When the sky was dawning, Gu Jiao's group finally walked out of the woods.
Only then did they realize that it was the opposite direction from where they came in.
Mu Qingchen looked ahead and said, "Crossing the ridge in front of you is the official road. If you keep going south, you will see a post station."
Where there is a station, there are carriages and horses.
The horse that Gu Jiao brought out from the National Teacher's Hall was already too tired, and Gu Jiao didn't ride it anymore.
Mu Qingchen's bodyguard led the horse, Gu Changqing held Xiao Jingkong, and Mu Qingchen held the little princess.
The group continued on their way.
But there was a little episode when crossing the ridge. The little princess suddenly had difficulty breathing and couldn't breathe. After a while, her face became pale and her lips were black.
"I'll take a look." Gu Jiao came over, put her ear to her ear, and listened to the heartbeat and breathing of the little princess.
The sudden approach made Mu Qingchen's breathing stagnate.
He looked at the little princess in his arms, and then at Gu Jiao's face that was so close, he couldn't help coughing lightly, "How is she?"
"It looks like an asthma attack." Gu Jiao took off the first aid kit from her waist, opened it and took out a bottle of asthma aerosol, "Little Princess."
The little princess opened her eyes and looked at Gu Jiao sadly.
Gu Jiao took her over, found a place to sit down, shaken the aerosol well and then removed the cork: "First let the air out, hold it, I will let you inhale and then inhale, after inhaling Don't vomit."
The little princess nodded weakly.
It is said that a long illness has become a doctor, and the small county owner with asthma has taken medicine since childhood, and the degree of cooperation in treatment is higher than that of ordinary children.
"Exhale." Gu Jiao said.
After the little princess spit out a small long breath, Gu Jiao put the spout into her mouth and pressed the switch of the aerosol: "Inhale. I'll take a few dozen before you exhale."
The little princess obediently held the spout, feeling uncomfortable, but only looked at Gu Jiao.
"... Ten, all right." Gu Jiao said.
The little princess let out a long sigh.
"Is it better?" Gu Jiao asked her.
The little princess took a few breaths: "Hu~hu~"
Not feeling any discomfort, the little princess opened her eyes wide in surprise.
Is she getting better so fast
The imperial physicians regularly treated the little county master, and in the past few years, both Yanshan Jun and the monarch have taken good care of her, and her asthma has rarely occurred.
Gu Jiao suspected that she had inhaled some allergen in the woods to cause the small county master to have an acute attack.
"What kind of medicine is this, and the effect is so good?" In the past, it took a long time for the small county master to recover from the attack. The imperial doctor said that it could not be relieved every time, so the main thing was prevention, and try not to let her get sick.
Gu Jiao asked, "This is a special medicine for asthma."
Mu Qingchen asked inexplicably, "You still have this medicine on your body."
Shouldn't the people who practice martial arts carry golden sore medicines, hemostatic medicines and detoxification pills
"Didn't you tell me that the little princess has asthma?"
Since Mu Qingchen said that, she has prepared a bottle of asthma-relieving aerosol in the first aid kit.
Mu Qingchen took a deep look at Gu Jiao and suddenly fell silent.
"Go get some water." Mu Qingchen said to the guard.
"Yes."
There was a small creek on the way they had just walked, probably the creek they saw in the depths of the woods, meandering all the way to the vicinity.
Mu Qingchen wanted to hold the little princess over.
The little princess hugged Gu Jiao's neck tightly, unable to hold her back: "I want the teacher to hug you! You are hard! The teacher is soft! It's like—"
Gu Jiao covered her small mouth and said to Mu Qingchen, "I hug."
Little guy, don't rub your chest too much.
"Master! Master!"
The guard came back in a hurry.
Seeing that he hadn't hit the water, Mu Qingchen knew that something had happened.
"What's wrong?" Mu Qingchen asked.
The guard said: "I went to fetch water, and I met people from our family and Mu's family on the way."
Su and Mu.
Gu Changqing had no good feelings for the top ten families, he was going to cut one if he came, and if he came two, he would cut one pair.
