Chapter 5: Desperate Survival

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"Ahh

Lu Mingxi fell to the ground in pain, screaming again and again: "Why am I so unlucky, I can be smashed every walk?" What the hell is it? Almost stoned me! ”

Turning his head to look at it, he was startled: "How is it a person?" Cliff jumping? Suicide? ”

Recovering his strength, he pushed the person away from him, struggled to sit up, and wiped the sweat from his forehead: "Fortunately, I have practiced, otherwise I would have been stoned to death this time!" Which girl can't think so much? ”

Leaned closer and pulled the hair covering the woman's face: "What...... How is she? ”

Fu Ivan sat against a tree, and seeing that Ivan was unconscious, Lu Mingxi reached out and probed his nose, and put his mind at ease: "Fortunately, it didn't break." But how did she fall from above? Can't think about suicide? He looked around again and saw a basket of herbs not far away: "Could it be that she fell from above while collecting herbs?"

"Hey, wake up, wake up......" Lu Mingxi pinched Ivan's face, but he didn't see Ivan wake up for a long time: "What the hell is going on?" It's time to wake up, too. ”

was in a hurry, suddenly Ivan's head tilted to the side, Lu Mingxi caught a glimpse of Ivan's neck, two small wounds were black and swollen, and he was suddenly shocked: "She was bitten by a snake?"

Not daring to delay, Lu Mingxi immediately picked up Ivan horizontally and hurriedly ran out of the woods.

The county commander Zhou Guang sat firmly in the main hall, but the tea cup in his hand trembled. The proprietress on the side, Hua Ying, cried silently: ", what should I do if this happens?" Didn't you already find out her details? Why don't you send someone to catch that little slut! ”

"You know what!" Zhou Guang threw the teacup: "Don't spread this matter!" You don't care! Seeing that Zhou Guang was angry, Hua Ying sat aside and didn't say anything, just cried.

"Sir!" A servant ran in: "There is a letter in the capital!"

"Bring it to me?" Zhou Guang took the letter in a panic. When I saw it, I laughed: "Hahaha...... You want revenge, here's your chance! ”

"What chance?" When Hua Ying heard this, she immediately stopped crying and leaned in.

Zhou Guangxiao's mouth was about to open: "The letter said that the Holy Lord chose a girl!"

"What does this have to do with arresting her?"

"You don't understand, life in the palace is not easy," Zhou Guang smiled: "Since someone is protecting her and she can't move openly, let's come to the dark!"

It's already on the lights, but there is still no shadow of Ivan, Yi Rende anxiously walked around the house, Yi Hang ate a bowl of wild vegetable soup and lay down next to Liu to sleep.

"Knock knock knock......" There was a knock on the door.

"Xiao Fan is back!" Yi Rende hurriedly went to open the door, and as soon as he opened the door, he saw the county commander Zhou Guang standing at the door with two entourages.

Yi Rende hurriedly knelt down and saluted: "Grass people Yi Rende greets the county commander!"

"Hurry up, get up." Zhou Guang helped Yi Rende up with a smile on his face: "This county is here to tell you good news."

"Good news?"

"yes!" Zhou Guang walked into the courtyard and looked around: "Where is your daughter Ivan?"

"Go back to my lord, the little girl went up the mountain to collect medicine, why don't I go and look for her back?"

"Don't bother," Zhou Guang stopped: "That's the case, this county received an order from the imperial court today, the emperor wants to select a wide range of women, and after consideration in this county, your daughter Ivan is just right."

"What?" When Yi Rende heard this, he immediately knelt on the ground: "My lord, the little girl is not talented, she has been rough and clumsy since she was a child, and she can't be a girl, please forgive me."

Zhou Guang helped Yi Rende up: "Hey~ It's okay, and there are two silver to be taken if you are selected as a girl." As he spoke, he motioned to his entourage to bring up a brocade bag: "This is the subsidy of the imperial court for the selection of women, take it."

