Alex seemed to have forgotten what he had just said, and turned to Hayt and said, "Your Highness, it's not safe here, let's leave first, the injured also need treatment."

The expression on Herbie's face was as if he had just eaten a magic leaf boiled by Master Sennet's own hands, and he glared at Alex fiercely, but his concern for Hayate kept him to his senses, and he didn't rush over to Alex to desperately greet several knights, helped Hayate to stand up, and personally carried him out of the woods

Some of the rest went to help the doctor, some cleaned up the mess, Alex pulled Minna and was about to leave, but the knight captain stopped him, hurriedly told his subordinates to bring the enemy's corpse, and then searched the vicinity to see if there were any clues left, so he ran up quickly and whispered: "Young Master Alex, may I ask what you just mentioned... What is the way to get His Highness back to Ito safely? Please be sure to tell me."

Alex raised an eyebrow: "You want to know?" ”

"Of course," the captain of the knights looked left and right, bowing his head, "I received this task by chance, and the one who was originally sent here fell ill... Looking back now, it's really suspicious, I'm sure you've seen it, although I didn't stop the crimes of some of the team members, but I did my best in the security work, but that Captain Herbie didn't see it that way, he always blamed my Highness for being in danger three times and twice, if something really happened, I might be injured or even killed, even if I returned to Ito safely, I would be removed from my family for many years, this position is my only chance to revitalize the family business, and I don't ask for any credit now, Just don't be questioned for this matter, I'm not afraid of death, but it's not worth dying because of this kind of thing! ”

Minna heard his voice and gently tugged at Alex's robe, "Do you really have a way?" Let's hear it, the captain doesn't allow it

Alex looked at the knight captain's expression and said slowly: "Okay, but find a safe place first, I suspect that you still have spies, it's best not to tell anyone what I said."

The knight captain was first overjoyed, then shocked, and finally straightened his head and nodded solemnly: "I understand"

He took everyone back to the road, bandaged the wounded and regrouped in a hurry, and hurried into the city to still stay in the city lord's mansion, and asked all the local garrisons to guard around the castle lord's mansion in shifts, and after everyone was settled, he rushed to Alex's room, and together with the other party and Minna, came to Hayat, except for Hebby, everyone else was invited out, Minna locked all the doors and windows in the room, and Alex added a soundproofing and anti-magic reconnaissance spell

Hayt was a little stunned when he saw this: "Yes... Anything important? ”

"It's important enough for your safety," said the knight captain, "Young Master Alex still has enemies in his team, so he has to use this way."

Herbie looked at Alex suspiciously before turning his gaze to the Knight Captain: "Then how can His Highness and I be sure that all the people in the field are reliable?" ”

Minna glared at him angrily, "If I'm unreliable, you're even more suspicious!" What have you done as the captain of the guard since Your Highness traveled?! If you don't do what you should do all day, you will only suspect innocent people, if you put all this energy on business, how can Your Highness be hurt again and again?! ”

Herbie blushed and wanted to refute, but he couldn't speak, so he had to kneel in front of Hayt with red circles: "Your Highness is when your subordinates lose their land," Hyat comforted softly, barely supported his body, reached out to help Herbie, and asked Alex with a smile: "I believe Your Excellency must have a good way, right?" ”

Alex smiled lightly: " Actually, it's very simple, I'm sure you've also noticed that the time or place of the attackers' actions is quite fixed, and everyone knows that this convoy is to send the prince back to Ito, so when we walk on the main road with a lot of pedestrians in broad daylight, they just follow from a distance, and only when we go to a remote and uninhabited place, or stay at night, they will take action, and they are also afraid of exposing themselves, although everyone knows that they are hostile to His Highness, but they will never leave any evidence to accuse them of crimes”

Minna nodded: "That's right, at the beginning, you met the robbers, after leaving Maiton, because they decided to change to the waterway, they couldn't get into the central region, and they began to keep an eye on them, yesterday because the mercenaries accidentally destroyed the inn and had to find another place to live, today because the horse accidentally went crazy, the carriage was in distress, and after entering the woods, they accidentally met robbers, no matter what, they will not blatantly attack your place"

Hayat and Herbie both felt justified when they heard this, and the knight captain interjected again: "Actually, I sent someone to visit the manor of Duras's house before I left this morning."

