spring flowers

Chapter 5
The boy's name is Yue Qin, and he is fifteen years old. The Battle of Qiujiang was the first battle he participated in after enlisting in the army. Unexpectedly, he was captured in a daze.

Nanyue is a remote and small country in the southwest of Dayan, advocating witchcraft.However, due to the barren land, dense forests and swamps, and rampant poisonous insects, the people in the most prosperous period could only have enough food and clothing, but it was far from enough to talk about a rich country.Even if such a place is included in the territory, it will not do much good, so it has lived and worked in peace and contentment for many years.Unexpectedly, their generation produced a "beautiful appearance" and "shameful son of a hundred flowers", who can not only conquer insects, snakes and beasts, but also call wind and rain.Emperor Yan wanted to invite him to Beijing but failed, the emperor was furious, lay down millions of corpses, and bleed for thousands of miles.Since then, there has been no peace in South Vietnam.

"He is the third prince of Yan Kingdom." Mei Lin pointed to Murong Jing on Yue Qin's back and said, seeing a long trail behind the two of them, she couldn't help being irritable.

"Ah, is that so?" Yue Qin didn't show any surprise or hatred. Panting, he carried the person on his back, gritted his teeth and stumbled forward, sweat dripping into his eyes.

Mei Lin couldn't stand it anymore, she wished she could leave the two of them alone.She didn't understand why this child was so stubborn to save the son of an enemy who ruined his family?But she still couldn't see his aggrieved eyes, otherwise she would have slipped away when she found out that his forward speed was not much better than that of a tortoise.

"All right, all right, put him down." She really couldn't take it anymore.

"Sister..." Just when the boy was about to show puppy-like begging eyes, Mei Lin quickly stretched out his hand to block the eye contact between the two.

"Don't be naughty, hurry up, don't make me suffer with you." Her voice was a little harsh and impatient, and she had the momentum to leave if you didn't follow suit.

Hearing her words, Yue Qin had no choice but to swallow the words that rose to his throat, and put Murong Jinghe on a drier, soft fallen leaf slowly.The place where they are located is a red pine forest, the red pine is tall and straight, and it is also mixed with purple linden, fir and other tree species.Old vines sway under the trees, green moss withered ferns, and pheasants stalking.Because the branches and leaves of the tree crown are connected, covering the sky and the sun, the under the tree is not soaked by rain, but only slightly damp.

"Go find something to fill your stomach." Mei Lin said, and at the same time stepped forward, and began to carefully examine Murong Jinghe.No matter what kind of injury he suffered, he should have woken up after all this tossing, but the strange thing is that he didn't show any signs of waking up.

Yue Qin was already dizzy from hunger, seeing that she didn't intend to leave Murong Jinghe behind, he immediately felt relieved and really started looking for something to eat nearby.There are wild mushrooms and fungus in the forest, wild grapes and dog dates on the vines, and pine nuts falling on the ground. It is not difficult to have a full meal. No matter how you say it, the taste is better than raw snake meat.

Except for a few scratches, Murong Jinghe didn't see any serious injuries on his body, but his face was ugly and scary.A strange feeling arose in Mei Lin's heart, and he pressed his finger on his veins.

"You saved him, maybe one day he will destroy your homeland." She said to the boy who was picking grapes.

Yue Qin carried the bunches of grapes he picked in his clothes. Although he was very hungry, he didn't eat while picking them.Hearing this, he couldn't help but stop what he was doing, and said with a smile: "Sister, if you leave him, he will definitely die."

Mei Lin turned her head and ignored him.It's simply not the right thing to do.However, she had to admit that the boy's words touched a certain string in her heart, making her involuntarily face up to his attitude of attaching great importance to human life.Maybe she can disagree, but she definitely can't belittle it.

Murong Jinghe's pulse was chaotic but not weak, and he didn't know if it was an internal injury or something else.Mei Lin didn't understand medical principles, so he could only confirm that something was wrong with his body, and there was nothing else he could do.Withdrawing her hand, she thought for a while, stretched out her thumb and pinched his body for a while, until no one woke up after pinching the bleeding marks.

"It's such a big trouble..." She muttered, gathered his open underclothes, then drew out her dagger and got up to cut the long vines.

