Wu Mu carried Ye Chuyan on his back, looking for the fallen flying objects while walking, planning to bury them after finding them.
The two searched for a long time but couldn't find it, so they had to give up.
Wu Mu and Ye Chuyan discussed it. The more closed the place, the fewer strangers there would be. Both of them are familiar faces and are easy to remember.
Being in a lively town, with businessmen coming and going, and many strangers, you won't be noticed.
So, they came out of the mountains and forests to a nearby lively town, and found a relatively clean inn to stay.
Wu Mu asked the shopkeeper to arrange a better room for them and send some food to their room.
The shopkeeper is a kind-hearted person.
He saw Ye Chuyan lying on Wu Mu's back, his head hanging down, his face unclear, listless, and seemed to be seriously ill. After lamenting, they arranged an extremely quiet room for the two of them and sent some food there.
After eating and washing up, Ye Chuyan felt exhausted, fell on the bed and fell asleep.
Wu Mu just rested for a while and then got up energetically.
He quietly left the room, went out to find an escort, and lied that he wanted to deliver something to the east coast. Asked how soon it could be delivered.
There happened to be a tall and bold escort in the escort agency today. Facing Wu Mu's inquiry, he first said it would take ten days.
The Wu family already had its own escort bureau, and Wu Mu was quite familiar with this business. When it came to escorting the escorts, Jian was clear and logical. He always thought that ten days was too long, and frowned to pretend to be dissatisfied.
The escort saw that although Wu Mu had scars on his face, he was not a bad person. He had an extraordinary conversational skills and was quite expert in guarding escorts, so we chatted openly with him.
He told Wu Mu that there was only one official road to the east coast. It would take fifteen days to travel normally, and ten days was already the fastest speed.
After saying that, he sat down on Wu Mu.
Dip your fingers in water and draw a rough map on the table: where do you have to go from this town to the east coast and why does it take ten days.
Wu Mu suddenly understood after hearing this, and took the opportunity to ask where to buy horses and travel supplies. The bodyguard answered him readily.
After asking everything clearly, Wu Mu lied and said that he would go back and think about it before deciding whether to escort him.
This kind of situation is common in escort agencies, and the escort did not suspect anything. He just responded with a smile and politely sent him to the door.
After Wu Mu went out, he bought two horses and some things for the road according to the place provided by the escort. It was already noon when we returned to the inn.
Ye Chuyan hasn't woken up yet. He had nothing to do, so he simply moved a chair and sat on the edge of the bed watching Ye Chuyan sleep.
Ye Chuyan breathed very shallowly when he fell asleep. He lay on his side on the bed, curled up, his elbows pressed tightly against his knees, like a wounded animal.
Wu Mu held one of her hands and put it against his face, quietly feeling the warmth of her palm.
The room was extremely quiet, with the only sound of two people breathing. At this moment, his heart felt particularly peaceful and content.
I couldn't help but start to recall the acquaintance and past of the two people.
He met Ye Chuyan for the first time in the military camp. Ye Chuyan didn't look like a lady at all. She dressed up as a man and chattered all day long.
He didn't know she was a girl. The first time he accidentally walked in while she was changing clothes.
Seeing her back to him, her black hair spread like a waterfall, draped on her snow-white slender shoulders. The strong contrast between black and white made me stunned for the first time.
After being driven out of the tent, my heart was beating wildly. As if by mistake, he took the black gold bell inherited from the Wu family and gave it to her as an apology gift.
She was angry and refused to forgive herself or accept an apology.
I had no choice but to say deliberately: "You don't accept the gift or apology, do you want me to take responsibility?"
Sure enough, she snatched the bell away. He said fiercely: "I don't want a naughty boy like you to be responsible!"
Later, she really stopped being angry and gave herself a nickname: Little Wood.
I kept shouting Xiaomu, Xiaomu all day long. At that time, I was quite angry because of this nickname.
I always feel that this nickname just sounds like an ignorant naughty boy and has no masculinity at all.
She always smiled and said: You are just a brat, where do you get your masculinity from? Xiaomu, please call me sister and come listen.
At that time, she was unbridled, lively and enthusiastic.
That day, she went out hunting in anger and got into trouble after being laughed at by herself.
