Chapter 1700: The Pawn
Chu Huan was looking at the side of the village, and suddenly heard the sound of horses' hooves coming from the other end of the rammed earth house, the cold light flashed in his eyes, his body was light, and he flashed to the other side of the house.
"Chu Du, it seems to be ...... Soldiers! Qi Hong's face sank, "What are they doing here in the middle of the night?" He had already snatched it, took his own knife, and held the knife in his hand, Chu Huan said in a deep voice: "Don't act rashly." ”
"Chu Du, so late at night, this group of officers and soldiers came to this remote village, and they must have discovered our whereabouts." Qi Hong said in a low voice: "We arrived here last night, and several people in the village saw us, but I am afraid that they will report to the government. ”
Qi Hong thought in his heart that after leaving Beili Mountain, although he was dressed in disguise on the road and took the remote and deserted roads, Luo Duo was burly and had a piercing beard, so he was not an ordinary person at first glance, and he was afraid that he had been targeted.
Chu Huan's expression was cold, and he didn't speak, the wolf-like officers and soldiers arrived at both ends of the village, and they had already reined in their horses, Chu Huan's eyes were like lightning, but he found that not only was a group of cavalry rushing, but also behind the cavalry, there was a large group of infantry soldiers armed with spears and knives, and in the drizzle, this group of people didn't care.
I saw a cavalryman who looked like a general waving his hand and saying a few words, and more than 30 infantry soldiers lined up at the entrance of the village to block the head of the village, and the general led more than 10 cavalrymen to the village.
The general passed in front of the rammed earth house, Qi Hong was already holding the saber, Chu Huan was already in the shape of a knife, this small remote village, suddenly came to such a group of officers and soldiers, Chu Huan's first thought was of course his whereabouts were revealed, and this group of officers and soldiers chased after him.
In the Heavenly Palace, holding the queen hostage and getting out, Chu Huan didn't think it was the prince's generosity and kindness, and he didn't even think that the prince really took the queen to heart.
The emperor is dead, and the crown prince inherits the throne is inevitable, and the monarch has always sung the praises of governing the country with benevolence and filial piety, benevolence and filial piety, both of which are indispensable.
In front of everyone's eyes, if the prince doesn't care about the queen's life or death, he would rather sacrifice the queen than kill Chu Huan, although Chu Huan is difficult to get out, but the prince's prestige will also plummet, and it will even affect his succession to the throne.
Luo Duo held the queen hostage, and naturally calculated that the prince did not dare to risk the disapproval of the world.
But once he got out of the Heavenly Palace, Chu Huan didn't think that the queen was an invincible life talisman.
Of course, Chu Huan understood the prince's thoughts, once he returned to the northwest, he would be like a tiger returning to the mountain, of course, this is what the prince does not want to see, as long as it is possible, the prince will definitely send someone to intercept him before he leaves the customs.
Out of the Heavenly Palace, the role of the queen is not as good as in the Heavenly Palace, the prince can disregard the feelings of his brothers and send someone to assassinate King Yingren of Qi, he is ruthless, and naturally he will not care about the queen's life or death.
Chu Huan even guessed that the crown prince may not have issued a secret order, as long as he found his traces, he didn't have to care about the queen's safety and killed himself with all his might.
The prince is ruthless, without the kindness of King Qi's woman, if there is no secret order, Chu Huan feels that the prince is abnormal.
At this moment, the officers and soldiers suddenly killed, Chu Huan naturally thought that it was very likely that the traces were exposed, and the officers and soldiers searched here.
"Bang dang!"
The door of the house was kicked heavily, although the bolt was on, but the gate was in disrepair, and the kick outside almost kicked the gate open, but Chu Huan had already found that the cavalry brigade had gone to the village, and a cavalryman turned over and dismounted in front of the rammed earth house, and came forward to kick it with a big knife in his hand.
"Open the door." The cavalryman outside said in a deep voice: "There is a bolt inside, and it is not opened." ”
Chu Huan knew that if the door of this rammed earth house was opened at will, and the officers and soldiers saw the dilapidated two rooms, they were afraid that they would not inspect it, but it rained heavily last night, cold wind and cold rain, and the gate was locked, and the soldiers outside could naturally immediately judge that there were people inside.
Qi Hong flashed to the door, he had already raised his knife, Chu Huan shook his head, and pretended to be lazy: "Who?" What's the matter at such a late hour? ”
"Open the door, his grandmother's, less nonsense!" The soldier outside said in a rough voice.
Chu Huan made a look and motioned for Qi Hong to put away the knife first, only this soldier came and knocked on the door, if he really did it, Chu Huan could easily solve it.
Qi Hong flashed to the corner of the house, stuffed the knife into the straw, and then sat on the haystack, the soldiers outside waited impatiently, and kicked twice, on the other side of the village, the chickens and dogs barked, making a mess, and the officers and soldiers who could hear the village were also shouting and screaming, very rampant.
Chu Huan rubbed his hand on the wall a few times, his hands were stained with the black dust of the wall, and then he smeared it on his face a few times, covering it up a little, and then opened the door, the soldier was kicking over, Chu Huan opened suddenly, the man kicked in the air, stumbled, fortunately there is no threshold in this rammed earth house, otherwise he will be tripped by the threshold and eat.
