Chapter 88: Flowing Light (2) Yes, I love Wen Yao, I love a man...
The water in the bucket placed in the house should be used for daily life. For a house built with wooden boards, the floor is also made of wooden boards. If water is spilled on the ground like this, it must be wiped dry immediately, otherwise the floor will easily rot over time.
But it had already formed a puddle on the floor, and no one came to clean it up.
There are only two possibilities. One is that the owner spilled the bucket herself. But if the owner spilled it, she would have immediately cleaned it up. Then, it's possible that the owner knew the bucket had spilled, but she didn't have the time or opportunity to clean it up.
The second is that someone else knocked it over when the owner was not at home.
If it was an ordinary thief, Feijing would have already searched the house, but the furnishings in the house were neat and tidy, and it didn't look like it had been burglarized.
At this moment, an idea formed in Fei Jing's mind...
Could it be that besides them, there is someone else looking for this mother and son?
Could it be that someone had already taken the mother and child away before they arrived, preventing them from finding them? If they couldn't find them, they wouldn't be able to rescue Wen Yao.
Who exactly wants to stop them from finding Wen Yao?
Fei Jing muttered to himself: The Regent?
Even Fei Jing couldn't help but shake his head at the thought. Even now, he was still trying to win back the young lady's heart in this way.
Alas, the Regent should have known that this was completely useless.
After finding nothing in the house, Fei Jing returned the same way and reported the information inside the house to Xie Yun.
But after Fei Jing went out, everything he saw was beyond his expectations.
Xie Yun had a knife held to her neck. In addition to Fei Jing and the people Xie Yun brought with them, there were several masked men fighting with the group that held Xie Yun hostage.
Fei Jing immediately pulled out a sharp blade from his waist and threw a flying knife out. The flying knife cut through the cold air in the mountains. Then there was a muffled sound, and the knife hit the face of the person who held Xie Yun hostage. Soon, blood slid from his forehead along the sides of the nose bridge, dripping down.
Fei Jing rushed forward, picked up Xie Yun, and quickly took her out of the battle range.
The people who attacked and held Xie Yun hostage should be the ones who took the mother and child away. Since these people actually attacked Xie Yun, it can be inferred that they were not sent by Yan Huinan.
If it was someone sent by Yan Huinan, there was no way they would harm Xie Yun.
The masked men, on the other hand, wore clothes embroidered with intricate patterns that looked priceless. The longswords they wielded were also top-quality. In this world, only those who could afford such equipment...
These people must have been sent by Yan Huinan.
One of them had seen Fei Jing, who had always been guarding Xie Yun, and shouted to Fei Jing, "Leave this to us. You take the princess and go first!"
At the same time, one of them threw a few flares to Fei Jing. Fei Jing raised his hand and caught them steadily. Then, he immediately mounted his horse and fled towards Qingzhou with Xie Yun. However, even on a fast horse, the journey from here to Qingzhou City would take more than two hours, and they had to cross two small hills in the middle.
Yan Huinan sent three people in total, but the other side seemed to want to kill Xie Yun, so they sent dozens of people. The three people held back most of the people, but more than a dozen people still chased out.
Xie Yun was protected by Fei Jing. She didn't expect that she would be hunted down just because she came to look for someone.
At this moment she had no idea who wanted to kill her.
"Fei Jing, do you have any guess as to who it might be?"
Fei Jing shook his head.
They lived peacefully in Baixia for six years and nothing happened.
But ever since Yan Huinan showed up, things have been happening one after another. Could this be another attempt to use her to blackmail Yan Huinan? But if he was going to use her, he wouldn't have killed her.
But it was obvious that these people did not intend to capture the hostages alive.
Who on earth wants to kill her?
The horse was galloping on the mountain road when suddenly more than a dozen arrows came raining down from behind.
When Fei Jing heard the sound of an arrow breaking through the air, he immediately pushed Xie Yun forward and fell down, while he drew his sword and turned around to block the arrow flying towards them.
