Prince Consort

Chapter 31
She took a deep breath and rushed into the "Forest of No Return".

As the name suggests, the Forest of No Return has lush trees, too dense and intricate, and it is very easy to get lost, and it is difficult to get out after entering.Bai Zhi carved "one" on the tree with a dagger before going in.She is marking herself.Every few steps she takes, she will engrave an increasing number, but the forest is really intricate, and according to her walking method, the possibility of finding Mutusu is extremely slim.It wasn't until she found the blood stains on the ground that she showed joy on her face. She didn't engrave numbers to mark it, and followed the blood stains directly.

Bai Zhi met the fallen Mu Tusu beside a small stream.She rushed to his side and patted his face: "General, wake up."

Mu Tusu showed no signs of waking up.

Bai Zhi pinches other people, pricks his acupoints with a hairpin, but they don't wake up.Bai Zhi was stunned, what kind of medicinal powder is this?Her medical skills are extremely shallow, and she has no way of knowing.Bai Zhi was about to carry Mutusu out, but just as she was about to carry him, a tall black bear with a big tongue came towards them.

Bai Zhi's body trembled, she had never actually fought before, and this was the first time.She put on a stance, looking brave to defend Mutusu to the death, but her hands and feet were trembling.The black bear roared at her, but the breath that came out of its mouth was not fishy, ​​but sweet and greasy.Bai Zhi was stunned, but found that the big black bear climbed up the tree, picked the hornet's nest off the tree like picking fruit, fiddled with it a few times, carried the hornet's nest on its back, and left without even looking at Bai Zhi.

Bai Zhipi smiled but didn't smile, thinking that her courage was wasted.

Bai Zhi continued to admire Tusu, but night had fallen, and she couldn't see the blood stains on the ground clearly.She wanted to make a torch out of a torch, but there was only a torch and no oil, so she couldn't do it.In order not to get lost, she rested in place and waited for dawn.

Bai Zhi was collecting firewood nearby, lit a fire, and sat beside the fire to enjoy the fire.She tore off her clothes as a bandage, helped Mu Tusu treat the wound on his arm, and then returned to the fire.Her stomach growled and she frowned in pain.She hadn't eaten for almost a day, and she was so hungry that her chest was pressed against her back, and her head also fainted.

This was the first time she was hungry, and it felt extremely bad.

It's cold, even if Bai Zhi sits by the fire, she still feels cold.She looked at the moon, the round moon was like a pancake, she wanted to eat it very much.

"Come." Mutusu opened his eyes, and the first sentence he said was to Bai Zhi.

Bai Zhi was startled: "Are you awake? Can you see?"

"Well, come." Mutusu stretched out his arm.

Bai Zhi was puzzled.

"I'm a bit cold too. If two people squeeze together, it will be warmer."

"Why don't you ask me why I'm here?" Bai Zhi felt that he was too calm.

"I don't want to ask." Mu Tusu laughed.

"..."

"Zhi'er, every time you risk your life to save me, is it because you are too kind? Or do you want me to owe you favors? Or...you actually have feelings for me?" Mu Tusu stared at Bai Zhi intently.He finally asked, but Bai Zhi didn't expect him to ask such a question.

Bai Zhi said: "You saved me too, I just repay you."

"Really?" His eyes dimmed.

Bai Zhi said nothing.

"Come on, let's warm up together for a while."

Bai Zhi crossed her arms and hesitated.

Mu Tusu didn't force it, he knew Bai Zhi's temperament.Sure enough, after a while, Bai Zhi moved over and sat down next to him.Maybe Bai Zhi was too hungry. In order not to continue suffering, she sat by the fire for a while and then fell asleep, unknowingly fell on Mutusu's shoulder.

Mu Tusu looked sideways at Bai Zhi's beautiful face that was illuminated by the fire, and he gently rubbed her face with his face, whispering: "Zhi'er..."

The next day, before dawn, it began to rain heavily.Bai Zhi didn't wake up completely at that time, she just felt that she was moving in the air, the left side was warmer than the right side, and occasionally water splashed on her face.After she saw clearly, she realized that she was being picked up by Mutu Suda and ran towards a big tree.It was a dead tree with a big hole in the middle that could only accommodate one person.Mu Tusu put Bai Zhi into the tree hole, squatted outside, and instantly turned into a wooden stake, motionless.

