Rescue

It was pouring rain.

Duanmu Chen stood by the window with a solemn expression, letting the raindrops come in with the wind and sweep across his face.

The incident happened suddenly, and although he had some guesses until now, they had not been confirmed. One thing that was certain was that he must not lose Su Liang, an irreplaceable partner.

Footsteps sounded, and Chang'an hurried to the corridor, stamped his feet to shake off the rain on his body, and did not go in. He stood at the door and talked to Duanmu Chen, "Master, the prison is heavily guarded, and you can't get in!"

Duanmu Chen narrowed his eyes slightly, "Heavily guarded? Does the emperor really want to take this opportunity to get rid of Su Liang... No, if that's the case, you can just execute her immediately, and there's no need to send her to the prison, so as to avoid more trouble at night."

Chang'an frowned and dared not speak.

"Send someone to watch the area around the prison and watch for anyone coming in and out." Duanmu Chen said, "Go to Su Liang's house."

Chang'an was stunned for a moment, "Miss Su's house? No one is there now, right?"

"What if there is someone?" Duanmu Chen thought, "Go!"

Chang'an took the order and left quickly.

Not long after, he came back and told Duanmu Chen that the Su Mansion was empty.

"She surrendered without a fight, it's impossible that she didn't leave a way out for herself..." Duanmu Chen frowned, "Could it be that she was counting on me to save her?"

Chang'an nodded immediately, "I think so. For such a big thing, no one else can do anything they want."

"But I can't break into the prison, that would only backfire." Duanmu Chen had a headache, "The most important thing is that I can't be sure what my father is planning for Su Liang."

Chang'an sighed, "I just think that Miss Su is in danger in the prison." If someone wants to harm her secretly, now is a good opportunity.

Duanmu Chen's head hurt even more when he thought of the Queen Mother Wan's threat to give Su Liang a cup of poisoned wine tonight.

After a while, Duanmu Chen took a deep breath, as if he had made up his mind, "Prepare the carriage, I want to go to the palace to see my father!"

Chang'an hurried to prepare the carriage.

Not long after, Duanmu Chen's carriage left the Prince's Mansion in the heavy rain and drove towards the palace.

...

What Duanmu Chen didn't know was that Su Liang was not in the sky prison at this moment, but hiding not far from the Wan family, staring at the wall where Chengyun entered the Wan family.

Her clothes were already soaked, and she shivered when a cold wind blew. On the one hand, she was worried about Bai Xiaohu and Chengyun, and on the other hand, she remembered that she and Gu Ling braved a heavy rain to rescue people in Bei'an County.

Unfortunately, Gu Ling was not there, otherwise Bai Xiaohu would have been rescued... Su Liang thought of this, shook her head, and abandoned this idea. Calculating the time, Gu Ling was at most on the way back, and he would not arrive today no matter how fast he went. If Gu Ling had to wait for Yan Yu and Nian Jincheng to settle the marriage before going back to Beijing with Nian Jincheng, it would be unknown when.

Su Liang was always with Gu Ling. Apart from her medical skills, she did not think she was that great. Even if she won the martial arts champion, her martial arts were not comparable to Gu Ling's.

What happened now was the follow-up reaction caused by her decision to avenge the original owner and his family. At this point, she did not regret everything she had done before. Whether it was Duanmu Sheng or Duanmu Ao, they all deserved the punishment and deserved to die.

But what Su Liang least wanted was that her own affairs implicated innocent people. This was the situation at the moment.

After not seeing Cheng Yun come out for a long time, Su Liang felt uneasy and silently recited Cheng Yun's catchphrase "Amitabha", hoping that God would bless Cheng Yun and Bai Xiaohu and nothing would happen.

After an unknown amount of time, the sky became darker and darker.

Su Liang finally saw someone jumping over the wall from Wan Mansion and rushed out immediately. Because she had been hiding in one place for too long, her legs were numb and she almost fell down.

