Chapter 232: Discuss countermeasures
Just when the prince was going to hire the killer with great fanfare, Wen Ruyi and Chu Hongze also made their own decisions.
After spending the night in the ruined temple, the next morning, Wen Ruyi checked the wounds on Chu Hongze's body as usual.
After her hard work, Chu Hongze's injury has almost recovered, "Lord Wang, your injury is almost healed, but you can't slack off!" ”
"Well, I can feel it too." After Wen Ruyi finished checking and re-wrapping the gauze on the wound, Chu Hongze tried to move, and he felt good.
"Lord Wang, since you have almost recovered, shouldn't we think about leaving?"
"You really should consider leaving." These days, they have been evading Mu Zirong's investigation and living a sneaky life, for Chu Hongze, this is simply a humiliation, thinking that he is the dignified Rui Wang Ye of the Longteng Kingdom, he has always been a high-ranking existence, when did he suffer this kind of grievance? And it was in front of his old enemy Mu Zirong, which really made him feel very unhappy.
The two hit it off on the idea of going back, and even got together and began to discuss the plan of how to go back.
Qi Lao, who went out for daily morning exercises, entered the temple, and happened to hear Wen Ruyi and Chu Hongze whispering there, and from time to time he could catch the missing words such as "Dragon Tengguo", "makeup", and "level".
With these few words, Qi Lao quickly understood what they wanted to do, so he came to them and listened silently.
Wen Ruyi, who was immersed in the conversation, didn't notice Qi Lao's approach, and was still talking to himself, Chu Hongze knew that it was Qi Lao, so he naturally didn't care.
"Ruyi, if we go back, we will have to go through several levels, and there are so many guards on the checkpoints when we come, I'm afraid there are more guards now, and it's not easy to pass so many levels."
Chu Hongze conducted a simple analysis and speculated on the situation that might be encountered, and Wen Ruyi made further judgments according to what he said.
"That's right, Mu Zirong is the most scheming, and he must be able to think of anything we can think of."
Qi Lao, who leaned over, listened to their conversation for a while, and his relaxed brows slowly wrinkled in their conversation, "Are you discussing going back?" ”
The voice that sounded coldly startled Wen Ruyi, who was talking, "Who?" ”
"Hey, you want to murder the master?" Easily defusing Wen Ruyi's attack with one hand, Qi Lao gently pounded her head with his other hand, "Who else could it be?" Of course it's you and me! ”
"Uh, it turned out to be the master......" Finding that the person who came was Qi Lao, Wen Ruyi smiled awkwardly, and withdrew his hand a little stupidly.
Chu Hongze rubbed the place that had been knocked by Qi Lao for her, and asked gently, "Does it hurt?" ”
"It doesn't hurt!" In fact, it still hurts a little, and Qi Lao must have beaten him hard.
However, no matter how painful the wound is, it won't hurt so much after being rubbed so gently by Chu Hongze, and it even ......
"Stop, stop, please don't stop talking to you and me at every turn, can you think about other people's feelings?" Seeing that the two of them began to love sweetly again, Qi Lao couldn't stand it and shook the goosebumps on his body, looking disgusted, "Hey, back to business, you just mentioned Longteng Kingdom, are you planning to go back?" ”
"Yes." The topic returned to the topic, Wen Ruyi pulled down Chu Hongze's hand on his forehead, and looked at Qi Lao with a serious expression, "Master, the prince and I are planning to go back to Longteng Kingdom, let's go back together, shall we?" ”
She waited expectantly for Elder Qi to come down and then they could leave the place together.
However, Qi Lao shook his head, and then frowned: "No, it's not the time yet, we can't go back yet." ”
"Can't go back? Why? His refusal surprised both Chu Hongze and Wen Ruyi, the two looked at each other, looking incredulous, originally thought that the master and his old man would definitely agree to go back with them, maybe they could praise them for being thoughtful and thoughtful, and then discuss countermeasures together, who would think that he would directly answer with a refusal.
Wen Ruyi opened her mouth and looked at Qi Lao in a daze, and after a while, she asked puzzledly: "But, master, why don't we go back to Longteng Kingdom?" It's a good time to leave now, if you don't leave, you may not be able to go back, and Mu Zirong will definitely make more arrangements at that time, and he will find it here sooner or later. ”
In her opinion, the longer it drags on, the more unfavorable it will be for them, no matter what, this is also someone else's country, in other people's territory, they are all outsiders, they are "guests", Mu Zirong is different, he is a real local, he is the "master", it is really going to develop into a situation of desperate pursuit, it is difficult for them to escape from the palm of Mu Zirong's hand, and the situation will be even worse when the time comes.
