Even if they encountered such an inevitable situation, when Zhong Qingye and Yanzi walked to Tianshan Town, it was already late at night the next day. The two were in a state of embarrassment and managed to walk to the entrance of Tianshan Town, looking around Yanzi.
After looking at it for a few times, he said uneasily: "Miss, where should we go first?"
Because there was no water or rice for two days and two nights, Yanzi's voice was extremely hoarse and strong. Compared to her, Zhong Qingye was much better. Although it was uncomfortable, it was still far from her limit.
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Zhong Qingye smiled slightly and pointed towards a horse road: "Let's go to the inn, someone is waiting for us."
"Is there someone waiting for us?" Yanzi blinked his sore eyes: "Who is it?"
"Xi Zang." Zhong Qingye said with a smile.
Xi Zang has a precocious personality, a tenacious character, and is very smart. Two days ago, Zhong Qingye ordered him to leave first just in case of any emergency. With the child's intelligence, he will be able to return to Tianshan Town smoothly according to the way he came.
What happened next was beyond everyone's expectations. Zhong Qingye didn't expect it to be delayed for such a long time, but she didn't come out, and Xi Zang would never leave easily. The best way is to stay at the inn where the two of them stayed before.
Fortunately, Xi Zang also brought some money with him just in case, so it shouldn't be a big problem to support the rent for two or three days.
So, he must still be in that room.
"Xi Zang?" Yanzi swallowed, turned his head and thought for a while, then he suddenly realized: "Miss, are you talking about that child?"
Zhong Qingye nodded and walked straight towards the inn with Yanzi. Although she was fine, Yanzi would have collapsed after two days and two nights of trekking without water or food. If he didn't rest or eat, he would definitely collapse.
"But the child is still very young, he won't have..." Yanzi asked hesitantly.
"No." Zhong Qingye replied as he walked: "Although Xi Zang is young, he is a very smart child and must know what to do."
Yanzi nodded in understanding, because her mouth was already dry after two days without water, and she wouldn't want to say anything more unless she was really curious.
After these two days of getting along, and witnessing what Zhong Qingye did, and relying on her ability to save the day from danger several times, Yanzi gradually came to a realization that as long as Zhong Qingye thinks there is no problem, then
There must be no problem. Now even if Zhong Qingye said that the emperor would die in two days, she might still believe it.
Many times, in an extremely barren and dangerous environment, people's judgment will gradually become lost, and a kind of self-filtering will occur like a magnifying glass. If a very powerful person appears at this time, and that person can just protect themselves. People's
The subconscious mind will take effect, amplifying the other party's extreme strength to hint to yourself that everything will be fine.
Yan Zi is in this situation now, blindly pursuing Zhong Qingye when his judgment is lost.
Until this time, Zhong Qingye was grateful that thanks to the Tianshan Town's rule of not going out at night, she and Yanzi could walk on the street with arrogance. If it were another town, people would have seen her and Yanzi together.
The bloodstains and weird dressing up would mean he would be turned away and sent to the government.
Even so, Zhong Qingye still tried his best to lead Yanzi along the shadows, and soon reached the downstairs of the inn. The inn was dark and the door was closed. Zhong Qingye pried open the door and led Yanzi, who had been accustomed to seeing strange things in the past few days.
Yan Zi quickly dodged in and carefully closed the door.
Arriving at the door of the room where she lived a few days ago, Zhong Qingye just wanted to open the door, but stopped moving. Xi Zang, a child with a vigilant personality, might be attacked if he went in rashly. After thinking about it, she reached out and knocked.
He opened the door and whispered: "Xi Zang..."
As soon as the voice fell, the door was opened with a swish. Seeing the two people at the door, the child's eyes flashed with surprise in the darkness, but quickly disappeared. He turned sideways to let the two of them in, and closed them gently.
door.
As soon as Yanzi's buttocks landed on the stool, all his strength was exhausted, and he immediately lay on the table like a puddle of mud, unable to move.
Xi Zang lit the candle, and through the light he could see clearly the embarrassment the two of them were in, as well as the cloth strips wrapped around Zhong Qingye's body and the solidified blood stains. He suddenly frowned: "What's going on?"
Zhong Qingye smiled bitterly and shook his head: "It's hard to explain. Is there anything to eat in the room? Get some for Yanzi, she has been hungry for two days."
Xi Zang was stunned, turned around, took out the dry food from the package, put it on the table, and poured two more glasses of water in the direction of the two of them. Zhong Qingye smiled slightly, picked up the water glass, drank it all in one gulp, and poured another full glass.
After drinking it, he regained his composure and said with a smile: "Thank you."
As for Yan Zi, probably because he smelled the aroma of dry food, he immediately recovered from the original muddy state, grabbed it and stuffed it into his mouth, wolfing it down like a starving ghost.
Zhong Qingye shook his head and was about to speak when Xi Zan asked again: "What happened?"
