Huan Ci sighed: "Except for the one who went to explore the road first, the rest of the people we brought are dead. Just now we escaped together, and I was discovered before I could leave. Fortunately, she ran out, and I don't know where she is now.
where?"
The dark room was damp and cold, and Huan Ci couldn't help but lean against the man.
"It's so remote here. Even if she finds reinforcements, she may not be able to find us. We won't die here, right?" she said dejectedly.
"I just didn't expect that I would die with you." She spoke again before Fu Shen could respond.
For a long time, the man didn't reply. In the confusing darkness, Huan Ci could only hear his weak breathing.
"You-" she paused and asked almost silently, "do you hate me particularly?"
"Um."
Huan Ci grinned bitterly.
Although she was well prepared, her heart seemed to be pinched, making her a little breathless.
"I failed you." She murmured.
"Um."
"What a pity," she shook her head regretfully, "I thought things had turned around. Who knows what fate can do to people."
In a flash of lightning, the scene on the cliff that night appeared again in her mind.
Huan Ci leaned against the wall weakly, thinking about all the accidents in recent days.
"Are the Yong people who assassinated Zong Zhengche the same group as those who attacked us?" She turned to look at Fu Shen.
No matter how much she made excuses for Fu Shen, the person who assassinated Zong Zhengche that day was inseparable from him. But since they had colluded, why did those people turn around to deal with Fu Shen? They caught her and Zong Zhengtang
What's the purpose?
"Tell me, is it the old thief Zong Zhengyuan who sought the skin of a tiger, and was bitten by the tiger in the end?" she asked.
There was no sound in the darkroom for a long time, and Huan Ci gradually lost his patience.
"Why do you want to help him? He is incompetent, suspicious and fickle. He is not the wise king you want to help."
"But he is the emperor."
"Huh!" Huan Ci stood up and looked at him angrily, "As long as he is around, the government and the public will not be able to live in peace. My father and I have endured this for too long, and we will not sit still and wait for death."
"No one wants you to sit still and wait for death." Fu Shen's voice was particularly clear, "I just hope that the most people can be saved by shedding the least blood."
"I know what you mean. You should tell Zong Zhengyuan what you said." Huan Ci said coldly, "Didn't you see what kind of life the people lived on the road from Yingdu to Puzhou?
?He only cares about his own enjoyment and only knows about internal fighting. He is the one who deserves blood the most."
"You're right." Fu Shen coughed twice and agreed.
Huan Ci opened his mouth, but he blocked his next words.
"Then why are you?" she asked in a low voice.
"No matter what you face, you have to try it before you know whether you can do it." The man's smile was a bit bitter, but Huan Ci didn't notice it in the darkness.
She suddenly remembered something from the past.
That year when she was studying in the academy disguised as a man, Fu Shen also said something similar.
It was her first time touching arrows. She and Fu Shen were assigned together, and then they had to compete with two other men.
At that time, Fu Shen was still a dabbler, and she knew nothing about it. She didn't want to be embarrassed, so she planned to give up very early.
As a result, Fu Shen scolded her and dragged her to the shooting range to practice archery right after school.
Although they did not win the competition, their archery skills have improved a lot. Over the years, Huan Ci would always practice archery when he was bored, and now he is considered a master. As for Fu Shen, look at how he was in the imperial court that day.
When Zheng Che shot the arrow, he knew that he must be practicing diligently.
"I'm sleepy, I want to sleep." She yawned and sat down next to Fu Shen.
She was woken up as soon as she fell asleep last night, and she couldn't rest for a moment because she was anxious on the way. Now that she saw that Fu Shen was still alive, even though the two of them were locked up here, she actually breathed a sigh of relief.
It doesn't seem so bad to die with him.
She leaned lightly on Fu Shen's shoulder and relaxed after a while.
The man's body froze, and he almost forgot to breathe at that moment. Feeling Huan Ci's head becoming heavier and heavier, Fu Shen knew that she had really fallen asleep.
She seemed to be dreaming and kept talking in her sleep. It was just that her voice was too vague, or maybe he was too unconscious, so he couldn't hear a word clearly.
His body became hotter and hotter, and his chest became more and more uncomfortable. Looking at the sleeping woman, Fu Shen still endured it silently. However, some things could not be tolerated after all, and finally, he began to cough violently.
This movement immediately woke Huan Ci up.
She looked at the man's blurry outline in surprise and reached out to cover his forehead.
"You have a fever."
"Don't worry about me." Fu Shen held her hand and moved it away.
"How can this be done? It's a pity that I only brought the golden sore medicine." Huan Ci curled his lips.
"It's okay, we are going to die anyway." Fu Shen said with a smile.
Immediately afterwards, he received a solid slap on the back of his head.
"What nonsense are you talking about?" Huan Ci stared at him displeased, but soon regretted it.
"You must hold on, I'll find the exit." She put some dry grass behind Fu Shen and wanted to go to the door in the dark to have a look.
But the man held her tightly and had no intention of letting her go.
"There's no exit, don't go." He suddenly buried his head on her shoulder and hugged her tightly with his arms.
Huan Ci was stunned for a moment, and then began to stroke his hair gently.
The man's scalding temperature could still reach her body through the fabric, and a fine line of sweat slowly wetted her clothes.
"I can't help you, I shouldn't have let you go to the capital."
After a long time, the person in his arms suddenly made a low voice.
Huan Ci smiled to himself.
In fact, when she received the secret order, the first thing she thought about was to see him again.
She took out her handkerchief and wiped his sweat, and said softly: "Don't think about this, just take a good rest."
I don’t know what time it was, but the two people in the darkroom finally calmed down. A man and a woman fell asleep close to each other, supporting each other.
When Sweeper arrived, this was what he saw.
Zong Zhengtang, who followed him in, froze on the spot, looking at this scene unexpectedly and calmly.
Fu Shen was leaning on Huan Ci, with his head buried on her shoulder. Huan Ci was leaning against the wall, holding Fu Shen's shoulders with his arms, sleeping soundly.
In fact, she was not surprised. She had already heard about the two of them. But she would always deliberately not listen and always make excuses for them. Just like now, she still wanted to believe that they just hugged each other to keep warm.
The crowd's voices first alarmed Fu Shen. He slowly opened his eyes and looked at the intruder warily.
Saoye raised his eyebrows and hurriedly walked in front of him to block the view of the group behind him. After peeking at the frowning woman in the man's arms, he said softly: "Fortunately, Third Master left a mark outside.
This place is too hard to find.”
Fu Shen hurriedly looked down at the sleeping woman and breathed a sigh of relief.
When Sao Ye saw the warning in his eyes, Monk Zhang Er was really confused.