Chapter 55: The Prince Is Missing?
Shen Bai is thick-skinned, and when he is serious and sticky, he is like a dog skin plaster, Gu Hengzhou can't get rid of her, and there are already non-commanders looking sideways, in the end, the impact is not good, Gu Hengzhou grabbed Shen Bai's back collar and carried people into his tent.
The camp tents of the cavalry and the Praetorian Guards were separated, but they were very close together, and the camps of Gu Hengzhou and Zhou Deshan were set up at both ends of the cavalry camp to form a natural barrier to avoid any incident.
Gu Hengzhou didn't take Gu Sangu and Si, and he didn't let Ah Chai accompany him this time, there was no one in the tent to serve, and he didn't even light the lamp.
Shen Bai's eyes turned black after entering the account, and he subconsciously muttered: "How dark is it, it's weird." ”
After Shen Bai finished speaking, he took the opportunity to climb on Gu Hengzhou.
Gu Hengzhou walked to the table, touched the fire fold from his arms, came out and lit the lamp, and the dim light instantly filled the entire camp tent.
Gu Hengzhou's camp tent is about the same size as Shen Bai's, because he has to deal with a lot of affairs, there is an extra yellow rosewood table in the tent, and there are shelves next to it with armor, halberds, and bows and crossbows.
Shen Bai looked at it seriously, Gu Hengzhou frowned together, endured it for a long time and said in a deep voice: "Not yet?" ”
Knowing that he couldn't mess with people, Shen Bai slipped off Gu Hengzhou's body and shook the porcelain bottle in his hand flatteringly: "Brother Gu, I promise to help you take the medicine and leave, really!" ”
Shen Bai's eyes widened, and he couldn't wait to raise three fingers to swear to Gu Hengzhou.
Knowing that this person would not give up until he reached his goal, Gu Hengzhou sat down at the table, put his left hand on the table, and Shen Bai immediately put the medicine bottle aside, and gently helped him untie the silk handkerchief tied to his hand.
The back of Gu Hengzhou's hand was poked by a broken stubble on the ground, and he was in a hurry to send Zhao Chou back for diagnosis and treatment, but he didn't pay much attention to it, just now in Jiang Qinse's camp, after being reminded, he found that the back of his hand had been poked a big hole, and a lot of blood had been shed, and the wound looked a little hideous, but in fact, the injury was not very serious.
There were still several fine pieces of wood slag poked on the wound, Shen Bai frowned when he saw it, and couldn't help whispering: "Brother Gu, who bandaged you?" Didn't you say that the girls were very careful? Why don't you clean up this wood slag first? ”
Gu Hengzhou didn't want to talk nonsense with Shen Bai, so he said coldly: "It's none of your business, take your medicine." ”
Shen Bai shook his head: "How can you take medicine like this." ”
The wound had to be cleaned again, knowing that Gu Hengzhou didn't want to stir up the army, Shen Bai directly took the teapot on the table to help him wash the wound, washed away some dried blood, and then held Gu Hengzhou's hand to help him pull out the wood slag.
The wood slag poked into the flesh, and when it was pulled out, blood gushed out again, Shen Bai subconsciously pursed his cheeks and blew, trying to alleviate Gu Hengzhou's pain.
After more than two months of recuperation, Shen Bai gained weight, and his cheeks became more and more white and tender, which made people can't help but want to poke and feel soft.
The wound was blown cool and cool, Gu Hengzhou thought that the whiplash on his back had been treated like this before, his heart moved slightly, and he said lightly: "You and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince have crossed paths before?" ”
Not before, but the master helped him deal with the court affairs for several years.
Shen Bai replied in his heart, feeling that he had snubbed Gu Hengzhou a little in the past two days, although he felt that Gu Hengzhou would not be angry because of this trivial matter, he still explained seriously: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said that the autumn hunt is the same every year, and there is nothing fun, so let me stay with him for the past few days, so I have been by his side today, after all, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is the future prince, if you have a good relationship with him, if there is anything in the Guogong Mansion in the future, you can also ask him to help say a few words." ”
Shen Bai put gold on his face, as if everything he did was for the sake of the Guogong Mansion, Gu Hengzhou's eyes flashed slightly, and he lowered his eyes and said coldly: "The loyalty of the Guogong Mansion is known to the world, and you don't need to do opportunistic and twisted tricks." ”
Gu Hengzhou's teachings since childhood are like this, Qu Yi is the work of a treacherous villain who has no hard skills and wants to be promoted and make a fortune, a manly man, acting above board and without shame, naturally he doesn't need to do these things.
Shen Bai knew that Gu Hengzhou had inherited the iron bones of Zhenguo Gong and disdained to do these things, so she came to do it for him.
