Mu Shanjing quickly put his hands around Yuhua's shoulders and took her into his arms, "Are you okay? Are you still feeling unwell?" Yuhua immediately understood his intention, leaned her body towards his arms, and clicked.

nod.

Without thinking for a second, Mu Shanjing hugged her sideways. In an instant, she smelled the fragrance of dark wood, which was very pleasant, and her face was completely buried in his arms, covered by the hat.

, no one else can see it at all.

"Please excuse me, my sister has been in poor health since she was a child, and she needs to take medicine." Mu Shanjing said and walked straight past Li Jinnian and his group, holding Yu Hua in his arms and walking quickly upstairs.

After entering the room, Mu Shanjing put Yuhua on the bed and sat down. Only then did he see that her face was stained with a faint blush due to the suffocation of breath just now, so he turned around and opened the window a crack for ventilation, and then fell down

He gave her a cup of hot water, "Warm your hands and drink it after it's warm. I'll ask someone to prepare the medicine." As he spoke, he packaged the medicine very skillfully. Seeing him like this, Yuhua breathed a sigh of relief and chuckled, jokingly saying to him.

: "I didn't expect Mr. Yu to be so skilled in his skills now."

Mu Shanjing smiled and replied casually: "Actually, I am not so skilled just now." However, he did not continue talking, he just packed the medicine bag and went to boil the medicine immediately.

Yuhua stood up and closed the door, coughed twice, walked to the window, looked out through the small opening, and saw a carriage parked in the backyard. Mrs. Wang and her husband were guarding the car. It looked like they were

The wheel was cracked and has never been repaired.

The room where medicine was cooked was also in the backyard. Yuhua saw Mu Shanying's figure flashing into the pharmacy. She was worried that she would be discovered by them, so she sat back on the bed to rest.

When Mu Shanjing came back, the charcoal fire in the room was burning brightly. Yuhua took off her cloak and put it aside. Looking back, she saw Mu Shanjing taking a bag of candied fruits from nowhere and baking them on the fire. She smiled and said:

"After you drink the medicine and eat some candied fruit, you won't feel the pain anymore."

Yuhua had never eaten candied fruit. Such things were not common where they lived, but she felt that the fruit her father brought back could also relieve pain.

But she still took the toasted candied fruit and thanked him, "Thank you."

"No, you said thank you so much along the way."

Yu Hua smiled softly, "I know, but I still want to thank you, and thank you for just now."

"You're welcome." Mu Shanjing responded while fiddling with the charcoal fire.

Guessing that the medicine was almost cold, Yuhua drank a large bowl of medicine in one gulp and said with a half-smile: "But I didn't expect you to react so quickly just now."

"Perhaps I did have a sister once, and I picked her up right away." Mushan Jingfeng said calmly, "She was also in bad health, and she couldn't leave the house every time in the severe winter. In the end, she was eight

He died in a snowstorm at the age of 18." He died in the palace with yellow tiles and red walls and numerous palace gates.

"...Sorry." Yu Hua lowered her voice and whispered. She subconsciously brought the candied fruit to her mouth and took a small bite. A sweet taste suddenly spread on the tip of her tongue.

"It doesn't matter, I'm not a person living in the past." Mu Shanjing smiled, looked up and saw her eating candied fruit, and asked with a smile: "Is it delicious?"

"Yeah!" Yu Hua nodded vigorously and said with a smile, "I have never eaten anything so sweet."

"As long as you like it, there are plenty there, but don't eat too much, or you will get a toothache." Mu Shanjing said with a smile, feeling that the wind was getting stronger outside, he walked to the window and closed it a little smaller, his eyes widening.

He looked down and saw Wang Po below, her eyes darkening slightly.

When I borrowed their kitchen to make medicine, I heard the two people discussing in a low voice. One said: "The little girl must not be able to bear such a cold weather. It is such a miserable life. She should not have taken the train with Yuan Li." The other said.

Said: "Everything has been done, why are you showing mercy here? I'm telling you, old lady, we use money to do things, and we shouldn't have any ulterior motives."

