Ergouzi half-closed his eyes, his entire calves were buried in the mud. As he walked, he stepped on empty air and his whole body sank into the ground.
"Gouzi!" The second in command, who was walking behind Ergouzi, grabbed Ergouzi by the collar, thus preventing him from falling into the mud puddle under his feet.
Several former pirates rushed up to help, and they used all their strength to pull Er Gouzi out of the mud pit.
The boss took a long branch and poked it into the mud pit. However, the branch, which was longer than the height of the two bosses combined, could not reach the bottom of the mud pit.
The heavy rain quickly washed away the mud on Er Gouzi's body. Looking at the branches in everyone's hands, Er Gouzi patted his chest and said in fear: "I almost died."
"Pick up a stick and explore the way," the boss shouted to his brothers.
Brother Tang and Gu Xinglang said anxiously: "Prince Consort, we really can't go this way."
Gu Xinglang looked at the dense forest in front of him. The black mud was even bubbling. It seemed as if they were standing in a river of rolling mud. They couldn't tell where the road was or where the traps were.
Brother Tang said, "Prince Consort, let's wait until the rain stops before we go. In winter, once the rain stops, the mud will freeze quickly. That way, we can walk on this road."
The boss came over with a long branch in his hand, his eyes half squinted due to the rain, and asked Gu Xinglang, "Prince Consort, what should we do?" If they go any further, they will probably die here. But if they don't go to look for Yu Xiaoxiao, the boss is really afraid that something might happen to Yu Xiaoxiao.
"Go back," Gu Xinglang ordered.
"Go back?" The eldest boss asked, "What about the princess?"
Xiao Wei also walked up to Gu Xinglang at this time and whispered, "How about Xiao Zhuang and I go find the princess, and we can walk through the tree."
Gu Xinglang raised his head and looked up. The criss-crossing branches seemed to have woven a net above his head.
The eldest boss said, "Prince Consort, this seems to work." Since they can't walk on the ground, let Xiaozhuang and Xiaowei, who are good at light work, walk on the trees.
Xiao Wei wiped his face, and the rain splashed into his eyes, bringing tears to his eyes.
Brother Tang glanced at Xiao Wei and shook his head, "You two don't know the way!"
The big boss said, "Old Tang, how is your Qinggong?"
Brother Tang looked at the boss with a bitter face. When will these people accept that he is just an ordinary guide?
Xiao Wei said, "Didn't Xiao Linzi say to keep going west? Xiao Zhuang and I will keep going west."
Brother Tang said, "When you walk in the woods, you can't just go west if you want to." In the woods, there are trees blocking the way, so people can't walk straight. If you can't walk straight and there are no road signs, how can you determine the direction? Brother Tang kept shaking his head at Xiao Wei and the boss, saying no.
"Son-in-law?" The boss asked Gu Xinglang.
Gu Xinglang turned around and said coldly: "Let's go back."
"Prince Consort!" Xiao Wei shouted.
"Don't go and die," Gu Xinglang patted Xiao Wei's arm.
Seeing that Gu Xinglang had given in, Brother Tang quickly said to Xiao Wei and the head of the family, "Just listen to the prince consort. If we go any further now, we will really die in this forest."
Xiao Wei chased after Gu Xinglang and asked, "What about the princess?"
Gu Xinglang didn't say anything. In the heavy rain, others couldn't see the expression of the prince consort.
"Let's go," Brother Tang pulled Xiao Wei and said, "When the rain stops, we will set out to find the princess."
The big boss yelled to Brother Tang, "Didn't you say we had to wait until the mud froze?"
Brother Tang perfunctorily said to the boss: "This will be frozen very quickly."
The eldest brother wanted to shout more, but was stopped by a brother, who whispered, "Boss, if you say that, won't the prince consort feel even more upset?"
The boss took one look at Gu Xinglang's tall figure in the rain and said nothing more.
The group followed Gu Xinglang in silence and walked towards Chiyan Village. No one spoke along the way. Everyone knew that the person who was most worried about something happening to the princess at this moment was Gu Xinglang.
Jiang Zhuojun heard someone report that Gu Xinglang had returned, so he stood in front of the village gate and waited. When he saw Gu Xinglang coming back with his men covered in mud, General Jiang patted Gu Xinglang on the shoulder and said nothing else, "I've asked someone to boil some water, go and wash yourself."
Gu Xinglang didn't say anything, just nodded.
After Fengtian's gang left, Brother Tang complained to Jiang Zhuojun: "General, going into the woods at this time of day can really kill people."
Jiang Zhuojun whispered: "Qinghui will not disregard your lives. Aren't you back alive?"
Brother Tang said: "But I see the prince consort is worried about the princess, very worried."
Jiang Zhuojun looked at the open space outside the village and murmured, "I'm worried about her, too."
"What?" Brother Tang didn't hear clearly what his general said.
Jiang Zhuojun turned and walked back to the village, saying to Brother Tang, "You should go wash up too."
Brother Tang still followed Jiang Zhuojun and said, "General, I believe that Her Royal Highness the Princess will be fine."
Jiang Zhuojun said: "Do you believe it?"
Brother Tang said: "Her Royal Highness the Princess is so powerful, what can happen to her?" She can throw houses and hit people for fun, and throw wooden doors weighing hundreds of pounds like small planks. This invincible creature is beyond Brother Tang's imagination, what can happen to her!
Jiang Zhuojun paused for a moment.
Brother Tang said: "General, Her Royal Highness the Princess is really amazing."
"Don't be afraid of ten thousand, just be prepared for the worst," Jiang Zhuojun whispered, "The prince consort is too concerned, so don't talk nonsense if you don't understand."
Brother Tang stood there for a while, and finally wiped his face. Why did he feel that the tone of his general's speech was wrong?
Gu Xinglang washed up in a hurry, and when he appeared in front of everyone again, his face was so gloomy that everyone was scared.
Jiang Zhuojun was sitting in the humble room waiting. When he saw Gu Xinglang coming in, he hurriedly said, "Qinghui, drink this bowl of ginger soup to get rid of the cold."
Gu Xinglang sat down and took a look at the hot ginger soup on the small table.
Jiang Zhuojun urged, "Drink it, then eat."
Gu Xinglang drank the bowl of ginger soup in a few gulps, and then had dinner with Jiang Zhuojun. Without Yu Xiaoxiao, their dinner was a bit sloppy. They just heated up the dough and added a bowl of oily broth, and that was it.
After finishing dinner, Gu Xinglang walked out of the humble room and looked at the sky again. It was already completely dark at this time, and the rain was still falling. The low-lying areas in the village were also filled with water, making people feel as if they were born in a swamp.
Jiang Zhuojun looked at Gu Xinglang who was walking back slowly and said, "I had someone lock up the leader and the people in charge of the village with the two monks from the Eternal Life Temple."
Gu Xinglang sat down and asked in a low voice: "Did they talk to each other?"
Jiang Zhuojun shook his head and said, "Not yet."
Gu Xinglang stared at the candlestick on the table and said, "The people in the Temple of Eternal Life are very tight-lipped. I don't think we can get anything out of them."
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