This was not the time for a long conversation, so they parted ways after exhorting each other.
Qiu Yilan hadn't walked much on this side, but she found that the mountain path was blocked by falling rocks, making it impossible to pass!
"Is there a trail nearby?" she asked the guard Jiang Yashuang called to lead the way.
The guard thought about it for a moment: "There is no other way, unless you go up a section of the creek below and then go around for a while to the other side." He was a little worried, "Usually the stream is not deep, only up to the knee, but now …”
Qiu Yilan listened unintentionally and interrupted: "Go and have a look!"
The guard hurriedly said: "Princess, please come with your humble duty!"
After following him for a while from the almost completely collapsed mountain, we saw a turbid stream with yellow water flooding both sides. The guard's expression changed when he saw it: "No, I'm afraid the water is up to my waist!"
"Even if you have no head, you have to go over!" Qiu Yilan said decisively, "I can paddle... what about you?"
"My maid doesn't know how to do it, but my maid can ask someone to help me." Originally, Su He's face turned pale when he saw the water flow. When he heard that Qiu Yilan was going over, he hurriedly said.
The guard who led the way was a little hesitant: "The water is too fast..." He is Jiang Yadan's close subordinate. He was transferred out today to protect Jiang Yashuang and Qiu Yilan, in case the Jiang family's wife-to-be was washed away by the water. , how to ask him to explain
"Stop being so long-winded. Anyone who is able and willing to go over there will do it for me!" How could Qiu Yilan be in the mood to listen to his advice? Without saying a word, I picked up my skirt and walked towards the stream!
"Princess, wait!" Seeing this, the guard had no choice but to follow. However, when Qiu Yilan was about to jump into the stream, the guard saw a piece of driftwood suddenly drifting upstream from the corner of his eye, and he hurriedly called out to her, "Wait a minute. It’s not good if you get hit by water!”
Although Qiu Yilan wanted to fly back to Green Snow Villa, she also knew that what he said made sense, so she had to stop and wait for the driftwood to float by.
As a result, when the driftwood came closer, I saw a man lying on it, motionless, not knowing whether he was alive or dead!
"Pick it up!" Qiu Yilan hurriedly ordered everyone around, "See if we can still save it!"
Everyone agreed, and the guard who led the way asked his two companions to jump into the water. When the driftwood arrived, they stopped it together and pushed it to the shore. The people on the shore helped and dragged the driftwood and the people up. Only then did they realize that the man was tied to the driftwood by his own belt. Someone grabbed his hair and looked at it. Qiu Yilan caught a glimpse of his face and couldn't help but Shocked: "Isn't this Xue Nongying?!"
"He is the fourth grandson of the Xue family!" Xue Nongying was often taken to various occasions by his grandfather because he was valued by Xue Chang. Almost everyone here knew him. At this moment, he quickly cut off his clothes and dragged him to the grass nearby to rescue him.
As a result, after a delay, I discovered that there was a piece of green bamboo stuck in his chest!
"Why is he so unlucky? He was pierced through the chest by a bamboo during the earthquake and fell into the water!" Su He and other maids were so frightened by this scene that their hands and feet were cold, "This... can there be any hope of salvation?!"
Qiu Yilan was not afraid of this scene. When she took a closer look, she immediately noticed that the green bamboo had clearly been cut off at the front and back. Her face couldn't help but change: "Don't be wordy... See if the person is still alive?" "
A guard stepped forward and felt his pulse, then leaned over and listened to his heart. He stood up and reported back: "There is still breath! But... I'm afraid I won't be able to make it to Green Snow Villa or the palace!"
"..." Qiu Yilan stared at Xue Nongying's bloodless face, with a conflict between heaven and man in her heart. Finally she gritted her teeth and thought to herself, "After all, your grandfather treated my brother well!" She quickly pulled out the jade box hidden in her clothes. , opened it, took out a gray pill, and said in a deep voice: "Su He, bring some water and feed him this medicine!"
Others didn't know how precious and rare this medicine was, but Su He asked about it when Qiu Yilan hung up the jade box. At this moment, he couldn't help but said anxiously: "Princess!" This is equivalent to a life!
It's not that Su He doesn't want to save Xue Nongying, the problem is, "We haven't returned to Green Snow Villa yet!" What if your brother needs it too? Kuang Qingwu sent two pills last time! Qiu Jinglan had already used one. Because she felt sorry for her sister, she gave the last one to Qiu Yilan without hesitation for self-defense. Now she was going to use it for Xue Nongying. What if she needed it later? !
Qiu Yilan hesitated for a while while holding the pill, but finally leaned down, stuffed it into Xue Nongying's cold lips, and whispered: "Anyway, we have to take a detour... Maybe good people will be rewarded, brother, he is safe, and Green Snow Villa It contains all the medicinal ingredients, so even if something happens, it’s easy to rescue him... This man... he would be dead if he didn’t use this medicine!”
Hearing what their master and servant said, everyone knew that the medicine Qiu Yilan took out was not trivial, so they all remained silent - the results of this kind of decision have not been seen yet, God knows whether it is right or wrong, involving Qiu Jinglan and Xue Nongying They don't dare to mess with their lives.
Qiu Yilan actually didn't know whether what she did was right or wrong - although Xue Chang was extremely benevolent to Qiu Jinglan, and even made it clear in the "righteousness" between the Qiu and Deng families that they joined hands, otherwise they would just rely on each other. Queen Jiang may not be able to make Queen Mother Gu relent so readily - but because she would exchange Qiu Jinglan's life for Xue Nongying's life, Qiu Yilan would definitely not agree!
Let her decide to save Xue Nongying first. In the final analysis, she will not be able to return to Green Snow Villa for a while.