"This ...... Adult, little girl is really inappropriate! "Irende didn't take the bag.

"Ouch, I mean, why can't you think clearly?" Zhou Guang pointed to the house: "Look, what kind of life are you living here?" Even if you don't think about yourself, you have to think about your son, right? Sending her daughter into the palace, she doesn't have to worry about food and clothing, and she has this white silver to take it, so that she can treat her wife and not let her son starve, isn't it? ”

Zhou Guang said that the spit flew everywhere, but Yi Rende frowned and sighed again and again.

"It's not a secret," Zhou Guang leaned close to Yi Rende's ear and told him what had happened today.

"What!" Yi Rende was so frightened that his soul was not possessed: "This ...... How could this happen? ”

"So," Zhou Guang looked like a bodhisattva: "Thinking that he was young and coerced, the county will not be held accountable, and the little girl will be selected, such a beautiful thing, others can't ask for it!"

"Yes, you have to think about it," Zhou Guang's entourage put the brocade bag on the table in the house: "The county will leave first, and I will pick up people in two days, so it's decided."

Zhou Guang walked out of the courtyard with his entourage, and Yi Rende collapsed to the ground all of a sudden, crying: "What kind of sin has this really created?"

Mei Zizi returned to the county office, Hua Ying was sitting in the main hall waiting for Zhou Guang, and when she saw Zhou Guang coming in, she hurriedly greeted her: "How is it?"

Zhou Guang picked up the teacup on the desk and took a sip of tea: "Don't worry, it's no problem."

"However, if this girl enters the palace and it goes smoothly, then it is us who are unlucky." Hua Ying is still not at ease.

"Well......" Zhou Guang thought for a moment: "If I write a letter to the capital again, I will never let her get her wish." Picked up a pen and paper, waved his hand and wrote down the letter, and immediately sent someone to send it out.

At this time, the mountain was pitch black, only a house halfway up the mountain was lit up, Lu Mingxi hugged Ivan, hurriedly came to the gate, and kicked the door "bang": "Hurry up and open the door!"

A man dressed in short clothes opened the door, saw Lu Mingxi, and immediately saluted: "The son is here!"

Lu Mingxi ignored him, walked straight inside with Ivan in his arms, walked through the courtyard, put Ivan on a chair in the main hall, and shouted loudly: "Old Wu! Old Wu! Come out! ”

There was a sound in response, and a man in his thirties with a disheveled hair walked out of the room, stretched his waist, yawned, and glanced at Lu Mingxi impatiently: "In the middle of the night, if you don't sleep, what are you doing here?" I don't know...... Yell? Did you bring a girl with you? ”

Seeing Lu Mingxi lying crookedly on the chair, Lao Wu stepped forward: "You look pretty good!"

"She was bitten by a snake" Lu Mingxi wiped the fine sweat on Ivan's forehead: "Old Wu, save her."

As soon as he heard about the poisoning, Lao Wu took a closer look at Ivan's face: his lips were blue, his face was bloodless, and he took his hand to check the pulse: "It seems that she was still bitten by a highly venomous snake, Xiao Lu, quickly carry her to the bed inside and put it away, and I will dispense the medicine."

"Are you sure?" Lu Mingxi was very uneasy.

"This ......" Lao Wu hesitated: "She has been poisoned for too long, and I am not sure."

"Huh?" Lu Mingxi looked at Ivan worriedly, exhaled, leaned over, and opened his mouth to suck the poisonous blood on Ivan's neck.

"What are you doing? You're not afraid of poisoning? Lao Wu was taken aback.

Lu Mingxi spit out a mouthful of poisonous blood: "Only in this way can the poisonous blood be cleared." Old Wu shook his head and walked out the door.

In the Fujing Inn on the main street of the county seat, Wei Cheng stood by the window, looking out the window thoughtfully, and the five subordinates stood side by side behind him. After a long time, the leader said, "Is Childe really going to the capital?"