"Sister, eat grapes, eat grapes." Yue Qin happily ran over with a black mountain grape in a bag, "This mountain grape is delicious. When I was at home, I used to go to the mountain with Wood and the others to pick it."

Mei Lin glanced at his pure black eyes that were not stained with dust due to the war, said nothing, just picked up a bunch of grapes and gnawed them casually.Seeing her eating, the boy seemed very happy, sat down where he was, and started to eat too.

"Put him here, those Yan people will naturally find him. If you take him, both of us will be implicated." After eating two bunches of grapes, suppressing the fishy smell that had been lingering in his mouth, Meilin no longer After eating, continue to cut the long vines.

"But maybe he died before they found him..." Yue Qin said earnestly while devouring the grapes.He was telling the truth. Putting aside other dangers, the rainy late autumn forest was as cold as winter. If an unconscious person lay here like this, he might freeze to death in a short time.

Knowing that what he said was the truth, Mei Lin pursed his lips and said no more, a large pile of flexible vines had been cut off the ground.After looking around for a few times, she walked to a red pine that was as thick as an adult's arm and more than ten feet high, squatted down, and began to cut its roots.Although she lacked strength, fortunately, the dagger was sharp, and it didn't take long for her to cut down the tree.

"Sister, I'll help you." Yue Qin didn't know what she was doing, so he finished the grapes two or three times, then ran over to help her pick the branches and leaves from the tree.

Meilin was injured, and this action was too much to bear, so he simply threw the dagger to him and asked him to do as he ordered.

Probably because he was used to rough work, Yue Qin was flexible in his hands and feet, and in a short while he made a crude shelf out of tree trunks and vines.Meilin asked him to cut off the excess tree trunk into four logs about three inches thick, peeled off the bark, and dug a round hole in the middle, and strung them on the rattan under the frame.

Before finishing, Yueqin already knew Meilin's intentions, so he was more motivated to work now.

When Murong Jing and the rattan were firmly tied to the frame and pulled for a while, not only was he satisfied, but even Mei Lin was satisfied.The difference is that he is satisfied that this not only saves a lot of energy, but also speeds up the speed, while Meilin is satisfied that even if Murong Jing and Murong who are tied up like this suddenly wake up, it will not cause them too much trouble. threat.Whatever it is, the result is always a happy one.

They dug a pit and buried the leftover scraps from making the shelf, and put larch needles on it, and covered the piles with the excess soil to remove all traces of staying, and the two set off on the road.

"Sister, come up too, I can pull you two." After walking for a while, Yue Qin shouted to Mei Lin who was behind, his eyes were full of children's excitement of getting a novelty toy.

Mei Lin waved his hand, signaling him to move forward, while he carefully removed or covered up the traces of the two passing by.From time to time, after walking in another direction for a while, I stepped back on the previous footprints.

Because she walked slowly, she picked some edible things along the way, and then carried them around in Murong Jinghe's wet clothes, and when she picked them up, tied them with belts and put them on the pergola for Yue Qin to drag them away.

After walking like this for more than an hour, no one really caught up, and the two of them felt more or less relieved.

The rain stopped at noon, but the wind was still damp, and it was chilling on the body.The two stopped by a stream to rest and eat.

Mei Lin walked to the side, separated Yue Qin's sight and cleaned his wound by the water, applied the herbal medicine found along the way, re-wrapped it with the cleaned cloth, took another sip of water, and inadvertently raised his head to look at the sky , his complexion suddenly changed.

"Boy, hide." While speaking, she hastily retreated into the dense forest next to her.

Yue Qin didn't understand what happened, but he was used to obeying Mei Lin's words all the way, dragged Murong Jing and hid in the woods just like her without even thinking about it.

Mei Lin moved to their side without touching the surrounding bushes carefully, and looked up to the sky through the gaps between the branches and leaves.

"Sister, what's the matter?" Yue Qin also looked up.

A black dot hovered under the leaden clouds, and suddenly it swooped down, shooting like lightning towards their hiding place.Just when Yue Qin exclaimed in surprise, he suddenly froze at a place about ten feet high above the forest, showing that blue-gray vigorous and beautiful figure, his golden eyes staring at them with a sharp and cold light, but It was Murong Xuanlie's sea holly.Without waiting for the two to react, Hai Dongqing flew up into the sky again with a "swipe", drawing circles around the dense forest where they were.

