Chapter 156 Xiao Xiuning stole something and ran away

Old Liao sent people to find Yan Wanshan and his group, and following a set of hoofprints, they guessed that they had gone in the direction of Xuzhou.

He was injured and had no horse, so he didn't have the strength to chase after them. The others had to watch over the prisoners and settle accounts with them when they entered the city the next day.

When the Xiao family learned that Yun Zhaoxue had miscarried, they were terrified. After climbing down from the tree, they all rushed to the carriage to check on her.

Yun Zhaoxue lay on the carriage, which was stuffy inside. Xiao Xuance sat outside the carriage and fanned her.

Madam Yang tiptoed and lifted a corner of the curtain, asking with concern, "Xue'er, how does your stomach hurt? Is there any bleeding? If there is bleeding, it's serious. Let Sanlang take you to the clinic. There are doctors and medicine there. Rest in bed for a day or two."

"Third Sister-in-law, are you in a lot of pain right now? What did the doctor say?"

Xiao Xuance answered for her, "There's no bleeding, Mother, don't worry too much. Physician Chen said the pulse is much better, and Physician Chen gave her acupuncture."

Yun Zhaoxue said softly, "Yes, everything is alright now."

Madam Yang patted her chest and said, "It's good that you're alright, it's good that you're alright, then Mother can rest assured."

"Go and push the car over here, but don't touch anything inside."

Xiao Xuanwu said, "Okay, I'll go right away."

Xiao Mingshu grabbed him, "Fifth brother, you're still injured, let me go."

Two quarters of an hour later, Yun Zhaoxue felt that the time was about right and said to Xiao Xuance, "Remove the needles from my body."

Yun Zhaoxue wanted to do it herself, but as soon as she moved, the muscles around the needle tensed up in response, and a stiff, aching sensation made her put her hand back. "Hiss!"

With the thick needle inside the body, it's like having a stick inside. Any slight movement will cause significant pulling and friction on the surrounding tissues, resulting in extremely intense pain.

She felt numb all over her arm.

"Quickly remove that silver needle from the middle of my arm."

Xiao Xuance removed the silver needles, and a bulge appeared around the area where the needles had been inserted in her arm. He quickly pressed the acupoints on her arm and injected the needles into her arm. A warm current instantly flowed in, and the stiff muscles seemed to be smoothed out without any pain.

How are you feeling now?

"Hmm, much better." Yun Zhaoxue found it amazing that internal energy could be used in this way. No wonder ancient martial arts novels often used internal energy to heal injuries, as if everyone could cure diseases, unless they had an incurable disease and needed to see a doctor.

"Bring me the silver needles so I can see them. What kind of lousy needles are these? They really hurt!"

Xiao Xuance lifted it up and placed it in front of her.

"It's so thick, no wonder it hurts so much. Let's pull out the others too."

"...It hasn't even been half an hour yet."

"I'm really fine. The wooden board is too hard and uncomfortable. I want to sit up."

Pretending to be sick is too difficult; you have to cooperate with injections and lie on a narrow, hard wooden board.

She moved her shoulder slightly.

Xiao Xuance held her down to stop her from moving, "Don't move, I'll pull it out now."

Yang and the others sat down to rest on the tree roots.

Xiao Xuanwu had several scratches on his arms and neck. He washed the wounds with water and applied some wound medicine. The wounds were not deep and did not need to be bandaged.

"Xiao Wu, does it hurt? Be careful not to get it wet these next few days."

"It doesn't hurt." Xiao Xuanwu shook his head. "It's all superficial wounds. To be honest, my third brother told me to protect my third sister-in-law, but in the end, it was my third sister-in-law who had to protect me, which caused her to have a miscarriage."

He lowered his head in shame, no longer daring to complain of pain.

"Don't blame yourself. Fortunately, Xue'er and the child are alright. You're so young and you dared to face the wolf pack. You're already very brave."

Xie Wanyun said with lingering fear, "Yes, we were so scared that our legs went weak when we looked from the tree."

"Xiao Wu is very skilled. If I had martial arts skills, I could go down and fight the wolf pack with you."

