The village is dark at night.

In this place where there is little entertainment, almost every family chooses to burrow into the warm quilt early and rely on sleep to withstand the winter cold.

Mu Fan walked angrily on the country road where he couldn't see his fingers, and his anger was full of nowhere to vent.

At this moment, the light of a torch appeared not far away.

He stopped, trying to hide himself in the darkness.

But the owner of the torch spotted him, and approached him closer, and there was a shout: "Your Highness, Your Highness, the old slave has finally found you." ”

The owner of the voice made Mu Fan feel very cordial, this was his chief eunuch Fan Zhongsheng.

Although this Fan Zhongsheng is in his sixties, his body is still quite strong, and taking care of Mu Fan is not ambiguous at all, no matter how big or small, he must do it himself.

Since the death of his mother, there are few people in this world who are willing to care about themselves like Mr. Fan.

Although the two are masters and servants, Mu Fan does not regard him as a subordinate, and has always regarded him as a relative who can be relied on.

"Mr. Fan, how did you get here?" Mu Fan put the anger behind him, looked at Mr. Fan's panting appearance, and asked with concern.

"Your Highness, you have been missing for more than two months, and we have been looking for a long time without a clue. Today, I heard the news of His Highness reported by the secret guard, how dare the old slave stay in the house. Manager Fan took out a black satin embroidered cloak and draped it on Mu Fan's body, "On such a cold day, let those rough secret guards take care of His Highness, the old slave is really not at ease." ”

Mu Fan's heart warmed, and he said softly: "Manager Fan has a heart." You go back and tell them that I'm okay and don't have to look for it. ”

"Your Highness?"

"I'm going to be here for a while."

"That's what a success!" Chief Fan took Mu Fan's arm and walked back, "Your Highness, you must go back with me today." If the old slave is alone, I am afraid that he will not even be able to pass Xu Changping's level. ”

Thinking of Xu Changping's expressionless face, Mu Fan was embarrassed.

I don't like to laugh, but this Mr. Xu is even more silent than himself.

If you don't go to class on weekdays, it's hard to hear anything from his mouth anymore.

You can imagine the embarrassing scene:

"Your Highness, do you understand?"

"Hmm."

"Okay."

Be quiet......

In short, two silent people being together is simply torment.

However, this Xu Changping, like Manager Fan and Master Liang, were all people left by his mother, so although Mu Fan had the idea of replacing him, he didn't dare to really do it.

"I'll go back with you, and you'll send me back tomorrow."

Mu Fan followed closely behind Manager Fan, listening to him babbling about what had happened in the past few days when he was missing, but he thought in his heart: Xia Yan doesn't want to see me anyway, it shouldn't matter if he disappeared overnight.

At this time, Mu Fan, who was wandering outside the world, did not notice the strange smile on the corner of Manager Fan's mouth.

Under the leadership of Manager Fan, Mu Fan gradually became farther and farther away from the village.

After some time, he finally came back to his senses and noticed something unusual.

"Manager Fan, why haven't you seen the secret guard who came to answer after walking for so long? They won't rest assured that we, old and young, will walk back in the dark by ourselves. ”

"yes, what about people?" Manager Fan looked around, "Obviously I made an appointment with No. 1 to let them meet us outside the village, should there be an accident?" ”

Suddenly, a cold wind blew, and Mu Fan felt a strong uneasiness in his heart, and reminded him loudly: "Be careful, the atmosphere here is a little strange. ”

As soon as the words fell, Mu Fan's eyes darkened.

His heart tightened, and when he fixed his eyes, Manager Fan, who was originally in front of him, disappeared at some point, and the blazing torch was also extinguished and thrown on the ground.

The tense and dangerous atmosphere made Mu Fan unable to look for Manager Fan, he felt for the dagger in his arms and looked around cautiously.

A cold wind blows, the leaves around him rattle, and the branches sway with the wind, as if countless demons and monsters beckoned to him, welcoming him to the world of night.

The darkness of the five fingers that could not be seen in his hand, only the silence of the sound of the branches rubbing, and the helpless despair, made Mu Fan feel as if he had returned to the time when his mother had just died.

Alone spent day after day in a mess, if it weren't for Manager Fan accompanying him all the time, I am afraid that he would have gone with his mother a long time ago.

Mr. Fan, you must not have anything to do.

The wind gradually stopped, and the moonlight penetrated through the gaps in the leaves, bringing light to Mu Fan and broadening his horizons slightly.

Suddenly, a dagger reflection came into his eyes, and a murderous aura came.

Mu Fan almost instinctively took out the dagger in his arms and blocked it towards the murderous place.

"Ding." The crisp sound of metal colliding and this sense of resistance made Mu Fan immediately understand that he was being attacked.

What about Mr. Fan? He wouldn't have been killed, he wouldn't have any martial arts.

"Mr. Fan, Mr. Fan?"

Chief Fan's voice came from not far away, "Your Highness, I'm here." ”

"You're alright, get behind me, someone is going to assassinate us."

"It's okay, I just slipped and fell and fainted."

