Yan Yiming once thought that if she just left without making any arrangements, she would be doomed to become a traitor in the eyes of Jian Xiang and others. As for the secret guards under her who knew her actions, Yan Yiming had instructed them that if anything happened to her in the future, they must protect Jian Yuyan's safety.
Although Yan Yiming's intention was only to ensure Jian Yuyan's safety, this sentence had a different meaning to the secret guards.
The princess entrusted them to Master Jian, which shows how important Master Jian is in the princess's mind.
So according to the secret guards' idea, if she left, Jian Yuyan would inevitably learn some details from the secret guards.
Yan Yiming pondered for less than a few minutes and made the decision easily.
If King Jiangxia or Prime Minister Jian regards her as a traitor, it will help Jian Yuyan clear her suspicion, which is beneficial to her. Even if Jian Yuyan really guessed it, it doesn't matter. According to Jiang Yi's IQ, it will take one or two proofs and a few months to guess her identity. So by the time Jian Yuyan really confirms it, she must have left here.
The daylilies are cold.
Therefore, the most important thing now is to protect the prince and send him to a safe place.
The city gate had been closed for a long time, but Yan Yiming had the county governor's token in her hand, and the soldiers guarding the gate recognized her identity. Although they were a little puzzled as to why Princess Lin'an took a handsome young man out of the city in the middle of the night, they did not dare to ask more questions and opened the door directly.
The two men fled quickly as the city gate opened, but before they could close the gate, a group of cavalrymen quickly arrived.
Seeing that the city gate had not been closed yet, he was so angry that he wanted to chop down the soldiers guarding the gate. He cursed and everyone rode their horses to chase out of the city again. There was only one official road out of the city, so maybe they could catch up with them before they ran out of the official road.
The horse was a good one that Yan Yiming had prepared long ago. No matter how delicate Nangong Xuan was, he did not complain at all at this critical moment of escaping, although Yan Yiming had seen him moving his legs quietly several times.
Princess Lin'an has an important identity, and Nangong Xuan's escape has caused them to lose a major helper. The pursuers they sent were more like the most elite assassins. Xiao Pingguo fearfully reminded Yan Yiming to hurry up.
“Ahhh, only less than two kilometers away!!!”
If she were alone, she would definitely be able to shake off the pursuers, but even if Nangong Xuan tried her best, she could not reach the speed she once used to travel thousands of miles at night on the grassland.
Seeing the pursuers getting closer, Yan Yiming looked at the dense bushes on both sides, hardened his heart, pulled Nangong Xuan off the horse, and signaled Nangong Xuan to shut up and listen quietly to Xiaopingguo's report.
When there was less than a kilometer left, Yan Yiming whipped the horse on its butt. The horse screamed in surprise and rushed forward along the official road. Yan Yiming pulled Nangong Xuan over and hid deep in the bushes.
In just one minute, the eardrum-shattering sound of horse hooves arrived as expected, and the black-clad pursuers were like ghosts in the dark night, with only the sharp blades at their waists emitting a chilling light.
The two held their breath until the last person disappeared from their sight. Yan Yiming then breathed a sigh of relief. Not daring to stay any longer, she motioned Nangong Xuan to follow her and quickly walked through the low dead grass and bushes into the depths of the woods.
When the horses get tired they will stop, and then they will realize they have been tricked and turn back.
Yan Yiming had tested Wei Xiongjie before and confirmed that Suzhou and Hangzhou were not under the control of King Jiangxia. But now that King Jiangxia has led his troops north, the south is still very unsafe. So it would be safer to bypass the city wall and head north, and maybe they would encounter reinforcements coming to rescue them.
It's just that Yan Yiming understood this, and Jian Xiang and Wei Xiongjie would definitely understand it. After the pursuers turned back and asked Jian Xiang and others for instructions, the most likely place they would go was still the north.
After some consideration, Yan Yiming decided to continue moving south and get as far away from Changzhou City as possible. There are many mountains and rivers here and the terrain is complex. It would be safer for the two of them to avoid the most sensitive period and then move north.
