Chapter 330 Xie Guanlan pinched Wen Xingluo's chin: Not enough
Xie Guanlan held Wen Xingluo's hand and stepped into the eaves.
When passing by Shen Yu, he suddenly stopped.
He let Wen Xingluo, Wei Ying, and Chen Lezhi go in and bathe together. He himself remained standing under the eaves, looking down at Chen Yu condescendingly, "What do you want to do?"
Chen Yu shyly tucked the strand of hair on her forehead and fiddled with her apron again, "My Lord, I didn't intend to do anything..."
"Who are you posing for?" Xie Guanlan looked him over critically. "Don't wear red clothes in front of her anymore."
He has been enduring this for a long time.
Ever since the Dragon Boat Festival that year, when Chen Yu was buzzing around Wen Ningning in a red dress like a fly, he had been very annoyed with her.
Chen Yu raised his head in grievance, "Why?! The princess said I look good in red clothes!"
Xie Guanlan said nothing, but the narrow knife in his hand was already two inches out of its sheath.
Behind him, the three brothers of the Xie family were all looking at this side with a smile on their faces.
It seemed that if he dared to resist, these people would join forces to teach him a lesson!
Shen Yu felt even more aggrieved!
He covered his crimson clothes and ran away quickly with red eyes.
After everyone had dinner, the rain outside still did not stop.
The lights were on in the room, but the dim light could not illuminate the dark corners, only outlining the figure of a slender woman in a green silk skirt in front of the stained glass window.
The moss in the courtyard was green, and the raindrops hit the hibiscus flowers, emitting a chill that made the girl rub her arms.
Xie Guanlan appeared behind her.
The golden butterfly on the girl's bun was reflected by the oil lamp on the mottled and old wall, like a peony that gradually decayed after being extremely luxurious and gorgeous.
He hugged Wen Xingluo's slender waist from behind.
Her narrow eyes were slightly lowered, and the girl's messy hair was wet by the rain, winding and sticking to her peach-like face. In the dark night, her skin looked even whiter like frozen jade, and only her lips were a bright rose red. In the interweaving of light and dark, the girl's innocent appearance hid an alluring charm.
He tilted his head.
The warm thin lips touched the girl's slightly cold lips lightly like a pilgrim.
The believers tried to possess his god.
The young man's eyes darkened and he bit her lips tentatively.
Wen Xingluo avoided Xie Guanlan's kiss uncomfortably and whispered, "They are still here."
"They're asleep."
Xie Guanlan refused to let go and still held her tightly in his arms.
Wen Xingluo couldn't break free, and was afraid that the noise would wake up Wei Ying and the others, so she had no choice but to let him hold her. She whispered, "Xie Zhe is searching the city. His people will find this place sooner or later, but I can't think of a way to escape."
"Leave this kind of thing to me." Xie Guanlan said hoarsely.
Wen Xingluo raised his eyelashes.
The young man had a determined look on his face, as if he had already made up his mind.
She didn't ask any more questions and just leaned in his arms lovingly.
When she lowered her eyes, she saw that the amulet was still hanging around his waist.
She held it and looked at it carefully. In the dim light, she could vaguely see that the amulet had long been mottled and faded, and the words on it had been worn away a lot, which showed that the owner often held it in his palm and played with it.
Wen Xingluo slowly raised his head and pecked the corner of Xie Guanlan's lips.
A very gentle kiss with a light floral scent.
Xie Guanlan's eyes darkened, and he pinched Wen Xingluo's chin, "Not enough."
He clasped the back of the girl's head with his big hand, and was about to lean over to kiss her when there was a sudden huge commotion nearby. It was Xie Zan and others who were hiding in the corner and peeping, and they bumped out noisily because it was too crowded!
Xie Shian was furious. "I told you to stop pushing, but you insisted!"
Chen Lezhi put his hands on his hips and said, "I was obviously the first one to see it! You guys had to follow me and join in the fun!"
Xie Xuchi coughed lightly, seeming a little dissatisfied with Xie Guanlan and Wen Xingluo's secret meeting. "Ningning, I will write a letter to tell my mother about this."
Wei Ying drew her sword, "I'm the only one who can watch what happens between my cousin and Xie Guanlan! None of you are allowed to watch!"
Xie Zan said with disdain, "Brother, you are too docile. If this matter were put on me, it would have progressed to the bed by now——"
"Third brother," Xie Yanchen interrupted him with a smile, "We already know that you are the fastest."
