After the rebirth, I became the darling of the tyrant

Gu Chen coughed twice, turned his head and glanced outside.Through the bed curtain, he could vaguely see three figures: the silhouette of the one leaning over looked like a doctor, and the one on the left with bowed head and back should be just a servant.The one standing in the middle looked idle, and seemed to be the leader of the group.

The doctor had already stood by the bed and was reaching out his hand to Gu Chen.In a flash, Gu Chen turned over and got out of bed, rushed to the man in the middle in an instant, pulled out the dagger, and the blade hit the man's neck.

"You—!" The man was obviously taken aback, and he stuttered in panic, "You you you——!!"

When he really saw this person's face clearly, Gu Chen remembered who this person was——Wang Xinfang, Wang Yongke's cousin.After being grabbed by Gu Chen, he trembled like a sieve, his eyes widened and he glanced at Gu Chen's hand holding the dagger, his legs were so frightened: "...you, you, you can watch that hand carefully." ..."

Gu Chen was too lazy to talk nonsense with him: "Tell these people to step down."

"Back off, you all back off!"

Wang Xinfang waved his hands indiscriminately, and everyone retreated to the side under his signal.Gu Chen took him a step towards the door, and several armored soldiers drew out their swords with a "swish", blocking Gu Chen's way.

Gu Chen sneered slightly, and exerted a little force on the hand holding the knife: "Why, don't you want your life?"

Wang Xinfang was so frightened that he couldn't bear the shit, and hurriedly shouted: "Quick, put away all the weapons! Everyone, everyone, get out of the way!"

Holding him tightly, Gu Chen walked down from the third floor of the inn to the lobby.He looked around and said to Wang Xinfang, "Ask them to prepare some water, dry food, ropes, and a horse for me."

Wang Xinfang didn't dare to say no, so he quickly ordered someone to do it.Not long after, a package was delivered to Gu Chen. He glanced at it, put one hand on Wang Xinfang's neck and the other on his back, and then continued to coerce Wang Xinfang out of the inn.

There was indeed a horse ready there, Gu Chen checked it a little bit, and said to Wang Xinfang: "Tell them not to chase, if I see someone chasing out, maybe you won't be able to come back."

"Did you hear that, don't chase, don't chase! No one is allowed to chase!"

At the end, Wang Xinfang's voice was already crying.Gu Chen got on the horse, grabbed his collar in one hand and pulled him onto the horse as well, then lifted the reins and left in a hurry.

When he arrived at the gate of the city, he looked back and couldn't help laughing: This group of people is really obedient, and no one caught up.

According to the original plan with Jiang Chong, Gu Chen walked straight along the official road after leaving the city. The destination was a small town called Qinliang, where Jiang Chong would bring Concubine Xian to meet him.

However, Gu Chen couldn't move on when he was halfway there: probably because of the heavy rain last night, the entire road in front of him caved in, leaving a big hole nearly two feet away.Unless they can fly, they can only go around in detours.

Perhaps it was because Gu Chen reined in the horse, and Wang Xinfang asked hopefully, "Hero, you...are you letting me go here?"

Gu Chen was amused for a while, and frightened him casually: "I'm here to kill you."

Wang Xinfang flinched in fright and almost fell off the horse.He cried, "Hero! Hero, I beg you, let me go. My family has countless gold and silver. You can say as much as you want!"

Gu Chen thought to himself how much the salary of a general of the second rank is, and the Wang family is so extravagant, and I don't know where all the money came from... Thinking of this, he pressed his hand against Wang Xinfang's neck: "Shut up. "

He observed the nearby road again, and finally confirmed that he had no choice but to go into the mountain and take a small path.However, the nearby Qinliang Mountain was very muddy due to the rain just now, and the road was difficult to walk. He could not ride a horse, and it was difficult to cross the mountain with Wang Xinfang.

... had to leave him behind.

Gu Chen got off his horse at the foot of Qinliang Mountain, and dragged Wang Xinfang for a while into the mountain.Then he found a straight and strong tree, took out the rope from the package, and tied Wang Xinfang firmly to the tree.

"Hero!" Wang Xinfang's legs kept shaking, and even his voice trembled along with it, "You, what are you doing?"

Gu Chen ignored him, checked the rope after tying it up, tugged hard and found that it was almost impossible to break it artificially, so he left Wang Xinfang, turned his head and went to the mountain.

In order to delay the pursuers for a few days, I had to wrong the prince.Thinking so, Gu Chen quickened his pace and entered the woods.

After walking a certain distance up the mountain, Gu Chen realized something was wrong.

Many trees in the mountain fell to the ground, exposing their intertwined roots.The original road had disappeared, and Gu Chen fumbled in one direction for a while, when a cliff suddenly appeared in front of him.The whole mountain seemed to be sliced ​​off one side by something, and it was neatly broken into two sections.

