The sky gradually revealed the white of the fish's belly, but the south study was busy all night.

Emperor Hongwei had just sent away the soldiers who had come to present, and before he finished drinking a bowl of gruel, Wang Shun walked in silently.

Seeing that it was him, Emperor Hongwei hurriedly put down the dishes and chopsticks and asked, "How is the situation?" ”

Wang Shun kowtowed and said: "The Northern Wuwei has controlled the situation in the southern city, the fire has been extinguished, and the people and horses under the jurisdiction of Dongchang, Jinyiwei, the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies and the Ministry of War have killed or arrested more than 730 rebellious party ......."

"What about Xu Rui? I'm asking about Xu Rui?! ”

Emperor Hongwei waved his hand and interrupted Wang Shun.

Wang Shun shook his head expressionlessly: "Traces of heavenly thunder have been found at the southwest wharf, but there is no news of him yet. ”

Emperor Hongwei frowned and paced with his hands behind his back.

Wang Shun continued: "When I entered the palace, the slave maid saw that the crown prince and the princess Fan Kunfan were waiting outside the palace gate, ready to enter the palace to face the saint. ”

Emperor Hongwei was stunned: "Master Fan, what is he doing?" ”

Wang Shun said: "I probably want to inquire about Xu Rui's news, this matter is too big, everyone should have heard about it now, the eldest doctor sent someone to ask three times last night, maybe even he will enter the palace today." ”

Emperor Hongwei rubbed his sore temples and sighed, "These old masters, what are you making trouble at this time?" ”

As he was talking, the palace door was slowly pushed open, and Princess Qixia hurriedly walked in.

"Qingwu, you don't live in Lao Qifu, why are you here?"

Emperor Hongwei asked in surprise.

Princess Qixia seemed to be a little embarrassed, and after a moment of silence, she still mustered up the courage to ask: "Father, the child heard that Xu Rui had an accident, is it true?" ”

Princess Qixia did live in the Liao Wang's Mansion last night, she was in a very good mood, but she was awakened by those thunders, and then there was a large number of soldiers and horses outside the mansion, and she immediately realized that something was wrong.

Later, the King of Liao got the news and told her that the matter was related to Xu Rui, and Princess Qixia's heart immediately pinched.

At that time, Changxing City was in chaos, and the King of Liao at night did not know much news, which made her more and more anxious.

Emperor Hongwei didn't seem to expect that she was actually here for this matter, he was slightly stunned, and said in surprise: "This is strange, why does it seem that the whole world is waiting for news from Xu Rui?" ”

Princess Qixia's face flashed with a touch of red, her beautiful eyes turned, and she said: "Xu Rui is both civil and military, and he is the pillar of my dynasty, but those who care about my dynasty naturally pay special attention to him. ”

Emperor Hongwei seemed to have discovered something, and looked at Princess Qixia with a smile and said, "So my Qingwu has also changed his temper and started to pay attention to the court situation?" ”

"I ......"

Princess Qixia was speechless for a while, and she didn't know how to answer.

Emperor Hongwei smiled again: "But I heard that there was a little scholar in the Heavenly Pavilion last night, and he had a lot of discussions with the statue of that saint, could it be that he has made the other party a confidant out of sympathy?" ”

"Father's ......"

Hearing Emperor Hongwei mention this matter, Princess Qixia suddenly let out a coquettish cry and blushed with shame.

Emperor Hongwei looked at his daughter with a smile, and a thought gradually came to his heart.

At this moment, a little eunuch hurriedly rushed into the main hall and kowtowed: "Your Majesty, there is news from the military department that Beiwuwei has just found a permanent entourage of Lord Xu.

According to his confession, Lord Xu did have a vicious battle with the Southern Dynasty last night, but he had already broken out of the encirclement last night, went south along the Wei River, and was waiting for rescue at the Nanshan Pass at this time. ”

As soon as these words came out, several people present were immediately overjoyed.

Emperor Hongwei knocked on the table and said to Wang Shun: "Privately hand this news to Master Fan and the master, so that they can relax, in addition, I am worried that there are still secret chess pieces that have not been cleared, you personally go on a trip, let Jinyiwei and Dongchang protect Xu Rui first, I want to meet him in person!" ”

"Slave obeys!"

Wang Shun's heart sank when he heard this, is the so-called protection of the saint really protection, or is he temporarily put under house arrest and waiting for the saint to torture him about the location of the secret mansion of the Immortal Family?

He didn't dare to ask the emperor directly, and walked out of the south study with a lot of heart.

