Hidden in the court

Chapter 138 Survival in the Wilderness

I thought to myself, could it be that Miss Tan misunderstood me and thought I was a bad guy, and ran away while I was sleeping? How could this be possible? What if something unexpected happened to her outside? Besides, she is so weak, she can't go back even if nothing unexpected happened.

It seems that the misunderstanding is extremely deep. I must find an opportunity to clarify it later.

Yes, not only did he believe what Tan Yuewan said, he also started to worry about Tan Heng, and now he even wanted Tan Yuewan to find him something to eat.

"If I could find something to eat, I wouldn't be starving now!"

Tan Yuewan was helpless. She had tried before. She had wandered around the temple all morning this morning, but unfortunately she didn't catch either a rabbit or a pheasant.

As a modern college student in the 21st century, although I am not a "traditional crispy skin", it is still very difficult for me to engage in "wilderness survival" activities such as hunting with traps and making fire by rubbing two sticks together.

"Lady, how about you let me go and we go find something to eat together?"

"No way. I'm worried about you."

Tan Yuewan curled her lips, but heard Zhou Boxian's extremely serious reply.

"Lady, you can trust me. Although I am tied up by you now, I am the eldest son of the Zhou family in Lujiang. I will not joke about the reputation of my family."

Under normal circumstances, Tan Yuewan would certainly not be so stupid as to let him go. But now, not to mention that she couldn't find food by herself, just tying him here, if the plot progressed later and someone came to rescue him, seeing that she had tied Zhou Boxian here, she might think that she was the kidnapper.

To put it bluntly, if Zhao Yao, this "stupid country bumpkin", misunderstands me as a bad guy and attacks me, I will most likely be buried straight away.

Thinking about Zhou Boxian's silly appearance in the script, she felt that Zhou Boxian's danger did not seem to be as great as Zhao Yao's.

"Then I'll let you go and you can go find something to eat. I have a piece of advice for you. The carriage is in my hands. If you want to go back, you have to listen to me."

"Okay, I promise you."

Tan Yuewan untied the rope for Zhou Boxian, asked him to go out to find food, and sat next to the carriage waiting.

As a result, another afternoon passed and there was no movement.

"Is this guy really going to run away? A day and night of travel would tire him to death."

Just as she was muttering, Zhou Boxian came back, covered in dust and with empty hands, no need to ask.

I went out one afternoon and saw pigs running away, fish escaping, and finally I tried to catch mice, but I couldn't even catch them. I also got myself dirty.

"Why can't we drive back?"

Zhou Boxian asked weakly, and then he thought of something.

He sneaked out and took Tan Heng with him. Now Tan Heng is gone. How is he going to explain when he goes back?

What he didn't know was that Tan Heng wasn't actually missing. At this time, Tan Yuewan just wanted to wait for someone to come so that the plot could develop.

Zhou Boxian said nothing more, and sat down in the temple. They hadn't eaten for two days, and hadn't even had a drop of water, so they didn't even want to talk anymore.

I just felt my throat dry, my limbs weak, and my heart trembling. It was so miserable.

After experiencing such a severe blow, the two of them just rested.

"My Lord, do you want to go and capture them? I think they are both starving to death. The brothers behind us have also reported that the people from the Zhu and Tan families are following the wheel tracks and rushing over here. If we are any later, there will be nothing left for us."

"Okay, you guys go first, I'll be there soon."

Soon, Tan Heng, who was resting in the carriage, heard the noise outside.

Zhou Boxian was also awakened and shouted, "Is the person coming from the Zhou family?"

Tan Yuewan in the carriage looked out secretly and saw only a dozen figures.

She was sure that this part was not in the script, and these people were not Zhao Yao, Ji Jun or any main characters in the plot. Combined with Zhou Boxian's shout just now, she had a guess in her mind.

"Could it be that they are really from the Zhou family or the Tan family and they are here to find me? But with her current state, no one will believe that she is Tan Heng. Is she going to go back or be arrested as a kidnapper? No, this can't be possible!"

Then, she made up her mind and slammed into the door frame of the carriage.

"Boom-"

Outside the carriage

"My Lord? You are finally here. Do you have anything to eat?"

The moment Zhou Boxian saw Ji Mingshang bringing people over, he almost cried and asked this.

But Ji Mingshang had a sneer on his face, "Zhou Boxian, you are breaking the law, do you know that?"

This question confused Zhou Boxian. Before he could react, Ji Mingshang continued:

"Two days ago, Tan Heng from the Tan family came to Zhou's house. You were attracted by her beauty and became angry because you were rejected. In anger, you had evil intentions and kidnapped the only daughter of the Tan family. In addition, you asked the Zhou family to open the city gate, which is a serious crime. Do you admit it?"

With such a big hat on his head, even though Zhou Boxian was too hungry to speak, he still had to defend himself: "No, it's not. I went to Miss Tan's place that night, but I didn't do anything. She fainted while we were chatting. I helped her out, but there was no clinic, so I could only drive her out of the city to find a doctor..."

"You mean that Tan Heng fainted, and all the people in the Tan family were as still as dead, so you helped them out. Then there was no clinic in the city, so you had people open the city gates, and finally you brought them to this remote wilderness to find a doctor!?"

Helplessly, Ji Mingshang was still thinking about how to "polish" his words, but he didn't expect that they would be so shocking when they came out of his mouth.

"No, I... I drove all day and collapsed in this temple last night. When I woke up today, Miss Tan was gone. Oh, there was a female knight who tied me up at first and then untied me. Oh, she is still in the carriage!"

Zhou Boxian explained anxiously with his hands and feet gesticulating. Now, let alone Ji Mingshang, everyone had an expression that said, "Do you think I believe this?"

"You said someone disappeared, and there was a woman who tied you up and untied you. Is she idle?"

"No, she..."

Ji Mingshang knew that the woman was his fellow villager. After thinking for a while, he said to Zhou Boxian, "Mr. Zhou, you are a loyal and honest man. I will trust you for now. I just need you to go back to the Lujiang County Office to cooperate and repeat what you just said. As for Miss Tan's disappearance, we will also look for her as soon as possible. Now we also need to meet the heroine you mentioned..."

As he spoke, Ji Mingshang walked to the carriage and lifted the curtain.

It's okay if you don't look, but once you do, you'll be shocked. How can this be a fellow villager? Isn't this Tan Heng?

But at this time, Tan Heng was lying there quietly, with a bruise on his forehead, and it seemed that he had fainted.