Chapter 295 Borrowing a Seed
"You actually want me to carry you?" Wei Shijun frowned and looked at the man with broken legs.
She dragged him out of the pool and saw that he was half dead. She was worried that he would tell her where the secret passage was and die, so she kindly fed him a life-saving pill.
Unexpectedly, the man said that the secret passage was too hidden and could not be explained clearly, but he could take her there personally.
How could he give directions when he couldn't even stand up?
Lin Lanting took the medicine and regained some of his energy. He sighed and said, "How dare I be so rude? I was just worried that the girl couldn't find it.
Since this was the case, the girl took careful note and walked upstream along the stream for about a mile. Then she turned left and saw a clump of rhododendrons. She turned right again and came to a stone half exposed in the thatch, then turned right again.
Then I saw... saw... Wait a minute, let me think about it, I remember, it was an old, crooked tree. No, that's not the crooked tree, it was a bunch of thorns. Oh, yes, it was a bunch of thorns with white flowers blooming. After the thorns, I went to..."
He covered his head and apologized, "I'm sorry, I probably hurt my brain when I fell, so I can't think clearly for a while, but I definitely remember what I saw."
Wei Shijun rolled her eyes. With his description, there was no way she could find it. She could only squat in front of Lin Lanting and said impatiently, "Come up."
"This... isn't good. Men and women shouldn't touch each other."
"Don't think I can't see through your little tricks. If you miss the chance, it will be gone."
Wei Shijun said fiercely, "But if you dare to deceive me, I will smash you to pieces and feed the beasts in these mountains."
If she wasn't born with a bad knack for finding her way, she wouldn't need to carry such a burden.
Lin Lanting no longer dared to pretend and lay on Wei Shijun's back before she could change her mind.
He had been trapped here for more than two days and had not encountered any visitors. His two subordinates were probably killed by those people. He went into the mountains to hunt this time because he had a dying impulse, and the envoys did not know where he was going.
No one has come to look for me in the past two days. If I don’t take this opportunity to leave with this girl, I’m afraid I will never have a chance to be rescued again, and I may even meet those people from before.
Although Wei Shijun was skilled in martial arts, Lin Lanting was too tall and seriously injured, and his entire body pressed heavily on her.
She shook the person up and asked, "Do you know who those people are?"
Lin Lanting hesitated and said, "I don't know."
But in fact, he followed them because he heard Feng Zhao's accent in the group of people, but he didn't know who the woman who appeared here was, so he didn't tell the truth.
"Could you please tell me your name, Miss? I'll come and thank you someday."
The person in front of him didn't look like a rich girl from Beijing, but more like a person from the underworld. People from the underworld were free and easy, and didn't mind being asked their names like girls in seclusion.
Wei Shijun was determined to get rid of the father and keep the son, so why would she tell him her identity? She asked, "Which Lin family?"
"My name is Lin Lanting, not from the capital." Lin Lanting felt that he was good at judging people, and the girl in front of him looked ruthless.
But in fact, he is a person with a cold exterior but a warm heart, so he is not afraid to tell her his real name. Moreover, he will need her to take him out later, so revealing his real name appropriately can win her trust.
He didn't know that Wei Shijun was secretly happy.
It's better not to be from Beijing. No one will compete with her for the child in the future, so she has no interest in asking him where he is from.
After all, it was just borrowed for the seeds, so it's no wonder that she did something so absurd and disrespectful to her daughter.
Her ears are callused from her grandmother's constant nagging over the years, and now she has an older sister who sings the same tune with her grandmother.
They said that when they passed away, there would be no one to pay respects to their father during the holidays.
No matter how much my father accomplished in his life, his family lineage has been cut off, and in the future people won’t even remember who he was.
Her father was the person she admired the most. Her grandmother and elder sister had found her soft spot. They had said these things to her many times before, but they were all urging her to get married.
Today, her grandmother suggested that if she really didn't want to get married, she could find a son-in-law, which made her think about it.
She pledged her life in return for saving his life. He didn't need her to pledge his life, she just needed a child. Then she would tell others that she had found a short-lived son-in-law, and the child would have a legitimate status.
After Wei Shijun made up her mind, she stopped thinking about it and concentrated on walking towards the secret passage in the direction indicated by Lin Lanting.
In order to get Wei Shijun to take him with her, Lin Lanting deliberately made the route roundabout.
But when he really led the way, he didn't take a detour.
The two of them arrived at the place soon. He gestured for Wei Shijun to hide behind a tree and pointed to a green bush not far away. "It's right behind there, but those people are very skilled. I wonder if the young lady has any other helpers?"
He judged from Wei Shijun's gait and breath that she was quite skilled, but she was definitely no match for those people.
Wei Shijun put him down and said, "Hide here."
Then use two fingers to expand your lips and blow out a bird-like signal.
When she jumped from the dragon throne into the secret passage, only Uncle Hong followed her in, and the rest stayed in the palace to deal with the other assassins.
When they chased to the top of the mountain, there was a fork in the road, so she and Uncle Hong separated to track him. Uncle Hong would hear the signal and would soon come to find him.
She moved closer to the green bushes and saw that there were indeed some footprints on the ground, which were very faint, indicating that those people were all good at martial arts.
But because the footprints were faint, she couldn't tell when they were left, so she moved closer.
It was not until she discovered a slightly heavier footprint with a stain of blood that had not yet dried among the many faint footprints that she was sure that it was the escaped assassin who brought Shi Dehou here.
But she was afraid that she could not defeat that man's martial arts alone, and she didn't know the situation in the cave and whether there was any support, so Wei Shijun did not act rashly.
Not long after, Uncle Hong appeared, and with him appeared Shi Yu and others.
Uncle Hong stepped forward and said, "Miss, I just met His Royal Highness Prince Rong in the mountains. I received your signal and came here together."
He was originally a secret guard beside General Wei. Shi Yu and Wei Qingyan had a good relationship, so he was naturally familiar with Shi Yu and did not avoid him.
Having more helpers is a good thing. Wei Shijun nodded and said to them, "They should have entered this secret passage..."
"Your Highness." Lin Lanting's voice sounded not far away.
He heard someone coming and saw that it was Shi Yu. He was delighted and shouted out.
Wei Shijun frowned and looked at Shi Yu, "Does the prince know him?"
Shi Yu nodded, "I know him."
Seeing that Lin Lanting was so badly injured, Shi Yu took out a pill from his arms and handed it to him, "Zhi'an should be here soon. I'll leave two people with you."
"Your Highness, be careful. Those people are not only highly skilled in martial arts, but also vicious and use hidden weapons." Lin Lanting said worriedly.
He didn't want Shi Yu to take any risks. His skills were considered good among Fengzhao, but those people's martial arts skills were rarely that high.
Wei Shijun heard Lin Lanting's intention to stop her, and thinking about Shi Yu's identity, it was indeed not easy to take the risk, so she was the first to go in.
Shi Yu was going to go, and he followed closely with his men.
The secret passage is quite old, with moss growing on the walls and a shallow layer of water on the ground. When you step on it, the sound of water echoes in the cave.
Uncle Hong said, "This secret passage must have been left behind by the previous dynasty."
Shi Yu nodded. At that time, the previous dynasty was in chaos and many aristocratic families were trying to make a living. Such secret passages were not uncommon. However, those assassins were obviously not from the Wei Dynasty, but they knew about this secret passage.
If Shi Dehou told them, how did Shi Dehou contact them?
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