Chapter 106: Search 5 Now that I have left, there is no reason to look back...

Su He recognized that it was Xie Wuhen's handwriting.

He must have written it himself and then asked Wu Sheng to print it at the bookstore, right?

He was actually looking for her!

In other words, Li Shuli was exposed and was seen through by him.

It happened so quickly! She hadn't even had time to settle down.

In this case, will Chunlan be implicated?

She felt a little regretful about letting Chunlan stay, but she couldn't go back to pick her up immediately.

I was helpless for the moment and could only wait until I was settled here.

Fang Yichen also came out. By then the rain had stopped and he had put away his umbrella.

The sky was still gloomy and damp, and his voice sounded damp as well: "This is the Shaoqing who is looking for you."

She said "hmm".

Fang Yicheng asked again: "Do you want to go back?"

Su He stared at the words on the poster. In an instant, those words transformed into Xie Wuhen's stern face. His eyes were red as he glared at her. "You lowly slave, you murderer! I will chase you to the ends of the earth and tear you into pieces."

She felt a chill on her back and staggered suddenly.

Fang Yicheng reached out to hold her waist, and when she stood firmly, he immediately took his hand away.

He said, "Girl, is it hard to decide?"

Under the humid sky, Su He's face appeared transparent white.

She shook her head: "Now that I've left the capital, there's no reason to look back."

He looked at her, his eyes filled with inquiry and scrutiny: "Girl, can you really let it go?"

Su He took a deep breath, breathing in the dampness after the rain. She said, "Everything between him and me is just a dream. When we wake up, we will naturally return to our own places."

He stepped forward, tore down the poster, and then glanced around. After confirming it was safe, he spoke in a deep voice, "Given your ability, you shouldn't just post it here. By now, the entire Liang State should know about your search for a wife."

Su He paused, then said calmly, "Perhaps this is his way of hunting down the criminal. He's trying to lure me out under the pretext of 'looking for my wife', and then mercilessly throws me into prison, or even beheads me at Caishikou. After all, he never showed mercy to his own uncle."

She glanced at the poster in his hand and said, "Throw it away." Then she turned and left.

Fang Yicheng did as he was told, crumpled up the poster, threw it into the puddle beside the road, and then followed her away.

A child ran out of the house, picked up a ball of paper from the puddle, and shouted: "Mom, look, they tore this off, why did they tear it off..."

The doll's voice was quickly drowned out by the noise from the street.

As soon as Su He returned to the inn, he asked Zhang Xiuhua to pack their luggage and prepare to go to Fuzi Mountain.

Since Xie Wuhen had already posted the poster in Lizhuang, she naturally could not stay here for long, so as not to arouse suspicion.

Zhang Xiuhua was puzzled: "You just went out for a while, why are you suddenly in such a hurry to go up the mountain?"

Su He didn't want to make her worry, so he made up an excuse: "I think the rain won't stop for a while, and Lizhuang is low-lying. Let's go up the mountain in the morning so we can be at ease."

Zhang Xiuhua glanced at the rain outside. "It just stopped, and now it's starting again." She sighed, "Young lady is right. We can't be stranded here."

After the two of them packed up, Fang Yicheng quickly rented a carriage.

In less than a few cups of tea, the three of them got on the carriage and left.

The carriage passed Lizhuang and traveled for a long distance before stopping at the foot of Fuzi Mountain.

The mountain road was too steep for the carriage to go up, so the three of them had to get off and walk with their luggage.

The rain stopped and the fallen leaves were everywhere, looking lush and green.

The last time I came to Fuzi Mountain was in winter. It was covered with ice and snow, and the wind was freezing cold. Every step felt like stepping on the edge of an abyss.

This time I came in autumn, and the air was filled with the faint fragrance of soil and trees, which was pleasing to the eye.

Although Fang Yicheng was carrying heavy luggage, his steps were as steady as if he were walking on flat ground. From time to time, he would reach out to help Su He when she couldn't jump over the ditches and bumps.

By dusk, the three finally arrived at Rongdong where Bai Jinan lived.

At that time, Bai Jinan had just returned from fishing and had not yet taken the bamboo basket containing the fish off his shoulders.

