A cold dream is not a dream come true

Let’s say that when we returned to Puchakeqi Town, there was a grand celebration banquet in the town, but Prince Xi and I were not in the mood to celebrate.After a simple dinner, we went back to our room and went to bed, waiting for our departure tomorrow morning.

After a day of tossing, I am really tired.I was lying on the bed, and I didn't know how long it had been in a daze, when I heard commotion outside the door.I opened my eyes a little and looked out, only to find that it was not yet dawn.So he turned over, put the quilt over his head and continued to sleep.

At this time, Prince Xi's voice suddenly came, "Chuhan, something happened."

"What?" When I heard something happened, I suddenly woke up and sat up with my eyes wide open, "What happened?"

"listen."

I listened carefully, and found that amidst the messy voices outside the door, there was a clear voice shouting: "Yuxue! Where are you! Come out!"

"Lu Jingyan?" I widened my eyes.

"Yes, she actually came after her." Prince Xi sighed.

"However, how should I explain to her about Shen Shangshu?"

"I don't know." Prince Xi got out of bed and got dressed, "We'll talk about it when we go out."

Yin time has just passed, and the sky has not yet dawned.Prince Xi and I put on our clothes and went out, and saw Lu Jingyan kneeling in the yamen courtyard with disheveled hair.When Lu Jingyan saw us, she rushed forward immediately: "My lord, where is Yuxue?"

The people in the courtyard were mixed, and Lu Jingyan's voice of "lord" made me feel bad.But everyone focused on Lu Jingyan and ignored the word "Prince".

At this time, I heard the magistrate's wife standing next to me discussing with a woman in a low voice: "Isn't this... Princess Jingyan?" The woman said in surprise.

"How come?" Madam Zhixian shook her head, "Why did Princess Jingyan come here in the middle of the night?"

The woman snickered, "Could it be that you are looking for Shen Shangshu?"

"What? Why are you looking for Shen Shangshu?"

"Hush—don't you know Ma'am? Princess Jingyan is Shen Shangshu's sister-in-law..."

"Then, I'm here to find my family."

The woman lowered her voice and said: "Ma'am, you are ignorant. Princess Jingyan was going to marry Shen Shangshu's elder brother, but when she was young, Princess Jingyan had an affair with King Zhengyuan. To avoid rumors, she ran away. Arrived in Pingyang country." While speaking, she secretly glanced at me and Prince Xi, "Later, I heard that two princes were remarried in Pingyang country. A few days ago, I returned to Danan with Shen Yuxue, and brought an unknown wild species."

"Hey, why is this woman so indiscreet?" Madam Zhixian pretended to be surprised.

"Yes, madam is right. I heard that she can't get married now, and now she wants to seduce|seduce her sister-in-law. No, I'm here."

hateful!How could these two women say that about Lu Jingyan and that Shen Yu is a bastard!Now it's really good things don't go out, and ugly things spread thousands of miles.Everyone spread rumors, and now that these two women have become Lu Jingyan seduced|seduced Shen Shangshu.I sneered, took a deep breath and wanted to explain to Madam Zhixian, but Prince Xi immediately grabbed my hand: "We are guests, don't cause trouble."

He was educated by Prince Xi again.I suppressed my anger towards those two women, and obediently stood beside Prince Xi, not daring to act rashly.

"Jingyan get up quickly, if you have something to say in the room." Prince Xi squatted down and helped Lu Jingyan up.

Lu Jingyan shook her head desperately, "My lord, tell Jingyan where is Yuxue? They lied to Jingyan that Yuxue is dead, is it true, is it true?"

Seeing that Shen Yuxue was too excited, Madam Zhixian stepped forward to dissuade her, "My lord princess, it's not good for you to disturb others by crying and crying in the middle of the night. Let Master Pu help you find it when the sun rises." Madam looked back at Prince Xi and said, "Then please, Mr. Su, bring the princess into the house and take care of her."

