Chapter 19 Chapter Nineteen

Dolly walked into the hall angrily with two maids. The floor was covered with straw, and all kinds of people and dogs slept on it. Some people were throwing dice in the corner, and a man was lying by the wall with his arms around a maid. "The water pipe in the toilet in my room was clogged," she said. "I need someone to fix it for me, now!" Everyone woke up to see her, but no one volunteered for the smelly job. "I'll send—" said one of the knights. Dolly saw Lowe sitting against the wall in his shabby clothes. "That's fine, come with me." She turned and left, hoping that he would follow.He followed, and when they were in the shadow of several buildings, she dismissed the two maids and turned to Lowe.

Before he could back away, she reached for his blindfold. "It's you," she whispered. "I couldn't believe what Aini said. I couldn't believe that an Ou family cared about a woman's life." Lowe grabbed her wrist and squeezed hard. "Where is she? How did you get her to tell you I'm here? If you hurt her, I'll kill you so—" "You can speak harsh words later." Dolly interrupted him. "She's hiding somewhere now, and I'm going to get her out. But she can't swim, and you'll have to help her row. Now go to the wall by the northeast tower, where there's a rope to climb down, through the tower and then to the northwest Go, there will be another rope, and there will be a boat in the moat. You wait for her in the boat, and I will help her to the outer city wall, and then you will send her across the bank and out of the outer city river .”

"If you betray me again, I will—" "Go!" said Dolly. "You're wasting precious time." Lowe hurried away.In order not to be seen by others, he still dragged his legs.He had never felt so naked in his life, that his and Aine's lives were in the hands of a woman with a record of betrayal.He believed that there would be twenty strong men waiting to kill him on the northeast tower, but he also knew that this was his only chance.Like the Huo family, he has been looking for Ai Ni for several days, but to no avail. There was no one waiting on the tower, and there was indeed a rope hanging from the wall.Lowe tore off the blindfold, took off the cloth bag on his back, and untied the cloth on his feet.He took a knife out of his clothes, bit it to his mouth, and began to climb the wall, then slipped silently down the rope.

As soon as he climbed over the inner city wall, he immediately ran away.When they reached the outer tower, two guards passed by. Lowe hid vigilantly in a dark corner. They didn't see him, nor did they see the rope hanging on the wall.Lowe climbed over the heavy eaves again, came to the city wall, and slid down very quickly.Among the thick reeds beside the moat is a small boat with two oars.He got into the boat, squatted down and waited.He looked up at the city wall, not daring to blink. Lowe waited for a long time, he was almost desperate.That Huo family bitch did give him two ropes and a boat, but would she bring Aini?Lowe finally saw two figures swaying on the city wall, and they seemed to be talking.woman!It seemed to him that these strange animals could not live without talking, and that even in this critical moment they did not forget to socialize.

Then it happened.One of the women reaches out as if to hit the other.Lowe immediately ran to the wall, a woman's cry came from his head, and then a man came running from the other side of the wall.Lowe held the rope with both hands, and was about to climb, when Dolly called down to him. "No!" she yelled at Lowe. "Save yourself! Ai Ni is dead, you can't save her." Lowe began to climb, but when he was six feet above the ground, the rope snapped and he fell to the ground.Someone cut the rope. "Come on, fool?" he heard Dolly scream next, followed by a muffled muffled sound.

Lowe had no time to think, as the arrows began to rain down.He ran to the side of the boat, but two arrows hit the boat and it began to sink.Lowe jumped into the icy moat without thinking, and swam forward desperately.The flying arrow whizzed past his head. After reaching the shore, he began to squat and run forward towards the outer city wall.The guards here heard the commotion in the inner wall, and they woke up and searched between the inner and outer walls, shooting arrows whenever there was any movement.Just as Lowe climbed over the wall and came to the Outer City River, an arrow grazed his back and cut his skin.He jumped into the water and started swimming again.He's a good swimmer, but his back keeps bleeding.When he reached the shore, he hid in the grass to pant, but the whistling of the Huo family's horses could already be heard behind him.

He continued to walk into the forest, followed by a large number of Huo family horses.All night and next day he played hide and seek with them.At dusk he leaped upon a knight, slit his throat, and snatched his horse.The Huo family chased after them, but he whipped the horse desperately and finally got rid of them.The horses stopped before dawn and refused to go any further.He had no choice but to dismount and walk forward. The sun was high in the sky when he saw Murray Castle in the distance.He staggered and staggered, and finally his tired body could not bear the exhaustion and blood loss of weeks, and he fell to the ground.