Third Sister-in-law looked very cool when she killed the wolf.

The whole family comforted Xiao Xuanwu, allaying his guilt.

Only then did Madam Yang realize that Xiao Xiuning was not there. "Where is Ning'er? Have you seen Ning'er?"

Song Mingyan shook her head, "I didn't see it. Wasn't Mother lying next to her at the time?"

If she doesn't know, then they certainly don't know either.

At that time, a group of people were running around in all directions, and all you could hear were screams.

Yang was dragged up a tree by her son and daughter-in-law. Later, her son and daughter-in-law went down to rescue people and fight off the wolves, and forgot about Xiao Xiuning.

"She said she was going to tell the second and third wives to hide in the trees, and she never came back."

She glanced at the second and third wives' quarters; they were all there, but she didn't see Xiao Xiuning. "Since Ning'er isn't here, could something have happened to her again?"

"Ning'er, Ning'er..."

Yang stood up and shouted loudly, "Third... Zhang, is Ning'er here with you?"

"Isn't that brat with you guys? Why are you asking us? It would be better if she died, she'd be a good thing."

"She's your own daughter, how could you curse her to die?"

Zhang tripped and fell while running away, scraping her knees and elbows and injuring herself all over. She was already annoyed, and when she heard him lecturing her, she became even more irritated. She said impatiently, "I don't know! Don't bother us. Let her go wherever she wants. We can't even take care of ourselves, how can we care about her?"

The others searched the area with her, but they couldn't find her.

Those who ran up the mountain heard the wolf king's deep howl, and faintly heard cheers of someone saying that they had finally escaped.

They guessed that the danger below had passed and began to descend the mountain one after another.

Madam Yang then asked the people coming down from the mountain, "Is there anyone still on the mountain? Have you seen Ning'er?"

"There's no one here. We didn't see a soul when we came down."

The guards had already moved the corpses and the wolf's carcass aside.

The deceased's family members surrounded the body, swaying and weeping bitterly.

"Mother, Mother, wake up! It's all my fault for being so incompetent. No one protected you. I've failed you in your kindness in raising and nurturing me..."

"Master, master, the children are still so young, how can you bear to abandon us, a widow and her children? How are we supposed to live now? Waaah..."

"My son, my poor son, wake up! Tomorrow I'll take you to the city for some good food, meat buns! Heaven, open your eyes and see! If we've done anything wrong, take our lives instead! Give me back my son, sob sob sob..."

Yang thought Xiao Xiuning might be one of the corpses, and her legs went weak and she fell backward, "Ning'er, Ning'er, is she already... dead?"

Before she could finish speaking, her legs gave way, and she fell straight backward. The moment she was caught, tears streamed down her face, and her lips trembled.

Xiao Xuanwu comforted her, saying:

"Mother, don't worry too much. They probably ran up the mountain. Those who ran up the mountain earlier have all come down one after another. They might come down in a little while."

The group went over together, but after looking twice, they still couldn't find Xiao Xiuning.

The good news is that she is not dead; the bad news is that she is missing and we don't know where she went.

Inside the carriage.

Yun Zhaoxue wanted to get off the carriage herself.

Xiao Xuance carried her downstairs again.

Worried that the wolves might attack a second time, everyone ran to rest near them. They saw Xiao Xuance holding Yun Zhaoxue, his eyes full of gossip as he looked at the people around him. Rumors circulated that the couple was not getting along, but their relationship was fine.

Yun Zhaoxue felt he was making a mountain out of a molehill, "I can walk by myself, put me down."

"Put it down over there."

The two men inspected the car and discovered that the token they had deliberately used to "fish" for money was missing, and the rice bag also showed signs of having been opened.

Yun Zhaoxue grabbed a handful of rice, put it to her nose, and smelled it. It was poisonous.

Madam Yang rushed back and said, "Ce'er, what should we do? Ning'er is missing."

"She ran away."

Wang happened to be passing by behind the tree when she heard the loud shout: "Officer, someone from the Xiao family has escaped! Arrest the whole family and whip them thirty times!"