Mei Lin cursed in a low voice, and said with an ugly face: "I've been discovered, get out of here quickly."

Yue Qin tightened his grip on the horizontal stick on the rattan trellis, arched his body, and burrowed into the woods like a frightened calf, Mei Lin followed closely behind, not bothering to cover up his traces.However, no matter how fast they speeded up, the ferocious big bird was circling above their heads, indicating their whereabouts to the master in the distance.

Meilin had an injury on her leg, and this sprint was already too much for her, so she hurriedly stopped the young man who was dragging others and was also panting from exhaustion.

"It doesn't work like this, people will catch up soon." She said, and then stepped forward to untie the rattan rope slung across the boy's chest.

Yue Qin's pale lips moved, but she raised her hand to stop her, "There's not much time, listen to me."

"Go forward from here, walk along the direction of the stream for a while, be careful." As she said, she cut off the softer bush branches beside her with a dagger, quickly wove a round hat covered with green leaves, and buckled it. Put it on the boy's head, "Then go out of the forest, sneak into the stream, and try to lean on the side with more shelter..."

Speaking of this, she paused and asked, "Will it float?"

Yue Qin nodded and opened his lips to speak, but Mei Lin didn't give him a chance.

"Then you just follow the stream, and don't change direction as long as no one catches up with you." Saying this, he straightened the boy's clothes that barely covered his body, and covered his naked skin that was blown by the cold wind until it made goosebumps , and tied it tightly with rattan ropes, "Don't rush on the road after landing, and deal with the road you walked according to the method I used before, so as not to leave traces, you understand?"

Yue Qin shook his head, his mouth was still tightly closed, but his eye circles were already red.

"Go, you will drag me down if you stay here." Meilin frowned, and pushed him downstream of the stream, seeming very angry.

Unexpectedly, the young man cried out with a "wow", and didn't leave, but he didn't dare to approach her.

Mei Lin couldn't see anyone crying, he sighed, walked over, put his arms around Yue Qin's neck, and let his forehead rest on his uninjured shoulder.He was a small man, and the pose didn't seem odd.

"Okay, sister doesn't dislike you." This was the first time she admitted this title, and when Yue Qin heard it, he couldn't help crying louder, even his shoulders began to twitch.

Meilin couldn't laugh or cry, but she was inexplicably sad, and mixed with another unknown emotion, she couldn't help but soften her tone.

"Could it be a girl? She loves to cry so much!"

This sentence had an effect, Yue Qin stopped his voice all of a sudden, but only twitched once or twice from time to time, which made him look even more pitiful.

Meilin sighed, knowing that without a good reason, he could not be persuaded to leave first.

"Yueqin, we must separate, otherwise we will be stared at by the flat-haired beast above, and none of us will be able to leave. You go first, and I will come later."

"Then sister, you go first, I still want to pull this Yanren." Before she finished speaking, Yue Qin raised his head, took off the hat made of branches and leaves from his head, and put it on her head.

Mei Lin took a step back and dodged it, and said displeasedly: "You are so stupid, do you come after me after they kill you?"

A grievance appeared on the boy's face again.

Meilin laughed, "Sister, there are many ways to prevent people from finding out, and I'm not from South Vietnam, so they won't do anything to me."

Probably remembering the young man's concern for Murong Jinghe, so she said again: "Don't worry, sister Da Yan will not ignore it, I will watch those people take him back and leave, and then come to you."

Without waiting for Yue Qin to think about the inconsistencies, she continued: "After you go out, wait for me in a big city closest to Zhaojing. Let's compete to see who will arrive first." As she spoke, she pulled up the rattan frame Dragging the rope on the tree, he walked towards the stream outside the forest.

Yue Qin stared at her back in a daze, and wanted to help her, but knew that it would definitely make her angry.Just when he was hesitating, Mei Lin yelled again without looking back: "Hurry up! What does a man look like?"

Yue Qin's body trembled violently, and with a whimper, he put on his straw hat and turned around to run. After a while, he regained his composure slightly, and walked as far as possible to the dense forest, so that the branches and leaves could hide his figure.It's just that he was crying while running, his eyes were hazy, he was tripped and fell several times, and he was extremely embarrassed.

