In the chaotic crowd, Ji Qin'er pulled the little prince Ji Chunming and squeezed over to Ye Qiong and his party, and greeted Gu Congyan and Wang Muqiu with a smile: "Congyan, cousin Muqiu, I really didn't expect to see you here!" ”

Gu Congyan and Ji Qin'er have similar temperaments, they have a good relationship with each other, and they have also made an appointment to play polo together, so Ji Qin'er recognized Gu Congyan.

Although he was familiar with Ji Qin'er, Gu Congyan had never seen the little prince, he just thought it was a certain prince or the little young master in the prince's mansion that Ji Qin'er knew, and he glanced at Ji Zeming curiously and then withdrew his gaze, and smiled at Ji Qin'er: "Lord Nanping, why did you go out of the palace to play, the queen mother is willing to let you out?" ”

Ji Qin'er glanced at the innocent little prince beside her, put her finger on her lips and motioned to Gu Congyan to whisper, and said, "Of course I ran out secretly, the queen doesn't know yet." ”

Wang Muqiu is the biological niece of Queen Wang, and the relationship with the little prince is cousins, so they naturally know each other. When she saw the little prince for the first time, Wang Muqiu's face turned pale, and when she heard Ji Qin'er say that Queen Wang didn't know, she was so frightened that she couldn't even stand still.

Seeing that Ji Qin'er was still talking to Gu Congyan, Wang Muqiu anxiously asked the little prince: "Why did you run out like this?" Do those two know, do your fourth brother know, and how many people follow? ”

The little prince glanced at Ye Qiong, saw that Ye Qiong didn't look like he was leaving, and remembered that Ye Qiong was also the junior sister of his fourth brother Ji Yuanze, so he didn't let Ye Qiong stay away, and said, "Don't worry, the fourth brother knows about this, this ...... I'm just here to feel what the folk often say. A lot of people followed, all of whom made disguises and blended in the crowd. ”

Wang Muqiu's expression eased, and when he heard that the little prince's tone seemed to have other plans, he didn't want to persuade him anymore, and only said, "Your ...... You still have to pay attention, this Shangyuan lantern will be mixed, I really can't rest assured. ”

Saying that, Wang Muqiu glanced at Ye Qiong, and said a little apologetically: "Miss Ye, the Shangyuan Lantern Festival will be very lively, why don't you go and Congyan first?" This is what it means to ask Ye Qiong to leave for the time being.

Ye Qiong knew that it was not good to listen to the conversation between the two again, so she stood a little farther away and spoke to Ji Qin'er first: "I have seen the county lord of Nanping. ”

Ji Qin'er blinked, suddenly widened her eyes, and said with a smile: "It turned out to be you, I remember you, your name is Ye Qiong, I saw you once in the queen's palace before." The last time I went back to see my mother, she mentioned you to me a few times. You changed your outfit today, I almost didn't recognize you, I really didn't expect that Congyan invited you! ”

Ye Qiong smiled and said, "The county lord said that he was smiling. The county lord came out this time, but he brought enough people? This crowd of hundreds of patients is crowded, although it is lively, but you should also be careful, the county lord might as well go with us, so we also brought a lot of guards. ”

Although Gu Congyan was naïve, he was not a person who didn't know anything, and when he heard Ye Qiong's reminder, he also persuaded: "County Lord, my uncle is in charge of the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division, and many of the guards in the home are trained by my uncle's subordinates, so you can follow us, and it will be safer." ”

Ji Qin'er naturally didn't say anything, and Wang Muqiu and the little prince, who had finished speaking, also came over and said, "This is good, and it is convenient for us to take care of each other." ”

Gu Congyan beckoned her brother Gu Congju to come over, Gu Congju glanced at the little prince and felt familiar, so he asked more: "I don't know what to call this one?" ”

The little prince said reservedly: "My surname is Wang, and I come from the side branch of the Jiangnan Wang family. ”

Gu Congju saw that he was Wang Muqiu's cousin, so he dispelled his suspicions and said with a smile: "Wang Xiaogongzi is the first time to participate in this Shangyuan Lantern Festival?" Then remember to follow us closely, and be careful of being trampled by the people behind you when you are sick. ”