Minna hurriedly asked, "How?!" ”

"No suspicious person was found, but there were rumors that there had been a poisonous snake in the manor in the middle of the night that had bitten a man, and by the time we left, he was almost dead" Apparently another accident

Herbie gasped, "Why didn't you report it to me?!" The knight captain glanced at him faintly: "You only cared about letting me check if the carriage was safe, and you didn't listen to me at all" Herbie blushed again, and his hands were bruised

Hayt said expressionlessly, "So, they want me to die in an accident as much as possible?" He turned to Alex, "What's the way you're talking about?" ”

"Disguise yourself and secretly return to Ito," Alex smiled slightly, "The knights continue to escort the carriage forward, and you can show as much as you want, so that those people think that you are still in the convoy, but on the other hand, you change into civilian clothes, and you are escorted by a few reliable people on horseback, and when the enemy tries to sneak up on you, you are back in the palace."

Minna nodded and added: "This is called changing the beams of the house into pillars, or secretly replacing the dragon with a phoenix" Grandpa taught her the ground

Everyone was silent for a while, not understanding what she meant, so they had to ignore it

Herbie objected again: "With so many people to protect, how can His Highness send only a few people in danger?" What if there is an attack on the road?! Besides, who will be chosen to protect His Highness? My subordinates are wounded, and the Knights are unreliable! ”

Minna glanced at him: "Alex and I are in charge, don't you have a guard under you who is slightly injured?" Three people are enough, too much talk will attract attention you can't go, you show your head every day, once you disappear, the enemy will immediately become suspicious" This is the result of what she had discussed with Alex before

"No! I must not leave Your Highness! Herbie was furious, "Who knows what will happen to His Highness after he leaves me?" When I left the palace, His Majesty handed over His Highness to me, and even if I die, I will not leave him! ”

"Are you still dragging him down when you're dead?!" Minna was also angry, "Do you want to be Your Highness's determination to follow the farts is more important than covering Your Highness's safe escape?!" If Alex and I had tried to harm him, he would have died eight hundred times! Don't think that you are the only one in this world who is the most loyal, and everyone else is a bad guy! Hmph, without you, a guy who can only pretend but have his head stuffed with grass, maybe His Highness is safer

Herbie jerked out his matching sword and pointed it at Minna, "You insulted me!" I'm going to duel you! ”

Minna raised her foot and kicked, kicked him two or three meters away, hit the wall and bounced back and rushed up to grab the hand where he was holding the sword, twisted it, the sword fell and at the same time turned the person over and pressed against the wall, sneering: "You want to duel with a young lady?" It seems that your head is really stuffed with grass, but unfortunately even if you fight, you are not my opponent! ”

Hebby struggled desperately and his eyes were about to pop out, the knight captain was not much better than him, and the whole person stayed there, Alex was used to it, and said lightly: "Minna, he is a native of His Highness, you give His Highness some face"

Hayt coughed lightly: "Miss Minna, it's Hebby who is so rude, I apologize to you for him" but unconsciously took out a handkerchief in his right hand and wiped his forehead

Minna snorted lightly, then let go of the person, and seeing that Hebby was still glaring at her, she kicked the sword on the ground, threw it back to him, and said coldly: "If you have the ability, go and deal with those attackers, take a sword and face the young lady Tafeng, what a hero!" ”

Herbie's body trembled even more, and Hayat scolded when he saw this: "Why don't you apologize to Miss Minna?!" Herbie shook his body and gritted his teeth and squeezed out, "I'm sorry..."Minna waved his hand in acceptance, but he was so angry that he almost turned his back on it

Alex coughed a few times and drew everyone's attention back: "What does Your Highness think?" If you decide to do this, it's best to be prepared tonight to announce that you have been frightened by the robbers and need to delay your trip, and Minna and I, as non-entourage, plan to go first, so that it will not be suspicious."

Heyat thought for a moment and said with a wry smile: "It's a good way, but I'm not able to walk on my feet now, and I'm afraid I can't ride a horse, so I have to say sorry to you."

Herbie jerked his head up and looked at Hayat, and the tearful Knights captain bowed his head in disappointment

Alex shrugged, not taking it to heart Minna felt deep pity, after leaving Hayat's room, she whispered to comfort her friend, Alex smiled: "It's just an offer, I don't plan to get anything from it, what's the matter?" Moreover, I don't think His Royal Highness the Grand Prince is not in favor of this method, I'm afraid it won't be long before he changes his mind."

It turned out that Alex's premonition came true, and in the next two days, the convoy encountered a lot of trouble all the way, the so-called robbers and robbers appeared four or five times, the knight captain initially ordered to cut people in anger, and in the end, he also had the leisure to tease the other party, pointing out that those robbers were wrong and missing, but the trouble was not only these, the road they passed, it seemed that suddenly there were many dirt pit traps, and some of the knights who walked in front failed to find it in time, so they were hit, some people sprained their feet, and some people fell and hurt their buttocks, In the worst case, one wheel of the carriage got bogged down in a pit, and the court physician was thrown out of the carriage and knocked his head off, but fortunately the main owner, Hayat, was held tightly by Herbie and was unharmed

Heyt was silent afterwards, but told the captain of the knights to ask the best local physician to treat everyone, and apologized to everyone afterwards, if it weren't for him, they wouldn't have been hurt

Minna is very unaccustomed to his attitude, obviously it is not his fault, why take all the responsibility on him? Alex reassured her, pulled her to follow the departing Hayt, entered the room, and waited for his decision with a smile

Hebby didn't know what they were coming from, and stared at Alex warily, "What's the matter, Your Excellency?" Please come back tomorrow morning, it's late."

