The day after Gu Nian and Xiao Yue talked, Astragalus returned to Gu Nian to serve.

Although there was nothing on her face, judging from Astragalus's strange walking posture, she was still beaten with a military stick, as for how much, Gu Nian didn't ask, and Astragalus didn't say.

In the same way, there was no other slave who came back to show her loyalty, but she served more diligently than before.

Although there was an incident in which King An was hit by a stray arrow and Oda fell off his horse, it did not affect the hunting in the future.

However, these have little to do with Gu Nian, the only thing she does is to recuperate in the palace, wait until the matter of the paddock is resolved, and then follow the large army back to Beijing.

As for the things outside, they are all learned through Astragalus and Aoba.

What she does most often now is sleep, and lie by the window and watch the autumn scenery outside.

Fortunately, the scenery in the palace is good, otherwise, she would really get tired of seeing it, but if Xiao Yue continues to not let her go out, she will probably really get tired of seeing it.

"Princess, did you hear anything in the distance?" Huang Qi frowned and asked Gu Nian.

Gu Nian leaned on the window with his eyes closed, yawned, his eyes were misty, and asked lazily, "What's wrong?" ”

She didn't hear any movement, but just now she felt the branches outside the window swaying, and she thought she was sleepy and dizzy, so she closed her eyes and closed her eyes.

Huang Qi's frowning brows did not let go, and said, "The slave and maid heard that there was something wrong with the voice. ”

Gu Nian listened carefully, it seemed that there was some sound coming, it was normal for Astragalus to hear it clearly than her, she was good at kung fu, and her ear power should be different from ordinary people.

She sat upright and listened attentively, and Astragalus instructed Gu Nian, "Princess, you are here, don't go out, Aoba stays here, and the slave maid goes out to have a look." ”

Gu Nian nodded, "You go, I definitely won't go out." ”

On the other side of the paddock, it was a mess at the moment, Xiao Yue was talking to the emperor, and when he heard the movement outside, the emperor suddenly threw down the things in his hand and raised his voice, "Chang Yuan, you go out to see, what's going on outside?" Noisy and yelling, what it looks like. ”

Outside, a sergeant in armor hurried in, bowed and replied, "Your Majesty, this morning, for some reason, the horses suddenly became agitated, and they are looking for a few skilled men to train the horses. ”

When Xiao Yue heard this, he frowned angrily, "Restless? What is the restlessness method? ”

The sergeant was also so anxious that he was sweating profusely, "just being restless in the same place, trying hard to break free from the reins." ”

He saw that not only Xiao Yue frowned, but even the emperor followed with a slump on his face, and hurriedly smiled, "It's not a big deal."

Most of the horses in the paddock are good breeds, which have long been domesticated, and it will be fine if you want to come and appease them, please rest assured Your Majesty. “

Xiao Yue frowned, and was about to speak, when he heard a series of hisses, then a scream from a person, and then the earth seemed to be shaken, constantly shaking, trembling, and rumbling like a mountain collapsing.

The sergeant's face changed drastically, and even his voice was several times sharper, and he said in a loud voice, "Oh no, it's the horses that have fried the pot, and they have collectively broken free from the reins and run." ”

At this moment, the faces of the people in the imperial tent all changed, there were not a thousand horses in this paddock, but also eight hundred, and they all went crazy, it was really a big thing that would cost people's lives.

Commander Yang immediately decided to protect the emperor to avoid it, and Xiao Yue also meant the same thing, everyone agreed on the same thing, so they naturally took action.

As soon as they escorted the emperor to the tent, they saw countless horses galloping like the wind, raising countless dust and broken grass, and rushing straight towards their tent.

The other people in the tent also walked out, some with their female dependents, and they screamed incessantly as they watched the frenzied horses.

Xiao Yue looked at the horses that were already very close to the emperor's tent with a gloomy face, and immediately said, "Commander Yang, you escort the emperor to the forest to take refuge." ”

The woods are wooded, and the horses are difficult to cut through there, making it a good place to hide.

