Chengyun got up early without waking up Zheng'er and Ji Xiaoshu. After he packed up, he went out and bought hot breakfast and put it on the round table on the first floor where everyone usually eats. Although he doesn't eat meat, he listened to Su Liang's advice
, in order for the children to grow up, I bought two kinds of steamed buns, meat and vegetable.
Zheng'er and Ji Xiaoshu knocked on Gu Ling and Su Liang's door.
"Master, Mistress, get up quickly, we are going to climb the mountain!" Ji Xiaoshu's tone was high and full of energy. As soon as he finished speaking, he ran downstairs with Zheng'er.
In fact, Gu Ling and Su Liang hadn't slept since they let Pucheng go. Now Gu Xiaonuan woke up, and they got up too.
After breakfast, the sun had just risen.
Mrs. Xing invited Nangong Qian to be a guest at home today. Qiu Cong and Cen Man wanted to accompany her to the Zhongxinhou Mansion. Qi Yan naturally wanted to go with her, because Mr. Xing just wanted to see his fiancée.
I didn’t drive a car either, because the kids all wanted to ride horses.
Four horses left the Su Mansion. Gu Xiaonuan poked his little head out of Gu Ling's arms. With bright eyes, he pointed at a big tree not far away and said one word in a clear voice, "Tree!"
Ji Xiaoshu was quite proud, "That's my name. Of course my sister knows it! Master, my sister doesn't know your name yet, right?"
Zheng'er smiled broadly, pointed at herself and asked Gu Xiaonuan, "Sister, what's my name?"
Gu Xiaonuan immediately replied, "Yes!"
Gu Ling lowered his head and kissed his daughter's forehead, "How smart."
Arriving at the foot of Wangxiang Mountain, Zheng'er looked around and asked Su Liang in a low voice, "Master, are there any bad guys?"
Su Liang smiled, "Don't worry, your master is here. But don't run too far."
Zheng'er nodded, "I understand, I will keep an eye on Junior Brother Xiaoshu."
Then the two children started racing again, with Gu Ling holding Gu Xiaonuan and Su Liang walking behind, listening to their cheerful voices echoing in the mountains.
In winter, the scenery in the mountains is dull and gray, and even the pines and cypresses that can be seen growing in the cracks of the rocks are dull dark green.
After Gu Xiaonuan said "tree" several times, Gu Ling began to teach her to say other words, such as "grass", "stone", "road", "bird", "sparrow", and running through the forest.
"Rabbit".
Gu Xiaonuan saw a gray rabbit running past, turned around and blinked his dark eyes and said to Gu Ling, "Rabbit! No!"
My daughter likes rabbits, isn't that simple? Gu Ling opened her mouth and gave Zheng'er and Ji Xiaoshu a task, "Catch a rabbit for Nuannuan."
The two children suddenly became interested. Ji Xiaoshu took out a slingshot from his arms and picked up a few stones from the ground. "Master, do you want to die or live?"
The slingshot was given by Gu Ling, and Zheng'er also has it.
"Alive." Gu Ling said.
"Okay! Senior brother, let's go hunting!" Ji Xiaoshu rushed into the forest excitedly.
Su Liang hurriedly followed, fearing that they would be accidentally injured.
"Big tree!"
"Little tree!"
"pine!"
"Bird!"
Gu Xiaonuan learned to speak very quickly, and could call out the same thing by its name when he saw it again. Gu Ling had no memory of when he was such a child, but when he saw Gu Xiaonuan, he felt that human cubs were really cute.
, and also understood what the "pearl in the palm" written in the book means.
Not long after, when Su Liang came out of the forest with her two children, she was carrying a big gray rabbit in her hands.
"Sister, look! Rabbit!" Ji Xiaoshu picked up the rabbit and showed it to Gu Xiaonuan like a treasure.
Gu Xiaonuan stretched out her little hand, touched it tentatively, and scratched it again. It seemed that the touch was very strange, and she giggled.
