The few Tie Yi did not expect that Shen Miao would come up with such an accident at this juncture, even though the Fengtou Village was not far from Long Ye, it would take two days to come and go, and what happened on the way was the most important thing. It was the legendary master, apart from listening to the one-sided words of Gao Fu’s sister and brother, no one had seen it before and did not know whether it was true or not. It was too irrational for Shen Miao to find someone who did not know whether they existed or not. , too naive.
But Shen Miao seemed to have a firm heart and told Uncle Tang what to do in these few days, and took Luo Tan out the door. Before leaving, he ordered her and Luo Tan not to go out.
After disguising, he took Star Anise, Mo Qing Congyang, and Luo Tan on the road.
Because he was wearing a bamboo hat and clothes that ordinary people would wear, no one recognized him. Prince Rui's Mansion has always been good at doing these things in disguise. Although Tie Yi was a little worried, when Shen Miao became serious, even Shen Qiu did not dare to block her easily, let alone these servants.
Seeing the back of Shen Miao leaving, Uncle Tang asked, "This... Madam can you find someone?"
Tie Yi shook his head: "It is better to have a heart to try than not to have a heart, at least a person who values justice." Then he turned his head and instructed the others: "I will keep the matter of Madam's departure from the house well hidden from me. !"
On the carriage, Luo Tan looked at Shen Miao and said, "Little cousin, you should sleep for a while, you haven't rested well these few days, you are rushing on the road without stopping, you should take a rest first."
Shen Miao was a little confused, the carriage was bumpy at the moment, although she had no intention of resting, what Luo Tan said was very reasonable, if she did not rest, it would not be good to delay later matters, so she closed it groggyly. Eyes, doze off.
I don’t know why, this sleep was extraordinarily long, Shen Miao originally set out in the afternoon, when she woke up, she was woken up by someone, she opened her eyes in a daze, but saw Luo Tan looking at her and said, “Little cousin , wake up, it's here."
Shen Miao followed Luo Tan out of the car and it was almost evening on the second day. The carriage was parked in a wasteland, and the branches growing in it were unattended. In the weather in June, even in the evening, there is always sunlight, but it looks gloomy and dark here, there is not even a trace of heat, and it is very scary to look at.
Mo Qing and Cong Yang also frowned, and Cong Yang said, "What the hell is this place? Not even a single person."
"I heard that this used to be an embroidery village, and the embroidery village is best at embroidering a phoenix tail pattern, but then the embroidery village gradually declined, and this village was abandoned." Bajiao was a bag inquired and immediately explained.
Luo Tan looked up, down, left, right, and opened the handkerchief with the map embroidered on it, and said, "But there should be a path embroidered on this map, but there's no way here."
Everyone came over to take a look, and sure enough, the map was clear. In front of Fengtou Zhuang was a small road, and going in from the small road were fields and houses.
But not to mention the houses and fields here, not even the shadow of the path.
"Why is there not even one person, it seems like no one has come for a long time." Luo Tan said, "Could it be that the grass grew and covered the road, so we couldn't see it?"
Mo Qing and Cong Yang looked around and shook their heads: "No way."
Star Anise and Fennel also looked at them, Fennel said, "This forest is too big, and after the sun goes down, it is easy to get lost in the woods, and there may be other wild animals, and we are not very familiar with the road here. , ma'am, you see..."
Their servants, of course, the most important thing is to protect Shen Miao's safety, not because the master who changed his life was not found, Shen Miao was in danger. The people of the Mo Yu Army are good at dealing with the enemy, but they are not good at walking in this strange dark forest in the middle of the night. In fact, Fenxiang and the others did not care much about the high-level talk that Luo Tan said. In their opinion, Luo Tan was a whim and was too naive, but Shen Miao followed Luo Tan’s naivety, and everyone’s heart was It's a little subtler.
Only Mo Qing obeyed Shen Miao's orders without question. Fenxiang and the others did not understand Shen Miao, but Mo Qing had followed Shen Miao from the very beginning and the environment that Shen Miao was in was even more precarious when she was in Ming Qi, but she was stunned to find a way out of such a difficult situation. Every decision Shen Miao made played a special role in the future and Mo Qing never doubted on this point.
Shen Miao looked at the map and asked Luo Tan, "What Ben Yue said was that the sister and brother kept going south after entering Fengtou Zhuang, right?"
Luo Tan said: "Yes. But she also said that there is a small road in the south on the map, and the small road happens to be in the south direction, but there is no small road here."