At the same time, thirty miles downstream of the Wei River, Bai Xiaohan was about to leave, standing in front of a stranded boat with a pale face.

This small boat is the same boat that Xu Rui and the others took last night, and there are still large traces of blood in the cabin, but there is no one in sight.

"We've been chasing all night, and this boat has never left sight, can they still disappear from the world?"

Bai Xiaohan gritted his teeth and said.

To push Bai Xiaohan's hand away, holding the cabin and barely standing still, his face was very bad, last night's serious injury and the hard work of this road have made him to the limit, if he changes someone, I am afraid that he will have to be bedridden if he does not die.

He searched the cabin carefully, his eyes fell on a piece of driftwood tied to the bow of the ship, he frowned and thought for a moment, and suddenly said, "We have been deceived. ”

"Scammed?"

"Yes, do you remember that not long after leaving the city, there was a sharp bend in the Wei River?"

Bai Xiaohan was slightly stunned, and exclaimed: "The water flow is slow at the sharp bend, and there are several boats staggered there, do you mean that Xu Rui changed ships at that time?" ”

Yaoli nodded and said, "He only has such a chance to play tricks!" After the bay, the Wei River will gradually be turbulent, you look at the driftwood at the bow of the boat, he tied the boat to the driftwood in order to use the weight of the driftwood to speed up the boat, to avoid running aground, that's why we can't catch up with this boat. ”

"Hmph, this kid is really slippery!"

Bai Xiaohan scolded and thought for a while: "The news of the hidden chess has not yet arrived, indicating that Xu Rui did not take the opportunity to sneak back to Changxing City, so it is very likely that he will choose to kick the shore nearby."

Now that just over two hours have passed, he will definitely not be able to go far with a seriously injured person, and it is still too late for us to go back! ”

Yaoli nodded: "Without further ado, I'll leave now!" ”

On the other side, Zhang Zuofeng, under the guidance of An Ge, had already turned around the Nanshan Pass several times, but there was still no trace of Xu Rui.

Coincidentally, last night An Ge sneaked into the water under the cover of Xu Rui, swam back to the shore at night, and happened to meet Zhang Zuofeng, who was transferred into the city after dodging several waves of secret chess spies.

When Zhang Zuofeng heard that Xu Rui was in distress, he only sent a scout to report to Shangfeng, and then without saying a word, he took the people of his headquarters and An Ge to find Xu Rui.

But they found it in the dark, but they still found nothing.

"Did you hear me, is it really here?"

Zhang Zuofeng got out of the bushes and asked An Ge anxiously.

An Ge nodded: "Young Master said that he would arrive here before dawn, absolutely right. ”

Zhang Zuofeng's eyes sank, and he said to himself: "Could it be that Brother Xu encountered a dark chess on the road?" ”

An Ge shook his head and said: "Impossible, the young master has no last resort, and he will never be recognized by the dark chess!" ”

Zhang Zuofeng didn't want to believe this result, gritted his teeth and said, "Then I'll take my brothers to look for it again." ”

In a cave more than ten miles away from the Nanshan Pass, Xu Rui walked out with a seriously injured shadow on his back.

After a night's rest, although Ying Yu was still suffering from a fever, fortunately the situation did not go in the worst direction, which made Xu Rui greatly relieved.

Cao Wanxi followed behind Xu Rui, her clothes were covered with blood, and she limped under her feet.

"Hey, didn't you tell An Ge that you would meet him at the Nanshan Pass before dawn, how could you rest here after stepping on the shore?"

Cao Wanxi asked puzzled behind Xu Rui.

Xu Rui stopped, turned around and said: "I'm scared of the dark chess, there must be a hidden chess lurking among the reinforcements, who knows whether the first batch of reinforcements to come to the mountain pass is friend or foe?"

When we go later, they won't find us, so they'll search the mountains while waiting for backups, and when everyone arrives, they don't belong to each other, and they watch each other, and we'll be much safer when we reappear. ”

Sure enough, he is thoughtful and does not leak.

Cao Wanxi nodded, she didn't even notice that after just one night, his evaluation of Xu Rui had changed drastically.

"Let's go, there's still a long way to go, so we'll have to get there before dark."

Xu Rui greeted and was about to turn around and walk, but saw Cao Wanxi's eyes suddenly widen and look at him in shock, as if he had seen a ghost.

"Oops!"

Xu Rui's face changed, and he was about to turn back, but before he could make a real move, he felt a sharp pain in the back of his head, and then he didn't know anything.