Her whole body was hot, but her heart felt relaxed, bathing in the spring breeze of March. Hua Rong's face was pressed tightly against that solid chest, and she heard his anxious voice: "Sister, sister..."
She wanted to agree, but she couldn't speak. She just smiled and put her arms around his body gently.
"Where are Wanwan and the others?"
"I'll take her with me."
"Well, go find her quickly, don't let her fall into Jin Bing's hands."
"good."
The two ran back to the low wall, only to see a mess of straw and no trace of anyone anywhere. Yue Pengju shouted several times, but there was no one around. Wanwan must have been captured by the rebels or left.
He felt sorry in his heart, but when he saw Hua Rong in his arms, his forehead was hot, his mind was already confused, and he couldn't care about anything else. He hit the horse and ran forward. The two finally stopped at a house, surrounded by several households of villagers. It was tightly closed, and the family had already fled. There was only an empty big bed in the house, and the tattered quilt was covered with dust.
Yue Pengju brushed off the snowflakes on Hua Rong's body, and a bag of things bulged in his arms. It was packed so well. He took it out and found that it was a bag of dry food, which Hua Rong had deceived from Guo Lu. He gently took it out Hua Rong put it on the bed, covered her with a torn quilt, touched her forehead, and found that it was very hot. He quickly tore off a piece of clothes, soaked it with snow water and applied it on her forehead. He went to the kitchen and rummaged around, but there was no trace of it. , but found two or three pieces of moldy ginger in the corner, and immediately boiled the water and fed it to Hua Rong to drink. Then, he chopped up a shabby old chair and lit a fire, and the room finally became a little warmer.
Outside, there was a heavy wind and snow, and in a daze, Hua Rong seemed to have returned to that deserted island, being dragged by the hair by King Qin, walking on the beach under the scorching sun, like a slave girl in public, the fine sand scraping her hair. After crossing the calf, there was sweat and blood, and it was painful. Then, the clothes were torn, but a group of golden soldiers smiled and tied them up with thick ropes...
"No, no, save me, save me..." She screamed, kicked her legs, and almost jumped up from her bed.
"Sister, what's wrong?"
"Help me, save me..." She held his hand tightly, her nails almost digging into his flesh.
Yue Pengju hugged her, and when he saw her eyes were distracted and quickly closed them again, he realized that she must have had a nightmare. He felt regretful and afraid. In such a troubled world, he really couldn't separate from her for a moment, otherwise, she would fall into the trap in the blink of an eye. A terrible situation. He sighed and gently put her back on his bed, but he felt that the edge of the bed was cold and the quilt was cold, with almost no warmth at all. He also saw that her hand was holding him tightly and would not let go, so he simply hugged her to her. Sit down by the fire.
Hua Rong's head rested on his chest, and her whole body felt cold and hot. Yue Pengju hesitated and untied the clothes on his chest. As soon as her face was next to his warm and solid chest, she seemed to be very comfortable, leaning heavily on her chest. He fell asleep in his arms.
It was the first time in his life that he was so close to a woman, a goddess he had always admired. He felt sad and excited at the same time. His body was trembling slightly, his palms were almost sweating, and his whole body was hotter than Hua Rong. He pulled up his robe. Wrapping her up like a baby, her face was bright red under the firelight, and her high fever had not gone away.
He felt pity and worry at the same time. He really didn't know how to let her live a stable life in such troubled times.
Hua Rong opened her eyes, it was already dusk.
The light was dim, as if it was covered by something. She said "Hmm" and stretched out her hand, only to find that she was in Yue Pengju's arms and wrapped in his robe. Yue Pengju also woke up, gently opened a little of his robe and touched it. He touched her forehead and said in surprise: "Sister, you don't have a fever anymore..."
The chest against his cheek was so warm that it almost made people completely forget about the flight and panic in the past.
"Pengju, are there no more pursuers?"
"Not yet. Sister, don't be afraid, I'm here."
Her face was still buried in his arms, and she spoke softly: "Pengju, as long as you are here, I am not afraid of anything..."
The country is ruined and the family is destroyed, the individual strength is so small, the woman is even more precarious, weak, and terrified like never before. The man in front of her is like a life-saving straw. Apart from him, there is no one to rely on.
She suddenly remembered something and raised her head, "Where are Wanwan and the others?"
Yue Pengju looked gloomy and shook his head. The Song Dynasty could not protect its subjects, and he himself could not protect thousands of people who were caught in the disaster of war. He looked at the vast world outside the door and sighed: "Sister, I hope that one day I can save the people of the world. But when I can’t, I can only save you first!”
Hua Rong's heart was shaken, and he didn't know whether he was happy or sad. Tears rubbed against his hot chest, and his shoulders shook slightly. The world was in chaos. If there were no strong arms to rely on, the fate of the Liujiasi woman would also be her own fate.
If he was here, maybe everything would be different.
Neither of them said anything. For a while, Hua Rong smelled the aroma of dry food and rabbit meat. It was unknown when Yue Pengju had put it aside to heat up, and the boiling snow water was gurgling.
Yue Pengju soaked the dry food in boiling water and handed it to her: "Sister, please eat some..."
"Haha, Pengju, you still have the rabbit meat?"
"I'm not hungry… "
"Fool, how can you not be hungry?"
