The night was dark, and horse-drawn carriages sailed through the forest paths.

The wheels ran over the uneven ground, causing the body to shake a little, and the three people in the car closed their eyes, not knowing whether they were drowsy or closed their eyes to recuperate.

After a while, the carriage jolted violently, as if it had tripped over something, and then slowly stopped.

In the carriage, the slightly older boy in brocade immediately asked,

"Lang Qi, what's wrong?"

"Lord Wang, like..."The guard outside the carriage had not finished speaking, only to hear the sound of the wind breaking "sigh" interrupted him.

There are assassins!!

Following the sound sideways, a cold arrow passed through the window of the car next to his ear, and the boy's eyebrows were crossed, and he quickly intercepted the arrow.

The arrow slashed through the palm of his hand, and finally the body of the arrow was firmly grasped in his hand, and the pain in his palm made him can't help but take a breath of cold air.

And the direction of this arrow is the person sitting opposite him, and the young man opposite is looking at the scene in front of him in shock at the moment, the cold glow of the arrow is only an inch from the tip of his nose...

If it weren't for the emperor's quick arrest, the consequences would be unimaginable...

There was little space in the carriage, and the smell of blood quickly spread.

"Allow you..."

The girl on her side frowned, wanting to check his wounds, but he blocked them, clutched the arrow in her hand, got up and said only a word,

"Xiyuan, protect the prince!"

With that, he got out of the carriage and went out to check on the situation.

The girl only frowned, and asked no more.

got up and knelt down on one knee in front of the prince, raised his hand and patted him lightly on the shoulder, softly soothing,

"Your Highness, don't be afraid..."

"Sister Yuan..."The young man in the car turned pale, nodded with some difficulty, and the fingers holding the cuffs were already so hard that the joints turned white, reflecting his mood at the moment...

got out of the carriage with the arrow in hand, and saw Lang Qi hurriedly walking towards him,

"Lord Wang, does that arrow hurt anyone?"

Shen Hengyun raised his eyes and saw that the carriage was surrounded by the accompanying guards, all of whom looked like they were in full array.

Only then did he frown and stretched out his injured hand in front of him, Lang Qi hurriedly picked up the arrow, saw his wound, and opened his eyes wider,

"Lord Wang, are you injured?"

"It's okay..."Shen Hengyun shook his head, turned his head to look at the carriage, did not restrain his voice, and said coldly,

"What's going on?"

"The carriage seemed to have tripped over a rope, and his subordinates didn't dare to slack off, so they hurriedly stopped to check..."

Lang Qi hurriedly saluted and explained what he had seen,

"Lord Wang, the enemy is in the dark, we are in the light, it is not easy to do..."

Ye Xiyuan listened to the conversation between the two word for word in the carriage, and his heart sank a little.

Who's doing it?

Is it because of what I'm going to investigate this time, or is it because...

Raising his eyes to look at the prince who was a little distracted, Ye Xiyuan put his hand on the soft sword at his waist and waited for it.

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has been frail and sickly since he was a child, and he has no self-defense skills, which everyone knows...

Now they are walking all the way, but if there is a slight mistake, the saint blames her, and she can't get rid of the prince...

Therefore, protecting Shen Cong'an is also protecting himself.

Since that arrow, there has been no movement, and it is too dark to see the surrounding situation clearly, and no one dares to act rashly.

When Shen Hengyun was thinking about how to send people to explore the surroundings, something suddenly happened!

More than a dozen masked men in night clothes who were lying in ambush around were "rising from the ground" from the forest on the side, and there was nothing but the sound of trampling leaves.

Those people had a strong sense of purpose and went straight to the carriage, Shen Hengyun saw this, and hurriedly reminded in a loud voice,

"Protect Your Highness!"

Ye Xiyuan sounded, and the soft sword was half drawn, and he took a defensive posture.

The sound of the fight made her hold Shen Cong'an's hand a little hard.

The prince was no longer as nervous as he was at this time, but he just lowered his head and didn't know what he was looking at.

