married daughter

Chapter 255 Chapter 278~279
"Those people never doubted you?" Ruan Yunting asked the question in her heart.

Xiao Beishu smiled wryly and said: "It was only after I got mixed up in the team that I realized that Gao Yi was some kind of general they were talking about, and he had his own way of communicating with the master above. At first, like me, they all knew that the emperor was in the team. But no one can be sure who is the emperor, so it is inconvenient to do anything. The 500 guards and the ten guards all have people from that organization, and Gao Yi has 31 people. The master behind this can control the emperor With so many people in the guard, it can be seen that their abilities are extraordinary."

Ruan Yunting nodded, "Then how did you make them trust you?"

"That Gao Yi was not a talkative character at first, and I happened to be sent by your cousin to protect you. I rarely had the opportunity to connect with them, so I was never discovered. There is another person there, who is directly related to the boss. Gao Yi is not their leader."

"So that's how it is." Ruan Yunting dispelled her doubts, and said with a wry smile: "It was just now in the dense forest, I thought you were with them."

Xiao Beishu glared at her, his eyes were hotter than ever in the darkness, "How is that possible. I won't let them treat you like that."

"I got it now."

If he wanted to protect himself, he could have mixed in with that group of people, but he didn't do that. Instead, he took her away and used his body to protect her from the arrows.If it wasn't for him, she would have been caught by those people now, and she didn't know what humiliation she would experience.

Thinking of those people's foul language, Ruan Yunting felt sick, shivered, and shuddered again.

In the early winter weather, even if the water deep in the ground is still warm, it is not comfortable to be soaked in the water, not to mention that Ruan Yunting is still seriously ill.Xiao Beishu was also in a hurry, feeling the slippery wall at the bottom of the pit and walking around for a circle, but he couldn't find a place to stay.He took another deep breath and dived into the water. At the bottom of the water, he found a small cave, which seemed to be the source of the water flow, but the opening of the cave was so small that only children could pass through it.

Xiao Beishu floated to the surface, his eyes had adapted to the darkness, and he could see Ruan Yunting's direction.

"Ting'er, it seems that we can only go out through the hole above."

Ruan Yunting squatted on the stone at this moment, feeling that her body was soaked in water, but it was much warmer than being exposed to the air.Trembling, he said: "But, the top is so high, and there is no place to climb, how can we go up?"

Xiao Beishu frowned upon hearing this, and pursed his lips tightly.Both of them looked up at the entrance of the cave, thinking of a way.

What Ruan Yunting is most worried about now is that if they can't get out, they will be trapped here to death.In addition, he was worried about the assassination in the early morning of tomorrow.If the emperor died, all his entourage would be buried with him. Xu Chengfeng, Jun Lanzhou, and Mo Jianbi would all be implicated.

And objectively speaking, the emperor can be regarded as a wise emperor, the country of Daliang is stable, and the people live and work in peace and contentment. If the emperor dies suddenly, the world will inevitably be like what Xiao Beishu said, which can only be described by the word "turmoil".

But, so what if she knew the secret?They couldn't get out, and they couldn't report the news. The cold problem they were facing now was an urgent need to solve.

Ruan Yunting closed her eyes, at this moment, she really misses that not-so-warm home.Although the old lady was a bit too "fair" and the third wife made troubles for no reason, it was all a matter of brain work anyway, and she didn't have to suffer physically like she did now.

What if I can't get out?If she really died here, she would be too useless in this life. She died silently and miserably, and she didn't do anything well.

After her cold body adapted to the temperature in the slightly warm water, such a little warmth was no longer enough to satisfy Ruan Yunting. Her trembling became more and more serious, and her breathing sound became more and more rapid.

The same is true for Xiao Beishu, looking at Ruan Yunting's pale face in the faint light, Xiao Beishu said, "Offended".

The next moment, Ruan Yunting was already in his arms.

The soft armor on Xiao Beishu's body was opened, and Ruan Yunting's body was pressed against his warm chest, and the body temperature was continuously transmitted.The warmth in the cold moved Ruan Yunting so much that she wanted to cry, but her body trembled even more.

