The two of them came out of the restaurant, the woman went in from the front door to get the horse, and Zhuo Hua was waiting at the door.

Not long after, the woman walked out of the side door, holding a tall horse behind her. The horse was all white, with a long and sharp mane, and its coat was extremely soft and smooth. I saw her walking to the street in two or two steps, ducking onto the horse. At this moment, a beautiful woman matched her well.

The horse is even more heroic and heroic.

The two of them walked into the countryside, and the woman taught him how to mount a horse and march. Fortunately, the military horse that came from the envoy was well-trained and easy to use. It didn't take Zhuohua a moment to master it, although he was not proficient.

But simple starting and stopping of traveling can be done.

It was getting late, Zhuo Hua only walked the broad road, and the Wuyu Villa was never marked on the map in the package. If he didn't set out now, he might not be able to reach Zhuangzi by nightfall.

The two of them hurriedly walked along the official road to a small path that was not easy to spot. They walked for nearly two hours until the dim moonlight gradually shone down and they finally saw the bamboo forest in front of the village. It had been nearly a month.

Seeing the old man, Zhuohua couldn't help but miss him, and he became even more excited.

But before he could even wait for a moment of joy, he walked through the forest and saw that the place where Zhuohua's bamboo house was supposed to be had turned into a flat ground, and the bamboo house just disappeared out of thin air.

Zhuo Hua was shocked and thought that it was a dark and windy night. He had taken the wrong road and ended up in some barren mountain. But when he looked up, he saw that the long slope he had walked back and forth for ten years was so familiar.

And true.

A bad feeling ignited in his heart, he dropped the horse rope and walked quickly up the long slope, and just as he thought, at the end of the long slope, not to mention the bamboo archway of the 'Wuyu Villa', the entire forest

The villa disappeared as if it had never existed, leaving only this wide open space, and where he had lived for the past ten years, not even a trace of a human was left.

The scene of the past ten years appeared in Zhuo Hua's mind. He was rescued by the old man from his mansion, and went to this remote and uninhabited village to heal his injuries and practice swordsmanship day and night. The people and things in the village were like a dream of his. However,

The contents of the package and the wooden sword in his hand both showed that this was not an illusion.

He looked around and walked down the slope in despair. It happened that the woman had also settled her horses and was walking up to Zhuohua. She saw that there were no houses up and down the slope, so she asked curiously: "You

Didn't you say you wanted to lead me to your home? Why, I see there isn't even a piece of rubble in this place. Is it getting late now and you led me the wrong way?"

Zhuo Hua stared into her eyes, shook his head and said: "No, I have lived here for so long, and I am very familiar with every plant and tree here. Even the houses in this area have been razed to the ground, but this long slope

You can't fool anyone with the bamboo forest clearing at the bottom of the slope." The woman said in surprise: "What? You mean to say that during the days you were out, the ground we stepped on was originally connected.

There is not even a trace of the bamboo house now?"

Zhuo Hua nodded silently. He was still lucky. There were so many similar places in the world, not to mention that in this countryside, the bamboo groves everywhere were roughly the same. So he went down the slope to take a look at the bamboo grove for practicing swordsmanship.

It's the stream that grows from small to large.

Seeing that he was so lost, the woman couldn't say anything and followed him downhill.

Walking to the bottom of the slope, he looked at the all-too-familiar bamboo forest and Changxi. Where else could it be if it wasn't his old place where he had stayed for ten years? His heart completely sank, and he sat leaning against the old tree by the stream.

.

The woman stood next to him and complained silently: "I thought I would have a place to sleep well today, but I didn't want to walk so long to get to this place, which is still a barren mountain. It seems that I can only stay here tonight.

This is a wilderness."

Zhuo Hua didn't hear what she said at all. At this moment, he was in a state of confusion. He couldn't help but think that the group of people had found this place and massacred the village in the past few days when he was away?

He raised his head and looked at the woman. At this moment, the hazy moonlight was shining on her face, accompanied by the dots of starlight behind her. She really looked like an exquisite jade sculpture. Perhaps she was worried about gain and loss, Zhuohua slowly exhaled a breath and asked

She asked: "Could there be an attack by bandits or something like that?"

The woman raised her brows slightly, shook her head and said, "I definitely won't. If there is an enemy attack, how can they tear down all the houses without leaving any traces. Besides, according to what you said, there are buildings both below and on the slope."

Even if the structure of the house is loose, but if you want to do it in a few days, it will take a team of dozens of people at least, which is obviously not an easy task. Maybe during the few days you are out, your family will not know

Because of why I moved out of here, I haven’t had time to tell you yet.”

After listening to her words, Zhuo Hua finally came to his senses and thought, yes, if there is really an attack by bandits, just kill people and buy goods here, why bother to go to all the trouble to demolish the houses here? Thinking of this, he felt

When I reached deep concentration, the stone in my heart finally fell away.

Seeing that he was still silent, the woman had no choice but to continue: "There is not even a trace of human habitation in this place for dozens of miles. It will be really cold and hungry here. You should think of some ways to get some food."

Come on, just light a fire."

When Zhuo Hua came back to his senses, he heard her silently complaining beside him, and felt a sense of guilt in his heart. He originally wanted to go back to the villa before leaving, but who would have thought that it would be like this. He slowly stood up from under the tree.

Get up and prepare to pick up some dead branches and light a fire to keep warm.

Fortunately, it was late autumn at this moment, and there was not much else in this barren mountain and wilderness, except for the countless dead branches and leaves. Within a moment, Zhuohua came back with a large armful of branches, and found them in the open space beside the stream.

He set up a pile of wood and took out the firewood that the old man had prepared for him from the package. Fortunately, he had prepared some dry food from the restaurant before leaving, so he would not be hungry this time.

The moonlight was getting thicker, and the two people sat facing each other against the tree and looked at each other without saying anything more. There was only the crackling sound of burning wood in the air, and the night became even darker and quieter.

Not long after, it was the woman who spoke first, "You don't have to think too much of the worst. If you can keep silent for a few days and look for traces, I feel more like you are hiding from an enemy or something."

Enemies? Zhuo Hua's heart moved, could it be? The woman asked again: "When did you learn swordsmanship from your master? Do you know if your master has any enemies?"

Zhuo Hua thought for a moment and realized that the old man had repeatedly warned him not to tell others what happened in Kuizhou. He then said, "I have lived here with Master since I can remember, and I have never heard of Master doing anything like this."

What kind of enemy?" After saying that, he changed the topic and continued: "I have really been obsessed with you since the day we first met. First, I caused you to be captured by those people, and then I agreed to bring you back to see my master, and then

You are reduced to sleeping with me in this deserted mountain."

The woman frowned and said angrily: "Who slept with you?" When he thought about the previous incident, he actually still remembered it in his heart, and his impression of the young man in front of him became a little better, so he said softly: "

You and I are strangers to each other, but we are able to fight against injustice, and our chivalrous hearts have been shown. Besides, didn't we escape from that religion in a good way? As for what we are doing now, it is unexpected. At worst, we are here under the tree by the stream.

How about meditating all night and leaving at dawn?"

Seeing that she didn't complain much, Zhuo Hua felt very relieved. How could he object to what she said? After hearing this, he nodded sharply. Then he suddenly remembered that after spending the whole day together, he had never asked her her name.

Thinking that outside the main hall, Mr. Cai had called her princess, Zhuohua thought for a moment and said: "I have been tired this day and I still don't know the girl's name. When I ran away earlier, I heard your uncle Cai calling you princess behind me, and then...
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