Chapter 89: Night Run
As the sky gradually darkened, Zhang Qing listened to the sound of the road again. But at this time, except for the wind blowing and the birdsong, there was no more noisy human voice. He let out a long breath, and it seemed that the poison really had a good blocking effect.
"Huh, it seems that I finally got rid of them, thank you Ah Longyin. ”
In order to be able to give the pursuers more obstacles, Ah Longyin ambushed the poison that had been gathered before, and then blew the silent flute again after only a moment of recuperation. And because the first wave actually wiped out the nearby poisons, this time in order to summon the poisons farther away, she had to consume her internal qi more quickly.
In short, the current young lady is sweating profusely, although Zhang Qing can't see her face under the veil, but it is estimated that it is not very good. Even if the road opening work along the way was done by Zhang Qing, it couldn't stop Ah Longyin's exhaustion.
Seeing the girl's crumbling but gritted teeth and insisting, he knew that he couldn't go any further. Today's battle ran for a day, and in the end, Ah Longyin spent a lot of effort to control the bone flute, so he had to take a rest first.
You must know that he is still ready to take advantage of the darkness to find a way to break through the encirclement, but although he can still hold on, Ah Longyin's state may not allow him to travel hundreds of miles overnight.
Zhang Qing looked for a place with a wide field of vision, took out the drinking water and shared it with the girl. I wanted to take a short rest after eating and continue walking, but seeing Ah Longyin's drowsy appearance, and the fact that the moon had not yet risen, it was indeed very dangerous to walk in the mountains, so I had to let her sleep for a while, and I was vigilant to pay attention to the movements around her.
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After resting for about two hours, the moon gradually rose, and the time was about three shifts, Zhang Qing knew that they couldn't stay here any longer, there were still sixty or seventy miles ahead of them to reach the side of the swamp, if they couldn't get out of the encirclement as much as possible before dawn, they really couldn't leave.
He gently pushed Ah Longyin, who was asleep, but found that she was still sleeping sweetly, but she just muttered and rolled over, obviously really tired during the day. Zhang Qing gritted his teeth, carried the girl behind him again, chose a way down the mountain, and left this place quickly.
Seven or eight days have passed since the fifteenth full moon, and fortunately, the sky is beautiful, and there are no clouds in the sky tonight, so that the half moon can clear the way.
Although the trail on the hill was not easy to follow, it was a relatively gentle, small hill with frequent pedestrians, so he quickly found a path between the hills.
It is very easy for these people to walk on the road artificially opened, and they do not have to walk for forty or fifty miles for two whole days, as they did in the west bank before, and they have to be careful of the fierce beasts in the mountains.
He carried his light skills and galloped along the path, expecting to encounter a lot of searchers' camps stranded here, and he was ready to quietly bypass. But what he didn't expect was that he ran almost thirty miles to the east before he came across a small camp of only seven or eight people. And there was no one to guard Zhang Qing, he crossed easily.
The distribution of this enemy was completely unexpected, and he had only run more than thirty miles east during the whole day. Although the actual distance may be longer because of the constant disguise, it is only fifty miles left and right. But along the way, he encountered eight or nine waves of enemies searching for them, and six waves with whom he had fought.
But after only half a night, the hilly area seemed to be empty. Could it be that the Tinghe Gang also pays attention to working hours, and lets their subordinates withdraw to rest at night?
Zhang Qing didn't dare to be so optimistic, he didn't know what medicine Fang Xi and the gourd were selling. But now that there is no one in the way, it is a good thing that he can move towards the swamp as soon as possible. Therefore, he could only suppress the doubts in his heart and try to run in the direction of freedom.
Probably because of some bumps in his back, or maybe it was because he had slept enough, and when it was nearly five watches, Ah Longyin behind him finally woke up.
After she opened her eyes, she first looked around in a bit of confusion, and then was surprised to find that she was lying on the back of Ah Qing's younger brother, and the surrounding trees were already very sparse, obviously on the east side of this hill, close to the swamp.
"Ahh
"Hehe, I want to leave the encirclement in a hurry at night, but you are tired during the day, I see that you sleep soundly, and I don't want you to be tired, so I didn't call you. Zhang Qing saw that she woke up and didn't look back, just slowed down slightly and explained with a smile.
"Brother Aqing, you are so good to Ah Longyin. The girl's big eyes quickly filled with tears, and then they fell with a click.
Zhang Qing felt a chill on her neck, quickly stopped, put the young lady down, and saw that she was constantly wiping her tears, and immediately panicked.
"You。。。。。。 This...... I!" He had never been in a relationship and didn't know what to do with crying girls, and although there were not many crying family members in the emergency room, he was not responsible for comforting each other at that time. What's more, he didn't know why Ah Longyin was crying, so he had to stretch out his sleeve and clumsily help her wipe her tears.
Whether it was Ah Longyin's injury, fever, or he carried her in the mountains for two days without shedding tears, today he carried her out of here just because he didn't wake her up, why was he so moved?
He didn't know that since she was a child, Ah Longyin's master taught her to be independent and strong, not to cry easily, especially not to cry in front of men. Although she was very sad after being injured before, and she was very grateful to Zhang Qing for taking care of her, in fact, the strong Ah Longyin was in a very good psychological state.
But tonight's scene made her feel a little emotional. In her vague memory, it was a night at Tututana's home, sleeping next to her dear aunt. But when I opened my eyes again, I found that I was lying on the master's back, and she was leading her all the way.
That scene is very similar to the current situation, the gratitude and touching to Zhang Qing in her heart and the longing for her master and aunt, coupled with the continuous fighting in the past few days and the heavy pressure that Zhang Qing can see although she doesn't say it, as well as the persecution of those bad people, finally broke through her psychological defense line and made her cry.
In the final analysis, although Zhang Qing is young, he has a soul that is nearly thirty years old. And no matter how Ah Longyin is, she is just a little girl who is less than fifteen years old.
But after crying, her mood improved.
"It doesn't matter. After crying for a while, Ah Longyin, who vented the depression in his heart, looked at him at a loss, snorted and laughed again, blinked hard, and magically blinked away the tears, "It's just that except for Ah Niang and Master, no one is so good to Ah Longyin." ”
Zhang Qing let out a sigh of relief, but she felt that the girl's tears were so strange.
"Wow, Aqing, you're running so fast, we're about to reach Kushui Village on the edge of the swamp. A refreshed Ah Longyin carefully looked at the surrounding terrain and quickly judged where they were.
She had told Zhang Qing about Kushui Village before, the village was guarded at the junction of hills and swamps, and behind it was the entrance to the only safe route into the swamp within a radius of hundreds of miles, so this was the gathering place for smugglers from the swamps in northern Yunzhou.
Moreover, this village can be regarded as the sphere of influence of smugglers, and there are many powerful innate warriors, and the relationship with the Tinghe Gang is slightly hostile. Therefore, if it were not a last resort, the people of the Tinghe Gang would not have appeared here.
However, now for Fang Xihe, it has come to the last resort.