On the border between Lü and Daqi stood a towering mountain with lush shrubs, and although it was winter, it was not completely green. Thin layers of snow lay on the green pine branches and cover the greenish and yellowish bushes.

This mountain was originally called Yunshan, and there are very few beasts in the mountain, so even in the middle of the night, people dare to boldly walk on the mountain road, so the locals nickname it Haohan Mountain.

It was a long night, and the moonlight of Manman had cast silence over everything in the mountains. Only a horse-drawn carriage could be seen speeding past a bare dirt road. There was originally a torch on the carriage for lighting, but the speed was so fast that the torches on the carriage had been extinguished by the wind.

The driver was a young man, less than thirty years old, but with a slight gray strand of gray hair in his sideburns. I think he is a very worried person, who is entangled in trivial matters every day, and worries about a few strands of silver and white hair.

The curtain of the carriage fell, and only a woman's voice could be heard in the sedan chair: "Hurry up, hurry up." ”

The man replied lightly, and waved the whip twice, but did not whip the horse's back.

The two poor horses had been running for two days and two nights, and when they had just stopped at the inn, he heard the stable boy say to him, "Guest, this horse should rest for a day, and if it continues like this, I am afraid it will die on the way." ”

He also knew that the horse was overworked, and that the horse's back had been bloodied with his whip, and that the horse's legs were slightly swollen, and that the horseshoe had lost a few nails.

He answered, but did not linger, but asked the boy to fetch him a few nails, and carefully nail the horse's shoes. He gave the horse two handfuls of hay, and the horse ran away again.

"Hurry up, they're about to catch up." The woman in the carriage said again.

The woman's words were not unreasonable, the clouds and mountains were silent, and the occasional wind blew, filling their ears with the shouts of the army.

The horses ran slower and slower, snorting and panting, and white foam sticking to their mouths, falling drop by drop on the mountain road.

"It's almost gone, the horse is dying." He said.

The woman in the sedan sighed softly: "I told you to steal the minister's horse, you have to listen." The horses accompanying Chu Ping are all royal horses in the palace, how can the horses found outside the palace be compared? You see, after a few days of running, the horse is going to die of exhaustion. ”

"How can it be as simple as you think?" He said: "The envoys have a number of horses, and if I steal them, they will immediately notice that we will not be able to run at all." ”

The woman was silent for a while, and then said, "You should have changed horses at the inn just now, but you are reluctant to spend money." ”

"Do you think you're still in the palace?" He said, "How many taels of silver can we carry with us when we go out?" is lavish in spending, but I am afraid that before I leave the border of Lu State, I will have to beg for rice. ”

The woman in the car didn't speak, just punched the wall of the car.

She seemed to be angry, but the man ignored it, and only said to himself: "You still blame me, if you didn't have to go to the housekeeper, would we be recognized?" Now it's good, I was chased for two days and two nights. ”

"You still blame me." She muttered, "Didn't you say the veil was too stuffy for me to untie?" ”

The man gave a heavy "drive" and did not continue to argue with the woman. In a trance, they felt that the pursuers behind them were getting closer and closer, as if they were just a stone's throw away.

"Hurry up, try to hurry!" She said.

Suddenly, she heard a hurried and chaotic sound of horses' hooves behind her, and the sand and dust rose slightly, and a team of horses carrying the official flag galloped towards them.

"Quick!" The woman cried out in fright, "Hurry up, they're catching up!" ”

The man whipped the horse a few times, but one of the horses stumbled on its front foot, and it fell to the ground with its body over, almost overturning the carriage.

They had no choice but to stop, and the pursuers behind them hula hula surrounded them in the middle, and the torches were lit in rows, illuminating the black-brown foothills.

The leader was a school captain, he stepped forward, looked at the man carefully, and couldn't help but exclaim: "What a bold man, a fugitive wanted by Daqi, he dares to kidnap the eldest princess of our Lu Kingdom!" ”

As he spoke, a soldier jumped off his horse and put the woman aside, and the lieutenant jumped off his horse, walked up to the woman, and bowed his hand to her slightly: "The princess is frightened." ”

The woman pursed her lips, her face a little embarrassed. said that it was abduction, but it was just a glorification of her elopement.

The lieutenant's gaze turned to the man, and he couldn't help but sneer: "What should I call you?" King Xin of Great Qi, or Puppet Emperor of Great Qi? Or maybe it's just a name? ”

The man's face was pale, and his eyes were blazing as he looked at the captain in front of him: "Whatever you want to call it." ”

The captain smacked his face and nodded proudly: "Daqi's national letter says that you are a puppet emperor." ”

The man glanced at him awe-inspiringly: "It's just a matter of becoming a king and losing a villain, what's there to talk about?" ”

The lieutenant laughed loudly: "It's no nonsense. ”

As he spoke, the lieutenant waved his hand, and someone jumped off his horse and tied him with a knot of twine. One end of the rope was in the captain's hand, and he stepped on his horse and said to the man, "There is no prisoner's cart here, so I can only wronged you." ”

The lieutenant said, and as soon as he clamped the horse's belly, the horse ran briskly.

