Seeing that he didn't move, Gardenia jumped down regardless of her safety. Ling Jiyun was frightened and hurriedly followed her and hugged her to the ground, saying angrily: "Asshole, you want to die."
Gardenia pushed him away silently and picked up a purple leaf. The moment she stood up, an arrow flew towards her. Ling Jiyun pushed her away regardless of his safety, and the arrow hit his leg.
When Gardenia reacted, Ling Jiyun had already fallen to the ground. She pushed her away again. The first time she pushed him under the knife, but this time she saved herself. Ling Jiyun, what are you doing for?
The blood that fell with the arrow shaft was black. Realizing that the arrow was poisonous, Gardenia hurriedly held him in her arms. She was so frightened that she could not speak. Only tears kept pouring out like a spring.
Hearing the footsteps, Ling Jiyun knew that he was poisoned and felt Gardenia's fear. His breathing became rapid and his consciousness gradually disappeared. He still held Gardenia's hand tightly, worrying about her safety.
A gust of cool wind blew behind her, and Gardenia's eyes went dark, and she fell on Ling Jiyun's body.
As night falls, a silver moon rises slowly from the depths of the forest, quietly embedded in the starry sky like water drops on a lotus leaf. The bright white light softly spreads to the earth, and everywhere it blooms, everything is light and translucent.
Dong-dong-dong--, there was the sound of water droplets, and the moist air surrounded herself. Gardenia slowly opened her eyes, and the dazzling light forced her to close them again. She opened her eyes again with her mind clearer.
This is a cave. Torches are hung on the wall to illuminate every corner. There are wooden pillars in the middle, which naturally form a cell. As soon as I straightened up, I heard a kind voice coming from the next door: "Are you awake?"
Gardenia looked for the sound and saw a man in his mid-forties, well-dressed, he must be a wealthy man. Several pairs of eyes behind him were looking at Gardenia. Remembering that she was not alone, she looked sideways.
Seeing that Ling Jiyun was still in a coma, he saw the arrow on his leg and asked the middle-aged man hurriedly: "How long have we been imprisoned in here?"
"It must be three or four o'clock in the morning. This ghost place never sees the light of day, so we can't say for sure." The middle-aged man smiled apologetically.
He quickly checked his pulse, took out the silver needle, and pierced several acupuncture points on his leg. He held the poisonous arrow with trembling hands, took a deep breath and pulled out the poisonous arrow. Black blood flew to Gardenia's body. Ling Jiyun screamed.
He groaned and woke up. He threw away the poisonous arrow, supported him against the wall and asked again: "Is there any water?"
The boy behind the middle-aged man took out a bowl and said, "Here you go, this water was just picked up."
Gardenia looked at the spot where the water was dripping and said gratefully: "Thank you."
He hurriedly cleaned the wound, and seeing how busy she was with him, Ling Jiyun put away his stubbornness and smiled softly.
"Why am I so weak all over and can't feel my legs?" Ling Jiyun asked calmly, as if the legs were not his.
As expected of the prince, he has the air of a general. He can remain calm even in such situations. Gardenia raised her head and said: "Although this poison is not fatal for the time being, if there is no antidote for a long time, life will still be in danger. Gardenia will seal it."
Several acupuncture points were opened, and the legs lost feeling, so that the venom would not travel too fast."
He took out a handkerchief to bandage the wound and wiped the sweat from his forehead. The middle-aged man said happily: "Girl, you have medical skills, can you help Brother Hai look at his feet?"
Several people behind him supported a man, stretched the man's feet in front of Gardenia and said, "Please show me."
Gardenia looked at the red and swollen ankle, which was obviously sprained. Seeing Brother Hai's face twisting into a ball in pain, Gardenia said, "Is there anything like a small wooden stick?"
After everyone looked for it, the middle-aged man said, "No, will this work?" He handed over two pieces of bamboo and said, "This is meant to hold water, but it was broken at the back."
Gardenia took it and said, "This is better than a small wooden stick."
