Chapter 451: Chase
Hearing this, the couple smiled and looked at each other. They had both eaten it before and it still tasted the same.
"Ning'er, do you want to go out and try it?"
Gu Yining: "Ayi, then go and reserve a table."
"Mother, the taste will definitely be much worse if we take it back. Let's go to Liao Ji to eat. My son has already sent someone to book a private room. We can go there at noon and eat."
Gu Yining: "We should definitely come back to eat. Tangtang is pregnant and can't go to crowded places like the restaurant. Call Gan'er back at noon."
"My godson has a lot of cases at the yamen today, so he might not be able to come back at noon. Tangtang has been feeling sleepy these past two days and doesn't like greasy food. Father, mother, please go with me. I haven't eaten out with you since I got married. I miss my youth when you often took me to the city to eat all kinds of delicious food."
Xiao Hongyi took Gu Yining's hand and shook it gently, his tone was tender and a little resentful, "It's been eighteen years. I have always dreamed of going to Liaoji with you to sit down and have a good meal. Let's go to Liaoji at noon, mother."
When Gu Yining thought of what happened in her dream, she didn't want to go along with him. The uneasiness in her heart had not diminished at all in the past two days since she returned home.
"Tangtang is pregnant. How can our family of three abandon her and run off to a restaurant just to satisfy our hunger?"
"Mother." Lin Yutang was supported in by Nanny Lin. "Ayi has been telling his daughter-in-law all these years that you guys went to Liaoji for dinner three days before our wedding. That was the last time you three ate out together. Mother also said that even if Ayi got married, you three should find time to go out together. Today, eighteen years later, is a good day. After I give birth to the baby in my belly, you might not be able to spare the time."
Xiao Yanxu: "Ning'er, I remember now. We did say this at Liao's Restaurant back then. Let's go there today."
Now that things have come to this, if she doesn't agree, Ayi might think too much.
"Okay, then it'll be noon."
Xiao Hongyi's expression relaxed. If his mother insisted on not leaving, he would not know how to deal with the heavily guarded Jinque Tower.
At dawn, Song Yu was exhausted, so Asi found a cave for Song Yu to rest in.
Asi covered the cave with branches and cleared the footprints near the cave, creating a row of scattered and messy footprints diagonally above the cave, which looked like they had been deliberately cleared but not cleanly enough.
After doing all this, Asi wrapped his feet with banana leaves and went to look for wild fruits.
At noon, Song Yu woke up and saw darkness in front of his eyes.
I didn't know where I was for a moment. I just felt sore all over, especially my legs. My ankles hurt when I moved.
When Song Yu regained consciousness, he suddenly regretted that he should not have stopped to rest.
Song Yu supported himself on the haystack and crawled towards the cave entrance with difficulty.
"Miss."
Ah Si heard the noise and hurriedly pulled aside the branches at the entrance of the cave. He handed over three bags of wild fruits wrapped in banana leaves and said, "Try this first to quench your thirst."
Asi took out a large ball of something wrapped in banana leaves from behind him.
Asi slowly opened it, and the aroma of meat filled his nose.
Song Yu's eyes widened. She saw that it was rabbit meat and swallowed her saliva. "Didn't anyone find out when you were roasting rabbit meat?"
Ah Si smiled and said, "Miss, don't worry. There's a cave ahead. I grilled it inside. I brought some seasonings with me, so it should taste good. Miss, eat quickly. It's almost noon now, and they might have already caught up with us or might be catching up soon."
"Okay, let's eat together."
Song Yu was very glad that Ah Si had not fallen from the sky last night.
She could be a corpse by now.
If I die again, I might not be so lucky to be reborn again.
You must treat Ah Si well from now on, and no one can bully him.
Song Yu looked at Ah Si and thought that he had an amazing figure and should have a better future.
Daddy will be the prince in the future, so let him arrange it.
Song Yu filled his stomach and his body felt less sore.
"Ah Si, have you finished eating? Let's go now."
"Wait a minute." Asi got up and went to investigate near the cave.
"Miss, you can go now. They didn't catch up with us."
As Qianfeng had expected, Song Yu and Asi, the master and servant, headed towards the Yunyang official road.
