Stay alive

After walking and stopping for three days without any disturbance, Lin Qiannan took the horse to the river to wash it.

The stream rushes out of the jungle, and the water flowing to his feet is clear, with a few yellow leaves announcing the depression of autumn.

Lin Qiannan put the clean horse on the grass, and sat on the bank to enjoy the boundless twilight. He heard a slight movement not far away, and suddenly turned his head.

"Brother Qiannan."

Zhao Huanya left the convoy and came to look for him alone with dry food.

"Thank you." Lin Qiannan took the oiled paper package.

Zhao Huanya sat down on the spot and took off her exquisitely crafted embroidered shoes. A pair of jade feet dangled in the stream, and she sang southern folk songs soothingly.

"Yanzhiyu, pretty girl, ladle fine wine into a glass cup; girl, who are you waiting for? Mr. Ruyi returns home on horseback."

Zhao Huanya's voice flowed into Lin Qiannan's ears like fine wine pouring into a glass. He opened the oiled paper bag, and inside were crisp and delicious dried fruits, Zhao Huanya's favorite snack.

Zhao Huanya, who had lived in the southern country for five years, and Xiaojia Biyu, who had no longer behaved in the Yu country, had a carefree temper like a young man.

After Zhao Huanya sang a song, Lin Qiannan's cheerful voice echoed in Lin Qiannan's ears for a long time, and he felt a lot relieved from the fatigue of running around for several days.

"I believe my father is fine," Zhao Huanya said with regard to the remaining sun, "The reason why I have to return to Yu Country is probably inseparable from Brother Qiannan."

Lin Qiannan picked up a piece of dried fruit, took a bite and couldn't taste it, but filled it from memory, it should be very sweet.

He tried his best to make his eyes not so cold when he met Zhao Huanya, "I can guess it because of that person."

Who that person is is self-evident.

Zhao Huanya said disappointedly: "I'm afraid that if I go back, I won't be able to go back to the southern country..."

"You have relatives in Yu Country, wouldn't it be good to stay with them?" Lin Qiannan felt that his question was too stupid after asking.

"Because I want to marry you. I have been thinking about it for many years." Zhao Huanya smiled sweetly, "Brother Qiannan is the purest person I have ever met, and he is the perfect husband in my heart!"

There are stars in her eyes, which are untouched by the world, and they are stubborn for many years, all in the glance and smile at him.

"You just haven't met someone better." Lin Qiannan could feel her admiration, but he couldn't respond.

"Brother Ah Xuan treated me very well. He also allowed me to be the queen, but my heart only belongs to you. I was more certain after marrying to the southern country five years ago."

The girl's not-so-secret thoughts swirled around Lin Qiannan accompanied by the cool wind.

Lin Qiannan ate the dried fruit that he held in his hand for a long time, thought for a long time, and finally said, "Ya'er, you know that my body is broken now, and I may fall down in the next moment. If you don't mind, don't be afraid... After the Southern Kingdom... I will marry you."

Lin Qiannan really wanted to know how he would feel if he said these words five years ago, at least not like him now.

It's clearly a promise for a lifetime, but my heart is like a secluded lake, unable to stir up any waves.

Zhao Huanya was very surprised, she stopped her dangling feet, and stared blankly at Lin Qiannan with her round eyes wide open.

Lin Qiannan sighed, not knowing whether his decision was correct or not, he picked up Zhao Huanya's casually discarded shoes, put them on for her, and helped her up.

"It's getting late, I'll take you back."

Zhao Huanya didn't come out of her own world until she reached the camping place, she was led back to her tent by Lin Qiannan.

"I go first."

Lin Qiannan lifted the curtain, and before he could take a step, he heard the person behind him urgently say: "Brother Qiannan, don't lie to me, wait until I go back and marry you!"

Lin Qiannan smiled helplessly. After leaving the campsite, he found the horse, rode on the horse, and drove off ahead of the convoy.

After walking for a whole day and night, he settled down in a small border town in the country of Yu, and found a quaint inn. After handing over the horse to Xiao Er, the sharp-eyed shopkeeper greeted him with a smile.

Lin Qiannan kept observing the store. There were several tables on the first floor, and some seemingly ordinary people were sitting at the tables, chatting and drinking tea.

Lin Qiannan calmly turned around on everyone's face before turning to the flattering face of the shopkeeper.

"Do you want to stay in the hotel as a guest officer? You must be exhausted after seeing you in the dust, right? The small shop also has a good side room."

"No, just an ordinary wing room." Lin Qiannan took out enough silver to stay in the hotel.

Xiao Er, who had settled the horse, came to lead him up to the wing room on the second floor, and he ordered Xiao Er to prepare bath water and lie down on the bed for a light sleep.

The dexterous Xiaoer wandered around in his wing, and after a while, he prepared a steaming bathtub, and then gently woke him up who was not asleep.

"Young master, I have prepared hot water for you."

When Lin Qiannan opened his eyes, he saw Xiao Er opening the tightly closed wooden boat. He walked behind the screen, saw Xiao Er closed the door and went out, and began to take off his clothes.

The body soaked in the bathtub was white; a hideous and terrifying scar on the heart ruined the perfection. Lin Qiannan touched the scar and felt that his heartbeat was much slower than ordinary people.

dong... dong... dong...

After all, he didn't completely stop beating, he was still alive.

