Chapter 7: Descending the Mountain
It's very unnatural for the two to meet these days, Xiaoxi remembered the scene that day, she killed Jiuye in the truth, but she knew that people still have martial arts, and she seems to have been healed a lot better by the old man recently.
In the morning, I saw that Jiuye dancing the sword near the courtyard, and Xiaoxi saw through the crack in the door that his dancing steps and strength were still quite powerful. Occasionally, it would leap from the ground to the tree, and then fall to the ground, like a light bird.
However, Xiaoxi still saw that he was a little reluctant, as if he was a little tired, and slowly sat on the ground, meditating and pranayama.
Xiaoxi thought that if she gave him the result like this, would she be relieved, but when she thought that his identity was not simple, his people would definitely find themselves to take revenge, so she dispelled this idea, after all, life is important.
On this day, Xiaoxi was drying herbs in the yard, and vaguely heard someone singing a song, Xiaoxi put down something and followed the sound to find most of the mountain, only to see a vague figure singing a mountain song on the opposite side.
This is the first time that Xiao Xi came to Qinglong Mountain to see the living people who they thought were a few of them, and Xiao Xi went around a lot of mountain roads to see the person on the other side, who turned out to be a woodcutter chopping wood.
Xiao Xi hesitated for a long time and still called out to the person opposite, who looked at it as a young man, and was a little curious about how there were people here.
"Big brother, how did you get into the mountain?"
Xiaoxi didn't care about the man's doubts,
"Big brother, don't be afraid, I'm not a bad person, I just got lost in the mountains." Xiao Xi sa panicked and came easily.
The woodcutter on the opposite side also looked at her as small and delicate, not like a heinous villain.
"You're alone?"
The woodcutter asked,
"No, I still have a companion, he's resting there."
At last he inquired about the shortcut down the mountain, and knew that there was an ox cart to the market not far from the mountain.
Xiaoxi asked a lot about the things down the mountain, and also knew that this place was far away from Liyang County, and the nearest market here was only a small town.
Finally, the woodcutter was going home and kindly took Xiaoxi down the mountain, Xiaoxi saw that it was not too early, and now there was definitely not enough time to go back and forth to the market, so he said that he would go to his companion and go down the mountain together. When the woodcutter saw that the hour was not early, he went down the mountain alone with two loads of firewood.
When she woke up the next morning, she found that Xiaoxi was gone, and when she saw a note on the table, it said: I went to the town to sell herbs, and came back before dark.
Xiaoxi went down the mountain according to the shortcut pointed out by the woodcutter's brother yesterday, because she had no money on her, so she had to walk to the market on foot, and arrived at the nearest town at noon.
She has never been to this small town market, and it took a long time to find a pharmacy, but people and she are not familiar with each other, and the price is relatively low, and the attitude of people is tough, but Xiaoxi can only sell it at a low price.
Xiaoxi saw the tired look on his face when he saw the silver in his hand, and he bought a dry cake to gnaw on, and found the carriage of Liyang everywhere, it turned out that the town is still very far away from Liyang, and the carriage that is willing to go to Liyang here is at least a few taels of silver, Xiaoxi saw that his purse was so deflated, so he had to temporarily dispel the idea of returning to Liyang, but at least she came to the mountain to go around and know the general situation, and she could always go back to Liyang when she went back to dig herbs in the future.
Xiaoxi hurried back to Qinglong Mountain, and when he arrived at the mountain pass, it was already dark, and he was a little scared.
She was brave enough to keep walking, and she was quite tired from the fact that she was all on foot this time. The pace is also a little slow. When she saw the black shadow in front of her, she was so frightened that she stood still and didn't dare to move.
Who knew that the black shadow was slowly approaching her, Xiaoxi was so frightened that she squatted on the ground and hugged her head and cried,
"Hell, help, don't come here, I didn't do anything bad, don't come to me, I don't have any money, you go away."
A low laugh came, "Xiaoxi, it turns out that you also have something to be afraid of,"
Xiaoxi heard the voice and looked up to see Jiuye coming from the depths of the darkness, and the gentle and handsome son appeared in front of Xiaoxi. Even if Xiaoxi is too dissatisfied with him, he can appear in front of him at this moment, Xiaoxi is still very grateful to him from the bottom of his heart, but he didn't expect that the person waiting for him in the dark night was Jiuye,
Jiuye looked at Xiao Xi with tears on her face, and looked at herself blankly, at this moment she was embarrassed and pitiful like a wild cat without claws, sighed helplessly, and took off the bamboo basket on her back and carried it to her back.