"Why don't you go to what your father tells you to do?"

"However, this capital of Fujian is a dangerous place?"

Wei Cheng glanced back at his five subordinates: "If any of you don't want to go, you don't have to follow."

The five subordinates hurriedly bowed their hands and said in unison: "We are willing to go to Beijing with Gongzi!"

Wei Cheng nodded: "You were originally my father's subordinates, I have worked hard for you, pack up your things immediately, and we will enter Beijing overnight."

"Yes!" In response, he began to act.

The next morning, Ivan woke up slowly, the sun came in through the window and shone on her face, she couldn't open her eyes, she hurriedly covered it with her hands, rubbed her eyes, glanced to the side, and suddenly saw Lu Mingxi standing next to her, and a spirit sat up: "Lu ...... Lu Mingxi? Why are you here? ”

Lu Mingxi looked at Ivan, and her voice was a little hoarse: "Are you awake?"

Ivan looked up at the room, "Where is this?"

"This is my friend's house." Lu Mingxi handed over a glass of water: "It was my friend who saved you."

"No, this kid should have saved you." Lao Wu opened the curtain and walked in: "He not only helped you suck out the poisonous blood, but also guarded you here all night!"

"Poisonous blood?" Ivan was stunned for a moment, took a sip of the tea handed over by Lu Mingxi, and suddenly recalled that he fell off the cliff last night, and was so frightened that he even dropped the cup: "Snake! I was bitten by a snake! Hurriedly reached out and touched her neck, the wound had just subsided, and she gasped in pain.

Lao Wu carefully checked Ivan's pulse: "Don't worry, he has already helped you suck out most of the poisonous blood." With the medicine I made, it's no big deal. ”

"Oh, thank you," Ivan put his mind at ease, and suddenly reacted again, covering his neck, and pointed at Lu Mingxi with a red face, looking extremely cute: "Sue? You ......"

Lu Mingxi hurriedly waved his hand: "Don't get me wrong, the situation was urgent, and there was no better way to save you."

"Yes," Lao Wu laughed on the side: "When I entered the house, I saw his head lying on your neck, and I was so scared that I almost shouted indecent, hahaha......"

"Old Wu!" Lu Mingxi glanced at Lao Wu fiercely.

"Humph!" Ivan rolled his eyes at Lu Mingxi, lifted the quilt and jumped out of bed.

Look out the window, I don't know how my mother is doing this night? Ivan stood up anxiously, saluted and said, "Master Lu, thank you and your friends, I haven't returned overnight, my family must be in a hurry, I'll go first!"

As soon as he raised his foot, he stood hesitantly in place: "No, now the officers and soldiers must come to my house to arrest me, what should I do?"

"Did you talk about yesterday?" Lu Mingxi said unhurriedly: "Don't worry, the officers and soldiers won't trouble you, I've already dealt with it."

"You?" Ivan looked at Lu Mingxi in disbelief.

Lu Mingxi's face did not change and he revered: "I am a distant relative of the county commander, I begged for a favor, and he will not pursue it."

"That's the case," Ivan knelt down and kowtowed to Lu Mingxi gratefully: "Lu Gongzi's great kindness, Ivan can't repay it, and he will be a cow and a horse in the next life......"

"What nonsense?" Lu Mingxi hurriedly helped Ivan up, and said softly: "It's just a gesture, the girl doesn't have to worry, go back quickly, don't let the family wait, next time you go out, be careful."

"Hmm." Ivan nodded and walked out the door reassuringly.

"Hey-" Lu Mingxi suddenly caught up: "Girl!"

"Huh?" Ivan looked back in confusion.

"How many sides do you have with the girl, I don't know the girl's name?"

yes, it's been so long, and I haven't told my lifesaver my name. Ivan smiled and gestured in the air: "Ivan." It was the only word she knew.

Ivan? Lu Mingxi muttered the name, watched Ivan go out of the door, and then walked back to the house.