Chapter 865 The Secret Guards Come to Search

In the inn, several secret guards sat in silence with solemn faces, only their eyes occasionally met, revealing deep worry.

They had been waiting for the prime minister for many days. According to the prime minister's order, they dared not leave this small place.

However, as time passed, the prime minister never came back, as if he was swallowed by the night.

"The prime minister has not returned, and the extreme cold land is full of dangers. Has the lord encountered any accident?" Finally, a secret guard couldn't help but break the silence in a low voice.

Everyone's heart tightened, and they remembered the prime minister's instructions before leaving, not allowing them to approach the dangerous extreme cold land.

But at this moment, their concern for the prime minister's safety made them unable to care so much.

"No matter what, we must go and see. Even if we disobey orders, we can't watch the prime minister fall into danger." The leading secret guard gritted his teeth and stood up suddenly, his eyes full of determination.

Other secret guards also stood up, checked their weapons and equipment, and tightened their night clothes.

Then, they gently pushed open the door of the inn.

With their sharp tracking skills, they searched hard in the direction where the prime minister left.

Xiyu had been searching in the mountains for a long time, with beads of sweat on his forehead, but he still couldn't find the herb.

He was full of helplessness and anxiety, and thought that Cai Wenshuang might know something, so he hurried to ask.

"I have been searching for a herb in vain. Do you know where it grows?" After saying that, he hurriedly handed the herb picture drawn by Song Shuwen to Cai Wenshuang.

Cai Wenshuang took the picture, looked at it carefully, frowned gradually, and finally shook his head, apologetically: "I have never seen this herb."

The light of hope in Xiyu's eyes dimmed instantly.

But Xiyu's eyes suddenly became as sharp as an eagle, locked tightly on Cai Wenshuang, and asked in a cold voice: "Are you deceiving me?"

Cai Wenshuang hurriedly shook his head, his eyes were open, and there was no intention of dodging.

Xiyu was exhausted, and he found a dead tree and sat down slowly. He seemed to be drained of energy and spirit, and was extremely depressed.

Seeing this, Cai Wenshuang was full of doubts and couldn't help asking: "Why do you have to find this herb?"

Xiyu was silent for a long time, his voice was low and hoarse.

"I found it for a maid of my wife."

Cai Wenshuang couldn't help laughing when he heard it, his face full of disbelief.

"Humph, look at you, you don't look like a prime minister at all. If you are really a prime minister, how could you be willing to risk your life and come to this remote place to find medicine for a little girl?"

Xiyu smiled bitterly when he heard this, but he didn't make any excuses.

He looked up at the mountains in the distance, and secretly said in his heart: "Even if others don't understand, I must find this medicine..."

Seeing Xiyu didn't speak, Cai Wenshuang felt more and more aggrieved and dissatisfied, and couldn't help complaining again.

"If you can't find the medicine, are you going to keep me here? How long will it take? It's too unreasonable to act like this!"

Her voice was a little tearful, and her eyes were full of resentment and helplessness.

Xi Yu turned his head suddenly and glared at her fiercely, with a warning and annoyance in his eyes.

Cai Wenshuang shuddered with fear, swallowed the rest of his words, curled his lips, and turned his head away unwillingly.

For a moment, the atmosphere fell into a stalemate, and only the wind whistled in his ears, as if adding a bit of desolate background to this embarrassing situation.

Xi Yu tightened his clothes, frowned, and continued to think about how to find the medicine, while Cai Wenshuang sat aside with a grievance, secretly cursing this unfortunate experience.

On the other side, Lao Cai paced back and forth in the dark and damp cave, anxious.

"Why hasn't this girl come back yet?" He muttered to himself, his brows twisted into a "川" character, his heart full of uneasiness, "Could there be an accident on the way?"

Old Cai couldn't hold back any longer and decided to go out to look for his daughter.

He carefully explored all the way.

Unexpectedly, he saw Xiyu and his daughter sitting quietly not far away.

