Chapter 187: The Prince

Guan Qianyi stood in front of the waterfall and watched the water splash for most of the day. Cui Lei and Cui Yi behind them looked at each other, but they had to watch out for whether the prince wanted to jump down.

"Lord Wang, Your Majesty's secret guards have jumped off the waterfall yesterday to look for it, and it is estimated that they should be back soon." Cui Lei spoke cautiously, for fear of angering the prince's deep thoughts. Even if an excellent secret guard jumps down, it is a life of nine deaths, and the prince's injury has not healed, so he must not jump down.

"Go down with the king."

Along the lower reaches of the river, rocks rise and fall, and a dead log falls from the trunk of a tree, crashes into the turbulent water, hits the large round stones, and instantly breaks into debris and drifts away.

Seeing such a situation, Cui Lei and Cui Yi were shocked, and looked at the prince with a sigh, for fear that he would have a bad association.

Guan Qianyi naturally saw the fate of the rotten wood, even if he was worried in his heart, he couldn't. His eyes were on the sleek stone, and a scratch came into view at a strange angle.

He strode forward, and found scratches on the stones not far away. Cui Lei and Cui Yi saw those inexplicable traces and felt puzzled, these traces don't look like they are naturally formed, and each one is different, it seems to represent a certain meaning, but the two of them can't understand it at all, can the prince understand it? Is this a trace left by the majesty?

Guan Qianyi galloped all the way, walking along the river for about a few miles, only to reach a shoal, and the traces he was chasing were suddenly gone. He looked through the crushed piles of debris, but found nothing, perhaps in the sand of the stream, but three days had passed, and if any, it had been washed away by the rain.

The two guards followed and searched the river, but found nothing. Seeing that the prince was shouting a little frantically, Cui Lei continued to walk forward and found that there was another intercepted waterfall below.

"Lord Wang, maybe there is still a waterfall."

Guan Qianyi shook his head, "No, it should be here." Suddenly, he found some marks on the shore, scratches that had been repeatedly carved on the trunk of the tree, and though they were not very noticeable, they were enough for him to catch clearly.

The three of them went ashore and followed the trail, but suddenly found that they had diverged. Cui Lei pointed to the marks on a tree on the left, Cui Yi looked at the scratches not far ahead, and Guan Qianyi locked the other two roads, and after taking a few steps forward, let the two follow.

Cui Lei and Cui Yi didn't understand why the prince could make a judgment, they only felt that these scratches were similar. The further forward, there were constantly forks in the road, but Guan Qianyi could make a judgment at the first time, some roads were impassable at all, and the two guards directly took their swords at the front end to open up a small road...... It wasn't until it was slightly darker that the three of them reached the edge of the woods.

But as far as the eye can see, it is desolate, and you can't see anything.

The two guards have been half cold in their hearts, and they have been looking for it all day, is it all in vain?

"Lord Wang, is it a mistake, maybe it is in another fork in the road." Cui Lei was afraid that the prince couldn't help but be disappointed, and it would not be good if he hooked the rain silk poison in his body. Master Yan Kong has explained to him that he must stabilize the prince's mood at all times, and he can't use his skills or be overly angry.

Guan Qianyi glanced around, there were no woods on the path, only a stretch of thatch, look carefully, the tip of the thatch swaying in the wind, but some of them were tied with an interesting knot, his eyes were lit with hope, chasing those knots similar to scratches, every time he saw a knot, he took a few steps forward for fear of missing any other information.

The two guards glanced at each other, how did the prince find his way?

The two guards helped to search for similar knots, and it was clear that there were many of them, even if they were not scratches but thatched knots, but the prince could always confirm the location of the next knot, which surprised the two of them.

The sky had completely darkened, and the three of them walked to the light of day, and then they came to a relatively stable mountain, but the following was full of steep mountain forests, which were impassable.

Cui Lei's legs were already a little tired, and he knew that the prince must be tired, but he didn't say anything to stop it. They had been walking for a day and a night, and in terms of direction, they had been detouring, and it was not too far from the waterfall. And now the road ahead seems to be a dead end, I don't know what else the prince will do.

Guan Qianyi said, "Look for all kinds of scratches or thatch knots, quickly." ”

The two guards looked around, expanding the search area almost a mile, but still didn't see the scratches or thatch knots. Cui Lei came to report, and Guan Qianyi looked at the road blocked by the mountains and forests, and his heart became more and more restless. Wei'er, why is your signal gone? Please give me some more information, just a little bit.

At this time, Cui Yi galloped back from the mountains and forests, his face was a little happy, "Lord Wang, I found that there was some cooking smoke under the mountains and forests." ”

There is cooking smoke, which means that it is not a barren mountain and wild house where no one lives.