A guard of the castle saw him.A few minutes later, Seaman came galloping on a horse.Before the horse stopped, he jumped off and ran to Lowe.He grabbed Lowe and was about to put Lowe on the horse. "No," Lowe said, pushing him away. "leave me alone." "Leave you alone? For God's sake, you want us all to live like years! We heard that Huo killed you last night." "He killed me." Lowe said, twisted away, and staggered away. Seaman saw the wound on his brother's back, although it was bleeding, but he knew he couldn't die. "where is she?"

"Ani?" Lowe asked. "Ani is dead." Ximan frowned, he just started to like this sister-in-law!She's a troublemaker, but she's not a coward.He put his hand on his brother's shoulder. "We'll find you another wife, and she'll be prettier this time. It's okay if you like someone who's fierce enough to set your bed on fire. Just wait—" Little did Seaman expect Lowe to turn around and punch him, knocking him to the ground. "You idiot!" Lowe stared down at his brother. "You don't understand anything!" Seaman touched his bleeding nose.He saw that the anger was gone from Lowe's face, replaced by an expression he had never seen before: both sad and affectionate.Lowe turned and walked into the forest, Seaman stood up and followed him. "I didn't mean to slander her memory, I like her, but now that she's gone, there are still many women in the world! At least she didn't betray you like Huo Taoli. Or did she betray you? Is it because of this Are you angry?"

Lowe turned slowly to face his brother, and Seaman couldn't believe his eyes.Two lines of tears rolled down Lowe's face, and Seaman was too shocked to speak.Lowe never shed a tear when their father and the other brothers died. "I love her," Lowe said hoarsely. "I love her." Ximan couldn't bear to watch, he turned and walked back. "I'll keep the horses," he murmured. "Come back when you're better." He left quickly. Lowe slumped on the stone, buried his head in his hands, and cried out in pain.He loved her smile, her temper, her small talk.She was the only laughing voice in his hated life, she changed him, Seaman, and everyone in the Ou family.She didn't know that she also made Sal ask Lowe to buy her some women's clothes.

But now she is gone and killed by the Huo family. Her death should have increased his hatred for the Huo family, but it didn't.What does he do with the Huo family?What he wants is his Aini, he just wants his sweet and pungent Aini to come back. "Ai Ni." He called softly, crying even harder. He heard no footsteps in the soft grass, and his grief was too deep to look back even when a soft hand stroked his cheek. Aini squatted beside him and pulled his hand away.Looking at his tearful face, she couldn't help but burst into tears too. "Here I am, love." She kissed his eyelids, then his cheek. "I'm all right." Lowe's eyes widened. "Don't you have anything to say to me?" Aini smiled at him. He grabbed her, held her in his arms, and rolled with her on the grass.His tears turned to laughter.He held her and stroked her, as if to make sure she was not unreal. At last he stopped, and Aine lay on top of him.He hugged him so tightly, Aine could barely breathe. "How come?" he asked. "That bitch named Huo—" She put her finger on his lips. "Dolly," she said. "Saved our lives. She knew a handmaiden had betrayed her, so he told me to go another way, and she herself took the handmaid the way you went. The handmaid thought Dolly in the cloak was me, so Wanted to kill her. Dolly killed her after I climbed down the wall. She had to tell you I was dead, or you wouldn't have left." She stroked Lowe's cheek with her hand. "I saw you swimming across the moat. If the Huo family didn't pay attention to you, they would have caught me. Dolly prepared a horse for me, so I was not far behind you. But you rode too fast, and I Can't keep up." Aine's turban unraveled as they rolled, and now it only reached shoulder length. "Do you think I'm ugly?" she asked. He looked at her with love in his eyes. "There is nothing ugly about you, and you are the most beautiful woman in the world. I love you, Aine, and I love to see you with all my heart." She smiled at him. "Can I go to court now? Can Murray Castle be expanded? Are you going to reconcile with the Huo family? What's the name of our son?" Lowe was getting angry again, but he held her tight. "The court is a man's business. I will not expand this pile of ruins. The Ou family will always be at war with the Huo family. As for my son, his name is John, just like my father." "Gibber, just like my father." "So that he can be as lazy as your father?" "Would you rather have him chasing country girls all his life, or being dirty like a pig all day?" "Yes," Lowe said. "We may have many different opinions, but I know there is one thing we have in common." His eyes suddenly filled with passionate love. "Come, come to me." She looked up at him. "I've always been a submissive wife." He tried to speak, but she kissed his mouth, and they stopped talking for hours, letting love grow in silence. THE END