Chapter 281 Falling into the Lake
Lin Changning also felt that we shouldn't be too demanding of children. Yue'er was indeed too sensible. They had been running all night, and it was already broad daylight. Presumably, it would take a while before those people caught up.
Lin Changning sighed, "Let's rest for a while, Princess. You should take a break. Now that we're out of the carriage, it will take two days to walk. After running all night, they probably won't be able to catch up anytime soon."
After Lin Changning finished speaking, he took the water pouch off his waist and then took out a cake from his bosom and handed it to the princess: "Eat something to recover, and we'll continue walking when we have some strength left."
After saying that, she sat down on the ground, leaned against a tree, closed her eyes, and prepared to rest for a while. She had been carrying someone all night and was indeed quite tired.
Let's rest for a while, catch our breath, and then lead the group on our way.
Just as he closed his eyes, the princess woke him up: "Commander Lin, we still need you to help us on the road ahead. Have some water and something to eat. The two of us can't eat much."
As she spoke, she broke off a small piece of the pancake that Lin Changning had just handed to them, and stuffed the remaining large piece of pancake into Lin Changning's hand.
Lin Changning was about to politely refuse when he saw the unwavering determination in Li Mingshu's beautiful eyes: "Take it. My daughter and I will have to rely on you in the future. If you don't have the strength, we won't be able to escape."
Lin Changning nodded to indicate that he understood. After taking the pancake, he ate it down in a few bites with water. He watched as the princess and the young lady sat down beside him, eating the pancake in small bites.
Seeing that he was looking over, both mother and daughter gave him a gentle smile at the same time.
Lin Changning turned his head, stood up, walked a short distance away, used his sword to cut off a few tree branches, then sharpened them into arrows. He sat down beside the two men and, seeing their puzzled looks, said, "There are usually some wild animals in the forest. Although we've finished our bread, we can still hunt some pheasants or rabbits to fill our stomachs."
"Commander Lin is truly remarkable."
"Uncle Lin can even hunt! That's amazing!"
Seeing the somewhat adoring looks from the princess and Yue'er, Lin Changning turned her head away, her face turning red for once.
The three of them rested for about an hour. Lin Changning took a short nap and, after regaining some energy, stood up. Looking at the two people sleeping soundly in each other's arms, she pursed her lips and gently nudged the princess: "We should go. If we delay any longer, the people behind us might catch up."
Li Mingshu woke up almost instantly. After shaking her daughter awake, she stood up with her daughter and said, "Let's go now."
Lin Changning nodded and led his men toward the lake. On the way back, they thoroughly studied the surrounding terrain, otherwise escaping would not have been so easy.
It had been well past dawn for quite some time. Su Qingyan had been keeping vigil by Fu Bao's bedside all night, listening to Fu Bao, who seemed to be having a nightmare, with a cold sweat on her forehead and muttering something incessantly.
After the imperial physician arrived, he was given a bowl of medicine, and his condition gradually stabilized, but he still had a high fever.
Su Qingyan held Fu Bao's hand: "Yan'er, you must pull through."
Fu Bao seemed to only hear Su Qingyan's words, and a tear involuntarily rolled down her cheek as she fell back into the recurring nightmare.
In her dream, Fu Bao kept getting caught up in the nightmare of Lin Changning shooting an arrow at her. She felt that this person seemed familiar and déjà vu.
But she also felt that this person shouldn't be able to hurt her. The nightmare, which she couldn't tell was real or not, trapped her in a dream, making it impossible for her to open her eyes. She felt that this shouldn't be the case.
But that's not how it should be, is it?
Lin Changning's face became clearer and clearer in Fu Bao's eyes; she shouldn't be alive.
A voice welled up inside her, saying that she shouldn't be alive, and the person who shot her shouldn't be alive either.
A strong intuition and thought caused Fu Bao to suddenly start convulsing.
Su Qingyan held Fu Bao tightly, watching Fu Bao's face turn red instantly, then seeing Fu Bao's body and limbs suddenly convulsing, and panicked in an instant: "Imperial Physician!!! Imperial Physician!!! You, you come here quickly!! Yan'er, Yan'er, she!!!"
The imperial physician was startled by Fu Bao's appearance as soon as he entered the room.
"Oh no! A seizure!!! Someone bring me the wine! Give me my silver needles!!! Quickly!!!"
At this moment, Lin Changning had already led the princess to the top of the mountain above the lake. As long as they crossed another mountain from this mountaintop, they would be able to reach Songhe County.
Lin Changning breathed a sigh of relief and prepared to descend with the princess. Suddenly, a rustling sound came from the woods. Lin Changning drew his sword and shielded the princess and the young lady behind him, instantly becoming alert.
Suddenly, two heavily wounded men in black sprang out of the woods. One of them saw him and his eyes lit up with surprise. Despite his injuries, he rushed toward him at top speed.
Lin Changning's gaze darkened, and he immediately stepped forward to protect the princess and the other person behind him, engaging in a fierce battle.
The two men in black were already seriously injured, and with Lin Changning's outstanding martial arts skills, they were killed by Lin Changning with a single strike in no time.
After Lin Changning breathed a sigh of relief after killing the man, he was about to lead the princess and the others down the path when the rustling sound came from the forest again.
Lin Changning cursed inwardly, but when he looked up, he was startled.
Suddenly, a magnificent tiger, weighing over 500 pounds, leaped out of the forest, making Lin Changning's heart leap into his throat.
If it were a human, that would be fine, but where did such a huge tiger come from?!
Lin Changning glanced at the tiger and saw arrow wounds on its back and abdomen, indicating that it had been injured by the group of men in black and had chased after it all the way here.
Lin Changning cursed her bad luck inwardly, but with such a big tiger here, they couldn't avoid it. She herself was alright, but there were two other people behind her.
Lin Changning stood guard in front of the princess and her daughter, his sword held high. He slowly retreated, looked down, and then breathed a sigh of relief.
The cliff here faces the lake directly; if you fall in, you should land in the water and be safe.
Thinking this, Lin Changning grabbed his knife and charged forward, trying to scare away the tiger. Although Lin Changning was strong, the tiger was also known as the Mountain Lord, and in terms of strength alone, the two should not be much different.
Lin Changning's knife sliced through the tiger's fur, and the tiger, in pain, slapped at Lin Changning's shoulder. Lin Changning used his knife to block the tiger's slap.
He felt half of his shoulder go numb instantly, gritted his teeth and held on, then slashed the tiger's claw with another knife.
Before the other soldier could even leave, the princess suddenly exclaimed, "Commander! Watch out!!!"
Lin Changning was stunned for a moment, and was about to dodge when she saw a sharp arrow shooting straight at her and the tiger from the woods behind the tiger.
The arrow pierced through the tiger's arm and went straight into her shoulder. Both the tiger and Lin Changning felt pain at the same time. Lin Changning then used her sword to cut the arrows that had pierced the tiger's arm and her shoulder in half.
Several more arrows shot at the tiger and her from tricky angles. The tiger seemed to be going crazy from the pain, and it crashed into Lin Changning and retreated.
After being struck by a tiger's paw.
Lin Changning felt a sudden lightness in his body as he was being rammed by the tiger and fell towards the lake behind the cliff.
"Commander Lin!!!"
Lin Changning heard the princess's shouts and felt a small hand trying to grab her clothes, but she was pulled by a tiger and rushed straight down the cliff...
A feeling of weightlessness and dizziness washed over him. Lin Changning felt as if he and the tiger had crashed violently into a rock. Everything went black, and he knew nothing more...
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