He didn't want to bow his head, she lowered for him, he didn't want to say soft words, she said for him, even if he didn't want to ask, she would kneel down and ask for him.
As long as he lives well, no matter what, she is willing to do it for him.
Shen Bai didn't argue with Gu Hengzhou, and followed his words and said, "Brother Gu taught me that I won't dare in the future." ”
The wood residue was all cleaned up, Shen Bai rinsed the wound with tea again, carefully dried it with a handkerchief, sprinkled with medicinal powder, and when he was about to bandage it, when he saw the colorful butterflies on the handkerchief, Shen Bai moved, frowned, and said: "The silk handkerchief is a woman's personal thing, Brother Gu is just wrapped in his hand like this, I am afraid that it will make people think, Brother Gu is also busy on weekdays, why don't I help Brother Gu wash the handkerchief and return it to the kind girl?" ”
Gu Hengzhou is indeed not good at dealing with women, pursed his lips and thought for a moment, and without objection, Shen Bai stuffed the handkerchief into his arms, and then took off the sweat towel and helped Gu Hengzhou bandage it neatly.
Shen Bai didn't have much experience in taking care of people in his life, and the sweat towel was tied in a dead knot by him, looking a little ugly, but Shen Bai didn't know it, took the bottle of medicine and said to Gu Hengzhou: "Okay, I'm leaving, Brother Gu will recuperate tonight, and I'll come back tomorrow to help Brother Gu retake the medicine." ”
Gu Hengzhou reminded in a cold voice: "The hunt will officially start tomorrow, and you will enter the paddock and come out in three days." ”
What's so hard about that? The master will also enter the paddock tomorrow.
Shen Bai felt proud for a while, but he couldn't hold back his joy and didn't show it, and turned his head to Gu Hengzhou and hugged his fists: "Then I wish Brother Gu a hundred hits in this hunt and return with a full load!" ”
After saying this, Shen Bai turned around and left, returned to his tent, and found that there was an extra silver silk soft armor and a set of knee pads and wrist pads on the bed.
Li Shan had been guarding the camp tent, and Shen Bai raised his eyebrows and asked, "Who sent this?" ”
Li Shan dipped the tea and wrote the word prince.
Shen Bai didn't have too many surprises, among the people who accompanied her this time, there was no one else who could have the power to give her soft armor except Zhao Che.
After eating dinner, let Li Shan bring hot water to bathe, Shen Bai didn't wander around anymore, and lay down early to rest.
According to the practice of autumn hunting, after entering the paddock, you have to live in the wild for three days, Shen Bai is some experience, but Zhao Che is delicate and expensive, it is not a simple matter to serve him well, you have to cultivate your spirit.
There was no dream all night, and Shen Bai woke up early in the morning the next day.
For the convenience of movement, she changed into a crow-blue cotton and linen riding suit, with neat arrow sleeves on her top, and her trouser legs were all tucked into white boots with black faces, and she wore silver silk soft armor inside, and her body looked quite wide.
As soon as she woke up, Li Shan got up, fetched water to wash her, and tied her hair into a small bun with a headband, looking a bit like a little Taoist priest who had just come down from the Taoist temple from a distance.
After combing his hair, Li Shan also wanted to help Shen Bai tie some ornaments, but Shen Bai didn't want it, so he only asked Li Shan to wrap two pancakes in oil paper and carry them in his arms in case of emergency.
Shen Baiquan put the wound medicine prepared by Ye Wanyu on his back, and put two daggers in his boots, thinking that it was not enough, he put an extra dagger on his waist.
Today, Zhao Che didn't let the eunuch come and ask Shen Bai to go over for breakfast together, Shen Bai ate in the tent by himself, and after eating, he went out of the tent, and happened to meet Shen Ruxiu.
As soon as he saw her dress, Shen Ruxiu's face sank, and Shen Bai preemptively said: "It was His Royal Highness the Crown Prince who asked me to accompany me, if you have any opinions, find His Royal Highness the Prince." ”
This rabbit cub has been getting more and more lawless lately!
Shen Ruxiu didn't go to the prince, pulled Shen Bai back to the camp with a gloomy face, and reprimanded in a low voice: "Bai'er, you are playing with fire!" ”
Her martial arts cultivation was not good in the first place, so this time in the autumn hunt, Emperor Hengde just named her to accompany her, and did not include her in the ranks of the autumn hunting competition.
The paddock is deep in the dense forest, although the Praetorian Guards have gone into the mountains to survey first, but no one can guarantee absolute safety, in previous years, there have been cases of children of the family being injured or even losing their lives, and yesterday Zhao Chou's fall from his horse was also a warning.