"Ma'am." Prince Xi got up, raised his voice and said to Madam Zhixian, "Princess Jingyan came to your county government as a guest, why did she share the same room with me? Could it be that the county government is so big that there is no room for the princess?" ?”

At this time, most of the onlookers in the courtyard were guests, and Prince Xi's few words made Madam Zhixian lose face in front of the guests.I applauded in my heart, Mrs. Zhixian, Mrs. Zhixian, if you speak ill of Lu Jingyan behind her back, Prince Xi will embarrass you in front of everyone!

Madam Zhixian was humiliated in public but couldn't get angry, so she had to ask the servants to clean up a room and settle Lu Jingyan down.After the crowd dispersed, Prince Xi and I quietly went to Lu Jingyan's room to check on his condition.

At this time, Lu Jingyan had already combed her hair and changed her clothes. When she saw us coming in, she immediately got up: "My lord, where did Yuxue go?"

"Don't call me the prince." Prince Xi shook his head, "You kept calling me the prince outside just now, I'm afraid someone has already started to become suspicious."

"Yes, I'm sorry..." Lu Jingyan apologized in a panic.

"That's all." Prince Xi waved his hands, and then sat on the bench, "Let's talk business."

I also sat down next to Prince Xi, "Did King Da Nan agree with you coming here?"

"I escaped secretly." Lu Jingyan lowered her head and said, "The king will probably catch up soon."

Listening to our conversation, Prince Xi asked in a daze, "Escape?"

Only then did I remember that when I went to the Princess Pavilion to look for Lu Jingyan on the day of the battle, King Da Nan suddenly appeared and put Lu Jingyan under house arrest.Then, in order to stabilize Shen Yuxue's mood, I made up a lie about Shen Yu's sudden fever, which did not make Shen Yuxue suspicious.But because of the urgent situation, I did not inform Prince Xi of the matter, so Prince Xi did not know about it.

After I explained, Prince Xi nodded and asked, "Why is Master Zhen so rampant?"

Lu Jingyan sighed, "The true master was my father's master when he was in power. After the third brother came to the throne, the eleventh brother has been disciplined by him..."

"No wonder." Prince Xi was also helpless.

"You haven't told me where Yuxue went?" Lu Jingyan brought up the matter again and looked at us anxiously.

I didn't dare to answer, and Prince Xi didn't make a sound either.After a long time, Prince Xi let out a long breath and said, "We don't know where we went. It should be alive, but we didn't find it."

"I didn't find it... what do you mean?" Lu Jingyan asked while biting her lower lip, clutching a handkerchief tightly in her hand.

"It's just that you can't see people alive but can't see dead bodies."

Lu Jingyan didn't continue to ask, I looked up at her expression and found that she had already burst into tears.

"Princess Jingyan, don't worry, we'll look for it at dawn!" I said hastily.

Prince Xi also nodded, "Well, let's take a rest first, we'll go look for it at dawn."

Let's say that just after dawn, we gathered a few people to go out of the city to search, and on the way we met a search team that had been searching all night.The search team said they searched the entire area west of the summit of Keshen Mountain, but found nothing suspicious.

Thanks to the search team, we once again came to the scene of the incident described by the fierce general.At this time, the dead bodies and dead horses at the scene had been cleaned up, but the red and black bloodstains remained on the ground.

"There are too many casualties, we cannot conclude that this is Shen Shangshu's blood." General Dou shook his head.

I looked at the surrounding ground and found a pool of dried blood not far ahead.The shape of the bloodstain was a bit strange, as if it was left when a person's body rolled on the ground.

"Luo Bing?" I pointed to the distance, "That pool of blood is very strange."

Prince Xi looked in the direction of my finger, and immediately frowned and walked to the front quickly. Seeing this, other people also surrounded him.

