Chapter 6: Enemies (4)
What should I do? The strong desire to survive calmed me down, and seeing that there was no way out of the plea, I had no choice but to run, and maybe there would be a glimmer of life. I slammed to my feet and ran down the alley.
"Catch him!" Behind him, there was Guan Neihou's angry voice. After passing through a few alleys, I ran to an avenue, and I had planned to find a crowded place to hide and hide in the crowd to avoid pursuit, but there were only a few people on the street, and I couldn't help but secretly complain. In a panic, he tripped over something and fell heavily to the ground, his leg hurt to death.
Before I could get up, several of the pursuing soldiers grabbed me by the arm. "Still want to run, no way!" I felt like I had to get straight up with a heavy kick in the abdomen, and I was dragged back.
As soon as he turned around, several tall horses blocked his way.
"What is the noise here?" I suddenly heard a familiar voice, and when I looked up, I was there for a moment—wasn't this the man with the hair I had met that day when I was sheltering from the rain?
"Back to the words of the two princes, this grass man just collided with the honor guard of the Hou of Guannei, intending to escape, but was caught by us and prepared to take him back to punish the crime. The man with the hair gave me a few glances, as if he remembered me.
"Hmph, I didn't expect to meet you here. You sent him to the Chengdu Palace, and the king still hasn't finished settling accounts with him. "This... I'm afraid it's not easy for the little ones to go back to the business. The soldiers looked embarrassed. "If you want to send it, what are you doing with so much nonsense!" I wanted to escape from the tiger's mouth, but now it's okay and I've fallen into the wolf's den again.
"He collided with my guard of honor, so naturally I will punish the crime!"
"Big brother, third brother, I didn't expect to meet here again. Guan Neihou owed a debt on the chariot, which was regarded as a hello.
The king of Hanzhong still had a look of ignorance, and Chengdu ** Ma came up and said with a smile: "Second brother, why do you come out to stir up trouble every time I am in a good mood?"
"Thank you third brother for the compliment!" Guan Neihou also had a smile on his face.
"Yuan Zhixun! Don't pretend to be here for me, in a word, this person is going to be decided!" The king of Chengdu suddenly changed his tone, the atmosphere at the scene suddenly became tense, and the few people who watched the excitement immediately disappeared without a trace, and there were only two teams of people facing each other on the empty street, and I was imprisoned in the center, waiting for my fate.
"Third brother, did you arrest him to avenge a sword pointing at your throat, if you tell me in a good voice, brother, I may be able to help you. Guan Neihou is still in a leisurely tone, and the meaning of banter is overflowing.
"You dare to follow us!" said the king of Chengdu looked annoyed. And Guan Neihou, who was sitting directly opposite him, did not have the slightest fear, but said calmly: "Third brother, since you refuse to beg me, then I can't help it, because I caught the person!"
"Oh, it looks like I can only grab it!" several of the king's subordinates put their hands on the hilt of their swords in understanding, ready to unsheath their swords at any time. And the people on the opposite side were not to be outdone, and they were secretly ready to fight. I stood in the middle awkwardly, looking at this side, looking at that side, it seemed that all I could do was die, but I had the ability to offend the two princes in a short period of time, and it seemed that my skills were not bad.
Seeing that the situation was critical, the King of Hanzhong, who had been silent on the side, suddenly spoke: "Second and third, my father did not order us to return to Beijing this time to let you fight. If it reaches the ears of the father, saying that the two of them are gathering in the downtown for trivial things, I am afraid that no one will have good fruit to eat. The two people who said what the king of Hanzhong said bowed their heads.
"I have a proposal," said the king of Hanzhong, pointing at me with his horsewhip, "let this untouchable man go for the time being, and if he meets one of the two in the future, he will kill him for the other, which can be regarded as a brotherly friendship." What do you two think?"
"It's really worthy of being the eldest brother, the younger brother admires and admires, just according to the eldest brother's meaning. Seeing that Guan Neihou had already expressed his agreement, the king of Chengdu also whispered: "It's all up to the eldest brother." Guan Neihou immediately motioned to his subordinates to loosen my bonds, and watching Guan Neihou's team go away, I suddenly had a feeling of rebirth.
I knelt down in front of the king of Hanzhong and thanked him for saving his life: "The grass people thank the king of Hanzhong for his rescue." ”
"Don't thank me," he said lightly, "We just want to kill his prestige, if we want to live, we won't come to Luoyang in the future." With that, he rode away.
"Boy, you're lucky today!" the king of Chengdu pointed to my nose and left a sentence, and then rode his horse angrily to catch up with the king of Hanzhong, who was walking in front. "Big brother, why didn't you let me teach him a lesson just now?" After a while, the group disappeared into the sparse crowd, leaving only one of them to kneel on the ground.
"Senior brother!" Yuan Zhao's voice came from afar, and he finally came. He ran over and helped me up, and asked, "What just happened?" As soon as I remembered that I had almost been caught and beheaded, my body shook and I couldn't speak.
"Miss, what's the matter?" Lao Li also hurried over. "Don't talk nonsense, I'll send the young lady back first, you go and ask for a doctor!" Yuan Zhao said and picked me up and ran in the direction of Feng Ji Qian Zhuang.
After drinking the decoction prescribed by the doctor, my mood gradually calmed down, and then I told them both about what had happened to me. "It's dangerous!" Yuan Zhao let out a sigh of relief after hearing this.
"You're really, taking so long to get a piece of silver. "My tears are about to fall.
Yuan Zhao hurriedly stepped forward to comfort me and said, "It's all my fault, there will be no such thing in the future." ”
Yuan Zhao turned back to Lao Li and said, "Brother Li, don't store all the silver taels so secretly in the future, and leave a little outside for emergencies." ”
Lao Li nodded yes, and apologized to me: "Miss, this is all to blame on the old body, the old body just thinks that if I lose a penny of money, I am really sorry for the master's life-saving grace to me." ”
"I don't blame you for this, I can only blame my luck. I comforted Lao Li with a strong spirit.
"What's the luck, Miss, it's a blessing for you to come back safely. If it weren't for the princes vying for the crown prince's position, I'm afraid Miss would have been...""Brother Li, what do you mean by that?" Old Li's words aroused the interest of Yuan Zhao and me. Lao Li sighed: "Originally, the old body didn't want to tell the two of you about these things, for fear of bringing disaster to the two, but now I might as well talk to the two of you." ”