He smiled kindly and said, "You've come at the perfect time. I'll go prepare dinner now."

The main dish for dinner was fish head soup.

The side dish is fried small fish and river shrimp.

Zhang Xiuhua was helping to light the fire, and Fang Yichen was helping to chop wood.

Su He squatted beside Bai Jinan to help wash the fish.

While chatting, she would secretly look at Bai Jinan from time to time.

This is a face that looks very similar to the emperor in the palace, as similar as she looks to Li Shuli.

Her heart was pounding. Could it be that Bai Jinan was also a bone molder? Or was the emperor a bone molder?

How is Bai Jinan, who lives in the deep mountains and forests, related to the emperor in the palace?

Everything is mysterious, but there is no answer!

After dinner, Bai Jinan led her to another melted cave, walked through a narrow stone path, and came to a stone door.

Bai Jinan twisted the stone pillar next to him, and the stone door suddenly opened.

This is Rongdong where his grandson Bai Chen lives.

The cave was still the same as before, with flickering torches and gurgling springs. Bai Chen, lying on the stone bed, was wearing a white robe with his eyes closed.

Bai Jinan walked over and wiped his face with a wet towel, then sat down beside him and breathed a sigh of relief: "Don't worry, Chen'er, your illness can be cured."

Then he looked at Su He and said, "Thank you for coming back as promised, young lady."

Under the flickering firelight, Bai Jinan's face showed a sense of complacency as if he had won the victory.

Su He smiled, and said something with a hidden meaning: "I still have the Heart-Eating Flower poison that Senior put in my body, so it seems I have no choice but to come back."

Bai Jinan also smiled meaningfully, "I had no choice that day, I hope you won't blame me."

Su He answered calmly, "Now that things have come to this, there's nothing to blame. I just don't know when Senior will completely detoxify me, and when I can provide blood for your grandson."

Bai Jinan stood up from the stone bed and looked at his grandson with pity. "Chen'er will wake up in about a month. Then will be the best time to give him blood."

As he spoke, he took out a small wooden box from his sleeve pocket and said, "As for detoxifying the girl, I will do what I say. This is the antidote I prepared for the girl." As he spoke, he handed the small wooden box to Su He.

Su He took the wooden box and opened it, and there was a pill inside.

No, not one, but half a coin. "What do you mean, Senior?"

Bai Jinan raised his hand and stroked his beard, still looking kind and benevolent. "The other half of the antidote will be given to you after you finish donating blood."

Su He asked back: "Five years later?"

Bai Jinan nodded: "Yes, five years later."

"What if I develop a poisoning during these five years?"

"With this old man here, I can ensure that the young lady is safe."

Su He chuckled, "Senior, you promised to completely detoxify me after I returned, but now you're putting it off until five years from now. You're really going back on your word."

Bai Jinan said confidently, "For the safety of my grandson, I have no choice but to hold back. I hope you will be understanding."

He added, "This antidote is extremely potent. You will experience a mild toxic reaction after taking it. You can take this opportunity to recuperate in the cave."

Su He was a little annoyed.

She has always been vigilant, but was dragged step by step into the mud by this old man and could not resist.

She suppressed her anger and remained polite: "Then I can only follow your orders." After saying that, she took out the antidote from the wooden box and swallowed it in one gulp.

Just half a cup of tea after swallowing the antidote, she felt her bones burning and her chest felt like it was being bitten by thousands of ants. She was in so much pain that she could not stand steadily.

Bai Jinan helped her sit down in front of the stone table and said kindly, "Don't worry, young lady. The pain only comes in waves—it's a stress reaction from fighting poison with poison. It's nothing serious."

Su He slowed down and asked, "How long will the pain last?"

Bai Jinan replied: "About a month or so, it will gradually ease and eventually disappear."

Su He smiled reluctantly: "After more than a month, your grandson will wake up. Senior, you have a good plan."

Bai Jinan's eyes were filled with kindness. "As I said before, we must always be on guard against others."

While Su He was recuperating and detoxifying in Fuzi Mountain, Xie Wuhen was still searching for her tirelessly.

