Chapter 42 Chapter 42 Falling off a cliff
The autumn air is clear and crisp, and cranes cry in the sky.
Jiang Wu, wearing riding clothes, was riding Zhenzhu and strolling on the empty grass. Yu Shu, who was walking in front and leading the horse, was chattering about interesting things.
Ji Xiao had been looking for an opportunity to meet her recently, but he had no chance. After learning that she would come for the autumn hunt, he prepared a lot of drafts. However, because the old man was always by her side, he couldn't find a suitable opportunity.
Now, after finally waiting until she was alone, he walked out and explained his purpose.
"Wanwan, please elope with me." Ji Xiao said this, feeling so embarrassed that he almost bit off his tongue.
No, why did he say what was in his heart?
But now that he had said it, Ji Xiao, his face flushed red, didn't hesitate. Instead, he sincerely wanted to take her hand and repeated, "Wanwan, let's elope. Let's elope to a place where no one knows us and start anew."
He had figured it out these days. He liked Tingxue, but he also liked Jiang Wanwan. If he took Jiang Wanwan away, Tingxue would definitely not be so sad in the future.
Even the bet was decided to be his win.
Jiang Wu, who was squatting on the ground and digging crystal radishes with a tree branch, was looking at him as if he were a fool. He was stepping back to keep a distance from him, fearing that he would be infected and become a fool himself.
Even though she was not well educated, she knew the principle of marrying a concubine and being engaged as a wife. Moreover, she was still Xie Ji's wife in name only. If she was caught, she would be thrown into a pig cage.
Could it be that he failed in his last attempt and so he started trying all kinds of methods out of desperation?
Seeing that she hadn't responded to him for a long time, Ji Xiao thought that she didn't believe him, so he put his hands on her shoulders anxiously and said solemnly: "Wanwan, what I said is true. And I really have nothing to do with that villain surnamed Song. How could I possibly fall in love with a man?"
When he thought of the mocking and mischievous looks that his friends had given him overtly and covertly over the past few days, he wished he could tear the guy surnamed Song into pieces.
Knowing she couldn't anger him yet, Jiang Wu tilted her head in confusion, thinking awkwardly, "Then what are we going to eat and drink after we elope?"
"I can go to the dock and carry sandbags to support you, and you can take care of three meals a day at home." Then they had a few children, and they became a wonderful family of three.
“………” Jiang Wu was unsure before, but now he is sure that he has really been provoked into a fool.
She had finally managed to live a good life, and even before being divorced by her husband, she was determined to secretly empty his warehouse. How could she possibly live a hard life with him by eating coarse grains and vegetables!!!
If he wants to suffer, he can just go and suffer by himself. Why drag her into it?
Jiang Wu, who wanted to see a fool, showed an indescribable expression: "Sir, do you know how much it costs to carry a sandbag?"
Ji Xiao frowned. It was obvious that he knew about food and military pay, and how to fight in the battlefield, but he had never carried a sandbag.
"Carrying sandbags at the dock is only one cent per bag, so a day's work only makes fifty cents." Jiang Wu stretched out her wrist and pulled back her sleeve to reveal the gold bracelet she was wearing. "Just for this bracelet, the prince would have to go without food and drink to carry sandbags at the dock for two years."
Her words instantly silenced Ji Xiao. His passion seemed to have been poured with a bucket of ice water. He glanced at her troubled face and suddenly realized something.
Wanwan said that, definitely because she didn't want him to suffer.
Yes, it must be!
Jiang Wu thought he had given up the idea, but he suddenly looked at her with bright, burning eyes and said solemnly, "Don't worry, I will never let you live that kind of hard life."
"Before I leave home, I will definitely prepare some extra banknotes to support us."
“………” Jiang Wu, who really wanted to slap him, understood for the first time that people really want to laugh when they are speechless.
Xie Ji, who had just returned from the main tent, saw her coming back. His expression was listless and no longer as excited as when he first left. He bent his fingertips and asked, "Didn't you say you were going horseback riding? Why are you back so soon?"
"I met a dirty creature." Jiang Wu originally wanted to say that he met a lunatic, but the intention of pointing at a person was too obvious, so he had to change it to be more tactful.
Xie Ji's fingertips paused as he guessed that the dirty things she was talking about were probably people. He suddenly felt annoyed. Sometimes, having too many suitors for his wife would inevitably make him, as a husband, feel insecure. But he didn't show it on his face and asked, "You don't want to ride a horse? How about I take you hunting in the woods?"
"real!"
"When have I ever lied to you?" Xie Ji suddenly felt a sense of pleasure in teasing her and sighed, "But... Madam just said she encountered something dirty. I think she must not be in the mood right now. Why don't we wait until tomorrow to go."
