Ren Yuanbai sat in the carriage, listened to the report of his subordinates, lowered the curtain with a solemn face, and slowly closed his eyes.

The crown prince Su Mingyu, who was sitting opposite him, was silent all the way, and when he saw this, his hands clenched unconsciously. He opened his mouth slightly, wanting to say something, but he didn't have time to speak, but he saw Ren Yuanbai open his eyes and stand up, and raised his hand without saying a word! actually ripped off the hosta from his hair!

The black hair was immediately scattered. Ren Yuanbai said to Su Mingyu: "Your Highness, I have offended." While grabbing his hair indiscriminately, he bowed again, but untied Su Mingyu's belt.

Su Mingyu was stunned for a moment, but he reacted, but he didn't struggle, and even cooperated with raising his hand to facilitate Ren Yuanbai's action.

Ren Yuan glanced at a young man of the same age as him, and sighed and smiled: "Your Highness is so humiliated by Weichen?" ”

Su Mingyu looked calm: "You and I grew up together, both as monarchs and ministers, and as confidants." For you, my net worth and life can be sacrificed, so how can I say that I am humiliated? ”

Ren Yuanbai couldn't laugh anymore. He took off Su Mingyu's coat, then squatted down, took out a burden from under the car stool, opened it, and took out a set of coarse cloth short clothes. Then he said calmly: "Yuan Bai is incompetent, and he is ashamed to trust His Highness." Now that the pursuers are approaching, it is hopeless to retreat with their whole body, so they can only make dangerous moves and make a last fight. ”

He handed the shirt to Su Mingyu: "Your Highness, change into this set of clothes, disguise yourself as a farmer in the mountains, and get out of the car and flee immediately." I will send a master with you. ”

Su Mingyu got up and put on his short clothes as he said, but asked, "What about you?" ”

Ren Yuanbai pulled out a pair of straw sandals from his baggage: "In front is the Pingding Mountain Range, and I will divide my troops into the mountains in three ways to attract pursuers and fight for your life." If it is blessed by the heavens this time, His Royal Highness is fortunate to escape, and Xiao Jianchu will contact you. ”

While speaking, Su Mingyu had already changed his clothes. Ren Yuanbai squatted down to change into straw sandals for him, and when he stood up again, he said to the outside of the carriage: "Stop!" ”

The carriage stopped. Ren Yuanbai helped Su Mingyu get out of the car, and called five more subordinates to give some instructions. He has been stubborn since he was a child, and he has never taken the initiative to pay tribute to Su Mingyu since he was a child, but when the separation was imminent, he suddenly had the heart to bow. He wanted to tell Su Mingyu about his heart for the Central Plains, and wanted to implore Su Mingyu for the sake of the thousands of people in the Central Plains, no matter how difficult the future was, he would go back alive. But in the end, he just bowed to the ground and said in a deep voice: "The minister will be sent here, and His Highness will go back...... Please be careful. ”

Su Mingyu helped him up, his eyes were complicated, but he just said: "The Central Plains has you to be your family, and the people are lucky." ”

After Su Mingyu left, Ren Yuanbai abandoned the carriage, and sure enough, the soldiers entered the mountain in three ways. Ten days ago, he had been hiding in this mountain and being chased by the same people, but at that time he knew that he would not be in danger, and if he was caught this time...... His identity has been revealed, but there is no chance of survival.

The mountain road was bumpy, and the wind was howling in my ears. When he was running for his life, for no reason, Ren Yuanbai suddenly remembered Lan Zhi.

His sister has treated him well since he was a child. His father is old-fashioned, his mother is stubborn, and in the family, his favorite person is his sister. I still remember that when he was young, he also foolishly thought that their sister and brother would find a brother and sister to marry, so that they could live together forever, and his sister could take care of him for the rest of his life. Later, when he grew up and became sensible, this goal became to find a husband for his sister in the capital, so that in the future, he would be an official in the capital, and he could take care of his sister nearby.

