Chapter 5: See Qin Rou again
The cold wind blew up the dust. The flying dust covered Xiang Chonghua's eyes, but it couldn't block the sword light and sword shadow.
A shock came from under his feet, and another familiar body fell in front of Xiang Chonghua's eyes, with the sharp arrow that had been shot at him stuck in his back. He gritted his teeth, his gums bleeding. Blood is hot, but it is more sobering than cold water.
The dark clouds cover the scorching sun, but they can't hide the suffocating despair. The rain fell little by little, becoming more and more urgent and dense, but it could not wash away the blood that kept accumulating. The sound of gold and iron clashing and grinding enveloped the entire land, and the screams and crashes were almost inaudible. Death is like a raindrop in the sky, refusing to leave a breath. From the afterglow of the lightning that tore through the dark clouds, a sword light struck down with a thunderbolt volley, and the screams were drowned in the rumbling thunder, and the sky and earth were dark again. In the boundless darkness, the electric light flashed again, and the screams became more and more sparse each time, but each time they became more desperate.
Xiang Chonghua ran with all the strength he had in his life. Against the rainstorm, against the wind. The rain fell on his face and mouth, with brutal blood. He didn't know how many of the masters he brought had already fallen, and he didn't even have time to think about whether he would become one of them, all that was left in his mind was Zhao Yi's resolute look when he pushed him away.
"You must run away and avenge us. Otherwise, everyone will just die in vain. ”
If anyone could escape, it could only be Xiang Chonghua. This is not only because he is the first in martial arts, but also because he is the prince they admire the most.
If you treat me as a countryman, how can I not treat me as a countryman? The king is rich in the world, and the countrymen often only have a heart of blood and life, loyal to the king when they are alive, and loyal to the king when they die.
The sound of thunder and wind whistled gradually overshadowed the fighting, and Xiang Chonghua's feet still didn't stop, but they finally slowed down. A dead tree stalk was on the road, he didn't see it, and tripped and fell to the ground. The heavy rain blended into a fog and a blanket of air. His mind was empty, and he was almost left with the instinct to run. He struggled to get up, ran two steps and fell to the ground. Get up, fall, get up again, fall again. Blood fell from his body to the cold soil of the earth, and his breathing turned from thick to thin, and finally faint like a candle flickering in the wind.
In the obscure and indistinguishable front, in the darker and darker front, a blue figure suddenly appeared.
The earth and the sky grew darker. It finally became a bloody chaos that weighed heavily on his chest. In the darkness, he saw Zhao Yi and Lin Shan's comfortable smiles gradually decaying and turning into dry bones. The blood was scattered like peach blossoms in the sky, and Xi Ya stood at the end of the distance and looked back, her pale face was poignant and desperate, fleeting in the miserable darkness like the wind. He struggled and shouted, but he couldn't hear his own voice, but he heard a strange noise.
"Crunch."
He opened his eyes suddenly, only to find that he was sleeping on a bamboo bed, and the cold moonlight shone faintly on the quilt through the gap in the wooden window. The dim light is like a bean, and there is a woman in blue lying under the lamp, her soft long hair is scattered over her shoulders, and she can't see her appearance clearly, but there is a kind of reassuring warmth. Xiang Chonghua just wanted to thank him, but found that his throat was dry and thirsty, and he wanted to open his mouth to ask for water, but he was embarrassed to wake up this life-saving benefactor.
She was so tired, tired like a wildflower that had weathered the storm. The light shone coldly on her blue shirt, and Xiang Chonghua found that her blue shirt was splashed with blood.
Qin Rou turned over, almost fell to the ground, and when she saw Xiang Chonghua, who had already woken up, all her tiredness was swept away, and she stood up happily and said, "You finally woke up." You know? You've been fainting for three whole days. You lost a lot of blood and must be very thirsty right now. Wait a minute, I'll go and give you the medicine and soup hot. ”
Xiang Chonghua subconsciously grabbed the sword, but found nothing.
Qin Rou smiled: "Don't worry, I hid your sword well." I'm not your opponent's workman. Wait for me! ”
Xiang Chonghua raised his eyes and glanced at this simple but clean and warm cabin, and then noticed that his chest was almost completely covered with thick bandages, and when he lifted the quilt, his originally pale face suddenly turned red.
Qin Rou returned to the house with a bamboo basket on her left arm. While gently blowing away the white gas on the tray she was holding in her hands, she closed the door with her feet, and sat directly beside him to feed him medicine.
Xiang Chonghua's head was almost planted in the stoneware bowl, and he said in a low voice: "I'll drink it myself." Stretching out his hand to probe for a while, he grabbed Qin Rou's hand again. Qin Rou generously put the medicine bowl in his hand, got up and patted his skirt and said, "I'm not very good at cooking, it's still good to boil medicine." My brother always said that even if I played extraordinarily, I could only make a pig food, and if he knew that I could cook soup for Chujun to drink, his eyes would have popped out. ”
Xiang Chonghua smiled reluctantly and drank the medicinal soup. Sure enough, I felt a warm air slowly rising around my body, and my hands and feet had a little strength. He looked at the bowl of soup that was darker than the medicinal soup, took a deep breath, and mustered up the courage to take a big mouthful of soup.
