I became the leopard cub of the paranoid emperor

"Give medicine to Chu Yu? There's no way." Yuan Fu began to peel off Luo Bai's clothes, "There are already guards around the Qiande Palace, so you can pretend to be the servant of the Royal Tea House, and I will ask Shuangxi to take you out through the side door. You must be careful on the road, and you must not be recognized by anyone."

The robe on Luo Bai's body was stripped off, and he put on a dusty cotton robe. The sapphire and jade crown on his head was also removed, and replaced with a three-mountain cap worn by the eunuchs. wearing.

"I'll keep the jade crown and wear it after you return to the palace." Yuan Fu put the small bundle into a food box and asked Luo Bai to carry it: "There are some golden beans in here. Someone will take care of them, so I guess they will use them too." No, but just in case, you should bring some, you have to put it away."

Luo Bai was carrying the food box, standing a little helpless, Yuan Fu said to Shuangxi: "Go, take him away."

"Hey." Shuangxi responded, picked up the tea tray at the side, and signaled Luo Bai to follow.

All this happened so quickly, Luo Bai hadn't figured out what was going on, he followed Shuangxi to the door in a bewilderment before he came to his senses, turned his head and asked Yuan Fu, "Aunt Yuan Fu, won't you go with me?"

Yuan Fu said: "I won't leave for the time being, there are still many things I need to stay and deal with."

Luo Bai's eyes were full of worry: "Aunt Yuan Fu, will you be in danger then? I want to stay with you."

Yuan Fu's eyes were a little red, but he smiled and said: "There will be no danger, there are still many places where Chu Yu needs me, and he won't do anything to me, don't worry about me, wait until the affairs in the palace are settled, Of course I'm going to find you."

Seeing that Luo Bai was still standing still, he took a few steps forward and pinched his cheek, leaned into his ear and whispered: "Don't worry, Aunt Yuan Fu is not a fool, Aunt Yuan Fu is smart."

Luo Bai followed Shuangxi out the door and walked to the end of the passage. Before the two guards standing there could speak, Shuangxi raised the tea tray in his hand: "I just came to deliver tea, and this one beside me is delivering food."

Because they had searched once just now, the two guards didn't care, turned their eyes away indifferently, let Luo Bai hang his head, and walked out of Qiande Palace with the food box.

The two hurriedly walked on the avenue in the garden. Shuangxi saw that there was no one around, and said in a low voice, "Mistress Luo, I will take you out by the side of the imperial tea house."

Lady Luo?Did you call me?I'm Miss Luo?

Luo Bai was still surprised, and Shuangxi said again: "Before, the slave was ignorant, and Bai had a pair of dog eyes. As a result, he was blinded and couldn't see Luo Mistress's phoenix posture clearly. This slave is here to plead guilty to Luo Mistress, I also ask the empress to forgive the slave for his recklessness in the past."

"Ah—" Luo Bai recalled vigorously.

He did know Shuangxi, but he didn't remember anything he did that needed to be forgiven, but since he said so, he also acted magnanimously and said: "It's okay, I—— Lady Luo forgives you."

"My servant thanked Lady Luo."

Luo Bai was numb all over from being called by Luo Niangniang several times, and his heart was full of joy. After coughing lightly, he imitated the tone of those in the palace and said, "Shuangxi, you are fine. Since Aunt Yuan Fu is willing to entrust you to send me out of the palace, why not?" You must be very good. When I return to the palace, I will definitely reward you heavily."

Shuangxi was overjoyed when he heard the words, but pushed back: "The slave is terrified. The slave is to share the worries of the master. He has done a little bit of work, so how dare he ask for any reward."

Luo Bai didn't want to but nodded and said: "Well, since you don't want it and I don't force it, then forget it."

Shuangxi choked for a moment, and after walking a few steps in silence, she finally said, "Mistress Luo, this servant really wants to ask for a reward."

Luo Bai asked strangely: "Eh? Now you want it again?"

Double Happiness bit the bullet and said yes.

"Tell me, do you want a jade crown or a jade hairpin? Or nice new clothes?"

