Qiu Yinxue tiptoed behind Su Jiulin, and had already come to the open space in front of the cave, and then arrived at the cave a foot away.

Suddenly, Su Jiulin, who was walking in front, lowered his head and walked away.

"Young Master Su! Where are you going? Qiu Yinxue asked in a slight panic in the back.

Su Jiulin stopped, slowly turned his head, and said, "I'll go and pick up some dry firewood nearby to make a fire, you can sit at the entrance of the cave and wait for me first." ”

"I'll try to be where you can see me," Su Jiulin smiled slightly, "It's too dark in the cave, I'm afraid of the dark." ”

After saying that, he continued to lower his head and look for dry firewood.

Hearing this, Qiu Yinxue was stunned for a moment, and then lowered her head slightly shyly and slowly walked to the stone in front of the cave entrance and sat down.

Suddenly, Qiu Yinxue remembered that the fire fold was already wet when she crossed the river, so she hurriedly took out the fire fold and blew it vigorously for a while, but it really didn't burn, "Master Su, my fire fold is no longer usable." ”

"It's okay, I have a solution." Su Jiulin had already picked up a lot of dry firewood at this moment.

Under the moonlight, Qiu Yinxue held her cheeks with both hands and watched Su Jiulin's figure scurrying in the forest.

Looking at it, Su Jiulin plunged into the darkness and couldn't see his figure. Qiu Yinxue immediately stood up, looking around without blinking.

Suddenly, Su Jiulin came out of the darkness again, and Qiu Yinxue slowly sat down again. She didn't know if she was worried about Su Jiulin or herself.

After a while, Su Jiulin came back with a large bundle of dry firewood.

"Miss Qiu, wait for me a little longer." However, Su Jiulin had just put down the dry firewood and was about to leave again.

Su Jiulin just took two steps out, looked back at Qiu Yinxue, and said slowly: "This time, soon." ”

This time he did come back quickly, and this time Su Jiulin picked up some dried leaves and picked up a piece of flint back.

When everything was ready, Su Jiulin began to light a fire. I saw that he first placed the dry wood a little inside the hole, spread the leaves on it, then placed the flint on the leaves, and finally took out his long sword and struck the flint. In a few moments, the leaves were on fire, and the bonfire was successfully lit.

Taking advantage of the firelight, the two found that the cave here was not small, and there was an abrupt rock more than six feet high in the middle of the cave, but it was not clear to see inside.

At this time, Su Jiulin, who had just lit a bonfire, stood up again, and Qiu Yinxue immediately stared at him nervously.

"Miss Qiu, I want to make two more fires, I'll go ...... again"

Before Su Jiulin finished speaking, Qiu Yinxue immediately stood up and hurriedly said, "I'll go too." ”

In this way, Su Jiulin took Qiu Yinxue to find nearby dry firewood.

Since the surrounding dry firewood had already been picked up by Su Jiulin, Su Jiulin began to look for it a little farther away, and the two gradually walked into the forest where there was only sparse moonlight.

Qiu Yinxue, who was following behind Su Jiulin, looked around cautiously as she walked, and then she looked at Su Jiulin in front of her, and said slowly: "Master Su, you can give me some firewood." ”

"Don't worry, I can do it." Su Jiulin was holding dry firewood in his left hand and a branch in his right hand to explore the ground, and as he spoke, he found two more dry firewoods, and when he touched them, he put them in his left hand and held them.

Suddenly, Su Jiulin stopped, turned his head, pulled the corner of his clothes and handed it to Qiu Yinxue, and then said, "Give this to you." ”

Qiu Yinxue was stunned for a moment, and then she stretched out her hand slightly shyly and grabbed the corner of Su Jiulin's clothes that had been soaked in the river and had not yet dried.

After some hard work, four bonfires were already lit in the cave. There were three campfires behind the abrupt boulder, and one at the mouth of the cave. Because there were often cold winds blowing into the cave, Su Jiulin was worried that Qiu Yinxue would catch a cold, so he gave birth to two more piles.

Su Jiulin then tore the old clothes in the baggage, set up a wooden rack for Qiu Yinxue to bake the clothes, and told her to dry the outer clothes first, and then change the inner clothes to bake. And he will stay at the entrance of the cave to reassure her.

At this moment, Su Jiulin was pillowing his hands behind his head, leaning on the rock next to the cave entrance and looking at the moon in the sky, thinking about things.

"Are all the bandits so good now? Or the further you go, the more powerful the bandit becomes? ”

"This river is not too wide, if it is a nearby bandit, how can it not understand the nature of water?"

……

The more Su Jiulin thought about it, the more he couldn't figure it out.

At this time, Qiu Yinxue, who was baking clothes behind the rock in the cave, slowly poked her head out and looked at Su Jiulin at the entrance of the cave.

And Su Jiulin was still thinking about the bandits at this time: "If they were bandits, they shouldn't be so persistent chasing autumn girls." Besides, they're too good at tracking, aren't they...... No, you have to leave immediately after dawn......"

Su Jiulin, who was concentrating on things, suddenly realized that someone seemed to be looking at him, so he turned his head to look at the cave, and just happened to see Qiu Yinxue's face, and both of them immediately turned their heads at the same time.