The two guards immediately opened the road, and Guan Qianyi paused when he saw the faintly visible house. He didn't believe in ghosts and gods all his life, but at this moment he wanted to pray to God that the person he was looking for would appear in that house safely.

Approaching the house step by step, Guan Qianyi's heart became more and more nervous, and the tension he had never felt before made his chest hurt slightly.

Cui Lei stepped forward and knocked on the door.

A child opened the door, and behind him was an old man, with white hair and squinted eyes. Xiao Tong looked at the person who came carefully, and finally looked at Guan Qianyi, "You are the prince?" ”

Guan Qianyi lost his words in an instant, and the two guards felt that they were in a cheerful mood instantly.

"I am, Lord Wang." Guan Qianyi replied quickly, but saw the little boy glancing at him, "She's waiting for you inside." ”

Guan Qianyi immediately stepped into the room, strode into the inner room, and when he saw the person lying on the bed, his eyes were already red, but he saw her beckoning to him, and he stood in place.

Li Wei was unhappy, "What are you doing standing?" Come here. ”

He took a few steps closer and looked at one of her gauze-wrapped legs, "Leg hurt?" ”

Li Wei smiled and shook her head, "It's not in the way, it'll be fine soon, you can come here-" Seeing that he didn't move, Li Wei simply jumped forward with her other foot, and when she saw that she was about to fall off the edge of the bed, Guan Qianyi reached out to catch her, and then hugged her tightly, "Don't scare this king again." ”

Li Wei couldn't help but cry and cried with joy. She waited here for four days, and he finally found her, sooner than she expected. The moment she jumped off the waterfall, she really thought that she was going to die, and there was no possibility of survival. Fortunately, the luck of her life finally came to a big reversal, she fell straight into the waterhole from the sky, and happened to meet the little boy in the laundry, so she was saved, it was the peak of **** luck. After waking up, she was unusually calm, and asked the little boy to help make a mark from the waterfall, if the mark was discovered by the assassin, she would never be able to find her whereabouts, because only Guan Qianyi could understand those marks.

"Lord Wang, I'm really lucky, my face is not disfigured." Li Wei's words made Guan Qianyi angry, but she couldn't do anything to her, so she had to glare at her, "Your legs are broken, and you still want to be disfigured?" ”

"In any case, Lord Wang, you have finally found me. I'm so happy. When I found out that I wasn't dead, the first thing that came to my mind was that you don't have to be sad, as long as you have more patience, you can find me. ”

Guan Qianyi looked at her thin face carefully, and said distressedly, "I'm still late, I should have come earlier." She shook her head and pushed him away slightly, but seeing that he was not relaxed, she said, "Lord Wang, you let go first, I will move in, you lie here, I want to hold you." She saw the dark green in his eyes and knew that he must be very tired.

She had an injury to her left leg and could not lie on her side, but could only lie flat. He lay on the outside, wrapped his arms around her, and finally settled down, and asked, "How is the leg?" ”

"Even if it's broken, it's good to raise it for a month. Anyway, I don't have to rely on my legs to eat, isn't the prince still raising me? Li Wei didn't care much, anyway, she didn't die, she already felt extremely lucky, "By the way, how is the imperial court?" ”

"You don't have to worry about the court, I've arranged it all. You can recuperate here, and you don't have to think about anything. ”

Guan Qianyi told her about the affairs of the imperial court in recent days, and then reprimanded her for being too protective of Beichen and putting herself in danger. He remembered that there were some other strange traces in the process of searching, and gradually, he seemed to be sleepy and fell asleep quietly.

The two of them just lived in the mountains. Cui Lei and Cui Yi were in a hurry, it could be seen that their prince was clearly going to live here with His Majesty for a long time, and the two had to report the news of the court back and forth every day, but every time the boy saw the two guards, he glanced at them in a bad mood, and seemed to be quite disgusted.

After Cui Lei finished reporting today, he accepted the child's displeasure, shook his head again, and said to Cui Yi, "How long will the prince live?" His Majesty is not in the court, and neither is the prince, and if this continues, something will definitely happen. ”

Cui Yi shook his head, "I didn't see that the prince had the intention of going back." Cui Yi originally wanted to say that the prince and His Majesty seemed to be very happy here, sticking together every day, saying that they wanted to live in seclusion here, I am afraid that some people would believe it.

Cui Lei sighed helplessly, got up and rushed back to Kyoto.

Inside the house, Li Wei shouted to go out again. Guan Qianyi put it on, changed into a gray peasant clothes, put her on her back, and went out to play.

The two came to the brook not far away, and he sat her on a large rock, while he took charge of the fishing.

"Let's catch five today, Cui Yi wants to eat together, and he can't be missing."

Guan Qianyi said, "We can catch more." "Saving him from having to come once a day, he'd rather be in the house more often than ever and not let her move around.