"Of course—" Xie Zan nodded, then suddenly felt something was wrong. His expression changed and he said, "Second brother, that's not what I meant!"
The crowd was noisy.
Wen Xingluo's little face turned red, and she couldn't help but hide behind Xie Guanlan.
Xie Guanlan protected her and said coldly: "You guys are so free that you don't sleep in the middle of the night?"
There was no trace of guilt on anyone's face after being caught peeping. Instead, they continued to linger where they were, as if they were secretly expecting something to happen between Xie Guanlan and Wen Xingluo.
Just at this moment, there was suddenly a noisy sound of footsteps outside.
Xie Guanlan said in a deep voice, "Someone is coming."
As soon as he finished speaking, with a loud "bang", the wooden door of the courtyard was instantly knocked open!
The rain curtain was pitch black, torches meandered in, and the sound of weapons and armor clashing was endless.
Xie Zan and others threw out more than a dozen smoke bombs without hesitation, turned around and headed straight for the back door.
As Xie Guanlan carried Wen Xingluo on his back, the narrow knife in his hand was already unsheathed.
The guards surrounding the back door were quickly knocked down, and everyone fled through the rain and into the more remote alleys in the night.
Wen Xingluo lay on Xie Guanlan's back and looked back towards the courtyard.
The raindrops wet her eyelashes.
She whispered, "They clearly lost us at the execution ground, but they were able to find us so quickly. They must have used some tricks."
After a while, she and Xie Guanlan said almost at the same time: "Sense of smell."
Lin Wei had lost track of them, so naturally he couldn't hear their voices. The only way left to track them was by smell.
Xie Zan's voice came from the front, "There's a blind man among the Lin Guards who has an exceptionally keen sense of smell. He's the best at tracking down enemies. I was careless and forgot about him."
Wen Xingluo glanced at the Wen brothers and sisters who were following hard behind.
They were afraid of being caught and beheaded, so they followed Xie Guanlan closely no matter what they did throughout the day.
The girl's eyes moved slightly, and she suddenly whispered a few words into Xie Guanlan's ear.
Everyone quickly fled to a dilapidated temple.
Xie Yanchen lit a bonfire and let everyone dry their clothes.
The Wen siblings also wanted to go over, but were stopped by Xie Shian in a bad mood, "Get out! We're already taking you out of the execution ground for Ningning's sake. You unlucky creatures, stay away from us!"
Wen Yueyin stamped her feet in grievance, but didn't dare to say anything. She had to hide in the wing room behind the dilapidated temple with Wen Rufeng and the other two.
As the night deepened, Wen Xingluo and Xie Guanlan exchanged glances.
Xie Guanlan motioned Xie Zan to follow him to the back of the dilapidated temple and said in a voice that could be heard from the side rooms, "The only way to leave now is to leave via the waterway north of the city."
Xie Zan glanced at the bonfire-lit wing and instantly understood what his brother meant. He agreed, "Brother, are you saying that we should swim out of the capital from under the moat in the north of the city?"
"yes."
The two of them looked at the crowd in the room and slowly discussed some details.
Wen Xingluo stopped the little beggar who was passing by the door of the dilapidated temple.
She handed everyone's outer robes and other belongings to the little beggar, and also gave him a silver ingot. She said gently, "Could you please drop these clothes off by the moat north of the city?"
The little beggar was overjoyed and immediately agreed to do it.
In the second half of the night, Wen Xingluo leaned in Xie Guanlan's arms and pretended to sleep. Not long after, he heard rustling sounds coming from the side room.
She opened her eyes a little, and in the light of the campfire, she saw Wen Yue and her four siblings sneaking out of the ruined temple.
Xie Guanlan scoffed and stroked the girl's soft black hair, "Ningning is so predictable, these guys really won't stay still."
"They're at the end of their rope. Knowing we can't tolerate them, they'll definitely find a way to surrender to Xie Zhe," Wen Xingluo explained. "Selling us out and revealing our escape route is the best gift they can give."
Chen Lezhi suddenly realized, "So, Ningning, that's why you asked us for our outer robes and threw them by the Hucheng River in the north of the city, so that you can cooperate with Wen Rufeng and the others' confession and attract the Linwei people to chase us? Once the guards gather in the north of the city, we can take the opportunity to hide in the south!"
As he spoke, Xie Yanchen had already taken out a few simple sachets.
He distributed the sachets to everyone one by one, "These are temporary sachets. Everyone can carry them with you to temporarily cover up your own smell."
The last sachet was handed to Xie Xuchi.
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