Zha Gong's evolutionary path

At the exit of the palace gate on the west side, a four-horse carriage with simple decoration was quietly parked under the shade of a tree. The horse lowered its head and gnawed at the green grass roots at the foot of the tree, and its tail swayed listlessly, showing a leisurely and lazy look.

Suddenly, the horse's mouth stopped chewing, its ears pricked up, and its head turned uneasy towards the sound of running.

The coachman, who was dozing off on the railing, was awakened by the hurried footsteps. When he looked up, he saw four guards with knives emerging from behind the car, surrounding him.

"What, what's going on?" The coachman's drowsiness disappeared.

The four guards with knives saw that they were in the uniform of the Royal Forest Army in the palace, and shouted sharply: "Whose carriage is this! Stop here, what do you want!!"

The coachman looked puzzled: "This is Prince Hao's car, don't you have eyes?"

The coachman, who had finally come to his senses, pointed to the coat of arms of King Hao's grandson Dan on the side of the car, and drank it back majesticly, "What's the matter, your routine inspections have found my prince's head?"

"Is this the car of Prince Hao?" The guards looked at each other and pondered for a moment, "...Where is Prince Hao going?"

They had no intention of half-stepping away from the car.

Although the coachman felt puzzled, he jumped out of the cart and was going to argue with these imperial guards, asking them to let go of the bridle.However, the other party had the emperor's order, no matter what, he wanted to find out the origin and whereabouts of the carriage, but he refused to let it go, and the atmosphere was a little stiff for a while.

When Changsun Dan and Lin Gongru walked to the gate of the towering palace, they saw such a scene at a glance.

Lin Gongru's heart skipped a beat, secretly thinking that it was going to be bad, could it be that the emperor had already begun to anger Changsun Dan and wanted to put him under house arrest in the palace?

Changsun Dan suddenly grasped his hand, King Hao's hand was soft and slightly wet with sweat, he could feel Changsun Dan's heart beating wildly like thunder.

Lin Gongru shook it back soothingly, and pressed the other hand on the long sword pinned to his waist vigilantly.He is mentally prepared, if the situation is not right, even if he kills a bloody path, he will take his eldest grandson Dan out of the palace.

He gently pinched Changsun Dan's palm, meaning don't be afraid, I will protect you by my side.

Probably the act of encouragement by the man gave the always weak King Hao great courage. He pursed his lips tightly, let go of his hands, tried his best to look calm and calm, and walked up to the few imperial guards. .

The coachman saw him from a distance and was overjoyed: "My lord!"

Several imperial guards immediately turned around, with eight pairs of eyes shooting at Changsun Dan and Lin Gongru behind him.

Changsun Dan smiled and said, "What happened? Why are several generals surrounded in front of my king's chariot?"

He has kind eyebrows, gentle curves of the corners of his mouth, and a gentle and sunny appearance, which makes people feel good at first glance.

When several imperial guards saw the elder Sun Dan, they looked at each other and greeted each other by coincidence.The leader asked: "Is this the prince's car? The prince is leaving the palace?"

Changsun Dan said: "Exactly. The weather is fine today, and I plan to go out to the palace with a good friend to relax." He pretended to be puzzled and asked, "Is there any problem?"

The few imperial guards glanced at each other again, and said in their hearts that just now the commander gave an order to control King Yan and all his subordinates to prevent his henchmen from leaving the palace;Judging by the calm and peaceful expression on King Hao's face, he probably doesn't know what happened in the palace?

"The problem is nothing..." The leader glanced at Lin Gongru behind him, "I don't know what to call this friend of His Royal Highness King Hao?"

Lin Gongru's heart moved, and before Chang Sundan could react, he smiled and said: "A humble name is not worth mentioning."

As soon as he spoke, the expressions of the people opposite him were visibly relaxed.

This man can speak out, not those assassins who were silenced by King Yan.Seeing that Chang Sun Dan was dressed in casual clothes, he didn't bring anything with him, and there was no bodyguard Wen Er by his side, maybe he really planned to go out to relax.Based on King Hao's reputation in the palace for many years, it is unlikely that this cowardly and incompetent prince escaped from the capital alone.

Besides, the Holy Majesty's will is very clear, those who ban Changsun Yu are not allowed to disturb Changsun Dan.

Several imperial guards then cupped their hands, retreated a few steps, and said: "This subordinate has offended, please get on the car. Please come back earlier."

Changsun Dan's palms were already soaked in cold sweat, and he almost exhausted all his strength in the face of this short-term obstruction.He tried his best to remain calm, smiled and nodded at the few imperial guards, and stepped into the carriage with the support of Lin Gongru.

The coachman was still a little sullen, whistled, and drove a few horses to raise their hooves, and kicked off the dust on the ground.Several imperial guards watched the carriage leave, turned around and guarded the palace gate they left just now.

After Changsun Dan gradually drove away from the palace gate, his body that was sitting upright relaxed a little, and his expression became somewhat relaxed.Maybe it was the encounter with the Imperial Forest Army just now that left him with lingering fears. There is clearly a large space inside the carriage, enough to accommodate four or five people comfortably, but he insisted on sticking to Lin Gongru tightly, still firmly holding Lin Gongru's palm with his sweaty fingertips. .

The curtain of the carriage was blown by the breeze from time to time, Lin Gongru gently patted the back of his hand to appease the timid Prince Hao, looking out through the gap of the curtain, he found that the carriage gradually deviated from the official road and headed for a remote mountain path go inside.

