Chapter 23: Gratitude must be sought (for support)
Zhu Si was relatively naive. At this time, he was making faces at the little rabbit in his arms. He couldn't put it down for a while and had no idea about the difficulties and dangers of going down the mountain.
Zhu Sannian is a little older and appears to be very shrewd.
"That road is too steep. Is there no other way to go down the mountain? Let's take another way!" Zhu San frowned.
Zhu Hao flat-mouthed: "Do you know why rabbits come to this place to build their nests? It's because the terrain here is high and it's a circular high platform. If you have time, I can take you all over this one or two mile radius, up and down the mountain.
Such a way...Okay, I'll go down first, you guys take care of yourselves."
Zhu San was unwilling to give in and actually walked around the top of the mountain. Then he came back with a pouted look on his face, looking at the steep mountain road and the pool below with a sad expression on his face.
"If you don't want to go down, I'll leave first..."
Zhu Hao's implication was that he would not wait for the two siblings.
Zhu San said hurriedly: "No, you walk behind...Old Si, I will give you all the rabbits. You can take them. You walk in front and I will hold you from behind."
"Ah...but it's not that high here."
Zhu Si looked at the road going down the mountain and didn't think anything of it.
Originally, the hill was not high, and the distance from the top to the pool was only seven or eight meters at best. Most people would think that there would be no problem even if they jumped from the top of the mountain.
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The two siblings divided the work and walked down one behind the other, with Zhu Hao falling behind.
For Zhu Hao, the most important part of the plan is not to catch the rabbit, but to get the target into the puddle and give him a chance to "sacrifice himself to save others." This requires a bit of skill.
He had tampered with the mountain path up before. In order to prevent the experienced palace guards from seeing the flaw, he worked very hard and deliberately spread moss-covered soil on the uneven rocks, making it look like
When there is a flood, it usually pours down from the top of the mountain, and then a layer of dry soil is spread outside.
When they came up, they had wiped away the dry soil outside. When the three of them walked down, the place they stepped on became extremely slippery.
When they went down, all three of them had something in their hands. He deliberately walked at the end so that he could stumble at any time... Even if he walked in front, he could still drag the two children...
In short, if they are allowed to go back in one piece, Zhu Hao's plan will fail.
"Go slowly."
Zhu Hao underestimated the agility of Zhu Si's legs and feet. Even though he was holding four rabbits in his hands, he still quickly jumped down the rocks. As long as he crossed a section of muddy dirt road, there was not much left of the steep mountain path.
As a result, even Zhu San felt that this section of road only looked dangerous.
She grabbed her brother's collar with both hands to prevent him from falling.
Zhu Hao originally expected the siblings to slip by themselves, but now it seems unrealistic, so they can only stumble.
He didn't need to attack Zhu Si who was walking in front. His target was Zhu San, who thought he was being cautious. When he went down, he kicked out a pebble and landed it accurately at Zhu San's feet...
"Ouch!"
As expected, Zhu San, who grabbed his brother by the collar, stumbled and fell forward.
"careful!"
Zhu Hao exclaimed and stretched out a hand to pull Zhu San's clothes, but he actually pulled him back.
Just when Zhu San breathed a sigh of relief and thought it was just a false alarm, Zhu Hao had used the force of his forward motion to throw himself down. All of a sudden... the one from behind jumped in front. Zhu Si walked in front, no matter how steady his feet were, it was useless.
The person was knocked down directly, staggering and falling forward. This caused Zhu San and Zhu Hao to accelerate and slide down to the pool below.
As he slipped, Zhu San's eyes were full of fear. He unknowingly let go of the hand holding his younger brother's collar, and opened his hands with claws and claws, trying to find a point of strength to stop the downward trend, but there was mud as far as his reach. Where could he stop his body?
Falling?
Zhu Hao held on to Zhu San's clothes with his hand and refused to let go, as if he was trying his best to save her, but in fact his efforts were basically in vain.
"Chachacha——"
The thatch that had been pulled loose by Zhu Hao on the side of the road was uprooted one by one by Zhu Hao's other hand, bringing up a large amount of soil along the way, with a terrifying force.
"Plop!"
Zhu Si fell into the pool first.
