"...Maybe it's just the movement of some kind of beast."
Zhao Yun returned everything to normal.
After hearing the legend about Wuwu Forest, not only was he not curious, but he wanted to give up Ning Qingyan's idea of exploring.
This alone is very strange.
Especially, after Ning Qingyan proposed a 'temptation' that might be useful to him, he still remained unmoved...
This series of anomalies made Ning Qingyan feel even more strange!
‘Zhao Yun, what secrets do you have?’ Ning Qingyan asked herself in her heart.
This trial seemed to get some of the answers she wanted, but it seemed like she got nothing.
"Madam, let's go back."
Zhao Yun's suddenly gentle voice made Ning Qingyan's heart tremble inexplicably.
This was the first time he called her 'madam' after the two had a cold war.
An extremely ordinary title, but it caused ripples in Ning Qingyan's heart, reminding her of someone's kindness to her when she was in Zhongdu.
However, after a moment, her heartbeat returned to calm, and Zhao Yun's voice could no longer cause any waves.
Ning Qingyan raised her eyes and met Zhao Yun's eyes. Before she could refuse, she suddenly felt the ground beneath her feet tremble a few times.
"careful!"
When Ning Qingyan was swaying, she suddenly felt Zhao Yun's voice coming from her ears, and her hand was grasped tightly by a slightly cold palm, and he pulled her whole body into his arms.
Before the commotion underfoot subsided, the frightened roars of all beasts rang out in the Wuwu Forest, which had fallen asleep.
Suddenly, the terrifying atmosphere of Wuwu Forest was filled.
Ning Qingyan's right hand was tightly grasped, and there was another hand on her waist, tightly holding her slender waist.
I don't know if the two of them were too close, or if the atmosphere was too tense. Ning Qingyan was distracted and felt that her clenched right hand was a little hot, and the covered area on her waist was also faintly...
Heat.
"It's not advisable to stay here for a long time. I'm afraid there will be a new wave of beasts. Let's go back first and don't worry grandpa." Zhao Yun's voice said quickly in Ning Qingyan's ear.
Ning Qingyan could not refute his words and could only nod in agreement.
Anyway, the Forest of Wuwu is right in front of you, and everything can be discussed in the long term!
After the two reached an agreement, Zhao Yun let go of his hand around her waist, but still held her right hand tightly. "It's too dark, so let's hold hands and walk to avoid getting separated."
"..." The reason was so reasonable that Ning Qingyan could not object.
There were more and more roars in the forest, and the tremors on the ground were also mixed with some tremors of different frequencies.
The two of them quickly ran towards the outside of Wuwu Forest.
…
The walls of the border city were brightly lit that night, with torches lighting up every corner.
Ning Yan was wearing battle armor and standing on the city wall, feeling extremely anxious.
The person who searched has not returned yet, and neither has his granddaughter.
Ning Yan told herself over and over again, wait, wait.
No news came back, which at least meant that everyone was safe and sound.
But he also made a decision in his heart. If no one came back after another hour, he would personally lead his troops into the Forest of Wuwu.
But at this moment, there was sudden movement on the other side of Wuwu Forest.
The first person to discover this was the sentry standing on the watchtower. He first saw sporadic torches appearing outside the Wuwu Forest, as if someone was coming out of the Wuwu Forest.
Immediately afterwards, I felt that something was wrong in Wuwu Forest. The forest, which was originally silent in the dark night, seemed like a wild beast that had been awakened.
"Old General, there is something strange happening in Wuwu Forest!"
The sentry immediately spread the news.
Ning Yan's heart trembled and she immediately rushed towards the watchtower.
However, as soon as he took a step, he felt weak under his legs and almost threw himself forward.
"Old General, be careful!" Fortunately, the deputy general beside him had quick eyesight and quick hands to hold him up.
Ning Yan steadied herself, suppressed the fear in her heart, and then pretended to be calm and continued walking forward.
Going up to the watchtower, Ning Yan also saw the light of those torches. The night was too dark, and he couldn't really see what was going on in the Wuwu Forest.
At this time, his only hope is that among those torches, there is his granddaughter and Prince Ding!
…
The three hundred people who were also rushing towards the outside of Wuwu Forest also noticed something was wrong.
The vibrations from the depths of the Wuwu Forest quickly spread to the outside.
The movement under their feet forced everyone to stop.
"What happened? Is it an earthquake?"
Ning Qing grabbed the arm of a clan relative next to her to steady herself.
Earthquake?
He successfully led everyone's thoughts in this direction.
Even when they vaguely heard the roar of beasts coming from the depths of the Wuwu Forest, everyone thought it was the restlessness of the beasts caused by the earthquake.
"Master Ning is still inside!" Ning Qinglin's expression changed.
Zhao Xingmeng's face also looked ugly.
Ning Qingyan was not only his royal aunt, but also his voluntary master. He couldn't just watch something happen to her inside.
"Where are you going?" When Zhao Xingmeng turned around and walked inside, he was grabbed by Fukawa.
Zhao Xingmeng looked sideways and said, "I'll go pick up Master."
Fukawa increased the force in his hands, "Just wake up, it's so big inside, where are you going to respond? Maybe, on your way to respond, Master Ning has already come out from the other direction."
"Are we just going to go back without caring about it?" Zhao Xingmeng swung hard and broke free from Fuchuan's restraint.
Fukawa frowned, his facial features tense.
He could understand Zhao Xingmeng's mood, but he subconsciously felt that he had to carry out Ning Qingyan's order.
The two were in a stalemate, and Ning Qingke stood up and said: "Why don't we split into two, and one part of the people will take this guy out and send him to the border town according to what Lord Ning said, and the rest will go back to meet Lord Ning.
"
This is indeed a good idea!
Both Zhao Xingmeng and Fuchuan acquiesced to Ning Qingke's proposal.
Ning Qingke immediately said: "Ning Qingze, Ning Qinglin, Ning Qing and you three, take your respective subordinates and return to the border town immediately to explain everything to the old general. Zhao Xingmeng, Fuchuan and I will take the remaining people with us.
, return to the original route to meet Lord Ning."
The three hundred people quickly separated and followed this plan.
Fortunately, they had been outside the Wuwu Forest for a long time and were quite familiar with the situation outside. The first half of the journey back to find someone was not difficult.
…
The two people who were also rushing out were much faster than the others.
Originally it was Zhao Yun who pulled Ning Qingyan away, but at some point it was Ning Qingyan who took Zhao Yun away.
Suddenly, Ning Qingyan stopped.
Zhao Yun almost missed hitting her, and when he stopped in time, a wisp of the girl's fragrance penetrated his nose and touched his heartstrings.
"What's wrong?" He kept his voice steady, not daring to let the girl know anything.
Fortunately, Ning Qingyan's attention was not on him at this time. She was just feeling the vibrations coming from under her feet. She frowned and asked, "Have you ever felt that the vibrations coming from the ground are very regular?"