Merchant's daughter is not a concubine

Chapter 277

Ning Qing only felt the ground under her feet tremble, and she fell down.

Looking down at the abyss covered in mist, Ning Qing couldn't help being frightened: "Ah——"

Feeling weightless as her body fell, and there was nothing around to grab hold of, Ning Qing was so frightened that her mind went blank, she raised her head in despair, and suddenly saw a red shadow pounced down from the cliff and stretched out her hand towards her.

"Cousin——" In desperation, someone suddenly stretched out his hand to her. The joy almost overwhelmed people's rationality. Ning Qing stretched out her small hand to him in agitation, not even knowing what she called out.

"Qingqing." He grabbed her little hand, and she was pulled into his arms.Her "cousin" made him feel excited and his blood boil.

"Wuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu of frightened Ning Qing immediately wrapped her arms around his neck and pressed her whole body against his body.

But after her joy was over, there was another burst of despair, because even if someone came, they still couldn't save her, and she still fell down.But compared to the helplessness before, he didn't seem to be as frightened as before, because there was this person hugging him.

"Qingqing, don't be afraid!"

He flicked his sleeve, and flung out a soft sword.He stabbed fiercely into the rock wall with the sword in his hand, but the force of the fall was too strong, the sword body was inserted into the rock wall, and was dragged down by the two people, sparking bursts of sparks.

Enduring the internal injuries in his body, Mu Fan forced luck, and the falling trend of the two finally slowed down because of this sword.

But even if it was a peerless sword, it couldn't support the weight and falling force of the two of them. In the end, it couldn't support it and broke with a "bang". The acceleration of gravity of falling from a hundred feet above.

But it was still four or five feet high from the bottom, Mu Fan yanked Ning Qing's coat, and when it was four or five meters above the ground, he threw Ning Qing's coat violently, entangled with the body on the rock wall. a tree.

The two only felt their bodies being pulled, the clothes were torn apart, and they fell heavily to the ground.But the momentum was pulled down by the clothes, coupled with Mu Fan's forced luck, the damage of the two of them was as if they fell from a height of four or five meters under the use of lightness kung fu.

There was a loud "bang".

Since Ning Qing was embraced by him, she buried herself in his arms and didn't dare to look out. She only felt that the speed of her body's fall slowed down, then accelerated, and then she was pulled back, until now she fell down suddenly.

She fell to the ground, she was still in shock, she didn't dare to move, she thought it was like a dream, she gasped for a long time before she dared to open her eyes, and when she realized that she really landed on the ground, she cried with joy: "I'm not alive yet..."

Talking with a small mouth, he couldn't help it anymore, and burst into tears.

"Don't be afraid." Mu Fan struggled to get up. Seeing that she was frightened, his heart throbbed. He hugged her tightly and comforted her softly: "We are still alive, it's okay."

Surrounded by red cloth talismans thrown from the mountain to seek marriage, some even threw down sacrifices, attracting a bunch of snakes, insects, rats and ants to crawl here.

Mu Fan got up immediately, carried Ning Qing behind his back and walked out.

His slow pace was also a little weak.But Ning Qing was still in panic and didn't notice it.She hugged his neck tightly from behind, her whole body was still shaking.

After walking 30 meters, I saw a mountain stream with a width of [-] or [-] meters.Although weeds are overgrown around the mountain stream, it is clean.

Mu Fan waded across the mountain stream with her on his back, and wanted to put Ning Qing down, but Ning Qing said "Oh" and still hugged his neck tightly and refused to let him go.

"Hey, can you drink some water first?" Mu Fan patted her small head with his backhand.

Only then did Ning Qing let go, Mu Fan told her to sit quietly, washed her hands, and gave her a handful of clear cold water.Ning Qing took two sips from his hand.He washed the veil again and wiped her face himself.

Ning Qing finally managed to recover, lay down beside the mountain stream, and washed her face with two handfuls of water.The coldness of the mountain stream in late autumn woke her up.

She took a picture into the water, only to see her delicate but scarred face reflected in the clear water.She has been using Ice Feather Orchid for two days, and the pigment on her face is a little faded, but it is still a little shocking.The veil must have fallen off when it fell.

Ning Qing covered her small face and turned her head. For some reason, she didn't want him to see her ugly side.

