Chapter 33: Beauty Trap
Chen Yu looked at the tall and straight back of Xie Tingzhou walking in front of her, and suddenly an idea flashed in her mind.
"Your Highness," she quickened her pace and walked side by side with Xie Tingzhou, "In our team returning to the capital—"
The voice stopped abruptly because Xie Tingzhou suddenly coughed, and a trace of blood came out on the corner of his lips.
Xie Tingzhou raised his hand to wipe the corner of his lips, then glanced at her from the side, "Are you afraid that I'll die on the road?"
The blood on his lips made his pale face look very bright, with a broken beauty.
Chen Yu believed that he could embrace the moon. When he grew up like this, the moon would embrace him.
"I'm afraid," Chen Yu stared at him and said seriously, "I'm afraid that no one can make the defeat at Yanliang Pass known to the world."
This was the case in the previous life. Everyone thought that it was Shen Zhongan's greed for merit and reckless advance that caused suffering to 100,000 soldiers and the people of Ganzhou.
Although she herself did not believe such words, she was far away in Shengjing and had no idea what was happening at the border at that time. She could only marry in a daze and die in a daze.
Xie Tingzhou's lips curled up into a terrifying smile. He slowly approached, his eyes fixed on her, "Then don't let me die."
Before Shen Yu understood the meaning of this sentence, the body suddenly fell towards her.
She hurriedly held him up, and felt Xie Tingzhou's whole body burning hot, and was almost knocked to the ground by his weight.
She turned her head and saw a pale face lying on her shoulder, eyes closed, breathing hot.
Shen Yu sighed.
Was this man trying to use his honey trap on her just now? To prevent her from abandoning him when he fainted?
Perhaps the person who least wanted him to die was herself, because she was still waiting for him to clear the injustice of his father and brother in the previous life.
Fortunately, she has been practicing martial arts since she was a child, and her strength is much greater than that of ordinary women.
But after walking in the snow for so long with Xie Tingzhou on her back, she was almost unable to hold on.
Her legs were numb from the cold and she could only move them by feeling. She stepped on an uneven surface and lost her balance, falling to the ground along with Xie Tingzhou.
Once the energy is gone, it will be hard to pick it up again.
She pulled Xie Tingzhou's arm around her shoulders and tried several times but failed to carry him on her back.
Fortunately, they were in the wild, with nothing else but grass and trees. He used the knife that could cut through iron like mud to chop a few pieces of wood, and then tore the hem of his clothes into strips to make a stretcher, and dragged him forward in the snow, one step deep and one step shallow.
She didn't dare walk along the river, fearing that the assassins would come after her downstream, so she could only walk in one direction.
I don’t know how long it took, but the sky gradually brightened.
A rooster crowed in the wind.
It was a small village with a few farmhouses. Chen Yu hid the knife in the stretcher and dragged Xie Tingzhou to knock on the door.
The owner of the house was an old man who kindly let the person in after hearing about their plight.
Of course Shen Yu didn't tell the truth
, only saying that the two brothers encountered a group of bandits on their way to Beijing to find their relatives. In a hurry, they jumped into the water to avoid them, but were washed downstream and walked all night before arriving here.
The farmhouse consisted of only three small rooms and a kitchen.
The old man arranged the two of them in one of the rooms and found two sets of his own clothes.
Chen Yu placed Xie Tingzhou on a simple wooden bed, which was padded with hay and covered with a thin mattress.
Xie Tingzhou's clothes had long been evaporated by the heat from his body, and then soaked with sweat.
Chen Yu grew up in a military camp and had slept in the sweaty bunk beds in the camp. The idea that there are differences between men and women is all nonsense when it comes to life and death.
Xie Tingzhou was almost stripped naked by her. When she took off the last layer of underwear, she felt a little resistance.
Turning Xie Tingzhou over, Shen Yu took a deep breath.
It was too dark at night to see clearly before, and only now did I realize that the clothes on his back were stuck to the coagulated flesh and blood.
There is a thin layer of muscle attached to the back, which is firm, smooth and flowing.
There was only a bloody wound that ruined the beauty, and there were some bruises on the back, as if... as if it was caused by hitting a sharp rock in the water.
