As they were talking, Li Jiuge seemed to suddenly remember something. She took something out of her bosom and handed it to Ji Yunxi.
Ji Yunxi took a closer look and was shocked to find that it was the Dongwei flower!
"Jiuge, you..."
Ji Yunxi never expected that Jiuge had managed to get the Dongwei flower even when she was on the verge of death after falling.
It was obvious that the flower had been carefully taken care of. Even after fainting from such a great height, Jiuge had never let go of it.
Ji Yunxi's eyes welled up with tears. In every life, she had never had a good ending with Feng Xingzhi. She had even died heroically. But she had to admit that no matter when, she, Ji Yunxi, always had such whole - hearted friends.
She stepped forward and hugged Jiuge tightly. "Jiuge..."
Li Jiuge knew that Ji Yunxi had a thousand words to say but couldn't find the right ones. She reached out and hugged her back. "Come on, how old are you and still crying?"
Although she sounded disgusted, she was actually very touched inside.
The few men shook their heads helplessly and deliberately turned away to avoid looking at the two of them.
After calming down, Ji Yunxi told Ji Yuchen and the other two what she had heard last night.
"Yunxi, do you mean that the prefect has now mobilized all the common people in the city to look for us?" Ji Yunyi frowned deeply after hearing this. This was really not good news.
Ji Yuchen asked rhetorically, "In your opinion, how many common people do you think will come?"
Ji Yunxi sighed. "I'm afraid all of them will come."
Li Jiuge was surprised. "Why?! This prefect can't do anything. Why do the common people still listen to him?!"
Feng Xingzhi seemed to understand what Ji Yunxi meant. He explained, "Because he said that we are the magic medicine to dispel the strange phenomena. For these common people who are deeply troubled, this is a life - saving straw. It's human nature."
Ji Yunxi glanced at Yue Hongshan and said, "Yes, people are selfish. So the prefect can deceive all the people in Yue City just to kill us, but he won't really help them."
Hearing them scolding her father, Yue Hongshan wanted to refute, but she couldn't find the right words.
Ji Yunyi was not very patient. He quickly asked, "So what should we do now? We can't just sit here and wait, right?"
Speaking of this, Ji Yunxi seemed to relax a bit. "Don't worry. I've already sent Qingxuan to call for reinforcements."
"Reinforcements? This is the Eastern Jin Dynasty. Where can we get reinforcements?"
"Brother, don't worry. I've sent Qingxuan to Qinshe Valley for help."
Ji Yuchen had read a lot of books and knew a bit about Qinshe Valley. He nodded and said, "That's right. Qinshe Valley is not far from here. But Yunxi, how can you be so sure that Qinshe Valley will come to rescue us? Did you offer them some benefits?"
"I don't have any benefits to offer them now. It's just that I'm an old acquaintance of their valley master," Ji Yunxi said casually.
Hearing the words "old acquaintance", Feng Xingzhi felt a bit uncomfortable. His Xixi was excellent, but there were just too many people around her.
Li Jiuge was still muttering to herself. "Qinshe Valley... Qinshe Valley?!"
Then she suddenly realized. She was extremely shocked. "Yunxi! Is it the Qinshe Valley I know?"
Ji Yunyi laughed. "Why did it take you so long to realize? Of course it's that Qinshe Valley. What other Qinshe Valley could it be?"
Seeing Ji Yunxi nodding in agreement, Li Jiuge immediately got excited.
It was no wonder that she was so surprised. Qinshe Valley was not a place for pleasure. On the contrary, Qinshe Valley had close contacts with various countries.
It was because Qinshe Valley was a place that sold weapons.
There was a secret recipe for forging weapons in Qinshe Valley. The weapons forged elsewhere were not as tough as theirs, which made various countries show respect to Qinshe Valley.
Ji Yuchen also relaxed. "Then we don't have to be so nervous. If Qinshe Valley can come to support us, we'll surely be safe."
On this side, just as they relaxed, countless common people had gathered at the foot of the mountain.
Since they heard the news that the sacrificial offerings had escaped last night, these common people had been eager to come even at night.
Each of them carried a handy tool. They marched in a mighty way with the prefect's subordinates to search the mountain. The whole forest suddenly became very noisy.
Ji Yunxi and the others suddenly heard one shout after another. The sounds soon echoed throughout the mountain.
She stood at the cave entrance and looked out. Her eyes darkened. "Someone's coming."
They all knew that a tough battle was coming. Even with the help of Qinshe Valley, they had to hold on until the reinforcements arrived.
Li Jiuge supported her wound and asked Ji Yunxi, "Yunxi, what should we do now?"
Hearing this, Ji Yunxi turned to look at the not - very - big cave. "We can't stay here any longer. In this position, we may not even have a place to run."
"Yunxi is right. We must go to a place that is easy to defend and difficult to attack," Feng Xingzhi looked around. Unfortunately, the terrain of Guangwu Mountain was complex, and none of them were from the Eastern Jin Dynasty, so they naturally didn't know the way.
Yue Hongshan whispered, "You'd better let me go quickly. I'll plead with my father for you."
Ji Yunxi turned to look at her and raised her eyebrows. "Let you go? Miss Yue, I thought you had already understood what your role is. It seems you still don't get it?"
"You're a hostage. You're not qualified to negotiate with me."
Yue Hongshan's face turned pale again. She closed her mouth awkwardly.
Ji Yunxi took a deep breath. "Jiang Yaoji and the prefect knew for sure that we wouldn't do anything to the common people, so they openly got these common people to do their dirty work."
"The law can't punish the masses. Even if something really happens to us here, when the Southern Yan Dynasty investigates, they can't just massacre Yue City directly."
"Jiang Yaoji has really good plans. There aren't many literate people among these common people. Naturally, they won't consider that this sacrifice is actually fake!" Ji Yunyi couldn't help but want to fight Jiang Yaoji directly.
There was a murderous look in Ji Yunxi's eyes. She looked at Yue Hongshan from head to toe. "It doesn't matter. We still have her. Even if there is a sacrifice, the prefect's daughter won't be able to escape."
Yue Hongshan stared at her in horror with wide - open eyes and shook her head frantically. "No, no... It wasn't me who harmed you. Please let me go!"
Tears streamed down her face continuously. Now she was full of regret. She wished she had never left home in the first place.
They all knew that the cave was not a good place to stay. Staying here was like waiting for death.
So on Feng Xingzhi's suggestion, they decided to climb to the top of the mountain to see if the sacrifice was real or fake.
However, when they saw the huge sacrificial altar on the top of the mountain, even Feng Xingzhi, who was usually calm, was a bit stunned.
"Yue Hongshan, is your father crazy?" Li Jiuge looked at everything in front of her in disbelief and asked Yue Hongshan with a trembling voice.
And Yue Hongshan herself was also shivering as she looked at the things in front of her. "I, I don't know..."