When the four princes woke up again, they were in a shaking carriage, and in the car sat a well-dressed woman in her forties, who looked very gentle from her countenance, and the woman told the four princes that she could call her Aunt Hu, and that her family lived in a county town not far away, and that she was going into the city to visit relatives today, but as soon as she entered the city, she saw the four of them fainting on the street, and no one paid attention to them. She kindly asked them where their family was and who they were, and several princes felt that they had met a good person this time, and they were really wronged, so they told the truth. In the end, the eldest prince said: "You send us back to the capital, and we will let the father, queen and mother reward you." ”

Aunt Hu didn't react for a long time after hearing this, looked at the four aggrieved and scarred little faces in front of her for a long time, her face changed a few times, and finally she got out of the carriage on the grounds that she was going to find a way, and never appeared again.

The sound of the wheels of the carriage was ringing in the ears of the four princes, and at first they could hear the shouts of people, but the road became more and more deviant, and gradually they reached an inaccessible place.

The second prince opened the small window of the carriage and saw the lush forest, and the road on which the carriage was walking became more and more bumpy, and a bad feeling began to permeate his heart. He pulled the other three and whispered, "This is not right, we may have been fooled again." If the carriage stops, we run in all directions, remember, whoever runs out, don't look back, whoever survives depends on luck. ”

The other people were startled, and the third prince stammered: "No, no, I, I, we won't be so miserable!" ”

The fourth prince said with tears in his eyes: "I want to go home, I don't want to be here anymore, what should we do!" ”

The eldest prince looked at a few people, thought for a while, and decided: "I'll attract their attention in a while, you can run when you see the opportunity." ”

Several people looked at the eldest prince in surprise, and the eldest prince said uncomfortably: "Look at what, you all call me a big brother, don't you." ”

The second prince patted the eldest prince on the shoulder and said, "I'm weak and can't run fast, I'm with my eldest brother, you two have to run quickly in a while, remember?" ”

The third prince and the fourth prince cried, the fourth prince stepped forward and hugged the eldest prince, and then the third prince also hugged him, the eldest prince reached out and circled the second prince in, and the four brothers hugged each other for the first time since birth.

The carriage finally stopped outside a cave, and the two big men lifted the curtain on the car, but saw the eldest prince and the second prince rushing out, holding the two tightly with their hands and feet, and the eldest prince shouted, "Run!" ”

After the third prince and the fourth prince came down, they ran on the road they came, but unfortunately, there was a big man standing not far away, he grabbed the third prince, only the fourth prince went all the way unhindered, and quickly ran out, and the other three princes breathed a sigh of relief, glad that one of them finally escaped, the fourth prince ran back again, he shouted: "I don't want to be alone, I want to be with my brothers." ”

The second prince scolded: "Stupid, you can find a way to save us if you run out." But it's impossible not to be moved.

The four of them gave up resistance and were pushed and locked in the cave by several big men.

The cave was deep, dim and damp, and had an unknown stench. There were several cells in it, full of children about 10 years old. The children were all ragged and glazed, and they were all lifeless, thirty or so children, but they didn't make a sound.

The four princes were locked in a small cell, and the big man locked the door and walked out, only a small oil lamp in the cave emitted a faint light, and the atmosphere was oppressive.

The second prince asked a boy about ten years old in a low voice, "Where is this, why did they arrest us?" ”

The boy looked around and whispered, "I don't know where this is, but I've been here for almost a year, you remember, don't resist, they tell you to do whatever you want, only then can you live." ”

The third prince asked, "What will they let us do?" ”

The boy turned his face away, as if he didn't want to say it.

The eldest prince asked, "Do you know who they are?" ”

"It's either someone from the Zhou family or someone from the Yu family." The boy said in a mocking tone.

The second prince didn't believe it, "We have seen a person from the Zhou family, a man named Zhou Qinghe, but how can anyone from the Yu family get involved?" "He is the son of Concubine Shu, and the Yu family is his maternal grandfather's family, of course he doesn't want to hear that the people of the Yu family are involved in these things.

The boy looked at him strangely and said, "The power of several great families in this world is everywhere, what is strange. Zhou Qinghe is just a gambler, but he is so powerful that no one dares to mess with him. The Yu family has an uncle who is located in Shangshu here, don't look at the adults of the two families fighting to the death in the court, but here, these two families are very good. This is a hundred miles in circumference, and only these two families say it. ”

The second prince asked again, but the boy didn't say anything.