"Master, let's roast such a fat rabbit after we climb to the top of the mountain!" Ji Xiaoshu suggested.
Zheng'er objected, "My sister likes it, so I can't kill her."
"Maybe my sister also likes to eat it!" Ji Xiaoshu felt that Gu Xiaonuan was very courageous and would definitely not be afraid of this.
"Take it home and talk about it." Gu Ling felt that it was too cold outside and planned to go back early.
"Go home and bake it!" Ji Xiaoshu said that since Master didn't object, he must have wanted to eat it too.
When they arrived at the place where they saw tadpoles last time in Wangxiang Mountain, the two children expected to see the tadpoles grow up and turn into frogs, but they found that the waterfall and the pool below were frozen.
"Come back when spring comes, and you can see frogs." Su Liang comforted the two little children.
Ji Xiaoshu stood on the thick ice and looked down, looking confused, "Where are the frogs now? Won't they freeze to death down here?"
Su Liang shook his head and told the two children that frogs are amphibians, also called cold-blooded animals. Their body temperature will change with changes in ambient temperature. Low temperatures will threaten their lives. In addition, due to the lack of food in winter, in order to survive, they must
It needs to hibernate to conserve its energy, not in the water, maybe in a small hole by the water.
The two children were fascinated by what they heard and thought it was so amazing. As they continued to walk to the top of the mountain, they did not run into the woods, holding Su Liang's hand and asking all kinds of strange questions.
"Do frogs have parents?"
"Aren't birds afraid of the cold?"
“How does a bird egg turn into a bird?”
“Do fish hibernate too?”
…
Su Liang answered patiently one by one, and Ji Xiaoshu exclaimed, "How come Master Wife knows everything? That's amazing!"
"Your master also knows." Su Liang chuckled.
Then Ji Xiaoshu turned around and asked Gu Ling a strange question, "Master, can birds and fish be together? If they are together, will they give birth to a fish with wings or a bird that can swim?"
Gu Ling shook his head, "No."
Ji Xiaoshu looked at Su Liang again, "Is it really impossible?"
Seeing Su Liang nodding, Ji Xiaoshu looked regretful, "Okay, I really want to know what a little fish looks like with wings!"
Su Liang chuckled, "You can imagine it and draw it."
Ji Xiaoshu nodded, "Then I'll try it when I get back."
Zheng'er said, "Then I'll draw a swimming bird!"
After climbing to the top of the mountain, the two children sat on the tree and looked into the distance, promising to take their sister around the world when they grow up.
When she got home that day, the rabbit was slaughtered, skinned and roasted until it was delicious and served on the table. Gu Xiaonuan looked like she wanted to eat it, so Gu Ling fed her a little bit.
After dinner, Qiu Cong asked Gu Ling and Su Liang what their next plans were, "Just stay at home! Qian'er's marriage has been decided, Xiao Gu is going home, and I have nothing to worry about here. I will go to Kasyapa City tomorrow.
, let’s see what’s going on with Jing’er.”
…
Kasyapa City.
Qiu Jing and his party had been back for three days and had been busy setting up defenses along the coastline. Lin Xin had already started preparations before he came back, but there was still a lot to do.
Under Lao Mu's comfort, Lao Bai calmed down from the initial panic when he was rescued, but at his age, forgetting most of his life's experiences was really unsettling, and he still wanted to retrieve his memory as soon as possible.
Lao Mu said that Su Liang has been studying this and might have a solution soon, so he should not be anxious.
Originally Qiu Jing wanted to send someone to escort Lao Bai and Yuan Ying to the capital, but now Lao Bai trusts Lao Mu the most and can't live without him. Lao Mu has to stay and make weapons according to the plan of taking care of Ling. So
Lao Bai is not leaving either.
Yuan Ying heard that there were many things going on and offered to help in Kasyapa City, although she wanted to meet the legendary sister Su Liang as soon as possible.
The happiest person is of course Lin Xin.
