At the north gate, the rain poured down, crackling on the roof of the carriage.

Peisheng sat on the beam in front of the carriage, whipped the whip and slowly drove the horses, walking slowly along the team.

He sighed inwardly. He didn't expect that the investigation would take longer as he was about to reach the north gate.

I knew that I would let the young master go in later. I don't know if I can stand it after staying for a long time.

As he was thinking, he suddenly heard someone beside him laughing and calling him: "Coincidentally, Peisheng, we haven't seen each other for more than half a month, right?"

Peisheng turned his head and saw a man over [-] years old sitting in the car next to him, he smiled and said, "Old Wei, I finally saw you again."

Old Wei is a handyman in the ice factory in the capital, not a person in the palace. On this trip, he assisted the people of Xiezhou in making ice, and was occasionally responsible for transporting it, but he was not allowed to enter the hunting grounds or the palace.

Therefore, although the two have known each other for more than a year, every time they meet is purely by chance.

"Hey, how can we compare with you." Old Wei smiled and handed him the water bottle: "It's not every day to make a living in the palace. In the final analysis, you are still blessed."

Peisheng shook his head and said, "You can't say that. You have a son and a daughter, which is also a blessing."

He took a sip politely, and passed the kettle over: "Old Wei, your iced drinks are getting more and more sophisticated."

In addition to helping out at the ice-making station, Lao Wei also took advantage of the ice-making advantage to open a cold drink shop at home. Every time we met in the past, Lao Wei took out the kettle he carried with him to invite him to drink tea.

This time Peisheng had something on his mind, so he didn't dare to drink more, he just took a sip to express his feelings.

As a result, I don't know why, and after a while, I started to feel pain in my stomach.

Old Wei saw that his complexion was sallow in the blink of an eye, and his forehead was covered with thin sweat, so he hurriedly asked, "What's wrong with you?"

"My stomach hurts unbearably." Pei Sheng said with difficulty, "I've never had this before."

Old Wei frowned: "It must be a stomachache. There is a latrine next to it. Can you go there for a while?"

Peisheng frowned and looked towards the north gate which was close at hand.

"Don't worry, the investigation is slow today, don't look at the three-step road, it will take a while."

We have reached the north gate here, there are too many people, Peisheng couldn't let the people in the car get down again, the pain in his abdomen intensified while hesitating, Peisheng couldn't help it, he stuffed a dime of money to Old Wei and said: "I'll go Come on, please take care of my car."

"It's easy to talk! You go ahead, can someone steal a truck full of ice?"

After a while Peisheng came back, his complexion recovered, he sat down in front of the carriage, pulled the rein and smiled, "Old Wei, thank you very much."

"Small matter." Old Wei saw that it was Peisheng's turn to register and enter the door, so he didn't bother too much: "Go ahead and treat you to a drink when we meet some other day."

Entering the north gate, Peisheng hurriedly stopped the carriage and opened the door with an oil lamp: "My lord? Let's come in. The people at the north gate are dawdling. It took longer than I thought, but it's normal..."

A flash of lightning flashed by, and Pei Sheng's voice stopped.Lightning illuminated the icy interior of the carriage.

However, there was no one in the carriage.

He was startled, and the oil lamp in his hand suddenly rolled down.

In the ice cart, both of them were wearing thin clothes, and they gradually felt the chill.

"It's really cold." Wei Jiu's teeth trembled, and he breathed out when he spoke: "When can I enter the door? I think it will be a long time."

Wei Jiuchao frowned after not hearing Qi You's answer for a while: "Ah You?"

The ice car was extremely sealed, and the inside of the car was pitch black with no light. Qi You's voice trembled: "We may be in trouble."

Wei Jiuchao asked in confusion, "What's wrong?"

Qi You said slowly: "Don't you think this carriage is driving extremely fast? It is never allowed to drive in and out of the gate."

Wei Jiuchao wondered: "Yeah, I don't see that Peisheng has a connection, so it should have come by now."

"The distance from the entrance to the exit of the north gate is only [-] steps." Qi You said in a deep voice, "This car is diverted midway, so it is definitely not heading for the north gate."

Maybe it is getting farther and farther away from the north gate instead.

The cold was like a knife, and the skin hurt from the cut. Wei Jiuchao's scalp was numb, and a chill rose from his spine.

He stood up suddenly, slapped the car wall and shouted, "Is anyone there? Peisheng?"

"The ice is three fingers thick, it's useless for you to beat it." Qi You said helplessly, "The person outside the car should not be Peisheng anymore, even if he heard it, he would ignore it."

"Who could it be?" Wei Jiuchao almost collapsed: "Is this a fucking joke or for real?"

