Rebirth of the Merchant Girl

Chapter 217
She looked around and didn't have anything in hand, so she could only hide in the shadows in the corner, trying to hide.

Xie Yanniang held her breath, hearing the sound of footsteps approaching, her whole body froze.

To prevent herself from making a sound, she covered her mouth with her hand.

The footsteps were getting closer and closer, apparently coming towards him.

Thin footsteps, there should be only one person.

Xie Yanniang thought that Meng Mingqi would not be willing to go down to the valley to find her just to be alone.

Maybe they lost their way unintentionally, and the passers-by wanted to stay overnight?
She still didn't dare to relax her vigilance, staring wide-eyed at a figure standing in front of the hut, and stepped in step by step.

As the sun was setting, the last ray of light refracted in from the back of the hut, Xie Yanniang vaguely saw the silhouette of the man, her eyes widened in surprise.

The appearance of this person is exactly the same as the man in the dream.

It's just that the eyebrows and eyes are a little more sharp, and the immature and gentle color is missing.

"Who?" He shouted in a cold voice, looking at Xie Yanniang's position like a knife blade.

She had heard this voice countless times, looked at the person in surprise, and forgot to answer for a moment.

The other party stepped in slowly, walked to the place where Xie Yanniang was hiding, and was shocked when she saw her: "Qiu Niang..."

"My lord..." Xie Yanniang barely recovered her voice, her eyes fell on his face, and she asked in doubt, "Where's your mask?"

The regent actually took off the mask, and she felt a little unreal for a while, maybe she heard it wrong, it wasn't Ruan Jingxin.

But the other party smiled, Xie Yanniang couldn't take her eyes off her handsome face with a gentle smile.

"Without a mask, the princess can't recognize me?"

Meeting Ruan Jingxin's teasing eyes, she couldn't help but blush.

It was really rude for me to stare at his face for a long time without looking away.

"Why are you here?" Xie Yanniang turned her face away, although she was full of doubts in her heart, why did the man in the dream look exactly like Ruan Jingxin, was it him, or was it someone similar to Ruan Jingxin?

Just putting these aside, what she is most worried about is how Ruan Jingxin will end up here. Could it be that the situation of the battle has changed?

Xie Yanniang waited for him to come to the front, only to find that Ruan Jingxin was covered in dust and dust, and the original color of the old clothes on her body could hardly be seen clearly, she couldn't help but turn pale with shock.

She had never seen such a embarrassed regent: "My lord, this is..."

Ruan Jingxin lowered his head to smell the smell on his body, frowned and shook his head: "I'll go outside to freshen up first. As for the mare outside the house, it has wounds on its body. The smell of blood will attract wild animals. It's better to let it go."

Xie Yanniang nodded, the mare fell from a high place, and was survived by bushes, but it was impossible to be unscathed.This place is safe for the time being, and it can also allow the two of them to hide, so that they will not be known by the Rong people or the Qing people.

Ruan Jingxin quickly went to the pond to wash his hands and face briefly, picked a lot of edible wild fruits and vegetables and came back, skillfully turned over a pile of hay behind the hut, and found a rough stone pot underneath, which looked like it should be It was polished by someone.

He probably didn't have any tools at hand, so it looked crude, but he stuffed dry firewood in, took out flint from his pocket, and quickly mixed some rice with weeds to cook vegetable porridge: "Be hungry, eat while it's hot."

Ruan Jingxin pulled out two wooden spoons from the corner like a magic trick, and it looked like they were handmade.

He seemed to have lived here before and was very familiar with the area around the hut.

Xie Yanniang took the porridge suspiciously, lowered her head and took a sip, feeling warm in her stomach.

She hadn't eaten seriously for many days, and the dumb girl always tried her best to skip her meals.

Xie Yanniang was stubborn and refused to sue Meng Mingqi, so she had to endure it dizzily.

Now it is rare to take a sip of hot porridge, and I can't help but feel a little impatient, the tip of my tongue is scalded, but I can't help but gulp down half a bowl in a blink of an eye.

Ruan Jingxin sighed: "Eat slowly, there are still many."

There was a bit of pity in his eyes, Xie Yanniang fell into the hands of the Rong people, I am afraid that he suffered a lot.

Xie Yanniang slowed down embarrassingly, with something in her stomach, she felt a lot better: "Fortunately, the Rong people fed me drugs every day, and I fell asleep all the time. I didn't suffer much, but I ate less. ..."

More than just a little, except for water, I hardly ate anything.

She concealed this and didn't mention it, and when she talked about the past with Ruan Jingxin, she seemed to be complaining, so she joked: "It's a great honor to be able to eat the vegetable porridge made by the Prince Regent himself, even if it's a stone."

Ruan Jingxin knew that Xie Yanniang didn't say something clearly, so she mumbled it and didn't ask any more. There's no need to bring up those unhappy things, so she smiled and said, "If you like it, eat more. We'll rest here for two or three days before heading back home. Beijing."

Xie Yanniang held the spoon for a moment, hesitated to speak, "Could it be that something happened in the middle of the capital, and your lord came back in a hurry?"

