The starry sky shrouded the spacious courtyard, and there was a dead silence in the courtyard.

Dozens of magic machines and crossbowmen seemed to be frozen, only their eyes reflecting the lights occasionally flickered, exuding the breath of a living person.

Under the deterrence of firearms and crossbows, Ni Niang seems to be unwilling to give in, but her situation is very bad, and any rash action is undoubtedly a big gamble, and she has to gamble with her life.

Fang Zheng's face became more and more solemn, and it was obvious that his patience was about to run out.

Ni Niang tentatively moved a small step sideways, and the fire guns and crossbows over there moved rapidly, and the rattling sound made when the hard bow was tightened was audible.

In order to protect the prince, prohibiting people from entering and exiting and blocking news is naturally a top priority, so Fang Zhengning's unrequited decisiveness is beyond reproach, but Zhu Qiming has a trace of expectation hidden in his heart, he doesn't want to see Ni Niang suffer unexpectedly, and he even plans to convey some kind of kindness to Yun Niang outside the wall. Thinking that he was pretending to have such a mind, Zhu Qiming suddenly felt a little ashamed of the other party.

"Stop!" After hesitating for a long time, Zhu Qiming finally shouted these two words at the last moment.

Hearing the sound, the magic machine hand and the crossbowman unloaded the strength in their hands, but they had no intention of giving up, and looked at Fang Zheng in unison, waiting for him to give the final order.

"Didn't you hear? His Highness spoke, don't you hurry up and put down the guy in your hand! Jiang Yi seemed to have sobered up, and danced his hands wildly while shouting, which was very exaggerated.

"Collect it!" Many lieutenants shouted in a mess.

Fang Zheng waved his hand, and the magic machine and crossbowmen all retreated into the forest.

Ni Niang jumped up, starry sky and shadow, this moving scenery turned away all the unhappiness in the courtyard.

"Listen to the nobles inside, the world is impermanent, people's hearts are unpredictable, and they cherish themselves!" Yun Niang seemed to have accepted kindness, so she piggybacked on a bit of sincerity when saying goodbye.

The lights and footsteps outside the wall faded away, and the inside and outside of the courtyard fell silent.

"If you disturb the tranquility of Your Highness, you should be damned!" Fang Zheng walked quickly to Zhu Qiming's side, with worry on his face, "Let Ni Niang go tonight, for fear of exposing His Highness's whereabouts." ”

"It doesn't matter." Zhu Qiming said indifferently: "Didn't Lord Fang say that she is half of her own person, and she still has to save some affection for this seat." ”

"Your Highness is right." Fang Zheng hesitated for a moment, then sighed softly, "The matter has come to this point, it is not advisable to stay here for a long time, we can't wait for news from Beijing, and I plan to leave tomorrow." ”

Zhu Qiming was stunned. Fangzheng's change of mind in two days does not seem to bode well.

However, there was such a big commotion here, even if Yun Niang and Ni Niang were silent, I was afraid that those who were secretly watching would also see the clues, and staying here again would be tantamount to waiting for an uninvited guest to come to the door!

Zhu Qiming was silent for a long time, and finally nodded.

Fang Zheng said goodbye to Zhu Qiming and went to arrange for his return to Beijing tomorrow. Zhu Qiming returned to the inner room, lay down without washing and clothes, and soon fell asleep.

At about the same time, Zhu Qiming was awakened by the shouting and scolding of the courtyard, got up and looked out the window, and by the faint light, he saw a figure of three o'clock sweeping towards the east wall, and disappeared into the night after a while.

The departing figure looked petite, like a woman. Could it be the three music girls that Fang Zheng invited by mistake? Why did they run away overnight?

Even if there are doubts, Zhu Qiming doesn't want to think about it, there is a way in the dark way, why bother thinking nonsense!

I was in a daze until dawn, and hurriedly finished breakfast, when I saw Fang Zheng coming to report.

"Your Highness, everything is ready. With a splendid empty carriage placed in the middle of the procession to hide people's eyes, His Highness rode in a dilapidated carriage and fell into the rear, so that he would be able to hide from the world. ”

Zhu Qiming said "hard work", walked quickly to the front yard, looked inside and outside the door, the number of people in the rough spot, there seemed to be less than 700 Jinyi guards, in addition to the more than 100 people who went to Beijing to report the news, there were 200 people missing, and the strange thing is that Niu San did not show up for a long time.

Fang Zheng lifted the curtain with his own hands, and Zhu Qiming got into the carriage without thinking about it. "Phew", the carriage started, only to hear the sound of orders inside and outside the main gate, the sound of footsteps, and the occasional sound of hooves.

It was Jiang Yi who was close to Zhu Qiming in the carriage. He had just staggered into the carriage before it started, forgetting to pay respects, evidently having drunk the morning wine, and now his eyes were straight, and his mouth was full of wine, and he was far more drunk than he had been last night, and soon after he got into the carriage, he fell asleep, and his head shook with the jolting of the carriage.

Suddenly, a trace of inexplicable uneasiness passed through Zhu Qiming's heart. After two years of wandering, once he returned to Beijing, he should have been very excited, but at this moment, he did not feel like an arrow, and this strange state of mind made him feel confused.

Lifting the curtain and glancing at the founder who was guarding the car, his heart was a little at ease.

The group soon left the south gate of the state city. In the morning light, the scattered dwellings outside the city rise with curling smoke, the stream on the side of the road is clear and bubbling, the green trees are covered everywhere, and the grass is in the sky, so it is a peaceful and peaceful scene.

When the car turned the corner, looking back to the north, the city of Baoan Zhou had disappeared into the boundless forest.

There is no enthusiasm in my heart before returning to Beijing, but there is sadness when parting.

