Prince! The political conspiracy is not a play, the show is real

Is it her? Is it her? If it's her, nothing can happen to her!

Chu Huanjun prayed this unconsciously in his heart, crumpling the piece of peach pink satin into a ball and holding it in his palm. When he was hesitating whether to continue digging three feet deeper, he suddenly found a row of carriage tracks of varying depths in the mud beside him.

This area was a desolate wilderness with few houses. The wheel tracks on the muddy ground were clear and clearly fresh.

Chu Huanjun had an idea and hurriedly led the mule and walked forward along the traces of the wheel tracks.

After walking about four or five miles, we came into view of a peach grove in the distance. The wheel tracks followed a single path straight ahead, entering the grove.

By chance, Chu Huanjun found a piece of peach pink gauze on the ground. When he walked forward, he saw that there was also a piece of gauze tied to the peach tree branch.

Chu Huanjun was delighted - Tao Yao was not too stupid and knew to leave a mark, otherwise he really didn't know where to find her.

The peach blossom forest was filled with fog, which obstructed Chu Huanjun's vision. He had no choice but to follow the wheel tracks and the marks left by Tao Yao on the gauze to travel through the peach blossom forest.

I don’t know how long I walked, but the traces of the carriage tracks under my feet suddenly stopped, and there was no longer any pink satin left by Tao Yao. There were only a few pieces of gravel scattered in the mud.

There was still a peach tree in front of me, and its lush branches densely blocked the road ahead. There were also many wild grasses growing on the road, and I couldn't see anything in front clearly.

Chu Huanjun couldn't help but feel empty in his heart, and a bad idea suddenly popped into his mind.

While praying in his heart, he took two more steps forward, pushing aside the overgrown bushes and peach branches in front of him. In an instant, the view in front of him became clear, and the scene that came into his sight made Chu Huanjun's heart stop for a moment.

There was a cliff in front of us.

Chu Huanjun lowered his head and looked down at the cliff. The cliff was very high and there was a deep river below it. If Tao Yao was really in that carriage and accidentally fell off the cliff, there would probably be no hope of survival.

Suddenly, Chu Huanjun felt a sharp pain in his heart and could not help but punch the peach tree next to him, almost breaking the trunk.

No, she would be fine—how could she be fine when he hadn't even had the chance to look at her?!

Chu Huanjun's heart was beating like a drum. This was the first time in his life that he felt panic-stricken and helpless.

Once upon a time, Chu Huanjun was so arrogant and thought he could control everything and make all the plans. He would never get close to anything that he did not have control over, because it was too dangerous. If he was not careful, he would be implicated and unable to escape.

Although he had long discovered that Tao Yao was a variable that he could not control, he could not control his heart. He wanted to get closer to her, closer to her, even if she wanted to keep him at a distance, but so what? No one could stop him from doing what he was happy to do.

Even though his mind had reminded him thousands of times not to bother with that stupid girl who was of no use to him, but where she was, his eyes would never leave her - he would chase her, chase her forever, follow her to see the world she longed for, and protect her from being bullied by anyone.

At the moment when he couldn't find Tao Yao, Chu Huanjun felt like he was going crazy. He finally realized his feelings - he was afraid that this time, he would really fall flat on his face because of a woman.

Thinking of this, Chu Huanjun quickly comforted himself. He broke off a thick and long branch from the side and inserted it into the broken rock on the cliff. He hung on the branch with one hand, swung his body lightly, and jumped off the cliff.

On the other side, Tao Yao walked out of the peach forest and walked around for three miles before accidentally discovering a small teahouse.

Guarding the entrance of the teahouse was a man who was eight feet tall. Although he had his hat pulled very low on his head, Tao Yao recognized him at a glance. He was Lao Zhang, the coachman who had driven for Zuo Tang before.

Tao Yao didn't even think twice before rushing forward and yelling to the driver, "Where's Lu Che? I'm here to find him."

When coachman Zhang saw Tao Yao, a hint of uncertainty flashed in his eyes, as if he could not have expected that this thin and slow-looking woman could actually detoxify the poison in the tea by herself and follow him all the way here.

Coachman Zhang bowed slightly, clasped his fists and made a salutation to Tao Yao, saying coldly, "Second Miss Shi, my master is here handling important matters. He has specifically instructed me, Yao, to guard this door and not let anyone in."

Tao Yao was startled and asked quickly, "I don't care what your boss wants to deal with. Lu Che is still in your hands. Hand him over."

Coachman Zhang's expression shifted, and he frowned. "I don't know who Lu Che is that Second Miss Shi is talking about. However, if Second Miss Shi insists on forcing her way through, then she'll have to get past me first..."

After saying that, Zhang the rickshaw driver pulled out a scimitar that was half a person's height from the scabbard on his back, and slammed the blade to the ground with a bang, instantly splitting three deep cracks in the mud.

Tao Yao couldn't help but take two steps back. Unarmed, she had no chance of winning a head-on fight with this driver Zhang.

But to save Lu Che, he had to break into the teahouse and pass through this door, which meant he had to defeat the driver Zhang who looked like he could kill Tao Yao with one blow.

Tao Yao was in great confusion. For some reason, she seemed to hear faint moans coming from the teahouse.

Could it be Lu Che?! Tao Yao's heart suddenly burned with anxiety. For a moment, she didn't care about anything else and simply rushed forward.

The result was as expected. The driver grabbed Tao Yao's collar like a chick, lifted her up slowly, and hung her on his elbow like a trophy.

"Second Miss Shi, my master forgives you for being the daughter of General Zhenbei, so he's letting you go. But if you insist on refusing to accept our offer, we might as well kill you without making a fuss. I'm afraid the Zhenbei Marquis won't complain. I heard you weren't particularly favored in the Shi residence, were you?"

While threatening Tao Yao, the coachman Zhang placed the long scimitar in his hand on Tao Yao's waist.

The back of the knife mercilessly pressed against Tao Yao's waist and abdomen, with only a thin layer of clothes between them. In an instant, the back of the knife sent waves of bone-chilling coldness, as if it could almost crush Tao Yao's bone marrow.

Tao Yao was so scared that a layer of cold sweat broke out on her back, almost soaking her thin shirt.

She understood what Zhang the coachman meant. If Zuo Tang really didn't want to show mercy, he would cut her in half with this knife right now, leaving her body exposed in the wilderness without even a grave.