Chapter 12: The last assassination attempt on the host is life-threatening. Is it...
In the white mist, the intermittent sobbing of a child could be heard.
"Where is this place?"
"Mother, where are you?"
"Aruan, don't run around anymore."
Qin Yuqing keenly caught the key words in the words, "A Ruan" and "Mother", and she tentatively moved forward in the direction where the voice came from.
"Who are you?" The child sat on the ground and cried. Tears streamed down her face as she looked at Qin Yuqing warily. "Have you seen my mother? I won't run around anymore."
"Who is your mother?" Qin Yuqing half-knelt down and looked at the delicate and pretty child on the ground. Although the child was wearing coarse linen clothes, his rosy face was chubby and it was obvious that he was well-fed.
"My mother is the most powerful person in the world. She knows a lot of knowledge." The child's eyes sparkled as she spoke of her mother. She said with great pride, "My mother is Chen Yu. Have you seen my mother?"
Chen Yu, the name of Chen Cairen in the original book, is the legitimate daughter of the Chen family in Yizhou.
The child in front of me is the heroine of the original book when she was a child, but she doesn't look as dull and rigid as described in the original book.
"Who are you?" The child did not feel any hostility from Qin Yuqing, so she bravely stood up and said, "Sister, have you seen my mother..."
The child didn't say anything. She opened her frightened eyes wide, looked at Qin Yuqing in fear, and shouted loudly: "You bad guy! Let me go! Mother, save me! I don't want it!"
Before Qin Yuqing could react to what was happening, the child pushed her hard and turned and ran away.
"You bad guy! Don't follow me!"
"Mother, where are you? Ruan will never wander around again!"
"Wait a minute!" Qin Yuqing suddenly opened her eyes, and the wooden roof of the black-sailed boat appeared in front of her. Her chest was churning, and she had a floating feeling that could not be grounded.
"Aruan, what's wrong?" A familiar voice sounded in Qin Yuqing's ears, and a warm touch came on his arm.
Inexplicably, this voice and the warm touch made Qin Yuqing gradually feel real, and her consciousness gradually became clearer.
Qin Yuqing frowned and turned her head to look at Lu Jingchuan. Was she having a nightmare?
"What did you dream about?" Lu Jingchuan withdrew his hand, reached out and handed a cup of tea to Qin Yuqing.
Qin Yuqing slowly sat up, took the warm tea, sipped it and said, "I don't remember."
This is true. When she woke up, she no longer remembered what happened in her dream, only a vague shadow.
It seemed like someone was crying, and that person was someone she knew. At the end of the dream, it seemed like someone pushed her, but Qin Yuqing didn't remember what it was.
"It's okay, it was just a dream." Lu Jingchuan consciously took the tea from Qin Yuqing's hand, put it aside, took out a candy and put it in Qin Yuqing's hand, and said, "Eat something first, dinner will be ready."
Qin Yuqing took the candy with a smile, and her fox eyes narrowed because of the sweetness: "Thank you, Lu Jingchuan."
The next moment, Qin Yuqing saw that Lu Jingchuan's neck seemed to turn red. Before she could ask what happened, Lu Jingchuan left a message saying that he was going to check on dinner and left without even looking back.
Qin Yuqing found it a little funny. In modern times, she had been dragged by her bestie to date countless men. After a moment of hesitation, she realized that Lu Jingchuan was shy.
Unexpectedly, the cold-faced General Lu is actually a pure-hearted young man.
But there is one thing, Qin Yuqing looked at Lu Jingchuan's disappearing back with suspicion. She has been running around these days, and there are some things about Lu Jingchuan that she has never figured out.
She originally thought that since Lu Jingchuan was called General Little Lu, he must have been on the battlefield, but from what his father said at the birthday party, Lu Jingchuan had never left the capital.
Then why is he called General Xiao Lu?
"Young master, you're awake. It's time to clean up and eat." The coachman shouted from a distance.
