Countdown to the villain's darkening, the host must be rescued quickly

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The house slave was stunned for a moment, and the porcelain spoon made a crisp sound as it hit the wall of the bowl.

He looked hesitant and said: "Master, you slept long enough this time. The young prince had something to do yesterday and left in the middle of the night."

"Where has he gone? Where can he go during the Spring Festival? A palace banquet?"

The slave frowned and sighed with a painful expression, "Sir, you'd better stop asking. I don't know what to say."

Qi Sui vaguely guessed that something had happened, but he was not prepared to embarrass him, and both of them fell silent in tacit understanding.

The palace still refused to let him go out, and he was placed under semi-house arrest.

He wasn't afraid either. Even if the people in the palace didn't tell him, there were always people on the street who knew the inside story, so they climbed over the wall and slipped out.

The Spring Festival is very lively during the day, the long streets are full of the smell of food, and every house is hung with red lanterns.

There are still debris on the ground from the firecrackers that exploded early in the morning.

Qi Sui was dangling.

He pulled on his cloak and walked forward along the stall.

After walking a few steps, he bought a roasted sweet potato on the street. While paying, he heard a pair of peasant women next door eating melon seeds and chatting.

"What, you don't know yet? The young prince led a large number of people out of the city today, and I don't know when he will come back."

Royal heirs are not considered to have continuous blessings. There are currently only two heirs left by the late emperor.

One is Pei Qu, King of Chu Xiang, and the other is often accompanied by the ancient Buddha with a green lantern.

Pei Zhao was the only one who was allowed to inherit the title by the Holy One and could be called "Little Prince" by the people.

Qi Sui's eyes flashed and he was a little dazed for a moment.

I heard another woman say in surprise:

"Why did you just leave? The old prince has been fighting abroad for several years, but the Holy One has never dared to let the young prince leave the capital."

"You don't know this? My son is working in the palace. I heard that there was an urgent report from Mobei not long ago. The old prince suffered a defeat and was injured and is about to die.

The young prince had been mediating in the court for many days, and the Holy Emperor was forced to let him leave for Mobei under pressure. It is said that the young prince issued a military order and pledged his life to defend the territory of Mobei. "

"Ah, isn't this embarrassing? The young prince has no experience in marching. How can he take on such a big responsibility?"

"That is to say, the Holy Spirit has made it clear, tusk tusk."

Qi Sui didn't listen to the rest of the words, they were all insignificant household matters.

He only knows——

Pei Zhao left, overnight, to Mobei.

Nanzhao has a vast territory, and Mobei is thousands of miles away from Yanjing City. He left without saying a word, not even saying hello.

More importantly, he may not come back alive.

The sweet potato in his palm was freshly baked, and the scorching heat made his palm turn red and steaming.

Qi Sui frowned and felt a little confused.

It wasn't until the store handed him the money he had recovered and shouted several times that he came back to his senses.

The moment the reflex arc was unblocked, Qi Sui almost lost his balance.

His skin was so burned that he raised his hand and smashed the sweet potato to the ground.

"Holy shit, Pei Zhao's grandson drugged me! Why couldn't I wake up last night? He was playing tricks on me!"

"Sir, you..."

The store owner looked on helplessly as his fresh sweet potatoes were smashed into a puddle of mud by the man in front of him, his expression ugly.

It looked like he was looking at a fool who was deliberately looking for trouble.

Why buy it if you don’t like it? You just bought it, what happened if you dropped it in front of him? Can't you just avoid it?

Qi Sui looked at him, and the two looked at each other for two seconds.

Then the young man threw him a tael of broken silver, grabbed a sweet potato, and left without looking back.

"...sick." The shopkeeper muttered.

This year's Spring Festival is particularly deserted, at least that's what Qi Sui thinks.

The palace was quite lively, with relatives going home to visit their relatives, leaving only a few old people in the palace to cook a reunion dinner.

Qi Sui didn't bother them. He huddled in the room alone and gnawed slowly on the roasted sweet potato in his hand.

There were no candles in the room, and he didn't bother to light them.

When you are full, you feel sleepy, and when you feel sleepy, you fall asleep.

The days in the palace were quite boring. He spent the entire Spring Festival with the sound of firecrackers day after day.

It’s daytime when you wake up, and nighttime when you sleep.

He counted the days on his fingers, one day, one day, one day.

Spring hasn't started yet, one day in the middle to late January.

The house slave knocked on the boy's door early in the morning, shivering in the cold wind and said: "Sir, today the chef is cooking all your favorite food. Get up quickly."

There was no movement in the house.

The house slave thought he was fast asleep, so he simply opened the door and went in to take a look.

As a result, it was completely empty inside, not even a ghost could be seen, and the golden vase and jade cup usually placed by the table were gone!

He raised his voice in horror.

"Come quickly, Mr. Qi stole something and escaped!"

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Qi Sui ran away, carrying two bundles overnight.

He had been raised by Pei Zhao for several months and was almost exhausted. His daily expenses were provided by the palace steward.

But it was a long way to Mobei, and he needed money.

In desperation, I grabbed a few decorative items in the house and went to the pawn shop.

When he makes money, he can redeem those bottles and cans.

But the top priority was that he had to go to Mobei first, bought a horse and headed to the border thousands of miles away.

Qi Sui walked and stopped on the road for more than 20 days, sleeping in the open air, and the harsh winter could not stop him.

When he arrived in Mobei, Qi Sui was thinking about how to sneak into the military camp, and by chance he ran into the first wave of fighting.

The scale is not big, maybe they want to compete for the first city in Nanzhao.

The battlefield was in a wasteland on the borderline between the two countries. It was so desolate that not even a bird could be seen. The two soldiers fought in darkness, with yellow sand and gravel flying everywhere.

Qi Sui hid on the hillside and ate a fruit picked in the forest, observing the situation on both sides.

Obviously, Nanzhao is not very optimistic.

Qi Sui was not prepared to intervene, so he took a look and left.

Out of the corner of his eye, he noticed several sneaky figures breaking into Nanzhao.

He raised his sword and beheaded the soldiers in front of him who were in the way, and went straight to the captain on his tall horse. Obviously he wanted to capture the thief first and capture the king first.

Qi Sui struggled for a moment, but it was obviously too late.

The man jumped up. Even though Zhao Ying reacted in time, he was still attacked by a sneak attack when he was dodging, and his chest was slashed hard with a sword!

"Quick, save the captain!"

They are obviously full of murderous intentions to put Zhao Ying to death, but if Zhao Ying dies, the morale of the army will definitely be weakened!

It was then that Qi Sui appeared in front of everyone and blocked the final fatal sword blow, saving Zhao Ying's life.

In fact, he just means well and is just convenient.

The subsequent battle was fought in an unclear manner. Seeing that the assassination mission had failed, Northern Qi hurriedly withdrew its troops for fear of losing more soldiers.

Zhao Ying thanked him profusely. When they learned that he came from Nanzhao, the two chatted about other things.

Qi Sui took the opportunity to find an excuse to stay in the military camp.

Zhao Ying agreed and arranged a place for him, where ten people crowded into a tent.

He is not in a hurry to find Pei Zhao. He is planning to wait until something happens to him and then the gods will come and impress him!