It's still some distance from the palace, but who knows if the horses will go that way?

Gu Nian is still cultivating in the palace.

He arranged for the emperor, and a few jumped out of the camp tent and headed in the direction of the palace.

In the distance, there were several pairs of eyes checking the situation here, seeing Xiao Yue's skills, his face suddenly changed, one of the leaders, his eyes flashed, his eyes flashed, he held the knife on his waist with a grim expression, and glanced at several subordinates behind, and several people quietly left the camp area while everyone was frightened and hurried.

The horses were running faster and faster, and behind them were patches of billowing smoke and dust, and the movement of the ground and mountains could be faintly heard.

At this time, not only was the emperor escorted into the forest on the side, but Gu Shi'an also took a person into the forest.

The woman is clearly Aunt Ji who has just revealed her identity, that is, the county lord of Jingning.

When Ma Qun went crazy, Gu Shi'an happened to be there with her, trying to persuade Jing Ning to go to see Gu Nian, but she didn't expect to hear the sound of shaking mountains outside. Immediately, Gu Shi'an dragged the county lord of Jingning into the forest.

When he had entered the woods, he simply led her to find a higher branch, jumped up, and watched the movement below with a gloomy face.

"Will there be anything going on over there?" Zhou Li, the lord of Jingning, asked Gu Shi'an.

Gu Shi'an surrounded her and said, "Are you still thinking about missing?" She has King Jin over there, and she will be fine. ”

He originally wanted to tease the county lord of Jingning for refusing to see Gu Nian, but as soon as the words came out, he felt that it was too poignant, so he pursed his lips and kept silent.

At this time, I saw the horses galloping wildly regardless of it, stepping straight through the camp, trampling the camp tent into a mess, and the nobles in the camp kept retreating under the escort of the guards, and the horses rushed straight into the woods, fortunately the woods on this side of the paddock were wooded, and the crazy horses entered the forest, and the crazy horse speed suddenly stopped a little.

The county lord of Jingning was surrounded by Gu Shi'an, standing on the tree, only to feel that the trunk of the tree was shaking, and the originally stable tree was not stable when the horses rushed it, but fortunately, Gu Shi'an was holding her waist, otherwise, she would have fallen off the tree a long time ago.

She and Gu Shi'an have been separated for many years, have been living alone, and have never had contact with men. Suddenly so close to Gu Shi'an, she was shocked by the familiar masculine aura on his body, and suddenly felt a little uncomfortable, she moved her body, and was about to speak, when she saw two points of cold light on the branches not far away.

She was vigilant in her heart, and she couldn't care about anything else, so she pulled Gu Shi'an's sleeve and silently snorted her mouth.

At this time, two black-clothed men emerged from the branch of the tree not far away, and they kicked the branch where they were with a force, and the long knife in their hands cut straight over.

The county lord of Jingning frowned, and subconsciously leaned forward, wanting to block in front of Gu Shi'an, but was pulled back by Gu Shi'an.

He stood as if he were unaware of it, and did not strike until the two of them were approaching at the moment.

Before the two of them could react at this moment, they had already fallen from mid-air like birds with folded wings.

The county lord of Jingning grabbed the hem of Gu Shi'an's clothes tightly, the two people were dressed in black, and they couldn't see any problems, but who was going to kill them?

She pursed her lips and said, "Shi'an, there is something wrong with these two people......

Gu Shi'an held the short sword that had just severed the assassin's neck in his backhand and motioned for her to continue.

I only heard the Jingning County Lord continue, "When the two of them started, although the two of them were wrapped in black clothes from top to bottom, they were exposed, the fingers of the two hands were broken, directly thick, and there were hard calluses on the thumbs, like ...... Left behind by holding the reins for many years. ”

Gu Shi'an's head moved slightly, and he didn't move, so he listened to the Jingning County Lord continue, "In our east, horses are rare things, except for sergeants, only powerful families can afford to raise them, but no matter what, raising horses will not practice at a young age, let alone grind out calluses, so, I guess it's ......."