Jiang Wu was so anxious that she immediately rushed in front of him, grabbed his wrist and walked out. "It's just a dirty thing, how can it affect my mood? If it really affects me, it must be because my mental quality is not strong enough."
After she took his hand, Xie Ji smiled triumphantly.
The original open space for horseback riding was on the west side, and the forest for hunting was on the south side.
Jiang Wu, who had been practicing with a target at home, became extremely excited at the thought of hunting prey.
Even if you don't catch anything, the important thing is that you participated.
"There are mostly rabbits, foxes and other animals outside the forest. Let's go hunting outside today." Just as Xie Ji finished speaking, two horses, one black and one white, suddenly appeared in the distance.
Before Shen Tingxue arrived, he said, "Master, Master's wife, it's a coincidence that you two are also hunting here."
He Shiyan, wearing a moon-white Hu robe with cloud patterns and narrow sleeves and a hanging pearl crown on his head, smiled as if in the spring breeze, "Master, Master's wife." Only when his eyes passed over Jiang Wu, there was a hint of hidden interest.
Xie Ji bowed to the former without dismounting, "Your Highness, Princess."
"Your Highness, Princess." Jiang Wu saw two annoying people appear at the same time. As expected, annoying things always appear in pairs.
"Wanwan!" At this time, Ji Xiao, riding a Dayuan horse, happily rode over. Seeing the quiver on her back, he immediately understood, "Are you going hunting in the woods? I'll go with you. I used to be a master archer in the northwest."
If Your Majesty had not been worried that my father would become powerful and become independent, he would be fighting on the battlefield instead of being kept in Chang'an like a hostage.
Although Chang'an is beautiful, it is not suitable for him.
He was also worried that if he stayed too long, the refined rice and flour would soften his bones and wear away his masculinity.
Shen Tingxue, who had not expected to be completely ignored by him, almost gnashed her teeth and cried out in grievance, "Ze Xiu, are you here hunting too?"
After hearing her voice, Ji Xiao noticed that there were three other people here. He greeted them without feeling awkward, "Your Highness, Prime Minister, Changle, I didn't expect you to be here too. What a coincidence."
When Xie Ji heard him calling his wife's maiden name so intimately, his face darkened and he drew his sword and stabbed him when no one was paying attention.
Ji Xiao saw a sword wrapped in murderous intent stabbing towards him. He had no time to dodge and was knocked off his horse, with his buttocks broken into eight pieces.
What hurt more than the fall on his butt was the intense shame. His eyes widened in anger, "You are despicable. How could you attack me by surprise? If you have the guts, come and fight me fair and square."
Xie Ji sneered: "No matter how despicable I am, I can't stand the prince's casual slander of my wife's reputation."
Jiang Wu, who had not expected Xie Ji to speak up for her, immediately spoke up: "Sir, I am not familiar with you. I hope you will not call me by my maiden name casually in private, so as to avoid misunderstandings if others hear it."
And Wanwan, calling her so intimately, as if afraid that others don't know about their relationship.
"If the prince were to disrespect my wife again," Xie Ji, who had put away his sword and was riding on his horse, looked down at the man who had not yet stood up. "I would not be like this now. I am just teaching the prince a lesson."
Shen Tingxue, who witnessed this scene, was jealous and envious, but more of a panic, what if he really fell in love with that bitch Jiang Wu!
However, when he thought about the next plan, the anger in his chest dissipated for the most part.
Ji Xiao gnashed his teeth and got back on his horse. He glared at him several times with anger, and then said, "You guys should be going hunting as well. Then Madam Wan... and I won't bother you anymore."
He subconsciously wanted to call Wanwan, but fortunately he spoke in time, otherwise if he had struck again with the sword, his belt would have been completely cut off.
He had no time to block the attack because the sword was not meant to hurt him, but to embarrass him.
Xie Ji's eyes were grim as he spoke, his words as icy as ice. "From what the prince said, where are you taking my wife?"
He keeps calling her "Madam". Does he treat his own wife as his wife?
"I saw you guys going hunting and I was worried that you wouldn't take her with you and leave her alone."
"Don't worry, my Lord. My wife is with me."
"Alright, since that's the case, I'll be joining you guys reluctantly."
Jiang Wu was really depressed. Originally, it was just her and her husband's business, but now there were three more annoying guys. It was all their fault. She had been wandering around in the woods for a long time without even seeing a rabbit.
Suddenly, the bushes in the distance moved, and then a rabbit ran out.
Xie Ji immediately drew his bow and aimed at the rabbit, then the arrow flew off the string.
"As expected, once people get older, their energy..." Ji Xiao hadn't finished speaking when he saw him shoot a rabbit. He immediately changed his tone and said disdainfully, "It's just a rabbit. What's so great about it? I used to hunt wolves in the northwest."
Xie Ji, holding the bow in his hand, glanced at him coldly, a hint of sarcasm on the corner of his lips: "Although it's just a rabbit, it's at least better than the prince who hasn't hunted anything in such a long time."
