You worship me, I will soar

The remaining military rations were getting less and less. Ye Wangxi sent soldiers to collect food from the surrounding farmers, but the border was chaotic, and there was not much food in the hands of the people. Pitiful.

The barracks was gloomy, and the soldiers were hungry and had no motivation to fight. During this period, several battles were fought. The enemy army could not capture the city gate, and our army could not completely drive them away. There was always a stalemate.

During this period of time in the army, Ye Xixi deeply realized that Ye Wangxi is a good general. He shared the joys and sorrows with the soldiers. Even if he was injured, he didn't eat more fish. Professor, and sometimes he personally corrected his movements. On the battlefield, he was always the first to rush to the front. It is not without reason that he has a high reputation in the army.

But when Ye Xixi saw that Ye Wangxi was injured but could only eat some simple food every day, she felt depressed and unspeakably uncomfortable.

The wild animals nearby were almost beaten up by the soldiers. Ye Xixi wanted to get him a roasted pheasant, but he couldn't find any sign of the pheasant after searching for two days.

There was no way, he decided to secretly go to the restaurant last time to see if there was anyone nearby who wanted to buy paintings, and to exchange for some food when he came back.

It took him two days to draw three pictures. Merchants generally like patterns that imply auspiciousness and fortune, so he drew cornucopias, purple air coming from the east, and time-coming revolving pictures.

He went to lead Yingfeng out, pretending to go for a walk, but the guards let him lead him away without thinking too much. After all, everyone in the barracks knew that Ye Wangxi's things belonged to Ye Xixi.

Just as Ye Xixi was about to leave the camp, she was stopped by someone, and when she looked back, it was Li Yang. Ye Xixi was slightly startled, and said, "What's the matter?"

Li Yang came over, looked at Yingfeng in his hand, and asked, "Where are you going?"

Ye Xixi raised her eyebrows: "Why should I tell you?"

Li Yang frowned slightly: "It's not safe for you to go out alone."

Ye Xixi smiled: "Do you care about me?"

A blush flashed across Li Yang's face, and he said unnaturally: "...the general ordered you not to leave the barracks alone."

Ye Xixi rolled her eyes and said with a teasing smile: "Then you go with me, then I won't be alone."

Li Yang hesitated for a moment: "...that's fine."

Ye Xixi blinked, but he didn't expect him to agree.

The two rode their horses all the way to the restaurant before, when Li Yang arrived, he remembered and asked, "What are you doing here?"

Ye Xixi smiled and didn't answer.

As soon as the two walked in, before Ye Xixi could explain their intentions, the owner of the restaurant greeted him with a smile, "Young Master Ye, you are here. I was blind last time. A scholar from the capital came here before and recognized your seal. I just found out that Mr. Ye, you are the famous Mr. Yiye, your paintings are beyond the reach of many people, and it is really my luck to get your treasure."

Li Yang looked at Ye Xixi in surprise, pursed his lips and said nothing.

The boss's behavior was exactly what Ye Xixi wanted, so he smiled and asked, "Then do you still want to paint?"

The restaurant owner's eyes lit up, and he said in succession: "I want it! I want it!"

Ye Xixi took out the three paintings she had drawn before from the baggage she was carrying and showed him.

The owner of the restaurant was full of praise, and looked at it again and again, and then carefully hung it together with the previous painting. He admired it for a while, and then asked: "Mr. Ye, how much money do you think is suitable?"

"I don't want money, I want food."

The boss was taken aback: "Food?"

Ye Xixi nodded, "It's better to give me some bone soup and medicinal food."

"I don't have anything else, I have the most ingredients!" The boss immediately agreed. He runs a restaurant, so he has a lot of food in stock, and he distributed a lot of food to Ye Xixi, added some meat and vegetables, and cooked it for Ye Xixi A thick pot of bone soup and medicinal food.

The surrounding merchants rushed over after hearing the news. They were envious when they saw the signboards changed by the restaurant owner, so they all came to ask for Ye Xixi's calligraphy. There are too few scholars who come to the border on weekdays, let alone the famous Mr. Yiye.

Ye Xixi couldn't ask for more, wrote one by one, and didn't need money, just food.

The wind and water in his paintings attracted countless people to watch.

