Chapter 172
The night is dark, and in a small town thousands of miles away from the capital, the houses are quiet and elegant. The speed update is waiting for you () Baidu search can be done!
A general rushed in, knelt down and said, "At that time, when the subordinates and others brought people over to outflank him, His Royal Highness King Duan had already left first, one step too late. Then the princess was not found in the courtyard of Xiangzhou, and was about to search one by one, when someone suddenly fled under the mountain, although he was wearing the clothes of the subordinates, but one of them had a very high kung fu and looked suspicious. The man killed several of our brothers, and ...... the last man to escape. β
"Escaped?" Prince Xiao Ying's face was displeased, and he said in a deep voice.
"Yes, please forgive your Royal Highness the Crown Prince."
The prince groaned for a while, his eyes narrowed slightly, "Okay, if you escape, you can escape, you go down." "I am on the run, and it is not appropriate to dispose of the henchmen around me casually at the moment, otherwise there will be no available people around me. But listening to him say this, the ...... who escaped should be Wang Xu and Feng Luan.
That's it, don't worry about it.
Originally, I heard the news that the carriage of Duanwangfu went out today, so I asked people to go to the Xiangzhou Courtyard to get people, and they earned it by themselves, and they didn't lose anything if they didn't hold it. At the moment, the big thing is important, the old six and the two can put it aside first, and the first thing to consider is how to deal with the king of Chaozhou.
My father was too old to tolerate himself, and not only checked his accounts in the provinces, but also found the grain and grass he had hoarded in Yongzhou, as well as some other bad debts. He was going to empty himself little by little, making himself completely immobilized, and at the same time hesitating to abandon himself.
Perhaps for his father, he also left a line for himself to be the next emperor.
But once other princes see the opportunity, they will not be reconciled, they continue to attack themselves, the queen mother and sister are endlessly dragging their feet, and the father's heart to abolish the prince is getting stronger and stronger. Originally, it was a few years to be slow, and a few months to be fast, but the king of Chaozhou deliberately leaked himself to contact him, forced himself out of the city, and brought all this to his eyes!
I had thought about the palace change before, but the left and right military camps, the Dragon Janissary Guard, the Gyeonggi Ten Directions Army, and several important places and heavy armies, all of which were firmly in the hands of my father, not only did I not even touch the edge, but the power of the East Palace was still being weakened by my father a little bit, and I refused to make the palace a thing at all!
Then ......, it's not bad to be forced to be in a corner of peace and fight against my father's court-
The winner is the king, and the loser is the loser!
Prince Xiao Ying smiled, he chose a path of no return.
Although he escaped ahead of schedule and made his father pounce, discussing the great cause with an old fox like the king of Chaozhou is undoubtedly seeking skin with the tiger! The troops in his hands are not enough, he has troops, but there is no justification for it, although they hit it off with each other now, but it will be very difficult in the future.
Alas, the prince sighed faintly, it is really not easy to walk any way.
Then I thought of the emperor, my father, ......, what are you doing at the moment? Is it because he can't find his son, and the thunder is angry? I heard that you closed the city gate and sent a large team of people to the East Palace to get people.
Father-son love, you don't miss it at all-
The son also learned.
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The emperor never expected that he would send someone to the East Palace to arrest the prince, but he pounced, and the prince Xiao Ying had already left the East Palace, and everyone ran hundreds of miles away. Not only that, but there were thousands of people lying in ambush outside, exchanging fire with the people in the military camps on the left and right, delaying the prince's escape. The thousands of people in the last few fell into heavy casualties, but they succeeded in allowing the prince to escape to the power of the king of Chaozhou, and then he was about to fight.
Under the thunder and anger, the emperor immediately issued an order to abolish Xiao Ying's position as the crown prince and prince for various crimes, so that the original prince Xiao Ying would not be recognized by the imperial court.
The situation in the court was treacherous, not only did the emperor and ministers fall out of their eyes, but even Feng Yuan and the others were shocked, and things went wrong! It's different from Feng Luan's "prophecy" dream.
What's worse is that Feng Luan's whereabouts are now unknown.