The mountain road here is winding, and the person chasing behind is not good at archery, and he was blocked by the flying mirror several times.
Finally, the leader gave up shooting the flying mirror and aimed his arrow at the horses under them.
An arrow hit the horse, which was frightened and rushed forward out of control.
Fei Jing made a quick decision and jumped off the horse with Xie Yun in his arms. After falling to the ground, they rolled down the steep slope beside the mountain road. They rolled all the way down the slope.
Seeing this, the group jumped on their horses and chased after them. But their speed could not keep up with the speed at which Xie Yun and the other two were falling.
The messy grass, branches and stones hit her body, but fortunately Fei Jing protected Xie Yun and she was not injured.
But Fei Jing's back was already covered with scars, and the fabric was torn, revealing the blood-stained skin underneath.
Although he didn't know whether he could summon Yan Huinan's men here, Fei Jing still took out a flare and lit it.
With a "whoosh" sound, a shell pierced through the dense forest and shot straight into the vast sky, exploding in the air and emitting a cloud of thick smoke.
Fei Jing didn't have time to check his injuries, and pulled Xie Yun into the depths of the jungle.
Xie Yun's heart was beating wildly as he ran after Fei Jing. With the help of the dense forest, their hope was even greater.
After running for a while, Xie Yun looked around and found that they had finally managed to shake off the people chasing them.
"Fei Jing, there's a hidden cave over there," Xie Yun discovered a small cave hidden behind a big tree, "Let's go hide there first. I have some medicine on me, I'll apply it to you first."
Fei Jing nodded.
After arriving at the cave, Xie Yun finally realized that they had been to this mountain before when they met Yan Huinan in Qingzhou.
This is the dense forest from the beginning.
The turning point of everything is here.
I didn't expect that she would come here again today.
And she had been to this cave before.
She was not sharp-eyed just now, but subconsciously thought that it was here, so she looked carefully, and unexpectedly, it was there.
Xie Yun couldn't help but sigh at the fickleness of fate.
After entering the cave, Xie Yun laid grass at the entrance as a cover. If these covers were not broken, outsiders would not be able to discover that this was a cave.
Xie Yun carried medicine with her. Because the injury was on her back, she asked Fei Jing to take off his clothes so that she could apply medicine to him.
Fei Jing shook his head stubbornly. He was a man who lived a very rough life. For something like applying medicine on the back, he could just apply it with his hands behind his back. He didn't need Xie Yun's help.
Xie Yun knew Fei Jing's temper, so she didn't insist. After giving him the medicine, she sat aside.
She had always considered Fei Jing a brother, and Fei Jing also considered her a sister. The two had gotten along well and cooperated well over the years, without any awkwardness.
The cave wasn't big, so if I started a fire here, it would be easily discovered from outside. I could only wait quietly for night to fall.
By then, it will be dark and the enemy will not be able to easily discover their whereabouts. They can then wait for an opportunity to leave here.
It was not until night fell that Xie Yun fell asleep leaning against the wall due to a busy day.
At this moment, Fei Jing could no longer see the gestures he was making to her, so he had to write the word "go" on the palm of Xie Yun's hand.
"Well, by now that group of people should have left because they couldn't find their target."
Fei Jing first walked to the entrance of the cave, parted the grass and looked out. After confirming that there was no problem, he turned around and went back to get his clothes.
The area on his back where the medicine had been applied was almost dry now, and he could put on clothes without rubbing the wound.
Just as they were about to leave, they suddenly heard rustling noises outside.
Then came a familiar voice: "Xie Yun!"
Then many voices came from a distance, "Princess!"
"Mother!"
Yan Lang?
Xie Yun said to Fei Jing, "That's Lang'er's voice! Why is he here too?!"
It should be the signal flare released by Fei Jing before, which was seen by Yan Huinan.