With Zhu Hao's "help", Zhu San's tendency to rush forward slightly eased, and he slid all the way into the pool. Although it was only on the edge, he was still overwhelmed in an instant...
Zhu Hao, who fell behind, also slipped into the pool.
"Help...help...Gudong!"
With two "push hands", Zhu San and Zhu Hao, Zhu Si rushed forward very hard and almost fell into the middle of the pool. Although he struggled desperately after falling into the water, he gradually sank to the bottom.
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Three children fell from the top of a mountain into a deep pool. Without help, it was difficult for them to get out alive.
Of course, the water in this pool is not very deep, only three or four meters at its deepest point, and the depth where Zhu San fell into the water was only a little more than one meter. It was only because Zhu San's feet were unstable that he could not hold his head out of the water.
Zhu Hao first swam to Zhu San, grabbed her hair, lifted her out of the water, and kept his body as far away from her as possible.
It is easy to risk your own life when rescuing a drowning person. Zhu Hao knew that he was weak and had to use extraordinary measures to make it impossible for him to catch him even if he wanted to.
Zhu San struggled twice and found that he could stand firmly on his feet, so he was no longer so nervous. He was pushed to the shore by Zhu Haosan.
"Hurry...save my brother quickly!"
After Zhu San escaped from danger, he saw Zhu Si still "thumping" in the middle of the pool. He was so frightened that he cried loudly, and his tone changed due to fear.
Zhu Hao did not go ashore, so he immediately swam to Zhu Si's side.
When he arrived in front of Zhu Si, Zhu Si had been drowning for a while and had a lot of water in his stomach. When he touched Zhu Hao's arm, he seemed to be grabbing a life-saving straw and held on tightly.
Zhu Hao used all his strength to pull Zhu Si's head violently and tried to lift his head out of the water... However, due to the water in his lungs, even if Zhu Si's head came out of the water, he couldn't breathe much air in a short period of time.
, still struggling desperately.
Zhu Hao quickly observed and quickly determined that there was a big stone nearby... This was something he had prepared in advance yesterday and used the principle of leverage to pry it into the pool from the top of the mountain to serve as a stepping stone.
He knew the specific location of the stone. When he got there, even if Zhu Si tried his best to drag him to the bottom of the water, he would have some leverage.
Pulling Zhu Si's body forward for two meters, Zhu Hao quickly calmed down when he stepped on the big stone and was sure that the water could only reach his chest.
The successful completion of the plan has a solid foundation, and the next step is to make use of the topic.
It was impossible to send people ashore quickly. It would appear that rescuing people in this way was too easy, and it was not enough to reflect his "noble moral character" of sacrificing himself to save others, so Zhu Hao deliberately pretended to be dragged down by Zhu Si.
, their heads were submerged in the water together.
"Gudong Gudong..."
Because Zhu Hao held his breath in advance, it didn't have much impact on him.
But for Zhu Si, there were just signs of escaping the difficulties, but they all came to nothing in the blink of an eye.
After Zhu Si took two sips of water, Zhu Hao lifted Zhu Si's head out of the water again.
At this time, Zhu San's cries could be clearly heard on the shore.
Zhu San couldn't swim and didn't dare to go into the water at all. He stood on the shore and stamped his feet anxiously. He didn't know how to find bamboo poles or other things to help him. He just screamed blindly.
Zhu Hao's head sank into the water with Zhu Si again. After going down this time, it was obvious that the strength of Zhu Si's struggle was reduced, indicating that his drowning situation was serious.
Soon Zhu Hao sent Zhu Si's head out of the water again, determined the direction and started swimming to the shore.
Even though Zhu Si was still struggling hard, he was no longer strong enough to lead Zhu Hao into the abyss. Zhu Hao had already identified the direction. There were many vines falling on the cliff on one side of the pool. Zhu Hao swam two or three meters and grabbed them.
, with something to draw on, rescuing people will be much smoother.
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Zhu Si was finally dragged ashore by Zhu Hao.
At this time, Zhu Si, who was all flesh and blood, curled up on the ground like a cooked prawn, with water gurgling out of his mouth. Fortunately, the water in his lungs was still under control. Next,
Naturally, this is the first aid aspect that Zhu Hao is good at.
