Chapter 68: The First Arrival of Qingtai
The two left the city and headed south.
Along the way, they were silent because of the unpleasantness in the city.
With horses, it's a lot faster.
About before sunset, the two passed by the river, dismounted, and led the horses to the river to drink.
The sun sets directly in the river, and the warm yellow sun sways in the sparkling waves, calm and beautiful.
Mu Sheng looked at the river, the breeze was blowing, her hair fluttered in the wind, and she raised her arm to arrange her hair with her slender jade hands.
Yan Qinghan, who was not far away, also stood in the beauty and quietly watched the girl's every move, smiling.
Mu Sheng's horse drank enough water, she wanted to lead and leave, turned around and saw Yan Qinghan who was distracted, and waved her hand at him, "Let's go, what are you in a daze." β
Yan Qinghan heard her shout, so he came back to his senses, took the horse and followed.
The atmosphere between the two of them eased a little because of this.
The two left the city and headed south.
Along the way, they were silent because of the unpleasantness in the city.
With horses, it's a lot faster.
About before sunset, the two passed by the river, dismounted, and led the horses to the river to drink.
The sun sets directly in the river, and the warm yellow sun sways in the sparkling waves, calm and beautiful.
Mu Sheng looked at the river, the breeze was blowing, her hair fluttered in the wind, and she raised her arm to arrange her hair with her slender jade hands.
Yan Qinghan, who was not far away, also stood in the beauty and quietly watched the girl's every move, smiling.
Mu Sheng's horse drank enough water, she wanted to lead and leave, turned around and saw Yan Qinghan who was distracted, and waved her hand at him, "Let's go, what are you in a daze." β
Yan Qinghan heard her shout, so he came back to his senses, took the horse and followed.
The atmosphere between the two of them eased a little because of this.
When it was almost dark, the two of them went into the forest, and because the temperature dropped, the forest gradually became foggy.
Not long after walking into the forest, Mu Sheng found footsteps and horseshoe prints in the forest.
"Someone entered the forest before us."
"Well, it should be those people from King Gaoping, it seems that they did not spend the night in the forest outside the city, but directly crossed the city." Yan Qing said coldly, the fog was foggy, and the figures of the two gradually blurred.
"Out of that city, the rest of the way seems to be going to go with them, so be more careful." Yan Qinghan then reminded.
"The fog is getting bigger, why don't we stop and wait before we go."
"No, when it's completely dark, it's even harder to leave. Give me the hand and lead the horse. Yan Qinghan said and handed his hand over.
Mu Sheng stretched out his hand and was tightly grasped by Yan Qinghan.
Under the traction of Yan Qinghan, the two of them walked towards the depths of the forest.
After crossing the thicket of trees, the two of them came to an open field, which was not as foggy as when they first entered the forest.
"Could they have already walked through the woods?"
Mu Sheng observed the surroundings, and the footprints seemed to be missing here.
"They were already fast, but now they haven't stopped to rest, and it's very likely that they've walked through the woods."
"Then let's rest here. It's getting dark, and I'm afraid it's not easy to walk. Mu Sheng proposed.
"It's fine."
After that, Mu Sheng tied the horse to a relatively thick tree, and Yan Qinghan's horse was also on one side.
"You rest here, I'll go get some grass for it." After Mu Sheng tied the horse, he said.
"Be careful, don't go far." Yan Qinghan admonished.
After Mu Sheng left, Yan Qinghan sat down not far from the horse and waited quietly for Mu Sheng.
He probably thought about it for a while, he should be able to arrive at Qingtai before noon tomorrow, and Wuqishan can only inquire after arriving at Qingtai, counting the days, they have left Dongchuan for two days, Qi Guang left Dongchuan one day earlier than them, and now he should be about to arrive in Wanchao, he will be faster, if he waits for the queen mother to learn the news of his disappearance, he will definitely send someone to pursue it, and it will not be long before his whereabouts will be exposed.
Just thinking about it, it didn't take long for Mu Sheng to come back with a large handful of grass.