Mu Qingchen looked at the back of the forest, frowned, and seemed to struggle in her heart, and finally said to Gu Jiao: "You go first, don't go to the ridge, the ridge is too wide and easy to be discovered. You take a detour and start from the forest. Go out on the other side, or I'll take them back first, and you'll come out later."
It's not easy to get him to say something like that.
Privately, he didn't believe that the Mu family and the Su family would do something to steal the little princess, but... He couldn't say why, he felt that it was right for them to leave first.
Maybe he already had a guess in his heart that he didn't want to face directly.
"Then let's go." Gu Jiao hugged the little princess and turned around, "Goodbye to Mu Qingchen."
The little princess waved obediently: "Goodbye Mu Qingchen."
Gu Changqing followed with Xiao Qingkong in his arms.
The two walked a few steps east and entered the woods.
You can still hear the conversation over there.
"Qingchen, why are you here? Have you found any clues?"
"Second uncle, no, but I heard that the little princess has gone back."
"What? Are you back?"
"Yes, I just met an injured guard. I don't know whose family. He said that he saw someone take the little princess out of the woods and left in the direction of the ridge. The little princess is safe and has nothing to do."
"Then we came here for nothing... I don't know if it's too late to catch up now..."
Mu Qingchen looked at the second uncle, disappointment welling up in his eyes.
…
The little princess lay in Gu Jiao's arms and fell asleep again after dangling for a while.
Gu Jiao looked at Xiaodouding in her arms and said, "I didn't expect that the disappearance of a little guy would blow up all kinds of ghosts and snakes."
Gu Changqing said: "The top ten families are not in harmony, this day will come sooner or later."
Back then, everyone was jealous of the Xuanyuan family's dominance, and wished they could get rid of them quickly, but when the Xuanyuan family really died, they all wanted to become the next Xuanyuan family.
Gu Jiao asked, "By the way, why are you here?"
Gu Changqing said, "Xiao Heng informed me."
Originally, he planned to go out of the city to see Gu Yan, but when he reached the gate of the inner city, Xiao Heng caught up with him.
Gu Jiao: "You told him you were going out of the city?"
Gu Changqing: "No, he guessed it himself."
Gu Jiao raised her eyebrows: "My husband is smart!"
Gu Changqing's face darkened.
Lin Zi had the mountain behind his back, and the light was not very good, so the two walked very carefully.
Gu Jiao said again: "By the way, is the crown prince's side going well?"
Gu Changqing said, "It went well."
Gu Jiao snorted: "Is he so gullible with the people sent from the underground martial arts field?"
Gu Changqing explained: "He gave me a poison, take the antidote once a month, or I will die."
Gu Jiao looked at him: "Did you drink?"
"Yeah." Gu Changqing nodded and looked at Gu Jiao, "I think you can figure it out."
Gu Jiao: "I don't think I can figure it out."
Gu Changqing: "..."
Gu Jiao's ears moved, and she turned her head to look deep into the woods in the southeast: "There seems to be movement over there."
Gu Changqing stared at it: "I heard it too, do you want to take a look?"
Gu Jiao thought for a while: "Then go have a look."
Gu Changqing held Xiao Jingkong in one hand, and wrapped her arms around Gu Jiao's waist with the other, and performed light work to bring her over.
The two were hiding behind a big tree with the child in their arms.
About a hundred steps away, a young man in a Taoist robe was fighting against two masked men in black, and at the scene of their fight, there was a handsome... boy.
"It's Feng Wuxiu and Daoist Qingfeng." Gu Jiao whispered.
"Do you know?" Gu Changqing asked in a low voice.
Gu Jiao snorted: "I have seen Daoist Qingfeng in the National Teacher's Hall, and I have seen Feng Wuxiu's portrait in the Book Collection Pavilion... How come Feng Wuxiu is younger than the portrait?"
Feng Wuxiu is 23 years old this year, but the portrait looks like he is less than 20 years old. Now that he sees the real person, he is three years younger.
Feng Wuxiu's age didn't lie, he was just born tender.
Daoist Qingfeng and the two men in black fought very fiercely. The men in black did not seem to be much weaker in martial arts than Qi Xuan. The two together would be Qi Xuan 2.0.
