"Bian Yi, this girl doesn't know me, let's let her go." The man seemed to know the masked leader opposite.

The leader on the other side was shocked when he heard the man call his name, he didn't expect that his identity had been revealed, but he quickly calmed down, neither admitting nor denying it, he glanced at Chu Xiangwan and said, "Girl, offended, since you are here today, we can only silence it." ”

The leader on the opposite side gestured to his subordinates to shrink the encirclement, and pressed towards Chu Xiangwan and them step by step.

The man next to her suddenly grabbed Chu Xiangwan's hand and whispered in her ear: "Since God is destined for you not to leave, it is better to fight with me." He turned around and grabbed Chu Xiangwan's waist and jumped down the cliff.

All this happened too fast, Chu Xiangwan hadn't reacted yet, the person had already left the ground, only felt that the wind around him was whistling, and the speed at which the two of them fell very fast, at this time, the two hugged each other, and they were very tight, she couldn't take care of it, she only looked up and looked directly at the man, and saw that the man was still calm, and she herself seemed to be much calmer.

Everything seemed to be expected by the man, and they fell all the way down and finally fell into a deep pool. Chu Xiangwan didn't know the nature of the water, and when she saw the pool, she had already secretly screamed in her heart, but before she could speak, she and the man had already fallen into the water. As soon as she fell into the deep pool, Chu Xiangwan was surrounded by huge resistance, and she felt that she had difficulty breathing, as if a big hand was holding her neck, making her unable to break free. Her hand and the man's hand had been separated, she was scribbling uncontrollably, but she was still sinking, her breath was getting weaker and weaker, she could no longer support it, she closed her eyes, and she was no longer able to struggle. Just as she was about to faint, a pair of powerful hands wrapped around her waist and swam with her all the way to the shore, but she choked on too much water and her mind was no longer clear.

"Wake up, girl, wake up." Someone kept calling her in her ear, but Chu Xiangwan couldn't open her eyes.

Suddenly, Chu Xiangwan felt that her neck was very cold, and the cool breeze in the valley caused goosebumps on her body, and someone held her on her shoulders and patted her back all the time, and the water she choked in finally spit out, and the fresh air poured into her mouth and nose, and she felt much more comfortable.

Chu Xiangwan slowly opened her eyes, and what she saw was a pair of eyes as deep as a secluded pool, these eyes had almost no temperature, but the moment she woke up, there was a hint of relaxation. Chu Xiangwan's whole body suddenly became hot, because she realized that she was lying in the man's arms, and the two looked at each other in an extremely ambiguous way, and what's worse, Chu Xiangwan lowered her head and saw that her neckline was open, and a piece of snow-white skin on her chest was exposed in front of the man's eyes, she immediately sat up from the man's arms and covered her neckline with both hands. But even if she covered her neckline, she was already wet at this time. In the eyes of others, the picture is indeed very attractive, but the people around her did not show any embarrassment because of her embarrassment at this time.

She sat up straight, turned to the side, and said to the man: "Thank you Gongzi for saving me, I don't know the nature of water, if it weren't for Gongzi, I'm afraid I would have been buried at the bottom of the pool." ”

The man nodded slightly: "You don't have to be polite, you were also affected by me, and it was right to save you." ”

The man looked back at the surrounding environment and said to Chu Xiangwan: "It's not early, it's not safe in the mountains at night, let's find a place to rest temporarily." As he spoke, he helped Chu Xiangwan up. Who knew that Chu Xiangwan had just stood up, and with an "oops", his body fell into the man's arms.

"Girl, your foot hurts." At this time, a star of blood had oozed from Chu Xiangwan's ankle.

"Maybe I was crushed by a stone in the water when I was struggling in the water just now, and it didn't get in the way." Chu Xiangwan also tried to walk by herself, but now it was very difficult for her to take one more step.

The man took her in his arms: "I'll hold you up." ”

Chu Xiangwan snuggled in the man's arms and walked towards the forest step by step, her heart kept pounding, a young lady raised in the deep boudoir, how could she walk side by side with a man so intimately, if she looked at it like the prince, she could handle it easily, but like the current situation, she didn't know how to deal with herself.

