(Chapter 8) The bright moon is a bleak night
When I woke up again, I blinked and calmly looked at the moon hanging high above my head.
"Awake?"
Cen Xi didn't know where to wrap a little water with lotus leaves, he handed me the lotus leaves, and I sat up and took a sip.
"Shhh
The action pulled the wound on the back, and I subconsciously took a breath of cold air.
Cen Xi looked at me embarrassed, his brows furrowed, and his face was gloomy and angry.
"It's hurt, why don't you say it?"
I felt his anger, and it struck me a little baffled.
It's me who is hurt, it's not him who is hurt, why is he angry?
"A small injury is not enough to worry about." I'm perfunctory.
"Minor injuries?"
"Heh......"
Cen Xi sneered, his fists clenched, and under the cold moonlight was his cold face.
In fact, Cen Xi is very good-looking, almost a perfect picture scroll sketched by the gods. It's not that I haven't been secretly jealous of his appearance, and I haven't only secretly compared myself to him once, and then whispered to him that he won't be able to face him in the next life, but I still have to admit that even the immortals written by Master Yanchen can't compare to his appearance.
But today, under the vast moonlight, I feel that he is very strange, like a scratched lion.
"Only when we enter Yuju Mountain can we truly ensure safety."
I gritted my teeth and stood up, half of the feather arrow behind my back was cut off by Cen Xi, and the other half was still deeply embedded in my flesh, blood gushing out along the wound and staining a large area of clothing.
Cen Xi stared at me tightly, obviously I was injured, but his face was even uglier than mine.
"Shen, Qing, Zhi!"
He gritted his teeth as he read word by word.
I spread my hands to look at him.
"If Your Highness doesn't want us all to die here, I think Your Highness should exert the spirit of fraternity and support Weichen."
Cen Xi closed his eyes and exhaled fiercely.
In this world, maybe only Shen Qingzhi can make him lose his temper so much.
A few steps forward, Cen Xi didn't say a word, and directly carried me on his back.
"What are you doing?"
I was shocked and hurt, and for a moment, I almost thought I was dreaming.
Terrible nightmares.
Cen Xi said hatefully, "Don't talk nonsense, save some strength to pull out the arrow." ”
With that, he carried me on his back and walked towards Yuju Mountain not far away.
Forehead...... Since there is free coolie, how can I refuse?
Besides, how many opportunities can ordinary people like me have in this life to let His Royal Highness the Crown Prince carry him on his back?
"Is Your Highness tired?"
"Are you thirsty?"
"Dizzy?"
The mountain road was long and eighteen, Cen Xi carried me on his back for a long time, the sweat of the bean slid from the corner of his forehead to the collar, I felt a little pain in my conscience, so I cautiously asked him.
The mountain road of Yuju Mountain is rugged, thorns and shrubs are vertical and horizontal, even if there is a bright moon setting, the path is still mottled with shade, cold and dark.
Don't say that he is a prince who is pampered every day, dressed in fine clothes and food, even if he is a hunter who often goes into the mountains to hunt and is familiar with mountain roads, he will not dare to enter this forest in the middle of the night.
If I don't talk to him and make sure of his current condition, I'm afraid something unexpected will happen.
As it turned out, my worries were not unfounded. As soon as I finished asking this sentence, Cen Xi accidentally stepped on the slippery moss, and his feet were crooked, coupled with my weight, the two of us quickly rolled down the mountain road behind us without accident.
“……”
Is this considered to die before leaving the school?
If I get to the bottom of the mountain, I guess I'll have to go to Hades.
What to do, what to do?
Thinking about it in my heart, I hated myself for being stuck in my brain at a critical time, but who knew that Cen Xi turned sideways, and at the moment when we both fell to the ground, he protected me in his arms with both hands.
The moon was like frost, the mountain wind was cold, and I was protected by him all the way down, countless gravel shrubs pierced into his body, and his blood flowed all the way.
I don't know if it's lucky, just when we were about to fall all the way to the end, a raised giant tree root blocked the middle of the road, forcibly stopping us from sliding, and Cen Xi also hit the root of the tree hard.
With a muffled snort, Cen Xi was stunned.
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince?"
I whispered to him.
Cen Xi closed his eyes tightly, and there was no sound.
"Cen Xi?"
I was a little anxious, but Cen Xi still didn't move.
Worst!
I quickly got up from the ground and looked at Cen Xi by the moonlight.
Cen Xi's body was covered with wounds, his golden silk brocade robe had become tattered, his jade crown had long since been shattered into which horn, and even the soft sword he was carrying with him had been lost.
I reached out and touched the bridge of his nose, and the faint breath hit my fingertips, and I breathed a sigh of relief.
If Cen Xi has three longs and two shorts, I don't want to die and struggle, just accompany him to jump off the cliff and be buried.
"You said that you have to carry me on your back, now it's okay, the cycle of cause and effect, the retribution is unpleasant, and now I have to carry you."
I have a wound on my back, and my back is impossible, so I can only bite the bullet and carry him to find a place to stay first.
