Chapter 35: Hold Tight!

  A big black horse galloped rapidly, the scenery in front of him passing by like the wind. The large hand grasping his waist tightened, and the strange sensation caused Xia Chuqi's body to involuntarily break out in goosebumps.

  "Hey, what exactly do you want to do?"

  The wind whispers in my ear, but no one answers.

  It's clear that Zhao Zilu is quite skilled in horse riding, and the big black horse is a fine steed, carrying two people with ease and agility without affecting its speed. However, although she was nestled in the broad and intoxicating embrace of the handsome man on her back, riding a horse really isn't as comfortable as sitting in a carriage. The jolting sensation was almost enough to turn her internal organs upside down.

  "Slow down! Slow down! Hey, are you in a hurry to reincarnate or something? I'm going to throw up!"

  He gave a cold cry of "Drive!", the big black horse spread its hooves, like an arrow off the string, and in the long whistling sound, it flashed past with a floating light, passing by Qinggang County Town, the road got darker and darker as they went.

  Don't know the goal, don't know the purpose, on July 7th, the stomach is churning and can't bear it, making an effort to stir up trouble.

  "Zhao, you're really something... I'm impressed, Zhao. Let me go quickly, or I'll really throw up."

  "Don't move!"

  A surge of great strength wrapped around her waist, he didn't slow down, his legs clamped tightly on the horse's belly, and at the same time, he lifted her body with one hand, changing her from a straddle to a side-saddle position, her whole body nestled in his arms, her face pressed against his chest, her skin stinging from the wind-blown robes.

  "Hmm..."

  She had indeed suffered a lot, she took a deep breath and calmed down, her hands tightly grasping his front lapel, her eyes staring at his cold chin and stubborn face, full of resentment.

  "What's wrong with you?"

  Still no one told her.

  The sound of the wind, the neighing of horses, and the mournful cry of night crows flying over the forest made her heart skip a beat, and she felt tense, thinking that this matter was particularly unusual. The night wind howled, and it was unknown how long they had run, but the black horse suddenly galloped from one mountain to another, crossing one stretch of road after another, until its pace finally slowed down slightly.

  She was just about to loosen her grip when Zhao Zhuo suddenly shouted, "Hold tight."

  Huh?

  The strange order came suddenly, but Xia Chun only paused for a moment, and then subconsciously hugged his waist tightly. He had already let go of her body, and when the horse's pace accelerated again, he leaned forward to the quiver and longbow tied to the saddle, drew an arrow on the string, and shot it into the dark sky with a "whoosh".

  "Hmmph!"

  A long, mournful cry echoed through the sky, followed by a small black shadow swooping down in an arc and landing on the grass not far ahead.

  So far, Xia Qi has been in a daze.

  "Rein—"

  Zhao Zhu's arm wrapped around her slender waist, pulling the reins tight, and as soon as the big black horse stopped, he jumped down to the ground. Without saying a word, he hurriedly walked towards that small black shadow, while the big black horse under him also let out a loud "neigh" and jumped high into the air.

  "First-class scoundrels, human trash, horse trash too!"

  At the beginning of summer, her back was stiff, tightly grasping the horse's mane, and her small face twitched.

  "Damn it! You dare to throw a tantrum, I'll pluck out every single one of your hairs!"

  That big black horse was unexpectedly well-behaved, and after being scolded by her, it became surprisingly obedient. Xia Chuiqi let out a sigh of relief, stepped on the stirrup, and carefully jumped down.

  "Not very gentlemanly."

  She walked up to Zhao Zhu with a scolding tone.

  Only a pigeon was shot down by his arrow on the grass, its wing injured but not dead yet. Its small body struggled in the wet dewy grass, trying to get up, but could only fall again and again in the grass, its feathers stained with fresh blood into a dark red lump.

  "Your Highness, Duke of Jin, you can't be telling me that you've come all the way here just to shoot a single pigeon?"

  Zhao Zhu tightly pursed his lips and didn't make a sound, carelessly taking off the thing wrapped in oiled paper and sealed with fire lacquer from the pigeon's leg, slowly unfolding it.

  "Ah——"

  At the beginning of summer, I just took a glance at the Huojiao mouth and was shocked.

  The mark on his forehead was one she recognized, it was the emblem of the Brocade Guard.

  "You scared me to death!"

  She patted her chest, glanced at Zhao's expressionless and arrogant face, then looked at the injured dove on the ground. Her original intention to scold him with her hands on her hips was gone.

  Although she knew it, she was used by this cheap person again.

  He used her to paralyze Dongfang Qingyun, but ended up shooting someone else's carrier pigeon.

  It must be said that she admires Zhao Zhen. Among the people she has met in her two lifetimes, his mind is the most meticulous and can be considered the best.

  He folded up the paper, Zhao Zhu crouched down to fiddle with the carrier pigeon, completely not mentioning the matter of the "letter", and instead lightly asked her, "How does it feel to ride a horse?"

  Rubbing his aching stomach, Xia Qiuli grinned, "One word: awesome. What's your horse's name? It can really run fast."

  Big bird.

  "Is that a bird?" She rolled her eyes, but before she could protest that it was indeed a real bird, Zhao Zhu picked up the pigeon with its round, pleading eyes and handed it to her.

  "What's up?" She hugged her arms and tilted her head, "Roasted pigeon or pigeon soup?"

  Zhao Mou blinked his eye and said, "Cure it."

  She let out a soft "hmmph" and pouted, "Grandpa, I'm not a veterinarian."