Wei Jiuchao was really dumbfounded. Apart from being a young master at home, he was attending classes at the Imperial College, and he had never been involved in any disputes except for the one time he accidentally knocked the head of the young master of the Shangshu family.

He thought about it and didn't expect to encounter such a thing. Who would bother to kill him?

"I guess it's the latter." Qi You said, "Conserve your strength and talk less."

Qi You took off their outer shirts and tied them around their heads and necks, and urged Wei Jiuchao to move his hands and feet.

This place is not so much a carriage as it is a small ice cellar.

The possibility of their self-rescue is very small. What they have to do is to prolong the time and wait for rescue.

It is true to say so, but will someone really come to save them?

Zhao Zhaohe'er didn't know about it at all, they must be talking and laughing at the banquet at this moment, Xiao Langyin knows the whereabouts of the two of them best, maybe he will find them after waiting for a long time?

But Qi You didn't know why, but he always had an indescribably strange feeling towards Xiao Langyin.

Maybe it's because he doesn't know why he likes him, so he always has some doubts about this intention.

Possibilities flashed through Qi You's mind, and he vetoed them again and again...

The only thing left... is Yong Chi...

The man had already fallen asleep, and he didn't even know he was going to escape, let alone come to rescue him...

Besides, with Yong Chi's annoying temperament, if he knew that he ran away secretly and encountered this matter, he would definitely make ridicule.

Don't you want to escape?How did you get into such a mess?

Qi You rubbed his hands together, imagining the sneer at the corner of Yong Chi's mouth.

At this time, Wei Jiuchao came over and hugged his left arm: "Do you have anything useful on you?"

"The ice fan you sent, the slingshot you sent." Qi You took out the things in his sleeves one by one: "Why didn't you send Mrs. Tang?"

"If I were a prophet, I would definitely bring a blanket with me and burn the earth dragon." Wei Jiuchao was aggrieved, and suddenly came back to his senses, and slapped his thigh: "No, I want a prophet, why should I get in this car?"

Qi You was silent for a moment: "I'm sorry, you came to look for me."

If he hadn't wanted to escape and hadn't written that letter to Wei Jiuchao, what happened today would not have happened.

"How can I blame you for this?" Wei Jiuchao sighed: "Don't put the fault... on yourself, after all, is it your Majesty's fault?"

Qi You didn't speak, the original book didn't have this plot, but the original book had the ending of Wei Jiuchao.

After Xiao Langyin proclaimed himself emperor, he paid homage to Shaoqing. At that time, all the ministers signed the memorial to Qi You, but he resolutely refused to sign it.

This matter made Wei Jiuchao intolerable to the court. After Qi You's death, Wei Jiuchao also left the capital and went to live in seclusion in Jiangsu and Zhejiang with the Wei family.

It can also be said to be a happy ending.But after he crossed over, many things were different from the original book.

Based on the ending of Wei Jiuchao in the original book, Qi You is not confident that they will escape today.

"He sent you flowers that day, what...what do you mean?" Wei Jiuchao's mind gradually became dizzy: "I still want you to get good grades in the imperial examination?"

"Huh, he, he wants to remind me about sleeping in different ways." Qi You's voice gradually became muffled: "He's jealous, but he's actually the most naive..."

Wei Jiuchao: "?"

Is it an illusion?Why did he hear a hint of pampering?

"He's really naive." Qi You's voice trembled, and with the blurring of reason, the picture that was deliberately buried deep in his heart gradually emerged, shaking his head and said: "Put on an appearance that people are afraid of, and threaten me to do it. It’s nothing more than hello...feed him Yangmei, ride horses with him, and don’t talk to others..."

Wei Jiuchao: "???"

Shut up!He didn't want to eat dog food when he was about to die!

Qi You's voice was very soft, like whispering in a dream: "He has been emperor for too long..."

It's been too long, so long that we have become accustomed to using deterrence and oppression to achieve our goals.

But what purpose does he have for himself?

Ignoring the threats of bluff, his so-called purpose is nothing more than a trivial matter-like someone, and also want that person to like himself.

Qi You's consciousness gradually blurred, and even a ridiculous thought flashed through his mind.

This time, it seems that I really don't need to go to bed anymore.

It was so cold, as if his whole body had been buried in the snow, and even his breath was filled with ice slag, which made his exposed skin hurt.

Qi You buried his face deeply in his chest, and couldn't help but miss his embrace and the warmth of his neck.

Qi You murmured: "Yongchi..."

Yong Chi looked cold and stern, and led his men to ride their horses towards the east gate.

Dongmen Taiji is the location marked on Qi You's map. At the moment, there is no one there, the rain is pouring, the sky is gloomy, and the desolation looks like a ghost.

