The prince is very cruel

"Yuwen Hongdu, if you can't find the person, you will be held fully responsible for this matter!"

After saying this, the big shot from the Imperial Guards led his team away.

Only the palace guards were left standing in a row. Yuwen Hongdu, who was standing at the front, had a gloomy expression on his face. He didn't really want to chase and kill Guan Ning, although he should have done his best to do so. But for some reason, he just didn't want to. Maybe it was because he admired Guan Ning, or sympathized with Guan Ning's experience, or maybe it was because Guan Ning could have killed him just now, but didn't.

"Sir, what should we do now?"

"Guan Ning is very cunning. He knew someone was trying to intercept him, so he would definitely not take the usual route."

"We've searched everything outside the city. Why don't we search the moat again, or maybe poison it?" someone suggested.

Yuwen Hongdu's eyes fell on the darkness in the moat. He seemed to sense something.

In the darkness, Guan Ning noticed that the other party's eyes were fixed on him. His heart rose to his throat. He made all the plans and slowly reached for his waist.

Even if I die, I must send Yuan Xiang away.

Snowflakes were falling in the calm moat, and the cold wind accentuated the extreme silence of the night. The imperial guards were searching in the distance, and they would rush over immediately at the slightest sign of movement.

The scene was almost stagnant and suffocating!

Yuwen Hongdu finally shook his head: "People are still in the city, let's go."

"The Imperial Guards will continue to search the major docks and official roads. The north and west sides are heavily guarded. We can just search the city."

"Yes!"

The palace guards all bowed, and then followed Yuwen Hongdu away quickly, as if they had never appeared.

In the freezing river water, Guan Ning's face slowly emerged, looking in the direction where Yuwen Hongdu left and remained silent for a long time.

What did his last words mean?

There is no need to say it. Is he tipping off himself?

Guan Ning always felt that Yuwen Hongdu heard Yuan Xiang's voice when he came here, and at least suspected that there was someone in the moat, but he did not say anything.

Why should he help himself?

Guan Ning was puzzled.

At this time, the weak Yuan Xiang opened his lips slightly, as if they were trembling: "Guan Ning, what's wrong?"

"fine."

"Now that the people have left, let's go up first, find the horses prepared in advance, and break out from the east. Don't fall asleep yet, hold on." Guan Ning spoke softly.

Yuan Xiang nodded, rested her head on his chest, and under his guidance, slowly swam towards the shore.

Although the arrest operation was massive and alarmed tens of thousands of imperial guards, they focused more on the city. Even outside the city, they mostly just set up defenses to block the enemy.

As for the moat, it was basically ignored by all the pursuers. After all, how could people run into the river, especially when it was so cold and freezing.

Wow…

Soon, the two came out of the water. Yuan Xiang was frozen stiff, and her slender legs could no longer allow her to walk, so Guan Ning could only carry her on his back.

The cold wind blew, and his body felt so cold that it seemed as if it was not his own, but he could only grit his teeth and move forward, because there were still many people in Shu waiting for him to return!

……

The next day.

The entire capital was shrouded in a state of panic and solemnity, and many imperial guards were still running back and forth.

In front of the Huaqing Gate, which was almost smashed into ruins, there was a devastating silence, swords and spears were standing upright, hundreds of people were kneeling on the ground, not daring to look up, and the atmosphere was extremely depressing.

The old emperor's face was so gloomy that water could drip out of it.

"You mean, these big pits, this big hole, and these body parts were all blown out by Guan Ning with his bare hands?"

"Your Majesty, it is true. I saw it with my own eyes!" A high-ranking doctor replied tremblingly.

Upon hearing this, the old emperor's breathing became rapid, the old flesh at the corners of his mouth twitched, and his eyes emanated a murderous intent.

"How many secrets does this little bastard have?"

Crack, crack, crack!!

His withered hands clenched into fists, making crackling sounds. He didn't shout or scream, but anyone could feel the murderous aura that wanted to annihilate all nine clans in a single thought.

All the creatures crawling on the ground were terrified.

drive! !

Phew!!

At this time, several fast horses came, and Yuwen Hongdu and a middle-aged man wearing armor, who looked mighty and rugged, got off and ran forward.

"We pay our respects to His Majesty. Long live His Majesty!"

The old emperor turned around, his eyes like a lone wolf, bloodthirsty and incomparable: "How is it, did you catch them?"

General Shi Wandao of the Imperial Guards looked nervous and said, "Your Majesty, not yet."

"but……"

"But what? But tens of thousands of imperial guards can't capture Guan Ning?" The old emperor roared and completely exploded.

Everyone was terrified: "Your Majesty, calm down."

"Your Majesty, please forgive me, please forgive me!"

"After receiving the order, I immediately sent people to the place where Guan Ning was under house arrest, but, but by then he had already escaped. This is not my fault!" As he said this, Shi Wandao glanced at Yuwen Hongdu.

The old emperor drew a long sword from the guard's waist with a bang, and was still furious.

"No, Your Majesty!" Everyone stepped back in fear.

The old emperor glared at Yuwen Hongdu, gritting his teeth and saying, "I asked you to look after Guan Ning. What do you think?"

"He fooled the entire Imperial Guards. Not only did he escape, but even Yuan Xiang was stolen away!"

"Do you know how much you've caused me to lose?"

The old emperor shouted the last sentence with trembling voice. Now that Yuan Xiang was gone, it was hard to say whether Yuan Sima would still be willing to follow him. And once Guan Ning left, there was no hope for Zhuge Liannu. Now he was basically sure that the Liannu belonged to Guan Ning.

boom!

Yuwen Hongdu was knocked flying, his face bleeding from the blow of the knife, swollen and almost ulcerated.

His long hair was disheveled, his brows were furrowed, and he looked a little embarrassed, but he didn't scream. He bowed his head and said, "Your Majesty, I admit my mistake."

"Humph, I know I'm wrong!"

"Can you make amends just because you know you're wrong?" The old emperor raised a knife and put it on his neck.

Yuwen Hongdu supported himself on the ground with one hand, his face grim: "I am willing to accept the punishment."

"punish?"

"punish?"

"Of course I will punish you!"

"Come here, drag these useless people guarding the gate away and chop them off!"

"Yes!"

Upon hearing this, Yuwen Hongdu's face changed drastically. He stood in front of his men, knelt down and said anxiously: "Your Majesty, no, it's not their fault, it's all my fault!"

"Get out of here!" The old emperor kicked the man away and almost fell down, but was supported by Eunuch Lu.

"I won't kill you today, I'll just teach you a lesson. But if it happens again, you'll have to collect your own corpse!"

"What are you still standing there for? Drag him away!" the old emperor shouted angrily.

"No!" The imperial guard who was dragged away shouted for help.

Yuwen Hongdu's face turned ugly. He hugged the old emperor's legs and begged, "Your Majesty, don't!"

"They are all meritorious officials. Each of them has made great contributions and even blocked arrows for you. Please, give them a chance!"