A Time-Traveling Mishap: I Became an Ancient Nobleman

Chapter 168 Don't spoil it

Upon seeing that the emperor had agreed, Zhou Hanzhang immediately stepped forward with a smile and hugged the emperor tightly, saying, "Thank you, Your Majesty."

"Then, when will you and Gu Qingfeng take my uncle and father back to town first? I'll take Xiao Cuiyan here and look for my master."

"No way!" the four of them said in unison.

The emperor spoke first: "I agreed to let you stay here to find Youying, but I didn't say you could go alone. Gu Qingfeng will accompany us back. When will he come with you?"

"But the safety of my royal uncle is more important."

The emperor didn't speak, but just looked at her seriously.

Zhou Huaide quickly replied, "As soon as we leave the stone mountain, we will be met by secret guards. Besides, we are skilled in martial arts, so there won't be any problems."

Looking at their serious faces, Zhou Hanzhang knew there was no room for negotiation, so he agreed.

"Then you must be careful."

She took out two Cloud Piercing Arrows from her bosom and handed them over, saying, "If anything happens to you, just fire the Cloud Piercing Arrows. Master's subordinates will send people to rescue you, and General Gu will also come with his secret guards."

"how about you?"

Zhou Huaide looked at the Cloud Piercing Arrow in his hand. If there were only these two, he couldn't take them both.

"Don't worry, I have more."

Zhou Hanzhang patted the bundle on his body.

"Alright, then we'll head out first. Be careful, and if anything happens, just send out the Cloud Piercing Arrow."

"I understand. You should go back quickly. Remember to send a message to the capital as soon as you get to town, otherwise Grandmother and Mother will be very worried."

"You don't need to remind me, you're just thinking about yourself."

Zhou Huaide didn't want to waste any more time; the sooner they got out, the more people they could help Zhang'er.

The most frustrated person was Gu Qingfeng, who had been completely arranged by the emperor without saying a word.

Although he was frustrated, he had no choice but to listlessly escort the emperor and Zhou Huaide out.

Before they left, Zhou Hanzhang suddenly asked, "Gu Qingfeng, do you still remember how to get out?"

Gu Qingfeng's eyes widened. "You can't doubt my memory, can you?"

“That’s true. Even if you can’t remember, my uncle and my father can. They definitely know how to get out.”

“…I remember!” Gu Qingfeng gritted his teeth.

"Okay, you can go now."

Zhou Hanzhang watched them leave and walk away before taking out a map from his pocket. "When shall we go?"

Now that Zhou Hanzhang had found the Emperor and Zhou Huaide, the sense of urgency in his heart had lessened considerably. All he needed to do was find Liu Niang, and then she could go back.

They followed the road on the map forward, and apart from the two men in black they had pulled off the cliff at the beginning, they didn't see anyone else.

The entire rocky mountain became increasingly tranquil.

"Young master, would you like to rest for a while?"

When he saw the sun had already climbed overhead, the rocky mountain was hot and stuffy, and he felt a headache coming on, let alone the young master.

But when he turned his head, he saw Zhou Hanzhang looking relaxed, without the slightest sign of fatigue on his face.

"Do not……"

Zhou Hanzhang was about to say no, but when he saw that He Shi was already covered in sweat, he changed his mind and said, "Alright, it seems that the sun is already at noon. Let's find a place to rest before continuing."

He Shi felt he could still hold on a little longer, but when Zhou Hanzhang said he could take a break, he breathed a sigh of relief.

The two looked around and realized that the environment here was quite different from what they had just experienced.

The tall rocks around us are becoming fewer and fewer, replaced by a kind of tree whose name I don't know.

The tree trunk points straight to the sky, and it has very few leaves.

However, the trees are numerous enough that they can provide some shade.

They found a tree and sat down.

As soon as Zhou Hanzhang sat down, Xiao Cuiyan jumped out of the bundle and ran into the forest, disappearing from sight.

This wasn't the first time this had happened, so Zhou Hanzhang wasn't as nervous as he had been at the beginning.

When will I take out Xiao Guo and cook something for Zhou Hanzhang?

"When will you stop? We can just eat a couple of bites of bread with the dried meat."

"What about the Emerald Flame?"

Zhou Hanzhang almost forgot.

"Then...you can cook some thin porridge for it, I'll just eat some flatbread."

"It's okay, it's all boiled anyway. Drinking some porridge in this kind of weather can even help cool you down."

When did he realize that Zhou Hanzhang didn't want to do more work? But he thought that since it was all just cooking porridge, it didn't really matter whether he cooked more or less.

Little Cuiyan's chicken is all gone.

Whenever you think about it, you could just throw in a couple of pieces of dried meat and stir things up.

Just as he began to act, Little Emerald Flame returned, bringing with her two snow wolves.

The two snow wolves each had a chicken that wasn't quite dead yet, carried in their mouths.

They threw the chicken in front of Zhou Hanzhang, and Xiao Cuiyan let out a howl.

They quickly disappeared into the jungle.

Seeing that they had left, Little Emerald Flame ran to Zhou Hanzhang with her short legs.

"Awoo!"

I knew the chickens were all gone, so I asked them to send us more chickens.

So, am I great?

Zhou Hanzhang's lips twitched. "You've brought four more chickens. I was thinking of asking He Shi to just make you some porridge for a meal, but look at He Shi, he's already tired. Wouldn't it be even more tiring to kill chickens?"

She tried to reason with Xiao Cuiyan.

Little Emerald Flame walked up to He Shi and cried out, "Awoo? Awoo!"

Are you very tired?

If you're too tired, then forget it.

You can make it for me again tonight.

At some point, for some unknown reason, I felt like I understood what I was hearing.

"It's okay, killing a chicken is quick. I'll make you some chicken porridge."

Zhou Hanzhang looked at He Shi and said, "Don't spoil it."

“Young master, it’s really nothing, just a few chickens, it won’t take long.”

They simply picked up a few chickens and, in the blink of an eye, had them all cleaned up.

When he finished cleaning the chickens, the porridge fire hadn't even started yet.

Looking at He Shi's efficient demeanor, Zhou Hanzhang couldn't help but give him a thumbs up, "He Shi, you're really amazing."

"Young master, you flatter me. If I didn't even have such skill, how could I possibly have the audacity to stay by your side?"

When they were about to speak, they quickly built a fire.

When it was time to build a fire, Little Green Flame disappeared again in a flash.

But it quickly ran back, with a piece of firewood in its mouth.

When he saw Little Cuiyan place the firewood next to the fire, he asked, "Little one, how did you know I needed firewood?"

"Awoo!"

Of course I know.

Little Cuiyan was also very fast. By the time the fire was lit, there was already a pile of firewood in front of them, enough for them to cook porridge and roast chicken.

"Alright, alright, that's enough." Shi He hurriedly called out to Xiao Cuiyan, who was about to go gather firewood.

"Awoo?"

"Is that enough?"

"enough."

Xiao Cuiyan then stopped and followed He Shi, watching him cook.

Sometimes, when it's looking at one thing, it'll turn its attention to another. When the porridge boils or one side of the roast chicken is almost burnt, it'll call out to call when it's coming over.

Zhou Hanzhang watched this scene, smiled, leaned against a tree, and closed his eyes to rest.

As soon as she fell asleep, He Shi and Xiao Cuiyan saw small white lights appearing on her body again.