The trees are dense and the wilderness is quiet.
"I'll kill you if you make any sound, do you hear me?" The man was tall and his low voice was filled with murderous intent.
Lin Mingzhu tried hard to stay calm. Just three days ago, she and her maid received an order from her father to return to the main house. However, she never expected that their carriage would be hijacked by a group of foreign bandits just after they left the house.
"Sir..." She spoke. Unlike the soft voice of an ordinary woman, her voice was like jade, and it was a little hoarse after deliberately lowering it. "There are sentinels and checkpoints outside one after another. If I don't speak, it will arouse suspicion."
She looked at the man who was holding her hostage, but her eyes were on the man behind her.
The man in front of him was already very tall, but the man sitting behind him was obviously taller than him.
His eyes were as sharp as an eagle's, and his dark pupils were unusually deep... Lin Mingzhu didn't dare to look at his eyes anymore, and she quickly lowered her eyes.
"Stop wasting time..." The man started to speak, but was interrupted by someone behind him, "Seventh Brother, let her speak."
"But Lord, what if she has evil intentions?!"
Who was the one with the evil intention? Lin Mingzhu was not in a position to argue with him on this point, so she just said, "I am in the carriage, and you are in the carriage. If I say anything unnecessary, you can just stab me to death with a knife."
Old Seven's eyes were suspicious, "But why are you helping us?"
Lin Mingzhu smiled bitterly: "My servants and I are ordinary people. If you fight with the soldiers at the checkpoint, we will inevitably suffer casualties. Even if the soldiers at the checkpoint rescued us, they may charge us with the same crime as you. If I lead you out of the city safely..."
She paused, then looked at the man behind her, "I think the two masters will not embarrass ordinary people like us, right?"
After she finished speaking, she felt the tall man's eyes on her. After a long moment, he said, "Military Advisor, let her go."
"My Lord!"
"Let him go."
The knife on her neck fell off and Lin Mingzhu breathed a sigh of relief.
They had already reached the checkpoint, and the soldiers were watching closely. They checked all the people in the horse team, and finally looked at the carriage in front of them, "Who is here? Why don't you get off the horse?!"
Inside, Gu Yong put his hand against the neck of Lin Mingzhu's maid Ah Yu, "If you say anything nonsense, I will kill her!"
Lin Mingzhu lifted the curtain and handed over a pass, "Sir, this is my pass..." The officer was about to check the pass when he looked up. The woman in front of him was not extremely stunning. She had a big braid on her right side and very few jewelry, but her dignified eyes made her look like a pure lotus.
"It's... Miss Lin! Miss Lin, it's you!"
Lin Mingzhu raised her eyebrows in surprise, "Sir?"
"My general is General Shen. He has long asked me to take care of you! Please come in now!" The officer let him in and asked, "Do you need me to send someone to escort you?"
"No need," Lin Mingzhu thought of General Shen and chuckled, "Ask General Shen for me."
The carriage passed through the checkpoint smoothly.
Lao Qi looked over from the gap in the carriage, "You are a woman who keeps her word. You didn't even ask for help?" Everyone who passed by the checkpoint didn't know that General Shen, the guard of the Yan State, was a sex-hungry devil. "What is your relationship with that Shen? Are you in love with him? It's natural for others to think that a woman is so valued by a sex-hungry subordinate.
Lin Mingzhu frowned, while Ah Yu beside her was furious and bit Lao Qi, "Bah, if you insult my daughter's reputation again, I will bite you to death!"
"You little bitch!" The seventh brother was bitten without paying attention. He got glared at her and was about to slap her.
But at this moment, the man who had closed his eyes suddenly staggered forward and spit out a mouthful of blood. Lao Qi rushed forward in a hurry, but Lin Mingzhu had already felt his pulse. "What are you doing?" Lao Qi wanted to drive him away.
"Our girl is a doctor from the State of Yan. Look how much blood he has lost. He will die if we don't check on him!" said Ayu.
This place is still a hundred miles away from the capital, and there is wilderness all the way... We can only try our best.
"Master, tell your men to stop in front for a while. I want to treat his injuries." Lin Mingzhu said.
Lao Qi knew that he shouldn't listen to a woman, but looking at her glass-like eyes, he agreed somehow.
Torches were set up, surrounding Lin Mingzhu and the man.
Lin Mingzhu did the disinfection and medicine preparation in an orderly manner.
After treating all the wounds, she had no suitable tools and could only bite the thin wire with her teeth, leaving a bloody mark on her face.
Lin Mingzhu looked up at him. There were beads of sweat on the man's hard nose and even on his legs. It was obvious that such bone-piercing pain was unbearable for ordinary people. She couldn't help but look at him... This man was really extraordinary.
"Ayu." Lin Mingzhu shouted.
Ah Yu came over reluctantly and took out a porcelain white bottle from her sleeve. Lin Mingzhu reached out and pinched a pill, "Open your mouth."
"What medicine is this?" Gu Yong asked.
"Pain-relieving pills." Lin Mingzhu said.
"Is it just to relieve the pain?" Gu Yong asked again.
Lin Mingzhu did not answer him immediately, but three days later, they found out.
