Although Xue Nongying was not dead yet, looking at the blood that was constantly vomiting out of his mouth and the gurgling red color on his chest that stained the ground, he knew that he would not last long if he did not save him.
The question is, what happens after the rescue
Based on Xue Chang's political stance, nine out of ten times he chose to conceal the meeting between Gu Guifei and Qiu Shen. Under normal circumstances, Xue Nongying would be willing to do the same.
But Qiu Shen just didn't expect that the man in the forest was Xue Nongying, so he directly killed him... Now that the hatred has been forged, will Xue Nongying continue to hide for them and not inform
And this is to save him, what if he can’t be saved
Although this is a remote corner of the palace, in this palace where Empress Jiang grabs everything from the front to the harem, and the concubines have no status like concubines, it is impossible for Concubine Gu to pass on the imperial doctor without going through Empress Jiang!
Even if she pretends to be sick, how can she pretend here
If Xue Nongying was carried to her bedroom... How could she hide this from the queen? !
Thinking of the methods Empress Jiang used to rectify herself, Concubine Gu simply wished she could die now: "He can't stay! Otherwise, we and I will be ruined if we don't tell you! And Wei Ze and Wei Zhou... At this moment At this point...he must not stay!"
The imperial concubine grabbed Qiu Shen's arm and said with a pale face, "Quick, kill me!"
Qiu Shen was surprised: "Are you crazy?"
"This is the only way -" Although Concubine Gu was forced to live on thin ice by Empress Jiang, she still managed to hold on for so many years. At the critical moment, she quickly thought of a way to smooth things over, "Kill me, and then arrange this place like Xue Nongying is here. Someone was assassinated here, I happened to bump into it, and then I was silenced... This is the only way to hide it!"
At this point, she glanced apologetically at the palace maid in a goose-yellow dress - the owner of the back figure that Xue Nongying misunderstood: "Liu'er, I'm really sorry for you! If I hadn't seen Brother Shen too excited just now, So if you get sick, you don't need to send me any medicine. I've sent you back a long time ago. Why bother to go through this troubled water now that you are here, if you don't come with me... "
"Empress, it is Liu'er's blessing that Liu'er can continue to serve you!" The palace maid Liu'er said firmly!
Concubine Gu sighed and looked at Qiu Shen with tears in her eyes: "Brother Shen, do it! Let's meet again in the next life!"
"No!" Qiu Shentie's face was livid, he reached out to hold her cheek, and said solemnly, "I would rather die myself than touch a hair on your head... I will never kill you!"
Concubine Gu said anxiously: "Brother Shen, how long has it been since this happened and you still..."
"The banquet is not over yet, we still have some time!" Qiu Shen interrupted her, "You and Liu'er leave quickly, I will find a secluded place to bury him... and clean up the blood here, it may not be hidden from him. !”
"How can you hide it?! The palace is so big, and a mastiff dog can find it just by sniffing it!" Gu Guifei objected, "You should use my method to kill me!"
Qiu Shen took a deep breath: "Listen to me, before I was released, I worked as a guard in this palace. Isn't that how we met? I know that the water channel in the palace can lead to the outside. This season, the canal is full of lotus flowers, lotus leaves and water plants. I hugged him and dived out of the water. When the time came, the mastiff was also found outside the palace. You don't know martial arts. With the wounds on his body, I can't doubt you... So hurry up and leave this to me!”
Concubine Gu was stunned and said: "The aqueduct can lead to the outside, but the entrance and exit of the palace wall are blocked by nets!" Otherwise, wouldn't it be a mess if the assassins used the aqueduct to get in and out? !
"I know all about the institutions there! I have a way out!" Qiu Shen shouted, "You believe me! How could I make fun of your safety and future?!"
Concubine Gu was shocked by his sudden shouting!
The two looked at each other for a moment, and the imperial concubine finally lost her battle and walked away, looking back three times...
