Ye Gantang ran as hard as he could.

Her mouth was already tasting the bloody smell of running violently, the cold air of late spring had invaded her lungs, and the pain that made it difficult to breathe tormented her.

But she didn't dare to stop.

She listened to the faintly audible movement behind her, and she looked at the rapidly receding mountain stone bonsai on both sides, and she let the rapid heartbeat beat beat her reason again and again.

Hurry, hurry, never stop.

The Eldest Princess's Mansion is a typical Jiangnan garden landscaping, full of mountains and rocks, pavilions and attics, and winding paths.

The scenery is beautiful, but it can be an unspeakable ordeal for those who enter it for the first time.

Ye Gantang got lost.

She didn't know where she had gone, she could only vaguely get a general direction, and she should be far away from the right garden where the banquet was taking place.

This is not good news or bad news for Ye Gantang.

In her ears was her own increasingly heavy gasp, her palms were cut by sharp blades, maybe bleeding, but Ye Gantang didn't dare to let go, this was the possibility of her life.

In front of her is a wooden bridge across the lake, the opposite side of the wooden bridge should be the front yard, through which you may be able to see the eldest princess's guards, although the guards may also be with them, but it is better than being directly captured by the two people just now.

At the moment when he stepped on the wooden bridge, a green-clothed man suddenly sprang out from behind the low bushes, and the man pounced on Ye Gantang, Ye Gantang only had time to wave the silver hairpin, and the hairpin swiped past the person's back, and the next moment he was thrown to the ground.

The man held down Ye Gantang's head and neck, and the whole person sat on Ye Gantang's back, she couldn't break free, not only couldn't get up, but she couldn't even turn around and see who the person behind her was.

As soon as Ye Gantang raised his hand, he was easily grabbed, and the man's hand was forced, and Ye Gantang's wrist was in sharp pain, and the blade and hairpin slipped from his hand.

Ye Gantang struggled hard, that person's strength didn't seem to be as great as Ye Gantang imagined, and the violent struggle made Ye Gantang almost get out of trouble.

The man sat on Ye Gantang's neck and tied Ye Gantang's hands behind his back.

After tying up, the man got up, Ye Gantang used all his strength to side his body, and just saw the man's chin and neck, and there was a black mole in the center of the man's chin.

In the next moment, she seemed to know that Ye Gantang was looking at her, Ye Gantang only felt a sharp pain in her abdomen, and the next moment there was a "poof", and Ye Gantang was kicked into the lake.

The lake water is pervasive, invading the lungs, mouth and nose, and the earthy smell envelops Ye Gantang, she feels that she is sinking, expanding, and dying.

Breathing was stifled, wakefulness was sleeping, darkness enveloped Ye Gantang, and cold was eating at her body.

Ye Gantang opened her mouth, and bubbles spit out of her mouth, taking away her silent cry for help.

In the subsidence, the silk handkerchief in the sleeve broke away from the shackles of the shirt and fluttered upward.

On the lake, on the wooden bridge, two people are passing by.

Walking ahead was a tall young man, eight feet tall, with broad shoulders and a thin waist. Wearing a jade crown, green silk hanging waist, wearing a dark red wide-sleeved robe with a cross-collar, and a green jade plaque hanging from the waist.

If Ye Gantang sees it, he will definitely be able to recognize that he is Qin Zhiyan, the king of Jia.

In September last year, the fourth prince Qin Zhiyan asked for his life in front of the palace and went south to quell the rebellion, most of the officials above the court were cold bystanders, and the war in the south had long been eroded into a puddle of mud, and many courtiers were hiding from it, but I didn't expect that there were still people who insisted on going inside.

I don't know what the emperor thought, but he agreed.

Qin Zhiyan took 200 personal soldiers to the south, in addition to these 200 personal soldiers, there was only one warrant from the emperor, making Qin Zhiyan the deputy general of Yu Yuquan and leading 5,000 troops.

All the courtiers were waiting to see Qin Zhiyan's jokes, and the princes were even more waiting to fall into the well, but they didn't expect that Qin Zhiyan really had some ability to lead the troops, with these five thousand soldiers and horses, if there was divine help, he would count the city.

Qitai Emperor Long Yan Dayue, with a wave of his hand, gave Qin Zhiyan another 5,000 soldiers and horses.

In the moon, the weather was cold and frozen, Qin Zhiyan took 10,000 soldiers and horses under his command and went deep into the enemy camp, and there was no trace.

The life and death of the prince is unknown, what a big deal, the former lord will immediately Pegasus pass the book, and every word no longer says that Qin Zhiyan is greedy for merit and rashness, and he is to blame.

Emperor Qitai suppressed his anger and ordered his deputy general to look for Qin Zhiyan's traces, but unexpectedly, as soon as the news arrived at the front line, Qin Zhiyan came with good news that shocked the imperial court.

Qin Zhiyan went deep into the enemy camp, won more with less, captured the rebel leader alive, killed more than ten people led by him, defeated the enemy army in one fell swoop, and ended this rebellion that lasted for nearly two years.

