Having gotten the answer he wanted, Gu Yuzhi stopped delaying Xie Changshi's business and sat cross-legged next to Xue Ye, resting his chin on his hands and staring intently at the rescue site with his big eyes.
As soon as there was a cheer from ahead, Gu Yuzhi would crane his neck to look, and when he realized it wasn't Marshal Huo, he would puff out his cheeks and sit down again.
Such a great hero, please don't let anything happen to him!
After waiting for another half hour, there was still no movement from Qi Chenglang's side. However, elsewhere, an underground passage was dug, and guards went in. When they came out, they were dragging the corpse of an official.
Qi Chenglang fell silent as he watched the increasing number of corpses.
He turned and walked towards where Gu Yuzhi was sitting, wanting to confirm with Xue Ye again: Could Marshal Huo really be down there? Why haven't we found anything after digging for so long?
Whether the person is dead or alive, we must find them.
But Gu Yuzhi had already walked away.
He couldn't offer much help, but coincidentally, Teacher Shu mentioned that the environment here was very suitable for the growth of a certain crop. He suggested that Teacher Shu search around the area and, if he found it, promote its cultivation, which would be a great benefit to the country and its people.
Gu Yuzhi naturally dared not delay, riding on Xueye's back and searching step by step. He had not yet found the kind of crop that Teacher Shu had mentioned, but instead found several kinds of Chinese medicinal herbs.
Xueye shook its head, then suddenly stopped. Its nose twitched, and it lowered itself slightly, gripping the ground with its four paws, its eyes fixed straight ahead.
Gu Yuzhi had seen it hunt in the snowy night before, so he knew what it had discovered. Its fur stood on end, indicating that there must be danger.
He was a little nervous, and carefully slid off Xue Ye. He turned his head to look at the blurry figure of Qi Chenglang in the distance, not daring to breathe.
It's all because he's too small. If he were as tall as Guard Qi, he could definitely have stepped forward to help with his sword.
The next moment, Gu Yuzhi was flipped to the ground by Xue Ye with his head on his back. He looked up at the azure sky, still a little dazed.
Why would you ambush him on a snowy night?
Just as he was about to get up, he suddenly felt something was wrong. He sniffed like Xueye did, and it seemed like there was a bloody smell in the air.
Just as Gu Yuzhi was about to give a signal, Xue Ye suddenly leaped into the air, clearing over the tall weeds and pouncing on the person in front of him.
That's strange, there wasn't a scream?
Gu Yuzhi puffed out his cheeks, stood on tiptoe to look in that direction, and just then saw Xue Ye circling around someone. He then turned to look at him, his meaning clear: there was no danger here, and he could come out.
He breathed a sigh of relief, quickly walked around the weeds, and peered out to see a burly man with a thick beard lying on the ground, his abdomen injured.
The person's lips and face looked very pale, possibly due to excessive bleeding.
Gu Yuzhi tilted his head and glanced at him, then stretched out his still slightly chubby hand to cover the man's beard. Suddenly, he covered his mouth and exclaimed in surprise, then quickly patted Xueye: "Xueye, Xueye, go and call Guard Qi over. I'll stay here and watch over him."
Looking at it this way, this person looks a bit like Huo Liangyao.
Maybe they're the Huo family members they're looking for!
He couldn't run as fast as Xueye, so it would be more appropriate for him to go and call for help on Xueye.
Just as Gu Yuzhi was thinking this, he heard Xue Ye let out a howl, and Qi Chenglang, who heard the noise, instantly flew over in this direction.
Wen and Shu exchanged a glance and then burst out laughing.
Shu Xiaohan, in particular, almost laughed until tears streamed down her face.
When Gu Yuzhi told Xueye to go and call for help, Shu Xiaohan was about to speak up to dissuade him.
The collapse of the iron mine was man-made, and the wound on this person's abdomen was also clearly man-made. There are very likely bad guys hiding nearby. How could they let Gu Yuzhi stay here alone?
No matter how capable Gu Yuzhi is, he's still just a child of a few years old. He has no ability to protect himself when he encounters bad people.
Who knew that calling for help on a snowy night would be so simple and straightforward?
Gu Yuzhi scratched his head, somewhat bewildered: "Manager Wen, Teacher Shu, what are you laughing at?"
Teacher Shu, in particular, was laughing so hard she was clutching her stomach.
He tilted his head and glanced at Xueye. Could it be that Xueye's cries were funny?
But it wasn't like the two of them hadn't heard the cries on snowy nights before.
Gu Yuzhi couldn't understand it, so he puffed out his cheeks and hummed. Just then, Qi Chenglang arrived.
Seeing that Gu Yuzhi was standing properly, he breathed a sigh of relief. When his gaze shifted to the person lying on the ground, his expression changed drastically. He casually pressed on the person a couple of times to stop the bleeding before patting Xue Ye's head and saying, "Go and call Xie Changshi and Huo Liangyao here."
Just like Teacher Shu and the others were worried about Gu Yuzhi being alone here, Qi Chenglang didn't dare to make a fuss about it and could only try to inform the two of them.
After Xue Ye left, Gu Yuzhi squatted down next to Qi Chenglang, propped his chin on his hand, and looked at the injured man: "Guard Qi, is this Marshal Huo?"
Qi Chenglang suddenly turned his head to look at Gu Yuzhi, then slowly nodded: "What did Chief Secretary Xie tell you? What did he say?"
Gu Yuzhi tilted his head, feeling that Guard Qi was acting a bit strangely, as if he was very nervous.
He puffed out his cheeks and said, "Chief Secretary Xie said that Marshal Huo is a good man and a great hero."
Upon hearing this, Qi Chenglang visibly breathed a sigh of relief, his tone tinged with nostalgia: "Chief Secretary Xie is right. Especially for those of us in the army, the person we admire most is Huo Qiyuan."
Back then, when Huo Qiyuan was sentenced to be executed in the autumn, Qi Chenglang even tried to storm the execution ground because of his superior martial arts skills.
Of course, this idea was shattered when his older brother found out.
Qi Chenglang subconsciously touched the back of his head and muttered to himself, clearly indicating that the process of this disillusionment was not pleasant.
Gu Yuzhi glanced at Qi Chenglang several times, still finding him rather strange.
But Qi Chenglang was thick-skinned and oblivious, completely unaware of Gu Yuzhi's suspicions: "If the Huo family army hadn't run into trouble, the border would have remained peaceful for at least another twenty years."
Huo Liangyao grew up in the military camp with Huo Qiyuan from a young age. Like his father, he went to the battlefield after the age of ten and continued until the Huo family was in trouble, killing countless enemies.
It can be said that if Huo Liangyao had succeeded his father, he would not only have prevented the Northern Desert Army from declining, but would have even gained greater prestige.
He glanced at Huo Qiyuan several times and sighed deeply. In just a few years, the marshal looked as if he had aged more than ten years.
Gu Yuzhi's big eyes darted around, and he said silently, "Manager Wen, Teacher Shu, do you think Guard Qi meant that Quanzhou is not very stable?"
Xinliang is adjacent to Quanzhou, and he certainly doesn't want anything to happen to Quanzhou.
If Marshal Huo could go back to the Northern Desert Army, that would be wonderful.
Gu Yuzhi's small face was filled with unhappiness.
At this moment, Xie Changshi and Huo Liangyao, having received the news, finally arrived. Huo Liangyao, in particular, upon seeing his father lying on the ground, his life hanging in the balance, collapsed to his knees, crying out, "Father..."
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