CHAPTER XVII

Zhou Ci rode his horse and turned his head to leave with the emperor, and Chu Yu walked alone in the forest looking for prey to catch.

"Hey, whose minion are you?

Suddenly, a female voice sounded behind her.

Chu Yu turned to look at the man, and saw a tall horse, a woman dressed in a gorgeous dress was looking down at her, the woman saw that she didn't reply, thinking that she was deliberately ignoring her question, and said angrily: "What about you?" Dumb? “

"This nobleman, please speak with respect, and besides, I'm not a minion."

Chu Yu saw that she was dressed luxuriously and was clearly a person of two classes, one of them was in the sky and the other was on the ground, and naturally her eyes were always in the sky looking down on others.

"Hmph, a dog minion dares to talk to the lord of this county, it's really impatient!"

The woman held a bow and arrow in her hand and shot at Chu Yu like a prey, Chu Yu dodged to avoid it, got up and quickly picked up the arrow on the ground, and stabbed the horse with a ruthless heart, the horse neighed, and the woman fell off the horse, looking at her incredulously: "You, you are so bold!"

She glanced at the people on the ground and turned to leave.

"You wait for me!" The embarrassed woman yelled at her distant back.

"Group leader, are you alright?" A handmaid hurried to pick her up.

Yuan Ying was dressed in a white robe, her long hair was also tied into a ponytail, and the maid next to her, who was also dressed in men's clothes, followed closely behind.

Suddenly, a figure passed in front of them, Yuan Ying chased after her, but bumped into a person, she looked up at the person standing with her back, wearing an ink robe and a familiar back, "Mo Yan, is it you?"

Chu Yu walked all the way through the forest, and saw a rabbit not far in front of her that was injured on the leg, she went over to pick it up and took out a strip of cloth to bandage its wounds, and suddenly a few arrows flew in, she hugged the rabbit and turned over to dodge.

A few arrows were stuck in the ground, and a group of black-clothed people appeared at this time, she put down the rabbit, drew her sword and fought with the black-clothed people, and a black-clothed person behind her slashed at her with a big knife, and was blocked by Zhou Ci, who appeared in time, held a sword to block the knife that came over, and the black-clothed man led by him to withdraw when he saw that he couldn't beat it.

He turned to look at her, "Are you alright?"

"I'm fine, aren't you hunting with the emperor? How did you end up here?"

"I'm not very worried about you, so I'll miss you first."

"It's not safe here, let's go back first."

"Hmm."

On the way back, the two heard the sound of a fight not far away, and when they rushed over, Yuan Ying was fighting with a masked man, and was cut in the arm by a masked man, Chu Yu rushed over to fight with the masked man, but accidentally let him escape.

She hurriedly walked over to support Yuan Ying and asked her, "What happened?"

She recalled the scene just now, when the back image of the person in front of her was very inky, so she stepped forward to confirm, but when the person turned around, she found that it was not her ink.

"You're not Modi! Who are you?"

"I want to see him so much, but it's a pity that he doesn't even have scum left."

"You've bled a lot, let's go back and bandage it!"

The man in black came to a deep forest and said to a masked man standing with his back on his back: "The master's assassination attempt this time failed."

"A bunch of rubbish!" The man in black said angrily.

"The master is angry, the small one misses for a while, the master gives the small one another chance, and the small one will definitely succeed."

"Then I'll give you another chance, this time there must be no mistakes, and if you fail again, you won't have to come back to see me."

"No."

After saying that, several people left the forest.

"Princess, why are you hurt?" Seeing this, several maidservants hurriedly walked over: "Quickly call the doctor to treat the princess's injuries."

"Wait, don't alarm your father, you go down first."

Several handmaidens looked at each other, but no one moved, and Chu Yu saw this and said, "Don't worry, there is me."

After listening to her words, several handmaidens retreated.

"Ah Yu, don't let my father know about my injury, I'm afraid he will worry."

"yes, I see."

Motomi, who was shooting prey, aimed the arrow at a rabbit, and suddenly threw the bow and arrow on the ground, "Don't shoot, you are not allowed to shoot, the little animal is so cute, if it is shot to death like this, how pitiful!"

Seeing this, the soldier couldn't help but sigh secretly: "Your Highness is just too kind.

"Your Highness, your letter." A soldier approached.

"For me?" He took the letter, glanced at the contents of the letter, folded it and said: "It's the moon girl of the Moon Candle Tower, this little beauty has not been seen for a day, and I miss this king very much."

At Bilan Inn, Linran sat at the table and stretched out his hand to lead him to a seat: "Sit down."

"I don't know what Princess Daliang asked me to do?" The masked man looked at her and asked.

"Talk to you about cooperation, I can help you get back what belongs to you.

"What do you mean?"

"I know you want to get rid of Chu Yu, but you have missed many times, and I also know that you have always wanted to seize the throne."

"Princess Daliang really knows a lot, but why should I believe you?

