"How come you are so familiar with the area around Fuze Cave?" Lu Chenyuan held back for a long time before finally asking this question.
"When I just got married, Fuxia came to my house and tried to harm me. I had people investigate her a long time ago. Later, Princess Duanjing, who had been guarding Fuze Cave, was eliminated by me. I followed the clues and found her. Here, this is the picture the spy drew for me." Ye Chen took out a picture from the book he always carried with him and handed it to Lu Chenyuan. The picture on the paper was not drawn by a spy, but was drawn by Ye Chen when he was free this time based on his memories of his previous life.
"Oh, so that's how it is. Then your men are quite powerful." After reading it, Lu Chenyuan handed the paper back to Ye Chen.
"Leave a hundred Silver-Armored Soldiers here and notify the rest to be ready to go out at any time." Ye Chen needed to protect Black Hawk and Xing'er. They were seriously injured doing things for him, and he couldn't let them be in danger because of his mistakes.
Chen Qiu knew that something big was going to happen, so he went to see Xing'er and Hei Ying. After arriving here, Xing'er still asked to stay in the same room with Hei Ying, which saved Jingxin a lot of trouble.
"How are you?" Chen Qiu came in and sat beside Xing'er's bed, picking up the pork bone soup that Jixiang had stewed for Xing'er and feeding her.
"It's okay now. That sticky feeling I had before is gone. I feel much fresher than I did during that time."
"Well, your face is starting to turn red. It's much better than when you were pale when I first saw you." Chen Qiu blew a mouthful of soup into Xing'er's mouth.
"Xing'er, where is the soft armor I gave you? How did you get hurt in this place? The soft armor here can protect it!" Chen Qiu was puzzled at first, until Ye Chen said, "Black Hawk's internal organs are all broken, but there is no external injury on his upper body." Then he figured it out. It turned out that this girl gave the soft armor to her lover.
When Xing'er heard Chen Qiu's question, she lowered her head and bit her lower lip, but didn't say anything.
Chen Qiu stopped teasing her. Xing'er was very thin-skinned. "Then can you tell me how you got so badly injured? Ever since I met you, I treated your injuries, then we were attacked, and I had to deal with things here. I haven't spoken to you much, and I haven't even asked you how you got so badly injured."
"We found out about Fuxia buying kerosene, but they found out. The dog that Grandpa told us about was with us, and they killed him. They chased Black Hawk and me all the way to a high cliff. I was shot by an arrow and fell down. Black Hawk jumped down with me, holding me in his arms. He fell directly to the ground, and although the tree took a lot of his strength away, he was still seriously injured."
"I got up and carried him to a cave, and fed him a few pills given by Lan Yu to save his life. I was so scared at the time. I was afraid that he would die. I was really scared!" Xing'er said as tears came down.
"Later... later I made a raft, put him on it, and pulled him to a nearby village. I asked someone to help me call a doctor, and that saved his life." Xing'er began to choke up as she said this. She felt a little wronged when she spoke about the suffering she had endured for so many days.
Back then, she wasn't afraid of being hunted, or falling off a cliff, but she was afraid when she saw Black Hawk protecting her while he kept spitting blood. She was also afraid when Black Hawk's fever wouldn't go away and his breathing was getting weaker and weaker. She was all alone, with no one to help her. She hugged Black Hawk and cried, thinking that if he died, she would die too. After all, he had saved her life, and she couldn't let him be alone.
But, she was tired of crying. Black Hawk was still alive. Since he was alive, she couldn't give up. He hadn't given up either and was still trying to live, right? So, Xing'er took the detoxification pill given by Lan Yu, sealed her own heart meridian, tore off her clothes to tie her injured shoulder tightly, and began to treat Black Hawk's injury.
Fortunately, she had been on the battlefield and could handle external injuries. Black Hawk's leg would not have any sequelae, and a large part of the reason was that Xing'er took good measures at the time.
"It's all over. Everything will be fine in the future. There will be no more disasters." Chen Qiu hugged Xing'er and patted her back gently.
"Also, Jingxin said Black Hawk is almost awake. Once you're almost recovered, we should set off back to Kyoto. Now, you stay here. The King of Zhennan has left a hundred Silver Armored Soldiers here. We're heading up Mount Langya!"
"Miss, wait!" Xing'er took out a small bundle from beside her pillow and handed it to Chen Qiu, "We are the ones being protected now, so this soft armor is useless. You and I can each wear one. I don't know martial arts, so I need this protection. You don't have to worry about others shooting arrows at you when you wear it. I'll wait for you to come back!"
"Okay, I'll take it and I will come back safely!" Chen Qiu touched the soft armor. At least, it helped her save Xing'er and Black Hawk's lives, right?
