Yeyang City

Qingying didn't dare to slack off at all, revealing a pair of sharp eyes under the straw hat, looking around vigilantly. In order to avoid passing through a crowded market, the people of Lingye Palace deliberately created chaos in disguise, and Li Zifeng ordered them to change their route and try to avoid crowded places as much as possible.

Zhu Luoyun lifted the curtain covering the small window in the carriage and looked out, as if out of the town, there was a vast loess nearby, occasionally some smaller grass piles, and there were no other pedestrians, and sighed lightly, "How long will it take?"

Qingying, who was driving, looked at the road ahead without squinting, and responded cautiously, "Your Highness, don't be impatient, there is still about half the way, and after this sandy land, it is the gate of Wei'an City." ”

Zhu Luoyun nodded, didn't say anything more, and silently lowered the curtain by the window.

Qingying's eyes probed the road ahead, and he whipped it, the horse was stimulated, and the horse's hooves were faster, the road in this area was sandy, and the carriage was bumpy, and Zhu Luoyun sat in it, only feeling dizzy.

Walking to a small hill, Qingying leisurely pulled the horse to stop, this belt road is a little difficult to walk, and the wind in his ears seems to be a little louder.

Suddenly, several people rushed out from behind the hill, instantly drew their long swords, and stopped in front of the carriage, and more than a dozen Qingsongtang disciples who were originally disguised as coachmen and merchants along the way also showed their weapons and put on a posture to prepare for defense.

I didn't expect that it was already at this time, and Lingye Palace would try not to give up!

Qingying jumped down from the ruts of the carriage, his five fingers gripped the hilt of the long sword, and said in a deep voice, "Who are you?"

There was another sound behind the hill, and then more people poured out, wearing masked black cloaks, only showing a pair of eyes, and they couldn't see their appearance at all, Qingying's face changed, and the number of the other party was dozens, but his own side ......

"You don't have to know. The leading man in black disdainfully left a sentence, and took the lead in rushing to the door of the paper cup Qingying, Qingying was unexpected, and hurriedly raised his sword to resist, and the weapons collided and burst out of sparks, Qingying's face sank, and he sighed in his heart that the other party was not a good character to deal with.

The man in black seemed to be stunned for a moment that Qingying was able to catch his sword stabbing horizontally, taking advantage of his slight stunned moment, Qingying's soft sword was like a snake, and he poked straight into the armpit of the man in black, this position is not easy to defend, partial and fragile. The man in black ducked to the side, narrowly avoiding the attack.

With the leader taking the initiative to attack, the rest of the black-clothed people also killed the disciples of Qingsong Hall, and the scene suddenly became chaotic, and the prince only heard a noise outside at the beginning, so he lifted the curtain and looked out carefully, and quickly lowered the curtain.

Qingying had to be distracted to take care of Zhu Luoyun in the carriage from being taken away by the enemy, and on the other hand, he had to deal with the attack of the man in black, and his physical strength gradually bottomed out. The man in black seemed to sense Qingying's lack of physical strength, and his moves became more and more vicious.

"Puff ......"

Suddenly there was a disturbance in the battle, Qingying blocked the long sword of the man in black, turned his head and looked, several people in black together fell to the ground, as if they suddenly fell asleep, and the disciples who were originally fighting with them immediately stabbed the long sword into the enemy's heart, and then continued to fight with other enemies.

A familiar voice sounded behind him, and Qingying's whole body shook, "I knew it would be like this. ”

Li Zifeng smiled and groaned, and walked out of the back of the carriage, playing with some small stones in his hand, and he used these small stones to fly into the sleeping hole of those black-clothed people.

Qingying just wanted to smile, but saw Li Zifeng's face suddenly change, "Qingying!

Before Qingying could react, the long sword in front of him had already stabbed straight into his shoulder, blood gushing straight out, and his sleeves were suddenly stained red.

Li Zifeng drew his sword and stabbed at the man in black who was fighting with Qingying, and the man in black hurriedly stretched out his sword to resist. Li Zifeng sneered, shook his hand for a moment, and firmly pierced the blade into the opponent's body from another angle.

The movement of the man in black froze for that moment, and he looked down at his chest, his shirt that had been stained red with blood was clinging to his chest, but in a few breaths, he fell down heavily, his eyes wide open.

Li Zifeng picked up the long sword and rushed into the crowd, and between the long sword flying, there were only two or three people left in black, and they were soon subdued by all the disciples of Qingsong Hall.

Li Zifeng glanced at the corpses lying on the ground, and said coldly, "Take the poison bag from their mouths, and then send it back to Qingsong Hall for interrogation." ”

A disciple received the order, Li Zifeng put the sword back into the sheath, personally went to Zhu Luoyun's carriage, and deducted it twice, "Your Highness, rest assured, the danger has been solved." ”

There was silence in the carriage for a long time, Li Zifeng was a little worried, and only then did he take the liberty to open the curtain to see if the prince was still safely inside, Zhu Luoyun finally said softly, "Keep going." ”

He didn't open the curtain of the car again to take a look at the situation outside, the appearance of the bloody corpse, Zhu Luoyun didn't want to feel it again.