Although there were only two short sentences, judging from Yuhua's strange reaction just now, Mu Shanjing had a rough idea of ​​the matter in his mind, but Yuhua didn't say anything, and he didn't intend to ask.

Seeing that the sky was getting dark, Yuhua was already a little sleepy. The road up the mountain tomorrow would be difficult, so she had to recuperate enough energy. She was about to tell Mu Shanjing that she planned to rest, when she looked up and saw him holding a mattress in his arms.

About to go out, she asked doubtfully: "It's so late, where are you going?"

"Oh, I saw someone was still drinking down there, so I went down to drink a few cups and fell asleep down there by the way." Mu Shanjing replied.

"Sleep down below, but down below..." Before Yu Hua could finish her words, she was interrupted by Mu Shanjing with a smile, "It doesn't matter, it's warm down there too. After all, there are storekeepers here, and they can make charcoal fires. My body

Okay...I mean, I don’t know how late it is after drinking, so you don’t need to worry about me, just close the door and sleep peacefully." After he finished speaking, he didn’t wait for Yu Hua to speak again, hugged the mattress and went out.

The room suddenly became quiet. Yu Hua took a deep breath, stood up, put out the candle, and lay down on the bed.

Even though she knew she had to recuperate her energy, she could not sleep due to tossing and turning. Through the thin layer of inner clothing, Yu Hua carefully touched the traces of the letter.

There are still too many unknowns ahead, not to mention whether the Taoist priest is a liar. It has been so many years now. Even if it is true, whether the person remembers it or admits it is another matter.

.

After all, the Qingyun Sect's Immortal Ascension Conference has not yet arrived, so if I go there so rashly and have to knock on the gate, I will inevitably feel a little...

She shook her head, trying not to think about these things, but the more she tried to forget them, the more her thoughts became tangled up in such things, and she became even more unable to sleep.

After staying like this until the latter half of the night, she heard some noise and the wine shop downstairs seemed to have ended. The night was getting quieter and quieter, but Yu Hua still couldn't sleep. She thought again, it was so big down there, what could a little charcoal fire do to keep her warm?

However, before she could think about it, she suddenly heard footsteps coming from outside the corridor. They were fast and dense, and sounded sneaky. Yuhua immediately grabbed the quilt and listened carefully. Fortunately, the footsteps were not directed towards her room.

, but headed towards the door in the southeast corner.

The room in the southeast corner... Yu Hua quickly went through the layout she saw today in her mind. There was a guard guarding the southeast door. If she guessed correctly, it seemed to be Li Jinnian's room. Only she could do that.

Put on such a big show.

The night seemed to be even quieter now. Yu Hua felt that the sound of breathing was too noisy. She held her breath and listened to the movement outside, but only heard a muffled sound of falling to the ground, followed by what seemed to be a blocked exclamation.

Yuhua could guess what happened with just a moment's thought, but she didn't dare to think too carefully about what would happen to a young lady as beautiful as a flower in this dark and windy night.

On the table downstairs, Mu Shanjing was sitting on the table, leaning against the pillar, with one foot on the edge of the table and one foot on the ground casually. The moonlight did not illuminate his dark eyes, and he was holding a

A copper coin was thrown high in the air and caught again. With the slight sound of struggle upstairs,

Throw - catch -

Throw again - catch again -

From the moment he walked in, he could tell that this group of people were not good people. They carried swords all year round. They were not members of the imperial court. They were born in mortal bodies. They were probably engaged in some marginal business. After drinking two bottles of wine, you knew that they were meeting.

For those who are greedy for money and bully the weak, they only need to say a few words that the lady who shows off her wealth is a soft persimmon, and then encourage them a few words, and they will naturally take action on their own.

But he didn't intend to let them go too far. When it was almost over, he would naturally take action.

Mu Shanjing caught the copper coins falling from the air again and was about to leave. He glanced out of the corner of his eye and suddenly saw thick smoke coming from Yuhua's room. Before he could go up, he saw a package thrown out of the window.

The cloth lit with charcoal fire made a sound, and at the same time, the fire quickly sprang up.
Chapter completed!