Qin Yuqing shook her head. The most important thing now was to obtain the qualification to participate in the imperial examination. As for other miscellaneous things, entering the court to find out the truth was much easier than her daydreaming about it.
Dinner is still fish or something like that. Although it’s not bad, it’s still a bit unbearable to eat fish every meal.
"We'll be ready to dock after dinner." The boatman bit off the fish's head, crushed the bones in his mouth, and swallowed them. "Follow that road up, and you'll reach Wenshan."
After the boat docked, the driver and the boatman stayed on the boat and did not get off.
"My two young masters have arrived at Wenshan, and I have completed my mission. I will trouble you to go the rest of the way on your own." The driver smiled kindly and pointed at the boat. "I will wait for you here."
Qin Yuqing turned around and looked at the secluded path behind her. Wenshan was a scene that was not mentioned in the original book. Originally, the heroine was going to Wenshan, but she did not go because the hero was ill.
After Qin Yuqing and Lu Jingchuan thanked the coachman and the boatman, they set off together.
"There's a palace on top of Wenshan Mountain," Lu Jingchuan suddenly said. "The palace is built into the cliff, and there's only one entrance and exit."
Qin Yuqing squinted her eyes and looked up at the cliff in the distance. Under the moonlight, she seemed to see something between the cliffs.
"Hurry up!" Suddenly Lu Jingchuan grabbed Qin Yuqing and started running.
Qin Yuqing was stunned for a moment, listening to the unusual sounds coming from all around, and seeing the vague figures constantly moving back and forth in the woods at night. It seemed that there were quite a few people coming this time.
Who wants to catch them?
"Be careful." Qin Yuqing suddenly saw an abnormal shadow on the ground, as if something was piled there.
As expected, a thick hemp rope was pulled up, and Qin Yuqing grabbed Lu Jingchuan, took the dagger from his arms and said, "You can't hide."
To be able to lay a trap here, they must have been lying in ambush here a long time ago.
Are these people the same group as the previous ones?
Masked men walked out of the woods, each holding a long knife in their hands, and the next moment everyone rushed over.
Qin Yuqing sucked in a breath of cold air. She was a modern person, and no matter how much she exercised, she could only barely avoid it, and there were many wounds on her body.
But Lu Jingchuan was different. Even though he had never left the capital, his physique from practicing martial arts since childhood allowed him to at least handle things with ease.
But while dealing with the enemy, Lu Jingchuan also had to take Qin Yuqing into consideration, so he gradually became passive.
Qin Yuqing realized that they couldn't go on like this, otherwise they would both die here.
"Don't worry about me, I can protect myself." Qin Yuqing knew that instead of wasting time here and dragging Lu Jingchuan to death, it would be better to let Lu Jingchuan give it a try. "Meet at the top of Wenshan Mountain."
"Where are you going?" After Lu Jingchuan dealt with the three people, he turned around and saw Qin Yuqing running deep into the forest without looking back.
When those who surrounded them saw Qin Yuqing leaving, all of them chased after Qin Yuqing.
"Could it be him?" Lu Jingchuan gritted his teeth, "Lu Jiu, let's go meet him."
Lu Jiu descended from the sky, followed by five or six people. "Yes, Master." He looked towards where Qin Yuqing had left and asked doubtfully, "Master, I'm afraid the Sixth Princess won't be able to hold on."
Lu Jingchuan stared at Qin Yuqing's back. These people's target was Qin Yuqing, and they would not give up until they caught her.
"We have to act quickly. We can't let her hold on for too long." Lu Jingchuan understood that at this moment he could only take a gamble. There was no telling how many people were hiding in this mountain of documents.
"Yes, master." Lu Jiu led the way, and Lu Jingchuan followed behind.
Wait for me, A'ruan, I will definitely save you this time.
In the woods, the woman tore off the hem of her dress with force, then threw it on a tree trunk next to a small bush and ran quickly in the woods.
