The prince is no longer a man

In the small and dark cave, the fire was sizzling, Pei Rong and Huo Qin sat around the fire, the flickering light of the fire imprinted on the two of them, showing their exhaustion and embarrassment at this moment.

Pei Rong's body was stained with a lot of mud, her hair was messy, and there was an obvious bloodstain at the end of her left eye, which traced upwards along the end of the eye.

Huo Qin looked much better than Pei Rong, he was dressed in black, except for some dark marks on his face, there was nothing else.

They have stayed here for several hours. Huo Qin once tried to take Pei Rong up the hillside, but the hillside was slippery and soft. As soon as the two of them stepped on it, the soil couldn't bear it and sank straight down. Can't get out at all.

The two wiped it several times, until the sky gradually darkened and the night chill overflowed, so they had no choice but to find a cave to escape and keep warm.

Pei Rong stretched out his hand to feel the warmth brought by the flames, and said to Huo Qin quite moved: "Little General, thank you very much today."

"Where is Rong Shizi hurt?" Huo Qin asked with concern.

Pei Rong tried to move his body, but fortunately there was nothing serious other than the skin trauma, so he said relievedly: "I'm fine."

It's just that his eyes hurt badly, and there was a sharp pain when he blinked. Pei Rong subconsciously stretched out his hand to touch it. Huo Qin grabbed Pei Rong's wrist and said, "Young Master Rong, you have an eye injury, so don't touch it. good."

Pei Rong didn't know how his eyes were hurt, but when he heard Huo Qin say this, he put down his hands obediently.

"Where's the little general? How are you?"

"I'm fine, those people can't hurt me."

"But those masked people..." The voice paused, and Huo Qin asked: "Mr. Rong, have you ever had a feud with someone?"

"Enmity?" Pei Rong frowned, suddenly thought of a person in his heart, but he didn't want to think about it any further, and murmured: "I...I don't know either."

The change on Pei Rong's face did not escape Huo Qin's eyes, Huo Qin's heart trembled, and he asked in a deep voice: "Mr. Rong, who do you think of?"

Pei Rong looked away, unwilling to admit it: "No...no."

After Pei Rong finished speaking, he lowered his eyes and remained silent.

He was thinking about Duan Jingxun, not longing, but doubt and struggle.

After all, he had already predicted that Duan Jingxun would give him a glass of poisoned wine a year later, but why now...

However, Pei Rong was so evasive that he didn't want to think about it, because he had a faint feeling in his heart that it couldn't be Duan Jingxun.

This kind of contradictory mood put Pei Rong in a dilemma. He looked at Huo Qin several times but hesitated to speak, but couldn't speak.

Huo Qin sighed and said, "Young Master Rong, you can tell me whatever you want."

Pei Rong rubbed his fingers unconsciously, and it took a long time before he raised his head and looked at Huo Qin.

"These people today are not sent by the prince, right?" Pei Rong said cautiously with a rhetorical question.

When Huo Qin heard this, he frowned and said affirmatively: "Of course it can't be the prince. Although I have heard about you and the prince when I returned to Beijing, but after this period of time, according to what I have seen, the prince treats you... …to you……"

Huo Qin couldn't tell the reason for what happened to Pei Rong. If he said he was okay with Pei Rong, he didn't seem to have reached this point, but if he said he was wrong with Pei Rong, he definitely didn't.

When Duan Jingxun and Pei Rong were together, it was a look that Huo Qin had rarely seen. Huo Qin suddenly realized that it seemed that Duan Jingxun would deliberately use some clumsy ways to make Pei Rong angry with him and treat him laugh.

Realizing that he was thinking too far, Huo Qin looked at Pei Rong firmly, and said firmly and repeatedly: "The prince will never do such a thing to you."

"right……"

Pei Rong whispered, his eyes sparkled, and then he murmured: "I don't think it's him either."

His words sounded like he was talking to himself, as if he was talking to himself.

Pei Rong found that the reason why he asked Huo Qin like that was because he wanted an affirmation.

He is afraid that these struggles of his are just self-indulgent, what he needs is for others to completely dispel his wavering.

And Huo Qin's firm and decisive attitude is the best answer.

At least these people were not sent by Duan Jingxun.

He still has a year left.

Thinking of this, Pei Rong didn't know whether he felt lucky or sour, and suddenly thought of lying to Duan Jingxun to close his eyes today

Stop, stop, now is not the time to think about this.

Pei Rong shook his head, forcing himself to throw out these useless thoughts.

Seeing that the dry firewood was about to burn out and the flames were getting smaller and smaller, Pei Rong couldn't help but look out of the cave frequently: "Little general, do you think someone will come to find us?"

"Once the emperor finds out that we are not there, he will definitely send someone to look for it. It's just that this place is relatively hidden and the hillside is slippery, so it may take longer."

