The black shadow was extremely fast. Gu Qi took two steps back and touched the dagger on his waist with his right hand.
Before he could even touch the handle of the knife, a black shadow came over and knocked Gu Qi to the ground!
Although the weeds grew wildly in the dense forest, they still could not withstand the violent impact.
After a "bang", the surroundings returned to silence.
Gu Qi's eyes widened and he looked at the person below him in surprise!
Under the dim moonlight, the man's face was covered with blood. He looked at Gu Qi in horror and covered Gu Qi's mouth tightly with a big hand.
The owl on the tree tilted its head again, and after two "coo" sounds, it fluttered away.
The wind blew through the woods, making a rustling sound.
He took a breath and looked slightly relaxed.
Gu Qi took off the big palm on her face and whispered: "Your Highness, what is going on?"
Yuan Zhe pinched the painful bridge of his nose and said with difficulty: "You get up first, my bones are going to fall apart."
"Oh." Gu Qi rolled to the side and helped Yuan Zhe up.
"Hiss—" Yuan Zhe felt a burning pain in his back, and his whole body was exhausted.
"Your Highness, are you okay?"
Yuan Zhe looked around cautiously, and saw thick white fog rising from a distance of four to five feet.
"This forest is not safe, let's get out first."
After that, he bent down to pick up the two dead rabbits on the ground.
"I'll do it." Seeing his inconvenience, Gu Qi squatted down, grabbed the rabbit's ears and picked it up: "Your Highness, these two rabbits you hunted are so fat."
"So much nonsense, let's go quickly!" Yuan Zhe pulled Gu Qi and walked out quickly.
When they came out of the woods, they saw the coachman standing in front of the fire, spinning around in a hurry.
Yuanzhe's back became more painful and he stopped on the side of the road: "Go and tell the driver that it's not safe here. We have to continue on our way."
Gu Qi nodded, helped Yuanzhe to lean against a big tree, and ran towards the fire.
After a while, the two dismantled the tent and drove over in a carriage.
After helping Yuan Zhe into the carriage, the driver whipped his whip vigorously and the horse ran forward.
The speed is faster than before.
Gu Qi looked at Yuan Zhe, he seemed a little overwhelmed.
"Uncle, slow down."
"good."
Gu Qi sat next to Yuan Zhe and said cautiously: "Your Highness, if you feel uncomfortable, lean against me and you will feel more comfortable."
Yuan Zhe looked at Gu Qi's thin and narrow shoulders and shook his head: "No need."
Gu Qi sat next to him and saw that his eyes were closed tightly, dense beads of sweat oozed from his forehead, his lips turned white, and blood stains hung on his face, turning from scarlet to dark red.
"Your Highness, otherwise, you should rely on me."
"Your Highness?"
Yuan Zhe's upper body fell upside down!
"Your Highness!"
Gu Qi couldn't resist his heavy body, so she had to put his head on her legs.
After being laid flat, Yuan Zhe's frown relaxed, and it seemed that the pain was less severe.
Gu Qi took out a handkerchief from her pocket, dipped it in some water, and gently wiped the blood on Yuan Zhe's face.
This feeling seems pretty good.
Although the pain in his back intensified, Yuan Zhe did not open his eyes.
Even inadvertently, there was a hint of smile.
Gu Qi didn't see it. She was staring at the hare not far away and swallowed.
About half a quarter of an hour later, Gu Qi's stomach growled.
Yuan Zhe suppressed his laughter and couldn't pretend anymore, so he had to "wake up".
"Why did I fall asleep?" Yuan Zhe stood up and sat up straight, opened the curtain and looked outside: "How long have you been gone?"
Gu Qidao: "It should be more than half a month ago."
After finishing speaking, Gu Qi's stomach began to growl again.
"parking."
"Uu——"
"Set up tent here and rest for the night before leaving."
The driver said outside, "Okay."
Gu Qi helped Yuan Zhe out of the car and sat down on the side of the road.
I found some branches on both sides of the official road and lit a bonfire to dispel the cold.
The driver peeled off the entire rabbit skin and threw it into the woods.
Thread the rabbit meat with two strong branches and roast it on the fire.
"Your Highness, were you attacked in the forest just now?"
"No."
"Then what did you see that made you so panicked?"
Yuan Zhe frowned and looked at Gu Qi: "When did I panic?"
"Just..." Gu Qi pointed in the direction of the forest. Seeing Yuan Zhe's expression of displeasure, he scratched his head and said, "I, I got it wrong."
"Huh." Yuan Zhe broke off the branch in his hand and threw it into the fire: "The forest is foggy at night."
"Foggy?" Gu Qi was a little confused: "It's foggy in many forests. It's not a strange thing."
"The fog seems weird. I am in Qingzhou, and I often go hunting in the forest. Many wild animals only move at night. But in this forest, after the fog comes, the wild animals scatter in all directions, as if they are deliberately avoiding it."
The driver next to him listened to Yuan Zhe's description and smiled: "Then what you saw must be miasma. Miasma is poisonous, so the animals fled."
"Miasma? It seems that this king is a little ignorant."
Gu Qi was also puzzled and asked: "Uncle, how does miasma arise?"
The coachman smiled awkwardly: "I don't know about this. I heard Master Gu say it before, but I didn't understand what he said."