The heavy rain blurred her vision, but Su Liang knew it must be Chengyun, no one else would come out from here.

Soon, Chengyun also saw Su Liang and rushed towards her.

When she got closer, Su Liang saw Chengyun carrying something on his back, and her heart was slightly relieved, "Is it Xiaohu?"

Seeing Chengyun nod affirmatively, Su Liang's eyes lit up and she immediately went to check, "Is he... okay?"

"He's unconscious, he should be fine." Chengyun said.

"Okay, then let's go! Go to my house!" Su Liang looked in the direction of Wan Mansion again, and no one chased out, so she hurriedly took Chengyun away in the rain.

After entering the Su Mansion, Su Liang took Chengyun directly to Yuanming Pavilion.

Qi Jun heard the noise, came out, and saw Su Liang, his expression changed, "Who are you?"

"It's me." Su Liang spoke. She had disguised herself, so it was normal that Qi Jun didn't recognize her.

Qi Jun's eyes widened, "Miss Su? Did you escape from prison?"

Su Liang shook his head, "It's a long story, go and boil some water!"

"Hey!" Qi Jun's face lit up, and he was very happy to see Su Liang return safely. Although they didn't know what happened, everyone thought that Su Liang was in the heavily guarded prison at the moment. Old Master Qin and Qin Kang decided to wait and see, and told them not to act rashly. I didn't expect Su Liang to be able to run out. He was so capable.

Xing Yusheng and Lin Xueqing had not returned from the Duke of Qin's Mansion to discuss countermeasures, and Qi Jun did not immediately notify them. According to Su Liang's instructions, he went to the kitchen to boil water.

Su Liang took Chengyun into Yuanming Pavilion. There was a soft couch on the first floor, and asked him to put Bai Xiaohu on it first.

At first, Bai Xiaohu hung his head and was anxious to come back, so Su Liang didn't see it clearly. Now he was lying face up, and Su Liang saw that his thin face was blue and purple, and his lips were cracked and bleeding, and he couldn't help but get angry.

"Amitabha, if I had gone a step later, Xiaohu would have been in danger." Chengyun sighed. He hadn't told Su Liang about the process of saving Bai Xiaohu yet. It was really dangerous.

Su Liang felt Bai Xiaohu's pulse first, holding his hand, which was cold. From the pulse, he found that he was just weak, as if he hadn't eaten for a long time. There was nothing else. He didn't wake up because he was drugged.

"Is Xiaohu okay?" Chengyun asked.

Su Liang shook his head, "Nothing serious."

Chengyun breathed a sigh of relief, "That's good. You take care of him. I have to go back to the temple. The incident happened suddenly, and I didn't tell my uncle when I went down the mountain. I will come to see Xiaohu another day."

"Wait." Su Liang stopped Chengyun, "How did you find Xiaohu?"

Chengyun sighed deeply, "He was thrown into the dry well in the garden."

Su Liang looked annoyed and saw that Bai Xiaohu's bare foot was hanging unnaturally. The mud couldn't cover the large purple scars on it, and it was obviously soaked in water for a long time.

On a rainy day, the dry well was flooded. If he was not rescued in time, he would have drowned.

"I did what Mr. Su said and searched everywhere. When I couldn't find him, I went to catch Wanshan. There were people protecting Wanshan, but fortunately that person was no match for me. After catching Wanshan, in order to avoid trouble and not wanting to hurt anyone, I took Wanshan around the mansion. When I saw people, I asked them to tie each other up and gag their mouths. Finally, I forced Wanshan to tell me where Xiaohu was. He refused to admit it at first, so I could only threaten him to... kill him..." Chengyun told Su Liang what happened with some difficulty. It was not easy for him to say something like killing someone, even if it was fake.

Su Liang nodded, "Very smart. You've worked hard." He patted Chengyun on the shoulder.

Chengyun looked a little stiff, "No... It's okay. It's all for saving people, saving Xiaohu. Mr. Su, don't be like this."

Su Liang: ... It's her fault. She scared the little monk. She just wanted to thank him.

