The shrill female voice was particularly abrupt in the silent mountains at night, and Yan Xiaowei frowned: "If you want those people in the cave to find us immediately, just be louder!" ”

When Princess Ruixiang heard this, she immediately pursed the corners of her mouth, glared at her with an unhappy face, and muttered in a very small voice: "Every time, you are justified!" It's pitch black here, and maybe when the beast will come out, people are scared! You threw away the branches, we didn't have to walk in such darkness all the time, and then something really suddenly came out, it didn't matter, we were scared to death first! ”

Yan Xiaoyan knocked on her sore and painful legs, glanced at Princess Ruixiang, who was dissatisfied, and sighed helplessly: "Do you think I'm really not afraid?" Of course, I also wanted to light a torch that would light up and warm my body! "You know, the snow that was just poured into the shoes has now completely melted, and although the shoes are leather, the cotton layer inside is already soaked. Winter is cold, and it's even more cold in the mountains. The two of them had just exerted their strength to feed, desperately running away, and they were sweating a lot. After a pause, the sweat subsided, replaced by the piercing bones that came up from the soles of the feet!

She bit her lip and continued, "But have you thought about it? The two of us ran out while they were asleep, and when they woke up, it was only a matter of time before they were found catching up. This mountain is their nest, where to go, what are the things, must be much more familiar than the two of us, it is not easy to find us? Aren't you lighting the torch now to show them the way and tell them we're here! ”

She said solemnly: "Think about it, if you find a little palace daughter or a little eunuch in your palace who has escaped, what will you do after you are arrested?" ”

Seeing that Princess Ruixiang's face changed suddenly, she pursed her lips: "So, if they catch it back this time, it will definitely not be as simple as just tying it up." ”

Suddenly, a cold wind hit the mountain, and Princess Ruixiang groped her shoulders twice, and her body couldn't help but tremble a little. She moved her body and leaned over to Yan Xiaoyi's side to warm herself with her body temperature.

She raised her head and looked at the sky, and sighed in frustration: "Really, God seems to be bullying the two of us, there is not even a star in the sky, and now I can't even look at the stars to discern the direction!" ”

Yan Xiaowei hooked her arm with her hand and smiled lightly: "Why do I think God is helping us?" ”

Princess Ruixiang tilted her head and asked puzzledly, "What do you say?" ”

Yan Xiaowei seemed to comfort herself and Princess Ruixiang, and smiled briskly: "There are no stars, the sky is dark, and it is not convenient for those people to find us!" ”

Princess Ruixiang pursed her lips: "Why is it inconvenient?" With such a heavy snowfall, they can shine through the footprints on the snow when they get out of the cave! What's the use of running farther? Can you outrun a few of them who know the terrain well? ”

Yan Xiaoyi, who was suddenly reminded by her words, sat up from the ground with a spirit, reached out and patted the snow on her buttocks, and said to Princess Ruixiang very quickly: "By the way, quickly find some soft branches or hay!" ”

Princess Ruixiang was stunned for a moment, looked at Yan Xiaoyi, who was bending over and patrolling on the ground, and asked puzzledly, "What are you looking for these things?" ”

Yan Xiaowei hurriedly stroked at her: "You just said that, just reminded me!" I was just trying to escape, and I forgot about the footprints! The footprints in the snow were so obvious that they could take a picture of them! So, let's get some hay or put it on our shoes. That way, the footprints won't be obvious! ”

Princess Ruixiang heard this, and hurriedly reached out to play in the snow. When I came to this mountain in summer, the vegetation was very dense and green, so the snow really buried a lot of dry weeds. Each plant is about a foot long, and when soaked in snow, it is not hard at all.

The two of them hurriedly rolled the hay into balls, tore a few strips of cloth from the hem of their skirts, and tied them to their shoes, which at first glance looked like two bear paws. It's not very pretty, but it's a time to run for your life, so you can't care so much.

Princess Ruixiang wore it and walked in the snow, because the area touching the ground was larger, and the footsteps were no longer as deep in the snow as before, so the footprints were not obvious at all, and the purpose of hiding the footprints was achieved.

After getting this done, the rest was almost over, Yan Xiaoyan and Princess Ruixiang didn't dare to sit down and delay the time, and hurriedly got back on the road.

However, as I walked, I realized that something was wrong. First, the hay under his feet almost hid the footprints, but the two of them were very tired, and it was even more inconvenient to drag these two things, and Princess Ruixiang was bitter after a while. Second, to add insult to injury, because there was nothing to guide the way, the two of them turned around and actually turned back to the place where they had just sat down to rest.