Suddenly a gauze exuding a light lotus fragrance covered her face, Mu Fanchang knelt behind her, wrapped the gauze around her face, and then carefully tied it tightly on the back of her head.

Ning Qing only felt that her whole body was surrounded by the warm breath of his embrace, and his gentle and careful movements made her want to lean into his arms.This is different from before because now she is awake.

She knew that he put the veil on her not because he thought she was ugly, but out of respect.After all, no one wants to expose their flaws to others all the time.

"Over there... there is a house! There are people!" Ning Qing looked behind the mountain stream, and saw a small wooden house not far away.

"Let's go over there." Mu Fan stood up and reached out to her.

Ning Qing suddenly remembered that she was desperately tired of being in his arms just now, holding him tightly, her little face flushed red, a little embarrassed.But she risked her life to save her just now, and she is not a person who does not know what is good or bad, so how can she put on a cold face.A soft little hand was placed on his.

Mu Fan pulled her up.

Ning Qing quickly retracted her hand and glanced at him: "Thank you."

"Let's go there." Mu Fan just smiled, not pestering her as usual.

"it is good."

Ning Qing responded in a low voice, stood up, and her little face immediately became stiff, because she found that her leg seemed to be sprained, and it hurt when she moved.

"What's wrong?" Mu Fan looked at her strange standing posture, "You hurt your foot."

"Seems to be."

"Come on, I'll carry you."

Ning Qing shook her head immediately: "No need, it doesn't hurt too much, I can walk by myself."

Mu Fan sighed slightly, instead of forcing her, he walked to the side, picked up a strong dry branch three fingers thick and handed it to her: "I'll lead you along."

Ning Qing was startled, and couldn't help but look up at him.I saw helplessness and tenderness on his ordinary face: "Come on."

Ning Qing only felt a heat in her heart, and stretched out her hand to hold the branch he handed over.He just pulled her forward slowly.

Ning Qing looked up at the tall red figure walking in front of him, her feet seemed to be less painful.

Ning Qing suddenly discovered that apart from caring too much for her and expressing his love to her, at least he never really forced her to do anything.When he entered the mansion back then, although his purpose was somewhat impure, it was your wish and my wish after all.

Ning Qing was distracted, the two had already reached the door of the wooden house.The cabin door was tightly shut.

Ning Qing stepped forward and knocked on the door: "Is anyone there?" No one answered after knocking for a while, Ning Qing pouted: "Open the door, check the water meter! The community sends warmth!"

Mu Fan chuckled, "No one has lived in this house for at least a year! You can see that the lock is rusted."

Ning Qing blushed at the National People's Congress, and only then saw the lock on the door.Mu Fan shook off the rusty lock with one palm, and pushed the door open, and there was an old dusty musty smell from inside.

Mu Fan pulled Ning Qing back two steps.

"It's moldy inside, let's not go in." Ning Qing said.

"You have to stay here for at least one night tonight," Mu Fan said, "It's past noon now, they won't come down to rescue us so soon. By the time Princess Jiarou and the others return to Beijing, it's already night, and they still have to go in." And they thought that we had fallen into the abyss, that we would not be able to survive, so they would delay going up the mountain until the next day, and then come down to see the situation. There are deep mountains around, so I wonder if there will be wild animals.”

Ning Qing nodded: "Then let's go in."

"Clean and clean first."

"Only stay for one night," Ning Qing didn't care, "I'll just settle down."

Mu Fan sighed slightly: "Sitting here, the air inside is not good."

Ning Qing sat listlessly on the boulder outside the door.Mu Fan entered the small wooden hut, looking for something, after a while, he came out with a wooden basin, fetched a basin of water from the mountain stream not far ahead, and entered the hut.

Ning Qing glanced in, and saw him picking up a rag, soaking the water in the basin, and trying to wipe the simple furniture in the house.

Ning Qing was startled when she saw it. For some reason, she felt a sense of shock in her heart.Even though he was a man from the rivers and lakes, a commoner, but in her mind, he was like a master, giving her the feeling of a nobleman.Such a person never touches the spring water with his ten fingers.

But he is cleaning now, which really subverts her worldview.

Moreover, not to mention ancient times, even modern times, many men do not do housework, and would rather be dirty than do housework.

Mu Fan wiped the entire hut three times before coming out. "It's getting dark, come in quickly."

