lcionline Chapter 537 Wild Boar’s Preference
Chapter 537 Wild Boar’s Preference
It would take more than ten days to walk to Zhuwan, the base of the Haining Navy. Emperor Qingning estimated that his legs would be worn out from walking.
Inside the cave, the damp rock walls were covered with moss, and a few faint rays of light shone through the cave entrance, reflecting the thick bat droppings on the ground. Emperor Qingning frowned and covered his mouth and nose with his sleeves, but still couldn't block the pungent musty smell.
This environment is so different from his magnificent palace. It's so terrible.
He muttered, "Will living in a place like this make my condition worse?"
Zheng Qin fanned the medicine stove with a fan and comforted him, "Your Majesty, although this place is simple, it is better than outside."
Emperor Qingning snorted coldly and glanced at the spider web hanging from the ceiling of the cave, where several fat spiders were crawling on it.
His clothes had already been soaked by the rain and were sticking to his body, making him feel very uncomfortable.
What made him even more irritated was that he kept hearing a buzzing sound in his ears and several unknown flying insects were circling above his head.
"Zheng Qin, is it really reliable to take the navy to the American continent?"
Emperor Qingning had something to say, and his tone was tentative: "The current environment is so bad, I am really afraid that I will die on the road before I reach the new continent."
Zheng Qin nodded quickly: "Don't worry, Your Majesty. I was careful at the beginning and got the route map of the New World. We can avoid the wind and waves and have a smooth journey!"
With a backpack to guide you, you don’t have to worry about anything.
But, could it be that this suspicious emperor has begun to doubt himself?
Zheng Qin was speechless. It had come to this point, and this dog emperor was even more sensitive than a person in a sensitive period.
As he was speaking, a rustling sound suddenly came from the cave entrance.
They both turned their heads at the same time and saw a huge wild boar walking in slowly, shaking off the rain on its body.
The wild boar was half a man's height, and its fangs gleamed coldly in the lightning. It didn't seem to expect that there were people in the cave, and its small eyes stared straight at the two of them.
Zheng Qin subconsciously took a step back and stepped on a centipede crawling on the ground. The insect immediately curled up, revealing its hideous mouthparts.
He swallowed, his voice trembling: "Your Majesty... Your Majesty, let's go to another place?"
Before he could finish his words, the wild boar suddenly let out a low growl and rushed towards the two of them.
Zheng Qin reacted very quickly. To show his loyalty, he pushed Emperor Qingning away. However, he did not have time to dodge and was rubbed by the wild boar's tusks on his buttocks, causing a tear in his pants.
"what!"
Zheng Qin cried out in pain and staggered back.
Seeing this, Emperor Qingning used all his strength to pick up a stone on the ground and threw it at the wild boar. The wild boar felt pain, turned around, and pushed Emperor Qingning to the ground.
The wild boar even knocked over the medicine jar, and all the medicinal materials fell to the ground before they were even ready.
Emperor Qingning and his companions were in a state of utter disgrace and had to crawl out of the cave.
In the heavy rain, Emperor Qingning walked limping, holding his burning buttocks.
Zheng Qin was even worse off. His pants were torn by the wild boar's tusks, revealing half of his white buttocks, which were covered with a few wild boar hairs, which were very prickly.
"Your Majesty, let's find a place to rest."
Zheng Qin said with a sad face, slapping a few beetles that had crawled onto his body at some point. He only had one set of utensils for decocting medicine, and now even the medicine jar was gone.
Emperor Qingning gritted his teeth, a fierce look flashed in his eyes: "When I regroup, I will order the extermination of all the wild boars in this mountain!"
When he said this, he suddenly remembered that a few months ago a minister had reported that wild boars were rampant in the mountains near the outskirts of Beijing, and often came down the mountain to destroy the villagers' sheepfolds and cattle sheds and injure people. He suggested that Emperor Qingning send elite troops from the capital to encircle and suppress the wild boars.
Emperor Qingning thought that sending his soldiers to hunt down wild boars would damage his reputation, and no matter how fierce the wild boars were, they could not run to the capital and hurt him, so he did not take it seriously. Instead, he blamed his ministers for being too idle.
I didn't expect that the cause I planted in the past would lead to the current result.
Emperor Qingning coughed violently, but the sound of his coughs was drowned out by the heavy rain.
The rain was getting heavier and heavier, and the two figures were getting farther and farther away on the muddy mountain road.
Behind them, the wild boar was lying leisurely in the cave, enjoying the rare dryness and warmth. A few flying insects were circling around it but did not dare to approach.
Just this morning, a panda behaving strangely brought a bucket of pig food to it and told it to go and bump into the two men it met in the mountains this afternoon, saying it would be rewarded with another bucket of pig food after the task was accomplished.
The pig food was so delicious that the wild boar was reluctant to leave, so he did as he was told. Unexpectedly, he really met two men in the afternoon and went to the cave to take shelter from the rain. That panda was really amazing.
It lay there comfortably, waiting for the rain to stop before going to the foot of the mountain to ask the panda for pig food.
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As the sky darkened, Emperor Qingning, who was holding on, felt his eyes go dark and his legs felt as heavy as if they were filled with lead.
He wanted to force himself to continue on his way, but his body would not obey him. After a dizzy spell, he fell heavily on the muddy mountain road.
"Your Majesty! Your Majesty!" Zheng Qin panicked and rushed over to help Emperor Qingning up. The emperor looked pale and his forehead was burning. It was obvious that he had been caught in the rain, caught a cold and was too frightened, and his body finally couldn't bear it.
Zheng Qin gritted his teeth, looked up at the dark sky, and then looked at the faintly visible village lights at the foot of the mountain.
At this moment, he really had the urge to throw this useless man into the mountains and leave him there, but there was no other way. He still had to rely on the emperor to control the Haining navy. He had to take his men to Zhuwan. Even if the emperor had only one breath left, his plan would succeed.
"Fight!"
Zheng Qin growled and carried Emperor Qingning on his back. The emperor's weight made him almost unable to breathe, but he did not dare to stop, and struggled forward on the muddy mountain road, taking one deep step and one shallow step.
The rain flowed down his cheeks, mixing with sweat and blurring his vision.
Zheng Qin's pants were still stained with the stink of wild boar, and every step he took caused a sharp pain in the wound on his buttocks. But he could not care about that, he could only grit his teeth and move down the mountain step by step.
After walking for an unknown amount of time, Zheng Qin's legs were numb, and the Emperor Qingning on his back seemed to be getting heavier and heavier. Just when he was about to collapse, he finally saw the outline of a village.
"Help...Help!" Zheng Qin shouted with his last bit of strength and knocked on the door of the nearest house at the village entrance.
The family heard the noise outside the door and came out holding a lantern. It turned out to be a middle-aged man with a kind face.
Zheng Qin quickly took out a silver ingot from his pocket and said breathlessly, "My dear brother, my master and I went hunting in the mountains and got separated from our servants. Unfortunately, we ran into a wild boar and finally escaped. My master got caught in the rain and caught a cold. Please help me find a place to stay and ask the village doctor to come and see him."