Because the two separated, the sea holly didn't know where to follow, it was really busy in the sky for a while, and finally gave up tracking because Yue Qin's figure disappeared from sight, and only stared at the two people parked by the stream .

Meilin sat there, took out a few pieces of snake meat from her bosom, ate a few pieces, then rinsed her mouth with water, picked a few pieces of vanilla nearby and chewed it in her mouth.She felt that she could almost hear the sound of the clothes breaking through the wind, but she also knew that it was just an illusion, and it was impossible for her to be so sensitive with her current ability.

I don't know if it's because of the cold or other reasons, but Murong Jinghe's complexion is worse than in the morning, more blue than white, making people doubt that he will be out of breath the next moment.

Meilin thought for a while, and stepped forward to untie the rattan rope that tied him tightly to the shelf, thinking that if he woke up, he wouldn't die innocently because he couldn't move.She didn't like him and had no intention of saving him, but she didn't hate him enough to want him to die.

That's right, she didn't intend to really wait until someone found him before leaving as promised to Yue Qin.She doesn't want to court death.

Thinking of the resentment in Muye Luomei's eyes, she couldn't help but shiver, feeling that Yue Qin had almost dived into the stream, so she got up and was about to run in the opposite direction.

It's just that before her feet were lifted, her ankles tightened, and someone grabbed her, causing her to almost fall.

"Take me with you." The voice was hoarse, and the tone could not be refused.

Mei Lin was taken aback, lowered her head, and met Murong Jing's and Qing Ming's eyes.

There is no ignorance of waking up, nor the usual drunkenness, it is very clear, clear and deep, like a clear pool hidden in the deep mountains.Many years later, Mei Lin wondered when she recalled, was it because his eyes gave her the illusion of tranquility, or did the birds really stop singing at that moment, and even the wind disappeared?
But it was only a momentary thing, and soon she came back to her senses, and asked coldly: "When did you wake up?" She would never believe that he would wake up so coincidentally—just when she decided to abandon him when.

"Last night." Murong Jinghe was quite straightforward.

Mei Lin's face froze, thinking of the three of them huddled together last night, plus the troubles during the day, a rare look of annoyance appeared between his brows, and he wanted to reprimand him, but he immediately thought that now is not the time, he can only Suppressing the gloom, she smiled and said, "Since the prince has woken up, the eldest prince will arrive soon, so why make things difficult for the little girl?" She no longer calls herself a slave, because there is no need to be self-deprecating at this time .

Hearing the words "Eldest Prince", Murong Jinghe's brows twitched imperceptibly, and he didn't try to say more, but he didn't let go, and repeated lightly: "Take me away."

The smile on Meilin's face couldn't hold back, and she stared fiercely at his calm but stubborn eyes, "Didn't the lord forget that he wanted to kill me yesterday, why should he make such a request today?" Muye Luomei proposed to let her be like those Going into the forest like a prisoner of war became their target, and he agreed without hesitation. Even when she was pleading hard, he only cared about currying favor with Muye Luomei, and he didn't even give her an extra glance.It's good now, he dared to order her around, did he really think that the prince can rule the world?
"I didn't want your life." Murong Jinghe lowered his eyes and said, just when Meilin's heart was moving, he added another sentence that made her almost vomit blood, "What does it matter to me whether you live or die?" The meaning could not be more obvious, she is nothing to him, so he will not care about her life or death.

After he explained it like this, Mei Lin immediately understood that he took her into account, he abandoned her in the mountains, and he used her to please the woman he loved, not because he had any prejudice against her, but because she happened to be the one who was easy to handle. As for her, she had never been seen by him before.For him, he is more like an object than a living person.And an item, how can it be said to be life or death?

Mei Lin didn't think that she had expected anything from him, but she was still stung by these words.It's just because she has been treated as an object since she was in the dark factory.She thought... When he was touching the mole on the corner of her eyebrow obsessively, when he hugged her from behind to sleep, at least she was still a person in his eyes.It turns out...it turns out...

With a low laugh, she tried her best to calm down the sadness and anger in her stomach, and raised her foot to shake off his hand, but was stopped by his next words.

"If you don't take me with you, you will never escape." An obvious threat.