"When I get back to the palace, the emperor will definitely investigate this matter thoroughly. Then I will see who is trying to harm me!" After removing Duan Jingxun as the target, Pei Rong has a lot of fighting spirit at this time, as if he will not take revenge. The appearance of a gentleman.

"Young Master Rong, if the emperor asks, you'd better hide the assassination." Huo Qin looked deeply at Pei Rong, his eyes darkened.

"Why?" Pei Rong asked puzzled.

"It is impossible for outsiders to arrange these people into the royal enclosure except for the people in the palace."

"If the emperor is to investigate this matter, no matter who is found, it will be unshakable to you and me."

"Don't you just ignore it like this!" Pei Rong opened his eyes wide, it was the first time he felt the injustice, his eyes were full of resentment.

"Of course not. Of course, I won't let this matter go easily." Huo Qin lowered his voice, revealing the killing spirit he had been fighting on the battlefield for a long time, which made people shudder.

"What you have to do is to tell the emperor that you and I just stumbled and fell. As for the rest, I will naturally find out slowly."

At night, the East Palace put out the candles early today, Chang Bin pulled down the bed curtain, waved to all the palace servants in the palace, and said: "The prince is tired after hunting today, you should rest earlier, you all should leave , as long as I serve you here."

"Yes."

After all the maids and eunuchs responded in unison, they retreated in a polite manner.

Chang Bin glanced at the dim prince's bedroom, then opened a window, and then sat alone in the darkness.

Not long after, a black figure jumped out of the East Palace, like a light cat, with its toes lightly tapped, within a few jumps, the figure merged with the night and disappeared.

In the paddock, apart from the guards holding torches looking for Pei Rong and Huo Qin, black figures approached quietly.

In the night, he was wearing night clothes, and his face was covered by a black kerchief, revealing only a pair of narrow, long and bright phoenix eyes.

The man in black walked silently through the paddock, avoiding the searching guards, and not long after, he arrived at the place where Huo Qin and Pei Rong fell. He looked around and found that there was a place where the chief of staff was growing at the edge of the dense weeds. A slope of about ten feet.

The man in black looked down the slope, it was pitch black, and he smelled the smell of fire coming down the slope, his sharp phoenix eyes tightened, and the man in black immediately jumped up and jumped down without hesitation .

The fire in the cave has been extinguished, and Huo Qin heard the strange movement vigilantly, but someone came sneakily, Huo Qin shouted without hesitation: "Who!"

Just as the man in black stood firm, Huo Qin stood in front of him and slapped him without saying a word.

The two exchanged a few moves, and Huo Qin noticed that the man in black in front of him had been dodging his attack and did not fight back. He felt strange in his heart. Looking at the moonlight, Huo Qin faintly saw his eyes. There is a sense of familiarity.

Suddenly something flashed in his mind, Huo Qin withdrew his hand, and shouted uncertainly: "Prince?"

The man in black also paused, and replied in a deep voice, "Yes."

"Prince, why are you here?"

Duan Jingxun didn't answer, but asked instead: "Where's Pei Rong?"

"He's with me."

Huo Qin couldn't help slandering, so he came to save Pei Rong?

"Wait here, I will find someone to rescue you."

"But prince, you are like this..." Huo Qin was a little hesitant. With Duan Jingxun's appearance, he was afraid that the guards would see Duan Jingxun as a thief just like himself.

"I have my own way."

After Duan Jingxun finished speaking, he turned around and wanted to leave, but suddenly turned around and asked, "Is...is he alright?"

"Don't worry, Crown Prince, Rong Shizi is fine, but if Rong Shizi asks..."

Huo Qin couldn't help asking the question in his heart. Duan Jingxun made it clear that he didn't want anyone to know about his visit tonight.

Duan Jingxun lowered his eyes, didn't say any more, jumped up neatly, and disappeared.

Pei Rong walked out of the cave worriedly, seeing Huo Qin alone in the night, he couldn't help asking: "Little General, who was it just now?"

The leader of the guards holding the torch was looking around when they suddenly heard a strange noise not far away, looked back, but saw a figure flashing in front of them, the leader raised the torch without hesitation and shouted loudly: "Chasing! "

But the figure in front of him was so fast that it disappeared completely in a short time. Just when the leader mistook it for the prey in the paddock, someone held a torch and pointed it down, shouting loudly: "Boss! !"

The leader looked in the direction, and couldn't help saying happily: "Send someone back to report, we have found Rong Shizi and Lord Huo!"

Outside the window, a black figure rolled over and entered. Chang Bin in the palace hurried over and asked in a low voice, "Prince, what's the matter?"

Duan Jingxun pulled off the mask and said in a low voice, "He's fine."

The hands under the black clothes trembled slightly, and Duan Jingxun realized how fast his heart was beating. The news of Pei Rong's safety washed away his worries and fatigue all night.

It was clear that the night was as cold as water, but sweat was still dripping down his chin.

Duan Jingxun lowered his eyes and muttered to himself, "It's as long as he's fine..."