Chapter 255 Shadow Eight Sacrifices
Yingba pushed the tree with all his strength, trying to open a way out for everyone.
Finally, with his efforts, the big tree moved slightly, revealing a narrow passage.
"Go!" Yingba shouted. His hands were burned, but he still persisted.
Everyone passed through the narrow passage one by one. When Gu Junze, the last person, was about to pass, Ying Ba suddenly lost his strength and the giant tree began to fall towards him.
"Yingba!" Gu Junze reached out to pull him, but Yingqing pulled him out of the danger area.
The tree collapsed with a loud bang, and Yingba was pinned underneath. The flames instantly engulfed his body.
Everyone finally escaped from the fire, but the atmosphere was extremely heavy.
Yingba's death left everyone silent.
Gu Junze stood on the hillside, looking at the still burning forest in the distance, his eyes full of pain and self-blame.
The shadow guard followed his mother through life and death on the battlefield, and no one was injured, but in the forest fire, he sacrificed his life in vain to save them from the fire.
"Does Yingba have any family?" Gu Junze asked in a low voice, his voice hoarse with sadness.
Ying Yi took a step forward and replied sadly, "Ying Ba has a wife in the capital and they have a three-year-old son."
Gu Junze closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and when he opened his eyes, they were filled with determination.
"Yingyi," Gu Junze said in a deep voice, "Take Yingba's body back to the capital and bury him properly. Tell his family that I will take care of them for the rest of their lives."
Ying nodded in acceptance, tears in her eyes.
At the same time, inside the palace.
"Your Majesty, someone broke into the prison last night, and Marquis Anyang is dead." The eunuch chief, Ma Fuhai, lowered his head and reported carefully.
The emperor just said "hmm" lightly and continued to look down at the memorial, as if he was not surprised.
Ma Fuhai swallowed his saliva and continued, "Gu Cheng'an is also missing. He was rescued by the thieves."
The emperor paused, put down the memorial, and a sharp light flashed in his eyes.
The only one who could sneak into the Sky Prison silently and take the person away was the shadow guard that his eldest sister used to have.
"Announce Gu Junze." The emperor said coldly.
Soon, the person pretending to be Gu Junze was carried in by the imperial guards.
He wanted to pretend to be seriously ill and unable to get up, but he was directly picked up by the guards and had no choice but to be brought before the emperor.
The emperor looked at the face kneeling on the ground, which was exactly the same as Gu Junze's, but the temperament on his body was completely different from Gu Junze's.
The fake Gu Junze was shaking all over and didn't even dare to raise his head.
"Bang!" The emperor slammed the table.
"Tell me, where did Gu Junze go?"
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, Your Majesty, I, no, I don't understand what you mean?" The fake Gu Junze stammered.
The emperor became even angrier. How dare this guy pretend?
"Drag him away and chop him off!" the emperor waved his hand.
Fake Gu Junze was immediately frightened and knelt on the ground, kowtowed profusely: "Your Majesty, please spare me! Your Majesty, please spare me! It was the prince who asked me to pretend to be sick in bed. I know nothing about it!"
The emperor's chest heaved violently and his eyes narrowed slightly.
Yes, Gu Junze cares so much about his wife. How can he be content with Chu Ruohan missing?
"Search for me! Search the entire imperial city and find Gu Junze!" The emperor ordered coldly.
"Yes!" The commander of the Royal Guards turned and was about to leave.
"Wait!" The emperor called everyone back, "And Chu Ruohan, look for her too!"
The commander of the Imperial Guards took the order and left.
The emperor pondered for a moment, and a hint of ruthlessness flashed in his eyes.
"Go, arrest all the Chu family members!" The emperor said coldly, "As long as the Chu family members are here, I don't believe Gu Junze won't show up."
Deep in the mountains, there is a hidden village.
Chu Ruohan sat on the bed in a daze.
She didn't sleep well last night, the pain in her ankle kept her waking up from time to time.
The guards outside would patrol every once in a while, and the sound of footsteps coming through the crack in the door reminded her that this was a prison with everything.
Gu Chengyan walked in with a food box. Seeing that she was awake, a gentle smile appeared on his face: "You're awake."
Chu Ruohan turned her face away, unwilling to look at him.
Gu Chengyan didn't get angry. He just put the lunch box on the table and opened it carefully. "I made this breakfast myself. Would you like to try it?"
"I don't want to eat." Chu Ruohan said coldly.
"How will your foot heal if you don't eat?" Gu Chengyan's tone was still gentle, but with irresistible persistence, "In your last life, your favorite sweet-scented osmanthus cake and millet porridge, I still remember them all."
When Chu Ruohan heard this, she felt even more disgusted and said directly, "My favorite is chestnut cake."
Gu Chengyan paused for a moment, "Isn't it osmanthus cake? I remember one time the kitchen made osmanthus cake and you ate a whole plate."
Chu Ruohan's tone was full of sarcasm, "That's because your mother, that vicious woman, abused me. All I ate were the leftovers from the mansion. That plate of chestnut cake was the most precious food I had in all those years."
Chu Ruohan watched Gu Chengyan's face turn pale and continued, "You'd better not mention the things in my previous life! I wish I could forget that experience!"
Gu Chengyan was stunned for a moment, then laughed at himself, "Yes, those days were too hard for you."
He paused, "But in this life I will make it up to you, everything."
Chu Ruohan sneered, "Why do you think I will forgive you? Gu Chengyan, I tell you, even if I am imprisoned by you for the rest of my life, I will not have the slightest affection for you!"
Gu Chengyan's eyes darkened, but he quickly regained his composure. "It's a long time, Han'er. We have plenty of time."
Chu Ruohan turned her head away and stopped talking. She knew there was no point in arguing with a madman.
Seeing that she ignored him, Gu Chengyan did not force her. He just pushed the food box to the bedside and said, "Eat something. I'll come back later to show you around."
After saying that, he stood up and left, his footsteps gradually fading away.
Chu Ruohan looked at the exquisite food box and felt a little hungry.
She hesitated for a moment, then opened the food box. The aroma filled her nose, the sweet scent of osmanthus cake mixed with the fragrance of millet porridge, making her swallow her saliva.
"I have to maintain my strength to have a chance to escape." Chu Ruohan comforted herself, picked up the bowl of porridge and started eating.
After breakfast, Chu Ruohan tried to get out of bed and move around. Although her ankle was still aching, she was able to walk with some effort.
Gu Chengyan said last night that he would take her to visit the villa, which was an opportunity for her.
There was a sound of footsteps outside the door. Chu Ruohan quickly returned to bed and pretended to rest.
The door was pushed open and Gu Chengyan walked in, followed by a thin middle-aged man holding a medicine box in his hand.
"This is the doctor. Let me check your foot injury." Gu Chengyan introduced.
The doctor bowed respectfully to Chu Ruohan and began to examine her ankle.
"It's nothing serious, just be careful and don't use too much force..."
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