“Let’s go.” Shen Miao said.
Everyone was stunned, and Cong Yang asked, "Madam, where are we going?"
Shen Miao motioned Luo Tan to take out the compass and said, "Go south."
"But there's no path here." Fennel was very surprised: "If it's the wrong path, isn't it wrong from the beginning?"
Shen Miao glanced at Fen Xiang and said, "Since we have arrived here and cannot tell which one is right and which one is wrong, then try all of them again. There are only these directions here, since the sister and brother have always said that To the south, the direction is always the same. No matter where the path is, the big deal is to find it in all four directions. When there is no way, try is also a way." She took the lead and walked forward with a compass.
Everyone stayed for a while, and Luo Tan said, "Little cousin, wait for me too!"
Bajiao smiled and said, "Let's catch up as well."
Several people followed.
The sun soon set, and the woods were already dark due to the dense foliage. After the sun set, it was almost pitch black. Fortunately, Congyang carried enough fire sticks with him to ignite and advance inside.
It's just that there are the same branches all the way here, and by the end, I can't tell the difference between the front and the back. Almost all the same branches. And because it's too cold, it's almost not like June, Mo Qing and Congyang are still a little better, but the women are a little cold.
Several of Shen Miao brought their outer garments, and at this moment, she could not help but hold the outer garments tighter. Indistinctly, there were a few howls of wild beasts in the forest. Mo Qing and Cong Yang stopped at the same time, and slowly put their hands on the swords around their waists.
Fennel lowered her voice and whispered: "It's the voice of a wolf, there is a wolf here."
“Wolf is afraid of fire.” Shen Miao said, “Everyone holds two fire sticks in their hands and ignites them. A wolf is a very cunning beast, if there are wolves in the woods and see so much fire, they will think that we have many People do not dare to approach.”
Fen Xiang was stunned for a moment, and the round octagonal face showed a bit of surprise: "Madam, you even know how to deal with wolves." Shen Miao was the daughter of the official family, knowing these things seemed too unusual. Even if the Shen family is a military general, this method seems to be too skilled, but it looks like a veteran of some Orion family.
Shen Miao smiled, "I heard people mention it before."
When Wan Yu was going to marry the Huns, she heard that there were often wolves on the Xiongnu side, Shen Miao was worried in her heart and found many ways to drive the wolves to Wan Yu. only…. Pity.
Pain flashed in her eyes and when Shen Miao raised her eyes again, she was also very calm and said, "Let's move on."
"Still moving forward?" Anise said: "Ma'am, we have been walking for several hours, haven't you noticed? We seem to be spinning in the same place and have never advanced. We have walked the road just now several times, and if we go on like this, even if If I walk here all night, I'm afraid it won't end."
Cong Yang also said: "Yes, Madam, even if you want to leave, you can't leave without a purpose. Otherwise, we will make mistakes again and again."
Shen Miao pondered for a moment and looked at Luo Tan, "Is the direction of the compass always heading south?"
Luo Tan nodded hurriedly and said, "Yes, we must have gone in the wrong direction, but... this scene certainly seems to have been seen before."
“It is clear that we did not go the wrong way, but the scene is exactly the same, this is even more strange.” Shen Miao said, “If things are extremely abnormal, they will be demons, if we go the wrong way and we return to the original path, we will definitely be caught, and we will definitely not be able to return. Yes. It is better to keep going like this. But you are right, you are always looking at the same scenery, these trees grow exactly the same, it will inevitably mislead people, if they are really the same, it will make people feel sick and self-suspicious. , if it is false, it will confuse people even more.”
She took out a handkerchief from her sleeve, and asked Luo Tan to take out a handkerchief as well, and tied the handkerchief to her eyes, saying, "Well, don't be misled by your eyes, you can't see anything, just follow the compass forward. Let's go and see where we can go. Cousin Tan and I are both blindfolded, Star Anise is in front of you looking at the compass, Congyang and you are in the back, go ahead and try."
Mo Qing hesitated: "Madam, is this really possible?"
“I know what you want to say,” Shen Miao covered her eyes, but her tone was unquestionable, “To be honest, I don’t know what the consequences of going on like this will be, but Xie Jing Xing doesn’t have that much time, if we take one more step, one more Possibly. If you don't even walk, then the result doesn't seem to be surprising."