In the end, there were a lot of delicacies, including a lot of chicken, duck and fish. Ye Xixi and Li Yang couldn't get them, so they hired a car.

Li Yang did not speak until he left the restaurant, he asked, "Is 'Mr. Yiye' famous? How can he get so much food?"

He is a child of a poor family and does not understand painting, so this is the first time he has heard of this name.

Ye Xixi nodded slightly: "It's not bad."

In fact, if he was in the capital, his paintings would be far more than the money to sell, but Ye Xixi is already very satisfied to be able to exchange them for food here.

Li Yang asked again: "You came here just to exchange for food?"

The harvest was quite fruitful, and Ye Xixi was in a good mood, smiling when talking to him.

"Your general is injured, I want to replenish his body."

Li Yang was taken aback, and after a moment of silence, he opened his mouth, his voice subconsciously low: "You are so kind to him."

Ye Xixi was embarrassed, blushed, coughed, and said casually: "I'm good to you too, you can bring some more fish back later."

Li Yang shook his head and said firmly, "I don't want it."

"Didn't you also hurt your arm? Make up for it."

Li Yang was stunned, a glint of joy flashed in his eyes, the corners of his mouth curled up, and he smiled slightly: "You know I'm hurt?"

Ye Xixi took it for granted: "I know, I saw you riding a horse with one hand when you came."

"...Oh." The corner of Li Yang's mouth dropped again.

At this time, two big men suddenly jumped out in front of them. They looked like they were not from the Central Plains. They stared at Ye Xixi: "Come back with us."

Ye Xixi's expression froze: "Why should I go back with you?"

One of the big men said: "We are short of literati and painters like you."

Another burly man smiled: "Just go back and be our little prince's teacher."

The Xiongnu wanted to invade the Central Plains, so they admired the Central Plains culture and learned the characters of the Central Plains. Ye Xixi guessed that they should be from the Huns.

Ye Xixi's chest jumped, he must not be caught, otherwise Ye Wangxi would not let him go, he thought again, even if he was caught, he must not reveal his identity, and he must not let them threaten him Ye Wangxi.

Li Yang stood in front of Ye Xixi and lowered his voice: "You go first later."

Ye Xixi shook his head, he couldn't leave Li Yang alone and run away, at least he still knew how to do it.

Li Yang turned his head and saw his red face, the tip of his nose was sweating slightly, and his eyes were looking at him firmly and dependently. kill me."

Ye Xixi didn't expect him to protect her like this, so she was a little surprised.

In the end, before Li Yang could do his best, several guards jumped out and directly captured the two big men.

Li Yang: "..."

Ye Xixi: "..."

After tidying up the people, the leader of the guards came over, cupped his hands and said: "Young master, you are surprised by the ineffectiveness of this subordinate."

After thinking about it for a while, Ye Xixi understood the cause and effect, and asked, "Did Ye Wangxi send you here?"

"It's the general."

"How long?"

The leader hesitated for a moment, and replied: "Since the young master came out without authorization last time, the general has sent me to keep an eye on your movements."

Ye Xixi nodded indiscriminately, knowing that Ye Wangxi was thinking about her own safety, so she was not angry.

There was no need to hire a driver this time, he just let the group of guards push the things back.

Several people returned to the barracks with big bags and small bags, which caused a lot of onlookers. Ye Xixi divided the things, and when she turned her head, she saw Ye Wangxi rushing over with a dark face.

Ye Xixi's eyelids twitched, she touched her nose guilty, and then flatteringly showed the delicious food in her hand and the food behind her.

Ye Wangxi frowned slightly, he didn't even look at those things, he was unmoved at all, his voice was stern: "I never said that you are not allowed to leave the barracks!"

At this moment, Li Yang cupped his hands and said, "General, he came back with food in exchange for paintings to replenish your health."

He actually explained for himself, Ye Xixi couldn't help but look at him more, Li Yang's ears turned red almost invisible.

Ye Wangxi was slightly taken aback, wanted to reprimand Ye Xixi for leaving the barracks without permission, but couldn't help being sweet in her heart, just wanted to hold her in her arms and love her, finally sighed silently, and ignored everyone's eyes and looked at Ye Xixi Xi led the way back to the tent.

Li Yang looked at the backs of them leaving together, pursed his lips, and looked a little sad.