The two of them walked for a while, and found a small wooden house in the woods not far from the edge of the pool, which was small and empty, and the two of them could rest here. It is estimated that this small cabin is for the hunting farmers to live temporarily, and the clothes and food in it are prepared, and it is now early spring, which is the season when everything grows, and the farmers will not hunt at this time, so the two of them can take refuge in the limelight here.

The man helped Chu Xiangwan to the table and sat down, and said to her, "It's getting late today, we can only stay here for the night, and then find a way tomorrow." ”

Chu Xiangwan nodded: "That's the only way." By the way, Childe, I don't know what to call you yet? ”

"My surname is Xiao, and my name is Rui." When the man said this, a moment of softness flashed in his eyes, "What should I call the girl?" ”

"Xiao Gongzi, my surname is Fang, and my single name is a late character." Chu Xiangwan used her mother's surname, she didn't want to say her real name, she was afraid that her identity would cause unnecessary trouble, and on the other hand, she didn't want Xiao Rui to know that she had been allowed to others.

"Miss Fang, your foot is injured, you need to clean the wound in time, you are offended." Xiao Rui naturally lifted Chu Xiangwan's left foot, gently took off her shoes and socks, and checked the wound.

"Miss Fang, your wound needs herbal treatment, I'll go out and look for it, you rest here for a while, I'll be back soon." By the way, there are some clean men's clothes here, you should change into them first to avoid catching a cold. After Xiao Rui went out, he left Chu Xiangwan alone in the house, and Chu Xiangwan was thinking: Xiao Rui is indeed a gentleman, although he has had intimate contact with her several times, he has never had any transgressive behavior towards her. Chu Xiangwan felt that there seemed to be some ripples in his heart.

Half an hour later, Xiao Rui came back, he was holding a handful of herbs in his hand, he mashed the herbs and applied them to Chu Xiangwan's ankles, Chu Xiangwan caught a glimpse of some small wounds on his hands, so he spoke: "Xiao Gongzi, what's wrong with your hands?" ”

"It's okay," Xiao Rui disagreed, "It's just that I was scratched by some branches when I was picking herbs just now." ”

Chu Xiangwan took out a pure white scarf from her sleeve, and a small plum blossom was shown on the corner of the scarf, she wrapped the scarf around Xiao Rui's hand and helped him bandage the wound, the two of them were speechless for a while, and the atmosphere was a little delicate.

Chu Xiangwan looked at the bed in the corner of the room, how can the two of them rest on this bed?

Xiao Rui also seemed to see Chu Xiangwan's doubts, and took the initiative to propose: "Miss Fang, your foot is injured, you can rest in bed tonight." I'll rest on this bench for the night, and we'll find our way out tomorrow morning. ”

Chu Xiangwan nodded silently, wouldn't it be hypocritical to excuse himself at this time? It was getting dark, and they both lay in their places, each thinking about it. Chu Xiangwan tossed and turned on the bed, the injury on her foot was still faintly painful, and there was a man's breath in the room, so she couldn't sleep peacefully, so she simply sat up.

"Miss Fang can't sleep?" Xiao Rui obviously didn't fall asleep either, and when Chu Xiangwan got up, he opened his eyes.

"Yes, I still have some pain in my foot, and I want to get up and go out to sit. I'm sorry to disturb Childe. ”

"It's okay, I can't sleep either, why don't I accompany the girl."

Xiao Rui helped Chu Xiangwan to walk outside the house, at this time the sky was clear and the sky was full of bright stars, Chu Xiangwan thought: If it is really sleeping, it will be very disappointing to live up to the beautiful scenery of this good day. She looked up, her eyes were full of twinkling stars, and it seemed that the pain of her foot injury had been forgotten for the time being.

"Ahh Chu Xiangwan suddenly exclaimed, it turned out that Xiao Rui was holding her waist and flying onto the roof of the hut.

"If you want to stargaze, it's best to sit here." As soon as he sat down, Xiao Rui let go of the hand that was holding Chu Xiangwan.

The two of them didn't say anything more, only quietly raised their heads to look at the stars, although they were silent for a while, but it just made Chu Xiangwan feel a sense of peace and warmth.

