bookcurios Chapter 229 Another time
Chapter 229 Another time
Shen Lingzhu ran over and saw an empty mule going up the slope. She said happily, "Our mule."
As he spoke, he was already running down the hill. Li Laojunhu's eyebrows jumped: "Miss Shen, please be careful to go down slowly."
"Don't worry..." Shen Lingzhu had just opened her mouth when her feet slipped. Fortunately, Chang Di was squatting in a horse stance and practicing boxing, so his body balance was good and he did not actually fall.
Old Li, the old soldier, was so confused watching from behind. Fortunately, little Miss Shen stood firm and slowly walked down, holding the mule's reins and walking towards him.
The reason why Shen Lingzhu recognized the mule was entirely because of the saddle on its back, which was custom-made by her and her grandfather.
"Grandpa Li, please check if there are any marks left by my uncle on its body." Shen Lingzhu took a quick look himself but couldn't see any difference.
Li Laojunhu checked up and down but found nothing. "No, but your uncle must be nearby. Let's look for him again."
"Okay, wait a moment." She had learned the lesson from her uncle's departure and brought a bamboo whistle with her. She took it out and blew it hard.
It is unlikely that my senior sister could hear it as she is several miles away, but as long as my uncle is nearby, he will definitely hear it.
The three long and two short sounds of the bamboo whistle were indeed farther and clearer than her shouting. Huang Zongqi, who was at the bottom of the ravine, heard it clearly this time.
He was thirsty and tired carrying the wounded on his back. When he heard the familiar whistle, he could no longer hold back and found a place to put the wounded down. Then he relaxed his body and began to look for wild fruits the size of date pits growing in the grass or medicinal herbs that he could chew to quench his thirst.
As the whistle got closer, he ate several fresh wild fruits, which finally brought some moisture to his smoking mouth and tongue.
"Little Bamboo!" Huang Zongqi looked up and shouted towards the top of the ditch, but perhaps because his voice was a little hoarse, no one above heard it.
So he decisively found a leaf, put it in his mouth and blew it, echoing the whistle that was getting closer and closer above.
"Little Miss Shen!" Upon hearing the response, Li Laojunhu immediately pulled the mule to stop it.
Of course Shen Lingzhu also heard it, so she stopped whistling and listened carefully. In a moment, she determined the location of the response.
But the mountain path was rugged, and it was difficult for her to run faster, so she had to blow the whistle at different frequencies to ask if her uncle was injured.
Huang Zongqi was able to reply over and over again with the sound of leaves. After a while, he heard the voice of Xiao Zhuzi calling "Uncle" above his head.
"I'm here." He waved his hand upwards and blew the leaves twice.
Shen Lingzhu immediately lay down on top: "Uncle, are you okay?"
The mountain path on this side was very undulating. She estimated that it was nearly ten meters away from the bottom of the ditch. If her uncle had not responded, it would have been difficult to see anyone among the dense bushes below.
“No, but Master Guo Wu was wounded by an arrow. If you have medicine with you, throw it down.
I have to go around to the lower part of the ditch in front to climb up." Huang Zongqi knew that the two sisters were used to carrying some first aid medicine with them.
In fact, he was also slightly injured, mainly because he was caught in the bushes at the bottom of the ditch.
"I have brought it. Please wait a moment, uncle." Shen Lingzhu turned around and asked Li Laojunhu to untie the rope on the mule. Then he took out the bottle from the cloth bag and tied it with the reins so that it was as upright as possible and lower.
Then he threw it down with force, "Uncle, watch where the medicine bag falls."
As soon as he finished speaking, there was a bang and the cloth bag fell. Huang Zongqi, who had been watching all the time, quickly found the bag. He opened it and saw that there were actually a few apricots inside.
Not bad, not bad, it can quench your thirst. His little bamboo is so thoughtful.
In a short while, Huang Zongqi simply treated the wounded man's wounds. After eating the apricots, he looked up and said, "Little Bamboo, I'm going to go forward. You find some strong vines to hang Master Guo Wu up."
Shen Lingzhu immediately responded: "I have four donkey reins, uncle, you should also take the rope I just dropped."
"Okay, be careful, I'm not in a hurry." Huang Zongqi knew the little girl's temper too well, so he gave her more reminders.
But could Shen Lingzhu find the rope slowly and leisurely? Of course not, so she asked Grandpa Li to walk with her uncle.
I quickly turned back to find my senior sister, and ran wherever I could on the easier mountain paths.
It was noon now. No matter how cool the mountain was, it could not withstand the scorching sun of May. Soon she was sweating profusely.
Even with the small water bag, the heat cannot be stopped.
But she couldn't rest. The situation in the mountains was changing all the time, and no one knew when an aggressive beast would appear.
After an unknown amount of time, Shen Lingzhu finally saw her senior sister and clan brothers looking around. She shouted, "Found it."
"Where is she?" Shen Miaozhu quickly came over to support her. After listening to her detailed account, the next thing became extremely simple.
Even if five reins together are not enough, you can find some vines to add.
Fortunately, the ditch at the bottom of the mountain road was only three or four meters deep. Several of them worked together to pull up first Uncle Guo Wu and then their uncle.
When they returned to the place where the arrows were shot, the yamen runners were nowhere to be seen, and they didn't know whether the person had been caught.
As soon as they stepped onto the main road, Chang Youzhuang and several other brothers from the same clan came to pick them up with their carriages.
Shen Lingzhu asked, "Brother Youzhuang, how many people have been arrested by the government office today?"
"Two, they say one is missing." Chang Youzhuang's grandfather Chang Xin had gone to inquire about the matter as soon as he received the news.
Huang Zongqi had already heard his two nieces recount in detail what happened when they were looking for him, "Go back quickly.
That man is a good archer. If he can shoot a sneak attack once, he can shoot it a second time."
"I'll be on guard." Having almost been shot before, Shen Lingzhu also realized that people with powerful bows are very dangerous.
Huang Zongqi said, "You, Miaozhu, and Uncle Li should all take the van to prevent that person from harboring any revenge."
Shen Lingzhu was hoping for a lucky break: "Uncle, we were far away at that time, we couldn't see his face clearly, and he couldn't see us clearly either."
"But he will recognize our current clothes and figure." What Shen Miaozhu did not say was that the escaped Shi family guard might not be able to see Grandpa Li clearly, but he recognized that they were girls.
Shen Lingzhu understood the hidden meaning of her senior sister, so she had no choice but to follow her advice. She got into the carriage and said, "It takes a thousand miles to chase a thief, but you can't guard against it for a thousand days. We must catch him and keep him company with Shi Wulang, so that their master-servant relationship can be fulfilled."
Shen Miaozhu agreed. "It would be best to know what he looks like. Well, be prepared to listen to the Guo family's description and then try your best to draw his appearance."
"I don't think I can do it. I just hope he goes to jail instead of robbing us." Shen Lingzhu thought to herself that if they were in different places, she would definitely be very angry at the person who blocked her way.
But the more you fear something, the more likely it is to happen. Just when they were half a mile away from the city gate, two sharp arrows whizzed towards them from the side of the road.
His target was actually Master Guo Wu, who had woken up and sat up in another car, and Huang Zongqi beside him...