After a long time, Zhang Xuan calmed down. He let Lu Qing go embarrassedly, his face became hot and he smiled awkwardly: "You keep resting, I'll go outside to keep watch for you, and I'll guarantee that there will be no more problems. Novels〗"

"don't want!"

Lu Qing grabbed his hand and looked at him beggingly, "Don't leave, I'm scared by myself."

"Okay! Let's squeeze."

Zhang Xuan sat down next to her with a smile, and Lu Qing naturally rested her head on his shoulder, "Young Master, I don't know what your name is yet?"

"I'm really confused. My name is Xuan. It is said that Xuan is a tool to support the tripod, so his name is Yuan Ding."

"The word Yuanding is very good. My second brother is Qingyuan, and he also has the word Yuan."

Lu Qing pursed her lips gently and asked in a low voice: "Brother Zhang, are your parents in their hometown?"

"My parents died when I was very young. My grandmother raised me. She also passed away three years ago. I have no relatives anymore."

"Oh! Sorry."

"It's okay, I'm used to it."

At this time, Zhang Xuan pondered for a while and asked again: "Does Miss Lu or Miss Lu's father have any rivals in Lujiazhuang?"

"Why do you ask this?" Lu Qing looked at Zhang Xuan in confusion.

"I just think it would be a coincidence that Lu Mingyue met a girl, it should be a premeditated."

"How could it be a premeditation?"

Zhang Xuan said lightly: "Lu Mingyue won't attack Lujiazhuang. If he wants to do it, he will have done it long ago. I won't wait until now. I can see that they are obviously ambushing on the mountain road. If they hadn't known in advance that the girl was coming, what's the point of him ambushing?"

Zhang Xuan's analysis was very reasonable. Lu Qing thought about it carefully. It was his second uncle who said that his father had an urgent matter and urged him to rush to the county town, and he was only equipped with a guard servant. This was completely unreasonable. The coachman insisted on walking the small path. In theory, they should follow the big path.

Could it be

Lu Qing didn't dare to think about it anymore, and shook his head repeatedly, "Impossible!"

Zhang Xuan also knew that the truth was always cruel. When he met Lu Yi and Lu Mingyue in the inn, they probably had planned this kidnapping at that time.

However, why did Lu Mingyue assassinate Youzhou Governor Guo Xuan, and what is the relationship between Lu Yi and Youzhou Governor? There must be another hidden story here. He didn't say more and said, "Maybe it's a coincidence, girl, don't think too much."

Lu Qingyou sighed, if even his second uncle was unreliable, how many people in the world would be reliable?

She thought of the young man around her. Although she had been with her for a short time, she felt his persistence in life and death, as if they had lived for decades. This was a man who allowed her to rely on and give her a sense of security.

She silently restrained her inner excitement, but her body couldn't help but leaned towards Zhang Xuan, as if she was eager to gain some more support from him.

Zhang Xuan felt that the stone wall behind her was a little cold. So he reached out to put his arms around her shoulders and let her lean against his arm, but Lu Qing was wrong. He slowly snuggled in his arms, and she raised her head and stared at him affectionately with beautiful eyes.

Zhang Xuan felt a buzzing sound in his mind, as if a current spread throughout his body. His mind was in chaos, and an irresistible temptation grabbed his whole body and mind. He lowered his head little by little

Lu Qing was extremely shy, but she did not push Zhang Xuan away. Instead, she slowly closed her eyes and opened her red lips slightly. But at this moment, Zhang Xuan's mind became clear and a heroic girl appeared.

He suddenly remembered Xin Yu.

Zhang Xuan raised his head suddenly and hit the stone wall behind him hard. Lu Qing's body slowly became stiff. Her heart seemed to fall into the abyss. Two crystal tears oozed out of her slightly closed eyes.

Zhang Xuan stood up and walked out of the cave. His heart was as painful as a fierce beetle gnawing. He punched him hard in the soil. He had a woman in his life, but he fell in love with another girl again.

At this time, Lu Qing appeared behind him, hugged his waist tightly from behind, and cried silently: "So you already know!"

"What do you know?" Zhang Xuan asked strangely.

"I've actually been betrothed to someone."

"What?" Zhang Xuan turned around suddenly and stared at her in a daze, "I don't know, who did you betroth it to?"

Lu Qing lowered his head and said sadly: "Fanyang Lu family and Boling Cui family have been married to each other for a hundred years. My elder brother married Cui's eldest daughter. I am the eldest daughter of my father and I must also marry the heir of Cui's head. This is the rule set by the Cui Lu family a hundred years ago."