When the news reached the imperial court, it shook up and down.

It is said that Emperor Qitai stood up directly from the dragon chair and said hello three times in a row.

Then, three holy decrees were issued in succession.

The first holy decree was to seal the fourth prince Qin Zhiyan as the king of Jia, the prince of Yipin, and ten thousand households.

The second holy decree was to seal the fourth prince Qin Zhiyan as General Xuanwei from the fourth grade, with 10,000 soldiers under his command.

The third holy decree, posthumously named Zhang Liangcai as a baron, titled Yongyi, posthumously named the general from the five ranks, and his daughter Zhang Yinyao was named the lord of Xin County, with three hundred foods, and was given the map of Liu County, which cannot be hereditary.

The three holy decrees broke the silence of the capital and made this New Year particularly lively.

Although Jiawang Qin Zhiyan won a big victory a year ago, but the rebel area was leaderless, a chaos, so the New Year could not return to Beijing, until the end of January this year, Qianxing Mansion was basically stable, Emperor Qitai waved his hand, Qin Zhiyan returned to Beijing.

On that day, Qin Zhiyan returned to Beijing in triumph and hit the horse in front of the street.

That was the first time the two met.

At that time, Qin Zhiyan was riding a high-headed horse, holding the reins in one hand, his posture was upright, and his heroic posture was vigorous, and the hundred-person team followed behind him was so angry that it was audible to the place where he passed by.

When he walked in, Ye Gantang on the restaurant saw his appearance clearly.

Qin Zhiyan's facial features are distinct, the contours are clear, and above the high bridge of the nose are bright and deep eyes, if you look carefully, you will find that Qin Zhiyan's eyes are not sharp, they are apricot eyes with affection, but the tails of the eyes are slightly raised, and the tails of the eyes are matched with his thin red lips, which gives birth to a bit of bewitching and frivolity.

At that time, his integrated blood and Sen Ran diluted this bewitching charm again, making people dare not look at it directly.

Because of some accidents, Ye Gantang's handkerchief fell down when Qin Zhiyan passed by, and it happened to be picked up by Qin Zhiyan, and Ye Gantang still remembers that moment of staring.

Those were extremely vicious and cold eyes!

Now, Qin Zhiyan was invited to participate in the banquet of the eldest princess.

The young man walking behind him was admiring the garden landscape of the Eldest Princess's Mansion, when suddenly he sighed softly.

"What's floating in the lake?"

Qin Zhiyan glanced not far away, there was a translucent white thing floating towards this side, there was wind on the lake, and the white and transparent thing was floating very quickly.

Qin Zhiyan and the man behind him saw something almost one after the other, it was a silk handkerchief spread out on one side.

The sunlight was just right, and the light hit the silk handkerchief, so that the people on the bridge could see clearly what was on the silk handkerchief, which was a half-open pink begonia, and there was a word "Tang" written on the corner of the silk handkerchief.

Qin Zhiyan's eyes froze.

"Where did you come from?"

"It seems to be ahead."

The two of them raised their feet and walked over, and by the bridge, there were ripples on the surface of the lake, as if there was something at the bottom of the lake, thinking of the square silk handkerchief just now.

Qin Zhiyan looked back at the person behind him and said, "You go down and have a look." ”

The man was not hypocritical, he took off his coat in three or two times, and plunged into the lake, he was a good swimmer, following the ripples, he soon found the target, went downstream, reached out and grabbed Ye Gantang's sleeve, and took the person up.

Ye Gantang had fallen into a semi-comatose state, and she seemed to have entered the world of dreams again.

The dream is a bizarre world, full of colors, angular squares, gray-blue skies, bright classrooms, frolicking maidens and whizzing steel monsters......

She suddenly felt someone tugging at her, and the man led her upstream, she opened her eyes in a daze, and the distorted light rushed into her eyes, and the next moment, the lost air.

Ye Gantang's hands were tied, unable to save himself, he was pushed out of the lake by the people in the water, and before he could wake up, he was grabbed by the collar by the people on the bridge and lifted up.

Ye Gantang lay wet on the wooden bridge, spitting lake water, followed by a violent cough, coughing heartbreakingly.

There was a sound of going ashore behind her, and the rope was cut three or two times on the man's body, Ye Gantang stabilized the strong cough, turned around, and looked at the man who was also embarrassed.

"Thank you for saving your life."

The man wiped his face, waved his hand at Ye Gantang, and said, "It was the prince who asked me to go down to save you, and if you want to thank him, thank him." ”

Ye Gantang was stunned for a moment, turned around, looked at the man standing in front of him without saying a word, raised his head, and met his emotionless eyes.

"Thank you Lord Jia......"

Qin Zhiyan lowered his head and interrupted Ye Gantang's words, "Who are you?" ”

Ye Gantang ignored the hair and clothes stuck to his body, knelt in place in an orderly manner, and said to Qin Zhiyan: "The folk girl is the daughter of Shaoqing of Taichang Temple, Ye Gantang. ”

Qin Zhiyan raised his feet and left.