"Right, right," Luo Tan said quickly, "No matter what, you have to try it first. What's the use of saying it a thousand times, it's better to do it yourself."
Fenxiang was a little surprised. She felt that she really didn't understand this lady. When she married Prince Rui's mansion, the subordinates of Mo Yujun also secretly peeped. She only felt that this lady was calm and stable, so she treated her master. A little lack of enthusiasm, it can be said to be ruthless, but she was able to take risks for her master to walk all night in this dark wood. He looks like a wise man who analyzes the pros and cons rationally, but at this moment he naively believes in the legend that his life can be changed, and he still uses such a stupid method.
Fennel could not understand Shen Miao's contradictory actions, but it was not as complicated as she imagined. In special moments, people will unconsciously reveal their sincerity, but in some urgent situations, it is not reason and intelligence that instruct people. , but instinct.
Wisdom at this moment cannot match the urgent mood.
Mo Qing silently followed behind Shen Miao and walked forward, Fen Xiang paused for a while, and finally did not say anything and continued to follow.
…
The people in Long Ye City did not know what happened in Fengtou Village. All the courtiers know is that Prince Rui was injured on the day of the hunt, but no one knows what the injury looks like, and naturally no one dares to ask. It's just that Xie Yuan's position in the Long Ye court is very delicate. Some people are looking forward to his death, and some people's lives are tied to him, and they are praying that nothing will happen to him.
No matter how suspicious everyone was in their hearts, Prince He Rui's mansion was like an impregnable wall, and he didn't reveal a trace of the wind. He was stunned to know the situation.
So the fidgety continues to fidgeting, and the gloating continues to gloat, and no one can help anyone.
In Lu's house, Lu Wan'er was pacing back and forth in the house, and said coquettishly with Madam Lu: "Mother, I want to go see His Royal Highness, but I don't know how he is injured? What if the injury is serious? "
Mrs. Lu reassured her: "It's so serious. If it's serious, you will definitely be looking for a doctor. Now that there is no news from the Prince's residence, it's all right. You went to join in the fun."
“But I feel very uneasy.” Lu Wan’er said, “It’s all to blame for that Shen Miao, she is a disaster star, she just got married and such a big thing happened to His Royal Highness, she is Kefu! She must be divorced early. If you keep entangled with her, what will happen to His Royal Highness the Prince."
Mrs. Lu smiled and said, "Yes, yes. But you can't go there right now. When Prince Rui is in better shape, let your elder sister find a way for you to meet. Now you can't cause trouble."
Lu Wan'er said displeased: "Mother, don't lie to me."
After Lu Wan'er left, the smile on Mrs. Lu's face sank, and she instructed the maid on the side: "Take a good look at the lady, and don't let her go out these days. If it hurts the master's affairs, I will ask you guys!" In the end, his tone was ruthless and his face was hideous, which was exactly the same as that of the tyrannical and brutal General Lu Zhengchun.
The maids bowed their heads in response.
But on the other side, in the Prime Minister's Mansion, Mrs. Ye and Master Ye are also talking about this.
Madam Ye is playing chess with Master Ye. Ye Maocai and Lu Zhengchun were completely different. Lu Zhengchun was a typical warrior. At first glance, he looked like a man rolling on the battlefield. His eyes were full of suffocation, and he looked so vicious that even a child could cry in fear. Ye Maochun, however, had a harmless appearance with a white face and no beards. He looked at him with a kindness, but he didn't know, but thought he was a scholar of Wenchuangchuang.
However, this prime minister could not dare to make trouble with the Ye family even if his heirs were thin, and Emperor Yong Le could not openly tear his face, and he would definitely not be as harmless as his appearance.
Mrs. Ye dropped her son and said with a smile: "This Prince Rui's mansion is like an iron bucket. There is no news at the moment, but I don't know what Prince Rui looks like now. I can't eat well, and I can't sleep. No, it's really annoying."
"Madam doesn't already have a mind in her heart, why are you still troubled by this?" Ye Maochun smiled and followed.
Madam Ye glanced at him angrily, she was not a charming girl from 28 years old, when she acted like this, she was a bit nondescript, but Madam Ye herself didn't realize it, she just said, "No news is bad. News. As a stubborn person like Prince Rui, whenever he can see people, he will always come out. It has not been shown for a long time, probably because he can't."
Ye Maochun smiled: "Maybe it's to confuse others."
"Master is underestimating the concubine's body, and he is coaxing the concubine to play." Mrs. Ye said: "It's definitely not a lie."
