In the distance, you can hear the sound of the water, and what catches your eye is a long and winding river. The riverbed is neither high nor wide, but it stretches to the sky. In addition to the low, dense green bushes by the river, all around are towering giant trees, and in the middle is a green meadow, and the sun shines through the middle of the woodless area. The meadow and the dense forest, between light and dark, have a unique flavor. The clear sky illuminates the area around the riverbed and purifies the air in between.

A young man fell to the ground exhausted, his hair disheveled, his glittering armor and the crown on his head stood out. His eyes slowly opened, and he only felt pain and weakness all over his body, and it was no wonder that he thought of falling from his horse before. His eyes scanned around, looking for his warhorse, which had been with him for years, dead or alive. Glancing around, he sighed, there was green grass all around, but he couldn't find his warhorse.

At this moment, there was a faint sound of water not far away, and he struggled to his feet, followed the sound, and walked with difficulty to the river. Behind a bush, he stopped, bowed down, leaned against the bushes, and quietly looked ahead. I saw a man and a horse on the riverside, and the horse was his own war horse, with soft and dense mane falling down the horse's back, and the whole body was full of reddish-brown muscles, and the ponytail was like a woman's hair, sometimes sweeping the back of the body. Next to the war horse was a woman in a pink gauze dress, her hair slightly coiled, which could see her back, and she was wiping the wound of the arrow for the war horse with a piece of cloth at this time.

Hearing a soft cough in the bushes, the woman turned around and asked softly, "Who?"

The young man was a little embarrassed, walked out of the bushes, hugged his fists, and said, "Girl, in Xia Lu Ji, I just saw you wipe the wounds of the war horse below, and I am grateful in Xia. He looked up slightly, the woman smiled, her own flavor, a little scattered hair on the fragrant shoulder, more pure, this familiar face is not the prince and Miss Wang Wang that he thinks about day and night!

Seeing his dull eyes for a while, Wang Ziji was puzzled, looked around him again, and asked, "Childe, what's wrong?"

Lu Ji was a little lost, although Wang Ziji had a relationship with him, he didn't seem to remember who he was, and hurriedly smiled bitterly: "It's nothing, I just think the girl is so familiar." ”

Wang Ziji smiled slightly and replied, "I also think that Gongzi is so familiar!"

Lu Ji looked at Wang Ziji gently wiping the horse's wounds, looked left and right, and asked, "Girl, do you know how to deal with arrow wounds?"

Wang Ziji continued to gently wipe the cloth stained with mashed herbs on the horse's body, nodded, and said, "Yes, my grandfather loved horses, and I was nurtured by him when I was a child, and I also liked horses. I've seen a lot of good horses, with strong muscles, flowing mane, and high-pitched neighing, which are really charming, but this is the first time I've seen a good horse like Childe, whose coat is so pure, even if he is hit by an arrow, he still has steady hooves. ”

Lu Ji stretched out his hand, gently stroked the strong muscles of the war horse, and said with a smile: "Yes, this horse is called Qinglongju, it is a good horse in Xiliang, and he has followed me for many years. ”

Wang Ziji bandaged the wound of Qinglongju and said with a smile: "I really envy my son, although I have gained a lot of good horses, but I don't have such good horses." At the end, he asked again: "What happened to Childe, why was this green dragon horse hit by an arrow?"

Lu Ji replied: "I met a villain, tried to shoot me in vain, unfortunately shot my war horse, it carried me all the way wild, and finally fell down with all my strength, and I arrived here." ”

When Wang Ziji heard this, he was very moved, put his face against the horse's head, gently touched its mane, and said with a smile: "What a good horse, even if he is hit by an arrow, he must fight hard to protect the master." ”

Lu Ji saw it, and sighed in his heart, this green dragon horse is fierce, if ordinary people get close, they will be injured by him, think about it, before, there were not a few people who died and were injured under his hooves, but now, this green dragon horse is so docile, gently attached to Wang Ziji, even his eyes are not as strong as before, and they have turned gentle. Perhaps, it was Wang Ziji who gained a lot of good horses and knew horse nature, or perhaps, Wang Ziji saved him, he knew how to repay his kindness, and Lu Ji couldn't say clearly, so he could only look at Wang Ziji and Qinglongju silently.