She knew that he was worried about running out of food, so she endured hunger and left it to herself. She smiled slightly and went to take the bowl. Seeing how weak she was, Yue Pengju took the bowl away and said softly: "It's still very hot. Sister, I'll feed you..."
It was the first time in Hua Rong's life that someone took such careful care of him. Every time he took a bite, he glanced at him, but he felt that the man in front of him had firm eyes, strong wrists, and was as close as the protector he had predetermined in his previous life.
Even though I was feeling sad, I couldn't help but laugh.
"Sister, are you feeling better now?"
"Much better."
He put down the bowl and held her hand in the firelight. Her expression was as soft as his little sister.
"Pengju, what should we do in the future?"
"When the snow stops, we will set off immediately. The Ninth Prince is probably on his way back to Beijing. The Ninth Prince must not come back. He will only be a hostage when he comes back. In that case, the Kingdom of Jin will really catch them all..."
"So we must stop him."
She cheered up a little, because she felt guilty for not being able to rescue the Ninth Prince's family, and she was even more anxious: "Pengju, we will leave as soon as dawn."
He touched her forehead: "Are you okay?"
Even though his body was still limp, seeing his pitiful eyes, he immediately became energetic and said, "It's okay."
"Well, it's really not advisable to stay here for a long time." He was pure in heart and said whatever came to his mind, "Sister, these days, we can't leave even one step, and we have to be together at night."
She smiled sweetly and rested her head on his chest involuntarily. It was the first time she listened so intently to a man's strong heartbeat: "Pengju, as long as you are here, I won't be afraid."
He gently hugged her waist, his face felt warm for some reason, and his heart beat faster. On the snowy night of fleeing, because he hugged the person in his arms, the world of death was not so scary.
Let’s talk about King Qin. He met Hua Rong on a snowy night. He was so close to the world, but he lost him again. He was angry and resentful. He had peeked at Hua Rong in the Xiangzhou Camp along the way, but he had never seen her face to face again. Hua Rong, let alone say a word.
Although he was not in any way sad or frightened by the fall of the Song Dynasty, he could always witness thousands of women in his country being raped and raped by the Jin army. Even the princesses could not escape the bad luck, and his wife might become one of them at any time. Always trembling with fear.
This time, Hua Rong was clearly in front of me, but in the dark night, she disappeared again in the blink of an eye. After a fight with the Jin army, I couldn't help but feel evil and courageous, and even killed more than twenty pursuers. Kill them all.
A Jin soldier was dragging Li Shi when he suddenly saw the King of Qin rushing towards him in the night. He was so frightened that he threw Li Shi off his horse and ran away. Li Shi fell to the snow, her mouth and nose were deep in the snow, and she immediately fainted.
King Qin pulled her up, and she woke up. Hearing that these people had Song accents, she breathed a sigh of relief, knelt down and bowed: "Thank you so much, my benefactor..."
King Qin was very impatient: "The war is chaotic, women should not run around outside."
He turned around and left, but Mrs. Li hugged his legs and burst into tears: "My dear friend, can you save my young lady? I will repay you even if I work like a cow or a horse..."
The King of Qin has been on the sea for half his life, and his life is full of licking blood, killing people, setting fires, and robbing and kidnapping. Unexpectedly, today a woman hugged his leg and asked him to save people. He was so depressed that he opened her door and said: "I, my wife." If you haven't found it yet, how can you save your young lady? Don't bother me..."
Mrs. Li originally thought he was a righteous man, but when she saw how cruel he was, she didn't dare to beg him any more, but she didn't dare to leave alone, so she followed the others obediently.
King Qin looked at the remaining seven or eight brothers. He had brought nearly twenty elite soldiers along the way and fought with them several times. Now, these are the only ones left.
Li Xing was covered in blood and panting: "Your Majesty, what should we do?"
"Let's go as soon as we find the lady."
Li Xing couldn't bear it any longer: "But Madam is obviously avoiding you. There is no way you can continue to look for her. You will always miss her. The situation is so chaotic. It will be too dangerous to stay any longer..."
He said bitterly: "I really shouldn't have allowed her to go to the capital in the first place. No matter what, next time I see the girl, I will just snatch her and take her away." Thinking that she had escaped with Yue Pengju, he felt a little happy and let out a long sigh. , said to himself, "Fortunately, she is fine and did not fall into the hands of Jin Bing. As long as she is still alive, it will be easy to handle."
"Then what should we do?"
"Immediately follow the direction to find it. With such heavy snow, they can't go far."
"yes."
Seven or eight people set off on the road with difficulty. At dawn, there was a vast expanse of snow in front of them, and there was no trace of them. Li Xingdao: "Your Majesty, there are golden soldiers appearing at any time..."
"Okay, everyone, be careful."
After another journey, they heard the clanking of horse hooves and the ringing of bells. King Qin gave a low shout, and everyone hid sideways in a large snowdrift. They saw two women staggering in front of them. Because of their small feet and the pursuit of soldiers, they After falling down several times and getting up several times, one of the girls in light purple clothes fell to the ground and could not get up for a long time. The girl beside her became anxious and pulled her hard. This girl was Wanwan, and she started crying in a hurry: "Princess, get up quickly... hurry up..."
"Wanwan, run quickly and leave me alone..."
The Jin soldiers had already caught up with them, and the leader of them laughed ferociously: "Princess Tianxiang, where else do you want to escape?"