This turned out to be the holy medicine of Yan State, and the woman who saved them that day was not someone else, but the imperial physician of Yan State... It turned out to be a blessing in disguise. Yan State was originally on good terms with him, and now recuperating here was a good choice.
After his injury healed, Gu Yong ordered Lao Qi to deploy his troops and stationed his 100,000-strong army on the border of Yan State. He originally planned to recuperate and then escort Gu Yanwei back to the court, but he did not expect that Gu Cheng planned to pursue the victory.
The Emperor of Yan looked at Gu Yong's frown and asked, "Lord Gu, what happened?"
Gu Yong closed the letter and said, "The Seventh Prince Gu Cheng is plotting a rebellion. The Emperor is in danger right now. Your Majesty, I must go to support our Emperor."
The King of Yan nodded and said, "Your Majesty has helped me a lot. This time your emperor is in trouble, how can I not help? If Your Majesty has any request, I will definitely help you if I can!"
Gu Yong sighed and said, "To be honest with you, Your Majesty, the Seventh Prince is colluding with the Xiongnu. Right now, the court not only has the Seventh Prince's forces, but also the Xiongnu. This time I came to Yan State with only 100,000 elite soldiers. I am afraid that I cannot keep up with them. I really need your help."
"I never thought that the Seventh Prince would be so ambitious. Okay, I will lend you 200,000 elite soldiers to rescue your emperor."
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
Gu Yanwei and his group disguised themselves and finally managed to leave the city gate. After returning to the capital, the palace maid who served Shen Qingqiu also escaped from the palace to cooperate with her.
But Gu Cheng's people were everywhere in the capital, and the few of them were very careful and finally managed to avoid his eyes.
Seeing that everyone had left, Suo Xin was overjoyed, "My queen, I was really scared just now, afraid that they would recognize us, otherwise we would be dead. But I didn't expect that the Seventh Prince's people were all good-for-nothings. It's great that we can escape successfully."
Shen Qingqiu hadn’t expected it to be so easy. He finally relaxed for a moment after a few days of worrying about this. “Suo Xin, we should not let our guard down too much. The prince will definitely not let us down. We must be careful on the road!”
"yes."
"Gu Yanwei, there is an inn not far ahead. We haven't rested for several days. Let's go there to rest tonight. Both of you are injured and can't overwork yourself."
Gu Yanwei nodded. The injuries on his body had not completely healed yet. He was really exhausted from the journey over the past two days.
Supporting each other, they finally arrived at the door of the inn.
The waiter saw that the guests were dressed in rags and didn't even want to go out to greet them.
Seeing his infuriating look, Chen Jie wanted to step forward to argue, but was stopped by Shen Qingqiu.
"Now is not the time to cause trouble." After saying that, she took off a golden hairpin from her head, handed it to the waiter and said, "Waiter, we need two rooms."
The waiter took the golden hairpin and bit it, then his expression changed instantly and he said, "Okay, okay, please go upstairs, dear guests!"
Since he happened to meet the shop owner who was about to go downstairs when he went upstairs, the shop owner's eyes followed Gu Yanwei until Gu Yanwei entered the room.
Afterwards, the shopkeeper hurried downstairs and took out the paper under the cabinet. Looking at the person in the portrait, he found that he looked almost exactly like Gu Yanwei.
At this time, the waiter arranged a few people and ran down from upstairs.
When the shop owner saw this, he hurriedly called him over.
"Come and see."
"Boss, what's wrong?" The waiter walked towards the shop owner and looked at the portrait in his hand.
“Isn’t this…?” the child said with a frown.
"You think so, too."
The waiter nodded and said, "Boss, could he really be someone the imperial court wants to arrest? Wouldn't that make us rich?"
The shopkeeper smiled obscenely, slapped the waiter on the head and said, "Boy, you have done a great deed. Keep an eye on them tonight. I'm going to the government office."
"Yes, boss."
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"Suo Xin, take Chen Jie to the next room and take good care of him. We have to travel tomorrow."
"Don't worry, madam."
Shen Qingqiu nodded, closed the door, looked at Gu Yanwei who was sitting on the bed with a pale face and said: "Gu Yanwei, how do you feel, the poison in your body..."
Gu Yanwei shook his head, "No problem."
"But you look very pale. I am worried..."
Gu Yanwei held Shen Qingqiu's hand, sat next to him, and said with a smile: "Maybe you didn't get enough rest these two days. After a night's rest today, maybe you will be fine tomorrow."
Shen Qingqiu nodded, quickly made the bed behind him, and said, "Then you should get some rest. I'll ask the waiter to bring up some food."
"good."
After watching Gu Yanwei lie down, Shen Qingqiu stood up and walked out the door.
At this moment, the waiter was concentrating on looking at Gu Yanwei's portrait, and did not notice until Shen Qingqiu had gone downstairs.
"Waiter."
Hearing the voice, the waiter hurriedly put away the portrait, raised his head and said, "Miss, what else do you want?"
Although Shen Qingqiu thought the waiter was strange, he didn't think much about it and said, "Prepare two meals for us and send them up."
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