At that time, Xiao Duo could not disobey the holy decree and did not arrest the prince, let alone forcibly let the Wucheng Soldiers and Horses open the door and go to the Xiangzhou Courtyard to find someone by himself. And at that time, thousands of people outside the city blocked the people who went out of the city, and there was already a battle inside and outside the city, and then the people from the left and right barracks arrived, and they cooperated inside and outside to exterminate the group of rebellious soldiers trained by Xiao Ying, and a river of blood flowed.
By the time Xiao Duo led people to the Xiangzhou Courtyard, nearly a day had passed since he left in the morning. The sunset is brilliant, and it is rendered in a colorful manner in the sky, beautiful and blurry, the peach blossoms are still in full bloom, but the beauty under the flower tree is nowhere to be found.
Xiao Duo has a thousand and ten thousand regrets, he shouldn't have taken her out today, if he didn't go out, there would be no unexpected disaster in the future. ...... the prince, the prince suddenly fled, and even at this critical juncture, he didn't forget to send someone to outflank the Xiangzhou Courtyard,ββ he wanted to arrest himself and A Luan!
"Bang!" I couldn't help but slam my fist on the table, and the sound was loud.
Gao Jinzhong knew the thoughts of the master of the Dao the most, and saw that he had been busy all day, and the water and rice had not entered, so he persuaded: "The prince must cherish his body, otherwise the princess will know the Dao, and she should complain that the prince is not precious." β
Xiao Duo's face was gloomy for a while.
Gao Jinzhong said again: "No one can think of today's events." β
Who would have thought that Xiao Ying would suddenly and bizarrely escape, and suddenly let thousands of people stop her? Unexpectedly, Xiao Ying would order people to outflank the Xiangzhou Courtyard at such a time, so that the life and death of the princess were unknown.
"Lord Wang." Gao Jinzhong whispered and persuaded: "Wang Xu's kung fu is very high, he should be ......"
"Get out!" Xiao Duo smashed a tea bowl over.
Waiting for people to leave, he tried to breathe to calm his emotions, and continued to frown and couldn't solve any problems, now is not the time for a cold and sad autumn, he picked up his rice bowl and ate in a big gulp, and drank directly to the teapot, burying the resentment towards Xiao Ying and others in his heart, his worries and self-blame for her, all buried deep in his heart.
If you are a man, you should cheer up when you are at a low point, instead of feeling sorry for yourself! The current situation is chaotic, not only to try to stabilize the situation, but also to stabilize yourself, and then do everything you can to find Ah Luan.
This ...... is what you should do.
Xiao Duo threw away the rice bowl in his hand, and then walked out. Looking at the bright moon hanging high in the sky, imagining that she was under the same moonlight, but she didn't know where she was, she couldn't help but worry for a while.
Luan, wait for meβ
You have to live well.
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"How's her injury?" Wang Xu asked with a pale face.
The doctor shook his head, "The arrow shot too right, even if it didn't hurt the heart, it hurt the heart." The little lady's body is delicate again, and her pulse is not obvious, so she is afraid that ...... "sighed," it depends on whether she can survive it. β
Wang Xu's heart fell into the abyss, and he couldn't help but say: "She'll be fine!" β
The doctor lowered his head, "This master, the little medical skills are really limited, and I usually see a cold and flu or something, please forgive the little one for being really powerless." Seeing that the other party seemed to be about to kill, he was eager to shirk his responsibility, and suggested: "It's better to take the little lady to Cangzhou to have a look, that place is big, there are many good doctors, superb medical skills, and ...... panacea."
"Needless to say." Wang Xu interrupted lightly and ordered: "You prescribe enough gold sore medicine for us, and then prescribe her a few warm medicines for blood to protect the heart and spleen, and also two old ginseng slices for daily use." β
I wonder if the chasing soldiers will come again? Even if he and her have a makeover, their whereabouts are still not strict enough, and it is indeed not appropriate to stay in one place for a long time, but to change places.
Wang Xu arrived in the inn, walked to the bedside, and looked at her who was still groggy, and his heart was surging.
At that moment, she stepped forward and hugged herself, and used her body to block the two most ferocious arrows for herself, which she didn't expect at all,ββ she was just a minion, even if she saved her, it was not worth her to do it.
But she did.
If the feelings in this world are only giving, there will be gains, and everything is worth it.