"Autumn... Miss Qiu rest assured," Su Jiulin was already a little stuttering when she spoke at this time, "I will always stay at the entrance of the cave." ”

Qiu Yinxue said: "Master Su, my clothes are almost dry, you can come and bake your clothes later." ”

"Miss Qiu, no need, I grew up by the river since I was a child, and I am a body to protect against the cold, and this bonfire at the entrance of the cave is enough. In addition," said Su Jiulin sat up, plucked a cow tendon grass beside him, and began to weave grasshoppers, "This bit of firewood is not enough to burn until dawn, and after the autumn girl bakes her clothes dry, she will trouble the girl to accompany me to pick up some firewood." ”

Hearing this, Qiu Yinxue almost laughed out loud, and hurriedly covered her mouth, she expected that Su Jiulin had already seen that she was scared and deliberately said so.

After a while, Qiu Yinxue's clothes were dried, and then she went with Su Jiulin to collect dry firewood. Su Jiulin gave her the grasshopper he had just made up.

When the two of them finished collecting firewood again, it was already early days, and at this moment, Su Jiulin and Qiu Yinxue were sitting by the bonfire in the cave and slowly adding dry firewood.

"Miss Qiu, do you know those masked men?" Su Jiulin glanced at Qiu Yinxue, he thought about it and felt that the masked people didn't look like bandits, as if they were coming for her from beginning to end.

"I don't know." Hearing this, Qiu Yinxue thought of the old man who died for her again, and felt a little lost, and then turned her head to look at Su Jiulin, "Master Su, can you send me to Ningbo to find my brother?" ”

"Ningbo? Where is Ningbo? ”

"In Zhejiang."

"No problem, I just happened to be going to Jiangnan."

"If it's not Jiangnan?" After asking, Qiu Yinxue didn't know why she asked like this.

Su Jiulin was stunned for a moment, and then said, "Don't worry, I will send you where you want to go." ”

At this time, the bonfire in front of the two of them was already burning very strongly, and Su Jiulin put a dry firewood in the fire.

"Okay, it's enough to burn until dawn, you can rest." After speaking, Su Jiulin stood up again.

Qiu Yinxue hurriedly looked up at him.

"That's... I... Well... Go to the cave and guard it, yes... I'll have to add wood to the campfire at the entrance of the cave. Su Jiulin was looked at by Qiu Yinxue and stammered again, "There may be wild beasts in the mountains and forests, as long as the fire at the entrance of the cave is not extinguished, they will not dare to come in." ”

Saying that, Su Jiulin went to the entrance of the cave, and he didn't dare to look at Qiu Yinxue.

Qiu Yinxue whispered "oh".

After a while, Qiu Yinxue poked her head out to look at the entrance of the cave and saw that Su Jiulin was adding firewood to the bonfire at the entrance of the cave. Immediately, Qiu Yinxue turned her head, leaned against the boulder, and slowly closed her eyes.

It seemed that Qiu Yinxue was about to fall asleep, but she opened her eyes suddenly, and immediately leaned sideways and poked her head out to look at the entrance of the cave.

At this time, Su Jiulin was lying on his back with his hands on his back, looking at the night sky. The firewood in front of him made a "clang" sound from time to time, and the flames jumped up and down under the action of the breeze. The bright starlight, with a hint of silver moonlight, accompanied by the restless flickering firelight, reflected on Su Jiulin's face, it looked so clear.

Seeing that Su Jiulin was still there, Qiu Yinxue turned back again, leaned against the rock, and fell asleep after a while. Today's events are tiring for Su Jiulin, let alone her.

It's time to arrive, but Su Jiulin hasn't slept yet.

He wants to protect the people in the cave, for some reason, it seems that he wants to protect Qiu Yinxue as soon as he sees her. And he felt that judging from the obsession of those masked people chasing and killing Qiu Yinxue during the day, he would not give up so easily, and Su Jiulin was worried that they would come back at any time.

But he was so sleepy that he almost fell asleep.

Su Jiulin shook his head vigorously, and found that the bonfire in front of him was no longer very prosperous, so he threw a few more dry firewoods into it.

Then he got up again and walked towards the cave, ready to add some firewood to the bonfire in the cave.

As soon as he crossed the abrupt boulder in the cave, Qiu Yinxue's face met Su Jiulin's eyes. At this moment, it seems that ten more bonfires are being built around, and I am afraid that it is not as dazzling as Qiu Yinxue, who is asleep against the boulder.

Su Jiulin looked at Qiu Yinxue and was stunned for a while, until a cold wind outside the cave blew on his face, and he blinked his eyes, as if he had reacted. Su Jiulin immediately turned around, then held his breath with his mouth and nose, and turned his face red, so that he could be more sober.

After adding firewood in the cave, Su Jiulin returned to the entrance of the cave and lay down. Who knows, Su Jiulin, who had just laid down, began to fight again with his eyelids. Then, Su Jiulin took out his sword and walked out, practicing his sword in the open space outside the cave.

"In ancient times, Xiang Zhuang danced the sword with the intention of Pei Gong, and now there is Su Jiulin with the intention of dancing the sword with the intention of not dozing off!"