The person sent out by Xia Hongying has returned, and is reporting the search results to his master in the study.

"Childe, my subordinates and others were divided into eight teams and searched the streets and alleys of Kundu City, but no trace of Miss Li was found."

Xia Hongying said angrily: "Then what are you doing when you come back?" Don't go out of town to find it! ”

The man hurriedly knelt down and said, "Childe forgives sins." The subordinates thought about coming back to inform Gongzi of the progress first, and the rest of the brothers had already divided into four teams and went out to search from the four city gates. However, the brothers guarding the city gate said that they had not found Miss Lai, or a woman similar to Miss Lai, had left the city. ”

"Hmph, since she chose to leave at that time, how could she let you find out so easily."

"The subordinates know their mistakes, so the subordinates will send more people to find Miss Li."

"Well, let's go down!" Xia Hongying waved her hand.

"Yes!"

"Wait......"

The man was about to leave, when he heard Xia Hongying's voice, he turned around and saluted again: "What else does the son command?" ”

Xia Hongying thought for a moment and said, "You can be more hidden, just search secretly, and you don't need to make a big fuss." If there is any news, report it immediately. ”

"Yes! The subordinates retired. ”

Xia Hongying forced herself to calm down. In fact, he also knew that it was not so easy to find Xue Qing, but he still couldn't help but lose his temper.

Last night, he crept out of her door, and she was still there. Today he came to the courtyard at three o'clock, usually she had not woken up at that time, but today the bed was already cold.

She had a plan, and deliberately chose to leave quietly before dawn, the most easily complacent, and left. Since she is determined to leave, she will avoid them and will not show up easily.

Xia Hongying sat down, looked at the lines on the letter repeatedly, and muttered: "Xueqing, I don't want to be in the next life, I really want to pay it back, you can pay it back now." ”

Xue Qing stood on the edge of a cliff, her hair fluttering in the wind. She had been standing there for half an hour, and she didn't know why, but she wanted to stand like that. Suddenly, she opened her arms like a butterfly and leaped down the cliff.

"You don't want to die!"

At this moment, a figure jumped out of the bushes not far behind, and directly stepped forward and hugged her waist.

Xue Qing wanted to kick him angrily, but the man held her firmly and didn't let go. Under this tug, the center of gravity of the two people was unstable, and they both rolled down the cliff.

Fortunately, the grass and trees on the cliff are relatively soft, and both of them are good at martial arts, and they have been borrowing strength in the process of falling, plus the person is protecting her to the death, so although the cliff is relatively high, Xue Qing is not a big problem except for a few minor abrasions. If this is replaced by an ordinary person, if it falls from this height, I am afraid that it will either be dead or injured.

When Xue Qing sat up and saw the person in front of her clearly, she couldn't help but scold: "Qiao Anping, you are sick!" Why are you pushing me down? ”

Qiao Anping didn't answer her words, but said nervously: "Xueqing, don't think about it, the ants are still stealing ......."

"You can't think about it!" Xue Qing interrupted him angrily, "Who told you that I can't open it?" I just saw the red plum on the other side blooming brilliantly, and I wanted to pick one. You're good, just pushed me down! ”

"Uh...... This ...... "Qiao Anping is really embarrassed now."

Ever since she returned to Qinghui Yuan in despair that day, he has been at ease. So even if he was sleeping, he spent money to find someone to guard at the gate of Qinghui Garden. In the early hours of this morning, the little guy guarding Qinghui Garden suddenly came to report that there was a situation. He gave the money and immediately followed.

Although Qinghui Yuan's subordinates had very tight mouths, he had been watching from a short distance, and he knew a little bit about the situation. Afraid that she wouldn't be able to think about it, so he kept quietly following. When he saw her jumping off the cliff just now, he naturally thought that she was trying to die, and jumped out to stop her without even thinking about it. I don't know, I did bad things with good intentions.

"yes, I'm sorry, I ...... I ......"

"Oh, what a hassle, I still have to climb up." Xue Qing frowned and said, "I said Qiao Anping, you can go back too, don't follow me anymore, I don't want to die for the time being." ”

Xue Qing stood up as she spoke, and was about to leave, but she heard Qiao Anping's painful voice. Xue Qing couldn't help but turn around and said in disgust: "What's wrong with you?" ”

saw a cold sweat on Qiao Anping's head, and said, "I, my legs...... It seems to be broken......"

Xue Qing stood there, blinked her eyes a few times, raised her head and looked at the cliffs on both sides, pursed her lips, bit her lip again, and finally said, "You...... Can you still walk? ”

Qiao Anping shook his head, and Xue Qing reluctantly stepped forward to check his injuries. She looked at the leg that Qiao Anping was holding with her hand and gently rolled up his trouser legs. I saw that his calves were red with obvious swelling, and they were a little hot to the touch. However, there was no obvious misalignment of the leg, and there was no obvious local deformity, it should have been only a minor injury, and the bone was not broken. Let's read the book

Xue Qing took off his shoes and tapped him on his heels.

