After galloping all the way to nowhere, Hua Rujin heard the sound of fighting coming from deep in the forest from time to time, so she looked for the place where the sound came from and chased after it.
After chasing her to the edge of the Chu River, she saw a man wearing a jade-colored gown being violently surrounded by a group of men in black under the moonlight. That tall and tall figure, there was no need to question who else it could be besides Ye Chengwei.
The assassins rushed towards him like crazy, forcing him to retreat towards the river.
Hua Rujin looked extremely anxious. She slapped her horse's back and moved towards that direction. She was about to catch up when she suddenly saw the jade-colored figure retreating to the edge of the cliff and falling straight down.
"grown ups."
She was so scared that her heart trembled, and without any hesitation, she stepped on her horse and jumped in the direction where the figure disappeared, and followed him.
The figure who was falling rapidly seemed to have seen what was happening behind it. He looked up and saw that it was Hua Rujin. He quickly turned the figure, inserted the sword straight into the rock wall with one hand, and used the other hand to hold on to the falling Hua Rujin.
"You don't want your life. Why did you jump down after me?"
Listening to the sharp sound of the sword blade scratching on the rock wall, Ye Chengguan scolded him angrily while steadying his falling speed.
Hua Rujin's mind went blank at the moment, and she replied hesitantly: "Of course I saw the master jump, so I jumped down after him."
Hearing this, Ye Chengguan was angry and funny. He hugged her tighter and warned her in a warm voice: "Hold me tight and hold your breath. The river below is extremely cold, otherwise you will suffocate if you fall."
, so no matter what, hold your breath and hold on to me."
"Um."
Hua Rujin responded softly, hugged him tightly with both hands, and then took a deep breath.
Just hearing a popping sound, Hua Rujin felt her scalp numb, her whole body seemed to have lost consciousness, and her eyes immediately darkened.
She tried hard to hold her breath, but the biting coldness around her reached her heart, and she almost suffocated.
Before he could get used to it, he felt a big hand wrap around him again, and after a moment of support, he finally emerged from the water.
Hua Rujin took a few deep breaths and saw Ye Chengguan holding her up with both hands, looking at her quietly with twinkling eyes. She also uneasily checked him all over and asked with concern.
Said: "Sir, are you okay?"
Ye Chenggui shook his head, looked around in the night, and suddenly pointed to a mountain col in the distance and ordered: "If you hold on a little longer, I will take you to swim to the other side."
Although she is also good at swimming, she mostly swam in swimming pools in her previous life. Suddenly she was in this river full of undercurrents and it was winter. She felt extremely uncomfortable and held Ye Cheng tightly with one hand.
He didn't dare to let go for a moment.
Under his leadership, we swam for who knows how long and finally reached the shore.
The moment she climbed ashore, Hua Rujin felt her whole body trembling.
Just out of danger, Ye Chengguan was worried that the assassin would come after him, and he did not dare to light an open fire in the forest. He carried Hua Rujin on his back in distress and continued to walk forward.
"I'm afraid there will be a lot of assassins sent by King Fu this time. Fortunately, the Chu River is vast and it will be difficult for those assassins to find us for a while. Let's find a place to rest for the night and try to return to the city until dawn."
Ye Chengguan originally thought that he didn't know how many assassins had been arranged in the forest, and wanted to find an escape route from the river under the cliff. He never thought that this girl would also follow him. He became more cautious at this moment, for fear of another accident.
Hua Rujin leaned on his shoulder, listening to his soft words, and she was in a trance.
"Hua Rujin, can you hear me?"
Seeing that she didn't respond for a long time, Ye Chengkuan felt anxious and immediately turned his head to look at her.
"I'm fine."
Hua Rujin replied with a trembling voice.
Ye Chengguan heard that something was wrong in the voice, so he quickly quickened his pace and walked towards the depths of the jungle.
After crossing many thorns, he finally saw what seemed to be a house ahead. He happily walked in and found that it was a small abandoned temple.
He first carefully put down the flowers like brocade, found some dry firewood in the yard, and finally lit a bonfire after a lot of trouble.
Hua Rujin sat by the fire, waiting for the whole room to gradually warm up before she felt that her soul had returned to this world.
After Ye Chenggui took off his outer robe and squeezed out the water, he found a wooden pole and placed it next to the fire, and spread out his outer robe to bake.
Hua Rujin watched him quietly as he was busy inside and outside the house for a long time. She found pots and jars of things from nowhere and put them in front of her. She also found a few large sweet potatoes and buried them in the fire.
After that, he checked the baked clothes and said warmly: "I'll go find some water. You change into my clothes first."
After saying that, he hurried out the door again.
Hua Rujin then stood up and pinched his baking robe. After seven or eight minutes of drying, he took off his robe, squeezed out the water, and then baked the inner clothes around the fire.
After a long time, when his body felt much warmer, he put on his coat.
Smell the fragrant sweet potato smell into her heart, she quickly took a wooden stick and took the sweet potato out of the fire.
After adding some more dry firewood, Ye Chengguan walked in from outside carrying a pot of water.
With the water he found, the two of them ate all the roasted sweet potatoes.
Her body gained strength and her physical strength was replenished. Ye Chengguan saw that her energy was much better, and then he asked: "Why did you suddenly run out of the city?"
Just ask her directly, shouldn't she be watching the Lantern Festival in the city with Prince Ning?
Hua Rujin smiled and said nothing. After pondering for a moment, she asked back: "Don't you know your current situation?"
The implication is that he should not go out alone to investigate the case.
After all, he has already become a thorn in others' eyes.
Ye Chengguan felt angry when he mentioned this matter, and a strong jealousy came to his heart.
But when he thought about how she had just jumped into the Chu River with him, he felt that this girl should have him in her heart.
It's her ambiguous attitude that makes people unsure whether she is in love with Prince Ning or herself.
The two of them fell into silence, and no one took the initiative to speak again.
Seeing that the sky was getting brighter, Ye Chengguan extinguished the firewood, packed the baked clothes and handed them to her, and ordered in a lukewarm tone: "Let's rush back to the city early."
Hua Rujin responded casually, took the clothes, watched him walk out of the house, and then changed back into her own clothes.
Ye Chengguan put on his outer robe, and the two of them rushed along the Chu River toward the city.
Zhu Zhiye asked for the provincial army. When Lu Ming learned that his son had been assassinated, he personally led the troops and a large group of people searched for Ye Chengwei in the mountains.
Zhu Zhiye learned from Qi Feng that Hua Rujin and Ye Chengwei had both fallen into the Chu River. He hurriedly led his soldiers to search along the river.
After searching all night, I finally met the two of them on the river section downstream of the mountain.
Seeing that Hua Rujin was unharmed, Zhu Zhiye rushed forward excitedly and asked almost crying with joy: "Little Hua'er, are you okay?"
Ye Chengguan looked at his squinting eyes, his face darkened, and he immediately grabbed Hua Rujin's palm and replied sternly: "Your Highness is worrying too much. Governor Hua is with me, so nothing will happen."