Chapter 40
Go find him
Author: Naughty Gu Gu
"How is the girl doing?"
After a long silence, Eleven suppressed his heart that seemed to be beating out of his chest and asked in a hoarse voice.
"Since your lord has received the news, you must know where my cousin is missing. Shen Qi begs your lord to take Shen Qi to find his cousin."
"Girl, I can't..."
"Even if my cousin wants to blame you, you have to come back with your life."
Seeing that Eleven was still hesitating, Shen Qiqi didn't hesitate, lifted up her skirt and knelt down.
"Shen Qi knows that he is willful and reckless, but I hope that for the sake of saving people, I will agree to Shen Qi this time. If my cousin comes back and blames me, Shen Qi will bear the responsibility alone."
Shiyi avoided her kneeling. Seeing that Grandma and the others were stunned, he quickly asked them to help Shen Qiqi up. "What are you still doing? Why don't you help the girl up quickly?"
"If your Excellency does not agree, Shen Qi will never get up."
Shen Qiqi brushed away her mother's hand, with a determined expression and a straight back, making her attitude clear.
Jinbao ran back from the eaves and saw Shen Qiqi kneeling on the ground. His feet slipped and he fell directly from the eaves.
But before she could check herself, she turned over and rushed over.
"Girl, why are you kneeling on the ground? Get up quickly."
Shen Qiqi turned to look at Jin Bao, with tears in her blood-red eyes, which fell like broken beads as she trembled.
"Jinbao, I want to go find my cousin."
The girl I had always felt pity for was now crying like this. She was so fragile that it looked like her heart had been cut out with a knife.
Jinbao didn't know the whole story, but he nodded without hesitation, "Okay, let's go find the Marquis."
"Yinbao, hurry up and prepare your horses. We'll set off immediately."
Shi Yiyi, who was still hesitating at first, could not stand still after hearing this, and quickly stopped Yin Bao who was walking out.
Seeing them all looking over, Eleven lowered his raised hand and took a deep breath before speaking:
"The miasma forest where the Marquis is trapped is hundreds of miles away. It would take a normal horse three days to get there."
"The cavalry battalion guarding the palace has thousands of miles of horses, but without the token, they won't let us take the horses away."
The Marquis and the Prince were in trouble together. In order to stabilize the court, His Majesty could not send troops to look for him with great fanfare. The cavalry might have already gone to look for him privately.
Although he had a few acquaintances with the cavalry commander, under such circumstances, he definitely couldn't borrow him.
"Can the prince's token be used?" Shen Qiqi raised her head and asked Xiang Shiyi.
Eleven nodded, "In today's world, apart from Your Majesty, only the Prince and the Marquis can command the cavalry."
Holding the prince's token is like the prince's presence in person. Although he cannot lead all the troops on the trip, it is not a problem to borrow a few horses.
"Go and take out the token from my box."
"Excuse me, sir, please go to the cavalry camp with your token to borrow a horse. Shen Qi will go change clothes. We will set off immediately."
Shen Qiqi stood up as she spoke. Seeing that grandma wanted to persuade her again, she raised her hand to stop her, "Mommy, don't persuade her anymore, Qi Qi has decided to leave."
Shiyi never thought that the prince actually gave her his token. When he took it, he checked it repeatedly. After confirming it, he clasped his fists in the room and saluted, and then ran away from the wall.
The clothes made by grandma were all made according to the styles of ladies, and were not suitable for wearing out. Shen Qiqi chose the clothes, and finally wore the clothes that Jinbao had worn before entering the house.
The specially selected clothes were so dusty that even the boy who raised the horse wore them better than this. Aunt He looked disgusted, but Shen Qiqi put them on without any hesitation.
All the hairpins and hairpins were removed, and only the rope was tied around the back of the head. Although her face was still so charming, from behind, except for the extremely white and delicate long neck, the rest was just like an ordinary maid.
After changing their outfits, the three of them went out the back door. Eleven was already waiting outside with his horse.
Jin Baofei got on the horse and stretched out his hand towards Shen Qiqi, "Girl, come quickly, I will ride on the same horse with you."
I have never ridden a horse before, let alone riding fast all the way out of the city gate.
Not to mention the wind that hurt her face and the sand that hit her face blinding her eyes, just the saddle underneath made her burst into tears.
After walking less than three miles, the pain in my legs was gone, and I could only feel numbness.
"Young lady is of great value and has never ridden a horse. Let's walk more slowly."
Although he was anxious in his heart, seeing Shen Qiqi's pale face, Eleven still slowed down.
"I'm fine, hurry up and get on your way."
Any second longer would have put her cousin in more danger. Although her legs hurt, it was just a scratch on the skin, nothing compared to life and death.
Before Jin Bao could answer, she spoke first. Eleven glanced at her and saw that she pursed her lips and stopped talking, so he had no choice but to comply with her wishes.
"Girl, go to the rest station ahead to change horses."
Although you are riding a thousand-mile horse, the horse still needs to rest. If you don't change horses midway, the horse will run all the way there and it may take two or three months to get back.
After changing three horses along the way, the four of them finally arrived outside the dense forest in the middle of the night.
The dense forest that was originally inaccessible has now been trampled on to create small paths. The further you go in, the stronger the smell of blood becomes.
Along the way, I encountered corpses lying on the ground. I looked through them one by one, fearing that I would miss Gu Tingshu.
Shen Qiqi walked in the middle, holding Yin Bao tightly with both hands to support herself from falling.
There were not only corpses in the dense forest, but also the corpses of various ferocious beasts. The people who fell around the ferocious beasts were all scarred, and it was obvious at a glance what kind of struggle they had gone through during their lifetimes.
"Girl, there is a miasma blown by the wind in this dense forest. Please take the antidote pills quickly."
The miasma produced by the decay of various poisons was so foul that even though it had blocked her mouth and nose, Shen Qiqi was still exhausted from the fumes.
Jiedu pills can only cure the miasma poison, but they cannot dilute its fishy smell. Shen Qiqi has already been vomited twice before entering the miasma forest.
"Girl, it's late at night now, and the poisonous gas is getting thicker. Let's find a place with leeward to rest first."
Although many wild beasts in the forest have been killed, we don't know how many more there will be.
Furthermore, there are a lot of poisons in this forest. If they go further in, they may not even be able to save their own lives, let alone save others.
Although she was anxious, Shen Qiqi could not ignore their safety and nodded and let them find a place.
On the 11th, I went to the leeward place and found a cave. I don't know what kind of animals lived in it. Although the smell was unpleasant, it was not unbearable.
I don't know how deep the cave is, so a few people didn't dare to go too deep. They just stayed at the entrance of the cave and lit a few torches to drive away insects.
Shiyi stood guard outside the cave and did not come in. Shen Qiqi wanted to speak, but was stopped by Jinbao.
"Girl, please apply the medicine first, and then let him in after applying the medicine."
"Yin Bao goes to guard the entrance of the cave."
There were stabbing pains at the base of my legs that were worn out while riding, and I was pricked a lot by herbs when I came in. The originally good person has now become a broken doll.
Jinbao felt distressed when he saw it, and was very careful when applying the medicine, as if the injury was on himself.
"The girl is so seriously injured. Please don't go in tomorrow. Stay here to recover. I swear to God that I will bring the Marquis out safely."
We have already come this far and have suffered so many injuries. There is no reason to stop.
Chapter completed!