On the one hand, his sweetheart Yuan Ying returned safely, and amnesia was not a big problem. On the other hand, he and Qiu Jing met again after experiencing so many things in the past. They talked face to face, settled their old grudges, and finally settled a matter on their minds.
Qiu Jing knew that Lin Yi liked Yuan Ying, so he gave him advice and asked him to take the initiative to talk to Yuan Ying about their past.
So, after three days of drafting, Lin Wei was finally ready and found Yuan Ying, intending to have a good talk.
Just as he started talking, Yuan Ye said he was hungry, so Yuan Ying took her brother to eat.
After Yuanye had eaten enough and went to sleep, Lin Xie spoke again and heard a report coming from outside, "General Lin, it's not good!"
Lin Yi and Yuan Ying's expressions both changed!
Qiu Jing hurried back from outside. When he saw Lin Wei, he was about to go out with Yuan Ying to check the situation: three children were missing in the city today.
"Gu Ling must have just left Xingluo Island, and he sent people there earlier than you. At that time, the defenses were not ready yet, so they were able to get ashore." Lin Wei analyzed.
Now that the defense has been basically completed, it just needs to be strengthened and improved. Moreover, the fishermen along the coast have already been notified that they are prohibited from going to sea. Their livelihood is naturally guaranteed. No one from Xingluo Island will come ashore.
Didn't notice it at all.
What Lin Wei said was what he had been worried about before. The default was Xingluo Island, because they had no other enemies for the time being. And they had deployed defenses along the coastline to prevent this situation.
Yuan Ying frowned, "It's been several days, why did they start today?"
"Maybe I was looking for a way back before." Qiu Jing stared.
Lao Mu frowned, "Damn! So if they start today, have they found a way back?"
"Not necessarily." Qiu Jing shook his head, "Maybe after searching for a few days but finding no way out, he decided to capture the hostages and force us to let them go. If they do it in broad daylight, they are threatening us."
"Seeking death!" Lao Mu's face turned dark with anger, "I hate these beasts who take children as hostages the most!"
"If it's what I guess, we still have a chance to keep them." Qiu Jing narrowed his eyes, "But the ones coming this time must be powerful masters on Xingluo Island. They also have hostages, so it will be very difficult."
"I'm going to send a message to the capital!" Lin Wei turned around and entered the room, "Maybe Gu Ling and Su Liang have captured Sheng Yue!"
Lao Mu was filled with anger and went on to make more explosives, threatening to level Xingluo Island sooner or later.
Yuan Ying stopped Qiu Jing who was about to leave, "In case, I mean just in case, we have to let those people leave with the hostages, I will be the hostage and ask them to let the children go."
Qiu Jing frowned when he heard this, "No! It took a lot of effort for you to get out of there!"
"They won't do anything to me." Yuan Ying shook her head, "I feel relieved to leave Xiaoye to you to take care of me. You need to take charge of the overall situation here. For them to agree to the exchange, there must be weight. I can barely do it."
Qiu Jing sighed, "I'll discuss it with Lin Wei before we discuss it."
But as soon as Lin Yan arranged for someone to take away the letter that was to be sent to the capital, he received news that something had happened at the beach, and Qiu Jing and Yuan Ying had already rushed there.
…
When Lin Wei and Lao Mu rushed to the beach as quickly as possible, they saw Qiu Jing and Yuan Ying confronting three old men. They were undoubtedly masters of Xingluo Island, and each of them held a kidnapped man from Kasyapa City.
A small child stood in front of them.
Not far away is a newly built fortification, and countless archers have targeted them. With their strength, it is not impossible to break through, but it is twice as difficult to break through with hostages, and to return to Xingluo Island, you must have a boat.
, but also to ensure that they will not be blown to death after boarding the ship, which is why they can only use hostages to negotiate.
"It will be easier for you to arrest me." Yuan Ying raised her hands, "You know very well who I am. Su Liang is my sister. If you arrest me, it will be more valuable, right? And children are difficult to control, and their bodies are
You are also delicate. If something goes wrong, things will be difficult to handle. As long as you agree, I will arrest you immediately and all your conditions can be met. How about it?"