  "Fifty taels," he said.

  "A little less?" She said with a smile.

  "Forty." His voice was even colder.

  "Hey, isn't this a bit too much?" Her heart was slightly knotted up.

  "Just one more word..." He slowed down his tone, and Xia Chuyi suddenly panicked, snatching the bloody pigeon from his hand. Just as he thought she was about to agree, she suddenly said, "I don't want money."

  "Huh?"

  "Hmm!" Xia Qi smiled slyly, "I think I understand now. Having money on you isn't safe either, there are always petty thieves eyeing it. What's more important is having knowledge, knowledge is priceless, right? My request is just one thing - translate and annotate that book 'Qing Nang Shu' for me."

  When she saw Zhao Zun's face relax, she knew she had pressed the right button.

  A little fox locked in a cage can't fight against a cunning and treacherous big wild wolf. But as a young and inexperienced little fox, she must learn to retreat in order to advance, and get the benefits she needs without offending him.

  The Qing Nang Book is worth eighty taels of silver.

  She was cheated by him of the first eighty taels.

  As expected, Zhao Zhuo responded, "Good."

  Haha, Xia Chuiqi chuckled and nudged his arm, first pulling out a small ceramic bottle from his pocket, sprinkling some powder on the injured pigeon's wound, and said with a smile, "This is Sanqi powder, it's very effective in stopping bleeding. It's a pity that we don't have the formula for Yunnan Baiyao."

  Zhao Zun looked at her as she spoke and treated the pigeon, but he no longer spoke.

  "I said, Grandpa, your move of drawing a bow and shooting the little dove just now was too cool. Suddenly I thought of a legend."

  "Huh?"

  "Like Jing Gege in 'The Legend of the Condor Hero'." Xia Chuyi picked up the pigeon with blood on it, stroked its little head, got up and carefully held it in her arms, gave Zhao Zun a flirtatious glance, and didn't care if he understood or not. She continued to say, "But you, you have Jing Gege's demeanor, but not his innocence, so you can only be 'cheap brother'."

  Zhao Yu gave her a strange look and focused on the pigeon.

  "Can it still fly?"

  "On the seventh day of summer, she gave him a white eye, 'I said it before, I'm not a veterinarian, look at its fate. Oh dear, poor little thing, you have to be clear, grievances have a head, debts have an owner, if you die, remember to reincarnate as a human next life and come back to settle accounts with him.'"

  For her chatter, Zhao Zun naturally didn't care, he just furrowed his brow and glanced around, then raised his head to look at the increasingly dark sky. The tall figure in a black robe was majestic and elegant, with an aura of silence that was not diminished even when he was quiet, his sharp lips tightly pursed, as if thinking about something.

  It is said that people who are used to looking up at the sky always like to think about life and ideals.

  Giggling, Xia Qi surrounded him, her eyes darting towards him, "I'll take a guess, Master, what are you thinking about? You must be thinking about who Dongfang Qingxuan is sending that letter to, and how I should deal with that guy next?"

  Zhao Zun suddenly curled up his lip and said, "These cunning little thoughts of yours, who taught you?"

  She batted her eyelashes at him, and Xia Chuqi's words were laced with teasing, "Right? I'm so clever and capable, why don't you marry me as your queen, and we can conquer the world together?"

  With a glance full of disdain, Zhao Zhu looked her up and down from head to toe.

  He secretly gritted his teeth, and Xia Qi's nose pointed to the sky with a loud hum. "You don't know what you're dealing with! I'll tell you, if you don't agree today, don't regret it later. Someone once told my fortune, saying 'whoever gets this girl will surely conquer the world', get it? I'm a rare treasure."

  Zhao You seemed to chuckle and was in a good mood, "Who's counting?"

  "It's me."

  “……”

  "Okay, I'll tell you, I have a friend who is really good at fortune-telling, and she even said that I'm a phoenix destiny."

  "Phoenix fate?" Zhao You hummed, "I think you're a loach fate."

  Holding the injured little dove, Xia Qiuli raised her chin, "What's wrong?"

  With a big hand raised, Zhao Zhuo heavily patted her on the head and only responded with one word after a long time.

  Slide.

  "Hahaha——"

  Laughter echoes in the dark mountains, Xia Chuqi has only one thought at this moment.

  Same here. In this strange world, if you're not a bit sly, what can you do?

  Just as he was thinking about it, his voice suddenly turned cold.

  "You're not the wife of a fool from Cui Nian Village. Chu Qi, who are you?"

  Digression

  Thank you dear [Lao Jie 54] for upgrading to San Ding Jia, Zhuang Yuan Lang. So far, Medical Concubine has 7 big winners, Er Jin is particularly moved, kowtowing!

  At the same time, thank you dear [1381-9110] little girl, promoted to second place, a big Trojan horse!

  Besides, what I want to say, you all understand. Right, any girl who collects and reads this article is a beauty who supports and admires Er Jin, each with a big charming eye, muah muah.

  Two brocades (stroking chin): The sisters are in the book review area and Q group chatting about the plot, blowing water and going crazy. That will give people a wrong impression that I am actually very powerful and popular, and readers will come rushing in.

  Everyone (ten thousand contemptuous glances): Jin Ah, can we save a bit of face?

  Two Jins (also known as Er Jin): If I lose face, I'm finished.

  Roar, what will happen next? Everyone guess, how will Chuyi answer on the seventh day of the Lunar New Year?

  P.S: Also strongly recommend the four completed modern novels of Er Jin. You won't regret reading them, I promise!