Chapter 18: The Light Moon and the Light Cloud Meet the Deceased (2)

Lin Yueyuan left and took her only horse with her, so she had to walk for the time being, waiting until the next town to buy leg power. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info Fortunately, the money is enough, Lin Yueyuan handed over all the money on her body when she left, and the cost of her going to Beijing was doubled, which was very sufficient, and it was much more convenient to go out with money.

She travels during the day and sleeps at night. She was a single girl walking outside, and she had to be vigilant, to be on guard, to rest, or to hide in a hole, or to climb a tall tree. I didn't dare to make a fire in the cold at night, for fear of attracting thieves, so I always ate cold dry food. After a few days, she couldn't stand it, her steps were vain, her mind was heavy, and the cold air in her stomach was rushing.

Her wound was not Changshi, there was no Lin Yueyuan by her side to remind her, and she forgot to change the dressing on the way, and it hurt badly at night.

That night, she lay down on a thick locust branch to rest, but she couldn't close her eyes in pain, and couldn't help moaning.

There was a sudden noise under the black hole tree, and she was so frightened that she covered her tongue and squatted on the tree, listening intently. There was a small black shadow in the grass that she couldn't tell what it was, and by listening to its call, it was probably an animal from the forest. Her nerves, which had just relaxed, tensed up again with the light of the fire moving under the tree.

She looked down, and the firelight followed the shadow, quickly approaching the book she was hiding. Finally, she could see clearly, the firelight reflected the outline of a person's body, but because of the obscuration of the grass and trees, she could not see the person's face, judging by the shape and clothing, it should be a young man. And the living creature that had been cornered by him was a little wild boar with fangs as sharp as a sickle and roaring angrily.

The boar is large, strong, with a mane like a steel brush and fangs that pierce a person's chest, and is no less ferocious than a hyena. The boar was still small, it had not yet grown, it was wounded, and it ran all the way, and it was no longer able to compete with the people on the other side, so it could only keep screaming.

The man smiled confidently, "Look where you run away that time." ”

Chu Yunxi on the tree was shocked when she heard this, she actually recognized this voice.

As he spoke, the man raised his right hand and swung a dagger into the boar's belly with precision. The boar howled in pain and jumped around, but the man dodged nimbly, and another knife flew out, and the boar fell to the ground bleeding from pain. He immediately pounced on it and stabbed the boar to death in a few strokes.

Although he was covered in blood, he happily said to himself, "It's delicious tonight." ”

He took off his coat and wiped the pig's blood on his hands, carried the torch, picked up the dead branches to make a fire, the light under the tree rose, and Chu Yunxi felt much warmer on her body, she unconsciously moved closer to the firelight, wanting to absorb more warmth. Under the reflection of the firelight, the busy figures, indifferent smiles, and steady postures of the people under the trees really shook in front of her eyes, and they were really kings.

She panicked inexplicably, and her panic eventually turned into disgust, and when facing him, she always had some strange emotions, some hate, some fear, and a trace of excitement. She didn't understand what that meant, and could only see her as a dangerous person.

Wang Xing is a perennial marcher, and his skills and skills in surviving in the wild are very skillful. He whistled, the flame of the red horse rushed from the forest, he took an iron pot from the horse's back, set up boiling water with branches, cut the dead pig, peeled and washed it, cut the pork and skewered it with a branch and inserted it by the fire to barbecue, and after a while, the pork skewers surrounded the fire, and Chu Yunxi was quite interesting to look at from the tree.

He did not eat the roasted pork immediately, but wrapped it in a clean cloth and put it in a burden on horseback, apparently saving it for the journey.

The delicious aroma of pork kept wafting through her ears and nose, hitting her stomach, and she swallowed softly and foamed, trying to escape but reluctant to escape the warm fire.

Then her stomach finally wailed uncontrollably, especially harsh in the silence of the night. Even with the disturbance of the sound of beeping and peeling branches, Wang Xing's agile hearing still caught the slightest sound.

He looked up and saw that Chu Yunxi was panicked, and his feet fell from the tree.

Her dress fluttered as it fell, like a giant lily blooming at night. He didn't see what was falling from the tree at first, and instinctively jumped backwards. Chu Yunxi's hood and wrap smashed to his feet.