Zhu Hao stretched out his hand, preparing to place Zhu Si on his knees, with his head facing down.
"You...what are you going to do?"
Zhu San rushed forward and grabbed it, not wanting Zhu Hao to offend Zhu Si's body.
But Zhu Hao was very strong and pushed him away and shouted: "You are just an annoying person. What can you do except cry? I am saving your brother's life!"
The voice was serious and cold, and he immediately calmed down Zhu San, who was crying and confused.
When Zhu Hao was rescuing people before, he made sure that Zhu Si was not hurt, but he still made him feel a great fear of drowning. At this time, he pressed Zhu Si's back hard, forcing the pool water to drain into his lungs and stomach.
After coming out, Zhu Si's pupils refocused soon after, and his energy slowly recovered.
"call……"
Zhu Hao slumped to the side exhausted, breathing heavily.
"Is...is he okay?"
Zhu San was nervous and wanted to take a closer look, but was afraid of being blamed by Zhu Hao.
Zhu Si lay on his back, his breathing gradually becoming smoother, but he still kept coughing: "Cough cough...cough cough...sister...I'm fine..."
After hearing his brother's answer, Zhu San let go of his worries.
"It's all your fault!"
After Zhu San found out that his brother was okay, he immediately pointed the finger at Zhu Hao.
Zhu Hao looked at Zhu San angrily: "You were obviously the one who fell first, causing everyone to suffer... If it weren't for you, we wouldn't all have fallen into the water... Huh, I shouldn't have saved you just now."
Zhu San felt aggrieved.
But she couldn't find the crux of the problem. Her first impression was that her feet were slipping. She wanted to say that it was Zhu Hao who pushed her, but when she thought about it carefully, Zhu Hao was trying to pull her away. Now she only had to look up at the large area on the side of the mountain road.
The uprooted thatch shows how hard Zhu Hao worked at that time.
The three of them fell into a pool together, and it was all Zhu Hao's desperate efforts to save her and her brother. It would be too cruel to slander her.
"It's really a dog biting Lu Dongbin. If I had known I shouldn't have saved you, my rabbit... Oh, I really shouldn't have brought you here. If I had known I could find the rabbit nest smoothly, I should have done it myself. I regret it... I will go back now
,Tell the matter to sir..."
Zhu Hao said and stood up, as if he didn't care about the life and death of the Zhu siblings and was ready to get out of the way.
Zhu Sanyi was anxious and said quickly: "You can't tell your husband."
Zhu Hao said: "I didn't tell your father or mother, why can't you tell my husband?"
"He...he will tell Professor Sui..." Zhu San gritted his teeth.
Zhu Si said pitifully: "Third sister, if mother knows, will she punish us?"
"Shut up!"
Zhu San showed unreasonable energy again and glared at Zhu Hao, "Anyway, I order you not to tell anyone else, especially your husband, when you go back. Just pretend that what happened today... never happened."
Zhu Hao pointed at the two siblings: "It's hard to explain to others with your wet clothes, isn't it?"
Zhu San crossed his arms and said angrily: "How we explain it to others has nothing to do with you. In short, you can't tell it, otherwise..."
"What else?"
Of course Zhu Hao will find ways to threaten the siblings.
If the people in Prince Xing’s Mansion knew that you two siblings had escaped and fell into the pool, there would be no chance of leaving the Prince’s Mansion again!
"Otherwise I want you to look good!"
Zhu San really couldn't think of any way to threaten Zhu Hao.
Zhu Hao said: "My teacher taught you to be brave enough to admit when you have made a mistake. I sneaked out to treat my mother's illness and almost got into trouble. If I don't tell the teacher, I don't know how to respect the teacher... Unless you promise me a
Only then can I consider not telling anyone!"
"You...what do you want to do?" Zhu San looked confused.
Are there any conditions for negotiation?
Zhu Hao struck while the iron was hot: "My husband is about to go on an excursion and leave Anlu for Nanchang. I will soon be without a husband. My family is going to take me back to work as a coolie. There will be no good life in the future. Unless you agree to let that Mr. Sui take me in as a coolie."