Old Cai was immediately furious, rushed forward quickly, pointed at Xiyu with his finger, glared at him, and loudly accused: "Yu Xi, what do you mean? Why don't you let my daughter go? How can you be so untrustworthy!"

His voice trembled slightly with anger, and his eyes were full of worry for his daughter and anger towards Xiyu.

Xiyu raised his head, looking tired, and was about to explain, but was interrupted by a burst of scolding from Old Cai: "I treated you sincerely, but you acted like this, really wasting my trust!"

Old Cai became more and more angry as he spoke, and his chest rose and fell violently.

Seeing this, Cai Wenshuang hurriedly stood up and grabbed his father's sleeve, persuading him, "Dad, don't worry, listen to him."

Old Cai snorted coldly, glared at Xi Yu fiercely, stood aside with his hands folded on his chest, waiting for Xi Yu's explanation, as if saying that if he didn't give a reasonable explanation, he would never give up.

Xi Yu raised a mocking arc at the corner of his mouth and spoke coldly.

"Oh? You said to treat me with sincerity? If I hadn't taken your daughter as a hostage, would you be so obedient and cooperate with me?" There was a trace of imperceptible anger and contempt in his voice, and his eyes shot at Old Cai like ice knives.

Old Cai was so angry at these words that his face turned blue, his lips trembled, but he couldn't say a word of rebuttal.

Xi Yu stood up, dusted off the dust on his clothes, and continued, "As long as this herb can't be found, your daughter can't leave. Of course, if you can help me find this herb, I will let her go immediately, which can be regarded as your efforts for your daughter."

He crossed his arms and stared at Lao Cai closely, not missing the slightest change in expression on his face.

Lao Cai clenched his fists tightly, his joints turned white, and he was struggling between anger and helplessness in his heart.

Cai Wenshuang looked at his father and then at Xi Yu, his eyes full of anxiety and helplessness. He wanted to say something, but was forced to swallow it back by the tense atmosphere.

For a moment, the atmosphere between the three of them was tense, with only the wind whistling around them.

At this moment of stalemate, Xi Yu's eyes flashed, and he approached Cai Wenshuang like lightning. He suddenly made a move and pinched Cai Wenshuang's neck tightly with his long fingers like iron pliers.

Cai Wenshuang's eyes widened instantly, with a look of horror on his face. He subconsciously tried to break off Xi Yu's hand with both hands, but he couldn't do it and could only make a struggling sound of "Woo".

Xi Yu looked at Cai Wenshuang's painful and frightened look and showed no intention of letting go. He just frowned slightly and said coldly: "I'm offended."

Although there was a hint of apology in the voice, the strength in his hands did not decrease at all, as if he wanted to use this move to force Lao Cai to submit and help him find the crucial herb as soon as possible.

When Lao Cai saw this, he became furious and roared: "You despicable villain, let go of my daughter!"

As he spoke, he rushed toward Xi Yu, but before he could get closer, he was shocked by Xi Yu's look.

All he could do was stamp his feet anxiously and angrily on the spot, anxious but unable to do anything.

"You'd better not come here if you don't want your daughter to die quickly."

Lao Cai gritted his teeth, a look of determination flashed in his eyes, and said loudly: "For my daughter, I have no choice but to risk my life! Show me the drawing again, and I will try to find it."

Xi Yu was slightly startled after hearing this, and then handed over the herbal picture drawn by Song Shuwen.

Lao Cai took the drawing and looked at it carefully, frowning, and after looking at it for a while, he shook his head helplessly.

"To be honest, I have never seen this herb before, but since I agreed, I will try to look for it."

Seeing this, Cai Wenshuang hurriedly grabbed Lao Cai's clothes and dissuaded him with a cry: "Dad, don't do this. It's freezing and it's too dangerous."

"My dear daughter, you are now a hostage in his hands. What can I do if I don't listen to him? How can daddy just watch you in danger and do nothing."

With that said, Lao Cai took a deep breath, tightened his slightly thin clothes, and tried his luck to find the herb. Even if the hope was slim, he was unwilling to give up this chance.