It is not easy to deal with these dangers, and if you accidentally expose your feet and be found out of the secret of your daughter's body, the consequences will be unimaginable!
Shen Ruxiu's expression was solemn, and the dark clouds were thick, but Shen Bai didn't care, and lazily comforted: "It's a miracle that I can live to this day, Dad, don't make too much of a fuss." ”
Shen Bai said and tried to break away from Shen Ruxiu, but Shen Ruxiu didn't let go, staring at Shen Bai with burning eyes and asking, "The weather is so hot, how are you going to bathe with His Royal Highness the Prince?" If you are injured, how do you take the medicine? Even if there are no accidents, what do you do when you go to the toilet? Shen Bai, don't think that everyone is a fool! ”
Yes, everything Shen Ruxiu said was a big problem, and the slightest carelessness would expose Shen Bai's secret.
Shen Bai gave up struggling and looked at Shen Ruxiu with clear eyes: "Since Dad knows that there are so many unknown dangers, why did he put me in such a dangerous situation back then?" ”
If she was just the only daughter of the imperial prince from the beginning, why did she have to hide it all day long and tremble? Why should she not even dare to let others know that she likes someone?
Shen Ru cultivated his qi: "Bai'er, now is not the time for you to be willful!" ”
"I'm not willful!" Shen Bai retorted, his eyes shining like sparks, "I have been able to be safe and sound in Tai Academy for so many years, and I have my own way to spend the next few days safely." ”
Shen Ruxiu still felt that it was too risky, and wanted to continue to persuade, Shen Bai said word by word: "Dad, what you said that day is very right, I am just a little Tanhualang, and I am not qualified to stand side by side with Gu Hengzhou at all, for him, I will not stop at the position of Tanhualang, this autumn hunt is my opportunity!" ”
Since Zhao Che named her to accompany her, she noticed her, and of course she had to seize the opportunity to show her ability.
Zhaoling has been gnawed by those greedy moths, if you want to change this world, so that the ending of Guogongfu and Gu Hengzhou is not the same as the previous life, the best way is to become the most trusted and relied on knife of Emperor Hengde and Zhao Che.
Only if she brings them greater benefits will they make up their minds to remove the maggots that live in Zhaoling's heart.
If the maggots do not die, Zhaoling will die.
Shen Ruxiu didn't expect Shen Bai to say such a thing, he opened his mouth in shock, but he couldn't make a sound, Shen Bai looked at him, and his eyes burst out with a dazzling and hot edge: "Dad, you just want a peaceful and prosperous world, for Brother Gu, I will also seek a Haiqing He Yan for Zhaoling, so, do you still want to stop me from liking someone?" ”
Shen Ruxiu's lips trembled slightly, and his voice trembled uncontrollably: "Do you know what you're talking about?" ”
There was consternation in the trembling, but more excitement.
Shen Bai didn't dodge or dodge, met his eyes directly, and said unswervingly: "I want the soldiers of Gubei to return to their hometown, and I want no foreign enemies to dare to commit in Zhaoling within a hundred years!" ”
Only then will her great commander not be bloodied on the battlefield and have no bones left!
Shen Bai went to the hunting ground directly with the burden, and the children of the other families basically arrived, because Zhao Chou was injured accidentally, there was no more riding skills, everyone rode the horse they chose yesterday, Zhao Chou's black and brown horse was no problem, and it was just vacated for Shen Bai.
As soon as Shen Bai arrived, someone led Zhao Che's jujube red horse and the black and brown horse together, and the man said, "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will first sacrifice blood with His Majesty in a while, and Young Master Shen will help His Highness watch the horse first." ”
"Okay."
Shen Bai took the reins of the horse and nodded, and after the man left, he raised his hand and touched the head of the black and brown horse, its nose was strangled yesterday, although the wound was treated, it still looked a little scary.
Feeling the kindness exuded by Shen Bai, the black and brown horse gently rubbed Shen Bai's palm, and Shen Bai leaned into its ear and whispered: "Thank you for your hard work, when you come back safely this time, the master will definitely bring you back from the Imperial Horse Prison, so that the groom of the Guogong Mansion can eat and drink for you, okay?" ”
As soon as he finished speaking, there was a snorting sound of a horse behind him, and when he turned around, he was sprayed by a horse.
Shen Bai: "......"
If it weren't for the handsome and dashing person sitting on your back, the master would have to let the people of the Imperial Horse Supervisor starve you for two days!
Shen Bai slandered, rolled up his sleeves to wipe the saliva off his face, raised his head and grinned at Gu Hengzhou: "Brother Gu, what a coincidence." ”
Gu Hengzhou rode the black horse from yesterday and changed into an inky dark gold rhemo suit, those dark patterns were wrapped in gold wires, and the shape looked like inscription symbols on Buddhist scriptures, revealing compassion and alleviating Gu Hengzhou's indifference.
