All his life

"Hey."

Someone responded, and then a heavy footstep sounded, gradually approaching, and within a few steps, he came to the front.Feeling his cheek being patted by a callused hand, Gu Jingyan held back his nausea and remained still.

"Could it be that Lao Liu is being ruthless, why hasn't he woke up yet?"

The man just patted Gu Jingyan a few times, and seeing that Gu Jingyan didn't respond at all, he walked away carelessly without checking it carefully again.

"Who knows? Anyway, the master didn't order him to give birth, and the sixth child did that to prevent people from waking up and messing around! Although he is a man, but after working as a woman for a long time, his temper may become Like a woman, it will be miserable if she starts to cry."

Another voice rang out, and the words he said made everyone present laugh, and they all let out obscene laughter, and then it was unknown who led it, and the dirty jokes jumped out one after another.

Moving his fingers, Gu Jingyan struggled to pull out a sharp weapon from his belt, which he found when he was hiding in a corner during Dongxia's fight with the assassin.

While they were fighting, Gu Jingyan had already searched for everything beside him when he wasn't distracted, but there was nothing that could be used. Later, he only found this small rusty knife.

The knife is not big, it is only the size of a thumb overall, and the body of the knife is not thick, so it is not easy to be found when it is hidden. Then Gu Jingyan stuffed the knife into his belt.

Fortunately, those people didn't search randomly, otherwise the only useful knife would be gone!

The rope was very thick and the blade was not sharp, so Gu Jingyan could only hold the knife with his thumb, index finger and middle finger, and cut the rope with difficulty.

But because it is the first time to do this kind of thing, the strength and direction are not well grasped, and it is inevitable to cut the wrist or the back of the hand, and the nails are also bleeding due to the force.

The rope was loosening little by little, but Gu Jingyan became more and more daring to be careless, as long as the voice not far away was louder or softer, he would stop, and wait for those people to talk and laugh again before continuing to cut the rope.

It took a long time to cut this rope, and at this time the other party carried through the attitude of not paying attention to Gu Jingyan, several people hugged and went out, leaving only a man who seemed to have drunk a little wine to guard.

When the rope binding the hands is broken, it won't take long for the ropes of the feet to be untied. With the feet tucked in, Gu Jingyan slowly cut the rope with the knife in his hand under the cover of the fur grass.

At the same time, Gu Jingyan raised his head to look at the door, the man guarding the door realized that Gu Jingyan had woken up, he only gave a few words of warning and continued to drink on the table.

After looking around the room, he found that there was no other opening to go out except the main entrance, so he could only give his idea to the man sitting in front of the door.

The drowsy man was propped on the table with one hand, and it seemed that he was about to sit here. Gu Jingyan thought about it, and felt that it was very important to hurry up, so he called him over.

"What are you doing? So many things!"

The man walked over impatiently and stood in front of Gu Jingyan, his body was swaying because he was a little drunk, and he asked angrily with a red face.

Gu Jingyan squeaked a few times, the standing man couldn't hear clearly at all, so he had to squat down a little to hear clearly, which was convenient for Gu Jingyan.

Clenching the knife in his hand, Gu Jingyan's heartbeat beats harder as people get closer, beating gongs in his ears.

One step, two steps, three steps!

At the moment when the man lowered his head, Gu Jingyan stabbed the knife in his hand towards the man's neck with all his might.

The man only uttered half of his painful cry, the rest was covered by Gu Jingyan, and finally he could only groan a few times before falling to the ground.

The temperature in his hand disappeared, Gu Jingyan trembled all over, stepped back vigorously, and looked at the motionless body lying prone.

The right hand that just killed the man couldn't stop shaking, and his lips lost their color because of fear, and he didn't dare to go forward to test whether he was still breathing.

Gu Jingyan didn't know if he could pierce the large blood vessel in the man's neck correctly, but it's good for him to be unconscious now, so he didn't dare to stay any longer, and ran out the door in a stumbling manner.

Since he was a child, he was used to how to live safely when others were inferior, so Gu Jingyan was very skilled at how to hide himself, and walked slowly towards the forest with his body leaning forward and breathing lightly.

The woods at night are very infiltrating, and the uninterrupted sounds of frogs and insects, as well as the occasional sound of the wind passing by, all stimulate Gu Jingyan's nerves.

Running hard all the time, Gu Jingyan didn't dare to look back, for fear that when he turned his head, he would see a man with a bloody neck chasing him.

His physical strength was gradually exhausted, and there were many horizontal branches in the forest, plus the pitch-black one, his clothes would always be cut when he ran over, and the skin would be cut if he grew any longer.

But Gu Jingyan endured the pain and exhaustion, and kept running, daring not to stop, because he vaguely heard the sound of footsteps and conversations behind him.

Hiding behind a huge but short canopy, he was relieved until the people outside walked out for a long time. He took a few breaths to replenish the lungs that were close to the emptiness of air.

Carefully pressing down the branches in front of him, Gu Jingyan left in another direction while being wary of those who might come back.

But Gu Jingyan didn't know which way to go out, but leaving here now is the most important thing!

