When officers and soldiers came after him and saw what had happened, they had no choice but to go back and resume their duties.
Qin Junyan and Xiao Jue chased them all the way to Qingzhou. As soon as they entered the city, they saw some chaos in the city.
People crowded in front of the hospital to buy anti-epidemic medicines, saying that smallpox had appeared in the city.
Qin Junyan looked at Xiao Jue and said, "You'an and the others have been here before."
Xiao Jue got off his horse, looked for a passerby and asked, "What's going on?"
A passerby said: "In the morning, two teenagers came to see the doctor holding a child. The child had smallpox. Doctor Wen originally wanted to keep him, but the two boys escaped and the government officials were already chasing him."
While they were talking, several officials came back from outside the city.
Xiao Jue stopped one of them and asked, "You went after those two teenagers. Where are they now?"
The official asked: "Who are you and why do you ask this?"
Xiao Jue's face turned cold and he scolded in a cold voice: "Speak!"
The officer was startled and stammered: "We chased to Huyue Ridge, but the carriage rolled over the cliff. The man is probably dead."
Xiao Jue was shocked. He hurried over and said to Qin Jun: "Go to Huyue Ridge. Something may have happened to You'an and the others."
Qin Junyan's face darkened when he heard this. They were one step too late!
When the two of them rushed to Huyue Ridge with their guards, they saw an obvious rut mark on the road, and the trees on the roadside showed signs of being crushed.
Looking at the bottom of the cliff again, there is no bottom.
Xiao Jue said to the guard behind him: "Go and find out how to get down?"
The guards scattered hurriedly, looking for a way to get down the cliff.
Xiao Jue stood on the cliff and shouted below: "You'an, Shen Rui!"
Just listen to his echo and don't hear any response.
Xiao Jue clenched his hands, feeling a little panicked: "What should we do? If something happens to them, how are we going to explain to Xiao Chengyi?"
He stood up and said with a cold face: "I'm going to kill the Qingzhou magistrate."
Qin Junyan stopped him and said, "What's the crime? It's not wrong for them to want suspicious people infected with the epidemic. Once the smallpox epidemic spreads, the consequences will be disastrous. The Qingzhou prefect only acted cautiously and made no mistakes."
Xiao Jue closed his eyes, took a deep breath and said, "What should we do now?"
Qin Jun said: "We can only go to the bottom of the cliff to find out what's going on. If...if something happens to them, we can only go back to Beijing to apologize."
Xiao Jue was a little confused: "The national master is about to get married, and You'an is his apprentice!"
If they had an affair, the marriage would definitely not be possible.
Xiao Chengyi asked him to do such a thing, but he didn't do it well. How could he have the dignity to go back and see him?
"Your Highness, we have searched everywhere and there is no way to get down."
Xiao Jue's heart suddenly hit rock bottom as he listened to the guard's announcement.
Qin Junyan looked around and ordered: "Go find a rope, make sure it's long and strong enough."
Xiao Jue looked at him and said, "Do you want to go down from here?"
Qin Junyan pointed to a big tree on the side of the road and said, "Tie the rope to the tree and go down to check. This is the only way."
Xiao Jue nodded and said to the guard: "Go and do it quickly."
The guards hurriedly retreated, and soon they found a long enough rope.
Qin Junyan said: "Your Highness, please stay and take care of me. I'll go down and take a look."
Xiao Jue hurriedly said: "I'll go with you."
Qin Junyan looked at him and said: "No, I can go down alone. His Royal Highness has more important things to do."