Chapter 174: Escape
"I... I saw Yunxi! ”
I was stunned for a moment, then scoffed, "How is this possible? But Ye Yao continued to deny my words unrelentingly, she frowned, and her horror was even worse than just now: "This is true! At that time, I was standing in the yard, and suddenly there was a faint fragrance coming, I felt that it smelled good for a while, so I took a few more breaths, Ah Yuan, I saw it so clearly, she was indeed standing in front of me, and she smiled at me! The more Ye Yao spoke, the more panicked she became, and she became as flustered as an ordinary person.
"Isn't that fragrance like plum blossoms, but more elegant than plum blossoms?" It occurred to me that I had smelled a strange fragrance not long ago, but I didn't know if this fragrance was the same as what I smelled in the night.
It wasn't until Ye Yao nodded with certainty that I felt that we should be the same person. But I had carefully looked at her face at the time, if it was really Yunxi, I couldn't have not known her, and she couldn't have not recognized me, what was going on?
I thought about it for a while, but I still didn't have any clue, so I could only sigh. Seeing my listless appearance, Ye Yao's voice was a little nervous: "Are you uncomfortable?" ”
After her reminder, I really felt very uncomfortable, but judging from the distance I ran just now, we are still very close to the capital, and now that the sky is already bright again, Xiao Ziling and they must have known that we have escaped, and it is not appropriate to stay here for a long time.
I gritted my teeth and shook my head, and then let Yeyao sleep a little longer, and we continued to alternate driving until it was completely dark, and we stopped at a small village more than a hundred miles from the capital.
The population here is not very large, and there is only one very simple hotel in the whole village. For someone like Yeyao, who was born in the rivers and lakes, such an environment would not cause her discomfort, but it was much more difficult for me.
Although I haven't stayed in a hotel before, the worst is only the Ziyun Inn in the capital, seeing the musty smell in the house and the room full of cobwebs, I can only say thank you to the shopkeeper, and then take Yeyao into this simple room.
Probably because of the day's travel, Ye Yao seemed to be particularly hungry. She swept away all the food on the table, and I didn't even have the strength to hold the chopsticks, so I could only brace myself and hold my head to watch.
After a wordless and simple meal, we all lay down in bed tired and fell asleep after a while. I slept very badly that night, with all kinds of scenes haunting me and some very strange sounds. In the dream, I also seemed to be very badly injured, but when I opened my eyes, I couldn't find any evidence at all, except for a dull pain in my chest.
Ye Yao was no longer around, and I sat up just in time to see her coming in from outside with a copper basin with red eyes. I thought she probably hadn't slept well last night, so I didn't ask much, and after some washing, I just had a simple breakfast and continued on the escape.
We all escaped smoothly along the way, neither pursuing nor anyone to stop us, and the smooth passage was somewhat suspicious. But I couldn't care about it anymore, and I ran as far as I could.
It wasn't until the third day that the fears finally came. On this day, we happened to be sitting in front of the window because we couldn't sleep, and we were talking about our hearts. Just when we were talking about the excitement at our most, there was a sudden movement outside the door, and the noisy voices and loud knocks on the door made our nerves tense at once.
I stared at the door of the room that was constantly being banged, and whispered to Ye Yao, "You move faster than me, you go first." In desperation, I had no choice but to grab a handful of soil that had been placed on the windowsill and had already lost the plant pots, and touched some of the faces of me and Ye Yao, and then slowly opened the door.
As I expected, I was greeted by a group of soldiers in armor, who took torches and first took a closer look at our faces, and asked sternly, "Who are you?" ”
Ye Yao wanted to answer, but I immediately stopped her words and complimented: "Master Jun, we are here from another place, and please be more accommodating." As I spoke, I took the last hairpin from my sleeve and stuffed it into his hand.
As soon as the man saw the benefit, his face was not as sharp as before, but he looked at us twice, snorted heavily, and led the people away.
As soon as they left, Ye Yao quickly closed the door of the house, and I leaned back unsteadily, but fortunately Ye Yao caught me quickly.
"We can't stay here, let's go!" I was so preoccupied with the past, that I forgot that the golden hairpin I had given the soldier was a thing of the palace, and that he would have seen the clue if he had carefully identified it, and by the time I found out, sure enough, a soldier had already come after us.
I tripped over a stone and fell to the ground unsteadily, and Yeyao was also pulled a few steps by me. By the time she pulled me up, we were already surrounded by a crowd.
I thought that we would be corrected on the spot, or directly pressed in front of Xiao Ziling to wait for the verdict to be announced, but when I was isolated by Ye Yao and taken to a military camp, I realized that the person who was ordered to hunt us down this time was Shen Yu.
Shen Yu is dressed in military uniform, and his heroic posture makes me almost unable to compare with the bastard boy I know. His sword brows were furrowed, and as soon as he saw me, he personally untied the rope that bound me and ordered someone to bring me good wine and food. But I was not moved by his actions, and said directly: "I know that it will be sooner or later, and I didn't plan to go back alive this time." ”
"You!" Shen Yu glared angrily and continued: "You obviously know that the emperor doesn't want you to die at all!" ”
"If he didn't want me to die, then he wouldn't be forced to do it again and again! Shen Yu, you're not me, you won't understand this feeling at all! If you still regard me as a friend, or if you still remember the relationship between us in the past, you will help me to let go of Ye Yao, and as for all the guilt, I am willing to bear it together! ”
"Chu Xinyuan, I really don't understand why you have to work hard for a person who has nothing to do with you? Yeyao has always had the intention of killing the emperor, even if the emperor doesn't kill her now, he will still do it to her one day. If you are willing to go back with me to ask the emperor for guilt, Shen Yu is willing to protect you with his life! ”