Chapter Ninety-Eight: Cannon Fodder in Vain
What about those men in black?
Obviously, those men in black couldn't be in league with Shouwang. After all, King Shou has shown his true face, but his subordinates have to be masked, which is not very logical. Besides, she is a weak woman, as for letting the dignified Shouwang spend so much manpower to catch herself?
And at this time, it was too strange for the prince to suddenly appear near the library pavilion.
Can she assume that those men in black appeared with the crown prince?
If the assumption is true, those men in black are clearly coming for the prince, in other words, those men in black are chasing the prince to the vicinity of the library. And at this time, King Shou wanted to insult himself and escape from the clutches of the devil, Cai Qing rushed over to rescue when he heard the sound, and did not want to bump into the man in black head-on......
Gu Zhirong stopped and closed his eyes in pain, only to feel that his whole body was trembling violently.
In this way, her Cai Qing has become cannon fodder for the prince's pursuit and killing for no reason?
"What's the matter, why don't you go?" The prince, who was walking in front, heard the sound of footsteps behind him, and felt something unusual, and turned around and asked.
Gu Zhirong's eyes widened suddenly, and he glared at him fiercely, as if he was about to burst into flames: "Your Royal Highness the Prince, did you bring those black-clothed people here?"
How could he hear that such a question had a clear rebuke?
He tilted his head slightly, and returned to his indifferent and arrogant demeanor, raising his eyebrows: "So what?"
"Say so. My maid is the Luo you killed?" Gu Zhirong forced further, today, she just wants the truth of Cai Qing's death.
He turned his face sideways. looked away: "Yes, I killed your maid ring, who told her not to have long eyes, not to take a good road, she has to bump into the knife edge of those people in black, she is really stupid." Hey, I said you girl looks pretty smart. Besides, just an inferior girl, can he be guilty of yelling at Prince Ben?"
Gu Zhirong was completely irritated by the prince's nonchalant attitude. She pointed at the prince and said word by word: "Yes, she is an inferior maid, but she is also a human being." It's a life. Besides, she has been with me for so many years, and we have relied on each other in the house, so to speak, we are dependent on each other! How can you be so careless about human life and easily cover up a person's death in an understatement? Have you been in a high position for too long, and everything has been smooth in life for too long, so that you have become so cold-blooded and ruthless. Even if a person dies in front of you, you are indifferent?"
The prince slowly gathered a mocking look. stared at her fiercely, and there was a faint sadness in his eyes.
Gu Zhirong felt that she was a little out of shape, after coming here for so many years, she has always been calm and calm in her encounters, and never easily divulged her feelings, but today, because of Cai Qing's death, she really couldn't calm down in the face of the murderer who indirectly killed Cai Qing.
Also, she found out that she had found the wrong person to blame. Does an indifferent person like the crown prince understand the true feelings between people? The world of those in power is full of soldiers and iron horses, deceitful and deceitful, and you fight to the death, does he understand that there is true love in the world? Not long ago, she heard rumors in the palace that a palace maid angered him for some reason, and he did not frown, and directly let people drag him out and be killed with a cane......
What she said, I'm afraid I'm playing the piano to the cow, right?
The prince's eyes narrowed slightly, revealing fierceness: "It's just a little girl's ring, how dare you speak to this prince like this? Are you impatient?"
Gu Zhirong didn't even bother to say a word to him, took two steps forward, snatched the torch from his hand, and walked straight forward. She didn't want to be with a murderer, she couldn't stand it for a minute longer.
"You girl...... the prince furrowed his brows, staring angrily at Gu Zhirong's back walking in front. To be honest, in his life, except for the Queen Mother and his father, no one dared to treat him like this, it was just, it was too damaging to his current crown prince's face.
However, the person concerned didn't want to pay attention to him at all, regarded him as transparent, and went past him. Even if he had a fire in his stomach, he couldn't get it up, so he had to hold back his anger and follow her out of the hole in great depression.
With the experience of going to the dock to see the goods and walking through the tunnel last time, Gu Zhirong walked very fast and soon came to the end. At the end of the hole, it was covered by a large field of thorns, and a little light came in from the outside, making the inside much brighter.
She looked at the thorny bushes, pulled out her dagger, and wondered where to start. He had already caught up, and with a few swings of the long sword in his hand, he would instantly cut off the dense thorns blocking the entrance of the cave. Only then did Gu Zhirong remember that his sword was as sharp as clay, and when he was in the Library Pavilion, he picked up his sword and split the thick and strong copper lock there.
She was still angry in her heart, and ignored him, and walked straight through the thorns out of the cave. He smiled wryly, put his sword back into its sheath, and walked out.
The sudden light made Gu Zhirong squint her eyes slightly, she looked around, and saw that this was the foot of a mountain, surrounded by weeds, all half a person high, if there was anyone hiding in the grass, it would definitely not be easy to find. When autumn is approaching, the weeds are a little yellow, and if you look at the past, it is an official road.
Gu Zhirong was happy in her heart, if there is an official road, there will be carriages coming and going, as long as she stops a carriage and says that she is lost, give her some silver, maybe there will be kind-hearted people willing to give her a ride.
Thinking like this, a carriage really fell into her eyes.
It was a green silk eight-treasure covered beaded carriage, which looked quite magnificent, and a young man was dozing off in the wheel.
Strangely, the carriage was not parked on the side of the road, but was about a foot away from the official road, as if waiting for someone.
Gu Zhirong didn't care so much, she just wanted to rush back to the Yuanning Marquis Mansion immediately. Here is an endless wilderness, Liao is uninhabited, she doesn't know what will happen next, she is alone, she has no self-defense, only a dagger, and she doesn't know if she can protect herself. What's more, there are also those black-clothed people who kill people without blinking, I don't know if they found the hole in the ground, whether they will also enter the hole and chase it out.
Thirty-six plans, go for the top.
As long as she can return to Kyoto, she will be safe.
Look at this carriage again, it is very magnificent, it must be from the house of some dignitary in the capital, or from the rich family of the businessman, no matter what, as long as the people who come and go to the capital, they have always heard the name of the Yuanning Marquis Mansion, right? When the time comes, she will report her name and surname, and ask them to give her a ride, and she will be rewarded, presumably they will be willing.
Having made up her mind, she headed straight for the carriage.
Under the big tree not far away, the current prince folded his arms around his chest, squinted at the carriage, his brows slightly twisted, and his eyes were dark. (To be continued......)