Oriole Line

It was clear that their speed could not last.It was already daytime now, and since the Beiyan people had found their tracks, even if they got rid of them temporarily, they could still follow their footprints until they were exhausted.

There must be a way.

Pu Chen looked around while running, and saw a lake not far away, not too big, but not too shallow.As soon as Pu Chen thought about it, he put down Wen Tao and ran to the lake alone.Just as Wen Tao wanted to follow, Pu Chen stopped him and said, "Don't move."

Wen Tao didn't dare to do anything wrong, he saw Pu Chen exploring by the lake alone, throwing stones into the lake to estimate the depth of the lake.

"You wait for me here." Pu Chen gave another order, and ran towards the side of the lake, but he seemed to deliberately increase his footsteps when he ran.Wen Tao was still in doubt at first, but after thinking about it for a while, he suddenly realized that he followed Pu Chen's route and rushed there.He tried his best to follow Pu Chen's footsteps.

Not long after he walked out, Pu Chen turned back, but he was extra careful when he turned back, and only landed on the soles of his front feet, stepping on the footprints he had left when he went.When he saw Wen Tao, his expression changed drastically: "Didn't I tell you not to move?"

Wen Tao didn't care, but found it a little funny, and countered: "There are two people's footprints all the way. If you only forged one person's footprints, wouldn't you expose your flaws?"

Pu Chen was choked for a moment, he laughed at Wen Tao's stupidity when he was riding a horse before, but now it is obvious that he is stupid.He was still stunned in place, Wen Tao had already followed Pu Chen's footsteps and walked dozens of steps forward, and then turned back following Pu Chen's footsteps.A quarter of an hour had passed by the time the two of them turned back to the lake, and Beiyan's men should have caught up soon.Pu Chen took off his robe and placed it by the lake near the footprints.Everything is ready, when the Beiyan people chase after them, they will definitely chase in that direction when they see the robes by the lake and their forged footprints.Now there is only the last step left, the two of them can hide in the lake before the Beiyan people come.

"Hey, I don't know how to water." Wen Tao said suddenly.

"It's okay, I'm holding you, just hold your breath." Pu Chen said.

As every minute passed, Pu Chen's expression became more and more serious. Even Wen Tao, whose five senses were far inferior to Pu Chen's, could already hear footsteps in the distance.Pu Chen silently estimated the distance of the visitor in his heart, and at the last moment he grabbed Wen Tao and jumped into the lake together. The depth of the lake completely submerged the two of them.Wen Tao was born in the north, and it was the first time he entered the water. The lake water poured into his eyes and ears from all directions. He felt a "boom", that clear and calm world no longer existed, and his eyes and ears were full of fog.But he knew very well that the people from Beiyan were nearby at this moment, and any actions he made underwater might cause the people from Beiyan to suspect him. He had to persevere as much as possible.

Pu Chen kept looking up at the water surface, and he saw a group of Beiyan people chasing after them. They stopped by the table and watched the lake water, while discussing in Jie language.

Hurry up, hurry up... Pu Chen muttered in his heart, he heard that a Beiyan man had noticed his robe and forged footprints, and suggested that they chase in that direction.As a result, the leading Beiyan people only gave the order "you go and have a look", and they still stopped on the shore with most of the people.

It seems that he has to hide for a while, Pu Chen judged in his heart that he must be fine, but Wen Tao...he glanced at Wen Tao, and this glance made Pu Chen nervous. A little twisted, and the whole person leaned back a little.When Pu Chen was in the barracks, he practiced water with the soldiers. Soldiers who don't know how to swim will have this expression when they drown.Pu Chen quickly increased the strength of his grip on Wen Tao's wrist, and grabbed Wen Tao's other hand.Wen Tao is still trying to hold his breath, but his eyes are already a little loose.

Pu Chen glanced at the people from Beiyan who hadn't left for a long time on the shore, thinking that if Wen Tao went ashore at this moment, it would be tantamount to sending him to death, so his heart broke down, and he pulled Wen Tao directly over to help him breathe.The moment his lips touched, Pu Chen was puzzled when he saw Wen Tao's slack eyes. He couldn't explain it to him, but he could only give him his energy as best he could.Wen Tao's sanity recovered a bit, and after realizing what Pu Chen was doing, he tried to push him away, but Pu Chen held him tightly to his chest, without stopping to breathe.He felt that there was not much energy left in him, and a burst of dizziness hit him, was he going to die here?He is not reconciled.But if he stopped, Wen Tao might die here.Thinking of this possibility, Pu Chen felt a throbbing pain that he had never felt before.That was the first time in his life that he realized that there was something more painful than death in this world.

At that moment, Pu Chen looked at the lake, the dazzling sky light shot into his eyes, and he felt that he was going to be blind.

40, 40.

