Chapter Seventy-Three: Sudden Departure
"What, is it inconvenient for the abbot to tell me?" Seeing this, Murong Xuan couldn't help asking.
"It's not, it's just that the front mountain is sparsely populated, and I'm afraid that the prince will go suddenly, in case something happens, the poor monk will not be able to explain to the queen." The Phaseless Mage was thinking about this issue, and nothing else.
"Don't worry, abbot, this prince has also learned some kung fu, and he is followed by personal guards, so I don't think anything will go wrong."
"Okay, as long as the prince goes out of the mountain gate and keeps walking forward, turn left at the three-way intersection and go straight down, and you can see the ginseng fruit tree on a one-mile path." The abbot then said.
"Thank you, Abbot, little plum, let's go!" Saying that, the prince was about to go to investigate, and when he saw the figure of the prince leaving in a hurry, Master Wuxiang frowned unconsciously.
"Host, do you want to send someone to follow?" The monk on the side looked at Master Wuxiang's solemn face, so he couldn't help but propose.
"No, it's not good to be discovered by the prince, if you want to come to General Li, they will send someone to follow, you and I don't have to worry about that." After Master Wuxiang finished speaking, he walked in the direction of the Daxiong Treasure Hall.
"Back to General Li, the prince and his personal guards went in the direction of the mountain gate, you see......" One of the guards couldn't help but report when he saw this.
"Needless to say, our task is to protect the prince, if something goes wrong with the prince, we can't keep our heads, and we won't be able to bring someone to protect the prince secretly." General Li commanded.
"Yes, my men will do it!" After saying that, he left in a hurry.
At this time, Mrs. Hu happened to be holding a book and walking towards the west chamber where the prince lived, and General Li saw it from a distance and stepped forward to say hello: "General Ben has seen Taifu, and I think Taifu can rest again today." ”
Seeing General Li say this, Mrs. Hu was a little confused, so he still asked, "I don't know what the general said about this?" ”
"The prince just went to Qianshan, and I don't think I have time to study."
"In this way, that Taifu knows!" Mrs. Hu couldn't help but sigh after speaking, since this little plum came, the prince's heart has become more and more wild, and now he actually uses the time to read to run to the front mountain to play, which is really worrying.
"Taifu, go slowly!" Looking at Mrs. Hu's old gait, General Li was thoughtful, but quickly turned his gaze away.
"Prince, now is the time to study, presumably Mrs. Hu has already gone to the West Chamber, why don't His Royal Highness the Crown Prince go back first......"
"Shut up, Prince Ben doesn't want to listen to what you say about reading or not reading, he reads every day these days, and he has to face Mrs. Hu's antique face, Prince Ben is tired of seeing it." Murong Xuan turned around and reprimanded.
"Prince, why do you say that about Mrs. Hu, he is a veteran of the Three Dynasties, a respected and beloved Dahongru, the queen mother invited him to be your teacher only after three visits to the thatched house, and others can't invite him if they want to." Xiao Lizi flattened his mouth unconsciously, feeling that the prince was really too willful and didn't understand other people's good intentions at all.
"Yes, he is a great Confucian, but this prince thinks he is too pedantic and orthodox, his set is not suitable for this prince at all, he will only teach this prince to be a nerd, so this prince doesn't want it?" Murong Xuan was dismissive of this.
"Prince, the queen like you will be sad, and the emperor will have more and more opinions about you!" Xiao Lizi couldn't help but persuade bitterly.
"If you don't say it, if I don't say it, how can the father and the queen mother know?"
"However, this Xishan Temple is not just the prince and the slave, General Li still has so many pairs of eyes as the guards, it is difficult to guarantee that no one will secretly inform the palace." Xiao Lizi felt that the prince was too optimistic and thought too simply.
Not to mention that the queen and the saint will arrange eyeliner here in order to give timely feedback on the whereabouts of the prince. Moreover, when she left the palace by herself, the queen mother repeatedly ordered herself to report the whereabouts of the prince in time, supervise the prince in time, and prevent him from doing anything inappropriate.
But at this moment, Xiao Lizi felt that he was a slave, where could he take care of so much, on the one hand, he had to listen to the words of the queen, and on the other hand, he had to take into account the prince's thoughts, he was really a little powerless.
"I said how can you look forward and backward, there is a prince in front of you, what are you afraid of?" Murong Xuan felt that Xiao Lizi's courage was really getting smaller and smaller, like a chicken woman.
"The slave is not looking ahead and backward, the slave is called thoughtful, but the prince thinks too little." Xiao Lizi unconsciously said what was in his heart.
"Do you think it's very leisurely to walk, there is so much nonsense, in this case, it is better for you to carry this prince on your back, this prince is numb now." Murong Xuan subconsciously stopped, waiting for Xiao Lizi to step forward.
"Prince!" Seeing this, Xiao Lizi had to take two quick steps, and then hunched over and carried Murong Xuan on his back.
"Go straight ahead!" As soon as Murong Xuan went up, he happily commanded Xiao Lizi, as if the master was powerful.
