The general went out again at night

The sound of fighting is right next to his ears, how can Ji Qianyao sit still?One is against a thousand, to put it lightly, if it really happens, the chance of winning is only [-] to [-]%.She was really worried, so she moved her body, moved a little to the outside, half of her head was exposed outside the rock, and her beautiful eyes were watching Xia Qingshu nervously.

It was already daylight, and the cave was still a little dark. The light at the entrance of the cave was very strong. Xia Qingshu stood in the bright light, holding a sword in his right hand and a knife in his left, and kept chopping down the men in black who were rushing up.Neither long knives nor sharp arrows can get close to her body.

Ji Qianyao was dumbfounded.

The archer at the door saw her, with joy in his eyes, and then shot an arrow into the cave with his bow. The arrow slid past the upper wall of the cave. across the top of the head.

Fortunately, the distance was too far, and the arrow feathers lost their strength when they fell inside, and hit the ground lightly.After a false alarm, Xia Qingshu regained consciousness, and shouted inward while killing the enemy: "Hurry up and hide in!"

Afraid that she would be distracted and hurt, Ji Qianyao quickly shrank in.

Half an hour later, almost all the people who rushed up in front of the man in black were killed, and it took some time to make up for the rear, so Xia Qingshu had time to rest.The cave is a dead end, and there is no passage behind, so it is not wise to spend too much time here.Her gaze scanned the outside, and suddenly stopped on a forest road.

Under the shade of the forest, a group of people quickly flashed past, and then there was a sound of "da da, da da——".

A surprised smile appeared on Xia Qingshu's face. A few meters away, a group of men in black riding horses appeared in her field of vision.

Xia Qingshu jumped up and flew to the side of the horse team at an extremely fast speed. Before everyone could react, he snatched a maroon horse.

"Hit her with a firecracker!" the leader of the man in black roared furiously.

The man in black on the horse quickly took out his gun and aimed it at Xia Qingshu.Xia Qingshu rode his horse to dodge left and right, but still not as fast as the gunfire. One bullet grazed her shoulder, drawing a bloodstain, and another bullet directly hit her shoulder.

Xia Qingshu suffered from pain, and leaned forward under the force, while still holding the rein tightly with both hands.She gritted her teeth to hold back the pain, and while riding a horse, she slashed and killed the men in black who came again.

"Xinyu, let's go!" The horse drove into the cave, and the sound of "da da— da da—" echoed in the cave.

When Ji Qianyao heard the sound and came running, Xia Qingshu stretched out his hand in front of her, squeezed and pulled, and she got on the horse.

There was chaos outside, the firecrackers startled the horses, and the man in black's horse was out of control, rampaging and hurting his own people.

good chance!Xia Qingshu held the reins tightly, pinched the horse's belly with both feet, and ran down Qingqi Mountain at an extremely fast speed.

Several men in black pursued closely, but their feet were no match for their four hooves, and the distance was getting wider and wider, so they could only watch the two of them go away.

"You're injured." The steed galloped, and Ji Qianyao sat behind Xia Qingshu, holding her waist with both hands, watching the wound on her shoulder oozing blood as the horse jolted.

"Small injury." Xia Qingshu's lips lost the color of blood, and his face was dripping with sweat, but he still managed to say a little injury.

"You're bleeding a lot, stop quickly, you have to stop the bleeding quickly." Ji Qianyao's expression changed drastically, and he said anxiously.

"Can't stop, here...it's too close, they will catch up soon, it's not safe. Go east ten miles, there are rapids and cliffs, there is a wooden bridge over the rapids, we are going there, cross the bridge After destroying the wooden bridge, they won't catch up with us so quickly..." Xia Qingshu's voice was very soft, and it was very difficult to speak.

Ji Qianyao listened, but did not respond.She stared fixedly at Xia Qingshu's shoulder injury, seeing the bloody wound continuously bubbling blood, staining her clothes red, her eyes turned red unknowingly.

An hour later, the two of them crossed the wooden bridge that Xia Qingshu was talking about. Xia Qingshu reined in his horse, turned over, held the handle of the knife, staggered to the side of the wooden bridge, and chopped the ropes and stakes that fixed the wooden bridge with the knife.

