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Chapter 728 Go Find Him [Bonus Chapter]

The people around Lu Chao quickly stopped him, fearing that he would aggravate his already injured area.

Zhu Yu had already jogged up to them.

"What's going on? Where's Lu Qing?" Zhu Yu was a little anxious. She felt relieved when she saw Lu Chao, but when she looked around and didn't see Lu Qing and Fu Wen, she became even more anxious.

"We encountered a group of strange-looking imperial guards along the way. They suddenly attacked us after knowing who I was." Lu Chao knew very well that Zhu Yu was not interested in the cause and process of what happened on their side. She only wanted to know about Lu Qing's situation. So he simply and concisely explained why they had encountered trouble here: "After Lu Qing arrived with his men, almost everyone else was killed by us. However, the leaders tried to escape in the chaos, so he led his men to chase after them."

I was supposed to go with him, but unfortunately someone slashed my horse's leg, causing me to fall off and preventing me from following.

They chased after him for about the time it takes for an incense stick to burn.

"Besides the runes, who else is with him?" Zhu Yu asked.

"And there was the dark-faced strongman who came with him, and several other people," Lu Chao told Zhu Yu.

Upon hearing that Bian Yong was also there, Zhu Yu's brows relaxed slightly, but the anxiety in her heart remained unabated.

But she couldn't continue chasing right now. First, she didn't have a horse, so her stamina was obviously insufficient. Second, even if she caught up, she wouldn't be of much help and would only cause trouble for Lu Qing and the others.

So she took a deep breath to calm herself down, then asked Fu Lu to help Lu Chao remove his shoes and socks. She squatted down and gestured for Lu Chao to carefully move his ankle slightly as instructed to confirm that his bones were not broken.

Judging from the extent of the hematoma, there was probably a slight bone fracture. Zhu Yu then told Fu Lu and the soldier to go to the nearby woods to break off some small sticks. They tore off strips of cloth from Lu Chaoyi's clothes and tied the sticks one by one around his injured ankle to prevent him from accidentally moving it and aggravating the injury.

Then she tore off another strip of cloth and wrapped it around Lu Chao from his instep to his calf, tying it tightly enough to maintain normal blood circulation.

"Whose water bag still has water?" After doing all this, she turned to ask the people around her.

Immediately, two people took out their own water pouches.

"Go, bring it here, and put it on your master's wound." Zhu Yu gestured to the person next to Lu Chao to bring over the water bag.

The man ran to get the water bag and returned, but hesitated to put it on Lu Chao's ankle.

"What are you still hesitating about? Didn't you hear what I just said?" Zhu Yu frowned at the man.

The man touched the water bag, looking somewhat embarrassed: "It's already a bit chilly this time of year, and this water bag has been icy cold all the way here..."

"That's exactly what I want—icy cold. If you don't want your master to get better sooner, then keep dawdling and hesitating." Zhu Yu glared at him.

Normally she is quite patient and rarely shows a dark face to anyone, but today she is so annoyed by the severed limbs, blood, and corpses along the way that she is completely unable to treat others with a better attitude.

The man dared not utter a sound after being reprimanded like that. Although he did not know Zhu Yu's identity, he could tell from the tone and manner in which his master spoke to her that the two were very familiar with each other, so he hurriedly did as she said.

Zhu Yu stood up, thought for a moment, and turned to Fu Lu beside him, saying, "Why don't you go over there and find a horse that can still run, and go after them to take a look!"

Judging from Fu Lu's expression, he really wanted to do it, but after only a moment's hesitation, he shook his head: "No, Master said that when we're out and about, your safety is tied to my life! We don't even know what the situation is right now. If I go to find someone and something goes wrong here, I won't be able to explain it to Master."

Zhu Yu felt somewhat helpless, but Fu Lu was right. She could only suppress her unease for the time being, calm herself down, and then look around before saying to Fu Lu, "Then you help me direct the people here and organize those with minor injuries."

Now is not the time to rest. This is an official road. If people see those severed limbs and remains, it will inevitably alarm the local government. If they start investigating, the plan will be ruined.

Tell them to clear the main road immediately. The rest of you, those who are still able-bodied, should either carry or lift those who are more seriously injured and unable to walk, and move them towards the village. Don't all just sit here waiting foolishly!

Fu Lu nodded quickly and immediately began to make arrangements according to Zhu Yu's instructions.

In no time, the lightly wounded were organized together and assigned tasks: some went to clean up the battlefield, while others were responsible for escorting their seriously wounded comrades.

Zhu Yu remained standing by the roadside, occasionally glancing towards the area where the battlefield was being cleaned up, and sometimes craning his neck to look into the distance in another direction.

About half an hour later, the scattered wounded and dead along the road disappeared. Apart from the bloodstains that were almost invisible mixed in with the mud, the official road returned to calm, and there was almost nothing unusual about it.

But Zhu Yu felt even more flustered.

The other direction remained completely quiet; there was no sign of Lu Qing returning, nor of anyone else.

Calculating the time, Lu Qing had probably been chasing after her for about an hour. Thinking of this, she became increasingly uneasy. She wanted to turn back and ask Fu Lu to go with her to look in that direction, but when she turned her head, she found that Lu Chao and his two guards were still there and had not left.

"What are you all standing there for? Hurry up and carry His Highness back to the village with those people to settle him in!" Zhu Yu ordered the two guards who were standing next to Lu Chao.

"And what about you?" Lu Chao asked.

“I’m going to find Lu Qing,” Zhu Yu replied.

"I have difficulty moving around, so I can wait for you here." Although Lu Chao looked a little disheveled, he remained calm.

Zhu Yu shook his head at him: "No, given the situation today, even if you hadn't been thrown off the horse, Lu Qing would definitely not have let you go with him."

In the current situation, it would be best if both of you were safe and sound, but…

She paused, reluctant to say those words, but she had to: "But if anything unforeseen happens, you must at least save one of you."

After saying that, she gestured for Fu Lu to come with her to find Lu Qing.

Fu Lu was already a little anxious, so he didn't hesitate any longer and immediately followed.

“But if something really happens, Lu Qing wouldn’t want you to take the risk.” Lu Chao’s voice came from behind her.

Zhu Yu paused in his steps: "I went to find him so that he could come back safe and sound."

After saying that, she quickened her pace and ran forward.