Chapter 20: The Protector!
Zhou Qian followed his father to the pre-arranged royal courtyard to rest, and sure enough, his father asked about what the princess in the palace said, his expression was serious, he did not hide it at all, he told how he met and offended the princess, and also explained the matter of Xiaobai, when he met the girl, he found that she spoke coquettishly and domineeringly, it turned out to be a royal princess, and he couldn't help but smile bitterly.
Zhou Zhen had already guessed, but at this time he was still nervous, telling Zhou Qian not to have any confrontation with the princess along the way, he also knew his son's character, not a submissive person, although he could make a big trouble in the Zhou family, lawless, but this is the land of the royal family, and there is a "festival" with a princess, Zhou Zhen is warning his son not to cause trouble again, after all, this time is different from the past.
Zhou Qian listened to his father's words and felt that it was his own fault, and took his father's admonition to heart. However, he was very curious about why the four masters were respectful when they saw the six princes, but they were all afraid when they saw the nine princesses?
Zhou Zhen saw his son's doubts, and immediately breathed a sigh of relief, and said with emotion: "These nine princesses are deeply loved by Your Majesty, although Your Majesty has many children, but she only loves the six princes and the nine princesses, the six princes can succeed me Tianze Emperor, and they deserve this treatment, but these nine princesses don't know which point is excellent, Your Majesty does everything for her, everything is towards her, and even when she and the six princes disagree, Your Majesty will also look at her." This also makes Director Jiugong delicate and likes to play tricks on people.
The four masters are no exception, that Helian Zhuo was the worst tossed by him, and his father had also been tossed by him, but it was no big deal, after all, it was just the child's willfulness, but she also blackmailed the Shangguan family's money and deceived the Qu family of a strange soldier...
There are countless other things, and some people have reacted to His Majesty, but to no avail, so the Ninth Princess is the most troublesome person in this imperial city. If she finds trouble with you this time, remember to hold back, although she is willful, but her heart is very soft, easy to influence, you remember not to quarrel with her, after all, so far, there is no one who can say that she has won her. ”
Zhou Qian was shocked, thinking that he was rampant in the Zhou family, but he didn't expect that the nine princesses were even worse than him, and he thought that he couldn't compete with him, so he didn't talk much along the way.
But what Zhou Qian is most worried about now is Xiaobai's whereabouts, if he doesn't come back when he sets off tomorrow, then he will not be able to escape the trouble of the Ninth Princess.
"Hey, I hope Xiaobai can understand my mood at this time, and I must come back before tomorrow!"
Now that it was getting late and the night was falling, he had no bottom in his heart, so he could only wait.
"Hurry up and rest, you have to travel tomorrow, if that Xiaobai really has a spirit, I believe it will appear. Zhou Zhen saw his son's nervous look and comforted.
Zhou Qian nodded and entered the bedroom...
And the garden where Xiao Zi lost was brightly lit at the moment, illuminating it as if it were day, and countless soldiers were searching, but three hours had passed, and this garden had been turned over several times, and even Xiao Zi's shadow had not been seen.
"My little Zi, where have you been, I promise that as long as you come back, I will... I'll just pinch you a few times..."
The royal princess gritted her silver teeth and prayed to the moon, as if she was very entangled and reluctant to make this decision.
"Your Royal Highness Princess, I found it!
While she was praying, the steward of the garden reported to her in ecstasy, thinking that he had saved the garden.
"It's so amazing, as soon as I change it slightly, Xiao Zi will come back?"
She couldn't believe her ears either, and hurriedly asked them to lead the way, she wanted to see it with her own eyes.
"Huh, Xiao Zi, you are really here, do you know how worried I will be if you don't see you!" She came to a corner of the garden and saw Xiao Zi, a pair of purple eyes were loose, as if she was very tired, as if she had suffered some mental blow, she did not have the usual majesty and domineering, her body was covered with dust, and even covered with purple hair, as if she had been greatly wronged, she didn't care if it was clean or not, she held it directly in her arms, and kept stroking and comforting.
"Let's go, I'll take you to wash, don't be afraid, with this princess here, don't be afraid of anything. ”
When she spoke, she was full of arrogance, but also with a sense of nobility. Escorted by everyone, he left the garden and went to his residence, asking uncertainly what was going on along the way, but it was clear that Xiao Zi was tired and did not have the strength to tell what had happened.
The garden steward and the many soldiers were also relieved, if they could not find it again, they would definitely not be able to eat and walk around.
There is no word all night, time is like flowing water, it can only go downstream, it will not stop, and it is day in the blink of an eye. This night was exciting for Helian Peng, boring for Qu Kai, and long for Zhou Qian, he didn't sleep all night, because Xiaobai didn't come back!
The morning glow on the horizon was like fire, bright and dazzling, but it didn't meet Zhou Qian's eyes at all, he was in a low mood, and he didn't have the ambition when he came. After he finished washing, in order not to worry his father, he put on a sunny and comfortable appearance, walked out of the residence, and went to the gate of the imperial city.
Zhou Zhen saw his son's state, did not speak, talked to him along the way, and did not mention Xiaobai's matter. His father and son were the first to arrive at the gate of the Imperial City, and after greeting the previous guards, they waited here.
After a while, the Qu family and the Shangguan family came, Zhou Zhen greeted them, smiled and said a long wait, and chatted with each other hotly. Qu Kai was not idle and took the initiative to chat with Zhou Qian, and talked about his experience of traveling in the mountains and rivers, so he was not proud. I just talked about this trip, but I didn't have any interest.
Zhou Qian saw that he had a similar temper with him, and he was also willing to chat with him, and the boredom in his heart slowly dissipated in this chat.
