In the dense forest, Xuanyuan Qi looked excited, pointed to the depths of the forest, and waved his hand.

"As the saying goes, fierce beasts are infested in the deep forest, everyone goes to the depths of the dense forest with this palace to explore, maybe there are more than tigers."

Everyone echoed the voice, and suddenly the momentum was like a rainbow.

Xuanyuan Hao shook his head disdainfully when he heard it, and still rode his horse leisurely, following behind the large army.

He didn't have the time to pat Xuanyuan Qi's ass, so he might as well walk around by himself.

The clatter of horses' hooves stirred through the dense forest, and the dust kicked up spread.

Xuanyuan Hao raised his sleeves to cover his mouth and nose, and there was a burst of disdain in his heart.

The villain is just a will!

Although he disdains to go all the way with them, if he loses face on the day of Xuanyuan Qi's coronation, I am afraid that it will cause criticism.

It would not be good to crown him again with the charge of coveting the crown prince.

With a slight strain on his legs, he clamped the horse's belly and snorted lightly.

"Driving ......"

The horse raised its front hooves, raised its head to the sky and neighed, and then galloped forward.

After galloping for a long time, Xuanyuan Hao felt slightly wrong in his heart.

Just now, Xuanyuan Qi led everyone in this direction, but how could he disappear?

He was not in a good mood, and immediately pulled the reins, and after pulling the reins with great force, the horse shook his head like crazy.

It galloped ahead of its head, and the dust kicked up by one horse was no less than the scene where the horses had just galloped together.

Not good, there's something wrong with this horse!

Xuanyuan Hao was shocked in his heart, and tried his best to control the crazy horse under him.

At this time, the horse's eyes were red, yellow foam oozed from the tip of his nose, and the air was filled with blood.

Sure enough, after a while, the horse's eyes were bleeding, and before the blood beads fell, they were blown away by the oncoming hurricane, floated behind him, and smashed on Xuanyuan Hao's handsome cheeks.

When Xuanyuan Qi raised his hand to wipe it, the horse had already rushed to a place less than 100 meters away from the cliff.

Oh no, someone plotted against it!

The cliffs of this Qingfeng Mountain are more than 1,000 zhang deep, and there is no room for survival if you fall.

Looks like someone is going to kill him!

Xuanyuan Hao tried all his strength, but he couldn't calm the horse down, and when he saw that he was about to rush off the cliff, his heart tightened.

Now it's probably too late to jump off the horse, even if he jumps off the cliff and doesn't fall off the cliff, and there is no attendant around him to follow, I'm afraid it will be a dead end.

Just as he was about to let go of the reins and prepare for a life-and-death battle, a tree vine suddenly came into the air, wrapped around his body, and contracted suddenly.

His hands were suddenly restrained, and his body suddenly soared into the air and was pulled back sharply.

What's the situation?

Xuanyuan Hao's mind was running rapidly, and in an instant, he fell to the ground, and the violent impact made his brain chaotic and gradually lose consciousness.

Before closing his eyes, the only thing he could hear and see was a thunderous neighing as the horse rushed down the cliff.

When Xuanyuan Hao woke up, he was in a dark cave.

Suddenly, there was a rustling sound of dead leaves in the cave, and the tips of his ears moved slightly, and his whole body tensed.

"What people, come out!"

At this time, it is daylight, and it should not be a beast of the mountains and forests!

He squinted at the mouth of the cave, and after a moment a thin figure stood in the backlight.

"Big brother, you're awake."

Big brother?

Xuanyuan Hao raised his hand to block the backlight and looked carefully at the person in front of him.

In front of him was a yellow-mouthed child about seven or eight years old, with dirty hair tangled in the back of his head, and a tattered clothes, almost unclothed, like a little beggar.

He stepped forward tremblingly with a banana leaf in his hand.

"You're thirsty, come get some water!"

Thin and nimble, he burrowed into the cave with his head low.

This move amused Xuanyuan Hao.

This short body, this cave can accommodate him an eight-foot man, but this kid needs to bend down and bow his head when he comes in!

Xuanyuan Hao smiled at the corner of his mouth, and his complexion eased a lot.

He took the rolled banana leaf from the little beggar's hand, nodded, and drank it all.

After wiping the water stains from the corners of his mouth, he smiled and returned the banana leaves to the little beggar.

"How did I end up here?"

The little beggar shook off the remaining droplets of water on the banana leaves, hung the banana leaves on the dead branches at the mouth of the cave, and then slowly approached Xuanyuan Hao.

"Big brother, don't you remember? You almost fell off a cliff just now, but I saved you! ”

"You saved me?" Xuanyuan Hao was a little incredulous.

How could such a thin looking child save him at that moment?

The little beggar seemed to sense Xuanyuan Hao's doubts, and he simply squatted on Xuanyuan Hao's lap.

"Did a vine entangle you just now, so you didn't fall off the cliff?"

"Hmm!"

"That's not it," the little beggar raised the corners of his mouth proudly, "there is a fruit tree on the cliff wall, and the fruit on it is delicious, and today I was just about to pick some, and as soon as I wrapped the vines, I saw a horse running rampant like crazy, galloping towards the cliff, and when I saw that there were people on it, I threw the vines out without thinking, but I didn't expect it to really make me trapped." ”

The little beggar swept his thumb over the tip of his nose, full of pride.

Xuanyuan Hao nodded at this time, his eyes fluctuated a little, "I see, thank you little brother for coming to the rescue." ”

As he spoke, Xuanyuan Hao took out a piece of gold ingots from his waist and put it in the palm of the little beggar's hand.

"Be careful, you accept it first, and you should repay your life-saving grace."

