348. the 348th chapter thick fog
Gu Erxi said to Qinhua viciously. Qinhua looked like a wolf-like look. She didn't dare to say anything back, shrank her body and chewed the sour fruit in her hands.
It was pitch black in the cave no matter day or night, and Ye Wange could not judge the time. She just looked at the oil lamp that was about to burn, and guessed that a long time had passed.
Gu Erxi glanced at the oil lamp that was about to dry up, and he said, "Eat quickly, stay here honestly after eating, let's go out for a while."
"Okay." Scutellaria flower responded.
Gu Erxi picked up the oil lamp that was about to be extinguished. When Qin Hua saw that Gu Erxi was about to take the oil lamp away, she immediately shouted, "Master General, this black paint is smearing, you can leave the oil lamp!"
Gu Erxi heard Qinhua yelling and asked him to keep the oil lamp. He was afraid that Qinhua would be scheming, so he would be even more unlikely to keep the oil lamp.
"You should sleep for a while when you have enough! Don't think about running away. It's better to do less effort and save some effort when our family lets you go back to your emperor and enjoy wealth!" Gu Erxi said.
Qinhua watched Gu Erxi go away with the oil lamp, and the cave became darker and darker until the end of the cave was pitch black and she couldn't see her five fingers. She didn't even feel like eating fruits to satisfy her hunger.
Scutellaria threw away the fruit in her hand, stood up and wanted to go towards the entrance of the cave.
She was anxious for a moment and forgot about the fact that her feet were tied. She stood up and wanted to take a step to escape, but she fell to the ground without thinking.
She grinned because of the fall, endured the pain for a long time before she stood up again.
Her feet were tied and she had no choice but to jump forward one after another.
With the direction leading to the cave entrance in my memory, she jumped for a while and was afraid that she would hit the rock in the wrong direction, so she stretched out her bound hands and touched it carefully, and carefully tried to see if there were any obstacles in front of her blocking her way.
The cave is too dark, and both hands and feet are tied. For Scutellaria, every step is difficult to walk.
I don’t know how long she jumped, but she finally couldn’t hold on anymore, feeling panicked and couldn’t breathe. She stood there and wanted to rest for a while, but she was afraid that Gu Erxi would come back, so she had to give up the idea of resting for a while and keep moving forward.
Qin Hua ran away carefully, and Gu Erxi carefully headed to Liuyun Pavilion.
At this time, Ding Mu was preparing to go up the mountain. He took out a rusty knife hidden under the bed and put it in his waist, and went up the mountain with great momentum.
It was already dark at this time. Ye Wange, who went down the mountain with Nangong Ao, did not return to Huaxiang Pavilion, but waited for news with Nangong Ao at the Popular Pavilion.
Ye Wange actually disagreed with the act of giving up searching mountains. She felt that as long as Gu Erxi was on the mountain, their searching mountains could at least play the role of knocking mountains and shaking tigers.
Nangong Ao gave up searching the mountains because he thought that maybe he could find Gu Erxi if he searched like that, but the deep mountains and forests could be hidden everywhere. If Gu Erxi fought hard to escape, then their people would not be able to stop playing on the lush mountain.
In short, the two of them sat there silently because of their differences of opinions. Ye Wange looked at the dark sky outside and was anxious, and countless storms arose in Nangong Ao's heart.
The slave set up the dinner on the table. Nangong Ao did not eat it, so Ye Wange naturally had no intention of eating it. However, considering that his resting energy was consumed a lot, she advised her, "Your Majesty, should you eat some dinner? Only with the energy can you have the strength to retrieve Miss Qinhua?"
Nangong Ao took a sip of tea, frowned and said, "I have no appetite, the queen should eat it!"
Ye Wange frowned slightly when she heard this. He didn't need dinner, so she had to have dinner alone. This is teasing her!
Nangong Ao didn’t need dinner, so Ye Wange naturally sat there without dinner. "The emperor doesn’t need dinner, I will accompany the emperor!"
Nangong Ao's face turned gloomy when he heard this, he sat there looking at Ye Wange with a pale face, thinking that he might have been tired just going up the mountain.
Ye Wange stubbornly said that he didn't eat, and she didn't want to. Considering her physical condition, he said, "Let's have a meal together!"
Ye Wange nodded after hearing this, and the two of them sat at the table for dinner.
Two people had a tasteless meal, but they were just stolen.
In the back mountain of the fruit forest, Ding Mu was walking up the mountain in the dark.
Gu Erxi was heading down the mountain, trying to sneak into Liuyun Pavilion while it was dark.
Ye Wange looked at the bright candlelight and thought in her mind whether there was the key in Qinhua's hand.
When she thinks of the underground treasure house in Gushui Village, she will think of the figure in white clothes.
The man who was as smart and wise as an exiled immortal said that a woman's smile was so beautiful that she felt that the man's smile was more beautiful than a woman's, and that his smile could bring all living beings.
That man was in her heart, and she felt that the man's goodness could not find his shortcomings.
When he thought of that man, he felt a little sad. He said she loved her. She knew that what he said was true. With the things he did for her, she could conclude that what he said was the truth.