At that time, he followed the soldiers and went out to look for her like crazy. Finally she was found in a cave near the glacier.
She didn't know where her boots had fallen. She was lying barefoot on the ground, her face was bloodless, and she was dying.
The military doctors tried every means to barely save her life. However, she had been immersed in cold air for too long, and it would be extremely difficult for her to become pregnant in the future. She was destined to have few offspring in this life.
Moreover, she lost all memory due to a persistent high fever.
When she woke up, she no longer recognized herself.
Ye Chuqing told her the reason why she went hunting. She was not angry after hearing this, but just joked to herself: Wu Mu, I heard that I went hunting because of your stimulation?
I was so uncomfortable that I couldn't breathe.
If I hadn't been naughty and laughed at her for being a little girl who didn't know anything, this wouldn't have happened.
I made up my mind at that time that I must marry her as my wife in this life. No matter whether she could have children or not, it didn't matter.
She is going back to Kyoto to recuperate and rest, and may not be able to come to the military camp for a long time.
Before he left, he told her that since you fell off the cliff and lost the gift I gave you, you didn't accept my apology.
She didn't remember the bell at all, looked at herself with a confused and doubtful look, waved goodbye to herself, and returned to Kyoto.
It wasn't until the next year that he begged his father for a long time before he found the opportunity to go to Kyoto to see her.
She was very happy when she saw that she was holding her hand and said: Xiaomu, let me tell you a secret, I have someone I like.
He is Pei Xiuyan, King of Xiaoqing. He is tall and handsome, calm and sensible, not as naughty as you.
I was completely stupid at the time.
She forgot about herself and the friendship with her childhood sweetheart. Pei Xiuyan was the only one in her heart.
She didn't know that the Wujin bell was something passed down from the Wu family to her future daughter-in-law. Since she lost something, she didn't accept her apology and she must be responsible for it.
How could she fall in love with someone else?
Pei Xiuyan lost his father and mother at an early age and had a cold nature. Moreover, because he was the only son left by the old Qing king, he would need many heirs to prosper the palace in the future.
It was extremely difficult for her to conceive and she loved her so much that she would not be happy if she was with Pei Xiuyan.
She was such a stubborn and determined person. She knew that being with Pei Xiuyan was like a moth flying into a flame, but she still married him without hesitation.
Wu Mu couldn't bear to recall what happened next.
There are some things that I can't think about. Thinking about them hurts like needles.
No matter how long it takes, that feeling will still come to mind at any time.
Unconsciously, it has been almost thirteen years since the two of them first met in the military camp.
Since Ye Chuyan met him again this time, he slept with his heart on his chest every night, hugging him tightly and refusing to let go.
Now, she was sleeping alone, curled up, as if she was afraid of being hurt again.
How much hurt and grievance has she experienced over the years to develop such a sleeping position?
Thinking of this, Wu Mu's whole heart twitched.
He held Ye Chuyan's hand and rubbed his face twice, and murmured: "Ayan, fortunately everything is over. You finally became my wife."
"No one can separate us from now on."
The room was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop, and Wu Mu's murmur sounded like someone murmuring in sleep.
He just looked at Ye Chuyan like this.
When the song was finished in the afternoon, Ye Chuyan suddenly shouted: "Wu Mu, run!" Then he suddenly opened his eyes.
When she opened her eyes, she met Wu Mu's eyes and saw him sitting on the edge of the bed looking at her distressedly. She sat up, touched her heart twice, and let out a long sigh of relief.
"Wu Mu, I had a dream just now. I dreamed that Na Sheng came to catch us and said he would take you back to feed the tigers. It scared me to death."
Wu Mu saw a thin layer of sweat on her forehead and wiped it for her with his sleeve.
"It's okay, Na Sheng's people didn't find us so quickly."
"I just took advantage of you to find out the route to the east coast while you were sleeping, and I almost have an idea."
"I also bought horses and things for the road."
"We can leave anytime if you want."
Ye Chuyan looked at Wu Mu with wide eyes, surprised and happy.
"You actually arranged everything while I was asleep?"
"Why are you so fast?"
Wu Mu sat beside the bed, held her in his arms, and said hurriedly:
"Because I want to take my brother to southern Xinjiang quickly."
Ye Chuyan lay in Wu Mu's arms, laughing so hard that her branches were trembling.
