Xiao Mu took Hengyu to an abandoned study room quickly, turned the mechanism hidden under an old painting, and saw the old bookshelf move slightly and make a creaking sound.

"Keep going once you're in, don't look back!" Xiao Mu confessed in a low voice.

"What about you?"

Xiao Mu didn't answer, and looked out of the study.

The men had already entered the courtyard.

"I don't need you to delay my escape, Vice Admiral Yin is good at improvising and doesn't need you to save me, their goal is you!" Heng Yu grabbed his arm a little toughly: "Let's go-"

Xiao Mu was slightly stunned, said for a moment, and nodded: "Okay." ”

A fast-moving man in black had found the place, a long knife in his hand slicing a cold light through the darkness.

Xiao Mu protected Hengyu behind him with one hand, and resisted with a sword in the other.

The mechanism here was obviously old, and the bookshelves were moved very slowly, and seeing that a gap that could accommodate one person was finally removed, he immediately pushed Hengyu in.

"There!"

Soon two more black-clothed men arrived, Heng Yu held Xiao Mu's hand and didn't let go, leaving him no chance to regret it.

Xiao Mu dodged into the secret passage, grabbed Hengyu's hand and ran into the dark secret passage with no fingers.

The old bookshelf didn't have time to close, and the three immediately followed.

After about dozens of steps, he came to a stone door, Xiao Mu groped for the second hidden switch in the dark, and the heavy stone door quickly opened up, and when it was only halfway open, the two of them bent in.

This time, the stone gate quickly fell, blocking the man in black who was only half a step away.

The two ran forward for a distance, and Hengyu didn't have time to relax, so he smelled the growing blood: "Are you injured?" ”

Xiao Mu slowed down, did not answer her, only said: "Although the stone gate mechanism is hidden, if they try it on the stone wall in turn, they will not be able to stop it for too long-there are two roads ahead, you and I will walk separately, and the vitality will be greater." ”

Heng Yu was noncommittal, took out the fire fold in his sleeve, and touched his back with one hand, which was already soaked in blood.

She soon saw the blood in the firelight.

Looking further back, where the two walked, there were drops of blood not far away.

"Is this what Master Hou called a separation that is more vigorous?" Heng Yu looked at him and pursed his lips slightly.

He was injured, and the other party knew where to chase after the bloodstains, the so-called vitality was greater, but it left her with vitality.

"This matter has nothing to do with you, you shouldn't have come back and risked your life." Xiao Mu looked at the two forks in the road ahead: "Obedient, go quickly-"

"How do you know it has nothing to do with me?" Heng Yu walked quickly to one of the paths, rubbing the blood stained on the palm of his hand on the stone wall, making the illusion of being seriously injured and walking against the stone wall.

Then without saying anything, he took off Xiao Mu's blood-stained clothes and threw them at the feet of the two at this time.

"Thorn-"

She tore open the hem of her silk skirt, bandaged his wound tightly, wrapped her cloak around him, grabbed his hand and ran down the other road, saying, "At least you can delay the blood for half a quarter of an hour, My life is in your hands, talk less and lead the way!" ”

In this life, she never wanted to hear or see anyone give up their lives to save her life—

She went and returned, and not when his burden came!

When the fire fold was blown out, Xiao Mu saw the resolute and stubborn look on the girl's face.

He said, "This is a secret passage left behind during the war, and if you keep moving forward, you need to walk ten miles closer to see the exit—"

In the dark, Heng Yu did not stop: "Then let's go out!" Can I, Hou Ye, hold on? ”

An inappropriate smile appeared at the corner of Xiao Mu's mouth: "Don't worry, you can hold it." ”

He had to at least get her out of here to be at ease.

At first the two of them were running, then slowly turning into walking, but they never stopped to rest for a moment.

Hengyu didn't know how long she had been walking, and after she even felt that she had become accustomed to the feeling of walking through the dark, a glimmer of light suddenly broke into her sight.

This light is usually just a gray night, but compared to the dark silence in the secret passage, it is like a very striking sky light, which makes people hope—

"Master Hou, the exit has arrived!"

Xiao Mu nodded: "Stand back first-"

Near the exit, the secret passage became more and more narrow, and you had to bend over to pass through, and I don't know if it was to hide the location of this secret passage, or if it had been unfooted for a long time, and the exit was jammed with hay and other things.

