bestfiction Chapter 171 Caught Climbing Over the Wall
Chapter 171 Caught Climbing Over the Wall
After seeing that they had all escaped, Long Chuqing put away the whip and casually put the hairpin back into her hair.
She snorted coldly, "Hmph...boring." Then she turned around and continued walking forward.
Fei Feng joked, "Haha...you were just saying you'd lose face!"
"There's nothing we can do, they're just too annoying, we can't stand it."
Long Chuqing had only taken a dozen or so steps forward when a group of patrol soldiers carrying torches walked toward her from behind.
They must have come looking for the dog after hearing its incessant barking.
"Who goes there?" one of the patrolmen shouted into the darkness.
Long Chuqing felt a sense of foreboding. If they found her walking on the road during curfew, she would definitely be arrested and locked up for the night.
If you explain to them that you're going to see a doctor at this time, they definitely won't believe you.
But given my current physical condition, I can't escape from the roof; I have to think of a way.
She glanced around, then looked up at the courtyard wall beside her. Never mind, she'd climb over and hide there for a while, then come out after they left.
She still had the strength to leap over the wall. Long Chuqing, carrying the medicine box, made a powerful leap and climbed over the wall. However, she was still a little dizzy when she jumped down and lost her balance and fell.
Long Chuqing let out a muffled groan and fell onto a patch of grass in the courtyard.
"Hiss..." Long Chuqing couldn't help but mutter under her breath, "Oh my god! How unlucky can I be?"
"Qingqing, are you alright?" Feng Yu asked worriedly.
Fei Feng said, "There's no dog poop on this lawn, is there? I don't want to slip on it."
"Shut up, can't you hope for something better?" Long Chuqing said, propping herself up and rubbing her sore arm.
At that moment, the voices of patrol soldiers and the light of torches could be heard from outside the wall.
A patrolling guard, holding a torch, asked in confusion, "Strange? I clearly saw a figure over here just now, but where did it go?"
Another patrolling guard said, "Perhaps you're mistaken! There's not a soul in sight!"
"Just pretend I saw it wrong. Then what was that loud barking just now?"
"We don't know then. Let's go, let's walk a little further."
Before long, the torchlight and the voices of the patrolmen gradually faded into the distance.
Just as Long Chuqing was about to stand up, suddenly, a flash of cold light appeared, and a cold sword was placed against Long Chuqing's neck.
Long Chuqing suddenly raised her eyebrows and eyes. She supported herself on the ground with one hand, calmly stopped in place, and then glanced at the cold sword at her neck out of the corner of her eye.
"Who's there... acting so suspiciously?" A cool male voice came from beside me.
Long Chuqing slowly turned her face and looked up at the person holding the sword beside her.
When Long Chuqing turned her face, the man was clearly stunned when he saw her appearance. His face showed shock. Then he removed the sword from Long Chuqing's neck and put it away.
Immediately afterwards, a faint smile appeared on his lips, and he said in a light and teasing tone, "Oh... isn't this the most beautiful woman in the capital, Miss Long!"
"You've come to climb over the wall of my Nangong residence in the middle of the night, crawling on the ground to pull weeds for me?" He bent down slightly, looked into her eyes, and continued in a teasing tone, "Or... is Miss Long thinking of me and intending to do something improper to me?"
Upon hearing this, Long Chuqing was speechless. She never expected to have stumbled upon Nangong Ming's residence. Is the world really that small?
I was planning to climb out after the patrolmen had gone far away, but he still managed to see me.
Long Chuqing forced an awkward smile: "Hehe... Nangong Ming, what a coincidence! I didn't expect this to be your residence."
Nangong Ming put away his teasing smile, switched the sword to his other hand, and then reached out to pull Long Chuqing up from the ground.
"Speaking of which, it's so cold outside, why are you climbing over my courtyard wall in the middle of the night instead of sleeping!"
Long Chuqing patted the dust off his hands and clothes, picked up the medicine box from the ground, and handed it to Nangong Ming to show him. "Going to treat patients! We're on our way back now! We didn't expect to run into the patrol soldiers on the way, so we had no choice but to jump in and hide for a while."
She sighed softly, "By the way, why aren't you asleep yet at this hour?"
"I was already asleep. That barking was directed at you, wasn't it? I was woken up by that deafening barking, and it was so annoying that I went to the window to see what was going on."
“Then I saw a group of patrolmen carrying torches walking this way, and then,” Nangong Ming looked at her meaningfully, “I saw you climb over into my courtyard. I live upstairs and could see everything clearly from my window!” He pointed to the window of the building behind him.
Long Chuqing looked slightly embarrassed and said awkwardly, "This... is really quite embarrassing."
"That's not right!" Nangong Ming felt a little puzzled and asked doubtfully, "With your skills, you shouldn't be unable to avoid the patrol battalion! And you even fell while trying to climb over a wall!"
"I'm not feeling well today, otherwise I wouldn't have had to walk back and be spotted by the patrol soldiers."
After listening to her words, Nangong Ming carefully examined her face. Although the vision was dim, he could still see the fatigue on her face.
"You're not feeling well, yet you're out treating people? And in the middle of the night no less! By the way, does His Highness Prince Qin know? Why doesn't he come to pick you up or send someone to do so?"
"This is a matter of life and death, and His Highness the Prince of Qin is also preoccupied with important matters, so I don't want to trouble him."
“Well… since you’re here.” Nangong Ming stepped aside and gestured for them to come inside. “Why don’t you come in and have a cup of hot tea to warm yourself up?”
Long Chuqing waved her hand: "No, why drink tea in the middle of the night! I need to go back to sleep. I can't chat with you anymore. They've already gone far away, and I need to go back too! Sorry to bother you tonight."
“Wait…” Nangong Ming called out to her, “With your current physical condition, you even fall down when climbing a wall. It’s so late and the road is so dark. It’s not safe for a girl like you to walk alone at night.”
"My mansion has plenty of rooms, why don't you stay here for the night, and I'll send a carriage to take you back tomorrow morning."
"Thank you, but no need. It's not far at all. Goodbye."
After saying that, Long Chuqing leaped onto the wall. She glanced back at Nangong Ming and waved to him, saying, "Go back to sleep!" Then she jumped down.
Nangong Ming stood there for a few seconds, thinking. He was really worried about her walking alone at night, so he jumped onto the wall and followed her out.
He quickly caught up with Long Chuqing: "I'll take you back."
“No need to see me off.” Long Chuqing turned her head and glanced at him, saying, “Although I am not in good health, I am not that delicate. I just ran into the patrol battalion and I didn’t want to get entangled with them for fear of trouble.”
"Then just pretend I'm taking a walk!" Nangong Ming crossed his arms. "Anyway, the road is so wide, you go your way, I'll go mine."
Long Chuqing glanced at him, but swallowed her words and didn't try to persuade him further.