"Who is the heir of the Cui family? Has it been decided?"

Lu Qing shook his head, "The eldest son of the Cui family in Boling is Cui Youlin, but he unfortunately fell ill and died when he was eight years old. I heard that several direct descendants of the Cui family were fighting for the position of heir to the head of the family, and I don't know who it would be?"

"But it's just a hundred-year rule, right? You have never had any engagement with anyone, I'm right!"

"That's right! But the Lu Cui family will never break the century-old rules. Brother Zhang, since I am my father and eldest daughter, I really can't help myself."

"What a bullshit rule!"

Zhang Xuan said angrily: "If the other party is an idiot, do you want to marry him too? If the other party is a tuberculosis, do you want to marry him too?"

"Of course I don't want to! But... unless I die, no one can shake it. Do you know? My mother's family is Boling Cui."

Speaking of this, Lu Qing threw herself into Zhang Xuan's arms and cried bitterly. She used to be confused, but at this time she had only one person in her heart and could no longer tolerate anyone.

Zhang Xuan also slowly calmed down. He knew very well the marriage between the aristocratic families. The Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, the aristocratic families stood for hundreds of years without falling. The fundamental reason was that they formed a powerful interest alliance and formed a huge force. Marriage was the basis of this interest alliance. As the eldest daughter of the head of the Lu family, how could he leave it alone?

From small families to large countries, marriage has always served politics, and this is true in ancient and modern times, both in China and abroad.

Lu Qing choked and said, "I only regret that I could not be born in an ordinary family. Maybe I could still marry the person I like, but it was the Boling Cui family. They are the number one family in Hebei and even the world. The family rules are famous for being strict, and the Lu family is famous under it. Where can I have any choice?"

"Is there really no way?" Zhang Xuan sighed softly.

"have!"

Lu Qing raised her head and looked at Zhang Xuan with tears in her eyes, her beautiful eyes becoming extremely bright.

"Take me away! They think I was taken away by the bandits. They think I was dead. This rule will no longer exist for me."

Zhang Xuan had already had this idea, but it disappeared immediately. It was too unrealistic. He gently stroked Lu Qing's hair.

"When you follow me, what should your parents do? Can you leave them? And your family. Everything is going to be given up."

Lu Qing was stunned for a moment, and a trace of unconcealed pain slowly flashed in her eyes. She longed to leave with Zhang Xuan, but her parents' affection made it difficult for her to give up. Her parents thought she was dead. What a blow to them.

She lay in Zhang Xuan's arms and said nothing, and tears quietly wet Zhang Xuan's clothes.

Zhang Xuan hugged her thin shoulders tightly and comforted her softly, "Don't be sad first, I think there should be a way. Tell me first, has the heir to the Cui family decided?"

Lu Qing slowly calmed down and she whispered: "I heard from my mother that the heirs of the Cui family must be decided by the entire clan during the high ceremony. The Cui family's high ceremony will be held every three years. Last year, the direct descendants of several families fought fiercely for the position of the heir, but they ended in disgrace. The next high ceremony will not be held two years later."

Zhang Xuan looked at her, "If you still can't make a decision in two years, wouldn't that delay your life?"

"My father said so!"

Lu Qing sighed softly, "My father said that I will be seventeen years old in two years and cannot be delayed anymore. If the Cui family still cannot decide to inherit the head of the family in two years, he will consider promising me to another family."

Speaking of this, Lu Qing suddenly felt a deep hatred for the Cui family. Her clear eyes shot out angry, "I hate this century-old rule. I hate the Cui family and all the marriages of aristocratic families. It is this kind of marriage that I can't get happiness even if I see it today."

Zhang Xuan hugged Lu Qing tightly into his arms. He already had an idea in his heart and said to himself: "As long as the Cui family still cannot decide the heir of the head of the family in two years, you can get rid of this so-called century-old rule."

The sky gradually became brighter, and Zhang Xuan woke up first. He slowly opened his eyes. The cave was very dark. A large rock blocked the entrance of the cave and shot a large area of ​​light from the gaps around him.

Zhang Xuan lowered his head again and looked at Lu Qing, who was sleeping sweetly in his arms. He carefully touched her forehead, for fear of waking her up. Lu Qing had completely subsided and her body temperature returned to normal. However, the escape for several days made her face clear a little, but she was still so beautiful and charming.

