box of hearts

Chapter 69
10.
A few days later, the weather became more and more cloudy and sunny, and the scene became much more desolate.Where the sun is facing, there is peach red and apricot white, and where the sun is less, the river is still mixed with crushed ice, and the grass is also timid.

Like people, he does as the Romans do. Qi She's clothes are plain and simple, and he wears a leather belt. Compared with the royal family and nobles, he really looks more like a knight-errant.In the early morning of that day, he gathered his accompanying warriors, and went hunting with a bow in a wild forest not far from the post station, and caught a lot of wild animals such as roe deer and roe deer.There was no time to change out of the hunting clothes, so he knocked on Qingtian's door before dinner and invited her to "fly saddle across Pinglu"[19].Qingtian used to accompany guests on cruise ships to go anywhere, and he was quite proficient in horseback riding, so he couldn't stand the instigation, so he turned around and changed into a set of natural gold Changxiang cloud shirt and trousers, a honey green waistcoat, and a Wei Tuo silver ribbon around his waist. He put on the green leather thin-soled boots with palindrome intarsias, combed his hair into a big three-strand braid and coiled it behind his neck, with a small jade butterfly with a Buddha's head on it, and went downstairs holding the whip horizontally.When Qi She saw her outfit, she raised her head and laughed endlessly, "My dear, this is really a horse race!"

Qingtian just gouged him and climbed on the saddle. She was sitting on a chrysanthemum green horse with long legs and a thin waist.Qi She also stepped on his beloved horse, a mellow horse named "White Jiao", with its head up and its tail up, brocade bridle and carved saddle, which looked like a steed.The two talked and laughed lazily, trusting their horses.The half-remnant setting sun shone goldenly, and the vegetation was vigorous, and some birds were chirping and chirping there.Looking around Qingtian, looking around the fields, having fun, he clamped his legs, raised his whip and whipped the horse's buttocks, "Drive!" The horse immediately let go of its hooves, like the wind and lightning.Qi Shechi followed, shouting "slow down", but Qingtian turned a deaf ear, just giggling and galloping wildly on the horse.

On such an open ground—a mind as wide as that of a wise man, all the stagnation and anguish were swept away. In order to chase this long-lost relaxation, Qingtian swung his whip forgetfully.For a moment, I felt as if my body was pulled back violently, and the speed suddenly lost control.The horse jumped directly from a big dirt slope, ramming unstoppably.Even though she was light, she hadn't been thrown off, and she was already thrown into disarray and lost her soul.Knowing that the horse was startled, Qing Tian just held onto the rein with both hands and shouted for help urgently: "Third Master, Third Master! I can't stop!"

His own voice was swept away from his ears in an instant, and what came to his face was first scorched yellow earth, and then turned into layers of dense forests. Branches, leaves, and vines of different thicknesses pierced his face quickly, and he was so frightened. Qingtian's eyes were closed, and he was lying on the horse's back, not daring to raise his head.It was as if the universe was turned upside down on a big sieve, and the sky and the earth were turned upside down. After a long time of being dazed, Fang Jue stumbled a few times with the horse's hoof, and gradually stopped.After another daze, the three souls and six souls that were thrown into mid-air finally settled down.Qingtian straightened up tremblingly, saw a river lying in front of the horse's hooves, and immediately heard Qi She's voice calling her name from a distance.

Qingtian hurriedly wanted to answer, and after three or four attempts, he opened his tightly clasped voice, "Here it is!"

There was a momentary pause, "Where?"

"here!"

"where?"

"Here! By the river!"

What followed was a long quiet rope, the horse snorted, stuck its head into the river to drink water, brushed, and the birds and beasts all around were singing strangely and sharply.She waited until she was on the verge of tears before hearing him again, sounding nearby this time. "Qingtian? You answer me again!"

"I'm here!"

The horse under the crotch straightened its head and neck from the river, tilted its ears and turned its body.The woods in front of us have been covered with thick fog, and the branches are hanging down.Then, as in a book that had aroused all the dreams of a young girl, a figure of sharp outline and vague features appeared on a white horse.Qingtian looked straight at the silhouette on the horse's back, the color was the dreamy smoke blue.

Qi She didn't say a word, silently took her off the saddle and handed her the water bag.Qingtian also gulped down like a frightened horse, then wiped the water from the corners of his mouth and the panic on his face, and forced himself to calm down: "It's okay, let's go."

Qi She took the water bag and put it back on his waist, "Where are you going?"

"Go back to the post house."

"Didn't you see that the sun went down and things couldn't be distinguished?"

"So what?"

"Go back with this river on your back. After walking for an hour, I guarantee that you will see this river again as soon as you lower your head."

Goosebumps appeared on the back of Qingtian's neck, "What do you mean?"

"Lost." The words are concise and to the point.

"Then, what to do then?"

"Sir, light the fire. It will be cold soon. Get on the horse."

"Ok?"

"It's windy and tidal by the river, it's not easy to start a fire, so go to another place. Get on the horse, you ride a white flood dragon."

He pulled his own horse in front of her, Qingtian put one foot into the stirrup, but his limbs were so weak that he couldn't get on it even after a few pushes.Qi She laughed, stretched out his hands, wrapped them around her waist and lifted them up.

