As soon as Chu Nian's words fell, he saw that the bandit's bearded face showed a little surprise, his eyes turned to a few of his subordinates on his side, and saw that several of them had almost buried their heads in the soil, and a trace of hatred flashed in their eyes.

He turned his eyes to look at Chu Nian: "You mean, you are not the rumored Wang family Yuanniang who left the mansion?" ”

Chu Nian nodded undeniably, "Haven't you heard the news that there is going to be a county lord in the capital who will marry the Wang family?" ”

Seeing that Chu Nian didn't seem to be lying, and was different from the rumored delicate Wang family Yuanniang, the bandit fell into his own thoughts, and after a while, he raised his head and said: "If it is really us who intercepted the wrong person today, we will admit it, but this news has spread among the people of Ning'an, and we don't know the specific source." ”

Chu Nian and Ming Xiutao looked at each other, and they all saw a trace of doubt in each other's eyes.

If the purpose of the person who spread the rumors was Chu Nian, then this person must have known that Wang Lu's family had already been wiped out, and this matter was already very hasty, from the queen mother's decree to marry Chu Nian to the Wang family, to the Tao family's people to destroy Wang Lu's family, it was only three days before and after, who can know their whereabouts?

Surveillance? Or is it...... Anticipated Chu Nian's actions?

When Chu Nian and the others made eye contact, the bandit looked at Chu Nian with a slight glint in his eyes, and after a while, a sneer overflowed from the corner of his mouth, and at this time, dozens of white-clothed masked people suddenly appeared in the grass.

These masked men didn't give Chu Nian and the others the slightest chance to react, and drew their long knives and attacked Ming Xiu.

Chu Nian's face suddenly changed greatly, it turned out that the target of these people was actually Ming Xiu?

Seeing that the long sword in front of Ming Xiu was close at hand, Chu Nian hurriedly mobilized his internal force and stepped forward, between the lightning and flint, he only heard a "poof", the long sword came into contact with the body, and the blood suddenly stained a large piece of plain clothes on his chest.

Ming Xiu's face sank, and he blocked the long sword with his hand, and hugged the person in front of him tightly: "Nian'er!" ”

Chu Nian frowned and forcibly swallowed a mouthful of blood back, before he said weakly: "Your Highness, I'm fine, go and help Dark San, Mei Xiang and Mother Zhu don't know how to ...... martial arts."

At this moment, another voice sounded, Chu Nian heard that this was Mei Xiang's scream, and his heart suddenly felt cold, and he hurriedly struggled to get up from Ming Xiu's arms to see Mei Xiang's situation.

I saw that there were three white-clothed people gathered in front of the dark three, these white-clothed people were strong in force, and the dark three, who had just slaughtered dozens of bandits, couldn't even parry these three people, and was at a disadvantage, hearing Mei Xiang's scream, he suddenly lost his mind, and the three people seized this opportunity, and the long sword was suddenly inserted into the chest of the dark three.

"Dark Three!"

Ming Xiu's face was flustered, and he was protecting Chu Nian behind him, and the short blade that appeared in his hand at some point struggled to resist the long sword attacked by more than a dozen people.

In the panic, Tao Jinyan's angry roar came: "Ming Xiu! Stunned to do something! Take Chu Nian to run! I'm broken! ”

Hearing Tao Jinyan's voice, Ming Xiu's face was slightly gloomy, his subordinates grabbed Chu Nian's hand, his eyes swept over the dark three who fell to the ground, a trace of haze flashed in his eyes, but he immediately pulled Chu Nian back.

Due to the intense exercise, the wound on Chu Nian's chest was painful, and she pale and let Ming Xiu pull her towards the depths of the dense forest, her steps becoming more and more vain.

"You don't care about me, go back and save Dark San and Mei Xiang, with you and Tao Jinyan, maybe they can save their lives."