Suddenly, the green dragon horse broke free from Wang Ziji's embrace, and the high-pitched horse neighed into the sky, and the four hooves stepped on the grass indiscriminately. Wang Ziji was a little flustered, took a few steps back, looked at Lu Ji, and asked, "What's wrong with it?"

Lu Ji looked at the actions of the Qinglong Ju, frowned, and said, "In the past, the Qinglong Ju was like this, there must be danger, and the gangsters must have chased after him again." ”

Wang Ziji looked around, with panic in her eyes, and said, "It's quiet all around, isn't there any danger?" As soon as she finished speaking, Lu Ji suddenly pressed her to the ground, she was about to struggle, but she felt her scalp tingle.

Hearing a "whoosh-" sound, an arrow brushed them past and landed on the ground.

Lu Ji looked around, frowned, and said, "No, we must quickly find a hidden place, otherwise we will become a living target for this gang of gangsters!" Wang Ziji nodded and said, "I know a hidden hole!" looked at the Qinglong Horse again, and asked, "Then what about your horse?"

Lu Ji replied: "They are coming at me, when they see my Qinglong Pony, they must think that I am nearby, and they will never hurt him, we are the most dangerous now, we must quickly find a place to hide!"

Wang Ziji gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, then you come with me!"

The two of them kept their bodies low, and under the cover of the bushes, ran quickly.

What caught your eye was a huge rock block covered with dense thorns and moss. Lu Ji looked at Wang Ziji and asked, "This is the hole you said?"

Wang Ziji looked at this piece of rock, nodded, and said, "That's right, this is it." Just move this rock out of the way, and there's a cave inside!"

When Lu Ji heard this, he immediately pulled out the Sword of the Son of Heaven, cut off the thorns on the stone surface with a quick knife, and then put his ten fingers on the rock, and went all out, only to hear the sound of "boom-" on the ground, the rock was pushed aside, and a black hole appeared in front of the two of them.

The entrance to the cave was about one person tall and two people wide, and it was so dark that it was impossible to see inside. Wang Ziji stood at the entrance of the cave, looked at the darkness inside, frowned, looked unwilling, and said: "It's dark here, if only there was a fire, but unfortunately I can't make a fire, if only my cousin was here, he would..."

Glancing at her side slightly, she suddenly exclaimed, watching Lu Ji rub the scabbard between her swords a few times, and suddenly sparks flew around, touching the dry weeds on the ground, and immediately ignited a fire, she said in surprise: "You can also make a fire, and you are so skillful." Lu Ji smiled slightly: "People who lick blood from the knife edge, all this is a piece of cake." After saying that, he picked up a wooden stick that he had picked up everywhere, pointed it at the weeds, and ignited the wooden stick.

Wang Ziji looked at the flames burning on the wooden stick, and suddenly became interested in the man in front of her, from his horse to his every move, it was extraordinary, she held her cheeks, and watched Lu Ji ignite another wooden stick with a pair of eyes, and asked, "Lu Gongzi, are you a general?"

"Why do you say that?" Lu Ji was very excited when he first came into contact with Wang Ziji so closely, but he still suppressed the joy on his face.

Wang Ziji smiled and said: "Didn't you just say something about licking blood from the knife edge? What is it that is not a general who licks blood from the knife edge? It's just that your surname is so noble, and it is the national surname of my Qing Dynasty." Speaking of this, she also muttered a little in her heart, and looked at Lu Ji quietly.

