After an unknown amount of time, the two finally reached the shallow water. Yunwei lay on the shore and coughed violently until she vomited.

I couldn't help it, I was too full from drinking along the way.

Gu Changling was also in a state of embarrassment. The gravel brought by the turbulent current had torn his clothes into tatters. The blood on his body quickly dyed the water under his feet red, and was diluted by the current.

Seeing him like that, Yun Wei didn't care about coughing and hurried over to support him, "How are you?"

His face was very pale, his lips were bloodless, and his voice was softer than the wind. "It's okay, just find a place to hide. Those people shouldn't find us again for a while."

At this moment, the two of them suddenly heard "Ah."

Yunwei turned around and saw a fisherman who was frightened by the blood on Gu Changling's body and was about to run away after losing his fish basket.

It was not easy to meet someone in this barren mountain. Yun Wei hurriedly said, "Uncle, uncle, we are not bad people. We just accidentally encountered bandits and jumped into the river out of help. My husband is injured, can you be kind... …”

But the uncle is timid and doesn’t listen at all.

Seeing that the person was about to run away, Gu Changling suddenly shouted, "As long as you help me find a place to live, I will give you 50 taels!"

The uncle stopped, then slowly came back, picked up the fish basket and the three-inch-long jumping crucian carp, and said, "I'm just here to get the fish."

Gu Changling: "100 taels!"

The uncle immediately stepped forward, squeezed Yun Wei away, and helped someone enthusiastically: "Hey, what's wrong with this young master? It's so pitiful that he was so seriously injured. Come back with me and bandage it. I live in a remote place. , Bandits are hard to find, so don’t worry.”

Yunwei: "..."

Money ability is a good thing, she didn't even think of it for a moment.

Wei County, Biezhuang.

A kind of secret guard kneels on the ground to plead guilty.

The noble master held the tea cup in his hand, and his voice was as cold as winter, "So, not only did you fail to arrest the person, but you also forced her to jump into the river, right?"

The leading man bowed his head and confessed: "This subordinate did not do his job well, please punish me, master."

"Oh, punishment?"

A bunch of scoundrels, who can be better than her!

The noble master suddenly threw the teacup out. The teacup was filled with internal force and hit the leading man, causing him to spit out a large mouthful of blood.

But he didn't dare to move and kept kneeling upright.

Seeing this, Liu Ying hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Master, calm down, it's time to employ people now."

The noble master clenched his palms tightly, "Go down and lead everyone to find her. If she dies, you will all be buried with her!"

"Yes."

The leading man retreated with the help of two secret guards.

The noble prince's eyebrows were twitching, and his pale skin was turning red due to anger. He looked like a normal person.

Waste, waste, waste.

There were so many people, but they couldn't hold a weak woman hostage. Even if the person named Gu had an aura, he could still do it!

Or do you really fall in love with her?

Haha, the selfish Gu Changling, the one who takes advantage of everything, would risk his own life for her, fight to the death to protect her, and even jump into a river!

Hahaha, this is really... unexpected.

After laughing, the noble prince slammed the table again, and suddenly a sweet smell rose up in his throat. He hurriedly picked up the handkerchief and covered it with his cough.

Liu Ying worriedly said: "Master, please don't get angry. Your illness is already in the final stage of treatment. You must not make any mistakes again."

The noble prince put away his handkerchief, his face became much calmer, and he asked, "Is she here?"

Liu Ying said: "I received your message and should be here soon."

"Has the medicine she needs been prepared?"

"Everything is ready."

"Yes." Your Excellency sat at the table feebly, "Liu Ying, go and say hello to the county magistrate. He said that the newly appointed governor of Lin'an, Gu Changling, encountered bandits from Feicui Mountain. His life and death were unknown, so he asked him to go out openly. All officers and soldiers go look for it.”

"Besides...when she comes, she will take away the Emerald Mountain bandits."

Bandits are bandits after all. They are ineffective and cannot cooperate well. It is better not to stay.

"Yes."

Liu Ying retreated, and the village was silent. After a while, there were coughs that kept coming for a long time...

At the foot of the mountain, smoke was rising from a low bamboo house. In the courtyard there were the sounds of children playing happily, and a woman's gentle instructions, "Ping'er, run slowly, run slowly, don't fall."

Gu Changling was woken up by the child's giggle.

When he moves, his limbs become stiff.

It wasn't because he had been lying down for too long, but because Yunwei had wrapped gauze around all the wounds on his body.

Except for his face and neck, Gu Changling was almost mummified by her.

He stood up and uncomfortably removed some gauze.

It had been a night, and some of the wounds were slightly scabbed. It was hot, so wrapping them around them made them suffocating, which was not conducive to healing.

When Yunwei came in with the medicine, she saw Gu Changling taking off the gauze. She thought he was going to change the dressing himself, so she quickly put down the medicine bowl and said, "Hey, hey, it's not time to change the dressing yet."

Gu Changling said: "It's hot and stuffy, so it will heal faster if you remove some of them."

"Okay, don't take it off on your shoulder, that's the deepest wound."

"Ah."

"Drink the medicine."

Gu Changling removed some gauze, checked the wound, then put on the linen clothes and stood up to drink medicine.

Both of them couldn't get rid of their clothes. Gu Changling's clothes were scraped into tatters in the river, while Yun Wei cut off a large piece of her skirt and used it to cover wasps.

In order to cover their tracks, their clothes were also burned.

Thinking of the wasps, Yunwei lamented that Mr. Xu’s mosquito repellent bags were really useful, and she would definitely ask Mr. Xu to make two more of them later.

After Gu Changling drank the medicine, Yunwei handed him a rock candy.

"Neng, I coaxed it from Ping'er."

Gu Changling took it from her hand, and his fingertips caressed her palm gently, seemingly accidentally or intentionally.

Yun Wei put her hands behind her back and clenched them unconsciously.

"I'll get you some water..."

Gu Changling watched her avoidance and ate the candy.

Sweet, very sweet.

He asked: "There is still no news about Thummim and Rufeng?"

"Not yet, but when Uncle Cao went to town to buy medicine this morning, he heard that the officials were looking for you. Maybe it was the officials from Thuming and Rufengbao who used the power of the government to find you."

After all, Gu Changling was an official of the imperial court or the governor of Lin'an, so the government could not ignore him.

Of course, there is another possibility, that is, it is not Rufeng and the others who report to the official, but the people behind the scenes.

Yun Wei handed him the water, a little worried, "I wonder how they are doing?"

Gu Changling took the water and said: "They are not the target people. They should be able to escape without any problem. They may be looking for us everywhere now. You should be prepared. We will leave after lunch later."

Yunwei was surprised: "How can your injuries heal so quickly?"

"You have to leave even if you can't. If they don't catch anyone, they will definitely search aggressively. This is not a safe place. Staying any longer will only drag Uncle Cao and the others down."

Gu Changling could feel the persistence of the people behind the scenes towards Yun Wei. When he first found out that the target was her, he thought he was here for his life.

Until a secret guard was about to shoot an arrow, Yun Wei ran with him, and the two figures crossed each other. The secret guard gave up shooting, and he judged that those people did not want her life.

But even so, he couldn't let her fall into the hands of a stranger, with her life and death controlled by others.

She can only stay by her side...

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