There were heavy guards inside and outside the small courtyard. After the two left, Father Sixi helped Chu Yuan back to the room. Although he didn't say a few words just now, he was really pissed off and fat, leaning on the table and gasping for breath.
Chu Yuan laughed when he saw this: "Be careful of getting sick, there are no herbs here to take care of you."
"These traitors are really going to go against the sky." Father Sixi sighed, "It's just a pity that General Shen is not here, otherwise how would they be able to get their hands on their feet."
"Ren's previous plan was more thorough, but he didn't expect Zeng Xuan to join the Liu family." Chu Yuan shook his head.
"Then what is the next step for the emperor?" Father Sixi asked, "A small butler dares to act so recklessly, he must have received an order from above, and he doesn't know what is going on in the royal city."
"I don't need to worry too much about Wangcheng, I have already made arrangements." Chu Yuan said, "Besides, there is Duan Baiyue, the king of the southwest, so I don't want to watch Liu Mansion act recklessly. At most tonight, there will be someone. Come to the rescue."
"Yes." Eunuch Sixi nodded first, then knelt on the ground and wept, "I'm afraid this old slave will no longer be able to serve the emperor from now on."
"Why?" Chu Yuan raised his lips, "Do you want to stay with the Liu family?"
Father-in-law Sixi was still sighing and weeping, but before he was finished, he suddenly heard such a sentence, and he was shocked and waved again and again: "Your Majesty—"
"I know, who said that I was going to leave you." Chu Yuan interrupted him, bending over to help him up, "I was lucky to have a father-in-law when I was a child, and I have often blocked those people with ulterior motives for me. , of course, I want to rescue you too."
"... This." Father Si Xi was embarrassed, he looked down at his bloated body and belly, no matter how he looked at it, he looked like a burden.
If I had known this earlier, I should have eaten two less bowls of rice on weekdays.
In the alley behind the yamen, Ye Jin was carrying a vegetable basket, and Shi Shiran walked past.
A team of guards stood with knives, their faces were solemn and majestic, and they looked like an iron wall from a distance.
"This road doesn't work! Get out quickly." Before Ye Jin approached, he was already swept away by flies, so he raised his head, turned angrily and walked back - if it were normal, he would definitely fight back, spreading all over the sky. Medicine can have it! But now there is still a sleepy person in this government office, no matter if it is bad or good, you have to find a way to see it.
After strolling around the government office, there was no gap to sneak in, Ye Jin felt chest tightness, sat in the corner restaurant drinking tea and purging the fire, paying attention to the movement on the other side, intending to see if there was a chance to fish in troubled waters at night.
Time passed little by little, the restaurant was about to close, Ye Jin rolled over on the roof, hid in the dark and yawned. It was finally midnight, and before the guards on the opposite side took over to change the guard, a group of men in black had quietly descended from the sky, with their knives falling neatly and putting them down on the road.
Ye Jin: "..."
"Someone! There are assassins!" Someone in the yamen shouted loudly.
The roaring torches ignited in an instant, illuminating half of the sky, and the sound of swords colliding was incessant. Waiting for the silence to return to the surroundings.
"Let's go!" Chu Yuan dragged Sixi over onto his horse, and under the escort of the man in black, he rushed out of the Liu residence.
"Someone! Chase me!" Liu Man ordered in a rage. At this point, everyone knew what the consequences would be if Chu Yuan was allowed to return to the king's city, so Zeng Xuan personally led people to chase out of the city, with murderous intent in his eyes and a hideous face.
The men in black who came to rescue Chu Yuan were the shadow guards in the palace, and each of them was personally selected by Shen Qianfan. He will not show up on weekdays, and will only come to rescue in an emergency. No matter how many rebel soldiers, Rao came to kill a group of soldiers and protect Chu Yuan firmly in the middle.
"Release the arrows!" Zeng Xuan led his people to the high hill in front, trapping Chu Yuan and his party at the bottom of the valley.
The cold light of the arrow blade pierced through the wind and whistled, Chu Yuan pulled out his sword and left Si Xi behind him.
