Chapter Ninety-Five: The Pursuit
Wanyan Zhen saw that Li Congxin did not admit it, and directly ordered a search of the museum.
Li Congxin sank his face and said, "The princess is so disrespectful to the envoys, I don't think we are welcome here, come here!" ”
Zhuo Ding and his envoys had already gathered in the courtyard to wait, and when they heard the summons, they immediately came in.
Zhuo Ding said: "The prince, the ministers are here!" ”
Li Congxin instructed: "You immediately enter the palace to see the king of Beiyi and ask him, is this the hospitality of Beiyi?" If we are not welcome, we will leave immediately, and we will not have to pretend like the princess. If there is hostility towards Xuan Guo, then we are not afraid of a war, it is better to connect the old hatred and liquidate it together! ”
Zhuo Ding commanded: "Yes! Xuan Guo can't be humiliated by this, so the minister will go and ask the king of Beiyi what he means! ”
Wan Yanzhen ignored it completely, and just said, "You want to go?" If you don't hand over people, you don't want to take a step out of the royal city! ”
Li Congxin sneered: "Then let's give it a try." ”
The news of the Beiyi king's daughter making trouble in the Xuanguo Post House was transmitted to the palace, which made the king and queen of Beiyi panic.
The queen didn't know what was going on, but the king of Beiyi sent someone to inquire a little and found out what was going on.
The king of Beiyi called his son Wan Yankang and said, "You personally go to the post house to make amends to the prince of Ming, and if they are willing to forgive, invite them to continue the banquet." If you don't want to, you will politely send people away. ”
Wan Yankang was surprised: "Father, just let them go?" Gu Jiayi must be in his hands! When he brings people back to Xuan, the emperor of Xuanguo will have even more reason to attack us! ”
The king of Beiyi said: "If something happens to him in the royal city, we can't explain it clearly, only let him go, the road is far away, horse thieves are rampant, who knows what will happen on the road?" ”
Wan Yankang smiled and said, "Erchen understands, let's arrange it!" ”
On the grassland, the autumn wind is bleak, Gu Huanyi and his party have been sleepless and rushed for a day and a night, according to their speed, it will take three days to rush to Sanyang Pass at the border pass.
While eating dry food, Zheng Qing observed Gu Huanyi's state and asked, "Can you still stand it?" There are still a few days to go, do you want to rest a little more? ”
Gu Huanyi was caged under the turban, shook his head and said, "I'm fine, keep walking." ”
Everyone was about to get on the horse, but Gu Huanyi found that Gu Jiayi was standing on the side of the horse holding the saddle with one hand, trembling faintly and panting fiercely.
"Brother, what's wrong with you?"
She was about to get off the horse and go over to check, but Zheng Qing stopped her and said to Liu Pei: "Uncle Liu, you take Miss Gu first, and we will follow later." ”
Gu Huanyi understood that it was Gu Jiayi's drug addiction, and she hurriedly said, "I'll be here to guard, let's go together, don't separate." ”
Zheng Qing has seen the ugliness of addicted people, and when it is difficult to control himself, he can say anything and do everything, and there is no dignity and humanity at all.
He said, "Your brother will not want you to see him sick, and if you relent, you will fall short." You go first, and we will meet tonight at Gesang Ridge, fifty miles away. ”
Liu Pei also persuaded: "Miss, don't hesitate, let's go one step earlier, and Zheng Shaoxia should help Gu Shaoshuai earlier." ”
Gu Huanyi couldn't restrain his wet eyes, and said with tears in his eyes: "Okay, my brother will leave it to you, I'll wait for you in front." ”
Gu Jiayi gasped, raised his head with difficulty, and said to Gu Huanyi with a smile: "Don't worry, Huan'er, I'll be fine in a while." ”
Gu Huanyi nodded heavily, turned his back and rode away before he dared to cry silently.
When the people were far away, Zheng Qing asked Zhu Yong to tie up Gu Jiayi and said, "This time, you can only resist first, and when you return to Beijing and have medicine to cooperate with the treatment, you will feel much better." ”
Gu Jiayi began to break out in a cold sweat, and he tried his best to stay awake: "No matter what I do, leave me alone...... I can ......."
