I raised my hand to take it, and suddenly there was a commotion outside the carriage

The wind howled, and there was an unsettling commotion in the woods.

This piece is the most desolate section of Daye's journey to the capital.

My heart was beating like a drum, and Cui'er beside me was even more panicked and grabbed my hand.

I grabbed her back.

"Brethren—up!"

The sound in the distance was clear.

I suppressed the horror in my heart and opened the curtain with my hand.

Outside, there was already the crisp sound of swords, guns, and halberds colliding.

The palace guards who took the lead shouted: "Who dares to come and hijack the palace squadron!" ”

Before he could speak, he heard a terrible scream, and it was the men who led the raiders who pulled him off his horse with spears.

It was the first time I had seen a man die in front of me.

Biting my lip, I could see that the team leading the way was in rags.

Mountain bandits!

This is my gut reaction!

There was a cry and shouting in the procession, which was hugging the leader and coming straight to me.

The horses neighed, the horses galloped, and suddenly the carriage leaned to the side, and my body hit the wall hard, and my forehead hit me.

I fell in the car, the car toppled to the ground, and Cui'er screamed in fear!

The curtain of the car was lifted, and immediately the masked man came, and without saying a word, the long whip in his hand made a clear sound and slapped on the car board.

Then he raised his hand, bypassed Cui'er, who was curled up in a ball, and wrapped it firmly around my waist.

I didn't have time to see him clearly, when my body suddenly volleyed into the air, and then landed on the man's horse.

My heart was about to jump out of my chest, but I heard a deliberately suppressed voice in my ear: "I'm sorry." “

I opened my mouth in surprise, and immediately the people had already turned around with me. With a whip of his whip, he galloped towards the wild mountains deep in the forest!

The horse was jolting violently, and he held me up. It seems that there is a deliberate distance between them.

I woke up from the shock and suddenly realized that the voice seemed to have been heard somewhere. Memories are instantly awakened.

I closed my eyes, my mind settled, and I tried to sit still, and the horse's hooves kicked up dust all the way to the depths of the forest

The bumps and sore bodies seemed to be scattered, and finally reached their destination, in a deep valley col.

Headache from just now to now. It became more and more violent, and I coughed a few times on my horse, almost unable to see the scene in front of me, only to see a figure standing motionless at the door of a cave halfway up the mountain.

The distance is getting closer. I couldn't hold it anymore.

I had a headache and I couldn't breathe, and I gradually lost consciousness

There was silence all around, and I slowly opened my eyes, smelling an intoxicating smell, and the warmth and softness underneath me.

Moved the body. A familiar voice came from overhead: "Xiao Ling'er." “

My whole body was held in Xiao Chu's arms. "Why are you here?" I asked him with difficulty.

He looked at me, his eyes full of tenderness and pity: "It's okay." “

With that, he hugged me firmly, and his nervous breathing could be heard.

The aches and pains in my body did not subside, and I didn't say a few words. I fell asleep again

When I woke up when I opened my eyes, it was still in this cave.

My eyes moved, I looked up, Xiao Chu was sitting by the fire, looking at me deeply, the firelight reflected his handsome face, and he looked very calm.

Seeing that I was awake, he moved between his eyebrows, and then walked over quickly, smiled and raised his hand to support me, stroked my forehead and said, "Better?" “

Xiao Chu's palm covered my forehead, warm.

I nodded, propped myself up, looked around the cave, and asked the same question I hadn't heard answered the last time I woke up: "I fell asleep again, and I forgot to ask when you came?" ”

I smiled wryly and said, "Maybe you already answered, but I didn't hear it." ”

"Where is the person who brought me here just now?"

Ask the question I want to know the most at the moment and wait for him to give me the answer.

Xiao Chu helped me up and leaned into his arms, and said softly, "I asked General Liu to bring a team of men and horses to rob your team." "This is a mountain forest where the two countries meet, with Daye's territory on one side and the place where I came from on the other."

I sobered up for a moment, thinking back to the previous situation, the team that had suddenly arrived in the middle of the jungle, the tattered clothes they were wearing.

At that time, I had a gut reaction that I was a bandit, but I didn't expect that it was actually pretending.

Xiao Chu saw my doubts and said with a smile: "I can't rob you in our clothes, you know, there are already rumors in Daye City, if you don't disguise yourself, your father will be guilty of a trumped-up crime." “

There was a chill in my heart, and my body trembled uncontrollably, I stared at him and said, "When did you get the news?" "Since you already know the rumors in Daye City, why didn't you come to Ye Mansion to find me in advance, even if you asked someone to bring a letter." "Xiao Ling'er, I have my own difficulties, and I have no choice but to make this decision."