"When I was young, my mother also took me to sit on the stone steps to look at the stars, and she sang to me and told me that every star in the sky represents a life, even if we will all die of old age in the future, but as long as we look at the starry sky, it is as if the person you love is always by your side." When Xiao Rui looked at the starry sky and said this, his tone unconsciously became much softer.

"Your mother must have been a gentle and affectionate woman." When Chu Xiangwan heard Xiao Rui's words, he remembered the mother-daughter relationship between himself and his mother for only five years, and his heart was depressed for a while.

"My mother is indeed gentle and beautiful, but she is not suitable for a family like ours, and although my father loves her, he cannot protect her, so that she eventually falls victim to the struggle between his wife and concubine, and dies in the morning. Therefore, if there is three thousand weak water, I will only take one scoop to drink. Xiao Rui said in the end, his eyes inadvertently swept Chu Xiangwan.

"Xiao Gongzi, as your mother said, in fact, she has not left you, but just turned into a star to silently protect you."

After Chu Xiangwan finished speaking, he hummed a folk nursery rhyme called "The Ballad of the Stars", the song was tactful and melodious, and the timbre was clear and bright, which made people feel intoxicated.

Although Chu Xiangwan loves poetry and books, she was born with a good voice, except for her father and Qian'er, few people have heard her singing, I remember the first time Qian'er heard Chu Xiangwan's singing, and said: "Miss, your singing voice is not inferior to your appearance." ”

Xiao Rui looked at Chu Xiangwan's eyes at this time, which was an undisguised appreciation, but in addition to appreciation, there was also a trace of surprise and affection, which Chu Xiangwan couldn't understand.

"My mother is also good at singing and dancing, especially her singing voice, which is very similar to you, even the nursery rhyme just now, she used to sing it to me when I was a child." Chu Xiangwan finally knew why Xiao Rui's eyes were in love, it turned out to trigger his mother's feelings.

Chu Xiangwan didn't speak, but just began to sing the "Ballad of the Stars" just now over and over again, she could feel Xiao Rui's gaze stayed on her face, under the starry sky, only her low chant and singing, and both of them enjoyed such a wordless peace and tranquility.

Xiao Rui suddenly grabbed Chu Xiangwan and let her head rest on her shoulder, this time, Chu Xiangwan did not refuse, she obediently leaned on Xiao Rui's shoulder, "Just let me be presumptuous for one night," she said silently in her heart.

And when Chu Xiangwan and Xiao Rui were trapped at the bottom, the people in Zuo Xiang's Mansion couldn't sleep at night. Chu Huaifeng received a message from the family, saying that the young lady had never come back since she went out alone in the afternoon, and sent several groups of people out to look for it, but there was no news. Chu Huaifeng was very anxious, he knew that the prince had gone to the other courtyard to find Xiang Wan in the morning, I don't know what the prince said, let Xiang Wan go out alone to relax, this daughter He knows that although her temperament is harder, she will never ignore her family for herself, even if she doesn't want to marry into the royal family, she will not run away from home. I'm afraid there is only one possibility, that is, Xiang Wan is out alone and encounters some danger.

At this time, it was almost midnight, and the people who were sent out to find Chu Xiangwan reported that although the young lady was not found, traces of a fight were found on the top of Shangyang Mountain. Before the matter was clear, Chu Huaifeng didn't want the news of Xiang Wan's disappearance to leak out, so he ordered the people in the mansion not to follow, and he only took the two family members who went back and forth to report the situation, and hurried to Shangyang Mountain. When I arrived at the top of Shangyang Mountain, I saw that there were indeed traces of fighting around, and looking at the footprints on the ground, a large number of people and horses appeared. Chu Huaifeng led people to look for most of the night on the mountain, and did not return to the Xiangfu until Dongfang was slightly white, but he still found nothing. It's already February 17th, and there are still 10 days at the latest, Xiang Wan must go back to his home, and now he can only step up his manpower to secretly search around Shangyang Mountain, he feels that Xiang Wan's disappearance this time is not simple, it seems that their father and daughter have fallen into a big net, and some unknown risks are slowly approaching.