As the horse let go of its hooves, a woman and a man would inevitably be next to each other, or rub against their arms, or hit their backs and chests, so that the heat on Pei Qing's face could not be dissipated.

After finally entering the mountain, as the slope of the hill stretched upward, the two men finally had to abandon their horses and walk.

Before Pei Qing had time to dismount, he felt a tightness around his waist, and the object in front of him spun in a circle, and then his feet stepped on the ground.

She took a breath and turned her head to reprimand Li Yi for being rude, but unexpectedly saw him slap the horse's shares, and then the horse neighed, let go of its hooves and ran back.

Pei Qing was dumbfounded: "Why did you put the horse back?" ”

Li Yi glanced at her and asked rhetorically, "Aren't you planning to spend the night in the mountains?" ”

"yes, so what?" Pei Qing was unconvinced and gave him a soft white eye.

Li Yi replied innocently: "Horses can't go up the mountain, staying at the foot of the mountain will meet wolves at night, Xixian is just such a horse, are you willing to do it?" ”

That's still reluctant.

"Okay." Pei Qing could only sigh helplessly, "What you said makes sense." ”

Turning around, she looked around at the mountains on all sides and muttered in a low voice: "One day I will kill all the tigers, leopards and jackals in this mountain!"

There was a chuckle behind him, and Li Yi said leisurely: "The princess is so courageous, I'll wait and see." ”

At first, the slope of the road was gentle, and it was very easy, but after an hour, the slope rose, and Li Yi walked in front of Pei Qing.

He unsheathed his sword, split thorns all the way, paved the way for Pei Qing, sometimes stretched out his forearm to use as a crutch for her, and sometimes stepped on a deep pit so that she had a place to put her feet.

Two hours later, they had crossed the first hill and were halfway up the second.

At this time, Pei Qing had begun to pant slightly, and no matter how much he liked to climb the mountain, he couldn't bear to climb for four hours in a row.

"Take a break." Li Yi suddenly stretched out a hand and pressed her shoulder.

As soon as the warm pressure was touched, Pei Qing gasped slightly and stopped, feeling that his feet in boots were weak for a while, and his legs began to tremble slightly.

A pair of strong hands reached out to help her, and led her to sit on a large tree that had fallen to the ground.

If it weren't for being held by Li Yi so strongly, Pei Qing would have to sit on the ground with a puff.

After sitting down and gasping for a while, she looked at Li Yi, who didn't even sweat, and sighed: "I'm still too anxious." "I also overestimated my physical strength.

Li Yi's eyes reflected the shredded sunlight in the forest, and he said with implicit concern: "If you can't walk, don't go, tell me where to look?" I'll take you. ”

He felt that if she didn't object, he could come to his back, and he could walk like a fly with her on his back.

Pei Qing waited for a breath before he replied softly: "I'm looking for a barren mountain, and there can't be a water source in the mountain, because a mountain with a water source will be reclaimed as a paddy field or a medicine field in the future; There can be no mines, and the mines must be reserved for the former county to mine by itself; There can be no wild animals, no medicinal herbs, and no human ......."

After she finished speaking, Li Yi suddenly realized: it turned out that what she was looking for was a barren bald mountain.

"Then you're right to ask me." He changed from a sitting position to a squatting position and crouched in front of her.

Pei Qing was stunned.

I only heard Li Yi say calmly: "Come up, I'll carry you over, I know where there is a mountain you need." ”

Looking at his broad shoulders and thin waist tied in his belt, Pei Qing hesitated and refused: "I can walk by myself." ”

The man with his back like a mountain did not move at all, and said irresistibly: "With your little short legs, you can't walk in the dark-I am familiar with this piece, and I can walk faster with you on my back." ”

"I'm not a little short-legged!" Pei Qing almost raised her foot to give him a straight back buttocks, but fortunately, she held back in danger.

Li Yi leaned sideways slightly, her eyes gently scanned from her feet to her waist, and then nodded: "Well, I said it wrong, it's not short." ”

It was obviously an apology, but Pei Qing's chest thumped, and his ears warmed up.

Without waiting for her to answer, he urged: "Do you want to come?" ”

Under the gaze of his bright eyes, Pei Qing was enthusiastic for a while, and stood up: "Come on!" ”

Standing up, she stood up, but looking at Li Yi's back, which was faintly revealing butterfly bones, full of strength and beautiful manlines, her arrogance quickly withered.

"I, I'd better go by myself." She bypassed him, took a step forward, and then held on to a tree.

The legs are really tired.

There was a rustling sound of clothes behind him, and Li Yi slowly stood up, as if he was still sighing.