Ming Xiu, who was running wildly with Chu Nian, didn't look back, and there was a tiger under his feet: "Don't talk nonsense, if you die, at least it's pointless for me to live." ”

Chu Nian's eyes were sour, and she heard a rush of footsteps behind her, she glanced back, there were dozens of people in white who had just come out, and now most of them were chasing after her. Chu Nian breathed a sigh of relief in her heart, no matter whether she and Ming Xiu could escape now, at least with Tao's skill, they could save their lives.

"Your Highness, there is a cliff ahead, don't run."

Chu Nian looked at the familiar scenery around her with a calm face, although the scenery here was very different from the day she died three years ago in winter, she still recognized it, such as the broken stump in front of her, which she had blown up with gunpowder to evade Liu Qi's search.

Ming Xiu ignored her words, frowned and looked at the fork in the road in front of him, and resolutely chose the one on the left.

Chu Nian behind him smiled bitterly, and after a while, Ming Xiu's footsteps stopped.

There was a roar in the forest behind the two: "Quick, this way, they are running this way!" I see blood! ”

Ming Xiu looked at the misty cliff in front of him, his eyes condensed slightly, "Nian'er, how do you know that this is a cliff?" ”

Chu Nian smiled bitterly, covering the wound on his shoulder and softened, these dozen or so white-clothed people are so strong in martial arts, it is obvious that someone specially prepared them for today, and today she and Ming Xiu are planted here.

"Ming Xiu, are you afraid of death?"

Hearing this, Ming Xiu looked sideways slightly, and saw Chu Nian sitting in a snowy patch, he bent down and hugged the person in his arms.

"Don't talk nonsense, hold on."

At this time, the dozen or so white-clothed people had already come out of the bushes, and surrounded the two of them on the cliff behind Ming Xiu and Chu Nian.

Chu Nian turned the eyes buried in Ming Xiu's chest to those white-clothed people who were eyeing him fiercely.

"Who is your master?"

Since it is for Ming Xiu, except for the king of Huainan, who is now unable to do anything in the capital, there are only a few other princes left, or...... Is it the Queen Mother and the Wang family? Because she slaughtered Wang Lu's whole family and pulled out a tentacle of the Wang family, she was annoyed and angry?

But how did they know that Ming Xiu was here?

The few white-clothed men approached with long swords, but they were not in a hurry to kill Chu Nian and Ming Xiu like cats playing rats.

The leader even looked at the predicament of Chu Nian and Ming Xiu and let out a sneer: "What, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and the Wushuang County Lord are afraid?" When you jump out to oppose the Wang family, why is it as if you are not afraid of heaven and earth? ”

Chu Nian frowned, is it really the Wang family? But they brought their own people on this trip, and who revealed the news to Wang Zixuan?

Seeing Chu Nian's expression, the man in white seemed to guess what Chu Nian was thinking, and sneered again: "Don't think too much about the county lord, Wang Zixuan is not the only one who wants to kill you, as for our master, ......"

His voice fell, and the long sword in his hand was suddenly launched: "You better go and ask Lord Yama!" ”

Ming Xiu frowned and was about to swing his short blade to resist the long sword, but at this time, the other white-clothed people attacked together, and they were about to be unable to parry.

Chu Nian, who had been lying in Ming Xiu's arms, said softly: "Your Highness, are you afraid of death?" ”

Ming Xiu frowned: "Nian'er, don't be joking at this time." ”

Who wants to be in his arms, but his eyes flashed slightly, and the corners of his mouth hooked up a meaningful smile, which seemed to others to be like death, and this smile fell in Ming Xiu's eyes, but it made his originally serious and somewhat flustered look become calm.

He took a few steps back with the person in his arms, and the man in white saw that the two of them had reached out of the cliff with half of their bodies, so he stopped attacking, and stood in place waiting for Ming Xiu to jump down with Chu Nian in his arms.

Ming Xiu lowered his head, and his narrow eyes looked at those water eyes seriously, "Lone is afraid, but if it were you, Biluo Yellow Spring, Lone would like to accompany you through such a journey." ”

The smile on the corner of Chu Nian's mouth gradually expanded, and a whistling wind suddenly appeared on the edge of the cliff.

