auspicious time has come

Chapter 122 Eight years ago, did you forget
Xiao Mu took Heng Yu quickly to an abandoned study room, turned the mechanism hidden under an old painting, and saw the old bookshelf move slightly, making a creaking sound.

"Go straight forward after entering, don't look back!" Xiao Mu confessed in a low voice.

"how about you?"

Xiao Mu didn't answer, but looked outside the study.

Those people have entered the yard.

"I don't need you to delay the escape time for me. Deputy General Yin is good at adapting to the situation and I don't need you to rescue him. Their goal is you!" Heng Yu grabbed his arm a little bit forcefully: "Let's go together—"

Xiao Mu was slightly taken aback, then said for a moment, then nodded, "Okay."

A swift-moving man in black had arrived here, and a long knife in his hand flashed a cold light in the darkness.

Xiao Mu protected Heng Yu behind his back with one hand, and resisted with the sword in the other.

The mechanism here is obviously outdated, and the speed of moving the bookshelf is extremely slow. Seeing that a gap that can accommodate one person was finally removed, he immediately pushed Heng Yu in.

"Where!"

Soon two more men in black came over, Heng Yu held onto Xiao Mu's hand tightly, never giving him a chance to repent.

Xiao Mu ducked into the secret passage, instead holding Heng Yu's hand and leading her into the dark secret passage.

The old bookshelves didn't have time to close, and the three immediately followed.

After about dozens of steps, they came to a stone door. Xiao Mu groped for the second hidden switch in the dark, and the heavy stone door quickly opened upwards. stooped in.

This time, the stone gate fell quickly, narrowly blocking the man in black who was half a step away.

The two ran forward for a certain distance, Heng Yu had no time to relax, and smelled the bloody smell that was getting stronger: "Are you injured?"

Xiao Mu slowed down and didn't answer her, just said: "Although the stone gate mechanism is hidden, if they try it one by one on the stone wall, they won't be able to block it for too long - there are two roads ahead, you and I will walk separately, and the vitality will be stronger." bigger."

Hengyu was noncommittal, took out the fire pocket in his sleeve, and touched his back with one hand, where it was already soaked in blood.

She quickly saw the blood dripping there by the light of the fire.

Looking back, where the two walked, there were drops of blood not far away.

"Is this what Master Hou said to be more alive if you walk apart?" Heng Yu looked at him and pursed her lips slightly.

He was injured, and the other party knew where to chase after following the bloodstains. The so-called greater vitality was just leaving the vitality to her alone.

"This matter has nothing to do with you, you shouldn't come back and put yourself in danger." Xiao Mu looked at the two forked roads ahead: "Be obedient, let's go—"

"How do you know that it must have nothing to do with me?" Heng Yu walked quickly to one of the exits, rubbing the blood stained on his palms on the stone wall, making the illusion of walking on the stone wall with serious injuries.

Then he took off Xiao Mu's blood-stained cloak involuntarily, and threw it at the feet of the two of them.

"Thorn-"

She tore off the hem of the silk skirt, bandaged the wound tightly for him, and wrapped her cloak around him, grabbed his hand and ran to another road, saying, "At least half an hour can delay the blood from disappearing." Luo, my life is in your hands, stop talking and lead the way!"

She never wanted to hear about anyone giving up their life to save hers—

She went and came back again, not as a burden to him!

When the flame was blown out, Xiao Mu saw the resolute and stubborn expression on the girl's face.

He said: "This is a secret tunnel left during the war. If you go straight ahead, you need to walk ten miles before you can see the exit—"

In the darkness, Hengyu's feet didn't stop: "Then let's go out! I can do it, can Lord Hou hold it?"

An inappropriate smile appeared on the corner of Xiao Mu's mouth: "Don't worry, I can hold on."

At least he had to take her out of here to be at ease.

At first the two were running, and then slowly turned into walking, but they never stopped to rest for a moment.

Hengyu didn't know how long she had been walking, and after she even felt that she had gotten used to the feeling of walking in the dark, a ray of light suddenly broke into her sight.

Normally, this light is just a gloomy night, but compared to the darkness and silence in the secret passage, it is like a very eye-catching skylight, giving people hope——

"Master Hou, the exit is here!"

