Chapter 390 Hiding in the Cave
Chapter 390 Hiding in the Cave
Bai Ruize untied the rope on Jun Yuxue and helped her up.
"Princess, can you still go?"
Jun Yuxue nodded.
"Okay then, when we get out later, you hide behind me."
Bai Ruize took Jun Yuxue's hand and rushed out of the house, and killed the man in black together with Dong Wei.
"Sir, this is bad. They have reinforcements. I'm afraid we can't handle it with just the two of us."
Dong Wei waved the sword in his hand and yelled at Bai Ruize anxiously.
"Run separately. I will run north with the princess, and you will run south to meet up with the prince."
"Okay, be safe."
Bai Ruize took Jun Yuxue by the hand and ran towards the north while dealing with the pursuers.
The thief was also smart and targeted Jun Yuxue.
In order to protect Jun Yuxue, Bai Ruize's chest and back were almost scratched like a spider web.
But even so, God will still cut off their path.
The two were forced to the edge of the cliff.
It was too dark to see what was happening below the cliff, but I could vaguely hear the sound of water.
Seeing the thieves gradually approaching, Bai Ruize had no choice but to take a gamble. Even if there was no water below, it would be better for the two of them to fall to their death than fall into the hands of the thieves.
"Princess, there is no way out. If you don't want to fall into the hands of the thieves and be humiliated, you have no choice but to jump down.
If we are unfortunate enough to fall and die, don't be afraid, I will accompany you on your way to the underworld."
Jun Yuxue pursed her lips and hugged Bai Ruize tightly.
"You must find me on the road to the underworld."
Bai Ruize nodded, hugged her, turned around and jumped down, borrowing strength from the rock wall several times on the way. He wanted to reduce the impact resistance with the water surface when falling.
Although he didn't win the bet, he wasn't hurt when he fell.
There is no river below, but a bottomless flowing hot spring.
The reason why you can't see below from above is because the mist from the hot spring blocks the situation below.
"Boss, these two people jumped down, what should we do?"
The thief leader gritted his teeth and said, "Let's go down.
If he is dead, I want to see him in person; if he is alive, I want to see his corpse."
"Kill..." As soon as the thief turned around, Jun Yuyang rushed over with his men and started fighting with the thief.
Jun Yuyang grabbed the leader of the bandits by the collar and put the sword on his neck.
"Where's my sister?"
"Hehehe... Your Highness, you are a step too late. Your beloved sister has already jumped off the cliff. I'm afraid she has turned into a pile of pulp by now."
The leader of the thieves said this with a look of being a dead pig that is not afraid of boiling water.
Jun Yuyang gnashed his teeth and said, "This prince will turn you into a human pig..."
"Prince, you can't do that. His Majesty has ordered that he must be killed alive." Jun Yuyang's personal attendant Wei Xingluo stopped him.
Jun Yuyang was so angry that his nostrils opened and closed. He grabbed the thief leader's jaw and threw it heavily to the ground.
"Xingluo, tie them up and send them to the prison, and arrange for a group of people to go down the mountain immediately to find the whereabouts of the princess and the prince."
Xing Luo bowed with both hands, "Yes, Your Highness."
Bai Ruize rushed into the water holding Jun Yuxue and fell directly into the deep end of the hot spring.
Jun Yuxue couldn't swim, so Bai Ruize held her and swam upstream. It took a lot of effort to pull her out of the water.
"Cough, cough, cough..." When Jun Yuxue was about to come up, she choked on the water several times. As soon as she came out of the water, she started coughing desperately.
Bai Ruize panted heavily and reached out to lift the loose hair from Jun Yuxue's forehead.
"Princess, are you okay? Are you hurt?"
Jun Yuxue coughed and shook her head.
"The thieves will chase us soon. We have to leave here quickly. Can you still go?"
"can……"
Bai Ruize endured the pain in his body, desperately pulled Jun Yuxue ashore, and stumbled into the woods.
It was too dark, and although Jun Yuxue couldn't see clearly, she could still smell the strong smell of blood on Bai Ruize.
“Prince, you are seriously injured and can’t run anymore.
If you keep running, you'll die."
Without Jun Yuxue's reminder, Bai Ruize knew that he was already feeling dizzy.
If I don't get treatment soon, I'm afraid I'll lose my life here.
"Let's find a secluded place to rest for a while and wait for Dong Wei to pick us up."
The two of them stumbled and ran for an incense stick of time, and found a rock sheltered from the wind. Hiding in the cave, Bai Ruize could not run any longer, and he had to rest for a while to store his strength in case the thieves caught up with him, so that he could hold them back and let Jun Yuxue escape.
Although Jun Yuxue was also very tired, she knew that she had to treat Bai Ruize's wound as soon as possible, otherwise the wound would worsen and he might not survive tomorrow.
"Prince, wait here. I'll go get some firewood and treat your wound."
Bai Ruize grabbed Jun Yuxue.
"Wait here, I'll pick it up."
Jun Yuxue pulled his hand away and said, "Don't worry, I'm right next to you. I won't go far away. If anything happens, I will call for help."
Bai Ruize really had no strength left, so he nodded and let her go.
They were in the woods and firewood was very easy to find. In just a few minutes, Jun Yuxue brought back a large pile of firewood.
But she had been spoiled since she was a child and didn't know how to make a fire at all. In the end, it was Bai Ruize who lit the fire.
