Spring comes to the desperate place

The boy was about twelve or thirteen years old, with a little baby fat on his cheeks. He looked like a pampered young master. The boy was indeed a young master. He was Gu Fengyue, the second young master of the Yongyi Marquis Mansion in the capital. He came out this time to find a doctor for his brother. His brother was originally the eldest son of the marquis mansion, but he had been weak and sickly since childhood. Since the old marquis and his wife passed away one after another, his brother had taken on the responsibility of the marquis mansion, causing his body to become increasingly weak.

Three months ago, Marquis Gu was vomiting blood in the palace. His Majesty summoned all the imperial doctors to barely save Marquis Gu's life. After Marquis Gu woke up, Gu Fengyue began to look for famous doctors. As long as the doctor was slightly famous, he would visit him in person and ask them to treat his brother.

However, three months passed, and all the famous doctors they invited said that Lord Gu did not have much time left, and asked them to prepare for his funeral. There were even a few swindlers among them, but fortunately they were discovered by the family's physician, otherwise the consequences would be disastrous.

Thinking of this, the young man felt extremely tired. The guard who had been following him comforted him dryly: "Second Young Master, don't worry. The Imperial Master said that the Marquis's chance of survival is in the north. I think it should be not far away."

I hope so. The young man closed his eyes tiredly. The guard carried him to the bed, covered him with a quilt, and then left quietly.

On the morning of the second day, Song Chunlin and his companions had arrived at Langya. However, although they could see the towering peaks with their naked eyes, they realized how long the journey was when they walked.

The group had been walking for a whole day, but the mountain remained the same as it was when they first saw it, with no sign of getting closer.

Everyone stopped for a rest not far from the dirt road. The freshness of the sweet potatoes had not yet worn off in the past two days, so everyone ate roasted sweet potatoes. Song Chunlin had eaten three meals of roasted sweet potatoes, and now his face turned green when he saw roasted sweet potatoes.

He didn't really want to eat the dry and hard biscuits, so he had to smuggle the sweet potatoes into the space like a thief and then pretend that he had finished eating them.

Song Qinshi did not suspect anything and gave him another piece of bamboo sugarcane for him to chew on. By this time Song Chunsheng had also finished eating and also took a piece of bamboo sugarcane. The two brothers chewed on the bamboo sugarcane and followed a group of friends to the woods next to them.

As Song Chunlin walked, he was thinking, what should I dig today?

We have eaten roasted sweet potatoes for several meals. Why not change to yam, which is also delicious. There is no need to use yams, which are really choking.

So today, the group of children brought back yam, and almost everyone of them held a few yams in their hands, making the adults so happy that they couldn't help but gawk.

Song Chunlin and Song Chunsheng dug up the most. After all, it was Song Chunlin who gave birth to it, so they were the closest to it.

In the evening, in addition to the aroma of roasted sweet potatoes, there was also the aroma of yam. Everyone had almost finished their food, and with these mountain products as a supplement, everyone could eat their fill.

At the same time, on the other side, on an official road not far from the small town, a group of guards were fighting with men in black. The guards surrounded Gu Fengyue to protect him, but the other side was obviously well prepared and started a unilateral massacre by relying on their large numbers.

The captain of the guards took a lot of pain and finally opened a hole for Gu Fengyue. Gu Fengyue immediately ran out through the hole with two guards.

When the men in black saw him running away, they immediately chased after him. The captain of the guards tried his best to hold them back, but he was seriously injured and was soon kicked away, lying on the ground motionless.

Gu Fengyue fled into the forest as if for his life. The only two guards left by his side kept protecting him. The enemy was chasing him relentlessly. One of the guards cut off his arm and said, "Second Young Master, there are too many of them. Jiu, take the Second Young Master and run to Langya. I will delay them for you."

"Third brother, let's go together!" The guard named Ajiu's eyes were bloodshot and he held the other's wrist tightly.

"Go quickly! If you don't leave now, don't call me Third Brother anymore!"

Ah Jiu wanted to fight for it, but the other party waved his hand away: "Remember, you are the guard of the Marquis' Mansion. Your mission is to protect the Second Young Master and bring him home safely. You can't let our brothers die in vain."

Ajiu was completely stunned by these words. Finally, he gritted his teeth, turned around, and pulled Gu Fengyue into the depths of the dense forest.

The third brother covered up their escape traces, chose another direction to leave, and left marks along the way. When those people caught up and found that he was alone, the third brother had already drawn his knife and started fighting with them.

But two fists are no match for four hands, and he was quickly defeated. The man in black quickly dealt with the third brother, then turned around and dispersed his men in all directions, determined to kill Gu Fengyue in Weihe County.

The two people fleeing here already knew that the third brother was in danger. Ajiu held back his tears, but still ran diligently with Gu Fengyue. In the mountains and forests in the middle of the night, there were not only people chasing them, but also dormant wild beasts, wolves. The howling of the wolves seemed to be right next to their ears, so they dared not stop.

However, the people chasing them were more than they had imagined, and soon they caught up with them. Ajiu and Gu Fengyue both had pale faces.

"Second Young Master, I may not be able to accompany you anymore." Jiu said in a trembling voice.

Gu Fengyue grabbed the other's wrist and said, "No, you are the only guard left. You must come with me."

Ah Jiu pulled out his hand firmly: "Second Young Master, stay alive, the Marquis is still waiting for you. If something happens to you, what's the point of us staying alive?"

After saying that, Ajiu turned around and ran in the direction he came from. The opponent's killers were holding torches, which made them very easy to identify in the dark. Ajiu hid in the dark and killed three people in a row. When he killed the fourth person, the opponent had already noticed it and those people were chasing him.

When Ajiu was about to kill the fifth man, the pursuers were already close at hand. Ajiu was outnumbered and was quickly defeated.

The man in black ordered everyone to capture Ajiu alive. Ajiu was forced to kneel on the ground and the cloth on his face was torn off. When the man saw that it was not Gu Fengyue, he raised the knife in his hand.

Ajiu closed his eyes and waited for death, but the knife did not fall, but was knocked down by a stone shot from the darkness. Ajiu looked at his young master in shock as he rushed out of the dense forest. Caught off guard, several of the opponent's men were immediately killed.

Ajiu quickly jumped up and broke free from the two men in black who were holding him. He picked up a long sword at random from the ground and subconsciously swung the sword towards the leader of the men in black in front of him. The man in black had no weapon and could only block with his hands, but Ajiu burst out his last bit of strength and stabbed the long sword into the man in black's abdomen.

The opponent had been knocked down, and Ajiu and Gu Fengyue no longer wanted to fight, and took the opportunity to escape into the dense forest again. This time, there were no pursuers behind them.

"Stop chasing them. Both of them are injured. They are covered in blood in this deep forest. They will soon be caught up by wild beasts." The leader covered his abdomen and stared at the direction where Gu Fengyue and the others left with a sinister look.