"Slaves don't ask for these."

"Is that plum blossom cake, chestnut cake or jujube cake?"

"Not at all."

Shuangxi leaned closer and said, "The lifelong goal of this servant is to be able to enter the Qiande Palace to make tea for His Majesty. It is not too extravagant to ask this servant to make tea every day, as long as he becomes a serious imperial tea supervisor, it is not just when there is a shortage of people that the servant is the worst. .”

When Shuangxi mentioned the words life goal, her voice trembled slightly with excitement, her hands were clenched into fists, and her eyes were shining with determination.

Luo Bai immediately respected him: "Okay, I will tell His Majesty after he returns to the palace."

"The servant thanked Luo Niangniang, Luo Mistress Wan En."

"It's okay, it's okay, Xiaoyi."

The two turned around, avoiding the guards scattered around, and returned to the Royal Tea House from the path.Shuangxi pushed open a side door, stretched out his head to look left and right, saw no one else, so he waved to the rear, and Luo Bai followed suit.

"There's an old locust tree growing beside the palace wall. You can climb up the wall along the tree. There may also be a tree growing on the other side of the wall, and you can slide down with it." Shuangxi pointed to the tall old locust tree in the corner of the backyard of the Royal Tea House. said the tree.

Luo Bai looked up at the high palace wall, and asked hesitantly, "What if there might not be a tree growing on the other side of the wall?"

Shuangxi pressed her fist to her lips and coughed lightly: "Yes."

"Oh?" Luo Bai didn't quite believe it.

Shuangxi had no choice but to say: "The servant often sneaks out of the palace from here." Seeing Luo Bai staring at him, he added: "Just buy some painting books, spiced melon seeds or something."

Luo Bai walked under the tree, rolled up the sleeves of his fur robe, and was about to climb up. Shuangxi asked next to him, "Mistress Luo, Your Majesty is trapped in Jindu City. Is there anyone here to help him now?"

Luo Bai stopped climbing the tree, and slowly turned to look at him: "What did you say? His Majesty, he is trapped?"

Shuangxi was stunned: "You still don't know? It shouldn't be. Although news from our city cannot be sent out, news from the border can be sent in. When I went to His Majesty's bedroom just now, I heard someone talking to Duke Yuan, saying Your Majesty is trapped in the city and cannot get out, and in a few days, the rice and grain in the city will run out."

The bustling and bustling capital city in the past is now empty, except for patrolling soldiers at every five steps and every ten steps.The common people are all huddled at home, although they don't know anything, but seeing the chilling and tense atmosphere, they also know that something big is about to happen.

The afternoon sun shone on the empty capital, and also on those snow-covered buildings.There was a group of snow-white objects moving on the roof, blending with the snow, which was hard to detect.

If you look closely, you will find that it is a snow-white little leopard running fast on the roof with a small bundle on its back.

Luo Bai soon arrived at the gate of the city, but the gate was tightly closed and heavily guarded. He had no way to go out, so he crouched behind a wooden cart near the gate, waiting quietly.When a soldier outside the city called the gate, and a small gate on the gate was opened, he rushed out like an arrow.

The soldier guarding the gate only felt something flash in front of his eyes, and when he looked up, he saw a huge white cat galloping in the snow, and it turned into a small dot in a blink of an eye and disappeared in the wind and snow.

Luo Bai followed the general direction Shuangxi pointed out to him, and ran all the way to the north.The strong wind made him unable to open his eyes, so he half-closed his eyes and tried to identify the direction.The little paws left a series of shallow plum blossom marks on the snow, which were filled in by new snowflakes in an instant.

After running for a while, he heard the sound of rumbling horseshoes in front of him. His heart moved, but he remembered Shuangxi's exhortation, and before the joy came to his eyes, he pressed it down again.

Shuangxi told him that King Yunfan's soldiers had reached more than ten miles north of the city. If he went out now, he would just run into them, so when he saw the army, he had to hide immediately.

