Princess Ping'an's eyes always followed Xue Chen.

And Xue Chen was always discussing with the remaining golden captains whether they should wait for the golden lieutenants who went out to chase people, and whether the next route should be changed.

If so, for how long? If the golden lieutenant does not catch up within the specified time, the route cannot be changed, and if it is to change, it is to abandon the golden lieutenant who went to chase people, forcing them to act alone.

"This kind of attack, the first time, there may not be a second time, we still follow the original route as well." The chief of guard of the Golden Lieutenant also made a reasonable judgment out of consideration for his own people.

In fact, this judgment is reasonable even if it is not considered for the golden lieutenant who chased out.

Although it is not possible to risk the safety of the princess, no one knows whether there is a possibility that this will happen a second time.

"Judging from the ability and number of people who attacked us just now, it seems to be a group of stragglers, and they have been defeated by us, and the people in the lead should have also fled, so we really don't have to change the route."

Xue Chen also tended to be cautious and defensive, but he didn't change his route, but he actually had some worries in his heart.

Because the other party was too loose, it obviously didn't look like a premeditated plan, or the plan was not mature enough, was this kind of planning really enough for the emperor to be so vigilant, so that he and the golden captain would pick up Princess Ping'an?

However, this issue can only be a temporary question in Xue Chen's heart.

Judging from the current situation, Xue Chen still decided to take the original route back to the capital.

But in the next three days, Xue Chen and the others did not come over to recover the golden captain of the large army, and even suffered two ambushes, and the people who attacked the convoy in these two ambushes became more mature each time.

Xue Chen even began to suspect that this was the other party testing their ability and bottom line.

In the evening, the convoy stopped at the post station, and Xue Chen deliberately went to the chief guard room of the golden lieutenant to talk about the matter.

In fact, it stands to reason that he doesn't have to come here in person, even if he is the chief of the guard of the golden captain, spread it out, according to the will of this time, the chief of the guard should also be Xue Chen's subordinate.

It's just that he lost so many golden captains, Xue Chen could think of the other party's mood, and out of comfort, Xue Chen personally came to the chief guard's room to discuss the next thing.

But the chief guard didn't seem to buy it, and during the period when Xue Chen put forward his suggestion, the chief guard always frowned.

This inn is not why, the candle flame at night is not bright enough, and the shadows are sufficient, struggling to emit light in the air, illuminating less than half of the room, making people intuitively feel that the atmosphere is a little oppressive.

When Xue Chen needed to think, he still turned the lighter in his hand by inertia.

The chief guard didn't know what the lighter in Xue Chen's hand was, and why, Xue Chen kept turning the lighter.

In short, the head of the guard's eyes were always attracted by the lighter in Xue Chen's hand, and the golden captain who had chased him out and never came back made the head of the guard very irritable, so he was particularly unattractive to Xue Chen's words, even if he listened to the voice, it was intermittent.

After a while, Xue Chen stopped, and the chief guard looked up at Xue Chen.

"Little Marquis, I know what you mean, but so far we have not suffered any casualties, and we can still bear it, so we shouldn't just give up on the people we chased out."

The chief guard obviously pays more attention to team spirit than Xue Chen, after all, for the chief guard, everyone is a brother who is born and dies together.

"I understand what you mean, Chief Guard, you don't want to give up your brother, but your mission this time is not to see how much Golden Captain can survive the enemy's attack, but to protect Princess Ping'an."

Xue Chen is more rational and objective, and he clearly knows what the mission he came here this time is.

But not everyone can see themselves as a person who is as rational as Xue Chen.

"I know what you mean, but can't we protect our brother at the same time as protecting the princess?" The chief guard was indignant, and he was clearly very unhappy with such a difficult thing to do.

"The princess has been frightened three times in a row, and I don't guarantee that the princess won't be frightened a fourth time if she doesn't change routes. Chief of the Guard, your method is certainly feasible, but if it is not for me today, but the emperor, do you dare to give him such a reason to make his princess feel wronged? ”

Hearing this, the chief guard of the golden lieutenant was stunned by the choking face and thick neck, unable to speak.

Xue Chen could understand why he had such thoughts, the Golden Captains were a very special group, they were neither the emperor's personal guards, nor the kind of guards who appeared everywhere to help kill important fugitives from all over the world.

They are a group of canary-like beings born from the former Iron Horseman.

They received annual royal sustenance, but because there were generals in each locality, they did not have to participate in repression or warfare.

All the training of the Golden Captain about fighting is a "drill", and those who have never experienced actual combat, following the veterans of the Iron Cavalry, inherit the reputation of the Iron Cavalry but have long existed in name only.

Their fearlessness of power is just that they have never been exposed to real power.

Just like today, because they have not experienced real death, they are so reluctant to give up on anyone.

Xue Chen didn't blame them and didn't think it was naïve, but this matter couldn't be realized today.

He stood up straight, his eyes calm and powerful like a deep lake, and looked at the chief of the golden captain sitting at the table, "Your enemy is not me, and the person who gave you the order is not me, I am just an ordered person like you, since we have received the emperor's will, we must be ordered and must be completed." ”

After speaking, Xue Chen turned around and left the room of the chief of the golden captain's guard.

