Chapter 6: Trapped in a Cave
"What makes you say I'm guilty?" Gu Feixue straightened her small body and stood in front of the boy. She raised her eyes and glared at him, snorting, "How old are you? How old am I? Who is more likely to have ulterior motives, you or me?"
The young man couldn't argue with her, so he turned his head away and snorted coldly: "I won't waste my breath on you, kid. It's not me anyway."
Gu Feixue didn't think that it was the guy in front of her who hid the food here. She just wanted to let fewer people know that there was food hidden here, so she didn't say much.
"Brother, are you hungry? Eat something first!" Gu Feixue took an apple from the box and gave it to Gu Tingchuan, and then kept stuffing food into herself.
The boy was a little shocked to see her looking like she was committing robbery, but he did not say anything to stop her.
The boy withdrew his gaze and carefully observed everything around him.
He concluded that there must be a mechanism in this place. The cave was so clean and tidy, and the food was neatly stacked. It was obvious that it was arranged by someone with ulterior motives.
If you can't escape, you'll be dead when the person with ulterior motives comes back.
He stretched out his hand and groped along the stone wall little by little, put his ear against it, and knocked on it from time to time to listen to the sound inside.
Until finally he knocked on all the places he could reach but found nothing, he paced back and forth with a serious expression.
Seeing that he was frowning and looked depressed, Gu Feixue couldn't help but smile.
But she was not worried about not being able to get out, because she had the same idea as the boy and knew that there must be a trap here.
The boy can't see the mechanical structure with his naked eyes, but she can see it with her X-ray vision. So, shouldn't it be easy for her to get out?
Therefore, the top priority is to find a way to transport this food.
She withdrew her gaze from the boy and sat down with her brother. "Brother, how many disaster victims can we save if we take this food out?"
"Food is limited, and disaster victims are also limited. The limited food here can be eaten up in a limited time. So the key is not how much food can help the victims, but how to properly resettle the victims, restore their original livelihoods, and let them be self-sufficient forever." Gu Tingchuan gestured as he spoke, wanting Gu Feixue to understand better.
Gu Feixue, however, gave this cheap brother a red tick in her heart. This brother has a good IQ, is young but has a unique vision, and has his own insights. He is a person worth making friends with!
The young man next to him looked at Gu Tingchuan with deep eyes and a very hot gaze.
"May I know your name, brother?" The young man stood up and asked Gu Tingchuan.
Gu Tingchuan also stood up and stood side by side with the young man.
"The Gu in 'Looking at the writing on the screen, it seems as if he has been criticized', the Tingchuan in 'The new pavilion on Yingshang overlooks a river, and several layers of old ruins open up secluded passes', my surname is Gu, and my name is Tingchuan." Gu Tingchuan recited two lines of poetry and introduced himself.
The young man couldn't help but laugh. He smiled slightly and said, "Little Brother Gu is so elegant. This name is also taken from poetry and books. After listening to your opinion just now, I feel that you are not an ordinary person. How about you stay by my side and be my servant after you leave?"
The boy looked about the same age as Gu Tingchuan, but his demeanor was more mature.
Moreover, since she knew that her brother was a good person, why did she just let him be a book boy?
This young man is really capable!
However, even if he was the young master of a wealthy and powerful royal family, if he knew that his brother was the son of the Minister of Revenue, he probably wouldn't be so arrogant, right?
Thinking of this, Gu Feixue smiled slightly. It was a pity that her brother couldn't use his current identity as the son of the Minister of War.
Otherwise, given the boy's contemptuous tone towards her brother just now, she would have to fight back.
At this moment, when Gu Tingchuan heard the young man's words, he was stunned at first, and an embarrassed look appeared on his face.
But since he couldn't explain his identity and was dressed in rags, it was understandable that he was looked down upon as an ordinary person.
So he smiled awkwardly and said, "Thank you for your kindness, sir, but I'm not interested in this."
Since the boy was mature, he naturally had a sharp eye and could see through the thoughts of the brother and sister.
But he could not reveal his royal status of wealth and power, and his actions were to be carried out in secret, so he must not expose himself.
This was the reason why he had seen Gu Feixue display maturity and intelligence that were inconsistent with her age, as well as agile skills many times before.
He could only suppress the desire to ask and quietly hide in the crowd to secretly watch Gu Feixue.
Therefore, he decided to persuade her again: "Being my servant does not necessarily mean degrading you. Being my servant does not necessarily mean that you cannot achieve your ambitions."
But Gu Tingchuan had made up his mind and refused generously:
"Ambition is easy to say, but hard to achieve. If you follow your heart, you will succeed. If you rely on others to fly, it will be smooth, but you will lack strength. Without strength, even if you are too high, you will easily collapse. However, my strength is small, but my heart is strong. Day by day, I will accumulate small achievements. Over time, I will become a great man!"
"Clap, clap, clap!" Gu Feixue clapped her hands on the side. She felt that Gu Tingchuan was really a good seedling. If he was trained, he would definitely be a pillar of the country in the future!
The young man who shared her thoughts now looked at the brother and sister with new eyes. He bowed to Gu Tingchuan and said, "Brother Gu, you are right. I was short-sighted."
"It's okay, but, brother, do you really not know how to get out?" Gu Tingchuan looked down at Gu Feixue. He could be trapped here, but his sister couldn't!
The young man shook his head. "I checked everything, but I couldn't find the mechanism."
At this time, Gu Feixue's clothes were already stuffed full, and she looked like a well-fed scarecrow.
She was also preparing to take her brother away from here. She had to go back to discuss with her father how to use this batch of grain to win the hearts of the people so that they could arrive in Liangzhou smoothly and then find a way to overturn the case.
So, Gu Feixue calmed down, concentrated her mind and opened her eyes of clairvoyance. She looked at every corner of the cave. Suddenly, she saw through the boy's skeleton that the stone behind him was hollow.
It’s an agency!
But she couldn't say it right away, so she had to pretend to look for it.
So she began to pretend to look for it. The boy saw that she was absent-minded and was moving closer to him intentionally.
He realized that perhaps this extremely intelligent girl had discovered something again, and maybe she knew how to get out.
He followed closely with his eyes.
Soon, Gu Feixue arrived at the mechanism. After pretending to touch it, she excitedly shouted, "Brother, I found the mechanism!"
Hearing this, Gu Tingchuan hurried over to take a look.
The stone wall looked intact, but in fact there was a circle of tiny cracks, as small as a needle tip, which most people could not see at all.
"Oh my, it really is a mechanism! Now I can get out!" Gu Tingchuan was very excited!
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