Li Zifeng asked the disciples of Qingsong Hall to take the injured Qingying back to the Yunxuan Pharmacy to treat the wounds first, and he sat in the carriage to drive the horses. Along the way, Zhu Luoyun didn't ask how long it would take to arrive, but was a little unusually silent, not knowing what he was pondering.

Soon he saw the gate of Wei'an City, and a team of people came out of the gate, apparently to escort the prince back to the palace. Li Zifeng softly called Zhu Luoyun to get out of the carriage, and the curtain was lifted.

When the team saw Zhu Luoyun, they breathed a sigh of relief, and the leading soldiers bowed slightly to Li Zifeng to show their gratitude, "It's been a hard work." ”

"Don't dare to be. Li Zifeng returned the salute with fists with both hands, and when he saw the other party's hesitant expression, he looked at his bloodstained clothes, and said with a smile, "It's okay, I met some robbers on the road, and there was a fight, and now it has been resolved." ”

The leading soldier nodded, not asking any more questions. Li Zifeng watched the prince being picked up, and then completely relieved, and called a few other disciples to turn the head of the car and let them go back to Yeyang City first.

After all, Wei'an City is the national capital, and at this time, it is even more crowded, a lively scene, Li Zifeng listened to the shouts and conversations between people from the city, and his heart was a little irritable.

Palace.

The news of Zhu Luoyun's return to the palace soon reached the emperor, frowning and looking at the fold in front of him for a long time without speaking, the father-in-law who served on the side did not dare to make a sound, but just waited carefully.

Zhu Xingzhan finally sighed and dropped the fold in his hand: "I'll go see the prince first." ”

Not long after Zhu Luoyun returned to the dormitory, he rested for a while, used some tea and snacks, and was ready to sleep well, although Qingsongtang also arranged housing for Zhu Luoyun, but it was always unstable, and he would wake up from time to time.

Outside the door, there was a high-pitched voice from his father-in-law announcing that "the emperor has arrived", and Zhu Luoyun hurriedly got up from the bed to greet him.

The curtain of gold silk hung aside, tied with a ribbon decorated with broken jade, and an incense burner was placed on the table, and the incense burned slowly, and the milky white smoke rose in a curling light, but it disappeared into the air for a moment.

"The son greets his father. Zhu Luoyun knew that he had made a mistake, knelt on the hard ground and did not dare to move, Zhu Xingzhan frowned, did not say a word, only looked at him condescendingly, his eyes were full of reproach and disappointment.

After being silent for a long time, anger flashed between Zhu Xingzhan's eyebrows, "When you slipped out of the palace, did you ever consider that you were the prince of a country?

Zhu Luoyun lowered his head lower, opened his mouth and didn't know what to say, thinking that he had made too much noise this time, which made his father, who had never been angry with him easily, so angry.

"Everything you do involves royal face, and it is your father who loves you too much, so that you become so willful......! The things of the daughter's family, when this word spreads, where will the royal face go!"

The father-in-law of He Sheng on the side rarely saw the emperor so angry, and he also trembled at this time, looked at Zhu Xingzhan with a somewhat uneasy expression, hesitated for a while, and still carefully persuaded, "The emperor is angry, beware of hurting the dragon body!"

Zhu Xingzhan snorted, and looked at Zhu Luoyun who was kneeling on the ground with a fierce look in his eyes.

Zhu Luoyun knelt and turned his body in a different direction, facing Zhu Xingzhan, kowtowed, and said calmly: "Father is angry, and his son has canceled the competition to recruit relatives." ”

Suddenly and simply said that the competition was canceled to recruit relatives, which was unexpected by the emperor, and he was slightly stunned. Before, Zhu Luoyun also made a fuss in private for a while because he didn't agree to this matter, and then secretly planned to make a private one, just when there were thieves harassing at the border, and the emperor was all about dealing with military affairs and internal affairs, so he disciplined him a little looser, thinking that as long as there was no trouble, he would go.

I didn't expect to sneak out of the palace to make trouble! If I hadn't been discovered and protected by Qingsongtang, I am afraid that I would have to put my life in the hands of others! The prince of a country could not even take care of his own safety.

Zhu Luoyun, who was originally so obsessed with recruiting relatives in a martial arts competition, suddenly said that he wanted to make fun of him, and the emperor naturally didn't believe it, but seeing his expression, it didn't seem to be fake, he didn't speak, just waited quietly for the following.

"Erchen realized that he was wrong in the past, and thanks to Li Zifeng and me making it clear, the rivers and lakes I yearn for did not exist in the first place. Zhu Luoyun's expression was very calm, only there was still a slight unwilling look in his eyes. Later, he met the people of Lingye Palace, and he was wondering all the way, is he really suitable for that fantasy world?

There was silence again.

Zhu Xingzhan seemed to sigh, turned around and stood with his hands in his hands, tilting his head slightly, "It's good if you can figure it out, I still hope that you have a little more sense of proportion in your heart, and you are not too young." ”

"The sons obey the teachings. ”

The emperor nodded lightly and paced back and forth in this palace for a while, "Now that you have realized that you are wrong, I will confine you for a month and reflect on yourself in this palace." ”

"The retainers obeyed. ”