Li Ruoxu, who was supposed to bury the body, stayed in the local area, his eyes were full of disbelief, and he looked at the horse without blinking. The guards of the Imperial City Division noticed that something was wrong, and Wang Chongyi said sharply: "Boy, what do you see!" Li Ruoxu didn't seem to be aware of it, looked at her in a daze, and said in a lost voice: "Huan ,....., Gong, Her Royal Highness the Princess." ”

With this dream-like sound, everyone was shocked, a cold light suddenly appeared in Zhou He's eyes, and Wang Chongyi pressed his hand on the saber and looked at Li Ruoxu viciously.

Zhao Huan was calm, she looked at Li Ruoxu and asked, "This gentleman, do you recognize me?" The meaning is full of poignancy and vicissitudes, and in the past three years, she has been confined in the cold palace, and Zhao Huan almost thought that the world had forgotten and abandoned her.

"The lower official is Li Ruoxu," Li Ruoxu hurriedly said loudly, "In the first month of the fifth year of Xuanhe, the lower official has seen His Royal Highness. ”

Eight years ago, that Yuan Night with flowers and lanterns like daytime was one of Li Ruoxu's best memories, and it is still fresh in his memory. His eyes were full of surprise, and he looked at Zhao Huan expectantly. Zhou He, Wang Chongyi and the others looked at each other, their faces were suspicious, and they turned their eyes to Zhao Huan. Li Ruoxu is the champion of Xinke, and he has been talked about for a while in Bianliang City. The Imperial City Division is the eyes and ears of the Son of Heaven, so he naturally heard about it. As for the New Year's Eve eight years ago, the Imperial City Division and others only thought that he had paid homage to the holy face under the Xuande Gate Tower, and at that time Zhao Huan was favored, and accompanied his father to watch the lanterns on the city tower, and it was not surprising that Li Ruo looked at him in vain.

"It turned out to be Li Hanlin," Zhao Huan stared at Li Ruoxu, vaguely remembering the beginning, "I heard that you went to Hebei with Prime Minister Qin to announce the decree, but there was no news later." There was a look of concern on her face, "It's good that you're safe now." Seeing Li Ruoxu, Zhao Huan couldn't help but think of another person, who had not been heard from for ten years, and he didn't know where he was now. Thinking of this, I couldn't help but have a trace of worry in my eyes.

She admits that she and Li Ruoxu are old acquaintances, and although others don't know the ins and outs, they are also relieved. Some people thought: "How can Her Royal Highness the princess get acquainted with him, is it possible to become a talented woman?" Thinking so in his heart, the eyes that looked at Li Ruoxu were also a little weird.

Zhou Hejiu was on an errand in the Imperial City Division, his eyes were so powerful, seeing that Li Ruoxu's hands were trembling slightly, he sighed secretly in his heart, it seems that this Li Hanlin and Princess Huan are not so simple as acquaintance. He began to speak vaguely, which was to take into account His Highness's name. The princes and princesses were tired of staying in Ouchi, and when they disguised themselves to play in Bianliang City, they were followed by the guards of the Imperial City Division. Zhou He glanced at Li Ruoxu, and felt that he was a talent, and he was able to be the champion, and burying the bones of passers-by in the escape showed benevolence and righteousness, and nodded secretly in his heart.

Zhao Huan grew up in the deep palace, first favored by his father and the emperor, and later was placed under house arrest by the emperor's brother in the cold palace, and his heart was as white as paper. Li Ruoxu mentioned the past, and she admitted it. Li Ruo was humbly moved, he looked at Zhao Huan, only felt that his hands and feet were cold, but his body was full of blood, and he stepped forward and asked, "Your Highness, where is this going?" Xia Guan fought to the death and was escorted there. ”

"Where are you going?" Zhao Huan's eyes showed a look of confusion. She originally wanted to go to Xijing to seek refuge with her third brother Zhao Qi, who was born by her mother, but the army between Luoyang and Bianliang was dense and the roads were blocked, so she had to go south instead. Where she went, she didn't know in her heart. Before she could answer, Zhou He grabbed the head and said first: "Zhou He, the secretary of the Imperial City, is escorting His Highness the Sixteenth, I don't know where Lord Li is going?" "Although the Imperial City Division is very powerful, because of the emperor's mental tricks, the chief and deputy envoys of the Imperial City Division are all led by civilian officials, and the military attachés who really do things are very low. Li Ruoxu's champion and first, as soon as he was conferred an official, he surpassed Zhou He, and if it was a peaceful year, the speed of promotion far exceeded that of ordinary officials. Therefore, although Zhou He has been on an errand in the Imperial City Division for more than ten years, he still calls himself a subordinate official in front of Li Ruoxu.