"Drink some hot water before you go." Su Liang said, "Sit down first, don't worry that Huguo Temple will think you're lost. It's not like you can't go down the mountain normally."

Cheng Yun hesitated for a moment, and then looked at the unconscious Bai Xiaohu, and then sat down, untied the cloth on his head, took off Gu Ling's clothes, folded them neatly, and put them on the stool next to him, and restored his appearance as a little monk.

The bald head made Qi Jun, who came to deliver water, stunned, and then he recognized that the person who came back with Su Liang was the beautiful little monk from Huguo Temple.

The Bai Xiaohu on the bed surprised Qi Jun even more. Of course he knew him, because he and Su Liang first met in Bei'an County. This was the child of Su Liang's neighbor, who always ran to Su Liang and had a good relationship.

The smart Qi Jun saw this situation and guessed most of it in his heart. First put down the hot water to drink, poured three cups, and then went to bring a basin of hot water.

Su Liang first wiped Bai Xiaohu's face and hands, then cleaned his feet, found some ointment, and applied it to him.

Chengyun drank a cup of hot water, poured himself another cup, and just after taking a sip, he suddenly heard Su Liang ask, "Where is Wanshan? You didn't let him go in the end, did you?"

Chengyun was choked, coughed a few times, put down the cup, and shook his head, "Not really."

"What did you do to him?" Su Liang asked.

Chengyun looked a little unnatural, "I rescued Xiaohu from the dry well, and I felt really unfair, so I pushed Wanshan down. But Xiaohu is fine, he shouldn't die, right?"

Su Liang looked at Chengyun's somewhat uneasy expression and sneered, "It's better to die."

Chengyun sighed repeatedly, "It's a sin, it's a sin, I shouldn't be impulsive, if I commit murder, it will be an unforgivable sin."

"That man wanted to kill Xiaohu, you killed him, you are doing justice for the heaven." Su Liang snorted.

Chengyun kept shaking his head and chanted Buddhist scriptures.

Su Liang knew that the little monk was just too kind, with a pure heart, and didn't want to hurt others, not that he didn't know right from wrong, so he didn't say anything more.

Su Liang fed Bai Xiaohu a cup of warm water and gave him some medicine. Looking outside again, it was already dark.

"Donor Su, I have to go back to the temple." Chengyun proposed to leave again.

Su Liang nodded, "Well, you go back first, don't tell others about what happened today."

Chengyun frowned, "Monks don't lie..."

Su Liang shook his head, "You should think like this, this kind of thing has nothing to do with others, you said it, let people know, but add unnecessary trouble to others."

Chengyun was stunned for a moment, "What Donor Su said makes sense."

"Besides, someone wants to harm me and Xiaohu, and now I should be waiting for execution in the prison. Did you tell others to arrest me?" Su Liang asked.

Chengyun waved his hands quickly, "I haven't thought about it that way."

"That's fine. If someone asks you where you went, just say that you went for a walk down the mountain. That's not a lie." Su Liang said.

"Okay then." Chengyun asked weakly, "Donor Su, should I go to see Wanshan and see how he is doing?"

Su Liang glared at Chengyun, "You don't even want to stay and take care of Xiaohu, but you're still thinking about that evil man? Is that reasonable?"

Chengyun wanted to say that he was just afraid of killing someone, but seeing Su Liang glaring at him, he subconsciously said, "I won't go, I'll go back to the temple, goodbye."

Just as he walked out, Chengyun came back, "I'll come to visit Xiaohu tomorrow, and I'll trouble Donor Su to take care of him. Donor Su, take care of yourself too."

"Let's go, let's go, don't chant anymore." Su Liang waved his hands.

Chengyun frowned, "I didn't chant."

Su Liang: ...

After Chengyun left, Qi Jun said he was going to buy some food, and Su Liang asked him to stay away from people.

