It seemed that something was embroidered with silver silk thread on the plain handkerchief.
Before Wei Mingxuan could see clearly, the patrolling foreman came over with a torch in one hand and a whip in the other.
Seeing Wei Mingxuan and Wang Gui standing there, he raised his brows and lashed them with a whip, scolding them harshly: "Are you lazy? If it weren't for the fact that you two are weak and would cause trouble if you entered the mine tunnel, how could you get such a good thing that doesn't require any effort?"
"Don't think you're so great just because you can write a few words. If I catch you slacking off again, I'll throw you all into the back hills to feed the wolves!"
The foreman gave a warning, then turned and walked away cursing.
Wei Mingxuan and Wang Gui then turned around and looked at the dark pile of ore in the shed.
The equally black dog walked out from behind the pile of rocks, let go of the handkerchief in its mouth, and gently placed it in front of Wei Mingxuan.
Wei Mingxuan bent down to pick up the handkerchief. He caught a glimpse of the orchid pattern embroidered with silver thread on it. His eyes widened in shock and he asked, "Where did this handkerchief come from?"
Seeing his young master staring at the dog and asking questions, Wang Gui held his forehead and said, "Young master, even if you ask it, it can't answer you!"
"This is my elder sister's handkerchief..."
In addition to the orchid pattern embroidered on the front, Wei Mingxuan also touched the word "Orchid" embroidered on the back of the handkerchief with his fingertips. This was the work of Ningshuang, the elder sister's sister.
"This dog was not raised in the mine. It must have been sent by my eldest sister." Maybe it was the work of the mysterious Tianshu Pavilion.
"The young lady and the others are here?" Wang Gui was pleasantly surprised. "Great! Now we are saved!"
In just these two days, no less than five of the refugees who were captured with them died. If the young master had not been smart and good at talking, they would not have been given their current job, and would have been whipped to death because of the small amount of mining.
Thinking of the scene in the daytime, where the refugees were covered in blood but had nowhere to escape, Wang Gui couldn't help but shudder. The surprise on his face turned into a bit of worry. He said in distress: "But there are so many people in the mine, and there are wolves. How are the young lady and the others going to rescue us..."
"Don't be anxious." Wei Mingxuan also had doubts, but forced himself to calm down.
Then he squatted down, tore off the hem of his inner garment, dipped the tip of a pen in ink, and wrote the word "An" on it.
Then he said to Wang Gui, "If you have anything on you that Nanny Wang and the others can recognize at a glance, take it out."
Wang Gui thought for a moment and took out a sachet with torn threads from his bosom. This was embroidered by a maidservant in the kitchen of the mansion. He had thought that he would ask his mother to propose marriage when he was old enough, but now they were separated. The only consolation was that the maidservant's father and mother worked at the eldest lady's farm. When the Wei Mansion was in trouble, they asked the lady for a marriage contract and took her to the farm.
"My mother recognizes this sachet."
"Just use this." Wei Mingxuan took the sachet, thought for a moment, picked up a small piece of broken ore from the ground, stuffed it into the sachet, and handed it to Hei Quan along with the piece of inner cloth in his hand, "Take these back, and Big Sister will know that you have successfully found us."
"Can it understand..." Wang Gui was quite worried.
The black dog glanced at him with some disdain, opened its mouth, and took the two things into its mouth, biting them tightly with its sharp canine teeth.
"Be gentle, ancestor!" Wang Gui said hurriedly.
The black dog turned around and faced him with its butt. Its clenched fangs loosened a little and it stopped rubbing the sachet hard.
The doubts in Wei Mingxuan's heart were instantly dispelled by the black dog's cleverness.
He stretched out his palm, and seeing that the black dog did not dodge, he gently patted it on the head twice, "Go, be careful, don't let those people in the mine find you."
The black dog purred from its throat, then turned around and ran outside, soon blending into the night.
…
Dozens of miles away, in an open space far away from the mountains and forests.
Facing the morning sun, the Wei family packed their bags and sat around the fire, drinking the porridge that Nanny Wang had just cooked.
Two cured ducks picked up yesterday were put into the porridge. The unique smoky flavor of cured goods, blended with the fresh fragrance of mushrooms and the mellowness of rice porridge, has a unique taste.
The Wei family members drank absent-mindedly. They held their bowls and turned their heads to look to the east from time to time, where the outline of the mountain appeared under the morning sun.
Wei Yunlan was even more worried, and felt a little regretful.
Yu Qi vaguely knew that Wei Yunlan had asked the black dog from yesterday to follow the scent to find Wei Mingxuan's whereabouts. Although dogs have a more sensitive sense of smell than humans, it was too unbelievable for a dog to find a person alone.
"Miss Wei, beasts are hard to tame. The black dog may not come back so soon."
"But my master has dispatched a lot of people to look for Master Wei's whereabouts in the past two days, and there should be news coming back soon."
Coincidentally, just as Yu Qi finished speaking, he saw a black dot approaching from a distance against the morning light.
A tiny black dot kept getting bigger before my eyes, and its galloping figure looked particularly majestic.
If it’s not the black dog that defeated the wolf last night, then who else could it be?
Jia Yan, who was squatting by the fire, jumped up excitedly, "Aunt, the big dog is back!"
As he was speaking, the black dog was already running closer.
Wei Yunlan saw that the thing in its mouth was no longer the handkerchief he had given it.
When I took it and looked at it, it was actually a torn piece of cloth and a sachet with its string torn.
"This is Hanyun satin, which is cool and breathable. Mingxuan's inner clothes have always been made of this kind of satin." Although this piece was so dirty that the color could not be seen, Gao recognized it as soon as she twisted it in her hand.
Nanny Wang on the side said excitedly, "This sachet is something that your son always carries with him!"
There was a moment of silence beside the fire.
Looking at the black dog squatting in front of Wei Yunlan and wagging its tail, everyone's eyes showed surprise and enthusiasm.
This black dog is amazing!
In just one night, it actually found the person!
Looking at the blurry but still recognizable word "An" on the cloth, Wei Yunlan's remaining half heart finally settled down.
I'm glad that everyone is okay.
As long as the person is safe, it is only a matter of time to find him back!
Wei Yunlan slowly exhaled a breath of foul air.
I thought to myself, this life is different from the previous one after all.
…
West of the capital.
A group of people were galloping on their horses along the road heading north.
The man in the lead was wearing a black robe, holding the reins in one hand against the saddle, and holding a sheathed sword with cloud and dragon patterns carved on the sheath in the other.
Suddenly, he squeezed his knees slightly and the horse slowed down.
The hand holding the sword raised upwards, and a pair of sharp claws landed on the scabbard of his raised sword.
The man pulled off the letter tube tied to his claw, glanced at the contents of the letter, and his eyes flashed with strange lights.
How many strange things are there about this person?
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