Lin Gongru thought, the coachman didn't ask Changsun Dan the driving route, he drove on his own, as if he knew the way, it should be that Changsun Yu had explained his retreat route in advance.It seems that Changsun Kui's back chess move has been calmly laid out in secret before he decides to turn back.

However, with the personality of Changsun Yu who never cared about other people's lives, would he plan so hard and make arrangements in order to leave a way of escape for the emperor brother whom he has always looked down upon?

If he had the leeway and opportunity, he would pave the way for Changsun Dan to leave the capital, but why didn't he consider his retreat after his failure to usurp the rebellion?

——Then again, Changsun Dan has no intention of treason. Doesn't his departure appear to be a guilty conscience, leaving room for people to suspect that he may be colluding with Changsun?

Even if he managed to escape back to his fief smoothly, could it be that the kings of the world could avoid the emperor's thousands of troops?

The eldest grandson Dan leaned on Lin Gongru, and almost snuggled into Lin Gongru's arms.He lowered his eyes, his pale and handsome face showed a touch of peace and tranquility, the panic and bewilderment just now seemed to have gradually faded away as the carriage moved away from the palace.

Lin Gongru looked down at him, his heart skipped a beat suddenly, and a panic came straight to his heart from nowhere.

He moved the palm held by Changsun Dan uncomfortably, Changsun Dan seemed to sense it, and immediately raised his eyes to look at him.

"Does it hurt from the wound on your right shoulder?" He asked thoughtfully, straightened up, and went to touch the wound medicine in Lin Gongru's arms.

Lin Gongru pressed the back of his hand and said, "It's okay. I just suddenly remembered... It seems that we shouldn't have escaped from the palace in such a haste according to the arrangement of the grandson."

Changsun Dan was taken aback: "What... mean? We shouldn't have escaped from the palace?"

Lin Gongru said: "Before I was in a hurry, I thought that the emperor might blame you for not reporting the knowledge and convict you; but just now at the gate of the palace, watching the performance of the imperial forest army, the emperor has no intention of angering you for the time being. In other words, the eldest grandson Xi didn't drag you into this right and wrong—"

Chang Sundan lowered his eyes and said softly: "That's right... the emperor, he argued with me in front of the head of the imperial hospital who came to treat me. He deliberately created the impression that we are at odds, so as not to cause trouble to others. I……"

Lin Gongru had goosebumps on his back, and felt a chill crawling up his neck, and suddenly realized that he seemed to have made an unforgivable mistake, "Since this is the case, there is no need for us to escape from the capital. Just follow what you said Yes, relax outside and go back to the palace later."

He lifted the curtain and wanted to call the driver to stop the carriage, but Zhang Sundan held him back and shook his head: "The emperor has his own opinions on how to act, and he only thinks about us... it's better to leave the capital first and then return to the palace." It's better."

Lin Gongru turned his back to him, his teeth trembled slightly, and he bit his lower lip unknowingly.

The eldest grandson who "thinks of others wholeheartedly"?

The man didn't turn his head back, and said softly: "I had skin-to-skin relationship with you, and you gave me medicine, so I was able to feign death in a private prison to escape the poisonous killing of my eldest grandson—I only have sincerity, and I will never harm you. If you believe me, we should turn back in time."

The eldest grandson raised his eyebrows, Lin Gongru turned his back to him, he couldn't see the faint look of surprise on his face, he only heard him say: "I believe you, but the imperial brother sees tricks and schemes better than you and I. Deeper; he let me escape, of course, for my own good, and can't go wrong--"

That's right, Changsun Dan is indeed the kind of brother who would insist on speaking well for Changsun in such a situation;

But he will at least refute, the sentence "I got the medicine from you"——

Lin Gongru turned around with cold hands and feet, Changsun Dan still had a familiar warm smile on his lips, and even consciously entangled him, wanting to hold his hand.

Lin Gongru stared into his eyes, and said word by word: "You are the only one who really needs to escape from the palace and the capital by any means."

"So why on earth did you take me on purpose, eldest grandson?"

The smile of "Changsun Dan" froze at the corner of his mouth, and the smile just now had not had time to be completely retracted, which made his dazed look a little stiff and pale.

The warmth in his eyes slowly turned into a thin coolness as Lin Gongru said the words "Changsun Yu".

Lin Gongru put one hand on his waist, and his heart sank slowly. In the dead silence, he drew his sword out of its sheath, and pressed it against the heart of the person in front of him: "Ask the coachman to turn the carriage around, and you go back to the palace with me, and take the real Lord Hao is replaced."

The prince who was still nestled in his arms like a child at a loss, gradually had a smile that was not a smile on his pale face.

He lowered his head to look at the Senhan long sword resting on his chest, and shrugged indifferently, "It's late. Wen Er said that he would swear to follow this king to the end, and he should treat him right when I leave. The eldest grandson Dan who has served for many years has moved his hand. Even if you take me back to the palace at this moment, you will only see a corpse in the clothes of "King Yan" with the token of King Yan pinned to his waist."

He softened his tone, and said almost affectionately: "Lin Gongru, didn't you also enjoy it when the king kissed you just now? I have the same face and figure as Chang Suntan. If you like it, I can/ Pretend to be him in the sky/clothes/no/seam/. In the future, you will follow this king."