Chapter 3: Anti-Crossover Hope No.19 Escape (Part 1)
I thought that was the case, but unfortunately, someone saw it.
Now this person is in the crowd. I don’t know who he is. I just felt a hand quickly touching my hand in the gap of the crowd. A ball of paper slipped into my palm, and I instinctively clenched my fist.
It was almost midnight when we returned to the temple.
It's been a long day.
I was dragged out by the big fox early in the morning and forced to learn etiquette from Jiwen, was punished to kneel in the Buddhist temple, met Luo Cheng, competed in poetry with King Luo, learned the method of anti-time travel from Master Mingjing, discovered the secret passage in the room, had a fight, cried loudly, escaped and was caught, received a mysterious note... I thought enough had happened in this day, but I didn't know that the biggest thing had not happened yet.
Guard Yang led me to a new room and then left. I nervously took out the small piece of paper from my palm and unfolded it to read:
Before midnight, get rid of Yang and go to the stable.
I can't read handwriting to begin with, and I've never seen many people write, so I have no way to compare it, so I have no idea who gave me this note.
Asking me to get rid of my guards, is that out of kindness or ill will?
Let me rush to the stable. Is it to help me escape or to kidnap me and escape?
Heh… so what if it’s a kidnapping? Isn’t my current state a kidnapping? Maybe this is a good opportunity to escape. How can I know if I don’t try?
Thinking of this, I relaxed and lay on the bed, and began to think of ways to get rid of our handsome Yang Daxia. After thinking about it, I couldn't figure out a way to deceive this smart, loyal and elusive guard Yang. After destroying more brain cells, I couldn't help but get upset. Who is it? Who is it? If you want to save me, save me to the end! Why throw the most difficult part to me!
As I got angry, my stomach started to make a fuss. Then I suddenly remembered: I was caught by the big fox and put in the car in the morning, I was kneeling at noon, and I was chatting with the master at night...
I didn’t eat for a whole day!
As soon as I realized this, my stomach felt even emptier and I started to feel dizzy.
...I can’t do it anymore, I need to eat, I need to eat...
I pushed the door open and there was no one outside.
Guard Yang didn’t even look at me?
what to do?
Should I go wait in the stable now or fill my stomach and save my strength to meet the guy who wrote the anonymous letter?
...After thinking for a while, I decided to follow my feelings.
I remember reading an article by William Golding before, which said that humans are divided into three levels:
The first is the lowest level - just do it without thinking;
The second is the passive level - just thinking but not doing;
The third is the advanced level - think before you do it.
Most people tend to self-righteously classify themselves as the third type of people - and this behavior itself is a manifestation of being the first type of people.
When I pushed the door open, I thought I was the third type of person. Half an hour later, I was sure that I was the first type of person.
"Where is the kitchen?" I said weakly while squatting at an unfamiliar intersection.
"Turn left." Guard Yang's voice came from behind me in an extremely calm voice.
I was so scared that I gasped and closed my eyes! Is this guy a ghost? !
"Greetings to His Majesty the Fourth Prince." Before I could open my eyes, the voice behind me said something explosive in an extremely calm tone!
Big Fox?!
I opened my eyes with a swish, and saw a fox's immaculately groomed smoky purple robe and gold-embroidered soft-soled boots swaying leisurely in front of me.
Looking up, her eyes slowly moved up along his smoky purple robe, and finally landed on his half-smiley face.
"You...you you you...according to the rules, aren't you supposed to kneel all night?!"
"Rules are dead, but people are alive."
“…”
The big fox walked around me slowly with his hands behind his back.
I lowered my head and waited for him to question me about my escape today. I was hungry and tired, both physically and mentally exhausted. I didn't even have the strength to stand up, so I just squatted.
But he suddenly changed the subject.
"Prince Luo wants to invite you to stay at his house for a few days." After a pause, he continued, "Minmin is indeed quite capable. I didn't misjudge her."
Huh? What did I do?
"Also, I suddenly thought of Minmin who seemed to have not eaten all day. She must be hungry?" This guy suddenly jumped into the next topic without any warning... I swear to God: If he had studied logic - he would have failed!
Seeing that I was keeping my head down and not saying anything, the big fox took it as my tacit agreement and clapped his hands lightly, saying, "Come here, ask the kitchen to prepare some light food and send it to my room."
"I beg you... are you kidding me? What time is it?" I was so anxious that I even shouted "what time is it?" The big fox stood there in confusion, and the guard who was ordered to notify the kitchen was also stopped by my shouting.