Lu Ji said with a smile: "I think there is no distinction between high and low surnames, people are good and bad, and this is still based on people." My life's wish is that our Qing Dynasty can break through the limitations of the court and truly speak for people. ”

Wang Ziji heard it and said with a smile: "Well, I love to hear what Lu Gongzi said." I am a woman, I don't know how to govern the country, but I understand one thing, people are equal, whether they are poor or noble, as long as they have real talent and learning, they should be appointed, and they can't be generalized because of their family. Lu Gongzi, do you know my cousin Ning Yu?"

When Lu Ji heard the word "Ning Yu", he chuckled in his heart, quickly shook his head, and said, "I rarely make friends on weekdays, and I don't know many people in Beijing. Then he asked, "What kind of person is your cousin?"

Wang Ziji held his cheeks with one hand, stroked his hair with the other hand, rolled his eyes, and said: "My cousin is Xuanxuan, Bo Gu is well-versed in the present, treats the people as his own, regards the world as his own responsibility, and is the same as Lu Gongzi You, you have a strong heart and talk extraordinary." What you've seen and seen is so similar, you really should get acquainted!"

When Lu Ji heard this, he was displeased, smiled bitterly, wrapped a torch in a strip of cloth, handed it to her, and said, "Be careful, don't burn it." ”

Wang Ziji took the torch, leaned on the wall with one hand, and immediately entered the cave with her small body, although the light of the fire was faint, it was enough to illuminate everything in the cave. Lu Ji also followed her and entered the cave together.

The cave in the light of the fire is surrounded by stones that glow orange-red, uneven, with some pale yellow moss marks on the walls, and the sound of ticking water can be heard from time to time. There is a flat straw under his feet, about two or three layers thick, Lu Ji bent down, opened the straw, and found that there was a wetland below, obviously, this hole had been visited, in order to facilitate walking, this layer of straw was specially laid.

Lu Ji put the torch against the stone on the wall, looked around, and asked, "Has anyone been here?"

The prince straightened his sideburns, and as he looked around, he sighed and said: "Yes, when I was young, my cousin and I often came here to play, but later, when everyone grew up, my cousin had his own affairs and rarely accompanied me, and I didn't want to come alone, so this place was deserted." ”

Lu Ji nodded behind her and asked, "If your cousin values you, shouldn't he accompany you like before?"

"Huh?" Wang Ziji looked stunned, turned around, and then his face turned to loss, and said, "Isn't it all like this? Men have their own things to do, how can they have time to accompany a little girl?"

Lu Ji looked at her with a lost expression, regretted that he shouldn't have asked like this, and hurriedly said: "The little woman is also a human being, for me, if she is really the person I value, no matter who she is or who she loves, I am willing to give everything for her." After speaking, he looked at Wang Ziji, his eyes were full of affection.

Wang Ziji also seemed to notice the strangeness in his eyes, a little ashamed, turned his face away, picked up the straw on the ground, and said softly: "It's so messy here, I'll tidy it up, so that you can rest for a while." ”

At this moment, a noisy human voice was heard outside, accompanied by heavy footsteps, and about a dozen people were up and down.

"Where has this Lu Ji child gone?" a hoarse voice came.

"His war horse is on the riverside, he should be nearby, everyone search carefully, don't miss any clues!" Listening to this voice, thick and majestic, with the style of a general, he should be the leader of the man in black.

As the footsteps became louder and louder, Lu Ji turned his head and yelled that it was not good, he only cared about entering the cave, and forgot to move the boulder at the entrance of the cave back, but listening to the footsteps, the gangsters were nearby, and if they moved at this moment, they would inevitably make a loud noise, which was tantamount to throwing themselves into a net. He was anxious in his heart, and suddenly a thought came to his heart, and he immediately extinguished the two fire sticks.

In the dark, although he couldn't see Wang Ziji's face, he could be surprised by her low voice, and hurriedly whispered: "Don't make a sound, there are people around here." The prince listened to him, sat very obediently, and said nothing. In the silence, only the rapid heartbeat and slight breathing of the two could be heard, Lu Ji could still vaguely smell the faint female body fragrance emanating from Wang Ziji's body, although his heart was surging, but he was in danger, not to mention that Wang Ziji was inviolable in his eyes, he didn't dare to be abrupt, but moved slightly, trying to stay away from her.

