It was midday, and Ji Wushang saw that they were still asleep, but seeing that their complexions had improved, he felt relieved.
But I'm very hungry and thirsty right now.
Ji Wushang searched Zhu'er's body but found nothing to eat or drink, which inevitably disappointed him.
He realized he probably couldn't go back, and abandoning them wasn't an option either, but he couldn't stay here and starve. Thinking this, Ji Wushang decided to go into the woods to pick some fruit. The water had likely been disturbed, and the fruit from the surrounding trees should be edible enough to fill his stomach.
But just as Ji Wushang was thinking of going outside, he suddenly heard two cries from the sky!
Ji Wushang was immediately surprised. This, this is a white bird!
Immediately, Ji Wushang hid behind a big tree, looking at the lake and the sky.
Sure enough, it was a pair of white birds that had called out twice, landing one after the other on the opposite bank. One bird was on guard, while the other lowered its head and slowly dipped its long, pointed beak into the water, scooping up a few mouthfuls.
Ji Wushang's heart was in his throat. Would the white bird be alright after drinking all this water?
After drinking the water, the white bird stood up straight again and looked around. Another white bird looked at it and lowered its head. Just as it was about to drink some water, the other white bird that had drunk the water suddenly collapsed on the bank and began to convulse violently!
The white bird, which had never drunk water, was stunned. It stared at the convulsing bird on the ground, at a loss. It probably never imagined that what could harm them was not necessarily from the outside world, but from the water source they were familiar with!
Ji Wushang looked at the convulsing white bird, feeling worried. He didn't want such a beautiful bird to die in front of him! So he slowly stepped forward.
The other white bird, hearing the surrounding sounds and looking at Ji Wushang, immediately spread its wings, stepped forward, protected the convulsing bird, and adopted an offensive and defensive stance towards Ji Wushang.
Ji Wushang was speechless. He hadn't come here to hurt them! But how could he communicate with them?
Ji Wushang took out all the medicine from his pocket, looked at the white bird, thought about it and then said, "I am not the one who hurt you. I, I was almost hurt by those people too!" As he spoke, Ji Wushang pointed to the two Iron Guards and Zhu'er who were still lying in the distance, "My people were also harmed by this water."
The white bird seemed to understand what Ji Wushang meant. It folded its wings, paced to the side, and seemed to be gesturing for Ji Wushang to go and save its companion.
Ji Wushang was overjoyed and stepped forward, touching the white bird's body. The delicate feathers, and when he gently parted the feathers, he discovered that beneath the surface of the white feathers, there was a layer of colorful feathers. So that's how it was.
Without delay, Ji Wushang took out the medicine and stuffed it into the white bird's mouth. When it refused to swallow, he had no choice but to poke it with his finger.
Ji Wushang felt like he was abusing the beautiful white bird, so he could only help it by smoothing its feathers after administering the medicine to show affection.
Seeing that its companion was showing signs of improvement, the white bird standing to the side became happy and immediately began to spin and dance on the spot.
Ji Wushang was dazzled. The white bird was dancing in front of him, colorful and vibrant, like a little girl dancing.
"Thank you." Ji Wushang looked at it. "You should leave now! To be honest, I originally wanted to take you back because my brother wanted to see your dance and hear your calls. But now I feel that you are more suited to this kind of unrestrained life. I shouldn't take you away for my own selfish reasons." With that, Ji Wushang walked towards Zhu'er.
At that moment, he heard a hissing sound behind him. Ji Wushang turned around in surprise and saw the white birds singing in unison!
Ji Wushang smiled contentedly before walking away.
Ji Wushang was completely unaware that the two white birds were following behind him. Just as Ji Wushang was thinking of sitting down to wait for Zhu'er and the others to wake up, he found the two white birds beside him. Looking at them, Ji Wushang felt slightly helpless. If he took them back, he could certainly fulfill his younger brother Ji Wusi's wish, but he couldn't guarantee that the two white birds wouldn't be harmed. Besides, it was obvious that they were being plotted against, so it was not a good idea to take them with him.
"You should leave! I can't protect you, and I don't want to hurt you," Ji Wushang said, then casually tossed a stone into the lake, creating a few ripples.
The two birds seemed disappointed as they listened, pacing back and forth in front of Ji Wushang. Ji Wushang looked at them and sighed helplessly, "Why aren't you leaving yet? See you later!" With that, he picked up a branch and made a shooing motion towards them, and the two white birds finally flew away.
As Ji Wushang watched the direction they flew away, he suddenly wondered if he were a bird, could he fly as high as they did?
Before he could finish thinking, Ji Wushang heard a sound coming from the woods! Ji Wushang was startled and immediately found a place to hide, ignoring Zhu'er and the others lying on the ground.
Three shifty-looking men dressed in plain clothes approached the lake. One of them, looking menacing, shouted, "Do you think they might have already started doing *that*?"
"What do you mean, 'that'!" said a skinny man with a pointed face. "Look at your big frame, yet you're shy! Are you even a man? Humph, just watch those two women from the sidelines! I'll do it with the mutt first!"