Even if she holds a life-saving pill in her hand, if Qiu Jinglan needs it for the injuries she sustained in the earthquake, it may not be too late now, so it’s better to save Xue Nongying’s life!
"Brother, please don't let anything happen to you. Otherwise, what's the point of taking this favor from the Xue family?" Qiu Yilan had already thought about it before, but after Xue Nongying was actually given the medicine, she became frightened again and squeezed the handkerchief hard. He calmed down a little and said: "You two go and cut some branches over there, pull some vines down and build a frame to carry him... This place is not safe, so take him with us first!"
There are a lot of trees and vines around here, especially when the earthquake broke many trees and fell to the ground. The guards quickly brought a simple stretcher over and carried Xue Nongying up. The clever guards took off their outer robes and gave them to him. Cover. Everyone hurriedly went into the water and crossed the stream. Afterwards, they didn't care about their appearance. They just squeezed a few handfuls of water from their robes and rushed towards Green Snow Villa!
Qiu Yilan was anxious along the way, not only afraid that something might happen to Qiu Jinglan, but also afraid that he needed the pill at this moment... Fortunately, when he finally saw Green Snow Villa, the damage didn't seem too big from the outside, so he felled some trees. .
When they got closer, they found that the door of the villa was wide open. The two servants outside the door saw them and were overjoyed. One of them ordered the other: "Quick! Go and report the young master!" He himself came up to greet them, "Is the princess okay? Young Master? Too worried!"
"I'm fine! Where's my brother?" Qiu Yilan felt relieved after hearing the "report to the young master" - obviously even if Qiu Jinglan was injured, it shouldn't be a big problem and she could still take care of herself. But I didn’t feel reassured until I heard the servant say everything was fine, so I quickly asked, “The villa is cramped, how is he doing now?”
"Master Ling Xiaohou happened to come over for a visit and saved the young master during the earthquake." The servant knew that she was worried and kept saying, "The eldest lady was knocked unconscious by the cabinet, but the young master said that there was nothing serious... because of worry There will be earthquakes, so the young master and his people are resting in the open space behind the village, waiting for the news that Lord Ling and Hero Qiu will bring back to the princess!"
Only then did Qiu Yilan notice that the servant who had been ordered to report Qiu Jinglan did not enter the village at all, but ran out of the wall. She breathed a sigh of relief: "My brother is fine, so I can rest assured! We should prepare for aftershocks." , take me to see my brother and cousin!"
After a while, in the open space behind the village, the brother and sister checked each other and felt relieved.
Qiu Yilan then remembered Xue Nongying and hurriedly asked someone to carry it over: "I took a detour from the creek when I came back. Brother, I gave him the medicine you gave me..." She felt a little guilty when she said this. He glanced at Qiu Jinglan's face from the corner of his eye.
The latter's face suddenly changed when he saw Xue Nongying's condition. He didn't even bother to listen and leaned over to grab Xue Nongying's wrist to take a pulse. His pupils shrank slightly and he immediately ordered Dong Ran: "Hurry up and bring me a bowl of the ginseng soup I drank! "
Qiu Ran looked at the green bamboo in Xue Nongying's body and her face was a little pale: "Sir, do you want to take out this bamboo quickly?"
"You can't move at this moment!" The brother and sister stopped in unison. Qiu Jinglan glanced at her sister and continued, "Feed him ginseng soup first to save his life before taking out the green bamboo, otherwise he will die as soon as he takes it out! "
Fortunately, because of Qiu Jinglan's injury, Green Snow Villa had prepared a lot of medicinal materials and utensils for brewing medicine. Although the well-laid-out Villa is not suitable for escape during an earthquake, the advantage is that there is no major damage and the house is basically Didn't fall. So after the earthquake stopped, when Qiu Jinglan directed everyone to evacuate the villa and take shelter outside, she moved all the medicinal materials, medicine stoves, etc. here—
While Qiu Yilan was waiting for her, Qiu Jinglan had already ordered someone to make ginseng soup, she had also changed medicine and bandaged the open wound, and changed into clean clothes. This made Qiu Yilan think that everything was wrong with him. No.
At this moment, Dong Ran went over in person and brought a bowl of ginseng soup over in a moment. He fed Xue Nongying to drink it bit by bit. Xue Nongying, who was just barely hanging on for dear life, suddenly became much clearer!
Qiu Jinglan knew that this did not mean that he could get through it, so she ordered with a serious face: "Is there any hot water? Come two people, carefully carry him behind the screen, wipe his body, and change to dry." clothes, and then wrap it up with a blanket... And!"
He raised his head and looked at the people who had returned with Qiu Yilan, "Now that the earthquake has just ended, people are panicking. I don't know what the condition of Prime Minister Xue and the rest of the Xue family is, but the news that the fourth grandson of the Xue family was seriously injured has suddenly spread. For villains to take advantage of... So please keep it secret for the time being and don't spread the news to others. After you find out the whereabouts of the Xue family later, how about sending someone to tell them privately? "
Everyone was still immersed in the joy of saving Xue Chang's grandson. They all looked solemn when they heard this: "What you said is reasonable, and we have no objection!"
If it weren't for Qiu Jinglan who reminded them, they would have almost forgotten—Xue Chang is such an old man, and he was not injured in the earthquake. Even if he was not injured, who knows what will happen when he hears the news that the junior whom he values the most is dying. What will happen? Like Qiu Jinglan said, if someone were to cause trouble, add fuel to the fire and threaten, the entire Xue family would be in trouble...
Even if Xue Nongying is rescued, how much reward will he get? The news must be concealed and Xue Chang should be mentally prepared before telling him!
After dispatching Su He to take care of Ruan Ciyi who had not yet woken up, and sending the most capable Dong Ran to keep an eye on Xue Nongying's care, Qiu Jinglan called her sister aside and asked in a low voice: "How did you find him?"