Lu Baichuan was taken aback, only then realizing that he hadn't seen Gou'er all day.

Logically speaking, since Jiang Jiuniang is giving birth today, Gou'er should be by her side at all times, but he hasn't been seen at all, which is obviously a problem.

Lu Baichuan immediately stood up: "You rest well, I'll go take a look."

Jiang Jiuniang's heart jumped into her throat; she had a strong premonition that something had happened to Gou'er.

Sure enough, when Lu Baichuan opened the door to the dog's room, it was empty and no one was there. The tiny cow-shaped dog lay quietly in the corner, as if it had lost all life.

Lu Baichuan pursed his lips and stepped forward, reaching out to check the little guy's body. He found that the little guy's body was still warm, but his breathing was very weak. If he had been found any later, he probably would have been dead.

"Is the dog reading a book? Why haven't I seen him all this time... Ah, what's wrong with the little cow!"

After eating something, Mrs. Sun finally remembered that she hadn't seen the dog all day, so she decided to come and check. However, instead of seeing the dog, she saw a dying calf.

Her heart sank. Her granddaughter was born safely, but her grandson had an accident. She felt like the sky was falling.

"Mother, don't panic, don't panic."

Lu Baichuan was worried that his mother was too loud and his wife would hear her, so he quickly stopped her, handed the calf to Sun Shi, and told her to take the calf out to see a doctor. He said he would handle everything else.

Sun knew that Jiang Jiuniang had just given birth and was still very weak, so she must not let her know that Gou'er was missing. Suppressing her heartache, she said, "We must find Gou'er!"

Lu Baichuan nodded: "I will."

Sun choked back tears and wiped them away. Looking at the little calf in her arms, her eyes reddened again. What kind of things are happening every day!

The birth of a baby and the safe delivery of the baby should have been a joyous occasion, but their negligence led to an accident involving the dog.

If anything were to happen to the dog, she wouldn't want to live anymore.

Lu Baichuan looked around the room and actually made a discovery.

There was a small crumpled piece of paper on the dog's bed. When you opened it, you saw a few lines of crooked, dog-scratched handwriting: If you want your son to live, bring the Pangu Jade to meet me at Huiyun Mountain outside the city.

Lu Baichuan crumpled the note. It turned out he was after the treasure again, but this time his purpose was more direct: he wanted the Pangu Jade.

After the palace coup, the old emperor entrusted the Pangu Jade to his wife for safekeeping. The Pangu Jade displayed in the palace was a fake. This was a secret within the palace, and very few people knew about it.

In other words, among those who witnessed it all back then, some of them betrayed us.

Or rather, someone fell into the hands of certain people.

The person who could take the dog away without anyone noticing must be no ordinary person. To ensure the dog is brought back safely, he needs to go to his wife to get some medicine powder.

He couldn't gamble with his son's life.

After thinking it over, he decided to go find his wife to explain things before going to find his son. But as soon as he reached the door, he heard his wife's voice.

"Oh dear, poor little cow, it would have died if we had come any later."

Hearing the sound, he strode inside and saw his wife, wearing a coat, getting up and examining the calf.

"Why are you up? Go lie down."

Lu Baichuan looked anxious, while Sun Shi beside him remained silent. She didn't want to come in either, but her third son's wife kept calling her, and she was forced to. Who knew that this brat would be so hard to fool?

"I'm fine, I'm recovering well. How's Gou'er? Any leads?"

As she spoke, she handed the calf to Yue Shu to carry out.

She had previously placed a fragrance on the dog. Normally, to protect the dog's privacy, she wouldn't sense it, but just now, suspecting something was wrong with the dog, she sensed it and indeed found that the dog wasn't at home, or even in the city.

Just then, she saw Ms. Sun acting suspiciously outside, so she simply asked Yue Shu to call her in. When she saw the little cow in her arms that wasn't moving at all, Jiang Jiu Niang showed an expression of "I knew it."

She was worried about her son's disappearance, but she thought that since the other party wanted something from them, they wouldn't dare to do anything to the dog, so she remained relatively calm.

If she weren't still a bit weak and going out would only be a burden, she would really want to go find her son right now. But even if she didn't go, she believed that Lu Baichuan would definitely be able to save her son.

“They’re after the Pangu Jade. They want me to exchange it for Gou’er. I’ll go check it out now. Give me a few bottles of the medicine powder you developed earlier.”

He tried his best to remain calm in front of Mrs. Sun, otherwise the old lady would definitely worry.

Jiang Jiuniang personally took out several small bottles and a few small black balls from the small cabinet and gave them all to Lu Baichuan, whispering, "Be careful."

"good."

He responded in a low voice as well. Although neither of them seemed to be emotionally affected, only they knew the torment they were going through.

"Are you going alone? It's too dangerous. Take a few more people with you."

Sun was worried, but she didn't say anything. Neither the old man nor Yu knew that Gou'er was in trouble, and she didn't want them to worry about her.

"Too many people will only make us more likely to be spotted. I'll go alone, Mom. I'll definitely bring the dog back safely. Don't worry, go to bed early tonight."

"But... what if there are many people on the other side?"

So much happened that day that Mrs. Sun couldn't hold back her tears, which streamed down her face as soon as she opened her mouth.

Jiang Jiuniang came over and hugged her, comforting her, "Don't worry, don't worry, Bai Chuan is a Grand General who assists the state, he's very powerful."

As she spoke, she waved to Lu Baichuan out of Sun's sight, signaling him to hurry up and leave.

"Wow!"

As soon as Lu Baichuan left, the little guy on the bed woke up. He didn't cry or fuss, but made a few monosyllables in a sweet, babyish voice that was incredibly cute.

Jiang Jiuniang smiled and picked up her little girl, coaxing her, "Baby, you're so good. You knew Grandma was in a bad mood, so you woke up to comfort her, didn't you? Tell Grandma not to be sad. Your brother will be alright, right?"

"ah……"

The little guy looked at people with his eyes open and responded to Jiang Jiuniang in his own way.

Jiang Jiuniang was overjoyed and showed the baby to Sun Shi, saying, "Mother, look how smart the baby is! He could understand what we were saying right after he was born."

Sun was worried about the dog. Even though she knew that Jiang Jiuniang was just trying to comfort her, she couldn't help but go over to look at her granddaughter. When she saw that her granddaughter was indeed looking at her, she felt a little relieved.

Taking the opportunity, Jiang Jiuniang handed the child to Sun Shi and said, "Mother, Xiao Bao hasn't been named yet. Why don't you take her to see Father and see what name we should give her?"

Sun was not stupid; she knew that Jiang Jiuniang was trying to distract her. She wanted to say that she was not in the mood to worry about naming her right now, but she was also worried about Jiang Jiuniang's health, so she could only agree, "Then I'll take her out to play for a while, and you can sleep some more."