Xiao Beishu held her in his arms, patted her on the back with his big hands, and said in a low voice: "Don't be afraid, I will definitely find a way to take you out."

"Ah."

Time passed bit by bit.Gradually, Ruan Yunting was so cold that she couldn't feel the existence of her limbs. She felt very sleepy and tired, but how could she sleep while standing?

"Brother Xiao, I only now know what it's like to be in a water prison."

Xiao Beishu laughed when he heard this: "The water dungeon is not as good as here. The water here is running water after all. It doesn't stink, and there are no insects that bite people and suck blood."

When Ruan Yunting heard the word "worm", the hairs all over her body stood on end.

Xiao Beishu said distressedly: "It's my fault. I didn't see the way clearly, which made you suffer with me."

"It's not your fault. If you want to blame it, you have to blame me for being so curious about what you did. It's nothing more than following the past. Why didn't you be more careful, and you were discovered."

"Forget it, the matter has come to this point, there is no need to discuss this issue. How can we go up now."

"Yes."

The two fell into silence again, thinking of ways to go up at the same time.Ruan Yunting's mind was gradually in a trance, but she forced herself not to fall down, not to relax a little bit.If she passed out, what would Xiao Beishu do in this place full of water?
The sky gradually turned bright, and the faint light at the entrance of the cave gradually became stronger.Before you know it, it's dawn time.Xiao Beishu suddenly said: "Ting'er, I thought of it!"

Ruan Yunting was quick-witted, her mind cleared up a bit, her frozen lips moved, and she said hoarsely, "What can I do?"

As soon as Xiao Beishu heard her voice, Xiao Beishu knew that the situation was not good, and the emotion of self-blame spread again, but his voice was full of confidence, and he said jokingly: "Ting'er, although this method can let us go up, but you have to guarantee , don’t kill me after going up.”

Ruan Yunting smiled wryly and shook her head, feeling that she almost lost the strength to move her neck.

"At this time, survival is the most important thing, so there are so many things to pay attention to. If you can really take me up, I will thank you before it is too late. I will kill you for anything."

"That's good. Offended."

As soon as Xiao Beishu finished speaking, he struck Ruan Yunting's acupuncture points like lightning.

Ruan Yunting suddenly opened her eyes wide, and looked at Xiao Beishu in disbelief.He actually knows martial arts!They have known each other for so long, Ruan Yunting has always felt that Xiao Beishu is just a man with a more masculine appearance, but he is a real talent, a frail scholar, even if he can ride and shoot, he is also required to learn the six arts and five arts. It's not much different from Deming's level. Last night he took her to run wildly in the woods, and he didn't use any light skills. Unexpectedly, he suddenly knows acupuncture points now!
When he was surprised, Xiao Beishu had already stretched out his hand, and untied the pair of lapels on Ruan Yunting's body, took them off, and took off her jacket, leaving only the middle jacket inside.Looking at her lower body in the water, Xiao Beishu held Ruan Yunting's waist, placed her on the rock that was about to protrude just now so that she could stand firmly against the rock wall, and then unfastened the thong around her waist. Ribbon and ribbon, take off her long skirt.

Ruan Yunting couldn't move or speak, and could only let Xiao Beishu move, wondering in her heart, but she didn't know what he was going to do.Her body, which was only wearing a thin tunic and silk trousers, was shivering, and the wet clothes were stuck to her body. In the faint morning light, one could almost see the pattern on the pocket under her tunic.

Xiao Beishu said: "Don't be afraid, your acupoints will be unlocked automatically later on, and if you go up later, if you want to kill me, I won't stop you." The entrance of the hole, the smooth and wet rock wall has no protrusions for climbing.It seems that he can only use the method he thought of, and the clothes in his hand may not be usable.Xiao Beishu gritted his teeth, and took off the two sleeves of Ruan Yunting's jacket.

"Hiss!" The sound of the cloth breaking was very obvious in the pothole.