The little prince's eyes widened, and his face rarely showed a childish look, and he was surprised: "Will you still be stepped on?" ”

"More than that." Ye Qiong said with a smile, "When crossing the bridge, there will be a few people who are squeezed down the river every year, and the Five Cities Terracotta Division will also send a few people with good water characteristics on the river bank, and a few small boats will also be arranged in the river, just waiting for the time to catch people." ”

Gu Congyan said in surprise: "Ye Qiong, you actually know this, I think only our Gu family and Yun family know about this." Not only fishing people, but also fishing things, last year there was a family heirloom bracelet accidentally dropped into the river, my uncle sent someone to salvage it for a long time! ”

The little prince clapped his hands and smiled: "Sure enough, you still have to see it with your own eyes to know these interesting things." ”

Ye Qiong was silent, and couldn't help but have a trace of sympathy in her heart.

Whether in his previous life or in this life, the little prince has never been out of the palace much.

In the palace, whether it is the queen mother, the son of heaven or the queen, they all regard this only prince as if they were eyeballs. The prince was weak when he was young, and he couldn't even go to the imperial garden, but it was the queen who took care of him every inch to save his life, and then gradually improved. However, he finally got better, but at the age of five, he was attacked by an assassin when he followed several royal brothers out of the palace to celebrate the birthday of an old prince, and he was scared and fell seriously ill.

Since then, the little prince has not been out of the palace much.

In the previous life, the soul case finally involved the prince, because of the case involving King Sheng's rebellion and witchcraft, even if Emperor Shunhe liked the little prince again, he could only abolish the prince, but he still retained Ji Chunming's identity as the prince and locked him in a remote palace in the palace.

Ye Qiong couldn't see it clearly in his previous life, and he thought that Emperor Shunhe was ruthless, but when he looked at it in this life, he thought a little more about Emperor Shunhe's approach.

Emperor Shunhe has been in power for more than 20 years, and he has his own views on the affairs of the court, and he has Jinyi Wei in hand to supervise hundreds of officials, can't he see that the soul case may be boring?

If you can't see it, how can you still retain the status of the little prince? As for house arrest, it is more like a disguised protection to say that it is a punishment.

It's a pity that until Ye Qiong died in his previous life, the little prince was still imprisoned in the palace.

In this way, the little prince has never really seen the scenery outside the palace a few times in his life.

Ye Qiong was still in her thoughts, but she heard the little prince ask Lu Shaodan: "I saw it just now, this brother is really good at throwing pots, but has he practiced archery?" ”

Lu Shaodan said with a smile: "Lile shoots the number of imperial books, it is the six rites of a gentleman, and I have naturally practiced it." As he spoke, Lu Shaodan inadvertently revealed a bit of nobility between his gestures, which made the little prince, who had always been sharp-minded, raise his eyebrows.

Today, Lu Shaodan is wearing the second set of clothes given to him by Ye Qiong, because it was prepared for the Shangyuan Festival, so he is still in white, and he only put extra effort into tailoring, lining Lu Shaodan's wide shoulders and narrow waist, and his demeanor is like jade, which has caused many girls on the street to frequently throw their eyes at him.

Most of the children of the family in Beijing, even if the little prince has never seen him, he has seen the portrait. In his impression, he only remembered that Zhang Jingzhi, the prince of South Korea, and Qin Wei, the second son of the Dragon and Tiger General's Mansion, had such a demeanor, but among the two, Zhang Jingzhi was conceited and Qin Wei was silent, and they were not as good as the people in front of him who seemed to be flying, but in fact they were quiet, like an unpredictable pool.

Jingzhong, is there such a character in the past?

Thinking of this, the little prince asked: "Dare to ask which house the eldest brother is from, is this archery art taught by the family?" ”

Lu Shaodan replied one by one: "My name is Lu Shaodan, I am the son of the late Lu Yushi, and my home is in Xinghua Hutong. I invited my master to teach me archery at home, and I also learned some in Wenshan Academy, which is nothing. ”

The little prince was surprised, he only knew the list of officials who were still in office in the court, but he really didn't know what Lu Yushi was, so he didn't ask any more, but secretly wrote down the name Lu Shaodan.