"Sister Jingxin, you stay in this yard. The Silver Armor Army is arranged in the two yards next to you. If you have any problems, just shout. They are responsible for protecting you." After Chen Qiu settled them down, he went to meet up with Ye Chen and the others.
"Well, go ahead and don't worry. Leave the two of them to me."
Just after noon, Ye Chen and his group left the city. This time they did not hide themselves. The group was so powerful that they even took out the governor's ceremonial guards and beat gongs along the way to remind people to get out of the way. "Husband, isn't this too conspicuous? Don't we need to hide a little?" Chen Qiu and Ye Chen were sitting in the sedan chair together. Chen Qiu leaned over to Ye Chen's ear and asked softly.
"It's okay. The bigger the scene, the more likely Fu Xia and the others will panic. It won't be too late for us to hide after we get out of the city."
"My husband, with such a large crowd and so many people, how will you hide your whereabouts? Can you just disappear into thin air?" Although Shen Qiu trusted Ye Chen 100%, how could so many people hide from his eyes and ears? Moreover, he had people make such a big commotion. Isn't this clearly telling others, "I'm here, come find me"?
"Trust my husband, okay?" Ye Chen just stroked the calluses on Chen Qiu's hands out of habit. Seeing that he was confident, Chen Qiu didn't ask any more questions. Anyway, nothing went wrong with what he wanted to do.
Less than half an hour after they left the city, they came to the mountains. Fu Xia and the other spies followed Ye Chen closely, but the mountain road was winding. After the last person he followed turned a corner, he quickly caught up with them, but the huge team disappeared, making him feel as if he was dreaming.
Chen Qiu had been sitting in the sedan chair with Ye Chen, but she could still sense the light outside. Suddenly, it was pitch dark inside the sedan chair, and then there was light again, but it was different from the previous light. "Husband, have we entered a cave or something like that?"
"Well, Qiu'er is really smart. We can get rid of those people like this. Don't worry, it's very safe here. I sent someone to check it out as soon as I arrived in Wuzhou. After leaving this cave and climbing a little more mountain road, we will reach Fuze Cave."
"Since it's so close, why don't we just dig directly from this cave to Fuze Cave? Otherwise, we will have to fight with Fuxia and the others outside. I'm not afraid of fighting, but I'm afraid that when I see that woman Fuxia, I won't be able to help but beat her up, and then it will be bad for you." When Chen Qiu thought that Xing'er and Heiying were almost killed by Fuxia, he began to tear Fuxia apart in his heart. Now she is not in front of him, if she is, he will definitely go up and beat her up, at least to give Xing'er and Heiying back all the injuries they suffered.
"No, this cave is natural. It just widened the inaccessible area a little bit. Fuze Cave is even higher up in this cave. It will be a big project to connect these two caves. Besides, the rocks on Langya Mountain are very hard. It will not be feasible to dig another hole to Fuze Cave. Moreover, it is difficult to tell the direction in the cave and there are many dangers without people who understand Feng Shui. It is not worth losing human lives." According to Ye Chen and the emperor, it would be best if the treasures here could be taken out. If they cannot be taken out, they will be buried here forever. After all, they can govern Dayin well without these.
"Well, that's true. After all, no matter how much treasure there is, it's not as important as human life. Especially for the imperial court, it would be more trouble than gaining the treasure but losing the people's hearts."
The two of them were chatting back and forth when there was a rumble outside and Lu Chenyuan's voice came, "We're here."
Chen Qiu and the others got off the sedan chair and were already outside. There was a narrow mountain road here, only wide enough for three people to walk side by side. "The Silver Armor Army will leave one hundred people in this cave. This road is the only way down the mountain. Don't worry about those who came up, and everyone who goes down the mountain, no matter who they are, will stay."
When everyone came out, the rumbling sound came again. Chen Qiu looked back at the place where they came out, but he couldn't find the specific location. It had completely merged with the surroundings.
Ye Chen and his companions walked up the mountain. After about half an hour, they suddenly saw a protruding platform in front of them. On one side of this platform was a thousand-foot-deep cliff, and on the other side was a knife-like cliff. This platform was actually only twice as wide as the road they were walking on. Then the road ahead suddenly split into two paths here, one going up and the other going down. However, the upward path was extremely steep, while the downward path was very flat.
"Okay, let's wait here until the moon comes out. Today happens to be the last full moon night of the year. If we can't enter Fuze Cave today, we will have to wait another year." After Ye Chen said this, he really waited here.
"Hey, as we walked along, I felt that you were more familiar with this place than your spies. When you told me about it yesterday, it felt like you had been there once, not like you had just heard about it from others. I have carefully considered the details you mentioned, and they are exactly the same as what you said yesterday. My spies can't get such detailed information. How did you train them? Tell me about it." Lu Chenyuan stared at Ye Chen without blinking, for fear of missing any expression on Ye Chen's face.
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