Li Ruoxu hesitated for a moment, and said in a compromise: "I want to go to the southeast." ”

Zhou He and Wang Chongyi looked at each other, and Zhao Huan nodded and said, "Then Master Li can go on the same road with us for a while." She grew up in the deep palace, and there were few people she knew, although she didn't recognize Li Ruoxu at the beginning, but at this moment she also regarded him as an old friend who hadn't seen him for a long time.

Li Ruoxu was overjoyed and immediately agreed. After all the people in his Imperial City Division saw each other, Zhou He pondered and said: "We are deeply favored by the previous emperor, and now in this world, the identity and whereabouts of His Highness Sixteen, I hope that Lord Li will cover it up on his behalf, don't tell others." He deliberately took Li Ruoxu to the side before telling him on the ground. Li Ruoxu was stunned for a moment, and then remembered the rumors that the crown prince and the third prince were vying for the throne when the first emperor was there, and he nodded and said, "Thank you General Zhou for reminding me, I know." Li Ruo looked at Zhao Huan in the distance, and said secretly, they all said that the heavenly family has no family affection, Princess Huan and King Jing were born to the same mother, and the official family has suffered a lot in the past three years since they succeeded to the throne, and there was a sense of pity in their hearts.

The people of the Imperial City Division knew Li Ruoxu's identity, so they naturally didn't want to instruct him to do things, but instead helped him bury the corpses together. Everyone rested in the woods for a while, Zhou He and the others took out the jerky dough cake and water, and although Zhao Huan was a golden branch and jade leaf, the diet was the same as that of the people in the Imperial City. Li Ruoxu sat not far away, peeking at her from time to time, and his humble and timid appearance fell in the eyes of everyone in the Imperial City Division, and he didn't feel a little funny, but everyone knew that he was thin-skinned and didn't break it. Someone secretly said: "When the champion rode a horse through the streets, people in Bianliang said that Master Hanlin was the lower realm of Wenqu Xing, and now it seems that he is also an ordinary person." ”

During the break, Zhou He discussed with Wang Chongyi and others that he had to speed up his journey so as not to fall behind the Liao army. The Liao army is known as 100,000 elite cavalry, 200,000 foot soldiers, and the mighty set off from Bianliang, the forward has arrived in Dengzhou, and the rear team is still in Yingchang Mansion. Now they are between the Xiangyang camp of the Song army and the main force of the Liao army, although they will encounter the reconnaissance cavalry of the Liao army from time to time, but there is always a gap to drill. If it falls behind the Liao army, it will be troublesome. This group of seven people originally had a mount each, and now they gave a horse to Li Ruoxu to walk, and the other two thin cavalrymen rode on the same horse. Anyway, because Zhao Huan's body is weak, he won't be dragged down by hurrying.

This road traveled day and night, and when I met a large group of soldiers and horses, whether it was the Liao army or the Song army, they all made a detour. Zhou He saw that Li Ruoxu was skilled in riding, although he was a civil official, his demeanor was not muddy, and he secretly praised it in his heart. As everyone knows, Li Ruo was also secretly surprised in his humble heart. Zhou He and the others could estimate the time of the cavalry in front of them as long as they looked at the horse dung, and they knew the distance of the enemy army by listening to the sound, and the camping place that Wang Chongyi chose every time was a safe and secure place.

"If my Great Song soldiers and horses are so elite, why is the situation like this." Li Ruoxu said secretly.