"Are you waiting for me, how long have you been waiting here?"
"It didn't take long."
Xiaoxi followed him, although his heart was more steady, but his steps were not much faster, the people in front seemed to see Xiaoxi's tiredness, slowed down his pace and stopped in front of a stone, Xiaoxi then sat on the stone and rested. After hesitating for a long time, he discussed with the person next to him;
"I'm going down the mountain alone, it's me who is wrong, don't you tell my mother?"
Xiaoxi didn't hear the person next to her answer, and continued:
"My mother knows, but I'm worried, I have something important to do when I go down the mountain."
Jiuye didn't answer, but the corners of his mouth rose slightly to look at Xiaoxi, and the meaningful smile in his eyes made Xiaoxi's heart empty.
"You're not going to tell my mother, are you?"
Jiuye looked at Xiao Xi's bright eyes, and said with a sly smile:
"Xiaoxi, our recent meals are too light, I don't know if there will be meat in the future."
"There will be, there will be, there will be" Xiaoxi now has a request to please him in every possible way.
Jiuye's always calm and calm face finally leaked a comfortable laugh that he hadn't had for a long time, and the laughter spread far through the lonely night.
Feng Ping's injuries have improved a lot, seeing the signal left, he came to the place where they met as promised at night, and out of the darkness came a young man dressed as a samurai, with a tall posture and a handsome face, but with a cold expression,
"Uncle Feng, long time no see,"
Feng Ping's cold and nervous face finally loosened a little, and he looked at the surrounding situation vigilantly,
"Changqing, have you seen the Nine Princes"
"I've met with the Nine Kings, the poison on his body has been cured a lot by Ling Lao's medicine now, and I'm just sending him something, where does he not want our people to stay? He's safe for now. And the prince wants me to go back to the palace now. ”
Feng Ping saw Chang Qing's reluctance and doubts, although he had been recuperating from his injuries recently and did not go to Qinglong Mountain, he knew that his uncle would heal the Nine Emperor Princes well, and he had other things to do, but looking at the depressed young man opposite, he couldn't help but comfort:
"Since this is the case, the Ninth Prince naturally has his thoughts, you should go back to the palace now to protect the safety of the mother, and listen to the follow-up arrangements of the prince."
Chang Qing is the personal guard of the Nine Emperor Princes, he naturally has his hesitation, and he is also very worried about the safety of his master.
"Uncle Feng, I want to stay and protect the Ninth Prince, the last time he was hurt by a traitor, it was my dereliction of duty, I really have no shame to go back to see Concubine Yun."
Feng Ping knew that this person had followed the Nine Emperor Princes since he was a child, and his loyalty to his master was evident, and he also knew his concerns.
"Changqing, Niangniang and the prince won't blame you, you are not derelict in your duties, you swear to protect the master, why don't they know, and the prince is a very friendly person, how can I blame you."
Chang Qing knew that his prince naturally wouldn't blame him, the more he felt guilty, he knew that his master was in a critical situation now, and he didn't want to leave the Ninth Prince's side.
"Changqing, don't worry about the safety of the Nine Princes, I won't give those people a second chance to hurt the Prince, and there are our hidden guards in Qinglong Mountain, the Prince's people are not so easy to find the Prince, and now the Eighth Prince is also grounded in his palace, and the emperor's attitude is not clear, now there are very few people in the palace who can help us, you can't be careless, you naturally have what you should do when you go back to the palace." I think this is also the intention of the Nine Princes. ”
Chang Qing naturally knew the reason for the matter when he was sealed down, so he had no worries, in fact, when he went to Qinglong Mountain to deliver something last night, Ye Xingchen had a tactful reminder, telling him to go back to the palace to do what he should do, and now he suddenly understood their prince's very meaningful words.
"Changqing, now is an extraordinary period, after returning to the palace, you have to think more, see more, ask less, this Qinglong Mountain is a peaceful place, I don't want to drag down the people here."