Chapter 69 Chapter 69 Can you lead us to find him...
Xuan Jinyu's eyes lit up.
Su Guanzhang had torn off a corner of his shirt, bit his index finger and wrote the big words "Mother and daughter are safe" on it; he also wrote a few lines of small words on the back, briefly describing their current situation, and then asked them to give the things prepared for Xuan Jinyu and the child to Yuzhua to take down the cliff to him.
After flying away with the brightly colored scraps of inner garment in her jade claws, Xuan Jinyu looked up at him and asked, "Will the people above get the news?"
Su Guanzhang nodded, "I will."
Xuan Jinyu felt relieved, her eyelids starting to feel heavy again, but she insisted on finishing her words. "If we fell off the cliff, they must be very worried."
Especially since my grandmother is so old, I am really worried that the stimulation she received is too great and will affect her health.
Su Guanzhang sat beside her, leaned over and kissed her on the lips, "It's okay, Yuzhua will bring the news to them."
Seeing Xuan Jinyu open her eyes again, he patted her gently and whispered, "Go to sleep. I'll watch over you."
The child was sleeping soundly on the stone bed, and he was able to free his hands and stay by her side with peace of mind.
The low and clear voice was very hypnotic. Xuan Jinyu closed her eyes and her breathing soon became even.
She was exhausted.
An hour later, Su Guanzhang stopped taking her pulse, carefully lifted her cloak again, and took a look under her.
There was no major bleeding.
He finally felt relieved.
Xuan Jinyu and the child were sleeping soundly. Su Guanzhang thought for a moment, walked to the small cave, took out two triple bamboo tubes he had made yesterday, and placed them next to Xuan Jinyu.
In this way, as soon as she moved, the bamboo tube would roll to the ground, and he would be able to turn around in time when he heard the noise.
After doing all this, he picked up the placenta that had been wrapped in Xuan Jinyu's underwear, turned back to make sure that the mother and daughter were sleeping well, and then quickly walked out of the cave.
There is a peach tree outside the cave, which looks like it has just grown.
Su Guanzhang quickly dug a hole and buried his daughter's placenta under a tree.
When he stood up, he still felt a little guilty. His daughter was born at the bottom of this cliff, and her placenta had to be buried here.
He backfilled the soil, touched the peach tree seedlings, and his cold eyes softened unconsciously.
There was a custom in the Dasheng Dynasty that if a child's placenta was buried under a tree, he/she would grow up strong and healthy like the tree.
He personally gave this blessing to his daughter.
The couple was still immersed in the joy of their daughter's birth, and was looking forward to Bai Falcon Jade Claw spreading the news that the three of them were safe.
On the other side, at the bottom of the cliff, there was an atmosphere filled with a mixture of complex emotions such as tension, sadness, and anticipation.
After the battle yesterday, the Su family and Xuan Wensheng brought people here to search for most of the day.
The temperature dropped sharply at night. The women and children were tired and cold, and could hardly hold on. The men had to take care of their health. Moreover, it was extremely dangerous to be at the bottom of the cliff where there was not even a cave to rest at night.
Otherwise, they would have searched at the bottom of the cliff all night long, even if they had to stay awake.
Last night, they stayed in the house that Xuan Wensheng's caravan bought in Huaizhao County.
If Xuan Jinyu and Su Guanzhang had not been in trouble, they would have visited everywhere with great interest; especially the delivery room that had been arranged for Xuan Jinyu, they would have to check it again to make sure it was arranged to perfection.
Sadly, no one was in the mood to visit last night, so they all just went to bed. I just wanted to recover my strength as soon as possible so that I could get up early and continue searching for people.
However, before daybreak, Mrs. Su got up.
She was forced to sleep by her eldest son last night, but she slept very uneasily. Her dreams were of her young grandson, his wife, and the unborn great-grandson or great-granddaughter.
When she did this, everyone who had slept restlessly at night got up. Under the watchful eyes of Su Sheng and Su Guanyu, they finished their breakfast without any appetite.
At this time, they had been searching at the bottom of the cliff for more than half an hour.
Including yesterday, they searched almost the entire bottom of the cliff where Xuan Jinyu and Su Guanzhang would theoretically have fallen, but still could not find any trace of them.
Xuan Wensheng's emotions were on the verge of collapse, with only a trace of rationality holding him up, which was now shaky.
He followed the group on the road of exile for more than half a year, just for the safety of his sister Xuan Jinyu, so that she could live a little more comfortably along the way.
But he could only watch her suffer from various pregnancy reactions every day, and because of the strict rules between men and women, he could do nothing.
