C184 hunting(9)

Xiao Yijin anxiously approached Gu Qingli, "How did you manage to climb up? After we landed, did we really not see Princess Lan Xun? "

Gu Qingli looked at him coldly, feeling disgusted by his hospitality. "Even if I do see him, is there a reason for me to save the princess when my own safety is at stake?"

Xiao Yi Jin locked his eyebrows and didn't ask any further. However, looking at his uneasy expression, it was obvious that he was worried about Princess Xin's falling off the cliff.

Gu Qingli looked at Xiao Yiyan. He was the one who had been tempted by Princess Lan Xun, but apart from furrowing his brows and staring at her, she had quietly breathed a sigh of relief the moment he saw her. All the concerned gazes seemed to fall on her.

Facing his worried and affectionate gaze, Gu Qing's sharp eyebrows couldn't help but shiver, and deliberately lowered his eyelids to avoid his gaze. He said to Lin Lisheng, "Captain Lin, find some ropes and form something that's about a hundred feet long and stronger."

"What?" Lin Liesheng came to life as a glittering light flickered in his eyes.

"The princess should still be alive, probably hanging on some pine branch. But if you're a bit late, that's hard to say. " Gu Qingli's tone was light ridicule, but it didn't carry much malice. It was just the ease of a prank.

How could he have the heart to argue with her? He quickly ordered the guards to make long strips of all sorts of ropes and cloth, while Xiao Yimo ordered the Dongyuan guards to find ropes and tie them together.

"Since the princess is still alive, why didn't you say so earlier? You have been up here for so long, are you deliberately making fun of the princess' safety? " Gu Qingruo raised her voice, reprimanding her righteously.

Gu Qingli found it funny. She was the one who set the fire, adding firewood and adding fuel to the fire. Now she wanted to blame it on someone else? She leisurely looked at Gu Qingruo. "Eldest sister is really anxious to have Princess Lan Xun come up?" As for the reason why Princess and I are in such a mess, elder sister should be very clear about it, right? "

Gu Qingruo's expression changed drastically, and she became speechless. Once Princess Lan Xun spoke the truth, the fourth prince, including Xiao Yi Mo, would absolutely not give her any face.

Without waiting for Gu Qingruo to think, Lin Lisheng had the guards release the rope he had tied from the cliff. After swaying a few times, he bent down and shouted towards the valley below.

Princess Lan Xun had already fallen close to the source of the waterfall. The rumbling sound of the water affected her hearing, so she definitely couldn't clearly hear what they were calling out to, and her voice would be completely drowned out by the sound of the water. Gu Qingli had already known this when she and Gu Qingli had heard the call.

The guards tried again and again, but there was no movement from the other side of the rope.

Lin Li Sheng looked at Gu Qing Li with a pale face: "Princess Mo, you … You said that the princess is down there, is that true? "

Gu Qing raised his brows. After pondering for a moment, he suddenly understood. The pine branches that Princess Lan Xun resided in were caved in below the platform. Just before, for her safety, Gu Qing Li had wrapped some vines around her body in order to increase her stability. This had thus restricted her range of movement, so she was probably just a bit short of the rope, so she wouldn't be able to reach it.

She shook her head with a smile and said, "If you try to force the rope a few more times, I'm afraid she won't be able to hold on."

Xiao Yiyan suddenly said, "There's no need to waste any more time. The princess will be in danger if she waits a little longer below. I will be leaving first." Only now did he open his mouth to speak. All his attention had been focused on Gu Qingli, as if he had completely forgotten the existence of the princess.

"Alright, but remember to bring the princess up safely."

Xiao Yiyan silently glanced at her. His eyes were deep and gloomy, as if they couldn't reflect the depths of his emotions.

He walked over and held the rope to test its solidity, while Lillishan ordered two more men to hold the other end of the rope and watch him slide slowly down.

Princess Lan Xun was suspended in midair, not above or below. She had heard the call from above, and had tried her best to gather her Qi to respond. However, her inner strength was not very deep, and her voice was completely concealed by the waterfall.

Then she saw a long rope swaying in the distance and tried to reach out to grab it, but when she touched it with her fingertips, the rope went away again, and she could not bear the weight of the pine branches beneath her and began to crack.

She looked down. Although it was not a very deep valley, when the waterfall washed over her, it was as if the water in the bottom of the valley was falling down, causing her to feel dizzy. Her heart couldn't help but shiver. She gritted her teeth as she watched the rope swing towards her again. She reached out to grab it, but it was tightly bound by the mountain vines. She was just a little bit away from reaching it.

The pine branches on her body let out a ravaging sound again. Princess Lan Xun was on the verge of tears. She couldn't help but begin to hate Gu Qing Li for coming here. The tightly bound Mountain Rattan was no longer trying to reduce her risk factor, but instead increasing the difficulty of her climbing up.

Finally, a pine branch as thick as an arm was completely broken. The remaining pine branches could no longer bear the weight of a person, and the sound of cracking began to rise and fall like fried beans.

She couldn't help but cry out in alarm. She subconsciously grabbed onto the vine, no longer in the mood to look at the rope that was only inches away.

Right now, she had no support beneath her body, so she was completely hanging on to the Mountain Vine in the air. She didn't know how strong the Mountain Vine was, and she was afraid that after bearing her entire weight, the Mountain Vine would sooner or later break. After all, she was only a fifteen-year-old girl who lived like a prince and had always been pampered by the clouds. When had she ever encountered such a dangerous situation? She immediately cried out.

"Princess, don't be afraid."

Suddenly, a voice rang out not far above her head. Princess Lan Xun looked up in shock. Her teary eyes saw a figure tightly grabbing onto a rope and climbing down.

She became even more wronged. Tears flowed down her cheeks as she spoke, completely disregarding her image. In fact, her crying voice was even tinged with a sense of arrogance and anger. "Why did you only come down now? This princess is about to die!"

That slender and vigorous figure finally reached almost the same level as her, but stopped and said in a teasing voice, "A dignified princess in such a situation, do you still dare to call this prince a eunuch in the future?"

When Princess Lan Xun heard this voice, her heart suddenly trembled. She hurriedly moved her hands to wipe away her tears, not caring about the green and the dark gray color of her hands that were stained with the leaves of the mountain rattan juice, making her beautiful little face look like a kitten's.

With her eyes slightly open, she was able to clearly see that the person in front of her was actually Xiao Yiyan.

They had originally thought that it would definitely be Lin Lisheng or a guard from the West. Who would have thought that this unprecedented situation would actually be seen by him … Princess Lan Xun was extremely ashamed and angry. She instantly tossed the fear to the back of her mind. She wished that she could hide her entire body and not let him see her.

"Princess, do you want to continue hanging here, or do you want to go up?" Seeing her feline face, the mockery in Xiao Yiyan's eyes deepened, and his peachy eyes revealed traces of a smile that captivated the heart.

"Of course … "Up, of course." Princess Lan Xun lowered her head to take another look, and the fear grew even stronger. She obediently extended her hand out without the slightest bit of sharpness, placing it on the palm of Xiao Yiyan's hand.