The guards at the east gate did not see Qi You either, presumably Qi You had already left the palace when these guards arrived.

Yong Chi thought over and over, since Qi You had already left the palace, why didn't he follow the route planned on the map?

Could it be that he sensed that the route was leaked and changed another route?

The two guards he sent to follow him are masters, and they can catch Qi You back with one hand.

Even if the guards didn't dare to act rashly, they would always come to report to him when they saw him go another way.

Why has there been no news of the two of them until now?

Just as he was thinking, a guard came and knelt down and said: "Your Majesty, the bodies of two shadow guards were found in the bushes ahead, both of which were wounded by hidden weapons, and they were fatal with one blow."

The heavy rain poured down, and everyone's hearts sank. It was obvious that people from His Majesty's palace fled, but people died in the end, so it was no longer simple.

To put it bluntly, the person His Majesty wants to arrest, I'm afraid... the life and death of the person is uncertain.

Sensing the approach of a dangerous aura, Jiang Chen and the others immediately drew their swords out of their sheaths.

The heavy rain drenched Yong Chi's black robe, and his handsome and strong figure was vividly outlined.

His face was gloomy, but his demeanor was unprecedentedly calm. He raised his whip and pointed at the path where the guard's body was found: "Where does this road lead to?"

"The carriage is specially used to transport ingredients and utensils, leading to the north gate of the palace." The subordinate replied tremblingly: "When the young master comes out, there should be an ice cart passing by."

Yong Chi narrowed his eyes slightly, and after leaving the east gate, there were only two roads, one leading to the intersection where he was waiting, and the other leading to the north gate.

Qi You didn't take the road he was on, so he could only take this road leading to the north gate.

The guard's body was lying on the road leading to the north gate, and there was no trace of being moved, which also showed that Qi You was walking towards the north gate.

Maybe forced, maybe voluntarily.

Which one will Qi You be?If it was voluntary, he had obviously escaped from the east gate, so why would he go to the north gate?Or did he just pass through the north gate and have other destinations?

Yong Chi asked his attendants to search along the road leading to the north gate, while he stood by the side of the road, thinking calmly.

Soon someone came to report: "Many people on the road leading to the north gate saw the figure of the young master, saying that he was shuttling back and forth in the ice cart, as if looking for someone."

Ice car?Yong Chi immediately remembered the name of the person on Qi You's map: "Go and find an eunuch named Pei Sheng."

Knowing that this was the emperor, Peisheng was so frightened that he knelt on the ground and kowtowed, and explained everything thoroughly.

Yong Chi frowned and said, "Who is that person? Is there a roster?"

Eunuch Feng hurriedly said: "Old Wei is not a member of the palace, and he has not been registered, but he has a shop in the capital, so he will definitely not be able to escape."

Yong Chi clenched his fists and unfolded the topographic map in the rain to check it quickly.

He dared to conclude that Qi You must still be in the ice cart, and the person who drove the carriage away must want to kill him.

That person doesn't have to let Qi You out, he just needs to keep the guarantor in the ice cart for a certain period of time, and he will die naturally.

And the time is long enough to meet two conditions, one is that the place is hidden and no one will find it, and the other is that even if someone finds it, they will give up because they cannot be rescued.

Where would such a place be?

Eunuch Feng saw that Yong Chi didn't have a cloak, and his black clothes were all drenched and stuck to his body. He quickly raised his umbrella and said, "Your Majesty, you still have injuries on your body, so you can't get wet..."

"Go away!"

The voice was so cold and piercing that Eunuch Feng was so frightened that he didn't dare to go forward again.

The heavy rain washed Yong Chi's eyebrows and eyes more and more coldly, he pointed at the topographic map with the handle of his whip and said, "Where is this place?"

"This is a nearby cliff, called gravel beach." The guard didn't know why Yong Chi asked here: "It's three kilometers away from here, the cliff is extremely steep, and there are rolling rockslides on rainy days, and it's even less visited."

Xiezhou is mountainous, so the royal hunting ground was built here, and it is not surprising that there are cliffs.

It was a matter of life, and there was no room for mistakes. Yong Chizai carefully checked the map, circled a few key locations, and sent guards there.

Yong Chi shook the reins lightly in the rain, and said to Jiang Chen: "Get on the horse! Follow me to the gravel beach."

Yong Chi's keen sense of smell, which has been in the field for a long time, immediately concluded that the carriage must be parked here.

The author has something to say: Hey, save your wife in the next chapter, catch your opponent in the next chapter

There will be no misunderstanding, don't worry

The plot line will be taken slowly later, and it will not affect the emotional line at the moment~ Thank you for your comments, okay~

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