Xiao Mu nodded: "Stand back first——"

Near the exit, the secret passage became narrower and narrower, and one had to bend over to pass through. It was not known whether it was to conceal the location of the secret passage, or because no one had stepped on it for a long time, and the exit was blocked with hay and other things.

Xiao Mu stepped forward to move the grass and trees away with his sword first, and the dust brought up made Hengyu cover his nose and cough.

At this moment, after realizing what he was doing, she immediately stepped forward, bent over and used her hands to open the passage.

The two quickly cleaned up the exit, and Heng Yu, who was covered in dust and cobwebs, walked out with Xiao Mu's arm.

Leaving the secret passage, the cramped feeling disappeared, and even breathing became smooth.

Hengyu didn't care to relax, and immediately pushed those dry grass and branches back to the exit, feeling that it wasn't enough, and searched around for some dead leaves and branches, and stuffed them all in.

Xiao Mu couldn't stand still, but he didn't ask her to question her movements.

Mere twigs and dry grass, of course, can't stop anything, and can't serve as a cover-up too much—if the other party really follows this secret passage, since they have all come here, they must find out to the bottom.

But she will not spend time on such useless efforts.

Seeing her fumbling in her sleeve for a moment, Xiao Mu stepped forward, knelt on one knee to support her body, and said, "I'll do it."

He took out the torch that Hengyu hadn't found, and lit the hay and other things.

The dead leaves are extremely dry, and they can easily burst into flames, and the fire quickly expands.

Heng Yu found a few branches, and directed the fire into the dark passage as much as possible, and added semi-wet retting leaves that were enough to withstand burning, and finally moved two stones together with Xiao Mu to block the entrance.

The secret passage is closed, and the fire smoke rushing into the secret passage, not to mention choking and suffocating a lot of people, can delay it for at least two quarters of an hour.

Two quarters of an hour is not long, but this is Yingzhou City after all, if these people can't succeed in a short period of time, it is impossible to give them a second chance to strike.

but--

Only then did Hengyu care to look around Heiququ: "This is in the mountains? Are we out of the city?"

Since it is a secret passage in wartime, it is mostly used for escape or sneak attack, and it is very common to run through the city and outside.

"That's right, it's Fuqing Mountain in the south of the city." Xiao Mu said, "About a hundred steps forward, there is a hidden cave, where you can wait for someone to find it..."

"Okay, then let's go over—" Heng Yu just finished speaking, and from the corner of his eye, he saw the person beside him fell down.

"Master Hou!"

Heng Yu hurriedly squatted down to help him up, but saw that he had lost consciousness.

Just now in the secret passage, his words "I can hold on" was to reassure her.

He had been poisoned for a long time, and was tortured by the poison every day. His body was already extremely weak, and he was even more frightened that he had suffered such a serious injury and bled so much——

To be able to carry her to the present moment is due to the willpower that ordinary people can't match.

Heng Yu struggled to lift him up, and moved forward step by step with difficulty.

The mountain wind intensified, causing her cheeks to feel painful and numb, and soon the raindrops pierced down like needles.

Heng Yu looked up at the night where the dark clouds were moving.

It’s really raining as Yan Jin said——

It might as well be bigger, it's best to cover up the traces behind you.

Hengyu never felt that a short distance of more than a hundred steps would be so long and difficult.

When her whole body was about to get soaked, she found the cave that Xiao Mu had mentioned.

The inside of the cave was dark and strange in the dark night, Heng Yu first took a general look at the situation in the cave with a fire bag before he dared to drag Xiao Mu in.

She didn't dare to keep the flame on for too long, and after confirming that the blood on Xiao Mu's back had mostly stopped, she quickly blew out the flame.Immediately afterwards, he groped out the small wooden bottle in the personal sachet in the dark, poured out two pills and stuffed them into Xiao Mu's mouth.

The rain outside the cave was getting heavier, and from time to time there was a cold wind pouring into the cave, which was icy cold.

It was extremely cold in the north, and it was nighttime, and the corners of the coat that had been drenched in the rain even soon became frosty, cold and hard.

She shook Xiao Mu's hand like ice.

Hengyu put the wet cloak behind his back to block the coldness of the mountain wall, and leaned forward to hug him.

When life and death are at stake, all customs and etiquette are ignored.

