"Childe, I have already made contact with the gentlemen, and they have not suffered any accidents, and there are many teams of more than five hundred people. Qin Xiang lowered his head, didn't dare to look at Wei Lai, and said with some shame.

"It's fine, and you don't have to blame yourself. Wei Lai said with relief.

After experiencing the interception and killing of the Great Chu armor soldiers that day, Wei Lai fled with Qin Xiang, in order to prevent the pursuers from coming again, Wei Lai did not go to the town again, but chose a remote mountain forest to temporarily recuperate here. Fortunately, Qin Xiang's body was fine, and he soon woke up, and after waking up, he understood the whole story. Qin Xiang used the means he had agreed with his disciples to get in touch with the outside world as soon as possible, and only after learning that everything was okay did he put his mind at ease.

"Childe doesn't have to be relieved, he is at fault, he led the thief here, and almost put Childe in danger. Qin Xiang lowered his head and said again, obviously the guilt in his heart could not be resolved by Wei Lai's words of comfort or two.

"Sir, I'm not comforting Mr. Wei Lai stretched out his hand to help Qin Xiang, who was kneeling on the ground.

Ever since he left the Qingying Academy Palace with Wei Lai, Qin Xiang had made his position very clear. In his words and deeds, he regarded Wei Lai as the master, not his peers or later generations. Wei said it a few times, but after seeing that the other party was so resolute, he gave up and let him do so.

At this moment, he talked to him for a long time, but the other party was still reluctant to get up, Wei Lai was a little helpless, so he could only say again: "Sir, listen to me, think about it, if the other party is really coming for Mr. and the disciples of the Academy, then since he has found Mr., if he doesn't make a move on Mr., it can naturally be said that he wants to kill us all." But now that the attack on me has failed, and two more days have passed, do they have to find a way to deal with the disciples of the Academy Palace and weaken our strength as much as possible?"

They didn't, apparently they were coming for me. ”

"In this way, it is not that Mr. is putting me in danger, but that I am putting him and many other gentlemen who are willing to believe in me in danger. ”

"If Mr. wants to kneel, then it should also be Mr. Wei Lai. Wei Lai said this, and he was about to kneel down towards Qin Xiang.

Qin Xiang was shocked when he saw this, and hurriedly got up to support Wei Lai: "Childe!

Wei Lai saw that he finally got up and smiled slightly and said, "Since Mr. is not kneeling, then he will not be able to do this great gift." ”

Although he was a little stubborn before, Qin Xiang was a smart person, and after the initial panic passed, he quickly reacted that Wei Lai's behavior was to make him stop blaming himself. He is not a person who twists, so naturally it is impossible to feel sorry for himself like this with one thing, and he couldn't help but be a little moved in his heart, and said at that time: "Gongzi Dade, Qin Xiang admires." ”

"If the son does not dislike it, after returning to Ningzhou, he wants to find a position under the son, give advice to the son, and do his best. ”

Wei Lai heard the words and said: "It is my blessing to have a gentleman to be a leader!"

After saying this, his words changed sharply, and he said: "But the top priority now is that we have to return to Ningzhou first, I received news from Ningzhou yesterday that Ghost Rong seems to have reached some agreement with Yan Ting and is on his way to Ningzhou. ”

Qin Xiangyan frowned when he heard this: "Now that Great Chu is using force on all sides, everyone in the northern countries is in danger, Yan Ting and Gui Rong don't want to unite with each other, how can they still be in the mood to fight with Ningzhou?"

Wei Lai smiled bitterly: "This thing is really weird, God knows what the two of them are thinking, but the army is a fact, and we don't have much time, so I'm afraid we have to speed up." ”

Of course, Qin Xiang understood Wei Lai's mood, and he said, "But...... How are Childe going to move? I'm afraid our current whereabouts are ......."

Wei Lai said with a smile at that time: "I walked too slowly before, but now that they know our whereabouts, they simply won't hide it anymore, Mr. Qin, you can decree that all the gentlemen gather here, let's stride directly to the sky and walk back to Ningzhou in a dignified manner, how about it?"

Qin Xiang was stunned when he heard this, he probably didn't expect that what Wei Lai gave would be such an idea. He frowned and looked at Wei Lai with some confusion: "This ......"

Wei Lai stretched out his hand at this time, patted Qin Xiang's shoulder lightly and said, "Sir, don't worry, Wei is measured, and he will definitely not let Sir's disciples be hurt in the slightest." ”

Wei was naturally full of confidence, but Qin Xiang always found it difficult to agree with such a "bold and reckless" approach.