At that time, none of them could have imagined that the Ren family's sky would not stand, and the high walls of the imperial city were not impregnable. In the end, because the country was ruined, they were all in the world, one was immersed in the pain of the past and the other was planning day by day for the restoration of the country.

This reunion, he really didn't have the face to see his sister. He calculated his only remaining relative, and he begged him to let him take care of the people who wanted to take care of him for the rest of his life.

At the sound of horses' hooves, Ren Yuanbai frowned. He was suddenly a little confused: why did he do this? He is obviously the leader, and every Qiē design is from his hands, and no one forces him to be selfless and not favoritism. He could have avoided involving Lan Zhi, so why bother begging her to make himself uncomfortable?

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His thoughts were unanswered, and he was interrupted by a cold arrow coming from behind him. But in an hour, the pursuers were not far away. The guards beside him fell one after another, and Ren Yuanbai finally drove away the chaotic thoughts in his mind, grasped the reins, and urged the horse to gallop.

But as soon as the mountain road turned, someone stood in front of him. Duan Ling led several cavalry to block the road, with a murderous aura and a cold gaze at him.

Ren Yuanbai stopped and turned his head to look back. There were not many pursuers, only a dozen people, but nearly 100 of his guards were all killed. When there was no escape, Ren Yuanbai was relaxed: these people are strong in kung fu, they must be Duan Ling's elite, they are chasing after them, and the prince's hope of escaping is even greater.

Duan Ling seemed to see through his psychology. The man said coldly: "Ren Yuanbai, the crown prince has been captured, what kind of face do you have to live?" ”

Ren Yuanbai's heart instantly sank to the bottom. The pain of defeat made him not notice the strange logic of Duan Ling's words, he just tried to keep his peace and didn't say a word, just waiting for the pursuers to tie him up.

That's right, Ren Yuanbai knew that he would be killed, but he also knew that he wouldn't die here. As the leader of Haotian City, he has too much information in his hands, and the Yuyuan people want to capture him alive and bring him back to the city for torture. He also knew that under torture, he would be worse off than dead, but he was determined to go to this purgatory, just because if he lived, he might be able to use himself as a bargaining chip to give Su Mingyu a chance to get a better life.

Duan Ling just squinted at him and didn't give an order. Ren Yuanbai didn't know why. He felt that Duan Ling was waiting for him to do something, but in this situation, what else could he do, he couldn't figure it out. The two sides were at a stalemate for a while, Duan Ling suddenly tilted his head slightly, and then his face changed! The man looked at him with a struggling expression, but without warning, he bent the bow and tied the string, gritted his teeth and said, "Ren Yuanbai, I said it...... There will be a next time, and I won't spare you! ”

This turn was too unexpected, and before Ren Yuanbai could react, the arrow came with a whistling wind, piercing his chest!

Ren Yuanbai was so forced by the force of the arrow that he took a few steps back, and then he looked down in disbelief. And he saw that the clothes were stained red with blood. His breath was suddenly snatched away, his strength was lost instantly, and Ren Yuanbai only felt that he could no longer stand, lost his support, and fell heavily to the ground!

The moment his body smashed into the dust, Ren Yuanbai suddenly hallucinated: he seemed to hear Lan Zhi's sharp shout, far away, but it seemed to be very close......

Consciousness begins to wander. He thought that at this moment, he should not be able to think about anything, but many things flashed through his mind: for example, he knew that he was going to die, for example, he was worried about what would happen to Su Mingyu, for example, he felt that he had no face to go down to see his father, such as ...... For example, Fang Cai, Duan Ling was originally waiting for him to commit suicide......

But he felt someone rush to him. Lan Zhi's face appeared in front of him, with a look of collapse and despair that he had never seen before, Ren Yuanbai looked at her fixedly, looked up at the sky again, and blinked his eyes invisibly.

At this moment, Ren Yuanbai suddenly understood why Duan Ling wanted him to commit suicide. The man was worried that his sister would be harmed if he returned alive, so he simply let him die here.