When Pei Qing was about to take the second step, a strong hand grabbed her arm, and then there was an extra hand on her waist.

"Go this way." Li Yi said helplessly, hugged her and turned around.

Pei Qing's cheeks were slightly feverish, and most of the weight of his body was leaning on the other party, so his legs were indeed a lot easier.

"Was the princess so stubborn when she was in Heaven?" A deep and melodious man's voice echoed around her, as if he was chuckling and helpless.

Pei Qing snuggled in Li Yi's arms, her ears were soft, but her heart was unprecedentedly steady.

She pretended not to hear him, her eyes wandered from side to side, and then unconsciously moved to the faces of the people around her.

Li Yi's face was covered with a scarf firmly, only a small bit of skin was exposed on the neck, and a small corner of the handsome Adam's apple loomed out, occasionally sliding up and down along the collar, which looked very attractive.

Pei Qing peeked at it for a long time, and gradually his mouth became dry, and he had to turn his attention to his feet.

Li Yi strode with her for a long time, the mountains were dark early, and the light was getting darker and darker, as if night had fallen in a blink of an eye.

"We're here." He still put his arm around her waist and held her arm, motioning for her to look up.

In the hazy night, Pei Qing saw a strange rocky mountain, on which there were no trees and grass, and occasionally a stone wall was exposed under the starlight.

"It's less than 80 miles from the county seat, and I used to come here often for hunting," Li Yi said in her ear, "and there are a few stone caves on the mountain, just enough for people to spend the night." ”

Pei Qing exhaled: "Then what are you waiting for?" Come on. ”

If it weren't for the unyielding temperament, she would have fallen down.

After walking back and forth for several hours, equivalent to more than ten hours, the iron man couldn't stand it.

As for Li Yi, who looks like no one else...... Is he still human?

After walking about a mile, the two men walked into a small cave after stepping on the rocks on the ground.

There are many wild beasts in the mountains, and it is much safer to have such a cave than to sleep in the wilderness.

Li Yi helped Pei Qing to sit down on a relatively flat big stone, and stuffed her with a bamboo whistle: "You sit down first, I'll go find dry firewood, and blow the whistle if there is something." ”

He got up and walked away, took two steps and turned back, stooped down to look her in the eye and said, "You can blow the whistle if you feel any trouble—don't be embarrassed." ”

Pei Qing was stunned for a moment, then flattened his mouth, and replied in a low voice: "I know, let's go." ”

Li Yi walked into the mountains and forests with confidence.

The wind swept through the grass, and there was a rustling sound everywhere, Pei Qing kept scanning the surroundings vigilantly, and the whole person tensed up, seeing that there seemed to be tigers and wolves hidden everywhere.

I don't know how long it took, but suddenly a gust of wind blew, and all the grass around it was lowered.

Pei Qing was startled, and picked up the whistle and blew it.

The next second, she heard Li Yi's voice.

"It's me." He carried a large bundle of firewood on his back, "I took it lightly - scared you?" ”

Pei Qing's whistle fell, his heart was beating, and he replied after settling down: "I thought it was a tiger!" ”

The clouds are from the dragon and the tiger from the wind, and when the wind blows in the mountains, everyone must think that the big worm is coming, right?

In an uproar, Li Yi put the firewood at the entrance of the cave, and soon a fire was raised, and he took the lit torch to go around the cave, and then came out and told her that there were no snakes and insects in it, and then let her go into the cave.

The firelight illuminated the entire cave, and Li Yi's tall back stood guard at the entrance of the cave, and the flames shone his jumping shadow on the cave wall, which looked very reliable.

Pei Qing took out the water bag and drank two sips, then opened the dry food bag and beckoned Li Yi to come over.

"I made scallion oil patties," she handed him the bag, "and you can bake it on the fire and eat it." ”

Li Yi took it with great interest, put two sticks on top of the flame, and put the meatloaf on it: "As soon as I heard that it was made by the princess herself, my saliva immediately flowed out." ”

A heroic and calm man like him said so calmly and calmly that it was quite cute, Pei Qing was amused and laughed.

The howls of wolves could be heard in the distant mountains, which were quiet and dark, but safe and warm in the caves.

The tongue of fire jumped, the dry wood crackled, and the aroma of the meatloaf gradually escaped.

Soon, the meatloaf was roasted brown and crispy, Li Yi took them down from the fire and motioned for Pei Qing to eat them quickly.

Pei Qing stretched out his hand and touched it, and then retracted his hand like an electric shock.

"You eat first, you eat first." She smiled at him.

