The soldiers in charge of setting up the camp began to get busy, and the cooks were preparing meals. At this time, the eunuchs and maids also moved around, going to the stream to fetch water, carrying boxes, and the original tranquility in the mountains was replaced by human smoke. Noisiest and chaotic moments.
After dinner, everyone enjoyed the relaxation after a bumpy day.
The commander of the Jinwu Guard suddenly drew out his saber, and shouted: "Protect the imperial concubine and princess!"
The camp was in a rare open place in the mountains, but the branches of the jungle moved freely without wind, and the strange noises made people have to tighten their hearts.
In the team of officials camped on the other side, a male voice suddenly screamed, piercing the night sky like an ominous omen, and Zhu Chuo couldn't help but grabbed Zhu Yi's hand.
In an instant, everyone saw little by little flames appearing in the jungle, floating like night lights, but in this dark mountain, it was only daunting.
Someone shouted: "There are will-o'-the-wisps over there, so many will-o'-the-wisps!"
Someone immediately retorted: "It's not a ghost fire! It's a fire arrow!"
Sure enough, it was a fire arrow. A flaming arrow shot out from the forest. Although some of them were blocked by the Jinwu Guards with their knives, more still fell on the crowd, on the tents, and on the carriages pulling food and supplies. superior.
There were flames everywhere, and the scene lost control in an instant, screaming people, horses neighing, women crying, chaotic footsteps, and fierce pushing and collision.
It is too easy to destroy. In the face of life and death, how can the palace people care about the master.
Zhu Yi and Zhu Chuo, who had been holding hands for a walk by the stream, were dispersed. Zhu Yi called out Zhu Chuo's name. She remembered that the love potion in her body had not yet been removed, and she quickly pulled out the hairpin for fear of meeting another man. Hold it in your hand and hide behind a rock.
But Zhu Yi had long been the target of the dark people, and two masked figures rushed towards her. Seeing that she was about to catch her, there were two other figures standing in front of Zhu Yi and fighting each other. Zhu Yi saw that it was Shen Xingliu and Nie Zhao.
Wen Yan came to Zhu Yi's side and said, "Princess, leave here with us first."
It was only then that Zhu Yi knew that Xie Ying had been sending people to protect her secretly. She wanted to find Han Yunrong, Zhu Chuo, Concubine Tong and others, but immediately more enemies rushed over.
With no time for him to care, Shen Xingliu left Nie Zhao to find Han Yunrong and Zhu Chuo, and he and Wen Yan immediately took Zhu Yi out of here.
Wen Yan carried Zhu Yi on her back, while Shen Xingliu covered her left and right. He ran all the way, leaving the pursuers behind.
They are going to meet up with Xie Ying at the agreed place.
It was in a small village, and Shen Xingliu took a loan to live in a villager's house in the corner of the village. Wen Yan followed Zhu Yi every step of the way, while Shen Xingliu guarded the door of the two girls holding his sword.
Because both parties were rushing towards each other's direction, Zhu Yi didn't stay for long when there was movement outside the door.
Hearing Shen Xingliu calling him "son", Zhu Yi stood up happily and looked at the door that was pushed open from the outside.
"Xie Ying... Ali?" Zhu Yi, who saw Xie Ying for the first time and Zhu Xiuli for the second, was so surprised that he couldn't speak for a while.
"Sister!" Zhu Xiuli flew into Zhu Yi's arms.
The siblings hugged for a moment before separating. Zhu Yi patted his head, suppressed his excitement and said, "It's fine." She was about to die of worry.
Zhu Xiuli said: "Sister, before Ruan Yu wanted to kill me, Commander Liu was killed by him. Fortunately, my cousin saved me! I have already made an agreement with my cousin, and I will go to Weizhou with you."
Zhu Yi reacted for a while, then slowly looked at Xie Ying. Xie Ying didn't mean to ask for credit, and just looked at her with the most ordinary eyes.
"My cousin also said that he wants to marry you, so you can wait until you get married in Weizhou!" Zhu Xiuli said, "I am very satisfied with my cousin being my brother-in-law!"
Zhu Yi's face flushed immediately, and he swallowed back the words that came to his lips.
However, Sheng Ling, Shen Xingliu and a group of men of all sizes standing at the door all looked happy, and secretly lowered their heads and smiled.
Zhu Xiuli tugged on Xie Ying's sleeve again, motioning him to bend down, and said in a low voice: "My cousin also knows that my sister looks gentle, but she is actually quite fierce. Did my cousin have her ear pinched by my sister too? It hurts so much. "
Zhu Yi couldn't hear what Zhu Xiuli whispered to Xie Ying, and felt a little uneasy in her heart. She always felt that she was not saying good things about her. But the men practicing martial arts around could hear it clearly, and all of them wanted to cover their ears.
Xie Ying glanced at Zhu Xiuli, slowly straightened up, glanced at Sheng Ling and the others who looked strange, and said in a voice that everyone could hear: "Never." Don't say no, even if there is, for the sake of his subordinates' hearts The glorious image must not be admitted.
