0p0 Chapter 221 Children
Chapter 221 Children
So the reprimand that was about to come out of his mouth was forcibly changed to: "Minghui wants to go on an adventure, remember to listen to Princess Yixin's words?"
Little Minghui blinked her big eyes and said with a look of grievance, "Father, don't you want to go on an adventure with Minghui?"
The eldest prince: He really doesn’t want to participate in such a boring game, okay?
But seeing his daughter's disappointed expression, he quickly changed his words and said, "Go, of course you should go. Father means that Minghui is willing to be with Princess Yixin, so father will give her one more instruction."
Sure enough, Minghui was immediately delighted and said excitedly: "Can we set off now? No, we can't. We also need to bring an umbrella, a tent, and pots and pans. In case it rains here, we won't be trapped inside and starve."
However, no one corrected him. After all, with Minghui's noble status, if nothing unexpected happened, he would probably never have the experience of a truly dangerous mountain adventure in his lifetime.
So the eldest prince decisively ordered the troops to set up camp on the spot.
They, father and son, together with the fifth prince, Chu Ci and others, a group of people, carrying large and small bags of supplies and equipment, excitedly went into the nearby forests.
It’s called an adventure, but in fact, with the support of Chu Ci’s powerful plug-in-like ability, the most he would encounter are small animals like rabbits and pheasants.
Even in order to let Minghui have fun, Chuci and his friends deliberately let the rabbit run away, even though they could easily catch it.
Therefore, it seemed that everyone was moving forward cautiously in the forest, their eyes constantly searching for the traces of the hare.
In fact, only Minghui said excitedly, "Everyone, keep your voices down, don't scare the rabbit away."
Of course, he had to agree, but this time Chu Ci was obviously absent-minded. He frowned slightly, and his eyes drifted away from time to time, as if he was thinking about something.
Fortunately, Qianxue and Qianyan saw this and quickly responded in a low voice: "I know, we will be very careful."
But he was already secretly guessing what Chu Ci had discovered.
As soon as Fan Jingrui noticed Chu Ci's abnormality, he quickly came to Chu Ci's side. He called softly, "Madam?"
Chu Ci nodded and pointed in a certain direction. "There's a child crying."
Fan Jingrui understood instantly, and pretended to be alert and stopped, saying loudly: "Listen, is there any sound?"
Everyone quieted down and listened carefully. After a moment, they all shook their heads.
Princess Minghui thought there was a large animal. Her eyes sparkled and she asked curiously, "Is it an elk? Let's go take a look?"
At first, no one noticed the danger and did not object.
But as they walked, some people with good hearing heard a sound. "It sounds like someone is crying."
How could someone be crying in the forest? Immediately, a guard suggested: "The situation here is unclear. For safety, we should return the same way."
But Minghui was in high spirits, so how could she agree? She pouted and said firmly, "No, I haven't seen what it is yet, I can't go back!"
The guard wanted to persuade her again, but Minghui pulled Chu Ci in front of her. "Sister Chu, you will definitely protect me."
This put pressure on Chu Ci, and Chu Ci already knew what was going on with the crying child not far away, so it was naturally impossible for him to retreat at this time.
At this moment, in the originally quiet forest, Chu Ci suddenly heard a shrill scream, which instantly broke the deadlock.
"Let's go!" Minghui was fearless and ran towards the direction of the voice first.
The people present naturally could not let a child take the lead, especially the guards responsible for protecting Minghui. They did not dare to be negligent in the slightest and could only quicken their pace and run ahead of Minghui.
Soon, everyone quickened their pace in the direction of the sound and finally found a simple shack built with branches.
There were a few ragged children with tear-stained faces squatting outside the shack.
Seeing Chu Ci and his group approaching, the children immediately shouted in panic: "Stop crying, run, someone is coming——"
As the alarm sounded, five children of different ages quickly ran out of the shack.
Seeing Chu Ci and his group appear, they did not hesitate at all and immediately dispersed and fled in different directions.
The skillful movements and unhesitating reactions were so skillful that it made people feel distressed.
Without giving them time to think, Chu Ci immediately and decisively ordered: "Bring him back!"
She took Qianxue and Qianyan and quickly entered the shack, because she could vaguely see a child lying in the shack who was breathing out more than he was breathing in and was in critical condition.
When we went in, we saw that the child's face was blue and purple, and the wound was swollen and black, obviously he was poisoned by a snake.
Chu Ci made a prompt decision and said loudly: "Qianxue, quickly open the medicine box. Take the medicine powder that can suppress snake venom."
As Chu Ci spoke, his hands were not idle either. He quickly took out a silver needle from his sleeve and accurately inserted it into the major acupuncture points on the child's body.
At the same time, the children who had previously escaped were caught by the guards.
Chu Ci concentrated on the acupuncture while listening carefully to the questioning outside.
Fan Jingrui outside also knew that Chu Ci and the others were paying attention to the situation here, so he raised his voice slightly and asked patiently: "The children inside are your companions, right? Why are you running?"
"Aren't you here to catch us?" Seeing Fan Jingrui ask this, the children widened their eyes and asked in disbelief.
This time, without Fan Jingrui's reply, Princess Minghui came out of the shack impatiently and said crisply, "We are here to explore. Were you the ones shouting before? We were attracted by your voices."
When the captured children saw Princess Minghui, the vigilance in their eyes lessened a little.
But he remained silent and did not answer.
Seeing this, Minghui kindly said, "Sister Chu is rescuing people inside, do you want to go in and take a look?"
Sure enough, upon hearing the word "save", even though they were on high alert, they couldn't help but ask anxiously, "Li Jing, can he be rescued?"
"Yes, Sister Chu said that he was poisoned by a snake. He has been given medicine to inhibit the snake venom, and is being forced out with silver needles. He will wake up soon," Minghui replied quickly.
Hearing that their friends were not in danger, the children, who had been as defensive as hedgehogs just now, could no longer hold back and burst into tears: "Wuwu-wuwu--"
"Thank you, thank you. We thought Li Jing was going to die."