Three days had passed since Ruan Xianbei fell off the cliff. That night and several people began to search for them. However, after three days, they still found nothing.
The next day, Cui Lin sent guards and servants to help. The mountain road was difficult to walk, and the search was difficult in a large area. The four of them and the guards were divided into two groups. They just barely managed to turn over the place where they fell, but nothing happened. No.
Yue Ying'er sent her maid out to find out the news and started crying when she came back. She kept clamoring to leave the house. She committed suicide and went on a hunger strike for two days, but Cui Lin came to visit and scolded her before she got better.
After Cui Lin revealed her identity, she was ceremoniously welcomed into the mansion. It was of course a great welcome to Shangyue Mansion to get to know the daughter of the chief minister.
"Everyone, please go out. I have something to say to you ladies. No one can come in until I go out." Cui Lin entered Yue Ying'er's boudoir. She was still crying. Cui Lin waved and Ming Xiang led the people in the room. The maids all withdrew.
When she saw Cui Lin coming, Yue Ying'er turned her back, not wanting her to see her eyes that were swollen like walnuts: "What are you here for? Come to see my joke?"
"Does anyone else need to see this joke?" Cui Lin had no expression on her face, but her words were merciless.
"If you hadn't been too timid to get off the carriage, Miss Cheng wouldn't have held you on the vault. If you hadn't held you on the vault, you wouldn't have sprained yourself. My cousin wouldn't have saved you from falling off the cliff. Neither did Mr. Shen you were talking about. I will save her and jump off the cliff together."
"So, it's all because of you. Why are you crying here?" Cui Lin raised her voice and looked at her with a frown.
The maid outside the house didn't dare to say anything when she heard the scolding inside. This young lady looked really terrible.
"Then what can I do!" Yue Yinger, who was stabbed in a painful spot, shouted to her, "I don't want to help!"
Cui Lin raised her eyebrows and spoke in a long tone: "Oh? Your attitude of wanting to help is to cry, make trouble, and hang yourself. How many people hid your escape from marriage? What would have happened to you, a weak woman, if you hadn't met Young Master Shen and the others? Isn’t it unexpected? You don’t want your reputation, but what about your mother’s?
Don't you think that Mr. Yue doesn't know that you like Mr. Shen? Only Mrs. Yue will worry about you and clean up your mess! Mrs. Yue is really suffering from enemies from both sides. She is walking on thin ice in this backyard, not to mention her only daughter. Are you the only young lady in the house? Does your mother have only one wife in the country? "
"Miss Ruan fell off the cliff to save you. She didn't have to come to save you at all. Miss Cheng could have escaped in time without you. You crying and crying here, Mr. Shen, will only increase the hatred of the elders in the family towards them. I think you I just want to kill them!"
"What you can't get will be destroyed. Look at me. Do you wish that Miss Ruan would die right away? Yue Ying'er, you don't really think so, do you?"
Cui Lin's words became more and more frightening. At the end of her speech, she took two steps forward and pinched Yue Ying'er's chin, forcing Yue Ying'er to raise her head. Yue Ying'er looked at her blankly and looked at her from Cui Lin. The coldness in her eyes made her forget to cry. .
"I'm not...I didn't, how could I think like this? I have always dreamed of saving Mr. Shen and Miss Ruan." She softened and looked at Cui Lin pitifully and helplessly with tears in her eyes. , "Then what do you think I should do?"
The Straight Girl Green Tea Killer Cui Lin had seen so many performances by young ladies that she hated this. Seeing Yue Ying'er like this, the hand that held her chin unconsciously tightened a little harder until Yue Ying'er shouted. Painful, she suddenly let go.
"Sorry, you looked so in need of a beating just now."
Yue Ying'er felt aggrieved but was afraid of being beaten by Cui Lin. She tried her best to be normal, and then the two started talking normally.
"The mountain is too big and my family is short of resources. I need your help this time." Cui Lin looked at her and said word by word: "First stop your current unreasonable behavior, then go and apologize to your parents, and finally say thank you." My cousin saved you at the critical moment. Now you are unable to sleep at night with her life or death uncertain. I won’t tell you how to behave. You know how to behave. The most important thing is that from now on, I can only mention Miss Ruan’s life-saving grace and bury Mr. Shen in your heart. Never take it out again, otherwise you will kill them."
"Why?" Yue Yinger
He looked at her confusedly.
"Based on your family background, we shouldn't have too much contact with them. Parents or matchmakers, who gave you a good life? Who gave you status? We live under the protection of our family. We should do our part. For you and me, things in the world are just mirror images, unrealistic. It is a blessing to be able to walk a short journey together, and we should not expect more. .”
"But you have a mother who loves you very much. After this, you should be able to have more choices in your marriage. As for the rest, don't think about it."
