I married the crippled queen and became the most favored queen in the capital

next morning

Someone discovered that four pounds was missing and hurried to report to Leng Rujing.

Leng Rujing's face immediately turned pale. She waved her arms and snorted coldly.

"Find it for me. It's a dream for a little kid like him to get out of the Valley of Death. He's crying his eyes out right now."

"Yes."

The woman in black who replied to the letter clasped her fists and turned quickly. Leng Rujing and Guo Wei followed her out.

They all searched around the Valley of Death, and someone came over holding a shoe.

"Master, that child's shoes."

"Where did you find it?"

“On the edge of a cliff.”

Hearing this, Leng Rujing walked over quickly. When she saw the corner of a four-pound piece of clothing hanging on a branch by the cliff, she snorted.

“No one has dared to set foot at the bottom of the Valley of Death. But it’s better this way. He can die cleanly so that I don’t have to bother with him. One life suppresses another. This is retribution. Luo Nianxi, you didn’t expect that you would never see your son again, hahahaha…”

Her laughter, like Si Jin's final cry, echoed in the valley, but no one responded.

……

After traveling on the road for three days, Luo Nianxi and his group finally arrived near the Valley of Death on the night when Sijin fell off the cliff.

Leng Jin ordered his men to set up camp three miles away from the Death Valley. He wanted to explore the terrain first and then enter the valley to capture the people.

But Luo Nianxi couldn't wait. She wanted to go up the mountain to find Sijin right now. She didn't even know whether Sijin was safe.

Leng Jin had already guessed what she was thinking.

Sitting in the tent, he reminded:

"This trip is not only to save Si Jin, but also to eliminate this doomed couple for Pingyang State and save more children. Therefore, you must not be careless and must not act on your own. If you alone affect the failure of this anti-bandit operation, you cannot bear the responsibility."

Luo Nianxi looked at Leng Jin, wanting to say something but stopping herself.

She admitted that she was indeed a little selfish. She only thought about finding Si Jin, but forgot that there were more than just Si Jin on this mountain, and there might be other children.

She clenched her fingers tightly and nodded.

"I understand. So when are we going up the mountain?"

"I have already ordered people to investigate. In addition to the doomed couple, there are seven women who are skilled in martial arts in the Death Valley. The number of children is unknown, so we must make arrangements. We must ensure the safety of these children and bring these people to justice. We must also make sure that this Death Valley disappears from now on. We must not be careless on this trip."

"But are we just going to keep waiting like this?"

"Of course not. The people in this valley go down the mountain to buy things every five days. Tomorrow is the day they go down the mountain. When the time comes, we will find two strong men with good kung fu to follow them. Once we figure out the route up the mountain, it won't be too late to lead people up to suppress the bandits."

"I can……"

She immediately volunteered.

"I can do this."

"No, you don't know Kung Fu. If anything happens to you, we'll have to rescue you."

"Eighth Uncle, please believe me. I can do it. Really. I promise I won't cause any trouble for you."

Seeing that Leng Jin was still hesitating, she struck while the iron was hot.

"Eighth Uncle, although I don't know Kung Fu, I know medical skills. If I get injured while going up the mountain, I can save myself. Most importantly, I'm a woman. Even if I show up on the mountain, I can easily make excuses and won't arouse suspicion. Just let me go!"

Seeing her resolute attitude and confidence, Leng Jin hesitated for a moment and nodded solemnly.

"Okay, let's change our strategy. Tomorrow you will follow their people up the mountain and leave us signals along the way. I will lead my men to follow you."

This should be the best solution at the moment.

Luo Nianxi nodded.

"Okay, then I'll follow the Eighth Uncle's wishes."

Although she was afraid of so many people going up the mountain together and was afraid of angering the bandits, the Eighth Prince would not let her go up the mountain unless she agreed.

Although she had thought about going up the mountain at night, she was afraid that if she acted rashly, it would disrupt the Eighth Uncle's plan. Not only would she be unable to help, but she would also get into trouble.

At this time, she kept telling herself to stay calm and keep a clear head at all times, because she had made up her mind that after rescuing Si Jin, she would go find Leng Yiyan in person. Even if he was already dead, she would find his body.

The bottom of the valley

To the people in the Valley of Death, this is a place where no one has ever been.

But they probably couldn't imagine that the bottom of the Valley of Death is actually just an ordinary cliff. It's just that they have never been here, so they imagine it to be a bottomless abyss.

At dawn, Si Jin was awakened by the dew. He slowly opened his eyes and found that he was hanging on a big tree.

"I'm not dead?"

He muttered to himself and looked up at the sun in the sky.

When he was sure that he was not dead, he immediately cried with his mouth wide open.

"Mom, I'm not dead. I still have a chance to see you, Mom..."

His crying was heard by an old woman passing by. She looked up and saw a child hanging on the tree. She screamed,

"Come here quickly, old man. Come here quickly."

As soon as she finished speaking, a voice came from not far away.

"What are you yelling for? I just ran into an old ginseng here and you were scared away."

As he spoke, the old man came to the old woman and looked in the direction of her finger.

"oops……"

When he saw Si Jin hanging on the branch, he cried out in surprise. At the same time, Si Jin lowered his head and looked down.

When he saw the two old men below, he screamed as if he was grasping at a life-saving straw.

"Grandpa and grandma, please save me."

The old woman pushed the old man.

"Why are you standing there like an idiot? Go and save them."

The old man then said "oh" and suddenly tapped the ground with his toes and flew up. Before Sijin could react, he had already landed with him in his arms.

Si Jin's clothes were torn and his body was covered with wounds, but he still knelt on the ground and kowtowed to the two old men.

"Thank you grandpa and grandma for saving me. I have something else to do. I'll take my leave now."

"Hey hey..."

The old man stepped forward and grabbed him.

"Little brat, you're already so injured, where do you want to go? Do you want to die on the way?"

Si Jin frowned and asked in a low voice:

"Where is this place? How far is it from Chang'an City?"

"This place is at least three days' journey from Chang'an City by horseback. How did you get here?"

Si Jin looked up at the two old men. How could they appear at the bottom of the Death Valley? And the old man seemed to be very good at Kung Fu. He didn't know if they had any connection with the Death Valley, so he couldn't trust them easily.

So he lied.

"I... I came here with my parents to visit relatives, but we were robbed and killed by bad guys. I fell off a cliff and got separated from my parents. I want to go find them now."

The old woman walked up to him, touched his dirty little face, and sighed distressedly.

"What a poor child! Come on, come home with us. I'll wash you, change your clothes, and have a good meal before you go find your parents."

Si Jin wanted to refuse, but he was afraid that he couldn't get out of here on his own and might be caught again.

He bit his lip, nodded heavily, and then clasped his fists and said:

"Thank you, Grandpa and Grandma."

The old woman rubbed his head lovingly and praised him non-stop.

"What a sensible child. You must be from a scholarly family. Can you walk? Do you want grandpa to carry you?"

The old man heard this and shook his head to refuse.

"He wants to walk back to Chang'an City by himself. How can he not walk this short distance? Old woman, please don't make trouble for me."

After saying this, he strode forward. At this moment, Si Jin suddenly fainted on the ground. The old woman saw this and screamed in panic.

"Old man, he fainted, come here quickly."

The old man turned around and saw Si Jin fainted in the old woman's arms. He ran over, picked him up and ran down the mountain...

……