Hao Qinghe was a little angry: "It's such an emergency, and you still want to fly a kite? What should we do if cousin Songyi gets lost? As her elder sister, how can we let her run errands alone?"
Hao Qingmo suggested: "Then let's go find her."
Hao Qingzhi shook her head lightly, her tone indifferent: "Forget it, let's wait here so that she won't be unable to find us when she returns. With the maid accompanying her, it should be fine."
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Jiang Songyi pulled Yue Qingyang and ran all the way. On the surface, they seemed to be wandering aimlessly in the mountains, but in fact, she carefully chose a rarely traveled path down the mountain.
In this place surrounded by white clouds and steep green mountains, the spring grass is wild and almost covers the stone steps. Looking down, you can see the mountain stream flowing like the Milky Way. If you lose your footing, you may fall into the abyss and be smashed to pieces.
This place is undoubtedly a perfect place to hide corpses and destroy evidence!
Yue Qingyang glanced at the dangerous situation below the mountain, and his heart trembled. He hurriedly grabbed Jiang Songyi and said, "Miss, are we lost?"
"Of course not, Yue Qingyang. First, accompany me to the foot of the mountain to buy kites, and then I will go with you to light the eternal lantern." Jiang Songyi puffed out his chest and raised his head, his little face puffed out, with a bit of willfulness and domineering charm.
Due to the intense running, a faint blush appeared on her snow-white face, which was more beautiful than the crabapple flowers in her hair.
Yue Qingyang originally thought that the crabapple blossoms on Mount Taibai were gorgeous enough, but he discovered that Jiang Songyi's rosy cheeks were even more gorgeous than the crabapple blossoms.
His throat rolled slightly and he responded, "Okay."
"The path we took to go up the mountain before was crowded with tourists, and it would probably take quite a while to go down the mountain against the flow of people. But I've often come to Taibai Mountain since I was a child, and I'm familiar with the terrain here. I know that although this path is desolate and steep, it's very convenient for going down the mountain." Jiang Songyi deftly pushed aside the bushes in front of him, revealing a moss-covered stone path.
At the same time, a small flower snake also quietly appeared on the stone path.
Yue Qingyang was quick to act and immediately pulled Jiang Songyi behind him, warning in a deep voice, "Be careful."
He had quietly revealed the hidden weapon in his sleeve, ready to spring out and pierce the venomous snake. However, at this moment, Jiang Songyi casually broke off a bamboo branch and swung it into the bushes.
The grass leaves swayed and the little flower snake quickly fled.
Jiang Songyi held Yue Qingyang's sleeve tightly, waving the bamboo branch in his hand among the grass and trees along the way, leading him to continue forward.
At this time, Yue Qingyang quickly retracted the hidden weapon between his fingers into his sleeve.
There was a thin line between the girl's delicate jade-like fingers and the hidden weapon, and it seemed that a slight breeze could make them pass by each other.
Jiang Songyi, however, seemed oblivious to everything around her. She smiled and said in a relaxed tone, "Your Highness, why are you so alarmed? This flower snake isn't venomous. When I was young, cutting wood in the mountains, I often encountered them. All I had to do was poke them with a stick, and they'd flee in a hurry."
Yue Qingyang lowered his eyelids slightly, his gaze swept across the mountain stream and deep valley solemnly, his voice was a little dull: "I was born in the deep palace, and it has been a long time since I set foot in such a wilderness. I don't know how to deal with this snake."
Imprisoned in the mansion since childhood, he naturally knew nothing about the wild. In the past, Jiang Songyi might have been moved by his pitiful appearance and felt pity. However, now, she felt that he seemed to be even better at disguise than she was.
Jiang Songyi's lips curled up slightly, and his tone was gentle, "No problem, Your Highness, just follow me."
Yue Qingyang agreed softly and followed Jiang Songyi, letting her hold his sleeve and slowly descend together.
On the winding mountain road, occasionally, his little finger would accidentally touch the girl's soft hand. The touch as warm as jade seemed to dispel the worries in his heart.
The mountain breeze carried the fragrance of grass and trees, and the hatred for his country and family that had kept him awake at night seemed to gradually dissipate under the spring breeze. He and the girl strolled side by side in the mountains, just like an ordinary couple enjoying a spring outing.
However, when Jiang Songyi was leading him down the mountain, a faint fragrance wafted from his sleeves, and unknowingly, the fragrance powder adhered to Yue Qingyang's sleeves.
In the surrounding bushes, countless insects and snakes are lurking and waiting.
Yue Qingyang was walking on the mountain path when he suddenly felt a cold touch wrapping around his calves and stopped involuntarily.
Jiang Songyi waved the bamboo stick casually, looking back and asking in confusion, "Why are you stopping?"
Yue Qingyang lowered his head slightly, and through the gaps between the branches and leaves, he saw a red and black striped snake winding its way. It was obviously a highly poisonous red-bellied snake.
Although Jiang Songyi wasn't afraid of non-venomous snakes, such a large and venomous snake would naturally frighten her. So Yue Qingyang said calmly, "It's okay, let's keep going."
At the same time, he flicked his fingers lightly, and the hidden weapon slipped silently from between his fingers and accurately pierced the vital point of the red snake.
The red snake instantly collapsed and fell to the ground. Yue Qingyang stepped over its corpse with an expressionless face.
Jiang Songyi secretly lamented that the red snake hadn't bitten him. In reality, her clothes had already been fumigated with insect repellent spices, and she had even sprinkled a large amount of snake-attracting powder on Yue Qingyang. She wanted to see how many hidden weapons and techniques Yue Qingyang had to evade the snakes' attacks.
As Yue Qingyang was strolling along the winding path, he couldn't help but notice an unusual phenomenon: there seemed to be an unusually large number of poisonous snakes along the way.
He frowned slightly and cast his gaze towards Jiang Songyi, who was completely focused and unaware in front of him. He secretly wondered how this young lady had managed to survive safely in this world until now.
He couldn't help but whispered, "Miss Jiang, you'd better not go down this dangerous path alone in the future. It's too dangerous, it's too rugged."
Jiang Songyi hummed lightly, with a hint of nonchalance in his tone: "Well, if I hadn't come with you, I wouldn't have set foot here."
Why did she come to this desolate place alone? The answer was simple: to kill someone and hide.
Yue Qingyang was shocked. He thought that he had only known Jiang Songyi for a short time, and his intention to use her was obvious, but he did not expect that she would be so open with him.
After all, in this huge marquisate, Jiang Yuyao is the only one in the eyes of those brothers, and Jiang Songyi can only rely on him.
Jiang Songyi continued to move forward as she pondered the situation. She surveyed the surrounding terrain, already making up her mind as to what to do. However, to be on the safe side, she still hoped to disguise the whole thing as an accident.
Just as she was concentrating on her plan, she didn't notice a bamboo pit viper lurking in the bushes ahead.
As soon as her eyes met, the bamboo snake snake shot out like a spring, its fangs sharp, aiming straight for her throat. Perhaps due to long hours of walking in the mountains, the snake repellent incense on her body had gradually lost its effect, and the bamboo snake ...
At this critical moment, even Yue Qingyang could not stop the attack of the Bamboo Leaf Green Snake. Jiang Songyi was about to deal with it herself, but at this moment, Yue Qingyang behind her was quick-witted and suddenly rushed forward, blocking her and the Bamboo Leaf Green Snake.
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