However, Xiao Beishu didn't stop, rolled up Ruan Yunting's trousers, pulled out the saber she carried with her, and removed the two legs of her trousers from the thigh.

Ruan Yunting's snow-white arms and slender white legs were exposed to the air, and her skin was covered with bumps due to the cold.

If it was in modern times, it would be fine to wear a tank top and shorts, but this is ancient times after all, and Xiao Beishu has seen so much of Ruan Yunting's skin, which is already a big taboo.

Xiao Beishu finished taking off Ruan Yunting's clothes, wrung out the water and tied them on his body, twisted the sash around Ruan Yunting's waist, and tied one end to the handle of the saber.

Spotting on the rock wall, he raised his hand and exerted strength, only to hear a puff, the knife plunged into the rock wall, Xiao Beishu jumped up, stepping on the position of the handle and back of the knife, making sure that it could bear the weight of a person After that, he jumped back into the water again, and with a little effort, he pulled out the knife.Immediately, he turned his back to Ruan Yunting, and placed the index finger and middle finger of his right hand in the middle of the saber, exerting enough internal strength.

Ruan Yunting couldn't see what he was doing, but heard a crisp "ding". When Xiao Beishu turned around, the saber had been split into two halves.

Ruan Yunting was shocked again, without any external force, how did Xiao Beishu break the knife?It can be seen that martial arts do exist, and Xiao Beishu's martial arts attainments have reached a certain level.She didn't even know that Xiao Beishu was a master? !

Xiao Beishu smiled at Ruan Yunting, and then got busy with the movements in his hands. First, he tied the other end of the rope made of twisted palace sash tied to the handle of the knife firmly to the other half of the knife.Now, a knife is divided into two halves, with a long "rope" connected in the middle, shaped like a nunchuck.

"You wait here for me, and don't move around when the acupoints are untied."

After Xiao Beishu finished speaking, he circled around the pothole where he could gradually see the surrounding scenery lightly, and found the highest position. He raised his breath, raised his body by about ten feet, held the handle of the knife tightly with his right hand, and inserted it forcefully. People are also hanging in the air on the smooth rock wall.Then he pulled the "rope", held the other half of the saber in his hand, pointed the tip of the saber at the rock wall, and lifted his breath upwards again. When he was exhausted, he stepped on the handle of the knife that was inserted into the rock wall for the first time. The tip of the knife was also vigorously inserted into the rock wall.

Because he was holding the knife with his bare hands, he had to hold it firmly and insert it into the rock wall, and the blood immediately flowed down. Xiao Beishu didn't even frown, but pulled the "rope" tightly tied to it with one hand. The man was hanging in the air. , leaned over and extended his other hand, and with great effort pulled out the handle of the knife that had been inserted into the rock wall for the first time.

Repeatedly, Xiao Beishu used this method alternately to insert the sword and the hilt into the rock wall in turn, so as to climb the rocky wall of the pothole that had nowhere to go, because the other half of the saber had no hilt, and his right hand was already bloody. .Arriving at a distance from the entrance of the cave, Xiao Beishu leaped up with all his might, managed to support the entrance of the cave, and climbed up.

Ruan Yunting's acupoints have not been unlocked yet, so she didn't see how Xiao Beishu went up, but only heard the sound of the knife being inserted into the rock wall, and could see pieces of gravel falling into the water, causing a series of arousals. Little ripples.

After waiting for a long time, my body gradually became able to move. When I looked up, I saw a rope made of clothes hanging above my head.

Xiao Beishu's voice came from above: "Ting'er, you caught me, I will pull you up."

It turned out that taking off her clothes was for this purpose.

Ruan Yunting suddenly realized.But she really didn't have confidence in her own arm strength.

"Brother Xiao, can the 'rope' be longer?" She wanted to tie it around her waist, which was safer.

Xiao Beishu's playful and smiling voice came down: "I still have a pair of trousers, do you want to tie them up too?"

"You..." Ruan Yunting was speechless, looking at the colorful ropes hanging in front of her, she suddenly felt the joy of surviving after a catastrophe.This kind of joy diluted Xiao Beishu's occasional "hooligan" joke.

