Chapter 424: I Won't Let You Die
As far as the queen knows, a large number of secret agents in Beijing were sent out of the capital, some of them chased and killed Zhu Rong and his wife along the way, and some of them went straight to the border to assassinate Xiang Qi's father and son, but this was not enough to make the emperor sit back and relax, but he had never been so confident as he was today, and there must be something she didn't know about here.
Yesterday, the family entered the palace and mentioned the sister who was taken by her to the manor on the outskirts of the Zhu family, as if the court had neglected, or it had not yet reached the step of confiscating the family property, which was not besieged and guarded by the forbidden army, and her sister who was not a weapon was free now, and she might not even know that something had happened in the capital.
The queen did this, in fact, for her sister to have one more way to live, although she may not be able to understand her intentions, but the queen also planted hope for herself and her children in the Zhu family.
As the days passed, Zhu Rong walked farther and farther with his support, but because of the infestation of assassins along the way, he always had to hide in Tibet, and often couldn't walk much for half a day, in order to catch up with the team in front, they often continued to move forward in the middle of the night.
Day and night are reversed, wind, frost, rain and snow, and sometimes three meals a day are dry food and water, but Fu Yi has never screamed bitterly, once the assassin is found, Zhu Rong wants her to hide somewhere, and she will never move the place until Zhu Rong comes back.
Under such hard work, not eating well and resting well, the person who was pregnant with the child quickly lost weight, although he said that he was fine, but Zhu Rong was so worried.
On this day, passing through the small town under the mountain, I saw the family medical hall in the town, and Zhu Rong came to check the pulse with help.
The white-haired old man touched the pulse of Fuyi and said: "Although the fetal image is stable, but the little lady, you have a yellow face and thin muscles, and your face is full of tiredness. ”
The old man said while shouting to the medicine boy: "Take two boxes of chilblain cream, ask for the red cardboard box, and have a milder temperament." ”
Zhu Rong looked carefully, only to find that Fuyi's hands had chilblains, and there were abrasions and rubs along the road for an unknown time.
"This chilblain cream is mild, and the effect is slower, so you have to be patient and wipe it, of course, you don't need it." Lao Langzhong said, "I just thought, little lady, your hands don't look like they do rough work." ”
"Thank you, we can use it." Zhu Rong said, "In addition, don't you prescribe some life-saving medicine?" ”
The old man smiled: "No need, seeing that you are foreigners, where are you going along the way, you have no place to boil medicine along the way, right?" Moreover, since the child is fine, what to do with the medicine, buy two boxes of chilblain cream, and treat it as a consultation fee. ”
Zhu Rong generously gave double the money, but the people didn't accept it, only took the money for chilblain cream, and sent Zhu Rong and Fuyi to the door with a smile.
He also said that a few days ago, Prince Sheng led his troops to pass by and went to the border to fight, and originally heard that Yongluo and Zanxi were coming together, and he planned to close the hospital and take refuge in the east with the old and young, for fear that the war would burn all the way here.
But now that he is at ease, the old man touched his gray beard and said: "I also plan to send the medicine in my shop to the front line. ”
Fu Yi and Zhu Rong glanced at each other, unwilling to stay here for a long time, so as not to provoke the secret agents to track them down here and bring disaster to the old man, so they hurriedly said goodbye and drove the carriage all the way out of the town.
They walked for more than an hour before they stopped at a small river, got out of the cart, fed the horses the straw cakes they had bought along the way, and tied the big one to the rising sun, so that he could drink and rest.
Zhu Rong followed, holding a mat and plaster in his hand, spread the thick mat on the stone, and sat down with Fuyi.
"Stinky ......" Zhu Rong opened the box of chilblain cream, frowned, covered his nose and shook his head.
"Want to throw up?" Zhu Rong asked.
Fu Yi breathed slowly, although he didn't think the plaster smelled, he wasn't disgusting.
Zhu Rong saw that she was all right, so he grabbed his hand without saying anything, carefully applied the plaster to the frostbite, and was very disgusted, and read resentfully: "Don't hate me when you turn around." ”
Zhu Rong said: "I will also smear some, and I will not smell you when I stink." ”
Fu Yi laughed: "Oh, people look at us from afar, the talented woman looks good, and when she gets closer, she is smoked away." ”
Zhu Rong carefully kneaded. Rub it so that the plaster can penetrate into the muscles. In his skin, he could feel the originally slender and soft fingers, red and swollen because of chilblains, and many scars, and the smile on his face was scattered.