Qin Rou continued: "You must eat more." You don't know how much blood you lost, I almost died of the smell of blood when I undressed you, and the blood washed three basins in a row. ”
Xiang Chonghua squirted out, clutching his throat and coughing continuously.
Qin Rou said hurriedly: "What's wrong with you, is the wound hurting again?" Why is your face so red? ”
Xiang Chonghua said embarrassedly: "No, it's okay." Choked. ”
Qin Rou picked up the bowl and said, "I said, the soup I made shouldn't be so unpalatable." You're bleeding too much, so I'm putting a little more salt in it. ”
Xiang Chonghua frowned and said, "How much more?" ”
Qin Rou touched her head and recalled: "Your yin blood loss is excessive, nine is the yang number, and six is the yin number. So I put six spoonfuls. ”
Xiang Chonghua was glad that he had no yang deficiency, and said, "Can you bother the girl to give her saliva to drink?" ”
Qin Rou brought over a large bowl of water like a whirlwind, and sighed: "Although it is unpalatable, I guarantee that this soup can be nourishing." ”
Xiang Chonghua drank all the water and said, "The taste is indeed very peculiar, I don't know what the ingredients the girl chose?" ”
Qin Rou excitedly snapped her fingers and said, "There are wolfberries, mountain ginseng, jujubes, tiger bones, tiger hearts, tiger livers, tiger kidneys and tiger intestines." ”
Xiang Chonghua broke out in a cold sweat and said, "You, are you sure to wash and peel off the tiger kidneys and intestines?" ”
Qin Rou was surprised: "Do you still want to peel it off and wash it?" ”
The starry night sky hung low over the open land, and a bonfire was set up on the branches of the trees, on which a huge tiger's leg was erected, and in the fire was a mass of grouse wrapped in dirt.
Xiang Chonghua was still vomiting, Qin Rou patted him on the back and said apologetically: "I'm really embarrassed that you have to cook for me when you are injured like this." ”
Xiang Chonghua thought to himself, "How dare you dare not let you cook food alone", and gasped: "It's okay, you should come out for a walk after lying down for so many days." Besides, it's you who hunts, and I'm just waiting here. The grouse should be fine, peel off the dirt and eat. ”
Qin Rou did so honestly, and then tore the whole chicken into thin strips of meat and put them on the lotus leaf, respectfully placed them in front of Xiang Chonghua, while he held the tiger leg and chewed heavily, and a pair of eyes aimed at the grouse from time to time. Xiang Chonghua divided half of the grouse and put it on another lotus leaf and handed it to Qin Rou, saying, "I can't eat much when I recover from a serious illness, you can taste it too." ”
Qin Rou sneered, "How embarrassing is this." On the other hand, he had already swept away the chicken, and said with great admiration: "I didn't expect you to have such good skills as a prince." Come, you can also taste this tiger leg. Ah, don't worry, even the salt was sprinkled by you, and I just washed it. Yes, absolutely cleaned. Ahh As he spoke, he stuffed the tiger leg into Xiang Chonghua's mouth, and it wasn't until Xiang Chonghua let out a painful groan that he let go: "What's wrong with you?" ”
Xiang Chonghua covered his mouth and said with tears in his eyes: "It's okay, I just hit my teeth." Like, a little bleeding. ”
Qin Rou honestly squatted back in place, lowered her head and said, "I'm sorry, I'm always clumsy. Do you look down on me? ”
Xiang Chonghua said sincerely: "Absolutely not." I think you're the most tenacious girl I've ever seen. ”
Qin Rouwan smiled and said, "You are not at all different from those nobles I imagined, and what is even more rare is that you are still so good at cooking." ”
Xiang Chonghua said with a smile: "What kind of skill is this, I often go hunting in the mountains and forests with Zhao Yi and them, and I naturally learned a lot about their barbecue skills." Realizing that those heroic friends who are kind-hearted can no longer accompany him to drink as a song, he couldn't help but feel sad and lowered his head. After a while, he said slowly: "You haven't explained to me what happened that day. ”
Qin Rou also withdrew her smile, gritted her teeth and said, "You still suspect that I am a fine worker?" ”
Xiang Chonghua shook his head and said, "I believe in you." I thought about it, but I was thinking that if Li Ben had found such a clumsy person to do fine work, he would have been demolished a long time ago. "But why haven't we been able to find you, and how could you have known about Peach Creek Valley that day?" ”
Qin Rou said: "Do you remember that Yang Ke?" I have been hunting in the mountains and forests for a living, and his father is beekeeping near the forests, so there are some contacts. I got some antlers that day, so I went to Yang Ke and asked him to give them to Daddy Yang, but I happened to hear him tell someone from your house that Daddy Yang was damp. However, bee venom is a good medicine for rheumatism, and very few beekeepers naturally get dampness. I became suspicious. On the day you came looking for me, I was following him and found out that he had indeed betrayed you in collusion with others. The other party should be a noble person in the palace, as for whether the Li Ben you said has a share, it is unknown. ”
Xiang Chonghua's fists clenched tightly, gritted his teeth and said, "It's Xi Lihua's slut." I didn't expect her to be so vicious, even the happiness of her own sister could be sacrificed. And that Yang Ke, who is still my partner who grew up with. I'm going to kill that kid. ”
Qin Rou shook her head and said, "He's dead." Yesterday when I went to the street to inquire about you, I happened to see his body in a remote part of the city. Although he was in the stinky ditch, he could still smell the faint fragrance of plum blossoms, which showed that he was poisoned by plum fragrance pills. ”
Xiang Chonghua suddenly remembered the plum fragrance on Xiao Tan and Mei Meiren's bodies before they died, and asked, "What is Mei Xiang Pill?" Poisoned people will emit the fragrance of plum blossoms? ”
Qin Rou said: "Meixiang Pill is a highly poisonous secret medicine that originated from the Xiguo Palace, not only is it colorless and tasteless, but the poisoning time can be controlled by the dosage. Xiguo has produced beauties since ancient times. In the past, those beauties who married to other countries had to prepare one before leaving in case of accidents. But now that the country is weak, most of the married people are aristocratic beauties, so this plum fragrance pill is gradually not used, and even lost. Didn't expect ......"
