Noble First Daughter-in-law

Chapter 1014: Savior and Daughter

"what!"

Shang Ruyi screamed, and Woxue behind her rushed forward, grabbed the wooden stick in her hand and threw it away with force. The black shadow wrapped around the stick flew several feet away, fell to the ground, and then disappeared into the bushes with a whoosh.

"It's a snake, it's a snake!"

Someone saw it clearly and shouted, and Lei Yu and Lu Xiao also rushed over. They saw that Shang Ruyi was pale and trembling all over, and on the palm of the hand that was tightly held by Wo Xue, two blood holes were oozing blood!

She was bitten by a snake!
Lei Yu was horrified and asked hurriedly, "Ruyi, how are you? Is the snake poisonous or not?"

Shang Ruyi glanced at her and wanted to say something, but her lips were trembling and her tongue was stiff. She couldn't utter a word, only a vague gurgling sound came out of her throat: "I, I——"

"Oh no, it's a poisonous snake!"

Wo Xue immediately lowered his head and took her knuckles in his mouth and sucked hard, then turned his head and spat out a mouthful of blood. He then bent down again and sucked hard a few more times until the two wounds turned white, then he stretched out his hand to the person behind him and said, "Give me a rope!"

The guards also gathered around, looking terrified and panicked: "The rope! Where's the rope?"

Someone handed over a bundle of thick ropes used to tie up people and things. Woxue hurriedly opened it, but Luxiao reacted quickly. She leaned over and tore off a piece of clothing from her tight clothes and handed it to her. Woxue took it and immediately tied it hard on Shang Ruyi's wrist.

Then she looked at Shang Ruyi with sweat on her forehead: "Princess, how are you?"

At this time, Shang Ruyi's face was pale, her eyes were unfocused, and she was shaking like a sieve. Sweat beads kept rolling down her forehead. Lei Yu hurriedly took out a handkerchief to wipe her. At this time, Ashina Zhuxie came forward, glanced at the place where the stick had just been thrown, and asked, "How is she?"

Lei Yu said anxiously: "She was bitten by a snake, something is wrong."

Ashina Zhuxie frowned and said nothing. He only glanced at Shang Ruyi and looked around vigilantly, as if he was worried that there were still poisonous snakes lurking around. Wang Shaoqiu stepped forward to check Shang Ruyi's face and asked, "Is it a poisonous snake?"

Lei Yu glared at him fiercely: "Need I say more?"

As she spoke, Shang Ruyi's eyes became unfocused and her whole body slid down limply. Lei Yu hurriedly reached out to hug her, but saw that her eyes were looking up. Everyone thought she was going to look at something, but the next moment, her eyes rolled up and she fainted.

At this moment, everyone panicked.

Someone in the crowd was already shouting, "Take her down the mountain quickly and find a doctor!"

Lei Yu nodded immediately: "Let's go!"

Wo Xue looked up at the sky and shook her head, "It's too late. It's almost dark. If we go down the mountain now, it will take longer than going up. I'm worried that the princess can't stand it."

Everyone looked around and found that the sun had already set and the light was noticeably dimmer. If they really turned back down the mountain at this time, it would be even more difficult to go back.

Lei Yu said: "What you mean is——"

Wo Xue raised her head again, but she glanced at the top of the mountain. Just now, everyone could see the corner of the eaves under the setting sun, but now there was only a vague shadow. She said, "Why not continue to go up. If there are really people on the mountain, maybe they can find a way to save the princess."

Lei Yu hesitated: "This——"

Ashina Zhuxie nodded and said, "That's a good idea."

Wang Shaoqiu also said: "It is definitely too late to go down the mountain now, so we might as well do as she says." Lei Yu and Lu Xiao looked at each other.

They both obviously knew that these two men only had Zuo Gong Yizhong in their hearts and would definitely not care about Shang Ruyi's life or death, but everyone around Shang Ruyi said so, and there was really no better way. Besides, carrying an injured person down the mountain in the dark was not something they had not experienced before when they went up the mountain. No one could guarantee that they could bring her down the mountain safely and find a way to detoxify her as soon as possible.

It seems that we have no choice but to go up the mountain.

Lei Yu gritted his teeth and said, "Let's go, faster!"

Several guards hurriedly cut down two thick tree trunks as poles, tied the clothes on them and stretched them straight, then carried Shang Ruyi slowly up the mountain. Fortunately, the rest of the road was not too steep, and everyone lit torches to look after them. However, everyone was more careful, fearing that they would be attacked by poisonous snakes again, so they desperately used wooden sticks to hit the surrounding weeds and bushes, and forcibly opened a path on the mountain.

Finally, when the sky was completely dark and a thin moon passed over their heads along the detour they had taken, climbing to the top of the mountain, they finally reached the summit of the mountain.

Everything is quiet and the night wind is rustling.

Until they reached the top of the mountain and looked back, they saw that even the city in the distance had been swallowed up by the night. Only a huge black shadow was left standing before them. It was the highest peak of Tianding Mountain. The mountain they were standing on was only halfway up the opposite peak. When they looked down, the way they came had long disappeared, as if there was no way back.

Going further, the top of the mountain is covered with lush pine and cypress trees, layered and verdant, like countless high walls that block the view. The pine branches are swaying in the wind, and the shadows are vague as if there are thousands of troops blocking the way, and the rustling sound makes people more uneasy.

Someone couldn't help but whispered, "Is there really anyone here?"

Some people also asked: "It's a tomb, how can there be people there?"

Hearing this, everyone felt a chill, but Lei Yu didn't care about much and hurriedly said: "Don't talk nonsense, quickly find a way to find someone to detoxify Ruyi!"

As she spoke, she took two steps forward, pushed aside a bunch of pine branches, and suddenly saw a faint light coming through in front of her.

She immediately said, "Look!"

Everyone hurried forward and found that there was a path in the pine and cypress forest, but it was blocked by lush pine branches and it was dark and could not be seen. At the other end of the pine forest, there was indeed a flickering fire, and in the night breeze that was accompanied by the scent of pine, there seemed to be a faint scent of agarwood.

"There's really someone up there!"

"Hurry up and have a look!"

"There's hope, the princess is saved!"

Everyone was delighted and hurriedly carried Shang Ruyi, pushing away the pine branches and moving forward. After a while, they finally passed through the pine forest. Looking ahead, everyone couldn't help but take a deep breath.

What stood before my eyes was indeed a small wooden house.

This simple and dilapidated wooden house seems to have been exposed to wind and rain for many years on the top of the mountain. It is in a dilapidated state. Even the door is cracked and the window frames are loose. Who knows if it will fall down at any time when the wind gets stronger.

But now, this dilapidated wooden house is like a savior in everyone's eyes.

It is worth more than a thousand gold!
When Ashina Zhuxie and Wang Shaoqiu saw the light coming through the windows and door cracks, their eyes suddenly lit up, as if they had seen golden treasures, but they did not rush forward. Instead, Lei Yu hurried forward and was about to knock on the door, but stopped when he reached the door.

She heard a series of knocking sounds in the house.