The heavy rain showed no sign of stopping. The raindrops hit the window lattice, making a sound like drum beats.

Shen Yuexi lit the last charcoal brazier, sat down on the floor, held up her soaked body with cold hands, tilted her head and gasped: "It's...it's saved."

The heavy downpour finally stopped above her head. Once she relaxed, she felt that all the strength in her body was being drained.

This room is located on the second floor of Longsheng Inn. It is one of the best rooms in the entire inn. The last time Mrs. Li and her daughter came here, she booked this room for herself. This time she escaped here on a rainy night. I chose this place again.

And as the only place to eat and stay in the town, she felt that there should be some ingredients available in the inn's kitchen.

Three hot charcoal basins illuminated the originally dark room with red. Xiao Zhuo sat on the floor like her, with water dripping from his sleeves, steaming under the scorching charcoal fire. He was dripping wet. His dark hair was plastered on his handsome cheeks, and he was looking at her with his head tilted.

Shen Yuexi glanced at Xiao Zhuo. Sure enough, he was still looking at her blankly, and a small flame of anger immediately sprang up in his heart.

What a man that makes her worried...

In the rain, she tried every method she could think of, but Xiao Zhuo just refused to move a step.

He was very quiet and didn't yell. He just kept looking at her steadily. His dull eyes were a bit inquisitive, as if he couldn't recognize who she was, and he seemed to be trying to see some secrets from her face. In Shen Yuexi's view, he is a bit like a stubborn student who is struggling with a difficult problem and will not move a step until he figures it out.

But she didn't have time to explore what Xiao Zhuo was thinking, as nothing mattered more than saving her life.

In desperation, she remembered a crooked trick that Dr. Hua had told her before leaving.

"Don't you want to drink chicken soup?" Shen Yuexi seduced Xiao Zhuo in a coaxing tone, pointing in the direction of Longsheng Town. "As long as you follow me, I will make chicken soup for you."

These words really had an effect. Probably because he was thinking about drinking chicken soup, he was actually willing to leave with her.

Shen Yuexi walked in front, and the two entered the Longsheng Inn through the muddy road, and climbed the creaking stairs to the second floor in the dark. Fortunately, the charcoal basin, flint, and charcoal were all available in the room, so they saved themselves the trouble of searching. .

After being hungry all day and being rained on for so long, she felt like her belly was about to touch her back.

Since I am tired and hungry now, and my back and legs are sore, I won't be angry with him.

She stretched out a small hand in her heart, extinguished the small flame, turned over and climbed up and said to Xiao Zhuo: "Husband must be hungry, right? You bake clothes first, wait for me to clean up the room, and then go to the kitchen downstairs to find some Come get something to eat.”

This man is not made of iron. He has injuries on his shoulders and has been exposed to the rain for so long. He must be very hungry.

The charcoal pots in the left and right rooms were all concentrated in this room, and the room was already getting hot. She first opened the window to ventilate, then took a torch and put it on the charcoal pot to ignite it, and lit the lamp on the table in the room to make the room bright. She got up. Then she pulled off the dusty sheets and quilt, and took out a clean mattress from the cabinet to replace it. She would definitely rest here tonight, she didn't like the house to be dirty.

Xiao Zhuo didn't speak. He watched her busy and suddenly whispered: "Chicken soup."

Shen Yuexi was startled for a moment, then picked up the torch and said warmly: "Okay, I'll go take a look. My husband is waiting here."

She originally wanted to stop being funny. Where did the chicken soup come from in this place? She was just trying to coax him, but this person actually took it seriously. But when she thought that Xiao Zhuo was groggy and crazy, she couldn't bear it, so she changed her tune. .

She held a torch and went down the stairs to the kitchen.

In the past, she was very afraid of the dark environment, and she only felt safe when Xiao Zhuo was around. Now she finds that she seems to be much bolder than before.

The kitchen was empty, with chopped firewood piled under the stove, a small pot on the stove, several bowls in the kitchen, and a kitchen knife standing on it.

She lowered the torch to see if there was any food like potatoes on the ground, even if they were sprouts.

