Yue Ying took Zhao Yuanji all the way to gallop, and after running for most of the night, the horse fell to the ground with convulsions, and couldn't get up with its hooves.

Yue Ying didn't have time to care about the horse, because it was night, the speed at which the carriage stumbled all the way was not very fast, and now it was only more than a hundred miles away, not to mention going to Luoyang, Chang'an, it would take nearly a hundred miles to Dengfeng, and if you didn't run quickly, you would be caught up by others.

After dawn, he found that Zhao Yuanji was gone, and Guan Tianzhao must have sent soldiers and horses to arrest him, the most important place of which was the direction to Chang'an, that is, the road under the feet of the two of them.

So Yue Ying simply took Zhao Yuanji and the two on foot, fortunately, Zhao Yuanji had learned to ride and shoot since he was a child, and his physical fitness was not bad, and the two of them moved quickly along the main road, striving to get as close to the direction of Chang'an as possible before the arrival of the chasing soldiers, and then choose another path.

At dawn, Zhao Yuanji's maid went to change Zhao Yuanji's clothes, and did not find Zhao Yuanji, and went out to look for it, so he reported it to Guan Tianzhao, and when Guan Tianzhao inquired, he learned that Zhao Yuanji and Yue Ying went out last night.

After asking again, he knew that Zhao Yuanji entered the hall last night to make tea for himself, but Guan Tianzhao didn't see Zhao Yuanji, and immediately knew that something was wrong.

hurriedly scattered the people and horses to go out to look for them, and learned that Zhao Yuanji had left the city from the west gate last night.

Guan Tianzhao immediately sent his personal guard team of 1,000 elite horsemen to chase to the west, this thousand people, in fact, was not used to chase and kill Zhao Yuanji, but to quickly rush to the border pass and block the road to Chang'an.

As long as the road is blocked, so that Zhao Yuanji cannot leave Henan, then as long as he is in Henan, Guan Tianzhao does not believe that Zhao Yuanji can hide.

Along the way, various prefectures and counties were notified to send people to search, and Guan Tianzhao ordered someone to find Hua Wuji.

Although Hua Wuji is the leader of the Songshan Alliance, the headquarters of the Tiandao Alliance is in Zhengzhou, and for nearly half a year, Hua Wuji lives in Zhengzhou.

After receiving the order, Hua Wuji soon came to the Jiedu Embassy.

Hua Wuji is dressed in green clothes, with a kind face, and three long beards under his forehead, although he is not a Taoist, but he also has the taste of fairy wind and bones.

Hua Wuji is the number one master in Henan, the peak of the early congenital stage, and the six-pan swordsmanship in one hand has reached the point of being superb, if he fights with the old nun of the Emei Sect of Extermination, and they all take the same sword, then the Exterminating Old Nun will last less than half an hour under his hands.

Ten years ago, Hua Wuji was valued by Guan Tianzhao, and secretly seized the position of the head of Songshan, and the army cooperated with him to eradicate dissidents in the sect, and soon controlled the power of the Songshan faction, and formed the Tiandao League with the support of Guan Tianzhao.

So in the face of Guan Tianzhao, Hua Wuji is very respectful, Guan Tianzhao is his nobleman, and now the Songshan faction can become the first major faction in Henan, which is the reason why Guan Tianzhao supports him behind the scenes, without Guan Tianzhao, there would be no Hua Wuji Today, Hua Wuji has completely become Guan Tianzhao's lackey, even if Guan Tianzhao asked him to kill the emperor, he dared to go.

On the martial arts road in Henan, Hua Wuji's reputation behind his back is very bad, eagle dogs, minions, and lackeys are all good, but no one dares to mention it in front of Hua Wuji.

And Guan Tianzhao also trusts Hua Wuji on weekdays and spares no effort to support him.

It's just that Hua Wuji's last thing was not done well, which made Guan Tianzhao quite unhappy, and Hua Wuji was also very guilty about this, and he always wanted to find an opportunity to repay the Jiedu envoy.

When I got the news today, I rushed to the palace as soon as possible, and came to the Jiedu Embassy to immediately pay tribute to Guan Tianzhao.

"Subordinate Hua Wuji has seen the Lord of the Festival."

Although Hua Wuji is not a member of the public family, he has always regarded himself as a subordinate.

"Sit down!".

Seeing that Guan Tianzhao's face was not good, Hua Wuji carefully sat on the chair for half of his buttocks, waiting for the order of the envoy.

"The princess ran away".

Hua Wuji's face changed: "My lord, my subordinates heard that after Her Royal Highness the princess came back, she was not vigilant, and her style of acting was still the same, it is said that Her Royal Highness the princess is not too scheming person, how could she run away?"

Guan Tianzhao pressed his forehead with his hand: "Last night, I discussed with Envoy Feng about the last time you missed, and there were some big things, at that time, she was behind the screen, she should have heard something, and then ran away."

Hua Wuji was also shocked in his heart, he knew what the Lord said, that was the real big thing, and it was a big thing to change the sky.

The princess ran away after hearing the news, and the problem was serious, as long as the princess ran back to Chang'an, then waiting for the Henan Jiedu envoy Guan Tianzhao and her own people would be a disaster.

"My lord, do you know which direction you ran towards, and with whom?"

"I ran with Yue Ying, I have already checked, I went out of the city at the West Gate last night, I should want to go back to Chang'an."

"What do you mean?"