The sound of blades colliding outside, very close to the carriage, seemed to poke the blade of the sword from somewhere...

"Lord Wang!" Lang Qi suddenly exclaimed, and then there was no follow-up.

Ye Xiyuan couldn't see the situation outside, but he couldn't sit still, raised his eyes and looked at Shen Cong'an and quickly instructed,

"Your Highness, you hide in the corner of the carriage first, and I'll go out!"

Shen Cong'an tried to grab her let go of the hand and say something, but Ye Xiyuan moved too fast and didn't give him a chance at all, and the person had already rushed out.

As soon as his feet landed, he saw Shen Hengyun, who had just stabilized his position, and the assassin forced him to retreat, and rushed forward again with his sword.

Lang Qi was now being dragged by two people, Ye Xiyuan didn't dare to hesitate, he pointed to the ground on tiptoe, turned around and drew out his soft sword, and rushed forward in two steps to block Shen Hengyun and receive the blow.

Shen Hengyun was injured by an arrow and never treated it, and now he is making a big move.

Seeing that his fingers holding the long sword were dripping bright red, it should have been because he was unstable in holding the sword, so he was exploited.

He gritted his teeth and frowned, seeing Ye Xiyuan rushing over and shouting anxiously,

"Xiyuan, what are you doing down?!"

Ye Xi didn't answer, just confirmed that he was in danger.

Seeing her take it, the Assassin instantly shifted his target and rushed to the carriage.

Ye Xiyuan chased after him with his sword and stopped him.

The two swung their swords at each other, Ye Xiyuan suddenly became ruthless, and his moves became more aggressive, wanting to fight quickly!

I don't know how many rounds of fighting, and the physical strength was consumed, the assassin raised his sword to stab, and Ye Xiyuan raised his sword to block it.

Face to face with the assassin, the distance was only two fists, and the eyes met him fiercely, but he was suddenly stunned...

His eyes !!

The shock in Ye Xiyuan's pupils was infinitely magnified, and the memory was instantly pulled up.

An hour ago—

At dusk, in the center of a courtyard in the General's Mansion, a girl wearing a light-colored Luo skirt and a beautiful face was Ye Xiyuan.

She was sitting cross-legged on the ground, tinkering with a pile of planks and pieces of iron in front of her.

The courtyard door was pushed open, and he raised his eyes to see someone coming, with a smile, "Yun'er, come and see my new box." ”

"Miss." The little maid just walked over quickly, and said with a serious expression, "His Royal Highness King Cheng has come down." ”

"Shen Hengyun?" She was stunned, "Call me out at this hour?" ”

"His Royal Highness King Cheng's expression..."Yun'er hesitated for a moment and said nervously, "I'm afraid it's not playing." ”

Ye Xiyuan immediately put away his joke, got up from the ground, and patted the dust on his dress, "What about people?" ”

"Outside the door." Yun'er raised her eyes and looked outside the courtyard.

She nodded, raised her feet and walked outside, "Yun'er, clean up the things on the ground first." ”

"Yes." Yun'er should go down.

When I opened the courtyard door, I saw a handsome boy dressed in brocade, standing with his hands in his hands, facing the door.

Seeing her come out, there was a gentle smile in her eyes, and she hooked the corners of her mouth and shouted, "Second Miss." ”

"The courtiers have seen the prince." Ye Xiyuan pursed his lips, catering to his hypocrisy.

Seeing her expression, Shen Hengyun finally couldn't help it, and smiled, "Suisui, what did you do to be fun?" ”

"I won't tell you." Ye Xiyuan raised his head arrogantly and deliberately betrayed Guanzi, but took the initiative to ask, "Yun'er said that your mood is wrong, but what happened?" ”

"A few days ago in the south, there was a murder case in a village at the foot of the mountain, and the government intervened in the investigation, but found that the murder weapon was a weapon made of fine iron..."

Shen Hengyun's color was also on topic, and his eyebrows and eyes were a little colder, as if he remembered something.

Ye Xiyuan mentioned some spirits, "Whose jurisdiction does the army in the southern area belong to?" ”

"That batch has nothing to do with the imperial court." Shen Hengyun shook his head.