Gu Jiao sighed: "Yan Guo is really a master... Who do you think will win?"
"That Taoist priest." Gu Changqing gave the answer almost without hesitation.
The two men in black both made their ultimate moves, but Daoist Qingfeng’s moves were actually reserved. In order not to let the internal force spread to the nearby Feng Wuxiu, each of his moves was actually divided into two moves—
One move is used to defend against the enemy, and the other is used to unload one's own internal force in a certain direction.
It was the first time that Gu Changqing saw such a style of play, and it was a bit of an eye-opener for him.
"Hmm." Gu Jiao kept her eyes fixed. "It seems that Mu Qingchen is right. Fortunately, I didn't meet the Taoist priest of the Feng family."
"The battle is almost over, let's go." They were only halfway through, but Gu Changqing had already judged how many moves Daoist Qingfeng would take to eliminate the two men in black.
…
Gu Jiao and Gu Changqing returned to the National Teacher's Hall at noon.
Both children woke up and ate at the station, but their bodies and faces were still dirty and looked a little horrible.
At night, Gu Jiao couldn't check their injuries carefully. When she got into the carriage, she found that they all had varying degrees of bruises and scratches on their bodies, all of which had been bumped and scratched on the road.
Xiao Heng had been waiting at the entrance of the National Teacher's Hall for a long time.
Gu Changqing and Gu Jiao got off the carriage with the child in their arms.
Xiao Heng walked over quickly, looking at the two horrific little guys, his eyes turned cold.
He looked at Gu Jiao and Gu Changqing: "Are you all right?"
"fine."
This time, she and Gu Changqing were really fine, only the two Xiaodouding suffered a serious crime.
"I'll come." Xiao Heng stretched out his hand and hugged Xiao Qingkong in Gu Changqing's arms.
For the first time, Xiao Jingkong did not protest, although his face was stinky, but his body was very honest.
He obediently lay in Xiao Heng's arms, breathing the breath of Xiao Heng's body.
He came to the house when he was three and a half years old, and two years later, he not only deeply relied on Gu Jiao, but also relied on Xiao Heng from the bottom of his heart.
It's like a child who likes his mother the most, but doesn't want his father.
Xiao Heng looked down at the little guy lying on his chest: "Are you scared?"
I don't even have the strength to be a prankster.
"No." Xiao Jingkong snorted and said, "I'm just tired."
He can still fight with himself, so it shouldn't be a big problem.
Xiao Heng laughed: "Okay, you are tired, I will let you rest today."
"No homework."
"it is good."
"And candy."
"Can."
The big eyes like black grapes in the small clear space slid around.
When it was rare for a bad brother-in-law to be so reasonable, he decided to seek another small benefit for himself.
How could Xiao Heng not see his little Jiujiu, pinched his little cheek and said, "It's enough, otherwise, the one in front will be confiscated from you."
Small clearance black face for a second.
Really bad brother-in-law!
Xiao Heng pressed down the corners of his raised lips and said to Gu Jiao, "I'll take Qingkong to take a shower first. If anyone asks, I'll say that he acted bravely and saved my little aunt, and I have to keep this little benefactor here. A few days in the Palace of the National Teacher."
That's a good reason.
"I have a question, I've been thinking about it for a long time, shouldn't I be called Auntie?" Gu Jiao asked.
Xiao Heng smiled lightly and said, "The eldest grandson's surname is Shangguan. According to the custom of the Dayan royal family, those with the same surname are called aunts."
Gu Jiao suddenly realized: "Oh, so it is. Then I will send the little princess back to the palace first."
Xiao Heng looked at the little princess who held Gu Jiao's neck and said, "No need, the monarch is on his way."
Said that Cao Cao Cao Cao arrived.
The monarch also heard the news that the little county master was sent back to the palace, but he could not wait for the figure, so he wanted to come to the Guoshi Hall to ask about the situation.
When he learned that the little princess was in the Qilin Hall, he rushed over without saying a word.
"Your Majesty, slow down!" Zhang Dequan almost couldn't catch up!
Your Majesty, do you think you are still young when you are old
Aren't you afraid of falling
"Little Snow!"