"Yes!" Rao is body is too thin, Xiao Li Zi didn't feel a little laborious to carry Murong Xuan, but fortunately, he was able to hold on.
"Prince, don't be annoyed by what the slave said, the slaves are all for your good. Come to think of it, you're under penalty now, so you should behave well......"
"Hurry up, you go like this, when will Prince Ben see that ginseng fruit tree? Don't talk, hurry up! Murong Xuan patted Xiao Li Zi on the shoulder and diverted the topic.
Seeing this, Xiao Lizi had to obediently close her mouth and move her legs quickly. It's just that he didn't walk like this for long, and Xiao Lizi didn't feel sweaty and out of breath.
"Stop, stop!" Seeing Xiao Lizi rushing forward with his head stuffy, the prince suddenly grabbed his shirt and shouted, then pointed to the left and said, "Turn left and turn left, don't go wrong, otherwise we won't see the ginseng fruit tree." ”
"Prince, the slave is so tired, can you rest!" Xiao Lizi bears the weight of two people alone, and he can't bear it at this time.
"It's really useless, you're tired of walking such a little way, you look like this, how to protect this prince, it's a shame for this prince." Murong Xuan couldn't help but mock, and then came down, intending to find a place to sit, but he didn't want to see a few people sneakily following behind him.
The prince knew at a glance that these people must be under General Li, he secretly hooked his mouth, and then said with a straight face: "They all came out, and I have been following this prince for a while, do you think that this prince has not found out?" ”
Seeing this, the guards no longer concealed it, but stepped forward respectfully, and said with awe: "Prince, it was General Li who sent us to follow His Highness, I am afraid that the prince will miss ...... if there is a mistake."
"This prince knows, but this prince doesn't want to see you, now, you listen to this prince's order, turn back, walk in unison, and don't stop until a hundred steps!" Murong Xuan pointed at them and ordered.
"This ......," the guards didn't feel embarrassed.
"What, is it disrespectful to resist the will?" Murong Xuan's eyebrows couldn't help but rise.
"Yes!" Where did those guards dare to disobey his orders, they had to obediently turn around and walk backwards according to Murong Xuan's instructions.
"Quick!" Murong Xuan saw these guards turn around, hurriedly grabbed Xiao Lizi's arm, and turned to the left.
"Prince!" By the time Xiao Lizi came to his senses, they had already turned into the trail on the left and hurried towards the lower road.
"How many steps?" Saying that, the guards walked in unison, and the one who took the lead suddenly asked.
"I forgot to count."
"Faint!"
"What should I do?" One of the guards asked.
"Of course, the prince's safety comes first, nonsense!" Saying that, the guards hurriedly turned around, only to find that the place where the prince was located was already silent.
"What about people?" Someone asked.
"Don't look for it quickly, if the prince has any mistakes, our heads will also move!" Seeing that the leader said this, the guards couldn't help but panic.
"If you want to follow Prince Ben, it's not that easy, Prince Ben finally came out to relax, how could he let those guards ruin their mood." Murong Xuan sneered.
Xiao Lizi shook his head when he saw this, he was very glad that he was not one of those guards, otherwise, it would be enough to take a beating by losing the prince.
It is said that the vegetation in front of the mountain is luxuriant, and after Murong Xuan and Xiao Lizi turned into this trail, they did not feel dense and impermeable, if it were not for the sunlight coming in from time to time, it would really be a bit of a primeval forest.
Soon, they turned into a valley along the way, Murong Xuan looked around, vaguely heard the sound of birds, and even heard the sound of gurgling water, I don't think this is really a wonderful place, but I don't know where this ginseng fruit mother tree will be?
"Look, Prince!" Suddenly, Xiao Lizi pointed to a place and shouted, and Murong Xuan followed the direction he was pointing to see a lush tree, the branches of the big tree were so huge that it took more than a dozen people to hug it, and the leaves were bright as if they were carrying light.
"Ginseng fruit!" Murong Xuan looked closely, and saw some purple fruits hanging on the tree, bright and coveted, he didn't think about it, he went directly to the tree to pick some stomach, and soon ate enough, and he didn't realize that he was full of burps.
Xiao Lizi ate very slowly, he couldn't imagine that he could still enjoy these fruits, even if they were the queen and the emperor, they could only taste them, if it weren't for the prince, where would he have this blessing as a slave, so he didn't feel more loyal to the prince.
At this time, the prince saw that there was a large ginseng fruit on his left hand, which seemed to be more attractive than other ginseng fruits, so he unconsciously reached out to pick it, but it seemed to be a little bit worse.
Seeing that it was close in front of him, but he couldn't pick it, this made Murong Xuan feel depressed, so he staggered his body and unconsciously leaned towards the ginseng fruit.
"Hmph, I finally let Prince Ben pick it up!" Murong Xuan picked the fruit with a single force, but at this time, his feet suddenly slipped, and the whole person lost control, and he actually fell towards the tree out of thin air.
"Prince!" Seeing this, Xiao Li Zi couldn't help but be stunned, he hurriedly stretched out his hand and wanted to grab Murong Xuan, but it was too late.