Su Liang brought down a blanket from upstairs and covered Bai Xiaohu with it. Thinking that Bai Xiaohu had been arrested for at least seven or eight days, the Bai family must be worried and crazy, and Su Liang felt guilty.

Seeing that Bai Xiaohu's cheeks were a little flushed, Su Liang touched his forehead and found that he had a little fever.

She went to bring a basin of cold water, soaked a handkerchief, and put it on his forehead, and then found strong liquor to wipe the palms of his hands and soles of his feet.

Bai Xiaohu's little hand trembled and slowly woke up.

Su Liang looked happy, but Bai Xiaohu, after seeing the strange face she had disguised, held his head and screamed, and shrank into the corner.

Su Liang then remembered that she had forgotten to remove the disguise, and quickly said, "Xiaohu, it's me, Sister Su Liang!"

"No, you are not Sister Su Liang! You are a bad guy!" Bai Xiaohu shook his head.

Just at this time, Qi Jun came back with a lunch box. Su Liang hurriedly asked him to come over and look after Bai Xiaohu, and went upstairs.

Qi Jun sat down next to him and said softly, "Xiaohu, do you still remember me? I've been to Sujia Village. My last name is Qi. You called me Brother Xiaoqi at that time."

Bai Xiaohu closed his eyes and refused to open them. He curled up into a ball and trembled slightly. It was obvious that this experience had caused him a lot of psychological trauma.

Qi Jun tried to touch Bai Xiaohu several times but failed. He had to give up. He saw Su Liang restored his true appearance, changed his clothes, and came downstairs.

Qi Jun sighed and went to put out the food.

Su Liang sat down beside the couch and said softly, "Xiaohu, it's really me. Do you remember when we went up the mountain to hunt wild boars together?"

Bai Xiaohu slowly raised his head and saw Su Liang's face again. Suddenly, he burst into tears.

Su Liang hugged Bai Xiaohu and patted his back gently, "It's okay, it's okay, sister Su Liang will take you home soon."

"Sister Su Liang... woo woo woo... I want to go home..." Bai Xiaohu cried breathlessly.

"Well, we will go back soon." Su Liang said.

Qi Jun served two bowls of porridge and was about to go out, but was stopped by Su Liang and asked to sit down and eat together.

After finally coaxing the frightened Bai Xiaohu, Su Liang brought the hot porridge, and the hungry child immediately started eating. Su Liang asked him to go slowly.

Let Bai Xiaohu eat first, Su Liang ate a little, and then told Qi Jun to boil water, wash Bai Xiaohu, and then apply medicine to him.

Su Liang went to boil medicine for Bai Xiaohu again, it was very bitter, but he pinched his nose and drank it all in one breath.

"Great." Su Liang patted Bai Xiaohu's head gently, "Let Uncle Xiao Qi take care of you later, don't be afraid."

Bai Xiaohu nodded and asked in a muffled voice, "Sister Su Liang, is Brother Ning Jing really gone?"

Su Liang sighed slightly and nodded.

Bai Xiaohu's eyes suddenly turned red, and he buried his head and cried again.

When Su Liang went upstairs, Qi Jun gave Bai Xiaohu a bath. Seeing that his body was covered with bruises, he couldn't help but curse those beasts in his heart, not even sparing the children.

After applying the medicine, Qi Jun carried Bai Xiaohu to Su Liang's study upstairs, where she had made a new bed.

Su Liang didn't blow out the lights, but sat by the bed, "Go to sleep, I'm here."

Bai Xiaohu fell asleep quickly. Qi Jun whispered to Su Liang to go to rest, and he would take care of her, but Su Liang asked him to go back to rest.

"Miss Su may have a lot of things to deal with tomorrow, so go to sleep for a while." Qi Jun persuaded again.

Su Liang made sure Bai Xiaohu was asleep, so she asked Qi Jun to help watch her and call her anytime if she needed anything, then she got up and went back to her room.

Lying down, exhausted physically and mentally, Su Liang's last thought before falling asleep was, "It would be nice if Gu Ling was here"...

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