Chapter 52: The Praying Mantis Catches the Cicada (260/587)

The area around Toyoyama is full of dense forests and is inaccessible to people.

Away from the White River, a natural cave is hidden under lush vines, and two of the top doormen of the palace are hidden outside the entrance of the cave, paying attention to the surrounding movements.

guessed that the imperial court might come to assassinate Cui Xiaowan, Xiao Qi could not put all the family members on the boat as bait, and on the day when the news of Xu Buling broke Xiangyang came back, he took advantage of the night to secretly transfer several women to the mountains and hide them, leaving her alone on the boat to hide people's eyes.

The cave is found temporarily, it is very narrow and I don't know how deep, although it is also cool in summer, but it is obviously not a place to live.

In the depths of the cave, there is an open field with a radius of two zhang, covered with bunks, lit with oil lamps, and several women standing or sitting together.

Xiao Xiang'er was used to it in the palace, and she was quite stable, leaning against the stone wall, holding a small carving knife in her hand, carefully carving a small white jade card, and Qiao'e handed over the tools beside her.

Lu Hongluan and Song Yufu sat together, holding needles and threads in their hands, embroidering by the light of the candle flame to pass the time.

And Zhu Manzhi, who has always been lively and active, was obviously a little confused, hiding in the cave for several days, unable to speak loudly, nor going out to breathe, feeling like squatting in prison.

Zhu Manzhi held a small wooden stick, stood next to the ground bunk and played with a Tai Chi sword, and asked softly:

"Sister Xiang'er, how long are we going to be locked up?"

Xiao Xiang'er didn't know either, and sighed: "You should go out soon, just wait." ”

Cui Xiaowan didn't like to stay in crowded places, so she sat alone in the corner of the winding stone cave at this time, looking at the small wooden sign in her hand in a daze.

Hearing Xiao Xiang'er's voice, Cui Xiaowan turned around: "Queen Mother, is the emperor here to kill me?" ”

Xiao Xiang'er knew a little bit of the inside story from Xiao Qi, but she wasn't sure about it, it was just a guess. This kind of major event that may make the Xu family oppose the imperial court, she is not easy to talk nonsense, but said:

"Probably not, although Song Ji is a little stubborn, it seems to be okay for you......"

Cui Xiaowan shook her head, a little dissatisfied:

"The emperor always feels that he is superior, but he has no friends, and I am not afraid of him, so he just talks to me. I'm red apricot out of the wall now......"

Red apricots out of the wall?!

Zhu Manzhi, who was playing the Tai Chi sword, stumbled and fell on the ground without standing firmly.

Xiao Xiang'er shook her hand and carved the chicken into a red flamingo.

As soon as the words came out, the entire stone cave looked up in astonishment, looking at Cui Xiaowan with a strange expression.

Cui Xiaowan noticed that the girls had strange expressions, and smiled:

"For the emperor, it's a red apricot out of the wall, right, the queen mother?"

"Uh......"

What can Xiao Xiang'er say, she held back for a long time, and nodded lightly: "Almost......"

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The sun and the moon flowed, and in the blink of an eye, a day passed, and it was night, and there was no movement outside the river under Fengshan.

Xu Buling lay in the grass in the distance, holding a telescope in his hand, and forced him to talk all day.

Ning Qing couldn't run at night, the martial artist had developed hearing, and he could still hear it with his ears covered, and his heart was filled with grievances, anger, sadness and other emotions. Moreover, in preparation for war, you need to maintain your physical strength, and you can't go on a hunger strike without eating.

Ning Qingye was lying in the grass, holding dry food in his hand and nibbling on it, his expression was blank, and he didn't know what face to put on to face Xu Buling. She saw that the lights were on again in the boat, and said coldly:

"Are you fooling me? If you want me to have a good talk with you, you just say it, find this kind of lame reason to crawl in the grass for a day, aren't you bullying honest people? ”

Xu Buling held the telescope without moving: "Bear with me, didn't you find that Manzhi didn't go out for a day?" With a full temper, if you stay in the boat, you will definitely take the dog's horns and corners around. ”

Ning Qingye thought about it for a while, and felt that it made sense, so he was patient and continued to lie on his stomach in a daze. To be honest, after such a day and a night, no matter how angry it is, it is time to regain calm, but there is obviously no clue how to deal with the current situation.

It is impossible for her to sever the relationship with her master, and there are only two paths in front of her - either compromise and live together with the three of them from now on, or she will not get along with Xu Buling and live together with the three of them.

Ning Qingye has not had as many sorrows and sorrows as ordinary women since she was a child, but it was easy to get cheap Xu Buling, obviously not good, at this time, she could only not think about it, and said coldly:

"I warn you, I told you before that I used to be strong against Chu Chu because Chu Chu was stupid, no matter what you did to her, she would not be angry with you. I'm not the kind of woman who goes against the grain, if you dare to fight the idea of 'raw rice cooked rice', I will kill myself directly, don't think I can't do it." ”

Xu Buling saw that Qingye's mood had recovered a lot, and he secretly breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile:

"How could I do that kind of thing, Manzhi wants to talk about it after getting married, don't let me touch her, I haven't been honest all the time."

"What are you honest? You think I don't know what you did to Maneda? ”

Xu Buling was stunned for a moment and turned his head: "What did I do to Manzhi?" ”

Ning Qingye's eyes were slightly cold: "What you did to me, you have done everything to Manzhi, before you get married, you insult the woman's innocence, if you don't pay attention to etiquette, how can I be so embarrassed now?" ”

"How can this be called insulting a woman's innocence, aren't you quite devoted......"

"You-"

"Eh...... Shh......h

Xu Buling was talking, the corner of the telescope suddenly flashed a strange thing, he raised his head slightly, and carefully checked the direction with the telescope, but saw that under the moonlight, in the bushes on the shore of the boat, a black shadow that was extremely difficult to distinguish flashed, and disappeared under the boulder next to the river beach, and then like an invisible shadow, it slipped into the water and disappeared, without causing a splash, and the guards on the boat did not notice it.

Ning Qingye noticed Xu Buling's abnormal movement, leaned down slightly, and said softly: "Is there any movement?" ”

"Someone approached the building boat, go."

Xu Buling got up silently, his sword staggered around his waist, and he held a steel gun in his hand, and he touched towards the building boat in the night.

Ning Qingye was wearing a white dress, and in order to prevent being discovered, he wrapped the black cloak around his body and followed closely with a long sword in his grip.

The two of them had only taken a few steps before they saw a figure appear from elsewhere, stuck in the bushes in the distance of the building, as if they were watching.

"More than one person, by no means an ordinary man, you and Yiyi can pay attention to the surrounding movements, don't interfere, I can handle it alone."

Xu Buling was a little more cautious, slowing down his short body, carefully observing the surroundings to determine how many people there were on the other side.

Ning Qingye's martial arts were good, but he was too far away from Xu Buling, so he could only nod silently at this time and hide his figure in a hidden place......

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