Luo Bai hurriedly ran towards the nearby forest, planing and splashing snowflakes all the way, just after hiding behind a big tree, the long and mighty army passed by the way he started running.

After everyone passed by and the sound of horseshoes could no longer be heard, Luo Bai came out from behind the big tree, shook the snow on his body, shook his ears, and continued to run along the driveway to the northernmost point.

He didn't know how far the border was, and he didn't know how long he would have to run to get there, but he only remembered what Shuangxi said: His Majesty was trapped in Jindu City, and in a few days, the rice would run out.

I will absolutely, absolutely never make the same mistakes I made before. I once swore that as long as my brother is in danger, I will save him no matter what!

Luo Bai ran like this for half a day, and the warm winter sun poked his head out from behind the clouds, shining a thin layer of sweat on the little leopard's body, and there were bits and pieces of light shining in the sun.

The continuous running made him physically unable to keep up. His four paws were so cold that he could hardly feel them, but he didn't take a moment to rest.

But when he walked out of a forest, he saw several carriages ahead, heading in the same direction as him.

Although he didn't mind running all the way to the north like this, he also knew that it would be better to have a carriage, not to mention that he hadn't even prepared the straw before leaving the palace.

After following unnoticed for a while, he finally caught up with a carriage, jumped onto the shaft, and quietly poked his head through the gap in the curtain to look inside.

Although the carriage was not luxurious, it was still comfortable. A thin old man with white hair and beard lay reclined, sleeping with his eyes closed.

Luo Bai probed to observe him for a while, then let out a soft groan.

may I come in?

The old man opened his eyes, looked at Xiao Bao under the curtain for a few moments, and then closed his eyes again.

Luo Bai felt that this meant permission, so he got in with his whole body.He was embarrassed to get into the seat, so he sat in a corner of the carriage a little cautiously, so quiet that he didn't have any sense of presence, he just rolled his eyes and looked around.

There was a pot of charcoal fire inside the carriage, and it was burning very vigorously. Seeing that the old man still had his eyes closed, Luo Bai stretched out his two front paws and roasted it on top of the charcoal fire.

He was running on the snow just now, his paws soaked in the snow and it was wet and cold, he roasted for a while, until the hair was dried until it was white and fluffy, and then he slowly rotated his whole body in front of the charcoal fire.

When he turned to the old man, he found that he was awake, looking at himself with those old cloudy eyes.

Luo Bai stared at him motionlessly, thinking that if he drove him out of the car, he would have no choice but to continue running, but he didn't expect the old man to close his eyes and continue to sleep.

Luo Bai breathed a sigh of relief, walked to a corner of the carriage and lay down, thinking about Chu Yuzhao.

I don't know what happened to my brother, do I still have something to eat now...

While he was thinking wildly, an object suddenly fell in front of him, which startled him, and it turned out to be a bulging blue cloth cushion.He went to see the old man and saw that the old man was lying in a different position, so he knew that he had thrown it to him, stretched out his paws, pulled the cushion closer and lay on his stomach.

He started running for too long, tired and worried, now the car is warm, the cushions are comfortable, he seems to be asleep in a trance, and he seems to just recall something.

……

There were two boys running in the woods, both out of breath, the older one had a few strands hanging from his shirt, as if torn out by something.

"Brother, that bear, that bear doesn't seem to be chasing it, should we take a rest?"

"We can't rest now. It can, it can smell and track. We have to run to the small river ahead and soak in it. It, it won't be able to smell."

The young Luo Bai had short legs after all, and he couldn't keep up, so the older Chu Yuzhao grabbed his arm and ran forward half dragging and half hugging.

Luo Bai bit his lip.He was picking fungi in the woods with his elder brother just now, and unexpectedly met a black bear.Recently, the Orion in the village had mentioned that there were bears in the mountains, but it didn't arouse his vigilance.After all, he lives here, and he has only seen muntjacs or rabbits in the back mountain, and at most a skinny wild boar.In his consciousness, it is impossible for such a large beast as a bear to appear here.

But he and Chu Yuzhao met just like that.