"Exactly! Humph!" The guy called Tu Gou was very smug, drooling as he thought about it. "I heard that the eldest daughter of the Ji family is gentle and delicate, and very beautiful! I'll have to be gentle with her later!"
"What gentleness! You know perfectly well that that little hussy actually brought two Iron Guards with her. Those two Iron Guards must have already taken advantage of her!" the pointy-mouthed, monkey-faced man said angrily.
Upon hearing this, the three of them grumbled and hurried on.
As Ji Wushang listened to their conversation, his anger was barely contained. He was determined to find out who was behind this! When had he ever provoked these people to engage in such disgusting schemes?
Ji Wushang took out two small bottles from his bosom, hoping that these medicines would be enough for them to drink a pot!
"Where are they?" the weasel-faced man asked angrily. "Why can't I see them? Did they all escape?"
"Impossible!" the stray dog exclaimed, "Go, Fat Cat, see what's going on!"
The menacing-looking man called Fat Cat immediately walked towards the shore, muttering something about how unhappy he was, but he still kept patrolling.
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"Sir, it's getting hot. Would you like to rest here for a bit? I'll go see if there's any water and get you some to drink." Gong Shu looked at the hot weather. Although it was autumn and the weather was crisp and clear, it was still quite unbearable at midday.
Nan Xuzong remained silent, gazing at the sky. He then turned back to look at Gong Shu, who was helping push the wheelchair from behind, and nodded.
Gong Shu looked at a large tree ahead with a wide canopy. "Grandpa, let's go over there to cool off, and then I'll go fetch some water!"
"good."
Nan Xuzong sat under the shade of the tree, looking at the sky. The sunlight was now casting dappled shadows on the ground. "We need to hurry later and get to Guanshan before dark to report to the Crown Prince."
"Yes, sir." Gong Shu nodded, took the water bag, and went ahead to scout the way, thinking about fetching water.
☆、090 Miss Ji will have to use some tricks!
A moment later, Gong Shu rushed over, shouting, "Master!"
Nan Xuzong looked at the question in his mind, "What's wrong?"
"Master!" Gong Shu gasped for breath. "Master, when I was thinking of fetching water, I saw Miss Ji over there!"
"Oh? What are you doing?" Nan Xuzong's interest was piqued, and he had an even bigger question in his mind.
"Around her lay her head maid, Zhu'er, and what appeared to be two servants. She was muttering something to herself."
Nan Xuzong listened, pondered for a moment, and said, "Take me to see."
"yes."
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Ji Wushang first covered his nose and mouth with a silk handkerchief, then poured the medicine from the bottle into his hand, applied it, and then took out another bottle, poured out the medicine inside, and sprinkled it around.
Ji Wushang looked in the direction of the wind, and sure enough, the wind carried a fragrance carrying the scent of medicinal powder towards the three people. Seeing this, Ji Wushang immediately hid. "Whoever dares to offend me, I'll make them wish they were dead! Whoever dares to scheme against me, I'll make them regret it!"
The stray dog looked this way, sniffed the scent carried on the wind, and exclaimed, "Hey, can you smell it? It smells so good!"
"You're just fantasizing! I think you're obsessed with women!" the sharp-mouthed, monkey-faced man shouted angrily, but unexpectedly, a gust of wind blew out and he indeed smelled a sweet fragrance, like the scent of a virgin, which made him feel happy from the bottom of his heart!
Fat Cat, watching the two of them with dissatisfaction, quickly ran over. "What are you saying? Say... Ah, it smells so good!" Before he could finish, he was already exclaiming in admiration.
Ji Wushang watched as the three of them were immersed in the fragrance of the flowers, constantly wanting to smell them as well.
"Ah, beauty! Beauty!" The man with the pointed mouth and monkey-like face shouted as if he had seen a peerless beauty. He stepped forward and grabbed, but instead grabbed the fat cat. The fat cat also seemed to have caught something. "Haha, I finally caught you! Skinny waist, let me give you a kiss!" With that, he went to kiss the man with the pointed mouth and monkey-like face!
The stray dog seemed a little dissatisfied. "What are those two beauties doing? Wow, they're so beautiful! I like them!" it said, and pounced on them.
Ji Wushang felt nauseous just looking at it. Leaning against the tree trunk, he felt a wave of nausea. Fortunately, the wind would eventually blow away the smell of the medicine, and the effects of the medicine wouldn't last long!
Nan Xuzong was pushed forward by Gong Shu. When they were still some distance apart, Nan Xuzong signaled to stop. At this moment, he saw Ji Wushang resting under the tree trunk, while the three men who wanted to do evil were doing shameless things on the side.
Nan Xuzong frowned slightly. Surely, only she could have allowed them to act so recklessly? But why were they being so…indecent? This defied common sense… “Give me a pebble.” Nan Xuzong turned her face away, refusing to look at the three people calling her “beauty” and similar terms.
Gong Shu nodded and immediately picked up a small pebble from the ground and placed it in Nan Xuzong's hand. Nan Xuzong held the pebble in his hand and, without looking at the three men, flicked it out. Instantly, the three men plunged into the lake!
