As soon as Song Ning left Tang Xinghuai's camp, she began planning to go to Baisha Ridge. Others could ignore her, but she had to go.
He inquired about the situation from the returning soldiers, gave them some instructions, then took a horse from the camp, mounted it, and galloped out of the camp when no one was paying attention.
A small part of Baisha Ridge belonged to the Jin Dynasty. Once inside the mountain, most of it was part of the Nanyue territory. When Song Ning reached a place not far from the entrance, he dismounted and walked in on foot.
No one usually comes here. It's only because Xie Linzhou went missing here that Nan Yue recently sent troops to patrol. If Xie Linzhou falls into their hands, we're finished.
Hopefully, he can hold on a little longer and wait for her to come and save him.
Thinking about it carefully, people usually talk about heroes saving beauties, but now it's the beauties saving heroes.
Fortunately, the weather is warmer now, and it rains frequently. There's no shortage of food on the mountain. If you can still move, you won't starve or die of thirst. But if you're injured and can't move...
They're probably infested with maggots by now, right?
Before heading into the mountains, I went into a secluded spot and changed into a greenish outfit so that I wouldn't be easily spotted while walking in the mountains.
According to those who returned, after entering the mountains, they walked eastward along the valley, but soon discovered something was wrong. There was a river to the east of Baisha Ridge, which could be seen after walking for half an hour.
However, after walking for more than half an hour without seeing a river, Xie Linzhou realized something was wrong. They had gone in the wrong direction. After that, fog began to rise in the valley, and even the compass cart could not determine the direction.
Only then did they realize they had been ambushed.
As you can imagine, they suffered heavy losses. In the end, Xie Linzhou led a group of surviving soldiers up the mountain and circled around it, looking for a way out. However, the number of patrolling soldiers from the South Vietnam increased day by day, and they had no chance to get out.
According to the last person to return, Xie Linzhou was likely injured at the time.
The soldier said that the last place they were at was halfway up a mountain where there was a towering tree, and they had been walking north up the mountain.
Song Ning walked for three days and three nights before finally finding the place he was talking about.
There are now many South Vietnamese soldiers stationed there. Song Ning quietly hid on the mountain, watching the people below who were busy starting fires and eating.
She's in a hurry to find Xie Linzhou and can't care about these people right now; otherwise, she would have blown them up.
She carefully climbed up the mountain. She was quite far from the bottom, and soon she reached the big tree.
I turned on the compass in my hand and slowly disappeared into the woods following the indicated direction.
The mountains here are quite different from those to the north, especially in summer when they are incredibly hot and humid. I heard that it has been raining a lot lately. Song Ning walked slowly, and the sun rose and set six or seven times in a row. Song Ning's feet were all blistered, but there was still no trace of Xie Linzhou.
If Xie Linzhou could still move, he certainly wouldn't stay in one place obediently, making it quite difficult for her to catch up.
"Xie Linzhou, oh Xie Linzhou, where are you?" he muttered to himself. Just as he finished speaking, a noise came from behind him.
Song Ning quickly slipped into the space, and almost instantly, she heard voices coming from outside.
"I clearly saw someone here just now." It was a man's voice.
"You must be mistaken. How could there be anyone in this deep mountain forest?"
"Those Jin Dynasty people are still on the mountain, so don't let your guard down."
"Don't worry, didn't that person say that it's been so long, he definitely can't be alive? Besides, didn't he fall off that cliff to the west a long time ago? Although there were quite a few bodies, falling from such a height, he definitely couldn't have survived."
......
Finding no one around, the two didn't linger. As their voices faded into the distance, Song Ning finally emerged from the spatial dimension.
The cliff to the west?
Song Ning didn't have time to think much and quickly headed west. He walked until it got dark before he finally saw the cliff the two men had mentioned.
"This should be it, right?"
Standing on the edge of the cliff and looking down, Song Ning felt dizzy and quickly took two steps back.
Xie Linzhou fell from here? At that height, without any cushioning, he would have been smashed to pieces, right?
If Xie Linzhou were still alive, he would truly be God's favorite son, the chosen one.
As darkness fell, Song Ning decided to look for a way down the next day to see if he could get down.
Back in my room, I changed my clothes, took a shower, lay down on the bed, and stared blankly at the ceiling.
Since receiving the news, although I knew the situation was not optimistic, I never thought Xie Linzhou would actually die.
What will she do if Xie Linzhou really doesn't come back?
Close your eyes, slow your breathing, and try to calm yourself down.
Madam Xie and Princess Jianing have both been very kind to her. For the sake of the Xie family, she must bring Xie Linzhou back. No matter what, she must see him alive or dead.
I was lying in bed and before I knew it, I had fallen asleep.
The next day, when Song Ning woke up, it was already bright outside. She quickly got dressed and left the space.
Outside, it was so quiet that the only sound was the rustling of leaves. Song Ning searched and searched along the cliff edge, and finally found a slope a dozen meters away from the edge.
I tried pulling on the vines next to me, and they were quite sturdy, so I slowly walked down the slope. I walked for a whole day, but I still didn't reach the bottom of the cliff.
However, before Xie Linzhou could be found, the soldiers of the Southern Yue arrived.
These people were also searching for Xie Linzhou in the mountains, not even letting go of cliffs and precipices like this.
After moving up the steep slope to a platform next to it, Song Ning quickly crawled into the space and waited until the people outside left before coming out.
Another day passed, and Song Ning was already feeling quite exhausted. She hadn't been sleeping or eating well for the past few days, and her body was starting to give out.
The platform was quite far from the cliff above, and surrounded by dense trees. Song Ning suddenly felt hopeful again; with so many trees here, perhaps they could really save his life.
Sure enough, Song Ning found pieces of clothing nearby, and following the pieces, she finally saw a blurry shadow under the tree branch.
Below was a cliff, with nowhere to step, so we had to hold onto the trees next to us and climb down step by step.
As we descended, we observed the situation below.
Finally, halfway down, Song Ning saw feet. It was a person, there really was a person there, hanging by a tree branch, about to give way.
Behind her was a sheer cliff; she hadn't been able to climb Mount Hua in her past life, but this time she had finally fulfilled her wish.
As he walked down, he gritted his teeth and muttered to himself, "Xie Linzhou, I risked my life for you. If we go back, won't you treat me like royalty?"
"If you ever dare to wrong me in the future, may you be struck by lightning."
"I'm someone who values my life so much, and now I'm actually here saving you. I've never done anything so stupid in both of my lives combined."
I sniffed and took a breath.
"You absolutely must live. Let me tell you, I can't let my trip down here to save you go to waste. If you die, I'll remarry tomorrow!"
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