CHAPTER 1633: CHAPTER 1634: AT ANY COST

Upon seeing Su Chengyu ride away, an assassin picked up the bow and arrow that Su Chengyu had dropped on the ground and shot an arrow at him. The arrow didn’t hit Su Chengyu but grazed the horse’s rump.

The horse’s rump was grazed and instantly frightened, no longer under the control of Su Chengyu’s reins. The horse jumped and, changing direction, ran wildly like a mad creature.

Su Chengyu was terrified and wanted to jump off the horse but didn’t dare to, fearing he might fall to his death.

If he didn’t jump, he didn’t know where the horse would take him.

His skills were already not great; even though he had been to the battlefield to kill enemies, he was more of a burden. Now...

Su Chengyu was as scared as he could be.

He naturally shouted the name of the person he trusted most: "Brother Yi! Brother Yi! Save me, Brother Yi!"

But Xiao Changyi was on the other side of the hunting ground, completely unable to hear Su Chengyu’s calls.

Upon learning of the assassination attempt on Su Chengyu, those close to the scene rushed to his rescue. Seeing the unfavorable situation, the assassins fled, but some were killed by the guards’ blades.

"Where is the Emperor?" Prime Minister Li asked urgently.

"The Emperor’s horse was frightened and ran in that direction," the Guard Commander quickly replied, while also hastily mounting a horse, chasing in the direction Su Chengyu had just run.

Other guards also hurried to pursue.

Prime Minister Li and the others, also frightened, quickly mounted horses to follow.

But they had no idea that Su Chengyu’s horse initially turned towards that direction but soon changed direction again as it ran.

Chasing after, they found no trace of Su Chengyu at all.

...

Xiao Changyi had just hunted a deer and planned to return to the camp, no longer hunting, when a guard rushed by horseback to report: "Reporting to the King, something’s wrong, the Emperor was attacked and his whereabouts are unknown."

"What?!"

Subsequently, Xiao Changyi, like everyone else, searched the entire hunting ground for Su Chengyu.

But the hunting ground was too large; even after a long search, they still couldn’t find any trace of Su Chengyu.

Xiao Changyi’s face looked extremely grim.

Everyone kept their heads down, fearing Xiao Changyi would punish them.

"He is not in the hunting ground, he must have run outside. Search, at all costs, we must bring the Emperor back!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Subsequently, Xiao Changyi dispatched fifty thousand soldiers to conduct a grid search from the hunting ground center to find the whereabouts of the Emperor Su Chengyu.

...

Indeed, Su Chengyu’s horse ran out of the hunting ground, getting closer and closer to the cliff.

There was a person at the cliff, holding a rope, climbing up from below the cliff.

This person was Gong Juechen.

Gong Juechen wore dark red garments, carrying a bamboo basket on his back filled with some herbs and a huge piece of black ganoderma, which he picked from the cliffside.

Upon climbing up, Gong Juechen untied the rope from his waist and then went to untie the other end of the rope.

The other end of the rope was tied to a big tree.

Gong Juechen had just untied the rope from the tree when he heard the sound of hooves approaching, but he didn’t pay attention. He just tossed the rope into the basket on his back, preparing to go home.

The black ganoderma is very nourishing, and he had long wanted to pick it, but never got around to it.

Today, he had planned to pick it to take back home to slowly nourish his Zhizhi, whose body was somewhat weak after childbirth and needed regular nourishment.

His Zhizhi was at home with their daughter, and he had promised to return by noon.