Meilin no longer had the slightest sympathy for him. Hearing this, he smiled coldly, pulled out the dagger from his waist, knelt down and pointed it at his fragile throat, "I can't escape... Believe it or not, I will kill you first, and then chop to your hand?"

Murong Jinghe didn't change his expression, didn't even blink his eyes, "I believe." After a pause, seeing the dagger in her hand recede slightly, she smiled again, "Believe it or not, kill me, you and that child will be together again Can't see the sun tomorrow morning?"

There was a sharp eagle's howl from the sky, Mei Lin pursed her lips, and silently withdrew the dagger, knowing that what he said was the truth.He is a prince no matter what, whether he is favored by the emperor or not, this cannot be erased.If a prince dies here for no apparent reason, I'm afraid that many people will suffer.

"Can you go?" She made a decisive decision, knowing that if she continued to delay, she really didn't have to go anymore.

Murong Jing smiled and didn't answer.The facts couldn't be more obvious, if he could walk, why did he keep pretending to be unconscious?

Mei Lin had no choice but to bend down to help him up, but with this effort, not only the wound on his left shoulder that had been bandaged again oozes blood, but also his right leg was in severe pain, and he fell to his knees with a "thud". Murong Jinghe, who had just lifted up his half body, also fell back again.

"Even if you want to take revenge on me, don't be in a hurry at this moment." Murong Jinghe's face flashed with pain, but what he said was ridiculed in a nonchalant way.

Mei Lin lowered her head, waiting for the pain to subside, then raised her eyes to look at him, and said coldly: "The arrow wounds I am suffering now are all thanks to your woman."

Hearing her mention of Muye Luomei, Murong Jinghe's expression darkened, and his tone became much colder in an instant: "She has a straight temper, and she can't tolerate half a grain of sand in her eyes. It's your good fortune that she didn't take your life. What else can you be dissatisfied with?" ?”

Meilin let out a "ha" laugh, thinking of how Muye Luomei let her go, she couldn't help but sneered: "Maybe I should be grateful to her?" He said something even worse, and then changed the subject, "The problem now is, don't say I can't move you, even if I can, I will be caught up soon."

She told the truth, but she couldn't help but add depressedly: "I think your woman will come after her, and she will take you back safely, so why do you hold me back?"

"This king likes it." Realizing the current situation, Murong Jinghe didn't worry about the matter of Muye Luomei anymore, and pondered, "It's really too late..."

Murong Xuanlie's personal guards were exploring the way ahead, and when they were about to reach the place indicated by Falcon, they saw a figure standing in the gap between the vines not far away, wearing Murong Jinghe's clothes, without even thinking about it, they raised their hands two arrows.

When Murong Xuanlie and Muye Luomei arrived, the guard stood aside with an uneasy expression, and they searched hard all night for the person—Murong Jing and his head resting on the beautiful woman's arms, lying lazily on their sides by a stream Smooth the boulder on top.

There was a thin shirt on the rock, and the two people who were half lying on it were only wearing white inner clothes, one with half-open skirt and the other with disheveled hair, without even thinking about it, they knew what was going on here before they came.Around the blue stone, the stream is gurgling, and the wild chrysanthemums are blooming, making the blood-stained beauty on the white underwear reveal her enchanting beauty.

Makino Luomei scowled.

"Brother, why are you here?" Seeing them, Murong Jinghe didn't even get up, and said not very enthusiastically.

Murong Xuanlie glanced at the guard next to him with an anxious and weird expression, feeling puzzled in his heart, and couldn't help but carefully scrutinized Murong Jinghe, who had hidden displeasure in his expression, trying to find something from him.

"Jinghe, you are really messing around, do you know how hard it was for us to find you?" He frowned slightly, with dissatisfaction on his face, like an older brother teaching a younger brother.

"What are you looking for me for?" Murong Jing and Wen Yan showed surprise in their eyes, and they turned their faces slightly to look at Mei Lin.

She immediately lowered her head and kissed his face knowingly, and then lingered on his neck.

He raised his head slightly, with a conniving and loving expression, but he was speaking to Murong Xuanlie: "Ai Ji and I are here to enjoy the autumn scenery, and we will go back when we have enjoyed enough. Could it be that the emperor thinks that Jing has been away from the army for five years, so useless even Can't protect yourself?" At this point, he suddenly smiled, his eyes swept towards the guard like lightning, and said coldly, "So let the guard shoot two arrows to try my brother's skills?"

