In the woods on the outskirts of Beijing, a crescent moon hung obliquely on the mountains, and the trees blurred into black shadows, making a rustling sound in the night wind.

Ye Qiong hid in the grass, her sideburns were scattered, and there were even a few dead leaves mixed in her hair. The dagger was lost somewhere in the panic hiding, and one of the shoes was also lost, and Ye Qiong's face and skirt were stained with a lot of dust, and she was very embarrassed.

In the distance, you can see the fires floating in the trees, and even a few barking dogs can be heard from time to time. Two fires left the team and walked towards the place where Ye Qiong was hiding, it was two people with torches in their hands, and long knives were clearly pinned to their waists.

Ye Qiong held her breath, firmly grasped the only hidden sword hairpin on her body that could barely be regarded as a sharp weapon, and tightened her heartstrings to pay attention to the movements of the visitor.

Fortunately, the two of them stopped when they walked to the grass next to Ye Qiong, untied their pants and made it easier on the spot, and chatted without scruples: "Tsk, that girl is really ruthless, I have never seen the official lady so neat." ”

Another said, "No, I deceived those two janitors." However, a weak woman, this courtyard is so remote, if there is no one to guide the way, adult men will get lost in this forest, and she will not be able to run far. ”

The two whistled and lifted their pants and left. Seeing that the firelight was gradually moving away, Ye Qiong breathed a sigh of relief, and was about to move somewhere, but he keenly heard the footsteps, and instantly tensed his whole body, squatted in place, and raised the Tibetan sword hairpin in his hand.

The footsteps were getting closer and closer, because of the light on his back, Ye Qiong could only see a vague outline, and the shadow of the person who came had already covered Ye Qiong's body.

With a flick of his fingers, the approaching person pushed aside the grass, Ye Qiong jumped up, and stabbed the Tibetan sword hairpin in his hand at the man, but the person who came easily grabbed his wrist.

Ye Qiong was full of panic, desperately trying to withdraw her hand, beating the man's chest with her other hand with all her might, and even biting the right hand of the person holding her wrist with her mouth.

The smell of blood spread from her mouth, the person who came didn't say a word, but still didn't let go of Ye Qiong's wrist, Ye Qiong felt that his other hand seemed to reach the back of her head, and hurriedly let go of her teeth, and the person who came just gently touched her head and picked off the dead leaves in her hair.

Ye Qiong was stunned for a moment, and when she raised her head, she was facing Lu Shaodan's clear gaze.

Under the convergence of eyes, Ye Qiong's heart moved, all the sourness and grievances came to her heart together, and then she was at ease and an indescribable feeling, she instantly burst into tears, crying and said: "Shaodan, you are finally here!" Why are you here?! ”

In Lu Shaodan's eyes, the girl in front of her was disheveled, and her face should have been painted with rouge, but at the moment, her face was washed away by tears and sweat, and she looked cute and pitiful.

Ye Qiong was crying, and she didn't forget to look down at Lu Shaodan's right hand, fortunately she was exhausted, the wound was very shallow, but it looked a little scary when the skin was broken, she cried and choked and said, "I don't know how to hide, you can obviously dodge." ”

"If you take a bite, don't you owe me more?" Lu Shaodan smiled softly, suddenly sank his expression again, and quickly untied the big curtain on his body and wrapped it around Ye Qiong's body.

Sure enough, in less than a moment, a man in black hurriedly came, half-knelt in front of Lu Shaodan and clenched his fists and said, "Young master, the head of the old bustard in the courtyard has been cut off, and the rest of the people must be killed?" ”

Lu Shaodan frowned slightly, as if he had changed in an instant, even Ye Qiong, who was standing beside him, felt the murderous aura, and only felt that the hairs on his body stood on end.

Lu Shaodan pondered for a while, flicked the slightly larger Xuanyu wrench in his hand, and said, "No need, if you kill too much, the government will cause trouble when you track it down in the future." Send the head of the old bustard to Xie Yongyan, and make sure he can see it with his own eyes. Then we will send this handle to the private brothel of the officials in the DPRK and send it to the Wen family, so that the Wen family will carry the pot for us. ”

The man in black immediately responded, and was about to leave, when he heard the girl next to Lu Shaodan, who was wrapped in a big curtain and only showed her face, suddenly said: "Wait." ”

The man in black paused, saw Lu Shaodan nodded, and although he was impatient, he still asked, "Dare to ask the girl what she commands?" ”

Because of the mood swings, Ye Qiong seemed to be a little unstoppable from crying, so she could only cry and choke while saying, "There, there's a corpse, which I killed." ”

The man in black was startled, and his rigid face finally showed a surprised expression.

