In a blink of an eye, the deadline agreed between Ling Xiao and the old bustard has arrived, and tonight's flying dance will be presented in front of everyone's eyes. The two lanterns outside the building have been hung high, and the lights in the hall have been fully lit, shining as if it were day. At this moment, people of all kinds came in one after another, and the battle that night did not dampen their desire to have fun, and every night was still the same. When the sky is dark, the moon hangs high in the night sky, the piano sounds, and a group of women appear on the stage, the middle is the wonderful warbler, and the others stand around, and then the flute and pipa sound sound sound one after another, and the flying dance really begins. The feminine figure dances on the stage, the flowing dresses on the body flutter with every gentle movement, the colorful shawls are dancing, dazzling, and the leno around the stage flutters in the wind due to the fluctuation of the air.

Everyone was drunk and infatuated, and when the dance was over, they didn't know it, and when they came back to their senses, they knew that it was not a dream, and they applauded in their unfinished mind. Ling Xiao watched all this upstairs, there were not many people who came to watch the dance tonight, but a few days after tonight, the people who came to watch the dance would definitely be full, crowded, and the scene would be even more chaotic, Ling Xiao thought that she would have a chance to escape, which could be regarded as saving these women and creating a way for herself to live.

The next afternoon, Ling Xiao went to Miaoying's room and asked her to withdraw the maid.

"I don't want to be at the mercy of others here, dealing with bustards all day long." Ling Xiao whispered to Miao Ying.

"You want to escape?" Miao Ying looked at Ling Xiao in surprise.

Ling Xiao opened his mouth and said the purpose of coming to her: "If I just want to escape by myself, I won't come to you, let's go together tonight." ”

This made Miao Ying even more surprised: "What?"

"We go to a place where no one knows, buy a small courtyard, and then start a small business, although life is dull, but it is better than relying on men. You are the only person I have a heart to in this world, and I can't bear to live here looking at people's faces. ”

Ling Xiao didn't plan to return to the Hou Mansion after escaping, although she could feel that everyone in the Hou Mansion was sincere to her, and they should be looking for her whereabouts everywhere at the moment, but when she returned to Jun, she would face endless battles. Ling Xiao originally thought that she could spend a quiet life in the Hou Mansion, but she was wrong, how could the nobles of the palace have a comfortable life at all. And she still has a marriage contract with Yanlingzhan, she doesn't want to marry someone she doesn't love, and she married her for Zhong Liyi's power. Ling Xiao thought, as a prince, everyone wants to sit in the world, and it is inevitable to win the heir, the emperor's marriage that night will not be for no reason, most of it is Yanlingzhan to ask for, and Yanlingzhan is also the emperor's most valued person, this request will naturally be granted. Ling Xiao knew that her disappearance must be anxious and painful, but time would erase these, and they would eventually forget it, like light smoke dissipating in the wind.

Miao Ying was stunned for a moment after listening to Ling Xiao's words, and said, "Isn't it good for you to stay here?" It's not as good as your previous life, but it's a peaceful life. ”

"I don't want my previous life anymore, I don't want my current life either, I want a life that belongs only to me, not attached to others." Ling Xiao said very earnestly.

"If you insist on leaving, I won't stop you, and I won't tell my mother, but I don't want to leave this hard-won stable life." Miao Ying said to Ling Xiao.

In fact, Ling Xiao can understand her, after all, she and Ling Xiao are people living in different eras, and having an attachment can make ancient women content, which is their deep-rooted thinking, which is different from the independence of modern women.

Ling Xiao no longer forced her: "Since you don't want to go with me, then you take care of yourself here, I don't think we will have a chance to meet in the future." ”

Ling Xiao was about to leave after speaking, but Miao Ying stopped her: "Wait for me." Then Ling Xiao saw Miao Ying get up and take out a wooden box from the wooden cabinet and hand it to her: "I can't help you, this is what I have accumulated over the years, and I will use it to make entanglements, it is difficult to survive without silver." ”

Ling Xiao opened the box and saw that it was full of gold and silver, shining with dazzling light.

Ling Xiao closed the box and returned it to Miao Ying: "These are not easy to come by, you keep them for yourself, you gave me your net worth, what should you do yourself?" Besides, I'm here to tell you this just to get you to go with me, not for these things. You don't have to worry about entanglement, I've been prepared, it's not much, but it's enough for me to go to a place where no one knows me. "The Qin Ling Xiao for more than ten days is not in vain, and the people who meet him will give some rewards, carrying the old bustard, Ling Xiao secretly hid some gold and silver jewelry, which is more valuable than the convenience of carrying silver.

"I know your character, and if you say you don't want it, you won't ask for it. Let Hui'er lead the dance tonight, she is the best dancer among these women, I will pretend to be sick, and help you drag your mother then. The rest is up to you. Miao Ying saw that Ling Xiao refused to accept her belongings, so she had to say this in the end.