"Escort!" Someone in the shadow guard was injured by an arrow. Seeing that the other party had replaced a new batch of archers, he could only use his flesh and blood to block the front and buy more time for Chu Yuan to escape.
The kerosene bomb rolled down the steep slope with thick black smoke. Chu Yuan's warhorse was injured in the right eye, and neighed and threw the two off the horse. Sixi lay on the ground and hurriedly said, "The emperor is gone, don't worry about this old slave!"
Chu Yuan swung his sword away from the flames in front of him, stepped forward and pulled him up, leading him to break out. Zeng Xuan saw it in his eyes, spat fiercely on the ground, and took the bow and arrow from his cronies, intending to kill Chu Yuan.
"Be careful!" Upon seeing this, the Shadow Guard shouted loudly. Chu Yuan only felt a sharp sound of breaking wind coming from behind him. He only had time to push Sixi away, but a sharp pain came from his back.
"Your Majesty!" Si Xi's soul was scattered, and he rolled forward to support him.
"Kill me!" Zeng Xuan rushed down the mountain with a knife and was about to pursue his victory, but a cloth bag flew in front of him, and the powder inside covered his face. Itching again.
"Isn't it dead yet?" As soon as Ye Jin arrived, he saw Chu Yuan hit by an arrow, and hurried to his side.
"A chivalrous man, a chivalrous man saves the emperor!" Father Sixi seemed to see the dawn.
Ye Jin was about to cry when she heard this, I'm still a chivalrous person with my little kung fu, how come your eyes are still so bad after so many years.
Seeing that Chu Yuan was in a coma, Ye Jin didn't have time to worry about the situation around him, so he cut his clothes and took care of his wounds. The Shadow Guards were still fighting fiercely with the rebels, and the opponents were killing them like a tidal wave. Seeing that they were about to lose their strength, Ye Jin roared angrily in the sky: "Wealth for nothing!"
The roar was too shocking, and Chu Yuan shivered in a drowsiness.
An old man jumped down from the treetop in response, rolled on the spot like Tu Xingsun, and then killed the rebels. He didn't seem to have any weapons in his hands, but mourned wherever he went. More than half of them had their arms removed.
"Knight, is the emperor alright?" Father Sixi asked tremblingly.
"I don't know, if you die, you will die." Ye Jin replied through gritted teeth.
Eunuch Sixi almost knelt on the ground again.
After hurriedly helping him bandage the wound, Ye Jin stood up and said anxiously, "Stop hitting!"
With wild fruit in his mouth, Bai Laicai kicked the last group of rebels down the mountain, and then got a carriage out of nowhere.
I don't know how many rebels are still in the city. At this time, it is obvious that they want to find a quiet place, so Ye Jin made a decisive decision and took Chu Yuan and Yingwei into the deep mountains. There is a small house there, originally for collecting medicine. To hide from the rain and build overnight, it just came in handy at this time.
"Knight, the emperor, is he all right?" Along the way, Si Xi didn't say much and asked seven or eight times.
If it wasn't for the sake of hugging her when she was a child, Ye Jin really wanted to knock him out.
Chu Yuan's face was pale, most of his clothes were stained with blood, and his fingers were cold. Fortunately, there were a lot of medicinal materials in the wooden house. Ye Jin boiled hot water to wash and change the dressing for him. Bai Laicai returned to Yunshui City to get a lot of clothes, bedding, and dry food. The person's injury is dealt with.
Ye Jin stayed by Chu Yuan's side, helping him to test his pulse from time to time, and he was relieved that he would not die in a while.
Father Sixi seized the opportunity and said again, "This chivalrous..."
"I won't die." Ye Jin was so exhausted that he didn't even have the strength to fry his hair.
"No, no, the chivalrous men have misunderstood. This time I want to ask the chivalrous men's names." Sixi bowed down and gave a big gift, "Thanks to the two chivalrous men for helping us this time."
"It's a trivial matter, I'm just too busy." Ye Jin pouted.
Sixi: "… "
"I'll go to the mountain to find out if I can find scarlet vines, which can nourish blood and nourish the body." Ye Jin stood up, "If the father-in-law is tired, he should sleep for a while, he will be fine for a while."
