Chapter 28: Beside the Window, Winding Green Silk

  "When you sank the meteorite, didn't you find a good place to identify it?"

  Li Xian raised an eyebrow and asked, "Can a famous general like Da Xi Chang Ru really do something so unreliable?" Since the meteorite was so precious, even if it sank at that time, he would have looked for a slightly more conspicuous place. Riding a horse for half a day, they couldn't even run around Qing Niu Lake once, and relying on groping to find the location of that year was indeed a headache.

  "Who told you I didn't find a good place to recognize at that time? There was a big tree where I sank the meteorite that night, and I remember it very clearly."

  Da Xi Chang Ru waved his hand: "But later found that the trees by Qing Niu Lake are almost all the same."

  He explained in a pale tone: "You know that at night, things are not clear, and the Khitan guards patrol every half hour."

  Li Xian pointed to the Qing Niu Hu and asked with a headache: "Master, dear master, do you mean that we have to search every tree near the lake?"

  Daxi Changru glared at him and said: "Even if I couldn't remember which tree it was, could I still not remember the general direction?"

  He pointed to the south side of Qingniu Lake and said: "I've been here several times, searching from left to right in order, I've already found 43 trees."

  Li Xian pouted: "There are at least 430 more."

  Daxi Changru didn't think it was a big deal at all: "Didn't you say that your luck has always been good? Maybe if you casually choose a tree and dive into the water, you might be able to find that piece of meteorite."

  Li Xianxin said that on the meteorite, you didn't even install a GPS, and I don't have the eyes of an artificial satellite. How could it be possible to find it by randomly selecting a location? The probability of finding that piece of meteorite at once is not much different from being struck by lightning. If you're lucky, the lightning will come automatically, and if not, you'll need to be struck multiple times. Even with a lightning rod on your head, it's not guaranteed to attract it down, this has an inseparable relationship with one's luck.

  Wait

  "Your meaning is, I go down and find it myself?"

  Daxi Changru nodded seriously and said: "That's right, I'll let you go."

  Li Xian also said seriously: "Can I say no?"

  Da Xi Chang Ru's response was simple and crude, he directly grabbed Li Xian's waistband and threw him down from the high slope. In mid-air, Li Xian adjusted his body shape and landed steadily on the ground, then under the bright moonlight of a quiet night, he stretched out his middle finger to Da Xi Chang Ru twice.

  He could see Daqiu Langruo gesturing vaguely in the distance, indicating that time was running out.

  Li Xian let out a sigh, put away his useless middle finger and began to creep cautiously towards the south side of Qingniu Lake. The skill of sneaking in the dark night was undoubtedly a master-level technique for both Zhang Zhongjian and Da Xi Changru. So whether it was in Tie Fotuo or in Xue Qi, Li Xian could learn the most useful things.

  At the age of seven, he could already hide his figure in the moonlight and sneak into Zhang Widow's courtyard to peep at her plump body bathing.

  When he was eight years old, he could already crouch at the door of Zhang's widow's house and peek inside through the hole on the door panel without being discovered.

  At the age of nine, he could sit in her house and watch as much as he wanted if he was willing to, but he bluntly refused Zhang Widow's kindness.

  The Qingniu Lake is big, but it's not bigger than a wooden basin that can hold a seductive body and a melancholic heart.

  Li Xianmao crouched low, moving stealthily through the lush grass by the lake like a hunting leopard. As he walked, he felt the direction of the wind blowing, so the direction of the swaying grass where he passed was completely consistent with the wind. When he passed the first sentry post, the Khitan warrior five meters away did not notice anything unusual in the grass behind him. The swaying of the grass and the wind blowing by were exactly the same, without any discordant note.

  There were three or four Khitan warriors at this signal-fire post, sitting behind a heap of rocks.

  The person near the place where Li Xian passed by was no more than four meters away, and Li Xian even stopped to see what those Khitan people were doing.

  "I've heard that Han women's bodies are as soft as water?"

  "That's not possible, you've seen us Kutton before."

  "I've seen it before, but I'm not wearing clothes, am I?"

  "Hehe!"

  From behind the stone wall came a few deliberately suppressed low and lustful laughs.

  Li Xian shook his head, thinking that Qingniu Lake had been too peaceful for too long, to the point where even the sentries were not secretive, but instead openly discussing women. Although they lowered their voices, if one was an expert, they could detect their presence from over ten meters away just by listening.

  It seems that these few Khitan warriors and Ousiqing are from the same tribe.

  Li Xian quietly left, walking and thinking at the same time.

  Ou Si's mother was a Han Chinese, and the Khitan warriors were probably talking about her. It seems that this woman must be very beautiful, so beautiful that every man in the tribe, from the first time they had a close relationship with their own hands, might have fantasized about her appearance. Women like water are often the things that bear-like people like to possess the most. Conquering a fierce horse is exciting, but if it's a soft and boneless body as white as snow, with delicate eyebrows and a subtle frown, the feeling should be even more satisfying for a man's desire for control and conquest.

  Li Xian sincerely wished that those Khitan warriors would not sprain their hands while indulging in various fantasies, and then crept past them with his waist bent.

  Daxi Changru said that from this dark hornet's nest to the right, all 43 trees have been searched, without a shadow of iron.