It is not easy to meet a close friend in a short period of time, but it is just that the meeting is inappropriate. Ling Xiao finally said, "Thank you." ”

Before it was dark, Miao Ying fainted in public, everyone was frightened, and the old bustard was suddenly deserted, and no one led the dance, so tonight's performance could not be carried out.

Ling Xiao said to the bustard according to what he had discussed with Miao Ying before: "Now I can only let Hui'er lead the dance, what do you think?" ”

"As you say." For the bustard, as long as she doesn't miss her good deeds, anything can be done.

Miao Ying's personal maid was sent to ask for a doctor, and Miao Ying had asked her personal maid to buy off the doctor in advance, and everything went smoothly.

There were twice as many people tonight as last night, and the maid Xiao Si was very busy, and even the two people who were monitoring Ling Xiao were sent to serve tea and water, and the bustard himself followed Ling Xiao inch by inch, and at this moment he was so smiling that he couldn't close his mouth.

"When will you give me the beautiful clothes, gold and silver jewelry I want? I've got a lot of silver in your pocket. Don't forget the original promise. Ling Xiao said deliberately.

The old bustard's smile froze on his face, and then he said, "Grandma, I will take you to make clothes at noon tomorrow, and jewelry or something will be sent to you soon, don't worry." ”

Ling Xiao glanced at her and said, "It's pretty much the same. ”

"Mom, I'm afraid Miss Miaoying won't be able to do it, let you go!" Miaoying's maid went downstairs and said to the bustard.

The old bustard was very helpless and finally went upstairs, and Ling Xiao was able to get rid of their surveillance.

Ling Xiao didn't have time to change his clothes when he returned to the room, so he directly threw the coil that had been prepared from the window to the backyard, and quietly came to the backyard while people were paying attention to the song and dance, and turned out of the yard with the help of a big tree in the corner of the backyard. Then she took off her veil and her makeup, and ran desperately in the direction of her back to the moon without looking back, and she did not know where she was going, and only thought about getting as far away from this place as possible, and at this hour every house was closed, except for the moonlight, and there were no lights around. I don't know how long it took, she entered a forest, the moonlight was blocked by dense leaves, and the blue ghost fire that flickered far and near was fluttering under the caress of the night wind, ordinary people looked really gloomy, but Ling Xiao saw a lot, this was just the natural result of the high temperature of white phosphorus, and there was nothing terrible. Ling Xiao suddenly had an illusion, as if she had returned to the month she experienced in the United States when she was fifteen years old, and now she is fifteen years old again, and she has gone to the forest again, the same escape, how similar, the difference is that last time it was to escape the claws of the beast, and this time it is the claws of people.

Ling Xiao stumbled all the way down, her clothes were soaked with sweat, the fine strands of hair on her head had long been stuck to her face, and her arms and cheeks were cut by tree branches.

Ling Xiao walked in the forest for a few days without eating or sleeping, and finally found a wooden house near the stream, in front of which there were two pear blossom trees, with lush branches, and the pears on the trees were ripe and hung with branches. When she approached the hut and saw that the door was closed and unlocked, she called twice, but no one answered. The planks were dusty, and the trees were full of pears that no one had picked, and she decided that it should be uninhabited, so she pushed the door open, and the objects inside, though covered with a thin layer of dust, were in order, and the bedding on the bed was neatly stacked. At this moment, she was hungry, sleepy and tired, and she didn't care if the bed was clean when she saw it, she thought that she was embarrassed that the bed was not clean anyway, so she closed the door and fell asleep.

Ling Xiao didn't know how long she had been asleep, and was suddenly awakened by the sound of breaking into the door, she immediately turned over and sat up, vigilant, and found that there was a man standing at the door dressed in an embroidered silk robe, with a handsome face, a jade crown, and a hosta, and the untied jade crown was draped elegantly, obviously a gentle and elegant appearance, but because he was holding a sword in his hand, he had a terrifying illusion.

He also seemed surprised to see Ling Xiao, but he returned to normal in an instant. Ling Xiao didn't react for a long time, he spoke first: "Why is the girl here?" His voice was cold, but magnetic.

"Why can't I be here, it's not yours." Ling Xiao's voice was cold and arrogant, which was also her usual style of speaking, and the same was true for Yan Lingzhan.

The corner of the man's mouth said with a hint of playfulness: "This wooden house is really mine." ”

Ling Xiao listened to his words, his heart was a little empty, but he still retorted: "This place has been uninhabited for at least a year, how can it be yours?"

"Believe it or not." He said lightly, then placed his sword on the wooden table and sat down.

