One touch and one silence

The autumn wind was a little chilly, and Nanzhi and others were traveling day and night.

Today is already the third day. Nanzhi felt a little reluctant when seeing the tiredness on the faces of Liuyue, Sanqi and others.

"Let's take a break!"

Nanzhi gave an order to several people.

She and Old Man Xu didn't have any feelings for each other. They were both in the carriage, relying on them to keep going.

Even when sleeping, the carriage never stops.

The only time they would stop to rest was when they were eating, when Doctor Xu was making medicine for her. The rest of the time they were basically on the road.

"Your Highness is fine. He will arrive in a few days. This matter is urgent and cannot be delayed."

Liu Yue frowned and calmly rejected Nanzhi. She knew very well that something big might happen at this time.

If the second prince were to really ascend to that position, not only the crown prince but even the prince would probably not have an easy time.

Although she didn't know what had happened between the prince and the crown prince, at least the crown prince would not kill the prince. He was just taking advantage of him.

The situation with the Imperial Concubine and the Second Prince was not certain. When the Prince sent her away and burned the brocade and buried it under the tree with other things, she knew that those things were not ordinary.

She asked Doctor Xu, who said it was poisonous. She was even more puzzled as to why her master chose to conceal it. Was she really trying to find out who was behind it? Why hadn't her master asked them to investigate until now? So how could she stop?

Seeing Liu Yue's firm attitude, Nanzhi finally agreed to her wishes.

When we arrive in Kyoto, we will give them a few days off to have a good rest.

The night slowly fell, and the official road was surrounded by two mountains on both sides. The official road was now empty.

There was only the sound of horse-drawn carriages traveling on the official road.

While sleeping, Nanzhi suddenly felt the carriage stop suddenly.

Nanzhi asked in surprise, "What's wrong?"

"Master, don't come out!"

Liu Yue's voice was abnormally calm. Nanzhi lifted the curtain of the carriage and saw someone vaguely visible not far ahead.

"Who are you? Why are you blocking our way?"

Erwu kicked the horse in the belly, and the horse took a few steps forward, walking in front of the carriage with a cautious look on its face.

"Why? You have to ask your prince about this!"

The leading man in black spoke in a cold tone, with a cold light in his eyes that was so bright that it was frightening even in the dark night.

"It seems that you are well prepared!"

After Erwu finished speaking, Nanzhi heard the sound of people around her drawing their swords.

"Of course I came prepared. The prince made me wait so long! I waited for almost a year before he was willing to come out. How come he did so many bad things? Is he scared? Is he a coward?"

Nanzhi listened to what this person said and wondered in his heart, who is this person?

She did one big thing in Jiangnan, which was the Zhuo family's affairs.

But weren't the Zhuo family members already arrested? Didn't my cheap dad also deal with Zhuo Yichen?

Why does this person feel so much like her enemy, coming to take revenge on her?

Is there anyone else in the Zhuo family?

"Who are you? It seems you know this king quite well!"

"This is a government road, aren't you afraid?"

"Afraid?" The man in black sneered, his tone became even colder, and his eyes stared at the people in the carriage with hatred.

"I am even more afraid of watching the prince, the culprit who killed 436 people in my Zhuo family, living a leisurely and comfortable life!"

Nanzhi understood immediately after hearing this! This is the remnant of the Zhuo family.

"You come to me for revenge, but who can those poor women seek revenge on? I have no regrets about the evil things your Zhuo family has done."

"I just didn't expect to miss you!"

Nanzhi's words completely angered the man in black. Zhuo Yichen stopped talking nonsense and gritted his teeth and ordered, "Go! Whoever takes the prince's head will be rewarded with a thousand taels of gold."

After hearing what the man in black said, Nanzhi understood a little. This man should be a direct descendant of the Zhuo family. He could use so much money, so the Zhuo family might have had some tricks up their sleeves.

Who is this person? The voice sounds familiar to her, but didn’t the emperor’s letter say that he fell off a cliff and died?

She didn't get the answer she wanted, and considering how tired the people around her were in recent days, she felt that this battle might be difficult to win.

"No need to fight. We are few in number and have been traveling a lot recently. I'm afraid we are not as strong as others mentally. Let's find a way to leave."

Nanzhi whispered an order to Liuyue, and Liuyue understood his master's plan.

"You guys drag it!"

After saying this, Liu Yue turned the horse around and drove the carriage straight back.

Nanzhi watched the men in black hiding in the shade of the trees chasing after them with weapons in hand.

She looked at Sanqierwu and others who were buying time for them from behind, and Nanzhi couldn't tell what she felt in her heart.

Nanzhi didn't want to see her people get hurt or die.

"Liu Yue, tell them to run away if they can't win!"

"Saving your life is the most important thing!"

Nanzhi watched the distance between them getting farther and farther, and Liu Yue simply cut the reins of the carriage and gave an order to Doctor Xu.

"Old Xu, can you ride a horse?"

Old man Xu just reacted in a hurry at this moment, and his tone was a little flustered.

“Yes…somewhat!”

Liu Yue directly cut off the reins of the other horse, grabbed Old Man Xu's arm and threw him directly onto the horse's back.

"Ride your horse to another place, hurry up!

She didn't have time to protect anyone inside and outside. Those people's target was her master. At this moment, they had to go separately. With one less person, her chances of escaping with her master would be greater.

Liu Yue got into the carriage again, carried Nanzhi onto the back of another horse, and whipped the remaining two horses hard.

The horse felt pain and continued to run forward quickly.

Liu Yue rode a horse and took Nanzhi into the mountains, hoping that this method could buy them some time.

Nanzhi said nothing. The mountain road became more bumpy. Nanzhi felt her stomach churning. She suppressed the discomfort in her heart and walked towards the mountains.

Liu Yue left marks for Sanqi and the others on the way. In the dark night, the forest was even more terrifying, with a gloomy and ghostly feeling.

Last time he was investigating a case, this time he was escaping, and his state of mind was very different.

She listened to the calls of unknown birds along the way. All the sounds sounded so scary and weird that she didn't dare to relax at all.

Liu Yue kept on walking, wondering in his heart, did those people want to stop the prince from returning to the capital? Or did they want to kill the prince on the way?

If we stop them, I'm afraid those people have some connection with the harem.

If it was an assassination, it would probably be revenge, and the journey would probably not be peaceful.

If they fail to achieve their goal now, those people will probably wait for them to fall into their trap at the places they must pass through in Kyoto.

Liu Yue wandered aimlessly in the mountains. Once he entered the mountains, he felt much safer.

Now it’s time to think of a solution!

"Master, I'm afraid those people won't give up. What should we do?"

When Nanzhi heard Liu Yue's question, she felt very confused and didn't know what to do.

"Did you listen to what that person said just now? He must have been waiting for me to leave the house. This person might really be the remnant of the Zhuo Mansion."

Along the way just now, she kept recalling the voice of that person, which sounded especially like that of Zhuo Yichen.