He gently pinched the sprained foot and said to the middle-aged man: "Please hold him down, I want to reset the misplaced joint."
"Okay, okay, okay."
Everyone held down Brother Hai tightly. Gardenia twisted hard and heard the sound of the joints being displaced. Then Brother Hai shouted: "Ah——." He fainted and took out a bamboo block to fix it.
Then he tore off his clothes and tied them up, and that was it.
The middle-aged man kept saying gratefully: "Thank you, thank you."
Gardenia shook her hand, took out a pill from her arms and handed it to him and said, "Let him take it. This pill has the effect of activating blood circulation and removing blood clots, but for complete treatment, it is better to mix it with other medicines. But right now...
."
The middle-aged man took the pill and said, "No, thank you, girl. This is good."
He sat next to Ling Jiyun, put a pill in his hand and said, "Take it. Although it won't cure the poison on your body, it will still be good for the wound."
In fact, why did she need to explain so much? Even if what she handed him was a bowl of poison, I believe she would drink it without hesitation at this time.
As soon as you swallowed the medicine, the middle-aged man handed you a steamed bun and said, "Girl, let's eat it. There is nothing here, and what we eat every day is just ordinary steamed buns."
Ling Jiyun was injured, and the most important thing now was to replenish his physical strength. Gardenia thanked her and handed them all to Ling Jiyun. She wanted to walk out alive with him, not for anything else, but for the promise of curing Lian Ruoyi.
disease, and then let himself go, so he can't be allowed to die here.
Ling Jiyun looked at Gardenia with a strange light in her eyes. The middle-aged man chuckled and said, "Girl, you are so kind to your husband. This young man is very lucky."
Gardenia hurriedly explained: "You misunderstood..." Before she finished speaking, Ling Jiyun took her into his arms and said, "That's natural, of course my wife must be good to me."
"You..." She was used to his dominance, but she didn't expect it to be used on her again this time.
He leaned into her ear and whispered softly in a lazy and magnetic tone: "If you want to survive, don't reveal your identity."
This ambiguous behavior made people blush in embarrassment. Gardenia glared at him, put the bun in his hand, and sat aside.
Ling Jiyun retracted his gaze from her, looked at the middle-aged man and said, "Who are you? What kind of place is this?"
The middle-aged man shook his head and sighed: "I am the shopkeeper of the Aoran City branch of Yuanji Silk Shop. Behind me are all the clerks. More than 20 days ago, we escorted the high-quality silk from Aoran back to the border town. Unexpectedly, it ended up in front of Ruiyang Mountain.
We encountered mountain ghosts on the official road. After they robbed the goods, they imprisoned us here. Although Ling Jiyun, the lord of the border city, was cruel and cruel, he cared for the people under his rule and kept us alive.
Because they are afraid that one day something will happen and they will take us as hostages, alas, these inhuman beasts."
Ling Jiyun listened quietly. Unexpectedly, after searching for a long time without any clues, he found the answer here, "They hid it very well."
"Isn't it? Otherwise, why are we still here now? The terrain in this mountain is dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack. It can be said that one man is in charge of the barrier and ten thousand people cannot break it. In addition, the Ruiyang Mountain is deep and densely forested. This is really a difficult situation.
It’s a hard place to find. We are locked up here and we have resigned ourselves to our fate. It’s a pity for our husband, wife and children at home.” The middle-aged man said quietly, and the guys around him couldn’t help but shed tears when he was so emotional.
"Do you know who they are?" Gardenia couldn't help but asked curiously.
"Hey, mountain ghosts, who else could they be? They rob homes and do all kinds of evil. They have no humanity at all." A waiter said angrily.
"When we were imprisoned here, we only took a quick look on the way. We only knew that this was a very big cave. We didn't know the rest." The middle-aged man looked at the beating torch not far away and said, "You guys
Well, why were you arrested? I think your husband is very dignified and domineering, he must be a noble man."
Gardenia smiled unnaturally and said: "We went into the mountains to collect herbs, and mistakenly entered the place where the mountain ghosts were, so we were captured here."