One strike, two strikes, three strikes... Every time Xia Qingshu slashed, he used all his strength.The wound on her shoulder also caused severe pain due to her exertion.

Ji Qianyao suppressed the soreness in his nose, held another sword, and chopped the rope on the right.

"Boom—" both ends of the rope were cut off, the wooden bridge collapsed, and the broken pieces of wood fell into the rapids, and were quickly washed away without a trace.The endless cliffs can only be accessed by this wooden bridge. Now that the wooden bridge is destroyed, the man in black must take a detour.

The two of them slumped on the ground, gasping for breath, exhausted.

After resting for a while, Xia Qingshu pulled Ji Qianyao up and took her to the side of the horse: "They won't be able to catch up in a while, and we have to continue on our way."

"Your injury..." Ji Qianyao hesitated, frowning.

"I can still hold on." Xia Qingshu grinned, "Get on the horse first and sit at the front."

"Okay." Ji Qianyao rolled up on the stirrup, and then Xia Qingshu got on the horse and sat behind her.

Xia Qingshu handed the rein to Ji Qianyao's hands, but her hands were exhausted and she couldn't hold it at all.She wrapped her arms around Ji Qianyao's waist, leaned her chin on her shoulder, and left a gap in her eyes. She raised her finger and pointed to the one at the front: "Let's go ten miles along this road, there is a dense forest there , There is a wooden house in the center of the dense forest. I lived there for a while. There are thorns and vines in the dense forest, and there are mazes I set up. Only those who know the way can enter. You hide in it, and they will never find it. very safe......"

"Xia Shu, Xia Shu—" Xia Qingshu's voice became smaller and smaller, and Ji Qianyao was very worried and called out anxiously.

"You drive the horse well, I'll rest for a while..." Xia Qingshu responded, and Ji Qianyao felt relieved.

"Drive—" the steed galloped across the flowing water and mountains, startling flocks of birds.Ji Qianyao was worried that Xia Qingshu would fall off the horse if he fainted, so he took out his hand, took Xia Qingshu's hand around his waist, and wrapped it tightly.

Xia Qingshu was dizzy and fell asleep leaning on Ji Qianyao's shoulder. After some time, Ji Qianyao woke her up: "Look, but this dense forest?"

Xia Qingshu raised her eyes for a look, and responded softly: "It's it."

Ji Qianyao's face was tense for a long time, and he smiled only after hearing these two words.

Xia Qingshu straightened her body, raised her head a little higher, and tried her best to maintain it: "I'll teach you how to walk."

"it is good."

"Go straight first, then turn left."

"Okay, then what?"

"Go two feet to the right."

......

The maze was covered by big trees, and it was very dark. The two of them went around and turned right and left, and it took more than half an hour to get out.Ji Qianyao's attention was always focused on Xia Qingshu's words and the road ahead, and he forgot to take back the hand that was covering Xia Qingshu's, and the two of them kept sticking to each other.

"Go straight toward the light, and that's the way out."

cabin!After widening his field of vision, Ji Qianyao saw the wooden house beside the stream at a glance, and said pleasantly: "Xia Shu, your wooden house has arrived!"

Xia Qingshu smiled weakly, swayed a bit, and almost fell off the horse.Ji Qianyao was shocked, dismounted in a hurry, and helped her into the house.

Xia Qingshu lay down, tremblingly took out a bottle of medicine from her arms, handed it to Ji Qianyao, her lips were bloodless: "Give me a medicine."

The bleeding from this wound should have stopped long ago!In a hurry, Ji Qianyao grabbed the medicine bottle, uncorked the bottle, and poured the medicine powder into his hands.

Xia Qingshu stopped her: "Don't worry, I haven't finished my words yet, you have to do as I say. First of all, take out the iron bullet in the wound, otherwise the medicine will be useless."

"How do I get the iron bullet?"

"Use a dagger to pierce." Xia Qingshu said calmly, as if drinking tea was as easy as drinking.

Ji Qianyao shook his head with red eyes, his hands trembling: "I'm afraid."

Xia Qingshu looked at her with half-opened eyes, held her hand, and joked: "You're too afraid not to do it...you can only watch me die..."

"You can't die!" Ji Qianyao burst into tears.