Several people were still talking and laughing, and suddenly there was a surge of people, rushing towards the same place, and someone shouted: "Go to a hundred diseases!" ”

Gu Congyan and Ji Qin'er hurriedly carried their skirts and merged into the flow of people, Tang Luxue and Yun Qianyi followed, Ye Qiong saw that Wang Muqiu was slow, so she came to her side with a smile and said, "I can't keep up with them, so it's better to go with you." Ye Qiong naturally circled Wang Muqiu's arm as she spoke, helping her avoid the push and shove of the crowd behind her.

Wang Muqiu thanked him gratefully, and felt even more good about Ye Qiong in his heart.

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The flow of people was crowded, and the Gu family nursing home that followed did their best to form a small circle in the flow of people, and behind Ye Qiong and the others, there were Gu Congju, Ye Jin and Lu Shaodan who were not close or far away, and there was no chaos for a while.

The group followed the flow of people to the river, and as soon as they arrived here, the speed of the flow of people suddenly slowed down, and the mouth of the bridge was like a knot in a rope, blocking most of the people by the river.

The people in front are retreating, but the people behind are still thinking about squeezing forward, and a bridge is only so wide at most, it is really difficult to pass too many people at one time, the soldiers of the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses shouted at the top of their voices and shouted that people lined up, but everyone wanted to be the first to touch the door nail on the main door of Li, where to listen to the persuasion.

The Gu family's nursing home has been washed away, Lu Shaodan, the little prince and several other male dependents have also been rushed to the back by the crowd, Tang Luxue and Yun Qianyi walked the fastest and had already crossed the bridge, Ye Qiong's side only Ji Qin'er, Wang Muqiu, Gu Congyan and a few nursing homes who were not very troublesome and a few female entourages they brought.

Ye Qiong protected Wang Muqiu, who had already been hit on the shoulder several times, looked at the messy bridge like the entrance of the vegetable market, twisted her eyebrows, and a bad premonition flashed in her heart.

In previous years, Ye Qiong also followed Xie and her sister through a hundred diseases, will it be like this at that time?

At this moment, an exclamation came from nowhere, followed by a terrible shout: "Murder-"

Ye Qiong's heart jumped, and she hurriedly looked in the direction where the voice came from, but she couldn't see what was going on because she was too short.

When he was anxious, Wang Muqiu beside him suddenly screamed, grabbed Ye Qiong's hand tightly, and pointed in a direction for Ye Qiong to see: "Look, look over there!" ”

Ye Qiong saw that not far from them, a vendor who was mixed in the crowd carrying goods suddenly took out a bright knife from the bamboo basket containing the goods and walked towards them. A woman was accidentally pushed by the crowd and hit the seller's body, and before she had time to avoid it, she was slashed by the seller's backhand, and blood overflowed in an instant, frightening passers-by to flee one after another.

Wang Muqiu was so frightened that she grabbed Ye Qiong's hand tightly and couldn't speak, Ji Qin'er's face also changed, Ye Qiong bit her lip and desperately suppressed the fear, panic and urge to step forward to stop it.

Anyone who sees human life passing away before his eyes cannot be indifferent.

Is this the danger that Lu Shaodan is talking about? But in her previous life, Ye Qiong remembered that no such disaster had happened in the capital!

Seeing that the person couldn't reach where they were for a while because of the crowd, Ye Qiong said quickly in a trembling voice: "Lord Nanping, the news of your escape with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince should have been leaked, and the person who came came for the two of you!" ”

Wang Muqiu didn't have time to think about why Ye Qiong recognized the prince, she just raised her head and looked in the direction where the prince was, but the crowd blocked her vision.

Ji Qin'er didn't answer Ye Qiong's words, but grabbed the wrist of her left hand with her right hand, staring closely at the person's steps to judge the distance. When the man walked to the right position, he only heard a "poof", and a short cluster flew out of Ji Qin'er's sleeve and shot straight at the neck of the person who came.

