Chapter Twenty-Three: Ripples in the Heart

The heart rate increased slightly, and the burning sensation spread from the base of the ear. I don't know if it's because of my ridiculous fear or something else.

Fortunately, the breeze was cool all the way, and I was able to return to normal soon, and besides, he couldn't see it under the veil, and I wasn't afraid that he would find another reason to tease me.

He took the reins and walked slowly, as if the thrilling scene had never happened, and it was futile to try to find some signs of unease on his face.

The back leaned against his chest, completely unable to exert himself, he was really scared before, when I was a child, my sisters made fun of me for some shelled insects or non-venomous little snakes in the bedding, and every time I lifted the quilt, I had to scream for a while, even now, I was very afraid of those insects and small snakes.

The hands holding the reins are slender and powerful, and you can feel a steady heartbeat through your clothes, and the unique fragrance of tea mixed with the smell of chrysanthemum in the air seems to have the power to make people calm.

If you can abandon his bottomless city and forget his murderous nature, he should be a very beautiful person.

I turned my head secretly and pretended to look behind me, then looked up at him, and those deep eyes fell on my face.

It was as calm as ever, without a hint of turbulence.

"Just now, thank you." I seldom say words of thanks to others, except in the palace to thank the masters for their rewards.

He looked away again, and continued to look ahead, but there was a little smile on his lips, I couldn't tell the difference between this smile and the usual indifference, but I don't know why, the corners of my lips involuntarily rose a little.

As he walked, the horse stopped, and when he looked closely, there was a shoe not far away, and when he got closer, he saw that the size of the shoe should be a woman.

I jumped off my horse and picked up my shoes on the ground, which were maple red and stood out against the yellow-green weeds.

The shoes are very high, but they are not very similar to the boots, and the toes are decorated with pearls, embroidered with the pattern of galloping horses.

Some of them are familiar, but I can't remember them for a while.

When dancing last night, Nata seemed to be wearing such a pair of shoes!

"It's Princess Nata's." I held up my shoes and said to Beiyu Jinchen, it was obvious that the shoes were left here, I was afraid that something bad had happened.

"Get on the horse, she should be not far away." His expression became serious.

If something goes wrong with Nata, it won't be a problem alone, and it will definitely hurt the harmony between the Mongolian people and Beiyan.

The moment I got on the horse, I suddenly felt that this was a good strategy, so that Beiyan could become the target of everyone, so that it could be quickly dismantled.

The moment before his hand pulled me up, the whole person sat on the ground, clutching his heart, and exhaling heavily. In order to make his expression appear more realistic, the nail of his other hand was embedded in the palm of his hand, and the pain came, and tears rolled in his eyes.

"What's wrong?" He jumped down and half-knelt on the ground, with one leg propped on the ground for me to lean on his lap.

"Hurt ......" will be exposed if you talk too much, I don't know if I can hide from this person who seems to be able to see through everything.

His eyes looked away, as if in thought, and his brow furrowed slightly.

I suddenly felt that I was too stupid, for him it was natural to choose between the two, the affairs of the country should be more important than everything else, if he could find Nata, he would still make great achievements, and I was just a mutual benefit with him, and I could even be said to be an enemy.

But after a while, he suddenly got up, rolled up his robe and pinned it to the side, and then picked me up without warning.

"What do you do?"

"Don't move, go back to the camp and find the imperial doctor."

The horse's head turned around and returned the way it had come.

I suddenly felt a little weird in my heart, I couldn't tell if it was guilt or what, and the image of Nata spinning in the woods came to mind, and her sentence "I am the daughter of the prairie." ”

"Wait, stop."

He grabbed the reins, and a look of suspicion began to appear on his face.

"Don't move, I'll lean for a while...... As soon as the horse started running, I felt even more uncomfortable. Pretending to be weak, she leaned on his shoulder, thinking about how to explain it more reasonably.

"Has the Pavilion Master had enough?" He suddenly replied lazily.

I froze, then sat up straight, "You know? Then you go back. ”

"I just want to know if you have more kindness in your heart or ......"

Or more interest, I know what he wants to say. Drawing his whip, tightening the reins, and galloping through the woods, it had been delayed for so long, and I hope nothing had happened to that innocent steppe girl.

When you get to the front, the road is divided into three forks, at this time you can't be intuitive, carefully observe, one day the direction of the fallen leaves of the road is chaotic, according to the direction of the wind in the afternoon, it should be the southeast wind, and the fallen leaves of the two roads are almost blown in one direction, only one is different.

Make up your mind, hurry up, maybe my grievances with Beiyan shouldn't be related to this woman, it's too unfair to her.

In less than a stick of incense, I saw Nata lying in the fallen leaves.

Rushing up, her lips were already purple, I picked up her upper body and patted her cheek. "Princess, princess?"

Nata slowly half-opened her eyes and pointed to her ankles. "It hurts, it hurts."

