27 Moonlit Blade (1/2)

”Lady Mingxia.” Mingxia stretched her hand and Xing stepped out of the carriage.

They had traveled for a number of hours and the sun had begun to set. Grandmother's bodyguards had prepared a campsite to stay for the night, with one of them out hunting, another is preparing the tent and another guarding the comp site.

”Change into clothes suitable for running later and pack some basic necessities.” Mingxia whispered to Xing and Xing nodded.

”Lady Mingxia.” The guard opened the tent flap and allowed for Xing to go in.

When the tent flap lowered and covered the entrance, Xing's shoulder relaxed and sat down. She massaged her shoulders and did some simple exercises to loosen the tension in her muscles.

”Who would of known that riding in carriages would be this tiring. No wonder Mingxia wanted me to disguise as her.” Xing complained.

After her simple stretch Xing remembered what Mingxia had asked her to do and immediately began her task. She reached into one of the boxes and took out a fabric sack. She carefully began to pack some clothing and rummaged around the box to pack all the necessities she believed her lady would need. When Mingxia told her to pack she knew that something bad would happen. She can not imagine what would happen but she understands this would be dangerous and that she must do what she can to help Mingxia.

After packing the clothes she closed the box and walked towards the box containing her luggage. Her box is smaller than Mingxia's since she did not own much. She opened the box and took out her cloak, a leather bag and a dagger. The dagger is small but it fit perfectly in her hand. The sheath is made of wood and leather, the hilt of the blade is made of metal and a silver letter is engraved on top. She unsheathed the dagger and gently balanced it on her palm. The blade is made of iron and looked to have been just polished. She closed her hand around the hilt before sliding it back into its cover and set it aside.

She then took out an outfit and began changing into it.

This outfits consists of black trouser, a maroon shirt with a brown belt. She tied the dagger onto the belt and a pouch of all the money she possessed. She then wrapped a green robe around her to cover her outfit and loosely tied it around her so she can easily take it off later. The fabric sack was placed close to the door for convenience.

”Lady Mingxia.” A gruff voice called from outside the tent.

”Ye-yes?” SHe stammered.

”Dinner is ready.” The voice simply relied.