Chapter 593 Wen Changli
In the dark night, Liaofeng Mountain is like a sword that the gods have thrust upside down into the earth, standing straight up, pointing straight to the sky, as if to pierce a hole in the sky.
The fire was particularly eye-catching in the darkness, and it went straight up, and then stopped after about quarter of an hour.
On the pitch-dark mountainside, a fire suddenly appeared, so bright that it was impossible to open one's eyes.
The old servant of the Wen family shook his head and looked carefully. He saw a man holding a torch, standing five steps away from him.
She faced the firelight and could not see the face or facial features clearly, nor could she tell whether it was a man or a woman.
It appeared quietly, making people think it was a mountain spirit. It really frightened the old servant and made him break out in a cold sweat. He subconsciously held his breath and dared not ask aloud whether the other party was a human or a spirit.
Until a steady female voice sounded in front of him.
"But is it the new magistrate of Kaiyang County, Lord Wen Changli?"
The old servant exhaled suddenly. It was a person, and a girl!
He hurriedly responded, "Yes, we are. The county magistrate is right here! May I ask who is coming?"
"I am Qin Yao, the village chief of Xia Liujia Village in Kaiyang County. I learned that you were in danger, so I came to rescue you. I wonder if you are okay?" Qin Yao asked loudly.
The wind halfway up the mountain was much stronger than at the bottom of the mountain. If she didn't speak louder, her voice would be drowned out by the howling mountain wind.
The torch was swaying left and right, and was about to go out. Qin Yao simply stuck the torch into the gap beside the stone steps and blocked it with her body.
The firelight shone on her face, revealing a beautiful face with eyes as sharp as an eagle's, with fire flashing in them. She narrowed her eyes and swept over. Wen Changli, who had just sat up from the ground, was caught off guard and bumped into those eyes. His heart, which had been terrified for the whole day and had been tortured to death, was instantly greatly comforted.
These are a pair of determined eyes that are full of confidence and look down upon everything. You can feel they are reliable just by looking at them.
"Village Chief Qin?" Wen Changli, whose voice had become hoarse from fright, finally found a trace of his own voice, but his voice was very hoarse as he had not spoken for a day.
Qin Yao nodded, "Yes."
She gazed over and saw the new county magistrate's appearance clearly. He was a thin man in his forties with a small mustache. He sandwiched himself tightly between a crevice in the mountain and the old servant, with only the upper half of his body sticking out from behind the old servant. His face was almost pale, and his eyes were red and swollen, and he looked like he had been crying.
"Sir, do you still have strength?" Qin Yao asked.
Seeing that she was a woman, the other party felt a little embarrassed, but he also said very honestly: "My legs are weak."
Before he finished speaking, his eyes were red and filled with regret.
This reaction can be said to be quite real.
The old servant noticed that there were no other officials behind Qin Yao, so he asked hurriedly, "Is the village chief the only one coming up? How can we carry my master down the mountain?"
"It's very cold in this mountain. If we continue to endure this, my master's life might be in danger!"
The anxious old servant of his master didn't know that his own face looked very ugly and he was just pretending.
Qin Yao hissed, took off the quilt from her back, handed it over to signal the two of them to cover themselves up first, restored her body temperature, and turned around to look down the road they had come from.
It was pitch black all around, and the cliffs around were invisible.
For ordinary people, this situation is very bad.
It was actually better for Qin Yao because she wouldn't be afraid if she couldn't see.
Seeing that the master and servant's lips had recovered under the blankets, Qin Yao said straight to the point: "I am the only one who came up, but you two don't have to panic. I am naturally strong. If you two are willing to cooperate, we can quickly leave this damn place together and reach the bottom of the mountain safely."
Wen Changli immediately said bitterly: "I can't get up."
The old servant said to his master in a soothing tone, "Don't worry, sir. If you can't get down the mountain safely, I will definitely stay with you."
After saying that, he asked Qin Yao if there was any solution. He could still walk, but he was old and his eyesight was blurry, and he might not be able to see the road clearly at night.
But no matter what, if anything happens, Qin Yao must protect his master first.
Wen Changli was moved and held the old servant's hand. "Don't worry about me. Whoever can live is a better one. I'm the one who has implicated you today. If I hadn't suddenly wanted to climb the mountain to enjoy the view, you and I wouldn't have fallen into this miserable situation where we can neither go up nor down."
Qin Yao quietly watched the two people performing the deep love between master and servant in front of her. She endured it for a while, but she could not bear it anymore. Under the horrified gaze of the old servant, she chopped down with a knife and knocked out the chattering Wen Changli!
"What are you doing?" The old servant was horrified. He quickly stretched out his arms to catch his unconscious master and glared at Qin Yao.
"If you want to go down, just listen to me." Qin Yao glanced at the old servant domineeringly, intimidating him, and ordered him to wrap Wen Changli in a quilt, leaving only his head exposed, and tie the rest of his body tightly with hemp rope.
Seeing that she was confident, the old servant tied his master up into a human-shaped dumpling with doubt.
There was still one section of rope left. Qin Yao tied one end around her waist and handed the other section to the old servant. "Tie it tightly like I did. Otherwise, if you fall off the mountain halfway, I won't be able to save you in time."
After the old servant had tied the rope, Qin Yao motioned him to pick up the torch and walk in front to light the way. She then carried the human-shaped Zongzi on her shoulders and said, "Bend down and walk with your head down. Keep your eyes on the road and don't look anywhere else."
Her voice was so cold that it made the old servant extremely awake. He tried to open his eyes wide, took a step forward, and slowly walked down the stone steps.
As he could not see the steep cliffs around him, he was not that scared. Besides, there was a strong woman accompanying him. The old servant suppressed the strange sense of relief in his heart and walked down step by step. Before he knew it, he saw the iron rope of the initial section.
Voices were heard, they were the excited calls of the officials from Kaiyang County Government. When they heard Qin Yao's response, they knew that the person was close at hand, and they all climbed up the iron chain to come to meet her.
First he took over the sweaty old servant, followed by Qin Yao who was carrying people behind him.
Perhaps they did not expect that the new county magistrate would appear in the form of a rice dumpling. The officers who were on duty were stunned for a moment before they reacted and worked together to transfer the human-shaped rice dumpling to the carriage at the foot of the mountain.
The county magistrate went forward to check and found that the person under the quilt had his eyes closed and his chest seemed to be still.
"Madam Qin, is the county magistrate here?"
Qin Yao rolled up the hemp rope and nodded heavily, "Don't worry, it's alive. You can trust me to do the job."
"That's right. Your neck may be a little sore when you wake up, but it will be fine in two or three days."
There was a roar of an unknown wild animal in the forest. Liu Ji, who was already feeling a little cold, rubbed his arms and urged:
"The people have been rescued. Let's go back quickly. It's important to settle the county magistrate first."
The county magistrate bowed to Qin Yao in gratitude and invited her to go back to the county government office to rest for a night.
Qin Yao agreed, and she had to wait for the new county magistrate to wake up and thank her benefactor.
A group of people, some riding horses, some riding cars, returned to Kaiyang County in a mighty procession.
Liu Ji was extremely grateful that his wife asked him to bring a quilt before she went out. He spread it on the large table in the back hall of the yamen. His wife slept on one side and he slept on the other, feeling very happy.
But when he woke up, he was surprised to find that his wife was on the table and he was on the ground.
Liu Ji: Meow???
(End of this chapter)
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