"I see."
The conversation inside the door gradually became quieter, and there was a beautiful woman standing outside the door, who was Yue Ying'er's mother.
When she learned that Cui Lin was coming, she came over to receive her to show that she valued her. When she heard that the two of them were locked in the room and quarreling, she was startled and moved faster. When she arrived, she happened to hear the beginning and signaled others to stop talking and stood outside the door. She waited for a long time and didn't leave until she heard this.
"Madam -" the nanny next to Madam Yue looked at Madam's uneasy look and comforted her: "Miss, I can appreciate your painstaking efforts."
Mrs. Yue wiped her tears and said, "Mommy, prepare a gift for me. I'll ask Miss Cui to come to my place later. Forget it, please stay when she leaves and I'll give it to her personally."
Mrs. Yue's father is the county magistrate of a small county near Yangzhou, and the Yue family is a well-known family in Yangzhou City. Mrs. Yue has been beautiful since she was a child, and she lived a stable life in the small county until she was attracted by Mr. Yue. She married into a high-ranking family and her family had no ability to say no. Fortunately, the elders really loved her.
But even if the older lady dotes on her concubine in the backyard, she has several rooms, and the lady doesn't want to see her. Mrs. Yue's life was not easy, and she was afraid that she would die unknown one day. The situation did not start to improve until she gave birth to a child.
Mrs. Yue was not a wife at first, but the most favored concubine in the Yue Mansion. Mrs. Yue's family was well-off, she had nothing to do and she didn't like Mr. Yue. The two got divorced not long after the birth of their youngest daughter Yue Ying'er, and Mr. Yue also at this time No need to look at the elder's face anymore, he insisted on helping her to the position, and then she transformed from the side room into the main room.
It is not easy to be the main wife of such a huge family. The backyard is like a battlefield without gunpowder smoke. It requires expediency, balance, careful calculation, and a man's love. Although she is favored, she is not pampered. She treats other concubines well, and people Act wisely and know how to measure, and that's how you've managed to get where you are today.
But Yue Ying'er didn't understand. Yue Ying'er was protected so well, and this kind of protection was different from Cui Lin's. Mrs. Yue herself was not a noble girl. She only read some books after marrying Mr. Yue, so her horizons were limited. She could teach Yue Ying'er too little. Yue Ying'er was also very smart, so she just learned. Her attitude towards a man like Shen Xuan was totally wrong.
Yue Ying'er couldn't tolerate her daughter's close relationship with Jianghu people, so she was very grateful to Cui Lin. Only people of the same age would wake her up after what she said that Yue Ying'er couldn't listen to.
After Cui Lin left, Yuejia sent personnel to reinforce the search and rescue operation that day.
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And under the cliff.
This matter started when Ruan Xianbei fell down.
She felt something bad after hitting Yue Ying'er, and then she felt a violent impact. Her vision went dark and she lost consciousness. When she woke up again, she found that she seemed to be lying in a cave, with someone leaning next to her. The wall does not know whether it is dead or alive.
To be precise, the person next to her is Shen Xuan.
No, it was impossible for Shen Xuan to fall from that position at that time.
She blinked and found that she seemed to be sealed, and her whole body was unconscious except for her eyes.
Help! Will she become a vegetable? ? ?
As if aware of the change in her breath, Shen Xuan opened her eyes.
"Life is so tough." Shen Xuan spoke lightly, with a hint of fatigue on his brows. His whole body was covered in dust and dirt, and there were traces of cuts in some places.
She blinked and wanted to ask you why you came down.
"Why did I get down here? Come to save you, Holy Lady."
Ruan Xianbei blinked again and rolled his eyes left and right, meaning what is the situation now?
Only then did Shen Xuan realize something was wrong and frowned: "Can't you speak?"
Ruan Xianbei blinked twice, yes.
Shen Xuan then told how he found her. There was mist everywhere under the cliff, and it took him a long time to get down. After he got down, he couldn't see clearly, so he could only call her name over and over while groping.
After finally finding the place where the rock fell, a deep hole was created on the ground. Ruan Xianbei might not survive if he was crushed under it. But he wanted to see a dead person and a corpse, so he searched around the boulder but found no trace of her. Finally, he broke the boulder and found a chasm under the boulder. He also found Ruan Xianbei's clothes scratched on the edge. There were traces of it, so I judged that she fell into this deep pit underground.
Fortunately, Ruan Xianbei is still alive, although he was knocked unconscious from the fall and suffered serious internal injuries without a single good bone in his body. Her own protective mechanism protects her internal organs and brain. Shen Xuan probed and found that her body's repair function was also very fast. The internal energy in her body was inexplicably depleted and recovery was slow, but Shen Xuan transferred a little internal energy and immediately and continuously It circulated.