"That's because this kind of small prey is not worth my effort at all." His words instantly aroused Ji Xiao's desire to win. He couldn't afford to lose to Jiang Wu and lose face in front of him.
"Really?" Xie Ji's tone was light and full of sarcasm.
Ji Xiao thought he was definitely mocking him, so he stiffened his neck and said, "Of course."
"There's movement over there, there must be a big prey. We agreed that you are not allowed to steal it from me." Ji Xiao, who was about to give the other party a severe shock, pulled the longbow in his hand and aimed at the prey hiding in the bushes.
Just as he shot the arrow, something unexpected happened.
Several men in black suddenly appeared from the trees, slashing at them with swords in their hands.
Xie Ji's expression changed. "Oh no! It's an assassin. Let's go!" He immediately took off his sword and threw it to Jiang Wu, "Hold it!"
No one knows why there is an assassin hiding in the woods.
This was the first time in Jiang Wu's life that he encountered a so-called assassin. After his mind went blank, he gritted his teeth, clamped his legs around the horse's belly, and galloped forward.
She couldn't help, but she couldn't be a drag.
What she had to do now was to break out of the encirclement as quickly as possible and find someone to rescue them. Secretly, she also hoped that the assassins would kill them all.
Ji Xiao drew the long sword from his waist and chopped off the assassin's head. He was about to tell her not to be afraid and to hide behind him, and he would protect her, but he saw her riding away on her horse.
As expected of the woman he likes, she is smart.
Ji Xiao was about to catch up with her when Shen Tingxue's frightened voice came immediately.
"Ah! Zexiu, save me!"
Ji Xiao, holding the long sword tightly in his hand, could only grit his teeth and turn around. After he rescued Tingxue, he would immediately chase her.
After dealing with the men in black around him, Xie Ji chased in the direction she disappeared without hesitation.
"Master, where are you going? Are you going to leave Changle here alone?" Shen Tingxue looked at his back and shouted in despair.
Jiang Wu, riding her horse at full speed, discovered that this was not the way out of the forest at all. She didn't even know where it was, but she didn't stop at all, let alone look back.
Because once she stopped, the men in black chasing her would definitely chop her into pieces.
Soon, Jiang Wu, who was riding on horseback and was shaken to the point of feeling his internal organs were about to come out, discovered in horror that there was no road ahead.
If she took another step forward, she would be smashed into meat patties with a snap, without the men in black having to chop her into pieces.
The two men in black looked at each other, dismounted, and walked towards her with swords in hand.
Jiang Wu, whose lips turned pale and drew out her sword, instantly understood that their target might have been her from the very beginning.
After guessing the truth, Jiang Wu, with cold sweat on her forehead, didn't know when someone would come to save her. She could only delay as much as possible, "You can't kill me. My husband is the Prime Minister."
"If you want money, he has plenty. You can ask him for it. Besides, I'm not the one he likes. Even if you kill me, he won't be sad. He might even applaud."
"Or, if you let me go, I can tell you who he really cares about."
Xie Ji, who came on horseback, heard just that one sentence, and couldn't help but feel bitter. He then killed them without mercy.
At the moment when he descended like a god, Jiang Wu felt so guilty that he didn't dare to look at him, because he must have heard what he said.
"Let's go back first." Xie Ji, who had no intention of asking her, pursed his lips and asked again, "Can we still go?"
Jiang Wu nodded repeatedly, "Yes."
She didn't sprain her ankle, and apart from her legs feeling a little weak, there was no problem.
When the two were about to leave, several men in black suddenly rushed out of the dense forest. They were not holding swords, but bows and arrows, with the bowstrings fully drawn and aimed at them.
The pitch-black arrows were pointed at them, as if sentencing them to death.
Once they shot the arrows, Jiang Wu knew without hesitation that both of them would be shot into hedgehogs.
Xie Ji, who was standing in front of her, held her hand, his eyes showing a rare tenderness, "Are you afraid?"
Jiang Wu wanted to pull his hand back, but of course he was afraid. Who wouldn't be afraid of encountering such a thing when going out for autumn hunting?
The leading man in black frowned, as if considering whether to leave someone alive.
After all, the employer said that all he had to do was take that woman's life, but...
Just when Xie Ji caught a hint of hesitation in his eyes and was about to negotiate terms with him, the other party raised his hand indifferently.
"Shoot!"
At the moment they shot the arrows, Jiang Wu closed his eyes and jumped down without hesitation after he counted three, two, one.
After thinking about it, it would be better to fall into a puddle of meat than to become a hedgehog.
When Ji Xiao, who had many wounds on his body, rushed over on horseback, he saw a scene that made him want to tear his eyes out. He immediately dismounted and ran over to grab her.
"Jiang Wanwan!"
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