Ling Xiao saw that he didn't look like he was lying, so he said, "Since this is yours, then bother, give it back to you, I'll go." ”

"Stop, it's getting late, and where are you going in this wilderness." He saw Ling Xiao walking out and said.

"I don't care, I've been walking in the forest for a few days anyway, and it doesn't matter if I walk for a few more days." Ling Xiao said lightly.

"You stay here first, and when I'm done with things these days, I'll send you home." He said.

"I don't have a home." Ling Xiao felt that where she came from, the word home never belonged to her, in modern times she did not feel the breath of a day's home, living alone in a huge villa, every day in addition to busy work to fill the emptiness in the heart, is with the piano as a companion. When I came to the world, I finally had a warm home, but I had to live in that kind of life, and it was better not to have this home.

"Then you stay here first, and talk about other things later." He got up and went out.

"Where are you going?" Ling Xiao thought that she couldn't drive him to the forest just because she lived here.

"Cook." The man finished speaking and went out. Ling Xiao couldn't help but be a little suspicious in his heart, seeing that he was well-dressed, such a person could cook? She followed out, the scenery outside was charming, the sunset was slanting, the stream not far away was sparkling, the original dark green branches and leaves turned golden at the moment, and everything was shrouded in this afterglow with a little more artistic conception. Ling Xiao never thought that she had slept for a day.

A horse is tethered under the pear blossom tree, and the man is removing two cloth bags from the horse's back, one of which is supposed to be used for cooking. The vegetarian dishes eaten by the ancients are very different from those of modern times, and they have seen it in the Hou Mansion Lingxiao, but it is difficult for her to name them. Ling Xiao no longer doubted that this place was really his, otherwise someone would have gone all the way to bring the ingredients here.

Ling Xiao watched him make a fire and cook, his movements were skillful and orderly, and he really looked like a person who cooks often. After watching it for a while, I felt bored and left, standing alone by the stream and watching the dazzling sunset, and I didn't care if my eyes were blurred. At this time, she was embarrassed, which made her want to jump into the stream to take a bath, but she couldn't. Although she couldn't take a bath at the moment, she couldn't stop her from washing her face, so she leaned over and washed it. Ling Xiao felt a lot more comfortable on his face, and a trace of wind blew through, which was extremely cool.

After a long time, the man's voice rang out: "Come and eat when you are hungry." Ling Xiao answered and walked into the house.

There is a meat and a vegetable on the table, which looks pretty good. It was already dark, and the oil lamp had been lit by the man.

"Thank you for taking you in, I don't know your name!" He took in Ling Xiao, and this favor Ling Xiao will definitely be repaid in the future.

"Lu Jingxing." The man said three words. Ling Xiao felt that this name was so familiar, and after thinking about it for a while, it suddenly dawned on him that he was the one who killed people in the brothel that night, Ling Xiao didn't pay attention to his appearance at that time, and just watched his actions.

"'The mountains look up, the scenery stops, although they can't reach it, but the heart yearns for it.'" Your name originally came from the Book of Songs. After listening to Ling Xiao's words, Lu Jingxing nodded, and then asked, "The girl's name?" ”

"You call me Ling Xiao," Ling Xiao said casually.

"'Look far away from the wilderness, watch the water gurgling.' Is this 'murmuring' from "Chu Ci". Lu Jingxing's words were still cold, even if he asked questions.

"Yes." What Ling Xiao told Lu Jingxing was her real name, and Ling Xiao decided that the name Zhong Liyuan would no longer exist in her future life.

Two people with the same cold tone spoke, and the atmosphere was always weird, and then the two simply fell silent and ate quietly.

After dinner, Ling Xiao sat on the wooden board outside the house, looked up at the night sky, and thought in his heart about how to sleep tonight with a bed.

Lu Jingxing took out a piece of clothing and handed it to Ling Xiao: "You wear this clothes first, and you sleep in the house tonight." ”

Ling Xiao was thinking that this dress could not be his wife's, and she spoke, "I sleep in the house, what about you?" And this garment. ”

"The clothes were worn by my mother more than 30 years ago, and they are a little old, but they are better than they are torn." The clothes on Ling Xiao's body had been torn by tree branches, and on top of them were bloodstains left by the scratches on his arms, and he was embarrassed. Lu Jingxing said again: "I sleep on the roof." ”

"Rooftop?" Ling Xiao was amazed at how to sleep on this roof.

Ling Xiao was thinking about it when he saw that he had already flown onto the roof. Ling Xiao was speechless and took his clothes and entered the house.

Ling Xiao had slept for a long time during the day, but now he didn't feel sleepy, lying on the bed looking at the moon outside the window, quietly waiting for the arrival of the night, waiting for Lu Jingxing to fall asleep. If she doesn't take a bath, she will definitely go crazy, and after thinking about it again, she can only wait until the middle of the night, when Lu Jingxing sleeps, and then go to the river to wash.