They rolled down the hillside, ignoring the dust on their heads and faces, and ran forward desperately.The black bear didn't dare to go down the steep slope, so it rushed to the nearby woods and chased around. This gave the two children time to escape, and ran to the side of the mountain in one breath.

"Hold on for a while, the river is ahead."

Chu Yuzhao dragged Luo Bai with one hand, and held a machete for chopping firewood in the other. Sweat rolled down his face and soaked the back of his clothes.

He was already a teenager now, with a tall but slender figure, and his handsome face had the outline of a mature man at the beginning, but it also revealed a youthful and childish look.

Luo Bai ran until his bun was crooked, a few strands of hair fell down his cheeks, his big eyes were clearly full of panic, but he didn't cry, he just pursed his lips and kept running.

Luo Bai struggled to turn his head, but he didn't see any trace of the black bear, and said while running: "Brother, it seems, it seems that it didn't come after it."

Chu Yuzhao has practiced martial arts since he was a child, and his hearing is more sensitive than ordinary people. He can hear the cracking sound of branches breaking in the distant forest, and the muffled sound of the ground when large animals run.

The sound was getting closer and closer. At this speed, they would not be able to reach the river before the bear caught up.

But he didn't tell Luo Bai that he saw a cave the size of a person on the mountain wall next to him, so he dragged Luo Bai there, stuffed him into the cave, and shouted: "Stay in there and don't come out."

"What about you, brother?" Luo Bai asked in panic.

Chu Yuzhao reached out and touched his cheek: "Don't be afraid, brother is guarding the entrance of the cave."

The young man's palm was not wide, and with a warm temperature, Luo Bai grabbed that hand: "You come in too, and you come in quickly."

Although this cave is not big, it is more than enough for two people to hide.

Chu Yuzhao shook his head, his voice was hoarse, but not unpleasant: "It's okay, brother is outside."

"No, the bear will see you, you have to come in." Luo Bai still wanted to drag him in, but the young man had already freed his hands, facing the direction where the black bear was running, with both hands clenched the machete, and using his thin back The back blocked the hole.

The black bear's nose is very sharp, even if both of them hid in the hole, they would still be found by it. Since they couldn't escape, they could only fight recklessly at the moment.

The woods ahead shook desperately, and the black bear was about to come out.

Chu Yuzhao's heart was beating very fast, and his face was pale. After all, he was only a teenager, and his body trembled uncontrollably under fear.But even so, he firmly blocked the entrance of the hole with his back, gripped the machete tightly, stared at the black bear with bloodshot eyes, and did not move a step.

He seemed to use his not-so-broad chest and not-so-thick arms to keep the huge black bear out of the hole and protect the person in the square hole on his back.

Luo Bai couldn't see what was going on outside in the cave, so he asked in panic, "Brother, is that bear here?"

Chu Yuzhao looked at the rushing black bear, sweat slid down his forehead, but he tried to calm down with a hoarse voice: "Not yet, don't be afraid."

Luo Bai kept fighting in his mind.

If he uses the leopard form and the spell his mother taught him, even if he can't beat the black bear, he can ensure that the two escape safely.But Niang usually urges him ten thousand times, those words must not let people find that he is a leopard has been rooted in his heart.

He also remembered the appearance of his mother when she said this, she was no longer as serious as usual, she was a bit desolate in a daze, and her eyes were shining with water.

"Luo Bai, you must always remember these words of your mother, especially not to let the person you like discover that you are a leopard. No matter how many sweet words you have had, those sweet words are the most unreliable. Like your father, he will run away without a trace..."

Luo Bai was afraid that Chu Yuzhao would find out that he was a leopard, and that he would run away without a trace as his mother said.

He likes this brother he picked up from the river. Compared with the black bear, he is more afraid that his brother will leave quietly after he finds out that he is a leopard.

So even though he was able to escape with his brother after turning into a leopard, he has not changed, and only ran away in embarrassment with his brother.

With some fluke in his mind, he thought that the black bear would not insist on making trouble with them, as long as he hid himself, he would leave if he couldn't find anyone.After all, there were other prey in the back mountain. If it was simply hungry, the black bear didn't have to attack them at all.