Xiao Mu stepped forward first and picked up the grass and trees, and the dust he brought up made Heng Yu cover his nose and cough.

After reacting to what he was doing, she immediately stepped forward and bent over to open the passage with her hands.

The two quickly cleaned up the exit, and Heng Yu, whose face was covered with dust and cobwebs, walked out with Xiao Mu in his arms.

Leaving the dark passage, the feeling of crampedness was suddenly removed, and even breathing became smooth.

Hengyu didn't care about relaxing, and immediately pushed those dry grass branches back into the exit, feeling that it was not enough, he searched for some dead leaves and branches around, and stuffed them all in.

Xiao Mu couldn't stand very steadily, but looking at her movements, he didn't urge to question.

Just branches and dry grass, naturally can't stop anything, and it can't play too much of a role in disguise - if the other party really follows this dark passage, since they have all come here, they must find out to the end.

But she doesn't waste her time on such wasted work.

Seeing that she couldn't fumble in her sleeve for a moment, Xiao Mu stepped forward, knelt down on one knee to support her body, and said, "I'll come." ”

He took out the fire fold that Heng Yu didn't find, and lit the hay and other things.

The dead leaves are extremely dry, and the flames easily escape, and the fire quickly expands.

Heng Yu found a few branches, led the fire into the dark passage as much as possible, and added enough burn-resistant semi-wet leaves to it, and finally moved two stones with Xiao Mu to block the entrance.

The secret passage is closed, and these fire smoke rush into the secret passage, not to mention choking to death and suffocating a handful of people, but it can also delay for at least two quarters of an hour.

Two quarters of an hour is not a long time, but this is Yingzhou City, and these people can't get it in a short time, so it is impossible to leave them a second chance.

But—

Only then did Heng Yu look around at the black sky: "This is in the mountains?" Are we out of town? ”

It is a wartime secret passage, mostly used for escape or sneak attacks, and it is common to run through the city and beyond.

"That's right, it's Fuqingshan in the south of the city." Xiao Mu said: "About a hundred steps forward, there is a hidden cave, where you can wait for people to find ......"

"Okay, then let's go over-" As soon as Hengyu's words fell, he saw the person beside him fall down.

"Master Hou!"

Heng Yu hurriedly squatted down to help the person up, but saw that the person was unconscious.

Just now in the secret passage, his sentence "hold on" is to calm her heart.

He had been poisoned for a long time, and he was tortured by poison every day, and his body was already extremely weak, and he was even more frightened and injured so badly, and he shed so much blood—

can take her to the present, relying on the willpower that ordinary people can't match.

Hengyu struggled to help the person up, and moved forward step by step with difficulty.

The mountain wind became more and more intense, and her cheeks ached and numb, and soon the rain pierced down like fine needles.

Heng Yu looked up at the dark clouds of the night.

It's really raining as Yan Jin said-

It doesn't hurt to go down bigger, and it's better to cover up what you're behind you.

Heng Yu never thought that the short journey of more than 100 steps would be so long and difficult.

When her whole body was about to get soaked, she really found the cave that Xiao Mu said.

The cave was dark and dark, showing a bit of unknown weirdness in the dark night, Heng Yu first took a general look at the situation in the cave with a fire fold, and then dared to drag Xiao Mu in.

She didn't dare to let the fire break light up for too long, and after making sure that the blood behind Xiao Mu's back had roughly stopped, she quickly blew out the flames. Then he groped for the small wooden bottle in the sachet in the dark, poured out two pills and stuffed them into Xiao Mu's mouth.

The rain outside the cave became heavier and heavier, and from time to time a cold wind poured into the cave, which was bitterly cold.

It was bitterly cold in the north, and it was night at night, and the corners of the clothes that were drenched in rain even quickly became frosty, cold and hard.

She shook Xiao Mu's hand, which was like an ice cube.

Hengyu put the wet cloak behind his back to block the coldness of the mountain wall, and he leaned over to hug the person.

When life and death are at stake, all customs and rituals cannot be taboo.

Hengyu himself was so cold that his teeth trembled, the last time it was so cold was in the flower building, when he was punished for kneeling in the snow hungry.