Xia Qingshu clenched her hand tightly, and slowly said: "There is also an iron bullet on the abdomen, after taking it from the shoulder, I have to take the one on the abdomen as well. Don't be afraid, I am not afraid of pain."

Big tears flowed from Ji Qianyao's eyes, when did she get hurt in her belly?Why didn't you mention it?You are not very old, why do you love to be brave so much?

***

It was noon on the third day when Xia Qingshu opened his eyes again, the blood-stained clothes on his body had been changed, and the wound was wrapped in cotton cloth, dry and dry.

She has been here for more than a year, and there should be a thick layer of dust inside, but now it is clean and tidy, and it must have been cleaned up.

The smell of food wafted from the propped up wooden window, arousing Xia Qingshu's hunger.

Footsteps came from the corridor, and they gradually walked towards the room, and when they approached the door, the footsteps stopped.

Xia Qingshu turned her head and saw Ji Qianyao standing outside the door in a daze.

"What did you cook? It smells so good." Xia Qingshu's voice was hoarse and unpleasant.

Ji Qianyao bit his lower lip and looked at her without speaking.

Looking at her red and swollen eyes, Xia Qingshu comforted her with the corners of her lips curled up, "I'm fine. These are all external injuries. I'm not damaged internally, so it's fine."

Ji Qianyao still ignored her, turned and left.

Xia Qingshu knew that the injuries on her shoulders and abdomen must have frightened her a few days ago.

After a while, Ji Qianyao came in with a bowl of warm water in his hands, his tone was harsh and stiff: "Drink water!"

Xia Qingshu bent his arms, trying to prop himself up to drink water, but Ji Qianyao hurriedly stopped him: "Don't move." As soon as this person was in a hurry, the concern in his heart was revealed, and he couldn't hide it even if he wanted to.

The two smiled at each other.

Ji Qianyao helped Xia Qingshu up, leaned a pillow on the back of her neck, stirred the surface of the white water with a porcelain spoon, and said softly, "Let me feed you."

"it is good.

There is a special world in the dense forest, with the singing of birds and the fragrance of flowers, and the gurgling stream, it is very pleasant.Xia Qingshu used to live here alone, walking alone, without any entanglements, and lived a very comfortable life.Now that I have someone to accompany me, I can talk and play chess, which is even more beautiful.

Xia Qingshu's eyes fell on Ji Qianyao, and she thought in her heart that it would be great if she could stay here with her for a little longer.But she is going to leave after all, she has family, relatives and friends, she wants to go to them and reunite with them.

Five days later, Xia Qingshu was able to walk around in the ground.She sat on a bamboo chair in front of the wooden house, lazily basking in the sun.

"When are we on our way?"

"I'm not rushing, wait until your injury heals before leaving." Ji Qian looked at the clouds in the sky and said slowly.

"I'm fine, we can..."

"No!" Before Xia Qingshu finished speaking, Ji Qianyao interrupted her with a very strong tone.

Xia Qingshu saw that Ji Qianyao's face had changed, so he didn't mention it again, but he was happy in his heart.

There is a garden in front of the wooden house, where wild fruits and vegetables grow, which can be picked at any time.There is a stream next to it, so it is not difficult to catch small fish and shrimp.The two lived in it, fed well, dressed warmly, and slept comfortably. For the two people who were hunted down, it was really a fairy-like life.

After recuperating for more than half a month, Xia Qingshu's body has improved a lot, and she can already hold a sword and practice martial arts.The day of departure is near.

Going north to Yanjing, the wind went smoothly along the way, and the two of them never met Ji Bangwei's subordinates again.Ji Zhiyan had already joined Ning Wang Ji Bangjun, and he was told in detail what happened.King Ning was furious, and immediately sent his men to secretly resist Ji Bangwei's pursuit.Therefore, close to Yanjing, there will be no more hunting.

As soon as Ji Qianyao entered Yanjing, a message was sent to King Ning by his subordinates, and he quickly sent someone to pick him up.

The two separated, Ji Qianyao took Xia Qingshu to a secluded place, and said for a while: "You protected me all the way to Yanjing, and I haven't thanked you well. I'll treat you to a table of bars tomorrow."