"If this pool of blood belonged to Shen Shangshu, she should have fallen off the horse here." A small official next to him said, "Look at the irregular shape of the blood stain, and there are intermittent traces in front of it, Shen Shangshu must have fallen off the horse." Then it was thrown far away."

I looked into the distance and found that not far from here was the slope of Keshen Mountain East.Since ancient times, the handover between Danan and Dongzhu has been bounded by the top of Keshen Mountain. When you go down the Dongshan slope, you will find Shenyuan Village on the border of Dongzhu Country.The terrain on Keshen Mountain's mountainside is severe, and there are many rocks and weeds. If Shen Yuxue really fell down the hillside, his life may be in danger.

"Then we should search down the hillside, maybe we can find some clues." Prince Xi suggested, "Princess Jingyan and Chuhan should wait here now."

"No, Jingyan is going too." Lu Jingyan shook her head, "No matter how difficult the front is, Jingyan will go to find Yuxue."

Prince Xi sighed, "Forget it, Chu Han, be careful with Jingyan behind, don't get lost."

"Okay." I replied.

A group of us went down the mountain carefully. At first, the slope was relatively gentle and there was no abnormality, but after a few steps, we found that the slope was steep and the gravel was messy.

Suddenly, a fierce general walking in the front shouted: "That is Shen Shangshu's armor!"

After hearing this, Lu Jingyan struggled violently to let go of my hands and rushed forward.Due to the sudden action, she didn't see the path under her feet clearly. After tripping over a stone, she flew out.

"Jingyan!"

"Princess Jingyan!"

Lu Jingyan endured the pain, struggled to stand up, and climbed to Shen Yuxue's armor, "Yuxue! Yuxue!"

"Princess Jingyan, this is just armor!" Several men went to help Lu Jingyan up.

Lu Jingyan held on to the armor and kept shouting, "Yuxue! Yuxue! I'm Jingyan!"

Prince Xi didn't speak, she stepped forward and looked at the armor carefully, "This armor is intact, obviously it was taken off by someone."

"Been taken off?" Several people asked.

"Yes, someone must have rescued Shen Shangshu." Prince Xi said.

I looked around and found that there were cliffs all around, and it was impossible for people to live there. "How could there be people in such a harsh environment? Even if there were people, why did you discard Shen Shangshu's armor here?"

"Is it to remind us that Shen Shangshu is still alive?" someone asked.

"Will it be rescued by the Dongzhu Army?" I asked.

"Why?" Prince Xi shook his head.

At this time, a picture flashed in my mind, Yun Xin was riding a horse from the direction of Shenyuan Village, shouting surrender while driving.At that time, I was still wondering why she didn't fight in the army, but came from the direction of Shenyuan Village.Looking at these two things together now, maybe there is really a connection.

I said my thoughts, Prince Xi frowned and did not make a sound.Others suggested to continue searching, and finally go to Shenyuan Village to find out what happened.

While we were discussing what to do, a call from Puzhi County came from the top of Keshen Mountain: "Young Master Su! Princess Jingyan! Come back quickly! The King of Great Nan is here!"

Lu Jingyan's whole body trembled when she heard King Danan's name.Prince Xi patted Lu Jingyan on the shoulder and shouted to the top: "Go up here!"

We wrapped Shen Yuxue's armor and brought it back to the city.At this time, King Danan had been waiting at the county government office for a long time, and when he saw us coming in, he immediately walked over quickly.Lu Jingyan thought that King Da Nan was going to arrest her, so she hid behind Prince Xi in fear.

King Danan ignored Lu Jingyan. He frowned and said to Prince Xi, "Young Master Su is not well. The Empress of Pingyang sent someone to arrest you."

The Empress is here to catch you.This sentence was the sentence I was most afraid of during the six months of my escape. I thought that I would be able to get rid of the control of the empress when I came out of Pingyang Kingdom. Now we have worked hard for half a year, but we still haven't escaped from her palm.

"What?" Prince Xi couldn't believe it, she frowned and asked, "Is this true?"

