Facing Gu Yanyue's surprised eyes, Yu Wenran explained calmly, "You said we need to get to Qianzhou quickly. This is the fastest way at the moment."
"But won't you be tired, Ah Ran?" Gu Yanyue looked up at Yuwen Ran. Yuwen Ran hadn't gotten enough rest in the past few days, and the poison had only just been cured, so his body hadn't fully recovered. He'd also been trapped in the cave for the past two days, with very little to eat. Gu Yanyue was worried that Yuwen Ran wouldn't be able to sustain himself if he carried her out of the forest like this.
"It's no problem to get you out of the forest." Yuwen Ran led Gu Yanyue and quickly passed through the forest along the way they came. "Once we're out of this forest, we'll find a way to get to Qianzhou faster."
"What's the fastest way to get to Qianzhou?" Gu Yanyue repeated what Yuwen Ran said, lowered her head and thought for a moment, then calculated the time on her fingers: "Maybe we can wait for Ruoruo and Master He. I've made some marks on the road. If they leave early, then if we go out now, we should be able to run into them."
"Then let's try our luck and see if God will favor us this time." Yu Wenran replied, but then he thought, wasn't Gu Yanyue just thinking about how to get to Qianzhou before Qin Ruoruo and the others? So now he remembered how to hitchhike with them to Qianzhou: "But didn't you just say you wanted to get to Qianzhou before Miss Qin and the others? How come it's only been a while and you're already thinking about how to hitchhike with them?"
"Times have changed. I didn't realize we don't even have horses, let alone a carriage. Do we really have to walk to Qianzhou?" Gu Yanyue said, "If that were the case, by the time we got there, Prince Xiang would have already destroyed most of Qianzhou."
After all, she and Yuwen Ran had been in this forest for almost two days and one night. Gu Yanyue would not hope that the horses would stay where they were and not move, waiting for Yuwen Ran and her to go out so that she could ride them again.
After hearing Gu Yanyue's analogy, Yu Wenran smiled and said, "That does make sense."
The exit was different from the entrance to the poplar forest; they had to avoid the endless stream of black-clad men following them. Yuwen Ran quickly led Gu Yanyue out of the poplar forest and back to the official road. Just as Gu Yanyue had expected, the carriage and the two horses they had ridden in the day before had long since disappeared from the official road.
Yuwen Ran had originally thought that if the two horses were still waiting for him and Gu Yanyue, then he and Gu Yanyue would definitely be able to reach Qianzhou by tomorrow night at the latest. They could strike Prince Xiang and the Qianzhou government by surprise.
After returning to the official road, Yuwen Ran put Gu Yanyue back on the ground and walked slowly with her along the poplar forest towards Qianzhou.
Gu Yanyue was restless along the way. Every once in a while, she would ask Yuwen Ran to climb up the poplar tree and break off a branch for her to leave as a mark for Qin Ruoruo and He Fangyan. Yuwen Ran told Gu Yanyue to just take the branch he had broken off for her the first time. That way, he wouldn't have to walk a distance and then fly up to the tree to break off a branch for Gu Yanyue.
However, Gu Yanyue felt that it was too tiring to walk with the willow branch, so she gave it to Yuwen Ran. However, Yuwen Ran was already holding two swords in one hand, and he had to use his other hand to hold Gu Yanyue, so he naturally couldn't hold the willow branch.
I just let Gu Yanyue finish drawing one and buried it in the soil. As the name suggests, it was picked not long ago, so maybe I could plant it again.
After seeing this, Yuwen Ran complained that it would be better to take the poplar branch with you. Now you give it hope that it can grow again, but in the end, a gust of wind will blow it away. Isn't that even more cruel? However, Yuwen Ran only dared to complain silently in his heart and did not dare to say it in front of Gu Yanyue.
Perhaps God saw that their luck on their two long journeys was too bad, so he finally gave them a chance for good luck. When Yu Wenran and Gu Yanyue thought they would have to camp out in the wilderness again tonight, they suddenly heard the sound of horse hooves from behind them.
When Gu Yanyue turned around and looked at the voice, she happened to meet the eyes of Qin Ruoruo who was sitting in front of the horse. Qin Ruoruo also saw Gu Yanyue. She didn't expect that she and He Fangyan would catch up with Gu Yanyue and Yu Wenran so quickly. She couldn't help but said happily: "Sister Gu!"
But this luck was only half given. When Gu Yanyue saw clearly that there were only Qin Ruoruo and He Fangyan behind her, and they were riding the same horse.
At that moment, all the joy and ecstasy that Gu Yanyue had just felt when she saw Qin Ruoruo and He Fangyan were shattered.
"Sister Gu, why are you still here? Where are the carriage and the two guards?" He Fangyan pulled the reins of his horse just in front of Yuwen Ran and Gu Yanyue and stopped. Qin Ruoruo saw the horse stop and couldn't wait to let He Fangyan let her go. Standing in front of Gu Yanyue, she asked, "Did something happen to you?"
"It's a long story," Gu Yanyue briefly summarized what had happened to her and Yuwen Ran over the past few days to Qin Ruoruo and He Fangyan, who had just dismounted. "To put it simply, after Ah Ran and I woke up, we were suddenly attacked. Afterwards, Ah Ran and I got separated from the two guards."
Of course, Gu Yanyue left out a lot of details during this period, but if she had told them, she might not be able to finish telling Qin Ruoruo even after dark.
Yu Wenran also saw that only He Fangyan and Qin Ruoruo were present, and couldn't help but ask, "Master He, where are the guards and palace maids stationed in the other courtyards? Why are there only you and Miss He?"
After hearing what Yuwen Ran said, Gu Yanyue finally thought of this problem and couldn't help but think of the worst. "Could it be that the courtyard was attacked as soon as we were sent away by you?"
"Indeed." Qin Ruoruo nodded and told Gu Yanyue what happened in the courtyard after she and Yu Wenran were sent away by them. "Not long after you left, the people from 'No Bishop' showed up..."
Before Qin Ruoruo could finish her words, she was interrupted by Gu Yanyue. She asked anxiously, "Are you all okay? Are you injured?"
After saying that, without waiting for Qin Ruoruo to answer, Gu Yanyue looked her up and down again. Seeing that she had no injuries, she was still worried and even wanted to check on He Fangyan. If she hadn't still had her wits about her, she would have grabbed He Fangyan's clothes and looked him over.
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