For a moment, he actually had the strength to pull the corners of his mouth. Originally...... What her sister said was indeed true, Duan Ling treated her very well, so good that she was willing to take the risk and kill him, the leader of the fine work who had to be captured alive. If...... The person who took Su Mingyu to escape this time was her sister, Duan Ling would definitely let them go, maybe they could succeed or not......

Ren Yuanbai's gaze slowly drifted back to Lan Zhi's face, but his gaze could no longer be focused. He tried his best to raise his hand, but he could only move his fingertips. Lan Zhi grabbed his hand. Ren Yuanbai felt a warm liquid dripping on his hand, and his heart was suddenly extremely sad, but he held on to his last breath and moved his lips: "Sister...... Prince ......"

When these words came out, he didn't know where he got the strength, and he grabbed Lan Zhi's hand tightly, just like a drowning man grabbing driftwood. Lan Zhi took his hand in turn, put her other hand around his shoulder, and took him into her arms. Her body shook violently and silently, and then she choked up one word: "...... Good. ”

The sound was as if it had been buried in the earth, so muffled and deep that it was overwhelming to listen to it. Ren Yuanbai's heart became more and more sad. The questions he had been thinking about along the way jumped up again, and he wondered sadly, why did he do this? Why did he entrust Su Mingyu to Lan Zhi? Why did he let his sister take over such a dangerous matter?

- He obviously wants her to live happily and healthily for the rest of her life......

The feeble sadness seemed to overflow from my heart. A line of tears slowly slipped from the corners of Ren Yuanbai's eyes, and he muttered, "Sister, I'm sorry......"

Lan Zhi saw the squirming of his lips and tried to hold his ears closer. Then she heard Ren Yuanbai say in an inaudible voice: "I am...... I really want to be nice to you......"

Then he turned his head away, and he was silent.

Lan Zhi buried her head in his shoulder, and finally cried bitterly: "Ah-"

Lan Zhi didn't know how she spent the night. By the time she regained her senses, it was already getting dark. She sat in place with Ren Yuanbai in her arms, and the murderer was Ling and his cavalry...... But it's long gone.

Ren Yuanbai's body was already cold, Lan Zhi wiped her face indiscriminately, wiped away her half-dried tears, and then picked up her younger brother and stumbled to her feet.

She found a sunny hillside, found a green meadow with fragrant grass, dug a pit with her sword, and buried Ren Yuanbai there. When he was buried, something fell out of Ren Yuanbai's sleeve, Lan Zhi picked it up, and saw a sachet.

The color of the sachet is familiar, it turned out that she bought it with Du Lianxue. She took the sachet into her arms and realized that she had finally found a place she could and wanted to go.

It was already dawn, she returned to Haotian City and knocked on Du Lianxue's courtyard door. The door soon opened, and Du Lianxue looked at her nervously. The girl obviously hadn't slept all night, and when she saw Lan Zhi, she was stunned, but she hurriedly let her into the house and asked, "Did they escape?" ”

Lan Zhi slowly reached into her arms and took out the sachet. Du Lianxue took it with a trembling hand: "Yuan Bai...... What's wrong? ”

For a while, Lan Zhi suddenly felt that her throat was dry. This made her say it in a difficult way: "He's dead." ”

Du Lianxue clenched the sachet tightly, and tears immediately came out. She whimpered, then sat on her knees and cried aloud. Lan Zhi stood quietly aside, but felt that she could not shed a single tear. Her soul seemed to be out of her body, and it had been stripped from this pain, so that when she looked at Du Lianxue, who was crying breathlessly, the sadness in her heart was almost calm. She even had some sympathy for Du Lianxue, who had lost Ren Yuanbai.

But then, after thinking about it, she felt that she was not qualified to sympathize with others. Because last night...... She not only lost Ren Yuanbai, but also lost the lover she was willing to deliver wholeheartedly and could trust and rely on.