Chapter 144: Behemoth in the Sea
Three days of torrential rain can be a "nightmare" for those who are away from home, not to mention walking in the wilderness with a lot of 'luggage', and even in the plains, the roads are muddy.
Although the rain gradually stopped, the sky was still overcast, and people could barely breathe.
"I hate rain, I hate going out, I hate walking...... Mu Li looked bitter and hateful, pouting and complaining as he walked. "Ahh
Stomping into the muddy water under his feet, he made the already soft road even more miserable, and while venting his temper, he also splashed himself and the people around him in muddy water.
Xia Feng looked down at the mud spots on his body and was unmoved, leading the horse to continue to drive one foot deep and one foot shallow.
"Hmm......" Mu Li let out a cry of wanting to die, collapsed his shoulders, and his whole body bent down, his two arms shrugged in front of him, it was the rhythm of a zombie, and it was accompanied by a lifeless call, "Little Fengfengββ"
Xia Feng subconsciously shuddered, turned around helplessly, grabbed Mu Li's wrist, and Mu Li immediately walked two steps obediently and returned to him.
The palm of his hand slid down, holding Mu Li's soft little hand, Xia Feng said: "This is a depression, there is a lot of water, just go over." β
"That's what you just said. Mu Li frowned dissatisfiedly.
"......" Xia Feng glanced at Mu Li depressedly, "I hate rain, I hate going out, I hate walking......"
"Hahaha......" Mu Li laughed insolently, "That's right, Xiao Fengfeng, happy and unhappy have to say it!"
Xia Feng sighed lightly: "You're worried too much, I don't feel unhappy, I don't think there's anything bad about this weather, I'm just ......"
"Accept it!" Mu Li replied unceremoniously, looking at Xia Feng's stiff face for a moment, and his smile deepened, "Hehe, I like to show a little wind of joy and sorrow." β
Xia Feng tightened the hands of the two and said with a smile: "Okay, you have won again!"
Mu Li cheered.
Xia Feng Yanhua, he can face everyone with a gentle smile, tolerate anyone and everything, any good and bad, but no one has ever seen his real joys, sorrows, and sorrows, forever and ever, as if separated by an insurmountable gap, until a long time later, it has become his habit and a part of his character, so that when Mu Li appears as an exception, he will occasionally be a little uncomfortable, just because he is used to facing all problems alone.
Looking at the girl who was dancing happily in front of her, it seemed that the sun was shining behind the dark clouds, warm and dazzling, Xia Feng was unwilling to let go of the hand holding her no matter what, although they didn't like it, and they weren't used to this way of restricting their actions, but now the situation is special, isn't it?
The two of them held hands, talked and laughed and continued to move forward, and the gloomy atmosphere just now was swept away.
Hiss, who rushed from the back of the line, wiped the rain on his face and suggested, "Your Highness, you and your lord should get into the carriage, right?"
Mu Li looked up at Hiss, raised his eyebrows, and said with some displeasure: "Heath, don't you get annoyed that you say the same thing three times a day?" In the carriage sat the guards pretending to be Princess Kina, what happened when they went up?
What's more, they don't even think about riding in a carriage and letting other people get drenched in the rain.
"But......" Heath looked at the muddy water on the two of them, and felt that he was derelict in his duty.
"No, no. Xia Feng raised his hand to block the rain curtain in front of him, and looked into the distance, "The terrain over there has risen a lot, and it may provide us with a place to rest." β
"I'll go over and take a look!" Mu Li didn't say a word, he turned over and got on the horse neatly, the road is not far, and it should be easy to ride a horse.
Xia Feng was a little overwhelmed and watched Mu Li's series of movements, and hurriedly beckoned Hiss to bring someone to follow.
Mu Li and Hiss and the others soon arrived at the place pointed by Xia Feng, as he said, the terrain here is obviously much higher than the road just walked, looking around, in the distance is a bare mountain, occasionally standing one or two small trees, swaying with the wind, as if they will be broken in the next second.
"Let's camp here!" Mu Li made a decision with a smile.