"Don't worry." Wang Xu felt sad for a while, looked at her, and said softly: "This place is small, I can't find a good doctor and good medicinal materials, and when I take you to Cangzhou, I will definitely make you better." "I have to make sure that her life is safe before I can find an opportunity to send a letter back to the palace.
I don't know what happened to the capital city? Thousands of sergeants rushed outside the capital at the same time, it must be a big mess, the specific situation is unknown, I think there will be news in a few days, I hope it has subsided.
A few days later, the news of the emperor's deposition of Prince Xiao Ying reached Cangzhou, and everyone was shocked and discussed.
After Wang Xu learned about it, he was also surprised,ββ it was the prince who fled and confronted the court that day? ! No wonder thousands of people poured over at that time, but ......, what about the people who chased and killed her? Could it be that it is also sent by the princes? It's a mess that doesn't make sense, so I'll put it aside for the time being.
He cares more about the delicate woman lying on the bed than about court affairs.
Feng Luan had already woken up, but due to excessive blood loss, his body was greatly damaged, and he could only open his eyes for a while, and then he fell into a faint and fell asleep again. Wang Xu begged all the good doctors in Cangzhou for her, but there was no special medicine available for this kind of injury, and it was good to be alive. can only use internal strength every day to first maintain her heart and pulse, plus medicine, and then hope to slowly recuperate and get better as soon as possible.
Soon, however, something happened that shocked everyone in the world!
After the emperor deposed the crown prince, within a few days, the king of Chaozhou and Xiao Ying said that the emperor was so old that he was deceived by the traitors and villains around him, and pulled a big banner of "Qingjun side, punish villains". Then, with Chaozhou as the center, several prefectures and counties such as Yongzhou, Changxin, and Gaoping were circled together, as if they were already a small imperial court.
It is estimated that if it weren't for the fact that the king of Chaozhou himself had other thoughts, he would have supported Xiao Ying to ascend the throne.
Is the emperor really being deceived? Or is it a rebellion against the prince? Just when the people of the world were suspicious, the king of Chaozhou and Xiao Ying suddenly raised their troops to the north, and won the first battle, capturing a city with lightning speed!
When the emperor learned the news, he was furious, closely monitored Empress Fan and King Su, and then appointed Xiao Duo, the sixth prince, as the general to quell the rebellion, and led an army of 200,000 to the south. At the same time, he issued an order to let Xiao Zhan, the seventh prince of the Seventh Prince, who was on the southern coast to suppress the Liukou, make him go north quickly, and form a two-sided attack with Xiao Duo, and together exterminate the rebellious deposed prince Xiao Ying and the rebellious King of Chaozhou, so as to calm the turbulent situation in the world-
The world is in chaos.
Cangzhou is also caught in the turmoil, there is no certainty of war, not to mention the real war burning the sky, even if it is to catch the strong men, seize the grain and grass, the city of chickens and dogs is restless enough. Wang Xu had to leave with Fengluan, neither daring to run north to the capital at this time, nor daring to go south, so he could only try to go to the west and affect a small place.
There is a lot of water in the south and a lot of mountains in the west, and Wang Xu tried his best to take the waterway, but when he went to Xipingwei, he had to change his course. There is water in the name of Xipingwei, but there is a trickling stream nearby, and you can't take a boat, so you can only use a carriage or sedan chair.
Because Feng Luan's injuries were not well and he was afraid of the carriage being bumpy, Wang Xu asked two sedan chair men to carry the sedan chair-
Unexpectedly, he encountered robbers halfway.
It's a bit of an exaggeration to say that they are robbers, but in fact, they are five villagers who lost their lives because of the war and then wandered around looting things. For ordinary people, it is difficult to resist, and for Wang Xu, even if his injuries have not healed at the moment, he is not afraid of these five fools! However, the two sedan chair drivers were very frightened, secretly put down the sedan chair, and then looked at each other, and slipped away with oil on their feet, and they didn't even care about the sedan chair and foot money, and their lives were at stake.
If they stay a little longer, they will regret it.
Because after Wang Xu dismounted, but between his shots, he first trampled a person under his feet, pointed at him with his sword, and said: "Either get out quickly, or I cut off your head and roll!" β
"Ahh Come and save me. The man called out to his companion in panic.