Xi Yu frowned, with a bit of doubt in his eyes, and looked at Lao Cai and asked: "Are you not as familiar with Wuliang Mountain as you said? Previously you said with certainty that this Wuliang Mountain thing You can't move casually, I thought you knew where this herb is."

Lao Cai looked embarrassed and hurriedly explained: "I did say that, but it doesn't mean that I have really seen this herb."

Xi Yu snorted coldly, with a trace of impatience flashing in his eyes, and said: "In that case, your daughter and I will go to the cave to wait for you. You should hurry up and look for it. Don't waste time."

After saying that, regardless of whether Cai Wenshuang wanted to or not, he reached out and grabbed her arm, forcing her to go towards the cave.

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Cai Wenshuang struggled and shouted in a crying voice: "Let me go, I don't want to go in, Daddy, save me!"

Lao Cai watched his daughter being forcibly taken away, feeling anxious, but he did not dare to step forward to stop her. He could only stamp his feet anxiously on the spot and shouted at Xi Yu's back: "Don't hurt my daughter, or I will follow you." You’re not done yet!”

Xi Yu turned a deaf ear and dragged Cai Wenshuang straight into the cave, leaving Lao Cai standing in the cold wind with a worried look on his face. Then he gritted his teeth and began to search for the herb with difficulty.

After entering the cave, Cai Wenshuang struggled to break away from Xi Yu's arm, glared at Xi Yu angrily, and said loudly: "You are definitely not the prime minister, otherwise, how could you hurt the people like this and take hostages like this?" evil deeds!”

Xi Yu sneered, his eyes full of sarcasm, and retorted: "You still have the nerve to say this? What did your father do to me? He played me around. If I just give in, will I be slaughtered? I It was only out of desperation that I made this decision.”

Cai Wenshuang was choked and speechless for a moment, his chest heaved violently, his eyes were red, but he didn't know how to refute. He just stood there angrily, facing Xi Yu with an angry look. The atmosphere in the cave instantly became tense, as if it was about to explode.

Although Lao Cai has been entrenched on Wuliang Mountain for a long time, this mountain is vast and mysterious, and he may not be able to understand every scene on the mountain.

What's more, it is even more difficult to find that herbal medicine in this extremely cold place.

Lao Cai trudged forward one step at a time, with the wind blowing across his face like a knife. The clothes on his body seemed as thin as cicada wings, unable to withstand the cold at all.

After walking for a while, he began to shiver uncontrollably, and his teeth couldn't stop chattering. But when he thought that his daughter was still in Xi Yu's hands, he gritted his teeth and forced himself to continue exploring deeply, still looking around. Searching, not missing any place where the herb might be hidden.

More than an hour passed quietly in Lao Cai's difficult search, but he still found nothing.

The biting cold wind seemed to drain all his strength. The chill had already penetrated through his clothes and penetrated into his bones. He was shivering with cold, and his hands and feet gradually became numb.

Old Cai couldn't hold on any longer, so he had to drag his heavy and stiff body to a nearby rock sheltered from the wind and slowly sat down.

He hugged his arms tightly, curled up, trying to warm himself up. The white air exhaled from his mouth kept lingering in front of his eyes. His face was full of fatigue and helplessness. He silently prayed in his heart that this short rest would allow him to recover some strength so that he could continue to look for the herb that was related to his daughter's safety.

In the cave, the atmosphere was still cold and stalemate.

Cai Wenshuang looked at Xi Yu angrily, and asked angrily: "Can you confirm that this herb must be on this mountain?"

Xi Yu shook his head slowly, with a helpless look on his face.

Seeing this, Cai Wenshuang was furious, his face flushed red, and he shouted, "If that's the case, then aren't you playing a joke on my dad? He's freezing outside, but you're making him do this useless work!"

Xiyu sneered, his eyes were a little cold, and he responded nonchalantly, "Then what can I do? I was originally planning to find it myself, but now I have your dad's free labor, why don't I use it? I can't just leave the ready-made help, I'm not that stupid."