"Oh? Why is that?"
Mrs. Ye looked at the chessboard and said, "The end of Prince Rui's mansion is not clear, but the emperor didn't hide it. Isn't he already starting to deal with the Lu family? Seeing how serious the emperor's subordinates are, I think Prince Rui's injury is not serious. ."
Ye Maochun laughed: "It turns out that Madam has seen it so thoroughly, that all matters of the imperial court have been seen clearly by Madam, but I feel guilty. That Madam might as well take a guess and see what my plans are?"
Mrs. Ye lowered her head and smiled, and said: "It's hard to say, it depends on what the outcome of Prince Rui is." Seeing that Ye Maochun did not deny it, Mrs. Ye felt that she was right, and even more eloquently said: "The emperor and the Lu family secretly played a game. After so many years, these days, I want to win over our Ye family, but we are not stupid, we can be used as a raft. The snipe and clams are fighting for the fisherman's profit, so let the emperor and the Lu family fight. Before that, Prince Rui was still there. , so we are partial to the emperor, and we are happy to have a good relationship with the emperor, but if Prince Rui can't escape this time... With only one emperor, the world will still be controlled by the Lu family after all."
"It's just Prince Rui, and it's as magical as you said." Ye Maochun smiled lightly.
"Prince Rui is a powerful person," Mrs. Ye also smiled, "Don't you think so too, Master?"
Ye Maochun stopped playing chess, looked at Madam Ye meaningfully, and said, "Madam always seems to be able to guess my heart. However, Madam thinks, can Prince Rui escape this disaster this time?"
Madam Ye thought for a long time before she spit out four words: "It is doomed."
Ye Maochun looked at her.
"Master, I still remember when Prince Rui just returned to Longye two years ago, he was also seriously injured at that time, the emperor could hide it from others but not from us. At that time, I thought that Prince Rui would definitely be weak, but I don't know where he got it. Luckily, he came back to life, and later, he disrupted the affairs of the court by himself." Madam Ye smiled: "But it is impossible for a person to have good luck twice, the last time God bless him, this time , who else can come to protect him? The fate of a person is doomed from the beginning, Prince Rui is destined to have no future, he escaped two years ago, but he can't escape two years later."
"Really?" Ye Maochun followed Mrs. Ye and dropped a son, and said, "I'm the exact opposite of what you think. Two years ago, Prince Rui's medicine was ineffective, but in the end he survived the disaster. The fate of people is about the beginning. It's doomed, Prince Rui is destined to have a future, and if he escaped two years ago, he will naturally be able to escape two years later."
Mrs. Ye was not angry when she heard the words, and she did not refute with Ye Maochun, but said, "Then let's wait and see."
Ye Maochun also laughed, dropped the last son, and said, "Madam seems to have lost."
When Mrs. Ye saw it, it was true, she said half-coquettishly: "Master, it's not kind to play chess while the concubine is talking, let's play chess again."
Ye Maochun shook his head with a smile, and said, "Let's do another day. Today, Hongguang's homework is to be tested, and the time should almost come."
Madam Ye hurriedly said, "Master, let's go first, Hongguang's homework is important."
Ye Maochun got up and left, Mrs. Ye looked at the back of Ye Ye's leaving, her face gradually became cold, and she looked extremely ugly, and said sharply: "It's just a lame man, so what if he learns to be rich in five cars, it's not like he can only live in the mansion all his life. !" In the end, he felt indignant again, swept the chess pieces on the table "hula" to the ground, and whispered: "It's exactly the same as that vixen!"
The maid serving in the room did not dare to move. Everyone knew that Mrs. Ye disliked that young master Ye, Ye Hongguang, who was born to that concubine. The first son, the only heir of the Ye family.
…
The morning light was faint, and the sun fell on the ground through the gaps in the branches, like bits of silver, which was really beautiful. In the dark night, this silver-like sunlight finally drove away the haze. Although it was only a little bit, it was enough to make people feel relieved.
Anise and Bajiao stopped, turned their heads to support Shen Miao and Luo Tan who were still wrapped in cloth, and said to Shen Miao, "Madam, it is already dawn."
If they hadn't seen it with their own eyes, Fen Xiang and the others would never have imagined that Shen Miao, a young lady, would be able to walk with them in the dark in such a desolate forest all night. Fenxiang and the others naturally did not feel that they had undergone special training, but Luo Tan who had a background in martial arts was already very haggard and sleepiness was written on his face, but Shen Miao still looked sane.
