The night is like ink, and the moon is like water.

The official road is clear and cold, and there are empty fields on both sides.

Zhao Gou galloped under this moonlight, pursed his lips and said nothing, around him were more than a dozen Song envoy guards, and when Wushu asked him to leave, Zhang Bangchang forcibly transferred these people to him on the grounds of his safety.

"Zhang Bangchang! If he has the opportunity one day, he will take your dog's life! ”

The anger in Zhao Gou's heart could not be suppressed, even if Wang Yun poisoned Yan Zhao and was seriously injured, it didn't make him so angry, because Xu Zizhen could have not died, but Zhang Bangchang refused to let his guards even divide one to help.

He now has mixed feelings in his heart, Xu Zizhen is right again, Jin Ren really let him go back to Bianjing, no matter how rude he was before, as for whether he can return to Bianjing safely, he no longer doubts, I don't know when he has become very trusting and even dependent on Xu Zizhen.

One of the guards leaned over and said, "Lord Wang, we are already far away from Zhending, so it is better to rest first." ”

Zhao Gou glanced at him and said expressionlessly: "Wait until you go back to Bianjing." ”

The guard said with a bitter face: "Lord Wang, it's not that the little ones can't stand it, but your body is important, there are still so many miles to Bianjing, if you keep rushing like this, won't you be tired?" ”

Zhao Gou snorted, but didn't speak again, he was naturally tired, it had been almost three hours since he came out of the Zhending camp, and he had been on the road during this period, and he hadn't stopped for a moment, even though he had been practicing riding and archery since he was a child, and now he was a little unbearable, his hips were sore and numb, and his waist was sore.

The guard struck while the iron was hot and persuaded: "Since the Jin people let the prince go back, naturally there is no reason to send troops to chase after him, the prince ......."

As soon as he said this, Zhao Gou was furious: "In your words, is it that Lone is afraid that Wanyan Zongwang will send someone to chase me?" ”

"The prince is angry, a small gaffe, please punish the prince!" The guard hurriedly rolled off his horse and knelt on the side of the road.

Zhao Gou stopped with the reins of the horse, glanced at him, and said: "Get off the horse with me, and Lone will settle down here to rest!" ”

A group of guards looked at each other, this is an official road, if the Jin people don't come, it's just that, if they really send someone to chase after them, then they have nowhere to escape in this place, but Zhao Gou has already spoken, even if they are reluctant, they have no choice but to dismount, tie the horses to the roadside trees, and then take water to make a fire, just about to get some hot water to eat, but in a blink of an eye, I saw that Zhao Gou had sat on the side of the road and closed his eyes to rest.

……

"Hey, Xu Zizhen, why do you take the trail?"

"It's a shortcut."

"How do you know?"

"Nonsense, I did my homework before I came."

Xu Zizhen and Su San galloped quickly between a small road a few miles away from the official road, this road starts from outside the city of Zhending, and is basically parallel to the official road, but here is close to the mountain, it is said that there are mountain bandits on weekdays, so it is very remote, and now it is past midnight, and they are just two people and two horses to travel lightly, but there will be no problem.

Su San is now full of questions, but Xu Zizhen's expression is very solemn, she just buries her head in the road, she still knows the general situation after all, she opened her mouth several times and still didn't ask, but as the road became more and more bumpy and difficult, she still couldn't help complaining.

Xu Zizhen is racing against time, he doesn't dare to delay at all, Zhao Gou has been away from Jinying for a few hours, and if he wants to chase after him from the official road, he doesn't know when to catch up, but fortunately, he will never go on the road alone, Zhang Bangchang will inevitably arrange people to protect his safety, so Zhao Gou's speed will not be too fast.

Traveling alone is completely different from a group of people hurrying, just like he originally planned to walk alone, but now that there is one more Su San, this speed has to be reduced a little.

This path is really not easy to walk, close is close, but the road is uneven, several times his horse has almost stumbled, from the real set to now has been rushing for more than an hour, Xu Zizhen only felt that the pain in his chest and ribs was unbearable, in fact, his wound could not withstand such a rush at night, but he still gritted his teeth and endured.

"Hurry up! Hurry up! Xu Zizhen lay on the horse's back, his eyes staring at the front, silently reading in his heart.

Su San followed closely beside him, seeing that his face was frighteningly pale, worried and anxious, and wanted to persuade him to stop and rest, but seeing his resolute look, he finally held back.

I don't know how long it took to rush, but the sky has gradually turned white, and from midnight to now, it is already early in the morning.

At this time, Xu Zizhen reined in the horse, listened carefully, and a mysterious smile suddenly rose on his face.

Su San also stopped and asked, "What's wrong?" ”

Xu Zizhen smiled: "It's here." As he spoke, he turned over and dismounted, but before he could stand firmly, he stumbled and almost fell to the ground.

Su Sanyan quickly grabbed him and complained: "You have been injured enough to lie down for a month, but you are still selling hard here, who is it to turn around and toss and cripple yourself?" ”

Xu Zizhen glared at him and said, "Crow's mouth!" ”

Su San was about to reply, but found that Xu Zizhen took off the saddle, and took out the dagger along the saddle surface one by one, peeling off the thick layer of cowhide on the surface, and suddenly said strangely: "What are you doing?" ”

Xu Zizhen didn't answer, unbuttoned his shirt and opened his chest, revealing a white but explosive muscle, Su San's face turned red, he spat and turned his head, but he still couldn't hold back his curiosity, and looked secretly, only to see Xu Zizhen gritting his teeth and sticking the layer of cowhide to his ribs, and then covering the placket and binding it tightly with his belt.

"Alright." After Xu Zizhen fiddled with these, he exhaled a long breath, and the pain in the broken rib made him unbearable, so he could slow the pain by tying it up like this.

Su San's heart moved inexplicably, she has practiced martial arts since she was a child, and she has seen countless martial arts tough guys, but it is the first time she has abused herself like Xu Zizhen, and the slight light of the morning hit Xu Zizhen's face, outlining a tough line on his side face, and Su San was a little distracted at this moment.

……

Zhao Gou opened his eyes, looked at the rising sun in the sky, stood up and turned over his horse: "Let's go." ”

A group of guards packed up and got on their horses, still protecting Zhao Gou in the middle, but just as they were about to leave, the ground under their feet suddenly shook faintly.

The experienced guard's face suddenly changed greatly, and he exclaimed: "It's not good, the chasing soldiers are coming!" ”

Zhao Gou chuckled in his heart, and hurriedly looked back, only to see a cloud of smoke and dust rolling on the horizon in the distance, and it seemed that he could already smell the smell of Jin Bing's fast riding from afar.

"Jin Bing is here, the prince is leaving!"

The guards were shocked, and hurriedly hugged Zhao Gou and left, the official road was extremely empty, and the Jin people had always been good at riding and shooting, and it would not take long to catch up with them in this terrain.

Zhao Gou's face turned pale and galloped, and a trace of regret finally rose in his heart.

Zizhen is not tricking me? Is Lone going to die here?