  Alright then, let's start from the forty-fourth tree.

  Li Xian's luck was indeed good, but he didn't think his luck would be so good that he could find a meteorite just by casually choosing a place to dive.

  The forty-fourth tree looked indeed no different from the forty-third, and a sentence of nonsense flashed through Li Xian's mind. At that time, when Da Xi Chang Ru left here, he must have been in a hurry, otherwise, with his quality, it was impossible not to leave any marks. Li Xian didn't think it would be discovered by the Khitan guards, let alone him who could easily sneak over, how about Da Xi Chang Ru?

  What on earth made Da Xi and Zhang Ru lose their composure?

  What situation would make a man run away hastily?

  Unfortunately, Li Xian thought of the first possibility was being caught in bed by someone's husband.

  He found himself really not noble at all.

  He stopped at the forty-fourth tree and moved his limbs to prepare for getting into the water. Da Xi Chang Ru had said that the water of Qing Niu Lake was icy cold all year round, like a knife, and if one didn't warm up before getting in, there was no possibility other than being drowned to death. Before getting into the water, Li Xian thought of Bi Shui Han Tan and Yue Ya Hu, where it seemed that some beautiful love stories always happened in the very cold lake water. In Bi Shui Han Tan, the purple-shirted dragon king fell in love with that man, and in Yue Ya Hu, Li Xu fell in love with that woman.

  Will there be an earth-shaking love waiting for me?

  Liu Yifei, Wang Luodan, Megan Fox...

  Li Xian muttered: "I'm here."

  The specially made leather jacket on his body has good waterproof performance, which is not the first invention and creation that Li Xian came to this era, but compared to the unsuccessful flushing toilet and wooden wheel transmission rod bicycle, it has absolute practical value.

  After feeling that the blood vessels had been unblocked, Li Xian slipped into the water quietly and soundlessly. Immediately, an indescribable chill spread throughout his body like ants biting him all over. Even though he had warmed up beforehand, Li Xian still couldn't control his hands and feet from becoming stiff after entering the water. Fortunately, he didn't cramp up, otherwise by the time Da Xi Chang Ru came to rescue him, he might have already turned into a popsicle.

  Li Xian took a deep breath and slowly sank into the water.

  He stretched the fish bladder tight and tied it to a small wooden frame, making a diving mask. Li Xian was also unparalleled in ancient times and unmatched in modern times. Although it still looked blurry, at least it wouldn't make his eyes extremely uncomfortable.

  After groping underwater for a while, Li Xian didn't find anything. He poked his head out of the water's surface to take a breath, looked at the next tree not far away, and then swam directly over. He tried his best to swim quietly in the water, avoiding making splashing sounds that would attract the Khitan guards.

  The waters near the forty-fifth tree yielded nothing as well, and Li Xian took advantage of his still-functioning body to swim towards the next one.

  When he surfaced again, he suddenly felt something was off in front of him. He took off his diving goggles and looked around to find that there were lights shining on the lake's surface. Not far away, a small wooden building had its lights swaying above the lake, casting a small patch of golden light on the water, while Li Xian paddled through it, creating ripples that sparkled like stars.

  The window of the wooden building was open, and it seemed that there was a figure flashing in front of the window.

  Daxi Changru didn't tell himself that there were still people living by the lake, he said that the guard camp was at least 300 meters away from the lake! This small building also did not appear in Daxi Changru's narrative, it can be seen that this small building has not always existed.

  Li Xian was certain that this small building had been built for no more than a month, as he smelled the rough smell of wood.

  There is a small building by the lake, with windows facing the moon's shadow.

  Li Xian was certain that this absolutely wasn't something a man should be doing; there were no bookworms among the Khitans.

  It was as if the gods had ordained it, Li Xian emerged from the water and crept to the bottom of the small building. Looking around to make sure no one was there, he quietly climbed up to the second floor. Crouching at the window on the second floor, Li Xian's heart began to beat faster uncontrollably. He himself was a little surprised, since it had become a habit for him to watch Zhang Widow bathe, he hadn't felt this way in a long time.

  A faint scent wafted out from the window, somewhat familiar.

  Li Xian thought for two whole minutes but couldn't figure out why it was familiar, where he had smelled this scent before. He slowly moved to the side of the window and then slowly stood up.

  Along the soft light, Li Xian saw a pair of white toes swaying back and forth. Under the light, a small section of white legs was exposed, and the person was in a daze. She had obviously just washed her feet, with the wooden basin not far from her feet.

  The girl sitting on the bed stared blankly at something on the table in front of her, her lower jaw hanging slack.

  Li Xian's mouth corners slightly curled up, looking pleased as if a little fox that had just stolen a small chicken.

  On the table, there was a pair of deerskin ankle boots. The boots had several neatly cut openings, clearly left by a knife. The boots were very clean, without any residual snow or mud.

  Li Xian was very pleased, pleased with his own speculation.

  Beside the window watching lake waves, under lamp winding green threads.

  It's indeed something only women can do.

  "Have you... ever frozen your feet?"

  Li Xian was so startled by this sudden question that he nearly fell out of the window.

  (Note 1: Khatun, a title of respect for the wife of a khan among the Turks. Since I couldn't find out how to address the wife of a tribal ejin, I'll use this as a substitute.)