This man is really patient. Even though he was injured like this, how could he remain calm and only said to her at the last moment, "Then don't let me die."
The conditions in the farmhouse were simple and the wounds could only be bandaged simply.
Chen Yu slept and woke from time to time, and every time she woke up she would touch Xie Tingzhou's forehead, and only let herself fall asleep after his fever subsided.
As dusk fell, Xie Tingzhou gradually woke up from his sleep.
The evening glow penetrated through the crack in the door and hit his face.
He opened his eyes and stared at the beams of the roof, his thoughts gradually returning to his mind.
He pulled at the quilt covering him and was about to get up when he realized something was wrong.
As soon as he moved, a limp body came up to him.
The quilt slipped off, revealing a colorful face with black and white patches, sleeping soundly next to him.
Xie Tingzhou froze. This was the first time he slept on the same bed with a man.
It's just that this man...
He lowered his head and took a closer look.
This man was actually good-looking, with eyelashes as dense as crow feathers and delicate features, but his skin color...
As he was thinking about it, the man opened his eyes.
Chen Yu was dazed when she first woke up. As soon as she opened her eyes, she saw Xie Tingzhou's face standing close to her.
There was only a narrow wooden bed in the room, and she was so sleepy that she had to squeeze in with him.
She blinked and shot up from the bed.
Xie Tingzhou felt a sudden pain on his nose, as if he had been hit by his head. The pain woke him up.
"Sorry." Chen Yu looked at Xie Tingzhou, who was holding his nose with a face full of resentment, and said guiltily, "Hello.
"
Xie Tingzhou closed his eyes angrily and didn't want to answer her.
He now understood that he and Shi Yu were simply incompatible. First he fell into the water, and then he was slashed by her. Now he was afraid that his nose would not be saved.
"Where is this?"
Shen Yu got out of bed to pour him some water and answered honestly, "A farmer's family, Grandpa took us in."
Xie Tingzhou asked, "You've become relatives just after meeting?"
Shen Yu handed him the water and muttered quietly, "That's because I'm likable."
Xie Tingzhou: “…”No.
There was a sound of dog barking outside the house.
Chen Yu ran over to open the door, and standing at the door saw the old man coming back in the sunset, holding two wild ducks in his hands.
"Grandpa, you're back."
The old man smiled when he saw her, "Wake up, Xiaoyu, I shot two ducks and will give them to your brother to nourish his body tonight."
Shen Yu smiled and nodded, "Thank you, Grandpa."
Just as I was about to run over to help, I remembered that there was an ancestor in the house.
Turning around, he saw Xie Tingzhou looking at him, his hand holding the bowl resting on his knees, one hand supporting the bed as he sat lazily. The ridiculously simple farmhouse actually made it look like a paradise on earth to him.
"Brother?" Xie Tingzhou raised his eyebrows.
Chen Yu said: "It's a helpless move, otherwise it's hard to explain."
"I'm fine," Xie Tingzhou said, turning the bowl in his hand, "but my elder brother and younger brother all had bad endings, because,"
He looked at Shi Yu, "They are all dead, and those who are not dead are disabled."
Chen Yu had heard some rumors that the Prince of Beilin had few children. He originally had four sons, but after they died, only Xie Tingzhou was left.
It was claimed to the public that it was either an accident or death from illness, but Chen Yu knew that there was probably something wrong here.
Ordinary families with a few acres of land or three or two shops would still fight for the property, not to mention a royal family like Xie Tingzhou.
Take the current Emperor Tongxu for example; he had more than ten sons, but only six or seven are alive today.
But this is not what Chen Yu cares about.
She calmly pointed at the clothes on the bed and said, "You are too tall to wear grandpa's clothes. I dried your underwear. The torn part is... I sewed it for you. You have to make do with it for now."
"I'll go help." Chen Yu turned and left.
"Wait." Xie Tingzhou said.
"Um?"
"Wash your face."
Shen Yu's body stiffened. Could it be that he discovered her?
Subconsciously, I wanted to explain, "I was always called a sissy in the army and didn't look heroic enough, so..."
"If you're not handsome enough, can you just paint your face black?" Xie Tingzhou looked him up and down, "Eat more and grow taller."
Chen Yu: “…”
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