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Chapter 433 The Sentinel
Zhu Yu noticed that Lu Qing had tidied himself up. His previously stubble was now completely shaved off. Although there were still scars on his face, he looked much more refreshed and his demeanor was much calmer than before.

"How are you feeling? Are you feeling better?" Lu Qing gently touched Zhu Yu's forehead with the back of her hand to check his temperature, her movements so gentle that it was as if she was afraid of hurting him if she used too much force.

"I feel much better than when I woke up before," Zhu Yu said, then looked at Lu Qing for help, "Can I sit up for a while?"

I've been lying down for too long, and I'm feeling a bit dizzy.

Lu Qing nodded, took a few cushions from the side, and gently helped Zhu Yu up a little. She placed the cushions under her so that her upper body could be raised slightly, turning her into a half-reclining position. Then she brought her a cup of warm tea.

Zhu Yu drank the tea in the cup in one gulp. He felt that this time when he woke up, not only was his mind much clearer, but the pain from the wounds on his body had also been relieved a lot.

"How long did I sleep?" she asked Lu Qing.

“Three days.” Lu Qing reached out and gently brushed the stray hairs from her cheek.

Zhu Yu stared wide-eyed in surprise.

She thought she had only slept for one more night, maybe another morning, but she never expected it to be three days!
"Then you might as well say I was unconscious for three days," she said to Lu Qing with a wry smile.

“In the past three days, Yan Daoxin came and carefully examined your pulse. He also had me give you some tonics that your body can handle. Knowing that you were just frightened and injured before, which is why you fell into a coma, I feel much more at ease.” Lu Qing pulled Zhu Yu’s wrist and placed her fingers on it to test it. “Although I don’t have Yan Daoxin’s skills, I can feel that your pulse has been getting stronger day by day these past few days. Judging from this, you will be able to get out of bed and walk around in a few more days.”

I just asked Fu Wen to buy a chicken. He finely chopped the meat and cooked it in the porridge until it's soft and easy to digest. Once it's done, I'll have him bring it up. Have some."

Zhu Yu, perhaps because he was recovering from serious injuries, didn't feel particularly hungry at the moment, but still responded.

"How was I rescued?" She finally had the energy to ask this question that had been lingering in her mind for a long time.

“After you set off, I was also a little worried, but I was afraid that if we approached the small mountain building rashly, the other side would notice us.” Lu Qing sighed, and when she talked about this, she couldn’t help but feel guilty about Zhu Yu’s experience. “Although my shadow guards cannot be involved in any conflict, they are good at hiding their tracks, so I sent a shadow guard who has been lurking around to investigate the area around the small mountain building.”

The shadow guard returned and said that although the small mountain tower did not seem to be particularly heavily guarded, it actually had many hidden sentries outside.

This is exactly the same thing you suspected when you first made the plan.

Zhu Yu secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, she had the experience from Fairy Castle, and she always felt that if these people were the same group, or were being manipulated by the same mastermind, then they couldn't possibly be careless people.

The apparent lack of vigilance may very well be a facade, and there may be spies lurking in the shadows.

Therefore, she and Yan Daoxin had already dressed up before leaving the inn, and after leaving the inn, they took a long detour before finally reaching the small mountain building.

It seems that their preparations were indeed flawless; otherwise, she probably wouldn't have been able to see Granny Shi at all, let alone enter that small mountain building that still haunts her.

"The Shadow Guard also told us that the windows of the small mountain building were all fake. The whole building seemed to be built against the mountain, but in reality, the outer part was just a shell. The entire 'building' was actually embedded in the mountain. We realized that there were many hidden sentries in front of the building, and a large part of the small mountain building itself was hidden in the mountain. It was absolutely impossible for the three of us, master and servant, to deal with that group of thieves."

Under such circumstances, it would be very difficult for you to get any information out of there.

So I sent a secret guard to deliver a message to Lu Chao.

Coincidentally, he happened to be not far from here at the time, so he led his men and rode over at full speed.

Zhu Yu suddenly realized that she had just heard Lu Qing talking to someone outside. The person's voice sounded familiar, but she couldn't quite place it. It turned out to be Lu Chao!

She never expected Lu Chao to appear in Landi, so naturally she couldn't react.

"But..." she felt her brain was still a little fuzzy, and there were still some things she couldn't understand, "When we were in that tunnel..."

When Zhu Yu recounted her experience before fainting, she still felt lingering fear and couldn't help but shudder.

When Lu Qing saw that her expression suddenly changed, he thought that she was feeling unwell, and his expression also became tense.

"What's wrong? Is something off?" he asked hastily, his urgent tone startling Zhu Yu.

"No, don't worry, I feel great now, even my injuries don't hurt as much anymore." Zhu Yu didn't expect him to notice such a subtle change in her expression and react so strongly, so she quickly tried to comfort him.

"You have no idea how dangerous your situation was." Seeing that Zhu Yu was alright, Lu Qing breathed a slight sigh of relief, thinking that he must have just remembered what happened in the tunnel. But he couldn't help but sigh, "When I brought you out of that tunnel, you were covered in blood and bitten all over by those rats."

Not only that, after we settled you in, we discovered that you had a deep wound on your leg that looked like a sword wound. It was already showing signs of festering. If it had been two days later, it would probably have spread to the bone marrow.

Your whole body was burning hot from those wounds, and you lost consciousness.

When Lu Chao brought Yan Daoxin back, he was shocked by your condition. He didn't dare to say for sure if he could pull you back from the brink of death, only saying that if you could survive the first three days without your condition worsening, there was a chance you would live..."

Lu Qing sighed, unwilling to recall the situation too much, which still filled him with lingering fear: "Fortunately, heaven still had some mercy on me and let you live."

"I escaped with my life, shouldn't that be considered God's mercy on me?" Zhu Yu chuckled.

Lu Qing shook his head with a wry smile: "I was originally unattached and alone in this world, but because of the Emperor's bestowal of marriage, I suddenly developed thoughts and desires that I had never had before."

If I were to be thrown back into that situation, I might truly lose all hope.

He lowered his eyes and smiled bitterly, stroking Zhu Yu's hand with his fingers: "It's alright if I've never had it before. Although it's a bit sad, there's nothing I can't bear."

But the pain of having something and then having it taken away is not so easy to swallow.