This big fox guy is really used to being a master, and he specially tortures his slaves in the middle of the night! Just imagine, you are sleeping comfortably, and suddenly you are pulled up in the early morning to cook. Who would be willing to do that? These days, being a slave is really not a human thing!
"You are the one who is being polite and courteous..." I muttered softly, patted my butt and stood up, glancing at the people who were still in a daze.
"Lead me to the kitchen and I'll do it!"
He took two steps forward, then turned back in displeasure.
"Hey! If you don't come and help, there won't be any for you!"
"...A gentleman should stay away from the kitchen."
"Well, chop wood!"
“…”
Tianzu Temple is a temple after all, and it has to feed about a hundred monks, so the kitchen is still very large.
"Let's make something quick. How about Yangzhou fried rice?"
"Yangzhou? What's that place? Your hometown?"
"No. It's a fried rice place."
“…”
Half an hour later:
"Minmin, you haven't finished yet? It's been a long time."
"Minmin?"
"...Minmin?"
"Go in and take a look." The big fox's face turned cold.
"Your Highness, there's no one in the kitchen." The guard reported, not daring to look at his master's face.
"Hmph," the fox sneered, "Haven't you had enough fun yet? Where can she escape to on her own? Search the entire temple thoroughly. I want to see her within half an hour!"
Earth-shaking.
The Same Time:
"I can ride a horse! Really! Put me down!"
Xiao Shou carried me out of the Tianzu Temple and galloped on his horse. The wind blew past my ears like a knife. His arms were tightly around my waist, so tight that they almost broke me in two!
I tried to pry his arms from my waist, "Let me go..."
"Minmin..." He hugged me, letting the horse under his crotch gallop wildly, burying his head in the crook of my neck and sighing softly, "I actually betrayed His Highness for you... Beauty is really a disaster..."
She said this, but she held me tighter.
"What's even more abominable is that I don't even regret it..."
“Xiao Shou…you…you…look at the road!!”
Bus slogan: Don’t talk to the driver, thank you for your cooperation!
When I called him that, Moushou immediately came out of his emotion, looked at me deeply, and then focused on riding the horse. I pretended not to see his eyes.
I admit that I was a bit of a bummer. I admit that I did it on purpose.
Now you say that I can't tell what Xiao Shou feels towards me and I am just pretending to be pure.
But no, he couldn't.
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……… …
I was just cutting vegetables in the kitchen, talking to the "far-away chefs" waiting outside, when a man suddenly emerged from the rice jar. I was so scared that my hands shook and the kitchen knife fell... The man caught it quickly and put it back on the chopping board.
When I looked closely, I saw a skinny old man with cloudy eyes. Could he be blind?
"Who are you……?"
He made a gesture of silence.
I shut up honestly. Don't act rashly against people who appear out of nowhere. If the enemy doesn't move, I won't move! If the enemy moves, I, I'll think about whether to move or not. Hey? Hey, hey, hey, don't drag me to move!
This shriveled old man pulled my arm with incredible strength and dragged me to the window! When he got to the window, he grabbed my hand, wrote a word on my palm, then opened the window and threw me out!
I sat for a while in the grass outside the window.
I'm really not good at this... Who said that words written on the palm of your hand can be recognized? !
If you have something important to say, just speak quietly!
What on earth did you write? ! !
I was thrown out for no apparent reason, and I don't know who that old man is. He didn't seem to want to be discovered by others. Did he want me to escape? What should I do now? I can't crawl back to the kitchen, can I? Forget it, since no one is watching me now, I'll just go to the stable and wait...
I carefully avoided the patrolling guards, and by the time I got to the stables, it was probably past midnight. I walked into the residence of these large, snorting animals without much hope... As soon as I stepped in, someone pulled me behind a pile of straw and hugged me tightly!
I was shocked!
But judging from the intense heartbeat and rapid breathing, the other party was more nervous than me!
“Minmin…”
"Xiao Shou?! How could you...?" The person who gave me the note was Xiao Shou! Are you trying to help me escape? Don't you care about your master?
"Minmin, I..." He hesitated to speak, with complicated emotions in his beautiful eyes.
"Xiao Shou, you don't have to say anything, I understand!"
I was about to cry--good comrade! You finally figured it out! You finally realized that friends are meant to be your friends! It's worth my friendship! It's worth my feeding you for half a year!
"Do you understand?" His eyes, shining like purple grapes, suddenly became like a sky full of stars, and he hugged me excitedly! "Yeah! I'm so stupid... Minmin is so smart, how could she not understand my feelings?"
"Ah? You, your feelings..." I began to feel as if we were talking about completely different things.
"I'm sorry, I just can't let you go. You don't blame me for leaving you for so long, right? Have you suffered during this day?" Mou Shou examined him up and down like an X-ray.