"Okay." Xia Qingshu responded quickly, feeling extremely reluctant to let go. If he could see more, he naturally wanted to see more.

From the beginning to the end, Ji Qianyao never told her his true identity, and Xia Qingshu never doubted it.She asked her to wait for her at the inn, and she waited.

At the farewell feast, both of them drank wine, chatted and laughed, and talked about all the storms they had experienced in the past half year.Chatting until midnight, the table is already messed up.

Ji Qianyao drank a lot, and was a little drunk. For some reason, Xia Qingshu's appearance when she was seriously injured that day emerged in her mind, and her heart twitched.

"I want to see your wounds?"

Xia Qingshu didn't drink much, her face was reddish, but she still had reason: "Look at the wound?"

"It's the two places where you were hit by the firecracker."

"It's ready, don't look at it." Although she and she are both women, Xia Qingshu still hesitated.

"Look at it." Ji Qianyao spoke with a bit of coquettish softness.

In the end, it was Xia Qingshu who compromised. Standing in the room, she slowly unbuttoned her clothes, exposing her fair skin in front of Ji Qianyao's eyes.

Ji Qianyao circled behind Xia Qingshu, stretched out his fingers, and stroked the wound on her shoulder carefully.Little by little of the past came to mind, and Ji Qianyao's drunken face showed a strong feeling of reluctance.

When the soft palms slid over Xia Qingshu's body, her breathing stopped, her face was scorching hot, as red as a ripe tomato.

"Turn around and look at the abdomen." Ji Qianyao ordered drunkenly.

Xia Qingshu turned around, the two were very close, she could see Ji Qianyao's eyelashes blinking.

"Does it still hurt?" Ji Qianyao asked distressedly, all the breath he exhaled fell on Xia Qingshu's face, itching.

"It doesn't hurt a long time ago." Xia Qingshu smiled softly, feeling that the person in front of her was soft and cute, her heart moved at will, she raised her hand to stroke Ji Qianyao's hair.

"It's fine if it doesn't hurt." Ji Qianyao smiled, and looked up into Xia Qingshu's eyes.

The atmosphere gradually became ambiguous.

Looking at those eyes full of affection, "Boom—" Xia Qingshu's rationality collapsed suddenly, and she stepped forward in a mysterious way, and gently kissed the red lips in front of her.

Tossing and turning, from slow to urgent, everything is instinct.

After a night of reckless joy, after waking up, there is endless confusion.Ji Qianyao opened her eyes with a splitting headache. The emotion of violating the ancestral system and being unacceptable made her at a loss as to what to do. In the end, she chose to run away, and she chose to disappear.

When Xia Qingshu woke up, she was the only one in the big room, which seemed extremely empty.The person who was sleeping next to her last night was nowhere to be seen, and the quilt on that side was completely cold.

Xia Qingshu panicked inexplicably, she put on her clothes, went downstairs in a hurry, and searched all over the street.She asked all over Yanjing, searched again and again, but couldn't find a girl named "Li Xinyu".

It's like a dream, but it's not a dream, Xia Qingshu knows it really happened, she remembers the hot kiss that night.And those experiences in the past, I want to engrave them in my mind, and I will never forget them no matter what.

She was not reconciled, she couldn't find it in Yanjing, so she went to Zhejiang, and if she couldn't find it in Zhejiang, she searched everywhere.But how can some things that have been deliberately erased be found?In the end, Xia Qingshu searched everywhere, but still couldn't find "Li Xinyu"...

And then, the reunion three years later.She led the army in place of her father, became famous in one battle, and was a powerful general.She is dignified and elegant, and she is the aloof and high princess. They met at the reception banquet hosted by Emperor Hongsu.From then on, Xia Qingshu realized that it was not Xia Shu and Li Xinyu who had a lingering neck that night, but Xia Qingshu and Ji Qianyao.

***

Withdrawing her thoughts, Xia Qingshu, who was lying on the bed in the camp tent, got up and took a sip of tea.The tea was brewed before nightfall, and it was already cold. The cold tea rolled into her stomach, and she shivered.

After agreeing to cut off the love, she still couldn't help thinking of some past events.These past events, mixed with sweet and bitter, firmly occupied her mind and couldn't get rid of them.

