The world is a bitter sea, and people struggle within it.
Is genuine sincerity always belittled? Are kindness and gentleness always bullied? Are ugly commoners always mocked? Is unparalleled ...
Chapter 441 The Prostitute's Waiting (8)
After the old eunuch was kicked by the prince, his temper disappeared.
He could see that the prince was in a bad mood and was taking it out on him. The more he talked and did, the more he pissed off the prince. It would be better for him to do nothing and be honest.
"Prince, I'm coming right now, right now." In a few moments, he had figured out the key point. He hurriedly trotted up to lead the way and said no more.
"Thank you." Fu Jian whispered behind the prince.
The prince didn't look back and walked straight ahead.
Many years later, the prince was no longer the prince. Thinking back to the past, he couldn't help but pause for a long time. He realized that many things were destined.
Fu Jian followed the prince into the city of Dongdu. There was a loud creaking sound when the city gate of Dongdu closed. He and the prince turned back at the same time to see the figures of Deputy General Wei and Huo'er being locked outside the city gate little by little.
"Why are the city gates closed so early today?" The prince looked at the old eunuch and waited for him to explain.
The old eunuch clenched his sleeves, smiled and said flatteringly: "It's probably for the safety of Your Highness."
The prince said nothing with a cold face, but Fu Jian instinctively felt that this matter was a bit strange. Just as he was about to think about the strangeness of this matter, the archers who had been ambushing on both sides had already started, and the dense feather arrows shot at him and the prince. He instinctively protected the prince behind him. The old eunuch was already scared silly. If Fu Jian hadn't mercifully thrown him to the side, he would have turned into a hedgehog.
"How dare you, who gave you the courage to assassinate my highness." The prince's voice was so shrill that he was anxious. He never thought that he would encounter such an assassination after returning to Dongdu. No, this is not an assassination, this is a premeditated and open massacre. There are only him and Fu Jian in this empty place.
"Your Highness, be careful." Fu Jian pushed him aside and signaled him to run forward. But it was too late. This long-planned massacre would not let them go. There were archers in front.
"You dog eunuch, explain to me who sent you here." The prince grabbed the collar of the eunuch's clothes and kicked him without hesitation.
The eunuch did not expect that he would encounter these things. He was really just an ordinary eunuch beside the emperor. Today, he thought that he could come to the gate of Dongdu City to welcome His Highness the Prince back to the palace to show that he was beginning to be valued by the emperor. How could he know that this was a journey to lose his life. He was stupidly standing there.
"Idiot." Seeing that he could not ask anything, the prince kicked him away and ran to Fu Jian.
Now only Fu Jian's side was the safest.
"Your Highness, there is no way to advance or retreat." Fu Jian guarded him faithfully, but his eyes were full of desolation.
In the short fight, he had figured out the strangeness of today. He initially thought that Emperor Rong wanted to kill him, but now it seems that if Emperor Rong wanted to kill him, why would he let the prince be buried with him? There is only one possibility, that is, Emperor Rong is in poor health, and the second prince who stayed in Dongdu is ready to kill two birds with one stone at the city gate, eliminating him and the prince. Who knows, he will also pin the crime of killing the prince on himself, and let Fu Jiajun be buried with him.
The prince gave up struggling and sat on the ground in a daze, saying in disbelief: "Father wants to kill me?"
He never thought that his father, who always treated him like a treasure, would actually...
"Your Highness, it's not Emperor Rong who wants to kill you, it's the second prince." Seeing that he had lost the desire to live, Fu Jian hurriedly pulled him up and protected him.
The prince must not die. If the prince really died, he and Fu Jiajun would never be cleared even if they jumped into the Yellow River.
The bows and arrows had been shot, and the killers rushed down wave after wave. During the fight, Fu Jian's tiger-shaped jade pendant fell to the ground, and smoke suddenly appeared, and each layer was thicker and denser.
"Your Highness, cover your mouth and nose." Fu Jian tore off his sleeves to cover the prince's face. The knife in his hand rose and fell quickly. Taking advantage of the smoke, he cut a bloody path.
Deputy General Wei and Huo'er, who had not left the city gate, also noticed the smoke. After they looked at each other, they could no longer care about anything else and led the soldiers to rush in.
"Follow me." In the layers of mist that had not dissipated, a tender white hand suddenly stretched out to hold his wrist. Fu Jian subconsciously did not hold it, but chopped it with a knife. Fortunately, Shi Yi reacted quickly. While letting go of his hand, he also called his name, "Fu Jian, do you want to live?"
Fu Jian recognized her voice and could no longer care about anything else. He pulled the prince to follow her and ran forward.
At this time, a bloody battle was going on at the city gate. As soon as Deputy General Wei entered the city gate, he found the body of the eunuch who was shot into a hedgehog.
Thinking that Fu Jian had also been killed, he led the soldiers to kill with red eyes.
The news from the gate of Dongdu City reached the palace. The second prince, who was lying in the arms of the imperial concubine and eating red grapes from foreign countries, overturned the crystal plate.
"Your Highness, what's wrong with you?" The delicate beauty frowned, tears circling and trying to fall, so pitiful.
"The prince escaped." The second prince patted her shoulder to comfort her, and said viciously: "I will go out to find him, you go and take good care of that old thing."
The imperial concubine nodded as if she understood, and wanted to ask something else, but she saw the corner of his robe disappearing completely into the door.
"Why are you here?" Fu Jian, who hid in the back alley of Donghua Pavilion, finally asked his doubts.
"Change clothes and go in." Shi Yi pulled out the package that had been hidden in the straw pile. The messy things were scattered all over the floor. She picked up the clothes and handed them to the two of them, and said anxiously: "The second prince's pursuers will definitely catch up soon. If you want to live, hurry up and don't waste time."
The distraught prince heard her life-threatening words and became extremely agile. He started to take off his clothes in front of her. Fu Jian was still a little awkward, but Shi Yi hit him hard on the hand, "Do you want face or life?"
Faced with this long-planned conspiracy, Fu Jian no longer dared to be careless and took off his clothes neatly. Shi Yi did not avoid it, but stared at the two people and took off all the cloth on their bodies. Then he picked up the clothes and threw them into the manure cart next to him.
In fact, she did not expect this conspiracy at all. She hid the package in the back alley just to prepare for escaping from Donghua Pavilion one day. Therefore, the several sets of clothes and human skin masks she prepared were all for men, but they came in handy today.
"Follow me in later. If anyone asks, just say you are my cousin." He handed the human skin mask to the two and said with great caution, "As long as we escape this time, we can plan for it slowly in the future."
(End of this chapter)