Qiu Shen took a deep breath and began to clean up quickly - while he pushed away the fallen leaves in the bamboo forest to bury the blood stains, he looked at Xue Nongying who was still twitching and struggling and whispered to himself: "Don't blame me, what are the concubine and I really?" It never happened! But before she entered the palace, she often came in and out of the palace because of Queen Mother Gu, and I happened to be responsible for guarding the places she had to pass when entering the palace... We had mutual interest several times, and originally wanted to ask me for help. My uncle went to the Gu family to propose marriage, but before she could tell her uncle, the Queen Mother ordered her to enter the palace..."
"For this reason, I have been living abroad for so many years. I originally wanted to forget her... But unfortunately, over the years, I miss her more and more... So I returned to Beijing again. This time, she didn't look like she was living a good life. I couldn't bear it. I couldn't help but want to ask... Who would have thought that you just saw it!"
"If I had known it was you, I would not have done anything. But even if I save you now, you may not survive. Instead, it will hurt us... So, I'm sorry, go ahead! I owe you everything in this life, How will you retaliate in the next life?"
He roughly covered the blood stains with fallen leaves, then raised his palms to cut off the two ends of the green bamboo inserted into Xue Nongying's body, grabbed the soil and fallen leaves to stuff the wound, Qiu Shen took off his outer robe and wrapped him, following the layout of the palace in his memory , quickly found the nearest section of the canal, seeing no one around, holding Xue Nongying in his arms, jumped down with a "plop", and quickly hid in the dense lotus leaves!
... At this time, in the pavilion outside the palace, Jiang Yashuang's sweet words and jokes finally coaxed Qiu Yilan into smiling: "I thought I didn't know what you were thinking! You're not afraid that I will go back and complain to my brother. My brother Get rid of you!"
Although she still had a complaining tone, she said it with a smile - Jiang Yashuangxiao, considering her temper, didn't care about it for the time being. She felt relieved and acted boldly. She smiled and touched her face: "I just I’m not afraid of your brother! You care about me anyway!”
"Who cares about you?" Qiu Yilan rolled her eyes at him, "I wish you would be severely punished by my brother!"
Jiang Yashuang said with a smile: "Don't you feel sorry for me? The last time your brother scolded me, who was it that he was driven back to Sister Ruan and came back to talk to me?"
"That's why I ran to see my brother when I had nothing to do in the back." Qiu Yilan pouted, "But I saw that you, a nuisance, haven't left yet, occupying my brother's time and not letting us brothers and sisters talk alone. , I just want to smooth things over and let you go as soon as possible!"
"Really?" Jiang Yashuang pinched her face, "You're not good! You're just saying sarcastic things!"
Qiu Yilan made a face: "It's true!"
At this point, Su He and others who were guarding outside the pavilion suddenly screamed: "Princess, Young Master! Look!"
The two people in the pavilion looked around in surprise - only to see that under the clear sky, in a place that seemed far away and yet very close, the earth suddenly emitted a brilliant light!
The light was magnificent and splendid, like a pillar or a belt, and it was accompanied by a billowing mist!
Such a strange sight stunned everyone for a while!
Su He, who was the first to discover it, was very excited: "I've heard people say it's an auspicious omen for a long time, but this is the first time I've seen it today. This Wanshou Festival is really..."
"Xiangrui, you!" Before she could finish her words, Qiu Yilan stood up with a change of expression. At the same time, Jiang Yashuang also turned pale. The two of them reached out to pull each other, and walked out in three steps and two steps. The pavilion shouted loudly, "This is ground light - it is a sign of an earthquake! Quick! Find an open place to hide!!!"
The servants, who were still immersed in the excitement of witnessing the "auspiciousness" of the Longevity Festival, changed their expressions when they heard this: "Earthquake?!"
People who know this time don't know much about the early signs of disaster - let alone this time, in Qiu Yilan's previous life, primary school students will learn about earthquakes, but before an earthquake actually occurs... how many people can wake up
Qiu Yilan didn't bother to tell them in detail. The pavilion was built on a hillside for easy viewing. There were many rocks around it, and there was a large and dense willow tree above the head. If the earthquake was to be bigger, stay here. It's the fate of being smashed into meat patties in minutes!
She was held by Jiang Yashuang with one hand, and Su He with the other: "Let's go!"
