My wife has a secret

Chapter 185 Drifting
Yang Xianning had processed a lot of wild vegetables and yams when she was traveling and marching earlier. After all, survival in the wilderness is one of the compulsory courses for leading troops in battle.

After taking the stonecrop handed to her by Xu Qing, she carefully cleaned the stems and leaves, and finally crushed them with pebbles and smeared them on the legs and feet of the clothes she was weaving.

After the trouser legs were rolled up, the faint moonlight and firelight reflected the woman's silky smooth skin, revealing a faint blush and crystal clear like jade.

Xu Qing was slightly stunned, and when the other party raised his eyes and fell on him, he realized that his behavior was too rude, like a playboy with bad intentions.

Yang Xianning, who had keen senses, naturally noticed Xu Qing's actions, but she didn't say much. Instead, she continued the topic in a calm voice.

"You can use Ranunculaceae like this to treat some bruises, but be careful of the toxicity in the leaves and don't apply them to broken skin wounds."

Xu Qing felt a little embarrassed and wanted to change the topic, so he asked, "I understand, but why do you have so many bruises on your body?"

When Yang Xianning heard this, she guessed that the other party had seen most of her body again.

After looking up at Xu Qing expressionlessly, she gave a brief description of the turmoil they had experienced.

"After the Heng Emperor's mausoleum collapsed, the rising water of the underground river broke through the sealed stone chamber. We drifted down the river for nearly a day, passing through many rivers in the middle..."

After Xu Qing heard half of it, he knew what the two of them had experienced behind these simple words.

Although the Changhe River is known as the Mother River, the water flow in the middle and lower reaches is turbulent. The river channel near the capital alone is full of reefs, making it very easy for ship accidents to occur. The other party was able to bring himself here in the rapids for more than a day, and he must have experienced difficulties that ordinary people could hardly imagine.

Thinking of the bruises on the other person's body, Xu Qing was silent for a moment, then suddenly lowered his head and said, "Lady, I'm really sorry for what happened to you this time. If I hadn't insisted on you helping me, you wouldn't have been dragged into this."

In fact, Xu Qing's original plan was to go home and ask Qin Shuying to be his helper.

However, there were a lot of affairs to deal with in Guangping Prefecture during those two days, and the female hero who came to the door was very skilled and had fought against Kaiyang Xingjun and many crossbow carts in the previous incident at Falun Temple.

That's why Xu Qing wanted to drag this powerful thug into the water and let her deal with the powerful people around Chunshengshi.

Now the other party has fallen into a life-and-death situation because of his help, and has gone through many twists and turns to pull him back from the brink of death, which is a great favor to me.

Yang Xianning didn't take Xu Qing's words to heart. She remained calm, brushed her skirt lightly, and said calmly: "Don't worry about it. You saved me before... and there are driftwood in the water for support. It's not as difficult as you think."

Xu Qing saw that this female knight did not care about fame and fortune, so after admiring her actions in his heart, he asked about their current situation.

"Do you know where we are going along the current? And have you encountered any fishing boatmen during the drifting process?"

Going south along the Changhe River, there are quite a few cities and towns along the way.

He felt that since they had been drifting in the river for so long, even if they hadn't met anyone due to bad luck, they should be close to the next town or village.

After all, in ancient times, due to the scarcity of resources, many cities were built relying on water sources.

"There are many branches in the middle and lower reaches of the long river. Because of the split paths, we did not drift to the southward river."

Yang Xianning has made efforts in the process of survival.

But unfortunately, even though she tried her best to change course, the wood on which the two depended for survival was still washed into the undercurrent by the river and swept into the northeast branch.

After waking up, she made an estimate based on the surrounding terrain features and the time they had been drifting.

There are only two locations that fit the inference, both of which are in the borders of neighboring countries. "Do you know the Liao Kingdom?"

Xu Qing was stunned for a while, then looked up in surprise.

Yang Xianning coughed lightly due to her weak body and continued, "This river flows into the north and flows eastward into a lake. Apart from Jinghu Lake, there is only Longtan Lake in Jidi."

Xu Qing had anticipated many situations, but he never thought that the direction the two would drift was not south, but north.

If what Yang Xianning said was true, then his current situation would be dangerous.

Although the Liao Kingdom was a friendly country with the Qi Kingdom on the surface, it was actually ruled by the Khitans, and their deep-rooted idea was to unify the country by conquering the south.

Although Xu Qing has not been in this world for a long time, he knows that wars often broke out between Liao and Qi in the past. They came together in recent years only because of the rise of the Jin Kingdom in the north and the growing power of the Mongols.

His identity was sensitive and he was wearing Han clothing. If he was really captured by the Liao Kingdom, they would definitely use him as a bargaining chip to threaten the Qi Kingdom.

Having read history books, Xu Qing knew very well what the fate of the proton was.

Therefore, his first reaction was that the two of them must ensure that their whereabouts were kept secret and not discovered by the Liao people.

Thinking of this, Xu Qing felt somewhat fortunate that he did not find anyone when he went out today.

"Liao is a vast country with few people, but there are towns built beside these two lakes. When tomorrow morning comes, you can follow the direction of the river and head north."

Xu Qing heard that the other party wanted him to survive alone, and immediately asked back: "What about you?"

"I have a grudge against the Liao people."

Yang Xianning's words were very concise.

To some extent, she did not deceive the other party.

Because successive Qi emperors tried every means to weaken the influence and prestige of the Yang family, the news of the Yang family's battle achievements at Huangling Pass rarely spread to the interior.

Everyone only knows that the Yang family has guarded the border for generations and repelled countless Liao enemies, but few people know that they had also gone out of the border to fight back several times, defeated the Liao emperor's personal expedition within the Liao territory, and defeated the Mongolian cavalry.

Therefore, all the successive heads of the Yang family were extremely famous in the Liao Kingdom and were almost a thorn in the eyes of the Liao emperors.

In the eyes of the other party, if Qi did not have such a family guarding the strategic location, Liao would have long since annexed the rich land in the south and become the most powerful existence in the world.

Yang Xianning naturally did not want to fall into the hands of the Liao people, so she was ready to face death and be abandoned by Xu Qing.

"When you enter a Liao town, as long as you conceal your identity and say you are a Qi citizen who has come to surrender, they will not make things difficult for you. When the time is right, follow the trade caravan between the two countries back to Qi."

Yang Xianning was familiar with the policies of the Liao Kingdom and knew that the other party would not pay too much attention to the impoverished people.

After all, in times of war and famine, there are often people who can't make a living and wander around.

When even having food for tomorrow has become a luxury and people cannot even survive, how can they care about dignity and nationality?
(End of this chapter)