News about the young lady of the Xie family also spread to the capital from all directions of Liang State. Some of the news was obviously false, while some was half true and half false.

In order to verify those half-true and half-false news, he worked tirelessly and traveled almost all over the cities of Liang State, but still found nothing.

In desperation, he went to the secret room to see Li Shuli and see her face.

After being imprisoned for several days, Li Shuli had not washed or groomed herself, and her face was already covered in dirt.

He asked Wu Sheng to wash Li Shuli's face. Li Shuli bit Wu Sheng's hand crazily, causing blood to flow from the back of his hand.

Li Shuli laughed heartily after biting the slut, mocking him as she laughed: "Master Shaoqing hasn't found that bitch Su He yet. That bitch... She's determined not to want Master Shaoqing anymore, she's determined to abandon Master Shaoqing, hahahaha..."

Xie Wuhen glanced at the back of Wu Sheng's hand that was bitten, and ordered in a cold voice: "Torture him."

He had no mercy on this woman.

Wu Sheng was even less merciful. He tied Li Shuli to the pillar in the house with lightning speed, then took off the long whip from his waist and whipped her a few times.

Li Shuli screamed a few times, and her body was instantly covered in blood.

She took a breath, her eyes filled with resentment: "If you have the guts, slap my face. Just slap it until it breaks into pieces. From now on, no one will think about each other anymore."

Wu Sheng was too lazy to respond to her and continued to whip him a few more times.

Li Shuli wailed so loudly that her face was distorted.

Xie Wuhen felt an indescribable bitterness in his heart and turned around and walked out of the secret room.

During this period, Li Taian came to the Xie family once to ask about the situation of finding someone.

When the servant led Li Taian through the corridor to the study in Xie's mansion, Li Shuli in the secret room saw him through the glazed window.

She banged on the window and shouted, "Father, Father, save me... I am your Li'er... Father, save me..."

But because of the solid glass window and the dozens of meters of ground between them, Li Taian could not hear her shouting at all. He hurried past without even turning his head.

Li Shuli tried many ways to make noise, such as stomping her feet, hitting the window with her fists, and screaming, but nothing worked, nothing worked.

After a few cups of tea, Li Taian came out of the study and passed through the corridor again.

Li Shuli excitedly shouted again: "Father, don't go...Father, save me...Father, I'm here...I'm here..."

She cried and shouted until her voice became hoarse.

You can clearly see it when you look up, but you can't touch it. The distance of dozens of meters is the distance between the human world and hell, the distance between life and death.

In the end, she watched her father disappear in great despair and pain.

She collapsed to the ground, seemingly having lost all her strength.

After seeing Li Taian off, Xie Wuhen felt somewhat powerless and leaned back tiredly in the armchair.

It was afternoon, and the Xie Mansion was deserted except for the whistling sound of the wind.

The second branch lost Xie Jin, the third branch lost their cousin, and the members of the Xie family no longer had any contact with each other as they grew old and died. The entire Xie family was filled with loneliness.

Xie Wuhen called Chunlan and told her, "Go on and talk about your young lady."

Chunlan was panicked: "During this period of time, Master has been asking me to talk about the young lady every day. I have already said everything I can remember about her. I don't know what else to say."

He replied, "I won't tell you everything. Think about it again and I'll tell you later."

Chunlan had no choice but to tell the young lady in detail about her favorite colors, clothing styles, and favorite storybooks.

Xie Wuhen leaned back in his chair and listened attentively. Finally, he asked, "Did your daughter see the missing person poster?"

Chunlan knew that the young lady would never come back, so it was useless to post the poster.

But he said, "If the young lady sees the poster, she will definitely come back. If she doesn't come back, it must be because... she didn't see the poster."

Xie Wuhen asked again: "Why could she leave so cruelly?"

He seemed to be asking Chunlan, but more like he was asking himself.

Chunlan replied in a low voice: "Miss, I am not cruel, I am just afraid."

As soon as he finished speaking, Wu Sheng hurried into the room and said, "Boss, this time we really have news about the young lady. Someone saw her appear on Fuzi Mountain."