The hour was still early, the sunlight had not yet become scorching, and there was an indescribable moist and peaceful cage on Gu Hengzhou's body, Shen Bai shook his body, Gu Hengzhou rode around her on a horse, and asked coldly: "Do you want to enter the enclosure with His Royal Highness the Prince?" ”
Shen Bai shook his head proudly: "Yes, Brother Gu shouldn't have thought of it, right?" ”
Gu Hengzhou really didn't expect it, he didn't know what Shen Bai was happy about, and poured cold water ruthlessly: "The paddock is not a captain's camp, accidents may happen everywhere inside, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is the future prince of Zhaoling, if you encounter danger, you should know what to do." ”
Shen Bai nodded again and again: "Brother Gu, don't worry, I know everything, if I am in danger, I will fight to protect His Royal Highness the Prince!" ”
Shen Bai replied without hesitation, Gu Hengzhou's hand pulling the reins of the horse was slightly forced, there has always been no shortage of people around the prince to protect him, can he use Shen Bai, the only son of the prince, to protect him with his life? How many people can he spare his life for?
The air pressure around Gu Hengzhou's body became cold, Shen Bai didn't understand why he suddenly got angry, seeing that he was still wrapped around her sweat towel in his hand, he said with concern: "Brother Gu, it's still early, why don't you get off the horse first and let me help you change the medicine?" ”
Gu Hengzhou raised his eyes and glanced at her, refusing: "No need, stay by yourself!" Then he turned his horse's head and went to the other side.
Shen Bai stretched his neck and looked at it for a while before reluctantly retracting his gaze, leaning into the black and brown horse's ear and muttering: "You see he is such a person, the master was kind enough to help him change the medicine, he still doesn't appreciate it, when did he come back from the battlefield in the last life was not the wound that the master helped him bandage, why did he have such a relationship with the master at this time?" ”
The black and brown horse fluttered his ears twice, staring at Shen Bai innocently with amber-like eyes, Shen Bai sighed and said to himself: "That's it, who let the young master live so many years longer than him, just let him a little." ”
Yesterday had already been sacrificed, and today's ceremony was much simpler, after a stick of incense, Zhao Che ended the ceremony and came to Shen Bai's side.
Like Gu Hengzhou today, he wore an ink-colored suit, but on top of his clothes were a large piece of auspicious clouds embroidered with gold silk and a four-clawed real dragon, showing his royal majesty.
Zhao Che didn't talk to Shen Bai, took the reins of the horse and got on the horse directly, Shen Bai also turned over neatly on the horse, just sat down, Emperor Hengde threw the bowl as a trumpet, the palace people blew the horn of hunting, and everyone at the same time grabbed the horse's belly and rode into the paddock.
Although hunting ultimately depends on the amount of prey hunted by an individual, it does not clearly stipulate that these prey must be hunted by oneself, and can be cooperating with multiple people, or it can be plundered from others, no matter what method is used, and finally the prey presented to the emperor is enough or strong enough to win.
Entering the woods, everyone quickly dispersed, only Shen Bai followed closely behind Zhao Che.
Zhao Che's speed did not slow down, he was still speeding all the way, the branches and leaves of the trees in the forest were still very luxuriant, and the dazzling scorching sun outside turned into a thin halo under the cover of the trees, falling on Zhao Che's body, like an elf beating constantly, but Shen Bai clearly felt that Zhao Che's cold and strong prince qi was being released little by little.
He is only nineteen years old this year, and he still has many good expectations for Zhaoling and the throne, he wants to be a Ming monarch, and if he can, he also wants to be a king who will go down in history.
The fourteen-year-old's body was too weak, Shen Bai had a little difficulty keeping up with Zhao Che, and when Zhao Che slowed down and stopped, Shen Bai's hands were broken by the reins of the horse, and his left cheek was hot, and he had just been whipped by a branch on the road.
Zhao Che sat on the horse, turned around in place twice before completely stopped, his eyes were a little brighter than before, and he turned his head to look at Shen Bai: "Zhishu is injured?" ”
Shen Bai tilted his head, full of nonchalance: "Don't get in the way, manly man, how can there be anyone in the world who is not injured?" ”
Zhao Che seemed to smile: "If you can be more serious in the Tai Academy, you can avoid the pain of this flesh and skin." ”
If God lets the master live again in his mother's womb, the master will not practice peerless martial arts to blind your eyes!
But Your Highness, you're nineteen, isn't this a clear bully.