Well, talk is better than nothing.Ruan Yunting stood on tiptoe, stretched her arms, grabbed the rope, wrapped it around her wrist, and shouted upwards:

"All right!"

The process of being pulled up was extremely unbearable, Ruan Yunting almost let go of her hand halfway, and finally gritted her teeth and persisted until the entrance of the cave.When Xiao Beishu put his hands under her armpits and lifted her out of the hole, and the two of them fell down together on the grassy ground, Ruan Yunting had almost lost all feeling in her arms, and Xiao Beishu was also out of breath.

After a while, Xiao Beishu's deep and joyful laughter came from his ears: "I told you, I can bring you up."

"Yes." Ruan Yunting's clothes were wet, and she was shaking from the cold, she grabbed the "rope" and threw it to Xiao Beishu, "You untie it, it's too tight, I can't untie it."

Xiao Beishu sat up, only then did he realize that the middle clothes on her body were all torn, and the wet clothes were sticking to her body, revealing her curves, and she was only wearing a pair of underpants.

Xiao Beishu was thankful that he had a fake face on his face, otherwise Ruan Yunting would have seen his face like a monkey's butt.Lowering her head and not looking at Ruan Yunting, she disassembled the "rope" in a frantic manner, and took her own clothes to wear.

It doesn't feel good to wear wet clothes.Ruan Yunting originally wanted to light a fire to dry her clothes, but she was worried about the situation in the camp. Now that the day is dark, it is obviously past the time for the "assassination" that the group of people said. She doesn't know what the emperor will do. I was eager to know the answer, so I searched for the direction together with Xiao Beishu who put on the soft armor again, and rushed to the camp.

When people are in a hurry, they can always burst out with higher strength than usual. Ruan Yunting is so anxious that she forgets about her discomfort. At this moment, she only wants to go back to the camp.Fortunately, Xiao Beishu was smart and knew how to navigate in the dense forest, so he quickly led Ruan Yunting out of the forest and returned to the place where he camped last night.

However, seeing the scene of corpses strewn across the field in front of her, Ruan Yunting couldn't help but be afraid. She never thought that so many people would die.It was also the first time she had seen so many corpses.

The corpses lying here and there on the ground, some were wearing the soft armor of the guards, and the other half were wearing black clothes, all masked.Now there are guards walking among the dead bodies, looking for any survivors, and from time to time, they stabbed the man in black with a knife, and the knife fell with his hand, blood spattered, and the blood flowed like a river...

The clothes on Ruan Yunting's body were wet at first, but seeing such a bloody scene, she felt a chill down her spine and felt sick for a while, but she still insisted on walking towards Mo Jianbi's camp.

When she reached the door, two imperial guards stopped her.

Ruan Yunting trembled and asked, "Where is Master Mo?"

"Your Majesty and Mr. Mo have another matter to discuss. Miss Ruan, let's go back to the tent and rest."

It turns out that the emperor has disclosed his identity.

The emperor's deep and majestic voice came from inside: "Let her in."

"According to the order."

The guards retreated to the side, and Ruan Yunting and Xiao Beishu entered the tent one after the other in a panic.

The emperor had already gone to change his face, and sat in the middle with a gloomy face, while Mo Jianbi stood by and followed him.

Seeing that Ruan Yunting and the guards behind her were in such a mess, the emperor raised his eyebrows and asked, "What's going on??"

Ruan Yunting knelt down and made a big salute, and said: "Go back to the emperor, when the minister and daughter took the guard Gao Yi to visit Jun Lanzhou last night, she ran into a guard walking sneakily into the woods, so we followed ..."

Ruan Yunting recounted the situation last night, saying that "Gao Yi" followed her and overheard the news that they were going to assassinate the emperor, but she was discovered before she came back to report and was hunted down in the forest In order to protect her, "Gao Yi" was shot by an arrow, and the two fell into the natural cellar together again, and it took a lot of effort to get up.

The wounds on Xiao Beishu's shoulders and hands testified, and both of them were dressed as "drenched rats".The emperor and Mo Jianbi couldn't find any flaws, so they both believed it.

