After being robbed by the prince of the enemy country

It was daylight as usual.

When Huai Zhen opened his eyes, Chu Shao still maintained the sleeping position of last night, and he could still hear a slight snoring sound when he got close.

After the assembly of the three armies is completed, they can march towards Qinjing only after the commander gives an order. However, King Yu has not shown up for a long time, and even Wen Teng, who is waiting to see him off, is suspicious, thinking that Huaizhen has changed his mind midway.

Zhao Si found out the news from the main hall, and whispered into Taifu's ear, "The prince personally carried Chu Qingxu into the carriage."

Wen Teng: "???"

Outside another palace gate of the Nangong Palace, a canopy carriage was ready to go. The interior of the carriage was spacious. Chu Shao was lying on his side on the couch, still unconscious.

The curtains on the car windows were made of cowhide, so it would not leak air easily. Huaizhen was still afraid that he would catch a cold midway, so he pulled a cloak and covered Chu Shao.

"Your Highness, it's almost time."

It was Ning Yuanqiu who spoke outside the carriage, he had to remind the prince that there are more important things to do today.

Huai Zhen took one last look at Chu Shao, turned around and got off the carriage. He raised his hand to call for his confidant guard Wang Zhan, and said to him, "Escort him to the territory of Huazhou, and take care of him carefully."

Wang Zhan cupped his hands and said, "Don't worry, Your Highness, I will take good care of Young Master Chu."

Huai Zhen wanted to lift the curtain to take another look, but Ning Yuanqiu kept urging him, so he had to give up in a hurry, got up and went to the north gate.

After Wang Zhan watched the prince leave, he asked his subordinates to fetch two water bags—the journey from Qizhou to Huazhou took a day and a half, and there was no way without water.

He opened the curtain and saw that Chu Shao was still sleeping, so he gently put the water bag aside, then got into the carriage, rode away on horseback, and six guards rode around the carriage, front, back, left, and right to provide the most appropriate protection.

When the carriage drove out of Qizhou City, King Yu also set foot on the official road with [-] troops and horses, but one went east and the other went north.

The sun was high at noon, but the warm spring sun was not shining on people. Wang Zhan and others planned to eat a few mouthfuls of steamed buns on the horse casually, and did not plan to stop to rest.

Suddenly he heard some movement in the carriage, Wang Zhan hastily reined in the horse rope, stopped the carriage, turned around and opened the curtain, and saw that Chu Shao had changed from lying down to sitting, holding his forehead, as if he had just woken up , but the pupils are very clear.

"Master Chu, you... are you awake?"

Wang Zhan murmured in his heart: Didn't General Wu Mang say that this guy can sleep well?

"...Where is this?" Chu Shao pretended to be ignorant and asked.

"We have left Qizhou City and are now on our way to Huazhou."

Wang Zhan was not Huaizhen's close bodyguard, and he knew little about Chu Shao, only that he was an old minister of Nanqi, who was taken care of by the prince because of his special status.

When Wu Mang sent him to pick up this errand, he didn't explain Chu Shao's affairs in detail, which led Wang Zhan to directly classify Chu Shao as a prisoner who received preferential treatment, and escorting him to Huazhou was nothing more than a disguised imprisonment in another place.

He didn't hide it from Chu Shao, and Chu Shao didn't react too much. He seemed to accept the arrangement that he was about to be escorted to another capital city. He just supported his forehead, his face turned pale, and his voice was a little hoarse: "You can stop." Take a break on the side of the road? The shaking in the car makes me dizzy."

"Of course!" Wang Zhan saw that he was as slender as a woman, and was really afraid of getting sick due to the bumpy road, so he quickly found a shady place and stopped the carriage.

Chu Shao got off the carriage and sat on a stone by the side of the road. The guards including Wang Zhan waited for him to sit down before tying their horses to the tree trunks by the side of the road and sitting cross-legged on the ground.

"My lord, are you hungry?" Wang Zhan took out from the carriage the food that the prince specially prepared for Chu Shao, which was a package of delicate sweet-scented osmanthus cakes and a small kettle with a carved mouth.

"Thank you." Chu Shao took the pastries and water, glanced at the rest of the guards, saw that they didn't drink water, so he specially reminded: "It's hot, you should also drink more water."

His sincere voice and innocent face almost confused all the guards present, so Wang Zhan took the large kettle made of cowhide and poured the water in it into the cups of his brothers one by one.

Chu Shao took a bite of the sweet-scented osmanthus cake, which was made by the imperial dining room in the palace. It was presumably that Huaizhen specially prepared food for him—since the prince felt that he would not be able to wake up until the next morning, this sweet-scented osmanthus cake should not be eaten. What kind of tranquilizer to give.

He boldly ate it, and stuffed several pieces of sweet-scented osmanthus cakes into his stomach with water - he had the strength to run when he was full.

The guards at the side only thought that Chu Shao was a handsome young man, but they didn't expect to devour food so voraciously.

He was good-looking, no matter how he devoured it, he would not be an eyesore, and his food was delicious. They were all hungry, and the steamed buns in their hands became a little more delicious.

Steamed buns are dry food. If you eat too much dry food, you will feel thirsty, so they drink a lot of water.

Everyone drank about three or four glasses.

"Did the water add salt today?"

A guard mentioned it casually.

Adding salt to water is a common operation during the march. Wang Zhan didn't take it seriously. He took another big sip and really tasted a little salty taste. "Maybe it's the kitchen..."

Halfway through the conversation, I suddenly felt that my eyelids were too heavy to hold open.

The soldiers under Huaizhen's command were not bad at vigilance. Almost the moment they noticed something strange in their bodies, the guards realized that the water had been drugged!