Bai Zhi got up and went out, and pushed Mu Tusu to go in: "What are you doing? You have wounds on your hands, you can't get caught in the rain, you go in."

Mu Tusu didn't move.

Doesn't Bai Zhi understand Mu Tusu? As long as he believes in something, ten cows can't pull it. He is completely stubborn and stubborn.But the wound on his arm was not a minor injury. Just now when he hugged her, the wound had already opened. If it was drenched by rain, it would get worse. It would not be a simple trauma.

Bai Zhi could only use force and push him in desperately.Before she could exert all her strength, Mutusu carried her back to the tree hole like a chicken.Bai Zhi knew that she was doing superfluous things, but she was anxious and couldn't let Mu Tusu go her own way.In terms of strength, she can't match him, and in terms of stubbornness, she is willing to bow down.She looked at Mutusu timidly, with an inexplicable flush on her face, and said in a low voice, "You just don't want me to get wet. But you have an injury on your hand, so you can't get wet. I have a solution. Both of us Don't get caught in the rain."

Mutusu, who was like a stake, cast a sideways glance at her, and she said with a little embarrassment, "Let's go into the cave together to hide from the rain."

Mutusu looked at the width of the hole: "It can only accommodate one person."

"We... we can stack them up." Bai Zhi felt her brain congested.

then……

The two entered the tree hole, and Bai Zhi sat on Mutusu's body.

Bai Zhi watched the rain getting heavier and heavier all over her body stiffly. The body temperature coming from behind made her want to get closer but dared not approach, so she could only sit up straight and stiff, looking at the sky, hoping that the rain would stop soon.

Suddenly, Mutusu leaned over, wrapped his hands restlessly around her slender waist, and rested his head on her neck.Bai Zhi was startled: "What are you doing! General, you can't take advantage of me!" Bai Zhi began to struggle, but as soon as he moved, Mu Tusu felt pain and shouted: "It hurts".

Bai Zhi thought she had hurt him, so she didn't dare to move anymore, she could only tremble and be snuggled by him.She had no choice but to say aggrievedly: "General..."

"It's so cold, hold you warmer." I don't know whether he did it on purpose or not, as he spoke, the hot air he exhaled touched Bai Zhi's earlobe, making it itchy.

Bai Zhi shrank her body, shaking even more violently.

Mutusu's strength around Bai Zhi's waist grew stronger, and he almost put all the weight of his upper body on Bai Zhi's back.Bai Zhi blushed and shrunk her body, looking up at the sky obsequiously, hoping that the rain would stop soon and she could go out earlier.Such a consequence was actually caused by herself. Who made her soft-hearted, afraid that Mu Tusu's wound would worsen?Who told her to come up with such a bad idea?

The rain finally stopped, and the two of them went out of the cave. In the forest after the rain, the air was filled with the smell of damp grass.The flush on Bai Zhi's face did not subside, she didn't dare to look at Mu Tusu, she turned her back to him and said, "Let's go back as soon as possible."

Bai Zhi raised her legs and walked into the forest.Seeing her appearance, Mu Tusu laughed uncontrollably, and followed her.

But Bai Zhi stopped in the middle of her walk, turned back and forth, her shy red face turned pale, she lowered her head and turned around like a headless fly.Mutusu asked, "What's wrong?"

"Your blood is gone."

"..."

Those bloodstains should have been washed away by the heavy rain.But she came here because of the blood... It's really unpredictable, and the plan can't keep up with the changes.Bai Zhi was depressed and sad, isn't it a curse not to return to Lin Mo?They can't get out.

Mu Tusu walked to her side to comfort her: "It's okay, let's find a way out slowly."

Bai Zhi nodded helplessly.

The two walked by feeling, Bai Zhi hoped to see the number carved by herself on a tree, but she never saw it.Bai Zhi was exhausted, feeling hungry and dizzy, so she fainted directly.

When Bai Zhi woke up, she was in a dilapidated room with simple furniture, only a bed, a table, and two chairs.There is a bow and arrow on the wall, and a tiger skin is also hung.Looking at it this way, it looks like Orion's home.

"Are you awake?" A man came from outside the door, he was holding a rabbit that had been killed by a bow and arrow, and he smiled naively.

Bai Zhi was stunned for a moment, then looked around, but did not see Mutusu, and hurriedly asked: "How did I come here? Is there a man walking with me?"