After a moment of silence, I sighed and said, "Such a risky method is to disobey the holy decree, will my father and mother be implicated?" ”

"You were kidnapped by the mountain bandits, and you can't settle accounts with your father and mother," Xiao Chu said with a smile, "Even if King Ning goes to investigate, he can't find this bandit team that doesn't exist at all." ”

"It's not King Ning anymore." I was slightly stunned and looked at him thoughtfully.

"He's the emperor now." I frowned and corrected his statement, "In the past, my father was good friends with King Chen, but now it seems to be a curse rather than a blessing. ”

"However, I don't understand one thing, how can rumors spread in the city at this time, and it is just right to come sooner or later."

"When I first heard it, I didn't believe it, but then I was convinced that there were rumors outside, and I guessed when I was in Ye Mansion, is someone planning to do it?"

My eyes looked at Xiao Chu for a moment and said, "Can you solve my doubts?" ”

He hung his head in thought for a moment, seemingly looking for a suitable phrase.

"It's related to me, but I didn't send someone to do it. You have to trust me, little Ling'er. ”

Xiao Chu lowered his voice and said.

"I'm going to take you away, and I won't frame your father. They were charged with a trumped-up crime. ”

Xiao Chu's eyes flashed with a hint of fierceness that was completely different from usual, and he said coldly: "It's that enthusiastic person." Just to help me. ”

He turned around and pressed my shoulders and said, "You're feeling better, we need to get out of here at the right time." ”

"What are you going to do next for me?"

I hesitated and said, "There are fewer people in the team sent to the palace, this matter is big or small." ”

After a moment of silence, I bit my lip without saying a word, and clenched my fists tightly.

I tried my best to stand up and move my body. Xiao Chu raised his hand to help me, I slowly got up and rubbed my legs.

My head still hurts, so I stroked it with my hand. There was a big bag bulging out of it, and when it was in the carriage, the carriage rolled over and hit the wall.

No wonder the headache I haven't had in a few days has come back today.

I said with gloomy eyes: "It's a pity that I am the daughter of the Ye family, my father was originally one of the best among the wealthy businessmen of Daye, and it would be fine if he was the daughter of an inconspicuous merchant." ”

"I'm afraid. It's not that simple to dodge. ”

My face changed, and a hint of sorrow rose between my brows.

"Xiao Ling'er, listen to me, there is a road here that leads directly to the neighboring country, I will take you away. Leaving their territory, King Ning naturally can't control me. ”

Whenever Xiao Chu said the name of King Ning, there was a trace of contempt in his eyes.

He seems to have disdained to call the newly enthroned emperor, and still used his old name.

"When things calm down and the limelight passes, I will try to secretly report peace to your father and mother, so that they can know that you are safe and relaxed."

"This period is an extraordinary period, and I can't go out for activities, for fear of bringing unnecessary trouble, I think about it, I have to wronged you, and I can't show my face."

"When we get past this period, it will be fine."

I looked up at him fixedly, and it took me a moment to withdraw my gaze.

"When I get to a neighboring country, I will find a safe house to house you, only temporarily, believe me!"

Xiao Chu looked at my eyes and said eloquently, his clear eyes could see my figure, without a trace of impurities.

I turned my face away, didn't speak, and suppressed the indescribable complexity.

Even if he doesn't make it clear, I know what such an arrangement means.

I lowered my eyelashes and nodded silently

The next morning, the bright sun penetrated the forest, and the weather was rare.

Xiao Chu helped me onto the red horse.

The horse already knew me, and for several years, he rode it every time he came to see me at the Blue Lotus Temple.

He deliberately slowed down and made his way through the mountain trails.

The early morning wind mixed with the fresh air of the grass and trees in the mountains and forests, I poked my head out of his arms to check the surrounding scenery, but unexpectedly, the hand around me instantly tightened. "Don't look at it." Xiao Chu laughed in a low voice, "When this wave passes, I will take you all over the world." “

"When I was younger, I used to go to the south with my father, and it was really picturesque."

"Promise me that when you arrive in Yingtian City, you will stay in the small courtyard with peace of mind, and I will come to see you when I am free."

"If you don't have time, you will find an opportunity to come."

Leaning obediently in Xiao Chu's arms, I fell asleep again unconsciously, only to feel that the red horse under me was running steadily, and it was like walking on the ground on the mountain road.

When I woke up, I was already on the periphery of Yingtian City.

Xiao Chu carried me off the horse, and there was a carriage waiting to pick us up on the side of the mountain road.

"I can only send you here first, I will take another way into the city, and when you are settled, I will come to see you immediately."

Xiao Chu deliberately took care of him before leaving: "Daye City, there has been a notice of wanted bandits, when you arrive in Yingtian, don't go out casually, what do you need for the people below to buy." “