Jiang Yashuang also shouted: "Go to the most open and flat place nearby! Hurry!" He had high hopes since he was a child, and with his prominent family background, he was able to read many classics. He recognized the light of the earth almost at the same time as Qiu Yilan, and He also knew that the appearance of the earth's light meant that the earthquake would begin in as long as several hours or as short as less than a cup of tea!
And where are they now? On the mountain! ! !
It’s still near the palace!
A place where you can change the scenery in just three or five steps. It usually looks infinitely beautiful, but if the ground shakes, a place like this with tall trees, rugged rocks, and winding terrain... that would be life-threatening!
If Qiu Yilan hadn't been holding Su He tightly, he would have wanted to pick up Qiu Yilan and use Qinggong to find a safe place!
Sure enough, under the guidance of the panicked guard, the group of people hurried to the flat area closest to the pavilion - it was a small valley, covered with wild flowers and grasses, without tall trees. Normally no one would come here, after all, there would be no trees. There is no shade, but now it has become the best place to take refuge!
The only problem is that there is a stream flowing through the valley. There are many rocks on the bank and in the stream. Although most of them have been washed away by the water and are very rounded, they will be quite choked if they are bumped into in the event of an earthquake.
"Everyone, stay away from the stream and be careful to hold on to the flowers and plants under you..." Before Jiang Yashuang finished speaking, everyone felt a shaking under their feet - the earthquake had begun! ! !
At this moment, the sky was spinning and the earth was spinning. No one could stand firm and they all fell to the ground!
From the mountains in the distance, earth and rocks were sprayed straight into the sky; from the direction of the palace, the sound of the palace collapsing and the crowd screaming and shouting could be heard; the earth beneath me was trembling and roaring, like a dormant beast struggling to think. Get up and break free!
Jiang Yashuang's martial arts, which could be regarded as superb anywhere, were completely useless at this moment.
He tried his best, but he could only hold Qiu Yilan tightly amidst the earth's thick and unstoppable trembling.
In the seemingly endless noise, the heartbeats of the two of them were so clear that they seemed to fill the entire world!
"Don't be afraid! Don't be afraid!" He shouted at the top of his lungs. He didn't know if he was shouting to everyone, or just to comfort Qiu Yilan
It seemed like how many years had passed... Finally, the frequency of earthquakes began to decrease. Gradually, the flying sand and rocks around stopped, and the gurgling of the stream resumed. The earth, which had been tossing like ferocious beasts before, returned to peace.
Looking up at the sky covered by dust and mist, Jiang Yashuang turned over and sat up exhausted, and anxiously asked Qiu Yilan in his arms: "How are you? Are you hurt?"
"No, I just feel like vomiting." Qiu Yilan sat up with a pale face, her whole body swaying, then she sat up and fell into his arms again, "What about you?"
Jiang Yashuang hurriedly checked her pulse, breathed a sigh of relief, and said without even thinking, "I'm fine too!"
Qiu Yilan rubbed her forehead: "Others...your hands?!" Out of the corner of her eye, she suddenly saw a large piece of flesh being scraped off the back of his hand at some point, and blood was flowing everywhere!
"It's just a minor injury." Jiang Yashuang didn't even look at the wound. He raised his uninjured hand and gently rubbed her back to relieve the vomiting sensation after the bump. He asked with a trembling voice, "Let's... forget it. Doesn’t it count as living and dying together?”
Qiu Yilan laboriously tore off the hem of her skirt and slowly bandaged it with her weak fingers. Hearing this, she smiled subconsciously: "Of course, why did you..."
"Then you promise me, no matter what news we hear next - no one is allowed... not to be too sad!" His shoulders suddenly tightened, Jiang Yashuang grabbed her, looked into her eyes tightly, and said every word, " Promise me! ”
"Brother!!!" Qiu Yilan immediately realized his purpose - since the two of them are fine, the most worrying thing at the moment is of course their respective relatives, and Qiu Jinglan cannot participate in the Longevity Festival due to filial piety. He must be in Luxue now In the villa! The layout of Green Snow Villa is exquisite and exquisite. In other words, there is no open space at all!
In addition, he is injured and has limited mobility...
Qiu Yilan's mind went blank!