She did not expect that Wu Mu would never forget the relationship between brother and brother.
She laughed for a while, looked up at Wu Mu, and joked: "Is it because when you were little, I forced you to call me sister, but you hold a grudge and now you insist on being my brother?"
Wu Mu saw that she was wearing a mask, her face was gray, but her eyes were shining and smiling. She suppressed the joy in her heart, kept a straight face, and pretended to be vicious: "Yes, I hold a grudge! I will not only be yours from now on." Husband, I will also be your elder brother."
Ye Chuyan laughed softly again, shrugging his shoulders.
After laughing for a while, her expression suddenly froze.
Brother?
Her brother and father were both delayed during the heavy snowfall last year.
She no longer has a brother.
Her mother, sister-in-law and niece all died in May this year.
She also doesn’t have any family anymore.
Ye Chuyan of Dafeng also died, and the Ye family was completely gone.
Now, Wumu is her only family, carrying all her emotions.
He wants to be her husband and her brother.
When she thought of this, her heart kept trembling.
She hugged Wu Mu's waist, leaned quietly on his heart, and said muffledly: "Wu Mu, no matter what happens in the future, please don't leave me. Apart from you, I have nothing in this world. "
Wu Mu froze for a moment and gently stroked her back.
"How come you have nothing? You have me, and you will have our children in the future. You are the daughter-in-law of the Wu family, and the Wu family are my relatives and your relatives."
"Our loved ones are still alive in this world."
He paused, his throat a little dry. "We are husband and wife, and we will depend on each other for life and death."
The two cuddled for a while. Ye Chuyan didn't want to waste any more time, so she tidied up, had something to eat with Wu Mu, and then rode on the road.
After they rode out of the city, they took all the country roads. Although the mountain roads were rugged, they felt comfortable. Moreover, Ye Chuyan had not experienced riding a horse in the wild for a long time. She did not feel tired at all, but felt free and unrestrained.
When they were tired from the journey, they pitched tents and lived in the countryside.
Wu Mu was restraining herself, determined not to touch Ye Chuyan, and just hugged her to sleep every night.
Occasionally they passed by a lively market town, so they would go to the market town to replenish some dry food and the like, and inquire about the latest information.
The strange thing is that Na Sheng did not set any checkpoints or wanted orders on the road.
People in some places don't even know what happened in Star City.
This journey was incredibly smooth.
The more this happened, the more unsure Ye Chuyan felt.
Has Sheng given up? Or was there no trace of the two of them? Or are they waiting somewhere to fall into a trap?
Seeing that there was still one day to go to the east coast, Ye Chuyan felt half relieved.
As long as we can get on the boat smoothly when we get to the shore tomorrow, everything won't be a problem.
It was now approaching the end of October, and the wilderness was more exposed. Wu Mu really didn't want Ye Chuyan to camp in the wilderness for so many days in a row. That night, they did not stay in a tent in the suburbs, but went to a nearby market town to find an inconspicuous inn to stay.
After washing up, Ye Chuyan lay on the bed, nestled in Wu Mu's arms, counting on her fingers how long it would take to leave Beirong before boarding the ship.
"After we reach the coast of Dafeng, we can go ashore from Yunzhou to Southern Xinjiang."
"We are not wanted in Dafeng. As long as we dress up a little bit, we don't need to be wary on the road."
As soon as he thought of this, Ye Chuyan danced excitedly and his eyes shone.
Wu Mu was shocked by Ye Chuyanliang's scary eyes.
He joked: "Why are we in such a hurry to go to Southern Xinjiang? We can go around to Yunzhou first and see the Snow Dragon Mountain over there before going to Southern Xinjiang."
Ye Chuyan's voice trembled with surprise.
"Is it the one mentioned in the book, the Snow Dragon Mountain that is covered with snow all year round in the west?"
Wu Mu scratched her nose and laughed softly.
"Yes, Xuelong Mountain is covered with snow all year round. I've been there once and everything was fine except it was a bit cold."
Ye Chuyan's eyes filled with excitement.
She could personally explore the scenes described in the book. This was something that Ye Chuyan, the former Princess of the Qing Dynasty, never dared to think about.
That night, the two fell asleep with anticipation and excitement.