"If that's the case, go down." The emperor waved his hands wearily, rubbing the center of his brows and said, "Guard Xu was seriously injured in order to protect me. He is currently being treated in the tent. Go and see."

Ruan Yunting's heart skipped a beat, she should have left the emperor's tent in a hurry after saluting, and rushed to Xu Chengfeng's tent.

Along the way, she deliberately did not look at the "battlefield" where corpses were strewn across the field. She thought that the battle in the early morning was extremely tragic. The "master" who assassinated the emperor sent more than 30 people to cooperate with the 500 guards. There were less than [-] people in the emperor's entourage, and in the face of the enemy's surprise attack, the emperor was still unscathed, thanks to the loyalty of the people around him, who protected him with their lives.

I don't know what happened to Xu Chengfeng.

Ruan Yunting went to Xu Chengfeng's tent anxiously, opened the curtain and went in, but saw Imperial Doctor Liu and Jun Lanzhou in blue coarse cotton padded jacket were bandaging Xu Chengfeng's wound in front of the bed.

Seeing that Jun Lanzhou was fine, Ruan Yunting said in surprise, "Lan Zhou, are you alright?"

Jun Lanzhou turned around, seeing Ruan Yunting and Xiao Beishu in a mess, but standing in front of her alive, she was also very surprised: "I'm fine, how are you?"

"It's a long story. How is my cousin?"

"Successed three sword wounds, one of which almost stabbed the lungs. But there was no danger, but he lost too much blood, and now he is in a coma."

Ruan Yunting breathed a sigh of relief, and squatted down beside the bed, looking at Xu Chengfeng who was pale and unconscious.

Fortunately, nothing happened, nothing she feared happened.Although she experienced some risks, she was not in danger.

As soon as she relaxed, Ruan Yunting felt that her mind was gradually blurred, and her body that was squatting in front of the bed slowly softened to the ground...

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The assassination greatly stimulated the emperor. There were a total of 500 people in his accompanying team, and 30 of them were spies. It can be seen how deep the manipulators have penetrated these people and how powerful they are. If there were no loyal people around Protected by guards, where is his life now?

But what annoyed him the most was that none of the 230 assassins survived.Each of these people came here desperately, with the purpose of killing him.Those who were captured all committed suicide by taking poison, and those who were not captured were also killed to the end, so that there was not a single soldier left.

The emperor didn't find out who the other party was, but he himself experienced such a danger. Long Yan was furious, and immediately went to the nearest town, dispatched troops, exchanged the honor guard of the emperor's tour, and launched a joint tour of the Imperial Driving West Tour and the Six Northwest Divisions. Discuss the banner of the people's production and development.

Because of Xu Chengfeng's meritorious service in escorting, he was promoted to a third-rank royal guard with a sword, who can walk in the forbidden palace with a sword.The matter of Jun Lanzhou was not enough in the face of the assassination, so he was also released.

Only Ruan Yunting, after such a fuss, became more and more ill. The cold and fever recovered, but it took half a month for the wind and cold to gradually improve, which shocked Imperial Physician Liu into a cold sweat.Originally, she had a bitter face, but because of Ruan Yunting's poor treatment, her face became even uglier.

On this day, the team came to "Qing County", the northwest border border of Seibu Kingdom, in the first snow in winter.

The local magistrate heard the news of Yu Jia's visit early in the morning. Naturally, the clean water was splashed on the street and the yellow sand was paved on the ground.

Ruan Yunting was lying comfortably on the carriage, wearing a brand-new gouache satin padded jacket skirt, covered with a blanket, hugging the hot Mrs. Tang, squinting her eyes and dozing off, while Xu Chengfeng sat cross-legged beside her, wearing only a Shirt, lifted the curtain and looked out the window.

"The magistrate of Qing County is working hard."

