Su Mengyan's face was solemn. She looked around but found no trace of Situ Yao. However, she saw bloodstains on the ground, which were fresh.
Thinking that this must have been left by Situ Yao, he should not have lost consciousness when he fell off the cliff. Su Mengyan followed the blood trail all the way forward and she found it.
Situ Yao fainted due to excessive blood loss. Su Mengyan ran over and found that he was still alive, and she felt relieved.
It was about to get dark, and Su Mengyan was afraid that his wound would get worse at night, so she tore off some clothes and cleaned his wound.
She carried some medicine with her, which could be used now.
While she was cleaning the wound, Situ Yao woke up. When he opened his eyes and saw Su Mengyan, he thought he was dreaming.
"Young Master, you're awake." Su Mengyan was so happy that she forgot the strength in her hand and poked his wound.
Situ Yao gasped in pain. The pain made him realize that this was not a dream, this was all real.
"Why are you here?" Situ Yao supported his injured body, grabbed her wrist and asked, "Didn't I tell you to leave?"
"I saw that the man in black didn't come after me, so I came back to find you." Su Mengyan didn't say how she climbed down the cliff, but carefully warned, "Don't move, or your wound will open again."
"Are you back here to die?" Situ Yao scolded, unable to understand her self-destructive behavior.
Su Mengyan also became angry. She stood up and said, "If I hadn't come, you would have died here, your body eaten by wild beasts. Is this what you wanted?"
"Qingfeng will find someone to rescue me." Situ Yao said, turning his head away.
Su Mengyan snorted, "If I'm not mistaken, Qingfeng encountered an assassin up there. Whether he can survive is still unknown. Young Master, don't have too much hope for him."
"Since you know everything, why did you come down here?" Situ Yao asked coldly, "No one can stop you now, why don't you take this opportunity to run away? I'm probably going to die here anyway, and even if you run away, no one will hold you accountable."
"What's this about dying?" Su Mengyan didn't want to hear him say the word death, so she squatted down and continued to treat his wounds. "Sir, you'll be fine."
Situ Yao closed his eyes and said coldly, "You shouldn't have come down."
"If the assassin catches up with us, I won't be able to protect you. You'll just die if you come down here."
"Sir, do you have so little confidence? Don't you believe we can survive together?" Su Mengyan really didn't understand where his pessimism came from. "The cliff is so high, how could the assassin find a way down so quickly?"
"These assassins are from a killer organization in the Jianghu. The number of people in the court who can employ them can be counted on one's five fingers." Situ Yao had already guessed who did it and sneered, "Situ Zhao wanted me to die on the road. My father has long wanted to give him the throne of crown prince. Even if he knew, he wouldn't send anyone to rescue me. Because my death is better for everyone."
"You will not die, and the throne of the crown prince will not become his. You will become a wise ruler and be praised by people." Su Mengyan told him the contents of the book tactfully.
"I just found a cave not far ahead. We can hide in it for the night." Su Mengyan checked his wound and breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that there was no more bleeding. "Sir, can you walk on your own?"
With the support of Su Mengyan, Situ Yao was able to stand up with difficulty. The wound on his thigh had been bandaged by her, so it was not as painful as before, and walking was not a problem.
The two walked very slowly, and it took a long time before they reached the cave. It was extremely damp inside, and the chill immediately after entering. If they stayed in there for the night, they would definitely catch a cold the next morning.
After Su Mengyan helped Situ Yao sit down, she planned to go out and pick up some firewood.
Just as she turned to go out, Situ Yao stopped her and asked, "Where are you going?"
"I'll go get some firewood to keep us warm and be back soon." Su Mengyan said and left.
She was afraid of getting lost, so she didn't walk far and just wandered around. She held a lot of dead branches in her hands, thinking that they should be enough to keep her warm tonight.
Just when Su Mengyan was about to go back, she heard someone coming, and it wasn't just one person.
Looking closely, they saw that it was the men in black who had previously attempted to assassinate them. Su Mengyan walked around them and walked back, piling the firewood outside. She said anxiously, "They're chasing us."
Situ Yao was relatively calm. After thinking for a moment, he said to her, "Put these things at the entrance of the cave."
There were a lot of weeds in the cave, and because no one had been in for a long time, they had grown to half a person's height. Su Mengyan pulled them all down and placed them at the entrance of the cave, covering it tightly.
From the outside, it looks like ordinary grass and it is difficult to tell that this is a cave.
After doing all this, Su Mengyan returned to Situ Yao and asked in a low voice, "Will we really not be discovered like this?"
"Let it be." Situ Yao said with his eyes closed. As long as they stepped out of the cave, they would die, so they could only hide in the cave.
All Su Mengyan can do now is pray.
"Here it comes." Situ Yao had sharp hearing. Su Mengyan's heart tightened and she held his hand, not daring to move.
The footsteps stopped at the entrance of the cave. The man in black looked there for a while, and left when he found nothing unusual.
Su Mengyan wanted to go out to see what was going on, but Situ Yao pulled her back and said, "Wait a little longer."
"You can go now." Su Mengyan looked outside cautiously. It was already dark. With the faint moonlight, she could barely see the surrounding scenery clearly, but she didn't see anyone else.
"The assassin is gone!" Su Mengyan stroked her chest and secretly rejoiced.
Suddenly, a wolf howl was heard. Su Mengyan ran back in fear and stammered, "Master, there seems to be a wolf here."
"It's normal to see wolves in the wilderness." Situ Yao didn't care and lit the dead branches.
The orange-red flames illuminated the cave, and Su Mengyan finally felt a hint of warmth.
"Sir, do you think we can still go up?" Su Mengyan asked.
"The assassins came to the bottom of the cliff looking for me but couldn't find me. They probably thought I was dead. Situ Zhao is eager to become the crown prince, so he will definitely publicize this matter. He won't send anyone here for the time being, so wait until my injury heals, then we'll find a way to go up." Situ Yao was calm and sober, and analyzed what Situ Zhao was going to do very thoroughly.
In fact, Situ Yao's guess was absolutely correct. The assassins searched the cliff bottom and couldn't find his body. They were convinced he was dead, believing the body had been eaten by wild animals. So they returned to the capital to report and collect the silver.
Bai Qi readily gave them the silver and went to Prince Rui's Mansion immediately.
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