"Because I am the only one who can help you, and I am helping you to help myself, which is also in my interest."

"How does the princess want to work with me?"

"Let's join forces to get rid of Chu Yu, our common enemy, help me get the Ice Wind Order, I help you get the throne, and our goals are the same, aren't they?"

"Princess Daliang, is your goal really just to get the Ice Wind Order? No other purpose?"

"The Ice Wind Order can control the entire rivers and lakes and their gates, I can use their hands to overthrow Emperor Wei and help you ascend to the throne, and I can also avenge my mother, which has also been my wish for many years."

She got up and walked to the window, looking at the people coming and going, her heart fluctuated, "In order to appease Daliang and calm the dispute between the two places, Emperor Wei sent my mother to Daliang and relatives, where others regarded her as a lowly abandoned daughter abandoned by Dawei, although Emperor Daliang didn't say it, but he was extremely disgusted with her in his heart, and snubbed her all day long, which made his mother completely disheartened, Emperor Wei learned that his mother's status in Daliang was inferior, and he was afraid that this would become a reason for the two places to start a war, so he sent a killer to sneak into Daliang overnight and killed his mother that night, My mother hid me in a cupboard before she died, and I watched my mother die under the killer's knife, but I couldn't do anything about it. ”

"For so many years, my hatred has long been deeply rooted in my bone marrow, and I have survived the pain, just so that I can have a day of revenge."

The masked man looked at her somewhat lonely back and said, "Okay, I'll help you."

"What?"

"Help you get revenge."

She turned to look at him and asked, "Why help me?" Is it out of pity, or out of sympathy?"

"Because we are the same kind of people, and we hate the same people."

"Why do you hate him?" She asked.

He just smiled wryly and didn't speak. After a long time, he said, "Didn't I say that we are the same kind of people?"

After the masked man had gone, the maidservant said, "Did the princess tell him this to make him have mercy on you for this?" So he'll help us unreservedly?"

"You are wrong, the reason why I told him this is to make him think that I have no defense against him, and will trust him unreservedly and trust our deal, so that he will also trust us unreservedly and help us wholeheartedly."

"No."

The emperor set up a banquet, the princes and ministers, famous families, and the children of each family have all sat down, and when the sky is completely dark, Yuan saw that it was late, he smiled, and said that he had just had a stomach upset and went to the toilet, but he didn't know that he went to the Qinglou in the middle.

Everyone didn't care much, because who would care about a prince who was lazy and idle all day long?

"Since you're here, sit down quickly, don't lose face."

He sat down and ate his pastry.

At this time, I saw a pink-clad figure riding a horse in the distance.

Fu Rong turned over from the horse and knelt down and saluted: "The courtiers see the emperor."

The emperor, who was still unhappy just now, quickly turned to laugh when he saw Fu Rong coming on horseback.

"Get up, get up quickly."

"Your Majesty." She stood up.

"I went to the battlefield with your father to kill the enemy, it was called a happy life, but unfortunately he died early, leaving you such a daughter, I left you by my side like a princess, I really treat you as my own daughter."

"The emperor's intentions, Fu Rong understands."

"Hahaha, please take a seat."

As soon as she sat down, Chu Yu and Zhou Ci came together, Fu Rong saw the "minion" who was against her during the day not far away, and caused her to fall off the horse, was a little angry, but when she saw Zhou Ci walking beside him, she was even more displeased, their relationship was so good, he had never looked at himself so gently, and now he was looking at her with gentle and affectionate eyes, and she deliberately avoided it, so angry that her teeth itched.

At this time, Yuan Ying walked over, followed her gaze, and couldn't help but sigh: "The falling flowers are intentional, the flowing water is ruthless, you see how well the two of them match, it's a match made in heaven, don't you say?" She turned to look at her, smirking.

This sentence made her heart blocked, but she was a princess, and she couldn't do anything to her, so she could only endure it.

Yuan Zhen looked at Chu Yu and was a little incredulous: she was still alive, and her life was really hard enough.

Because Fu Rong was the most prey among the crowd, the emperor wanted to reward her with 10,000 taels of gold, but she refused, she stood up from her seat and said: "Your Majesty, the courtiers heard that the maids in the various gates in Chang'an City are very powerful in martial arts and riding and archery, and the ministers want to compete with them to see if I am powerful or the servant girls are powerful."

"Then who does the county lord want to compete with?"

"I'm going to follow her." She stretched out her hand and pointed at Chu Yudao.

Everyone looked at Chu Yu, including Zhou Ci, and the emperor also looked at her and quickly agreed to her, "Okay, I promise you," After speaking, he looked at Chu Yu again, and said: "General Chu, since the county lord proposed to compete with you, you might as well give it a try, how about selling my face?"

Chu Yu knew that since the emperor had promised to let her compete with her, it was not easy to refuse, so he had to step forward and salute: "No."

It turned out to be a general, no wonder he was so presumptuous, Fu Rong thought to herself.

"Then the minister was offended."

