As soon as Xie Bao heard that things were still turning around, he immediately became interested: "But how should we chase it?" Out of Luoyi City, there are vast fields and roads outside, and I can't figure it out at all. ”

"Brother Leopard doesn't have to worry about this." Di Xian sneered: "Please forgive the little brother for selling it first, I have my own way to figure out the escape route of the crown prince, and I will never run away." ”

Xie Bao was skeptical: "Okay, since you have such a way, I'll believe you again." The prince Li Bing is very important, and I have to deal with the leopard master, so I can only work hard. Come! ”

The lieutenant general beside him hurriedly responded.

Xie Bao instructed: "You send 3,000 cavalry, all of them are lightly armed, and go with me and Di Xian to chase the prince." The rest of the men and horses will return to the city as a whole team, and set up defenses in order, and wait until I come back! ”

The generals took orders in unison and acted quickly. In a few moments, three thousand lightly armed cavalry were in formation.

Xie Bao asked Di Xian: "Everyone is ready, where are we going?" ”

Di Xian pointed to the west and said, "Outside the Guangyi Gate, I left a few subordinates there and are waiting, let's go over and join them first." With that, he led Xie Bao and the three thousand light cavalry of the Xuanjia Army to the west of Luoyi outside the Guangyi Gate and found his subordinates who had been waiting there for a long time.

Before the footsteps of the war horse stopped, Di Xian pointed to Xie Bao and said, "Brother Leopard, look over there, do you see those three hounds?" Yes, they are my magic weapon to pursue the Reverse Scale Division and regain the crown prince. ”

Because the sky was very dark and there was no light in the wilderness outside the city, Xie Bao couldn't see the hounds Di Xian said clearly for a while, but he saw three pairs of green and faint points of light from a distance. It wasn't until he came close that he realized that three slender dogs, black and dark, were squatting on the ground and sticking out their tongues at him.

At first glance, these three flesh-and-blood guys have a bit of an unattractive feeling.

Di Xian seemed to guess what Xie Bao was thinking, and introduced: "Don't look at their skinny appearance, it doesn't seem to be anything remarkable. In fact, these are all precious varieties brought back by Mr. Lao from Western Xinjiang, not only running fast, but also excellent endurance, and are experts in hunting. The most powerful thing is the sense of smell of this hunting dog, each of which is particularly sensitive, far beyond the ordinary level. ”

"Are you going to ...... Let them track the scent of the prince? Xie Bao guessed.

"No, it's not the smell of the prince." Di Xian shook his head: "First, searching for relatively unfamiliar smells will greatly reduce their tracking efficiency; Second, there are a lot of disturbances along the way, such as the other party wading across the river, or the chance encounter with some hare beasts, which may distract these hounds. So, if we are searching for the hidden prince in a specific area, we might as well use his scent as the first choice. But now in a quick pursuit, you should still use the most familiar taste of the dog. ”

Xie Bao asked with interest, "Oh? This is strange, what do you mean by the familiar smell of dogs? ”

Di Xian seemed confident: "When Mr. Lao first trained these hounds, he often used the fragrance of the western Xinjiang Nanjin flower as the target. After this floral fragrance is intricately refined, it is difficult for people to perceive, but it cannot escape the spirit nose of dogs. Therefore, the younger brother has already done something to the prince, leaving traces of Nan Jinhua, and now we just need to follow the hound and chase all the way. ”

As he spoke, he gestured to his men.

Seeing this, those people hurriedly relaxed the rope of the dog, and drank the instructions that are usually used in dog training.

The three agile hounds received orders from their masters and moved almost simultaneously. They first spun around in place twice. Immediately afterward, two of them swooped forward, one after the other, towards the dense forest to the west.

The other hound was still sniffing at something, and then, ignoring its companions who had already run away, turned around and ran straight into the city. If it weren't for the master dragging him with a rope, I'm afraid he would have disappeared in the blink of an eye.

Faced with such a strange scene, Xie Bao looked at Di Xian with a little puzzlement, but Di Xian frowned and pondered to himself. After a moment, he said in a deep voice, "This dog's behavior is very strange, and there may be something else we didn't expect. Brother Leopard, brother suggests, you and I are temporarily divided into two ways. I'll follow the hound back to the city to have a look. If there is no abnormality, I will go to meet you again. ”

Xie Bao thought for a while, and shook his head again: "No, no, no, I think it's better for you to chase after you, I'll go back to the city to sit down." It doesn't hurt if you take all these 3,000 cavalry with you. ”

Di Xian was slightly stunned, and immediately understood, Xie Bao was worried that he had fallen for the plan of the Reverse Scale Division to divert the tiger from the mountain, so he did not dare to leave Luoyi City easily. At present, time is pressing, and it is inconvenient for Di Xian to worry too much about this kind of thing, so he had to respond: "Okay, the little brother will chase after him, and ask Brother Leopard to go back to the city to investigate." ”

With that, he beckoned the cavalry troops, followed the direction in which the two hounds were running, and quickly pursued them.

Xie Bao saw that they were going farther and farther, and he didn't dare to delay time, so he hurriedly ordered the remaining dog trainer to let go of the hunting dog in his hand and search for the city.

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Zhishanfang, Murong Xue's house.

