Chapter 91: The Cave Dwelling

  That night, neither of them slept well and woke up before dawn. After a simple meal, Su Tang asked, "We're approaching Yizishan, what's the route from there?"

  "There is a small river below the slope, walk along the east bank of the river." Xiang said with his head down: "Find a few willow trees that have been stripped of their bark on one side, there is a small path over there, and then follow the path."

  Su Tang jumped out of the carriage like he was escaping, urging the horse to move forward on the road. When they reached a slope shaped like the character "one", according to what Wen Xiang had said, they found a small river and followed its east bank forward. After walking for almost half an hour, they indeed saw several willow trees with one side of their bark stripped off. There was a small path there that led into the mountains.

  The path is narrow and can barely hold a horse cart. After walking for more than half an hour, there is no road ahead.

  "Smell the fragrance, there's no road ahead." Su Tang shouted.

  "It's better if there is no way." Xiang said in the carriage: "Just abandon the horse cart here, it can't get in."

  Su Tang understood, untied several horses from the carriage, lined them up one by one, and walked back to the front of the carriage. He picked up Wen Xiang, then came back and put the reins of the first horse on his arm, walking slowly into the forest.

  Before smelling the fragrance, she had never been here, and in Su Tang's arms, she kept glancing around.

  "What are you looking for?" Su Tang asked.

  "Find an abandoned kiln cave."

  The forest grew denser, and after walking for half a day, they finally found a dilapidated cave at the foot of the mountain by the stream. Xianglong let out a long sigh: "It should be here, you go inside and take a look, there should be a hidden door that can be pushed open."

  "Is it safe here?" Su Tang looked around.

  "This is his hiding place." Wen Xiang said: "There are no spiritual veins here, nor any valuable wild animals. The farmland of the villages and towns outside is very far away, and wandering warriors will not come here, let alone ordinary people."

  Su Tang placed the incense on a clean stone and walked slowly into the kiln cave. The area of the kiln cave was very small, only about 8 or 9 square meters. The ground was covered with dust and broken bricks. Su Tang walked to the innermost part and pushed hard against the wall, and indeed there were signs of movement.

  Su Tang exerted all his strength, and with a creaking sound, the wall slid open to reveal a room inside.

  Su Tang walked in, the room inside was not small, exceeding thirty square meters, and was very clean, with a bed, table and chairs, and even a bookcase, but on top of which was covered with a thin layer of gauze. On both sides of the wall, two rows of large and small jars were placed.

  Su Tang first lifted the gauze on the bookshelf, his movements very light to avoid stirring up dust. He casually pulled out a book and flipped through it before putting it back. The friend who smelled of fragrance must have been a refined scholar, even in hiding he didn't forget to hide books.

  Su Tang looked up and saw that there were two small holes in the upper corners of the walls, possibly for ventilation. He then walked over to the jars and opened them one by one. Some jars were filled with cured meat, some contained wine, and others held vegetable oil used for lighting lamps. Su Tang also saw a lamp on the table and another on the wall.

  After searching around, no suspicious points were found, and there was no sign of intrusion. Su Tang walked outside and picked up Wen Xiang.

  Put Xiang on the bed, Su Tang also fell down, and the two people involuntarily let out a sigh of relief. It's not bad here, it has a small home feel to it.

  "Su Tang..." he called out softly, smelling the fragrance.

  "Huh?" Su Tang turned around, the distance between their two faces was less than half a foot.

  "Hold me..." The voice of Wen Xiang was getting lower and lower, it was this man who didn't fear danger and insisted on saving her, it was also this man who had been taking care of her with all his heart for several days, protecting her, and it was still this man who had seen and touched every inch of her daughter's body. Wen Xiang knew that in this life, her heart could no longer accept anyone else.

  This is her fate, destined.

  Su Tang gently hugged Wen Xiang, but her face was somewhat hesitant: "This... isn't quite right, is it?"

  "What's wrong?!" Wen Xiang suddenly opened her eyes wide, at this moment she was much more sensitive than usual, and it was easy to think of other aspects, especially the Xiǎo Rú that Su Táng had mentioned repeatedly over the past few days.

  "Your wound isn't healed yet, I'm afraid it will hurt..." Su Tang said.

  "What were you thinking?!". Wen Xiang was furious and anxious, then opened her mouth and bit down on Su Tang's shoulder.

  It is said that women are in the present tense, while men are in the past tense plus the future tense. When smelling perfume, Su Tang hugged herself, just yearning for the feeling of two people embracing each other, which belongs to the present. However, Su Tang thought about what should happen after hugging, which belongs to the future.

  "You..." Su Tang licked his lips: "Lightly..."

  "Mom, mom..." Xiaobu quickly flew in from outside. Although there are many fun and delicious things in the city, he still prefers the mountains: "There is a very big eagle in the sky, I'm scared..."

  At this moment, Su Tang's mouth and Wen Xiang's mouth were about to touch each other, but Xiao Bu Dong didn't have any intention of stopping, and directly fell onto Su Tang's shoulder, which was purely self-inflicted suffering.

  Su Tang stretched out his index finger and lightly flicked it, hitting Xiao Buzhi's head. Xiao Buzhi involuntarily flew backward: "Ow, that hurts..."

  "Sū Táng!" A fragrant and strange voice called out.

  Want to take advantage of it? There's no door anyway... Su Tang used both hands to hold Xiang's face and directly kissed him.

  Little Swallow was flitting about the room in a flurry, it could sense that Su Tang would not let it get close now, wanting to go out and play, but with such a big eagle in the sky, it was also a bit afraid.

  After a moment, Xiaobudian finally plucked up the courage to fly out of the house, flew out of the cave, looked up at the top, and then suddenly retracted his head like being electrocuted, and changed direction with a whoosh.

  Xiao Buzhi flew back into the house, Su Tang and Wen Xiang were still in a passionate kiss, no one paid attention to it. Normally, Su Tang could take good care of Xiao Buzhi with all his heart, but at critical moments, he also disowned him.

  After flying in and out seven or eight times, Xiao Buzhi finally got tired and fell onto the table, staring at Su Tang with a wronged expression.

  But soon it became curious about Su Tang's tireless energy, and flew far away from Su Tang, sticking to the ceiling and flying above Su Tang, observing carefully.

  The little one flapped its wings and made a faint humming sound, smelling the fragrance, feeling something, it was very shy, struggling to get away. Su Tang was barely satisfied, turned his head and saw the little one, just as he was about to speak, the little one called out timidly: "Mom..."

  Su Tang himself didn't know why, but as soon as he heard Xiaobu calling him in this tone, no matter how angry he was, his heart would immediately soften, and he could only wave his hand.

  Xiao Bu Dian became lively again, fell on Su Tang's chest, and cried out like a tattletale: "Mommy, there's a big eagle outside, I'm scared..."

  "I'm going out to take a look." Su Tang sat up.

  With Su Tang by his side, Xiao Budian's courage was rising geometrically. He flapped his wings and flew straight to the empty space above his fingers: "Look!"

  Su Tang looked in the direction of Xiao Buzhi's pointing finger, and indeed there was a giant eagle circling in the sky. But no need to be surprised, eagles don't fly in the sky, do they crawl on the ground?

  "It's alright, I'll stay here and keep an eye on things, you go have fun." Su Tang said with a smile.