With Xiao Pingguo monitoring, Yan Yiming could grasp the situation within a radius of dozens of miles. After confirming that it was safe and no pursuers had arrived, Yan Yiming finally breathed a sigh of relief and spoke. He glanced at Nangong Xuan's legs intentionally or unintentionally and teased him, "Does your leg hurt?"
"What hurts..."
Nangong Xuan subconsciously replied, but suddenly shut his mouth in frustration halfway through, and immediately replied, "It doesn't hurt!"
How could this woman be so direct? It was true that the inner thighs were painful from riding for too long, but this was a question a woman should ask, right?
And he couldn't stand it, so why did she seem to be unaffected at all?
Nangong Xuan glanced sideways at Yan Yiming. The moonlight in the shadow of the woods made Yan Yiming's beautiful face unclear, but he could clearly see her pair of amazingly bright eyes.
Those eyes were beautiful and clear, but he couldn't understand them.
At the beginning, she humiliated herself by comparing herself to the Crown Princess, which made him dislike her from the bottom of his heart; later, when he heard that she had set her eyes on Jian Yuyan, Nangong Xuan felt that this woman was unstable and fickle, liking every man she met.
It was only after he learned about the private dealings between Prime Minister Jian and King Jiangxia that Nangong Xuan realized that their apparent ambiguity might just be a cover-up for the real secret in private.
Unfortunately, before he knew what the secret was, it had already fallen into Prime Minister Jian's hands.
That night he hated Jian Xiang, hated her, and hated Jian Yuyan, whom he had treated sincerely for many years, even more.
That night, the woman held a cold knife against his neck. The scene of killing someone with one knife was still vivid in Nangong Xuan's mind. He was shocked for a moment, but then he was knocked unconscious by a palm strike. After waking up, he was completely imprisoned.
This was the darkest period of more than 20 years for Nangong Xuan. He was plotted against by his biological father, betrayed by his best friend, and humiliated by this extremely hateful woman. The world was about to be in chaos and war, and the people were living in misery. He himself became one of the bargaining chips for their rebellion, and Nangong Xuan did not think that his cold and aloof father would make any compromise for him.
In just over twenty days, Nangong Xuan saw a lot more clearly and understood a lot more.
In the moment of despair, he discovered the key to rebirth - Jian Yuyan.
Jian Yuyan would come to see him from time to time. After several attempts, Nangong Xuan discovered that Jian Yuyan seemed to have other ideas. Nangong Xuan vaguely discovered that Jian Yuyan had ideas that could help him.
It may not be wrong to say that this is a way out of despair.
Nangong Xuan expected to cooperate with Jian Yuyan, but he never thought that this woman, whom he didn't want to think of from beginning to end, would actually save his life on such a night.
He lost all his identities and from then on stood on the opposite side of his family, regardless of the danger, just to save his life.
Nangong Xuan suddenly couldn't understand.
Why.
He thought so, so he asked.
"Because you can't die." You asked the question she least wanted to answer. You are so direct and cute. Yan Yiming rolled his eyes and said helplessly, "You are the prince of Daxia."
"Daxia has more than one prince, and more than one legitimate son." Although Nangong Xuan looked a little embarrassed, he had calmed down and continued, "If I die, I still have my younger brother. If my father doesn't like my brother and me, there are still other princes. Daxia will not lose anything because of the loss of a prince."
It was rare for Nangong Xuan to be so self-aware, but at this moment Yan Yiming actually hoped that he would not be so smart.
Nangong Xuan saw that she didn't answer, so he continued, "You are the daughter of King Jiangxia. If you save me and escape this time, you will be betraying your father. If you are caught by mistake, you will be in danger of losing your life."
Nangong Xuan turned his head and looked at her steadily, "So, why did you save me?"
Yan Yiming was shocked. Could it be that at this time Nangong Xuan finally had his intelligence ready to avenge himself and guess the truth to prove that he was indeed qualified to be one of the four great men?
Yan Yiming coughed and said, "There is no reason. I just saved him if I wanted to..."