Ye Gantang almost subconsciously and instinctively grabbed the hem of Qin Zhiyan's clothes, and the wet palms made the dark red clothes damp.

King Jia's gaze stopped on Ye Gantang's hand that didn't know whether to live or die, and Ye Gantang was also stagnant, and her movements stiffened suddenly.

But she didn't dare to let go, and her desire to survive defeated her natural fear of Qin Zhiyan.

"You're looking for death?"

Ye Gantang shrank for a moment, but in order to survive, she raised her fragile white neck and looked up at Qin Zhiyan.

"Lord save me, please."

She knows that this posture and this angle can best reflect her fragility and softness, and the most unsightly thing for men is the fragile and fragile beauty.

Qin Zhiyan suddenly raised a smile, his smile seemed to be sarcastic, and with what he said, it only made people feel that the warm sun in April was like the cold wind in December, freezing to the bone.

"Why did this king save you?"

His gaze swept over Ye Gantang's face, and finally stopped at Ye Gantang's eyes.

He stared at Ye Gantang's eyes, taking into account her embarrassment, vulnerability, fear, and the brokenness that seemed to be about to be destroyed by the relentless wind and rain.

"Pretty and the bed is warm. It's a pity that there is never a shortage of beauties around this king. ”

As he spoke, he was about to raise his legs, seeing that the posture was to directly kick down Ye Gantang and leave.

Ye Gantang's hand pulling the clothes harder and harder, and the white fingertips were even harder to the point of whitening.

"I worked! Lord, I'm useful! ”

Qin Zhiyan's eyebrows were already a little impatient.

He bent down and grabbed Ye Gantang's neck and pulled the person up from the ground.

The facial features that are more delicate and profound than ordinary people are wrapped in a layer of trembling anger at the moment, and the corners of the eyes are even more powerful, but they are not smiling, but murderous.

"I don't have much patience."

Ye Gantang held Qin Zhiyan's right hand that was holding her neck with both hands, the man used a lot of force, she felt suffocated again, but she didn't struggle at the moment, when Qin Zhiyan's hands pressed on her neck, there was a burst of anger in her heart for a moment, and the ruthless aura almost washed away her consciousness!

Her heart suddenly tightened, the feeling of suffocation suddenly increased, and the anger disappeared strangely.

She met Qin Zhiyan's increasingly cold gaze, and the desperate situation might really stimulate people's potential, her hand suddenly stretched out to Qin Zhiyan, grabbed Qin Zhiyan's placket with one hand, and stained the moon-white lining with her water stains.

Qin Zhiyan didn't know what Ye Gantang was going to do, and while he was surprised, he also let go of the hand around her neck.

Ye Gantang fell into Qin Zhiyan's arms.

She put one hand on Qin Zhiyan's shoulder, and the other hand was still grasping Qin Zhiyan's clothes.

Emotions that did not belong to her were born in her heart again, and there were some doubts and scrutiny.

Between the lightning and flint, Ye Gantang seemed to understand.

She padded her feet, tilted her neck, and tried her best to let her voice fall into Qin Zhiyan's ears, intimate, weak, and unknown to others, enough to surprise Qin Zhiyan as well.

"I have a bit of a skill of turning stone into gold, and I have the ability to turn spring breeze into rain."

She could feel that those people were getting closer and closer, and the body she was leaning on did not move at all, nor did it carry the slightest emotion, and this indifference frightened her, and made her tremble slightly.

Her lips were trembling, and the tails of her eyes were tingling with a thin layer of red.

“…… In the seventeenth year of God's blessing, Ye Jingshan in the Ministry of Industry Lang presented an improved waterwheel, which could transport water against the trend and irrigate farmland. Your Highness, that's mine. ”

Ye Gantang felt that during the time he was waiting, the speed of his heartbeat might have exceeded that of when he ran away just now.

She waited, waiting for Qin Zhiyan's reaction, from anticipation to despair, her fingertips from warm to cold.

Still doesn't work......

Suddenly, the depression that haunted her heart dissipated.

Qin Zhiyan raised her hand and hugged Ye Gantang's waist, she took two steps back, and met the gaze of the person in front of her.

For the first time, he lowered his head and approached her, with sword eyebrows and starry eyes, thin lips and straight nose, handsome and trance-like.

In a trance, Qin Zhiyan's lips were close to Ye Gantang's ears, and his low voice changed Ye Gantang's fate and led her to a path she had never looked forward to.

He said.

"How do you think this king can save you?"

Ye Gantang's mind has gone through countless pictures, marriage and divorce, father's coldness, stepmother's treachery, grandmother's cold eyes, sister's loneliness, stepsister's pride and ridicule......

and the look of the man in front of him like an ant.

She put her arm on Qin Zhiyan's arm so hard that it trembled.

She trembled under the man's indifferent and triumphant gaze:

"Please, give me a name."