Chapter 22 She must have escaped by diving
The exiled army rested for a night, and when it was still dawn, the soldiers cracked their whips and urged them to set off.
The weather was too hot and the little ones gradually lost their appetite.
Xiangying asked each of them to eat two eggs and drink half a bowl of porridge.
The sun was blazing in the sky, burning the earth. Not only the prisoners suffered, but even the soldiers in charge of escorting them could not endure it.
Along the way, one could hear the two soldiers in charge of pulling the wooden cart complaining.
"What the hell is this weather? It's so hot, the Western Zhou Dynasty is evil!"
"It's only summer, why is it so hot? It's not like South Vietnam, it's much better!"
Probably because the weather was too hot, we could see cracked fields in the nearby mountains along the way.
In addition, there was a war some time ago, and the people were so anxious to escape that there was no one to plow or irrigate the fields.
Everywhere you look, it's all desolate.
The three little guys were as hot as wilted eggplants.
Xiang Xiuxiu couldn't walk anymore, so Xiangying carried her on his back.
The little girl felt sorry for her mother. When she saw Xiangying sweating profusely with her bright eyes, she stretched out her little hand to wipe it for her.
She said again: "Mother, please put me down. I will walk with my brothers."
At this time, Xiang Yuanxiao also tugged at Xiang Ying's sleeve with his little hand: "I want to drink some cool water."
"You just drank a pot of wine, be careful not to get a stomachache."
Just now she used crushed ice and chopped lychees and mixed them with osmanthus honey to make a pot of ice water.
The three little ones and Taoxue took turns drinking it and finished it quickly.
Now they want it again, and Xiangying is afraid that they will eat too much cold food, which will be bad for their health.
Looking at Xiang Yuanxiao's pitiful little face, Xiang Ying thought for a moment, glanced around with his phoenix eyes, and took out three chilled pears from his sleeves.
I originally wanted to make pear dessert for them, but the little ones can’t stand the heat now, so I have to take it out in advance.
It has been in the refrigerator for a short while and it just feels cool to the touch.
Xiang Yuanxiao saw Xueli's eyes light up, and he didn't need Xiangying to remind him. After taking it, he pulled his brothers and sisters and reminded them like a little adult: "Let's eat in seclusion."
When you bite into the pear, your mouth is filled with juicy, icy, sweet and delicious.
Taoxue looked at Xiangying eagerly, not because she was greedy for Xueli, but because she was wondering how many things were hidden on their eldest princess.
Why doesn’t that little bump on my chest get smaller?
The road became more and more desolate until a mountain temple appeared not far ahead.
There is also a circle of wild lakes surrounding it.
This was the nearest water source, and the military supervisors immediately ordered the soldiers to lead their horses here to drink water and rest.
The mountain temple is very small, and since the war began, fewer people have come.
Xiangying followed the exile team in and saw that the incense box that had been pushed over had already been trampled to pieces.
The only valuable bronze statue of the mountain god had its head cut off by someone unknown.
In this small temple, everything that should be stolen had already been taken away.
The soldiers pulled their horses to the wild lake to drink water, and Xiangying also came over with the children and Xiangli.
She first helped the three little ones wash their hands and faces, then untied their tangled hair and scrubbed it again.
Lin Lingxiang came to Xiangli on her own initiative, took out a handkerchief and rinsed it in the lake water, then stretched out her delicate and white hands to wipe Xiangli's body.
Xiangli raised his hand hastily to stop her: "Miss Lin! That's not necessary."
Lin Lingxiang looked at him with clear eyes: "The princess said that your wound should be cleaned and medicated every day to prevent it from festering."
Looking away from Wen Jun's face, his expression seemed normal, but his ears were already red.
"You...you are a woman. We are not related in any way. I shouldn't trouble you like this."
Lin Lingxiang was stunned, then smiled faintly: "If I don't help, the princess will come to wash your highness later. She is also a woman."
Xiangli looked at Xiangying not far away, who was busy taking care of three children.
He couldn't bear to let his sister suffer so much, so he just said, "I can do it myself, you pass the handkerchief to me."
Lin Lingxiang handed it to him and Xiangli wiped it on his body and legs.
Suddenly, Lin Lingxiang said, "You need to wipe the wound on your back as well."