Outside the darkness came the chatter of the men in black.

"Boss, look there's a hole here!" shouted one of the men in black. Then, there was a restless pace, and the voices of the people in black gathered. Lu Ji listened to the voice, his heart tightened, clenched his fists, and was ready to meet the enemy at any time.

"Are you kid confused? This hole is black and hollow, like a bottomless pit, and Lu Ji is not stupid, even if he hides here, he will cover the boulder, how can it be open?" Then came the heavy scolding of the man in black who was the leader, accompanied by the laughter of the other men in black.

"You two, fill this hole with this boulder, spread these rattans, and don't leave Lu Ji a chance!" the leader continued, instructing the people around him.

With the low roar of the two black-clothed men outside the cave, "boom-" on the ground, the sound of stones hitting the entrance of the cave was heard.

Lu Ji listened carefully, and when the footsteps and laughter of the man in black faded away, he said to Wang Ziji: "Miss Wang, those gangsters are gone, we can go out!"

In the darkness, Wang Ziji's soft voice came, "Master Lu, we are in the dark here, we can't see anything clearly, how can we get out?"

Lu Ji smiled and said, "It's not difficult, I'll make a fire!" After speaking, he took out his sword, lit a fire again, re-lit the torch, stayed at the entrance of the cave, and pushed away the boulder at the entrance of the cave.

"Miss Wang, we can go. Lu Ji turned his head and said with a smile to Wang Ziji.

Wang Ziji looked embarrassed, frowned, pressed under the gauze skirt with one slender hand, and said: "Childe, I was in a hurry just now, my legs, it seems, it seems to be a little painful, and I can't stand up." ”

Lu Ji smiled bitterly, why are all the women in the world injured on their legs, and hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Otherwise, I'll carry you out." ”

Wang Ziji said "ah", shook his head, and said, "Men and women don't kiss, I'm afraid it's not good." ”

When Lu Ji heard this, he had no idea, so he could only sit quietly on the side and watch her gently rub her legs.

After waiting for a while, Wang Ziji seemed to see the anxiety on Lu Ji's face, and knew that the gangsters could come back anytime and anywhere, and they must not stay for a long time, and now there was no other way, so she simply gritted her teeth and said: "Childe, if you don't dislike me for being burdensome, you, you can carry me out." ”

Lu Ji was overjoyed in his heart, and said to himself: "How can I dislike my goddess!" On the surface, he was serious, nodded, squatted down, and held up Wang Ziji's delicate body with both hands and carried it on his back.

Wang Ziji was a little embarrassed, and said softly: "You don't, don't move." The body did not dare to stick to Lu Ji, and he was afraid of falling off his back, which made Lu Ji smile bitterly, this woman seems to have an amiable personality, but she is very conservative in her bones, and she does not dare to be close to other men at all.

The stunner on his body, the body fragrance and the weak posture, although he was very light, made Lu Ji struggling, and finally carried it to the riverside.

Wang Ziji said softly: "Childe, I see that you are sweating all over, I'm afraid you're tired, why don't you let me down." ”

Lu Ji pulled the reins of Qinglongju, hugged her on the horse's back, and said with a smile: "You have inconvenient legs and feet, just sit on the horse, and I will send you back." Then he led the horse and walked forward.

Wang Ziji nodded, and then asked suspiciously, "Childe, do you know where my home is?"

Lu Ji scratched his head and said, "I almost forgot, I don't know how to go yet!"

Wang Ziji laughed out loud, and hurriedly covered it up, the flower branches trembled slightly, and said with a slight smile: "Oh, son, you follow this road all the way forward, and you will go to the streets of Puchang, and the fifth house in Wangjia Lane is my house." ”