Qin Yuqing kept adjusting her breathing. In modern times, she liked to go on adventures in some primeval forests when she had nothing to do. Now, running was quite easy for her.
Qin Yuqing saw from the corner of her eye that there were more and more people behind her, and there were also some footsteps gradually appearing in front of her. She realized that she was being surrounded.
These people came to kill her.
[The host is detected to be in danger of death. Since the host is a novice player, does the host need system help? ]
The system's voice suddenly rang out, and the cold mechanical sound caused Qin Yuqing's body temperature to drop sharply. Is she going to die here?
Qin Yuqing didn't say anything. She quickly scanned the surroundings. Her vision was limited in the night, but she saw a steep upward slope with some small saplings growing on it, so a bold idea came to her mind.
Qin Yuqing used a dagger to cut off the sleeves of his clothes and wrapped them around his palms. Then he grabbed a tree, knelt on the ground and climbed up.
The slope was too steep, and this was the only way she could keep from falling.
"She's over there!"
"Hurry! We can't let her get away!"
There were panicked sounds from below.
Qin Yuqing chuckled. She couldn't win in a contest of strength, but she still had her brains. This was not a desperate situation yet, and she didn't want to give up.
[The host is detected to be in danger of death. Does the host need system help? ]
The cold mechanical sound rang out again.
Qin Yuqing did not answer. She had no way of answering the system now. The cloth on her palms was worn by the bark, and her palms felt a piercing pain again.
But it was this pain that made Qin Yuqing regain consciousness again, and she climbed up quickly and continuously.
She clung to one tree trunk after another. The ground was covered with loose soil and gravel. She had no strength in her feet, so she could only rely on the strength of her arms to push herself up.
This is a very dangerous road. If it were in modern times, it would require the protection of professional equipment to climb.
Those who tried to ambush her didn't expect Qin Yuqing to go here, so there was no one guarding above.
But at least, this is the only way out of a dead end.
Qin Yuqing looked back and saw that those people were still some distance away from her. Many of them stepped on sliding stones and fell down the slope, and were soon swallowed up by the night.
It’s not enough, the distance is not enough.
This dangerous road seemed to have no end. Qin Yuqing didn't know how long she had been climbing until she saw that the person behind her was only one person's length away from her.
The time has come!
Qin Yuqing took a deep breath, exerted force on her hands again, and used the inertia of her body to swing herself to another tree. She quickly grabbed it with her hands, and did this several times in a row. She grabbed the branch with one hand and looked calmly at the person not far away.
They didn't seem to expect Qin Yuqing to be so bold, and some people began to move to the side carefully.
"Goodbye, then."
Qin Yuqing's eyes were determined. She suddenly let go of her hands and let her body slide quickly down the slope. During this time, she kept pushing some tree trunks to use the force to change the direction of her descent.
[The host is detected to be in danger of life. Does the host need help from the system? ]
The system's urging voice sounded, repeating continuously in Qin Yuqing's mind.
Qin Yuqing didn't say anything. She kept counting in her mind. All the branches kept flashing in front of her. At this moment, she saw a flash of white.
Qin Yuqing held on to the soil with both hands and finally grabbed a branch. Her shoes were worn out and she was standing on a small branch, with a dense bush below her.
Qin Yuqing saw the right spot and let go again, rolling into the bushes.
"This woman, is she crazy?"
"Has any of you seen her?"
"If you fall from such a height, you will be crippled if not dead."
The sound came from not far away. Qin Yuqing curled up in the grove, listening to the sound above her.
"Boss, my brother found a piece of clothing over there."
"This woman is really a troublemaker. She wants to see the body alive or dead."
"yes!"
The sound gradually disappeared in the sky. Qin Yuqing squatted in the bushes for a while, and when she was sure there was no sound, she stuck her head out and looked around.
At this moment, the sun gradually rose and she saw a cliff not far away.
"It's not enough." Qin Yuqing understood that they would find this place sooner or later.
She had to go to the palace on the cliff, only there would she be safe.
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