She naturally took the handkerchief and walked behind him to wipe it.
It felt inappropriate to leave each other, but if I said anything more, it would seem hypocritical.
After thinking about it, he pursed his lips and said, "Thank you."
"I want to thank Your Highness for allowing me to help the princess and get enough food for my family."
Over there, Xiangying was rubbing Xiangxiuxiu's arm, and the little girl suddenly cried out in pain.
Xiangying checked carefully and found that her exposed arms and the back of her neck were sunburned.
This is the rhythm of sunburn and peeling!
She touched her skin again and it also felt slightly stinging.
All the skin exposed to the sun was sunburned.
Xiangying frowned, feeling that he couldn't go on like this, otherwise he would be sunburned to death before he even reached South Vietnam.
There are only herbs that can be applied in the space, but as long as it is daytime, the sun is shining directly on your head, and you can't apply the medicine all the time.
She looked up and saw several clusters of wild lotus flowers in the center of the lake, with round, broad, bright green leaves.
"Taoxue, take the three of them and wait for me on the shore." Xiangying said, and jumped into the lake without hesitation.
"Hey! Princess!"
There was a loud crash, startling the people around.
The prisoners were all shocked and gathered around the lake, talking about it in a flurry of voices.
"Why did she jump into the water? This is a wild lake. There might be a lot of water plants at the bottom. It could kill people!"
"Maybe you want to escape? You can run into the mountains if you swim to the other side."
Xiang Qianqian secretly pushed Yang Guiren.
Yang Guiren understood and shouted in the direction of Scarface: "Captain, come and see, someone jumped into the lake to escape!"
Scarface was drinking water and came over immediately after hearing the noise.
His eagle-like eyes swept across the lake, and sure enough, he saw Xiangying's figure quickly crossing the water.
Scarface shouted in a hoarse voice: "Come back! Prisoner Xiangying, come back immediately, I warn you, otherwise you will bear the consequences!"
However, Xiangying swam farther and farther, and when she was about to reach the lotus bushes, she suddenly dived into the water.
Only ripples remained on the water's surface.
"Damn it!" Scarface spat and walked towards the three children aggressively.
"What do you want to do!" Tao Xue protected the three children behind her.
However, Scarface forcibly grabbed Taoxue's collar and put the blade across her neck.
Taoxue screamed, and the three children pushed her: "Let Taoxue go!"
Xiangli scolded: "Don't touch them!"
He wanted to come over to stop it, but he forgot that his knee had not healed yet, and he fell off the wooden cart in an instant.
Lin Lingxiang exclaimed: "Your Highness the Crown Prince!"
She and the rest of the Lin family members put Xiangli in a box, while Concubine Yu and the Seventh Princess gathered around and stopped Scarface.
Yupin knelt down and pleaded: "Captain, if you have something to say, please talk to me nicely. There's no need to take it out on the child!"
Scarface said viciously: "If you want to blame someone, blame the prisoner Xiangying. I have already set the rules. If she wants to escape, then I will use her children as a scapegoat. I will kill them one by one and see if she comes back!"
Xiang Qianqian and Yang Guiren, who were not far away, looked at each other and smiled with gloating.
Just as Scarface was about to take action, a cold voice came from behind him asking, "What are you arguing about?"
The surrounding soldiers and prisoners made way for him, and Jie Chen, wearing a mask, came over with his men.
Scarface paused, then immediately let go of his hand: "See Military Supervisor Jie, the prisoner Xiangying is escaping, and I am about to punish her family according to military regulations."
Xie Chen glanced at the water with his cold eyes.
The lotus flowers in the center of the lake were swaying gently, as if someone was pulling them from below.
Xie Chen had a cold face. He raised his boots and kicked the two soldiers beside Scarface into the water.
"She ran away, so why don't you chase her? If you can't outswim a woman, you don't have to come up alive."
After that, he looked at Scarface and said, "If you don't have a plan, what's the point of losing your temper? Is that all you can do?"
Scarface was scolded, and he was not convinced, but he could only bow his hands and said, "The military supervisor is right."
He fiercely rebuked the two soldiers in the water: "Go and capture the prisoner Xiangying, whether dead or alive, drag him back!"
(End of this chapter)
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