Thinking of his love for her, she looked at Nangong Ao and saw him sitting there with a calm face in thought. Her heart felt a little sad. The person who should have loved and protected her for the rest of her life should be the man in front of her.
But her husband, her husband, did not appear in her most dangerous time, nor did she save her from water and fire. In her previous life, she even pushed her into a deep abyss.
Ye Wange was very confused. Thinking about what the man said, he said that the treasure house was just an empty warehouse, and everything inside was emptied by him.
He also said that as long as she can do it for her, he would give it to her without hesitation as long as she wants it and as long as he has it.
She was moved and moved by the man, but this feeling was beyond her control and she was a little uneasy.
Nangong Ao sat there, thinking about Gu Erxi's purpose of grabbing Qinhua. If it was to threaten him, then there should be news. If it was not to threaten him, then what was it for?
Nangong Ao was puzzled. After Ye Wange thought about the man like an exiled immortal for a while, she thought of the cowardly slave, thinking that the place where the slave had been watching was somewhere up the mountain.
Just as Ye Wange thought of this, she heard Nangong Ao say, "Will Gu Erxi not hide in the mountain?"
"Why did the emperor say that?" Ye Wange looked at Nangong Ao and asked.
"When I led people to search the mountains, I saw that cowardly slave came down from the mountains. I asked him if he had seen anyone, and he said no." Nangong Ao expressed his questions.
Ye Wange heard what Nangong Ao said and replied, "The mountain is so big, that it is called a coincidence that that slave met Gu Erxi. It is normal that he could not meet him. Just because he did not see Gu Erxi on the mountain, he concluded that Gu Erxi was not on the mountain. This judgment is a bit arbitrary."
When Nangong Ao heard Ye Wange's statement, he thought it made sense, so he overturned the idea again.
When Ye Wange heard Nangong Ao say that Ding Mu came down from the mountain when the incident happened, she immediately felt that things were not good, thinking that Ding Mu would be in the same group as Gu Erxi, going up the mountain or giving food to Gu Erxi, etc.!
When Ye Wange thought of this, his heart trembled, "Your Majesty, do you think that when the incident happened, the servant from Guoziyuan climbed the mountain?"
"Yes." Nangong Ao nodded.
Ye Wange said in panic, "Is that slave going up the mountain at that time? Is that suspicious?"
"Hmm?" This would be the case with Nangong Ao being puzzled.
"He usually looks at fruits in the fruit garden, why did he go up the mountain today?" Ye Wange expressed his question.
"You mean that the boy might be an accomplice?" Nangong Ao asked in shock.
Ye Wange shook her head, "I dare not make up, but I always think it's strange that he came down from the mountain. Several coincidences were stacked together, and I think he was suspicious."
"What coincidence?" Nangong Ao asked in confusion.
"After Qinhua disappeared, the emperor took people to search the mountain. The slave happened to come down from the mountain. When we came back, the young man kept staring at the mountain in a daze. Even those of us passed by behind him, he did not notice that he had not noticed so many of us and such great movement. This proved that his whole mind was concentrated in a certain place on the mountain." Ye Wange said.
Nangong Ao frowned, and Ye Wange spoke again, "There must be something on the mountain that he should pay great attention to it."
When Nangong Ao heard this, he immediately said, "Come on, come and bring me the servant who is watching the fruit garden."
"Yes." The guard immediately obeyed the order.
After a while, the guard who obeyed Nangong Ao to arrest people came back. He reported to Nangong Ao, "Your Majesty, I went there and found that there was no one there, and that slave was gone."
When Nangong Ao heard this, his face suddenly changed.
Ye Wange jumped up in shock, thinking that Ding Muren was missing, something must be strange about this.
"He doesn't know martial arts, so he won't go far, so he sends someone to find him." Ye Wange said.
When the guards heard Ye Wange's orders, they did not go there immediately, but stood there waiting for Nangong Ao's orders.
When Ye Wange saw what she said, the servant in front of her refused to listen. She frowned and thought that in front of Nangong Ao, she directly ordered the servant to be more supreme, and at the same time she also felt that she was slight.
"Go and do it!" Nangong Ao said.
"Yes." The slave responded simply.
Ye Wange looked at the slave running out and spat in her heart, looking down at the dog's eyes.
Ding Mu's disappearance made Nangong Ao very uneasy. He was thinking about why Gu Erxi's arms were so long, and even Yulu Palace had Gu Erxi's people.
Nangong Ao thought Ding Mu was Gu Erxi's minion. He was very dissatisfied with the fact that these court officials secretly cultivated their minions, and also hated them very much.
Nangong Ao, who was uneasy, said to Ye Wange, "The Queen, go back to Huaxiang Pavilion! I'm not relieved to go and see it myself!" After that, he went out directly without waiting for Ye Wange to react.
Ye Wange looked at Nangong Ao's back as he left, let out a sigh of relief, praying in her heart that Nangong Ao could save Qinhua.
Ye Wange returned to Huaxiang Pavilion. As soon as she entered the door, Xiaodie, who was worried and worried, immediately came up, "Empress, are you okay!"
Chapter completed!