Later, a few big men brought a bucket and a few bowls, and gave some food to the children. The fourth prince picked up the bowl, a sour smell came to his nose, and he couldn't help but tears rolled in his eyes, and the royal sister said that people have to eat hungry rice It turned out to be true. Other children were accustomed to eating the rice in the bowl, but the four princes couldn't swallow it anyway. Eventually, the boy came over and ate the contents of their bowl.

At night, the cave was even colder, and the other children had at least one tattered dress to protect them from the cold, and the four princes were all injured, not to mention, and they were all wearing only underwear, shivering with cold. In the end, the four of them hugged each other to warm each other, and the four princes cried quietly: "It would be nice if the imperial sister was here, the imperial sister is very warm." If we don't run around, wouldn't it be like this if we follow the royal sister well? ”

The eldest prince wiped his tears for him and said, "Don't be afraid, the imperial sister will come to us when she knows that we are gone, maybe she will be able to see the imperial sister tomorrow." ”

"Can the royal sister beat them?" The fourth prince asked.

The third prince said: "I can fight, the imperial sister is the ghost king, and she is the first in martial arts in the world." ”

The eldest prince regretted: "It would have been nice if I had studied martial arts earlier, at least not today, it turned out that I thought I was so powerful, in the palace, it would not be a problem for me to fight three by myself, and now I know that it is all fake."

The fourth prince whispered: "The mother concubine told me to stay away from the eldest imperial sister, and she said that the eldest imperial sister would kill me." ”

The third prince nodded, "My mother said the same thing. Will the eldest sister really come? ”

The second prince thought for a while, but no matter how he thought about it, he was a little desperate, the eldest imperial sister didn't come to them, it was normal for them to die like this, they ran out by themselves, and the eldest imperial sister didn't have much responsibility if something happened. The queen is about to have another royal brother, and their existence is redundant.

Several princes stopped talking, no one can give this answer for sure, after all, from the attitude of the eldest sister towards them, it is really not easy to say whether they will save them sincerely, several people invariably remembered Yun Yuhong's words: The ghosts and beasts in this world are not terrible, the most frightening thing is despair and helplessness. They didn't understand it then, but now they do.

The cave does not see the sun, so the children can't tell the time, only know that this is the second meal they eat after getting up, so it is concluded that it is noon, people are hungry and can really eat anything, those rancid rice was also swallowed by several princes, although there will be a burst of nausea, but it is better than hungry stomach acid water.

Soon after eating, several big men walked in with a slightly chubby old man in brocade clothes. The children in the prison were so frightened that they lowered their heads and hid in the corners. Only the four princes did not understand what was happening and looked at the old man with wide eyes. The old man smiled strangely when he saw these children, as if he had seen it in the bones of a person, and it made people hairy. "It's really a good boy, he looks very white and tender, and that kid from the Zhou family has done a good thing." He stretched out his hand and touched the face of the fourth prince, who was startled and hid behind the eldest prince.

"What to hide, it seems that you still have to be trained to be obedient." As soon as the old man glanced at the big men behind him, several big men walked in and tied up the four princes with ropes, but the way of binding was a little strange, with the limbs behind the back and the hands and feet strung together, the body arched forward, and then hung up. The old man stepped forward with a smile and touched the children little by little.

A few people didn't know what this meant, but they still felt very embarrassed, and while dodging, they scolded "bad guys" and "bastards".

The old man was not angry, but touched harder, and sometimes when he was upset, he pinched hard. Several people already had wounds on their bodies, and as long as they pinched the wounds, they were all so painful that they couldn't speak.

The fourth prince still couldn't help crying, the old man picked a tear from him with his fingertips, put it in his mouth and tasted it, and said with a smile: "It's good to be a child, even tears are sweet." You can cry as much as you want, you love your tears. ”

The fourth prince paused in fright and suppressed his crying, but he was still unwilling to think about it, and shouted: "You'd better let me go, otherwise I will definitely cut off your head." ”

The old man laughed, "Do you have a big tone at a young age, do you know who I am, you just cut off my head, it seems that you still have to be dishonest." ”

A big man gave a swarthy whip, and the old man whipped it on the ground, and there was a "snap" sound, leaving a deep mark on the ground. The four princes trembled with fright, and the old man asked, "I can let you choose, and you yourself can say who will come first." ”

A cold female voice came from the entrance, "They're too young to stand it, so you'd better come first." ”