Ning Qing raised her head and looked at the sky. It was getting dark quickly in autumn, and there seemed to be some strange sounds in the surrounding forests.

"Come." Mu Fan supported her.

She limped into the house, and the wooden bed had been wiped three times. Although there was still some strange smell, it was not so strong, and the somewhat torn straw mat was still usable.

Mu Fan helped her to sit on the bed.

Perhaps the owner of this house has been away for more than a year, and many simple furniture are still usable, as well as oil lamps and flints.

Mu Fan closed the door, lit the oil lamp, and the whole small room was shrouded in a layer of warm dim yellow light.

The atmosphere is a little ambiguous.Ning Qing suddenly wanted to be shocked, this room was too small, it seemed that there was no living room, the bed came in, and then there was a small kitchen with only about five square meters.

There were only the two of them in the room, and the door was still closed, and there was no one else.

No one spoke, and it was so quiet that they could even hear each other's breath.

Mu Fan took what looked like a medicine cup, and put some herbs in it and crushed it.Ning Qing was secretly curious, and only said, "Where did these come from?"

"I picked it up by the way when I was fetching water just now." Mu Fan poured the medicine into a small broken bowl and handed it to her: "Apply it on."

"Okay, thank you."

After Mu Fan gave her the medicine, he went into the kitchen.Seeing him walk away, Ning Qing breathed a sigh of relief, took off her shoes and socks, put the medicine on them, took out a handkerchief to wrap them up, and put on the socks.

When she raised her head again, she was startled.

Mu Fan's bright red hem was pulled up to his waist, and the originally wide and wide sleeves were knotted by him, turning them into narrow sleeves.He squatted in front of the stove, cooking vegetables.

The orange flames from the mouth of the stove reflected his ordinary face in a beautiful and elegant way.But he didn't seem to notice it, and looked at the fire inside indifferently.Two sticks of firewood were added to it, and his long black hair hung down.Xu felt that it was in the way.He casually picked up a straight and slender firewood branch, and stroked his long hair back. The firewood branch was used as a hairpin, and with a gentle pull, the long hair was fixed behind his head.

Inadvertently, he acted in a somewhat embarrassing manner, but for some reason, it gave her a sense of unparalleled elegance.It made her feel sour and inexplicably touched.

"Okay?" Mu Fan realized that she was looking at him and turned to look at her.

"En." Ning Qing nodded. "What are you doing?"

"Cook."

"Is there rice?"

"No." Mu Fan said, "When I was fetching water just now, I caught two fish by the way. Let's eat stewed fish today."

"Your hands and feet are really fast." Ning Qing smiled: "It's just a few strokes of water, but you can pick up medicine and catch fish without missing a beat. Ah, no, you even cleaned up all the fish."

Mu Fan said: "Hurry up, it will get dark."

His unpretentious answer warmed her heart.

There was a burst of fish smell in the pot.He stood up, lifted the lid of the pot, and poured the fish together with the soup on a porcelain plate of soup.

He carried the soup out and put it on the uneven wooden table. Seeing that the wooden table was shaking, he bent over and picked up a small stone to place it on.He went back to the kitchen and took out two bowls and two pairs of chopsticks, handed her a pair of chopsticks, and filled another bowl of soup for her.

"There's no salt, just make do with it," he said.

Ning Qing nodded her head humming, maybe she was hungry, holding the bowl and wanted to sip it, but as soon as it touched her mouth, she sprayed it all out with a "puff", and the bowl in her hand reflexively Fall down.

Mu Fan's eyes were sharp and his hands were quick. As soon as he stretched out his hand, he caught the bowl firmly without spilling a drop.If she was allowed to fall, she would definitely be scalded.

"You..." Mu Fan put down the bowl and looked at her.I saw her tearful, she was so wronged that she seemed to cry.Mu Fan was angry and funny at the same time: "Oh, it's really..."

"I'm hungry..." Ning Qing was aggrieved.Embarrassed and embarrassing, she felt ashamed and wanted to find a place to sneak in.

Well, because you are so hungry, you actually put the tumbling soup in your mouth?Mu Fan felt distressed and funny at the same time.

"Come on, open your mouth and let the watch... let me see if it's hot." Mu Fan said.

"No." Ning Qing covered her mouth and shook her head.