When Pu Chen became conscious again, his head was already above the water, and he felt as if a hand was trying to lift him up until he could breathe fresh air again.He instinctively took several breaths, and his brain gradually regained clarity.The first thing to do was to glance around for the traces of the Beiyan people. Fortunately, they were gone, and they should have chased them in the direction of their forged footprints.Just as Pu Chen breathed a sigh of relief, his heart skipped a beat. Where's Wen Tao?Pu Chen plunged back into the water again, and gradually recalled what happened in the water just now. He gave Wen Tao breath, but he was also exhausted. At the last moment, he thought he would die here, but He was lifted to the surface of the water.

Who entrusted him?It can only be Wen Tao, but what about Wen Tao himself?Pu Chen opened his eyes wide and searched in the lake, and Wen Tao was indeed still in the water, and his whole body was falling.Pu Chen grabbed Wen Tao's shoulder and dragged him out of the water.Wen Tao closed his eyes, his face was pale, and his breathing was weak.Pu Chen dragged Wen Tao ashore, but Wen Tao still didn't show any sign of sobriety.He knew how to deal with sailors who drowned, so he untied all of Wen Tao's robes. Under the noon sun, the welt marks on Wen Tao's body were shocking, glowing a faint red.Those whip marks stirred Pu Chen like a taboo, reminding him all the time that if Wen Tao died here today, he would probably never be able to forgive himself.

Pu Chen has only one thought at the moment, no matter what, he must save Wen Tao.

He put his hands on Wen Tao's chest and began to press. His father told him that a drowning person can be saved by pressing out the water he sucked in.

Once, twice.There was no movement, and Pu Chen didn't know how much water Wen Tao had sucked in. He had regained his sanity even though he had exhausted him by himself, so why did he lift himself up to the surface of the water again?

Pu Chen didn't have time to think about it, so he could only continue to press, his strength became stronger and stronger, as if he wanted to break Wen Tao's ribs.

Wake up, wake up!Pu Chen said repeatedly in his heart.

Finally, a slight sound came from Wen Tao's throat, and Wen Tao finally spat out a mouthful of water.He opened his eyes in a daze, put his hands on the chest that Pu Chen pressed just now, and muttered: "It hurts..."

Pu Chen's hanging heart finally let go, he helped Wen Tao up, and leaned against a tree.Both of them were soaked through, Wen Tao's robe was still untied, Pu Chen didn't know where to put his eyes, he wandered around, and saw his own robe lying on the shore to confuse the Beiyan people, Thinking that Beiyan's person should have gone far away, he took it and stood three feet away and handed it to Wen Tao, "You can change it first."

Wen Tao stretched out his arm, but still couldn't catch it, and said weakly: "Come here."

Pu Chen hesitated for a while, and took a small step forward as if reluctantly, turned his back and handed the clothes to Wen Tao, without looking at him the whole time.

Wen Tao felt that Pu Chen's attitude was very strange. They had been cooperating closely along the way, and occasionally Pu Chen would make fun of him.They didn't shy away from physical contact when they were sleeping in the open air, why Pu Chen seemed so awkward at the moment.Wen Tao took Pu Chen's clothes and changed with his back to him.He looked back at Pu Chen, saw that he was still wet all over, and asked with concern: "What about you?"

"No, let's go." Pu Chen urged.

Wen Tao guessed that Pu Chen was probably worried that the Beiyan people would see through their tricks and would chase after them, so he didn't object and followed Pu Chen on the road.Along the way, Pu Chen was surprisingly quiet. It seemed that something extraordinary had grown on Wen Tao's body, and Pu Chen couldn't even see it.

"Hey, I saved your life underwater just now." After walking for a while, Wen Tao, who was really a little depressed, casually brought up a topic, trying to ease the embarrassing atmosphere between the two of them a little.

It’s okay if you don’t talk about it, but when you talk about Puchen, an unknown fire surges up, and it turns out that you are angry with yourself and it’s not easy to explode, so you can only say coldly: "You obviously don’t know how to swim, why are you trying to be brave?"

Wen Tao was a little puzzled when he saw his serious expression, but he still thought clearly: "At that time, we were holding our breath to the limit, and we were exhausted. I saw the people from Beiyan leave, and I wanted to do my best to lift you out of the water. Of course you can be saved."

"I'm saved, what about you?" Pu Chen asked, "I've clearly said that if my personal guard dies, I'm incompetent."

"After you are saved, can't you save me?" Wen Tao asked back, his thinking was impeccable.His eyes stared at Pu Chen, his eyes were very clear, like dewdrops, also like stars, extremely sincere and innocent.

Yes, of course I will save you, but just casually putting your own life in such a dangerous situation, again and again, it was fine before, but now, I don't agree.Pu Chen said in his heart, but looking into Wen Tao's eyes, he didn't say it after all.

Pu Chen paused, and finally just