Princess Ruixiang grabbed a handful of snow from the ground, threw it on the ground as if venting, and sat down paralyzed: "I'm so angry, I can't walk out no matter how I go, I'm tired to death!" ”

She suddenly lay down, and the whole person formed a "big" character on the snow, and played Lai: "I don't care, I don't want to go, they will catch up, it's a big deal to be caught up!" ”

Yan Xiaowei hurriedly walked over and pulled her: "Hurry up, now is not the time to be discouraged." If you give up now, you really have no intention of going out for a while! If you think about His Highness the Nine, he found that the two of us were missing at the inn, and he must have died in a hurry! Maybe someone sent someone to inform the capital! If you really have three longs and two shorts, not to mention how anxious and sad the emperor, the queen mother and His Royal Highness the Ninth are, just Qingbai's side, you can't talk about it! ”

She shook Princess Ruixiang's hand, and persuaded her step by step: "Tell me that we went to the bagpipe abyss for this trip, first we lied and went south to spend the winter and deceived the emperor and the queen's mother, and we were tied up to the mountain by these people all the way. Haven't you suffered so much just for the sake of whiteness? Don't you want to know what Qingbai thinks of you, and whether she has any thoughts about you? ”

The words just hit Princess Ruixiang's heart, she pursed her lips and got up from the snow all of a sudden, looked at Yan Xiaoyan with blazing eyes, and said as if she had made up her mind: "Yes, I haven't seen Qingbai yet!" I haven't gotten his promise yet! How could I fall right here! ”

She pulled Yan Xiaoyi's sleeve: "Let's go around such a big circle in vain, and those people will definitely arrest the two of us according to their footprints after a while." It's not good to stay here for a long time, let's go quickly! ”

Seeing that she had returned to the proud princess who was high up in the sky and seemed to have everything in her hands, Yan Xiaowei smiled knowingly, pointed to the trees on the side and said, "We were in too much hurry just now, it was just a blind walk without direction, no wonder we turned around in the wrong direction and turned back!" This time, let's make some inconspicuous marks on the tree! In this way, once we find out that we have gone wrong and taken the wrong road, we can see it at a glance! ”

Princess Ruixiang nodded: "Okay, just do as you say!" But what is the best mark? ”

Yan Xiaowei thought for a moment: "It can't be too obvious, so that others will also find out." And it can't be too small, so it's hard for us to recognize! It's better like this......" She reached out and touched her head, her hair was already unkempt and unformed, and Yan Xiaoyan didn't have time to close it. I just pulled out the silver hairpin that was the only thing left in the hair bush and pinched it in my hand. After so many things, I have been running crazy just now, and it is a miracle that this hairpin was not lost!

She poked a small hole in the trunk with a hairpin: "Wherever we walked, how about poking it with a hairpin?" It's such a dot, I guess no one else can find it! ”

Princess Ruixiang nodded, and the two of them continued to walk down the mountain!

Although there are no stars above his head, and there is no compass or anything like that in his hand. But this time, Yan Xiaowei learned wisely and judged the direction according to the direction of the canopy of the tree.

It is important to know that the direction of the dense canopy is generally south, while the direction of the sparse canopy is generally north. This is the common sense of geography learned in books in his previous life, but Yan Xiaoyu didn't think about it in a hurry just now, and as a result, the two of them wasted their precious time and physical strength in vain.

This time, the direction was determined, and there were marks left along the way, and the two of them unswervingly followed the direction of the canopy all the way down the mountain!

I don't know how long I walked, Yan Xiaowei suddenly stopped Princess Ruixiang and pulled her to stop next to an aspen.

Princess Ruixiang looked left and right, and asked puzzledly, "What's wrong?" ”

Yan Xiaowei pointed to the bare branches of the poplar and said to her, "Look at it, can you see what you can see?" ”

Princess Ruixiang followed her fingers suspiciously, looked at the branch, and shook her head: "Isn't it a branch?" What's so weird! ”

Yan Xiaoyun pursed the corners of her lips and nodded: "It's indeed a branch, but this branch is a little different from what I saw all the way just now!" ”

As she spoke, she stretched out her hand and pulled a branch over to the two of them, pointed to the tip of the branch and said, "Do you see, the tip of this branch is broken." Looking at the freshness of this broken surface, it should be a matter of the past few days! ”

She let go of the branch, took two steps, raised her hand and pinched the other branch, and said to Princess Ruixiang, "You see, there are also here." ”

Princess Ruixiang couldn't help but be a little anxious when she saw her halfway through her words: "It's broken, so what, you say it!" ”

Yan Xiaowei frowned: "In the same location, the branches have traces of being broken, which means that something passed by here a few days ago." As they walked, they accidentally broke a branch in the dense forest. If it hadn't snowed, there would have been footprints on the ground. Now, though, the footprints are covered. ”

Princess Ruixiang looked solemn: "Something passed by?" Is it human? After saying that, I don't know what to think of, my eyes suddenly became panicked: "It can't be a blind bear!" ”

Yan Xiaowei shook her head: "Bears generally walk on all fours, and these broken branches are so tall, they are taller than the two of us." If it's a bear, the bear has to stand. She dragged Princess Ruixiang's hand and walked along the broken branch, and then continued: "Many trees here have broken marks. If it's a bear, the bear has to stand and walk all the time. There are almost no such bears, so it is certain that the reason for these broken branches is eight out of ten. Nine is the reason why someone passed by. Moreover, looking at the height of these broken branches, it must be someone taller than both of us - men! ”

As soon as the words fell, Princess Ruixiang grabbed her hand at once, and asked in a panic, "Who else is the man on the mountain?" Definitely the people in the cave! Since they have walked this way, wouldn't it be dangerous for us to go again? They'll be able to catch us easily! ”