Alex still smiled faintly

Hayt sighed and said, "Just do what you planned, I'll put my safety in your hands, and you will arrange it."

"Your Highness!" Herbie looked at him in shock, a little confused

Minna glanced at him: "You are very important on the ground, and you don't even care about the safety of Your Highness?" How many times do you want him to meet robbers and drop his car? ”

Herbie's face turned pale and he kept his mouth shut

Alex said, "You can barely walk on your feet, right?" Please choose a guard to ride with you, I have a distant relative who lives nearby, and I will leave the team with Minna in the name of visiting him later, please pretend to be my retinue for the time being, I remember that one of your guards seems to have broken his leg, he is about the same age as you, and he may be able to serve as your stand-in for the time beingWhen you leave here tomorrow, don't take the local doctor, and wait until the next town, in the name of the eldest prince's treatment, ask a doctor to come and see the guard's foot injury, so that everyone mistakenly thinks that the eldest prince's injury has worsened, The trip will be postponed so that the convoy will be attacked less often."

Hayt only thought about it for about ten seconds, then nodded in agreement, Herbie wanted to open his mouth several times, but he closed his mouth, and the former smiled bitterly when he saw this: "Herbie, I believe Alex and Minna, their abilities are very good, aren't they?" And they have already helped us a lot, I am leaving soon, and the rest of the work will be left to you, please keep it a secret for me."

Herbie's eyes were red, and he choked up and nodded: "Please rest assured, Your Highness, I will never let people find out that you have left, you have to cooperate well"

Hyatt gave a lot of instructions, and Herbie answered with tears in his eyes, and listened to Minna's side, and suddenly felt that perhaps the eldest prince had been thinking about it all the past few days, and that the arrangements he had spoken of really did not seem to have been improvised in the past

As soon as it was dark, a "quarrel" broke out between Hebby and Alex, and then the latter left angrily, and his friend Minna and two retinues had to chase after them, although they were surprised by the mayor's house, but they heard the knights say that they often quarrel, so they didn't take it to heart, and no one thought that the "prince" in the room had changed, and the real prince, dressed in ordinary clothes, rode out of the town, and rushed to the south while the moon se

At this time, they were only two or three days away from Ito, and in order to reach their destination before the enemy found out, they kept on their way, and when they were too tired to stand it, they stopped to rest for a while, and Heyat was escorted by guards, and could rest on horseback, but he couldn't sleep, and when he couldn't bear it anymore, he saw that Alex, who was younger than himself, and Minna, who was a girl, were still holding on, and he felt admiration, and at the same time he was ashamed of his cowardice, and he also regained his spirits and continued on his way

In this way, on the evening of the third day, they finally arrived at the gate of Ito Castle, and Hayt endured the burning pain in his inner thigh, and suddenly felt a little moved

Minna breathed a sigh of relief, and greeted Alex and Hayt with a smile: "Let's go, let's go into the city" Unexpectedly, as soon as she arrived at the door, she was stopped by the soldiers guarding the door, "Who are you?!" Show proof of identity, otherwise you won't be allowed to enter! ”

Minna took out her own, and just wanted to hand it over, but suddenly remembered one thing, of course, Hayt had identification, but if he really took it out, wouldn't it reveal the fact that he had returned? Thinking of what happened to Vasily after taking her into the city, she couldn't help but feel a little...

"How dare you speak to me in such a tone?" Alex raised his chin arrogantly, brushed his hair, and revealed the Mandheling family crest on the bracers, and the soldier's face changed, and he hurriedly saluted: "I'm sorry, young master, please come in"

Minna smiled and glanced at Alex, then motioned for Hayt and the others to follow, the latter lowered his head and rode past the soldiers, his heart beating hard, but until he was in the city, the soldiers did not speak again

The way to the palace was also smooth, and when the knights standing guard in front of the palace recognized Hayt, they all ran to report in shock that Hayt looked back at Minna and Alex with a complicated face, and said for a long time: "I don't know how to express my gratitude, but I still have to say that I will never forget it in my life"

Minna and Alex looked at each other and laughed, and they were about to say something, but when they heard the sound of hurried footsteps, they looked up and were stunned

The person who came was none other than Perdica, who had left her in Encore that year