Her brother-in-law Su Guanzhang did a good job, so he only had to chat and laugh with her and direct the caravan to nearby towns or markets to buy whatever they needed.
He doesn't think he is a very considerate brother, but he hopes to be a good uncle and treat his sister's children better than his own.
However, Xuan Jinyu fell off the cliff, taking her unborn child with her.
Xuan Wensheng watched her fall down with his own eyes, and then saw Su Guanzhang jump down with her.
But he could do nothing.
There has never been a moment when Xuan Wensheng felt like a complete waste like he does now.
He didn't know martial arts and was closely guarded by his guards. When the wolves attacked him earlier, he was able to comfort Xuan Jinyu, saying that it was enough to have someone to protect him.
But he realized that having someone to protect him wasn't enough. If he were strong enough, the one on the throne wouldn't have forced his grandfather to hand over the golden belt just to save the lives of the Su family.
If he were powerful enough, the one sitting on the throne wouldn't be so reckless, thinking his position was secure and he could do whatever he wanted. He could kill loyal ministers and generals at will, exile them at will. He could seize the daughters of noble families and the wives of his subjects at will.
Xuan Wensheng covered his eyes and cried breathlessly, only Qingfeng held his arm tightly, so he did not fall to the ground.
Old Madam Su covered her chest with her hands, her eyes were red, and she tried hard to hold back her tears.
She is so old, if she has an emotional breakdown, she might suffer a stroke or die suddenly.
She still wants to live.
Jinyu is so lucky, she will be fine; she saw that Zhang hugged her when he jumped, so he will be fine too.
Falling from such a high cliff, she didn't even dare to think about what would happen to the unborn baby in Xuan Jinyu's belly.
Madam Su clutched her eldest daughter-in-law Xu Yu Niang's hand tightly. She could see that her emotions were on the verge of collapse, so she spoke in a hoarse voice, "Yu Niang, they are blessed with good fortune and will be fine."
Su Sheng came over with red eyes and supported his mother. "Mom, we can just look for her here. You go back and wait for news."
Madam Su shook her head and stubbornly searched forward step by step. "I want to stay here and see with my own eyes that they are safe and sound. I won't leave. I won't leave."
At the end, she almost muttered to herself.
Aunt Su turned her head away and shed a string of silent tears.
Tong Jie'er buried her head in her mother Xu Xuanniang's arms, holding back her tears and not daring to cry out loud, only her tears wet Xu Xuanniang's clothes.
Sister Wen was in a daze, and had not yet recovered from the shock of yesterday, even though Chang Meiyan and Su Guanwen comforted her all night.
The young aunt fell down while trying to save her.
Although she is still young, after more than half a year of daily trekking, she has understood many things that her peers do not understand at all.
Chang Meiyan looked at her almost demented daughter, held her in her arms, pursed her lips tightly, tears streaming down her face, but she didn't dare to make a sound.
Everyone's emotions were tense, like a string stretched to the extreme that could break at any time.
Only Chen Yang, Wang Hu and others managed to remain calm.
The secret guards of the Su, Xuan and Lin families had all appeared before to fight the enemy together. Now they were no longer hiding in the dark, but were helping to find people together.
Su Sheng and Su Guanyu were the most emotionally stable. They directed the guards and secret guards to search the bottom of the cliff in an orderly manner. They also sent people to the houses that might be living nearby to inquire about the news.
They had already gone through this process yesterday and were just repeating it today.
If you didn't see their red eyes and only heard their calm orders, you would definitely think that they were indifferent to the life and death of Su Guanzhang and Xuan Jinyu.
Su Guanwen and Su Guanwu shed silent tears for a while, and soon wiped their eyes vigorously with their sleeves.
Su Guanwu said to his twin brothers, "I believe they will be fine."
Su Guanwen glanced at his brother and nodded heavily.
The two of them calmed down and quickly joined the search team, each leading a team to other areas to look for people.
…
"Master, we have searched the southern side of the mountain, but found nothing."
"Master, we've searched the north side of the mountain, but found nothing."
…
All the surviving secret guards and bodyguards, totaling two to three hundred, searched for the two men who had fallen off the cliff. But as with the previous day, every team that came back with reports contained no good news.
When Madam Su heard this, her heart sank. Her body couldn't help but sway, and her steps staggered.
Xu Yu Niang was still immersed in grief and was unable to react. Fortunately, Aunt Su Er beside her hurriedly hugged her mother-in-law.
Seeing this, Su Sheng came over again and forced his mother, wife, and siblings to go to the children.