Li Yi glanced at her with understanding, then reached out and pinched a meatloaf and handed it to her mouth: "Hot hands? I'll take you and eat. ”

"Ahem." Pei Qing leaned back slightly, "I'm not in a hurry, you eat, you eat." ”

She was not prepared to be fed by Li Yitou, especially the small meatloaf pinched on his fingertips, she was really afraid that she would bite him accidentally.

That's too ......

Li Yi glanced at her again, took the opportunity to put the meatloaf back in the bag, and said lightly: "Then don't wait for it to be hot and eat it together." ”

Pei Qing: Why do you feel like he's a little unhappy? It's an illusion, isn't it......

After another moment, Li Yi reached out and put it in the bag to try it, and then beckoned her: "It's not so hot, eat it." ”

He handed her a meatloaf, and when she had taken her first bite, he lifted a little of the face towel to reveal his mouth and began to nibble on the meatloaf.

When he ate, Pei Qing never stared, both out of politeness and to avoid seeing his scars.

- She was afraid that her gaze would make him uncomfortable.

If she had such a scarred face, she wouldn't allow anyone to stare at her.

The flames jumped, the cave was filled with only the crackling sound of burning dry wood, and the chewing of two people could barely be heard.

After eating and drinking two sips of water, the cave was already quite warm from the fire.

Pei Qing took out two blankets and gave one to Li Yi, and spread the other one herself, and it was nothing for men and women to get closer to the sleeping bags in the field during the team building - she tried to tell herself not to blush.

However, Li Yi refused the blanket.

"You sleep." He sat with his back to her at the entrance of the cave, "I'll keep vigil." ”

Pei Qing opened his mouth and hesitated for a moment before saying, "Burning the fire, the beast may not dare to come, right?" ”

Li Yi said without replying: "Spring has just begun, and the wolves are looking around for food, so we can't be unguarded." ”

Pei Qing shuddered, if she hadn't taken into account the need to take a good look at whether this mountain could be used to exchange for limestone mines at dawn, she didn't say a word to open the exchange, and then returned to the city overnight.

The man with his back to her seemed to sense her fear, slowly turned around, looked into her eyes and said, "With me here, don't be afraid of anything, you just sleep." ”

Pei Qing looked at his deep and charming eyes, and held back a sentence for a while: "It's hard - then I'll sleep." ”

Li Yi turned his head and hummed lowly.

At this moment, Pei Qing felt unprecedented steadfastness, this sense of steadfastness was not the same as the feeling of learning that the system was gradually recovering, this was a feeling of soul being supported, obviously just a few words, but it made her whole person relax.

She collapsed almost immediately and fell asleep.

Li Yi waited for a long time before slowly turning around, and seeing Pei Qing curled up in a sleeping position, he took a breath and touched the placket of his clothes.

He wanted to take off his robe and cover her, but remembering her attitude along the way, he finally gave up on the idea.

He rummaged through the baggage, found that there was only food and drinking water in it, and found that the baggage was a thick linen cloth folded in several layers, so he lightly took out the contents and put them aside, and then shook off the wide baggage and gently covered Pei Qing on his body.

The long night was long, Li Yi held his chin and looked at Pei Qing's sleeping face, and his heart was full of her.

"Why do you think you're doing this?" He sighed softly, "How hard it is to hold up a feudal town? ”

Obviously, with her appearance and wrists, she doesn't have to work so hard at all......

Pei Qing felt as if she had only closed her eyes and squinted for a while, and then heard Li Yi whispering to her.

"Wake up, it's dawn." He whispered into her ear.

Pei Qing faintly felt that the ear chakra was damp and hot, and opened his eyes involuntarily.

The watery peach blossom eyes stared at her deep eyes, and she looked at him blankly for a long time before she let out a sigh and sat up slowly.

Li Yi took the handkerchief, wet it with water in a water bladder and handed it to her: "Wipe it." ”

Pei Qing unconsciously took it and covered his face with ice for a moment before wiping it.

After wiping her face, she was completely sober.

"Don't you wash your face?" She asked.

Li Yi replied: "I wiped it with another handkerchief." ”

"Oh". Pei Qing said disapprerovantly, "In the morning, we eat puff pastry." ”

This doesn't need to be baked, it's a shortbread, just eat it with water, and you don't have to worry about spoilage, it's a good product for wild travel.

After eating, after cleaning up a little, Pei Qing walked past Li Yi and walked outside to look at the mountain.

Li Yi extinguished the fire, rewrapped the blanket and water bladder and other items with a baggage, and then watched with her.

"What are you going to do today?" He asked relaxedly, completely unrecognizable that he had stayed up all night.

Pei Qing rubbed his hands: "Today I will show you a big change mountain, a whole mountain has changed like that." ”

Li Yi: ???