Fortunately, grabbing the drooping rattan, Chu Yunxi did not fall into the fire. She hung in the middle of the tree, like a rootless catkins floating in the air. Her whirling mind could no longer think, and her belly seemed to be roasted by fire, then covered with snow, and there was a tearing pain in her shoulder.

Wang Xing, who was standing under the tree, tried his best to identify it, and soon exclaimed excitedly, "Is it Miss Chu?" ”

Chu Yunxi no longer had the strength to respond to him, she was about to lose her support.

Wang Xing saw that her body was constantly declining, and shouted anxiously: "Miss Chu, I'm here to save you." He ran to the tree, and like a light ape, he quickly climbed to where she was, and carried her down.

She was a little unconscious, and he lowered her down and leaned half against the tree. She was aching, her eyes were half-open, and her face was pale and weak.

Wang Xing nervously helped her take her pulse, her pulse was slow, her body was anxious, and she was obviously sick. Unfortunately, he didn't know much about medicine, and he couldn't diagnose what disease she had, but his fingers felt cold when he brushed her wrists.

Now it is only early winter, the weather is still warm, he is wearing a single coat and is still sweating profusely, holding her hand can't help but shiver.

Chu Yunxi threw away his hand with the only remaining strength, hugged his shoulders and shrunk into a ball and trembled. Wang Xing hurriedly rummaged through the baggage, but fortunately, when he left, his mother brought him several winter clothes, he put all the winter clothes on her, and asked distressedly, "Are you better?" ”

She suddenly felt a sour nose, and tried to look up at him, but his deep and calm eyes, which had been honed by war, were now full of panic and concern, and he watched her reaction with anxiety.

She shivered with spasms, and her body hurt and cold. The smell of burnt pork wafted from the fire, and Wang Xing didn't care about it, just interrogated her repeatedly.

She was powerless to answer so many of his questions, her eyelids collapsed lazily, and she said weakly, "Can you give me some hot water?" ”

Finally waited for her to speak, Wang Xing was relieved, took a pot of hot water, thought about it, and found a bottle of salt he brought with him, sprinkled some of it into the water, and fed her to drink. Her body warmed up, her stomach felt better, but she began to rumble again.

Wang Xingji carefully cut a few pieces of the best meat from the wild boar, took it in his hand and roasted it, tasted the taste, tested the temperature, lest she bite it, and cut it finely, and fed it into her mouth with a spoon.

She hadn't eaten hot meat for a long time, but she felt that it was extremely tender, and she ate a few more bites, but she suddenly retched. Wang Xing panicked, put down the bowl and spoon, patted her back, she vomited nonstop, but only vomited a few mouthfuls of water, and then she couldn't vomit anything, and she couldn't stop crying.

Wang Xing half-hugged her, even more sad than when he was sick. She gradually stopped vomiting, and fell asleep in his arms.

Early in the morning, she was woken up by the smell of rice. She sat up, the cotton coat that covered her body slipped, and she held her head, slowly recovering the memory of last night.

She sat there with her eyes closed, but the sweet smell of rice drifted closer and closer, causing her to feel more and more hungry. She opened her eyes to meet a gentle and handsome face, and he was half-crouched beside her, holding a tube of freshly cooked bamboo rice in his hand, the sweetness of the rice was particularly attractive against the background of the tender green bamboo tube. She had never felt such a hard way to hunger.

She only had to lift her eyelids slightly to see his gentle, smiling face. She frowned slightly, unable to guess the deep meaning behind his smile, and her suspicious and wary gaze made his smile freeze. He sighed stupidly: "Don't worry, girl, I have no ill intentions, you don't have to be so afraid." ”

Chu Yunxi was still a little annoyed by his rude peeping that day, but he couldn't bear it, only nodded unhappily, and didn't take the food in his hand, but took care of the clothes he wrapped around himself and cleaned them up. Wang Xing had already dissuaded: "I'll clean up, you can eat first." But she stubbornly folded each of her clothes, staggered to her feet, and thanked indifferently: "Thank you for your help last night, I have to hurry and leave it at that." She stumbled and took two steps and was about to pass out.

