Bian Zhao stood up and saw the nervousness on Zhao Xingwen's face, so he comforted him: "Your Highness is still safe and sound, General Zhao, don't worry yet."
Zhao Xingwen calmed down and walked to the bedside. He helped Bian Zhao put a soft pillow on his bed so that he could lean on it more comfortably. Then he asked him, "What happened?"
"On the morning of leaving Guwan, I followed His Highness on the way back to Beijing. On the way, I saw His Highness pick up a person from a farmer and get on the carriage." Bian Zhao paused here.
Zhao Xingwen asked at this time: "Who is picking up?"
"It's Zheng Zhongguang who disappeared in the past few days." Bian Zhao originally thought that after he finished speaking, Su Qian'an and Zhao Xingwen would be shocked, but in the end the two just looked at each other and expressed to each other that they didn't know who this person was.
Seeing their appearance, Bian Zhao asked the two of them with a surprised expression: "Don't you know what happened after Your Highness came to Guwan?"
Su Qian'an and Zhao Xingwen shook their heads together, and Zhao Xingwen asked Bian Zhao, "What should we know?"
"Then why did the young master ask you to come here?" Bian Zhao looked puzzled.
He originally thought that the young master had a clever plan and knew that His Highness would be ambushed, so he sent General Zhao over.
Who would have thought that judging from their looks, they were completely unaware.
"Xia Chu asked me to take His Highness back to Beijing. He said that there is an old friend in ancient Anhui and that His Highness can arrange to meet him." Zhao Xingwen frowned because the letter said it was not urgent.
Therefore, he just passed Huo Wenshu's hair-raising ceremony in Beijing and just set off to come.
Who knew that the current situation in Guwan would be like this.
"Then I'd better start from the beginning." Seeing that the two of them really knew nothing, Bian Zhao started from the time Xiao Zimu came to Guwan.
After he finally finished telling the whole story, Zhao Xingwen finally reacted and asked him in surprise: "Didn't Zheng Zhongguang abscond? How could he be picked up by His Highness in the carriage?"
"I didn't know it at the time. When I saw his face clearly, I had the same doubts as you. But I was just a secret guard. The task given to me by the young master was to deliver messages. His Highness also told me not to show up unless he summoned me. , I can only continue to follow them on the road." Bian Zhao paused after speaking.
Maybe he had just explained too many things about Guwan in one breath, and his breath was a little unsteady.
Seeing this, Su Qian'an poured a glass of water and handed it to him to moisten his throat.
Bian Zhao took the tea cup and drank it before continuing: "When I followed His Highness and the others over the mountain, it was getting late and the carriage stopped by the official road. I felt an extremely strong murderous sound all around me. As soon as my heart tightened, I heard an order, and all the people who were hiding in the grass rushed out instantly. There were about ten thousand people in the thick of the grass."
"Are these more than 10,000 people soldiers?" Zhao Xingwen looked solemn.
According to what Bian Zhao said, these people had planned it in advance. Otherwise, how could more than 10,000 people be needed to assassinate His Highness
I am afraid that I have known for a long time that His Highness is protected secretly by the Emperor's hidden guards.
That's why so many people were dispatched to ensure that one hit was sure to hit.
But if these more than 10,000 people are soldiers, they should all be recorded, and they should be able to find out if they mobilize manpower.
"Although they are all wearing green clothes that are suitable for hiding in the color of the grass, and they are not wearing any identification items, but judging from their well-trained movements and the attitude of strictly following orders, they are obviously experienced soldiers. ." Bian Zhao nodded towards Zhao Xingwen.
According to his judgment, he couldn't be a reckless man.
After hearing his words, Zhao Xingwen frowned deeply.
I don't know which army it is, so it's quite difficult to find out, but it should be the army in Wanzhou.
The top priority is to rescue His Highness first and investigate slowly.
"How did you escape from danger? Where is Your Highness now?" Zhao Xingwen looked puzzled.
If there is only one carriage for His Highness, it will also carry the burden of Zheng Zhongguang.
Even if there are Xin Ya and four hidden guards around him, plus Bian Zhao.
They have to deal with an army of more than 10,000 people, and it may be difficult for them to get out of trouble.
"I ignored His Highness's order at that time. Although I was not summoned by him, I took the initiative to show up when I saw the crisis. The three hidden guards also fell down with me and surrounded His Highness."
"Three hidden guards? Didn't the emperor send four?" Zhao Xingwen asked in surprise after hearing Bian Zhao's words.
"There are three, and one was assigned a task by His Highness and is not around." Bian Zhao explained, and then continued: "His Highness saw us showing up one after another, so he ordered Xin Ya to protect Zheng Zhongguang.
He and we fought against those more than 10,000 people.
We wanted to open a gap to get out, but we couldn't.
There were too many people on the other side, and the bloody path they had just created was filled up.
Just when he was exhausted, the sound of people and horses came from the foot of the mountain, as well as a large number of torches.
The leader shouted "Your Highness" loudly. I jumped into the air, and by the light of the torch, I saw the leader's face clearly. It was Qiu Baohua. "
Zhao Xingwen felt Qiu Baohua's name sounded familiar, but he couldn't remember who it was.
Seeing his thinking look, Bian Zhao reminded him: "It's the one I told you just now, one of the three people Your Highness released from the prison."
Zhao Xingwen suddenly realized and said: "It turns out it was him. He came to save you?"
Bian Zhao nodded and continued to narrate: "When I saw it was him, I fell down from the air and told His Highness that it was Qiu Baohua who was coming towards us with the group of bandits outside.
His Highness then ordered us to attack them southwestward, and we joined forces with Qiu Baohua to tear out a gap. We joined Qiu Baohua, but they only had less than a thousand people.
Just now, we caught those soldiers off guard and allowed us to fight our way out.
If you fight hard, you will definitely be invincible.
Qiu Baohua took us fighting and retreating all the way up the mountain.
They are mountain bandits who are familiar with the mountain roads and led us back and forth.
From time to time, he would stay for a while and lay some traps behind him.
In an instant, the soldiers were pulled back a bit.
However, there are still about twenty masters chasing after him.
Those people turned a blind eye to us and headed towards His Highness with all their deadly moves.
The three hidden guards and I had to deal with so many people, and gradually our strength became exhausted.
When he climbed halfway up the mountain, he was ambushed by one of them and secretly shot a cold arrow.
At that time, we were all at our wits' end and could only shout "Your Highness, be careful", but we were all in a difficult position. "
When Zhao Xingwen heard this, he slapped the table and stood up, and asked nervously.
"His Highness was hit by an arrow?"
(End of chapter)