At this time, it was discovered that there was an obvious wound on her ankle, although it was no longer oozing blood, but it seemed that it should have been bitten by a venomous snake.

Beiyu Jinchen immediately took out the dagger on his waist and cut open his clothes, tore off one of them, and tied it to Nata's thigh, he was very wise, this could indeed delay the spread of venom to the heart and lungs.

"Take her back to the Imperial Doctor." I lifted Nata, and he half-squatted and carried Nata on his back.

"One horse can't hold the weight of three people." He said.

Obviously, I am really unfamiliar with the route of the back mountain, let alone going out, even if I am driving a horse, I may not be able to find the exit quickly, but it is too dangerous here to stay for a long time.

"I know, so take her back. As for me, you leave the bow and arrows behind, and self-preservation shouldn't be a problem. Send someone to pick me up before it gets dark. "Run up and hold the crossbow in your hand, so you feel safer.

As he sat down on his horse with Nata in his arms, I adjusted the new crossbow and felt like it was still in hand.

"Wait until I get back." He said lightly and rode away.

"Okay."

People walk in the mountains, and there is silence everywhere.

There was a rustle behind me, and I raised my crossbow and quickly set up my arrows. After waiting for a long time and nothing, I realized that I was just too grassy and soldiers.

In this mountain forest, there is an illusion of a sudden separation, when I was five years old, my mother offended the second aunt, and the second aunt bought off the servant and took me to the unfamiliar Blue Desert Mountain, the servant excused me to play the landscape, I left Liufu for the first time, I only felt that everything was so free and beautiful. The servants left me in the mountains, perhaps to fend for myself, and being alone in the great forest was like a labyrinth that I could never get out of. Maybe it was luck that I stayed there all night and nothing happened. The next morning, he was found by the mountain people who were chopping wood and brought back to the town, and returned to Liufu after several twists and turns.

If I couldn't go back to Liufu, I wouldn't have indirectly killed my mother, I wouldn't have been disfigured, I wouldn't have broken my fingers, and I wouldn't be full of hatred, but I was stubborn at that time, but I thought that the Liu family was my home, and now it's ridiculous to think about it.

"Jin'er, you, to be a kind girl, going through so many hardships is a test for you." The mother's smiling face appeared.

"Kindness? What is the use of kindness, it can only become weakness. I'm not going to believe that kind of! After saying that, I felt that I was so bored that I tortured myself with memories and fantasies again and again.

This time, Nata, even if I pay off Beiyu Jinchen's kindness for saving me.

Kindness is such a thing, just talk about it, people are good at being bullied, and horses are good at being ridden. I'm no longer Liu Sujin, so why bother?

Little by little, the sky darkened, perhaps because on the mountain, time passed faster than before, and at night, all those ugly things that were about to move appeared, whether they were men or beasts.

There are also five feathered arrows on his back, which should be able to hold out for a while.

The dark clouds in the sky were low, and after a while, a light rain fell, and the raindrops fell through the leaves on the layers of branches, wetting the clothes and hair, so that they were not embarrassed.

The black shadows of the tree stumps overlapped, and the wind blew wildly, like a ghost.

Step by step through the fallen leaves, so much time has passed, it is already dark, and I can only find the exit by myself.

It's ridiculous that I still hope that he will come and pick me up, or at least send someone to look for me.

Thinking about it, I lost my mind, and there was a pinprick-like stinging pain in my ankle, and I was shocked, I shouldn't have encountered a poisonous snake like Nata.

I reached out and felt the cold iron, and the liquid on the gears couldn't tell if it was blood or rain.

The back mountain is barren and people-oriented, how can there be a beast trap?

I didn't have time to think about it, so I tried hard to break it, but I found that it would only increase the pain, and the more I moved, the tighter it would be clamped.

The rain became heavier and heavier, and the clothes were completely drenched, and it was extremely uncomfortable to stick to the body.

There was a noise in the grass, and I hurriedly took the crossbow, only to be grabbed by the wrist the next moment.

"It's me."

The timbre is cold, familiar and unfamiliar.

"Cold?" wiped the rain off his face to barely see the person in front of him.

He took off his coat and put it on my shoulder, still expressionless.

He didn't even say a word before he moved the beast clamp, and I took a painful breath before he slowed down what he was holding.

"Since I know the pain, I'm still here, I don't know if I'm too smart or ...... Stupidity. The word stupid fell, and the beast clamp was pulled open by him, and the pain came, so he had to bite his lower lip so that he wouldn't shout.

It was only when he wrapped the wound in silk cloth that he felt a little more sane.

"Thank you, Rin."

He paused for a moment, then picked me up and got on the horse.

Riding a horse and galloping in the rain was what I wanted to do the most, but today I realized it, and I felt no pleasure.

Rin saved me twice, and now, even if I owe him a favor, a favor, and the hardest thing in the world to pay off.