Suddenly, there was a sharp whistle in the mountains and forests ahead, and when I looked up, I could faintly see a flickering figure.

The meandering procession slammed into a sudden, "Phew! The carriage stopped suddenly, and Zhu Qiming was carried out by inertia, and his chest hit the canopy wall, only feeling uncomfortable.

Jiang Yi on the side took advantage of the situation to lie down in the car, still snoring loudly.

A captain rode his horse and said, "Lord Qianhu, there are suspicious people in the mountains and forests, please show me to the front team."

Fang Zheng stepped into the carriage and lifted the curtain to enter. "Your Highness, there are probably thieves watching in the forest, and you must use the carriage in front of you to lure those people away, just in case." Seeing that Zhu Qiming was speechless with his teeth bared, he hurriedly helped him to sit down, glanced at Jiang Yi, who was sleeping soundly, frowned again and again, and scolded in a low voice: "Drunkard, it's time to sleep like a dead pig!" ”

Zhu Qiming pondered for a while, only felt that as a young prince, he could not rashly interfere in military affairs, and at this time, he had to take care of the tricks, which was not something that a child's knowledge could bear.

Use that empty car to lure away the people who are secretly watching, and if you go with the brocade guards, I am afraid that you will be exposed; It is not safe to go here too much, and the distribution of troops is destined to take care of one or the other, so it depends on how Founder dispatches.

"Lord Fang is the leader of the thousand households, this seat is all respectful, please Lord Fang decide!"

Fang Zheng said categorically: "There are only a hundred people under Jiang Yi left here, and the rest are all escorting the empty car first." If there is a thief, the thief's attention will fall on the empty car in front of him. Seeing that Zhu Qiming was silent, he continued: "This place is only more than 30 miles away from the state city, if you are in danger, you can quickly return to the city." ”

Seeing Zhu Qiming nodded, Fang Zheng got out of the car and gave an order, and returned to the car to accompany Zhu Qiming.

Zhu Qiming lifted the curtain and looked south, and the roof of the "luxury car" gradually disappeared into the empty mountain.

There seemed to be the sound of hooves coming from a distance on the official road behind him, listening to it, and suddenly feeling that the sound of hooves was getting more and more sudden, looking back to the north, I saw more than 20 horsemen and horses galloping over, led by a masked woman, just by looking at the hairstyle figure, Zhu Qiming knew that she was Yun Niang, and followed by Ni Niang.

Fang Zheng jumped out of the carriage, covered the curtain, and then stood solemnly on the side of the road, commanding the captains to wait.

Yun Niang and the others stopped their horses, "It turned out to be Lord Fang's carriage!" Yun Niang almost looked away. Dare to ask Lord Fang, what about the nobles escorted by the brocade guards? ”

"Noble?" Fang Zheng glanced at the more than twenty men in strong suits behind Ni Niang, and said coldly: "You are a smart person, only a hundred and ten people, can you protect the safety of nobles?" ”

"Oh, I see, Lord Fang is using a trick!" Yun Niang glanced at the carriage in a daze, "The team of people and horses escorted the nobles to take the first step, and the team of people and horses thought that they were suspicious soldiers here, but why didn't Lord Fang follow the nobles?" After speaking, he waved his hand and beckoned his people to go south.

The sound of hooves gradually drifted away, Zhu Qiming lifted the curtain, and looked behind the curtain, only to see Yun Niang and his party castrating very slowly, and Ni Niang seemed to be constantly looking back.

Time was passing bit by bit, and Zhu Qiming was reluctant to put down the curtain for a long time. Until the figures of Yun Niang and the others disappeared at the end of the official road as far as his eyes could see, her words still lingered in his ears, repeatedly teasing the uneasiness in his heart.

If you want to confuse the real with the fake, then Fang Zheng has to follow the "luxury car" that is far away, but he falls so conspicuously next to this broken car!

While groaning, goosebumps broke out on Zhu Qiming's body inexplicably.

"Lord Fang, hurry up and set off, hurry up and catch up with the people in front!"

Before Zhu Qiming's words fell, he suddenly heard a loud whistling sound around him, and then more than 100 black-clothed people jumped out of the mountains and forests and swooped towards the official road.

The sudden change caught the lieutenants off guard, but Fang Zheng was calm and did not seem to regard the man in black as a threat.

At this moment, Zhu Qiming faintly realized something, but he was still unwilling to face reality.

The men in black are all indifferent and have blank faces, revealing the inherent characteristics of cold-blooded killers. In a large group of black-clothed people, there is a middle-aged strong man wearing a white dress, which looks particularly eye-catching, this person's face is pitted, his eyes are vicious, he is carrying a ghost-headed knife, and he runs straight towards Fangzheng, his eyelids move frequently, and he seems to have eye language.

Zhu Qiming suddenly felt a tingling pain in his heart.

Fang Zheng jumped up and pounced on the man in white, who struck Fang Zheng with his empty left hand.

There was no sharp duel between the embroidered spring knife and the ghost head knife in the air, but I saw that the left palm of the man in white was firmly imprinted on Fang Zheng's chest, Fang Zheng fell out of the distance, and a mouthful of blood spurted out in the air.

After landing on the ground, Fang Zheng no longer moved, and after a long time, he slowly turned his face sideways and looked at the stunned Zhu Qiming, with a strange smile floating on the corner of his mouth.

That light smile was more like a vicious curse!

A mouthful of blood gushed out from Zhu Qiming's mouth.

At this moment, he had to face the cruel reality: he had fallen into a terrible trap, and the one who did it was Fangzheng!

Zhu Qiming tore off the curtain of the car, jumped out of the carriage, and with the last glimmer of hope, let go of his throat and shouted.

"Yun Niang!"