"Fortunately, there was a trap that saved you. It's really a disaster for thousands of years." Shen Xuan was still in the mood to tease her.
Ruan Xianbei closed his eyes and opened them again. Thank you Buddha for blessing him. He is blessed with good fortune and luckily he was not crushed into a meat pie.
So, this is not a cave at all, but underground?
There are so many slots and so many mouths to talk about, and I really fell into the trap this time.
So how did they get to this place? It looks like someone lives here, so how did she seal it off? Why does Shen Xuan look tired?
While she was thinking about this, a hoarse old voice sounded in the air.
"Hey, your wife is awake?"
Twenty taels of silver was a bit too small, but in modern times it was still around eight thousand to ten thousand yuan.
At present, an ordinary soldier in the Yu Dynasty can only earn one tael of silver per month at most, and a centurion can earn three taels of silver per month.
Maybe he will accept it.
In addition, Qin Hu is also planning to draw a big pie for Li Xiaokun. After all, Qin Hu used to have money.
Now it depends on whether he and Qin An can survive the night.
"Little Marquis, I may not be able to survive. I'm so hungry, my hands and feet are frozen with cold." Qin An said in a daze.
"Xiao Anzi, Xiao Anzi, hold on, hold on, you can't stay still, get up and run, that's the only way you can survive."
In fact, Qin Hu himself is in trouble. Although he was a special soldier in his previous life, this body is not what he used to be. All he has now is a perseverance.
"Wait!"
Qin Hu's eyes were like cold stars, and he suddenly shouted in a low voice. A reflection and a rustling sound that appeared just ten meters away from the camp aroused his alertness.
With the professional sense of smell of a special scout, he felt that it was the enemy.
But should we notify Li Xiaokun?
Qin Hu hesitated a little. What if he saw it wrong? You know, his current physical condition is completely different from before.
If a false alarm causes night terrors or camp roars, and someone gets a handle on it, they will be killed without mercy.
"Xiao Anzi, hand me the bow and arrow."
Qin Hu crawled under the carriage and whispered.
But Qin An's next words scared him so much that he almost jumped up.
"Bow and arrow, what are bow and arrow?"
What, there are no bows and arrows in this era?
Qin Hu looked around and found a wooden stick with a sharpened top placed under the wheel. It was two meters long. It was thick at the handle and became thinner as it went up.
The more I look at it, the more it looks like a weapon.
Wooden gun, this is the iconic building of the cannon fodder.
"Come closer, come closer..." After a few breaths, Qin Hu was sure that he was right.
The other party may be the enemy's scouts, called scouts in this era. They are trying to enter the camp and conduct reconnaissance.
Of course, if conditions permit, you can also poison, set fire to, or perform a beheading operation.
"one two three……"
He and Qin An lay motionless on the ground until then, he suddenly jumped up and threw the wooden spear as a javelin.
"puff!"
It was impossible for the scout to wear armor because he had difficulty moving, so the shot pierced his chest directly.
Following Qin Hu, he picked up the wooden gun belonging to Qin An, jumped out of the carriage, and chased in the opposite direction desperately.
For the reliability of intelligence, the scouts are required to monitor each other and are not allowed to act alone, so there are at least two.
After a few moments, Qin Hu threw another black shadow to the ground.
Then he strangled his neck with a wooden gun. There was a crisp sound and the man's head hung down.
"Hoo, hoo!" Qin Hu was sweating profusely and almost collapsed. He lay on the ground gasping for air. His body was really too weak.
Just to break the enemy's neck, before he could just use his hands, but just now he had to rely on the power of a wooden gun.
"Qin An, come here and help me search you."
Qin Hu is familiar with the rules of the battlefield. He must collect all the trophies from these two guys as quickly as possible.
"Two daggers, two horizontal knives, a level, seven or eight taels of broken silver, two grain bags, flags, kettles, two sets of cotton-padded clothes, two pot helmets, bacon..."
"Qin An, brother, hurry up, hurry up, eat something quickly, you are saved..."
Qin Hu tremblingly grabbed a handful of fried beans from the grain bag and stuffed them into Qin An's mouth, then gave him water and put on the captured cotton clothes.
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Before dawn, Qin Hu cut off the scout's head before the sentry on duty arrived, carried it into Shi Chang's camp, and reported what happened yesterday.
This was done to prevent others from taking credit, and he knew what kind of environment he was in now.
"Thirty taels of silver for one head, you are rich."
The chief's name was Gundam. He was a tall, muscular man with a beard.
At first, he didn't believe it until he saw the trophies captured by Qin Hu and the two corpses.
At this moment, his eyes were full of envy, jealousy and hatred.
"It's not me who gets rich, it's everyone who gets rich. This is the result of the ten of us."
