Chapter Seventy-Five: Sacrifice
Gong Zhu and his party didn't know anything about what was happening in the city, and Chang Gui's carrier pigeon flew back intact after it arrived. Because of the darkness and the inference that 'the pursuers went south', Gong Zhu and the others did not walk far overnight.
When it was almost dawn, Gong Zhu said to stop and rest and wait for dawn to be on the way.
"Beiqi is about to wake up, talk to him well. Wait a little longer. ”
Chunfu's mother-in-law's body couldn't keep up, so she immediately sat down to rest. Gong Zhu took the Northern Qi on the back of the seventh girl, and the seventh girl felt unbearable back pain. The three of them sat on the ground, quietly looking at the faint horizon. Gong Zhu looked down at the Northern Qi in his arms, and felt that the Northern Qi was like the horizon, bright and full of hope.
After a while, Beiqi hadn't woken up yet, and Hua Mian really caught up with them.
"Your Excellency."
Flower faces appeared in front of the three of them. Gong Zhu wanted to stand up happily after seeing Hua Face, but because he couldn't succeed in holding Bei Qi, Hua Face hurriedly helped Gong Zhu and said that he was fine. The seventh girl also stood up, nodded at her with a flower face, and then gave her the burden on her back.
"We didn't bring dry food, so I took some from the kitchen before I left, so I saved some to eat."
Gong Zhu pulled Hua Mian to sit down, and looked left and right several times to make sure that Hua Mian was not injured.
"Okay, okay, let's be fine."
Mother-in-law Chunfu took the dough cake given by the seventh girl, broke it a little, and handed it to Gong Zhu.
"It's just that I really didn't expect that the prince of Yongchang would really escape."
Gong Zhu also broke a little bit of the dough cake and gave it to Hua Face, Hua Mian felt too much and refused to accept it, so Gong Zhu insisted that he take it.
"It's just that you didn't accept the old woman, okay, okay, don't worry too much about this matter. In that case, it is also appropriate for the prince to abandon us, and it does not mean that the cooperative relationship between us is broken. When we get to the front, we are trying to find a way to connect with the prince's people. ”
Gong Zhu said with relief that he also had a pimple in his heart because of discrimination, but he couldn't say it, and he had to comfort others.
Hua Mian found some water again, and after eating and drinking, he felt that his strength from the overdraft had eased a little. Without stopping for more, the four of them set off again. Hua Mian naturally took Beiqi from Gong Zhu's hand and carried it to his back, and the seven girls followed behind Hua Mian, quietly knocking off the dust on Hua Mian's body.
Granny Chunfu and Gong Zhu walked slowly, but they were not in a hurry, and said something casually. Beiqi had actually woken up a long time ago, but he didn't open his eyes. What his grandfather said before he was fed medicine was still in his ears, and he was worried all the time. After hearing everyone's voices, he wanted to jump up with joy, but he didn't want to embarrass his grandfather, so he kept pretending to sleep quietly.
What people didn't expect was that on the second day of walking on the road, Flower Face heard an unusual sound.
"Wait."
Huayan told everyone to stop and lie on the ground. Everyone else didn't dare to look at the flower face silently,
"My lord, no, a large number of people are chasing after me."
"What!"
Gong Zhu was surprised, but still said calmly,
"Flower face, do you think it's someone who is chasing us?"
Hua Mian stood up, looked at Gong Zhu and said,
"My lord, there is nothing more important than our business now, and the centaurs are from the south and have already entered."
Gong Zhu looked around, it was already dawn, the half-human-tall grass did not play a role, and the mud that had just rained would become an obstacle. The boundary close to the border city is still uninhabited, and there will be a city at least a hundred and ten miles away.
"Your Excellency, it's near."
"Hua Face, you carry Beiqi on your back, pull Xiao Qi and hurry to the west, we will follow behind. But remember, no matter what happens, don't look back and leave us alone. ”
"Your Excellency."
"Quick, listen to me!"
Hua Mian looked at Gong Zhu hesitantly, but he still couldn't resist him. Hua Mian helped Beiqi on himself, took the hand of the seventh girl and plunged into the grass in the west. Gong Zhu led Chunfu's mother-in-law to follow closely behind, some distance away from the flower face. Flower Face knew that even if they ran to the west, the people on such a horse in such an endless wilderness would soon find them, so they could only run as far as they could.
Sure enough, not long after the group caught up, they saw people who were struggling to run west.
"My lord, look, over there!"
It's still the original leader, and the expression of the victory ticket in hand makes people feel disgusting.
"Over there, rush!"
Gong Zhu glanced back, the person in front of him had already entered the grass, and he pulled Chunfu's mother-in-law's hand tighter. Feeling that those people were getting closer and closer to her, Granny Chunfu took out the last medicine powder from her arms and held it in her hand.
"Old man, I can't run for a long time, you let me go here, I still have some medicinal powder, you can delay for a little longer."
Mother-in-law Chunfu was pulled by Gong Zhu and ran away, and said breathlessly. Gong Zhu glanced back at those people again, and got closer again.
"What did the old woman say! Didn't I say it a long time ago, I will never let you go again! ”
Granny Chunfu looked at Gong Zhu's side face, and before she could be moved, the flying knife fell on her back and immediately fell. Gong Zhu was also pulled to the ground.
The person who chased after him raised his knife and wanted to give Gong Zhu a knife, but Granny Chunfu sprinkled the medicinal powder she was holding at this time. The man who lifted it was immediately burned to his eyes and skin by the powder, and threw the knife away and fell into the grass. But this is also the last blow of Chunfu's mother-in-law, and someone came up one after another.
When one of the people raised his knife to make a move on Miyatake, Hanami came back.
Flower Face pulled out his sword and blocked it, and immediately entered the standing state. However, because he still had Northern Qi on his back, he was a little hindered by his strength, but he was able to barely use the sword and had no strength to fight back.
The seventh girl hurriedly went over to help Gong Zhu and Chunfu's mother-in-law up, and Gong Zhu looked at the two of them and sighed as they hated iron and steel.
The wound on Chunfu's mother-in-law's back was so severe that she couldn't stand up, so she was about to close her eyes. Gong Zhu squatted down again, holding her hand tightly,
"Chunfu, Chunfu, can you hear Chunfu."
Granny Chunfu barely opened her eyes and smiled with the last of her strength,
"Gong Zhu, I, first, go first."
After saying that, he closed his eyes. The seventh girl hugged Granny Chunfu and shook it vigorously, but Granny Chunfu was no longer angry. There was no time to be sad, and another sharp sword flew over, but this time it was aimed at the back of the flower face. Gong Zhu was still sad, and he didn't have time to look at the back with a flower face, as if the seventh girl saw it alone after that.
Jumping up as fast as he could, the arrow shot into her chest.
"Seven girls!"
The seventh girl quickly fell down, and the flower face reacted to the crisis behind her. shouted but it was useless, and after angrily drawing a sword, Hua Yan quickly picked up the seven girls and put them down close to Gong Zhu, and re-entered the battle.