"Okay, there are valiant men." Sixi nodded hurriedly, and then said worriedly, "But looking at the sky, it looks like it's going to rain heavily." .
Ye Jin had already left the door with the basket on his back.
Bai Laicai didn't know where he went, so father-in-law Sixi hurriedly asked the uninjured two shadow guards to follow him to protect him, so that he could take care of him.
Sure enough, not long after Ye Jin went out, a torrential rain fell in the mountains, lightning and thunder rumbled down from the sky, making people feel numb in their hearts. It had been more than two hours since they had gone, and Si Xi looked at the door three or four times until it was completely dark, and Ye Jin was covered in rain and was helped back by the shadow guard, saying that he almost fell off the mountain while collecting herbs.
Father-in-law Sixi was taken aback, and hurriedly boiled hot water to wash him away from the cold. Ye Jin's stomach is full of fire, and he feels that he is really unlucky. After sending his master's ashes to the temple, he should take another route to return to Qionghua Valley. What kind of Yunshui City is this? take off.
Chu Yuan was in a coma for two days. That afternoon, Ye Jin sat beside the bed and helped him untie the bandage to check the wound as usual.
"Chivalrous man, chivalrous man is gentle." Father Sixi was startled, "Your Majesty is a dragon." Slowly rub the medicine, but it won't work.
Ye Jin snorted and smeared the towel with the medicinal powder.
Father Sixi gasped when he saw it.
Chu Yuan also groaned in a coma, and then laboriously opened his eyes.
The scene was blurry, as if someone was looking at him, but in just a moment, it was replaced by another familiar face.
"Four joys."
"Your Majesty, you can be considered awake." Father Sixi almost cried with joy, but he wondered in his heart, so good, why did the chivalrous man who was still sitting beside the bed just "swoosh" and ran out, and the speed was quite fast.
Chu Yuan closed his eyes and thought for a while before saying, "Where is this?"
"This is the back mountain of Yunshui City." Sixi recounted what had happened before, and then said with emotion, "These two chivalrous men are really good people." It's just that they have a weird temper, and one would hum from time to time. , the other can't even see a shadow.
"Where's the person?" Chu Yuan's lips were chapped, "I want to thank myself."
Ye Jin squatted outside the door and pouted, who wants you to thank you in person.
"Knight, chivalry." Father Sixi called out, "Your Majesty, please come in."
"I won't go in!" Ye Jin stood up and Shi Shiran got into the carriage.
Father-in-law Sixi: "…"
But the mouth can't say it, the pulse still needs to be diagnosed, after all, he was seriously injured. So after a while, Ye Jin got out of the carriage again.
The shadow guard who happened to pass by was taken aback.
"What are you looking at!" Ye Jin was furious!
"I didn't see it." The shadow guard quickly lowered his head.
Ye Jin wrapped his head tightly and entered the room with only two eyes exposed.
Chu Yuan: "..."
Father-in-law Sixi was also surprised: "What do you mean by chivalrous person?"
Ye Jin said in a stern voice, "I've been infected with wind and cold."
Eunuch Sixi was stunned.
Chu Yuan kept looking into his eyes.
Ye Jin sat beside the bed and dragged his wrist to test the pulse.
"Dare to ask Your Excellency, what is your surname?" Chu Yuan asked.
"What do you call my name!" Ye Jin put his hand back, Shi Shiran stood up and planned to go out to make medicine.
"Tian'er?" Chu Yuan couldn't help but wondered.
"Don't be so disgusting!" Ye Jin was furious.
Chu Yuan was shocked: "It's really you?"
…
…
Ye Jin was extremely calm: "It's you."
"His Royal Highness?" Father Sixi also reacted suddenly, saying that he looked so familiar.
"Cough cough!" Ye Jin's eyes were sincere, "Who is the Ninth Highness?"
"It really is." Father Sixi cried with joy.
Chu Yuan also leaned on the head of the bed, smiling and reaching out to him.
