Chapter 105 Oh dear, young master, what's wrong with you?
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Liu Shu and her page stumbled and ran up a dark mountain. The dilapidated temple they had just been in was built halfway up the mountain, and its back door faced the path leading up the mountain.
In that situation, Liu Shu and the others had no choice but to run up the mountain.
In the pitch-black night, even if Liu Shu knew some martial arts, she couldn't use them.
Not to mention the five or six men chasing after them, none of whom were easy to deal with; they all lived lives of constant danger.
How could Liu Shu and her page dare to stop and fight back?
He could only run forward, panting heavily.
The pageboy was unlucky; he tripped and fell, twisting his ankle. Even though Liu Shu helped him up immediately, he couldn't run forward with long strides.
Hearing the shouts coming from not far away, the page knew he had to run quickly, otherwise if he was caught by those robbers, he would either be beaten or die.
"Young Master, run! Run that way!" The page pointed in a direction and said to Liu Shu, "I'm running to the other side. My foot is injured. If I can attract even a little attention for the Young Master, I will."
"Your Highness, run!"
After saying this, the page pushed Liu Shu and then turned around and limped off in the opposite direction.
Even though Liu Shu was somewhat worried about the pageboy, at such a critical moment, her own life was of more importance.
Liu Shu ran swiftly in the direction the page pointed, while the page behind him, going in the opposite direction, was captured by the old bandit leader and his men after only a stick of incense had burned.
The pageboy remained silent in the face of the old bandit leader's questioning, even as his mouth bled from being slapped, he gritted his teeth and refused to utter a single word.
The old bandit leader had no choice but to order everyone to split up and search again.
But by then, Liu Shu had already run down the mountain.
Whether it was the old bandit leader's idea or just a coincidence, he later ordered those men to go down the mountain to search for people.
Liu Shu, who was only a few steps away from these men, had no choice but to randomly choose another direction and start climbing up the mountain again.
Liu Shu didn't dare to stop. He didn't dare to think about how much torture he would suffer if he were captured by the old bandit leader and his men, or whether they would kill him in a fit of anger.
He didn't want to die!
He climbed to the top of the mountain, he crossed the mountain, and ran downhill until he could run no more. Liu Shucai stopped by a tree.
He gasped for breath, feeling a burning pain in his lungs as if they were on fire, desperately needing moisture.
But where could he find water to drink?
He could only swallow his saliva to relieve the dryness and thirst.
After resting for a short while, Liu Shu started running again. He had lost his sense of direction and just kept running, only thinking about getting as far away from the old bandit leader and his gang as possible.
As dawn approached, Liu Shu was finally able to see the road ahead.
But in reality, there was no road at all; it was just covered with dead branches and fallen leaves.
Suddenly, Liu Shu, who was gazing into the distance, didn't notice a rock hidden by fallen leaves and tripped over it.
He lost his balance and tumbled forward, rolling down the hillside.
In his panic, he couldn't grab anything to stop himself, and could only roll down with the force.
As luck would have it, a huge rock appeared at that moment, and Liu Shu's head slammed directly into it.
In an instant, the head injury caused him to lose consciousness.
When he stopped due to the force, he had already rolled down to the middle of the mountain, which was the place where Li Chunli found him while gathering firewood!
The captured page was brutally beaten by the old bandit leader and his men until he was on the verge of death and left to breathe. He was then thrown into the dilapidated temple.
The old bandit leader originally planned to take advantage of the daytime visibility to lead his men up the mountain again to find Liu Shu and avenge her killing of Sun.
The man who returned from the county town was very surprised and shouted at them, "Uncle Gui, that kid must have a lot of background!"
The old bandit leader looked over in confusion, and the man's face showed fear: "I heard from Uncle Gui that I took this letter to the county to find the merchant who delivered it, and I finally managed to catch a caravan heading to the prefectural city."
On my way back, I saw soldiers standing at the county gate, stopping people and saying they were looking for a young man!
I ran ahead to take a look, and the portrait was of the kid we tied up!
At this moment, the old bandit leader couldn't care less about his grief and anger over losing his granddaughter. If the son of a wealthy merchant had sought revenge, the merchant would have simply found some bodyguards or wandering knights of similar status to them to seek retribution.
But if you get involved with the Xuanjia Army, you could lose your life!
The Xuanjia Army was renowned throughout Andong.
The old bandit leader got scared and ran away with the men.
Liu Tan, through a series of clues, also found the dilapidated temple and discovered the pageboy inside who was still alive.
After the doctor saved the boy's life, they learned from him where Liu Shu, who had successfully escaped, had gone.
But this mountain range is so vast, with one mountain connected to another, and a whole day and night have passed, so it's already very difficult to go back and look for traces.
Having no other option, Liu Tan mobilized his troops, employing a human wave tactic, to search for any trace of Liu Shu from the dilapidated temple in all directions.
Liu Shu hit her head and was carried home by Li Shigui after Li Chunli called for help. She remained unconscious, so Li's mother was asked to come and see a doctor.
That is, the night that Li Shiyue, Li Qiutian, and Li Xiatian, the two sisters, returned with two horses, Li Chunli, who came empty-handed, followed her mother back to the Li family home to get the medicine bag.
While Li Shiyue was leading his squad to capture the barbarians' horses behind Daheishan Mountain, Liu Tan was leading his soldiers to scatter across the mountains to search for Liu Shu's whereabouts.
Liu Shu, who was lying on the kang (a heated brick bed) in Qin Tao's house, slowly opened her eyes.
The first thing he saw when he opened his eyes was Qin Tao's face. Qin Tao was wiping the sweat from Liu Shu's forehead with a cloth.
Upon seeing Liu Shu wake up, Qin Tao's face instantly lit up with a big smile; she truly was beautiful.
But after just one glance, Liu Shu felt dizzy and lightheaded, and couldn't help but want to vomit!
However, Liu Shu had not eaten for the past two days. He had only been fed some water and a bowl of medicine by Qin Tao while he was unconscious. Where would he have anything to vomit?
I just felt so uncomfortable that I vomited some acidic fluid.
"Oh dear, young man, what's wrong with you?"
Qin Tao, half-holding Liu Shu, was anxious and didn't know what to do, so she could only call out to Li Shigui and Li Chunli in the yard outside the door.
"Brother Gui? Brother Gui? Come quickly!"
Upon hearing Qin Tao's call, Li Shigui and Li Chunli dropped what they were holding and ran into the house.
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