The remaining four people rushed up, and as a result, they were not Wang Xu's opponents at all, and they were all overturned soon. Don't look at those people who are usually vicious, when they met Lian Jiazi, and the other party was too powerful, they suddenly scared their courage.
One by one, they rolled on the ground with blue noses and swollen faces, got up, crying and begging for mercy, "Heroes spare our lives, we really don't have anything to eat......"
On the other side of the road, a carriage was coming this way, and the guard on horseback next to him said, "Wait, master, there seems to be something going on ahead." One person ran forward to take a look, asked about the situation, and then quickly rode back and said: "It was a few villagers who wanted to rob, but they met a practitioner, not an opponent, who was kneeling on the ground and begging for mercy." β
"With one against five, that's a good skill." The man in the carriage whispered.
"Yes." The guard thought about it, and now that the war was raging, it would be good to recruit a few more useful people, because he asked, "Is the master trying to recruit that person?" β
The man in the carriage did not answer, but said, "Let's go and have a look." β
By the time he had passed, the five villagers had fled.
There was only one young man with an elegant face left, holding a sword in his hand, looking at the sedan chair, frowning slightly, as if he was worried about the sedan chair without a sedan chair man, and he didn't know what to do.
The man in the carriage lifted the curtain and looked out, and was immediately surprised.
And Wang Xu, who had just subdued the five villagers, raised his eyes and also showed surprise,...... It's him? How could it be him? Why is Xiao Zhan here? After thinking about it quickly, if you go back and cross the tail of Xiping, it will be Dingzhou, could it be that Xiao Zhan is going to Dingzhou secretly? Thinking slightly, when I met him, I was afraid that the situation would be difficult to control.
"Your palanquin driver is gone." Xiao Zhan withdrew his surprised gaze and said calmly: "It's inconvenient for the people in the sedan chair to walk, right?" I don't know if the person in the sedan chair is male or female, if it's convenient, you might as well share a carriage with me. β
He asked this very skillfully.
Wang Xu had to reply: "No need, the person in the sedan chair is my sister, it's not very convenient." β
Younger sister? Xiao Zhan sneered in his heart, where did the eunuch come from? He thought that he had been in the province for half a year, and he had no idea about the affairs of the capital? Not long ago, when Xiao Ying rebelled, she sent people to encircle and suppress the Xiangzhou Courtyard, and she was worried at the time, and I didn't know if she was okay.
And at the moment, I am afraid that the people in the sedan chair are very strange.
"So be it." Xiao Zhan got out of the carriage, "Give me your horse, and I'll give you this carriage." β
"Master, no!" The guards next to him hurriedly stopped him.
"Stand down." Xiao Zhan's eyebrows rose a hint of fierceness, waved his hand, pushed the guards to the side, and then looked at Wang Xu and said, "How?" Are you going to spend the night in this mountain? β
Wang Xu can say that we have horses to ride, but the other party is already suspicious, and he will not give up, and any more nonsense will anger the other party, which is not beautiful. After thinking about it carefully, Xiao Zhan ......, it seems that he has no deep hatred with Duanwangfu, but the world is in chaos, who knows if Lu Dao has messed up people's hearts? What if he uses the princess to blackmail the palace, what will he do then? But Xiao Zhan's guards are no better than the villagers, and there are many people, so they can't deal with it by themselves.
He was hesitating, and Feng Luan in the sedan chair said softly, "Brother, just use their carriage." β
Xiao Zhan's body suddenly stiffened, it was her!
Wang Xu was also shocked, she ......, and really called her brother.
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Because in addition to that little fork on the way, plus meeting Xiao Zhan, Wang Xu and Feng Luan had to follow back to Dingzhou, and now Dingzhou is not in chaos, but the nearby states and counties are already in chaos.
Wang Xu's original intention was to take Feng Luan to find a remote and secluded town to recuperate, but he didn't expect it to become like this.
