Xie Xun didn't get much rest these past two days, and almost only slept through the night.
He had been waiting for news about Qin Rushuang, but since Qin Rushuang entered the city, there was no news, and he was worried.
At this moment, just like last night, he couldn't sleep in the camp for a long time, and his mind was filled with Qin Rushuang's safety.
In the second half of the night, Xie Xun couldn't hold it any longer, so he was about to close his eyes for a while when he heard someone coming to report.
"Your Majesty! Three women came out of the city. Do you want to bring someone to capture them?"
Ever since Qin Rushuang sneaked into the city, Xie Xun issued a death order, asking soldiers to patrol around the city. They must not relax their vigilance. If they get any news related to Qin Rushuang, they must report it immediately.
Hearing what the soldier said, Xie Xun was a little excited: "Can you see clearly? Is there a princess among them?"
The soldier looked a little embarrassed and said, "Go back to your lord, it's too dark to see clearly."
Xie Xun thought for a moment and said to the soldiers, "Don't act rashly first. Just pretend you haven't seen them and send a few good ones to follow them from a distance. Remember not to alert the enemy!"
He thought for a while and then said: "Forget it, I will go with you."
He changed into night clothes, took Ying Er and two soldiers with him, and came to the place pointed by the soldiers.
They were far away, the night was dark, and the three women were wearing dark clothes.
But for some reason, Xie Xun recognized one of the three people at a glance as Qin Rushuang even though it was impossible to see his face clearly from such a long distance.
"It's her!" Xie Xun whispered.
Ying Er was also a little excited, "Is the princess held hostage by those two women? Should we go over and take a look?"
Xie Xun suppressed the urge to bring Qin Rushuang back immediately, and restrainedly said to Ying Er, "Don't worry, wait and see what they are going to do."
Xie Xun, Ying Er and two soldiers, followed Qin Rushuang and the others from a distance, and saw that they were walking quickly, seemingly with a purpose——
After a while, they reached a hillside outside the city, and Qin Rushuang squatted down, as if looking for something.
Ying Er was a little confused and said to Xie Xun, "Master, what is the princess doing? Did she drop something? Are those people coming out with her to look for it?"
Xie Xun thought for a moment and frowned, "I'm afraid the money supply in the city is not very good."
"According to what those women said, when the Dayan people evacuated, they swept away everything in the city. As for food, I'm afraid they haven't run out of ammunition yet. On that hillside..."
"She looks like she is gathering herbs."
When Xie Xun said this, Ying Er also understood.
"Then Prince, what should we do next?"
Xie Xun thought for a while, and according to Qin Rushuang's cautious attitude, if Qian Ertong was really injured and needed medical treatment, it would be impossible for Qin Rushuang to come forward to attract others' attention.
Then...there are only two possibilities.
First, Qian Ertong's injury was too serious, and Qin Rushuang had to step forward;
The second is that Qin Rushuang needs to find an excuse to go out of the city to deliver some information to him.
"Follow me and retreat back. We will go over after they leave."
He believed that with Qin Rushuang's intelligence, everything she did had a reason. Since she did not choose to send a signal for help, she must have other plans.
Xie Xun led some people back, and after waiting for about half an hour, he was sure that Qin Rushuang had followed the two women back to the city, and then led Ying Er quickly to the hillside.
Seeing the traces of excavation, Banana was heartbroken.
Sure enough, he came out to look for herbal medicine, but then he couldn't help but feel worried. Could it be that Qian Ertong's injury was serious?
He is now in love with his wife, and he has no feelings for Qian Ertong, but he is afraid that if something happens to Qian Ertong, Qin Rushuang will be sad.
"Quickly, call more people and search this hillside carefully to see if the princess has left any clues."
Ying Er took the order and left, and soon a large number of soldiers were called.
The area of the hillside is not small, so we can only use manpower to find clues bit by bit along the weeds.
In the end, Ying Er really found him.
It was a piece of cloth with some messages written on it using carbon strips.
It was exactly what Qin Rushuang had written on the cloth in a hurry when she said she was going to get the basket, about the general arrangement of the mechanisms and gunpowder.
There is very little content, and there are even simple pictures in some places.