Seeing that the tears at the corners of her eyes were not dry, Zhang Xuan gently wiped the tears for her with his hands and stroked her beautiful face lovingly. After several days of mutual support, he had fallen deeply in love with this kind and smart girl, but there was an invisible thread between them pulling each other, so that even though they were intimate, they could not get together.

Zhang Xuan's heart ached again. He suppressed the pain in his heart. In any case, he had to send Lu Qing Ping'an to her family.

Lu Qing had just recovered from a serious illness and needed enough rest to recover his health. Zhang Xuan couldn't bear to wake her up. He carefully wrapped his clothes tightly for her, slowly got up, pushed the big stone away and walked out of the cave.

The sun is shining outside the cave, the sound of birds singing, and the air is particularly fresh. Zhang Xuan stretched his waist long and walked quickly towards a stream below the mountain. Zhang Xuan drank enough water by the stream and washed his face again. At this time, he suddenly found a black shadow shaking in the distance. He was secretly surprised and pulled his sword to stand up.

Not long after Zhang Xuan left, Lu Qing slowly opened her eyes. She didn't fall asleep at all. Last night she had a nightmare and dreamed that she and Zhang Xuan were running on the road. There were countless people chasing them behind. There were Lu Mingyue and his vicious subordinates, a large group of Cui clans, and even her father. They held a knife and a rope and wanted to catch them back and hang them. They ran desperately, but the road ahead seemed to have no end.

Lu Qing closed her eyes, and tears couldn't help but fill her eyes again. She loved Zhang Xuan so deeply, but God was so cruel, and she bound her with the identity of an aristocratic family.

She hoped that Zhang Xuan would not leave, just as she hugged her forever, until the end of time, but he left.

At this time, Zhang Xuan's laughter came from outside. She was stunned. She quickly wiped away her tears, got up and walked out of the cave. She saw Zhang Xuan walking along the hillside, and there was actually a donkey behind her.

Lu Qing couldn't help but be surprised and happy, and quickly came up, "Brother Zhang, where did the donkey come from?"

"Just just now, I found this guy drinking water, so I asked him to come and visit him."

"What if its owner looks for it?" Lu Qing asked worriedly.

"There is no master. I climbed up the big tree and looked around. There was no one around. You see it is so scared, and it has been a long time since I left the master."

Zhang Xuan patted the donkey and smiled, "You have the strength now."

Zhang Xuan felt that Rou Qing was a little unhappy, so he asked with concern: "What's wrong?"

Lu Qing pouted, "But they still like to ride your donkey, what should I do?"

Lu Qing suddenly realized that there was a grammatical problem in his words, and his face turned red with shame. Zhang Xuan laughed, "I will let you ride enough one day in the future!"

Lu Qing's beautiful eyes lit up, she lowered her head and asked in a low voice: "You're serious about this?"

Zhang Xuan hugged her in his arms, kissed her forehead, and solemnly said to her: "This is a promise, isn't there still two years? Everything can be changed."

"I will wait for you for the rest of my life!" Lu Qing hid his face in his arms, his voice smaller than a mosquito.

It seemed as if all the illnesses left Lu Qing in an instant, and she regained her vitality as spring. The sweet laughter echoed on the hillside like a silver bell. "The big donkey takes good care of the little donkey, and when I go to wash up, we will set off!"

Zhang Xuan looked at her pretty shadow and walked down the hillside. He raised his head and breathed a long sigh towards the sky, and found that the sky was so blue and the clouds were so snow-white.

With donkeys, their return journey was much smoother. They did not encounter Lu Mingyue's bandits on the way. At dusk, they finally arrived by the small river outside Lu's Villa. In front of them was the small bridge entering the villa. The moment of breaking up finally came.

"Brother Zhang, aren't you going in with me?" Looking at Zhang Xuan who stopped, Lu Qing looked at him sadly.

Zhang Xuan shook his head, "Go quickly! Your mother must be very worried about you."

In the distance, several children ran up the bridge, pointed at this side and shouted in surprise: "It's Sister Qing who is back!"

Zhang Xuan took a deep breath, turned around and strode away.

"Brother Zhang, wait!" Lu Qing's shouts behind him were filled with despair.

Zhang Xuan did not look back, and walked faster and faster, gradually moving away. Lu Qing chased after him a few steps, bent down and shouted: "Brother Zhang, you have promised me, I will wait for you."

Lu Qing's voice was choked, and she was already in tears. Finally, she couldn't help but cover her face and burst into tears. At this moment, she felt that everything in her life had left her.

Facing the wind, Zhang Xuan's tears also flowed across his face.

(To be continued)
Chapter completed!