on the top of the mountain in anger.

The main room was dark, but Chu Feng knew that the master must not have slept yet, looking at the clothes in his hand, he clenched his fists, strode to the window, and replied in a low voice: "Lord Wang, my subordinates are back, Miss Tang said that she is grateful to the Lord for saving his life." ”

He was met with a long silence.

Chu Feng waited patiently.

"People went back?"

is a simple four words, and the hundreds of turns and thousands of times contained in it can be hidden from others, but not from Chu Feng. Chu Feng thought of Tang Yu's ruthlessness, gritted his teeth, and said honestly: "No, Miss Tang confiscated the clothes brought by her subordinates, and her subordinates emphasized that it was the prince's intention, and she refused to wear them." ”

The prince looked majestic, but the current qiē was all fought hard by the prince, if it wasn't for the prince's life, he would have died on the battlefield at the age of sixteen. Chu Feng couldn't see that the prince had wronged himself for such a woman, so it was better to be angry once, either he was so angry that he grabbed people directly, and asked for his body to take him back to the palace as a concubine, or he completely broke off his thoughts and stopped thinking about it.

"Make an assertion and go and get the Ten Army Sticks. ”

This time, the inside returned to the ground very quickly, and the sound was more piercing than the cold wind of the cold winter wax moon.

Chu Feng had long expected that as long as he could help the prince, he would be willing to bear the twenty military sticks.

"Then the prince rested earlier, and his subordinates went down. "Chu Feng is calm and authentic.

"Tomorrow, you accompany the third princess to Anguo Temple, if you provoke the third princess to be dissatisfied, you will remember a military stick at a time. ”

Just when Chu Feng turned around, another sentence floated out faintly.

Chu Feng's body froze, and when he thought of the third princess's stickiness, he suddenly regretted it.

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Tang Yu continued to wait in the woods, and about two quarters of an hour after Chu Feng left, a mother-in-law hurriedly ran over. She had the light on her back, Tang Yu couldn't recognize who this person was, and was hesitating to speak, when the woman looked left and right, picked a bush and squatted down, and soon there was a sound of rushing water.

Tang Yu had a bottom in his heart, and when his mother-in-law got up, he called tentatively: "Are you a descendant of the Tang family?"

The mother-in-law was startled, grabbed the waist of her pants and hid back, seeing Tang Yu revealing her figure, the mother-in-law took a closer look, and suddenly was overjoyed, "Girl?"

Tang Yu also recognized her, it was a gatekeeper brought over this time.

Falsely claiming that he escaped by climbing out of the window, he had to hide in the woods for fear of being seen disheveled, Tang Yu put on the coat of his mother-in-law, and the master and servant went back to the courtyard together.

The fire was not completely extinguished until midnight, and the two houses behind the courtyard were on fire, and there was no way to treat people. The monks of Anguo Temple, the families of the nearby courtyards, and the villagers at the foot of the mountain all went back, Tang Yu stood at the front door to see off the last well-wisher, ordered the guards to rest first, and she led Mama Liu, Mo Lan and others into the front yard to go to the room. The fire spread northward, and this side was lucky not to be implicated.

As soon as Tang Yu sat down, Mama Liu knelt down, "Girl, it's all my fault, I will persuade you to come back in the evening, the stone blue gown accidentally made a big cut, before going to bed, let Xiu'er make up for it tomorrow, who knew that she would stay up late to sew and mend it, I was old and rushed to the mountain road today, I slept heavily at night, and was choked by the smoke The fire has already burned, go out to see, Xiu'er is still trying to put out the fire alone!" I scolded her, and I was in a hurry to save the girl and didn't care about her anymore, but I was useless, I didn't rescue the girl and fainted first, and Mo Lan was smashed by a wood ......"

Mo Lan knelt beside her and burst into tears, "Mama, don't say it, it's my fault, I kept vigil for the girl, but I slept to death, and I woke up late......"

The master's house walked the water, and the subordinates were guilty of failing to protect the master, Liu Mama Molan cried and admitted her mistake, and the other grandmothers and maids followed, crying and crying. Tang Yu sat on the chair, his eyes swept over the traces of fire on the ashes on their faces, and he only felt unprecedentedly tired, "Don't cry, natural disasters, it's time for us, we can't hide if we want to, let's get up." ”

Someone raised his head and saw that Mama Liu and Mo Lan were not moving, so they lowered their heads again.

When Tang Yu saw it, he stepped forward to help Mama Liu up, frowned, and said, "Mama, is there anyone injured in our house?"

Mama Liu's body stiffened, looked at her, and stopped talking.

Tang Yu's heart suddenly swooped, and he scanned the people in the room again, and finally found that there was one missing, "What about Xiu'er?"

Mama Liu cried bitterly, "Xiu'er, Xiu'er, she couldn't escape...... Girl, Xiu'er is stupid, she loves to do things, I scolded her, she must be afraid that she will be punished if she can't put out the fire...... I can't even look at it when I am carried out, I have made it, girl, you punish me, otherwise I will have a troubled conscience for the rest of my life......"

knelt in front of Tang Yu and couldn't cry.

Tang Yu sat down on the chair, thinking that such an innocent little girl was actually dead, she felt sad and whimpered.

The Tang family and the Wei Zhao family rushed over at this time.

"Auntie......"

Escaped death, the house slave lost his life tragically, Tang Yu, as the head of the family, had to take care of the aftermath, but she was just a little girl who had just passed the war, and she would be afraid and panicked, and now she finally had the backbone, Tang Yu threw herself into Tang's arms and cried out without scruples.

"Yu'er is not afraid, my aunt is here, let's go, let's go home." Tang was distressed, hugged his niece tightly, and no one touched him.

Wei Zhao followed behind, looking at his cousin's thin and thin shoulders, listening to her irrepressible cry, his heart was about to break.

The next day, Tang Yu, who had been frightened by the dead after a cold wind for half the night, fell ill again.

Only this time, except for Wei Zhao Tang's family, except for the Queen Mother who sent someone to visit, there was no unexpected small note.