Zhu Xiuli remembered something and asked: "Sister, the concubine mother is not with you, is it because she doesn't want to go to Weizhou with us?" He didn't know that something happened to Zhu Yi and his party on the way, so he thought it was Zhu Yi who left on his own.
Zhu Yi then told what happened, and everyone fell silent.
Xie Ying asked someone to bring water, and after Zhu Yi took the antidote of the snake venom, he said, "Princess and Ali, let's rest first. Since Nie Zhao is still staying there, we will save him as long as we can. We will wait here Here, Nie Zhao naturally knows to come here."
But Sheng Ling said: "My son, please rest quickly."
Xie Ying nodded. His body couldn't hold on to the Buyuan Pill, so he stayed in the room next to Zhu Yi. After closing his eyes for a while, a soft little hand held his hand. Xie Ying opened her eyes, held the opponent's hand instead, and said, "What's wrong with Yiyi?"
"Xie Ying." Thinking about the shocking changes in the past two days, Zhu Yi asked, "Are you injured?"
Feeling Zhu Yi's sensitivity, Xie Ying wrapped her arms around her and said, "A little injury, nothing to worry about. Go to sleep, you have been tired for the past two days."
Zhu Yi shook her head, she was actually a little excited at the moment. Xie Ying saw that the girl's eyes were as bright as morning stars, and she smiled and said, "Xie Ying, I really want to go to Weizhou with you." The wish that had been dreamed for for a long time suddenly came, and it always felt a little unreal.
"Yeah." Xie Ying was naturally also happy, his forehead was pressed against her, as long as he touched Zhu Yi, even if he was injured, he felt as if he had endless energy.
When they return to Weizhou, the first thing they do is to get married. He asked: "Yiyi, if the imperial concubine doesn't want to go with us..."
Zhu Yi had thought about this question a long time ago. She had already persuaded Concubine Tong, but she couldn't listen to her at all. Then he sighed and said: "Concubine Mu is already in her thirties, it's not that Ali is still a minor, she has to choose her own path."
Xie Ying felt relieved upon hearing this. The two slept together for a while, when there was another movement outside, it was the person Zhu Yi cared about arrived, but there were only Han Yunrong, Zhu Chuo and Nie Zhao. It's just that there is no figure of Concubine Tong.
Both Zhu Yi and Zhu Xiuli thumped in their hearts, and Nie Zhao explained that because the scene was too chaotic and the sky was too dark, the mountain and field where they were camped was really horrible afterward. Zheng Gelao and three Gu Ming ministers were also assassinated and killed. It was really impossible to find the imperial concubine, and even the concubine Shu disappeared.
"Yiyi!" Zhu Chuo couldn't help crying when he saw Zhu Yi. Because Zhu Chuo was separated from her mother, she was extremely depressed. Fortunately, Zhu Yi and Han Yunrong were by her side, so she would not lose her composure too much.
After the sky was bright, Xie Ying sent people to look for Concubine Tong and Concubine Shu, but the only remaining property and people in the mountains had been burned. There are also some people who were trampled to death, or found the wrong way and fell to death. It is impossible to see people when they are born, and it is difficult to distinguish corpses when they are dead.
After waiting like this for two more days, there was still no news. The three sisters and brothers of Zhu Yi also knew that the two mothers and concubines were probably in bad luck. After paying homage on the spot, they had to set off for Weizhou.
On the way back to Weizhou, news came from Beijing that people from Yongnan Palace, Jinghai Palace and Qin Palace were fighting with the Rong family and other aristocratic families.
Later, I received news that King Jinghai led the Yan family soldiers back to Jingzhou, the Rong family retreated to the west of Liaoxi, and King Qin was executed.
The prince's four-year-old son Zhu Jiedong ascended the throne as the emperor, the crown princess Ruan Lanxun was the queen mother, and the Yongnan king Ruan Yu was the prince's brother.
Ruan Xun, the elder brother of the princess, replaced Zheng Ge and reorganized the cabinet.
Xie Ying, who attracted the most attention from the government and the public, brought the 300 cavalry who had escaped from the capital, and the 3,000 soldiers who had returned from Qiu Qingsong, and returned to Weizhou all the way.
When approaching Weizhou, Zhu Yi and Zhu Chuo were in the carriage. They raised the curtain, and from a distance, they could see the four-foot-high white stone city wall standing tall, with the three-story and three-storey city gate with eaves and corners in the middle. The big banners are hunting and exhibiting, and the non-commissioned officers on duty wear strong and sharp, three steps, one post, five steps, one sentry.
The big bronze bell on the city tower was struck for a long time, which was heard all over the city. The three tall city gates of Weizhou facing south were all opened, and the sergeants were all standing outside the city, waiting eagerly for the return of Xie Ying, who had been in Beijing for more than half a year.