The weather is only in early autumn, and the leaves have not yet turned yellow, but the mountains and forests are also extremely cool, even a little bleak, and the birds in the forest still cry in the mountain streams early, as if everything started today.

On such an early morning when the sunlight was still shining on the world like a summer day, there was a woman lying under a cliff, her body was a little tattered by tree branches, and her face was muddy, which could be called embarrassed.

Qiong Ying endured the pain in her body and opened her eyes, what greeted her was not a carriage that had been rushing for days, nor a warm and comfortable bed, at this time there were a few gray sparrows jumping and pecking beside her, the birds chirping in the morning, and the faint sound of spring water dingdong came from her ears.

Qiong Ying half sat up and was surprised to find that she was on an old willow tree halfway up the mountain, with thick branches; Rubbing her sore head, Qiong Ying thought, probably after accidentally falling from the cliff last night, she was saved by this half of the old willow tree!

Fortunately, God has eyes, so that this old willow tree intercepted her waist from falling rapidly, and did not let herself fall early in Cardamom Fanghua, the first thing Qiong Ying did was to bow to the sky with her hands folded.

But when she found out about her current situation, she couldn't help but smile bitterly, God was playing some joke with her, this was not to let her die in a coma, but to let her watch herself fall off the cliff!

I saw that Qiong Ying was lying on the halfway up the mountain, which was dozens of zhang high, no more, no less than half of the distance, the mountain wall was very smooth, and there was not a single raised stone, if you wanted to survive, there were only two ways to choose.

One is to climb along the bare cliff to the top of the mountain, and the other is to climb along the bare cliff to the bottom of the mountain, presumably this place is very empty, almost no one has ever come, just look at the birds jumping on her shoulders at the moment.

The birds obviously did not know how to be afraid of people, and even if she moved slightly, they did not hide from her, but only treated her as a mud pile with the smell of meat, pecking and pecking on the hem of her clothes, very cheerful.

Qiong Ying's little face was almost wrinkled, she had no intention of driving away the birds, she just let them go, thinking that the experience of life in the future was really rich, and one day she would have to sit halfway up the mountain with birds and beasts.

Qiong Ying rested for a while, calculated the chance of survival in her heart, and decided to climb up the cliff to the top! After all, if it falls, there is still this half of the life-saving old willow tree, and if it goes to the bottom of the cliff, I am afraid that it will fall to pieces.

So she took out the only jeweled dagger hidden in her shoes, and in the sunlight, it was almost impossible to open her eyes, this was her most cherished dagger, and she thought that when her sister gave her to herself, she had told her for a long time, this was their family heirloom!

Qiong Ying climbed up cautiously on this silent cliff without a person, and the dagger was pierced on the steep cliff, as if pierced in Qiong Ying's heart, and she was very distressed that this treasure was destroyed like this.

The more she climbed, the more difficult it became, but luckily she saw a few stones that could be used to step on, and about the nest of an eagle or some bird, and she climbed up step by step, and the sunlight gradually changed into the sky, and as noon approached, a curling mist rose in the mountains and forests.

Just as she was about to climb to the top of the mountain from exhaustion, her ears were pressed against the cliff wall, and the sound of hurried footsteps accompanied by the sound of horses' hooves moved haphazardly above her head, as if there were human voices.

There was a fierce voice in the distance, Qiong Ying stopped and listened carefully, it was about the person who searched the mountains and forests.

"How's it going, boss? Those two were probably burned to death, right? None of the brothers were found. ”

A faint voice came, Qiong Ying's heart froze, her breathing was no longer smooth, she was lying silently on the mountain wall, like a gecko avoiding risks, listening to the footsteps getting closer and closer, it should be those people walking towards the edge of the cliff.

Qiong Ying was silently sweating for herself under the cliff stones at the moment, if she poked her head up a little more, she would be caught by the people above, or directly hacked to death with a knife.

A tall man in a dark blue cloth shirt stood quietly on the edge of the cliff without saying a word, Qiong Ying tried her best to suppress her breathing, but her heart was beating faster and faster, almost jumping out of her throat, her hands were tightly clenched on the edge of the cliff, and it was impossible to free her hands to cover her chest.

Qiong Ying spent every second in difficulty at the moment, the stone under her feet was slightly loose, the longer the time passed, the more it shook violently, almost unable to stand, except for the sound of the wind under the cliff in her ears, it was the sound of birds, and the babbling of birds covered her heartbeat.

"Boss, what's wrong? But what's wrong? The man in black beside him looked at the emptiness under the mountain and asked aloud.

The tall man's feet moved slightly, the loess was crushed, and it fell down with the wind, and Qiongying's eyes were full of loess, and the stones fell down the cliff at great speed, and lost their sound when they reached the bottom of the cliff.

