Xiaoxun's hand holding the sword tightened, and the pattern on the scabbard was deeply imprinted on his palm.
After a pause, he still said expressionlessly: "I don't know either."
Jiang Ping nodded: "Yes, you didn't see it, how would you know..."
Qi Laowu, Xiang Yiqing, and Zhai Er were all in the middle of the motorcade today and did not see this scene. After hearing Jiang Ping's description, they all pestered him to elaborate.
So Jiang Ping explained in detail what he had witnessed that afternoon, and the three of them were amazed.
"I said, why are you so crazy? Your feelings are frightened."
"Hey, it's really strange. We've been traveling around for many years, and this is the first time we've heard that something is haunted during the day."
"He really just disappeared out of thin air? Did he leave nothing behind? Brother, please tell us more!"
The three of them got together again and started discussing.
With the noise in his ears, Xiao Xun did not participate in their night talk. In his mind, the sudden appearance of charcoal handprints on the car roof, the black circle on the ground, and the smile on Xiao Ruo's pale face repeatedly appeared.
It was clear that the beautiful face had rosy cheeks before...
Are you frightened? Ruo Ruo is free and easy by nature and is not a woman who is easily frightened.
Are you tired? Or...
"Brother Xiao? Brother Xiao!"
Someone suddenly tapped her on the shoulder, pulling Xiaoxun out of her thoughts.
What caught his eye was Jiang Ping's rough, worried face.
"Why are you so lost in thought? If you are tired, go and rest first. Anyway, there are a few of us watching over you." Jiang Ping said and raised the cold-edged sword in his hand.
Xiao Xun was not polite to him, clasped his fists and said, "Thank you for your hard work, I'll go see Ruo Ruo."
"Go, go, my little girl must be scared today." Zhai Er joked with a smile: "You have to comfort her."
Qi Laowu and Xiang Yiqing both shouted "Oh~" in long tones.
"It's different to feel sorry for someone. Brother Xiao, don't worry, we are here!"
Xiao Xun walked towards Xiao Ruo's carriage as the four people laughed.
When he walked to the carriage, he didn't knock on the carriage door or make a sound, he just quietly observed the charcoal handprint.
The thumb side of the handprint is inside the carriage, and the other fingers and most of the palm are exposed on the outside. It can be seen that it was formed by someone sitting in the carriage and holding the carriage firmly.
Xiaoxun stretched out his palm and compared it with the handprint. The fingers on the charcoal handprint were obviously shorter and thinner than his, and the overall size was much smaller than his hand.
This is a woman's handprint.
"Axun, come in."
Xiao Ruo's voice came from the carriage, and it sounded a bit vague through the wooden board. It was a bit different from Xiao Xun's familiar timbre, like a soft veil.
This subtle difference made him confused for a moment.
With a low response, he pushed open the carriage door and stepped into the carriage.
Shopkeeper Qian was very conscious of being a fan, and the carriage he prepared for Xiao Ruo was very spacious and comfortable. The length of nearly three meters made the carriage still spacious even if there were two people sitting in it.
A fish oil lamp hung inside the car, emitting a soft, dim, warm light.
Xiaoruo was half-leaning on the thick mattress, and a plate of mung bean cake and a pot of sweet fruit stuffing were placed on the small carved table next to her.
Xiaoxun bought this for her in the last town.
"Want to eat?" She picked up a piece of mung bean cake and handed it over.
Xiao Xun doesn't like sweets, so he buys all the desserts for Xiao Ruo.
Seeing the mung bean cake handed to him, he still took it and stuffed it into his mouth.
This is a mung bean cake made in the northern style. There is no added oil in it. It is soft and loose in the mouth. It is a bit choking when you put the whole piece in, and it all sticks to the upper teeth.
Some people look expressionless, and may be desperately licking the mung bean cake stuck to their upper teeth.
"Pfft~" Xiaoruo couldn't help but laugh out loud.
He immediately turned his head and coughed lightly, then pretended to be serious and poured a glass of sweet fruit juice and handed it over.
"Come and moisturize."
Xiaoxun took the cup and took a sip. The sweet and slightly alcoholic liquid soaked into the pastry.
The mung bean cake finally melted and went down the throat into the stomach.
Seeing that his normally bright almond eyes were now full of autumn water, knowing that Xiao Ruo was teasing him on purpose, a barely visible blush appeared on his handsome face.
He said in a low voice with a hint of self-deprecation: "You can laugh if you want."
Anyway, I don’t have any baggage to carry in front of Xiao Ruo.
The puppy's reaction was so cute that Xiaoruo wanted to pet the puppy's head again.
Halfway through reaching her hand, she suddenly stopped, and her body that was leaning forward also retracted a little.
The green-white and delicate hands were raised in the air.
Xiaoruo's hands are very beautiful. They are like jade bamboo shoots and her fingers are like onion roots. The frequent preparation of medicinal materials does not add any trace of labor to these hands. They are delicate, pink and smooth, and they look like a piece of art under the warm light of the fish oil lamp.
Taste.
The willow leaf bracelet on the wrist is also in the swaying halo, casting a round shadow on the car wall.
Before he could feel the familiar temperature above his head, Xiao Xun raised his eyes and looked at Xiao Ruo, with doubts shining in his star-like eyes.
"Axun, have you guessed it?" Xiaoruo suddenly asked.
She knew that Xiao Xun had always been smart and had very strong observation skills. When he glanced at the fingerprints on the car in the afternoon, Xiao Ruo knew that he had been exposed.
The delicate hand flipped in the air, turned to a palm-up position, the fingers were slightly bent inward, and a small cluster of flames appeared out of thin air in Xiao Ruo's hand.
The index finger drew a small circle in the air, and the flames also formed an arc in the air in the same order as the small circles were drawn.
While doing these actions, Xiao Ruo stared at Xiao Xun closely, observing the subtle expressions on his face.
She saw the pupils of those handsome and deep eyes shrink, and the slightly thin lips closed tighter.
This is the instinctive behavior of people when they are surprised.
Swapping his palms for fists, the small flames in the air disappeared without a trace as Xiaoruo clenched his fists, as if they had never appeared.
"I made that bandit disappear. No, it should be said that I burned him with fire."
Xiao Ruo lowered her eyelids and stopped looking at Xiao Xun's face.
She continued: "The handprints on the window sill were also left by me because I couldn't control myself for a while."
The carriage is made of thick elm wood and has very good sound insulation. After Xiao Ruo finished saying this, she stopped talking and the interior of the carriage fell into silence.
Just when she thought Xiaoxun was about to leave the carriage, Xiaoxun suddenly held her wrist.
A low voice spread in the carriage.
"Ruo Ruo, are you a fairy?"
Xiao Ruo had imagined in her mind that she would be called a witch, that she would be yelled at in fear to get away, or that she would be asked why she lied... She had thought of everything, but she did not expect Xiao Xun to ask such a question.
"Wha, what?" Her mind didn't turn around. "Aren't you afraid of me?"
"Ruo Ruo must be a fairy who descended to earth to be able to use fairy magic." Xiao Xun said firmly.
The broad palms wrapped around Xiaoruo's slender wrists and the willow leaf bracelet on her wrists.
"Don't let others know about the fairy's descent to the earth, otherwise her feather coat will be stolen."
Xiao Xun muttered to himself, and solemnly put the Rouyi in his palm back on Xiao Ruo's knees, took out the dagger given to him by the old man Cen, and began to chip away at the charcoal handprints on the car.