Wang Zhan was concerned about Chu Shao's safety at the first moment, fearing that someone would harm Chu Shao, but seeing that Chu Shao was full of food and drink, he stood up from the stone, turned around and glanced at the guards who had fallen to the ground, Cupping hands and fists: "I'm sorry everyone, I don't want to go to Huazhou."

Wang Zhan struggled to keep himself from falling asleep, "Master Chu...is that you?"

Chu Shao said: "I poured that bowl of tranquilizing medicine into your kettle last night. This medicine is for making people sleep."

As soon as the words fell, three guards had fallen to the ground unconscious.

"Doctor Murong's sedative medicine is really powerful. Even if there is so much water, it can still pour out a group of big Chinese medicine."

"You can't go..." Wang Zhan stepped forward and grabbed Chu Shao's sleeve, but Chu Shao easily avoided it.

This time, Wang Zhan completely lost his strength, and fell to the ground, unconscious.

Chu Shao bent down, supported Wang Zhan with great effort, let him lean on the stone beside him, and even swept the dirt off his face with his hands, then turned around and boarded the carriage - he was going to Qinjing, he wanted to find Huai Zhen.

Grasping the hemp rope, as soon as he exerted force, a pain and numbness suddenly burst from the bones of his wrist. Chu Shao retracted his hand as if being stabbed by a needle, the horse rope slipped from his palm, and his hands trembled uncontrollably.

Frowning, he lifted his sleeves and saw the two circular piercing scars on his wrists—Huaizhen said that this was the punishment he received when he was in Nanqi, but he did not describe in detail what the punishment was.

Chu Shao always thought that the wound was healed when the wound was scarred, but she didn't expect that even a horse rope could hurt like this.

He refused to admit defeat and tried again and again. Every time he exerted force with his hands, his wrist bones felt as if someone had sharply chiseled them with nails. The pain made him sweat coldly on his forehead and almost fainted.

He had to accept the fact that his hands couldn't handle even the most common horse.

After adding a lot of water to the sedative medicine, the effect must have diminished, and the group of guards were all well-trained and strong men, and they would wake up after half a stick of incense.

Chu Shao didn't have time to compete with the horse anymore, he turned into the carriage, took the small bundle he packed, hugged the rabbit, jumped off the carriage, and ran eastward quickly.

He didn't need to rely on the hand-drawn map at all, only relying on the memory in his subconscious mind, he could determine which road led to Qinjing.

He had no time to think about why he was so familiar with the landforms, so he just hurried on his way. However, the heavens were against him. Even though the sky was clear just now, suddenly dark clouds covered the environment and covered the sun. evening.

Chu Shao didn't bring an umbrella, just hugged the rabbit in his arms, bowed his head and hurried on his way.

He took a shortcut, this path was not as spacious as the official road, and the surrounding area was sparsely populated, but it was just a path overgrown with thorns in the wilderness.

It was nothing at first, but suddenly there was a sound of animal breathing from behind, Chu Shao stopped and listened carefully, unexpectedly there was the sound of teeth grinding.

Sensing the danger, the rabbit in his arms pricked up his ears!

Chu Shaoqiang calmed down, turned around and took a look. A gray-black wild wolf was lying in ambush in the sparse withered grass, with green eyes, white fangs exposed, and an arched back. attitude.

The rabbit trembled uneasily in Chu Shao's arms. Chu Shao stuffed the rabbit into the bag with his backhand, and took out the dagger that cut iron like mud from his arms.

The dagger was very light, and it was the only weapon he could hold firmly with both hands.

At this moment, only this dagger can help him.

The cold light of the dagger out of its sheath completely enraged the wild wolf, it bowed and bounced, and rushed towards Chu Shao head-on!

Chu Shao was in a daze, it seemed that it was not a beast but a long spear that rushed towards him. The sound of war drums sounded in his ears, and amidst the rapid drum beat, he kicked away the long spear that was approaching his neck.

The wild wolf wailed, and was kicked three meters away out of thin air!

Chu Shao was stunned for a moment, as if she didn't understand what she was doing just now.

The gun came back in no time, he dodged subconsciously, fell to the ground and rolled several times, just about to struggle to get up, the wild wolf that was half a man and as heavy as a boulder swooped down on him again, with its sharp claws pressing on Chu Shao's chest, white and dense The fangs approached Chu Shao, and the saliva dripped on Chu Shao's exposed neck. When he bit it, blood would spurt out.

The turbid breath of the beast and the horrible smell on the teeth oppressed Chu Shao, and he had no strength to fight back.

A moment later, a thunderbolt fell from the sky.

There was a long and strange howl, and hot blood gushed out of his body.

The dagger, which was brighter than thunder and lightning, was inserted upside down into the wolf's celestial cap, and pierced through the wolf's neck, like an oil spill, and thick blood flowed into Chu Shao's fair neck and moon-white clothes like a pillar.

Chu Shao stared straight into the wolf's green eyes until the green eyes completely lost their vitality in fear.

He pulled out the dagger neatly, pushed the wild wolf away from him with both hands at the same time, raised his foot, and kicked the corpse of the half-man-sized beast six meters away, and the warm blood scattered all over the air. .

Chu Shao brushed off the dry grass and dirt on his body, wiped the dagger blade with his torn sleeve, wiped off the dark red blood on it, and put the dagger back into the silver scabbard.

After finishing this, he picked up the bundle on the ground, hugged the frightened rabbit inside, and gently stroked the furry fur on the rabbit's back with his hands stained with wolf blood.

A few drops of coldness hit his face, he looked up at the sky, and it turned out that it was not the beating of war drums that rang in his ears just now, but the rain.