Shen Bai slandered, but he didn't dare to show it on his face, and said seriously: "Your Highness's lesson is that when I go back this time, I will study hard and practice hard, so as not to disappoint Your Highness." ”
Zhao Che had something to say: "If you have expectations, you will be disappointed, what does Zhishu think this palace expects from you now?" ”
This is not easy to answer, but Shen Bai was not embarrassed, his eyes lit up, and he hooked his lips and said: "Your Highness should be tired after a busy morning, the environment in the mountains is quiet, and there are many delicious foods. ”
After walking into the woods for a while, the grass and trees in the forest became more and more luxuriant, and there was no way to ride forward, so they could only lead the horses forward, and after about a quarter of an hour of walking, a small stream appeared in front of them.
The stream water is crystal clear, the pleasant cool air is blowing in his face, Zhao Che's brows are slightly relaxed, Shen Bai looked around, found a relatively flat place, moved two stones and spread the newly taken sweat towel and said to Zhao Che: "His Royal Highness the Prince, please sit down, you drink some water and rest first, I will see what food is around." ”
Shen Bai said that he immediately untied the water bag from himself and handed it to Zhao Che, Zhao Che looked at the water bag and had no intention of taking it, Shen Bai hurriedly said: "This is specially prepared for His Royal Highness, I have never touched it, I just drink the stream water, Your Highness can rest assured!" ”
Zhao Che took the water bag at this time, took a sip, and raised his eyebrows unexpectedly, it was not ordinary white water, but sour plum juice.
Shen Bai kept looking at Zhao Che, and seeing that his expression had changed, he asked proudly, "Does Your Highness think it's delicious?" ”
Zhao Che put down the water bag and bowed his head with a dignified face: "Acceptable." ”
It's okay, the master knows that you are good at this mouthful, and every time you go back to the palace banquet, as long as there is this soup, you must drink one more sip.
Shen Bai slandered, took the dagger and went to the woods next to him, and came back with a branch and a mess of grass blades after a while.
Zhao Che was eating in the field for the first time, and looked at Shen Bai suspiciously, Shen Bai had a great eyesight, and immediately introduced with great interest: "This branch is used for fishing for a while, these grasses are edible, there are fishy ones, and there are freshness ones, I also brought a lot of spices in the baggage, I promise that the taste will not be worse than that made in the imperial dining room." ”
Shen Bai boasted, Zhao Che didn't believe it, but he was also interested, a little curious about how Shen Bai could conjure up delicious food.
In addition to Shen Ruxiu and Gu Hengzhou, there is also a Zhou Jue who is always working against him, Shen Bai and Zhao Che after ascending the throne are actually both gentlemen and friends, and Shen Bai privately feels that she and Zhao Che have the same illness and pity, she can't love Gu Hengzhou, Zhao Che guards the rotten mountains and rivers of Zhaoling, and tries his best to be a Ming Jun.
So when facing Zhao Che, Shen Bai always unconsciously gave birth to two points of sympathy.
Seeing that Zhao Che had been staring at him, Shen Bai couldn't help but ask: "Your Highness, you grew up in the palace since you were a child, and you haven't taken a good look at the great rivers and mountains of Zhaoling, right?" ”
Zhao Che lowered his eyes and said coldly: "This palace is the prince of a country, how can he leave the palace at will?" ”
Shen Bai immediately retorted: "What's this, Your Majesty is still the king of a country, isn't it out of the palace to hunt in autumn?" ”
These words were quite disrespectful, Zhao Che lifted his eyes and looked at Shen Bai, Shen Bai sharpened the branches, sat on the ground, took off his shoes and rolled up his trouser legs.
She is petite, and her feet are surprisingly small, looking only the size of a palm, and her toes are round, white like a freshly cooked Lantern Festival, stepping on the brown sandstone, looking more and more white and cute.
Zhao Che only glanced at it, and then he couldn't take his eyes off it, Shen Bai didn't notice it, rolled his trouser legs up to his knees, and his slender and well-proportioned calves were completely exposed in front of Zhao Che's eyes.
Zhao Che's eyes darkened slightly, he picked up the water bag and drank two more sips of water, Shen Bai looked at Zhao Che and said seriously: "Your Royal Highness, the former Taifu Cao Ran once wrote an article saying that for the monarch, you should look at the mountains and rivers, see all kinds of life, and taste all kinds of tastes, instead of living in a high hall and ignoring the hearing and hearing, and now that Your Majesty is sitting in the court, Your Highness really doesn't plan to go out of the palace now?" ”
I even know how to quote the scriptures.
Zhao Che stared at Shen Bai directly, and didn't answer her words, Shen Bai knew that this matter could not be facilitated in three or two sentences, and the topic of acquaintance was terminated: "I'll go fishing!" ”
After Shen Bai finished speaking, he picked up the branch and ran into the stream.
