Several small groups of guards came to the crown prince and stood still, some looking for the shadow of the assassin, and some like the prince asked: "Your Royal Highness the prince, you said that there are assassins, where are the assassins?" ”

"Rubbish! People have long since run away! How did Mu Zirong raise you, you came so slowly! The prince pointed to the guards who were questioning and scolded, and the attitude was quite bad.

Coincidentally, Mu Zirong also heard the news and chased after him, and happened to hear him reprimanding his subordinates, and immediately turned pale, "What?" Do you have any grievances against His Highness's guards? ”

No matter how much he scolds this group of guards on weekdays, it's his own business, when will it be Chu Hongchen's turn to speak? This is not the Dragon Teng Country, this is not a place where he can point fingers.

Thinking of this, Mu Zirong's eyes lit up: "Isn't the prince leaving the prince's mansion?" Why are you still here, and why are you here to teach your Highness's guards a lesson? ”

"Your guards are incompetent, what's wrong with Prince Ben teaching you a lesson?" The prince, who saw Qi Lao slipping away from under his nose, was not in a good mood at this time, and naturally replied in a bad tone.

With sarcastic words, Mu Zirong's face was even worse when he heard it, he immediately stepped forward, looked at Chu Hongchen face to face, and then sneered, "Then I want to hear it, where are my guards incompetent?" ”

"Okay, listen well......" Next, the prince told him how he met the assassin who broke into the mansion, and how he called people, but it took a long time for the people to rush over, and when they came, the assassin had already disappeared, and told Mu Zirong about it.

After listening to this, Mu Zirong obviously didn't believe his words very much, but he also frowned, pulled the captain of the guard who was kneeling on the side, and asked him what the situation was all about.

The guard looked at the crown prince and then at Mu Zirong, there was no doubt that he would definitely choose his master, so he told him truthfully: "No, Your Highness, in fact, if the prince had stretched out his hand earlier, he would have been able to catch the assassin." At that time, he was only one step away from the Assassin, and as long as he stretched out his hand, the Assassin would never be able to escape! ”

After the guard's retelling, Mu Zirong finally figured out what happened, and also knew about the assassin's invasion of the prince's mansion, as well as the prince's reversal of right and wrong.

He was already a little at odds with the prince, but now the new hatred and old hatred are together, and he hates the prince even more, "Hmph, it's clear that you are incompetent, you didn't catch the assassin in time, but you beat it up again, saying that the guards in my house are incompetent?" ”

"You!" One step later, Mu Zirong's tone when he spoke sprayed on the prince's face, as if he felt something disgusting, and the prince jumped a few steps back, widening the distance between him and Mu Zirong.

When he felt that the distance between them was safe enough, he spoke again: "Nonsense! It's because your guards are late, if they come early, they can easily take down the assassin before they can leave! ”

"Full of nonsense!" The prince's quibbly Mu Zirong laughed, "Until today, this prince can be regarded as a clear person who can see what kind of person the prince is." I think you're going to put the blame on someone else and put yourself out of it. ”

When it comes to ridicule, Mu Zirong thinks that he will not lose to this stupid prince, he tries to treat him in the way of others, and begins to argue with the prince, the prince is not far behind, and the contradiction between the two is further intensified, and in the end, the two completely broke up.

The sky gradually darkened, and Qi Lao, who left the broken temple on the pretext of looking for food, never returned, and Wen Ruyi, who was sitting on the threshold with his hands on his cheeks, couldn't help but start worrying.

"I don't know where the master and his old man have gone, and it will be dark, and I won't see him come back." No matter what, Qi Lao is also a person that Chu Hongze values, the so-called love for the house and Wu, Wen Ruyi's matter of Qi Lao has also become obsessed.

The ruined temple is located on the outskirts of the city, far away from the capital, and there are mostly dense woods outside, and as the sky darkens, the woods in Wen Ruyi's eyes begin to blur.

Her muttering of concern to Qi Lao was heard by Chu Hongze, who was walking back with a pile of wood from outside, and tilted his head to look at her: "Are you worried about the master?" ”

"Huh? Hmm......" Wen Ruyi, who was sitting on the threshold with her knees hugged, also raised her head to look at him, although the sky was getting dark and her vision began to blur, she could still feel the faint smile that Chu Hongze showed when he looked at her.

Holding the wood used to make a fire into the temple, Chu Hongze patted off the dust on his body and came to Wen Ruyi's side, and took her into his arms, "Don't worry, the master is not a child, he has his own way of doing things, we just need to be here and wait for him to come back, don't worry too much." ”

"That's what I said." With his head on his shoulder, Wen Ruyi's voice said in a muffled voice, "But what if? What if the master is in danger? In fact...... I'm mainly afraid that the master has returned to the capital, where there are many people, if you are not careful, ......"

