Chapter 110: A Critical Moment
Shang Wu was so frightened that he almost fell off the carriage. He steadied himself and held on to the wheels to look behind him. Seeing that there is just a lonely official road behind, there are a lot of wild grasses and bushes on both sides, and it is quiet, how can there be any shadow of chasing soldiers?
He patted his chest, breathed a sigh of relief, looked at Gu Zhirong with some tears and laughter, and said, "I said Miss Gu Wu, don't scare me like this, okay? Although I am not small, I can't help but be so scared." The environment is very good, where are the pursuers? I think you're stupid, so you're hallucinating......"
His words suddenly choked in his throat, and he didn't say it again, but his eyes stared behind him in a daze. Behind him, in the distance, a cloud of smoke and dust was raised, and the sound of horses' hooves could be faintly heard in the smoke.
"Let's go!" Gu Zhirong quickly retreated into the carriage and held the prince who still hadn't woken up, so as not to throw the prince out of the carriage in a hurry. She urged, "If you don't want to die here, run! ”
Shang Wu came back to his senses, and the smoke and dust cleared in the distance, and he clearly saw a dozen horses rushing straight towards them. The men on the horses were ironclad and steel-gunned, and they were the officers and soldiers who had just stopped their carriage at the iron fence at the entrance of the village.
This official road was unusually deserted, and there was nothing but their carriage, and there were no other pedestrians. If those officers and soldiers are not coming at them, who else can they come for?
Shang Wu hurriedly retracted back into the wheel, subconsciously pulled up the reins, and waved the horsewhip twice. The horse neighed and galloped out with the carriage.
The carriage was unusually bumpy. It seems that Shangwu is really panicked, and even driving has lost his usual level. Gu Zhirong grabbed the edge of the inside of the carriage and saw that he seemed to be about to drive to the fork in the road. Hurriedly shouted to him: "Don't panic, choose the middle road, that road leads directly to the capital, as long as our carriage is fast enough and not caught up by them, they will naturally not dare to do anything to us when we arrive in the capital." ”
Only then did Shang Wu remember that the official road in the middle was to go to the capital, and it seemed that he was really scared stupid. He said loudly, "Miss Gu Wu." You hold the prince and sit tight, I'm going to speed up. You're quite right. As long as we enter the capital, we will not be afraid of anything. I don't believe that at the feet of the Son of Heaven, they dare to mess around. ”
As he spoke, he chose the right direction. He flicked a few more lashes. The horses ran faster. Gu Zhirong, who was sitting in the carriage, felt that the whole carriage was about to fly, and the wind pouring in from the window of the carriage also transmitted the shouts of those officers and soldiers in the distance: "Don't run...... Stop me, you fugitives......."
Shang Wu waved the whip in his hand even more happily.
And the car got more and more bumpy.
At this moment, he could only hear a "ding dong" outside the carriage, which shook the entire carriage "buzzing", Gu Zhirong was puzzled, and he heard Shang Wu say angrily: "This group of bandits, actually release arrows!" He turned around. shouted, "Miss Gu Wu." They have released arrows, you have to be careful, and you must take care of the prince......"
Before he could finish his words, a cold arrow "swished" through the window at the back of the carriage, nailed to the wooden board on the inside of the carriage, and the tail still trembled. Gu Zhirong was taken aback, and his heart was awe-inspiring, it seemed that those people were going to kill themselves and leave no one alive.
"Miss Gu Wu, what's wrong with you?" Outside the carriage, Shang Wu's anxious voice came.
"I'm fine, and neither is the prince. Gu Zhirong tried his best to keep his head low, so as not to be injured by the hidden arrow again. Now in this situation, the only way to stop it is to borrow the door panel of the carriage for the time being. If you go out rashly, you will be shot into a hedgehog.
Shang Wu was anxious and hurried, and at the same time, he kept talking: "Hey, I said Miss Gu Wu, who have you offended, why are you going to put us to death as soon as we meet......
Before he could finish his sentence, a cold arrow grazed his cheek, so frightened that he hurriedly shut up, and could not say any more, but desperately whipped the horse.
At this moment, a team of people suddenly came not far ahead. About thirty or forty people, carrying flags of different colors, danced with the wind. Especially the guards sitting on tall horses in the front rows, steel guns and armor, majestic and imposing.
Shang Wu was stunned for a moment, seeing that his carriage was about to run straight towards them, he subconsciously wanted to hold the reins, at this time, he suddenly heard Gu Zhirong shouting: "Rush over, rush towards them!"
Shang Wu was taken aback by Gu Zhirong's lifeless thoughts, and immediately understood, and with a fierce swing of the whip, the horse was exhausted, and under the pain, he suddenly raised his front hooves in the air, and as if he was fighting last, he went crazy and crashed straight into the team.
The team didn't seem to have expected anyone to be so bold as to run into them. They were obviously well-trained, and the current nearly ten tall horses gathered together, and the steel guns in their hands shot in unison, forming a protective momentum, guarding a luxury car behind them.
The mad horse finally lost his strength, and when he came to the crowd he fell to the ground, foaming at the mouth, rolling his eyes, and not moving. And Gu Zhirong and the others were also thrown to the ground with the overturning of the carriage, fortunately they had already taken precautions, Shangwu jumped out of the carriage in time, Gu Zhirong tried his best to protect the prince, except for the arm was cut by the sharp edge of the carriage, but he was not seriously injured.
"Who the hell are you who are you to run into the princess's convoy! are you impatient?" said a man who looked like a general, drew his sword from his waist, and with a wave of it, an archer came forward, bent his bow and arrow, and aimed it at Shangwu and the carriage behind him.
Shang Wu couldn't help but be startled when he saw so many black arrows facing him, and explained with a smile: "Ladies and gentlemen, don't be impatient, we are all good citizens who keep our duties, not some villains, we, we were chased here by someone, and we accidentally collided with you." ”
"Hunted down?" the general sneered, "Then may I ask, where are the people who are chasing and killing you?"
"It's right in the back. Shang Wu said busily as he turned to look back. At this glance, even he himself was stunned, behind him, on the spacious official road, there was no one, only the dense trees on both sides were swaying in the wind, making a "rustling" sound.
"This ...... What the hell is going on?" Shang Wu was completely blinded, and he felt as if he was having a nightmare, dreaming that he was being hunted down and almost lost his life, and in the end nothing happened.
The general sneered again: "The bold madman has collided with the princess, and there are still a lot of quibbles! It seems that he is really impatient to live." Shoot ......"
"Slow, slow!" Shang Wu hurriedly shouted, "You can't release arrows, you must not release arrows!" He was in a hurry, he couldn't care about anything, and shouted on the spot, "I'm sitting in this carriage is the current prince!"
As soon as these words came out, the audience fell silent.
As soon as the words came out, Shangwu immediately regretted it. These people in front of him are indistinguishable from evil, and he actually carried the prince out at once, in case these people also want to hunt down and kill the prince, then wouldn't he indirectly murder the prince?
He was so remorseful that he had the heart to die.
After a moment of silence, the general obviously did not believe his words, and slowly raised his head, Shang Wu heard the sound of those archers pulling the bowstrings, and cold sweat the size of soybeans burst out of his forehead one by one. (To be continued......)