After the fire was lit, Jun Yuxue took off her small bag and poured out everything inside.
She picked up the medicine bottle on the ground and checked it. Fortunately, no water had entered it at all. The things given by her mother were indeed the best.
Bai Ruize had knife wounds all over his body, which had started to become inflamed after being soaked in water.
He also began to have a fever, and his face looked even redder under the light of the fire.
Jun Yuxue poured out two white pills from the medicine bottle and handed them to his mouth.
"Take this pill."
Bai Ruize didn't ask anything, he just opened his mouth, put the pill in his mouth and swallowed it.
"Princess, there should not be physical contact between men and women." He grabbed Jun Yuxue's hand that was about to pull off his clothes and said weakly.
Jun Yuxue pulled his hand away. "You're about to die, why are you still shy? It's not like I haven't seen you before.
No big deal, no big deal...
At worst, I'll be responsible for you, is that ok?"
Bai Ruize, who was in a daze due to the burn, suddenly woke up and asked in disbelief:
"Princess..., what did you say?"
Jun Yuxue turned her back to him, buried her head in her knees, and said shyly:
"I say, after seeing you, I should be responsible for you, right?"
After these words were spoken, there was no response from Bai Ruize for a long time. Jun Yuxue thought he had fainted.
When I turned around, I saw him grabbing his collar, looking very embarrassed.
"Could it be that you have already found another girl you like when you saw her today?"
Bai Ruize suddenly came back to his senses and said anxiously:
"How is it possible? I, in my life, besides being a princess..."
"Besides me, what else?" Jun Yuxue pressed on, forcing him to speak out his true feelings.
Bai Ruize pursed his lips, unable to say the words that were on the tip of his tongue.
"The princess is responsible for me, what about Lu Chenlin?"
"I am responsible for you. What does it have to do with Lu Chenlin?"
"Aren't Lu Chenlin and the princess in love with each other?"
Jun Yuxue tried to hold back a smile, "Yeah, we are pretty close."
Bai Ruize lowered his head in disappointment. Hearing Jun Yuxue say that with his own ears made him feel even more miserable than if he had killed himself.
"So, I don't want to interfere with you..."
"You idiot, is fighting and killing the only thing on your mind?
Don't you know what the relationship is between Lu Chenlin and me?"
Jun Yuxue reached out and poked Bai Ruize's head, and said in a reproachful voice.
Bai Ruize looked up at Jun Yuxue with a confused look on his face.
“Lü Chenlin and I are cousins.
His family is a distant relative of the Empress Dowager's mother's family, and we have known each other since childhood.
Besides, he already has a girl he likes.
That day you saw me choosing jewelry with him in a gold shop. He asked me to choose it for his future bride.
But I didn't expect to be misunderstood by you, a fool, and get myself drunk to the point of vomiting blood."
Bai Ruize was overjoyed and immediately perked up, grabbing Jun Yuxue's hand.
"really?"
Jun Yuxue rolled her eyes and said, "Believe it or not, if you don't want me to be responsible, just forget it and apply the medicine yourself."
She stuffed the hemostatic powder into Bai Ruize's hand.
Bai Ruize grabbed Jun Yuxue's hand and pulled her into his arms.
"Princess, you've seen me naked, how can you not take responsibility?"
Jun Yuxue tried to hold back her laughter, pursed her lips and said nothing.
"Princess, I have admired you for many years, from my youth to now.
There is only the princess in my heart."
"I am the only one here. Are you hosting a banquet at home today to meet other noble ladies?"
Bai Ruize held her tighter in his arms and placed his head on her shoulder.
"I thought you and Lu Chenlin were in love with each other, so I agreed to my mother's arrangement.
The bride is not you, but to me, it doesn’t matter who it is.”
"You've admired me for many years, why don't you come to me and explain it clearly?"
“When I was young, I didn’t have any achievements, so I didn’t dare to speak out.
When I grow up, I don’t know how to say it.
I want to get to know you slowly, so that you have time to adapt, and then I will talk to you about this matter.
In the end, I almost missed it.”
Jun Yuxue sighed. It was really not easy to get him to speak his true feelings.
"Okay, let's not talk about this now, I'll treat your wound first.
Otherwise, the pus will be filled.”
Jun Yuxue applied hemostatic and anti-inflammatory powder to him, and tore up her own underwear to use as bandages to bandage him.
But some of the wounds were so deep that the bones were visible. If they didn't get treatment, the medicine she had wouldn't last long.
Sure enough, when it was almost dawn, Bai Ruize developed a high fever.
Jun Yuxue collected some dew outside and fed it to him, then found some fresh herbs, crushed them and squeezed the juice for him to drink.
But the effect is minimal, almost no effect.
If reinforcements don't arrive, Bai Ruize will die here.
After thinking it over, she started a fire in an open area outside and used smoke to send out a call for help.
She knew that doing so would expose her and might attract thieves, but she really couldn't care less.
In less than an hour, she heard footsteps and shouting outside.
"Princess……"
"Sir..."
"Brother, Dong Wei, we are here, here..."
Jun Yuxue ran out of the cave, stood on the rock at the entrance and waved towards the distance.
When Dong Wei and Jun Yuyang saw Jun Yuxue, they immediately ran over.
Jun Yuyang ran over and checked Jun Yuxue nervously. Seeing that she was fine, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief.
"Where's Rize?"
"He is seriously injured and unconscious inside. We need to bring him back to the city for treatment as soon as possible."
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