The feeling of fear hit her heart again. She suddenly entered Xiahou Lie's arms and hugged him tightly, even subconsciously relaxing her breathing.

Gradually, the voices outside seemed to gradually disappear, but the crazy barking of dogs made the three people in the cave understand that the people were not leaving, but gradually approaching them.

The surroundings were so quiet that Mu Qingwan felt that her joints were itchy and soft, just like fine and dense embroidery needles pricking on it one after another. She tried to calm herself down, but her hands were still very cold.

After a while, she finally heard the familiar voice sounding outside the cave, and she was so shocked that her whole body tense:

"Qing'er, I'll give you another last chance, to follow him or to follow me?"

His voice was low and sinister, mixed with the crazy barking of dogs, which sounded particularly creepy.

Her whole body was stiff and she felt something cold kissing her equally cold forehead. In the quiet air, she heard the man beside her say:

"Is it because I don't like to hear those dogs barking? Actually, I don't like it either."

She felt a big hand touching the middle of their tightly held bodies, and then, she saw only a few silver lights shooting out of the hole. The dogs whimpered and barked a few times, and then there was no more dog barking. Only the crowd was left with a chaotic sensation:

"Protect the Emperor!"

"Protect the Emperor!"

Xiahou Lie closed his eyes and took a deep breath, grabbed her hand, gritted his teeth and said:

"Wan, between the three of us, you are the only one who has the chance to survive in front of Helian Hengzhi. If you go out now, it is the time, otherwise this cave will be captured by them sooner or later..."

Mu Qingwan was shaking all over, grabbed his shoulders and faced him, and said anxiously:

"How can that be? We said that life and death should be followed!"

Xiahou Lie hugged her tightly, and his tall body was trembling. How could he bear to give up like this? However, he still couldn't do it if he wanted him to watch her die.

"Wan, I, Xiahou Lie, can get the four words of you in this life, and I will have no regrets to die. Be good and obedient. There will be a battle between Helian Hengzhi and me sooner or later. He is just looking for an excuse, and you just happen to be that excuse..."

"Qing'er, I think sometimes, you should listen to other people's opinions." Helian Hengzhi outside the cave sneered and said:

"Xiahou Lie, you said something humanly, a man who is a man of great dear, has to be protected by a woman. I feel ashamed of you!"

Xiahou Lie just chuckled and didn't say anything. Instead, Mu Qingwan was so angry that her blood was surging. She quickly calmed down, suddenly laughed loudly and said loudly:

"Lie, do you remember what words were written on the birthday cake you made for me that time?"

"Hmm?" Xiahou Lie seemed stunned. He didn't expect that she would suddenly mention this, but he quickly replied: "Hold your hand and grow old with me."

Mu Qingwan wrapped her neck around him and smiled at the handsome face that was invisible in the darkness:

"You don't want to regret the promise you made yourself. No matter whether you go to heaven or earth, you will be together, and not only in this life, but also in the next life, in the next life, in the next life... I will wait for you by the Three Life Stone in every life, don't forget to come and find me..."

Xiahou Lie gasped heavily, and was so excited that he rubbed her into his arms, his tone choked:

"Wan...wan..."

Helian Hengzhi's handsome face twitched. He held the sword's hand hard, and the cold blue and white appeared at the joints. He suddenly shouted loudly: "Come here!"

He pointed to the entrance of the cave and said coldly: "Let me set fire! I will fulfill you!"

General Cheng Zhao swallowed and said softly: "Your Majesty...will you think about it again?"

Helian Hengzhi's hands were still trembling, but his voice had already penetrated the heart like a thousand years of ice:

"My mother has taught me since she was a child. If you can't get it, you will destroy it to avoid worrying about it!"

The rocket rushed into the cave like a flexible snake, illuminating the four walls of the cave. The walls covered with moss and mud flashed with the luster of water under the fire.

"Master, you two are going to retreat!"

Leng Ji, who was the outermost, dialed the rocket with his sword and whispered behind him. Xiahou Lie had quickly pulled Mu Qingwan and retreated to the deepest part of the cave while shooting down the rockets with a silver needle.

There were more and more rockets, and the rockets that were taken by Xiahou Lie and Leng Ji were accurately inserted on the stone walls on the left and right. For a moment, the cave was brightly lit, just like daytime.

The smell of moss mud burning permeated this small cave, with a pungent fishy smell. Mu Qingwan felt it was extremely pungent and subconsciously retching.

"Wan, how are you?" Xiahou Lie hurriedly covered her mouth and nose with his sleeve and asked urgently.

"I'm fine..." A thought flashed in Mu Qingwan's mind, and her body trembled because of this thought.

She subconsciously touched her lower abdomen, could it be...

I was shocked, and her hand touched her wrist, and the pulse was clearly a happy pulse!