The water in the mountains is much cooler than outside, and it is now early autumn, even if it is still noon, Shen Bai is so cold by the stream that he is excited.
There are fish in the river, but they are only three or four inches long, Shen Bai's accurate head is not very good, and he only forked three fish after tossing for a long time, and he was disappointed, there was movement in the forest, Shen Bai immediately rushed into the forest from the river, and after a while, he excitedly took out a fat gray hemp rabbit.
Shen Bai said: "Your Highness, we have rabbits to eat at noon!" ”
The rabbit was dead, and had been caught in a trap by a half-arm-long, two-finger-thick twig with a sharpened end through its throat.
Zhao Che was a little surprised, in such a short time, Shen Bai actually made such a lethal trap.
Zhao Che looked at the rabbit coldly and asked, "What Gu Hengzhou taught you?" ”
Yes and no.
The one who taught her to lay this trap was Gu Hengzhou, the commander of Zhen'an, who had been on the battlefield for many years and could take charge on his own, not the current young Gu Hengzhou.
Shen Bai shook his head and said seriously: "What I learned after entering the lieutenant camp is all small carving skills for those brothers in the camp. ”
Zhao Che pursed his lips and said nothing, and Shen Bai took a dagger to cut the rabbit clean by the stream.
Her movements are still a little rusty, but her thinking is very clear, and she knows what all the steps are like, not at all like she learned from gourd drawing scoops because she has seen someone else roasting rabbits.
There were still doubts in his heart, but Zhao Che didn't ask again, this kid named Shen Bai was like a loach, and if he didn't want to say anything, he could always find all kinds of excuses to hide from it.
Shen Bai moved quickly, and after dealing with the rabbits and fish, he skewered them all with branches and inserted them into the soil, put on his shoes, found small stones to build a circle, and made a fire with hay and dead branches.
After the fire stabilized, Shen Bai ran back and forth four or five times, found all the dead branches around him and piled them together, and added a large number of branches to the fire, Shen Bai clapped his hands and said: "Your Highness, it may be a little tiresome to eat this, I want to go to the forest again to see if there are any wild fruits that can be eaten, do you want to rest here or do you want to go around with me?" ”
Zhao Che leaned against the tree and looked at her coldly.
Shen Bai smiled flatteringly: "Count me too much, then Your Highness, you can rest here for a while, and I will be back soon." ”
Zhao Che didn't answer, it was considered a tacit approval, and Shen Bai turned his head and entered the forest.
The sun was rising, it was almost noon, and after such a busy work, Shen Bai sweated a lot, walked forward for a while, and did not find any wild fruits, but faintly had a desire to urinate.
The forest was quiet, only occasionally there was the sound of birds fluttering, and it was some distance from the stream, Shen Bai looked around vigilantly, and didn't see anyone, so he walked to the low bush on the side, and put his hand on his waist, but as soon as he untied his belt, a cold voice sounded above his head: "There is a trap ahead, come back!" ”
"My dear mother!"
Shen Bai was so frightened that he sat on the ground, almost urinated directly, turned around with the sound, but there was no one behind him, stared at it with wide eyes for a long time, and Gu Hengzhou jumped from the branch of a big tree not far away.
The forest was damp, the trunks of the big trees were a little black, and Gu Hengzhou's clothes were also black, almost integrated with the big trees, if he didn't die and took the initiative to show up, Shen Bai wouldn't have found him at all.
Shen Bai was shocked into a cold sweat, his feet were still a little weak, he simply sat on the ground and couldn't get up, and patted his chest in fear: "Brother Gu, why didn't you speak up earlier, you scared me to death." ”
Gu Hengzhou walked up to her, glanced at the bushes, and asked, "There's nothing here, what are you looking for?" ”
Shen Bai lied without changing his face: "I just heard a voice here, and I thought there was a pheasant, didn't Brother Gu hear it?" ”
Gu Hengzhou said: "No. His eyes were as sharp as a hook, and he was still nailed to Shen Bai's body.
Shen Bai was a little painful to see, she couldn't tell Gu Hengzhou frankly that she was actually looking for a place to go to the toilet.
Afraid that Gu Hengzhou would continue to ask, Shen Bai frowned and deliberately showed a painful expression: "Brother Gu, can you pull me?" I just seem to have sprained my foot. ”
Gu Hengzhou looked at her for a while, and finally reached out to pull her up.
Gu Hengzhou subconsciously used a lot of force, Shen Bai didn't stand firm, he was pulled headlong into his arms, and then pushed away.