Ning Qing was so embarrassed that she wanted to throw herself on the bed, but she thought that her leg was sprained, and if she threw herself, she would be limping, making her even more embarrassed. After struggling for a while, she decided to sit still.

I thought he was going to make fun of himself, but he didn't expect him to make a sound. Instead, he held her soup in front of him, carefully turned it over with a spoon several times, blew on it, and handed it to her when it was colder: "Come here." Oh, drink like this."

Ning Qing blushed, but she was so hungry that she had to lower her head and drank teaspoonful after spoonful.

There is no salt or seasoning in the soup, but I don't know what method he used, but the fish soup has no fishy smell.There is only a burst of deliciousness left.

She had never had such a delicious fish soup.

Ning Qing thought, maybe this Mu Fan was from a poor family before, so he was able to do housework and cook so well.

The two ate the fish silently and did not speak any more.

But the feeling between the two of them was not awkward at all, as if they should have been together so simply and warmly for thousands of years.

For some reason, Ning Qing suddenly thought of Baili Haitang.

Thinking of today, Baili Haitang said with a smile: "What do you want? Me, I don't care what others say, I just follow my heart. What about you?"

What do I want?What I want is a life without injury or pain, I want to marry an ordinary man, I want to care for each other with that ordinary man, and I will live forever!
Ning Qing could not help but glance at Mu Fan.I saw him serving soup for her.

His overly slender hand is not holding a pen that would show off the feudal lords, nor is it a sword stained with blood, but a spoon. Do your best along China, warm and soothing.

"Come on, finish it." Mu Fan looked up, saw her staring at him blankly, raised his eyebrows and smiled, and put the last bowl of soup in front of her.

"Well, I'm full." Ning Qing rubbed her stomach.

"Drink some more. There is no staple food tonight, only fish and soup, so you will get hungry easily. If you don't eat more, you will wake up hungry at night." Mu Fan said.

His tenderness made her not want to rebel, she nodded, and drank the last bowl of soup in one gulp.

Mu Fan stood up, put away the bowl, took it into the kitchen, scooped clean water to wash the bowl.

Ning Qing stood up and thought of the bed, but when her sprained feet touched the ground, she frowned.

"It hurts?" Mu Fan walked out.

"A little bit." Ning Qing said, frowning, "It didn't hurt when I started walking, but now I sit down and move again, it hurts like hell."

Mu Fan walked over and picked her up.

Ning Qing exclaimed, her face blushed, but she didn't resist anymore.Only a small head hangs down.

As Mu Fan watched, the corners of his lips curled up, and his heart burst into excitement.Qingqing has accepted him step by step.

Mu Fan put her on the bed, took off his coat, covered her first, and then covered her waist with the smelly quilt.

"Go to sleep." He stroked her soft hair.

Then he sat on the floor opposite the bed, leaned his back against the wall, and closed his eyes.

Xu was too tired, he fell asleep quickly, breathing lightly.Although Ning Qing was frightened, she was extremely tired and fell asleep as soon as she touched the bed.

It wasn't until the next day, around eight or nine o'clock, that Ning Qing was woken up by the sun shining through the window.

"Hmm." Ning Qing opened her eyes, rubbed them, and got up.

But when she got out of bed, she saw Mu Fan was still sitting on the ground, leaning against the wall, as if he was still asleep.But his face was surprisingly pale.

"Mu Fan." Ning Qing limped over.

Pushing him lightly, he fell to the ground suddenly.

"Mu Fan!" Ning Qing quickly helped him up.I saw his lips moved, but blood flowed out.Ning Qing exclaimed, "Ah—"

Ning Qing didn't know what was wrong with him for a while, but when she touched him, she felt cold all over her body.

Suddenly, he saw that his right wrist seemed to be wrapped with a white cloth.And it seemed to be slightly reddish.

She was taken aback.Suddenly remembered that he had been using his left hand for dinner last night.She also secretly thought that he was left-handed, and it turned out that his right hand was injured.

She suddenly remembered that when the two fell, he inserted his sword into the rock wall to stop the falling gravity. The weight of the two people, plus the gravity brought by the acceleration of the fall, was so powerful!It must have cracked his jaws.

She remembered again that she didn't feel any pain when she landed on the ground, and only now did she realize that she was on top of him.

And he was injured internally!
(End of this chapter)