in2ebook Chapter 298 Encountering a Cave
Chapter 298 Encountering a Cave
"Ever since I came to Beijing, you've helped me so many times and even let me live in your Gu family. My uncle and aunt treat me like their own daughter. I'm not a cold-hearted person. I know that a drop of kindness should be repaid with a spring. Now that your sister is in trouble, I naturally want to help you find her. This is also a way to repay your kindness to me during this period of time."
"Gu Jianbai, I know what you are worried about. Don't worry, I will never hold you back. Maybe I can even help you. Just let me go." Mi Yue couldn't help but patted Gu Jianbai's shoulder.
Gu Jianbai knew that Mi Yue was kind-hearted, so he simply stopped her and said, "Okay, then you stay with me and don't run around."
"Don't worry, I won't run around." Mi Yue repeatedly assured Gu Jianbai.
Gu Jianbai and General Zhou came to the foot of the hill together.
Along the way, you can see some traces of the emperor and empress coming down, but when you reach the bottom of the hill, there are no traces at all. In front is a stream flowing downstream, with roads on both sides, but there are no traces.
Wen Zhu and Chong Feng have extremely strong anti-reconnaissance capabilities. I'm afraid they are afraid that someone will discover the whereabouts of the emperor and empress and pose a threat to them, so they deliberately erase the traces left on the ground, but this also creates great difficulties for their search and rescue.
There are only these two options.
General Zhou looked at Gu Jianbai and said, "General Gu, it seems we really need to split up. Which way will you go?"
Mi Yue, who had been silent the whole time, didn't wait for Gu Jianbai to speak and said bluntly, "Let's go up the stream."
General Zhou is an elder in the court after all, and unlike their own family, Gu Jianbai glanced at Mi Yue and then explained, "This is my distant sister, staying at my house. She has just arrived in the capital and doesn't know the rules. If I have offended you in any way, please forgive me, General Zhou."
"We are all here to find the Emperor and the Empress, so why are you saying such forgiving words? Then we will search according to the division of labor assigned by this girl. You search upstream, and we will search downstream along the river. After we find the Emperor and the Empress, we will sound the alarm." General Zhou was also a soldier, so he did not care too much about these things. After dividing the work, he led a team of people downstream.
Gu Jianbai led a group of people upstream. Along the way, Gu Jianbai couldn't help but humbly said, "Ayue, the capital is not like your village. You should be more careful when you speak, otherwise those people will bear grudges and retaliate against you."
"I know, I know. These people are troublesome. If you say a few words to them, you will offend them and they will hold a grudge against you. They are not as magnanimous as future generations." Mi Yue waved her hand indifferently. She didn't care about these things now. Her primary goal was to find the emperor.
Gu Jianbai frowned slightly.
Mi Yue often said things that he couldn't understand. Maybe it was the custom in their village. After all, the customs of every place were different. Gu Jianbai didn't take it too seriously.
What he admired was Mi Yue's straightforwardness, and there was no need to restrain her straightforwardness.
At the same time, Xie Ci'an carried Gu Jianchu on his back and arrived in front of a cave. Wen Zhu took out the tinder he had brought with him, lit it, and explored the cave for a while before coming out to report, "Your Majesty, this cave is safe. There is a simple bed. It should be a place where the nearby hunters rest."
Xie Ci'an brought the half-sleeping Gu Jianchu into the cave. Wen Zhu reacted quickly and took off his outer clothes and spread them on the bed. Then he turned on the light and asked the emperor to put the queen on the bed.
"Your Majesty, your subordinates will go get some dry firewood and water." After saying this, Chongfeng left the cave.
Wen Zhu stayed with the emperor and carefully inspected the cave. After confirming its safety, he and Chong Feng worked together to light the dry firewood they had picked up. The blazing fire illuminated the entire cave.
"Achu, wake up and don't sleep anymore." Xie Ci'an held Gu Jianchu in his arms and gently shook Gu Jianchu's shoulders.
In fact, Gu Jianchu was not asleep. She felt severe pain all over her body and was in an extremely unfamiliar environment. She was even more afraid that the brown bear might catch up with her at any time. Her mind was extremely tense and she did not dare to fall asleep.
What's more, the pain all over her body made it impossible for her to sleep.
At Xie Ci'an's gentle call, Gu Jianchu opened his hazy eyes and felt his throat dry as he opened his mouth, "Your Majesty, where are we?"
"It's in a cave. Wen Zhu has checked the surroundings and it's very safe. When I came down to find you, your eldest brother just came over. The brown bear has been dealt with, and your eldest brother should be here soon. So, Achu, don't worry too much, and don't fall asleep. Just think of it as talking to me." Xie Ci'an's rough fingers gently brushed away the loose hair on Gu Jianchu's forehead and tucked it behind his ears.
Chongfeng came back quickly from outside, holding a water bottle in one hand and wild fruits in the other hand, which was pocketed in his clothes. His clothes were torn in several places by the brown bear, and there were also several wounds on his body from branches and rocks in the dense forest.
"Your Majesty, there is nothing nearby. I only found some water and wild fruits. Would you and the Queen like to have some to fill your stomach first?" Chongfeng brought the wild fruits and the kettle to Xie Ci'an.
Xie Ci'an naturally took the kettle and fed Gu Jianchu a few sips of water. Only then did Gu Jianchu feel that his dry throat seemed to be saved. "Would you like to eat some wild fruits?"
"No." Gu Jianchu shook his head and touched the sachet and cloth bag hanging around his waist. Then he pulled hard and took off all the items and stuffed them into Xie Ci'an's hand. "There are top-quality wound medicine and hemostatic medicine in the sachet. You can treat the wound simply first. In addition, there are some buns and a few pies left over from this morning in this cloth bag. Although they are cold, they should still be edible after being baked." Gu Jianchu leaned in Xie Ci'an's arms and moved his body slightly to relieve the pain in his arm.
This arm must have been hit by a rock when she fell down the hillside. Although her hands and feet were not dislocated and there were no obvious external injuries, the places where it was hit by rocks and trees were very painful. Although I didn't check it, I knew without thinking that there must be bruises.
Xie Ci'an looked at the things Gu Jianchu took out with a look of surprise, "Why does Ah Chu bring so many things?"
Gu Jianchu said gently, "When I stayed in Liaodong with my father for several months, they would always carry some wound medicine and hemostatic medicine with them when they went out, because sometimes they couldn't wait for the doctor to treat their wounds in time. I also thought that arrows have no eyes in the hunting grounds, so I carried some with me, just in case someone was injured, I could also treat the wound in time."