Qiao Anping immediately shouted: "It hurts! ”

After Xue Qing asked him about the specific location of the pain, she pouted and said, "Wait!" ”

Not long after, I saw her come with two pieces of bamboo and a rattan. Xue Qing first took out a box of plasters and applied them to Qiao Anping on the painful area; Then he cut off his undergarment and bandaged his legs; Finally, he used bamboo to clamp his calf from both sides, and then used rattan to tie and fix the bamboo tightly.

After doing this, Xue Qing looked at her rough hands and asked angrily, "Can you stand up, this is not suitable for overnight stays." ”

Qiao Anping was unusually satisfied, it was the first time he had such close contact with Xue Qing, even if he was injured, he was very happy. He smirked and said, "Yes, yes!" I can jump out on one foot. ”

Xue Qing directly poured cold water on him and said: "You can't jump out here, but there is a place in front of you that you can inhabit, if you can move, let's go." ”

Xue Qing walked in front, and Qiao Anping staggered and jumped behind. In the end, Xue Qing couldn't stand it anymore, so she stretched out her hand and carried him to the habitat she was looking for.

On the ground near the cliff face there are several protruding stones, connected together about half a zhang square, although not very large, but better than flat.

Even better, the cliff slopes inward, forming an acute angle to the rocks on the ground. The horizontal movement of the entire cliff wall happens to be an inward concave arc, which can block part of the wind.

There is also a rock about two feet above the cliff wall, which can be used to keep out the rain, and the cliff wall forms a natural prototype of the house. As long as it's not a slanting storm, it's a good place to sleep.

Xue Qing had already observed it when she was looking for bamboo and rattan just now, and there was no more suitable place than here, and it would be far away, and Qiao Anping would not be able to go there in his current state.

Xue Qing flattened Qiao An next to a raised stone, asked him to sit down, and then said, "Your leg is not broken, but the bone is indeed injured." I've already bandaged you, don't move, you'll be fine in a few days. When we get out of here first, you can hire a carriage to go back and raise it for another month or so, and you should be cured. ”

"You ......"

"Huh?"

"Oh, nothing, I just wanted to ask...... Are you hungry or not, I have dry food on me. Qiao Anping actually wanted to ask her some other questions, but after thinking about it, she finally got closer to herself, don't accidentally say the wrong thing, and make her angry again, it's not good to leave him alone in this ghost place, so she immediately diverted the topic.

When he said this, Xue Qing was really a little hungry. She hadn't eaten since she left Qinghui Garden, and now she was really tired and hungry after tossing and turning around with all these things.

Qiao Anping handed the package to Xue Qing, who opened it, divided the dry food, and ate it simply.

After that, the two were relatively silent. Xue Qing sprinkled the powder around the stones. Although there are no snakes, insects, rats and ants in winter, I am afraid of what happens. Also, it's deserted, so it's always good to be precautionary.

Then, Xue Qing practiced the sword boredly for a while, and then began to meditate. After a while, she noticed that Qiao Anping was writhing uneasily.

Xue Qing glanced at him, and if he had something to say, he twisted it, and it was uncomfortable to look at. After a while, Qiao Anping twisted even more, and Xue Qing stepped forward helplessly and asked, "Eh, what's wrong with you?" ”

"I ...... I...... I ......" Qiao Anping was embarrassed and didn't know how to answer.

Xue Qing glared at him like this, and suddenly, she seemed to understand something, and her face turned red instantly. She looked around, pointed to a low tree not far away, and said, "I...... I'll help you...... Arrive...... Go over there......"

"Uh-huh." Qiao Anping was pardoned, and his head nodded like a chicken pecking rice.

Xue Qing helped Qiao Anping to the edge of the low tree and let him hold the tree by herself, while she ran to a place three feet away. Despite this, she could hear some voices very clearly, and she was so ashamed that her face turned red.

After a while, Qiao Anping said embarrassedly, "Okay. ”

Xue Qing stepped forward again and carried him back to the edge of the stone to lean on.

It was relatively silent again, but the atmosphere was even more awkward. Qiao Anping secretly said in his heart: Before the leg recovers, eat less.

It was getting dark, and a gust of wind began to blow. Although the temperature below the cliff was a little warmer than outside, the February night, despite the fire, could not withstand the cold.

Xue Qing took out the felt canopy, she looked at Qiao Anping, and then at the felt canopy, revealing a look of embarrassment. She couldn't have shared a felt canopy with Qiao Anping, she would rather freeze to death. But she couldn't let Qiao Anping freeze. Although he did something bad, his intentions were good, and he would get hurt for her sake. She is not a white-eyed wolf, she understands this intention.

After thinking about it, Xue Qing finally made a choice. Now that you have decided to put it down, you don't have to keep this felt canopy. She plucked the hairpin, took out the tiny sharp blade, and finely broke the stitches on the felt canopy, and dismantled the felt canopy into several pieces of felt cloth.

After Xue Qing gave half of the felt cloth to Qiao Anping, she found a stone to lean on, covered it with the felt cloth, and closed her eyes.

Qiao Anping looked at her sleeping face, also covered it with a felt cloth, and closed her eyes in satisfaction.