The corner of the tall man's mouth hooked slightly, and he said in a deep voice: "It's okay, since there is nothing here, then let's go down the river!" ”

A group of people sparsely walked in the opposite direction, but a few people still stayed in the distance according to the rules, and it was this move that made Qiong Ying, who finally climbed up, want to curse.

Helpless, she could only take advantage of the fact that it was not dark and her stomach was not hungry and growled, and crawled down the place where she had just climbed, and on the entire empty cliff, there was only a small figure squirming carefully, and she had to be careful and careful with every step, for fear that if she was not careful, there would be no bones left in such a deserted place.

At this moment, in the palace of the king, Le Zhengyu gathered several of his apprentices with strong martial arts skills to discuss the matter of going out to protect the safety of several women tonight.

Because Le Zhengyu wants to sit in Dali Temple in person, a few people must be left in the palace to stay by the side of the prince and the county lord, in order to come up with a foolproof strategy, Le Zhengyu can only solve the worries of the palace first.

"Fan Li and Qi'er stay, tonight will also transfer the border city guards, the safety of the palace is your sole responsibility, in order to avoid the murderer has accomplices, there is a situation where the tiger is transferred from the mountain, the others are distributed in several places that have been discussed in advance, and strive to catch the murderer before he starts."

Listening to Le Zhengyu's instructions, several people were in good spirits, and they should be in unison.

Le Zhengyu didn't know why, she always felt that this matter was a little weird, or it would be an extremely tricky case, settled everything, the sun was about to set, and everyone in the Wangfu was buried in the post they were going to guard one after another, and Le Zhengyu was accompanied by purple clothes, walking towards the Dali Temple that was lit all night.

At the same time, Qiong Ying, who was climbing the cliff, was only about to hit the ground by a distance of one zhang, her whole body was soaked with sweat, her already tattered clothes were even more torn, the wound was soaked with sweat, and she was numb with stinging pain, and her limbs were sore and shaking, as if she could no longer support her to stand on her own.

Qiong Ying finally fell to the ground along the cliff, and there was a small fluffy grass growing vigorously on the ground, and countless small wildflowers blooming in a disorderly manner next to it, and the flower path shook her head in the breeze, as if to greet her, the new guest.

Qiong Ying was so tired that she collapsed on the ground, and the moment she fell into the grass, she was tired and hungry, if it weren't for the fact that she had to find the emperor's faith to support her shallow will, she believed that she would fall asleep by the way.

After resting for a while, I felt that the wind at the bottom of the mountain was blowing a little chill, even in such an early autumn season, the sweat dissipated, and the coolness hit, it was very cold.

This kind of wind made her tremble, and she just wanted to find some firewood to roast something to satisfy her hunger at this time, and the dry food she had brought on her body had already been gone, and now she could only find something to eat.

Qiong Ying struggled to get up, it was already dark under the cliff, she had to speed up her pace, if she really couldn't hurry tonight, then she could only find a safe place to rest for the night, and the matter of finding the emperor would be put on tomorrow first.

Qiong Ying's brain was exhausted to the extreme, and her physical strength could not support her to continue thinking, she staggered to the bottom of the mountain, and walked for about a quarter of an hour, surrounded by dense trees that were tall and almost covered her.

Suddenly, she didn't pay attention to her feet, leaned forward, and suddenly fell into the mud, she stood up in annoyance, what are the tentacles? This sudden slight movement made Qiong Ying, who was so confused that she was about to faint, that her mind was clear.

She looked at the ground through the little light from the leaves, and lay down on the grass that obstructed her vision, and Qiong Ying saw a familiar face, who else could there be if she was not the emperor she had always remembered.

This discovery made Qiong Ying, who was originally exhausted, overjoyed, and rushed towards the emperor's body, but when she touched the emperor's body with both hands, she was slightly wet and cold by the wind, and Qiong Ying was instantly stunned.

"Emperor.... Master... Are you alright? Yes? No... Are you hurt? "Qiong Ying was frightened, she finally met the emperor, if it was a corpse, then wouldn't she become the murderer of the emperor?!

"Master, wake up quickly, why is there so much blood? It won't be..... Dead, right? ”

Qiong Ying was extremely nervous, and she didn't take it seriously, the emperor who was already in a coma was shaken by her like this, but he woke up, and the emperor didn't open his eyes, but he had already spoken.

"Xiaoyingzi, you.... You.... Don't shake, I... It's going to hurt to death...."

The emperor's intermittent voice came, and Qiong Ying stopped crying, looking at the ground with teary eyes, there was darkness in front of him, and the emperor seemed to open his eyes slightly.

"Xiaoyingzi, help me to the cave over there, nearby... Neighborhood.... There are beasts! ”

After the emperor said this, as if he had exhausted all his strength, he didn't have the strength to speak, and let Qiong Ying hold him up half of his body in a hurry, and then half-pulled and half-dragged towards the cave pointed out by the emperor, supporting each other along the way, and the two people who were also injured and hungry were embarrassed.