Qingtian might as well do this, he fell on the horse and sat still, but his heart was beating so fast that it was about to pop out.Her waist was hot and numb, as if a pair of big hands were clasped there all the time, which made her secretly surprised.It's probably because no man has touched her for a long time, otherwise, not to mention the clothes, even if she is naked and skin-to-skin, she is normal. Such sensitivity can only be with one person——

The warmth at the waist suddenly turned into scalding hot like boiling water, causing blisters all over the body, and the skin was torn apart.Qing Tian clenched his lips, his face turned pale.

Qi She acted as if nothing had happened, talking and laughing freely: "Hey, this little waist is almost as thin as paper. Don't be busy, I will get you something to fill your stomach right away." He jumped on the green horse, whistled, and the two horses walked towards each other side by side. out of the woods.

After walking for a short distance, the twilight has sunk, and the river has disappeared behind, but the sound of gurgling water can still be heard.Qi She stationed the horses, helped them down the Qingtian, tied up the two horses, took off the bit and let them eat the turf.He himself picked up handfuls of grass leaves and branches, and picked a small mound above the ground to make one.Qingtian looked at it stupidly for a while, and then came to help, picking up a few fallen branches with leaves.Qi She smiled, picked it up and threw it aside, "The water is too heavy to be lighted. Miss, you should sit down, and I won't trouble you with this kind of rough work."

Qingtian resented, so he had to sit low against the tree.See him laying out the branches and leaves layer by layer, picking a few thick branches to form a "well" character, and piled up wood chips, and finally took out a fire knife and flint, and lit a bonfire against the wind.

The wood began to smoke first, and then a small flame gradually appeared, and the flame quickly changed from yellowish to bright red.As if the sun had just set, another sun came out from the earth, and the melting light rushed straight, reflecting half of the person's body in red.Qingtian smiled, and was about to say something, but Qi She raised his fingers, "Shh..."

She turned her head to look, and also noticed a little gray rabbit looming in the bushes about ten feet away.Qi She lightly took out an arrow from the quiver hanging behind the saddle. The arrow shaft was covered with wrought iron and had blades, which looked extremely heavy.He didn't move at all, only his arms were stretched slowly, the bow bent to the full moon, and the arrow went to the shooting star. After a "whoosh", he hung the big bow back on the horse's back, walked over and bent over to lift it.Only then did Qingtian see clearly that what was lifted in his hand was a pair of rabbits, piercing with an arrow.She covered her face and couldn't bear to look more, but after a moment, she parted her hands, her eyes widened.

"Why are you going?!"

The sound startled a group of birds, Qing Tian felt slightly embarrassed, lowered his voice, Qi She opened his eyes, "Why are you going?"

He untied the white dragon's rein with one hand, shook the hare with the other hand, "Peel the skin and wash it. Just go to the river and be right back."

Qingtian frowned and hesitated for a moment, then said softly and timidly: "Then you hurry up." The fire in front of her flickered, and the broken hair on her forehead and temples shone faintly. , like a suspended halo.

On the tall horse, Qi She smiled mischievously, "Just for your small appearance, I will never leave for the rest of my life."

Qingtian was ashamed, "Hurry up and go!"

Warm rabbit blood dripped down the arrow, ticking, ticking, leaving traces.Qi She slapped his shoulders back halfway on the horse's back, "I'll come back as soon as I go, don't wander around, and don't miss me too much, ah."

Qingtian turned him over with his eyes, and couldn't help laughing again.

As soon as the broad back disappeared, a gust of wind came, and the sky was also darkened within a few blows.It seems that a long, long time has passed, so long that I can't hear anything except the wind; I can't see anything except the darkness.Qingtian hugged his shoulders more and more tightly, arching his legs to get close to the fire.Suddenly there was an "ah", and he stroked his chest again, a squirrel jumped by his feet.She rolled her eyeballs and glanced to both sides, crying and frowning in horror, buried her face in her arms and cursed in a low voice: "Damn ghost."

When she heard the crisp sound of the horse's hooves stepping on the dry branches again, she raised her head and looked forward almost as if she heard the sound of heaven; her eyes were brightly illuminated by the fire, but her face was dark and heavy.

When the horse came close, Qi She landed firmly on the ground as soon as he raised his legs, raised his eyebrows and smiled: "Tell me, how many times have you scolded grandpa?"

Qingtian flicked back the braids scattered in front of his shoulders, "I will treat you as dead and never come back."

He clicked "tsk", "Isn't it because of you, sir? You won't eat for a while." He tied the horse with one hand, and with the other hand he set a pair of rabbits still wearing iron arrows on the fire, and they were already disemboweled. The abdomen was broken, the fur was all gone, and the rabbit meat made a "sizzling" sound after a short time.Qi She pulled out the knowing hand knife, made incisions on the flesh, and took out a small kit from his waist.

Qing Tian stared at it with a little curiosity, and then this curiosity turned into a dumbfounded—the majestic regent, actually carried salt with him!
Qi She just lowered her head and sprinkled the fine salt in her pouch on the rabbit meat meticulously, "I have been marching with the Tatars in the field since I was 11 years old, and I am used to it. Whenever I travel long distances, I must carry bows and arrows, water, and Salt. With these things, I can live well wherever I go." He raised his eyes to look at her, his face was straight, and the smile was in his voice, "Now, I have you."

(End of this chapter)