Her red lips moved slightly, and time seemed to stand still.

The man in white was waiting to see the two kneeling on the ground and begging for mercy, but at this stall, the two hugged each other tightly, and immediately jumped into the white fog under the cliff without hesitation.

At this time, a long howl came from the jungle: "Ming Xiu! Forget it if you die yourself! Why do you take Chu Nian! ”

Tao Jinyan rushed out alone with a sword, a plain white robe was dyed bright red, and he was covered with colors, but he did not delay him to rush to the nearest man in white with a long sword.

"Get out of the way!"

It wasn't until Tao Jinyan cleared the few white-clothed people who blocked the way and rushed straight to the edge of the cliff that he stopped and looked down the cliff.

"Chu Nian! Ming Xiu! ”

The remaining few living people in white looked at Tao Jinyan, who looked like a mad demon, and they all looked at each other, but they didn't dare to step forward.

Intuition tells them that the man in front of them is definitely not so easy to provoke, as the saying goes, the dog jumps off the wall in a hurry, and some people, once they are touched by the person or thing they care about the most, will definitely burst out with unprecedented potential.

Just like Tao Jinyan at the moment, at this moment, his eyes were slightly cold and he looked at a white cloud under the cliff, his face gradually sank, and when he turned around, his eyes were already blood-red, and his whole body exuded an aura like a hell demon god, so that several people in white had to retreat in horror.

"I finally ...... I finally found her! ”

"Wait...... Damn it! ”

……

The story of the crown prince Mingxiu and the Wushuang county lord encountering the assassin's fall off the cliff was soon spread to the capital by people with a heart.

There was a sudden chaos in the court, the queen mother and the Wang family were busy stabilizing the dynasty, and the originally dormant King Huainan also began to move, and even several princes who were originally far away from the territory also came with news, saying that they wanted to return to Beijing to mourn the prince, but the only prince died, and the emperor was already middle-aged.

Although the queen mother and the Wang family must not ask the prince to inherit the title, although the Wang family is deeply rooted in the court, it cannot withstand the joint suppression of several princes, and for a while, it has reached a stalemate.

The Chu family also fell into a gloomy cloud, the old lady sighed in the mansion, except for the courtyard where Xiao Chen's family lived quietly, there was no movement, and the whole mansion was talking about Chu Nian and Ming Xiu's fall off the cliff, and now the Chu family is really no one in charge, and it is already a sign of decay.

Many subordinates took advantage of the complete decay of the Chu family to redeem themselves, and the originally lively Chu family's mansion suddenly became a lot deserted.

At this moment, news came from Nanhuai Township that Ning Hou, a young town that had been silent for a long time, had dealt with the flood with the help of Tingchuan Changshi, and was returning to the court.

When Chu Yuanlang returned to the Chu family, the Chu family gradually regained a trace of popularity.

On the day when Yuanlang returned to Beijing, the old lady ordered a banquet to be celebrated, and even sent someone to spread the news that Chu Yuanlang returned to Beijing to receive the reward, and the banquet almost invited the nobles in Beijing.

Because of the flood in Nanhuai Township, the imperial court attached great importance to this matter, and for a while, everyone shifted their attention from the missing Chu Nian and Ming Xiu to the young town Ning Hou who had just returned to Beijing.

In this way, the Queen Mother and Wang Zixuan breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly rewarded Chu Yuanlang, trying to take advantage of this to temporarily downplay the disappearance of Chu Nian and Ming Xiu.

Chu Yuanlang received a reward from the imperial court and made friends with many powerful people, but he was worried about Chu Nian's affairs, and sent people everywhere to find Chu Nian's traces, but Chu Nian still had no news.

During this period, there was a major event in the rivers and lakes - the martial arts conference was about to be held, and the day of selecting the new martial arts alliance leader was coming.

The imperial court was already at a sensitive time, and because of the rumored token that could command the rivers and lakes, the court situation that had finally calmed down was turbulent again.