The heavy rain continued all night, and it seemed as if it was about to cleanse the world again, but it suddenly stopped in the early morning of the next day. The clouds opened and the fog dispersed, and the morning sun shone brightly.
God's change of attitude is really unreasonable.
The bluestone slabs of the Taoist temple have been washed away and are spotless. The remaining water light reflects the morning sun and is very dazzling.
After a quick breakfast and some incense, we got ready and set off.
Qin Wanwan opened the curtain and looked out the window at the green scenery after the new rain. The scent of earth, rain, flowers, grass and trees was on the tip of her nose, and she felt relaxed and happy.
But Qin Wanwan felt a little worried. She couldn't resist last night and fell asleep before Song Chen left, and she slept very deeply.
When she woke up in the morning, Yin Zhuang was guarding her, but when she arrived last night, Qin Wanwan was already asleep.
She was feeling inexplicably unhappy, and her guard against Song Chen was lowered, because he kept getting closer, subtly letting her get used to his scent.
I'm sorry, this must never happen again in the future.
Qin Wanwan's little trouble obviously cannot affect Song Chen, after all, he is not in a good mood either.
After Suyang, counting the distance, it would take nearly seven days to reach Nanxiang, mainly because they stopped and stopped along the way and the speed was also slow.
Counting the days on her fingers, her heart becomes more and more congested as she counts, so she doesn't like to go out and spends all her time on the road.
Song Chen obviously saw that she was depressed and wanted to go on a trip to the mountains and rivers, but Qin Wanwan didn't want to go, and their main purpose was to see Qin Yan. After all the fun, she was too embarrassed to see her brother.
"nail!"
Suddenly an arrow was nailed to the outer wall of the carriage with such force that the tail of the arrow trembled and made a buzzing sound, followed by several more.
"Quick, there's an assassin!"
Arrows rained round after round, the horses were injured and neighed, the guards were injured and cried out in pain, and some people rushed forward against the arrows to fight with the people who were ambushing in the dark.
There were obviously more than one group of people coming to assassinate. A group of guards were attracted from above and rushed forward. Someone from the other side immediately rushed forward: "Kill!"
Qin Wanwan's hand holding the book tightened slightly, and the next moment her palm was wrapped by a dry hand: "I'm not afraid."
Song Chen held her palm in one hand and his own sword in the other. His face was calm and his brows were firm, ready to fight with others at any time.
When Qin Wanwan turned around, she saw the sharp coldness and irresistible majesty in his eyes. Is this the real him?
Since the other party dares to assassinate him, he must be well prepared. Even though the guards around Song Chen are all good at blocking ten, it is not easy to deal with it.
The fight only lasted for a quarter of an hour. The coachman firmly held the carriage steady and blocked the attack from the horse.
All the sounds of fighting stopped, and Song Chen opened the curtain and went out. Obviously, they still won this time, but the victory was also difficult.
More than half of the one hundred guards were casualties, eleven of them died, and the rest were seriously injured. The accompanying doctor was extremely busy dealing with dozens of seriously injured patients.
Qin Wanwan got off the carriage and saw at a glance eleven corpses covered with cloth beside the hillside.
The guard was usually cold and taciturn, but now he was especially silent, as silent as death.
They followed the regent on the battlefield and massacred countless people. They were the feared bodyguards of the regent, but they were also human beings. How could they not be sad if the brothers they lived with every day lost their lives?
"Why did you come down?"
Song Chen came over and consciously stood in the direction of the corpse, trying to block something.
"It's safer to get back in the carriage. Pack up and be on the road soon."
Qin Wanwan couldn't do anything by herself, so she didn't object and returned to the carriage obediently.
The carriage moved again, much faster than before, just to transport the wounded to the next town.
"Since I don't want to live anymore, I will help them and pass on the order. No one will be left behind."
"yes."
With murderous intent and anger, he is the fierceness and majesty that a regent should have.
Qin Wanwan paused and turned back to her room.
It only took two hours for the injured to be left behind, the dead bodies to be taken away for burial, and the vacancies were quickly filled.
It was already dark after everything was done, so we could only stay overnight and leave tomorrow.
What we stayed in today was not a post house, but an inn, surrounded by three buildings, with a very well-kept courtyard in the middle.
After Qin Wanwan washed herself, she sat on the corridor on the second floor to get some air. A small light slowly flew up from below. She carefully stretched out the fan in her hand, and the bright light fell gently on it. It was a firefly.
The fireflies just fell for a moment and suddenly flew up again. Qin Wanwan looked along and saw that countless fireflies had flown in from nowhere, spinning and dancing around the sky in front of her, like stars falling and swaying all over the sky.
Thousands of brilliance fell into the eyes, extremely bright.
"Wow, it's so beautiful." Yin Zhuang was also fascinated.
It's not like they've never seen fireflies before, they just haven't seen so many of them.
Qin Wanwan unconsciously stretched out her hand, and several fireflies circled around her hand several times. Finally, one of them landed gently and hugged her fingertips.
"It's so magical." Yin Zhuang also stretched out her hand, but Fireflies didn't show any respect, and none of them fell into her hands. She simply grabbed it, grabbed it, and put it in her purse. She could still see the luster from the outside.
Perhaps sensing the danger, the fireflies all fled back and then flew higher into the sky.
Qin Wanwan was mesmerized by the scene in front of her and refused to come back to her senses for a long time. When she finally felt a little tired and was about to get up, Yin Zhuang was no longer beside her. Instead, Song Chen came to her side at some unknown time.
He didn't know how long he stood there, but several fireflies landed on his head and shoulders.
The cold white light reflected his delicate face, and at this moment he was so handsome that he didn't look like a mortal.
Song Chen also looked down at her and saw that those eyes not only reflected the starlight, but also reflected him.
His throat moved slightly, and he lowered his head unconsciously, getting close enough to smell each other's breath, and then reached out to catch the firefly trying to steal the scent.
"It's getting late, go to bed early."
"Did you scare me today? I asked someone to prepare some calming tea. If you can't sleep, you can drink some."
As he spoke, he touched the top of her head and said, "Don't worry, I said I would protect you and never let these little things hurt you at all."
Qin Wanwan avoided his hand and turned her head, her expression unclear.
In the next five days, because Qin Wanwan insisted, she didn't really go sightseeing. She just rested for a while at a place with beautiful scenery before leaving.
During this period, he was assassinated twice, one by poisoning and the other openly on the street.
But just as Song Chen promised, no one could hurt Qin Wanwan.
Not to mention the strong martial arts of those guards, even if a fish slipped through the net occasionally, Yin Zhuang and Ye Lan were not vegetarians and could not come to Song Chen at all, let alone Qin Wanwan who was being protected by Song Chen.
Finally, after walking this journey for nearly half a month, we arrived in Nanxiang.