Fu Rong snorted coldly: "The tone is not small, let the horse come!"

The two of them each held their swords and fought, the sword was only three moves, Fu Rong fell behind, she withdrew her sword and said, "I lost." Then she turned to look at the emperor, "The soldiers of Chang'an City are really good at kung fu, and the courtiers really admire it." ”

Of course, this sentence does not come from her heart, she will definitely not be outdone since she was a child.

The emperor said: "The county lord of Fu Rong and General Chu are very good, and they will each be rewarded with ten thousand taels of gold."

"Your Majesty." The two of them thanked each other.

After the banquet ended, everyone dispersed together, and Fu Rong walked up to Zhou Ci, "Brother Zhou Ci, are you okay lately?"

"It's your old acquaintance! Then I won't bother you to catch up. With that, she was gone.

Zhou Ci looked at her, "The county lord's words are sincere?"

"What?"

"Admiration."

"I know that the county lord has been pampered and willful since childhood, and he will not easily lose to others, let alone admit defeat, if he loses, he will be unwilling, and he will definitely find an opportunity to retaliate, so others will let you on weekdays, and if you lose to Ah Yu today, you will definitely take revenge on her in the future."

"How so? Brother Zhou Ci. She reached for his hand.

He withdrew his hand and said, "I hope that as you said, I won't take revenge on Ah Yu in the future." “

"Is she that important in your heart?"

"Yes, more than everybody, everything." With that, he turned and left.

Brother Zhou Ci treated her like this for her, she would definitely not let her go!

Yuan Ying saw Chu Yu coming alone and asked, "Where is the imperial brother?" Isn't he with you?

"He's catching up with old acquaintances." She said.

"Reminiscing?"

Since the last assassination, Xiao Ning saw that Chu Yu hadn't gone out for a long time, she stayed in the house all day, worried that she would get sick, and dragged her to go shopping, and said that if she wanted to repay the prince for saving his life, she would embroider a purse for him, so that she could not only express her heart, but also repay his kindness, and she helped her choose fabrics.

At this time, she saw a woman in white wearing a gauze hat walking past her, she always felt that the figure was a little familiar, and couldn't help but follow, but lost it in a corner, when she was looking around, the woman in white appeared from behind, lifted the white veil, and the familiar face reminded her of the person who fought with her in Daliang back then, it was her, Princess Daliang.

"Old friend, we're meeting again."

When Xiao Ning looked up and asked her which one she liked, she found that the person was gone, "What about the person?"

Xiao Ning, who was waiting outside the mansion when she returned to the house, saw that she had finally come back, and hurriedly walked over to her and asked, "General, where have you been?" I've been looking for you for a long time, but I haven't found it, and I'm in a hurry. ”

Chu Yu comforted her, "I just met an old man, so I chatted a few more words, and I saw that you were in a hurry." ”

She took out the fabric and gave it to her, "General, I have chosen all the fabrics for you." “

"What are you embroidering?" She took the cloth and asked.

Xiao Ning thought for a while and said, "Just embroider your favorite plum blossom!"

"Plum blossoms? But I can't even embroider a corner, how can I embroider plum blossoms?"

"Neither will I." Xiao Ning spread his hands.

"Why don't I find someone who is very good at embroidering to teach you?"

"Forget it, I'd better embroider it myself."

Zhou Ci looked at the book in his hand, his chest ached, and he coughed up a mouthful of blood, Gu Jingyan walked in, saw this, and helped him to the bed, "The old disease has been committed again, don't run around recently." “

"No problem." He didn't care.

"Ah Ci's body is the most important, you are the crown prince, and you will inherit the throne in the future."

"I understand all of this."

"Eat this, it will relieve your pain."

Zhou Ci took the pill and ate it.

The emperor's birthday banquet came to a lot of people, each with expensive gifts, after taking a seat, a group of palace maids wearing dance clothes walked in, at this time a woman with a long sword in her hand and a face stood in the middle, the music played, the dance steps were light, the emperor admired her dancing.

Looking at the woman dancing the sword, praising again and again, Chu Yu sat next to the ministers, took a sip of wine, looked at the place where Li Shuxing was sitting, and found that he was also looking at himself.

All the ministers raised their glasses to congratulate their birthdays, and suddenly the woman who had just danced the sword stabbed at the emperor with a sword, and all the ministers were stunned, only Chu Yu reacted very quickly, drew his sword and quickly blocked it.

Facing the female assassin's sword, the female assassin seemed to have been prepared, sprinkled some white powder, and took the opportunity to get out in front of her, she chased out, and when she chased out of the palace, a sword came straight to her behind her, she turned around to avoid it, and after a fight, the female assassin, who had already changed into a night suit, sensed that someone was coming, put away her sword, and when Zhou Ci and Xiao Ning arrived, she was left standing there alone.

He asked, "Are you alright?"

"It's fine."

The assassination of the emperor has always worried the emperor, and he will not be able to catch the assassin for a day, and he will not be able to feel at ease for a day.