Gu Qi blurted out: "Gu Yuan?"
The coachman looked at Gu Qi and nodded: "Yes, Mr. Gu. He took us farther back then than we do now. If you hadn't mentioned the miasma in the forest today, I wouldn't have even thought of it. Mr. Gu specially warned us before. But you can’t go in that forest at night.”
Gu Qi looked the driver up and down and wanted to ask more questions, but due to Yuan Zhe's presence, he had no choice but to give up.
Suddenly I remembered that when I saw Yuan Zhe, his face was covered with blood.
"Your Highness! What's the matter with the blood on your face?"
Yuan Zhe couldn't help but think back to the scene that just happened. He was running outside. It was so dark that he couldn't tell the distance. When he saw Gu Qishi, he couldn't stop. Unexpectedly, his nose hit her head...
Yuan Zhe glared at Gu Qi: "It's like a pig."
"Oh, this wild boar is really difficult to deal with." Gu Qi looked at Yuan Zhe's face and shook his head helplessly.
"Sir, that's it." The driver handed the rabbit over.
"Uncle, I can't eat so much." Gu Qi picked up the knife on the ground, cut off one leg, and handed the rest back: "Let's eat one."
"This...this is so embarrassing."
He said he was embarrassed, but his hand took it honestly, and when he brought it to his mouth, he devoured it.
Just as Gu Qi was about to eat, he remembered the two grass fruits in his sleeves.
She took out the grass fruit and threw it behind her.
The driver looked at the grass fruit rolling on the ground and felt a little distressed.
After a feast, Yuan Zhe went into the tent to rest.
"Sir, you can go to bed, I will watch from outside."
Gu Qi waved her hand: "No, let's take turns to watch the night. I'm not sleepy yet. Wait for me to go and take a rest, and you can rest when I come back."
"well..."
Seeing Gu Qi running towards the distance, the driver took two quick steps, squatted down and picked up the fruit, puffed his cheeks and blew the soil on the surface, and carefully put it into his arms.
The night is getting deeper.
Gu Qi yawned.
The coachman lay beside the fire, snoring.
They agreed to take turns to stay on duty at night, but the uncle never woke up.
Gu Qi sighed and threw some branches into the fire, and the flames made a "pop" sound.
"Who? What sound!"
The coachman kicked his legs sharply and sat up in shock.
"It's just the sound of branches, uncle, don't worry."
After Gu Qi said that, he yawned again.
The coachman rubbed his sleepy eyes, drank two mouthfuls of water, and felt energetic.
He sat cross-legged and took out a grass fruit from his arms and gnawed it.
Gu Qi looked at the tent behind him, but there was no movement.
"My lord, please go into the tent and rest. I will keep an eye on you later in the night."
Gu Qi smiled and waved her hand: "Forget it, let's sit and chat for a while."
The coachman wiped his mouth and said with a naive smile: "That's okay. What do you want to talk about, sir?"
Gu Qi pretended to be joking, and while stirring the fire, asked: "During dinner, the uncle said that he had been here and even further with Mr. Gu. Is he bragging?"
"Sir! Don't believe it! I'm not bragging!"
The driver's voice was so loud that Gu Qi was so frightened that he turned around and looked at the tent.
"Keep your voice down, His Highness is resting. If we offend him, we won't survive!"
The driver looked back, squatted in front of Gu Qi, and smiled: "Sir, I'm really not bragging. Back then, Master Gu brought hundreds of us men out, and the team was huge!"
"Hundreds of people?"
The driver pouted his lips proudly, opened his small eyes, and nodded vigorously.
Gu Qi looked at him and laughed: "Uncle, you must be bragging. During the time I came to Tuzhou, I heard many people talk about Mr. Gu, but no one has ever mentioned this."
"Hey, sir, don't believe it!" The coachman scratched his head anxiously, not knowing how to prove it.
Suddenly, he clapped his hands!
"If you don't believe me, just ask Master Feng when you get back!"
Gu Qi looked confused.
The coachman thought she didn't believe it, so he started talking again:
"I think back then, when there was a flood, it was all thanks to them to save the lives of the people. Compared with these two adults back then, the few county guards now are far behind. How could these little babies know what we went through at that time? matter!"
The coachman's face was full of admiration when he mentioned Gu Yuan and Feng Rui. He talked about what happened back then, but it made Gu Qixin suspicious.
Since coming to Tuzhou, Gu Qi has always had a bad impression of Feng Rui.
But when I think about it carefully, it seems that I haven't done anything extremely sinful.
Is it possible that I misunderstood the governor of Tuzhou?
"Uncle, do you know why Mr. Gu brought you out back then?"
"What else could I do? Find a way to survive. One year, there was a heavy rainstorm for more than half a month, and many people drowned. The farmland was soaked in water, and the seedlings began to rot from the roots. Take it! Oh, don't mention how miserable it is."
Gu Qi also sighed.
Suddenly I remembered that when I first came to Tuzhou, I and Xue Peilin were inspecting along the river. Yuan Xiu, the governor of Jinghu County, once said that he had experienced floods when he was a child. Now it is consistent with what the coachman said.
This is wrong!
Gu Qi was suddenly shocked!
In the whole story, it seems that a key spectator has been left behind!
