Rebirth: The flatterer prince I raised couldn't be so clingy

The two of them quickly found the outhouse as the Taoist priest had said. As expected, there were far fewer imperial guards there.

The outhouse of Yunsheng Temple is located in a courtyard. Although it is built in an elegant and neat manner, it is a private place after all. There are only two imperial guards guarding the gate. Once you enter the courtyard, there are no more imperial guards guarding the outhouse. Only a few Taoists are cleaning up the fallen leaves.

Gu Qingzhi and Feng Zhanye nimbly found a corner and climbed up the wall, avoiding the Taoist priest who was cleaning the house and successfully flipped out.

Looking at the surrounding environment, it was a deserted stone forest wrapped in overgrown weeds, with tree shadows blocking out the sun above their heads. It seemed that they had entered a dense forest.

"Aye, be careful."

Gu Qingzhi reminded him and subconsciously reached behind her back and handed it to Feng Zhanye.

The boy raised the corner of his lips and held her hand without hesitation, and the two of them walked forward along the wall.

The further we went, the steeper the mountain became. This place seemed to be not far from the back mountain that Gao Ye had mentioned. Soon we reached the end of the wall.

The view suddenly became wide. The two hid in the corner and looked not far away. They saw a suspension bridge across the middle of a short and shallow cliff. In front of the cableway stood a stone tablet with two large vermilion characters "Hou Shan" engraved on it.

Although the cliff is not steep and the bottom is not deep, and you can see the end at a glance, there are rocks not far below the cliff that are difficult to climb.

It seems that this suspension bridge is the only way to enter the back mountain.

However, there were two imperial guards stationed on the other side of the suspension bridge, so it would definitely not be possible to just walk over there.

Gu Qingzhi and Feng Zhanye huddled in the corner, carefully observing the imperial guards on the other side.

They seemed to be very alert and looked around from time to time.

When Feng Zhanye was at a loss, Gu Qingzhi gently pulled his sleeve, signaling him to follow her gaze.

She found a tattered basket hanging on a tree branch, which seemed to be used to transport items. There was also a hemp rope that looked very strong hanging on the tattered basket.

Before Feng Zhanye understood what she meant, he saw her taking the broken basket down from the tree.

She tied the hemp rope into a knot in a few strokes, turned around, said "Wait for me here", and lowered her body to move closer to the suspension bridge.

Gu Qingzhi swung the hemp rope casually, and the noose was wrapped around the rope at the bottom of the suspension bridge, and it happened to be stuck tightly.

She tried hard and felt that the rope was strong enough to bear the weight of a person. Then she jumped into the basket, grabbed the rope and pulled it.

The broken basket carried her and slid towards the other side.

Feng Zhanye stared at her every move without blinking, fearing that she might accidentally let go and fall off the cliff and get hurt.

His heart was in his throat, but Gu Qingzhi kept sliding forward steadily and soon reached the middle of the suspension bridge.

The first half did not require any effort, she only needed to control the sliding speed of the rope. For the second half, she had to climb upwards, so she changed her posture, wrapped the hemp rope around her arms, and relied on the friction between the ropes to pull herself forward little by little.

The suspension bridge trembled slightly with her movements, and couldn't help making some creaking sounds.

The imperial guards on the other side seemed to have noticed something unusual and turned to look at the suspension bridge.

"What's that sound you hear?"

One of them asked the other.

The man looked at the suspension bridge twice, but did not find anything unusual. He thought, "The suspension bridge is shaking. Maybe it's the wind."

"Strange, the wind isn't that strong today... Why do I feel like it's shaking more than usual?"

"Well, this suspension bridge has been around for many years. It may have some minor damage. It's none of our business, so it's better not to interfere."

The two of them never thought that at this moment Gu Qingzhi was approaching step by step under the suspension bridge and would soon reach them.

Finally approaching the shore, Gu Qingzhi looked around, found a cliff that was easy to start from, hooked onto the cliff wall, and climbed up in a few steps.

She hid behind a big tree, took out the mask from her sleeve and put it on, picked up a big rock on the ground and threw it to her side.

"Bang", the unusual sound instantly attracted the full attention of the two imperial guards. They picked up the spears in their hands and ran towards the source of the sound.

"who!"

When the two imperial guards came into her sight, she suddenly attacked one of them and knocked him unconscious with a knife.

The other man immediately sensed something was wrong, turned around and spotted her, then clenched the spear in his hand and stabbed it straight into her heart.

Gu Qingzhi raised her leg and kicked the spear out of his hand, then with her other foot she hooked the man's neck and threw him to the ground.

She reached out and grabbed the man's neck, and with a sudden force, the man fainted.

Seeing her walk up to the suspension bridge and wave him over, Feng Zhanye once again refreshed his understanding of her skills.

There are many courtyards built on the back mountain of Yunsheng Temple, which seem to be the concentrated residence of Taoists.

It was naturally not feasible to walk along the main road, so the two men went straight into the forest at the back of the mountain. Just as they were about to search slowly along the courtyard, they suddenly heard two Taoists talking in the forest.

"That Concubine De is really strong. She has been starving for five days now, but she is still alive."

"I guess it's because she was too well-fed in the palace before, so she has some fat on her body to hold on. But don't worry, she won't be able to hold on for much longer."

Gu Qingzhi and Feng Zhanye were both shocked. They looked at each other and knew what was going on.

The two men hid in a big tree in the forest, avoiding the patrolling imperial guards, and followed the direction from which the two Taoists came. They saw a dilapidated courtyard appear before them.

In order to prevent the Black Snake Leader from setting any traps or spies here, Gu Qingzhi and Feng Zhanye did not approach the yard, but found a nearby wall to climb up and look into the yard.

Through the broken window, one could see a plainly dressed woman lying on the bed. Her face was pale and her exposed hand was almost skin and bones.

This doesn't look like someone who has been hungry for only five days, but rather like the condition of a refugee who has been starving for a long time.

There is only one possibility for her to be in this state, that is, she has been subjected to this kind of starvation abuse for a long time, and she is so weak now only because the Taoist priests of Yunsheng Temple have finally decided to take her life.

"I recognize her face. It is indeed Concubine De." Feng Zhanye could vaguely sense familiarity from those deeply sunken eyes.

The woman lying on the bed gradually overlapped with the bright and beautiful face in his memory, but he did not expect that Concubine De would become like this now, and he almost did not recognize her.

It seems that not only did Gao Ye not lie to them, but Concubine De’s current condition is even more serious than he said.

Now Gao Ye’s words have been half confirmed, but if you want to know whether Concubine De knows about his evil spirit, I’m afraid there is no other way except to save Concubine De.

The answer is already in front of us.

"Sister Azhi, let's go back."

Feng Zhanye thought for a moment and turned to look at Gu Qingzhi.

Gu Qingzhi nodded slightly, knowing that the child must have made a decision in his heart.

They didn't have any food with them, so the only option now was to go back and discuss with Gao Ye how to save Concubine De.

However, the fact that the Black Snake Head had even infiltrated the Royal Taoist Temple still frightened Gu Qingzhi. It seemed that they had really spent a lot of money to deal with the Gao family.

What is it about Yongning Marquis Gao Han that makes Zuo Fuhong and Black Snake Chief so fearful?

It seems that there is only one person who can give them the answer to this question.

That is Gao Ye.