"Madam, don't move yet." Zhou Xu dismounted, led the horse to a tree, took out a rainproof coarse cloth from the other side of the saddle bag, found a flat stone, moved it over, and untied himself The cloak covers it.
Then he stretched out his hand and said with a smile: "Okay, madam, come down."
Xiao Luolan put her hand on her, and just when she was about to dismount, she felt her waist being grabbed, the corners of her skirt flew up, and then she sat on the cloak.
Sect Leader Zhou was sitting on the grass next to her, wearing black light armor and his boots were covered in mud.
"Sit over here." Xiao Luolan moved his position, and the grass was covered with rain.
Zhou Xu looked at his wife, she was as clean and beautiful as a painting.
Zhou Xu took Madam's hand and kissed it. He smelled the medicine and said with a smile, "Madam, just sit down."
"Madam, look at the mountain in front of you."
Xiao Luolan looked in the direction pointed by Sect Master Zhou. The distance was too far, and it took her a while to see a tiny white dot.
"It's called Baishan, and Huiyi City is right there." Zhou Xudao.
Xiao Luolan thought of the scene in the military camp and asked after a while: "Are you going to fight?"
She remembered that Sect Master Zhou had said that those prisoners should be used as human shields.
"Yes." Zhou Xu held his wife's hand.
Xiao Luolan noticed something: "You won't take me with you."
"Madam is so important, so of course she sits in the rear to reassure the troops." Zhou Xu said with a smile.
Xiao Luolan actually felt empty and confused at this moment. She looked at Sect Master Zhou: "Is it dangerous ahead?"
Zhou Xu touched his wife's face, with a smile and reluctance in his narrow eyes: "The old king is so confident in gathering seven tribes to form an alliance. He must have some guarantees. I doubt that he will return to Yicheng. There’s a large bed/crossbow inside.”
"I will lead the team first. Once the danger is eliminated, Madam will come back. It will be safer this way."
Xiao Luolan pursed her lips, feeling depressed: "Then be careful and be sure to pay attention to safety."
Zhou Xu looked at the lady's beautiful face, and an idea came to his mind for no reason.
He seemed to blurt out his words, staring at Madam.
"If I die…"
Xiao Luolan's eyelashes trembled and she looked at Sect Leader Zhou with wide eyes. Her heart was frightened by these words and she frowned involuntarily: "What are you talking about?"
Zhou Xu smiled and asked, "Will Madam remarry?"
Seeing that he spoke freely and did not shy away from the word "death", Xiao Luolan felt angry and said, "Of course I will."
Zhou Xuqing stepped forward and asked in a low voice: "Who will you marry again?"
Xiao Luolan glared at him.
Zhou Xu laughed.
Xiao Luolan's back was turned to the person, but her eyes were slightly red.
Chapter 83
On a large desolate hillside.
Zhou Xu held the reins and stuffed the slightly wrinkled cloak and the coarse cloth on the ground into the saddle bag. His temples were slightly weathered. The middle-aged man in his forties was still tall and powerful. He walked a few steps quickly to follow. Madam in front.
Xiao Luolan carried her skirt down the mountain. The mountain road was muddy, but she didn't say a word.
Zhou Xu gently pulled the lady's arm, and naturally saw the redness in the corner of the lady's eyes that had not disappeared, like a little red on the tip of the peach blossom petals in March, which instantly hit his heart, and he paused for a long time. He said warmly: "There are a lot of gravel over there, so be careful if you sprain your feet."
Xiao Luolan avoided him and just walked with her head down.
Zhou Xu touched the prickly stubble growing on his chin and chased after him again.
"Madam, your embroidered shoes are dirty."
Xiao Luolan lowered his eyes, as if he didn't hear what Sect Leader Zhou said.
"Madam, are you tired from walking? Do you want me to carry you on my back?" Zhou Xu came up to Madam, held her hand involuntarily with his left hand, and held the reins with his right hand.