Murong Xuanlie's face changed suddenly, he glared fiercely at the guard, and said angrily, "You are so courageous!"

The guard knelt down with a "plop", "Your Highness, forgive me, the wind was blowing at that time, and the lowly position was just a beast passing by, and it was not intentional to offend the Prince of Jingbei." His tone was calm, without any panic.

Without waiting for Murong Xuanlie to react, Murong Jing said with a smile: "If you can't even tell the difference between a human and a beast, and such a guard stays by your side, your brother's safety is really worrying."

As soon as he said this, the face of the guard who was still confident turned pale in an instant, his kneeling body trembled imperceptibly, and kowtowed repeatedly, "This subordinate is guilty, this subordinate is guilty..."

A trace of coldness flashed across Murong Xuanlie's handsome face, but it was replaced by a smile immediately, "Since this short-sighted slave offended the third brother, being a brother will not make him easy." After a pause, he continued, "In the mountains The autumn rain has just stopped, and the body is cold and wet, so it is not suitable to stay for a long time, let's go back quickly."

Murong Jinghe seemed to be comfortably served by the beauty in his arms, half-closed his eyes, and sat up lazily with the help of the beauty after a while, but still leaned on her like a boneless, frivolously glanced at Murong Xuanlie laughed.

"Brother, let's go back first, Jing and Ai Ji haven't had a good time yet, really..."

"Enough! Murong Jinghe, what more do you want to do?" Muye Luomei, who had been silent all this time, finally couldn't help it, and shouted angrily, her beautiful eyes were full of anger and impatience.

It seemed that Murong Jinghe didn't notice the existence of Muye Luomei until this moment, his eyes tainted with lust slowly turned to her, stared at her for a moment, his expression became colder and colder, "What is your identity, dare to talk to the king like this ?”

As soon as these words came out, not only Muye Luomei and Murong Xuanlie, but also Mei Lin couldn't help being stunned.Then I heard him continue: "You hurt my concubine, my king hasn't settled with you yet, why are you so arrogant?"

"Murong Jinghe, you, you..." Muye Luomei had always been pampered by Murong Jinghe, but now his attitude suddenly changed like this, which made her angry, angry and unbelievable. I don't know how to react.

"Did you get this king's name?" Murong Jinghe interrupted her, with a disgusted look in his eyes, "A woman like you is boring and arrogant, this king just came here to play with you. Do you really take yourself seriously? How dare you hurt this king's woman..."

Makino Luomei turned blue with anger, said hello a few times, then turned and left.

Murong Xuanlie yelled a few times from behind, seeing that the person had gone far away, he couldn't help turning around and scolding: "Jing He, you really went too far this time!" After finishing speaking, he also turned and left.

After walking a few steps, he stopped again, and ordered to another guard following behind him, "Stay here to protect Prince Jing, and if there is any mistake, come and see him."

Seeing that he also disappeared into the forest, Mei Lin felt Murong Jing, who had been holding her so tightly, slowly let go of her hand, and bursts of tingling pain came from the palm of her hand, which made her frowned in confusion.Why did he say that if it was so painful?Wouldn't it be better to let Makino Luomei know the truth?

Without allowing her to think too much, Murong Jinghe turned his head sideways, and his lips just pressed against her neck.Outsiders looked as if the two were starting to make out again, the remaining guard remembered the lesson from his previous companion, turned his back hastily, and walked a little further away.

"Get rid of him as soon as possible." Murong Jinghe said in a whisper, with undisguised fierceness in his eyes.

Mei Lin nodded, she naturally knew that this guard was left by Murong Xuanlie to monitor them, if they were not paying attention, they might be pierced with a few holes just like Murong Jing and that dress.Thinking of this, she couldn't help but look at the clothes hanging on a small tree. The two feathered arrows were firmly stuck on it, blown by the wind, without even shaking, which shows how powerful the arrow maker is.

Thinking of this, she gently placed Murong Jinghe back on the stone, carefully changed into a comfortable and leisurely posture, then got up and walked towards the direction where the guard was.

(End of this chapter)