"No, my dad will curse if I catch too much, and the pot in that room is not so big that it can't be cooked. By the way, my lord, it doesn't seem good that both of us have left Kyoto, otherwise, you can go back in the next two days. Li Wei also knew that he didn't want to leave her, but every time Cui Lei came to report on the affairs of the court, he signaled to her with extremely anxious eyes that it was time to go back.

Her foot didn't hurt well and she wasn't fit to move, but it was okay to be careful. But he was reluctant and kept avoiding the topic. Now I have lived for a week, and I see him wearing such plain clothes and accompanying her to visit the mountains and rivers every day, he is really like a simple and noble son, who goes down the mountain early, rests in the forest at noon, and watches the sunset at night, just looking at his side face can feel the peace and tranquility of life. But after all, she was worried, if there was something in her heart, no matter how quiet the environment was, she would not want to stay for too long, she also had to go back to see Beichen Luo and Mama Bi, so as not to worry about them. So, today she reminded him when to go back.

Guan Qianyi didn't answer, he just cared about catching fish, holding a sharpened wooden stick in his hand, and looked at the fish in the water intently, "I know the situation in the imperial court, I'm afraid it may not be a good thing to go back early." The motives of the Qi Cheng family are unknown, so let's wait a little longer, they must be more anxious than us. Moreover, in His Majesty's free time, it is just right for His Highness Seventeen to exercise well. With that, he threw the stick in his hand into the water and caught the first big fish.

Li Wei took the basket woven with bamboo strips, grabbed the big fish he caught, and smiled, "The prince is really amazing." "How should Mrs. Wei deal with his request to intervene in the case of the old ministry of Yusha? Why did he intervene? Oh, by the way, Wei Taifu's eldest son, Wei Liqing, used to be a leader of the old department, right? I almost forgot about it. I'm afraid that Wei Taifu wants to clear Wei Li of the charge of rebellion. ”

"This king has decreed that this matter will be carried out by Lu Xiao and Wei Taifu together, and how much they can find depends on their own ability."

After a few moments the two of them had caught enough of the big fish, he got up and put her on his back again.

"Lord Wang, we really look like a couple of mountain people, right?" Hearing him snort softly, Li Wei shook his calves slightly, pinched his ears, and lowered his voice and said, "Lord Wang, the owner of this barren mountain and wild house seems to be surnamed Guo." He replied, "This king knows that they are from the Guo family." ”

"Why do I suddenly think that the Guo family is mysterious, Guo Zibi won't say it, I'm afraid that his talent is not inferior to Lu Xiao, but he only appeared in front of us recently, and the old and young in this wild house, I don't think it's simple. At that time, I thought I was so lucky that I could meet people washing clothes when I fell off the cliff and waterfall, but now that I think about it, I am afraid that someone is waiting for me. ”

Guan Qianyi said, "No matter what kind of thoughts they have, since they saved you, then this king owes them." "The Guo family is a family that has been born in the way of assistance for generations, and has a certain relationship with the Sui clan where the monk Qingyi is located. And saving His Majesty from danger happens to be the best time.

"Okay, whatever the prince says, it's what it is. In this way, Guo Zibi participated in the case of the old ministry this time? ”

"Yes, this king asked him to assist Lu Xiao, and he must get the talisman back. And Guo Zibi was also able to find important clues and found that Ma Rongtian had a connection with King Xu. Therefore, I am afraid that the talisman of the old ministry has already reached the hands of King Xu, and Li Yuetian may know about it, so he instigated King Xu to send the old department to assassinate His Majesty. ”

"King Xu and Ma Rongtian?" Li Wei found that the affairs of the old department revolved around Mrs. Wei's family. The Thirteenth Princess and King Xu are the grandsons and granddaughters of Wei Taifu, and Wei Taifu is very fond of the Thirteen Princesses and is not very close to King Xu. After Wei Liqing was convicted and died, he gave the talisman to the Thirteen Princesses. It's a pity that the horse is not a thing.

"King Xu is probably regarded as a bird by Li Yuetian this time. Li Yuetian used him to test His Majesty's attitude and strength, if His Majesty won and captured King Xu, Li Yuetian would not dare to make a move, and the Qi family and the Cheng family would also be taboo. If King Xu turns over and wins, I'm afraid there will be a big chaos in Kyoto. ”

Three days later, news came from Kyoto.

King Xu rebelled against the court and was captured alive in an attempt to rebel; Lu Xiao, Wei Taifu and Guo Zibi made great contributions, not only designed the arrest of King Xu and Ma Rongtian, but also clarified the murder of the Cheng family's daughter-in-law; The most important thing is to find out that Li Yuetian, the traitor who framed Tuxuan Majesty back then, is wanted all over the country.

Guan Qianyi dressed Li Wei, "Your Majesty, it's time for us to go back." (To be continued.) )