The soldier stumbled in, but he didn't look at the people inside, he first quickly retreated, clenched his knife, Chu Huan looked at the person's clothes, and saw that his outfit was the armor of the local state army.
Although there are more than a dozen military uniforms in the empire, the armor of the local state armies across the country is uniform.
The man clenched the knife in his hand, stood firm outside the door, looked cautious, glanced inside, then stared at Chu Huan, and said in a deep voice: "How many people are there in the house?" ”
Chu Huan pretended to be frightened and said, "Is there something wrong with my lord?" He was already ordinary, but he pretended to be scared at this time, and with a coarse cloth shirt, he really looked like a rustic country boy.
"Less nonsense, a few people, all come out!" The man shook the knife in his hand.
Chu Huan deliberately said to Qi Hong: "Brother, my lord, let us go out, come over quickly......!" He was born in the Guards, burly and tall, although not as conspicuous as Rhodo, but at first glance he was also a strong man, and when he went out, the soldier looked at it and asked, "Is there anyone inside?" ”
Chu Huan shook his head and said, "There are just two of us in this house!" ”
"This is the village?" The man asked.
Chu Huan shook his head, the soldier immediately took a step back, pointed at Chu Huan, and shouted to the entrance of the village, this rammed earth house is at the entrance of the village, and the dozens of foot soldiers are blocking the road at the entrance of the village at this time, at this time, several people rushed over with spears, Qi Hong frowned, clenched his fists, and those soldiers rushed over and surrounded Chu Huan and Qi Hong.
"Say, Who are you?"
Chu Huan hurriedly said: "We are the people who fled from Yuling......!" ”
"Oh?" The soldier looked up and down, saw that Qi Hong was still upright, and sneered: "Who are you?" Seeing swords and guns without fear, how can they be ordinary people? ”
"My lord, this is my brother, he has been stupid since he was a child, and he doesn't know how to be afraid." Chu Huan said immediately.
"Fools?" The soldier sneered, "What a fool? Pointing to his boots, "If he's a fool, let him lick the dirt off my boots ......!" ”
At this time, I heard a "creaking" sound, and the rammed earth house next door had opened the door, but I saw Mei Niang, who was dressed in coarse floral cloth, came out. ”
Although Mei Niang was dressed in coarse cloth clothes, her figure was difficult to hide, and when the soldiers glanced at it, their eyes were attracted, and the cavalry soldiers' eyes lit up, and they glanced at Chu Huan, "Who is she?" ”
"Yes...... It's my daughter-in-law! Chu Huan said: "My lord, we are all good people, and we are not guilty of adultery, you raise your noble hand, don't embarrass us." ”
The cavalry soldier coughed and said, "Lord Zhizhou was stabbed, and the murderer is hiding in this village, and since you are outsiders, you can't get rid of suspicion." Walked to Mei Niang's side, circled around Mei Niang, and saw Mei Niang's body wrapped in coarse cloth clothes convex and backward, her throat squirmed, but her voice was much softer, "Are you his daughter-in-law?" ”
Mei Niang pretended to be pitiful and said, "Yes...... My lord, who are you going to arrest? ”
"Catch the assassin!" The soldier said, "You are not locals, but you fled to this remote village, which is very suspicious, and says, Are you assassins?" ”
At this time, the village was already in chaos, the exits on both sides of the village had been blocked, and twenty or thirty cavalrymen had already shouted the villagers out of the house.
Mei Niang looked scared and said, "My lord, we are honest and good people, where are the assassins, you just give me a knife, I ...... I don't know how to kill people! ”
Her timid appearance, coupled with her beautiful appearance, was really seductive, and the soldier was already in a fluttering heart, and said with a smile: "Maybe this is possible, is it difficult for the assassin to be recognized at a glance?" His eyes swept over Mei Niang's plump chest, his throat moved, and he said, "The assassin must have a weapon on him, let me search to see if there is a weapon hidden in his body." The detective was about to grab Mei Niang's clothes, Mei Niangqiao's face was still frightened, but the cold light in her eyes had already appeared, the soldier had not yet touched Mei Niang's clothes, but Chu Huan had already flashed in front of Mei Niang, and said with a smile: "My lord, she has never seen the world, and I really don't know what the assassin is talking about...... Good deeds, good deeds, we are just fleeing people, if we can't stay here, we will leave ...... now!" ”
Mei Niang had already moved to kill, if Chu Huan hadn't stopped her, this soldier would have been dead in an instant, fortunately, Chu Huan knew Mei Niang's temperament, knew that Mei Niang was ruthless, if this soldier really touched Mei Niang's body, it would be certain death, and he didn't want to cause more trouble at this moment, so he stopped it in time.
The soldier's face sank, and he sneered: "If you want to leave now, I'm afraid it's not so easy." Out of the corner of his eye, he saw a figure in the room, and said sharply, "Who is in the house?" Don't get out yet? ”
Several foot soldiers stepped forward with guns and rushed to the door, shouting, "Come out, get out!" ”
But seeing that the frowning queen had come out of the house, all the soldiers saw that it was a middle-aged woman, looked at each other, and saw that this woman was also a stunning face, and their hearts were all strange, secretly thinking that these two men were not handsome, but these two women were really the best in the world.