After helping him, he dipped his finger in some chilblain cream, pointed it on Zhu Rong's nose, and looked at him with a wicked smile: "You are so stinky, you can't kiss me anymore." ”
Zhu Rong glanced at her: "When you fall asleep tonight, I'll wipe your whole face." ”
"You're bullying me." Fu Yi muttered softly, "When I see the big sister, I must sue." ”
Zhu Rong put on a hood for Fuyi, fastened the belt, and asked worriedly: "Is it cold to sit, do you want me to make a fire." ”
Fu Yi said: "The sun is warm, it's much warmer here than in the capital, let's leave immediately, don't toss." However, we only cared about looking for a medical center, and forgot to buy grass cake and fodder for the horses, and we must remember at our next stop, otherwise the horses will have nothing to eat. ”
Zhu Rong said: "Further on, it's warmer, you can graze along the way, I will remember, don't worry." ”
Fuyi got up and went to the horse's side, the big guy was very docile, and he could stand motionless with her forehead, and listen to Fuyi's words for a long time.
"At that time, you were asked to learn to ride a horse, and if you were asked to touch it, it would take half a day, and now you are taking care of it all the way." Zhu Rong smiled, "When the child is born, can I continue to learn to ride a horse?" ”
Fu Yi smiled: "I still don't like horseback riding, how good it is to ride a car." ”
Zhu Rong shook his head helplessly, turned around and took the plaster back to the carriage, and suddenly heard a strange movement, he quickly grabbed the saber and retreated to Fu Yi's side.
"Brother Rong, there is someone there ......" Fuyi hid behind her husband and pointed to one place.
"There's it too." But Zhu Rong was in another place, and he also found a figure.
Soon, the couple found that they were surrounded, and in addition to the small river behind them, five people came in front of them, each with a sword in his hand.
"Zhu Rong, two ways, die here, or go back with us." One of them said loudly, "The emperor's holy grace is immense, as long as you don't resist, we will never kill you, otherwise, there will be no forgiveness for killing." ”
Another said: "I know that you are not easy to catch, we endured all the way, and when the five of us converge, even if you have the ability to reach the sky, today is your death date." ”
Zhu Rong released the reins of the horse with one hand, and said to Fu Yi: "After a while, you get on the horse and go first, this river is not deep, you ride a horse and step over, go from another way." ”
But before the words fell, the horse behind him neighed miserably and fell down with a bang.
Zhu Rong was shocked, only to see that the horse's legs were bleeding, and a person in front of him was throwing stones in his hands, and sneered: "Do you want to run?" ”
If he was alone, Zhu Rong thought that he would still have a few chances of winning, and he would run away if he couldn't beat him, but he took his pregnant wife with him, and if he fell, he would be in danger of having two lives.
"Brother Rong, do you remember what I said?" Fu Yi grabbed her husband's arm tightly and said firmly, "If you can't protect me, don't protect me, if you die, leaving me is also a dead end, if you leave, if I don't resist, they won't kill me." ”
Zhu Rong looked back at Fuyi, his heart was steaming with murderous energy, but he was reluctant to let his beloved feel scared from his eyes, and said firmly: "I won't let you die, we won't die." ”
Someone sneered: "Death is coming, return the concubine, Zhu Rong, you are going to be ruined in the hands of a woman...... Ah......h
But at the sound of a whoosh, and with the man's muffled scream, the tall and strong man threw himself to the ground, and the remaining four immediately became vigilant, and saw an archer jump out of the grass not far away.
He stretched out his bow and arrows, aiming at the four people again, and at this moment, there was the sound of horses' hooves in the distance, listening to the momentum of dozens of people, when the sand and dust were rolling, the horse team was approaching, and Fuyi saw at a glance, the eldest sister Hanzhi at the front.
"What should I do?"
"To kill or not to kill?"
The remaining four men, apparently knowing that there would be no retreat today, would immediately loosen the strings of the archers if any of them acted rashly.
Zhu Rong scolded coldly: "Just tie your hands and arrest it, the prince will definitely give you a way to live, you can't go back to Beijing if you can't do an errand, and it's a dead end to go back, do you want to wander for a lifetime?" ”
Han Zhi rode his horse over, and when he saw the situation here, he said sharply: "Take them down, and if there is resistance, correct the law on the spot." ”
I only heard that the sword fell to the ground, and the four of them surrendered, even if they had the ability to reach the sky, it was impossible to retreat from the current fight, after all, it was important to save their lives.
After they were subdued, Han Zhi dismounted, shouted to his sister and ran to her, was held in Hanzhi's arms, and said gently: "Don't be afraid, it's fine." ”
"Big sister." Zhu Rong walked over, the murderous aura in his eyes had not yet faded, and he was trying to adjust his breath.
Hanzhi said calmly: "My father has already joined your brother-in-law, and they have settled down, so I will return to meet you, and I am really not at ease when I am pregnant." ”
Zhu Rong pulled Fu Yi from his sister's arms into his arms, his heart was still beating violently, hitting his chest one by one, but before he could speak, Fu Yi said: "Brother Rong, you go, my big sister and I will come slowly, Pingli is too impulsive, you have to protect him, watch him, and take him back unscathed in the future." ”