He quickly ran behind Mu Fan and asked in a panic, "Your Highness, what should we do?" ”

Mu Fan tightly protected him behind him and comforted: "I don't know the details of the enemy yet, just stand behind me and don't run around, I will find a way to hold on to No. 1." ”

Suddenly, a sharp stinging pain came from his back, and he heard Chief Fan say gloomily: "Okay, Your Highness." You really moved the old slave. ”

Mu Fan looked down and saw a dagger piercing his left chest from behind, blood gushing out.

He kicked his feet hard, swallowing the pain to pull his body away from the dagger, and ran a few quick steps forward, away from where the killer was standing.

He covered his wounds, turned around, and looked at Manager Fan in despair, "Who are you?" ”

Manager Fan's previous panic had completely disappeared, and he played with the blood-stained dagger and looked at Mu Fan playfully, like a lamb to be slaughtered.

"What's the matter, Your Highness? The old slave has been serving you for ten years, and you don't even know the old slave anymore? ”

"You're not Mr. Fan." Mu Fan regretted it incomparably, he was angry at the time, and he didn't notice the strangeness of this Manager Fan, which caused him to fall into the mouth of the tiger and be stabbed for no reason.

"What happened to Mr. Fan? Let him go, or I won't spare you!" ”

"This old slave can't do it, he has already been sent by me to the West Heaven to see the Buddha. That bad old man is really hard to kill, and it took me a lot of effort to get this cheeky man. The fake Manager Fan wiped a handful of non-existent tears on his face, "His Royal Highness's affection for that old thing is really touching." When he died, he didn't forget to care about him, and he could be blind to the knowledge under the spring. ”

"You're looking for death!" When Mu Fan heard that Manager Fan had been killed by this person and had been exposed, he was immediately furious.

His body that had lost too much blood had already reached its limit, and he was holding on to that anger at this time.

"Yo, Your Highness is angry." A hint of mockery crossed the man's face, "In this wilderness, your majesty is useless, Your Highness." Besides, what qualifications do you, a prince who has been deposed as the crown prince and fallen out of favor, decide my life and death? ”

"Which one of the subordinates in the harem is something that I Mu Bufan can't touch. Are you sent by the queen, or are you Concubine Chen or Concubine Li? Mu Fan's expression darkened, "I'm no longer the crown prince, why do they still want to kill me." ”

"As long as Your Highness is alive, you will always be a threat." The killer shook his head and sighed, "Your guess just now is not correct, my life belongs only to Your Majesty." ”

"Your father sent you?" Mu Fan didn't believe it, "My father agreed that I would go to this far county town to recuperate, and he would not send anyone to spy on me." If he really wants to kill me, will he let me leave Beijing? Do you think I'm going to fall for your plan to sow discord? ”

"Your Majesty is unfathomable, who knows if this is a means to paralyze His Highness." The man took out a letter from his arms and looked at Mu Fan defiantly, "This is a secret edict stamped with His Majesty's golden seal, can Your Highness see it for yourself?" ”

"How can the secret edict of my father be easily revealed, who are you?"

"It seems that I did something bad with good intentions, I wanted to let Your Highness understand your death, since you don't believe it, then forget it." The man approached Mu Fan step by step with a dagger, "Your Highness, the auspicious time has arrived, and the old slave should send you on your way." ”

Danger is coming.

On the other side of the woods, No. 1 and more than twenty secret guards followed the number left by No. 9 to the outskirts of the village, and before they could get close to the village, they found that No. 9, who was supposed to be guarding His Highness, appeared in front of them.

"Nine, why are you here? What about His Highness? No. 1 suddenly remembered something, and excitedly grabbed No. 9's collar, "Say it quickly!" Is something wrong with Your Highness? ”

"I didn't ...... No. No. 9 struggled to break free from No. 1's hand, "Your Highness is fine, it's just that Chief Fan came just now, he was afraid that you would get lost, so he asked me to come and pick you up, and he personally went to pick up His Highness." ”

"Hmm." No. 1 breathed a sigh of relief, but he felt that he had something to ignore, and the keen intuition tempered by the life of licking blood from years of knife licking made him feel that things must not be so simple.

"No. 3, you take ten people and No. 9 to pick up His Highness." The expression on No. 1's face was extremely hideous, "If Your Highness has any accidents, you can't let anyone in this village go." ”

Half of the people were taken away by No. 3, and No. 1 stared blankly at the people who walked away, but his heart was constantly peeling off the cocoon.

Today, I went to report the news of His Highness, and Manager Fan was not present. I rushed here non-stop after receiving the order, and if Manager Fan came immediately after hearing about it, it should have arrived later than himself.

But why did he come before him?

Could it be that this Chief Fan has already discovered the whereabouts of the young master in advance.

But why didn't he say it?

According to his usual cautious style, he will definitely not choose to pick up His Highness alone.

He doesn't know a little kung fu, His Royal Highness is young, and he hasn't practiced kung fu yet, so it's still unknown whether he can protect himself if something happens.

Wouldn't such an appearance put His Highness and himself in danger?

Suddenly, Number One shouted, "Oops! Hit the trick! ”

He quickly took the remaining guards into the woods, and kept praying in his heart: I hope that all the gods will bless His Highness from accidents.