Chapter 45: The Cave

"I didn't expect that when I came to visit them this spring, Hu's mother told me that Ling'er was gone...... "The mountain without a mountain road is extremely difficult to climb, but with Mo Haoning's narration, everyone unknowingly walked halfway up the mountain."

"Help...... Help ......" A cry for help interrupted Mo Haoning's narration.

Mo Haoning gestured to stop everyone's footsteps. "Shh......h

"Help...... Help......" another cry for help came.

"Over there!" Qiao Xiya pointed to the left front.

"Let's go!" Mo Haoning nodded, without doubt, and went straight to the left front.

The cries for help grew louder as they approached, and after about a stick of incense, the crowd stood in front of a cave sealed by several stout wooden stakes.

"Help......" A dirty hand reached out from the gap in the stake, waving helplessly.

"Chuyun, save people!" Mo Haoning hurriedly beckoned Chu Yun to find a way to save people.

"Wood! The wood was sealed yesterday and is not buried deep. The people in the cave heard someone talking outside and hurried to come up with an idea.

"Girl, it seems to be Yao Gongzi's voice...... Chunling took half a step back, her voice trembling a little. Since they were assassinated and thrown into the cellar that day, they have never seen Yao Mingxi and Qiao San again, and when they heard Yao Mingxi's voice in this barren mountain and wild range, Chunling felt scared for no reason.

Mo Haoning frowned and said in a low voice: "Chuyun, quickly, dismantle these wooden stakes." After that, he took the lead in holding the wooden stake and shook it from side to side, and sure enough, it was not long after it was sealed, and the wooden stake was quickly shaken loose.

Chu Yun held his breath, steadied his horse steps, his waist sank, and his arms shook, "Drink!" A stake was pulled out by Hatsuyun and thrown to the ground.

"Xiya! Xiya, it's really you ......" Yao Mingxi was ragged, her face was covered with mud, her head was covered with leaves, and she was barefoot, limping out of the cave, trembling and going straight to Qiao Xiya.

"Stop!" Chunling forcibly suppressed the fear in her heart and blocked Qiao Xiya behind her.

"It's me, Yao Mingxi." Yao Mingxi stopped.

"Brother Mingxi......" Qiao Xiya looked up and down for a long time, and finally recognized that the person in front of her was Yao Mingxi. She hurriedly stepped forward, grabbed Yao Mingxi's hands, and her eyes were full of tears, "Brother Mingxi, I thought I would never see you again......"

"How so?" Yao Mingxi stretched out her hand to stroke the tears on Qiao Xiya's cheeks, and looked at Qiao Xiya's hazy tears affectionately.

"Miss Qiao, come and see if this person is Qiao San?" Just as the two of them were talking to each other, Mo Haoning's voice came from the cave, and the two turned to look, only to see Mo Haoning and Chu Yun carrying out an unconscious person from the cave.

"It's Third Master Qiao!" The sharp-eyed Chunling recognized it at a glance.

Qiao San was put on the ground by Mo Haoning, with a few weeds wrapped around his head, his face was also black and white, his hands were full of blood blisters, and even his fingernails were full of black mud.

"Water ......" Qiao San's dry lips opened one by one, making a faint sound.

"Chuyun, go find some water." Mo Haoning saw that Qiao San was still conscious, hurriedly took the person in his arms, and ordered Chuyun to look for water.

"There's water in the cave. There are still a lot of corpses in there, it stinks, so I'd better go for it. Yao Mingxi said, hurriedly ran into the cave, and after a while, ran out with some water in both hands.

A strange feeling slid through Qiao Xiya's heart like spider silk, and before Qiao Xiya could think about it, this strange feeling disappeared.

"Chuyun, you come and hold him." Mo Haoning handed Qiao San over to Chu Yun, stood up, took out a piece of scale from his arms, broke a piece, scooped up some water in Yao Mingxi's hand, and stuffed it into Qiao San's mouth.

"Okay, you look at him, I guess he will wake up in a while, and then we'll go to the cave and see if there are any people alive." Mo Haoning asked Chu Yun to put Qiao San back on the ground, explained a few words to Qiao Xiya and the others, and walked into the cave with Chu Yun again.

"What did he take out of his arms just now?" Seeing Mo Haoning enter the cave, Yao Mingxi asked Qiao Xiya in a low voice.

"Mermaid scales." Qiao Xiya took the wet rag handed by Chunling, wiped Qiao San's face, and said without raising her head.

"You won't wipe it for me!" Yao Mingxi was angry and threw the water in his hand to the ground.

"He's in a coma like this, you can still run into the cave to find water...... strange feeling crept into his heart again silently, interrupting Qiao Xiya's words, Qiao Xiya looked at Yao Mingxi in a daze, it seemed that something was not right, but she couldn't say it for a while.

"Forget it, who made you beautiful and kind since you were a child." Yao Mingxi smiled and patted Qiao Xiya's shoulder. This beat made the trace of strangeness in Qiao Xiya's heart disappear again.

"What's wrong with Miss Joe?" At this moment, Mo Haoning and Chu Yun also came out of the cave, and when they saw Qiao Xiya stunned, they couldn't help but ask.

"Oh, nothing." Qiao Xiya decided to press this strangeness first, "These people ......" Three or five ragged people leaned against each other and sat behind Mo Haoning.

"Oh, they were all rescued from this cave, Hatsuyun found some water in the innermost part of the cave, and these people are expected to wake up in a while. When the time comes, let's ask about the situation. Seeing that Qiao Xiya was fine, Mo Haoning relaxed a little.

"Chunling?" Qiao San felt that his forehead was wet, and there seemed to be a force in his body urging him to wake up. He struggled to open his heavy eyelids, and Chunling's anxious teary eyes were met by him.

"Girl, Third Master Qiao is awake!" Chunling wiped the tears from her face and shouted loudly.

Qiao Xiya and the others quickly stepped forward and surrounded Qiao San: "You're awake."

"Girl? Bai Gongzi? Why are you here? Qiao San looked around, and his eyes finally fixed on Qiao Xiya, "Girl, are you okay?" ”

"It's all good, it's all good." Qiao Xiya cried with joy, "Chunling, quickly help Qiao Sanye up." It's the seventh ......," Qiao Xiya paused, "It was Bai Gongzi and Chu Yun who rescued you." Mo Haoning didn't tell Qiao Xiya why she wanted to investigate the case with them under the pseudonym Bai Ning, so Qiao Xiya decided not to reveal Mo Haoning's true identity.

"Qiao San, thank you Bai Gongzi, Brother Chuyun for saving your life!" Qiao San struggled to bow his head.

"Hurry up." Mo Haoning pulled up Qiao San, "Between you and my brothers, don't be so polite." ”

While speaking, everyone who was rescued by Mo Haoning regained their senses one after another, Mo Haoning looked at everyone's tired appearance, and said to Qiao Xiya: "Miss Qiao, the mountain behind this is too big, and the situation of these people is not too good, it is better for us to go down the mountain first, recuperate our spirits, and it is not too late to come back."

Looking at the few beggar-like people in front of her, Qiao Xiya had to nod her head.