On the eve of her wedding, an urgent report arrived from the border, and the Marquis of Pingyang led his army to battle. To show appreciation and importance, the Crown Prince personally officiated ...
"Is it you?"
Xie Qing woke up in pain, and in the moonlight he saw that the person who stepped on him was Qin Wan!
Qin Wan also saw clearly the person who was stepped on. It was really an injustice!
Not only was she mistaken for Xie Qing's woman, but she also met the real person!
Qin Wan gritted her teeth and pulled him up: "Are you dead? If not, run!"
Xie Qing limped after Qin Wan and said, "You're going to step on me to death!"
"I'm running for my life! Shut up!" Qin Wan was almost furious. It was hard enough for her to escape, and now she had to take a burden with her! In the midst of her busy schedule, she turned around and glanced at Xie Qing: "Is your leg broken?"
"You stepped on it." Xie Qing also cursed, and just as he was about to continue cursing, he saw a cliff in front of him. He quickly rushed over to grab her: "Cliff!"
The two of them stopped dangerously on the edge of the cliff. Listening to the sound of the pursuers getting closer and closer, Qin Wan looked back at the pursuers, then at the cliff, took a deep breath and said, "Let's take a gamble?"
Xie Qing nodded: "Let's take a gamble."
If you stay, you will definitely die, but if you jump, you may survive. It is a good choice.
Qin Wan used a belt to tie the two of them together tightly, swung out the whip, hooked it on the tree on the edge of the cliff and jumped down. There were also trees on the cliff below for them to stand on. She was afraid that people would find the whip, so she put it away and hid in the tree with Xie Qing.
The pursuers came over quickly, and when they couldn't find anyone at the edge of the cliff, they started shooting arrows. I don't know which arrow hit the tree under their feet. A slight cracking sound was heard, and the branch seemed to be breaking. That was not all. A few torches were thrown down from above, and I don't know which torch fell on the dead branch and actually caught fire.
"Search me! If I can find him alive, I must find his body!"
Qin Wan frowned and looked up, then turned to look at Xie Qing.
Xie Qing leaned over to Qin Wan's ear and whispered, "Put me down and climb down."
"Can you?" Qin Wan asked in a low voice. Their breathing intertwined, making people's ears feel hot.
Xie Qing nodded, and Qin Wan let him hold onto the branch. She then untied his belt. Even so, she didn't dare let go. With one hand clinging to the protruding rocks on the cliff, she put her other arm around his waist and looked down at his leg. "Where is it hurt?"
Xie Qing moved his calf: "It's hurt everywhere. You almost broke it."
Qin Wan couldn't help but kick him: "What time is it and you're still talking nonsense! Where are you hurt?"
Xie Qing smiled bitterly. He was already injured, and that kick had really hit him hard. "My leg is really injured. If it's not broken, I'm afraid the bones are injured."
The fire below was getting bigger and bigger, and the tree under their feet couldn't bear the weight and made a cracking sound.
Qin Wan had no choice but to tie the two together again and slowly climb down the tree.
The sound of searching on the cliff continued. Qin Wan didn't dare to grab the tree on the cliff anymore. She just used her fingers to hold on to the rocks on the cliff and climbed down little by little.
Xie Qing looked at Qin Wan's profile, his eyelids drooping as he wondered what he was thinking. He quietly reached out one hand to hold her waist tightly, while the other hand tightly grasped the stone on the cliff: "Let's go together."
His breath fanned Qin Wan's neck, and she let out a soft "hmm". The fire below was growing bigger and bigger. Even on the cliff, she could feel the scorching heat of the flames. She adjusted her direction, avoiding the area with the biggest fire, and quickened her pace to climb down.
"There seems to be a cave over there." Xie Qing saw the cave on the cliff with the help of the firelight below, and hurriedly patted Qin Wan on the shoulder.
Qin Wan looked over and instantly increased her speed to climb over.
The cave was not big, just enough for two people to bend down and enter. As soon as Xie Qing entered, he untied the belts that tied the two people, then crawled to the entrance of the cave, pulled the nearby vines over, and covered the entrance.
Qin Wan went in to investigate: "The cave is very deep."
"They will come down to check, let's go in." Xie Qing said decisively after listening to the noise outside.
Qin Wan turned around to help him, but Xie Qing waved his hand and said, "I have a sword. You go ahead and investigate."
The cave was pitch black, with only a flash of firelight coming in from the entrance. Xie Qing followed Qin Wan with his sword in hand. The two of them walked in little by little. The wildfire outside seemed to be getting bigger and bigger, and the temperature in the cave also increased.
Qin Wan wiped her sweat and turned to look at Xie Qing. In the darkness, not a single shadow could be seen. "Your Highness, are you okay?"
"I'm following you, let's go." Xie Qing said.
Qin Wan was worried and backed away in the dark: "Hold my hand, don't get separated."
Xie Qing reached out, groped for Qin Wan's hand, and the two of them slowly walked inside along the wall of the cave.
Gradually, I seemed to hear a sound of water, and a ray of light came down from above my head.
Qin Wan looked up, and was dazzled by the bright light. She squinted subconsciously: "Is it dawn?"
Xie Qing then looked up and saw a crack on the rock wall. Moonlight streamed in, tearing through the darkness. "No, but it's almost dawn. Maybe it's because I've been in the dark for so long that I feel it's getting brighter."
After walking for so long, Qin Wan was also tired. She sat down against the wall of the cave and said, "Let's take a break. I'm so tired."
Xie Qing looked at Qin Wan: "Take off your clothes."
"What?" Qin Wan turned and glared at Xie Qing: "What did you say?"
Xie Qing pointed at her shoulder: "You are injured."
Qin Wan only just remembered that she was injured. She grinned, "If you hadn't told me, I would have forgotten."
If you are injured, you must apply medicine in time. Qin Wan is not a pretentious person. She immediately took off her outer clothes and pulled her inner clothes off her shoulders to expose the injured area.
Xie Qing took a closer look and said, "No bones are injured, it's not bad."
He tore off his undershirt and used the water from the stream at his feet to clean her wound. He then applied medicine and bandaged it. "Is this the only wound?"
Qin Wan shook her arm. "It's just this one spot. Maybe they wanted to capture him alive, so they didn't kill him."
Otherwise, Qin Wan probably wouldn't have had the chance to escape to the mountains. Xie Qing, on the other hand, surprised her: "Your Kung Fu is pretty good. If I hadn't stepped on you, you should have been able to escape, right?"
"Maybe they found her and killed her while she was unconscious." Xie Qing tied a bow on her shoulder and helped her pull up her clothes. "Does it hurt?"
Qin Wan put on her clothes and turned to look at him: "What do you think? What about you? Where are you hurt?"
Qin Wan's eyes fell on his legs, his calves, and thighs. There were three arrow wounds on his thighs, and who knows how many knife wounds there were. "He really wanted to kill me."
Xie Qing had already pulled out the arrow from his calf, and only cut off the feathers in two places on his thigh.
Qin Wan looked at the wound and said, "If I pull it out hastily, I'm afraid the bleeding won't stop."
Xie Qing pulled out his belt and tied it around his thighs: "This will temporarily stop the bleeding. Just pull out the arrow and apply medicine, but you have to be quick."
There would definitely be heavy bleeding at this location. If she applied the medicine rashly, the powder would probably be washed away by the blood. Qin Wan tore open her inner garment, folded it, and poured the powder on it. She pulled out the arrow feathers, and a stream of blood flew out immediately. She was quick to press the cloth in her hand against the wound.