Xiang Chonghua slammed his fist to the ground and said, "Sure enough, it's her." Xi Lihua not only killed Xiao Tan, but even Mei Meiren...... What a poisonous woman. Xiang Qin Rou said, "About Xi Ya, have you heard anything?" ”
Qin Rou's eyes dimmed suddenly, and said, "She, she has arrived in Jiang Country and was named Mrs. Xi by King Jiang." ”
Xiang Chonghua's eyes widened and said, "What did you say?" Didn't she come to pray three days ago, how could it be, how could it be so fast! ”
Qin Rou gritted her teeth and said, "Princess Ya came to pray four days ago. You've been fooled. ”
Xiang Chonghua spat out a mouthful of blood, fell heavily to the ground, and muttered, "Four days ago, four days ago!" She waited for me all day in the place where we loved and knew each other, but I was toyed with and applauded like an idiot! Xiaoya, you must hate me to death. I hate myself so much. I'm sorry for you! ”
He rolled up with a carp, and his eyes were bloodshot and he was about to move forward. Qin Rou hurriedly grabbed him and said, "What are you doing?" ”
Xiang Chonghua shook her away and said coldly: "I'm going to save my wife, and then kill Ji Peng's old puppet with a sword." ”
Qin Rou stomped her feet and said, "Are you crazy?" Do you know that now you're a criminal? I'm afraid that before you reach Jiang Country, you will have to be caught by Xi Lihua! ”
Xiang Chonghua said coldly: "That's not bad. Just let me kill that slut with a sword. ”
Qin Rou said angrily: "Okay, okay, you go, go and die!" Don't care about the big feud of your subordinates, and don't care about Princess Xiya. Pity her and write a letter begging King Yong to spare you from the death penalty, but pity her is still waiting for you to save her after becoming the lord of Yongguo! Go, die, and never come back! ”
Xiang Chonghua stopped, grabbed her chest, and said, "You said Xiaoya knew about me going to save her?" She still intercedes for me? ”
Qin Rou opened his hand and said, "Your glorious deeds have long been a household name. Now you are the antitypical example of the new generation of nations. From the palace to the common people, they are all taking you as a warning, telling boys that they must not be as shameless and lifeless as you. ”
Xiang Chonghua's eyes flashed with joy and said, "Great! That's great! Xiaoya doesn't hate me, she still misses me. He grabbed Qin Rou's chest again and said, "What do you mean that I can save her?" ”
Qin Rou slapped him three steps back with a palm, and scolded: "Can't you talk to a woman without grabbing your chest?" ”
Xiang Chonghua's face turned red, and he hurriedly waved his hands: "I'm sorry, I didn't feel it." ”
Qin Rou's eyes widened, but Xiang Chonghua added: "I thought it was a man, I'm really embarrassed." ”
Qin Rou kicked him on the knee unceremoniously, sat back by the bonfire, and said, "After so many days, King Yong has no intention of abolishing the prince, so it can be seen that you still have a great chance." I can introduce you to a person who studied under Mr. Zhuang Meng, who is good at strategy and will definitely help you achieve great things. Yongguo is already strong. If you can be the king of a strong country, don't say that you are a lady, it is easy to ask Empress Jiang. ”
Xiang Chonghua said happily: "Where is that person?" ”
Qin Rou put the leftover tiger leg on her shoulder, stood up and said lightly, "I'm sleepy." Go home! Yan Bi walked past Xiang Chonghua's eyes with his head held high, and finally stomped on his foot.
Xiang Chonghua shouted and said, "Why are you so savage! I'm embarrassed to call Qin Rou! It's simply Qin Gang! It's Qin very strong! ”
Qin Rou's nonchalant voice came from the front: "If you shout again, I'll let you know what a Qin beast is!" ”