However, Wei Lai didn't seem to intend to give Qin Xiang the slightest chance to refute, turned his head and returned to the side of the stump and sat down cross-legged and closed his eyes to recuperate, Qin Xiang looked at the other party hesitantly, but finally gritted his teeth and turned away.

......

Qin Xiang's efficiency in doing things is extremely fast, although in his heart, he is somewhat hesitant about Wei Lai's decision, but since he chooses to believe Wei Lai, he will not be cautious in this detail.

On the second day, when the sky was bright, more than 500 scholars dressed as various personnel appeared outside the mountains and forests where Wei Lai and others were hiding.

Most of them were a little unsure of Wei Lai's decision today, so they gathered around each other and whispered to each other before Wei came.

This kind of discussion did not stop until Qin Xiang appeared in front of everyone with Wei Lai.

Wei looked at everyone, and said with a deep eyebrow: "I think you have all heard my name, in Xia Wei, King Wei of Ningzhou, thank you for your willingness to trust me to go to Ningzhou with me." ”

As soon as these words came out, the gentlemen in the crowd, who were about thirty years old, glanced at each other, and the light in their eyes was strange.

One of them, a young man who looked to be in his early twenties, stepped forward and bowed his hand to Wei Lai: "We are naturally grateful that King Wei's Ningzhou is willing to accept us, but it is too early to talk about trust. ”

"Liu Cheng! Cultivation is nonsense!" Qin Xiang reprimanded angrily when he heard this.

"The palace master has taught us since we were children, a gentleman acts frankly and openly, and His Royal Highness the King of Wei is kind to us, but if we trust him, can you ask His Royal Highness the King of Wei whether he believes it himself?"

The gentleman was right. Wei Lai interrupted Qin Xiang, who was about to say something more, and then turned his head to look at Liu Chengyan and said, "Then dare to ask Mr., you just said it yourself, how much Wei is kind to you." Although Wei doesn't want to repay his kindness, he won't be treated badly by Mr. after all, right?"

"If there is anything wrong that offends the gentleman, please let the gentleman know. ”

Liu Cheng's face froze when he heard this, as a scholar, especially a scholar in the Qingying Academy, the most important thing is to reach out and not hit the smiling person.

Wei Lai's attitude was quite respectful, and he didn't mean to be aggressive, so that Liu Cheng couldn't vent the anger that had accumulated in his heart.

"Zai Xia is just an ordinary disciple of the Xue Palace, and he can't afford to be called Mr. Wei Wang, so King Wei can just call him by his name. As for offending ......" Liu Cheng said this, a little hesitant.

Seeing this, Wei Lai said again: "Brother Liu just said that a gentleman should act frankly and openly, why did he become a woman again in a blink of an eye, and he twisted endlessly?"

Liu Cheng's age is only in his early twenties, and the word forbearance is too complicated for him after all, hearing Wei Lai's words, Liu Cheng suddenly said: "When we left the school palace before, Elder Qin once explained to us that the way to go to Ningzhou should be to disperse and hide and reduce the risk as much as possible, but today the King of Wei has gathered us together, if I am not mistaken, I am afraid that now our whereabouts have been exposed to the eyes and ears of the Great Chu court, the king of Wei behaved like this, should he give us an explanation?"

"Liu Cheng, stop talking nonsense! King Wei has his own sense of proportion...... Qin Xiang on the side saw this, fearing that Wei Lai would be displeased, and hurriedly scolded loudly at that time.

But before the words came out, Wei Lai on the side stretched out his hand to stop Qin Xiang's next move. Then Wei looked at Liu Cheng, squinted his eyes and asked, "After all, are you afraid of death?"

"I was born to my parents, I have parents waiting to be supported, there are sects waiting to be revitalized, and there are ambitions that have not yet been realized, how can I not be afraid of death!?" Liu Cheng did not pretend in the slightest in the face of Wei Lai's inquiry, and said bluntly at that time.

I thought that such a needle-tip rebuttal to Mai Mang would make Wei Lai furious, but who knew that Wei Lai, who heard this, suddenly smiled and said, "It's good to be afraid of death." ”

"Huh?" Liu Cheng was stunned when he heard this, and his gaze at Wei Lai became more and more strange.

Wei Lai swept his gaze over the bodies of everyone present one by one and said, "Wei Lai is also afraid of death!"

"I can't say that I am a hundred times more afraid than you!"

But it was because Wei Lai was afraid of death, so Wei Lai understood the preciousness of life. What I can assure you of is that I will bring you to Ningzhou safely!"