He looked over deeply, and made Xie Yanniang look a little embarrassed: "I have received all the letters from Meng Mingqi, and I will come back after I send the princess back to Beijing. If I don't sit in the border town for a few days, the Li family's army will not be leaderless and commit suicide." If there is a cloud, Adi will not act recklessly."

Two confidantes, one calm and one brave, just complement each other.

Xie Yanniang was taken aback, she didn't expect that Ruan Jingxin would come here specially for her, originally thought that the regent put the overall situation first, even if she gave up herself, it was only natural.

Meng Mingqi's words were still ringing in her ears, but she knew in her heart that even if Ruan Jingxin really gave up on herself, Xie Yanniang had already been mentally prepared.

Suddenly Ruan Jingxin appeared in front of Xie Yanniang and told her that even if she left the border town quietly, she would come to save herself.

It would be a lie to say that I am not moved, the suffering I have suffered for the past few days seems to disappear at this moment.

Xie Yanniang lowered her head so that Ruan Jingxin could not see her wet eyes: "Your Excellency followed the Rong people all the way, and that's how you found me?"

"Yes, it's just that I came a step late, and the carriage fell down." Ruan Jingxin was terrified at the time. Fortunately, he was familiar with this place, and he knew that the valley was not deep, but it was filled with white mist, which made people misunderstand that the bottom was unfathomable.

He made a detour to the valley, and sure enough, Xie Yanniang was not in danger of dying.

It's just that Ruan Jingxin's gaze fell on her red and swollen ankle, and he frowned and said, "Princess Wangfei's injury is not serious, maybe she should stay for a few more days to recuperate."

"No, it's just a minor injury." Xie Yanniang shrank her legs and neck, hiding it under the hem of her skirt, for fear that she would delay him for more time.

It has been several days since I rushed back from the border town, and if I come back from Beijing, if I stay here, it will take more than half a month.

The battlefield is changing rapidly, who knows if Ruan Jingxin is not in charge, will the Rong people use some insidious tricks to make people overwhelmed?
Ruan Jingxin held up her ankle indiscriminately, and rubbed her fingertips lightly on it, as if checking to see if the bone was injured, and soon moved her palm, and with a "click", Xie Yanniang exclaimed in pain.

"It's all right, don't move for now, it will heal soon." It's just a dislocation, Ruan Jingxin went out to pick a few herbal medicines for trauma, ground them with stones, applied them to her ankles, and wrapped them carefully with a handkerchief.

Xie Yanniang started to feel drowsy after drinking the porridge, Ruan Jingxin got up and tidied up the dilapidated hut swiftly.He actually found a thin blanket from the corner, which was well preserved, and only had a damp smell.

Gently covered Xie Yanniang's body with the blanket, Ruan Jingxin's big palm covered her forehead, still a little hot, picked herbs from outside, boiled them into a bowl, and fed them to her.

Xie Yanniang was startled by the carriage again and fell from a height again. She was terrified, but now that she saw Ruan Jingxin, she was completely relieved, only then did she realize that something was wrong all over her body, and her hands and feet were even weaker.

Ruan Jingxin helped her up with one hand, leaned on his chest, and fed Xie Yanniang soup with a wooden bowl.

She frowned and drank most of the bowl, her mouth full of bitter taste.

The next moment, a fruit was stuffed in his mouth, Xie Yanniang bit it, the sweet and sour juice quickly covered up the uncomfortable bitterness, it was the familiar Li fruit.

Ruan Jingxin stuffed another fruit over, brushed her fingertips against her lips, Xie Yanniang subconsciously opened her mouth, swallowed the fruit, and inadvertently swallowed his finger as well, suddenly embarrassed.

He smiled lightly, his chest trembled slightly, and Xie Yanniang buried herself in Ruan Jingxin's shoulder in embarrassment and refused to raise her head.

After a while, she felt that the hotness on her cheeks dissipated a little, and she broke the silence: "Why is your lord wearing a mask all the time? In fact, if you don't wear a mask, I'm afraid the people will not say that the regent is a man of iron blood, but a handsome man." .”

"It's not necessary, and the princess doesn't think that no one has seen my face. If I take off the mask, I can easily walk on the streets of Beijing without being recognized. Isn't this kind of life better?" ?" Ruan Jingxin smiled indifferently, saying that he is cruel and ruthless, or that he is ugly, he is just himself.

Xie Yanniang was startled, so she is the only one who has seen Ruan Jingxin's real face, and she is the only one who has seen the regent?
Thinking of this, her cheeks were flushed with indescribable excitement.

"Could it be that even General Baihu and General Qinglong haven't seen your lord's true face?"

"The two of them came to my side later, maybe they met before, but it happened several years ago, I'm afraid I can't remember clearly now." Ruan Jingxin shook his head, not because he didn't see the excitement in Xie Yanniang's eyes.

"Only the princess has seen my face, so please ask the princess to keep it a secret."

"This is inevitable. I swear that I will never reveal this matter, or else..." Xie Yanniang sullenly wanted to swear, but Ruan Jingxin covered her mouth with one hand and was unable to continue.

He said unhappily: "It's just talking, the princess doesn't need to swear poisonously. Even if people find out, it's nothing, they can't do anything to me."

With her mouth covered, Xie Yanniang could only nod silently.

(End of this chapter)