Chapter 1091: The Tenderness of Prince Xiao (Part 3)
The valley was too big, and Xiao Moxi and Ye Yueying wandered around in it for a whole day but couldn't get out. It was getting dark, so Xiao Moxi had to take Ye Yueying to find a cave to sleep in.
"It's too damp in the cave. You sit down and rest first. I'll go get some branches."
After Xiao Moxi finished speaking, he quickly walked out of the cave.
Ye Yueying was not the type to wait for others to take care of her. After Xiao Moxi left, she did not sit still as if it was a matter of course, but went out of the cave to pick some fruits.
Worried that it would be cold at night, Xiao Moxi went back and forth several times and brought back a lot of dry branches to the cave. The last time, he also carried a few fish in his hands.
Seeing the fruits on the branches, Xiao Moxi asked with a smile: "Where did you pick the fruits? I just looked for them, but I didn't see any."
Xiao Moxi didn't mind without waiting for Ye Yueying's answer. After a day of getting along with each other, he had discovered that this girl dressed as a man was quite aloof and arrogant, and was very frugal with words.
Xiao Moxi lit the fire and grilled the fish, then picked up a fruit and tasted it. "It's so sweet! This is the first time I've eaten this kind of fruit. Brother, I notice you seem to be very familiar with things in the mountains."
Hearing this, Ye Yueying's expression fluctuated a little. Just when Xiao Moxi thought she would not speak again, she heard her speak.
"I used to go into the mountains with my dad."
Xiao Moxi: "So that's how it is!" Seeing that Ye Yueying had a nostalgic look on her face, as if she was recalling something, he didn't ask her about her family affairs.
After eating the fruit, Xiao Moxi quickly processed the fish, and soon, the tempting aroma wafted through the cave.
"Come, try my cooking."
Xiao Moxi handed the grilled fish to Ye Yueying.
Ye Yueying wasn't used to accepting kindness from strangers, so she didn't accept it. "Thank you, I'll just eat the fruit."
Xiao Moxi handed the fish in his hand towards Ye Yueying and said with a smile, "I've already eaten the fruit you picked, why don't you try the fish I caught? This is a seasoning specially prepared by my mother, you can't get it anywhere else."
Ye Yueying hesitated for a moment, took the grilled fish, and then looked at Xiao Moxi with a questioning look: "Are you really a Jinling Guard?"
Xiao Moxi smiled: "Why, don't I look like that?"
Ye Yueying nodded seriously: "Not really."
In her impression, even if the Jinling Guards were not vicious, they were definitely the kind that kept people at a distance.
But the man in front of him had a faint smile on his face while speaking, and his tone was exceptionally calm. He had nothing to do with the Jinling Guards that were feared by all officials.
Xiao Moxi: "Then what do you think Jinling Guard should look like?"
Ye Yueying was silent for a moment: "Anyway, it's not like you."
Xiao Moxi laughed: "Jinling Guard, it's just an official position. Different people will naturally present different appearances. It shouldn't be generalized."
Ye Yueying glanced at Xiao Moxi and started eating the grilled fish without lowering her head.
Xiao Moxi finished the grilled fish quickly, and then brought in a lot of vines from outside.
Ye Yueying was a little surprised when she saw it, but she didn't ask any more questions.
Xiao Moxi didn't explain much, but quietly tied the vines to the boulders on both sides of the cave, making a simple swing net. After testing its sturdiness, he smiled and said to Ye Yueying, "This cave is really too damp. You can sleep here tonight."
Ye Yueying had never expected that Xiao Moxi did this for her. She was moved but also a little wary.
Is this person too nice to outsiders?
Xiao Moxi saw that Ye Yueying wanted to refuse again, so she said first, "You can't catch a cold, otherwise it will be bad for your health. You fell into this valley because of me, and I have to get you out of here safely. So, don't be polite to me."
Looking at Xiao Moxi's warm smile like a spring breeze, Ye Yueying swallowed the words of rejection in her mouth as if possessed by a ghost: "What about you, where will you sleep?"
Xiao Moxi tied the remaining vine to the entrance of the cave: "I'll sleep on this."
Ye Yueying looked at the lone vine and asked, "Aren't you afraid of falling?"
Xiao Moxi smiled, jumped onto the vine, and then lay on it steadily.
After seeing this, Ye Yueying had a deeper understanding of Xiao Moxi's skills.
The man in front of her was obviously only a few years older than her, but his martial arts skills seemed to be even better than Uncle Leng's.
"My last name is Ye."
Xiao Moxi lay on the vines, looking at Ye Yueying in surprise, then smiled and said, "Brother, you look younger than me, so I will call you Brother Ye."
Ye Yueying didn't comment. She added some firewood to the fire, then lay down on the swing, holding the sword in her hands and closing her eyes.
Soon, the only sound in the cave was the burning of branches.
Xiao Moxi rested his arms under his head, looked sideways at Ye Yueying, a thoughtful look on his face.
Why would a girl dress up as a man?
Her uncle is quite skilled.
What are the identities of these two people?
After looking for a while, Xiao Moxi withdrew his gaze, looked at the top of the cave, took out a token from his arms, and thought about the men in black who were chasing them.
He was sure that no official in Liaodong had the courage to send assassins to kill him, which meant that no one knew that he had come to Liaodong secretly.
It's not a matter of identity, it's just that what they did touched some people's nerves.
Xiao Moxi carefully recalled what happened after entering Liaodong. Except for the few Hu people he accidentally met yesterday, everything else was normal.
So, the men in black chased them because they encountered those barbarians.
The men in black came too suddenly. Before they could get any useful information from the surviving Hu people, those people came to kill them.
In a hurry, they could only deal with the Hu man.
Xiao Moxi looked at the token in his hand. This token was their only gain.
The water in Liaodong is extremely deep!
Post station, Hu people.
How did the man in black manage to find them so quickly? Was it someone at the post station who tipped them off?
No words were spoken that night.
The next morning, at daybreak, Xiao Moxi and Ye Yueying hurriedly ate some fruit and began to look for a way out.
The mountain road was difficult to walk on. When going up and down the slopes, Xiao Moxi wanted to lend a hand to Ye Yueying like a gentleman, but unfortunately, she refused.
In response to this, Xiao Moxi smiled helplessly, but in his heart he looked up to her.
With his mother and sister as references, he actually doesn't like those ladies who need to be protected by others all the time, but he admires those independent and self-reliant girls.
The girl in front of me is independent enough, but unfortunately she is a little too distant.
Seeing the worry and anxiety on Ye Yueying's face, Xiao Moxi knew that she was worried about Leng Feng. After thinking for a moment, he comforted her: "Brother Ye, don't worry about your uncle. He is with my men. It will be easy for him to escape in this mountain."
Ye Yueying nodded, said nothing more, and just concentrated on her journey.
It was almost noon when the two men walked out of the valley.
After coming out, Xiao Moxi blew a few whistles of varying lengths. Not long after, Leng Feng and several Jinling Guards came over.
"Uncle Leng."
Ye Yueying quickly came to Leng Feng.
Both of them breathed a sigh of relief when they saw that the other was safe.
Leng Feng didn't even say hello to Xiao Moxi, and said directly: "Let's go."
Ye Yueying glanced at Xiao Moxi and quickly caught up with Leng Feng.
Watching the two men leave, Wu Yutang came to Xiao Moxi's side, crossed his arms, and snorted, "These Jianghu people really have no manners at all."
Xiao Moxi smiled and said, "They may not be from the Jianghu, but they were innocently implicated by us, so it is understandable that they have resentment towards us."
(End of this chapter)
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