Will Ming

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Chapter 450

At the entrance of the dilapidated small village, weeds grew on the half-broken earthen wall. An ownerless wild dog hid behind the broken wall and gnawed something. It looked like a human arm, but it had been gnawed away. The flesh is so dark that you can't look carefully.Hearing a sound in the distance, the wild dog turned its head abruptly to look over, then bared its fangs and growled a few times in a low voice.

The two war horses turned down from the official road and entered the village, and their pace also slowed down.

Maybe the wild dog thought that the people who came came to snatch its bones, or maybe it was eating dead people. teeth, staring fiercely at the two war horses who could not stop barking, it seemed that they still wanted to rush over and bite.

A crossbow arrow flew over and was nailed into the wild dog's eye. The wild dog roared and jumped in pain. His head hit the broken wall with a bang. After getting into the wild dog's neck, a stream of blood gushed out and sprayed on the broken wall, staining several weeds red.

A man in gray cloth jumped off his horse and led his famous prairie breed, Botau, into the village.He tied up the war horse under an old tree, and ignored the wild dog that was still howling.He turned over and walked back, holding his companion's hand and taking her off the horse.

"Tired?"

The commoner man took off his bamboo hat, looked at his companion and asked softly.

His companion also took off the bamboo hat, and then a smooth long hair fell down like a waterfall.Although her face was stained with a lot of dust, it was still difficult to conceal her delicate and beautiful face.She shook her head slowly and said, "At this moment, how can you still feel tired?"

After saying this, she was slightly taken aback, and found that her voice had become a lot hoarse.

"Lie down and have a rest! Don't think the ground is dirty. You have to rest for a while and you have to hurry. I'm going to clean up that wild dog. I'm lucky today. At least I can have a warm meal."

"Farewell!"

The woman straightened the hair hanging down from her forehead and said: "We didn't get far away from the pursuers. We had to rest for a while, drink some water and eat some dry food before we had to go on our way. Skinning and deboning takes time, and we need to light a fire. In case the pursuers Wouldn’t it be troublesome for the soldiers to search for the smoke? We managed to escape here, so we can’t give up all our efforts.”

"Ning'er, I listen to you."

The man smiled, showing his white teeth.I don't know why, but there is always a trace of guilt in his smile.

This couple is Li Huining and Chai Shao who escaped from Chang'an.They were guests at a friend's house in Chang'an City. When the imperial guards went to Li's house to arrest people, a eunuch in the palace who was bribed by Chai Shao risked his life to spread a message, telling them to escape from Chang'an without going home.

The two of them didn't bother to go home to take a look. The friend took a lot of gold and silver. The two of them thanked and said goodbye, and rushed out of the city gate without delaying a minute.In the end, it was still slow, and the imperial army kept chasing after him.The two fled for four or five days, and the guards behind were like hounds rushing forward smelling the scent, unable to shake them off.

Finally at a fork in the road, the two boldly did not choose to continue fleeing all the way north, but turned to the east, intending to make a detour before going to Taiyuan.It was only then that the pursuers were thrown away for a while, but they also knew that the forbidden troops would catch up again soon.

Chai Shao sat down on the soil slope under the broken wall, untied the water bag and handed it to Li Huining.

"Ning'er, do you think we can go back to Taiyuan?"

He took out the bread that was already hard as a stone in his arms, paused for a moment, looked at the bread and sighed, Duke Chejun, who has always been well-clothed and well-fed, has never suffered such hardship?It's just that he has no choice now, even if the bread is really a stone, he still has to eat it.If you want to survive, what is the point of suffering?

"Maybe we don't have to flee to Taiyuan."

Li Huining took a sip of water, and the burning pain in her throat became lighter: "If my father has really raised an army, it will take half a month for the news to reach Chang'an at the earliest. It can't be said that my father's soldiers are not far from Chang'an now. Let's inquire more along the way, and it will be great if we can find father's army."

"It's easier said than done!"

Chai Shao chewed the bread in his mouth with difficulty and swallowed it: "I don't know if it's true that my father raised an army. What if the villain in the court deliberately fabricated a lie to frame our Li family."

"will not!"

Li Huining thought for a while and said: "We also heard some rumors along the way to the north. Father's soldiers and horses have conquered more than a dozen cities. If it is a lie, it will not be spread in such detail."

"Right."

Chai Shao smiled and said, "It's just like a chasing dog, with a very sensitive nose. I don't know if our husband and wife can escape this catastrophe."

"Don't lose confidence!"