Hengyu herself was so cold that her teeth were trembling, the last time she was so cold was when she was punished to kneel in the snow while starving in the flower building.

At that time, she felt that she was really miserable...

At this moment, she didn't feel that she was miserable, but that the person she was hugging was really miserable.

"You say you can hold on, so you must hold on, don't break your promise..." She said in a low and trembling voice.

Xiao Mu didn't know if he could hear this sentence, but Heng Yu gradually felt relieved when he heard the steady heartbeat in his ear.

The sound of rain pattering outside the cave, the only thing that can be heard in the darkness is the weak breathing and heartbeat of the other party——

In a daze, Heng Yu felt pulled back to that rainy night eight years ago.

That night, when she fell asleep, that "strange boy" who met by chance was probably silently guarding her like this.

I don't know how long it has passed, the rain outside the cave has not stopped, but the sky finally shows signs of brightening.

When Xiao Mu opened his eyes, he saw a quiet girl's face lying on his chest, holding him tightly with both hands, as if trying to protect his whole body.

She fell asleep, her thick eyelashes were drooping quietly, her hair was messy and messy hanging on the side of her face, and even the slight movement of him waking up quickly woke her up vigilantly——

Heng Yu suddenly opened his eyes.

"you're awake!"

Almost immediately, she showed a reassuring smile.

Xiao Mu nodded, his voice was weak and hoarse: "I'm awake..."

"I haven't seen you wake up for a long time. I'm really scared to death...Fortunately, there is the life-saving medicine of Yan Junyi, and the medicine must have worked!" Heng Yuchu woke up, his brain was still not enough, Some said incoherently thankfully.

Xiao Mu only followed her words and asked, "Life-saving medicine?"

"This is it—" Hengyu touched the small wooden bottle beside him: "Since I confirmed that Lord Hou was poisoned, I have discussed it with Doctor Yan Jun for this in case of emergency. I went to Pei's mansion for a banquet last night, thinking about Hou Ye's poisoning. I just took that strong medicine, so I was afraid it might be needed, so I took it with me."

Hengyu struggled to twist her sore and stiff body, leaned against the stone wall, and said with a smile, "I promised Military Doctor Yan to take good care of you for him, so it's barely done, right?"

Xiao Mu also laughed, his voice was weak and slow: "You worked so hard, you almost put your life in it, I don't know what kind of reward Yan Ming promised you—"

"Remuneration... that's beyond what Lord Hou can imagine." Heng Yu fumbled for the sleeve arrow at hand and picked it up casually.

Xiao Mu looked at it subconsciously, and chatted with her: "This sleeve arrow is not common..."

"Otherwise, how could we kill two people in a row last night?" Heng Yu said, "I made this not long ago, Mr. Tuosu, and used it for self-defense, and the arrowhead was poisoned."

She said, turning her head to look at Xiao Mu, and said with a smile: "The method of poisoning should be inferior on your battlefield. But I think it can be used for self-protection, so it's not shameful, right? It's embarrassing to die."

"It's not shameful." Xiao Mu also looked at her, with a faint smile in his eyes.

The two looked at each other with such smiles for a moment, which was the relaxation of the rest of their lives after the catastrophe.

Heng Yu turned to ask: "Does Vice General Yin know where this cave is? I was afraid that those people would come after me, so I didn't dare to go out and ask for help—"

"Yinhai only knows the secret passage, not the cave here. But follow the secret passage, and sooner or later you will find this place." Xiao Mu said: "Those men in black have probably been cleaned up at this time, but to be on the safe side, you might as well stay here for a while." Half a day."

Heng Yu nodded first, then looked at the wound on his back hesitantly: "How does Hou feel at this moment?"

"Since I didn't die last night, it will be difficult to think about dying—" Xiao Mu moved slightly, adjusted his sitting posture, bent one leg, and said, "This injury is nothing, don't worry, my body is fine. I know what's in my heart."

Hengyu believed it for now.

Immediately, he only heard him ask: "Why did you go back last night?"

"Of course it's to save Lord Hou." Heng Yu casually replied as he put his arms around his stiff and cold knees.

Xiao Mu said, "Then I would like to thank you for your kindness."