"I also found some branches, there is fog in this forest, the air is wet and cold at night, make a fire to keep warm, your wounds are not healed, you can't add new diseases." Mu Sheng threw all the branches on the ground, and then started to make a fire, but he didn't have any sparks out after a long time.
Yan Qinghan got up, picked up a small stone from the ground, took out a short dagger from his waist, rubbed the back of the dagger against the stone and knocked it a few times, and soon sparks came out and landed on the branches, instantly bursting into flames.
"There is fog in the forest, and the branches of the trees are damp, so there is no spark, but the stone is different, this is called hitting the stone to make fire, can you learn?" Yan Qinghan explained what he did to Mu Shengdao.
"Well, I learned." Mu Sheng nodded slightly.
The two of them approached the fire, and suddenly warmed up a lot.
"If you wait until tomorrow to Qingtai and find the Jingkong Master, what are you going to do?" Mu Sheng looked at the flickering flames, and his voice was very soft.
"Get the talisman, return to the Wan Dynasty, withdraw from the court and the opposition than the mother, and hide in the harem, so that the Wan Dynasty can get out of the dire situation, there is one more thing." Yan Qinghan stopped after speaking, Mu Sheng turned his head to look at him and asked, "What's the matter?" 186 Chinese Network
"Let you be my queen again, be my real wife." Yan Qinghan's eyes were affectionate, and his tone was firm.
Mu Sheng turned his head, lowered his gaze, and looked at the flames in front of him again.
"What if I don't want to? Are you willing to give up your river, your throne, and my seclusion in the mountains? β
"When I finish what I want to do, I will, even if it's just a straw man, I'm willing, as long as I can be with you, that's enough."
Mu Sheng smiled again, "When you finish what you want to do, and when I finish what I want to do, can we still do this?" There was helplessness in her tone.
"Ruosheng ......," Yan Qinghan called softly.
"You see that what you can't forget in your heart is Du Ruosheng, and it is Du Ruosheng who always feels indebted, I said that Du Ruosheng is dead, and now I am Qingxiao Musheng, why don't you just want to call me Musheng?"
Du Ruosheng's hatred and hatred for Yan Qinghan dissipated with the ridiculous misunderstanding when he was in Dongchuan, but Yan Qinghan's mother, his so-called concubine Niangniang, had deeply hurt himself, and his hatred for them had never diminished by half, and then Xiaoyi saved himself, became his savior, and became his helper on the road to revenge, but now his revenge plan has collapsed, and his revenge himself doesn't know how to continue to help him complete it.
"You are you, whether it is Du Ruosheng or Mu Sheng, I have you in my heart from beginning to end."
"Do you still remember the Yingxue Pavilion in Huaqing Palace? Don't you wonder why I know your wishes? β
She was curious, she didn't know, she looked at Yan Qinghan again, with doubts in her eyes.
"Stargazing Pavilion, you're no stranger to this."
"You were there then?" Mu Sheng asked.
"I often go there when I'm upset, so there are no palace guards there, until you marry the Wan Dynasty, and when I go again, I see you, the first time I saw you, you were very sad, I don't know why you, but I didn't come forward to disturb you."
Mu Sheng was silent and continued to listen to him.
"Then I got used to it, because I could always see the real you there, and I found that you went back when you were happy, when you were sad, and on that day on your first birthday in Wanchao, where you made a wish. That was the first time you saw snow, and I know that Dongchuan is located in the southeast, so you must be very excited and happy to see snow. β
"But you are very afraid of the cold, so, your birthday wish is to hope that you can see snow in the warm sun, at first, when I heard this wish, I thought you were naΓ―ve, but then after you left, when I got out of school, I couldn't see your smile, I ordered someone to build a snow garden, fantasizing about your smiling face when you saw it."
After Yan Qinghan's words were finished, Mu Sheng's eyes flickered, she didn't expect that they would be so close in the past, but even so, their hearts never took a step closer to each other, but became farther and farther away, colder and colder.
"If you had told me this, maybe we wouldn't be what we are today." Mu Sheng was sighing, but some things were destined after all, they were destined to love but not be happy.