"Humph!" Ye Jin turned and walked out of the wooden house, squatting on the edge of the cliff until it was dark, and was brought back by Bai Laicai who was looking for him.
Chu Yuan was eating porridge in bed.
Ye Jin stood at the door, eyes full of resentment.
In fact, I don't really want to save you, so please don't thank me, and don't pester me!
After all, we don't know each other well.
Chu Yuan lifted the quilt and wanted to get out of bed.
"Hey!" Ye Jin took a step back and warned, "Lie back!"
"Tan—"
"Tian you!" Ye Jin stepped on the threshold with one foot, looking like a bandit.
"Then you should tell me what to call you." Chu Yuan was a little funny, and his heart was warm. When I was a prince before, although there were many brothers in the palace, all of them had ulterior motives, and no one was willing to give up their lives to save themselves like him.
"Call me Divine Doctor Ye." Ye Jin thought for a while, then replied.
"That's so unfamiliar." Chu Yuan frowned.
"We're very unfamiliar!" Ye Jin sat down beside the bed, "Yesterday, someone from the government office came to search the mountain, although they didn't find Houshan, but staying here is not a long-term solution, what are your next steps? Where are you going?"
Chu Yuan said: "There is nowhere to go."
Ye Jin: "..."
Don't say that you really deceived me, as an emperor, you must have a backbone.
"Zeng Xuan, who I have always regarded as a confidant, can also betray. Near Yunshui City, I really don't know who else can be trusted." Chu Yuan shook his head.
Ye Jin complained, "Don't have a single acquaintance?"
"This trip was originally intended to go to Chiba City." Chu Yuan said.
"I'm not going to Chiba City!" Ye Jin was shocked when he heard the words.
Chu Yuan was startled by his reaction, looking at the posture, is there an enemy in Qianye City
"Only Chiba City?" Ye Jin was unwilling and asked again.
Chu Yuan nodded: "The Sun Moon Villa in Qianye City is the home of Qian Fan. He is the only one in Jiangnan. I can trust him."
"I told you not to mention Sun Moon Villa." Ye Jin stood up and walked around twice, then sat back again, "Forget it, I'll take you back to Qionghua Valley, so you can get close enough to continue healing." Chiba The city is far away, and you don't know what will happen along the way.
"How is Ye Laogu recently?" Chu Yuan asked.
"I just drove to Hexi three months ago." Ye Jin replied.
Chu Yuan: "..."
"There's nothing to be sad about. Master is about a hundred years old, so it's a happy death." Seeing that he was silent, Ye Jin pouted, but his eyes were a little red.
Seeing this, Chu Yuan stretched out his hand to comfort him, but was slapped in the face.
Really, very, very, fierce.
Inside the Wangcheng Palace, Duan Baiyue was leaning against a plum tree, looking at the sky in a trance.
This place was originally a cold palace, and no one came at all on weekdays. One day, when the father-in-law of Sixi passed by, he felt that the soil was quite fertile, so after the emperor was angry with his dragon face, the plum trees would be temporarily dug here, and they would collapse. Not bad.
It wasn't until it was dark that Duan Baiyue got up and returned to the brocade line. Duan Yao was sitting at the table picking up a pile of poisonous weeds. When she saw him, she sniffled and frowned: "Did you drink?"
"Three cups only." Duan Baiyue said.
Duan Yao resented: "Let me go to Liu's house every day to find out the news, but you actually went to drink alone?"
"What did you find?" Duan Baiyue asked.
Duan Yao replied, "Nothing was found."
Duan Baiyue shook his head: "I might as well go drink."
Duan Yao almost put poison into the mouth of his beloved brother.
"But I don't want you to go there. I don't want to hear anything. Liu's residence has been entangled in Wangcheng for so many years. How can you see the clue in just a few days." Duan Baiyue said, "It's just that Emperor Chu is not in Wangcheng recently, staring at the city. Let's see if they move."
"What if there is a change?" Duan Yao asked, "Can you still manage?"
Duan Baiyue asked back, "Why can't I control it?"
Duan Yao frowned: "This has nothing to do with us, why should we be contaminated with fish for no reason?"