Wang Xing hugged her and persuaded: "Miss Chu, you better rest first, it's the same if you delay the road for two days." There is a market town turning south from the main road ahead, so why don't I get a doctor for you? ”

"No need." Chu Yunxi shook off his hand and walked with difficulty holding on to the trunk of the tree. He perseveredly followed, still chattering and persuading.

His chatter made Chu Yunxi's heart even more annoyed, she wanted to speed up the pace and get rid of him, but she had no strength in her body, so she could only move step by step. He chased after her, completely irritating her. He was just a passer-by, and he didn't have any deep friendship with her, although Yan Qingshuang had fought side by side with him, but the two of them had not known each other for a long time, so why did he always show excessive concern for her. His rude gaze always lingered on her, making her feel like she was insulted. If it had been before, she might have easily accepted the kindness of a stranger, but she had experienced the betrayal of her loved ones. It makes her even more wary of the sudden kindness of a strange man. It doesn't matter if she has a cold temperament, or if she is narrow-minded, she just can't let go of the suspicion in her heart, and if she doesn't even have this kind of vigilance and self-preservation, it will probably be too stupid.

Thinking of this, she stopped suddenly, Wang Xing thought that she had been moved, and changed her smile again. But in a moment, his smile dissolved again, and she turned around with a lightning bolt, a white light like the tail of a meteor slashing across his neck, cutting off a strand of his hair.

She pressed her acacia sword against his throat and whispered, "What the hell do you want to do?" ”

Wang Xing was about to explain, but she suddenly had a bold speculation, and sneered tentatively: "Yan Qingshuang has seen you at the border pass, you are a person in the imperial court. Who transferred you here, and did you deliberately approach us to investigate the whereabouts of the eldest brother? Who is it that sent you, Wang Chen? Or is it the prime minister? ”

"Do you know the Prime Minister?" He asked rhetorically.

She shouted coldly: "I don't recognize the prime minister or not, it has nothing to do with you." I just want to tell you that I have guessed what you are trying to do, and I will not tell you what you want to know. Please leave quickly, don't entangle, otherwise you and I can only fight to break the net. Even though I am not well, I will not let you succeed even if I risk my life. ”

He didn't seem to be angry, he still smiled, and said sincerely: "Girl, first of all, I really have no malice, if I want to plot wrong, I will do it last night." Besides, I don't understand what you mean. Secondly, I have only heard that there is a Sima named Wang Chen in Jiangzhou, but I don't know him. In the end, I really went back to my hometown to visit relatives, passing by Shunan, and meeting you was an accident and fate, and I had no other intention. ”

Chu Yunxi was unmoved, and waved his sword indiscriminately: "You must be a high-level general, not an ordinary soldier." Otherwise, it will not be clear about the local officials of the imperial court. You desperately want me to show favor, but in order to probe my tone, since your intention has been exposed, why do you continue to act. ”

Wang Xing was made to laugh and cry by her sharp words, shook his head and sighed lightly: "In short, if you don't believe me, no matter how I explain, it will be useless." If so, that's it, it's hard for a strong man to be a gentleman. ”

He led his horse, took off the luggage on the horse's back, hung the bamboo rice on the horse's neck, and thoughtfully prepared a pot of water from the mountain stream for her. He put the reins in her hand and said with a smile, "With your current strength of your feet, you can't go far, but this horse is given to you, and you can run away from me faster on the horse." ”

He pretended to be generous on his lips, but the loss and sadness in his eyes were fully revealed. Chu Yunxi also knew that she might have wronged him, but blind kindness and naivety were stupid, and she wouldn't trust anyone easily anymore.

She took the horse vigilantly, flipped on the horse's back with his assistance, stared at him and meditated for a moment, then took out a piece of broken silver from her hand, said thank you faintly, and galloped away quickly.

Wang Xing, who thought it was a hidden weapon, caught the silver in his sleeve, opened it, and smiled dumbly, as if he had to put it in his arms.

When she reached the market town in front of her, she immediately changed her horse and changed into men's clothes to make it easier to travel, replenished food and water, rested casually, and then set out on the road.

She asked questions along the way, but no one had seen anyone similar to Bai Biao. She was tormented by hope and disappointment, both hope and fear, daily worries, but also exhausted, as if she were tortured, unbearable.