[Chapter 143 Chapter 143 Becoming a Popular Person after Divorce (20)]
Han Sheng escorted the relief funds on the official road, while also taking into account the speed of the walking escort. Yan Qing and Xu Wenxuan rode on the small road.
Even if the departures are a few days apart, it won’t take too long to catch up with the main group.
The two of them traveled for two hours under the moonlight and decided to rest on the spot.
In the dense forest, the branches extending upward poke into the jade plate hanging from the sky.
Black shadows floated, the wind scared the birds away, and the cry of an owl was heard not far away.
"Master, Aqing, go to sleep first. I'll keep watch." Xu Wenjian put his sword beside him and added a few thicker dead branches to the fire in front of him.
The dancing flames made his complexion even more beautiful, and orange-red light danced in his black pupils.
Compared with the bohemian and unruly person he usually appears to the world, he is now more down-to-earth and steady.
Yan Qing yawned: "Let's take turns guarding, this is fair."
"It doesn't make sense for a man to let a woman keep watch all night." Xu Wenjian frowned, his face full of disapproval.
She narrowed her beautiful eyes and said, "Why, Shaoyou looks down on women?"
"No, no, I wouldn't dare." Xu Wenjian poked the fire, "How dare I look down on Master's Wife?"
He felt that he must have been dazed by the fire.
He actually felt that the half-angry, half-coquettish look his master's wife gave him was like a soul-sucking hook thrown at his heart.
It makes my heart itch.
Xu Wen Zhang, ah, Xu Wen Zhang, it’s not like you haven’t seen women before, why are you so lame?
He slapped his face.
"What are you doing?" Yan Qing looked at him in confusion. He was probably very sleepy, and his voice was nasal.
The already soft voice sounded more like a coquettish act.
Xu Wenzhang clapped his hands in the air a few times: "Slap the mosquitoes, I'm slapping the mosquitoes, Master's wife, you go to sleep first, I'll keep watch for half the night."
"I told you to call me Aqing." Yan Qing muttered, leaned against the big tree behind him and rubbed his eyes. Soon, the sound of steady breathing was heard.
Xu Wenzhang glanced at her and said that he would be on guard for the first half of the night, but in fact he had no intention of replacing her.
He crouched down and moved in front of her, sneaking around like a thief.
Curious eyes traced along the contours of her face.
Eyebrows thickened by ink, eyelashes like butterfly wings, a nose made of delicate jade, and a small, rosy mouth.
Even if she disguises herself as a man and has some heroic spirit, it cannot change the fact that she is just a delicate woman.
He was very puzzled. How could such a delicate woman who grew up in seclusion dare to do such a bold thing as traveling thousands of miles to chase her husband?
Yan Qing didn't sleep well, and he frowned and tilted his face.
He was so frightened that he stood up suddenly and retreated several meters like a frightened bird, with his hands behind his back, pretending to admire the moon.
After waiting for a while and hearing no movement from her, Xu Wenjian scratched his face in embarrassment.
He walked sideways like a crab, took off his outer robe and covered Yan Qing with it.
"Since Master is not here, it is my duty as a disciple to take care of Master's wife."
He talked to himself.
After staying up all night for a while, staring at Yan Qing's face and seeing how soundly she was sleeping, Xu Wenjian rested his chin on his knees with both hands, and his eyelids drooped more and more.
A ray of sunlight pierced through the sky, and the fish's belly turned white as it held the golden wheel in its mouth.
Xu Wenjian, who had dozed off for a while, opened his eyes and jumped up with a start. Seeing that the person leaning against the tree had not woken up yet, he immediately stepped forward to take back his robe and put it on.
"Why didn't you call me?" Yan Qing adjusted to the light, opened his eyes and asked him.
He pretended to have just woken up: "I accidentally fell asleep."
"Oh." Yan Qing rubbed his face.
Xu Wenjian couldn't help laughing out loud when he saw her smudge the ink on her eyebrows all over her face.
"Master Cat Hahaha..."
Yan Qing narrowed his eyes: "Very funny?"
He nodded subconsciously and then shook his head quickly: "Young Master, how dare I laugh at Master's Wife."
"Here." Yan Qing found a handkerchief and threw it to him.
He held the handkerchief, his face full of confusion: "What is this for?"
"What do you think?" Yan Qingbai gave him a look, put her hands on her hips, leaned forward, and raised her little face in front of him.
Xu Wenzhang curled his fingers and wet the handkerchief with the water bottle he carried.
He held her chin up with one hand and with the other rolled up a wet towel to carefully wipe away the black stains on her face.
The two of them were so close that their breaths seemed to merge.
Yan Qing, who had his eyes closed the whole time, did not notice the unnatural blush on the boy's face.
"Okay." He handed the handkerchief back.
Yan Qing didn't even look at it: "Throw it away."
She pulled out the wooden hairpin that tied her hair and put it in her mouth, then roughly combed her long hair with her hands and then tied it up.
"It's such a shame to throw away a golden silk handkerchief." Xu Wenjian muttered quietly, found an excuse for himself, and tucked the slightly wet handkerchief into his lapel.
He also glanced at Yan Qing cautiously, fearing that she would misunderstand him as having some bad intentions.
The two of them ate a few bites of the dry food they brought with them and continued on their way.
However, because the trees on both sides of the forest path extended, it was easy to get scratched on the face while riding a horse, so the two men decisively chose to lead the horses and walk out of the woods.
Just as I was about to get out of the woods and mount my horse, I heard several cries for help.
"Go and take a look?" Xu Wenjian judged that the voice was not far away.
How could a person who has wanted to go to the battlefield and make achievements since childhood ignore the cries for help from the weak?
The kind-hearted Xiao Xu did not ride his horse directly over, but asked Yan Qing, who was traveling with him, for his opinion.
Yan Qing thought of the scene in the TV series he saw in the previous dimension where a hero saved a beauty, and he became eager to try it.
But she remained calm and said, "Let's observe from a distance for a while, for fear that this is a fishing-for-killing show."
There is nothing wrong with helping others when you see injustice, but you should not be careless and fall into other people's traps.
They take advantage of vulnerable groups to attract sympathy, and when people offer help they discover it is a set-up for them.
This could have happened in any dynasty.
Xu Wenzhang did not think that she was inhumane. Instead, his eyes lit up: "Aqing is right."
He reflected on himself and realized that he had not considered things carefully enough.
He thought to himself, no wonder his father was always afraid that he would never come back from the battlefield.
Marching and fighting require more than just brute strength.
He clenched the reins in his hands, feeling a little ashamed.
The two men followed the sound closer and saw a disheveled woman climbing up the slope in the distance and stumbling towards them.
There were two men with obscene expressions following her.
Two sloppy men, one tall and one short, chasing after her, waving whips in their hands.
It's like playing a game of cat and mouse.
Yan Qing glanced around the surroundings and found that the vast farmland and crops were not suitable as an ambush hiding place.
"No other person's presence was detected." Xu Wen Zhang said.
Yan Qing touched the dagger at his waist and stared at the three people approaching with sharp eyes: "Here they come."
When the skinny woman saw them riding on horses, she felt like she saw a savior. She burst out with the strength to survive and ran towards the two men at a faster speed.
"Help! Help me, two heroes!" She fell to the ground, gasping for breath.
The two men were so frightened that they dismounted their horses and raised their front hooves.
When Xu Wenjian saw her looking up, he couldn't help but blurt out, "It's you!"
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