Xiao Jue knew that Qin Junyan didn't want him to take risks because he was Xiao Chengyi's cousin and the prince of Nanyue, but in his opinion, all living beings are equal.
He said: "You should know that Xiao Chengyi values you very much. In his heart, ten cousins are not as valuable as one of you. Do you understand?"
Qin Junyan was stunned for a moment, then raised his lips and said with a smile: "His Royal Highness, you are exaggerating. What I mean is that you have to stay and protect me."
As he spoke, he pointed to the rope and said, "Please help me watch the rope to avoid being cut by sharp stones."
Xiao Jue understood what he meant, nodded and said, "Don't worry."
Qin Junyan put down the rope, then pulled the rope and went down the cliff.
The cliff was indeed very high and steep. When he was almost at the bottom of the cliff, he heard the sound of the river, and it was quite fast.
Qin Junyan lowered his head and looked down. He stepped on a stone and fell down safely. However, he only found the fallen horse and some sawdust from the carriage on the shore, but he never saw Youan and the others.
Qin Junyan looked at the direction of the water flow, and his heart suddenly sank to the bottom of the valley.
There was no carriage in sight, and I am afraid it fell into the water after it fell, and the people were probably washed away long ago.
Qin Junyan felt very sad, and he didn't know whether You'an and Shen Rui were alive or dead?
He took a deep breath and climbed up again along the rope.
Xiao Jue was waiting above. When he saw him coming up, he held his hand and pulled him up and asked: "How is it? Have you found them?"
Qin Jun said: "There is a relatively fast river under the cliff. I only saw the horses but not the carriage. They should have been washed away by the water together with the carriage."
"Flushed away?"
Xiao Jue was taken aback. He didn't know whether this was a good thing or a bad thing. They still had a glimmer of hope before their bodies were found.
He said: "Maybe they are still alive."
Qin Junyan also had this guess. He said: "Now we need to find out where the river goes. Let's go back to the city first."
Xiao Jue nodded and returned to the city with Qin Junyan. They came to the Yamen and found the local prefect.
This week the prefect was still worried about the smallpox issue. He had finished writing and was about to submit a report when he saw a group of guards barging in.
Magistrate Zhou was startled, looked at them and asked: "Who are you?"
Xiao Jue said: "Xiao Jue, the prince of Nanyue, is the cousin of the regent."
Prefect Zhou was stunned for a moment, then realized that now everyone knew that Nanyue and Beichen were about to be unified, and Nanyue was the mother clan of the regent.
He cupped his hands towards Xiao Jue and asked, "I wonder what your highness is doing?"
Xiao Jue said: "I want to see the topographic map of Qingzhou."
Magistrate Zhou looked a little suspicious when he saw Xiao Jue glance over with a cold look and said: "Do you know who the two young men you sent to chase are?
They are the young masters of the General's Mansion. They were escorting their sister to Beijing for medical treatment, but they were intercepted by you and fell into the cliff of Huyue Ridge.
This is three days of human life. If anything happens to them, you, the prefect of Qingzhou, will be the end of it."
Prefect Zhou was startled. He looked at the book he had not finished writing and his mind was a little confused.
Then Xiao Jue scolded: "Why don't you go get it?"
Magistrate Zhou shivered, and hurriedly took the map of Qingzhou from the bookshelf, spread it tremblingly on the table and said: "Your Highness, I really don't know that those two children are the young masters of the General's Mansion.
Your Majesty heard that they brought a child with smallpox, and they were afraid of spreading the epidemic, so they sent people to chase him."