Xiao Luolan shook it off twice but did not shake it off. The temperature on Zhou Zongzhu's body has always been very high, and it became more obvious in autumn. His palms were hot and dry, and the calluses were thick and rough. His joints were much thicker than ordinary people, and so was his strength.
"Is Madam angry?"
Xiao Luolan listened to the noisy voice in her ears, pursed her lips tightly and said nothing. When she was on the hillside, her sadness was real. Since she died in battle for what Zongzhu Zhou said, the sword had no eyes on the battlefield, who knew whether it would happen or not. When the accident happened, the other half of her sadness came from Sect Master Zhou's observation of her... It was hard to tell which one was more sad and which was less sad. They were mixed together and made her eyes turn red.
In this ancient troubled world, what choice did she have?
Zhou Xu was really angry when he saw her, and quickly stopped her from leaving. When he saw his wife turning her head and not looking at him, he coaxed: "It's my fault, I made you angry. Your Majesty, you have a lot of money, so don't be upset." good?"
Xiao Luolan looked at Sect Leader Zhou, thinking that this man was about to leave for the battlefield, and finally hummed.
When the two of them rode back, the atmosphere was not as harmonious as when they came.
Xiao Luolan didn't look at Sect Master Zhou or the surrounding scenery, but looked blankly at the distant sky.
Seeing this, Zhou Xu held her waist tightly and asked in a low voice: "What is Madam thinking about?"
"Nothing." Xiao Luolan was indeed not thinking about anything.
Zhou Xu stared at the white back of his wife's neck, lowered his head and kissed it, then smelled it and licked it. Xiao Luolan was a little uncomfortable with this behavior that looked like the mark of a beast.
She suddenly raised her head, and a drop of cold autumn rain fell on her cheek. Xiao Luolan blinked, and it started raining again.
Zhou Xu took the opportunity to kiss the madam's neck. He especially loved the way the madam raised her head. When the madam raised her head, the lines of her snow-white neck were graceful and slender with a hint of vulnerability and pity. Her whole body glowed white in the foggy and dark sky. , unlike human beings.
It was his wife. Zhou Xu took a deep breath and hesitated again about the decision to leave his wife behind. He didn't want to do it, but if he returned to Yicheng, there was a large bed/crossbow, which meant that safety could not be guaranteed. Guarantee, that kind of big killer, with a range of more than a thousand meters. If his wife went to the front line with him, what if... Zhou Xu once again put an end to the idea of taking his wife to the front line as soon as he thought of this possibility.
It is best for the lady to stay behind. He has left enough manpower for her, and there are also good hands in the world among the guests. They protect her openly or covertly, and she is in a safe place.
"It's raining, let's go back." Xiao Luolan took out the umbrella from his saddle bag and opened it to protect him from the rain.
Zhou Xu took the umbrella and held it for his wife.
After the horse walked for a while, Xiao Luolan realized that the route seemed a little wrong. She turned to look at Sect Master Zhou: "Aren't you going back to camp?"
Zhou Xu hugged his wife and kissed her ear.
Xiao Luolan seemed to understand something and turned red for a moment.
"Madam, talk to me." Zhou Xu couldn't stand his wife's alienation and indifference towards him, not even a little bit, which would make him go crazy and lose control.
"What do you want to hear?" Xiao Luolan said.
"Anything is fine, as long as it's what Madam says, I like to listen to it."
"...Then let's go back." When Xiao Luolan said this, the heat on her face had not dissipated yet. Sometimes she felt that Sect Master Zhou was too open-minded. He was about to go to the battlefield, and now it was... It was raining and he was in the wild. She didn't understand where his interest came from.
"There are many people in the military camp." Zhou Xu kissed his wife's cheek again.
Xiao Luolan stopped talking.
"Don't worry, no one will notice." Zhou Xu knew that Madam was thin-skinned and extremely shy, so he didn't dare to go too far.