Guan Tian glanced at Hua Wuji: "No matter what, you can't let her return to Chang'an, this is the only purpose."

"Don't worry, let Hua do it", Hua Wuji stood up and asked for his life, hoping to use this performance to make the adults happy.

"I have sent soldiers and horses to search, although they are out of the city at the west gate, but I do not rule out the possibility of deliberately arranging ** formation, so I also sent people to the other three sides, but the focus is still on the west, because their goal is definitely to return to Chang'an, and my personal guard elite cavalry has taken the lead in setting off, going to the west to block the border pass to Luoyang, they will do the carriage and go, it will definitely not be very fast, my personal guards, will definitely be able to reach the blockade pass before they leave."

"My lord is clever, in this way, they can only obediently stay in our Henan, so things will be much simpler, but my lord, no matter how many troops you have, but that Yue Ying is a native of the rivers and lakes, what he is good at is to escape and conceal, I am afraid that the army can play a small role, or we martial arts people are doing this."

"Yue Ying takes the princess, you can't run fast, you go, catch them, the official has a heavy reward."

Hua Wuji nodded and said goodbye, and went back to organize the people in full swing to find the whereabouts of Yue Ying and the princess.

According to Hua Wuji's estimate, Yue Ying and they ran in a carriage, and overnight, plus during the day, they would be caught up as soon as they reached Dengfeng, so they would definitely choose a hidden path to move forward, and when their own people approached them, they would definitely not be out of Dengfeng territory yet.

Therefore, the key place to search is Dengfeng.

If Zhao Yuanji fails to return to Chang'an, then Guan Tianzhao's plan is likely to succeed, and once successful, the whole country will be plunged into war.

If Zhao Yuanji escaped, then Guan Tianzhao's plan would not have any chance of success at all, Chang'an controlled the City Guard Legion, and without the support of the Taishi, the only result of Guan Tianzhao's troops was a shameful failure.

So whether he lives or dies, Zhao Yuanji must not return to Chang'an.

Guan Tianzhao gave an order and mobilized countless soldiers and horses.

Hua Wuji gave an order, and the entire martial arts road in Henan moved, and many martial arts people with swords and swords appeared everywhere, looking for all clues, wanting to be the first to catch the escapees and get the reward of the Hua League master.

The two little people, a search and arrest related to the fate of the Tang Dynasty, swept across the land of Henan.

Yue Ying's feeling has always been very accurate, after dawn, he feels that he can't continue to walk the road, because once he finds that Zhao Yuanji is gone, then Guan Tianzhao's personal guard elite cavalry will catch up with him at the fastest speed, and it won't take three hours from Zhengzhou to Dengfeng, and the two of them will be caught up before they reach Dengfeng.

So feeling that the sky was bright, Yue Ying took Zhao Yuanji to drill the mountains and forests.

The mountains and forests are rugged and difficult to walk, and the deeper you go into the mountains, the more difficult it is to walk, Yue Ying had to take Zhao Yuanji to advance at the edge of the mountains and forests, there are trees hidden here, if there are people and horses on the official road in the distance, the two of them can enter the deep mountains in time.

There was not an hour in the mountains and forests, and the smoke and dust were billowing on the official road in the distance, and there should have been a horse team.

At this time, the horse team appeared, it should be Guan Tianzhao's pursuers, and he must have found the carriage discarded by the two of them, Yue Ying did not dare to be careless, and led Zhao Yuanji to drill into the mountains.

But the team did not stop at all, and galloped wildly along the official road, and disappeared at the end of the road in a moment.

"Yue Ying, they passed, they didn't find us, it's great."

Zhao Yuanji clapped her hands excitedly, in her opinion, there might be no big problem after escaping this catastrophe.

Yue Ying smiled bitterly: "Princess, this is not a good thing, this is the elite cavalry guards of the Jiedu envoy, their goal must be to blockade the Luoyang border pass, and we will probably not be able to return to Chang'an."

Zhao Yuanji, who was still excited just now, was splashed with cold water, and said in a panic: "Yue Ying, what should we do then?

Yue Ying said helplessly: "No one can do anything about this, but to take one step at a time."

While they were talking, many people appeared in the distance, some troops patrolled along the roads, and even some people from the rivers and lakes appeared, going their own way with the army, three in a group, two in a group, looking for everything.

Yue Ying was really a little panicked this time, the army was fine, but the pursuit of those Jianghu people was not sure that he could completely dodge, not to mention the princess who was dragging the oil bottle.

"Let's go, princess, it's too late if you don't go."

After saying that, Yue Ying and Zhao Yuanji went into the deep mountains, regardless of the southeast and northwest, they just kept going.

Gradually, the sky became overcast, and an autumn rain was coming.

The two of them braved the rain in the mountains, although it was hard, but it covered up the traces of their walking.

In the wind and rain, Zhao Yuanji couldn't hold on a little and said to Yue Ying: "Yue Ying, I can't walk, I'm still hungry, this rain is too heavy, let's find a place to rest."

"Where are we going to rest in this wind and rain?"

Yue Ying was also worried, if the princess was sick in the rain, I was afraid that the two of them would really not be able to leave.

"Boom!".

A bell echoed in the mountains, and it was still faintly heard in the wind and rain.

Yue Ying raised his head and tried to find the direction where the bell came from.

ps: In the development of Shaolin, the imperial court is a link that cannot be avoided, but we are writing about rivers and lakes, so this plot will pass soon, and you don't have to worry about going off-topic.

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