His body was pulled by hemp rope, and he could only stagger behind the horse. This captain is very good at mastering speed, allowing him to maintain a state of stumbling at all times.

The woman, no, it was the eldest princess Jiahui who was helped on the horse. Looking back at him from time to time, she was a little distressed when she saw his embarrassed appearance, and said to the lieutenant urgently: "You let him go quickly!" ”

The lieutenant glanced at the princess silently, and said indifferently: "Princess, this is the person named by the emperor to arrest, and the emperor also said that Nan Yinglin took the princess hostage and committed a great crime, which almost led to a fierce war between the two countries, and everyone was punished." ”

She was speechless, looking at Nan Yinglin blankly, he was very stubborn, gritted his teeth, and refused to say a soft word.

Maybe that's why she likes him, an exiled loser, an outlaw who never bows his head, or a poor man who is tricked by fate. From every point of view, it has a unique charm.

Whatever the reason, she knew she had fallen from the first time she saw him.

"Shadow ......," she cried.

Nan Yinglin was called a few times by her, and also looked up at her, his eyes were blood-red, a bit like a wolf. Jiahui was fascinated by this unique look, if he was a wolf, it must be a strong, lone wolf walking alone in the vast desert.

Nan Yinglin didn't respond to her, just stared at the captain's back resolutely. If he had a bow or an arrow or a spear in his hand now, he would have pierced the thin blade into his back without mercy.

Humiliation, he has never been so humiliated in his life.

He was led back to the inn where they were resting, and the soldiers hurriedly ate some dry food and set out again.

This inn is not far from the official mansion, only forty miles to the left, and the horses are slow to walk for a day.

In the last few miles, he couldn't go on, and was dragged hard, wearing out the soles of his shoes and wearing off several layers of skin.

When he arrived at the official mansion, under the plea of Princess Jiahui, he was finally able to get into the prisoner car, and then returned to the capital of Lu State safely.

The prisoner car passed through the most prosperous street market in the capital of Lu Guo, attracting thousands of ordinary people to come out and watch. People have long heard that there is a prince of Great Qi who fled to the country of Lu, and they all want to see the beauty of this Great Qi royal family.

It's just that after a few days of trials and hardships and deliberate torture, Nan Yinglin has already been yellow-skinned and gray-faced. The hair was unkempt and covered his face, which disappointed the crowd who came to see the excitement.

The carriage drove into the towering palace gate, stopped before the palace ban, and Nan Yinglin was removed from the shackles and taken into the Xuanwen Hall with Princess Jiahui.

This Xuanwen Hall was originally the main hall used by Emperor Lu to go to court, but at this moment it has passed the time of the early dynasty, and the hall is empty and just used for interrogation.

It's not the first time Nan Yinglin has come here, and he can be regarded as familiar with the road, and he was pressed to the ground as soon as he entered the door. He didn't struggle, he just knelt indifferently, looking confident.

There were only a few henchmen and eunuchs of Emperor Lu in the palace. Nan Yinglin knelt, and Princess Jiahui couldn't stand alone, so she knelt with him. This Princess Jiahui is the half-sister of the little emperor, and she has had a good relationship with him since she was a child. Therefore, although he knew that the princess had eloped and fled, the little emperor did not want to be too harsh.

His eyes looked at the bottom of the jade steps, and he only said, "Sister, please get up." ”

Princess Jiahui was still kneeling, a little threatening, the little emperor frowned, no longer paid attention to her, and turned to Nan Yinglin and said, "Nan Yinglin, you are so bold that you dare to hold my sister hostage." ”

"No, it's not hijacking!" Before Nan Yinglin could speak, Princess Jiahui had already rushed ahead and said, "I'm going to go with him." ”

The little emperor's gaze suddenly became solemn, and the atmosphere was inexplicably depressed, as if everyone was trying their best to restrain the fire in their hearts.

"Sister!" The little emperor scolded in a low voice, he stretched out his hand and pointed at Gui Yinglin: "You have been bewitched by this bastard. ”

The little emperor stood up and paced in front of the dragon chair with his hands behind his back: "How can you believe such a scoundrel who bullies his brother and sister-in-law? In order to seize the country, he assassinated his brother many times, and also intended to provoke Lu Guo and Daqi to discord! He's ......."

"Hahaha," Before the little emperor's words were finished, Nan Yinglin had already laughed to himself, he raised his head and looked at the little emperor with interest: "Is it because I provoked the discord between Lu Guo and Daqi?" When I was still in power, you had already sent troops to invade my Great Qi land, why did you put the blame on me again? ”

"I?" The little emperor frowned, and suddenly sneered: "You are also worthy of using the word 'I'?" You're just a lost dog smuggled in by Daqi, and you dare to bark in front of me? ”

Nan Yinglin stood up and stood in front of the little emperor: "Victory and defeat are a common thing in soldiers, there are wins and losses, isn't it true that His Majesty the Emperor of Emperor Lu has not memorized words in his life?" ”