Cai Wenshuang was so angry that he trembled all over, pointing his finger at Xiyu, but he was so angry that he couldn't speak. His eyes were filled with tears of grievance and anger. He wanted to rush up and argue with Xiyu, but he was afraid of his methods, so he could only bite his lips and sulk aside.

Cai Wenshuang bit his lips tightly, and suddenly remembered a past event in his mind.

Once his father persuaded him to learn martial arts, saying that if he learned martial arts well, he would have more power to protect himself in this world in the future.

But at that time, she felt that practicing martial arts was too troublesome. She had to get up early and go to bed late every day, and endure those boring moves. So she willfully rejected her father's kindness.

Now she is in such a situation, being controlled by Xi Yu, she is full of regret.

If she could learn martial arts well at the beginning, how could she be so aggrieved at this moment, and could only let the person in front of her bully her wantonly, without even the confidence to refute.

She secretly clenched her fists, her eyes full of unwillingness, and swore in her heart that if she could get through this safely, she must learn martial arts well and never let people bully her like this again.

On the other side, the secret guards endured the biting cold and shuttled through this extremely cold place with difficulty.

Their eyes searched eagerly, not letting go of any corner where people might hide, but after searching for a while, they did not find any trace of the prime minister.

When they were anxious, they saw Lao Cai who was resting in a sheltered place.

Several secret guards looked at each other, and without hesitation, they appeared in front of Lao Cai in an instant.

One of the secret guards stepped forward and clasped his fists and said, "Brother, we are sorry to bother you. I wonder if you have seen any strangers come here? We are looking for my prime minister. Please tell me something."

The other secret guards also stared at Lao Cai with burning eyes, expecting to get clues about the prime minister from him.

Lao Cai was startled by the sudden appearance of several people. After seeing that they were strangers, he became alert.

Lao Cai looked up and carefully examined these people. He thought to himself that these people had extraordinary demeanor and were definitely not ordinary people. However, he was worried about his daughter at the moment, so he didn't care about these people.

So he replied unhappily, "I have already said that I have not seen anyone. Don't bother me anymore."

A secret guard frowned, showing impatience, with a bit of deterrence in his tone.

"You'd better tell the truth, otherwise, don't blame us for being rude to you."

When Lao Cai heard this, he was immediately furious and snorted coldly: "Hmph, what kind of tone are you talking about? I'm so old, am I still afraid of you? I really didn't see any strangers, believe it or not!"

After saying that, Lao Cai crossed his arms, stiffened his neck, and stared at the secret guard without showing any weakness, as if he would never surrender even if he risked his life.

Seeing this, another secret guard stepped forward and said apologetically: "Old man, I'm really sorry, my brother's words were indeed a bit rude, but we do have important matters to attend to, and I hope you can tell us the truth."

Old Cai was not moved at all, waved his hand impatiently, and shouted loudly: "I have already said that I didn't see anything, you guys hurry up and get out of here, don't waste my time here!"

The secret guard who was previously scolded was immediately angry and embarrassed when he heard this. His face turned red, and he didn't care about any etiquette. He shouted and attacked Old Cai.

Although Old Cai looked like an ordinary old man in the mountains on weekdays, he actually knew martial arts. He was not willing to show weakness. His eyes were stern, and he dodged the opponent's attack by turning sideways, and then he quickly fought back and fought with the secret guard.

The other secret guards were all stunned when they saw that Lao Cai had such powerful martial arts. They didn't expect that this seemingly ordinary old man could be so difficult to deal with.

After they reacted, they looked at each other, and without hesitation, they joined the battle and helped the previous secret guard.

Seeing this, Lao Cai sneered, with a fearless determination in his eyes, and shouted: "You have a lot of people, right? Humph, then I'm not afraid of you, just come at me!"

After that, his moves became more fierce. Under the siege of several people, although he was at a disadvantage, he still resisted tenaciously, nimbly dodging wave after wave of attacks, looking for opportunities to counterattack, showing his stubbornness and toughness. (End of this chapter)