At that time, she felt that she was miserable......

At this time, she didn't feel miserable, but she felt that the person she was holding was really miserable.

"If you say you can hold on, you must hold on, but don't break your word......" she said in a low and trembling voice.

Xiao Mu didn't know if he could hear this, but Heng Yu listened to the still steady heartbeat in his ears, and gradually felt a little more at ease.

The rain was pouring outside the cave, and all that could be heard in the darkness was the faint breathing and heartbeat of the other party—

In a trance, Hengyu only felt that he was pulled back to that rainy night eight years ago.

That night, when she went to sleep, the "strange boy" who met in Pingshui probably guarded her silently like this.

I don't know how long it took, but the rain outside the cave continued, but the sky finally showed signs of brightening.

When Xiao Mu opened his eyes, he saw a quiet girl's face lying on his chest, holding him firmly with one hand, as if to protect his whole person.

She was asleep, her thick eyelashes hanging silently, her hair hanging down to the side of her face in a mess, and even the slightest movement when he woke up quickly woke her up vigilantly—

Heng Yu opened his eyes suddenly.

"You're awake!"

She smiled almost immediately at ease.

Xiao Mu nodded, his voice weak and hoarse: "Wake up......"

"I'm really scared to death when I don't see you wake up for a long time...... Fortunately, there is a life-saving medicine from Doctor Yan, and it must be that medicine that works! When Heng Yuchu woke up, his brain was still a little insufficient, and he was a little incoherent and glad.

Xiao Mu only followed her words and asked, "Life-saving medicine?" ”

"That's it-" Heng Yu touched the small wooden bottle on the side: "Since it was determined that Hou Ye was poisoned, I discussed this with Doctor Yan in case of emergency." I went to Pei's Mansion for a banquet last night, thinking that Hou Ye had just taken the fierce medicine, and I was afraid that I would be able to use it, so I brought it with me. ”

Heng Yu twisted his sore and stiff body with some effort, leaned against the stone wall, pulled out a smile, and said, "I promised Doctor Yan to take a good look at you for him, and I barely did it, right?" ”

Xiao Mu also laughed, his voice weak and sluggish: "You worked so hard, you almost filled in your life, but I don't know what kind of benefit Yan Ming promised you——"

"Reward...... That's not something Hou Ye could imagine. Hengyu casually talked nonsense, fumbled for the sleeve arrow at hand, and picked it up casually.

Xiao Mu subconsciously looked at it and chatted with her: "This sleeve arrow is not common......

"Otherwise, how could you kill two people in a row last night?" Heng Yu said: "This is what I made by Mr. Tuosu not long ago, and I used it for self-defense, and the arrow was quenched with poison." ”

As she spoke, she turned her head to look at Xiao Mu and said with a smile: "The method of poisoning should be inferior on your battlefield." But I don't think it's a shame to be able to use it for self-protection, right? It's a shame to be dead. ”

"No shame." Xiao Mu also looked at her, with a hint of a smile in his eyes.

The two looked at each other for a moment with a smile, both of them were relaxed for the rest of their lives.

Heng Yu turned to ask: "Where this cave is, do they know about it?" I was afraid that those people would chase me, so I didn't dare to try to go out and ask for help—"

"Yinhai only knows the secret way, but doesn't know the cave here. But if you follow the secret path, you will find this place sooner or later. Xiao Mu said: "Most of those people in black have been cleaned up at this time, but for the sake of safety, you might as well stay here for another half a day." ”

Heng Yu nodded first, and then looked at the wound on his back hesitantly: "What does Master Hou feel at this time?" ”

"Since I didn't die last night, it's difficult to die again-" Xiao Mu moved slightly, adjusted his sitting posture, bent one leg, and said: "This injury is nothing, don't worry, I know my body." ”

Hengyu believed it for the time being.

Immediately, I heard him ask, "Why did you go and come back last night?" ”

"Of course it's to save Master Hou." Heng Yu hugged his stiff and cold knees with both hands and replied casually in a joking manner.