In the brothel disguised as a private courtyard, there was a person who died, and they naturally found out, but they never expected that it was actually killed by the delicate and weak girl in front of them.

Lu Shaodan's pupils shrank, and there was a dull pain in his heart.

Ye Qiong has always been a delicate woman held in the palm of the Ye family's palm, let alone killing, I haven't seen a chicken killing, if she wasn't really forced to be in a hurry, how could she kill someone?

Her body is small, her strength is also small, and even the bite she bit herself is just a scratch of the skin, how difficult should it be for her to kill someone?

After saying this, Ye Qiong gradually stopped crying and was able to speak a little smoother, she said: "Most of the people who go there are children of the family. I don't know who I killed, but I can check it out and involve this person's family and make it even bigger. ”

The man in black glanced at Lu Shaodan, and Lu Shaodan had already nodded directly: "Borrow strength, borrow as much force as possible, go and do it." ”

The man in black responded, and his ghost-like figure floated and disappeared into the forest.

Lu Shaodan secretly paid attention to Ye Qiong's face, and found that she didn't seem to be surprised, and his originally somewhat apprehensive heart calmed down slightly, and bowed his head and said to her: "Let's get out of here first, and I'll talk to you when we get to the carriage." ”

Saying that, Lu Shaodan stretched out his hand to pick up Ye Qiong, Ye Qiong wanted to refuse, so she heard Lu Shaodan bow her head and say to her: "Your feet are worn out, you don't have much for lunch, and you probably haven't eaten anything when you get here, and the time you stab me is soft, let alone go out by yourself." Don't move, I'll save some effort. ”

Ye Qiong's face was red, and she really obediently shrank in Lu Shaodan's arms and didn't dare to move, and after walking for a while, she couldn't help but ask: "What's wrong with my family, am I the only one who was robbed?" ”

"Hmm." Lu Shaodan shuttled through the forest with Ye Qiong in his arms, "Not long after you lost it, the egret woke up and went back to the Ye family to report the news, so I also knew." When your father and mother heard that you were gone, they were very anxious, and they didn't dare to report to the official for fear of damaging your reputation, so they only asked the Du family and the Yun family to help find you in the city. When my mother receives the letter, she will tell them. ”

Ye Qiong asked again: "How do you know that I don't have much lunch, have you been to the post station?" ”

Lu Shaodan said: "Yes, following the clue of the post station, I found the person who gave you sweat medicine, and caught them before reporting to the Xie family and asked them here, just arrived in the woods, I heard the bone whistle, and I knew that you had escaped." ”

Thinking of this, Lu Shaodan couldn't help but hug Ye Qiong tighter.

God knows how nervous he was when he heard the confessions of those few people, for fear that he would be one step late.

He did come a step late, according to what Ye Qiong said, if she hadn't tried her best to kill the son of the family and successfully escaped, even if she found her, I am afraid it would be too late......

The carriage stopped not far away, and after a while, the two came to the carriage of the Lu family, and there was a man in black and Cui Shijiu with a tense face standing next to the carriage.

Lu Shaodan carried Ye Qiong all the way to the carriage, lifted the curtain and sat in with Ye Qiong, took out Mrs. Lu's clothes and handed them to Ye Qiong, saying, "The conditions in the carriage are simple, you change your clothes first, and I'll go out and tell Master Cui something." ”

Ye Qiong bowed, Lu Shaodan lifted the curtain and went out, and waited for Ye Qiong to change her clothes and knocked on the carriage before sitting back in the carriage. As soon as Lu Shaodan returned to the carriage, the carriage moved.

Lu Shaodan poured another cup of tea for Ye Qiong, took out another food box, and said, "Let's eat something first, there is still some distance from the destination." ”

In the food box are some durable pastries and dried meat, usually Ye Qiong doesn't like to eat these, but at this moment she was already so hungry that her chest was pressed against her back, and she reached out to get a piece of pastry, but she heard a loud "goo-" sound from her stomach.

Lu Shaodan was stunned for a moment and couldn't help laughing.

Ye Qiong blushed shyly, glared at him and said, "What are you laughing at?" As he spoke, he stuffed the pastry in his hand into Lu Shaodan's mouth.