Ji Wushang was shocked. The lake water must have been drugged! How could all three of them have fallen in together? And, falling in... what would happen then? His face immediately turned red, and he rushed towards Zhu'er and the other two.
"Zhu'er, Zhu'er." Ji Wushang looked at Zhu'er, who was still unconscious, and then shook the two guards. "Brother Guards, Brother Guards?"
Nan Xuzong narrowed his eyes. He had just seen the panic in her eyes, but now he saw Zhu'er and the two guards lying on the ground...
At this moment, Ji Wushang took out a small bottle from his bosom, poured out three pills, and fed them to them one by one.
"Wake up quickly! I still need to find the perpetrator!" Ji Wushang was anxious. He turned around and saw the three people struggling in the lake.
Looking at it, Nan Xuzong wondered if there was something wrong with the lake water.
"Sir, should I go over and take a look?" Gong Shu asked as he stepped forward.
"Push me there," Nan Xuzong said quietly.
Ji Wushang turned around and looked at the three people again. They must have swallowed some lake water, because their faces were flushed red. They looked like they were about to struggle to get ashore and find their target!
Ji Wushang took out two more medicine bottles from his bosom, but found that neither of them worked. Annoyed, he stuffed the bottles into his bosom and bent down to help Zhu'er up.
We can't save that many people, but let's save Pearl!
Just as she was helping him up, intending to walk towards the woods, she saw Nan Xuzong sitting in a wheelchair ahead. He was wearing a silver-white robe with wide collars trimmed with gold leopard patterns, and a longevity lock around his neck. He was looking at her with a slightly questioning gaze, while his hands were adjusting the gold threads in his hair. Gong Shu, standing to the side behind her, also looked at Ji Wushang.
Ji Wushang looked at him, thinking to himself, "How could he be here? Could it be that he poisoned me? No. Based on my understanding of him, he has no reason to do such a thing."
"Greetings, Prince Nan." Ji Wushang nodded and helped Zhu'er continue walking.
"Miss Wushang." Nan Xuzong frowned slightly as he looked at her. "What happened?"
"We were just going up the mountain to find the white bird and bring it back to the manor to fulfill my brother's wish, but we didn't expect that when we got here, they drank the lake water and..." Ji Wushang thought for a moment and then told the story, but he was too embarrassed to say it. "The lake water has been drugged... They must have wanted to..." Ji Wushang was too embarrassed to say more in front of him.
Seeing the embarrassment on her face, Nan Xuzong sensed something was amiss. This lake was located on Mount Foque Temple; no one would expect to do anything like this in such a place. If what she said was true, it must have been the work of those three men earlier. However, those three were already in the lake. Thinking this, Nan Xuzong looked over there. The three men were now standing on the shore, their consciousness somewhat blurred. It seemed they were about to commit an illicit act…
Nan Xuzong's expression shifted slightly. He immediately unleashed the golden threads in his hand, striking the acupoints of the three men. The golden threads in his hand instantly transformed, and Nan Xuzong channeled several streams of energy into them. Instantly, the three men collapsed.
Ji Wushang looked at him, knowing that he understood, and bowed slightly.
"Was she also poisoned by the same poison?" Nan Xuzong turned his head to look at Ji Wushang and asked.
"Yes, I used medicine to remove the poison from them, but they are still unconscious. It's getting late, I need to go back soon."
"If you trust me, let me see." Nan Xuzong looked at Ji Wushang expectantly. Ji Wushang looked up and saw his eyes. His eyes were like the bright moon in the sky, or like an endless, deep pool. Unintentionally, he had already fallen into them.
"Gong Shu," Nan Xuzong called softly.
"Yes." Gong Shu looked at the two people in front of him and knew what Nan Xuzong was thinking. He immediately helped the two guards over one by one. Ji Wushang nodded to him, "Thank you, Prince Nan."
"No need to thank me," Nan Xuzong said with a smile.
Seeing that their complexions had returned to normal under Nan Xuzong's golden silk, Ji Wushang thanked Nan Xuzong again.
"Thank you so much, Prince Nan. If you weren't here, we might have been tricked," Ji Wushang said, then helped Zhu'er up and put his hand on her pulse.
Nan Xuzong nodded in agreement, a surge of anger rising within him at the thought that someone was plotting to kill Ji Wushang in this desolate wilderness. "Gong Shu, I want to know, who ordered this? Hmm?"
"Yes!" Gong Shu nodded and immediately walked towards the three people.
Gong Shu was extremely strong. When he walked up to the three men, he knew from the look that the one with the pointed mouth and monkey cheeks was the leader. He immediately grabbed the man's collar and slapped him all over. The man woke up in pain and saw that it was Gong Shu, whom he didn't recognize. He was about to curse him, but he found himself in Gong Shu's hands.
"My master is asking you, who ordered you to do this shady business!" Gong Shu suddenly pressed the weasel-faced man to the ground, and he immediately knelt down. Caught off guard, his legs were rooted to the ground, and he grimaced in pain, "I, I, it hurts!"