The Orion was startled, unable to answer for a moment.Seeing his silence, Bai Zhi was shocked, and frantically grabbed Orion: "What happened to him? Was he eaten by a wild animal? Or did you never see him?" Bai Zhi looked as if he was going to eat people, and Orion shook his head: "No ……without……"

"Miss." Qing He walked in from the door.

Bai Zhi yelled: "Qing He?" His eyes turned to Qing He's swollen belly, and then saw the Orion walking up to Qing He's side, raising his head and holding the rabbit, and smirked at her: "Here." Qing He smiled at him: "How about you burn rabbits today? I want to chat with my old friend."

Orion glanced at Bai Zhi, nodded and left.

Bai Zhi couldn't accept it all of a sudden, pointed at Orion's back, and looked at Qing He with searching eyes.Qing He laughed and said, "He is my husband-in-law."

"Then he knows your child..."

"This is his child."

Bai Zhi was puzzled.

The two sat down, and Qing He told Bai Zhi what had happened to her these months.At the beginning, she wanted to go to Tongcheng to meet Liu Ji again, but who would have imagined that she would meet Nanzhao soldiers on the road, who would have evil thoughts when they saw her a woman of the generation.She ran, and finally ran into the Forest of No Return, lost and hungry, fainted, woke up here, and then met her current husband, Ah Fu.Ah Fu has a low IQ and is over [-] years old. Women in the village are unwilling to marry him.He is illiterate, can only hunt, and trades his prey for daily necessities.She was very weak at that time, so Ah Fu took out all the money in the family to show her body, and took good care of her during that time.That's it, Qing He was grateful, and when he recovered, he helped him with some housework.The three aunts and six wives in the village matched her and Ah Fu. She didn't want to agree to it at first, but she still can't separate her affection from her kindness.Later, she wanted to go out. Ah Fu's village has regulations, and the villagers are not allowed to leave or return to the forest.Ah Fu only sent her to the exit of the forest of no return.After Qing He went out, she had nowhere to go, and wanted to go back to find Bai Zhi, but felt ashamed, so after wandering around for a long time, she still went to see Liu Ji shamelessly.It's just that Liu Ji didn't want to take her in, so he sent her away with a large sum of money.These were not enough to make her sad, she never expected that Liu Ji would slip the abortion pill in the tea.

Speaking of this, Qing He burst into tears.

Bai Zhi was startled: "My cousin is such a person!" Although Bai Zhi didn't know Liu Ji very well, he was not like this kind of person.She asked Qing He: "How could you have that relationship with my cousin?"

Qing He seemed to have seen it, and no longer concealed it: "This matter starts with the matter between you and Shizi. The second master saw that you had something to do with the son. That night, when you went on a date at night, the second master drank some drink, and then ran to your other courtyard, but went to the wrong room, and then..."

"What?! He raped you?" Bai Zhiteng stood up and looked at Qing He in disbelief.Qing He shook her head and nodded again: "Qing He was also half pushing and half pushing at the time... Qing He had an impure heart at the time, thinking that she would be able to fly up a branch and become a phoenix, but it was a joke after all. I did it on my own, and I don't blame anyone."

Bai Zhi had nothing to say, only asked: "Then what happened after that?"

"I really had nowhere to go, so I had no choice but to come back to the forest again. When I walked to the entrance, I found Ah Fu standing there."

"he……"

Qing He laughed a few times: "He thought I would come back, and stood there waiting for me after hunting every day, and didn't go home until sunset."

"What a fool." Bai Zhi also laughed.

"I think Shizi is also a fool." Qing He chuckled twice.Only then did Bai Zhi think of Mutusu, and hurriedly asked, "By the way, what happened to him?"

"Miss, are you dizzy from hunger?"

Bai Zhi nodded.

"You fainted and couldn't eat, you can only drink liquid food like goat milk, and you can't pour water into it, so you can only push food into your mouth with your mouth." Qing He looked at Bai Zhi ambiguously.Bai Zhi's heart skipped a beat, and a bad premonition spread all over her body.

"Originally, Qing He was obliged to do this, but the son would not depend on life and death, so he insisted on doing it himself. Tell me, why did he rush to do such a tiring job? Isn't it a fool?" Qing He laughed more happily, and Bai Zhi wanted to beat her chest even more. .