"Can you please restrain your curiosity first?" Zhong Qingye rolled his eyes: "Isn't your master seriously injured now? Why don't you get some medicine and bandage me quickly? There's still an arrow in my body that I haven't removed yet.
Come out."
Xi Zang was stunned, stood up and opened the strip of cloth on Zhong Qingye's back shoulder. He frowned slightly at the bloody wound. He rarely talked to Zhong Qingye and turned around to get the medicine and gauze inside the package.
Xi Zang's package was prepared by Feng Jin. Although it was not big, it had a complete range of items. It was like a small treasure box. From this side, it was clear that Feng Jin had a heart as delicate as dust.
Facts have proved that Yan Zi, a girl of 17 or 18, is very weak and cannot even compete with a seven-year-old child. With Xi Zang's help, Zhong Qingye cleaned the wound, re-bandaged the medicine, changed clothes and washed his face
, start eating only after the whole thing is fine.
Xi Zang asked for the third time: "What's going on?"
After all, children are more curious than adults.
Zhong Qingye raised the dry food in his hand and bit off a piece. While eating, he briefly described what happened after he left. In his plain voice, Xi Zang's expression changed repeatedly and his brows furrowed.
After Zhong Qingye finished speaking, he asked: "What about your side? Did anything go wrong while I was away?"
Xi Zang waved his hand and pointed at Yanzi. Zhong Qingye was stunned for a moment, and then he realized that the girl Yanzi was so exhausted that she fell asleep on the table with a piece of dry food in her mouth. Zhong Qingye smiled bitterly and shook his head.
Standing up: "After these two days of trekking, it's really hard to force her. I'll put her on the bed first. If she doesn't rest, she will collapse."
Xi Zang was noncommittal and watched as Qingye picked up Yanzi, walked into the inner room and put her on the bed. He took out the dry food from her mouth and covered her with a quilt. Then he walked out and closed the door thoughtfully.
"It's true, you are quite gentle sometimes." Xi Zang said half mockingly, half sighing, his expression neither sad nor happy.
Zhong Qingye stretched out his hand and gave him a slap in the face rudely, sat down on the chair, and continued to fight with the dry food: "Your master, I have always been very gentle. I haven't had any problems in the past two days."
"It's out." Xi Zang replied carelessly, which scared Zhong Qingye who was drinking water and almost choked. He raised his head and said, "Isn't it so unlucky..."
"I did it." Xi Zang poured himself a glass of water and took a slow sip: "I deliberately spread the news in the city to trap you in the bandits' den and your whereabouts were unknown. If it happened,
If Qi Mo is really capable, he should have received it long ago."
He tilted his head and suddenly showed a half-smiling expression: "Since two days ago, there have suddenly been many strange people in Tianshan Town. If my estimate is correct, Qi Mo should have rushed over.
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Zhong Qingye twitched the corner of his mouth and said with a stiff expression: "Then you are really an incredible child."
"Although I don't know what you mean, thank you for the compliment." Xi Zang replied with an expression on his face, glanced at Zhong Qingye, was silent for a while, and suddenly said lightly: "You know the reason."
Zhong Qingye pursed her lips and remained silent. It was because she knew that she felt complicated.
Essentially, Xi Zang did this because he didn't want anything to happen to Zhong Qingye, but fundamentally speaking, it was really for himself.
Zhong Qingye often said that he is a smart child, and this compliment is true. Xi Zang is indeed very smart, and due to the big change, his character has matured overnight. He knows very well that he has everything now, and the reason why he can do well
My whole life is all thanks to Zhong Qingye.
Xi Zang knew that the only one he could rely on now was Zhong Qingye. If Zhong Qingye died like this, or his whereabouts were unknown from now on, Qi Mo would be so angry that he would go crazy. Qi Mo would take him in because of Zhong Qingye's sake.
If Zhong Qingye is gone, he will also lose the qualification to establish himself in Prince Rui's Mansion.
Without Zhong Qingye's blessing, with his current ability, even if he is not killed by Qi Mo, he will be kicked out of Prince Rui's Mansion. There is no room for change at all. And if he wants to use Qi Mo's hand to take revenge, he will become
An unattainable dream.
So no matter what, Zhong Qingye cannot die.
Although Xi Zhang didn't know why Zhong Qingye had been missing for two days and two nights, he could guess that there must have been some accident, and he himself was not capable of breaking into the bandits' den to find her whereabouts alone. So the best thing was
The way is to notify Qi Mo as soon as possible and borrow his power to ensure Zhong Qingye's safety and his own safety at the same time.
Xi Zang knew that Qi Mo had been secretly looking for Zhong Qingye. With Qi Mo's power, he didn't even need to come forward. As long as he secretly released the news, Qi Mo would soon know everything here.
Sure enough, what he thought was right, Qi Mo did get the news, but at this time, she came back with Yanzi,
Zhong Qingye narrowed his eyes slightly. This kid has such scheming intentions at his age. I really can't tell whether it's a good thing or a bad thing.