"But now that you think about it, Master Hou may not need me to save you, right?" Heng Yu rested his chin on his knees, thinking, "Master Hou is so brave, the people around him can count as ten, even if he is at a disadvantage for a while, but Being in Yingzhou City, we must be able to turn the situation around soon, right?"

"It was possible in the past." Xiao Mu looked at her and said like a big dog actively showing weakness: "Recently, it's been a bit useless, and those people are aggressive again. If you're unlucky, you might be killed last night." Became a dead soul under the knife."

"So, I showed up in time?" Heng Yu turned to look at him and asked with a smile.

"Well, especially timely—"

"I know how many catties and taels I have, so I guess it's not such a crucial point." Heng Yu was very humble: "But if you think about it, at least you're not holding back, right?"

"No." Xiao Mu said seriously: "Be calm and decisive, very good at responding."

Hearing these words of affirmation, Heng Yu let out a long breath, but said: "I should thank Hou Ye, thank you Hou Ye for allowing me to 'save' me this time—"

Xiao Mu couldn't understand for a while, and looked at her with some confusion.

The tip of the girl's nose and cheeks were red from the cold, but at this time the eye circles were also a little red: "Back then, Ah Weng told me to go, told me not to look back, and told me to be obedient, so I could only obey... because I knew, I I can't do anything, I'm just a burden. After that, I kept thinking, when can I stop being a burden, and when I encounter danger, I can stay and face it together—"

Xiao Mu silently looked at the sleeve arrow in her hand.

This arrow is extremely lethal, and it is the work of Mr. Su.

Seeing the blood seal the throat is due to the quenching of the poison.

But that kind of accurate aim can't be a coincidence - she practiced it secretly, and it didn't happen overnight.

On the surface, she was unscrupulous, like a romantic dude, but secretly she never let down her vigilance.

She even failed to really come out of that night eight years ago.

He knew that even though the pain brought about by such a huge change in his childhood was deeply buried in his heart and was invisible, it was enough to be engraved into the bone marrow, and even hard to remove for life.

Especially after she had such an experience, she never returned to her family in time.When I got home again, my parents were both dead——

"At that time, you were only eight or nine years old, and you were already capable of what ordinary people could not." He said, his voice was gentle and comforting that he had never heard before.

"Yes, I'm grown up now, it's Ah Weng who sacrificed his life for the opportunity to let me continue to grow up." The tears in Hengyu's eyes have been suppressed: "The experience last night gave me the opportunity to prove that I am not No matter how dragged down, I can also be the savior—”

"You have always been." Xiao Mu's voice was slow and powerful: "Not only me, you have saved many people, Lady Jiayuan, Lady Miao, you not only saved them, but also redeemed them. Look, it can be seen that you have always been a savior."

There was nothing wrong with her, and she should no longer be brooding over the events of the year, and even filled her heart with many denials and blames.

He repeated again: "You have been doing well, better than anyone, whether it was eight years ago, or this time—"

Xiao Mu never knew that he would have such a long-winded side.

Heng Yu heard the words and looked at him, and the tears that were extremely difficult to hold back, all came up at this moment, and the teardrops as big as beans competed to squeeze and smashed down.

And the knots in my heart for many years, the guilt, anxiety and weakness that repeatedly appeared in my dreams, with this "downpour", it seems to be finally relieved.

Xiao Mu understood the relief in her eyes, and when he saw her tears bursting down, he felt a little inexplicably wanting to laugh—how could there be such big but rushing tears?

If you continue to cry like this, will you turn into a dried cabbage?
Seeing her like this, he really wanted to touch her head, but he could hardly lift his arm.

Looking at her hands hugging her knees, which showed signs of redness and frostbite, he subconsciously asked, "...Have you not lit a fire all night?"

"Lighting a fire in the night is too conspicuous—" The girl's voice was muffled by tears, but there was a smile in her eyes: "You taught me this."

Xiao Mu was startled when he heard that.

When... when had he taught her this?

And if there is, it can only be——

Hengyu let go of the hands holding his knees, gathered the dead leaves around him into a pile, took out the fire pocket and lit it, and asked casually, "Eight years ago, did you forget?"

　Ah, a few minutes late, but a super long chapter!

　　Good night everyone (づ￣3￣)づ

　　
　
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