Shen Bai's nose was hit so painfully that he didn't stand firmly, he almost really sprained his foot, he covered his nose and looked at Gu Hengzhou with tears in his eyes, and heard him say coldly: "Try to walk around and see where the injury is." ”
Shen Bai obediently walked a few steps, trying to hold back his tears: "Huh? Brother Gu, it doesn't seem to hurt much. ”
Little liar, there is not a word of truth in his mouth.
Gu Hengzhou's face was tense, his face was expressionless, and he was about to go back to the tree to stay, and the hem of his clothes was grabbed by Shen Bai: "Brother Gu, do you know where there are wild fruits that can be eaten?" If you take me to pick fruit, I can treat you to rabbit meat. ”
Gu Hengzhou was surprised: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is still nearby?" ”
He thought that Zhao Che would go directly to the deepest part of the forest, but he didn't expect to stop in such a peripheral place.
Shen Bai nodded and looked at Gu Hengzhou with blank eyes.
Gu Hengzhou picked up a stone and threw it, destroyed the trap he had laid so as not to hurt people, and walked forward with Shen Bai for a distance, and a jujube tree bent by dates came into view.
Shen Bai's eyes lit up: "This tree of dates grows too well!" ”
Shen Bai ran over happily, crawled onto the book like a monkey, picked a big and red date and threw it into his mouth.
The dates are very crisp, watery and sweet, Shen Bai rattled and vomited the kernel after eating, pulled the hem of his clothes and picked a lot of dates quickly, and picked a lot after a while, seeing that Shen Bai was getting more and more energetic, Gu Hengzhou couldn't help but remind: "Okay, I can't finish eating more." ”
Shen Bai said: "I'll pick a few more, I don't know what I can find to eat tomorrow." ”
Shen Bai picked up a large handful, tied the hem of his clothes in a knot, and shouted at Gu Hengzhou: "Brother Gu, catch me!" After saying that, he jumped straight down.
Gu Hengzhou was defenseless, and subconsciously reached out to pick it up, Shen Bai accurately threw himself into his arms, and the huge inertia hit him several steps back before he stabilized.
Shen Bai hugged his neck and said excitedly, "Brother Gu, you are so amazing!" ”
Gu Hengzhou scolded: "Come down!" ”
Shen Bai obediently came down, noticed that Gu Hengzhou was unhappy, picked a big date and handed it to Gu Hengzhou: "Brother Gu, can you eat a date?" ”
Gu Hengzhou didn't answer, Shen Bai stuffed the dates into his mouth, and asked with concern: "Brother Gu, did I touch your injured hand just now?" Did it hurt you? ”
Gu Hengzhou still didn't speak, Shen Bai spit out the core, stuffed another date into his mouth and bit it crunchyly, and said to himself: "Brother Gu, why do I think that after coming here, you suddenly ignored me again, did I do something wrong to make you angry?" ”
Gu Hengzhou was just about to speak, when there was a neighing sound of a horse in front of him, Gu Hengzhou's face changed, and he directly scooped Shen Bai into his arms, jumped on the trunk of the tree and rushed back.
Shen Bai resolutely shut up and instinctively hugged Gu Hengzhou's waist.
With the sound of hunting in his ears, Gu Hengzhou quickly took Shen Bai back to the place just now, the strong smell of blood spread in the air, and the black horse that Gu Hengzhou was riding fell in a pool of blood, and was pierced through the neck with a sword, and blood was splashed on the spot.
Gu Hengzhou let go of Shen Bai, squatted down to check, his jaw was tight, and he was dyed with a black and cold killing.
Autumn hunting allows people to work together and also allows to plunder other people's prey, and although injuries are inevitable, they are generally not too serious.
The horses used in the autumn hunt are carefully bred and selected by the imperial horse supervisor, others may not care, but for a person like Gu Hengzhou, a good horse is as rare as an excellent soldier, and if someone kills the horse, it is to destroy the rules of this autumn hunt.
Shen Bai also sensed that something was wrong, and didn't dare to be poor anymore, and exclaimed after a while: "Oh no, His Royal Highness the Prince!" ”
Gu Hengzhou stood up all of a sudden, and rushed towards the direction of Yan with Shen Bai in his arms, but he was still a step too late.
The stream was empty, Zhao Che was not there, the two horses were not there, even the rabbit that Shen Bai had planted there to roast was gone, only three skinny little fish remained.
Gu Hengzhou's expression became heavier and heavier, let go of Shen Bai and leaned into his waist, took out the signal flare and was about to ignite it, but was stopped by Shen Bai: "Brother Gu, what are you doing?" ”
Gu Hengzhou's eyes were cold: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince suddenly disappeared, and he should notify the Praetorian Guards to search the mountain as soon as possible." ”
Shen Bai calmly analyzed: "Your Highness's martial arts cultivation is not weak, there is no trace of a fight here, and the rabbit I roasted is gone, the situation may not be as serious as Brother Gu imagined." ”
There is no trace of a fight here, there are two possibilities, one is that Zhao Che voluntarily went with someone, and the other is what method the other party used to make Zhao Che unconscious and take him away, if it is the second possibility, how can the other party still have the leisure to take away Shen Bai's roasted rabbit?