Lu Shaodan didn't expect Ye Qiong to suddenly come to this hand, almost choked, and poured a sip of tea, but laughed even more happily.

After laughing, seeing Ye Qiong lowering his head and taking small sips but quickly eliminating the pastries in the food box, Lu Shaodan was distressed again, poured Ye Qiong an extra glass of water, and said, "Eat slowly, and I'll give you a bowl of somen noodles when I get there." ”

Ye Qiong puffed out her cheeks, like a hamster, and asked Lu Shaodan where they were going.

Lu Shaodan said: "It's almost past the curfew time, and now it's too conspicuous to enter the city." We went to Qingshuiguan, where the princess of Nanping County practiced. ”

Ye Qiong was stunned, Lu Shaodan handed her a handkerchief and said, "I told you, I will tell you my identity." My original name was Lu Ming, Shaodan is my word, my father is the fifth son of the former Zhenguo Gong, and my grandmother is the eldest princess Gaoyang, the aunt of His Majesty today. Judging from the in-laws on the royal side, the princess of Nanping County is my cousin. From the perspective of intimacy, she is a close friend of my parents. ”

Lu Shaodan's identity, Ye Qiong knew it because of the memory of her previous life, and it was because of this that she dared to blow the bone whistle. But Mrs. Lu is friendly with the princess of Nanping County, which Ye Qiong didn't know in her previous life and present life.

Looking at Ye Qiong's stunned appearance, Lu Shaodan only felt bitter on the tip of his tongue, and he didn't know what to say to ease the atmosphere.

Ye Qiong also felt embarrassed, and didn't know how to get along with Lu Shaodan, so she changed the topic and asked, "Since you have found me, do you want to tell my father and mother first so that they can settle down?" ”

"I've already sent someone to inform my mother of the situation." Lu Shaodan said, "Fortunately, tonight hasn't passed, otherwise, if it's a little later, my father and mother may really report to the official." ”

Ye Qiong nodded, her heart was soft, and she realized something, she became nervous, and asked, "All the fat powder on my face has been spent, and I haven't taken care of my hair bun, will it be inappropriate to go to see the princess of the county like this?" ”

Lu Shaodan smiled, fortunately, there were no mirrors on the carriage, otherwise Ye Qiong would not even dare to get off the carriage when she saw her now. Lu Shaodan opened his mouth and coaxed: "It's okay. The princess has a loose personality, and she knows that you are here to take refuge, so she won't mind, if you are really worried, I will ask the maid over there to take you to freshen up first. ”

Ye Qiong was relieved, and asked again: "Is there any wound medicine on this carriage?" ”

Lu Shaodan then remembered that he had forgotten to give Ye Qiong medicine, and hurriedly took out a few bottles of wound medicine from the fixed drawer under the seat, and said: "This bottle is applied when there is bruising, and this can can only be used after the skin is broken......

Ye Qiong picked up the latter can, beckoned to Lu Shaodan, and said, "Come here." ”

Lu Shaodan obediently got closer, originally thinking that Ye Qiong was asking him to help with the medicine, but he saw Ye Qiong pull his right hand, skimmed some ointment from the jar, carefully applied it to the bite marks that had begun to heal, and said, "I'm sorry, I didn't see you clearly." ”

If the hidden sword hairpin really pierced Lu Shaodan, Ye Qiong was afraid that she would really regret it for the rest of her life.

Ye Qiong's fingertips were stained with ointment, which was a little cold, but Ye Qiong also lowered her head and blew on Lu Shaodan's hand, wanting the ointment to dry faster. Lu Shaodan only felt that his hands were itchy, as if there were feathers scratching, and this itch spread from his hands to his heart, making him quietly red at the root of his ears.

Ye Qiong caught a glimpse of the Xuanyu wrench on Lu Shaodan's thumb, so after applying the ointment, he silently sat back in the corner of the carriage, resting against the carriage with his eyes closed, his small body shrunk into a ball, and soon there was an even breathing sound.

is as keen as Lu Shaodan, how could he not know Ye Qiong's scruples?

The Zhenguo Mansion is a big family, and its ancestors are the founding heroes who accompanied the first emperor of Daliang to expand the territory, which is completely incomparable to the Ye family with a shallow background. He told Ye Qiong's true identity, and Ye Qiong should be alienated from herself.

However, the distance of an arm's length seems to be separated by a chasm.

Lu Shaodan sighed, and lightly took his big hat and covered Ye Qiong's body.