The youth obviously coincided with Qin Yining's thoughts. Although no pursuers were found in the village for the time being, Wang Dashan lived in this village, and they were all worried that he would suddenly go back and hunt them down.
The lameness of the youth seems to be more severe than before. In the quiet night, Qin Yining could hear his tired breathing.
Qin Yining was very tired herself, and she didn't even have time to rest when Wang Dashan's family was healing the young man. However, it was also fortunate that she brought the medicine given by rock sugar.
The two walked along the path in the village for a while, avoiding people and heading to the suburban mountains.
After passing through a large ridge to the foot of the mountain, the young man pointed to the mountain, then pointed to the direction of Danfu County, and made a few gestures.
Qin Yining smiled, "Do you want to rest here now and take me back when it's safe?"
Of course, the young man would not answer her, and began to climb the mountain from his own perspective.
Although Qin Yining was tired, she had the experience of living in the wild in her early years, and her body had recovered a lot under the careful maintenance of rock sugar. The last time she went to Wanfo Temple, she was able to persevere on such a steep mountain road, not to mention that she was running for her life today. For Qin Yining, it was natural that such a hill would not be impossible for her to climb.
The two hid their tracks while walking, went to the mountain to find a hiding place, and finally chose behind a small steep slope. A tall and thick tree grows on the hillside, and the developed root system firmly grasps the soil on the steep slope, forming a sunken cave that naturally shelters from the wind and rain on the back of the steep slope.
They were afraid of attracting chasing troops, so naturally they did not dare to start a fire.
Qin Yining sat on the inside, while the young man was holding a bamboo stick at the entrance of the cave.
In the quiet mountains, only the chirping of birds and insects can be heard, and occasionally the chirping of wild animals. The sky gradually began to get brighter, everything outside the cave was covered with a layer of blue gauze, and the morning breeze was wrapped in dew, making people feel very cold.
Qin Yining used the morning light to rummage through the small medicine bag in his arms, and found the pills to treat the wounds of young people, as well as to nourish qi and blood, increase physical strength, and treat wind-cold...
There were many different kinds of pills, and they prepared a few pills and sent them to the youth.
"You eat these first." Qin Yining was afraid that the young man would not believe her, so he gestured, "This is a life-saving thing. Just now at the Wang's house, it was just for you to use this to save your life."
But even though she was talking, Qin Yining didn't hold out hope. She looked very embarrassed now, and she brought small pills of different sizes and colors to give people to eat. The gesture is not clear.
Qin Yining was a little frustrated.
Unexpectedly, the performance of the young man was very unexpected. He didn't wait for Qin Yining to lose for a long time before he took the pill, swallowed it with his neck up, and nodded at Qin Yining with a blank expression.
Qin Yining was a little surprised, and then burst into laughter, "You're not afraid that what I'm giving you is poison."
The young man's expression was a little dazed. Seeing her smiling, he also moved the corner of his mouth and smiled.
Qin Yining shook his head and laughed, and sat back to his original position.
She rubbed her legs tiredly, then curled herself up with her arms folded over her knees. She didn't sleep all night, and spent the whole time being chased and killed. After that, the young man fell down again. Her spirit was always tense, and when she relaxed, she felt how tired she was.
Taking advantage of the fact that the chasing troops have not found them, it is serious to hurry up and recharge. No one can guarantee what will happen to the hated fools in their return.
Qin Yining gradually fell asleep.
The young man looked back at her, and immediately closed his eyes with a bamboo stick in his hands.
It can be regarded as a blessing from God, and the chasing soldiers did not immediately find them. Perhaps they had just searched the village, and they thought that they had fled elsewhere. The two rested until the afternoon until they were hungry, and Qin Yining went to collect a lot of them. of wild vegetables and fruits.
As usual, the two did not dare to make a fire, fearing that the smoke from the cooking would attract chasing soldiers, so they drank the mountain spring and ate fruits and wild vegetables, so that they could satisfy their stomachs.
But after "lunch", Qin Yining decided to go down the mountain rationally.
"Although Danfu County is a big county, they can't find traces elsewhere, and they will definitely come back here. After all, you left bloodstains here. Maybe they will suspect that we are hiding in Wang Dashan's house. After all, the last bloodstain was in front of the Wang family's door."
Those chasing soldiers did not suspect Wang Dashan before because the impression that Wang Dashan's wife was killed by a young man was preconceived.
But after they really can't find anyone, can they think more? Even if they wouldn't suspect Wang Dashan, they would suspect that the young man was hiding in a familiar place with someone.
Qin Yining struggled to communicate with the young man, but at least he made the other person understand her meaning through sign language.
The two went down the mountain quietly, watching carefully.
Although they knew they couldn't stay in this village, they didn't know which direction was safe for a while.
Qin Yining pursed his lips and thought, just as he was about to make a decision, out of the corner of his eyes, he suddenly saw a red dot in the distance, flashing silently into the sky, and finally the light gradually disappeared, turning into a puff of white smoke. The hot wind blew into the air. The whole process is nothing more than discoverable without careful attention between breaths.