Gu Hengzhou twisted his eyebrows and thought about it, after all, it was a matter of the safety of the prince of a country, and he couldn't be careless.
Knowing what Gu Hengzhou was thinking, Shen Bai simply picked out the worst situation: "Brother Gu, if the thief really wants to be unfavorable to His Royal Highness the Prince, he can wipe His Royal Highness the Prince's neck with one knife, even if it is too late to notify the Praetorian Guards now." ”
In Shen Bai's words, Gu Hengzhou lost strength in his hands.
Yes, if the other party's purpose was to assassinate the prince, they should have seen Zhao Che's corpse when they came over.
Seeing that Gu Hengzhou had calmed down, Shen Bai let go of him, stirred the fire twice with a branch, rekindled the fire, turned the three fish over and continued to roast, turned his head and found that the grass he picked back before was gone, and couldn't help scolding: "His uncle, forget about the master's rabbit, even take the seasoned grass leaves, what kind of person!" ”
When Gu Hengzhou heard this, his face finally softened, Shen Bai couldn't stand the fishy smell of fish, so he still ran to the forest and picked some fishy grass again and came back to wipe it.
The burden was still there, Shen Bai took the seasoning out and sprinkled it, the fragrance came out quickly, and when the fish skin was a little burnt, Shen Bai handed one to Gu Hengzhou first: "Brother Gu, taste it." ”
The fish was grilled golden on both sides, and there was still oil on the surface, and the fragrance was strong, and it was really hard to refuse if it was fed directly to the mouth.
Gu Hengzhou took a bite and took a bite, the burnt and slightly crispy fish meat bloomed in the taste buds with a unique fresh fragrance, it was unexpectedly delicious, and Gu Hengzhou's eyes brightened slightly.
Shen Bai saw it clearly, and was about to show off his cooking skills, when a cold arrow was shot into the fire, and the spark exploded instantly, Shen Bai jumped up all of a sudden, and before he could speak, the whole person was carried by Gu Hengzhou to his shoulder, and an arrow was shot at each of the places where the two of them were sitting just now.
"The grandson who put the cold arrow, the master is a fairy on the day, you don't release the arrow early or the night, and when the master grills the fish, he will release the arrow, you just have a fancy for the master's fish, shameless!"
Shen Bai hung upside down on Gu Hengzhou's shoulder and opened his throat to scold, two cold arrows chased after him, if Gu Hengzhou hadn't moved fast enough, Shen Bai's head would have blossomed.
After walking on the edge of life and death, Shen Bai didn't dare to scold anymore, and hugged Gu Hengzhou's waist tightly for fear of being thrown down by Gu Hengzhou.
The man who put the cold arrow in the back chased them until nightfall, and the two ran to the deepest part of the forest, and the people behind them stopped.
By the moonlight, Gu Hengzhou carried Shen Bai forward for a distance, and as soon as he was put down, Shen Bai lay on the ground with weak legs and vomited, anyone like her who ran for her life like being carried a sack would not be much better.
I didn't eat a bite of the grilled fish, Shen Bai didn't have anything in his stomach, he vomited for a while and leaned next to it and kept panting, Gu Hengzhou took off the water bag on his waist and threw it to her.
Shen Bai hurriedly opened it and took a big sip, and wanted to wash his face again, but he paused suddenly, not sure what the situation was now, this bit of water might be the water that saved their lives.
Shen Bai took another sip, stuffed the water bag, and looked around by the moonlight.
They had reached the depths of the dense forest, where the trees were many, much taller than the trees on the edge, and the foliage was so luxuriant that the moonlight could only shine in a little, and the visibility was very low.
Shen Bai swallowed his saliva, and there was a sound of dead branches breaking in his ears, Shen Bai's heart trembled, and he followed the sound and saw a pair of dark green and cold eyes.
Shen Bai grabbed the water bag, tried to calm himself, and asked softly, "Brother Gu, what is that green thing?" ”
Gu Hengzhou said: "Wolves! ”
Shen Bai said dryly: "Brother Gu, I only saw one wolf, how can there be a group?" ”
As soon as the words fell, more than a dozen pairs of dark green eyes surrounded the two, Shen Bai wanted to cry without tears, his waist tightened, and he was carried by Gu Hengzhou on his shoulder, and couldn't help crying: "Brother Gu, at the moment of life and death, you can't leave me alone and run away!" ”