Zheng Qing sighed and said, "Then try it." ”
After everyone tied Gu Jiayi's hands and feet, they tied him to a wood and stuffed a white cloth in his mouth to prevent him from biting himself.
When the drug addiction came up little by little, Gu Jiayi whimpered and struggled more and more, his muscles and muscles swelled, and he wanted to break free from the restraints, and the place where the rope was tied was grinding blood.
The cold sweat on his body was dripping down in patches, twitching violently like a sieve, looking helpless and pitiful, and he looked like he was dying.
Zheng Qing pressed the purse on his waist, there was a little bit of cold dispersion that Li Congxin quietly gave him, if Gu Jiayi's state was really wrong, when his life was endangered, he could give him a little bit to eat.
Gesang Ridge is a watershed in the grasslands of southern Beiyi, with higher terrain.
Gu Jiayi arrived first in the evening, resting on the leeward slope where she had camped when she came, waiting for Zheng Qing to bring her brother to catch up.
She stood on the slope and looked into the distance, anxiously looking into the distance.
is worried about his brother's condition and Li Congxin's safety.
Gu Huanyi said to Liu Pei: "Uncle Liu, did I do something wrong, I shouldn't let the prince take such a risk." ”
Liu Pei said: "The trip to Beiyi is indeed dangerous, but if you don't come to your brother in person, you will regret it for the rest of your life, and if the prince doesn't come with you, you will have trouble sleeping." The bonds between people are destined, there is no right or wrong, we try our best to protect the people we care about and love. ”
As night falls, the scenery on the grassland disappears in front of you, and the starry sky above gradually becomes bright.
Gu Huanyi looked at the night, and suddenly noticed a bright light flashing in the distance.
"What's that?"
Liu Pei, who was standing behind her, also saw it, and his face immediately became very bad.
"It's the son's distress signal!"
The bright lights that jumped in the sky one after another, like a relay of wolf smoke, from the edge of the sky, from far and near to the border of Xuanguo.
When Li Congxin went north, just in case, there were sentries every fifty miles to answer, and if there was an accident, Cheng Zhi led a large army to come to the rescue.
Gu Huanyi panicked and said, "It will take three days for my master to come with the troops, and the distant water can't save the near fire, so we can't sit idly by!" ”
Although Liu Pei knew that the prince would have time to hold on when he asked for help, he was still very uneasy.
He wanted to rush to the rescue, but he didn't dare to take Gu Huanyi on an adventure together, nor did he dare to leave her behind.
Gu Huan thought that he would not move, and he couldn't wait to jump on his horse and rush down the hill.
At this time, he couldn't stop it, so Liu Pei immediately rode his horse to follow.
Gu Huanyi only saw a distress signal in the north, and the rest were transmitted to the south, indicating that Li Congxin was within a radius of fifty miles.
She hurried in the direction of the signal, praying in her heart that nothing would happen!
On the side of a river beach, the guards escorting the envoys were entangled with a group of tough "horse bandits", and many civil servants who did not know martial arts were lying on the gravel river beach, and some of them were obviously dead.
Li jumped out of the carriage with his sword in his hand, preparing to personally lead his troops to resist the enemy.
Zhuo Ding shouted anxiously: "Shizi, there are many horse bandits, and they can't kill them all, you can't be trapped here, you go first!" ”
If Li abandoned the team and fled, he would have to take with him a small number of guards, and the rest of the remaining Wenchen would have to die.
These people are all courtiers of the Xuan Kingdom, and they were brought by him, and he can't just give them up.
Li Congxin said: "Hold on for a while, reinforcements will definitely arrive!" ”
The disciples of Rouran, as well as the dead soldiers of the Ming Palace, led by Hu Shen secretly, were all near the mission, and they would definitely be able to arrive when they saw the signal.
As long as they survive this wave of siege, Cheng Zhi will come to the rescue with a large army in the future.