"Your Excellency......" Heath, who followed behind, frowned slightly, obviously disagreeing with her decision, "Isn't it too dangerous here?"
"Hmm?" Mu Li was puzzled.
"There are mountains on both sides, and if we set up camp in the canyon, we would be vulnerable in case there was danger in the surrounding mountains. "As the captain of the guard, it is Hiss's duty to protect Xia Feng and Mu Li's safety, and he must prevent all possible dangers in advance.
"Heh, I didn't expect you to be quite alert. Mu Li smiled and praised without hesitation, but leisurely turned the horse's head and walked back.
Hiss shrugged his shoulders slightly and said, "These are all things that I must master, otherwise I won't be able to protect His Highness." He didn't think it was something to be proud of being praised by a little girl who was so much younger than himself, but he felt that he was being underestimated.
Mu Li nodded: "You're right, if it's really not suitable for a team like us to rest here in normal times, at least check the peaks on both sides and arrange a guard post, but now it's different, the rainstorm has been raining for three days......" She said it without hurry, but Hiss was a little inexplicable, listening to the meaning of this, she didn't understand.
"Look at the mountains on both sides!" Mu Li raised his hand and pointed to the left and right, looking at the confused Hiss, "There are only a few small trees except for the stones, and the heavy rain has washed away the mountains with nothing, and the slightest shaking will cause large-scale landslides, so at this time, it is impossible for anyone to hide on the mountains on both sides, even if there are people who are not afraid of death, they will be killed by mud and stones first when they run down." Mu Li said, "What we should do is to camp near the edge of the high ground so as not to be buried by mudslides, let's go!"
Hiss opened his mouth slightly, looking at Mu Li who was gradually moving away, stunned, and shocked in his heart.
Although he had heard of this girl's deeds when he was in the imperial city, he had always regarded the governor, like all the newcomers such as Zachary, as a wanton child, who was still in a high position before she reached adulthood, and could only say that she was lucky, had a good relationship with the royal family, and since she took office, she completely ignored any political affairs and only focused on training the army, so that the internal affairs of the entire province only recognized Xia Feng Yanhua and did not know Dongfang Muli. And when she suddenly appeared, her shocking appearance and reckless actions did not make people associate her with a serious and serious governor, coupled with the playful mentality from beginning to end, her image was greatly reduced, but today, at this moment, Hiss felt that he was lucky to see another Oriental Muli.
Soon, the whole team had set up camp at the edge of the canyon, and the protective barrier loomed over the camp, and only the rain could tell the difference from the surroundings when the rain hit it.
Xia Feng stood outside the tent, looked at the busy figure in the distance, and then glanced back at Mu Li, who was wiping his hair in the tent, and threw the military dry food in his hand to her.
"Looks like it's going to rain again!"
Mu Li looked at the dry food in his hand and wanted to cry without tears: "I hate military food!"
"Let's make do with it, it's wet everywhere, and it's not realistic to rely only on magic to make a fire. Xia Feng said, also retreated to the tent, and sat beside Mu Li, "We must speed up tomorrow, we are too slow." β
"Snail, snail......" Mu Li tore the wrapper with his teeth, "We brought too many things. β
"I think you'll be fine if you don't shout a few words and you're tired. Xia Feng laughed, Mu Li directly stuffed a biscuit into his mouth, looking at his rare embarrassed appearance, laughing.
Xia Feng took a bite of the biscuit in his mouth, looked at the gloomy sky in the distance and chewed slowly, and there was a moment of silence between the two of them.
Mu Li saw his thoughts and said, "Angus, they'll be fine, don't worry about it." After speaking, he patted Xia Feng's shoulder as a comforter.
Xia Feng pretended to smile lightly: "This mission has been out of my control for too long, and they are always not at ease." β
"Hmm, Mother Tree King, this person is hopeless!" Mu Li patted the cookie residue on his hand and smiled inexplicably.
"Hurry up and go to bed, I'm going to hurry tomorrow!" Xia Feng smiled helplessly and pressed people into the tent, "Where is so much nonsense?"
Mu Li laughed and hugged Xia Feng's arm, and rolled in together.