After Qingtian left Princess Rui, she realized that she was young and there was no way she could outrun those two big men.
And once they catch me, they will immediately look for Princess Rui around.
So after she ran out, she quickly determined the direction and ran towards the cliff she saw when she came.
While running, Qingtian was still worried that he was running too slowly.
If you are caught by the criminals before you reach your destination, all your efforts will be in vain.
After finally reaching the edge of the cliff, my feet went weak and I almost fell down, and my face and hands were scratched.
Qingtian ignored the pain and started crying and shouting towards the cliff: "Mother - Mother -"
She was pretending to cry at first, but then she thought that she didn't know if she would have the chance to see her parents again, and she suddenly started crying sincerely.
The two people who caught up were soon attracted by Qingtian's crying.
Seeing Qingtian crying heart-wrenchingly on the edge of the cliff, one of the masked men came forward with a torch to check and found that there were indeed messy traces of sliding on the edge of the cliff.
The two looked at each other, and one of them asked Qingtian fiercely: "Stop crying, where is your mother?"
Qingtian was so scared that she curled up into a ball, not daring to cry but unable to help sobbing.
She pointed to the cliff below and stammered, "Mother, mother fell down, wuwu-wa-"
Qingtian tried hard to hold back her tears at first, but soon she couldn't help it and continued to cry loudly.
The two men saw that Qingtian's crying did not seem fake, and there was a lot of dirt and scratches on her body.
One of them said, "This cliff is very high. If you really fall down, you will definitely be in great danger.
"Let's take her back first. It's better to have one than to lose all of them."
The other person had no other choice at this time. Now that Qingtian was the only bargaining chip left, he could only nod and agree.
Before being taken away by the two men, Qingtian secretly hid the pocket watch under a rock on the edge of the cliff, hoping that it would be found by someone who came to look for him.
Princess Rui hid in the bushes, watching the light of the torch come closer and then go away again, tears streaming down her face, but she still had to cover her mouth tightly, not daring to make any sound.
If he was discovered now, all that Qingtian had done before would be in vain.
After everything around her calmed down, Princess Rui finally got up, dragged her injured leg, and limped down the mountain.
She couldn't remember how many times she fell along the way. When she finally found a small village, it was almost dawn.
Princess Rui's ankle was swollen like a steamed bun and was numb from the pain. Her whole body was in a state of disarray.
A village woman who was drawing water at the village entrance was stunned when she saw Princess Rui. Then she walked up to her and asked her if she needed help.
"I, I want to see your village chief..." Princess Rui uttered a few words with difficulty, then she completely lost her strength and fainted on the ground.
The village woman was frightened and did not dare to delay. She quickly called the old village chief over and also enthusiastically called the village's traveling doctor over.
After examining Princess Rui, the doctor said she was fine.
"She's thirsty, hungry, and injured. First, carry her into the house and feed her some rice porridge. It would be even better if you could give her a bowl of sugar water."
It was just dawn and every household in the village was preparing breakfast, so there was no shortage of porridge.
After hearing what the doctor said, the woman quickly went to the kitchen to make a bowl of sugar water and brought it back.
As soon as the spoon touched Princess Rui's lips, she began to suck greedily.
Soon, a bowl of sugar water was fed to her, and Princess Rui slowly woke up.
As soon as she woke up, the old village chief couldn't help but ask, "I wonder what happened to this noble lady?"
Although the old village chief did not know the Princess of Rui, he could tell that the clothes she wore were not ordinary items, and she must be of extraordinary status.
As expected, she only said, "I am the princess of Prince Rui. I was kidnapped by criminals and managed to escape. Please send me back to the capital as soon as possible. The palace will reward you handsomely."
Although he was mentally prepared, the village chief was still shocked when he heard the identity of Prince Rui's wife.
The old village chief's knees softened and he knelt down.
The doctor and the woman in the room had not yet reacted, but when they saw the old village chief kneeling, they also knelt down.
The people in this village are too simple and honest, and they never doubted the truthfulness of what Princess Rui said.
However, this also made Princess Rui breathe a sigh of relief.
"You helped me, Prince Rui's Mansion will not treat you unfairly."
The old village chief instructed the village woman to prepare food for Princess Rui, and to stay with the doctor to guard Princess Rui.
He went out to gather all the young and strong men in the village, and asked someone to bring the only mule in the village from his home.
After preparing the mule cart, the old village chief called a few women to help lift Princess Rui onto the cart. Then he sat on the shaft of the cart and took all the young and strong men in the village to escort Princess Rui back to Beijing.
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On the other side, Qin Hexuan, who was riding a horse and leading people to search for clues in the suburbs of Beijing, suddenly pulled the reins.
The people following him hurriedly moved out of the way to avoid bumping into him.
"Young Master, what's wrong?"
"Young Master, what happened?"
The men were in chaos.
Song Tao dodged and came back with the reins, thinking something had happened to Qin Hexuan, and asked nervously, "Master, what's wrong?"
Qin Hexuan didn't bother to pay attention to him. He got off his horse and ran to the place he had just passed by, squatted down and stared at the ground.
Song Tao quickly followed and found that there was indeed something on the ground - some pearly white fragments.
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