But……
When she left Baixia, Yan Huinan was still in a coma.
How did he get here so quickly?
Xie Yun simply didn't dare to think about it. If she thought about it carefully, the answer in her heart would be revealed.
Why……
Why do you do this?
Fei Jing knew that they were safe at this moment. And Xie Yun had just blurted out, "Yan Lang is here."
It was obvious that she wanted to see Yan Lang at this moment.
After Xie Yun woke up, she had already adapted to the darkness and could see Fei Jing's sign language in the dark.
Feijing: Do you want to go out?
Xie Yun hesitated. The footsteps outside grew heavier, and through the bushes, tiny sparks of fire could be seen.
If she hadn't gone out, even Yan Huinan and the others wouldn't have discovered this hidden cave in the dark.
And after they leave, she and Fei Jing can actually escape.
Finally, she nodded.
It just so happened that she also had something to say to Yan Huinan.
Fei Jing effortlessly pushed aside the grass that covered the cave.
The moment Yan Huinan heard the noise outside, he immediately raised his hand and ordered everyone to stop.
Outside, the moonlight was clear, filtering through the leaves and branches of the dense forest, falling in patches.
The first person Yan Huinan saw was Xie Yun standing at the entrance of the cave, and Fei Jing standing shirtless beside him.
Yan Huinan immediately blocked Yan Lang's sight and handed him over to Si Wen.
Yan Lang grumbled unhappily, "Ah, why did father block it from showing Lang'er?"
Yan Huinan only instructed calmly: "Wait here obediently for father."
After saying that, he dismounted and walked towards Xie Yun step by step.
He knew that there was nothing between Fei Jing and Xie Yun.
But he still felt sore and swollen in his chest, heart and throat.
Why is he so jealous?
But he was still jealous, jealous that Xie Yun would rather be alone in a room with Fei Jing, would rather tell Fei Jing everything that happened, and would trust Fei Jing unconditionally.
Although he was filled with jealousy, after walking to Xie Yun's side, Yan Huinan immediately checked to see if Xie Yun was okay. He said anxiously, "I have killed all those who were chasing you. You are safe now."
Only after he confirmed that Xie Yun was safe did he breathe a sigh of relief and wanted to pull her into his arms.
But Xie Yun took a step back and dodged it.
He looked at Xie Yun in surprise and laughed at himself, "Yan Yan, now I can't even hug you after confirming that you're safe?"
Xie Yun nodded.
"Thank you for coming to save me." Xie Yun's voice was unusually calm. "You've just recovered from a serious illness. You should go back and recuperate first."
"What about you?" Yan Huinan asked.
Xie Yun: "The mother and child haven't been found yet. I'm going back to look for them."
"Just you and Fei Jing?" Yan Huinan tried his best to suppress the jealousy and anger in his heart and remain rational.
"yes."
Yan Huinan couldn't help but sneer when he heard Xie Yun's answer. After a long pause, he said, "Yan Yan, look at me. Do you love Wen Yao? The kind of love you feel for a man, the kind you'd love to the point of risking your own life to save him? Is that right?"
After hearing these words, Xie Yun took a deep breath.
Her heart suddenly trembled, followed by a vague fear.
I don’t know what I’m afraid of.
But this strange emotion made Xie Yun feel a lump in her throat.
She exhaled deeply, her gaze slowly meeting Yan Huinan's. He stood with his back to the moonlight, its rays casting a clean, bright, white outline around him.
His eyes were dark, with a sparkling spot in the middle. If you looked closely, you could see her complete reflection in them.
But Xie Yun seemed to have made up her mind. She smiled softly and said with satisfaction and determination, "Yes. I love Wen Yao, I love him as much as I love a man. I am willing to spend the rest of my life with him, so even if it takes all my strength, I will save him now. Yan Huinan, please let him go. Since you gave up on me once, if you let Wen Yao go, we will be even. Okay?"
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