"You are not joking!" King Danan said solemnly.

"But she has no right to arrest me beyond the border of Pingyang."

"It is said that she did not send a large army, but only two or three people." Da Nan Wang recalled, "When I got the news from Bei Wu Nie City, they had already arrived in Yi'an City, and it seems that they will arrive here tomorrow afternoon. .”

"Luo Bing..." I tugged at the corner of Prince Xi's clothes in fear.

"How does she know we're here?" Prince Xi's expression became more solemn.

"I don't know either. Hey, Mr. Su, we can't procrastinate any longer." King Danan said frowningly, "Mr. Su's ship has already been built by the king, and it is currently docked on the west bank of the Alasi River. Mr. Su's I also brought my daughter here, and she is taking a nap in the house now. Pack up and leave immediately."

"But..." Prince Xi looked at Lu Jingyan behind him in embarrassment, "Shangshu Shen's life and death are uncertain, I can't just leave it alone."

King Da Nan patted Prince Xi on the shoulder, "Don't worry, Shen Yuxue is the Secretary of the Ministry of War of our Great Southern Kingdom. As King Da Nan, I will not stand by and watch."

"Then I will leave it to King Da Nan." Prince Xi said with his fists clasped.

Only then did King Danan think of Lu Jingyan next to him, frowned and said, "Sister Jingyan, you actually escaped from my house arrest. You are a crime of bullying the king!"

When Lu Jingyan heard what King Da Nan said, instead of kneeling down, she pointed at King Da Nan like crazy and shouted, "You killed Yuxue! You killed Yuxue?"

King Danan didn't expect Lu Jingyan to say that, and looked at Prince Xi suspiciously.

Prince Xi frowned and said, "Shen Shangshu is alive but not dead or dead."

"How could this be..." Da Nan Wang sighed.

Lu Jingyan stood beside her and kept shouting, "You killed Yuxue! You killed Yuxue!"

At this moment, an old voice came from outside the door: "Princess Jingyan! Don't be rude!"

I looked back and found that Master Zhen came in from outside.Lu Jingyan actually laughed when she saw Master Zhen: "Hehehe...you killed Yuxue!"

"It's nonsense! How could the old minister kill people!"

"It's you! It's definitely you!" Lu Jingyan pointed at Master Zhen, "You were the one who made Yuxue fight, it was you who made Yuxue roll down the hillside, and it was you who made Yuxue be rescued by Dongzhu! Right!"

"Old minister doesn't understand what you're talking about!" Master Zhen raised his eyebrows in anger, "Princess Jingyan, you are spitting blood!"

Seeing that something was wrong, I looked up at Lu Jingyan, and found that she was on the verge of collapse.Master Zhen was also extremely restless, and a few more wrinkles appeared on his already old face.

"True Master! You killed Shen Yuxue! True Master! You killed Shen Yuxue!"

"Enough!" Master Zhen yelled, "Come here, let Princess Jingyan lose her mind and go crazy, and suppress her."

Immediately, a few soldiers came up and dragged Lu Jingyan out.Seeing Master Zhen's behavior, Prince Xi hesitated to speak.

King Danan smiled wryly and said, "Young Master Su laughed at me, it's a family scandal."

Prince Xi shook his head and said, "Jingyan and I have been friends for many years, please also ask Danan Wang to watch your sister's first scene, and take it lightly."

Unexpectedly, King Danan suddenly changed his face, and said coldly: "This king has his own plans."

Let's say we went back to the house and saw Wanxia who was sleeping soundly.After not seeing her for a few days, Wan Xia became much thinner, presumably because the servants in the palace did not take good care of her.Prince Xi packed up our luggage, and we boarded the carriage leading to the west bank of the Arasi River.

Speeding along the way, we arrived at the west bank in a short time.Looking from a distance, there was only a lonely small wooden boat leaning on the shore, not even a boatman.