I'm afraid I'll have to keep my eyes open again tonight.

Suddenly there was a sound outside the door, Xia Qingshu called out vigilantly: "Who?"

"It's me." Jiang Xueqin opened the curtain of the tent and walked in with a smile.

"Xueqin." Xia Qingshu let go of her vigilance, and smiled apologetically, "It's so late, why are you looking for me?"

"Come and see you, since you came back from Nanjing, I feel that something is wrong with you, it seems that you have no energy during the day..."

Xia Qingshu denied it flatly: "There is nothing wrong." After a pause, she added: "It's just that I didn't sleep well at night, so I don't have much energy during the day."

"Coincidentally, I brought you some sleeping pills. You will be able to sleep well tonight after taking them later."

"Thank you."

"Then I'll go first." Jiang Xueqin walked to the door and turned back: "By the way, are you free tomorrow? Do you remember the box that the tree coffin man is holding? I know how to open it. I will take it with me tomorrow." Take a look."

Xia Qingshu thought for a while, and said: "Yesterday, a few Tatar royal families and important officials were captured, and there will be a trial tomorrow morning. I should be free in the afternoon. Can we make an appointment at Weishi?"

"Yes." Before leaving, Jiang Xueqin added: "Remember to take tranquilizers."

"Yes, you should rest early."

After Jiang Xueqin left, Xia Qingshu picked up the medicine bottle, pursed her lips and looked at it for a long time, but finally put it away silently and did not take it.

***

"Suxi, how far is it from the northern military camp?" The wind and sand got bigger as we went north, Ji Qianyao tightened his clothes, reined in his horse and looked forward.

Su Jin stayed in Nanjing City to handle chores, and Ji Qianyao brought Su Xi here.Suxi is from the north, and she is very familiar with the northern region. After a little calculation, she said: "My master, there are still 140 miles."

"Non-stop day and night, how long will it take to arrive quickly?"

"It will arrive around tomorrow's time."

"Okay, let's go on the notice, don't stay tonight, and drive all night."

"Yes!"

Ji Qianyao didn't close her eyes for several days and nights in a thousand miles. She kept on driving day and night, just wanting to get to Xia Qingshu's side as soon as possible.

Xia Qingshu didn't know about this.She hadn't closed her eyes for a few days, her head was swollen, and she fought against the Tatars yesterday, and she used up a lot of strength, and now her whole body is sore and uncomfortable.

She rested her arms behind her head, and looked at the top of the camp with her eyes absent-mindedly, and those past events were still flashing through her mind.

A colorless and odorless smoke drifted in through the gap under the camp tent.The two squatted outside the tent, one holding an incense burner, and the other holding a cattail fan, which fanned the smoke from the incense burner into the air.

Xia Qingshu's eyelids became heavy, and her thoughts began to wander. Unknowingly, her upper and lower eyelids touched, and she closed them.It didn't take long before the snoring sounded everywhere in the tent.

Outside the curtain, Jiang Xueqin and Liu Yan heard Xia Qingshu's snoring, smiled in satisfaction, and then tiptoed away with the incense burner and cattail fan.

Xia Qingshu slept very deeply and had no dreams until dawn.

Waking up in a daze, Xia Qingshu stretched her waist, turned her head to look at the sky outside the window, she realized that the time was wrong, and hurriedly called Liu Yan.

"What time is it now?"

"Sishi." Liu Yan replied.

Xia Qingshu was shocked: "It's time! Why didn't you ask me to get up?" She hurriedly lifted off the quilt and put on her clothes.

"The general can't sleep well. If things go on like this, his body will definitely be damaged. Seeing that the general slept soundly this morning, how can I have the heart to call you?" Liu Yan explained with a smile.

"You! Confused! The imperial court wants to report, and I need to interrogate those captives today. I slept late in the morning and had an appointment with Dr. Jiang in the afternoon. The interrogation can only be held in the evening, and it dragged on until late at night. I have nothing to do Time to rest."

"Don't worry, general. I have already interrogated those prisoners, and I have recorded their statements. I have written the report, and the general can read it." Not long after the prisoners were interrogated, Liu Yan carried the report with him.