Fortunately, he and Qin Rushuang were from the same school, so they understood the message on the banner.
"Come here! The whole army is on alert! Wait for the signal from the city!"
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In the city.
Qin Rushuang collected herbs and returned to the city, only to receive another bad news.
Those women did not find any remaining medicinal materials in the medicine shops in the city, and the Dayan people plundered them thoroughly when they retreated.
The leading woman was not there, so Qin Rushuang said to the two women guarding Qian Ertong, "Go and get a basin of hot water, prepare a sharp knife, roast it over the fire and bring it over. I will cut it for him."
Remove the pus, blood and rotten flesh, and then apply herbal medicine on him."
Qin Rushuang was born with the ability to lead. The two people were asked to do things by Qin Rushuang. They didn't feel anything was wrong and left quickly.
When Qin Rushuang saw that everyone had left, she quickly walked to Qian Ertong.
"Qian Ertong! Qian Ertong! Wake up!"
"Wake up!"
But Qian Ertong was seriously injured. No matter how Qin Rushuang called, Qian Ertong did not wake up.
Qin Rushuang gritted her teeth and took out an embroidery needle from her clothes.
She took the embroidery needle from the sewing basket when these people were not paying attention.
She walked quickly to the burning candlelight, placed the needle on it and roasted it for a while, then pricked Qian Ertong's several large holes with determination.
Qian Ertong woke up in a daze under the extreme pain.
Qian Ertong kept dreaming when he was unconscious.
One moment he dreamed of the young lady coming to save him, and the other moment he dreamed of Qingzhi hugging her and crying bitterly, asking him why he didn't go back to marry her.
When he woke up, he saw that the person in front of him seemed to be the princess, but also seemed to be from Dayan, and he still couldn't distinguish between dreams and reality.
"You...are you a lady? You...how do you..."
Qin Rushuang quickly came over and whispered: "It's me! I disguised myself, do you still recognize my voice? The situation is urgent now and I don't have time to say more to you. Is there anyone else alive besides you?"
Where are they now?"
Qin Rushuang must make sure there are no other hostages, otherwise rashly bringing in the border guards will lead to a lose-lose outcome for both parties.
Upon hearing this, Qian Ertong's expression became clear.
"Yes! Yes! There are more than twenty brothers alive. I hid them...under the ground in a dilapidated courtyard to the east."
Qin Rushuang nodded. He knew that Dayan had a cold winter and had the habit of storing food in cellars.
"There is a dustpan hanging above the door of that family, with a red rope tied to it. Miss... Miss wants to rescue them."
Qin Rushuang held his hands and said, "Don't worry, whether it's you or others, I will rescue you!"
After the two of them exchanged a few words, they heard that people outside were about to come in. Qin Rushuang quickly said to Qian Ertong, "Pretend to be unconscious first. I will remove the carrion for you later. You can pretend to be woken up by the pain at that time."
That’s it. It does hurt a little, so I couldn’t help but shout out.”
Qian Ertong nodded.
After that, just as Qin Rushuang arranged, he first removed the pus, blood and rotten flesh from Qian Ertong.
Qian Ertong naturally suffered a lot, but in order to survive, he could only endure it.
Afterwards, she crushed the herbs and applied them to Qian Ertong's legs.
During the initial treatment, she discovered that the condition of Qian Ertong's legs was not optimistic, and she was afraid that it would not last that long.
She estimated that Xie Xun should have patrolled soldiers outside the city, and within a few hours at most, they would be able to find the clues she left behind.
So……
The siege is tonight!
After Qin Rushuang treated Qian Ertong, she pretended to be tired and rubbed her wrists, and said to the two women who were guarding her, "You guys should guard her. I'm a little anxious. I'll go out for a while. I'll come back later. Tonight, I'll be with you."
You guys guard him together."
The two women nodded, and Qin Rushuang left.
She decided to send a signal to attack the city at dawn, but the attack signal from the border guards was a brilliant fireworks.
She had to find a way to prevent others from finding out that she was the one who sent the signal.
When the city is attacked, there will be chaos in the city. She has to stay by Qian Ertong's side to ensure his safety, and then find an opportunity to take him out!
