The Prime Minister's Darling novel Chapter 1242

Chapter 1242: 607 Recognizing Each Other (2nd watch)_3

Xiao Hen’s legs began to shake. He was someone who wasn’t afraid of venomous snakes, yet paradoxically, he was afraid of cats.

If it had been a few years ago, Marquis Xuanping would definitely have said to him, "You are my son, Marquis Xuanping’s son. Don’t you even have this much courage?"

But tonight, he didn’t say that.

He said, "Come down, I’ll think of another way."

There was no other way, and there was no time left.

Now was the moment, the child had to be rescued immediately. Otherwise, they had to either abandon the child or die with him.

Xiao Hen clenched the rope in front of him, gritted his teeth, and resolutely jumped down!

That seemingly ordinary jump had, unexpectedly, made Marquis Xuanping’s heart feel a sudden surge of warmth.

His son had grown up.

He had truly grown up.

It wasn’t his height, nor his age, but he had indeed become a towering figure of a man, a promising young Hanlin official.

He hadn’t gone to the battlefield to kill enemies, but he was protecting the people of Zhan Country with his own blood.

"I found him, we can go up now!"

Xiao Hen’s trembling voice came from the bottom of the well.

He was scared.

But he hadn’t succumbed to his own fear.

Indeed, he was my son, Xiao Ji’s son!

Marquis Xuanping hurriedly pulled on the rope, hauling Xiao Hen and the child up from the bottom of the well.

Xiao Hen’s movements were very careful. After all, the mouth of the well was so narrow that a slight misstep could hurt the child.

He lifted the child high above his head.

Marquis Xuanping took the child with one hand, placing him on the overturned umbrella, and with the other hand, he pulled his son up.

It was only then that he noticed his son was holding a cat tightly in his arms.

Xiao Hen’s body was rigid, his face ashen, like a little statue unable to move, "Can you please take it away quickly?"

Marquis Xuanping laughed out loud, snatched up the cat, and threw it into a bundle hanging on the saddle.

The child was not in good shape, having suffered multiple falls. They needed to find a doctor quickly.

Xiao Hen found a piece of cloth in the house to wrap the child in his arms.

Marquis Xuanping was surprised, "Well, you seem to know your stuff, ready to be a dad at any moment?"

Xiao Hen glanced at him, "We have Gu Xiaobao at home."

This child was older than Gu Xiaobao, but he probably wasn’t over a year old. The method of carrying Gu Xiaobao would also work for him.

Father and son, with a child, a horse, and a cat, headed towards the Official Road.

Just as they were about to leave the village, part of the mountain ahead collapsed thunderously, like muffled thunder startling the night, and the ground at the entrance of the village seemed to shake.

The landslide wouldn’t reach the village, but the mudslide caused by the landslide was a disaster for this Village.

"Drive!"

Marquis Xuanping shouted sharply.

The horse quickly stepped onto the Official Road, and just at that moment, the old Banyan tree at the entrance cracked and snapped, its massive trunk falling directly towards them!

In the nick of time, Marquis Xuanping stepped onto the stirrup and leaped, embracing the thick trunk with both hands and forcefully bumping it aside.

The trunk was indeed pushed aside, but as a result, he was crushed under it.

His waist injury instantly recurred, and the wounds on his thigh and back were about to reopen. His face turned pale in an instant.

Xiao Hen pulled back on the reins, bringing the horse to a stop.