"Do you all think it's the best time to do it? Actually...... not so," Qi Lao came between the two of them and said his thoughts slowly, "I went to investigate the gate of the checkpoint leading to the Dragon Teng Kingdom before, and as you said, the number of people who are tracking you has not only doubled. It's ten times more! What is the concept of tenfold? Even if you put on makeup to look like everyone else, you can still get caught! Want to beat a level? Don't dream, just go to what you say, do you think you can think of things, Mu Zirong can't think of it? ”
His calm and self-contained words poured down from Chu Hongze and Wen Ruyi's heads like a basin of cold water, extinguishing their enthusiasm and dispelling the ideas they thought were feasible just now.
Especially Wen Ruyi, the whole person looks like an eggplant beaten by frost, with a wilted appearance, "That's ...... What to do? Can't we just get out of here? Do you want to stay here forever? ”
"Don't worry, there will always be a way." Seeing that Wen Ruyi was discouraged, Qi Lao was a little unbearable, and encouraged her to cheer up, "It's just a matter of time, I think the limelight is still too tight now, and after a while, Mu Zirong will not be able to catch us, maybe he will withdraw the search manpower himself, and those people will naturally relax their vigilance." ”
"That'...... That's all there is to it for the time being. Although he was very reluctant to accept such a result, Wen Ruyi couldn't think of a better coping strategy for a while, after all, Qi Lao's analysis also made sense.
She compromised like this, but Chu Hongze was unwilling to compromise, looking at Qi Lao's eyes full of determination: "Master, are we going to wait like this until we sit still?" You said that Mu Zirong might withdraw his troops, but I don't think so. With Mu Zirong's character, if he doesn't catch us, he will never let go, even if he chases us to the ends of the earth, he will definitely arrest us back. Therefore, the outcome you said is almost impossible, and if we continue to wait and see, it is very likely that we will usher in the result of sitting still. ”
This is not the first time he has opposed Qi Lao's opinion, since he grew up and Qi Lao gradually grew old, there have been many times when the opinions of their master and apprentice have disagreed.
Furthermore, Chu Hongze does not think that his analysis is wrong, but that the master's is right, he thinks that his analysis is correct, after all, everyone will consider the problem from a different angle.
After listening to his words, Qi Lao also thought about it a little, and found that things were indeed as his apprentice said, and he was a little helpless for a while: "That...... What to do? Anyway, I think it's hard to get out of here. You can't leave, and you can't stay. ”
After he finished speaking, the three of them fell silent together.
Now that the situation is urgent, it is impossible to take one step at a time, so the strategy to respond as soon as possible is the most important and the most urgent at the moment.
After being silent for a moment, Chu Hongze took the lead in speaking and said his thoughts: "In this way, why don't I go into the palace to meet their emperor?" We have diplomatic contacts with the emperor here, go to meet their emperor, tell him what happened to us, ask the emperor to return to China, for the sake of peace between the two countries, he will definitely agree. ”
Chu Hongze thought that his father and the emperor here had national contacts, and seeing that the two countries were now trying their best to make peace, he would always agree to let them go, and maybe he could let the emperor discipline his son Mu Zirong.
Now their identity is still the envoy of Longteng Kingdom, if something happens to the envoy of Longteng Kingdom here, the emperor will definitely not be able to explain to Longteng Kingdom, plus he is also a prince no matter how he says, he is the son of the emperor of Longteng Kingdom, if something happens, his Lao Tzu will definitely not let go of this. At that time, it may develop into a war between the two countries.
"What do you think of that?" Chu Hongze has long had this idea in his heart, and this is the most feasible way he thinks at present.
"It's feasible to pay attention to this, and it's better than us trying to come here." Qi Lao also tried to analyze it, and felt that this could be a try.
But this time it was Wen Ruyi's turn to refuse, "Lord Wang, are you joking?" Don't forget, although you and your master are visiting here as envoys from the Dragon Teng Kingdom, what is the reason for your visit? It's my wedding with Mu Zirong! Now that the wedding is in the soup, what has been lost is Mu Zirong's reputation, and the loss of his reputation is nothing, and it has also brought the loss to Mu Zirong's reputation of his father. Do you think that Mu Zirong's father, the emperor of this country, will easily let us go? ”
"This ......" Chu Hongze was speechless by her words, his friends used to call him sharp-toothed, why can't he say anything now? Because everything Wen Ruyi asked rhetorically is reasonable!
How did he forget? He and his master came to the envoy, the purpose was to congratulate Wen Ruyi on Mu Zirong, and now Mu Zirong's wedding is in the soup, no matter what, it is a shame for the emperor, and he was also born in the royal family, so he knows nothing more about this.