The little beggar glanced at the gold ingot, his eyes immediately lit up, he picked up the ingots and put them in his mouth, and after biting them hard, he took them into his arms with satisfaction. Soaring Chinese

"It's easy to say, it's easy to say!"

Seeing that the little beggar had accepted the money, he looked at the hour, and was a little eager to stand up on the ground.

"It's not too early, I have to go, take care, little brother!"

But before he had taken two steps, the little beggar ran up to him in three or two steps, and with his hands outstretched, he blocked his way.

"You can't go yet!"

Xuanyuan Hao was stunned for a moment, staring at the little beggar with a somewhat strange expression.

Could it be that the money is not enough?

He stretched out his hand and was about to take another gold ingot, but the little beggar immediately waved his hand, pointed at him and said, "I'm not asking for money, big brother, you are covered in injuries and bleeding, and if you don't deal with it in time, you won't be able to go far." ”

Xuanyuan Hao looked in the direction of his finger, his silver robe was tattered, and red blood oozed from the torn place, which was still bubbling at the moment.

The little beggar pulled him to the haystack of the cave and sat down, regardless of his will.

"Big brother, sit down and don't move, I'll help you take care of your wounds, and then let me follow you!"

Follow him?

Xuanyuan Hao was a little surprised, and he let the little beggar tear the clothes from his wounds.

I saw him take out a handful of tender yellow herbs from his arms, stuff them all into his mouth, chew them twice, and spit them in his palms.

"It's a little painful, big brother bear with it!"

He gently applied the medicine residue to Xuanyuan Hao's wound, and helped him blow very carefully while applying.

Xuanyuan Hao didn't even blink his eyes during the whole process, just watched the little beggar's movements curiously.

"Why are you here alone, your family?"

Hearing this, the little beggar was slightly stunned, his eyes were filled with water vapor, and he shook his head.

"I have no father, no mother, no family!"

His words were full of sourness, he raised his sleeves and wiped them in the corners of his eyes, and pretended to smile easily: "I'm used to being alone and wandering around, so I want to follow you!" ”

Xuanyuan Hao rubbed his head, and a trace of softness was touched in his heart.

"Little brother, what's your name?"

The little beggar's eyes lit up instantly, and he looked at Xuanyuan Hao with a look of surprise.

"Are you willing to let me follow you?" He grinned heartily, "My name is Ling'er, and I'm not a little brother, I'm a little girl!" ”

As he spoke, the little beggar pulled away his messy hair, revealing a delicate face.

Xuanyuan Hao was slightly stunned, but then laughed softly, and he brushed the hair of Ling'er's sideburns behind his ears.

"Okay, Ling'er will follow me in the future."

Ling'er was overjoyed, her big eyes were clear and clear, and the movements of her hands did not stop.

Seeing that Xuanyuan Hao's wound was no longer bleeding, Ling'er pulled up the hem of her skirt and was about to tear off the strip of cloth.

She looked down and saw that the hem of her skirt was jet black, and smiled a little awkwardly.

"Ling'er's clothes are too dirty, and I am afraid that the wound will become infected."

Xuanyuan Hao bent his eyes, pointed to the corner of his clothes, and raised his eyebrows.

"Tear mine!"

Ling'er nodded, grabbed the corners of her clothes with her thin palms, and pulled hard.

With a hiss, Xuanyuan Hao's shirt was torn off a large piece of fabric in an instant.

She folded the strips of cloth lightly, tied them to Xuanyuan Hao's wound, and tied a delicate bow with practice.

"Okay, big brother, you can move and try it, can you go?"

Hearing this, Xuanyuan Hao nodded and flexed his injured leg twice.

"Yes!"

He supported the haystack, held on to the inner wall of the cave, and slowly stood up.

Ling'er hurriedly stepped forward, supported Xuanyuan Hao, put his hand on his shoulder, and helped him walk towards the outside of the cave.

The two backs, one tall and one short, limped towards the outside of the dense forest.

Ling'er suddenly asked curiously, "Big brother, who are you?" ”

Hearing this, Xuanyuan Hao hooked the corners of his mouth and had some jokes.

"Ling'er doesn't even know who I am, so you want to follow me?"

Ling'er smiled sweetly, looking innocent, and she sniffed.

"Big brother doesn't look like a bad guy!"

Hearing this, Xuanyuan Hao laughed heartily, and his gloomy mood was instantly swept away.

But in an instant, Ling'er scratched her little head and pointed to the cliff in the distance.

"The eldest brother almost fell off the cliff, was he killed by a traitor?"

"Ling'er, how do you know?"

"The horse that the big brother is riding today is not in the right state at that time, even the strongest horse will not go straight towards the cliff, is it not afraid of death?"

Xuanyuan Hao's eyes looked at the cliff, and instantly became deep.

Indeed, what even an eight-year-old child can see, it is too clumsy to think of some people's methods.

About an hour, Xuanyuan Hao walked out of the dense forest with Ling'er.

They waited for a while on the side of the official road, stopped a carriage that went into the city to deliver goods, paid a sum of gold, and hitchhiked back to Beijing.

In order to hide people's eyes, they disguised themselves as a father and daughter who went to Beijing to find relatives, bypassing the checkpoints that can be seen everywhere.

It wasn't until he returned to the gate of the palace that Xuanyuan Hao took off his disguise and knocked on the door of the palace.

The servant who opened the door was startled when he saw that he was covered in injuries, "Lord Wang? How did you get this out? Who is this little girl? ”

"This king is fine, just a little accident."

As he spoke, he raised his eyebrows and led Ling'er to stride into the palace.