Her words stopped abruptly, and the rest of the words didn't need to be said Chu Hongze had already understood.

After thinking about what she said carefully, Chu Hongze found that it seemed that things were indeed as Wen Ruyi said.

The master has been out for so long and hasn't come back, it is very likely that he has really encountered something, and the master does have a high probability of returning to the capital, and it is not good to go into danger alone, which is ......

Thinking of this, Chu Hongze also began to worry: "This ...... Oh, yes! Master, where will he go? ”

"Lord Wang, it's so chaotic outside now, you say, if something happens to the master......" Wen Ruyi, who was nestled in his arms, raised his head slightly, letting his eyes meet his perfectly curved chin, and couldn't help but be a little worried.

Halfway through speaking, he stopped again, and Chu Hongze tightened his arm holding Wen Ruyi, "Everything should be thought of for the better, but what you said is not unreasonable." Now that there is chaos outside, there are people who have captured us everywhere in the city, and if the master wants to return to the city again, it is indeed very likely that he will be arrested. ”

With that, he let go of the arm holding Wen Ruyi, stood up violently, and stared at the dark night ahead with a determined gaze.

Wen Ruyi, who stood up with him, happened to catch his gaze, and suddenly chuckled in his heart: "Lord Wang, you want to go out to find the master!" ”

"Hmm." Without denying her words, Chu Hongze nodded, and waited for him to slowly move his gaze, scanning the woods shrouded in night for a long time, and then at the moment when he didn't notice anything, he glanced at Wen Ruyi out of the corner of his eye.

Wen Ruyi in the remnant sun was looking at him with a worried face at this time, and there was a little imperceptible loss in his always bright eyes.

She opened her mouth, as if she wanted to say something, but when the words came to her mouth, she swallowed again, and after a few hesitations, she clenched her fists and plucked up the courage to say to Chu Hongze: "Lord Wang, don't go now!" ”

"What?" Her loud words made Chu Hongze stunned for a moment.

"Lord Wang, don't go." Wen Ruyi repeated his words again, stepped forward and took a step, looking up at Chu Hongze, "It's so messy outside, don't go, now the master hasn't come back yet, but you have to go out again, what if the master is fine, what if something happens to you then?" Leave me alone, I don't want it! Lord Wang, listen to me, don't go to the master yet, maybe the master will come back later! ”

After her careful consideration, she felt that she was worried about Qi Laogui, but if she wanted to let Chu Hongze go out to find Qi Lao because she was worried, she couldn't rest assured, so the words that blocked her naturally slipped out of her mouth, after all, Chu Hongze's body has not fully recovered, and it will not be good if Qi Lao is not found by then, but something happens to him again.

"Ruyi ......" The fear and uneasiness hidden in Wen Ruyi's words successfully stopped Chu Hongze's idea of wanting to find Qi Lao, he stared down at Wen Ruyi for a moment, and nodded helplessly to her: "Okay, I won't go to the master, I'll wait here with you, and wait for the master to come back!" ”

Master, his old man, will definitely come back safe and sound!

"That's right." His promise to stay made Wen Ruyi smile slightly, and his heart also settled down, "You stay and cultivate your body well, I'll go out and have a look first." ”

"What......" The sudden turn of things caught Chu Hongze off guard, he immediately grabbed Wen Ruyi, and said suspiciously, "Didn't the two of us stay together and wait here for the master to come back?" ”

"yes." The smile on Wen Ruyi's lips expanded a little, "The two of us stayed here and waited here for the master to come back, I didn't say no." ”

"Then you ......" Chu Hongze was rarely confused, not knowing what Wen Ruyi meant by this.

"I'm just going to go outside to see if I can meet the master, if I do, it's great, it doesn't matter if I can't, I'll come back after a turn." After explaining what he meant, Wen Ruyi gave Chu Hongze a reassuring look, and was about to walk outside the broken temple.

Seeing this scene, Chu Hongze still reached out and grabbed her.

The eyes of the two were intertwined, and Wen Ruyi looked at him suspiciously, "What's wrong?" ”

"At least, at least you bring a torch!" Yes, that's right, Ruyi should be made a torch!

Chu Hongze, who had made up his mind, immediately set off, pulled Wen Ruyi back to the center of the hall of the broken temple, where there was a pile of wood thrown on the ground and picked up by him, he picked out a wooden stick with a moderate length from it, tore off the hanging banner hanging from the beam of the house I don't know how many years ago and wrapped it around the wooden stick, and then walked to the corner, dipped it in a large vat of sesame oil he found, and made a simple temporary torch.

"Hm-" Wen Ruyi watched his movements curiously.