Before the monarch's person arrives, the voice arrives first.
The little princess raised her head from Gu Jiao's arms and looked towards the door.
As soon as the monarch hurriedly entered, the little princess cried out loudly: "Wow - Your Majesty's Uncle... A bad guy catches me..."
Gu Changqing was inconvenient to show his face, so he left after sending Gu Jiao.
They were in the wing next to Shangguan Yan, except for the little princess, there were only Gu Jiao, Xiao Heng and Xiao Jingkong in the room.
The monarch looked at the two embarrassed children, and in an instant Longyan was furious!
Gu Jiao doesn't mind adding fuel to his fire: "This morning, the little princess had an asthma attack once, and the situation is very critical."
The king looked at the little princess who was crying out of breath.
The little princess cried and twitched and nodded: "I can't breathe... It's so uncomfortable..."
The king asked distressedly, "Are you still out of breath?"
The little princess shook her head with a choked sobs: "No more now... The teacher gave me medicine..."
The monarch asked Zhang Dequan to take the two children to eat next door.
Then he looked at Gu Jiao, who was also a little embarrassed, with a complicated expression, and said solemnly, "You found the little princess?"
Gu Jiao said bluntly, "Yes."
The king asked suspiciously, "How did you find it?"
Do you suspect that I am guarding myself against theft
Gu Jiao said, "I have an eagle, and it found it."
The monarch was skeptical: "Your eagle is still looking for someone?"
"Trained." Gu Jiao said.
No wonder.
Gu Jiao said heartily.
"I have seen the eagle." Xiao Heng said, "I have seen the two children, and the eagle recognizes them."
The monarch's trust in Shangguanqing was still quite high. He didn't bother about it any more, but asked Gu Jiao, "What about the person who captured the little princess?"
"I didn't see it." Xiao Heng said first.
Gu Jiao didn't change her face and said, "Yes, I just didn't see it. The two children escaped from the place where they were detained into the forest. I found them in the forest."
"I know."
The monarch went to the next door and asked Xiaojingkong and Xiaojunzhu.
After all, the little princess is only four years old, and she has limited clues. She only remembers that she was arrested again and again, and she can't remember what those people looked like.
Xiao Jingkong remembered the appearance of the hawker and the man in black, as well as the appearance of the owner of the Dong family and others, but Xiao Heng warned him just now that he didn't remember or see clearly.
Zhang Dequan said: "Your Majesty, the two children are still young, and they were so frightened that it's normal that they can't remember."
The monarch walked out of the Qilin Hall with a gloomy expression.
Gu Jiao looked at the distant back of the monarch, and asked Xiao Heng, "Why do you want me and Jingkong to say nothing?"
Xiao Heng took her hand and tucked the hair on her temples behind her ears: "Because there is not enough evidence for what I said, maybe the major families will join hands and bite back."
Gu Jiao asked, "So that's it?"
Xiao Heng took care of her temples: "No. The little county master suffered such a big crime this time, and he almost took his life. The king will not let it go. Those who play tricks behind their back will soon understand them. Overestimate your abilities."
…
Library Pavilion, third floor.
The monarch and the national teacher sat opposite each other and drank tea.
Master Guo Shi poured tea for the monarch and himself: "Does your majesty really want to do this?"
The king said solemnly, "That's right."
Lord Guoshi smiled lightly, took a sip from the teacup: "It was agreed at the beginning that the Guoshi Hall would not interfere in the government affairs of the court, nor participate in the struggle for power, and would not ask about the affairs of the family."
The monarch said earnestly: "I... I am not ordering you as the king of a country, but as an old friend to ask you to help me."
The action of Master Guoshi drinking tea: "Ye Qing."
Ye Qing stepped forward and saluted: "The disciple is here."
Master Guo Shi asked: "What time is it?"
Ye Qing replied respectfully, "It's just past noon."
Master Guo Shi said lightly: "You Shi, Wei Shi wants to see the mastermind behind the capture of the little county master."
Ye Qing's expression became solemn: "The disciple takes orders!"
The last two days, the ticket is cleared
(End of this chapter)