Xiao Mu said: "Then thank you for saving each other." ”

"But now that I think about it, Master Hou may not need me to save him, right?" Heng Yu put his chin on his knee and thought: "Master Hou is so heroic, the people around him can also be ten, even if he is at a disadvantage for a while, but in Yingzhou City, he must be able to turn the situation around soon, right?" ”

"Once upon a time, maybe I could." Xiao Mu looked at her and said like a big dog that took the initiative to show weakness: "Recently, I haven't used it anymore, those people are menacing again, and if they are a little unlucky, they may become ghosts under the knife last night." ”

"So, I showed up just in time?" Heng Yu turned his face to look at him and asked with a smile.

"Well, that's just in time—"

"I have a few pounds and a few taels, and I have a number, so it must not be so critical." Hengyu was rarely modest: "But if you think about it, at least you haven't dragged your feet, right?" ”

"Nope." Xiao Mu said seriously: "And calm and decisive, very good at adapting." ”

Listening to these affirmative words, Heng Yu took a long breath, but said: "I should thank Hou Ye a lot, thank Hou Ye for letting me 'save' such a time——"

Xiao Mu didn't understand for a while, and looked at her with some confusion.

The tip of the girl's nose and cheeks were red from the cold, but at this time, the eye circles were also a little red: "Back then, Ah Weng asked me to go, let me not look back, let me be obedient, and I could only do it...... Because I know I can't do anything, I'm just a liability. I've been wondering since then when I'll be able to stop being a burden and stay and face danger together—"

Xiao Mu looked at the sleeve arrow in her hand in silence.

This arrow is extremely lethal and is the work of Mr. Su.

Seeing blood seal the throat is the credit of quenching the poison.

But such an arrow is accurate, but it can't be a coincidence-she has practiced it secretly, and it is not an overnight effort.

She is unscrupulous on the surface, like a romantic gentleman, but secretly she has never let her guard down.

She hasn't even been able to really get out of that night eight years ago.

He knew that the pain caused by such great changes in his childhood, even though buried deep in his heart and invisible, was enough to be carved into the bone marrow and even difficult to remove for life.

Especially after she had such an experience, she did not return to her family in time, but wandered and was tortured by several accidents. When I returned home, my parents were gone—

"At that time, I was only eight or nine years old, and I was already able to do what ordinary people couldn't." He spoke, and his voice was gentle and soothing like he had never heard before.

"Yes, I'm grown up now, and it was Ah Weng who gave me the opportunity to continue growing up." The tears in Hengyu's eyes have been suppressed: "And what I experienced last night gave me the opportunity to prove that I am no longer a drag, and I can also be a rescuer-"

"You always have." Xiao Mu's voice was slow and powerful: "It's not just me, you have also saved many people, Jia Kite Lady, Miao Niangzi, you not only saved them, but also redeemed them." With a small understanding, it can be seen that you have always been a rescuer. ”

There is nothing wrong with her, she should no longer be obsessed with the events of the past, and even fill her heart with many negative blames for herself.

He repeated again, "You've been doing well, better than anyone else, whether it was eight years ago, or at this time—"

Xiao Mu never knew that he would have such a verbose side.

Heng Yu looked at him when he heard this, and the tears that were extremely difficult to hold back all surged up at this time, and teardrops the size of beans scrambled to squeeze down.

And the knots in my heart for many years, the guilt and anxiety that have repeatedly appeared in my dreams, with this "downpour", it seems that I have finally been relieved.

Xiao Mu understood the relief in her eyes, and when she saw her tears smashing non-stop, she wanted to laugh inexplicably - how could there be such a big but turbulent tear?

If you continue to cry like this, you won't be able to turn into a little cabbage that has been dried in the air, right?

Seeing her like this, he wanted to touch her head, but he could barely lift his arms.

Looking at her hands holding her knees, there were already signs of redness, swelling and frostbite, and he subconsciously asked, "...... Didn't you light a fire all night? ”

"The fire in the night is too conspicuous—" The girl's voice was hoarse from tears, but there was a smile in her eyes: "This is what you taught me." ”

Xiao Mu was stunned when he heard it.

He...... When was she taught this?

And if there is, it can only be-

Heng Yu let go of the hands holding his knees, gathered the dead leaves around him into a pile, took out the fire fold and lit it, and asked casually: "Eight years ago, did you forget?" ”

Ah, a few minutes late, but it's a long chapter!

Good night everyone(づ ̄3 ̄)づ

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