"Private soldiers?!"

"Yes." Shen Hengyun looked at her, "The imperial court sent people, but they all returned in vain, and they couldn't even go up the mountain." ”

"So powerful?" Ye Xiyuan's heart sank.

"To be exact... I didn't fight them... You can't walk more than halfway up the mountain. ”

Shen Hengyun shook his head, a little helpless,

"There's a lot of traps up there, and I'm a little careless... There are no bones left. ”

"Got a trap?"

Ye Xiyuan raised his hand to support his chin, thoughtful.

"Hmm." Shen Hengyun did not deny it, and nodded in affirmation, "There is no other explanation." ”

"Want me to help you?" Ye Xiyuan looked at him seriously.

"Yes." Shen Hengyun nodded, "The emperor sent me to investigate, but I can't completely trust others, so I thought of you, besides, Sui Sui has a lot of research on tricks, otherwise I may not be willing to take you on the risk." ”

Ye Xiyuan smiled in his eyes, "Did you tell my mother about this?" If you go far away, you still have to ask her. ”

Shen Hengyun looked at her, "If the mastermind behind this scene plots wrong, it's hard to say who he will fight with in the future, and the general's wife only said let me seek your opinion." ”

Ye Xiyuan also smiled a little, she knew what her mother was worried about.

My father is still guarding the border pass, and if there is an army that is not subordinate to the imperial court, it will inevitably be a thorny problem.

She distinguished the interests and disadvantages, but asked again, "Does the emperor know that I will walk with you?" ”

"Nature." Shen Hengyun nodded, and then raised his eyebrows at her in a brisk tone, "The emperor trusts the Ye family, not to mention that you are still my little green plum~"

"Huh..."Ye Xiyuan automatically pulled the distance, and rubbed his arms in disgust, "Disgusting!" ”

"Do you want to come with me?" Although Shen Hengyun had a hint of a smile, his tone was extremely solemn.

"When to go?" Ye Xiyuan replied to his question in disguise.

Shen Hengyun frowned, "There has been a rumor about this matter in the DPRK, I want to leave immediately to avoid accidents." ”

"Okay." Ye Xiyuan didn't refute, "Let me clean up." ”

Shen Hengyun just nodded gently, and watched her enter the door before he breathed a sigh of relief.

Until she entered the room, Ye Xiyuan was immersed in her own thoughts, and it wasn't until Yun'er came to her to ask that she reacted,

"Miss? What's wrong? ”

"Yun'er, long story short." Ye Xiyuan didn't drag his feet, "I want to go out with the prince, it is estimated that I will not come back for ten days and half a month, if anyone looks for me, I will refuse." ”

"Understood!" Yun'er nodded, looking at her solemn expression, she didn't ask much.

"Go and get my soft sword." Ye Xiyuan commanded again.

"Yes." Yun'er nodded and quickly went to clean up.

Thinking quickly, Ye Xiyuan found a set of light-colored long skirts, and her long hair was pulled up, and the whole person looked a lot more capable.

Simply put away a few sets of dresses, and took out some small items from the bedside cabinet and put them on your body.

are all hidden weapons that she ponders on weekdays, and this trip may not be peaceful, so it is best to be prepared.

As soon as she clasped the sleeve arrow on her wrist, Yun'er also came back, saw her change her clothes, and walked over to help her put on the soft sword.

"Miss..."Yun'er hesitated before saying after doing this, "but you must pay attention to your body and protect yourself." ”

"Don't worry." Ye Xiyuan pinched Yun'er's cheeks that were bulging because of depression, and said with a smile, "I spare my life very much." ”

Ye Xiyuan picked up the small baggage, and in Yun'er's worried gaze, he finally pushed the door and left.

Outside the door, Shen Hengyun was still standing in place, as if she had never moved, seeing her come out, she took the initiative to reach out to help her carry the baggage.

Ye Xi was far from delaying, and naturally handed it to him, and raised his chin at him, "Go out through the back door!" ”