Fenxiang and Congyang were murmuring in their hearts, could it be that this lady is actually a trainer? So why do you have such a strong willpower
In fact, they thought too much, but when Shen Miao was in the cold palace, she was sometimes made difficult by Mei Furen and other concubines, and the palace was not lacking in the matter of falling into trouble. Washing clothes in the middle of the night would be a whole night. Besides, the situation is urgent now, she wants to get out of the woods, how can she have the intention to be sleepy
“How far have we gone?” Shen Miao asked.
"Back to Madam." Cong Yang said, "After walking all night, I've come a long way, but I didn't see it the second time according to the marks left along the way, so I shouldn't have turned back." He added, "Blindfolded. It seems that we were deceived by our own eyes before."
"But this forest still looks exactly the same." Luo Tan said weakly.
“Keep walking.” Shen Miao said, “We have gone so far, and we can always make it to the end.”
Fen Xiang was stunned for a moment, but this time he didn’t say anything. Last night, they had tried to stop Shen Miao several times, Shen Miao not only did not listen to them, she was probably annoyed by what they said, and she reprimanded a few times. However, these Mo Yu Army subordinates were used to being arrogant and domineering, and they were actually yelled at by Shen Miao like a cat that saw a mouse. Fen Xiang and Cong Yang also wondered in their hearts, this lady seems to be gentle and steady and easy to talk, once she gets angry seriously, how can she be so scary
The Empress Xian De in the palace is not necessarily so terrifying... and imposing.
Several people continued to walk behind Shen Miao, Luo Tan was a little sluggish, even if she practiced martial arts again, she would not be comparable to Fenxiang and the others, and she was not as good as Shen Miao who had endured hardships. Find something to distract yourself from.
After dispersing like this, she noticed something unusual and she pulled Shen Miao: "Hey? There are flowers here, but I didn't see any flowers on the way."
Everyone was stunned for a moment, and they all followed to see it. Sure enough, they saw small flowers hidden in the bushes, and they couldn't see them if they didn't pay attention.
Mo Qing frowned suddenly: "It seems like there is the sound of a rooster crowing."
Anise and star anise and Congyang have high martial arts skills, they both pricked up their ears and listened, and finally said: "Not bad."
“Why is there a rooster crowing here.” Shen Miao pondered, “Could it be that there is a house in front of you?” She said, “Don’t look, let’s go, since there is a sound, the exit should be not far away, we will be able to do it soon. Get out of the woods."
When everyone heard that they could walk out of the woods, they were all in high spirits, and immediately regrouped and set off. This time, the luck was good. After walking half a stick of incense, I felt that the gaps between the branches were getting bigger and bigger. The trees were dense before, but now they are much more sparse. The more the sun shines in, the more comfortable people feel. .
“It seems that we really want to go out.” Luo Tan’s excited sleepiness was swept away: “Let’s go quickly!” Before he could finish the words, he saw that the woods came to an end, but there was a path, everyone looked at each other, Shen Miao took the lead and left go in.
Walking along the path, at the end, suddenly it is a pastoral garden, but although this pastoral garden is also planted with flowers and vegetables, it looks very messy. Growth, the result has grown into a mess.
However, behind this, there is still a house.
The house was made of thatched grass, and it was crumbling, as if the roof could be blown away by the wind in the next moment. Everyone walked forward, Bajiao ran in first, then shook his head and came out, saying: "Madam, there is no one inside."
no one? A hint of disappointment flashed in Luo Tan's eyes: "Why is there no one?"
This place is very different from what they imagined. They imagined the place where the peerless masters lived, but it was so dilapidated, and there were no people at the moment, which was even more frustrating.
Shen Miao said, "The flowers and plants are still there, it doesn't look like there is no one, just wait here, it will always appear."
Before he finished speaking, a broken gong was heard: "Yo, there is a distinguished guest coming, and there is a long-distance welcome, and a long-distance welcome."
Everyone turned their heads together, Shen Miao saw the face of that person clearly and couldn't help being stunned, she said, "It's you."
Bajiao asked, "Madam... Do you know me?"
The smiling middle-aged man who came wearing tattered Taoist clothes was the one who received Shen Miao's golden peanut at Putuo Temple in Mingqi. She is "like a dream, don't get entangled", she is considered a strange Taoist priest "whether she is extremely prosperous, purple energy is coming from the east"!