After searching for a long time, I found nothing. I calculated on my fingers that the Jingzhou Army attacked this place years ago. Now, several months have passed, and all the ingredients have rotted.

Although she was full of disappointment, she still packed up the pots, bowls, kitchen knives and other items and took them to the second floor. She was almost exhausted and didn't want to go back and forth upstairs.

When he arrived in the room, Xiao Zhuo still sat obediently in front of the charcoal basin, staring at the charcoal fire, not knowing what he was thinking.

Shen Yuexi went to the open window first, washed the dusty pot in the rain, and collected a small amount of rainwater from the pot. She then moved it in and looked at it under the light. There seemed to be many tiny grains of sand in the water. Boil it It's okay to drink it, but I still feel it's not hygienic enough.

"Big Bear, make two liters of pure water." She ordered Big Bear in her mind.

In this way, you can drink clean boiled water.

She raised the edges of the charcoal basin, sat the pot on it, hugged her knees and stared blankly at the purified water slowly bubbling out strings of tiny bubbles in the pot.

Is it too pitiful to just drink boiled water when your stomach is growling with hunger?

"That chicken," Xiao Zhuo looked out the window and said very inappropriately, "it's gone."

Shen Yuexi was stretching out her hands to warm herself by the fire. When she heard what he asked, she almost couldn't help but jump up.

It’s really hard to forget about any pot. Not to mention chicken, there aren’t even any roots or leaves in the kitchen.

She didn't want to be angry, so she simply stood up and walked to the open window, wanting to take a few breaths of fresh air and calm down.

The rain fell from the eaves like broken beads, weaving into a rain curtain in front of her eyes.

Longsheng Town has long been an empty town, and she and Xiao Zhuo should be safe now. Qiang Lin and the secret guards risked their lives to protect herself and Xiao Zhuo, but she can do nothing for them anymore. Living well is the best thing for them. return.

Next, they must find a way to return to Xiaogang Village, which is their home. Doctor Hua insists on staying, and he does not know whether he is alive or dead. His son Hua Duoduo is a doctor at least, and he can be asked to prescribe some medicine for Xiao Zhuo to recuperate...

While she was thinking about it, there was a sudden fluttering sound outside the window, as if a big bird flew in and splashed the rain on her face. She instinctively squatted down with her head in her hands, turned around and looked into the house.

A colorful pheasant landed on the ground, holding a green vegetable leaf in its mouth, exploding its feathers to shake off the rainwater, and then flew out through the open door.

Shen Yuexi thought she was dazzled by hunger and was in a daze. Xiao Zhuo raised her finger and pointed at the door: "That chicken is gone again."

"It's a real chicken!" Shen Yuexi was so surprised that she suddenly gained strength, picked up the torch stuck at the door and chased him out.

Under the light of the fire, the pheasant was parked on the railing of the aisle on the second floor, tilting its head to comb its colorful feathers.

It's really not a dream.

It is a majestic and majestic big rooster, with round eyes shooting sharp light, a pointed beak like a curved silver hook, the dark green neck hair covering the neck like a soldier's iron armor, and the whole body is thick under the brown and black feathers. The powerful talons reminded her of an eagle's claws, and the long brown tail feathers resembled straight spears.

The three characters "not to be trifled with" are written all over his body.

Shen Yuexi suddenly became timid.

She remembered that when she and Xiao Zhuo were in the cave, it was the same pheasant that played tricks on her, and it was Xiao Zhuo who helped her solve the problem. Later, when they arrived in Daliang Village, those hens at Mrs. Lin's house... it was also Lin. My wife helped her solve it.

If the chickens she met before were compared to soldiers, then the big rooster in front of her would be a general, a commander-in-chief, and the king of chickens.

She is obviously a weak chicken, but she is once again faced with a situation where she needs to catch a chicken.

But no one helped her this time.

"You... you have to be good and let me catch you." Shen Yuexi stuck the torch on the wall of the corridor and slowly stretched out her hands, "My husband wants to drink chicken soup, I promised him."