"I'll leave in the evening."
The horse stopped in front of an unknown hole in the hillside.
Xiao Luolan looked at the darkness inside and didn't dare to go in, but the rain outside became heavier and heavier, so she had to go inside to take shelter.
Zhou Xu took out a fire seal. It was cloudy outside and raining heavily.
The rain formed a rain curtain at the entrance of the cave.
Xiao Luolan felt a little relieved when she saw the light of the fire. Unexpectedly, the fire was blown out by the wind in the next second, leaving only a faint bright color at the entrance of the cave.
Xiao Luolan groped forward a few steps and found that the cave was quiet, and Sect Master Zhou seemed to be missing.
This person knows how to scare her!
Xiao Luolan turned around and left, but bumped into a wall. Her nose was sore when she hit it, and tears instantly came to her eyes.
"I'll rub it." Zhou Xu had just checked inside the cave. He lowered his head and rubbed his wife's sore nose. Seeing that the tip of her nose and eyes were red, he felt a little distressed: "Does it hurt?"
Xiao Luolan's nose hurt a little, mainly because it was sour. She dismissed the physiological tears: "A little."
"The cave is not clean." Zhou Xu said, "I went to clean it first."
Xiao Luolan glanced outside the cave. There was lightning and thunder in the dark sky, and heavy rain. She couldn't leave now even if she wanted to.
"If you had gone back earlier, you might have had hot tea by now." Xiao Luolan complained.
Zhou Xu smiled and said, "Madam, you would like to drink tea. I have some in my saddle bag." After that, he opened an umbrella and went out.
Xiao Luolan watched his figure disappear into the vast rain, and opened her mouth, wanting Sect Master Zhou to come back, but he walked too fast, and he left almost as soon as she finished speaking.
Xiao Luolan turned to look inside the cave. It was pitch black. She didn't know what might be hidden inside, and she felt a little scared.
She listened to the sound of rain and wrapped her brown cloak tighter.
Zhou Xu came back soon. He first took out the fire seal to illuminate the cave, and then he saw the lady's starry eyes.
Zhou Xu smiled slightly, took his wife's hand and entered the cave with her. Before entering, he gathered the weeds and twigs in the cave into a small pile. After lighting the fire, he placed the small copper pot in the saddle bag. In the fire, let it burn.
Xiao Luolan sat on the cloak. The warm firelight dissipated the chill of late autumn. She looked around and found that the cave was very dry and the ground was relatively clean. However, there were many dry and dry firewood piled with dust in the inner area, and there were many of hay.
It must be a storage point for winter supplies for some tribe. Xiao Luolan guessed that when the army came, those people no longer cared about these things and fled for their lives, so there was so much dust.
"Is it still cold?" Zhou Xu took off his light armor and moved closer to the fire to drive away the moisture on his body.
Xiao Luolan saw his movements and replied after a while: "It's not cold anymore."
Zhou Xu touched his wife's hand and saw that it was warm, and took out a teacup from the saddle bag next to him.
"Why do you have everything?" Xiao Luolan glanced at the large saddlebag made of cowhide.
"When you go out, you should always prepare more. There are salt, dried meat, knives, flints and other small things in the saddle bag." After Zhou Xu finished speaking, he took out a tea can from the saddle bag and used the tip of the knife to open the small copper Lid the pot, and poured a little tea into it.
After the tea was boiled, Zhou Xu poured a cup.
Xiao Luolan looked at the tea cup placed on the light armor. The aroma of tea was lingering. Next to her was the sect leader Zhou who was watching eagerly. Her hands hidden in her sleeves couldn't help but curl up.
Zhou Xu stared at his wife intently.
Xiao Luolan was frightened by what he saw. Under the warm firelight, while waiting for the tea to cool down, she sweated nervously on her forehead. She couldn't help but turn around and wanted Master Zhou to stop looking at her. She was suddenly kissed on the cheek. one time.