Qin Yining opened her eyes in surprise, her heart filled with joy.
Those are the unique fireworks of the Qingtian League. They are specially used to communicate with each other in an emergency. Because they are afraid that the signal will be ignored, they have a fixed interval. Use this method to contact again after a period of time.
Qin Yining pointed in that direction and said to the young man, "Let's go there, my people are there."
The young man smiled when he saw Qin Yining's happy face.
Qin Yining took out the same firework from his belt and lit the fuse with a fire stick. The fuze made a slight "poof" sound, sparks splashed, and then a red light swept up, and finally disappeared in the air.
Qin Yining motioned the young man to follow her quickly. As she walked, she observed the sky and did not see the other two fireworks coming from that direction, so she was sure that the other party had received her message.
On the way, Qin Yining had already thought about the reasons and candidates for the Qingtian Alliance's arrival in his heart.
In the end, she guessed that the person who came was Hall Master Liao.
However, when Qin Yining and the youth avoided the official road, turned to the path, and finally came to the direction of the fireworks, they met a familiar person.
When the man saw Qin Yining, he immediately came forward to salute.
"Alliance!"
"It's you?"
The person who came was a familiar face, named Meng Qin, who used to be with Hall Master Qiao. Later, when Liu Ban and Guan Dahu contacted the congregation, he also sent a letter to Qin Yining on behalf of Hall Master Liao.
"Why are you here? Hallmaster Liao ordered it?"
Meng Qin said: "Yes, but the leader may not know that I came out with you secretly. Hall Master Liao couldn't come out, and he was worried that you might encounter any danger outside, so he arranged for me to follow you to protect me secretly. Although I am average in skill, But you have good legs and are good at hiding your whereabouts. You were kidnapped in the county town before, which scared me enough."
As he spoke, Meng Qin glared at the lame young man behind Qin Yining, "This man is running too fast, I can't keep up, and I'm worried about your safety, but I also guess that this brother has no ill will towards the leader of the alliance. ."
Qin Yining was a little surprised and moved: "It's you who care."
Meng Qin smiled and scratched his head, "This is all within the responsibility of the subordinates. By the way, I just found out where the subordinates that the prince arranged to meet are now. Now you and this brother are outside, in case you are caught by the mob. It's not good to catch it. The lord is still besieged in the county town, otherwise you will go to join the people under the lord first?"
Qin Yining doesn't get involved in Pang Xiao's affairs very much. She only speaks her mind when Pang Xiao can't decide to discuss with her about something.
When he came to Danfu County this time, in order to avoid any accidents in the city, Pang Xiao had only Xie Yue and Xu Weizhi as his advisors before entering the city, and kept some of his advisors and Jinghuwei outside the city. , All of these people can help, and the guards of honor brought when entering the city are all gifts from the royal family, plus the palace soldiers and a small number of elite tiger guards to support the scene.
"That's very good. The lord arranged for Mr. Tao to be outside the city. I think they came into the city after hearing that something happened in the city."
"Exactly, the subordinates couldn't find the leader of the alliance, so they guessed that the prince's people would definitely come to the city to meet the prince. Only then did he pay close attention and detect their whereabouts. It would be bad if someone with ulterior motives was caught by mistake."
Qin Yining smiled and said, "Okay, let's go there now."
"Ah." Meng Qin took out an oiled paper bag from his arms, and took off the water bag from his waist, "President, this is the dry food, beef and water that I brought you specially. You can use some first."
Qin Yining washed her head and face with mountain spring water on the mountain, and her hair was simply brushed, but she was covered in blood and it was too late to clean her, and she looked quite embarrassed, which made Meng Qin feel sad.
Qin Yining was not polite, and took the oiled paper bag and called, which contained several puff pastry sprinkled with salt and pepper, and sliced beef in sauce.
He took out a piece of cake, cut it open in the middle, and filled it with thick beef. Qin Yining first handed it to the young man who had been silent behind him.
"You eat quickly."
The young man was a little surprised and looked at Meng Qin hesitantly, but did not reach out to pick it up.
Meng Qin gave the young man a displeased glance, then turned his face away. He thought it was the savage who took Qin Yining that caused the trouble.
Qin Yining smiled and handed over the pie with the beef in it, gesturing the action of eating.
The young man's lips gradually pursed, as if hiding his smile, Qin Yining saw a dimple appeared on his right cheek.
He took the pie with the beef in his left hand and took a big bite.
Qin Yining laughed, "That's right, if you don't have enough food, you won't have the strength to travel."
Qin Yining took a piece of cake to eat himself, and gave Meng Qin a piece of cake with beef.
Meng Qin smiled and said, "Lord, I ate it when I came. It was specially prepared for you."
Knowing that Meng Qin could move freely and would definitely not be hungry, Qin Yining put more beef in the cake and handed it to the young man who had finished eating the cake after him.