Under the bright moonlight, Jiang Mian leaned shyly and cutely in front of Jiang Zhichen. While the man was concentrating on riding the horse, he also paid attention to whether she was bumped. "This trip is a long way. If you feel uncomfortable in any way, please tell me."
"Well..." He responded softly and leaned a little closer to the man, "Don't leave me alone again."
The day after Jiang Mian's wedding, the entire capital was in a state of chaos. People were all talking about the disappearance of the bride on the Zhang family's wedding night.
Everyone said that the girl from the General's Mansion disappeared mysteriously, and no one knew where she had gone or whether she was safe.
"Hmph! My daughter disappeared after being sent to your house. Tell me, where did she go? She is a helpless girl!"
Jiang Shaozhi, the general who ruled the country, came to ask questions in person. Everyone in the Zhang family was frightened and knelt in the front hall waiting for questioning.
As Jiang Mian's husband, Zhang Nanjin was supposed to kneel at the front and obey his father-in-law, but now he was hiding behind his mother.
"Come here." General Zhenguo pointed directly at Zhang Nanjin, "Tell me what's going on." He would never give up until he got a clear answer today.
The Zhang family can't be blamed for this. Zhang Nanjin was still drinking with friends outside. When he entered the room and wanted to make out with the bride, he only found the unconscious Xi Po.
Zhang Nanjin immediately knelt down and kowtowed to the general. Even though his forehead was bruised and bleeding, the old general showed no mercy, "Father-in-law! I really don't know where Amian went! When Nan Jin entered the room last night, , only the unconscious Xi Po, no one else!"
At this time, Xipo was also pushed out from the side. As soon as the woman met the old general's sinister eyes, she immediately knelt down with a look of horror on her face, "General Zhennan, the lady was crying after entering the bridal chamber last night. No matter what, Unable to persuade her, when the crying stopped, the woman's vision went dark, and she couldn't remember anything after that."
He knew that his daughter did not want to marry the old general Zhang Nanjin, and he could probably guess why she was crying.
The strange thing is why the crying stopped, and where did the person go after it stopped.
"Master, looking at Nan Jin's appearance, I'm afraid he really doesn't know where our Mian'er has gone. What should we do, Master...my Mian'er..."
The old general's wife was so sad that she fainted soon after, and everyone could only temporarily carry her into the wing to rest.
Everyone in the front hall was kicked out, leaving only the old general and Zhang Nanjin.
The old general called the man up from the ground and asked him to sit next to him, but he refused to say a word. He just drank tea silently, but his momentum made Zhang Nanjin breathless.
"Father-in-law..." Zhang Nanjin remembered a key person, that is, the incredible woman who lived in the princess's mansion. "Before we got married, Amian stayed at the princess's mansion all the time. Why don't Nanjin go and ask with you?" "
The old general also heard about this matter and knew that what Zhang Nanjin said was true. He thought that maybe this was a breakthrough that would allow him to find his daughter.
*
The atmosphere in the princess's mansion was solemn. When Wen Yuan woke up in the morning, she heard the news about Jiang Mian's whereabouts. She was also puzzled, and the Zhenguo general came to find her aggressively.
Looking at Zhang Nanjin next to the old general, Wen Yuan understood who asked the old general to come.
She couldn't afford to offend this old general, who had great military exploits and was her father's comrade-in-arms. "Uncle, Wen Yuan really doesn't know where Amian has gone, and she is not here with me. Amian did stay at the Princess Mansion a few days ago, but in Five days before she got married, she said she was going back home to prepare."
Neither here nor there. The old general was so angry that he almost fell down in Wen Yuan's garden.
Although he didn't know where Jiang Mian went, Wen Yuan could make some guesses. Jiang Mian was an honest girl and didn't know much about martial arts. Who else could come to pick her up except Jiang Feng.
"Ayuan, uncle wants to borrow your study room. He wrote a letter asking my son to send someone to look for his sister."
"Chunhua, take General Zhennan to the study."
After the old general left, Wen Yuan looked Zhang Nanjin up and down while sipping his tea.
When he put down the tea cup, he suddenly sneered, with a cold expression, like a poisonous snake in a cave of ten thousand snakes, "Young Master Zhang is so smart that he even thought of bringing the old general to my princess mansion."
"Nan Jin doesn't understand what Princess Xianyang is talking about." Zhang Nanjin nervously picked up the teacup in an attempt to cover up his lack of confidence.
But his trembling hands betrayed him.
He didn't admit it, and Wen Yuan didn't bother to ask. Anyway, they both knew why the old general came to the princess' mansion today.
The old general used to send messages with a golden ring tied to one foot of Haidongqing. He flew thousands of miles without feeling tired. It seemed that the old general was really worried about his daughter's personal safety.
After everyone left, Wen Yuan immediately handed a letter to his secret guard, asking him to travel day and night to deliver the letter to Jiang Feng in person.
*
The journey back to the military camp is long and impossible to reach in just a few days.
Jiang Mian was taken care of a lot by Jiang Zhichen along the way, but the man seemed to enjoy the process of taking care of her, "This mountain spring is sweet, take a few sips to quench your thirst."