Yan Xiaowei patted her hand soothingly, and shook her head: "That's not necessarily, they usually go up and down the mountain must take the road they are used to walking." However, if you want to find us in the mountains, you will definitely stand in our shoes, imagine where we will go if we run away, and track us like this! Therefore, discovering the traces they have walked on is not necessarily a bad thing for us! ”

She paused, and said to Princess Ruixiang, who had been in deep fear: "Looking at the appearance of those people in the cave, it is estimated that they have not lived on this mountain for a while, so they must know the terrain on this mountain quite well. Where to go up the mountain, where to go down, and how to walk with the least effort, they must be clear. So, let's go down in the direction they are going this time, and we will definitely be able to go down the mountain soon! ”

Princess Ruixiang listened, bit her lip, and nodded for a while: "Listening to you say this, it seems to make a little sense!" She stretched out her hand and pulled Yan Xiaoyi: "Then what are you waiting for, let's hurry up and follow the traces left by them, if we delay the time any longer, the sky will be bright, and it will be even more difficult to get out!" ”

Yan Xiaowei nodded and hurriedly walked down.

Not to mention, with the guidance of these broken branches, the path is much less time-saving and labor-saving than the two of them just groping with their feelings. The further down she went, the more Yan Xiaoyan felt that these traces must have been left by people who often went up and down the mountain. She and Princess Ruixiang found this clue when they were so worried, which can be said to be a relief in the snow.

The two of them walked all the way down, and the sound of the whirring wind and the sound of the two of them panting was in their ears.

As a result of walking for a long time, both legs are now almost like they have been filled with lead, and they hurt everywhere and can barely lift them.

The clothes on the body are also thin and can be blown through by a gust of wind, so that the hot sweat on the body because of walking is blown by the cold wind of the mountain stream, and the body is cold for a while and hot for a while, and the discomfort is to death.

As she walked, Princess Ruixiang began to cough one by one.

Yan Xiaowei pursed her lips and took off the cloak on her body, which she casually draped on her shoulders when she went out at night at the inn. Although a thin layer is not as wind-resistant as a fox fur, it is much stronger than wearing only a single coat.

She stretched out her hand and draped the cloak on Princess Ruixiang's body at once, Princess Ruixiang frowned, and hurriedly returned the cloak to Yan Xiaoyi: "It doesn't matter to me, you should wear it!" Now, I have to admit that although you are a serious and dignified person, you are still very smart, and you are not as annoying as you seem on the surface. Along the way, if it weren't for your guidance, I might not have been able to hold on a long time ago, either I was caught back by them, or I got lost in this forest and couldn't turn around, and froze to death in the forest! ”

She threw her cloak on Yan Xiaoyi's body: "So, you must not freeze to death, otherwise I alone will not be able to get out of this mountain!" ”

Yan Xiaowei knew that she had always had a lot of opinions about herself, but she didn't expect that by now, she had actually cultivated revolutionary feelings, and she couldn't help but smile in her heart. But Princess Ruixiang is a daughter after all, the wind in this mountain stream is not a joke, if it is frozen, it will be difficult to explain in the future. Moreover, after so many things, she has regarded this straightforward and somewhat pampered princess as a friend in her heart, and asked her to wear so much alone, watching her friend freeze to cough, she said that she couldn't do anything!

Therefore, he couldn't help but take off the cloak on his body and handed it to Princess Ruixiang: "You still wear it, you are cold and coughing!" ”

Seeing Princess Ruixiang's dissatisfied eyebrows, she quickly added: "You also know that we are running for our lives now!" If you're sick, I won't be able to walk alone! In the end, it will drag me down, so you have to wear it even if you wear it, and you have to wear it if you don't wear it! ”

If this is said during the day today, Princess Ruixiang will definitely argue with Yan Xiaoyu like a fried little wild cat. However, when she said it at this time, she felt a fever in her heart. Because she knew that although these words were ugly, they were actually words that Yan Xiaoyu deliberately said to anger her in order to keep her from freezing.

Thinking that she Beli Ruixiang is the only princess of the Baili Dynasty today, as long as she says to the east, her father and mother will never let her go west. Following her, accommodating her, and pampering her seems to have become a common thing for Baili people. The daughter of the little palace and the little eunuch around her didn't dare to disobey her at all, and they were obedient to her. As a result, she was pampered with a problem.

However, she also knew that nine and a half out of ten of these people complimented her and accommodated her because of her identity. If she wasn't a princess, but a daughter of an ordinary family, they probably wouldn't have taken her seriously a long time ago!

There is only Yan Xiaoyi, although she usually has a mother-in-law and mother-in-law, she is serious in everything she does, for fear of offending anyone, and she is careful in what she does. However, in such a time of crisis, she is still the most reliable.

Obviously, a woman who is as weak as herself, even a year younger than herself, is a half-grown girl at all! However, with her by her side, she feels as if everything has something to rely on!

And, for some reason, she just felt that way. In such a difficult crisis, she did not throw herself away and run away alone, not only because of her identity. There is another reason, that is, because Yan Xiaowei has a kind of righteousness that no one around her has!