It is said that although Yuju Mountain is dangerous, there are many large and small caves. I held the thick branch I picked up with one hand, and held Cen Xi on my shoulder with the other, and walked leisurely towards a cave that I had seen from afar.
When I held my breath and slowly put down Cen Xi, I had a thought in my heart: This product is worthy of being piled up with gold, stone and jade, it is really not ordinarily heavy!
"Cen Xi, if you have the ability, we have forgotten about tonight's events......"
I grimaced, and insisted on finishing the sentence, and then ......
Then I fell headlong to the ground, unconscious.
I had a dream.
It's vague and cold.
A gorgeous and tall courtyard, an old slave sweeping the floor, a golden laurel tree, and a pair of exquisite red lanterns.
It all makes up a home, a home for me.
"Qingzhi, come and try this plate of osmanthus cake." A pair of hands gently took me into her arms.
I opened my mouth, and a piece of osmanthus cake was immediately stuffed into my mouth.
"Is it sweet?" A female voice asked.
I shook my head.
"Isn't it sweet?" She seemed a little confused.
I still shook my head.
"Green Branches......
I pushed her away from her arms and stood up in a proper manner.
"He's going to marry someone else." I said.
She didn't speak.
"Even if I try so hard to be a boy as they ask." I continued.
She still didn't speak.
"Are girls inherently inferior?" I asked her.
"No......" she subconsciously retorted to me, "You are the eldest daughter of the Hou Mansion, how can you be humble?"
I looked into her eyes, "If I wasn't the daughter of the Hou Mansion, the daughter of an official family, or a wealthy businessman, would I be cheaper than a boy?"
She was stunned at what I said, but tears began to slide down the corners of her eyes.
I lowered my eyes and placed the dish full of osmanthus cake into her hand.
"There's still a lot of words left unwritten, and my grandmother will punish me."
She looked at me, and finally she left the courtyard with a handkerchief to hide her tears.
I picked up the pen, but the tip of the pen stopped on the paper, smudging out large balls of dead ink.
Ten miles of red makeup is full of city celebrations, who pities Jin Gui and falls on paper.
I think the person I hate the most in my life is probably myself.
"Don't, Father!"
With a shout, I was jolted awake.
Opening my eyes, I raised my hand and rubbed my aching temples.
Cen Xi also woke up, and like me, he didn't get up or speak, just lying on the ground of the cave in a daze.
It's a little chilly.
After a long time, I said, "Why do you keep having the same nightmare?"
Cen Xi pulled the corners of her lips upward, which was regarded as disdain for my question.
"Then why do you always have different nightmares?"
He asked this question well, and I was speechless.
After a moment of silence, I asked him, "What did you dream about?"
Cen Xi smiled indifferently, "Honorable, honorable, thousand-year-old, infatuated woman, negative man." ”
I blinked and said, "Then we had a similar dream this time." ”
Cen Xi sighed deeply, and he sat up with his hands on the ground. Due to the amplitude of movement, blood flowed out of the coagulated wound again.
I glanced at his calm face and suddenly said, "Draw an arrow for me." ”
"I won't." He was straight to the point.
“……”
I glared at him, "Just pull it back, simple and rude, won't it?"
"No, it won't." He said.
“……”
I decided to ignore this His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and take matters into my own hands.
I was lying facing the ground, and it was easier to draw an arrow. I reached for the arrow on my back, but I didn't reach it a few times, and my face was twisted and painful.
Cen Xi couldn't stand it, so he stopped me.
"What are you doing, don't die?"
I glanced at him, and my tone was not good, "If I don't pull it out, will I still have my life?"
Cen Xi was choked and stunned.
"I said Cen Xi, do you really want to watch me pull out the arrow by myself?"
I'd love to pry open his brain and see what's inside!
Cen Xi reacted, and he looked at the wound on my back and seemed to be a little nervous and afraid. Under my gaze, he trembled and put his hand on the broken arrow on my back.
Just as he was about to close his eyes and draw his arrow, I yelled "Wait! ”
Cen Xi was directly frightened and sat on the ground.
"You!" Cen Xi glared at me viciously, with an angry expression.
Looking at him like that, I thought I couldn't be afraid.
"That...... I think we should go find some herbs to stop the bleeding first, just in case......"
Cen Xi seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, and he stood up against the wall.
"You wait here, don't move."
After speaking, Cen Xi walked outside the cave.
"Hey!" I stopped him, "Do you know what herbs to look for and how to find them?" ”
I'm just casually talking, the two of us are just young masters who can talk on paper, how can we wait for such a job?
"I think it's safer to pull it out directly." I'll weakly add a sentence.
Cen Xi didn't bother to pay attention to me at all, and left directly.
When Cen Xi walked away, I gritted my teeth and grabbed the vines on the wall and stood up.
The reason why I chose this cave yesterday was not only because it was the safest, but also because there was a water source nearby, and my wounds had to be cleaned quickly.
I leaned against the wall and walked out, and soon I was at the water source.
I calculated everything well, and when Cen Xi finished looking for herbs, I also returned to the cave, but there was still an accident.
"How did you find here?"