Ye Qiong was stunned, she didn't expect Ji Qin'er to have such a weapon hidden on her body.

Ji Qin'er vigilantly retreated to the side of several people and said, "I only have three arrows in this sleeve arrow, and now there are only two left." What about you? ”

Gu Congyan touched the horsewhip he had been carrying, and Wang Muqiu only shook his head.

Ye Qiong didn't hide her selfishness, she also pulled out a dagger from her calf, and took out a medicine bottle from her waist, handed it to Ji Qin'er and said, "This is sweat medicine, as long as it is broken, no matter how powerful a person is, it will not be able to stand." ”

Ji Qin'er's eyes flashed with surprise and suspicion, but she still took the medicine and applied it to her sleeve arrow, Ye Qiong handed the medicine bottle to Wang Muqiu again, and said, "The hairpin can also be used as a hidden weapon, and if necessary, you can also protect yourself, apply some on it." ”

Wang Muqiu took the medicine bottle and thanked him, and Ye Qiong took advantage of this gap to quickly say: "County Lord, with all due respect, the assassin should be aimed at you and His Royal Highness the Prince, you and His Royal Highness are both possible, and the possibility of rushing to His Highness is the greatest." There are too many people, and there may not be enough guards around Your Highness, Congyan, do you have anything on you to communicate? ”

Ye Qiong asked this because she thought that Gu Congyan's uncle was the commander of the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division after all, and it was very likely that he gave Gu Congyan these things for self-defense.

Gu Congyan was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly took out a bamboo tube of fireworks from his body, which was the fireworks used by the Five Cities Terracotta Division to communicate.

Gu Congyan was about to ignite it, but Ye Qiong covered her hand in time and said, "It can't be now, we want to expose our position." Choose the best light skill among the guards and run to a high place to put it. ”

Gu Congyan nodded hurriedly, but Ji Qin'er stopped her and called someone over, that person really did a good job, and walked into the crowd with a fireworks.

At this time, the other assassins had already discovered the existence of Ye Qiong and his party, and rushed over with knives, fortunately, the guards around them were not bad, and in less than a while, there were four or five corpses lying at the feet of several people, and the bloody atmosphere made people just want to gag.

Despite this, many of those guards have already been painted.

Not far away, red fireworks lit up the sky, Ye Qiong glanced at the bridge in front of him, and said: "We might as well cross the bridge first, although there is nothing to hide, but after crossing the bridge, it is not far from Zhengyangmen, where there are all honorable eunuchs, and there are the most Jin Wuwei left behind." Now that the fireworks are set off, the soldiers over there will also come, and it is safest for us to go there. ”

Ji Qin'er nodded immediately, Ye Qiong and Gu Congyan held Wang Muqiu's hand alone, and they almost set her up and walked quickly towards the bridge.

It's just that these noble ladies with guards are still too conspicuous in the crowd, and as soon as they got on the bridge, many assassins spotted them and rushed towards them.

Ye Qiong didn't have time to look back, and ran forward with all her heart, only to hear another "poof" sound in her ears, Ji Qin'er shot out another sleeve arrow, and on the other side, a guard was slashed by the assassin in the neck, but he held the assassin's hand holding the knife tightly and did not let go, shouting: "County Lord, go quickly-"

The remaining guards couldn't hold it anymore, and Ye Qiong couldn't help but reddened her eyes when she listened to the sound of swords colliding and screaming in pain behind her ears.

But the assassin still chased after him, and Ji Qin'er's sleeve arrow made a final "poof" sound, and this time Ye Qiong's clothes were even splashed with blood. Gu Congyan raised his whip and hit the assassins who were about to rush in the face, but there were still assassins coming towards Ye Qiong and Wang Muqiu.

At this moment, a figure appeared at the mouth of the bridge, only to see the person holding the knife in his hand, and the knife technique in one hand made it superb, and the knife flashed, and it was a bloody explosion, accompanied by an abrupt cry of pain.

The person who came was Lu Shaodan.