The surrounding scenery became completely unrecognizable. Gu Chen stood there observing for a while, and had to admit that he couldn't recognize the original direction at all.

he's lost.

It seems that part of the mountain may have been washed away by the heavy rain, causing the surrounding scenery to completely change... Gu Chen can't find his way now, and he can't even find the path he wanted to go around. Without going around this flat cliff, continue to walk forward for a while.

The forest was completely quiet, there was no one, not even the chirping of birds.It was as if the heavy rain had washed away the entire mountain, and all the living things had disappeared.

He walked alone for a while, and vaguely saw the outline of a small house in front of him.Thinking that it might be someone living in this mountain, Gu Chen quickly took two steps to catch up, and the outline of the hut gradually became clear.

The courtyard door was wide open, and there was no movement in the house.It was difficult for Gu Chen to confirm whether there was anyone inside, so he stood at the door and knocked lightly.

"Is anyone there?" he asked.

After a while, the sound of tables and chairs moving came from the room, and a hoarse voice said, "Who is it?"

"A traveler passing by got lost and had to come to trouble him." Gu Chen said.

Heavy footsteps sounded, the door opened, and a burly man appeared at the door.He has a full beard and long hair, and he uses a wooden branch as a hairpin. It seems that he has lived in this forest for a while.He looked Gu Chen up and down, turned sideways to get out of the way, and said in a deep voice, "Come in."

"Thank you."

Gu Chen gave him a friendly smile and entered the room.There is a table and two chairs in the middle of the room, which are very tidy. It seems that the owner loves to keep things clean.

"It rained last night, and the mountain road was very difficult to walk." The bearded man closed the door, went to the kitchen and brought out two cups of tea and a plate of cakes, "You can eat as you please, the place is simple, don't dislike it."

"Thank you." Gu Chen smiled gently, and immediately felt a little more fond of him in his heart, "I'm really bothering you, and I have to trouble the master."

"It's all right." The bearded man waved his hand, "I've lived here for many years, and no one came here... I went out this morning to see the mountain collapsed because of the heavy rain. It's normal for you to get lost."

He paused, and then said: "It's dangerous to collapse the mountain, wait a while before leaving."

Gu Chen nodded and said with a smile, "Thank you very much."

"You're welcome." The bearded man said, "Just eat, I still have some."

The tea in the mountains is rough, but it has a particularly mellow aroma.While drinking tea, Gu Chen looked at the furnishings in the room.

Apart from a few simple tables and chairs, there is also a bow hanging on the wall, and a quiver in the corner, which may be used by this person to hunt for a living.Beside the quiver, there is also a long sword that has been covered with dust.

The style of the long sword looked familiar, and Gu Chen curiously brushed away the cobwebs and dust on it.He wiped the scabbard and saw two small characters engraved on it——

"Cloud floating".

Yunfu...! ?

Gu Chen was taken aback, and quickly put down the teacup in his hand, looked at it carefully, and it was absolutely true, it was indeed the word "Yunfu"!

There are two brothers in the Gu family, the elder brother Gu Heng, whose style name is Yunfu; the second son, Gu Chen, whose style name is Yunding.In the Battle of Huaihe River, my brother was invincible and loved by the soldiers because of his bravery in battle, so some soldiers would call their army "Yunfu Army" in private.

Represents a kind of respect and following.

Gu Chen's breathing was a little short, and he stared at the two small characters closely, never expecting that seven years later, in a hunter's hut in the mountains, traces of the former Yunfu Army could be seen.What is the identity of the owner of this wooden house, that bearded man?

There was a soft sound of the bottom of the plate touching the table behind him, and Gu Chen turned his head abruptly.The burly man obviously saw the sword engraved with "Yunfu". He looked at the sword, then at Gu Chen, and finally heaved a long sigh.

"That's an old thing." The big man said, "It looks like you recognize it."

Gu Chen nodded: "Are you..."

"My surname is Yan." The big man said, "My name is Yan Sheng."

Gu Chen was surprised: Yan Sheng was one of the three lieutenants of the Yunfu Army.

Shen Jing, inside Ganquan Palace.

"No news yet?"

The young emperor tapped the table impatiently with his slender fingers. He shook off the folder in his hand irritably, and walked to the window with his hands behind his back.

"Responding to His Majesty..." Wei Dequan bowed, "Your servant has just returned from the inner palace, and there is no Sir Gu in today's secret letter."

"A few days?"

"It has been eleven days since Mr. Gu sent a letter last time."

This is abnormal... Xiao Tingshen clenched his hands involuntarily in his sleeves. When Gu Chen left, he had agreed with him to write him a secret letter at least every ten days. He could write anything. It was already eleven days ago that the secret letter was sealed.

"Ask again." Xiao Tingshen calmed down, and said in a deep voice, "If Gu Qing sends a letter, give it to me immediately!"

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Note: A collapsed mountain is a landslide.