Li Huining said with a smile: "Husband and wife are of the same heart, there is nothing difficult for us."

"Ning'er..."

Chai Shao looked at the bread in his hand, swallowed and spit, but hesitated to speak.Seeing his strange expression, Li Huining felt uneasy for no reason.

"what's up?"

She found that her voice trembled a little when she asked the question, so that her tone changed a little.

"There is no way for us to escape like this. I have too many contacts in Chang'an. Not to mention the courtiers, as long as there are some prominent people in the imperial army, they all recognize my face. You don't go out very much at home, but people who know you don't know me." A lot. I was thinking... I was thinking, if we run away together, will I drag you down? Now I regret it, I shouldn’t have made so many friends in Chang’an, but now it’s good, this face can be seen everywhere recognize!"

"It's okay, haven't we already traveled three hundred miles away from Chang'an, and if we run another two hundred miles, we will be safe."

"I'm afraid that I will drag you down. If you get caught, even if I die, I can't feel at ease."

Chai Shao said painfully.

"How about... let's escape separately? I can lure the pursuers away for you, so that you can be safer. Wait until you find father's army first, and then lead the soldiers to pick me up?"

When Chai Shao spoke, his voice trembled even more than Li Huining.He swallowed a mouthful of bitter spit with difficulty, lowered his head, and looked at the bread in his hand. He didn't know that his eyes were already bloodshot, the muscles on his face were faintly beating, and the twitching corners of his mouth looked particularly ferocious.It's just that he told himself in his heart that as long as Ning'er refused him, he would never mention this matter again, and the two walked with each other's support, even if they died, they would die together.

"Okay!"

Li Huining smiled, with tears in her eyes.

"That's it, let's go separately."

She stood up, patted the dust off her body a few times, handed the water bag to Chai Shao and said, "Take care all the way."

After finishing speaking, she turned around and jumped onto the Peach Blossom Horse, gave a light scold, and rode away.

With pride, ride the dust.

Chai Shao opened his mouth, but in the end he didn't want to stay.When Li Huining's back disappeared from sight, Chai Shao suddenly slapped himself across the face.

"coward!"

He cursed fiercely, then jumped onto Botau and chased in the direction where Li Huining disappeared.However, Li Huining seemed to fly away on a peach blossom horse, and he could never be found again.

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Li Huining rode the Peach Blossom Colt all the way, she bit her lip and told herself that she must not cry, if she cried, she would lose.She has always been a strong woman, and she never thinks that women are inferior to men. What men can do, women can also do.

She has a cheerful and bold personality, and she is more open-minded than a man.It's just that no matter how open she is, she can't tolerate betrayal.Especially, her husband's betrayal.

In fact, she has long been aware of Chai Shao's weirdness. From the first day she escaped from Chang'an, Chai Shao has always been hesitant to speak. How smart Li Huining is, the hidden meaning in Chai Shao's actions, she has already I can see clearly.It's just that she didn't point it out along the way, and she even hoped, hoped that Chai Shao would not say anything, and that they would be a husband and wife, she didn't want to see the two of them end up in the ending she didn't want to see.

But Chai Shao still said it after all, although when he said it, Li Huining could feel that he was also in pain, annoyed, and apologetic, and even Li Huining knew that as long as he said that he disagreed or agreed, Chai Shao would never do it again. mention this.But she didn't say anything, she didn't say anything.

If there is a crack, it is there, even if it is repaired, it cannot be repaired.

She is proud, and her pride does not allow anyone to tarnish the purity of her heart.She would rather not maintain the relationship that has changed taste.

nothing!

While speeding, the teardrops in the corners of her eyes were left far behind.

nothing!

She told herself over and over in her heart that there was really nothing to be sad about.

Taohuaju seemed to feel the state of mind of its master, it raised its head and chirped twice, and there was a sense of grief and indignation in the cry, maybe even it felt aggrieved by its master being alone.

Taohuaju passed under a mountain, stepped on a small stream and galloped, the agitated spray reflected colorful light in the sun, and there might be a few unrecognizable teardrops in the water droplets.Li Huining didn't turn around to look at it all the time. Anyone who saw his stubborn look would feel distressed.She deliberately walked down a field path from the official road, and then plunged into a big mountain.She guessed that Chai Shao might regret it, and might chase after him, but she didn't want to stop and wait, no matter who.

Perhaps it took too long to run wildly, Tao Huaju stepped on the stones and almost fell down.Li Huining quickly reined in the reins, jumped off the horse, and checked to see that the beloved horse had no leg injuries.