Jiaohua

Chapter 1196 She is asleep
When Shen Lie came back, she was surprised to see that the girl was leaning against a big tree not far from the two swordsmen, Shen Shen closed her eyes, and fell asleep.

Even the slight movement of him putting down a few bundles of wooden branches in his hand could not wake her up.

"Ali." Shen Lie called her softly.

The girl's head was tilted slightly, her palm-sized face was as crystal clear as jade, except for the faint black halo under her eyes.

The reason why Shen Lie was surprised was because this place was still in a dangerous situation, and she fell into the dream so rashly.

He looked at her arm, and gently touched her arm with his long fingers with well-defined phalanges. Looking at the degree of blood staining on the clothes, he knew that the wound was not shallow.

He came back a little late and went to find water.

He washed the water bag he carried with him, poured it into the clear spring, and washed the handkerchief soaked in the river water.

But she was already asleep, and he didn't know whether to change her medicine.

After hesitating for a while, Shen Lie untied the cloth wrapped around her arms.

His strength was already extremely soft, the girl still frowned in the dream, he stopped immediately, lest he would disturb her rest.

Then, his deep and bright black eyes showed intense and undisguised distress.

Only in her dreams would she show her true emotions, and if she was awake, she would not even bat an eyelid, and she could even chat and laugh happily with him.

It's not that she is pretending to be strong, but that she really doesn't take this pain to heart.

Shen Lie put as little force as possible on his fingertips, and cut open the clothes on her arms with the dagger.

Xia Zhaoyi chewed and crushed the green juice and blood that was pressed on the wound to form a clot, especially since the blood clot had darkened, making the area around the wound even more turbid and dirty.

Shen Lie wiped it gently with a damp cloth, and a slender and smooth wound appeared on her fair and moist skin.

Goodbye to her left shoulder with half of the black hair cut off, one can imagine the danger of the situation at that time, and it was by no means a simple "accident" in her mouth.

Shen Lie raised his eyelids and looked at the two swordsmen tied under the tree, his black eyes were frosty, not angry but mighty.

One swordsman was dying of serious injuries, and another swordsman was watching them all the time.

The swordsman was slightly startled when he met his gaze, but he didn't back away, just staring at him.

Suppressing the anger in her heart, Shen Lie took out a porcelain bottle from her arms, sprinkled the powder on her wound lightly, then applied ointment, and finally rewrapped it with his washed and dried towel.

She is such a vigilant person, she did not open her eyes the whole time, and slept deeply.

The long and curly eyelashes fluttered occasionally, like small butterfly wings flickering on her clear and fair face, Shen Lie focused on her face, suddenly stretched out his hand, and gently wiped off the very light mud on her cheek with his thumb Ash.

The touch from her fingertips was excellent, plump and elastic, tender and delicate, but her brows and eyes were still calm, completely shedding her defenses.

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It was two hours later that Ye Zheng led people to find him.

The two soldiers who stayed on the tidal flat never saw Shen Lie come back. Fortunately, they met a fishing boat and went east by boat. After a while, they saw Ye Zheng and others on the bamboo raft.

Ye Zheng thought that something happened to Shen Lie, so he sat slumped by the river and wept. After hearing what the two soldiers said, Ye Zheng immediately led his troops to look for it, and found a few fishermen to lead the way.

Shen Lie ordered the two swordsmen to be escorted back first, and then sent 20 people to investigate the open space where the woman was crying while holding the two headless corpses.

"Master, why is Miss Ali here?" Ye Zheng looked at Xia Zhaoyi who was still sleeping soundly.

"I haven't figured it out yet," Shen Lie said, "I'll talk about it when she wakes up."

"Then, young master, take her back with you."

"What if she's here for something else?"

Ye Zheng nodded: "That's right, in case she has worked so hard to get here and the young master hugs her back, that would be too much..."

After finishing speaking, Ye Zheng saw the corpse moved away by Shen Lie: "Are the two corpses over there with these two swordsmen?"

"Ah."

The corpses were moved away, but their sword Chen Lie remained, which had been taken away just now.

Apart from the sword, there was a small bag of broken silver on each of the two corpses, and there was nothing else.

Money bags are common roadside purchases, nothing special, so Shen Lie didn't keep them, only their weapons.

"I'll go take a look at the corpse," Ye Zhengdao said. "If there is an interrogation later, let's see what we can find."

"Okay." Shen Lie said.

Shen Lie went back to Xia Zhaoyi and squatted down silently.

The girl was still sleeping, and by the looks of it, she was sleeping soundly.

The wind in the mountains was strong, and her long hair hanging down her chest fluttered from time to time. When another gust of wind came, Shen Lie reached out and gently tucked her hair behind her ears.

At this moment, the girl's eyelashes trembled slightly, and she slowly opened her eyes.

Shen Lie didn't have time to get up and leave, Junrong was stunned for a moment, and then said in a low voice with some discomfort: "Ali."

After waking up from the dream, Xia Zhaoyi's eyes were a little out of focus, and they moved slowly. They were lazy and charming, which is hard to see by others, and then gradually recovered their spirits.

"Shen Lie." Xia Zhaoyi smiled lightly, the blue hair was blown by the mountain wind, and flew up gently along her chin to the south, the tips of her hair fluttered mischievously, her skin was transparent and clean. Fragile vulnerability.

Shen Lie knew that she was strong and would not like being described like this, but all the tenderness in his heart was still at its peak at this moment.

"How did you sleep?" Shen Lie asked.

Xia Zhaoyi closed his eyes, lifted his head against the tree, and said with a smile, "I want to eat plum cake."

Shen Lie was teased by her and his lips fluttered: "It seems that I slept well."

Recalling what happened before going to bed, Xia Zhaoyi turned his head to look at the place where the swordsman was bound.

"Huh? What about them?"

After speaking, seeing Ye Zheng who was turning over the corpse in the distance, she understood.

"I went to Zisu Dyeing Workshop," Xia Zhaoyi looked back at Shen Lie, "The former owner of Zisu Dyeing Workshop was called Zhang He, and there were many strange things about him. His father's name was Zhang Tengfei, and his name was Acacia. I asked Li Guohao to take someone to investigate the matter. The coffin was buried, but I didn’t think carefully, forgetting that there are countless eyes staring at us in the dark, causing them to die and one injured, and the coffin was also robbed.”

"Could it be that you came looking for a coffin?" Shen Lie said.

Xia Zhaoyi nodded: "I searched to Zhaishui Ridge, and the coffin stopped in a dilapidated small courtyard with no one in it. There were no bones in the coffin. After that, I met your men, those state soldiers. I was afraid that they would be in danger. , let them leave Zhaishuiling first."

Shen Lie frowned slightly, and said in a deep voice: "It seems that I haven't thought it through."

Xia Zhaoyi paused, and then the corners of her lips were sweet, showing a very faint dimple, which added a bit of sweetness to her cold and alienated temperament when she was not smiling.

"...Ari why are you laughing?"

"No," Xia Zhaoyi said with a smile, "speaking of business, not long after I met them, many wooden houses in Zhaishuiling Village were set on fire, and the courtyard where the wooden coffins were parked was the first to catch fire. Those soldiers and horses of yours are really powerful, and they ran to put out the fire without saying a word. I asked a woman to lead me to the winery and wine shop in the village to check, and I ran into this group of people who set the fire. There was infighting."

"Is it those people?" Shen Lie asked.

(End of this chapter)