The fog was thick and the forest was dim, with unclear vision. Brother Ling was holding a toy knife in his right hand, fiddling with the dry grass in front of him, staring carefully at the ground, turning back and stretching out his hand, but Li Yueji did not grab his hand, so he said: Princess, follow me closely.
Li Yueji whispered: Brother Ling, what is this place
I don't know. Brother Ling said, and after thinking for a while, he said, it's too dark, and I can't find the road. But at night, we can get two horses and water, and go north. The road should be in the north.
Li Yueji asked, "We have to wait until dark."
Brother Ling said: Otherwise we will be discovered.
Li Yueji said: What should we do if the Zhou people block the intersection
Brother Ling said: The world is so big, and there are only two of us, so we don’t have to walk on the road.
At this time, they came to a mound of earth, surrounded by half-human-high weeds. Brother Ling looked back at the hillside and said, "Let's hide here and rest for a while."
Brother Lu sat down on the ground first, and when he looked at Li Yueji, she also squatted down, hugged her knees with her arms, put her face on her knees, and her legs looked even longer. Her hat was gone, her long hair was gone, and her hair was like clouds, with a few strands of messy hair on her beautiful round face, looking a little pitiful, but very cute.
She remained silent, looking a little confused.
Brother Lu looked at her slightly upturned lips, swallowed and said: Princess, let’s stand up after we finish talking.
Li Yueji looked up at him and came to her senses after a moment: It's already this time, how can you still think about that
Brother Lu stood up carefully, opened his eyes wide and said eagerly: I have admired you for so many years. We have known each other since childhood, and you should have married me.
Li Yueji was startled and stood up quickly, saying anxiously: "Don't come over here."
Brother Ling stared at her, her curvy figure beneath her messy clothes, which looked like a fresh and white rice dumpling wrapped in it. His breathing became a little heavy: I will treat you well, and I will treat you well for the rest of my life.
Li Yueji said kindly: How could you do this? I trust Brother Lu so much.
Brother Ling approached slowly.
Li Yueji was angry and anxious. She turned her head quickly to take a look, and retreated cautiously, but she didn't dare to run, for fear that Brother Lu would suddenly come to force her. There was no one else in this wilderness except them. She almost cried, and suddenly took out a short knife from her bosom, first pointed it at Brother Lu, and then at her own neck, "If you move forward again, I will die in front of you."
Brother Ling stopped in a hurry, with a complicated look on his face, and said angrily, "Why do you keep it? If you are caught, you would rather leave it to that dog emperor than to me. I have been waiting for you for so many years."
You follow me, do you want my body? Li Yueji said angrily.
At this moment, Brother Ling's expression suddenly changed and his eyes moved away from her.
Li Yueji turned her head and looked again. She found a few pairs of cold lights in the distance. They were the cold lights in the eyes of wild animals.
Wolf Li Yueji's face suddenly turned pale.
Brother Lu no longer cared about what happened just now. He stared at the wandering cold light and slowly reached for the bow on his back, because the cold gazes were getting more and more.
Brother Ling stared at the lights, and when he heard a slight rustling sound, he said in a deep voice: Don't run, or you'll die.
Brother Ling said: Wolves are beasts that bully the weak and fear the strong.
Li Yueji was so scared that she trembled all over, but since Brother Ling liked hunting, she began to trust him again.
The cold lights gradually approached in the dim light, and a sad howl came from the bushes, which was indeed the cry of a wolf. Brother Ling stared at it angrily, not retreating a single step.
The beastly brother roared in a deep and powerful voice.
Unexpectedly, just as he finished speaking, there was a sudden sound of rustling in the bushes in the distance. Brother Ling immediately turned around and ran, shouting: It's over, run!
Li Yueji turned around and ran quickly. Fortunately, she was wearing a short-sleeved shirt and pants, otherwise she would not be able to run fast. The two of them ran up the mountain regardless of their lives, but the sound behind them was getting closer and closer.
Li Yueji was shocked and scared, her mind went blank and she gasped with her mouth wide open.
Suddenly, her feet were empty, and she stumbled and fell to the ground, with her chest clearly hitting the ground first. She felt a sharp pain when she fell to the ground. Li Yueji shouted in despair.
Brother Ling looked back and continued to run a few steps. Li Yueji's heart sank. When she turned around to look behind her, a dark shadow swooped over. Her heart suddenly felt like it had fallen into an ice cave. She couldn't move her hands or feet. She lay there without any reaction. At this moment, she had a flash of regret, but she didn't have time to think about it. She was only filled with fear.
At this moment, Brother Lu yelled, finally stopped, turned around, put an arrow on the bowstring, and instantly there was a bang. At this time, another black shadow had rushed towards Brother Lu.