"Beiban." Gu Shi'an's expression was faint, and he couldn't see joy or anger.

Neither of them spoke, and at this moment, the earth suddenly roared, and only a small number of horses had just passed, and now it was most of the horses that had come.

The county lord of Jingning was on the branch, barely standing, with his back against the trunk, and the tree was swaying from side to side, as if it was about to be broken.

She grabbed the trunk of the tree and reluctantly said, "Shi'an, I'm afraid it won't work out like this, I'm afraid this tree will be broken." ”

Gu Shi'an pursed his lips, hugged her, and comforted, "Don't be afraid, I'm here." ”

After saying this, he suddenly gave a whistle, and then he saw a horse running in front of him stop at his whistle, and raised his neck and barked.

Gu Shi'an whistled again, the horse raised his head, and suddenly walked around under the tree, and then stopped, Gu Shi'an jumped down from the tree with the county lord of Jingning in his arms, sat on the horse's back, and pulled the reins hard.

The crowd of horses that were originally restless nearby was strangely quiet, and about dozens of horses saw Gu Shi'an's horse stop, and they also stopped abruptly.

Ma Chao was to see one horse running, and the others followed suit, but now when one horse stopped, the others also stopped.

Gradually, more and more horses stopped, and the roar like the earth shaking the mountains became much quieter.

The county lord of Jingning said in a low voice, "We really missed a lot, I didn't expect you to have so much besides studying." ”

Gu Shi'an walked back with her on the horse, "I didn't expect you to be a lot." "This is about the fact that she was just in the tree, observing two assassins.

The county lord of Jingning pursed his lips and did not speak again.

The trees in the woods were intertwined, and the roar of the horses just now made people's ears deaf, and then it was quiet, and it was not very comfortable for a while.

Suddenly, Gu Shi'an hugged the county lord of Jingning and pressed down, only to see a long arrow flying above the two of them, the two dodged the arrow, but the horse couldn't dodge, a horse on their side was shot by a long arrow, or on the horse's buttocks!

It should be said that no matter what kind of animal's butt could not move, the same is true of the horse, the horse that was hit by the arrow raised the horse's hooves and neighed, and then spread the girl and galloped, and at the same time led the other horses that had just quieted down to gallop wildly.

All the horses ran like crazy again.

Gu Shi'an didn't expect to kill the two assassins just now, and at this time a few more came, he looked around for a while, and drove his horse in one direction.

The faces of several black-clothed people in the dark over there changed greatly, and they turned around and wanted to run, but unfortunately the speed of the people was not as fast as the speed of the horse, two of the black-clothed people had better kung fu, they ran faster, and two of them were not so lucky, but after a while, they were caught up by the horses brought by Gu Shi'an, and then knocked to the ground.

The two men in black opened their mouths to call for help, but were quickly drowned out by the sound of horses' hooves.

The county lord of Jingning quietly watched them being trampled like rag pockets, knowing that this person would not survive, she turned her head to Gu Shi'an behind her and said, "You are not afraid of people like the Northern Barbarians to embarrass you?" ”

Gu Shi'an sneered, "Since these people dare to calculate us, there must be nothing to be destroyed, besides, they are dying in the chaotic herd, what does it have to do with me?" ”

He still hasn't said anything, maybe these people from the North Barbarians came to assassinate him, also with the idea of letting him die in the herd.

I just didn't expect his kung fu to be good enough.

The county lord of Jingning pursed his lips, sighed, and suddenly said, "When I used to be outside, I was in the house of a merchant who sold horses, and I heard those who raised horses mention that there is a kind of grass that can make horses go crazy when they smell it, and if it is mixed into powder, the effect will be doubled......

Maybe someone is afraid that someone will make trouble doing this today. ”

Gu Shi'an was stunned for a moment and said, "Well, when I was wandering outside, I had also heard of such a medicinal powder, and the Beiban came this time to be the son of the King of Khan, and his status was noble, and it was normal to carry it on his body."

