Chapter 88: Starlight
Xia Ruixi obediently followed Zhao Mingtao out of the room, looking at the situation in the courtyard, very disappointed. She thought that when people came to save the Rong family, at least they should be from the army, so the bow and arrow should be the best thing, which is both mobile and conducive to long-range attacks, especially when it comes to cold arrows, "whoosh" and drip, "Ahγγγγγγ "How nice it is that the bad guys have fallen.
Just imagine, no matter how powerful the master, no matter how many people, can they be killed by the random arrows in the encirclement? It's a pity that she didn't see a bow at all, except for the sword. And the people brought by the other party are really not as many as Zhao Mingtao's people, but there are only dozens of people, and they look very tired and tired.
Zhao Mingtao smiled slightly, these dozens of people are probably from the Wenjia Tea House? I was afraid that it would not be good to explain to Rong Liu, so I desperately caught up.
That's fine, everything is in his calculations. He has been plotting this matter for a long time, or coercing, dragging several people who have old people with him into the water, and contacting the old ministry and the puppet emperor's people to echo each other in the distance, the purpose is not to really rebel, but to buy him time to escape.
Of course, his ultimate goal naturally can't be discovered by these people, otherwise these people will eat him. The price he paid was not small, at least, more than half of his property was gone. In addition, in order to cover up the matter, he also had to act in a scene in Xijing City, pretending to be defeated and fleeing. Otherwise, with his ability and years of business in Xijing, how could he be defeated and flee overnight?
Although something went wrong in the middle, Ou Qingjin left a colorful jade parrot pendant in Xin'an to cheat to death, and successfully escaped back to Xijing, leading people to chase him in time.
But he had already prepared and set up an ambush at the pass in advance to deal with the pursuers. I have to say that Ou Qingjin is willing to work hard for his wife. While everyone was busy desperately, they also came to find him and kicked him in the waist fiercely, trying to keep Xia Ruixi's innocence as much as possible.
It's a pity that Ou Qingjin still couldn't beat him in the end, and he was shot down the hillside, and like everyone else, he was buried by the rocks and trees. Having solved this great problem, as soon as he returned to the ruined temple where they were hiding, he sent three identical carriages at the same time and went in different directions to divert his attention.
Everything proved that he was right and he did a good job. For example, at this moment, if there is no rebel army dragging, there must be no less than a thousand people who come to encircle and suppress him, it must be a regular army, and it must be well-equipped, where can it be so easy? And at the moment, there are only a few dozen people, and his people can deal with it completely.
As long as these dozens of people are solved, he will be unimpeded. Without Ou Qingjin in Xijing City, no one is staring at him. And Liu Lizi was supervising the battle from afar, and when Liu Lizi went back and sent someone to chase after him, he would have already gone away and flew high.
In such a situation, it is natural that there will be no more carriage rides. Xia Ruixi was carried on the back of the horse in despair, and Zhao Mingtao clinged to her like a maggot on the tarsal bone.
When he was about to leave the yard, Rong wanted to struggle, so he took a hard beating. In order to show that he would not be soft, and to achieve a deterrent effect, the person who held her almost beat her to the point where she didn't have her back burned.
The young man followed from a distance with dozens of people, and Xia Ruixi felt that his gang was really good.
Everyone was highly nervous and silent and vigilant. After walking for half an hour, I came to a wide plain, and under the starlight of the sky, I could clearly see that the plain was bare, and there was nothing, and I could see it at a glance. This is not suitable for ambushes, and at most you can dig horse pits.
The horse team stopped, and without Zhao Mingtao's orders, the two horses took the lead in running out to explore the way. Seeing the horses in front of him pass steadily, Zhao Mingtao breathed a sigh of relief, and then hit the horse to keep up, his position is neither forward nor backward, neither left nor right, it is in the middle, which is the safest position.
In fact, he didn't think that those people would dig into the horse pit in vain for the lives of Gu Rong and Xia Ruixi, after all, they were also on horses. But he always thought it would be better to be careful. Just like when he fought with his third brother, stepmother, and father, if he hadn't been careful and ruthless enough, he wouldn't have survived now.
"Xixi," he hugged Xia Ruixi tightly, "Are you hating me for taking you hostage?" β
Xia Ruixi didn't answer, she was thinking, she couldn't count on others. When she got to the ferry, she had to think of jumping into the water and swimming away. In any case, she has to return to Xijing, and Da'er can't live without her father. If the Ou family can't tolerate her, she will take Da'er away, and she doesn't believe that she can't support her and teach Da'er.
Zhao Mingtao couldn't hear her answer, only saw her hair that was pulled apart by him flying in the night wind. He sighed and freed up one hand to help her pull her hair: "Do it yourself, the only way to get a knot is to cut it off." β
At this time, he still has the heart to take care of her hair? Xia Ruixi became more and more convinced that he must have a back hand, so he had no fear. She tucked her hair together and tied it back with a silk handkerchief.