Ruan Yunting smiled and said: "The emperor is here, can he not be nervous. Cousin, don't blow the wind, be careful, the injury is serious." Xu Chengfeng's injury has not yet healed, the emperor dismissed him from duty, let him and Ruan Yun Ting took the car together to recuperate, and ordered Jun Lanzhou and Liu Taiyi to take care of the two of them carefully.

Xu Chengfeng picked up a raisin to eat, smacked his mouth and said, "My injury is almost healed long ago, but Imperial Doctor Liu made a fuss and didn't let me go out." After a pause, he lowered his voice and said, "It seems that the emperor treats us very well. The Xu family is still good, you see, he has taken care of us two brothers and sisters."

Ruan Yunting didn't think so, but she didn't want to talk too much about politics, so she nodded with a smile and said: "Yes, after all, there are imperial concubines and Wanronghua."

Xu Chengfeng nodded, and said: "Now there are two empresses in the palace, and the emperor asked for Wanronghua himself, so they will definitely be pampered. In this respect, we are better than the Lu family. Concubine Lu is old and fading, so how can I follow her?" Wanronghua vying for favor? I think the incident with Lu Jianjun is slowly coming to an end."

Hearing what he said, Ruan Yunting turned over and looked at him: "Have you written to your ancestor?"

"Yes."

"What did the ancestors say?"

"I only gave a rough idea, and didn't fully inform you of the actual situation, but grandma is very happy to hear that I have been promoted to the third rank to be a guard. Let me take care of you carefully."

Ruan Yunting smiled and said: "I wrote to my ancestor, and she also asked me to take care of each other with you." When I was at home, I felt that the environment of Xu's family was oppressive and every step was difficult.Now that she has gone through a lot of life and death, Ruan Yunting actually misses her warm home.

Xu Chengfeng might also have the same thoughts as Ruan Yunting, and smiled upon hearing this.Regarding the correspondence between him and his mother, he did not mention it in front of Ruan Yunting.After all, Ruan Yunting has no parents, so he can't "show off" in person to make her sad.

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Liangcheng, Xu Mansion, Pine Age Hall.

The old lady was wearing a pair of red-coloured quilts with a hundred longevity pattern on her body, sitting cross-legged on the heated kang that had just been fired, slowly stirring the cinnamon porridge in a small gold-painted bowl with a white porcelain spoon.

Seeing the old lady like this, Han Bin's family smiled and said, "The old ancestor misses Miss Ruan again, right?"

The old lady came back to her senses, took a mouthful of porridge, and said lightly: "Yes, in a blink of an eye, Ting'er and Feng Ge'er have followed to the west for two months. At first I thought that going out with the imperial envoy was already our girl and brother. The young master is up to date, but who knows, he went out with the emperor."

There was some pride in the old lady's tone, "Brother Feng was promoted to the rank of third-rank bodyguard with swords before him. This is the emperor's affirmation and trust in him."

"Yes, the sixth master is promising, like the second master." Han Bin's family knew the old lady's thoughts best, and agreed with a smile.

The old lady finished eating the porridge with a smile, put down the bowl, and said, "Tinger made this porridge for me, but it's strange, my leg pain is much worse this year than in previous years."

"That's Miss Ruan's heart." Han Bin's family said with a smile: "To put it bluntly, among all these girls, Miss Ruan is the most caring girl, but looking at it now, the fourth grandma is also very knowledgeable, sensible and filial. of."

"Yes." The old lady thought of Luo Shimin, with a smile on her face: "After all, this child has also lived in our house for a while, and she understands her temper and temperament. She followed Brother Ming, and the two supported each other. Blessings, birds of a feather flock together, Ting'er is sensible and smart, she can get close to Shi Min, but they are similar in temperament and congenial."

"That's right. Now, the old lady just waits for the good news in Grandma Fourth's stomach, and then hugs her great-grandson."

A sentence from Han Bin's family touched the heart of the old lady, "Brother Jin has long been missing a younger brother. By the way, what happened to Fang'er in Xiangyuan?"

Han Bin's family laughed and said: "What else can there be? Twelve girls may have learned to be good this time. Every day, they follow Aunt Xiang to learn female red embroidery and spice making."

(End of this chapter)