After a while, Helian came to the house, and it was not surprising that it was far away from Zhou Zhen, and the head of the Qu family didn't want the four of them to be embarrassed here, so he signaled to Zhou Zhen, and he walked to Helian Zhuo's side and chatted.
Zhou Qian knew that the Shangguan family did not send family members to participate this time, and the reason why it had a close relationship with the Zhou family was because the two families were in-laws, Zhou Qian's second brother Zhou Hai and Shangguan Yulu, the daughter of the Shangguan family, had been married.
In the end, the sixth prince came here with the ninth princess, and after everyone saluted, the sixth prince said with a smile: "Everyone, please wait a while, that senior is still here, wait here for a while, it should be almost there." ”
Zhou Qian didn't pay attention to what the sixth prince said, his eyes were fixed on the ninth princess, she was wearing a lilac dress at the moment, a purple jade belt was tied around her waist, her face was handsome, her skin was like fat, her eyes were as clear as water, and there was a hint of cunning, her hair fluttered in the wind, but she was held up by her jade hand and hung down behind her shoulders, beautiful and moving. Zhou Qian looked in a trance, and then his heart was certain, thinking that although this princess was delicate, she was indeed a beautiful embryo, and she hadn't paid attention to it before, but when she took a closer look today, she couldn't help but be shocked.
And there is a purple tiger on his shoulder, his eyes are rolling wildly, as if he is looking for someone, when he sees Zhou Qian, suddenly the tiger's eyes are condensed, revealing excitement, a pair of tiger claws to its master is constantly gesturing something, this royal princess seems to understand its meaning, nodded.
Then the little purple tiger immediately jumped off his shoulder, and rushed towards Zhou Gan like a fly, before he had time to dodge, the next moment the purple tiger appeared on his shoulder, and Zhou Gan's face changed, and he was at a loss.
Everyone was also very shocked by this scene, Zhou Zhen even wanted to stop it, but in the end he didn't make a move, and the purple tiger didn't seem to have any ill will towards Zhou Qian.
The purple tiger was on Zhou Gan's shoulder, a pair of tiger eyes stared at him tightly, as if observing something special, but in an instant, its tiger claws pressed on Zhou Gan's shoulder, and then quickly jumped down and returned to the princess's side.
"It turned out that the princess made a joke on the young master of the Zhou family, so that's the case, what do some people think!" Helian Zhuo smiled coldly.
When Zhou Qian heard this, he knew that he was ridiculing himself, and when he just wanted to retaliate with a tooth for a tooth, he suddenly found that there was a white hair on his shoulder, white as snow, and then he couldn't help but look at it carefully, as if he didn't dare to guess, this is Xiaobai's, could it be...
His expression on the surface was as usual, unchanged, his eyes glanced at the purple tiger, and the purple tiger seemed to be conscious, and immediately nodded in response.
Zhou Qian's heart was already counted at this moment, and the previous negative emotions were swept away, full of confidence.
"Sure enough, I have my own plan, I want to see what the hell Xiaobai is going to do!"
As for the ninth princess, it was very strange, she didn't ask Zhou Qian about Xiaobai's whereabouts, but looked at him from time to time with a pair of beautiful eyes, and Zhou Qian subconsciously shifted his gaze......
Time flies, an hour has passed in a blink of an eye, but the escort has not yet appeared, and people can't help but wonder if they are not coming, but no one dares to be the first to ask.
The sixth prince also had no bottom in his heart, although his father had told him that the hermit would come, but he was still not too sure, after all, the hermit had a strange temper and was difficult to fathom.
"Oops... You see, when people get old, they are easy to get confused, and the time they said was good, but it was delayed again!"
While everyone was waiting, an old voice came from afar, but no human figure appeared, as if the person had arrived before he arrived. The six princes couldn't help but be overjoyed, and the stone in their hearts was put down.
I saw a vague figure in the distance, walking towards this step by step, he walked very slowly, but it made people feel that one step was a thousand zhang, and one step could cross the world.
"This is the Great Instant Footwork!" Helian Zhuo said in surprise when he saw this strange footwork.
"Hehe, Helian Xiaowa, you have been good at cultivation in the past few years, and your knowledge has not fallen behind!"
As he spoke, he came to this place, nodded to the Six Princes, and then looked at Helian Zhuo.
"Thanks to the teachings of my predecessors, I wouldn't have entered the country. Helian Zhuo bowed to him with a respectful expression.
Zhou Qian looked at the old man, his hair was already completely white, slightly messy, his face was ruddy, like a young man, but his eyes were full of vicissitudes, there was a blue six-mang mark in the center of his eyebrows, and he was wearing a wide robe, and there were many patches on it, all of which were black and white, which looked very shabby, making people feel a little lazy. The most striking thing is that he has a cloth bag hanging from his waist, which would be fine if it were an ordinary cloth bag, but his cloth bag is so large that it hangs directly from his waist to his heels, as if it is about to be held on the ground.
Zhou Zhen and the others also bowed to him, after all, they were seniors, and they still had to protect Zhou Qian's protectors, so they should be thanked.
"It's these three little babies?"
He glanced at Zhou Qian, Qu Kai and Helian Peng, as if they didn't care, fiddling with his cloth bag as he spoke.
"No, there's still me, I'll go too!"
Before Zhou Qian and the others could answer, the nine princesses said directly, their tone was still delicate, and it seemed that she was not even afraid of this worldly master.
"You, your father agreed to let you go?"
The old man couldn't believe his ears, a hint of hesitation flashed in his eyes, and he asked in surprise.