The door was closed by Xue Chen, and there was a faint light on the paper window, and Xue Chen looked up at the room of Princess Ping'an in the distance.

For the safety of Princess Ping'an, Xue Chenye has arranged his room and the room of the chief guard on both sides of Princess Ping'an, the quality of the room is secondary, and the important thing is safety.

To go back to his room, Xue Chen first had to pass through Princess Ping'an's room.

When he walked by, Princess Ping'an's room was lit by candlelight, like daylight, Xue Chen estimated that the events of the past two days had brought too much shadow to Princess Ping'an's heart, so Princess Ping'an couldn't sleep well.

Just as Xue Chen was about to return to his room, the candles in Princess Ping'an's room were suddenly extinguished.

The whole room was called for help at the same time when it was selected into darkness, Xue Chen hurriedly stepped forward and kicked the door open, with the help of the outside light and moonlight, Xue Chen saw a figure and carried a person away.

Xue Chen looked at the bed, and only the palace maid who took care of Princess Ping'an was left trembling on the bed.

The palace maid said to Xue Chen earnestly, "Little Marquis, go and save the princess!" ”

Seeing that the palace maid was fine, Xue Chen turned around and immediately followed the figure out of the room, and along the way, Xue Chen did not forget to leave a mark so that the golden lieutenant could find it.

The speed of the person in front is not very fast, after all, there is still a person on his shoulder, purely in terms of speed, I don't know how much worse than Xue Chen, but that person is more familiar with the terrain here.

Turning around, Xue Chen was often thrown out of a distance by the man in black.

Fortunately, Xue Chen's speed was fast enough, so he never chased and lost, and in the process, Xue Chen always felt that he had found some strange points, but because in the process of chasing, Xue Chen could not think more carefully.

But Xue Chen always had a feeling that this man in black seemed to be deliberately luring him into the bait.

Xue Chen was vigilant until he chased the man in black to a cave on the outskirts of the city, Xue Chen clearly saw that there was a candle flame in the cave, and it seemed that someone had been waiting for a long time, but Xue Chen did not see anyone as far as he could see, only a game of chess.

The man in black threw down the fainting Princess Ping'an, glanced back at Xue Chen, and then went deeper into the cave.

Princess Ping'an's body fell heavily and calmly on the ground covered with hay, like a bait used to lure big fish ashore, obviously all this was prepared by someone a long time ago, Xue Chen looked at Princess Ping'an falling on the grass, hesitated to advance and retreat, observing the surrounding advantages and disadvantages.

While observing the surrounding environment, Xue Chen's eyes were involuntarily attracted by the game of chess in the cave.

That game of chess Xue Chen remembered very deeply, it was in order for him to allow Old Man Jiang to cooperate with Shui Yunjian for a long time, and to win the last game of chess in a few games of Go with Old Man Jiang.

But Old Man Jiang was already dead, on the night of the attack of the Five Poison Gate......

The son was silent, and the strange force was confused.

Xue Chen didn't believe that there were any ghosts and gods in this world and borrowed corpses to resurrect souls, and according to Old Man Jiang's memory, he had played so many chess games in his life, how could he remember what chess he had played with Xue Chen?

Xue Chen vaguely remembered the situation at that time, there were only three people at the scene, Xue Chen, Old Man Jiang and Hu Liuer, who had a love of Go and had been settling accounts for Old Man Jiang.

Thinking of this, Xue Chen suddenly moved to the feet of his soul, landed in front of the cave, and looked in, where there was a man standing with his back to him in the blind spot of his vision.

After hearing the sound of Xue Chen falling to the ground, the man turned around and looked at Xue Chen with a cold expression.

It seems that this man is Hu Liuer.

Xue Chen's mood at the moment was very complicated, he could clearly feel that Hu Liu'er seemed to know the reason for Old Man Jiang's death, so he would wait for him here, using Princess Ping'an as a threat, a restored game of chess to awaken his memory.

It seems that Hu Liuer has good intentions for this.

Xue Chen looked at Hu Liu'er who was standing in place, took a deep breath, and tried not to be carried away by Hu Liu'er's thoughts.

He said in a deep voice, "Is the ambush of these two days related to you?" ”

When Hu Liu'er heard this, she chuckled, "What do you think?" The little marquis is so good at chess, he must also be a master of deduction, so let the little marquis deduce it, I am a person who came out of Qingcheng, unarmed and has no background, can I ambush you? How do you achieve such a process and convince so many people to follow me to do such meaningless things? ”

As he spoke, Hu Liuer slowly walked to the chessboard between the two, sat down, twisted a chess piece, and pressed a chess piece against the chessboard.

Xue Chen looked at the place where Hu Liu'er fell, and then glanced at the sleeping princess of Ping'an on the ground.

Before Xue Chen could speak, Hu Liu'er said, "Don't worry, Princess Ping'an was ordered to sleep in a sleeping hole, and there is no hour that can't be unlocked, you have only been running for a quarter of an hour, you just have to rest assured to talk to me, within an hour, I guarantee that the matter will be resolved." ”

Hearing this, Xue Chen looked at Hu Liu'er.

"You came to me for Old Man Jiang's business?"