Lin Qiannan untied the jade crown that tied his hair. The water vapor in the bucket swayed, his long ink-like hair swaying, and a little blush between his brows added color to it. He stared at the window unrelentingly.

He heard the sound of swords clashing from an unknown place outside the window, and several people with vulgar voices shouting and killing. If he remembered correctly, these voices came from the people who were in the shop before.

Lin Qiannan stood up from the water with a splash. At the same time, a man dressed in black squeezed through the window and jumped into the house. Before Lin Qiannan could react, the tall man with sword-browed eyebrows rushed towards him quickly.

"Help me," he said.

Lin Qiannan frowned when he smelled the strong smell of blood.

"Chasing! Do a good job searching!"

"Have you searched this wing?"

"no!"

With a loud bang, the rotten wooden door was kicked into two by the rude assailant, and several people with good martial arts skills crowded the clearly visible wing room in the blink of an eye.

They all looked at Lin Qiannan who was sitting calmly in the bathtub.

"Are you robbing money or sex?" Lin Qiannan raised his eyebrows at those people with one arm on the side of the barrel.

The leader looked at Lin Qiannan, who was indistinguishable from male to female in the mist, put away the knife in his hand, and approached, "Beauty, have you seen a man in black?"

Lin Qiannan narrowed his eyes, raised his chin and said, "Aren't you the one?"

"Boss, don't forget our mission!"

At this time, their people outside the house shouted, "Someone said they saw him fleeing to the south!"

The leader cursed secretly, and said to Lin Qiannan who was waiting for him to speak, "Beauty, wait until I come back to find you!"

No one saw that Lin Qiannan was hiding in the water with a dagger in his hand, facing a person who was holding his breath and hiding.

As soon as they left, the man in the water surfaced uncontrollably. The man in black unbuttoned the black cloth covering his face, gasped and said, "Thank you, brother, for your help."

The man in black has good facial features, which is not outstanding, and his eyes look like a general. Lin Qiannan looked at him, stepped out of the tub, turned his back to him, unbuttoned his soaked shirt, and put on a clean moon suit. colored clothes.

"May I ask what your brother's name is?"

Lin Qian looked sideways and said, "We meet by chance, you leave on your own."

The man in black moved, and the water turned into reddish blood. He climbed out of the tub, and prostrated himself on the ground to report his family name, "My name is Xing Wu, and I'm the son of the Xing family in the capital. Help me, I'll help you!" Keep your glory and wealth."

He fainted after speaking loudly, and handed himself over to Lin Qiannan, whom he had never met before, with complete peace of mind.

Lin Qiannan dressed neatly in a calm manner. After weighing the pros and cons, he held Xing Wu, who was as heavy as a cow, on his shoulders, easily avoided everyone, and then found a ruined temple to settle down.

When Xing Wu woke up again, the wound on his arm had been bandaged properly, his night clothes were neatly placed under his head, he slept with straw spread under his body, and he was wearing brand new silk clothes.

The paint on the Buddha statue in the ruined temple has faded, and there are no tributes in front of the Buddha statue, only countless cobwebs and dust. Judging from this, Xing Wu's life is better than that of the Buddha statue.

Lin Qiannan entered the temple in the morning light, and said to him, "Are you awake? Can you move?"

Xing Wu frowned and looked left and right, with countless disgust in his eyes, "Are we going to live here?"

"It's not us," Lin Qiannan pointed at him, telling the truth without blushing, "You live here, I live in the hotel."

Xing Wu: "..."

Lin Qiannan didn't explain much, believing that he also understood the situation in which he was being hunted down, he picked up his night clothes and searched, "Where are my things?!"

"what?"

"A box." Xing Wu gestured the size of the box.

Lin Qiannan took out a box of the same size from his arms and handed it to him, "This?"

Like a hungry wolf that saw its prey, Xing Wu rushed over and snatched the unremarkable small box, saying: "How can you take other people's things indiscriminately!"

"I didn't see what's inside," Lin Qiannan said with a smile, "Since you are your son, why did you travel so far to come here and be tricked for nothing?"

Xing Wu put the box away carefully, looked at Lin Qiannan with an unclear expression, then stood up and said, "It's none of your business."

"Okay, I'm leaving, take care of yourself."

Lin Qiannan's hand was grabbed, and Xing Wu's wheat-colored cheeks were stained with a dark red that symbolized shame, "I... I have no money on me, and I'm hungry."

"Tsk," Lin Qiannan raised an eyebrow, looking at the man in front of him, "Your noble son, you can't even afford to eat."

"Wait for me to return to the capital..."

"Since you begged me..."

"When did I beg you!" Xing Wu let go of his hand, the corner of his mouth twitched, and he said stubbornly.

"I'm not an unkind person either. Follow me and I'll take you to have breakfast." Lin Qiannan turned around, and the smile on his face disappeared instantly.

Xing Wu took a steady step and followed Lin Qiannan to a bun shop in the town. Lin Qiannan ordered a basket of buns and two bowls of porridge.

"Just eat these?" Xing Wu fully expressed the disdain of a dude who is used to delicacies from mountains and seas to porridge and side dishes.

"Well," Lin Qiannan said, "Go where you should go after eating, I don't need your reward."

Xing Wu repeated again, "Just eat these?"

"I don't spend much money, and I can't afford good food."

"What I mean is," Xing Wu scratched his cheeks and said embarrassedly, "I eat a lot, it's not enough for me."

Lin Qiannan: "..."