She is pregnant with a cold child!

If this news was in the past, she would have been so happy that she would have gone crazy, but now...

"Wan, what's wrong with you? Why is your face so pale?"

Xiahou Lie no longer cared about the rockets and hugged her all at once, and was so anxious that he was sweating.

Mu Qingwan knew that she could never tell him this at this moment, otherwise she would definitely make him in chaos. Maybe she would try her best to send her out to save her life despite her opposition, but she did not want to go out and live alone.

She silently stroked her lower abdomen and said in her heart:

Baby, please forgive your mother for her selfishness. Without her father, she will not be able to survive.

Baby, can we be here to accompany our father? Even if we die, our family of three will be together forever, okay?

Her heart gradually calmed down, and she smiled faintly and wiped her sweat for him, "Lie, don't worry, I'm really okay, I've been with you all the time, what can I do?"

Xiahou Lie pressed her head to his chest, rubbed her big hands on her back, breathing a sigh of relief, and said:

"Wan, if you feel uncomfortable, you must tell me..."

As he was talking, a rocket dragged the flames and suddenly headed towards Mu Qingwan. Xiahou Lie was shocked and turned over and protected Mu Qingwan in his arms. The arrow deeply penetrated into the moss mud behind Mu Qingwan.

She felt dizzy and noticed that her abdomen had touched a sharp rock. She felt instantly panic. She reached out and wanted to support her body, but found that her left hand was empty. She touched her and found that the moss mud on the left back beside her was collapsed.

She quickly pulled Xiahou Lie, "Lie, look here..."

Xiahou Lie pulled out a rocket to light it up. The two of them leaned over and saw a small hole at the bottom of the cave wall, which seemed to be a cave.

Leng Ji also came over. He slammed the four walls of the cave entrance with his sword. As the mud and sand gradually emerged, a hole that was not big but was enough for a person to pass through was revealed.

Xiahou Lie narrowed his eyes and whispered: "I'll go down first!"

He said that, he jumped down. Seeing that he jumped down without saying a word, Mu Qingwan jumped down. It was too late to pull him away. He hurried to see in a panic, and then he breathed a sigh of relief when he arrived at the ground safely.

Xiahou Lie stretched out his hands and said, "Wan, jump down quickly, I'll hug you."

Mu Qingwan passed through the hole and then jumped down, and was held firmly in his arms. Finally, Leng Ji grabbed a rocket on the stone wall and jumped down.

With the fire, the three of them saw that the hole seemed to be far larger than the small hole above, and it stretched endlessly. Xiahou Lie hugged Mu Qingwan and walked forward, Leng Ji followed closely behind.

Not long after leaving, a melodious flute sound suddenly came from outside, which turned out to be the song "The Smiling, Proud Wanderer".

"It's Showa!" Mu Qingwan was overjoyed.

"How do you know?" Xiahou Lie asked, rubbing the mud and sand on her face with his sleeve.

"Because I only played this song to Showa alone..."

"Oh?" Xiahou Lie's tone changed slightly, but he still said calmly:

"You guys are waiting here. I'll go outside to check the reality and reality first. At this time, you must not be careless."

Mu Qingwan nodded, got off him, and watched him disappear not far away.

After a while, footsteps sounded again at the entrance of the cave, but this time it was not just Xia Houlie, but also two other people who no one expected - Helian Moxiao and Chuxia.

"Early Xia? Helian Moxiao? Why are you here?"

Mu Qingwan was shocked when she saw them. Chuxia had already run towards her. They were like intimate sisters meeting, crying, laughing, jumping and hugging.

Helian Moxiao looked at Mu Qingwan, who was standing not far away, who was still in a bright and graceful state, and felt a little bitter.

The reason why he was busy with government affairs after ascending the throne was that his foundation in the court was still unstable, and another reason was that he hoped to make himself gradually forget this woman he could no longer get.

When I saw Mu Qingwan again, it would not be as heartbreaking as before. However, when I think of it occasionally, the deepest scar in my heart would still be a small hole, which would make me feel so depressed that it would easily disturb his mood.

He tried hard to suppress the pain, quickly calmed down the melancholy in his eyes, looked up and faced Xiahou Lie's meaningful gaze.

Helian Mo Xiao calmed down and then smiled lightly: "It's too far to transfer troops from Beiyan. My former fiefdom is not far from here, so Showa asked me to come and support you first."

Hearing these words, Xiahou Lie's expressionless face and his eyes became darker. He was not surprised that Zhaohe believed Helian Moxiao so much. Although he was not a good relationship with Helian Moxiao, and he was even hostile before, both of him and Zhaohe knew about Helian Moxiao's feelings for Qingwan. As long as she was here, they would definitely guarantee their safety.

Although they were saved at this moment, he was not happy at all.

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Chapter completed!