The two of them did not run as fast as they had when Tathagata came, nor could they run as fast as they had. The further they went towards the Yunyang official road, the harder the mountain road became to walk on.
The two were very cautious and always alert to their surroundings.
Seeing that it would take at least evening to get to Yunyang by the official road around the mountain, Song Yu quickened her pace, as she had to go back early.
Since the Emperor and the little prince did not react, Prince Rong would definitely have to let Du Zhihuan enter the palace.
"Miss, please walk slowly, or your feet will get hurt."
Seeing that Song Yu walked with a limp, Asi was worried and anxious. There was no need to guess that the lady's feet were very painful and might even be bleeding.
He really wanted to carry the young lady on his back and run away, but he was concerned about the differences between men and women, so he could only worry.
"It's okay, I can walk." Song Yu picked up a branch from the ground and used it as a prop to walk quickly. "We need to return to Beijing as soon as possible, and enter the city tomorrow morning at the latest. Oh, by the way, how is Wu Lingheng now?"
"I followed the young lady's instructions and made things difficult for him on the road. However, someone was protecting them along the way. I made things difficult for them, but he was fine the next day. The person behind the scenes seemed to be a member of the Du family."
Song Yu's face darkened. "It must have been Du Zhihuan who arranged this! Does that mean the Wu family mother and son have safely arrived in their place of exile?"
Ah Si: "I gave them a laxative, but even with help, they couldn't handle it. When we arrived at the place of exile, I waited for two days, making sure the person behind the scenes had left before I did something else. Madam Wu suffered a stroke from all the stress. Wu Lingheng not only had to work double time, but also had to take care of his mother. His original big belly disappeared, and he was so thin that he looked unrecognizable. That's why I came back."
Hearing this, Song Yu's anger subsided a lot. "Why did you suddenly appear in Luming Mountain last night?"
"I heard a kid on the official road say that his second uncle worked as a servant in Luming Mountain and would often sneak in here to dig medicinal herbs to sell for money. I suddenly had the idea to come here to dig for herbs. Oh no!" Ah Si looked annoyed. "I dug up wild ginseng and Ganoderma lucidum, and even a small snow lotus. I found it on the hill over there, but I threw them in the corner of the village. They must be gone by now."
Song Yu soothed him, "Alright, alright. We can't dig up all the herbs. Staying alive is the most important thing now. We can come back and dig more later."
Ah Si was dumbfounded. "Dig slowly? And come here? It's very dangerous, Miss. Oh, by the way, what happened? Why is Miss being hunted? Where is Bai Lan? Does Master know?"
“Whoosh!”
A sharp arrow came through the air accompanied by a strong wind.
A Si pushed Song Yu in time, and the sharp arrow grazed Song Yu's ear and penetrated vertically into the tree trunk in front of Song Yu.
"Miss, you run first."
Asi drew his sword and went towards Qianfeng and the others.
"Come on, everyone!"
At Qian Feng's command, ten guards launched a killing move together and chopped towards Asi's vital point!
Asi leaped back and threw the sword in his hand towards Qianfeng, who was holding a bow and aiming at Song Yu. With his other hand, he grabbed the dozen people in front of him and raised them.
As Qianfeng screamed, the ten guards collapsed to the ground in an instant.
Asi hurriedly picked up the sword on the ground and stabbed it hard into Qianfeng's chest.
Qianfeng dodged it by turning sideways. Asi caught a glimpse of Yunyan coming and stabbed Qianfeng in the knee with a sword. He then pulled away in time to protect Song Yu and escape.
Yunyan looked at the people lying on the ground with a look of disgust.
Qianfeng injured her knee and sat on the ground in embarrassment, covering the cut on her wrist.
Yunyan couldn't help but frown. With so many people around, Song Yu and his servant were able to escape.
It seems that the man has good martial arts skills. Song Yu is really lucky.
Qian Feng was furious. "What are you still standing there for? Go after him! Your young lady and my young master share the same fate. If we let the tiger go back to the mountains, we will all die."
"Alright, wake up your people quickly. Don't expect me to capture Song Yu and his servant alone."
Yunyan threw down the hemostatic herbs and chased after him with a sword.
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