Zhu Yan was not in the mood to look at the scenery and enjoy the cool breeze. He just wanted to find Gu Po as soon as possible. Following the method told to him by passers-by, he took the path as soon as he entered the mountain. When he reached the halfway point of the mountain, he Pick up some firewood and light it. Don't make the fire too strong, just let it continue to emit thick smoke.
Zhu Yan was quite comfortable doing this kind of work. When he was marching and fighting, he had done this kind of work a lot.
White smoke rose up in the forest. After half an hour, no one came, so he put out the fire and moved to a different hilltop to continue lighting the fire.
When we moved to the third hilltop, the fire had just ignited and the thick smoke had not had time to disperse. A hunchbacked old woman hurriedly walked out, holding a basin of water in her hand, and threw the firewood on the ground with a splash. extinguished.
Zhu Yan hurriedly said: "Junior Zhu Yan, I have met my senior."
Madam Gu frowned and waved her hands, saying displeasedly: "Young man, leave quickly. I'm old. Don't be afraid to talk to me about external matters. I can't control it!"
He hasn't said this yet. It seems that Gu Po knows that he is coming and why he is here.
Zhu Yan hurriedly said: "Senior, in the current national crisis, please lend a helping hand."
Gu Po waved her hand: "I am not interested in participating in your so-called power games. You should leave quickly to avoid getting yourself killed." Gu Po also looked helpless and looked very haggard.
Zhu Yan finally heard it. In this Nantou Mountain, it seemed that besides him, there were other uninvited guests. No wonder Gu Po knew the purpose of his coming. It seemed that his trip was not in vain. At least he I know, Gu Po must be the one who can save Zhu Sheng.
"Senior, if you don't promise me, I will never leave. I ask you to do it," Zhu Yan said with cupped hands.
Gu Po's face became more and more anxious, her eyes kept looking around, and she said: "I let you go for your own good. You young man, don't be ungrateful."
Zhu Yan shook his head: "I will never leave. The emperor's life is at stake. Beiming has invaded with troops, and Xiliang is facing domestic and foreign troubles. As a prince, if I can't share the country's worries, how can I live?"
Gu Po sighed, looked around, stretched out her hand to hold Zhu Yan, turned around and got into the mountain. In this mountain, she passed through many woods and turned many mountain roads, and finally came to a place. In front of a wooden house.
Madam Gu looked around with vigilant eyes, listened carefully for a while, and then she safely pulled Zhu Yan into the wooden house.
There was no one in the wooden house, but there were two beds, one big and one small. Everything in the house was in duplicate, but there was no one else in the house.
Zhu Yan was confused and asked, "Mother-in-law, don't you live alone?"
Gu Po sighed: "I also have a granddaughter, she was kidnapped by the evil people of Beiming Kingdom."
Zhu Yan paused and asked quickly: "So, they used your granddaughter's life to force you to do things for them?"
Gu Po nodded: "Yes, although I have raised Gu all my life, I have only used Gu to save people's lives and never harmed people. Who knows about Qixi? But for my only granddaughter, I, I have to —”
She didn't say any more, her face was complicated and she looked tired.
Zhu Yan finally understood. People from the Beiming Kingdom captured her granddaughter and forced her to use voodoo as medicine. The medicine was sent to the palace, and the poison on the emperor's brother came from her.
Zhu Yan immediately said: "Mother-in-law, as long as you can save the emperor's brother, I will definitely help you save your granddaughter."