The noise behind was getting closer and closer. Li Yueji didn't know how she turned over. The arrow she just shot didn't seem to hit the wolf. A black shadow with two points of faint light jumped up.
Li Yueji closed her eyes tightly.
A moment later, her body felt heavy, and a wolf had pounced on her chest. She could already smell a disgusting stench, and her whole body became stiff and tense as if she had lost consciousness. Her head buzzed, and she seemed to be floating in the air and had no idea where she was.
Her heart seemed to be squeezed tightly. At this moment, her biggest feeling was not anything else but waiting for the pain of fear, hoping it would pass quickly.
But after a while, she felt nothing, but her body felt heavy. She opened her eyes and saw an arrow stuck in the wolf's head, with the arrowhead coming out from the back of its head. Only then did she feel a sticky, very smelly patch on her face.
Li Yueji turned her head to look at Lingge's direction. She saw a horse and a man standing on the top of the hill. Under the pale sky, the man was just a black shadow. The shadow of the bun and the high crown on his head were quite special. It was the crown worn by Han nobles.
Li Yueji looked at the black shadow as if she was dreaming.
At this time, more knights appeared on the upper post and rushed down together. Brother Lu was pinned to the ground by a wolf, but the wolf turned around and ran away; Li Yueji also lost the dim lights just now.
Wolves are not the most ferocious wild beasts, but if a man fights even a wolf in close combat with bare hands, even a strong man like Brother Ling will find it difficult to win.
The sound of horse hooves suddenly rang out, and many cavalrymen rushed over. Some of them surrounded Li Yueji and Lingge with bows and arrows, while others rode straight after them. Then the sound of crackling strings and the howling of wolves were heard.
Li Yueji struggled to stand up, and the pain in her chest and legs came up. She looked down and saw blood all over her clothes. She was surrounded by cavalry. A man with a bun and a high crown rode up on horseback. He was the Zhou emperor Guo Shao whom she met that day.
Guo Shao looked at Li Yueji and Lingge with a complicated expression. Li Yueji was speechless and didn't know what to say.
She just looked at the bow in Guo Shao's hand and wondered: Was that arrow shot by Lingge or Guo Shao
There was an awkward silence all around, the soldiers turned their heads aside without saying a word, as if they had not seen anything. They were just concentrating on watching the movements around them.
Guo Shao's face turned pale and blue, and no words could describe how he felt at that moment.
He cursed in his heart: Bastard
The two of them were in disarray, alone in the bushes, and now they were eloping for love in public, regardless of everything. Guo Shao was not moved at all, and only felt ashamed.
He jumped off his horse and walked in front of Li Yueji. Li Yueji's clothes were disheveled, her collar was torn by something, and her white neck above the collarbone was exposed in the wet blood. Her face was also stained, but the smooth skin under the blood was still faintly visible, like a piece of white jade thrown into the mud.
Li Yueji looked at him with fear and took two steps back.
Guo Shao really wanted to slap this woman in the face, but he swallowed his breath.
Anger will lower people's IQ and make them do wrong things. As long as they do nothing and wait for a stick of incense, perhaps the behavior they decide to do will be very different. This is the psychological adjustment method summarized by Guo Shao in the past.
He didn't hit Li Yueji, nor did he scold her. He just endured it and didn't say a word.
He did not try to provoke Li Yueji, but turned around and got back on the horse silently. Li Yueji also stared at his back blankly.
After Guo Shao got on his horse, he shouted: Take him away
Then he led a group of cavalrymen up the hillside again and retreated westward along the wild grass and low bushes.
Everyone climbed up the hillside in silence. When the cool breeze from the hill blew, Guo Shao realized that it was already dawn. When he turned around, he suddenly saw the bright red sun peeking out from the eastern horizon.
The clouds in the sky were dyed orange, very gorgeous, and when a ray of sunlight shone on his face, Guo Shao felt a little warmth. The world is still big, but people's hearts are always prone to sink to the bottom of the well, as if there is only one thing left in the world that makes people lose control of their emotions.
He still said nothing, but his mood gradually calmed down. After repeated verification, it was indeed true: now it was useless for him to lose his temper.
Guo Shao breathed a sigh of relief. As long as Li Yueji was caught and kept in check, the marriage between the royal family and the Li family would still count.
The betrothal gift has been given, and the status has been sealed. There is no reason to return it. No matter who she likes or what she thinks, she can't run away.
Moreover, Guo Shao also felt that he didn't need to care about her thoughts, because it was impossible for him to have deep feelings for Li Yueji. The most important woman in his heart was only Fu Jinzhan.
In this case, then marriage is an alliance, why demand too much? All emotional out-of-control is nothing but a psychological trap of possessiveness.
The sky is getting brighter and the day has just begun.