"It's not that hard..." What kind of hardship did I have to endure when I was preparing for the journey? Compared to that, it's nothing now...
"That means I've suffered a lot..." He pulled my hand with heartache, put it in his slender and beautiful hand and held it tightly, "Minmin, I should have taken you away earlier, I'm sorry..."
Why do I feel more and more that the conversation between us is like that between a couple who eloped?
"Well, Xiao Shou, do you think we should leave here first?"
"Don't worry. When they find out you've escaped, they will definitely send a large number of servants to look for you. We can just take advantage of the chaos to get out. I have prepared the carriages, horses and luggage. As long as we can cross the Yan River before dawn, they won't be able to catch up with us."
"Well, Xiao Shou, you have picked up Qingqing, Xiaotao and the others, right?" Otherwise, they wouldn't have come to rescue me rashly.
"...Well," he turned his head to observe the situation outside the stable, "We can meet up with them after crossing Yanjiang River."
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All the people in the palace were summoned to the main hall. The entire Tianzu Temple was brightly lit, but there was no warmth at all, and the main hall was filled with cold air.
“Your Highness… Miss Minmin cannot be found in the entire temple. I’m afraid… she has escaped… Besides, tonight is a temple fair and the city gates will not be closed all night…” The guard knelt down trembling with fear.
Jiwen carefully poured a cup of tea for the man. She tried to smile to ease the atmosphere, but the man's expression made it impossible for her to smile.
The man grabbed the cup and threw it out!
Snapped!
The fine porcelain was instantly shattered in anger! The water stains on the ground seemed to have a bloody smell...
Everyone shuddered. They had never seen their master so angry since the Sixth Prince's rebellion. Everyone was silent, fearing that they would be affected by his anger...
"Go and capture them..." The man clenched his fists, "Close the city gates, and search everyone!"
"Fourth Prince," a cold and indifferent voice cut off the anger that was making the man lose his mind, "Let me go find it."
"Guard Yang?"
"Your Highness is surrounded by political enemies now, so it is not advisable to dismiss all the people around you." It was still a cold and indifferent voice.
The man stood up suddenly, walked to the window with his hands behind his back, looked out the window for a long time, and sighed: "You must bring her back... As for the person who took her away..."
"I'll take care of it."
"No, this person..." The man smiled bitterly, "I'm afraid he can't be killed yet... You don't have to worry about him, bring Minmin back, and he will come back naturally."
"yes."
The man waved his hand tiredly, and everyone left one after another.
For a moment, it seemed as if all the prosperity was locked behind the door...
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As soon as the horse was out of the city gate, he heard a herald in the distance announcing: "Close the city gate! Close the city gate!"
The heavy bronze cast iron door slowly closed behind him, groaning for a thousand years...
I closed my eyes on horseback out of exhaustion. Did I escape just like that? It was so easy that it didn't seem real to me... It was as if something was stirring the uneasiness in my heart at the deepest level...
"Xiao Shou, who is the old man who picked me up in the kitchen?"
"What old man?"
"Aren't you sending an old man to help me?"
"I came alone to save you."
I opened my eyes! Something was wrong!
My heart was bouncing up and down like the galloping horse, and I began to feel that the outcome of this escape would be very ominous...
Soon, when we arrived at the riverside, a black horse galloping like lightning from afar and a man in tight clothes riding the horse confirmed my ominous premonition.
The murderous aura around Xiao Shou quickly gathered!
I calmly turned my head and looked at the rushing Yan River not far away. It was just this short distance, but perhaps I would never be able to cross it - as long as I stayed by the side of His Highness the Fourth Prince.
Xiao Shou was still whipping the horse hard, but I was already tired.
“ Stop it.”
The two horses' strength is too different. We will be caught up soon. There is no need to struggle in vain.
Xiao Shou looked down at me strangely and reined in his horse.
Leaning in his arms, I raised my hand and placed it on his heart. I spoke softly,
"Thank you...Xiao Shou, thank you, really."
"Minmin?"
Looking at Yan Jiang not far away, my soul seemed to float away from my body. I heard myself say:
"Xiao Shou, actually... I have never had any romantic feelings for you, never before and never will in the future... Do you regret risking your life to save me?"
His chest rose and fell violently, and he suddenly let go of the reins and hugged me tightly. His beautiful eyes were now full of bloodshot, and his teeth were clenched tightly together, and I could even hear the clacking sound...
"Why..." he said, "Why?"
"You are still a child..."
"...I can't accept such a reason! I won't accept it! I won't accept it! I want to protect you, and I also want to love you well! Minmin..." He shook my arms hard as if he wanted to crush them.