It's just that after this incident, I don't know if they will admit it. ”

"It doesn't matter if you don't admit it, there is always a way for them to admit it, and the two people just now don't know if they will leave a clue.

I'll send you back first, and then let my good subordinates go down and examine the body. ”

The county lord of Jingning nodded, she also wanted to go back and think about it clearly, what to do in the future.

Just now because they had to deal with the two assassins, the horses went in the other direction, and the horses ran even further, but the horses ran in front of a cliff, and several horses that had not had time to stop fell straight down the cliff.

Gu Shi'an hurriedly grabbed his horse and didn't let it continue to move forward, and the other horses were almost exhausted, and they all stopped.

He dismounted first, and then helped the lord of Jingning down, and when the horses stopped, they scattered in all directions, some looking for water or eating.

For the rest, the two of them returned a horse.

Gu Shi'an patted his horse and asked it to go to find water, and then sighed and said to the lord of Jingning County, "I just talked to Gu, I didn't pay attention, and I don't know where it is, let's take a look first." ”

The county lord of Jingning knew that he couldn't be blamed, so he nodded with a wry smile, and before the two left, there was a tremor under their feet, not the kind of tremor that the horses were running.

It's the kind that is so violent that the ground will crack.

The house leak happened to rain overnight, and the boat was broken and suffered from the head wind, these two sentences can be used on Gu Shi'an and the two at the same time.

The two of them had just escaped from the herd when they ran into the earth dragon and turned over.

That's right, that's what they came across.

The ground movement became more and more powerful, Gu Shi'an pulled the Jingning County Lord to run back, but the ground movement was too strong, and the swaying stations could not stand steadily, and the rocks on the mountain were shaken and rolled down, and smashed down with a thunderous momentum.

This area is an open area, there is nowhere to avoid, Gu Shi'an can't jump if he wants to use his kung fu with the county lord of Jingning, he can only barely cope, and his speed naturally slows down.

The ground shook more and more, and the speed at which the rocks rolled down became faster and faster, Gu Shi'an suddenly found a depression, and he hurriedly went over and pushed the county lord of Jingning forward.

It's just a very shallow depression, only enough for one person to dodge, and when the lord of Jingning County saw him pushing himself in, he naturally disagreed, and was about to grab the two of them to change positions.

saw Gu Shi'an smiling at her, the smile was so gentle that her eyes were sour, and her throat was strained with sadness.

Gu Shi'an propped his hands on both sides of the depression, protecting the Jingning County Lord in front of him, and as soon as he protected it, the overwhelming rocks and soil covered him.

The county lord of Jingning only felt that his eyes were dark and he lost consciousness.

……

Xiao Yue arranged for Commander Yang to escort the emperor to the forest, and he went to the palace, he intuitively felt that this turmoil in the horse herd must be someone secretly playing tricks.

He really wanted to escort the emperor to the forest, but he couldn't stand it because he had another accident, so he didn't care about the emperor anymore, but came to the palace.

As soon as he entered the courtyard, he saw Gu Nian lying on the side of the bed, and when he saw him, he stood up happily and beckoned to him.

Xiao Yue also laughed and quickened the pace of his feet.

He rushed over suddenly, then jumped to the window, hugged Gu Nian in his arms, pressed her face to his chest, and the sound of metal clanging sounded in his ears, then the sound of a sharp blade piercing into his skin, a muffled grunt, and then the sound of an object at the end.

The autumn breeze blows, the sound of the branches rattling, the falling leaves gently falling, and the smell of blood wafting.

"Let's see if it's dead." The cold and hard voice was full of killing intent, which made people shudder when they heard it.

Someone answered, went to check on a eunuch who had fallen to the ground, looked over, and found that the sword had pierced the throat, and the person was dead, and said, "It's dead." ”

"Drag the body away, and by the way, go and call the king the head of the Praetorian Guard who is on duty today."

"Yes."

From beginning to end, Gu Nian's head was pressed into his arms, and he didn't see a single thing, except for knowing that someone was dead, he couldn't see it with his own eyes.