"After meeting the Wan Dynasty, I will not enter the palace with you, I will go back to Qingxiao, there are some things I haven't done yet, after I deal with it, I will leave, I may go back to Dongchuan to recognize my father and queen mother, and it is also possible to travel in the mountains and wilderness, and I will no longer be bothered by this trivial matter."
Mu Sheng's future has always been without Yan Qinghan, maybe they once wanted to pass each other's minds, but now all they can do is regret, too much is impossible to have, they ended up like this.
Yan Qinghan didn't answer, he kept turning the weeds in his hand into the flames, Mu Sheng quietly looked at him, not knowing what he was thinking.
The night was long, they thought a lot, but they didn't figure it out, and the next day, when the fog in the forest had almost dissipated, the two of them continued their journey.
The two got on their horses, and hurried all the way through the mountains and rivers, and finally, they arrived at Qingtai before the sun set.
When entering and exiting Qingtai City, I was attracted by the scenery here, and the Chengtai Water Town was beautiful.
Although Dongchuan is in the south, it is not close to the water, so the scenery is naturally very different from here.
"I didn't expect Qingtai to be so beautiful and beautiful." Mu Sheng exclaimed.
"Well, it's a holy place with pleasant scenery, and it's no wonder that your master is quiet and elegant, and it turns out that his hometown is like this." Yan Qinghan agreed.
Mu Sheng saw him mention Xiaoyi, and he didn't follow, after all, he didn't know, Xiaoyi had nothing to do with here, he was a member of the Ten Thousand Dynasties of the Authentic Sect like him, but it was the poisonous snake Chen Yi who came from here.
"Shall we stay in the city today or will we go to the Qingfang Temple of Wuqi Mountain immediately?" Mu Sheng asked.
"Tomorrow, it's not early, and it's inevitable that it will be inconvenient to go up the mountain at night." Yan Qinghan looked at the slanting sun on the horizon and replied.
"Will those people go into the city?" Mu Sheng couldn't help but worry when he thought of King Gaoping's people.
"No, when they enter the city, they will worry about startling the snakes, so they should still be outside the city."
"Well, I hope they won't find out about the whereabouts of the Silent Sky Master so soon."
Afterwards, the two went to find a place to stay.
And outside Qingtai City, Rong Yin and his subordinates are indeed here, as Yan Qinghan said, they don't know where Lan Nian is, for them, the enemy is in the dark, they are in the light, so naturally they can't expose themselves.
"My lord, how can we find out the whereabouts of that woman if we don't enter the city?" A subordinate said to Rong Yin.
"With so many of us entering the city, it will definitely cause turmoil, and then she will run away with the news again, and we will catch a fart!" Rong reprimanded.
"Even so, just waiting outside the city is not an option."
"What's the hurry, when it's night, I'll take the two of you to the city to investigate, and then you can stay here for me."
"Yes, it's still an adult."
"You're stupid!" forced Rong Yin to scold him.
And the two Mu Sheng in the city have already found a place to stay, but fortunately, the inn here is not full, otherwise their guess would be wrong.
Because of this, Yan Qinghan couldn't sneak into Mu Sheng's bed, because the two of them were separated, two people, two rooms.
"Let's have a good rest tonight, and tomorrow I can cheer up and face big things." These were Mu Sheng's words to Yan Qinghan before approaching the door.
Yan Qinghan was lying lonely on his bed at the moment, nostalgic for the picture of holding Mu Sheng the day before yesterday, it was really just one day, it was not what it used to be, and now he has no intention of sleeping at all.
The same is true for Mu Sheng in the next room, she can't sleep when she tosses and turns, but she is not nostalgic for the scene of being hugged by Yan Qinghan to sleep, she is thinking about how Qing Xiao should explain to Xiaoyi about her and Yan Qinghan, presumably he rushed to Dongchuan and had already learned the news that he and Yan Qinghan disappeared together, I don't know what he thinks now.
This night, both of them couldn't sleep for a long time, and the dark shadows outside the city were about to move.