Zen Master Huidian was waiting for news in the house, and when he saw Li Jiangyao hurrying over with a few subordinates, he hurriedly got up and asked, "Master Li, how is the situation?" ”

"Thanks to Master and Miss Xiahou," Li Jiangyao arched his hand and said, "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has been rescued safely." ”

"Amitabha, good, good." Hui Dian breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "Lao Wei is still worried that he won't work hard enough tonight, don't miss a big deal." In the end, it was Ning Han's little niece who calmed down and said that she had complete confidence in you. ”

Li Jiangyao smiled loudly and thanked Xiahou Ninghan, who was coming out of the inner room.

Xiahou Ning Han smiled lightly: "General Li doesn't have to be polite. Today, Ning Han has experienced your thunderbolt methods. In less than a day, the entire eastern capital was turned upside down, and the Xuanjia army had strong troops, but they took care of one and the other, and hit one after another. ”

Hui Dian also agreed: "I didn't expect it beforehand! You have made such a big move in the city heavily guarded by the other side. That kind of scene, Lao Qu has been wandering the rivers and lakes for many years, and it is the first time I have seen it. ”

"Compared to the scene where the master and I pretend to be assassins tonight, it seems insignificant." Xiahou Ninghan's tone changed from the cold look of the past: "General Li, although the people in the city have been injured a lot, considering the overall situation, this is also a last resort...... Anyway, you've had a hard day. ”

Li Jiangyao hurriedly said, "Thank you, Miss Xiahou, for your understanding." If you want to talk about hard work, we and other Shengtang soldiers, with the emperor's grace, are duty-bound. And you are the ones who are helping the people, the real hard work. Besides, the next thing is inevitably to trouble the two of you. ”

Xiahou Ninghan and Hui Dian couldn't help but look at each other, not understanding what Li Jiangyao meant: The prince has been successfully rescued, what else do they need to do?

Li Jiang smiled narrowly and explained, "Just now, two hundred anti-scale Sifei rode to escort the prince's carriage out of Guangyi Gate and went west. However, it was actually only Murong Xue who walked with them. The carriage in which His Royal Highness the Crown Prince rode was made by us in advance, and there was a hidden compartment under the carriage. When the carriage stopped at the Guangyi Gate, the people of the Reverse Scale Division took advantage of the darkness of the night to transfer the prince from under the carriage, and the brother who had been hiding in the dark compartment pretended to be the prince and rode away in his place. ”

"Are you worried about the pursuers of the Xuanjia Army?" Xiahou Ning said coldly: "So there is a stealing beam to change the pillar, and you plan to secretly transfer the prince?" ”

Li Jiangyao nodded: "That's right." The Xuanjia Army has a huge sphere of influence, and if they want to escape from their territory, the goal along the way is obvious, and it is difficult to ensure that nothing goes wrong. The safest way is not to protect with heavy troops, but to keep a low profile. I think that as long as the prince is disguised and redressed, and there are one or two top masters by his side, it will be easier to get out of danger. ”

Xiahou Ninghan looked carefully at the young general in front of him as if he knew Li Jiangyao for the first time, and his beautiful eyes flashed with a charming light: "Bold and careful, sure enough." ”

Li Jiangyao was a little embarrassed by her praise, and hurriedly said, "Miss has won the award." Li wants to ask you and the master, good people to do it to the end, and help us escort the prince back to the imperial capital safely. ”

"That's fine!" Hui Dian readily agreed: "The two of us originally came to rescue the prince and Xiao Murong, since Master Li can be trusted, let's take a trip." ”

Xiahou Ninghan also agreed: "Since the Xuanjia Army has set its sights on the flying cavalry of the Reverse Scale Division, it will naturally relax in other directions. The three of us have small goals, so we shouldn't get their attention. Where is His Highness now? ”

"It's in the hall in the front yard." Li Jiangyao pointed outside: "He was knocked unconscious by Lian Ji just now, and he was frightened, and his body bones were weak, so he hasn't woken up until now." ”

Hearing this, Xiahou Ninghan was worried about Li Bing's condition, and hurriedly asked Li Jiangyao to take her and Hui Dian to have a look.

The three of them came to the hall, and sure enough, as Li Jiangyao said, the crown prince Li Duo was still unconscious at this time, lying quietly on a stretcher, as if he was asleep.

Xiahou Ninghan stepped forward and grabbed his wrist, checked his pulse slightly, and then said, "It's okay, sleep for an hour or two, and he will naturally wake up." ”

The old monk Hui sighed: "Amitabha. I don't know what kind of luck this is in Shengtang? The prince is so bumpy, alas—"

Xiahou Ninghan replied lightly: "The sky will descend on the Si people." As a crown prince, some setbacks are not necessarily a bad thing. The prince has suffered disasters repeatedly, perhaps it is the test of God for him. ”

Li Jiangyao smiled bitterly: "Miss Xiahou is quite open-minded. However, this god is inevitably a little tossed, and it is not enough to test the prince alone, so he has to pull us along with him to accompany the exam. ”

Xiahou Ninghan couldn't help but snort, and then glanced at him again.

Hui Dian felt the same way, nodded and said, "That's right, the old man hasn't been so busy for a long time, think about it, I really have to thank the prince." ”

Xiahou Ninghan felt helpless about this old and young guy, and when he was about to say something more, his heart suddenly moved, and then he asked curiously: "Have you smelled anything?" ”