This is not an act of a fool, obviously he took the opportunity to belittle her, take advantage of her, and eat her tofu.

"Miss, don't worry about being gossiped about. The villagers think that Miss is the son's wife. The villagers don't know the real identity of the son. The son only thinks that he is a young general of the Glorious Dynasty."

"Why do the villagers here live in this deep mountain and old forest? There are also those strange rules."

"I heard that the villagers were all Nanzhao people captured by General Pei during the Gushun period. They had already been executed by the late emperor. General Lin couldn't bear it, so he exiled them not to return to Lin and let them fend for themselves. He also said that if they survived, They are not allowed to step out of the forest of no return. They are grateful and keep their promises. In the past 30 years, no one has stepped out."

The period of Gushun... the period of the reign of the first emperor.This General Pei was not Old General Pei. At that time, Old General Pei was only a major general. He should be the father of Old General Pei and the grandfather of Pei Jiu.I heard that the Pei family is a family of generals, but I never expected that it is really a family of generals, and it is a family of excellent quality.But now, the Pei family will decline... What a pity.

Thinking of Pei Jiu, Bai Zhi's heart pounded, she didn't know if he was alive or dead.

When Bai Zhi saw Mutusu again, he was wearing a plain blue-gray cloth jacket, even so, he was dressed differently from ordinary people, as if he had been exiled from an immortal.Mu Tusu was standing outside the fence, his eyes were wandering, and he couldn't tell what he was looking at.

He seemed to sense someone approaching, looked towards Bai Zhi, saw that it was Bai Zhi, and smiled knowingly.Bai Zhi didn't smile as easily as he did, and when he thought of "feeding" her personally, she didn't dare to face him.It's really strange, it's obviously his fault, why is it her who is uncomfortable?
"Still hungry?" Mutusu asked.

This is saying...

Bai Zhi turned her head away, not looking into his smiling eyes, and said awkwardly: "I'm awake, we can go back."

"Don't you think this place is beautiful? There are mountains and rivers, and the scenery is pleasant." Mu Tusu didn't answer Bai Zhi's question directly, but changed the topic and said something else.Bai Zhi also followed his topic and replied: "It's true, in the deep mountains and old forests, self-sufficient, although primitive but simple."

"You like it here too?"

"I like it, but it's not suitable for the general! General, we can go back." Bai Zhi was not a vegetarian, so she changed the topic again.Seeing Bai Zhi's eagerness to go back, Mutusu felt rebellious, and said calmly, "No."

"Why?" Bai Zhi was a little anxious.

"My whole body hurts and I need to rest. It won't be too late to go back when I get well someday." Mu Tusu didn't even look at Bai Zhi, and went straight back to the house.Bai Zhi quickly caught up, spread her hands, stopped him from going back to the house, and said to him with a serious face: "General, don't be self-willed, you should report your safety to your subordinates in time, you must not only be responsible for yourself, but also You should be responsible like your subordinates."

"Willful? When you say this, do you care about me or do you want to go back and find out Pei Jiu's whereabouts?" Mu Tusu looked at Bai Zhi coldly, as if the coldness in his eyes would not dissipate, he just pierced Bai Zhi's heart like that.Bai Zhi was stunned for a moment, unable to answer.

Seeing Bai Zhi's silence, Mu Tusu felt a pain in his heart, took a deep breath, continued to move forward, and entered the house.Bai Zhi suddenly said from behind him: "General, you are right, I shouldn't hide it, yes, I am in such a hurry to go back because I want to know whether Pei Jiu is alive or dead."

Mutusu stamped his feet and didn't turn around, just stood there motionless.Bai Zhi turned her back to him, unable to see his expression at the moment, and could only wait for his reply.But he didn't, he didn't say a word, and went into the house in silence.

Bai Zhi stood where she was, gritted her teeth, did she want to leave alone?

This idea is probably wishful thinking.Mu Tusu seemed to know that she would be so "unconscionable", and had already given the villagers a ecstasy potion, saying that they were elopement couples who escaped because their family beat mandarin ducks. Dip the pig cage.The villagers were afraid that she would be soaked in a pig cage when she went back, so they would not take her out of the forest without saying anything.Bai Zhi's four beggings were fruitless, so she gave up her thoughts and stayed in the village honestly, chatting with Qing He, or complaining.

(End of this chapter)