Chapter 57 Shot Down
Xiao Zhuo said this was his first time?
These unexpected words made Shen Yuexi's heart skip a beat. It turned out that this person was celebrating the Qiqiao Festival for the first time.
Thinking of this, the corners of her mouth curled up involuntarily, and looking at the deep night sky, she felt that it was particularly different.
Not only is the night beautiful tonight, but even the people who are talking are different.
Shen Yuexi held her chin up and looked up at the sky, counting the stars in the sky and chatting.
"I heard that if you make a wish to the night sky tonight, your wish will come true."
As to whether it can be achieved, it seems that no one has ever studied it.
Xiao Zhuo listened and chuckled, "If all wishes come true, I'm afraid the Queen Mother in heaven will be too busy to handle it."
Shen Yuexi was stunned for a moment, then smiled. She didn't expect Xiao Zhuo to be able to joke.
She looked up at him in surprise. The bright moonlight fell on his moon-white figure, which was spotless. His clothes fluttered in the wind, and his posture became more and more like an immortal.
With Xiao Zhuo's gentlemanly appearance, it seemed that nothing could cause even a ripple in his heart.
However, this hot air balloon aroused his great curiosity, and he said more tonight than he had said in total recently.
Shen Yuexi thought to herself: Anyone who sees such a heaven-defying thing will be shocked.
Even those who were chasing it were all stunned when the hot air balloon took off, watching it slowly rise into the sky and float away into the distance.
Shen Yuexi slowly closed her eyes, crossed her hands in front of her chest, opened her cherry lips, and made a wish into the air without paying any attention to Xiao Zhuo.
"First, I hope those who are chasing us will never find us. Second, I hope we will have a lot of money in the future. Third..." She paused and looked at Xiao Zhuo, "Third, I hope your wish will come true and you will be safe every year."
What Xiao Zhuo needs most now is peace. Everything else is probably never within his consideration.
Living is the most difficult thing before revenge is taken.
One wrong step will lead to eternal damnation.
Xiao Zhuo's dark eyes gazed deeply at Shen Yuexi. The firelight above illuminated the surroundings red. The burning fireworks made her little face lively and warm, so hot that people couldn't take their eyes off it.
His eyebrows and eyes were soft, and his face, which had long been covered with snow and frost, seemed to be melted by the warm fire, and it was bright and brilliant.
He was wearing a wide moon-white robe, with his jet-black hair neatly tied up. He was graceful and elegant, and their sleeves were entangled together.
A carefree and unrestrained girl, and a cool and elegant man, standing side by side, make people feel like a couple made in heaven.
"What about you?" Xiao Zhuo said in a calm voice. Seeing Shen Yuexi's puzzled expression, he added, "Do you have any unfulfilled wishes?"
Of course she did. She wanted to go back to her old world, but that was impossible.
Shen Yuexi could only shrug, looking nonchalant: "I do have one wish at the moment, which is to get rid of the enemies who keep pestering me."
As a tech geek, she really doesn't like this kind of wandering life.
Xiao Zhuo looked into the distance, his eyes deep: "It will be better soon."
After a night, the hot air balloon had flown hundreds of miles.
When the first ray of sunlight rose at the junction of heaven and earth, Shen Yuexi slowly opened her eyes.
Xiao Zhuo was driving the whole night. She looked at Xiao Zhuo and didn't see a trace of fatigue. She really admired him.
Shen Yuexi stretched and stood up. Out of habit, she tilted her head to glance down and almost cried out.
There was no way, she almost forgot that she was afraid of heights.
Her feet felt weak and her face was pale. Seeing this, Xiao Zhuo pulled her into his arms and gently comforted her, "We have already reached the border, it's just a matter of how to stop."
Shen Yuexi had just sat down and forgot to tell him how to control the hot air balloon to descend.
She looked up to the south and saw the city wall at the border in the distance, like a black line near the horizon.
Finally escaped.
She turned around and spoke while directing Xiao Zhuo to land.
Just lower your altitude according to the wind speed.
In fact, she didn't need to tell Xiao Zhuo all this, she believed that Xiao Zhuo knew it too.
Soon, Xiao Zhuo controlled the operating console and slowly descended along the wind speed. The closer he was to the ground, the better he had to control it, otherwise he would easily fall rapidly.
Shen Yuexi felt that the hot air balloon was almost approaching the ground, so she dared to look down.
At this time, she was only twenty or thirty meters away from the ground and she adapted well.
But the situation outside made her a little stunned. The earth was barren and even the mountains were bare. It was really desolate.
The wind in the northwest region is also strong. It is only August now, but it is already a bit chilly here, which is completely different from the environment inside the country.
Anyone who can survive in such an environment must be a strong person. No wonder Xiao Zhuo chose to come here.
Firstly, no one would have thought that Xiao Zhuo would really come to the place of exile. Secondly, it was a good opportunity to avoid all eyes and find another way out.
Just as their hot air balloon was about to land on the ground, a loud shout was heard from below.
"Captain, look! There are gods in the sky!"
The deafening sound made Shen Yuexi cover her ears involuntarily.
"Give me my bow quickly. I want to shoot this treasure down and bring it back to my father." Another rough and uncivilized voice sounded.
When Shen Yuexi heard the words of the man below, she couldn't help but look down. She saw a group of Western Rong men wearing exotic clothes, with strong bodies, holding big swords, and looking ferocious.
Although he is called a man, he looks more like a well-trained Western Rong soldier.
Are these Western Rong soldiers coming to rob near the border? Shen Yuexi frowned and looked over.
Didn’t Xiao Zhuo say that these Western Rong people would only come south to plunder in winter?
It is the autumn harvest season now, and winter is still several months away. Or maybe the Western Rong are already in serious food shortage, so they are now coming south to plunder.
These Xirong soldiers were escorting a young girl. From a distance, Shen Yuexi couldn't clearly see the girl's face, but she could tell she had a strong build, and standing among several big men, she didn't look petite.
The hot air balloon was about to land, and even if it was shot down, it wouldn't be dangerous. But she was very upset that something she had worked so hard to create was about to be destroyed.
With a whoosh, a feather arrow flew up from the bottom and "puffed" into the hot air balloon.
The hot air balloon made a "squeak" sound and suddenly flew out sideways.
Damn, this happened just before landing.
Shen Yuexi held on to the edge of the hanging basket tightly with both hands, and Xiao Zhuo stood behind her, protecting her in his arms.
The hot air balloon hit a hillside and slowly deflated.
Shen Yuexi was thrown out of the bamboo basket and rolled several times before stopping.
Fortunately, she had experience rolling down the hillside before, so she didn't need Xiao Zhuo's protection and she skillfully protected her head by herself.
Xiao Zhuo had already stood up, and he had grasped the long sword in his hand at some point, and walked towards the Western Rong soldiers running towards him from a distance.
The Western Rong soldiers who had been running over excitedly, their expressions changed when they saw this.
They never thought that anyone would dare to come after them.
This place was a frontier of the Great Yan Dynasty, poor and backward. Even the Great Yan Dynasty did not send troops to guard the border, which shows that the Great Yan Dynasty regarded this place with contempt.
It was precisely because he was not taken seriously that Xiao Zhuo was able to avoid the sight of all those who were pursuing him and plan his future conquests.
"Haha!" One of the Xirong soldiers, who looked like the leader, didn't seem to be afraid of Xiao Zhuo, and said arrogantly, "So you are a capable warrior. Let me have a fight with this warrior from Dayan."
The speaker's face was filled with disdain and contempt, as if the people of Dayan were all a bunch of cowards in their eyes.
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