Chapter Eighty-Seven: Rebirth from the Fire
Yu Qing woke up again, and it was already dusk. She smelled a foul odor before she woke up. When I opened my eyes, I saw that the red jujube horse was pierced by stones, and all the internal organs flowed out. And he and the eldest princess were lying on the horse's belly, and the stench was the diluted water of the horse's corpse. Yu Qing felt a wave of nausea, retched a few times, and spit out a few mouthfuls of yellow water.
She looked around and saw that she and the eldest princess were still in the water, but the speed of the water had slowed down significantly, and the river channel had widened, but the water was still very deep, because Yu Qing's feet could not reach the bottom of the river. Now she and the eldest princess were on the left side of this wide river, and the current was no longer urgent, and on the right side was a low flat land, but on the left side was a steep cliff, and the horse under her seat was hung by the stones that rose from the cliff. Although the rafting has stopped now, it is indeed more difficult to swim to the other side.
Yu Qing only felt that his eager heart had become cold again. It's dusk now, and the temperature will get cooler after nightfall. Although it is already spring, I feel cold all over my body after soaking in this icy river water for a long time. Yu Qing pulled the eldest princess over, held her in her arms, and roughly checked her body, and after finding that there were no obvious external injuries, she breathed a sigh of relief.
Now she was stopped by the carcass of the horse, so she stopped here for the time being, but if she wanted to come out of the river, she had to go to the other side, but she could not water, and if she left the carcass of the horse, she would be washed away by the water. But now, the horse's corpse has begun to decompose, and it won't be long before there may be corpse worms, and Yu Qing feels disgusted when he thinks about it.
She looked at the steep stone wall and said silently in her heart, "It seems that you can only go up from here." She untied her belt and that of the eldest princess, tied her firmly behind her, and then began to climb up the steep stone wall with great difficulty. After the horse died, its body hardened, and Yu Qing only stepped on it once, and then she felt that it was sinking, and she used all her strength to climb the stone wall. The body of the eldest princess behind her slid softly, and she was strangled by the belt, and her waist hurt.
As soon as her right foot was firmly stepped on, the carcass of the horse below thuded and was swept away by the water. Yu Qing took a deep breath, knowing that there was no way out at this time, he couldn't help but take a deep breath and grasp the stone wall.
This stone wall is slanted, and Yu Qing climbed a few steps before he was exhausted and sweaty. But she didn't dare to let go, and it seemed that she had a good chance of life if she continued to face difficulties, but if she went down, she and the eldest princess could only become two water ghosts in this river. She didn't dare to let go.
It had been more than an hour since she climbed the stone wall, and it was difficult for her to go any further. Above her head now was a sleek rock, and as long as she crossed it, the rest of the road would be much easier. But the stone was too smooth, and Yu Qing had no place to start. She looked at her scarred right hand, was ruthless, and then concentrated her internal force on the edge of the palm of her right hand, intending to use this pair of fleshy hands to split the stone wall. She secretly said to herself in her heart, "As long as this is enough, she and the eldest princess will be able to survive." She made up her mind, poured her internal force into her hand, and then slashed hard, but she overestimated her own internal force, and her hand hit the stone with an egg, and it was useless at all, not even a small stone. She looked at the bruised palm she had hit, and her nose was a little sore. Just as he was about to gather his palms and strike again, he heard someone behind him shouting, "Look, there are two people on the stone wall over there."
Another continued, "It seems like two women." ”
Yu Qing knew that there must be someone over there who knew how to water, so she couldn't help but turn around and said loudly, "Help." However, because she turned too violently, the eldest princess behind her was thrown aside by her, and she didn't grasp it for a while, so she was taken into the river.
Seeing this, the group on the other side exclaimed, "I fell." ”
One of them said in a warm voice, "Let's go down and save the people first." ”
Someone next to him immediately replied, "Yes, Childe." ”
Yu Qing rolled in the river with the eldest princess on her back, and the belt around her waist became tighter and tighter because of the entanglement, and Yu Qing had already begun to roll her eyes. There were already three strong men in the water, and they quickly swam to the opposite bank, and one of them took out a dagger and cut the belt around Yu Qing's waist that tied the eldest princess, and Yu Qing suddenly felt that his breathing was much easier. Then I felt someone put his arm around my neck, turned me over, and dragged me to the shore. Yu Qing was exhausted at this time, so he let them drag him to the shore.
She only felt a terrible headache and cold all over. It seems that there is a lot of water in the mouth and nose, and it seems that it is still churning in the water. She wanted to get her head out of the water so that she could breathe well, but there was a man who put his arm around her shoulders and led her to flutter in the water. I don't know how long it has been like this, maybe it's a short time, maybe it's a long time, she can't judge the length of time now.
She closed her eyes, and then she felt as if her body was much heavier, as if she had gone ashore. Then I heard someone shouting, "Childe, they are all rescued, and sure enough, there are two women, both of whom are still alive." ”
Then I heard a warm voice say, "Very well, you go find two maidservants, help them take a bath, and change into clean clothes." "This voice is so familiar.
She tried to open her eyes, but what she saw was a big man with a wet beard, she turned her head with difficulty, and looked in the direction of the person who spoke, but saw a man in black, just standing, with handsome facial features, quiet and indifferent eyes, extremely gentle, but faintly revealing a trace of calm and domineering. When she looked at her like this, the man's gaze moved to herself. His gaze stayed on him for a few seconds, and then he asked in surprise, "Are you Xuan Che?"
Her mind was chaotic, and she ignored his question, just sat up with difficulty, naturally stretched out her hand to him, and said softly, "Ah Xiu, Master is cold." Carry me to sleep. ”
The man was obviously stunned, and then a hint of surprise flashed in his eyes: she was really the Tianji he had been looking for for ten years, Xuan Che. Xiu Yuan stepped forward quickly, ignoring the stench on her body, hugged her, and then asked, "You are Xuan Che, right?"
Xuan Che didn't answer his words, he reached out and put his arm around his neck, buried his face under her neck, and then said vaguely, "Ah Xiu, why are you here." ”
Xiu Yuan wanted to ask her a lot of things, such as why he came here, why he couldn't go back, why he couldn't find out her whereabouts, and why she wanted to say that she was his master.