Jiang Zhichen tore off a small leaf, filled it with some spring water, brought it to Jiang Mian, and fed it to her with his own hands.
The ambiguity of the move made Jiang Mian unable to react for a moment. When he reacted, he was already immersed in the man's tenderness and was spinning beyond words.
Jiang Mian's stomach growled inexplicably at this moment, which made Jiang Mian blush.
"Haha -" the man buried his head and chuckled, "There should be a village ahead. Then we'll see if they sell your favorite meat buns." He was still as gentle as before, which made Jiang Mian feel a little overwhelmed, feeling that all this None of it is true.
She was afraid that all this was just a fleeting thing.
Seeing that her smiling face just now suddenly dropped, Jiang Zhichen guessed what the girl was thinking, put his arms around her shoulders, and held Jiang Mian in his arms.
"The worst we can do is wander around the world. You and I will always stay together." Jiang Zhichen was not a person with great righteousness. He cared more about the person in his arms than the people and military camps in the world.
"I don't want anything, I just want you."
In one sentence, Jiang Mian gave her heart to this man. She hugged Jiang Zhichen's arm and buried her head in his chest, "Brother Chen, I'm very happy you said that. But if one day, I want you If you have to choose between me and the people of the world, you must choose the latter. Go and protect the Dragon Kingdom that I love, and protect the people of the world that I care about with my brother."
"I promise you."
"I will assist Afeng well and let him be the patron saint to protect the people of the Dragon Kingdom and protect you."
The country they live in is not peaceful, with constant tribal wars on the border. Jiang Mian has been exposed to it since she was a child. Influenced by her father, she has a deep sense of family and country. Therefore, she hopes that her husband will not be a romantic person, but a romantic person. A man who has the righteousness of his family and country and can stand upright.
Half a month later, the two arrived at the junction of Qingfeng City and Feihua City. The continuous mountains completely blocked the two cities.
The horse really couldn't go any further at night, so he had no choice but to rest on the spot.
"There is a cave ahead, let's rest in it tonight." Jiang Zhichen found a strong tree and tied the horse's rope to it.
I picked up a lot of dry firewood on the way to the cave, so I can use flint to live on once I get in. This way I won't freeze even at night, and it can also prevent wild animals from approaching.
"Fortunately, I bought a lot of dry food when we were in Qingfeng City." Sometimes the food on the march was worse than this, but Jiang Zhichen thought it was nothing.
But Jiang Mian was a young lady who had never left a deep boudoir. She ate dry food every day until her mouth almost became crooked, and she felt like vomiting when she saw dry food again.
Fortunately, Jiang Zhichen also bought other things, "Qingfeng rice cakes, if it weren't for the short storage time of this snack, I would have bought more for you to eat on the road."
This rice cake is made from the juice squeezed from the Qingfeng fruit. It is fragrant and delicious and suitable for both men and women of all ages.
The cool breeze at night after autumn set in made people shiver. Jiang Mian walked closer to the fire, hugging himself and breathing incessantly.
The cloak that allowed her to hide out of the city gate played a big role at this time. "Go to sleep quickly. I will keep watch and call you at dawn tomorrow."
Jiang Zhichen covered Jiang Mian's face with the warmth of his hands, which made the little man in his arms much warmer and allowed him to sleep peacefully.
Late at night, the burning fire attracted a group of mountain bandits.
The robbers had already been spotted by Jiang Zhichen as soon as they appeared in the woods, but in order not to wake Jiang Mian up he still held back and listened silently to see what they wanted to do.
If he was just passing by, it would be fine. If he had other intentions, don't blame him for being ruthless.
A few strong men quietly reached the entrance of the cave. Their black night clothes allowed them to hide in the darkness, but their aura was too strong. Jiang Zhichen stopped them before they even got close, "Leave quickly, otherwise don't blame me for being ruthless."
The man who was meditating against the wind on the top of the mountain in the distance stood up and looked at everything going on down the mountain. He narrowed his eyes and wondered whether he should help the two people in the cave.
"Little pretty boy, once you enter this realm, the sky will not respond to you, and the earth will no longer work."
The robbers originally only wanted to steal money, but after seeing the beautiful girl in Jiang Zhichen's arms, they had the idea of robbing her.
Greedy eyes were fixed on Jiang Mian. How could Jiang Zhichen, who was also a man, not understand this look? He snorted coldly, drew his sword out of its sheath, and pointed it at the leader of the robbers, "If you don't retreat, you are afraid of your own life." Is it long?"
"Long life? You short-lived ghost, do you know what you are talking about?" The leader of the robbers was tall and tall, holding two big knives in his hands.
At this time, I have to admire Jiang Mian for being able to sleep without waking up.
During the stalemate between the two sides, a gust of wind blew through, sending a strange fragrance into the cave.
It was accompanied by the sound of the tin staff in the monk's hand, as clear and sweet as a silver bell.
The robbers were obviously panicked. They looked around but found nothing, "Fox Monk! The Fox Monk is here! Let's go! Let's go!"
The voices of these grown men finally woke up Jiang Mian, who had been sleeping soundly since just now.
Before she could scream, the bandits were frightened and fled in all directions.