With this thought in mind, Gu Jingyan lightened his steps and moved slowly, but he didn't know that he passed Duan Ce not far away at this moment.

At this time, the sky was completely dark, and there were footsteps walking on the mountain and among the forests, and the occasional flash of fire.

Just when he stepped into the forest that was not found in the last search, Duan Ce suddenly ordered everyone to be silent, and put out the fire in their hands, and then entered the forest one by one.

Duan Ce never expected that besides their group of people, there are actually other people walking around the forest with torches, looking like they are looking for someone.While searching, they were still whispering to each other, the volume was loud enough for Duan Ce, who has a keen hearing, to hear.

Those people spoke exactly Gu Jingyan who escaped, upon hearing Gu Jingyan's name, Duan Ce's eyes widened suddenly, and he wished he could go out and strangle those people to death.

Duan Lei who followed behind saw the angry face of his prince, who looked as if he would rush to kill someone in the next second, but Duan Ce changed his expression in the blink of an eye, and then glanced at himself.

"My lord, I found their location just now, but after looking around, I didn't find any figure of the concubine, and there were not many people there. Duan Ping has already led someone to take them down."

"no one?"

"Yes, it is estimated that the princess has already escaped, and the people on their side have dispersed, and they haven't found what they are looking for. They must have gone to search for the princess."

"Also, at the place where the concubine seemed to be bound, there was a body that was still warm. The cause of death was that a sharp instrument pierced the veins in the neck, and she lost too much blood to death."

"Damn!"

After Duan Ce heard Duan Lei's report, he swung his left hand vigorously and smashed at the tree trunk next to him. There was a muffled groan and the rustling sound of the leaves, which immediately aroused those who were still looking for it.

"Who?"

Among them, standing in the front was a strong man who was about two adults old. Hearing the sound, he took a torch in his hand and shot it at the place where the sound came from.

As a result, at the moment illuminated by the fire, the strong man, including his companions, almost saw Duan Ce standing under a big crooked neck tree with a gloomy expression. Before they had time to exit, they fell to the ground with a bang, and everyone's neck had a slight red streak.

"Where is that place?"

Duan Ce ignored the person who had gone to the underworld to report to Hades, and turned to ask Duan Lei who was looking at the nearly extinguished torches.

"Please follow your subordinates, this way..."

The footsteps were fast, and it didn't take long to come to the house Duan Lei mentioned. From the outside, it was just a wooden house that was abandoned by time and forgotten by people.

The outer wall is covered with moss and some weeds, without any trace of living life. There is a kind of worn-out wooden table at the door. On the table is a bottle of wine that has been opened. Porcelain bowls for ordering wine.

Duan Ce took the lead to enter the wooden house, and the situation inside was even more clear at a glance. Directly opposite the door, there was a lot of seats piled up with thatch, which seemed to be for people to sit on.

And in front of it a few steps away from the thatch, is a man in commoner clothes lying on his stomach.

The head was facing the ground, but judging from the pool of blood on the left side of the neck and not much blood on the right side, the commoner man did die from blood loss.

With one step, Duan Ce came to the side of the commoner man's head in a few steps, squatted down slowly in the eyes of Duan Lei and the others, and when he got up again, he had a thick rope stuck with dried blood in his hand.

One end of the rope was obviously cut by something, probably because the cut thing itself was not sharp, and the break of the rope seemed to be gnawed off by a mouse.

In addition to the presence of blood on the rope in Duan Ce's hand, the pile of thatch on the ground was also stained with blood. Duan Lei watched his prince throw the rope in his hand, and then looked at the commoner man on the ground. He kicked the knife still stuck in the civilian man's neck.

"Quickly let people search all over this mountain! Even if you overturn the mountain, you have to find people for this king! When you meet an assassin, kill without mercy!"

Only then did Duan Ce look angry, watching Duan Lei give the order, and at the end he swung away the civilian man who was still lying there with his palm, and the heavy object fell to the ground with a bang, and the civilian man fell to the ground in response. The rusty knife also flew out due to the impact, and was thrown at Duan Lei's feet, making a piercing sound.

Duan Lei could see the seldom collapse on Duan Ce's face at this time, so Duan Lei nodded to express his understanding, and then Duan Ce walked towards the door, passing Duan Lei by the shoulder.

"My lord..."

The sound of footsteps stopped suddenly, and Duan Lei called to stop Duan Ce.

"I thought that as long as I treat him well, pamper him and protect him to be carefree under my wings, and make him lawless, I don't need him to know, I won't leave him!

But, why didn't he believe it? "

Duan Ce froze in place, his eyes were facing the door, motionless, as if he was looking at something, but Duan Lei knew that his prince who always said one thing, would not change his mind because of anyone or anything, and was the only one who respected himself, At this time, it is like a close child who desperately wants to be nice to the person he loves the most, but can't get him back with all his strength.

I did everything, but I just didn't get what I wanted.

The whole person was at a loss.

"My lord, it's not like you don't know the living environment of the princess since he was a child. Such a life will only cause the princess to only trust herself."