Qiu Jing did not stop Yuan Ying. The reason why these three people succeeded was because they began to prepare for the unavoidable consequences of the time difference between them and the people coming from Xingluo Island. It cannot be said that the defense was useless, at least the people from Xingluo Island came easily.
, it is difficult to leave, and it is not easy to land again.
But today's trouble must be solved, which is to save three innocent children who were arrested.
Qiu Jing knew the strength of those three people, and also knew that the people on Xingluo Island had no bottom line at all and did not dare to take risks. If they did not meet their conditions, the consequences might be disastrous.
Lin Xin's expression changed when he heard Yuan Ying's words, but he did not speak immediately.
The three people on Xingluo Island looked at each other, and one of them said, "You can change people, but you can only change one person!"
This was certainly not Yuan Ying's purpose, but before she could say anything else, the person who had just spoken said harsh words, "Stop talking nonsense, you can only exchange one for one! There is no need to discuss! Let us go immediately and prepare a strong ship for us."
And enough food, otherwise, I will strangle the little cub in my hand to let you know that I am not kidding!"
Lao Mu gritted his teeth and tightened his grip on the gun in his sleeve. But it was obvious that the three men had already taken precautions. The position they chose was very open. It was almost impossible to capture them all at the same time. If they did it rashly, the hostages might die.
Just as Qiu Jing was thinking about what to do, Lin Yi said, "Add me! I am the best friend of Gu Ling and Su Liang! Yuan Ying and I will exchange the three children in your hands! If I didn't
You guessed it wrong, your mission is to take at least two hostages back! If you dare to hurt those three children, I promise to cut you all into pieces! If you don’t agree within ten breaths, there will be no such good conditions!"
The three people exchanged glances again, and one of them threw out a pill bottle, "You two, come over here and each take a pill! It's just a drug!"
Lin Wei took off his sword and handed it to Lao Mu. He and Yuan Ying walked towards the three people.
Picking up the medicine bottle on the ground, Lin Wei opened it, poured out a pill, held it in his hand, and threw the medicine bottle to Yuan Ying.
Yuan Ying caught it and poured out a pill.
"Eat!" One person stared at them each, while the other stared at Qiu Jing.
Yuan Ying and Lin Yi looked at each other. She took the medicine first and immediately fell unconscious.
Lin Wei said to Qiu Jing, "Tell my parents not to worry." Then he put the pill in his mouth and fell to the ground.
The three men took the child hostage to Lin Wei and Yuan Ying, and the two caught them.
"The ship is ready." Qiu Jing's face was cold, "You can go. If they have any trouble, I guarantee that you will die ugly!"
Not long after, a ship left the seaside.
Qiu Jing stared at the ship and did not ask the archer to pull back the drawn bow. But when they released the arrows, Lin Xie and Yuan Ying would definitely become targets, let alone blowing up the ship.
But... thinking of the look Lin Xie gave him before taking the medicine, Qiu Jing decided to wait.
After a while, Lin Xian on the boat opened his eyes, dragged the unconscious Yuan Ying and jumped into the sea!
Qiu Jing immediately ordered the arrows to be fired, and Lao Mu personally used a trebuchet to throw a bunch of explosives over!
The ship was torn apart, and only one of the three people who came was dead, another was seriously injured, and the third was missing.
Qiu Jing ordered to keep a close eye on the sea and expand the scope. Anyone who shows up would be killed without mercy.
When Yuan Ying woke up, she was lying on the beach, next to Lin Xin who was looking at her intently.
"What's going on?" Yuan Ying rubbed her forehead.
The corners of Lin Yan's lips were slightly raised, and his smile was bright and warm, "Gu Xiaoling taught me the magic, and those scum didn't even notice that I changed the drug."
Yuan Ying was surprised, "I admire you for being so awesome."
Lin Wei pulled Yuan Ying up and silently muttered in his heart: Thank you Gu Xiaoling!