"You are still a child..."
"I won't accept it! I won't accept it! I'm so unwilling to accept it! I won't accept it, Minmin! Minmin..."
"You are still a child..." I said softly.
"Minmin...will you accept me when I grow up?" He relaxed his arms, hugged me and asked almost pleadingly.
"...I don't know...maybe still not."
He hugged me gently, but his breathing was still disordered. "Minmin, I never regretted risking my life to save you... Whether you have feelings for me or not, please don't stop me from protecting you, okay?"
"Um……"
I took a last look at the unknown depth of the Yanjiang River, then turned to face the man and horse chasing me.
Even on the bumpy horse's back, this man remained calm and as cold as ice, making it almost impossible to recall the way he gently lifted the hem of my skirt that night.
Xiao Shou drew his sword. I could sense his nervousness.
Guard Yang reined in his horse and looked at Xiao Shou and me calmly.
"Have you made any progress in the sword skills I taught you last time?"
I looked at Xiao Shou in surprise, and then at Guard Yang in surprise.
"Master..." Xiao Shou squeezed out two words from between his teeth with difficulty, but he had no intention of putting down the sword.
"I have only taught you swordsmanship for a few months. You are not worthy of the title of master." Guard Yang remained indifferent.
Xiao Shou lowered his head and whispered, "Once a teacher, always a teacher."
Guard Yang nodded and stared at me: "Minmin, the Fourth Prince has something to bring you."
A rosewood box was thrown to me, and I suddenly didn't want to open it.
"You said the same thing last time, and it made me cry..." I looked at him resentfully, "You never bring me good news."
He said nothing, and his expression did not change, but his grip on the reins tightened.
The moment I opened the box, I almost screamed!
A bloody little finger lay across the middle of the box!
At the base of that finger was a slender turquoise ring…
"Why does Minmin like such a small ring? It can only be worn on the little finger!" Xiaotao asked curiously, but she didn't stop sewing and her nimble fingers flew up and down.
"This is called a pinky ring! It's very popular where we are!" I quickly kicked off my shoes and climbed onto the bed, "Because pinky rings usually come in a pair! Some are worn by a couple. Others are..." I snatched the needlework from her hand and threw it aside, stopping her hand from grabbing it, and carefully put the ring I just bought on her , "It's a pair for good friends to wear~"
He raised his left hand and waved it in front of her eyes, "Both of us are turquoise. Even though they are not valuable, they are cute, right? Hehe..."
"Good friend...good friend..." Xiao Tao murmured, "So good..." She carefully stroked the small pinky ring, the peacock-feather-colored turquoise shone brightly on her slender white little finger...
Now the turquoise ring is still beautiful, but it is stained with blood from the stars... There is also a piece of paper underneath, but now I don’t have the courage to move that finger to see what is written underneath.
I can not do it……
"Didn't you say you sent them away? ...Huh?" My dry voice echoed above the three people...
"I'm sorry, Minmin... I can't take three people away at the same time..."
"Stop talking!" I interrupted Xiao Shou almost rudely, my mind in a mess!
"Go, get some ice! Go back and get a skilled doctor to come and connect the wound. There's still time! Yes, there's still time!"
"Minmin, what are you talking about?"
"It's not too late. Where's Bing? No? Let's go back! Now!" I pulled the reins in panic, but the horse didn't listen to me at all and just circled in place. I was so anxious that I pulled hard, and the horse cried out in pain!
"Minmin, calm down!"
"Go! Go!" I beat the horse's back desperately, "Please! Go... Go... It's too late, it will be too late..."
"Minmin! It's too late!" Xiao Shou grabbed my waving hands tightly, "It's too late! It's impossible to catch up! We can't go back!"
"It's possible! It's possible, it's possible, it's possible... Let me go! You bastard! You lied to me! You lied to me! It's all your fault! It's all your fault! It's all your fault..." I struggled desperately, but Xiao Shou was determined to hold me down! "Yes! It's my fault, it's all my fault, it's my fault! You can hate me or blame me! I will take you away too, neither of us can go back!"
"It's not up to you to decide whether you can go back or not." The cold voice wrapped around me along with a cool whip. Guard Yang pulled me hard and I fell on his horse's back!
"Let's go back."
Pulling the reins to turn the horse around, the black stallion neighed loudly and sped away...
The speed of this horse can only be described as lightning!
My eyes are blurry.
I don't know if I cried or not.
I don't know if Xiao Shou is chasing after me.
I don't know if I will ever come back.
I don't know what the Fourth Prince will do to Xiao Tao Qing Qing.
