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It's not like she had never seen a man with his bare chest before, as it was inevitable during a march, but she had never known that there were men who could wear their bare chests so well.
When I lifted the curtain, I saw broad shoulders, narrow waist, jade-like collarbones, and delicate skin that gleamed in the dim candlelight like a precious pearl. The tight texture was as smooth as if it had been carved. She was truly worthy of the word "stunning", so stunning that all the young ladies in the world felt ashamed of themselves.
Yuan Cixian's eyes swept over his upper body like a broom. When they swept over the two points that he covered with a handkerchief, she suddenly felt her ears and nose getting hot.
She slowly raised her head and moved her gaze to the roof of the car, then loosened her hand, lowered the curtain, and walked out as if nothing had happened.
After Lu Shiqing shook the handkerchief, he did not move again. Under Yuan Cixian's fiery eyes, he was still tense and dumbfounded. It was not until she left calmly that he thought of a question: Why didn't she scream? According to Zhao Shu, in most romantic novels, the heroine would scream when encountering such a situation.
Just when he was puzzled, the car wall was knocked three times, just like before, and Yuan Cixian's voice rang out: "Can I come in, Minister Lu?"
“…” Does this mean to forget the past and start over again
He threw down his handkerchief and began to put on his clothes. He quickly tidied himself up and said in a calm voice, "Come in."
Yuan Cixian sniffed, lifted the curtain, and handed over a bottle of ointment: "For you."
"Oh, thank you." Lu Shiqing had a smile on his face as if he was receiving an envoy. He stretched out his hand to take it with a good attitude.
She gave him a very proper and polite smile in return: "Enjoy your meal, bye."
"Have a safe journey. Sorry I can't see you off."
The two men finished their stiff conversation, and when the curtain closed, one ran to the river while the other threw himself into the quilt.
*
The long night was already halfway through, and in the end, no one slept in the carriage. Lu Shiqing said that it was actually quite cool outside, and Yuan Cixian agreed. The two of them each moved a small stool to sit on, looking at the moon and staying silent for half the night.
At dawn, Yuan Cixian felt relieved and said goodbye to Lu Shiqing solemnly: "The road ahead is long, please take care of yourself, Minister Lu."
Lu Shiqing still smiled: "The county lady is the same."
Zhao Shu squatted on the ground pulling weeds out of boredom, nudging Cao An with his elbow: "What happened to the young master and the county lady? Something seems strange."
Cao An looked back and shook his head: "I don't know."
As soon as he finished speaking, he was called away by Lu Shiqing, and ordered to escort Yuan Cixian out of Shangzhou.
Yuan Cihan wanted to refuse, but she really couldn't look Lu Shiqing in the face at the moment. The scene from last night kept lingering in her mind. Even though he was now fully dressed, he still looked naked to her.
Because she felt embarrassed, she didn't say anything. She took Xiao Hei with her and ran away, leaving Cao An following behind.
In fact, Yuan Yu was not at all worried about her leaving the city alone. This time, she was not only accompanied by Xiao Hei and Shi Cui, but also by ten other guards. Her horse was also tied somewhere far away. She thought Lu Shiqing should have guessed this, so she just asked Cao An to ride his horse and catch up, without considering how she would get back.
Yuan Cixian's men were waiting ten miles away, and when they saw that the time was almost up, they rushed to meet her. Soon they ran into her. Seeing this, she reined in her horse and said to Cao An, who had been following silently behind her, "Brother Cao, my guards are here. Minister Lu is more short of people than I am, so please go back."
Unexpectedly, he was a stubborn person. Even though he saw that she had a large number of followers, he was determined not to disobey his master's words and insisted on seeing her leave Shangzhou with his own eyes.
Yuan Cihan couldn't persuade him, so she gave up. She pulled the reins and was about to continue whipping the horse, but she accidentally looked down and saw that the slightly muddy ground under her feet was full of potholes and depressions, extending in the direction where she and Lu Shiqing had rested last night.
She dismounted again, bent over, picked up a handful of soil, rubbed it between her fingers, and put it to her nose to sniff.
Shi Cui noticed that she looked unhappy and asked, "Young lady, what's wrong?"
She squatted on the ground and dug a few times in the dirt, judging, "These are fresh horse hoof prints, one way, from at least twenty horses, covering the wheel prints." She looked up at the ten guards sitting on their horses, waiting in front, "Have our horses been here before?"
Shi Cui shook her head: "No."
She frowned and looked around: "This is strange. Judging from the situation, these people must have come after Minister Lu passed by. But there is only one road from here. I almost didn't sleep last night. If there were really dozens of people riding horses passing by, there is no reason why I couldn't see them." After she said that, she asked Cao An, "Brother Cao, did anyone pass by you before I came?"
Cao An shook his head, got off the horse, checked the traces under his feet, and said seriously: "County Master, I'm afraid I have to go back first."
Yuan Cixian stood up in confusion: "What do you mean?"
He seemed a little anxious: "I am worried about you, my lord."
Yuan Cixian paused for a moment, called the guards to follow, and then said: "I will go back with you."
If there was indeed a group of people riding horses through this place last night, but they did not show up by the river, there was only one possibility—they were hiding nearby. As for what these people might do, seeing Cao An's nervous look, Yuan Cixian knew it without asking.
She turned her horse around and whipped it with her whip. The guards followed closely behind, and when they had galloped about three miles, she suddenly waved her hand and stopped them.
Shi Cui and Cao An stepped forward with their horses' bellies, looking questioning, and heard her say, "No."
She finished her own words and turned to ask Cao An, "It rained yesterday. Minister Lu passed by here before or after the rain?"
His face changed drastically, and he said affirmatively: "Before the rain."
Then after the rain, the wheel marks must have disappeared. Why was it that just now the horse hoof prints covered the wheel marks, and were so clear
Her heart was beating like a drum, and she looked ahead carefully, and saw a very thin silver thread stretched above the mud not far away, wrapped around two pillars on the left and right of the road, nailed deep in the mud, quite hidden. If she had rushed over in a hurry, she would have tripped.
As soon as she makes the sound of falling from her horse, the enemies lying in ambush nearby will take advantage of the situation and attack.
The other party didn't want Lu Shiqing, but her.
Shi Cui and Cao An also noticed something was wrong and moved towards Yuan Cixian with vigilant eyes.
But after all, the enemy was in the dark and we were in the light. Although she did not fall for the lasso, she had already fallen into the enemy's sight. Soon, the sound of "clacking" horses' hooves came from the front and behind, and in the blink of an eye, a group of men in black clothes had surrounded them.
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