Qiuyue twisted off a chicken leg and handed it to Xia He, "Here, your chicken leg."
Zhang You took it without caring about the heat.
The rich fragrance entered Zhang You's nose. He smelled it first and then took a big bite.
The outside is crispy and the inside is tender, the aroma of chicken explodes in your mouth. I don’t know what spices Qiuyue put in it, but it doesn’t taste like chicken at all.
Before Zhang You finished eating, she couldn't help but praise it: "It's so delicious! It smells so good!"
Qiuyue felt happy seeing her satisfied look, and she handed Chunhua another chicken leg.
Although Chunhua was hungry, she still refused.
"Here, there are chicken wings. These two are mine. The chicken legs are for you."
After hearing her say that, Chunhua took the food and started eating it with confidence, but she ate much more politely than Zhang You.
The three of them gathered around the fire, roasting their food and eating chicken. Although they didn't know whether Qiao Si would look for them, at least they were at peace at the moment.
They can't think of things that are too far in the future, but they can control the present.
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Time goes back to the moment when the fog just started to rise. Qiao Si and the others followed Li Hu. As soon as the fog rose, Li Hu tried to escape quickly.
Qiao Si ordered sternly: "Catch him!"
But there was no response from behind.
She turned around and found that they were all invaded by the fog. They began to walk around on their own, going in all directions and could not hear her voice.
Qiao Si immediately realized that there was something wrong with the fog. She raised her hands to cover her mouth and nose, and then realized that she was not affected.
She recalled that Qiao Er had given each of them an antidote pill before, and it seemed that the antidote pill worked and kept her from being affected.
She suddenly remembered that Qiao Er had given her a lot of medicine before leaving, and she had given them all to Jingzhu.
Qiao Si found Jingzhu not far behind her and searched her body before finding a finger-sized incense stick.
This was something Qiao Er left for her before, and it can help people gain clarity of mind.
She quickly lit it and put it under Jingzhu's nose.
Jingzhu quickly regained consciousness, but before she had time to think, Qiao Si had already ordered her to help wake up the others.
But the fog rose too quickly, and the people at the back of the team had no idea where they were going. She only had time to gather nine people.
Dongmei had been protecting Qiao Si closely since she regained consciousness, but she didn't expect that she would be hit as well.
If Li Hu intended to attack, her negligence would only result in Qiao Si's death. She was Qiao Si's secret guard, and if Qiao Si died, she would be blamed. Thinking of this, she dared not be negligent again and followed Qiao Si closely.
After they woke up and gathered together, they couldn't move around because of the heavy fog, so they had to protect Qiao Si among them and move slowly.
No one knew where Li Hu had escaped to, and Qiao Si had not expected that there would be any problems with the fog on Wuhu Mountain.
She had intended to lure the snake out of its hole and wanted to enter Wuhu Mountain to lure out the killer who secretly wanted to kill her, but she didn't expect to almost die in this mountain.
Qiao Si knew that someone would definitely want to assassinate her next. Now that the fog was so heavy and they were unfamiliar with the place, it was the perfect time for an assassination.
So she kept waiting, and they were all on guard.
But until the fog dissipated and they unknowingly walked to the other side of the mountain, no assassin came to assassinate them.
Qiao Si felt something was suspicious, but she didn't know what was wrong.
In the current situation, she must take them away as soon as possible. The supplies are all in the carriage, and with so many people staying in the mountains, they will not be able to find the rest of the people.
It’s not that she is cruel, but she has to take these people out of the mountain first. As for the rest of the people, she can only send people in to search later.
Qiao Si quickly made up his mind and went down the mountain in the direction he was heading.
Finally, when the sun had completely set, they got out of the mountain.
People from Prince Qiao's Mansion had already been waiting at the foot of the mountain. After Qiao Si explained the situation inside, he sent a team in to search and rescue.
She was led by a spy to a safe village.
Today, she was too arrogant and nearly lost her life along with her men. However, Yang Li had clearly sent someone to lure her into the mountains, so how could he miss such a good opportunity to assassinate her? There must be something fishy going on here; Qiao Si had already sent spies in to investigate.
She still needs to remain vigilant, as there's no guarantee that Yang Li won't come up with new tricks...
Wuhu Mountain lives up to its name. Whenever the thick fog rises, it causes sentient beings to hallucinate, like a fierce tiger in the mountains, killing without a trace.
The fog in the mountains always appears unexpectedly.
Sometimes the fog is thick when the sun is shining brightly at noon, sometimes the fog is hazy when it is quiet at night, and sometimes the fog rolls when it rains continuously.
Among the people sent in by Qiao Si were villagers living near Wuhu Mountain. They grew up next to the mountain and naturally knew everything about the mountain.
They led Qiao Si's men into the mountains to search before nightfall, but they only found a guard who was lost and wandering in circles, and another guard who unfortunately fell into a hunter's trap and died.
They got out of the mountain before the fog rose, and the rest of the people could only search again tomorrow.
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The next morning, the forest was filled with dew and vitality. Zhang You and the other three were roasting fire in the cave and did not get cold.
Yes, four.
Because the roast chicken last night was so delicious that it attracted a guard who was traveling with him.
Thinking that they had been traveling together for the entire journey and were both from Prince Qiao's Mansion, Qiuyue reluctantly gave him the roast chicken she had kept.
Fortunately, this man was honest. After taking the chicken, he didn't ask them to help him cook it. He just made a beggar's chicken at the entrance of the cave and shared it with Qiuyue and the others.
Seeing that he was honest, they let him spend the night with them in the cave.
However, due to their lack of understanding of the affairs in the mountains, they left two people to keep watch. The guard originally wanted to take on the responsibility of keeping watch, but Zhang You and the others felt that there was no need to distinguish between men and women, so two people stayed awake to keep watch.
The first half of the night was with Qiuyue and Zhang You, and the second half was with the guards and Chunhua. This way, there would be someone who knew martial arts among the two awake people, so they could defend in time.
Fortunately, nothing happened that night and they were happy and peaceful.
In the morning they simply baked some bread and ate it before starting their journey.
They thought they would meet acquaintances on the road, but in the end they met no one.
They followed the trail that Qiao Si and his group had taken and walked for an hour before finally meeting the people who were looking for them on the mountainside.
Only then did Zhang You and the others learn about what happened yesterday from the stranger.
I thought Qiao Si was planning to give up on them, but I didn't expect him to go to such great lengths to send people to look for them.
Even the body of the guard found last night had been escorted back to Dingzhou by Qiao Si, who had sent people to bury him properly, and he had also given his parents a pension.
They came to the village at the foot of the mountain and met Qiao Si.
Zhang You and the others briefly explained their situation. Because the injuries on Zhang You's hands were too obvious, Qiao Si did not suspect that the remains found in the ravine in the forest early in the morning were related to them.
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