But if the black bear really wanted to chase him, for his brother's safety, even if he was exposed, he would turn into a leopard.

Chu Yuzhao can actually escape, as long as he climbs up the mountain wall and climbs to a foothold on the half slope, when the black bear attacks Luo Bai in the cave, he can escape quietly, but he has not moved even half a step, Only face the black bear, blocking the hole behind him.

The black bear has already seen Chu Yuzhao, and the only one eye reveals a murderous light.It stopped howling and walked slowly towards Chu Yuzhao, as if enjoying the terror of its prey before they died.

This is not an ordinary black bear. It can be seen from its blind eye that it is ferocious and warlike by nature, and hunting is not just for food.

Luo Bai didn't know the situation outside yet, so he only urged Chu Yuzhao to go into the cave quickly, but Chu Yuzhao didn't make a sound, because now all his mind was on the black bear opposite.

He watched the black bear rush forward, its huge figure rapidly enlarged in his pupils, and he could even see the sharp teeth in its wide open mouth, and smell the disgusting stench.

At this moment, he didn't care about thinking about what would happen to him, whether he would be torn into pieces by those sharp claws and fangs, instead he calmed down.

He knew he couldn't dodge it, so he could only cut the black bear's stomach with the hatchet in his hand while the black bear was attacking him.He only hoped that after slicing its stomach, he would still have a chance to fight it standing up, so that Luo Bai could escape.

The black bear's huge body flew down with the wind, and its sharp claws pierced Chu Yuzhao's shoulder.The young man gritted his teeth with a muffled grunt, ignoring the severe pain from his shoulders, gripped the chopping knife tightly with both hands, and stabbed upwards vigorously, until the tip of the knife pierced the black bear's chest, and then cut it down with all his strength.

The black bear suffered from the pain, let out a miserable howl, and swiped its claws downward. Suddenly, several deep claw marks appeared on Chu Yuzhao's chest, and blood spurted out.

He ignored his injury, and continued to hold the knife tightly, roaring in his mouth, and the veins on his arms burst out.

As the blade was cut down, the howl of the black bear became louder and louder. At the same time, the claws embedded in Chu Yuzhao's chest also exerted force, as if trying to take out his heart.

In the severe pain, Chu Yuzhao's vision began to blur, and the strength in his body was also rapidly exhausted, but he still held the handle of the knife and did not let it go. There was only one thought in his mind, to kill it, to kill it at all costs, not to let it go There is a chance to hurt Luo Bai.

When Luo Bai turned into a leopard and squeezed out of the cave, he saw such a tragic scene in front of him.

The huge black bear, which was several times the size of Chu Yuzhao, was stretching its claws to grab his brother's chest, and blood was gushing out from that chest.

Luo Bai's mind was empty, and it seemed that the whole world had changed color, dyed a deep red by the blood gushing from Chu Yuzhao's chest.

He was so agitated by Chu Yuzhao's blood that he lost his mind, so that when he recalled all this later, he could only remember red eyes and some fragments.

In those clips, the little leopard let out a desperate roar, jumped up and bit the bear claw that was caught in Chu Yuzhao's chest, biting and pulling desperately, and tasted a fishy and salty taste in his mouth. Yu Zhao's blood.

Little Leopard's teeth were still a little immature, but he could hear the sound of the teeth digging into the bone, and then crushing, tearing, and pulling the bones.

He bit off the bear's claw, and then threw himself on the bear's head, as if turning into a real beast, biting desperately and angrily, tearing off a large piece of flesh and blood that was attached to the skin.

Maybe it was too painful, maybe it was because he didn't want to recall, Luo Bai had already forgotten all the things that followed, but the heart-wrenching pain and remorse were engraved in his bones.

He regretted that he hadn't turned into a leopard in time, and regretted that he hadn't turned into a leopard when his brother was in danger.

If, if there is a future, I will never make this mistake again.I swear, as long as my brother is in danger, no matter where the world is, I will save him!