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

Tao Yao has rarely gone out since coming to this world.

In addition, she was caught by Shi Yiqian last time when she went out without permission and was beaten with thirty sticks in Zhuzheng Hall. She never dared to step out of the gate of Shi Mansion again.

So, when the man in black carried her across the wall of the Shi Mansion compound and flew over the capital city like a gust of wind, she looked down and saw the twinkling lights of thousands of homes all over the city. She became extremely nervous and couldn't help but howl like a ghost.

Her cries were so mournful and strange that it would not be an exaggeration to describe them as the howling of ghosts and wolves.

The man in black just glanced down at her with a hint of joy in his eyes: "Arnold, do you still remember?"

Tao Yao felt that he was baffled. She stopped crying, glared at him, and asked, "Where are you taking me?"

The man in black stopped looking at her and seemed to say something again, but the strong wind at night made their robes rustle, so Tao Yao didn't hear clearly.

"What did you say?"

The man in black ignored her and just tapped her neck three times quickly with one hand. Tao Yao suddenly felt dizzy and fainted instantly.

When Tao Yao woke up again, she was in a bamboo forest.

Her hands and legs were tied with hemp ropes, and she was leaning against a tree with her back. There was a bonfire next to her, which had obviously been lit not long ago.

At this time, a group of figures were slowly walking towards them from the bamboo forest not far away. When they came closer, Tao Yao could see his face clearly. It was a man in black.

His face was no longer covered with the black cloth, and he was holding a wounded hare in his hand.

"Hey!" Tao Yao shouted at him, "Who are you? Why did you bring me here?"

The man in black glanced at her, smiled helplessly, and threw the hare at her feet.

"Weren't you quite excited just now? Why are you scared now?"

He came over and sat beside her, drew a small knife from his waist, and began to peel off the fur of the hare bit by bit.

Seeing that he didn't answer her, Tao Yao kicked the man in black hard with her bound legs and feet: "Untie me."

The man in black still ignored him. Instead, he put down the work of skinning and de-tending the rabbit, and used his free hands to tighten the knots on her legs and hands.

"I won't hurt you."

The man in black tied her hands tightly and carefully brushed the dust off her sleeves. After doing this, he turned aside and continued to fiddle with the rabbit.

Tao Yao was a little anxious and wanted to lower her head to bite the knot on her hand, but she twisted for a long time like a big insect in a cricket pupa, but she couldn't break free as she wished.

"Hey, I know you. You want to kidnap me as a hostage and then blackmail my dad, right?"

"But you've kidnapped the wrong person. If you really want to make a fortune by kidnapping, you should kidnap my sister. If you kidnap me—even if you kill me here—my father won't care."

"I'm telling you! Even though my father won't care about me, this world still abides by the law. You'll go to jail for forcibly seizing a woman like this."

"Hey... I'm unlucky to meet you. Please quickly search me to see if there's anything valuable on me. Take it away immediately. Can you please let me go?"

……

Half an hour passed, so long that Tao Yao almost fell asleep. No matter how hard she begged, the person opposite remained unmoved.

However, the man in black did as he promised and simply tied her up there without any further move to blackmail her.

Tao Yao talked too much and felt a little dry in the mouth and a little tired. She didn't realize that her eyes were half closed and sleepiness was creeping in.

Just as she was beginning to doze off like a chick pecking at rice, she suddenly felt warmth on her hand. She lowered her head and saw a rabbit fur muff was put on her hand.

She raised her head in surprise, and her gaze suddenly met those dark green eyes, which made her heart startled.

There always seemed to be some indescribable emotion in the way he looked at her, making Tao Yao feel that this was not the first time they met, as if they had known each other before.

But she clearly couldn't remember anything about the person in front of her, except for the strange dream that day.

He looked at her in silence for a long moment, then said, "Someone will be coming to see you soon. We have to leave quickly."

"Go? Where?"

“…Don’t worry about this.”

"No, why should I go with you?" Tao Yao felt puzzled.

He skillfully lifted her arms, lifted her into the air, and then transferred her to his back.

"The way back is difficult. My horses are ten miles ahead," he said.

Tao Yao twisted her body desperately on his back, trying to get off: "Go back? Where to?"

The man in black ignored her and just stamped out the bonfire next to him that had not yet burned out, and kicked up the mud and sand nearby to cover up his traces.

The man in black checked left and right, and after finally confirming that his whereabouts would not be exposed, he quickly hugged Tao Yao's waist and back with his backhand, and started running like a gust of wind again.

The two of them shuttled through the bamboo forest.

Tao Yao was on his back, and she felt the whistling of wind beside her ears. The sharp tips of many bamboo leaves scraped against her earlobes, causing pain.

Tao Yao had no choice but to pinch the black-clad man's waist with her fingers. This trick really worked. She heard him groan in pain, but his pace was still fast, not slowing down at all.

She said, "What on earth are you going to do?"

He answered quickly: "Take you away."

"Am I some kind of object? You just took me away without even asking for my opinion."

Strangely enough, the man in black stopped as soon as she finished speaking.

At night, the cold wind whistled in the bamboo forest, and occasionally one or two crows cried out through the forest, which sounded particularly solemn and murderous.

The man in black actually began to ask for her opinion: "Do you want to come with me?"

"No."

Tao Yao cursed him in her heart as a psychopath.

Is that even a question? I don't even know who you are, so why should I follow you?

The man in black actually put her down. There seemed to be a kind of suppressed emotion in his eyes, but Tao Yao couldn't understand it.

"I'm sorry," he said, looking a little embarrassed, like a child who had made a mistake. "I wasn't thoughtful enough."

Tao Yao looked around. This was a bamboo forest. There was no running water, no paths, and the night was pitch black. She had rarely been out of the house and had no idea where she was.

She stretched out her bound hands in front of him and said in a commanding tone, "Untie me and send me home."

When the man in front of him heard the word "go home", a light suddenly flashed in his eyes, but quickly disappeared, as if he realized something.

"No."

He refused so categorically that she could only feel helpless and furious.

He pulled her wrist and said, "My name is Lu Che now."

Why is he called Lu Che now? Wasn't he called this name before? Tao Yao repeated the name to herself, and then thought of the dream before. She asked, "Did we know each other before?"

Lu Che nodded.

"But I don't remember." Tao Yao said frankly.

Lu Che looked at her with a look of regret, his eyes slightly red.

"Yeah. It's okay. We're lucky to meet again. I thought you were dead a long time ago."

Tao Yao said, "Although we may have known each other before, since we haven't seen each other for so many years and we have both lived in peace, it is better to say goodbye."

Lu Che's eyes were red and his voice became a little hoarse: "You..."

He paused for a long time, as if trying to suppress some emotions that were about to burst, and then slowly asked, "You really can't remember who I am at all?"

"I can't remember clearly, but... I seem to have seen you in a dream. You also had green eyes... It seemed like we were in the desert, looking for a spring, but we didn't find one."

Lu Che stared at her for a long moment with a silent expression. "That wasn't a dream. You still remember, Arnold."

"Ah...No?"

Lu Che nodded: "It's the name your father gave you."

"Father...?" Tao Yao felt a little dizzy. She couldn't take in so much information all at once. "But my name is Tao Yao now. I've been called this name for more than ten years. I'm used to it. Also, my father is Shi Yiqian, the Great General of Zhenbei."

"No matter what your name is now, you will always be Arnold." His eyes were bloodshot and his voice was a little excited: "Although I use this name now... but when you remember everything, when we can return to Mobei, you will still call me like before..."

Lu Che lowered his head and spoke in a very low voice: "I'll make you remember it eventually..."