"So you made all the arrangements, last night must have been tricked by you!" Xia Qingshu suddenly realized.After a deep sleep, her energy and spirit recovered a lot, her head became more relaxed, and her mood became more comfortable.

It's just that she got up too late, she just ate something to relax, and in the blink of an eye, it was too late, and she hurried to the appointment.

Jiang Xueqin's residence was located in the northeast corner of the barracks. When Xia Qingshu arrived, she was cutting a flower from a tree with red flowers.If Xia Qingshu remembered correctly, this small tree should be called Flaming Wood. Doctor Jiang mentioned it in his letter. It has obovate leaves and fiery red flowers. It is the sapling that grew out of the corpse of the tree coffin man after it decomposed.

Xia Qingshu looked at the sapling again, imagining in her mind the scene of a corpse slowly disappearing and transforming into a small sapling. Suddenly, she shivered and her palms broke out in cold sweat. This was too unbelievable.

After regaining consciousness, Xia Qingshu walked towards the square table where the boxes were placed, took advantage of the opportunity and sat on the round stool beside the table, picked up the small brown box and looked around.

"Didn't you say that it was already opened, why is it still closed now?" Xia Qingshu broke it hard and found that he still couldn't open it.

"Don't worry, I didn't want to tell you how to open it, so I closed it again. The secret lies in this flower."

"This red flower?" Xia Qingshu picked up the red flower that Jiang Xueqin put on the table, looked at it in front of her eyes, but didn't find anything special, "Is this flower a key?"

"Yes." Jiang Xueqin smiled deeply, took a small spoon, scraped the anthers of the safflower, and got a lot of pollen.Then she turned the box upside down and poured the pollen into the keyhole.Then, there was only a sound of "click--", and the tightly closed box popped open automatically!

"What kind of mechanism is this? It's so strange?" Xia Qingshu stared blankly, her eyes widened.

"The person who invented this mechanism knows how to use the spirit of all things, which is very human. I also discovered it by accident. Now that the problem of the mechanism has been solved, as for the contents inside, I am at a loss."

"Let me take a look." Xia Qingshu poured the contents of the small box into the palm of his hand.In the palm-sized box, there was a thin, paper-like thing.But when I rubbed it with my fingers, it didn't feel like a piece of paper.

Xia Qingshu temporarily put this thing on a plate, held the box on both sides and tipped it over again.

Seeing Xia Qingshu's movements, Jiang Xueqin said, "I've searched for it, and there's only this one thing in it."

Picking up the sheet again, Xia Qingshu was also a little puzzled, frowning tightly: "This kind of mechanism is designed, and the inside should be a precious thing. How could it be such a thing? It's small, and the edges are incomplete. Like a piece of paper torn from some book."

"Take a look with me." Jiang Xueqin suddenly thought of something, and reached out to ask Xia Qingshu for the slice.Then she held the sheet up and looked up.

Facing the light, Jiang Xueqin saw a slight change in the snow-white sheet.

She wanted to show Xia Qingshu what she had discovered, but she walked too hastily, tripped over the low stool by her feet, and fell straight back.

"Be careful!" Xia Qingshu jumped forward with sharp eyes and quick hands. She wanted to hold Jiang Xueqin up and then withdrew her hands. In the end, she grasped the strength of the forward throw and hugged Jiang Xueqin's entire body in her arms.

At the same moment, the curtain at the door was lifted, and a dusty person walked in, stopping at the door.

There was a scent of fragrance in her bosom, Xia Qingshu subconsciously let go of her hand, and wanted to back away, but Jiang Xueqin said: "Don't move, just look here."

Xia Qingshu looked up, only to see that the sheet just fell into the sunlight, and some ink lines appeared on the snow-white surface.

Xia Qingshu watched intently, her footsteps did not move, her body was still sticking to Jiang Xueqin's back, she stretched out her hand, and gestured with the person in her arms.

Ji Qianyao turned his face away, Suxi beside him understood, cleared his throat, and said loudly: "His Royal Highness is here!"

Xia Qingshu tilted her head in surprise, and she really saw Ji Qianyao standing outside the door, as if it was a fake, she trembled in shock, and hurriedly took a step back, away from Jiang Xueqin.