Duan Baiyue shook his head: "Who is the emperor in this dynasty has a great relationship with the southwestern tribe."
Duan Yao was lying on the table yawning, obviously not interested in this matter.
"My lord." Duan Nian said outside the door, "I just got the news that General Shen seems to be back."
"Sure enough." Duan Baiyue was not surprised by this, "Where is the person?"
"Sun and Moon Bank, I haven't returned to the General's Mansion." Duan Nian said, "Will the lord go for a while?"
Duan Baiyue picked up the sword on the table and strode out.
In the Sun and Moon Bank, Shen Qianfan was sweating coldly, and asked the servants to deal with the wound. A sword wound ran through the lower abdomen from the chest, and the ground was covered in blood, which made people feel a little numb.
There was a muffled sound in the courtyard, followed by the sound of drawing a sword out of its scabbard: "Who!"
"General Shen." Duan Baiyue stood in the courtyard.
Sure enough... Shen Qianfan put on his robe, opened the door and invited him in.
"The general is injured?" Duan Baiyue was a little surprised.
"When we were fast entering the city, we were ambushed." Shen Qianfan said, "There are more than 30 people on the other side, and all of them have died."
"People from Liu's house?" Duan Baiyue asked again.
Shen Qianfan said: "The King of Southwest has not said why he appeared in the royal city for no reason."
Duan Baiyue said, "Didn't the Emperor Chu inform the general?"
Shen Qianfan shook his head.
Duan Baiyue said: "The king didn't say it either."
Shen Qianfan: "..."
"Although I don't know what the general wants to do next, it's best to inform us in advance." Duan Baiyue said, "I'm afraid there will be chaos in the northwest border."
Shen Qianfan frowned upon hearing this.
"Back then, in order to prevent the Liu family from becoming too powerful, the first emperor of the Chu clan took 20 years to gradually take back the military power in the Northeast. Gradually control the situation in the northwest." Duan Baiyue said.
"King Duan is saying that my army is stationed in the northwest of Great Chu?" Shen Qianfan asked.
"It's not the Chu army, it's an alien." Duan Baiyue shook his head, "The Shada of Anu Kingdom is just a puppet, and the real master of the brave and skilled Northwest cavalry is in Liu's house."
Shen Qianfan's expression changed.
"Now Shada is in the king's city, and my people are watching him." Duan Baiyue said, "The Emperor Chu is not in the palace, Liu Gong should use Gu Li's death to find an excuse to attack the court."
"Since someone assassinated me on the way, Liu Gong must have already guessed something." Shen Qianfan said, "The situation is in crisis, I want to enter the palace immediately."
"Can this king help?" Duan Baiyue asked.
Shen Qianfan said: "The emperor has a decree, if Duan Wang has nothing to do, just stay at home and don't run around."
Duan Baiyue raised her eyebrows: "I didn't say I couldn't help."
Shen Qianfan got on his horse and walked all the way towards the palace.
In the inn, Duan Yao fell asleep in a daze, and was picked up from the bed again, almost crying.
"I'm still worried that I can't find someone to raise Gu during the day." Duan Baiyue patted his face, "Be awake and take you to catch a few live ones!"
Inside Liu Mansion, Liu Fude said in a hurry, "Shen Qianfan's sudden return this time must be aimed at Liu Mansion. I wonder if my father has plans?"
Liu Gong sat on the Taishi chair with a gloomy expression on his face.
Liu Fude stomped his feet in a hurry: "Father, now this situation is not about you and me, but the court is about to dig its roots!"
"What's the panic?" Liu Gong stood up, "Go and call your third uncle to come."
"Yes!" Liu Fude heard the words and quickly turned around and ran out, but almost collided with the housekeeper.
"Master, I'm sorry." The housekeeper ran out of breath, and he didn't have time to say anything else. He just presented the letter in his hand to him, "The one sent by Yunshuicheng seems to have an accident."
Liu Gong picked up the paint and roughly scanned the letter, and then his expression changed. After a long time, he slapped the table fiercely and said, "Someone! Come with me into the palace!"