Leading the six guards below, all the way forward quickly, starting from the morning, it is now the evening of the first day, and the sky is dark.

Although they planned to use this speed to rush to the suburban courtyard, they also needed food along the way, Qin Zhao ordered to stop, and the seven of them set up a bonfire.

Around this bonfire, they put the fish caught from the river on the branches of the trees, and made a simple wooden frame, and began to roast the fish, and went to catch two little rabbits, and after washing them, they also roasted and ate them together.

Qin Zhao took out his own kettle, went to the river to fill it with water, and then picked up the water in the west to wash his face, but at this moment, Qin Zhao saw that there was a dagger shining with cold light in this clear stream.

At this time, part of the dagger was pressed by the stone, while the other part was exposed, Qin Zhao instantly squinted his eyes slightly vigilantly, and when he looked around, he found that there seemed to be traces of someone else who had stayed here.

And this kind of small dagger, Qin Zhao knew very well in his heart that the soldiers in the army were looking for such small daggers, especially the soldiers in charge of patrolling, because they needed to build a bonfire outside and barbecue some food by themselves to eat, so this kind of knife was generally used to handle food.

Qin Zhao took a closer look, there were still a few bones faintly next to this clear stream, it seemed that someone had eaten here, so it was very likely that this dagger was left out here by the previous person.

Looking at this bone again, it didn't seem like it had been a long time, and then Qin Zhao searched his sight and found that there were still some blackened charcoal on the ground, it seemed that it had rained in the past few days, and the ground had been washed clean, but there were not many traces to be seen.

Qin Zhao's brows furrowed tightly at this time, they were all the way south from Jingbei, and on the way, they must have passed by the place where the Queen Mother's troops were stationed, but the Queen Mother, the old witch, was very cunning, and this direction was constantly changing, so it was difficult for them to find out where the Queen Mother was.

The queen mother's old witch's forces are also very scattered, whenever there is a war, all the soldiers will be entangled together through special signals, and then they will fight, but after the battle, they are camped in different places.

Now he may have broken into a certain place, and at this moment, Qin Zhao heard the sound of a horse running over.

The guards below also heard this voice, and listened to the sound of horses' hooves, and their footsteps were very hurried, as if they were running from a distance, and the sound was getting louder and louder, could it be that they were running towards their place? Several people looked at each other, Qin Zhao's brows furrowed tightly, and without saying a word, he picked up his kettle.

"I'm afraid this place is not safe, let's go and camp somewhere else, put out the torches, don't let them find out."

Qin Zhao gave an order, and the other six guards quickly picked up their things, turned over and got on their horses, these six elite soldiers, but they were all selected by Li Changqing, and they were all masters of force on weekdays, and he arranged these six people to protect Qin Zhao's safety along the way.

"Drive!"

Qin Zhao quickly waved the horsewhip and whipped it on the horse's body, and the horse was frightened and galloped forward at once, and the other six people also followed Qin Zhao's footsteps closely.

It's just that their horses have been walking all day after all, even if it is a thousand miles of horses traveling thousands of miles a day, they feel tired at this time, and their steps have slowed down unconsciously, Qin Zhao waved his hand, and the other six people also stopped in place, he pricked up his ears and listened carefully, and heard the sound of the horse's hooves seemed to be louder than just now.

Are they chasing after them?

"It seems that our whereabouts have been discovered, and now our horses are tired, and no matter how much we run, we can't outrun them, so let's find a place to hide here, and the other side should sound far outnumbered by us, so we must avoid fighting, lest we get hurt and hide our horses, and then we will find a place to hide."

Qin Zhao was extremely calm at this time, the more he reached the dangerous juncture, the calmer he became, and the six guards below heard these words, and the expressions on their faces instantly became extremely serious.

Entrusted by Lord Li, they will swear to protect the emperor's safety along the way, even if they sacrifice all of them, they will not be able to let the current emperor suffer any damage.

"Yes!"

At the sound of an order, Qin Zhao searched everywhere and found that there was a slope covered with tall grass, which was a good place to hide his vision, and led the horse behind the haystack.

So they sat down beside their horses, and under the cover of the tall weeds, if any man were to chase them in this direction, I am sure that they would not have noticed the situation on either side.

Qin Zhao and the other six people hid under the haystack, extinguished the torch in their hand, and just held their sword tightly in their hand.

Sure enough, not long after they stopped, the sound of the horse's hooves was getting louder and louder and seemed to be gradually approaching them, it seemed that they really knew, their route, heading towards them, Qin Zhao already knew in his heart, the sound of the horse was getting louder and louder, and soon it gradually calmed down, Qin Zhao frowned slightly, and several people were ready and ready for battle.

Qin Zhao estimated that there were at least fifty people on the other side when he heard this voice, but there were only six people on their side, even if they were all masters of martial arts, but they had little understanding of the other party's situation, and they must not act rashly at this time.

Several people held their breath and noticed that these dozens of people had stopped nearby, Qin Zhao was also a little uneasy in his heart at this time, thinking of Guan Tongshu's face in his mind, there was a touch of gloom in his heart at this time, if he encountered any danger this time, he didn't dare to imagine how sad Guan Tongshu should be alone.

"My lord, they don't know where they are now, and the sound of the horse's hooves is gone, so they probably stopped."

Qin Zhao originally wanted to hide and forget it, but the other party was not stupid when he died, and after learning that the sound of the horse's hooves had stopped, he began to speculate that they might be hiding.

Qin Zhao's brows furrowed tightly, he pulled away the straw slightly, and he could see through this gap, sure enough, it looked like there were at least fifty people, and all of them were tall, and the horses they were riding were also fat and strong.

The seriousness of the expression on his face can be seen that the fifty people on the other side are not simple people, and if they can't avoid it this time, I'm afraid it will be a big battle.

Qin Zhao remained silent. Turning the straw back, they didn't dare to make any moves at this time, and now it was best to avoid this fight, otherwise they would definitely not be the opponent's opponent in terms of numbers, and their horses had been running for a day, and they were very tired, and if they wanted to run away at this time, they might not be as good as the opponent's horses.

Qin Zhao's brows were furrowed, his heart was a little nervous at this time, and the expressions on the faces of the other six people were as serious as Qin Zhao's, they knew that it was best if they could hide, if they couldn't hide, they had already formed a tacit understanding in their hearts, no matter how to protect the emperor's departure was their last mission.