Wei was sincere, but it was obviously unrealistic to convince everyone with just a few words.

Then Liu Cheng glanced at Wei Lai and asked, "Why do we believe you?"

"No one needs to trust anyone, the world is about to be disrupted, and I prefer to call us fellow travelers who warm each other. Since you have chosen to come here, and our whereabouts have been revealed, and it is too late to turn back, then come with me and see if I am worthy of your passage. ”

......

To be sure, the scendiary power in Wei Lai's words was not very good.

But as he himself said, when everyone came here, they had no choice but to argue with them here, and following Wei Lai on the way seemed to be the only viable way out.

A team of more than 500 people walked together, which would inevitably attract onlookers at ordinary times, not to mention that now that Dachu is in wartime, such a mighty team has caused frequent sideways glances from pedestrians along the way.

For the disciples of the Academy Palace, who have been accustomed to all low-key behavior as the criterion for the past half a month, it is not a good feeling to attract attention everywhere, not to mention that the price of doing so is likely to make them suffer for their lives......

Everyone was quite uncomfortable about this, but His Royal Highness the King of Wei didn't seem to feel anything about it.

Along the way, he talked and laughed with the girl beside him who was rumored to be the palace master of the Dust Slaying Palace, and he also had a good conversation with another girl who also had a good face. There is no consciousness of escaping, but there is a bit of a posture of playing in the mountains and rivers with beautiful women.

After three days like this, it is very strange to say that the group walked on the territory of Dachu so blatantly, but surprisingly did not encounter any obstacles.

The unhindered journey, and the need to avoid the gaze of others as carefully as before, made it much faster, and the three-day journey was almost as good as the previous 10-day journey.

But the hidden dangers brought by this journey have made everyone uneasy.

Almost everyone agreed that the calm of these days was just the calm before the blizzard.

After all, there was no reason for the Great Chu Imperial Court to let them leave Great Chu, this was a thing that would not make sense in any logical sense.

On this day, as usual, the people did not enter the town, but rested in the countryside after nightfall.

Most of these scholars of the Qingying Academy practiced Confucianism and Taoism, and the Confucian monks were somewhat different from the martial arts monks like Wei Lai. For this reason, Wei Lai even asked Qin Xiang to go to the town to purchase some tents with great fanfare, such a move was naturally opposed by everyone, but under Wei Lai's insistence, it was still done.

And when they had eaten supper, they rested to their own people.

Probably because of the anxiety in their hearts about the progress of the trip, these gentlemen were silent for a few days, and when the hour passed, the whole camp was terribly quiet.

"Ah Lai, let me keep vigil today, you haven't slept for three days. Lu Yan'er walked to the fire, looked at Wei Lai, who was sitting cross-legged, and said with some distress.

Wei Lai glanced up at her and said with a smile: "It's okay." ”

Wei Lai's cultivation is extraordinary, and it is not a big deal for him to not sleep for a few days, not to mention that he has not yet waited for the person who should have come back in his expectation......

"You don't come! The two-person world between me and my husband is comfortable! Don't think about mixing!" Xu Yue on the side saw Lu Yan'er, and immediately picked up Wei Lai's arm like a female cat protecting her cubs, and looked at Lu Yan'er with a vigilant face.

Xu Yue has also been by Wei Lai's side in the past few days, and has given Wei Lai some time to rest, which is enough for Wei Lai to maintain enough energy to deal with any possible emergencies.

Lu Yan'er was a little helpless, she simply ignored Xu Yue's gaze, sat down on the side, and asked, "Ah Lai, I don't understand, aren't we going to run for our lives......?

Wei Lai also knew that Lu Yan'er was much more sensitive after going through those changes, and he was relieved: "Yan'er, don't worry, according to the current journey, we can arrive in Weishui in the last three days, and then we will go home." ”

"But will Da Chu really let us go? Before, they wasted so much effort to kill us, and now that we are walking in front of them, will they make a move on us?" Lu Yan'er asked worriedly, in fact, except for Xu Yue, who had an almost blind trust in Wei Lai, everyone had hidden such worries in their hearts in the past few days.

"Yes. The firelight reflected the side of the boy's face, and the boy looked at the girl tenderly, and said softly.

When Lu Yan'er heard this, she only regarded it as Wei Lai's words of comfort, and was about to say something more, but at this moment, a hearty voice suddenly came from the dark jungle around her.

"Really?"

"Then bother His Royal Highness King Wei to talk about it, why do you think so!?"