Before she could get close, the alert pheasant spread its wings and flew to the counter near the door downstairs. Fortunately, Shen Yuexi closed the door after entering. Now the pheasant can only fly in the lobby on the first floor.

"Husband wants to drink chicken soup," Shen Yuexi shouted as she chased him down the stairs, "Since you brought it to my door, don't run away."

As long as it couldn't fly out of this house, she didn't believe she couldn't catch it.

I was in a hurry when I ran down the stairs, and my legs, which were already extremely sore, went weak. Fortunately, I hugged the handrail in time and didn't fall down the stairs directly.

The pheasant cooed and flew up again, landing behind the overturned table in the distance.

Shen Yuexi panted and went down the stairs, staring at the long tail dangling from the edge of the table, and tiptoed closer: "Don't even think about running away."

Xiao Zhuo was sitting in the house, and there was a commotion in his ears, including the crow of a chicken, the sound of flapping wings, the woman's screams, and the sound of tables and chairs being knocked over. Later, the woman actually started crying, and The more I cry, the louder the sound becomes.

Who is crying?

Ever since he stepped out of the military camp, his hazy and illusory consciousness had enveloped him like a boundless black fog. The crying that came from his ears gradually dissolved the black fog. Just because the crying made his heart suddenly break. It hurt.

Although the heartache was uncomfortable, it made his dying heart beat again.

Familiar yet unfamiliar scenes reappeared in his mind: he and the man were hiding from pursuit in the ruined temple, he baked eggs for the man in the cave, the man asked him to climb up the cliff on the back of a knife, and the two The people rolled down the hillside together, and the man lost consciousness in the river. Holding him tightly almost killed both of them...

That person was a vague shadow. He wanted to catch it but couldn't. But the cry guided him to get closer to the shadow step by step.

He raised his hands and held his head.

His consciousness gradually became clearer, and the departed reason returned to his body.

Thinking about it, when he thought he had lost everything and had no intention of surviving, that person came back to find him again and let him know that he had not everything...

It's Shen Yuexi.

He had obviously been completely defeated. He had lost his status as the prince, his army, and his subordinates. However, Shen Yuexi still stayed by his side, pulling the reins of his mount and running wildly together, holding his hand in the heavy rain. Mid-Trek…

Now, for her own sake, she is dragging her weak body to compete with the thing she has always been afraid of.

She couldn't catch the pheasant at all, she needed his help.

Xiao Zhuo stood up suddenly and walked out of the door quickly. He happened to see Shen Yuexi, who was crying and walking up the stairs.

He held on to the door frame and looked at her gradually becoming clearer.

Her slender body was wrapped in soaked clothes, and her dark wet hair was hanging loosely on her pale cheeks full of tear stains. Her expression was both happy and painful, and she was mumbling words that she didn't know what she was talking about. That mountain The chicken was held tightly in her arms, with one wing spread out to cover her arm. The pheasant was obviously not willing to be caught, and was kicking its claws wildly, and kept scratching the back of her hand with its sharp beak like a silver hook.

When he got closer, he finally heard what she was talking about.

"Don't peck my face, just peck the back of my hand... wuwu," she cried and muttered, "wuwu... it hurts."

It turns out that the reason why I cried so much was because I was pecked by a pheasant.

He thought she had failed again and needed his help. However, she gave him a big surprise.

Shen Yuexi also saw Xiao Zhuo standing at the door of the room.

There seemed to be something extra in his eyes. The eyes that were once two pools of stagnant water were now filled with ripples.

But she couldn't care less about observing these things carefully now. The chicken in her arms was so strong that she had to use all her strength to hold it. What was even more disgusting was that the chicken kept pecking at the back of her hand. Not only did it peck, but it also twisted.

A big living person was bullied like this by a chicken. It would be too embarrassing to tell anyone.

"Husband... Husband, you go back and warm the fire, and I will make chicken soup for you."

As soon as she said these words, the pheasant in her arms struggled even more fiercely. His two claws kicked her lower abdomen and broke away from her arms.
To be continued...