Worried that they might overthink things, Su Sheng glanced at the children, who looked either panicked or grief-stricken, and said, "Just stay here. The children have been very frightened, so I'll leave them in your care and comfort."
He also noticed that Wen Jie'er, who was being hugged by Chang Meiyan and was not saying a word but just biting her lips tightly, squatted down in front of her.
This child seemed to be in the same state yesterday.
"Don't be afraid, Sister Wen. The bad guys have been chased away." He slowed down his voice, but his voice was still hoarse.
He thought that Sister Wen was frightened because she was almost killed by the men in black yesterday.
Wen Jie'er, who had been acting silly, had her eyelashes trembled when she heard the word "bad guy" and finally showed some reaction.
She looked up and stared at Su Sheng, her eyes lingering for a long time, before finally recognizing him.
Wen Jie'er came back to her senses and suddenly burst into tears, "Wuwuwu, my aunt fell down to save me, wuwuwu..."
"My uncle also jumped down."
Su Yuwen was only four years old. She cried so hard that she was out of breath, and her mind was full of the snow-white lamb that Bai Falcon brought back to them a few days ago.
The lamb was dropped from the sky by a white falcon and lay motionless. People said it was dead.
Then that night, she ate mutton and drank mutton soup.
Sister Wen looked up with tearful eyes at the peak that reached into the sky but the top was out of sight. She cried even louder, "Wu ...
Woo woo woo, my aunt and uncle are worse off than lambs.
And it was because of her that they fell down. "It's me, wuwuwu, it's me..." She cried so sadly that her speech began to become confused.
But combined with what she said just now, it is not difficult to guess that she is blaming herself at this time, thinking that she was the one who killed Xuan Jinyu and Su Guanzhang.
The little child's crying was heartbreaking, with a fear and guilt that was hard to ignore.
Such emotions were not suitable for her age and shocked the Su family who were still immersed in grief.
Xu Yu Niang wanted to speak, but as soon as she opened her mouth, she choked. She retched a few times, and the tears she had been holding back for a long time began to flow.
She hugged Wen Jie'er and Chang Meiyan, who was still holding her, and said, "It's not Wen Jie'er's fault."
She suppressed her grief, and although she was crying, every word she said was very clear, "Sister Wen, this is not your fault."
This was the only word of comfort she kept saying.
It was as if her brain was frozen, she couldn't think of anything, and she was panicked and only knew that she couldn't bring a lifelong shadow to such a young child.
"Wow." Mu Ge'er, who was held by Qi Ge'er, saw his little cousin and great-aunt crying sadly, and he couldn't help crying too.
His crying seemed to have triggered something, and the women and children soon burst into tears. Add to that Xuan Wensheng, whose eyes were already red and swollen from crying, and the scene instantly became a mess.
The flapping of wings paused as they flew over their heads, and it sounded as if they were hesitant, but the sound was ultimately drowned out by the cries of varying sizes.
The Su family cried pitifully, and Xuan Wensheng cried miserably.
A group of men who had just escaped from the brink of life and death couldn't help but tear up when they heard this.
The white falcon hesitated and finally landed on the roof of a nearby carriage, which was the place it was most familiar with.
Just as it stopped, its crying became louder and louder, startling it so much that it flew up immediately, but the bright white cloth in its claws made it stop again.
It flew in front of Su Sheng, who was still emotionally stable, and flapped its wings.
The wind created by the ferocious bird's wings carried a faint smell of blood, and Su Sheng came back to his senses from his near collapse.
This is……
He recognized the jade claw at a glance.
The white falcon tilted its head to look at him, and very humanely threw the blood-stained white cloth in its claws to him.
Su Sheng hurriedly took it and before he unfolded it, he recognized the familiar handwriting: it was Su Guanzhang's.
He hurriedly opened it and saw the four big words "Mother and daughter are safe".
Su Sheng's mind suddenly went blank.
Perhaps it realized that the man in front of it was unreliable, but the clever white falcon flew over Su Guanyu's head again and landed on his shoulder when he subconsciously wanted to counter the possible attack.
It cried out.
The familiar voice evoked Su Guanyu's memory. He tilted his head and saw, "It's you."
He only saw the familiar white falcon, and the two people who were closest to it in the past were still missing. Su Guanyu choked up and asked it, "Are you here to look for my younger brother and sister?"
He muttered to himself, "My little brother fell to the bottom of this cliff with her. We are looking for them."
His eyes lit up as he spoke, and he grabbed the white falcon and said, "Can you lead us to find them?"
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