In the cave, A Yue was holding Gu Qingsheng. The little girl in her arms was unconscious because of her constant crying and the cold. She was muttering something but no one could hear what she was saying.
A Yue heard the sound through some falling rocks, and shuddered in her heart. Finally, she mustered up the courage to shout at the falling rocks.
"Are you, Kiyomori's mother..."
There was a response from inside, but it was not Gu Qingsheng's voice.
Xie's fingers were bleeding from scratching the fallen rocks. He was startled when he heard the sound and then he hammered the stone.
"Yes, I am Kiyomori's mother! How is she? Is she okay? Why isn't she talking?"
"Fool! You're a traitor!"
The village chief, who was being held captive, yelled out and cursed at A Yue inside.
"Have you forgotten who raised you? Now you're turning your elbows outward. I think you're tired of living!"
"You disgusting monster! People like you deserve to die with your shameless mother! You actually betrayed the village like this. I will never forgive you!"
This is probably because the subsequent ending has already been determined. Their village has failed and no one will escape death.
These remarks made Prince Duan frown. Judging from A Yue's voice, she was not very old and should be of the same age as Gu Fengnan. It was really disgusting to use such vicious words to a child.
"Shut up!"
Gu Fengnan stepped forward and kicked the village chief's leg. He was naturally worried about Gu Qingsheng, but now he just found the old man's words boring.
A child certainly doesn't have much strength. The village chief just grimaced in pain and glared at Gu Fengnan. But before he could speak again, Prince Duan had his mouth blocked and waved his hand.
"Dig up the stone!"
A Yue inside stopped talking after hearing what the village chief said, which made the Duan Wang family, who were anxiously waiting for news about Gu Qingsheng, very anxious. Xie knelt on the ground with a crying voice.
"I beg you! What happened to Kiyomori? Tell me! I can agree to anything you ask! Please let Kiyomori talk to me!"
Prince Duan also stepped forward and patiently persuaded A Yue inside.
"We are here to rescue you. Kiyomori is my daughter, and I don't want to see her suffer. Let her talk to us. As long as we are sure she is safe, you can give her as much silver as you want."
"Whatever you want, I can give it to you!"
Ayue inside still didn't speak, and Gu Fengnan waited anxiously and kicked the stone.
"Can you please speak? You're not dumb! I heard you talking just now! What happened to my sister? Tell me now!"
No matter how much threats or inducements were used, there was still no sound from inside.
The fallen rocks were huge and there were few secret guards, so it would take more than a day or two to move the rocks.
After a long time, A Yue's voice rang out.
"I want the grass around your waist."
The voice undoubtedly referred to Gu Fengnan.
He was a little surprised and looked at the grass around his waist. He had picked it on the way here. He had planned to use the grass to tease katydids when he returned to the capital, but he had forgotten about it in the end.
"If we take this grass, will it make Kiyomori talk to us?"
"You are as bad as the people in this village. You actually use this to threaten us."
"Fengnan!"
Prince Duan scolded him harshly.
"What are you talking about? He is your sister's savior."
"I want the grass around your waist."
Another sentence came from inside. Although the grass was originally useless, in Gu Fengnan's eyes, A Yue's threatening behavior made him the same as the villagers.
He was a little angry at the moment, so he pulled out the grass from his waist and passed it in through the crack.
"Take this, and you'll have to let my sister talk to us."
"I'm afraid that's impossible."
A small bandaged finger stretched out from inside and pulled out the grass.
Gu Fengnan was angry
"What's going on? Are you going to go back on your word?"
"It's not that I don't want her to talk to you."
"because……"
The sound of stones knocking came from inside, and Xie's heart was lifted up. She listened to the sound inside one by one.
"Because she caught a cold and is now in a coma."
Xie almost fainted after hearing this, but she was immediately supported and held Prince Duan's hand tightly.
"So, how is she now?"
"The situation is not optimistic."
Because it was pressed down by the huge rocks, many things could not be passed in. The fine grass clippings could pass through, but other things could not get in.
If you rashly take out a stone from above, it will easily cause a collapse of these falling rocks.
The secret guards around had already started digging. In a daze, Gu Qingsheng seemed to hear the sobbing of his mother Xie.
"Mother……"
He cried out in a confused manner, tugged at the corner of A Yue's clothes, and could feel that he was smashing something beside him.
"Is it Mother who has come to save us?"
"yes."
The sound of a falling stone stirred up some grass debris. Ah Yue was thin to begin with, so it took a lot of strength to lift the stone.
"Not only your mother, your father, but also your brother, they are all here."
"Everyone is here to save you."
"I'll tell you..."
Gu Qingsheng grinned before he even opened his eyes
"They will definitely come..."
The voice became smaller and smaller, and finally gradually became weaker, and he fell asleep again.
In order to prevent Gu Qingsheng from being woken up by the digging sounds outside, he sat down next to Gu Qingsheng and tried to let her stay close to him to block the noise for her.
All the grass had been crushed and placed coolly on Gu Qingsheng's forehead. The blush on her face faded a little, but her breathing was still a little abnormal.
Xie and Prince Duan outside have tried every possible way. This place is a desolate wilderness, and human bones are scattered all over the place due to years of drought. There is not even rain, and there is no possibility of finding herbal medicine or a clinic.
They could only stand outside and worry. Asu took out a small piece of air-dried beef from the gift bag he brought. The people who were being guarded behind him widened their eyes when they saw the piece of beef. It must have been a long time since they had seen meat.
"Your Majesty, use this..."
Gu Fengnan's eyes lit up, he took the beef, tore off a piece, and passed a thin piece of it into the hole.
"Give this to Kiyomori!"
"When we caught a cold in the mansion, Mammy would make us soup with this."
The fingers inside hesitated for a moment, then slowly took the beef shreds. Thinking of how he had misunderstood Ah Yue just now, he felt a little embarrassed and scratched his head.
"Well, I'll tear off some more and you can eat some too. You can't stay hungry all the time..."
"I don't need it."
A Yue spoke, tore the meat in her hand into small pieces, and fed them into Gu Qingsheng's mouth.
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