The hand that was holding her head was very strong, and when she heard the footsteps of leaving, Gu Nian, who had been waiting quietly, pinched him and asked him to let go of her.

However, the man outside the window did not let go of her, but covered her eyes, then gently pushed her, and then jumped out of the window into the house, then closed the window casually, and carried her to the edge of the bed and sat down.

He carried her to the side of the bed, then looked down at Gu Nian's face, and saw that her face was ruddy, her eyes were calm, and she didn't look frightened, so he was relieved.

Fortunately, fortunately, he chose the right one, in case he didn't come back, but something happened to her, it was really useless to kill herself.

"Lord Wang, Nanshan beside King Su is looking for you."

Xiao Yue kissed her on the forehead, let go of her, and said, "You wait here, I'll go see what's going on." ”

Gu Nian nodded, maybe everything happened too suddenly, she was hugged and covered her eyes from beginning to end, and she didn't feel scared at all.

Before she could do anything, Astragalus had already been solved by Xiao Yue, which made her who had just returned to Gu Nian's side deeply doubt herself.

Is she really useless?

She asked Gu Nian, "Princess, do you want a bowl of soothing soup?" ”

Gu Nian shook his head and instructed her, "Go and see what Nanshan and the prince are talking about?" ”

Astragalus now doesn't discount a word of her instructions, and when she heard the words, she immediately went out to find out the meaning of Nanshan.

"What do you say? When the paddock frightened the horses, Daddy was gone? When Astragalus came back to tell Gu Nian the news, Gu Nian was so frightened that he almost jumped up.

"Didn't Nanshan follow his father closely? What's going on? ”

She was in a hurry in the room.

On the other side, Nanshan followed Xiao Yue anxiously and walked up the mountain. Xiao Yue asked the captain on the side as he walked, "Can you see clearly?" Is King Su really heading in this direction? ”

The lieutenant nodded again and again, "The subordinates can see clearly, the prince was indeed taken up the mountain by mount, and there was another person on his horse, and he should be dressed as a woman." ”

Xiao Yue paused, 'Female? He suddenly remembered that Gu Nian said at that time that Gu Shi'an asked her about taking rouge.

But now was certainly not the time to think about those things, and he hurried up, asking, "What about the others?" Are you well? Did the emperor see it? ”

The lieutenant nodded, "Everyone else is fine, and the emperor has already come out of the forest, okay, but some of the ladies in the nobles are frightened, and the emperor has nothing to do there." ”

He paused for a moment and said, "However, I heard that there seems to be something on the side of the Northern Barbarian Mission, there is a senior official who seems to have been trampled on, and there are several subordinates, who have been trampled on like mud."

It's so horrible that I don't have a good bone anymore, and I can't tell which is the head and which is the tail, which is very disgusting. ”

Xiao Yue and the people of the Northern Barbarians naturally have big beams, and when they heard that the people of the Northern Barbarians were trampled on like mud, they were no different, but they still sneered, "Don't worry about those people, there are a lot of people from the Northern Barbarians, let them deal with it themselves, let's find King Su here first." ”

The captain naturally nodded in response, knowing that the person in front of him had killed 100,000 northern barbarian soldiers, he nodded and couldn't help but say, "This year's year is really bad, so many things happened during the hunting, and now all the people are busy, the aftermath, if something happens to His Royal Highness King Su......"

Before he finished his words, he was kicked by Nanshan, who was following Xiao Yue, "What nonsense are you talking about?" Chewing the root of the tongue like a girl, our prince is blessed with nothing to do in nature, if you let Lao Tzu hear you say half an unlucky word, Lao Tzu will let you go to see Hades first. ”

The lieutenant didn't expect Xiao Yue, the king of Hades, to do it, but the people behind him did it, and he didn't dare to reply for a while, but he didn't dare to say half a word of nonsense anymore, and followed them to find Gu Shi'an.

Walking more and more, Xiao Yue and his party did not dare to slow down at all, and searched while walking, until they reached the top of the mountain, as if they heard a faint cry for help.