In Bianliang City, and even in the imperial city, many soldiers do miscellaneous tasks such as guarding the door, sprinkling and sweeping, honor guards, and even cleaning toilets. However, the Imperial Front Banzhi and the Imperial City Division have the system of scattered capital heads, and among the tens of thousands of elites, there are only a few hundred warriors. Every time he gets to the front of the palace, he is enough to be a hundred generals. The headquarters of the Imperial City Division mainly monitors the Beijing Division, and does not set up the Jinguan Mansion to take charge of the outside of the capital. The people selected by Shen Yun to escort Zhao Huan, except for Zhou He, who was the commander of the inner courtyard, the other generals were all the heads of the scattered capital of Jinwei Mansion.

All the way, he entered the territory of Tangzhou. Because Tangzhou was still in the hands of the Song army, the further south they went, the more people fled. The Liao army's forward rangers also continued to appear, but not yet a large group of people, these Khitan cavalry appeared every time, and the fleeing people were like frightened birds, desperately scattered and fled, lest they be intercepted by the northern captives a little later. On those north-south roads, the fleeing people were hungry and tired, and they still hurried south day and night, and when they arrived at the area of Xiangyang, where the Song army was stationed, it was much more peaceful.

Although Zhao Huan and others were disguised and disguised, there were eight people and seven horses, the war horses were all good horses in Hexi, Zhou He and others were burly, carrying bows and crossbows, and Li Ruoxu was not an ordinary person. During the break in the middle of the fight, the people in the vicinity were afraid and timid, not only sat far away, but did not even dare to speak loudly. Zhao Huan heard a baby crying loudly next to him, and walked over to see a woman holding the baby in her arms, the baby was holding breast milk and sucking hard, her little face was red, but she couldn't suck anything. It turned out that my mother was so hungry that she had no milk. She didn't hesitate, so she asked Wang Chongyi for a few pieces of bread and handed them to the woman, and said softly: "Sister has melted the bread and water, let's feed this child some first." ”

The woman's age is actually not much different from Zhao Huan's, listening to Zhao Huan's gentle tone, it is the native accent of Bianliang, tears can't help but fall down, take the cake, and thank you repeatedly: "Thank you, sister." Four or five members of the family also came over to thank them. Zhao Huan's face was gloomy, he sighed, lowered his head, and returned to Zhou He and the others, but his heart was as uncomfortable as a knife.

At this side, Li Ruoxu and Zhou He were discussing where to go next. Between Luoyang and Ezhou, in all fairness, Li Ruoxu is more inclined to Ezhou, but he can't say it directly considering Zhao Huan's feelings. In this paragraph, he has a general understanding of the considerations of Zhao Huan and others. Compared with Zhao Ke, Zhao Huan felt that the third brother Zhao Qi was the real brother, but he had to flee south because of the blocked road. And Zhou He and Wang Chongyi and other generals of the Imperial City Division not only received the favor of the royal family, but also Shen Yun's confidants. Although these people are experienced, they don't have many opinions of their own. According to the orders of Shen Yun, the official of the Imperial City Division, their duty is to protect Zhao Huan, and their whereabouts are all up to her wishes.

"The army of the northern captives is pressing, I'm afraid Xiangyang is not a good place." Li Ruoxu said to Zhou He, "In my opinion, it is better to bypass Xiangyang and go to Ezhou." He saw that Zhao Huan was also listening, and said emphatically, "Ezhou is south of Xiangyang, and it has the danger of a big river, and the water and land extend in all directions. Yue Feishi is known as a fierce general, the north and the south invaded, the armies were invincible, and they were afraid to avoid it. Only the Zhenguo army marched all the way north from Guangnan, and the speed of the march was rare in the world. Chen Shaoyang has been running Guangnan for many years, and he has the help of the gentry of the society, and the support is sufficient. Look at them in these three ways. Even if the Liao army conquered Xiangyang, it had become a blunt soldier for thousands of miles, and Ezhou still had an indestructible momentum. If we go to Ezhou, we can settle down for a while and then move with the camera. ”

Zhou He hesitated for a moment and asked Zhao Huandao: "Li Gongzi advocates going to Ezhou for temporary refuge first, what does the Shaodong family mean?" ”