Zhao Mingtao said softly: "That year, you followed me on a horse, and your hair was scattered, I asked you to tie it up, but you refused, and I wanted me to tie it up for you." I won't, you've been so angry that you haven't paid attention to me for a long time. If you want, I'll help you every day from now on. β
Xia Ruixi suddenly felt very sad for Xia Er at the beginning, thinking that the two of them also had a good time at that time, right? Xia Er really likes him, she is willing to offend her parents for him, and she is willing to run away secretly, so to speak, she doesn't want anything.
He abandoned her when her head was bleeding and dying, and he didn't even look at her, but then he stubbornly refused to let go.
This man, what is he after? Does he know what he needs? For more than 20 years, he has always sought recognition from others. The reason why he never forgot Xia Er may not be because he really loves her, but he really never forgot Xia Er's innocent love for him at the beginning, but at that time, he thought that the most important thing was not this, but rights.
Xia Ruixi sighed: "In this world, I have never regretted selling medicine. I'm glad I forgot the past, otherwise I would hate you even more. β
Zhao Mingtao didn't say anything. However, at this moment, something suddenly happened!
The change only happened in a moment, Xia Ruixi only saw that on the flat plain, several unknown objects half a person high suddenly appeared, long hooks stretched out, and then the horse running under her crotch staggered, let out a mournful roar, and fell down.
Unlike Zhao Mingtao, who fell with the horse, she did not step on it, nor did she grab it, but was thrown into the air, weightlessness and fear made her body secrete adrenal hormones sharply, and her brain went blank.
At the same time, there was a shout of killing around her, but she couldn't care about it anymore.
Tossed, fell, ears buzzing, fear of death, she closed her eyes tightly, almost stopped breathing, and waited only for the last moment to make intimate contact with the earth, and then the hooves of the horses around her stepped down and stepped on her.
But a few seconds made her feel incomparably long.
She didn't fall to the ground, she didn't fall to the neck, she fell into an embrace, a pair of pairs tightly wrapped around her, pressed her face into her arms, the person fell to the ground heavily, and rolled several times with her before stopping.
As soon as he stopped, the man bounced up and ran at a rapid pace, when a horse came roaring, and he threw her on the horse's back, and followed herself, and put his arms in his arms, and tightened the reins of the horse, and galloped away. His movements are done in one go, and the front and back are never more than a minute (the table picks the hairy eyes and says that the ancient rice has minutes and seconds, which is Xixi's feeling).
Ou Qingjin reined in the reins of the horse dozens of zhang away, and the series of overload bursts just now exhausted all his strength, especially the moment he caught Xia Ruixi and fell to the ground, almost smashing his arms and back, but the great joy made him forget this pain.
He glanced at the mess in the distance, where the fight was raging, but it was all someone else's business, and he had only one goal. "Bustling γγγγγγ" He happily called to the man in his arms.
Xia Ruixi lay quietly in his arms, motionless and silent.
Ou Qingjin pale his face, held the back of her head in fear, helped her expose her face, and carefully pressed her face against her. The breath is shallow, but it is alive anyway.
"Bustling γγγγγγ" He pinched her man, patted her face gently, and finally saw her eyelashes move.
Xia Ruixi opened his eyes, under the starlight in the sky, Ou Qingjin's face was very dark, but the outline was very clear, he looked at her anxiously, and saw that she opened her eyes, his face was full of joy and relief.
She didn't move, she didn't blink, she just looked at him as if she had never seen him before.
Ou Qingjin was frightened, helped her up and sat up, looked at her in fear, and said in a hoarse voice, "What's wrong with you?" It's me. β
Xia Ruixi finally blinked: "You are pulling my hair, it hurts." Her hair was messy by the night wind, and she was even grabbed by Ou Qingjin indiscriminately in her hands and pressed a lot in her arms.
"Hoo γγγγγγγ" Ou Qing let out a long breath and hurriedly helped her haircut: "You scared me to death, I thought you were injured." He stopped, stroked her face, wiped her tears that seemed to never end, and comforted her awkwardly: "Don't cry, don't cry, didn't I come?" Doesn't it hurt somewhere? β
Xia Ruixi ignored him, just cried sadly. Ou Qing was in a hurry to check on her to see if she was injured.
Xia Ruixi was upset by him, and felt infinitely aggrieved, so he opened his hand that was groping between her back and waist and abdomen, and said in a muffled voice: "I'm annoyed!" β
Ou Qingjin was a little at a loss, and explained repeatedly with a hoarse neck: "I've been chasing, I've been trying to find a way, reallyγγγγγγ β
Xia Ruixi hugged his neck tightly and buried his head in his shoulder, and soon the clothes on his shoulders were soaked. "I thought you were dead, I thought I would never see you again, I would never see Da'er againγγγγγγ" She choked, and at that moment, all the strength and stubbornness were gone.
Ou Qing hugged her waist tightly and urged the horses: "Why don't you have confidence in me like this?" Even if you go to the edge of the sky, as long as I still have a breath, I will chase after you. β
Xia Ruixi felt that this was the most beautiful thing she had ever heard in her life.
"Why did you come? What the hell is going on? She asked him.