"It's fine." Feng Luan comforted him and said: "It's good to meet Xiao Zhan, let's follow him, it's better than you to protect me single-handedly, rest assured, ......, he shouldn't hurt me." β
Wang Xu looked at her slowly, and ...... Xiao Zhan, she was so sure? I can't help but think of the previous rumors, saying that Xiao Zhan intends to marry her as a princess, maybe it's true? Then he shook his head in his heart, and expelled those mixed thoughts from the clouds, and he shouldn't think of her like that.
Feng Luan took a sip of the tea in the post station, and then said with a smile: "Along the way, you have worked hard for me, every day and night restlessly, you are still injured, tonight is just the right time for you to sleep peacefully." β
Wang Xu said lightly: "Well, it's okay." β
"Tuk-tuk." There was a knock on the door outside, it was Xiao Zhan who had arranged military affairs and came back, and asked outside the door, "Have you slept inside?" β
"No, please come in." Feng Luan said lightly.
Originally, these days, the two of them are familiar with each other alone, and they are both injured, and they usually don't abide by the rules of master and servant, but only get along like friends. At present, because of Xiao Zhan's sudden visit, Wang Xu had to quickly stand up, stand aside, and return to the humble posture when he was a slave.
Wang Xu lowered his eyes and sighed softly in his heart.
Xiao Zhan pushed the door and walked in, he was getting older, and because of leading the troops to fight, he was no longer the thin young man he was a few years ago, but he was a little dignified in his gestures. Wearing a dark blue dark pattern robe, his gaze was fixed like a bright jade, and between the long jade bodies, he had a graceful and majestic momentum of holding power.
When Feng Luan got into the carriage before, he didn't look at him carefully, but when he looked at it at the moment, he was a little unfamiliar and didn't know him. The last time I saw him, it was because he was framed by Princess Cheng and Concubine Jiang Fang, which made Xiao Duo misunderstood, and had to call him out to confront him face to face.
"You may be seated." She smiled and said, "I have injuries on my body, so I can't get up to pay respects." β
"No need to be polite." Xiao Zhan waved his hand, feeling that Wang Xu next to him was a bit of an eyesore, but he was a brother-in-law, she was a sister-in-law, and it was not suitable for him to be alone in a room, so he had to endure it. After condensing his fluctuating emotions, he asked, "Why are you near Dingzhou?" β
Feng Luan groaned, briefly described what happened that day, and then said: "Recently, there have been wars and turmoil in various places, and I am injured and afraid of chaos, so I want to find a secluded place to the west to recuperate. β
Xiao Zhan glanced at it, thinking that she had two arrow wounds on her body, and couldn't help frowning, "Then you can rest for a long time." Afraid that she would not be at ease, he added: "Dingzhou will not be chaotic, rest assured." β
"That's good." Feng Luan smiled and thanked him, and then said, "Since you have met the seventh uncle, I want to ask for help to send a letter of peace to the capital, otherwise the prince and the Feng family may not be worried." β
Uncle Seven? Xiao Zhan felt that this title was really awkward, but she was now the princess, her sister-in-law, and there was no reason to call herself His Royal Highness King Cheng anymore, so it was right to call her ...... like this.
Feng Luan saw that he didn't agree immediately, and hurriedly said: "I know that this matter has caused chaos to the seventh uncle, and now that the war is in chaos, it will definitely be inconvenient to send a letter, I ......" After thinking about it, it is better not to owe Xiao Zhan too much favor, "I am abrupt, and I don't need to send the letter first." β
"Alright, you can rest." Xiao Zhan didn't want to hear his seventh uncle coming, and the seventh uncle went, and he was polite, "I will let people send the peace letter, but during the war, it is difficult to say when the letter will arrive." Right now, even if I contact the imperial court, it will take a lot of time, so you can recuperate with peace of mind, and don't worry about anything else. β
He said goodbye and went out, and then went outside the small courtyard to face the gentle breeze, and it was cool for a while.
In a hurry to deliver a letter? Let Xiao Duo, who led 200,000 troops, know that she is in Dingzhou right now, and then come to her in chaos? Now is the time to fight against the king of Chaozhou and Xiao Ying, how can he delay the military situation because of personal feelings?! Let's wait until the battle is over.
Especially now that she is seriously injured, it is not appropriate to move, even if Xiao Duo rushes over, he can't take her on a long journey-
I didn't make a mistake in this decision.
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