Nangong Xuan suddenly chuckled. Yan Yiming turned her head and met a pair of gentle eyes that shocked her. Then she heard Nangong Xuan say,
"I will always remember your life-saving grace today. If I can return to Jinling safely, I will definitely repay you. However, no matter what, I only have the Crown Princess in my heart, so I still cannot agree to marry you as my principal wife..."
Yan Yiming was stunned.
Yan Yiming suddenly wanted to slap himself.
What kind of illusion made her think that Nangong Xuan was suddenly possessed by Jiang Yi or Shao Jingyu?
This person is not self-aware at all, but has an overly good self-image, which has become inflated to the point of insufficiency.
Yan Yiming stretched out his hand in refusal, "Wait!"
He interrupted Nangong Xuan.
"Your Highness," Yan Yiming said sincerely, "I saved you only because I don't agree with my father's plan, so I don't want you to become a victim."
Nangong Xuan still had an expression that said, "You don't need to explain, I know everything." Yan Yiming sincerely assured him, "I have never thought of replacing your Crown Princess, and of course I have never thought of becoming your concubine. I don't have any feelings for you. I saved you... Actually, I was entrusted by someone."
Nangong Xuan raised his eyebrows, "Trusted by someone? Who?"
Who has such a great face?
"Jiang Yi, Lord Jiang," Yan Yiming pondered for half a second and decided to throw the blame to Jiang Yi. Logically speaking, Jiang Yi should not hate this blame.
"Jiang Yi?" Nangong Xuan was surprised. After thinking for a moment, he laughed, "If you want to evade the question, why not find someone more trustworthy?"
Jiang Yi had never told him about any entanglement between him and Princess Lin'an, and the two had no private contact. Besides, Jiang Yi, like him, only had his deceased wife in his heart, so how could he be entangled with Princess Lin'an.
Seeing that she was unwilling to talk, Nangong Xuan was in a good mood and didn't pursue the matter any further.
Although her behavior was like that of a female demon, she still retained some feminine shyness. So why should he push her too far?
After enough rest, the two continued on their journey. Putting aside the previous topic, Yan Yiming could tell Nangong Xuan everything else.
Nangong Xuan asked her whether Suzhou and Hang were also under the control of King Jiangxia, whether King Jiangxia had already led his army north, and finally asked him why Prime Minister Jian was already second only to the emperor but still not satisfied.
Yan Yiming was exploring the way ahead, and upon hearing this, he asked him, "Your Highness, do you know Jian Yuyan's true identity?"
"Zian?"
Nangong Xuan was surprised.
Because he knew that Jian Yuyan was not really a traitor, Nangong Xuan just thought that he had to rebel because of Prime Minister Jian. Now it seems that is not the case?
"Jian Yuyan's surname is not Jian, but Yu," Yan Yiming said, "Does Your Highness understand?"
Nangong Xuan stood there in a daze.
There are too few people with the surname Yu. Over the years, he has only known one person with the surname Yu, and that is the royal family of the previous dynasty that destroyed the country, whose surname was Yu.
"At that time, Taizu killed all the members of the Yu family but left behind a pregnant concubine. The ancestor of the Jian family hid the concubine in the Jian residence. After she gave birth to a prince, he ordered her to be sent out of the Jian residence and strangled to death on the spot and then cremated directly, leaving only the baby in the cradle. Later, the child grew up with Prime Minister Jian, who announced to the outside world that the child was the adopted son of Master Jian. When the adopted son grew up, he fell in love with the young lady of the Jian residence, and the child born after they got married was Jian Yuyan."
Yan Yiming told the secret in such a light-hearted way, but it still couldn't stop the turmoil in Nangong Xuan's heart.
No wonder Jane is the opposite.
It turns out that the friend who grew up with him actually has such an amazing background.
But if that was the case, why did Jian Yuyan reveal to him that he had no intention of rebelling and was even willing to save him?
confuse? Or cheat again?
Nangong Xuanjun's face grew colder and colder.
Yan Yiming asked him without even turning his head, "Now that we know Jian Yuyan's identity, if we can return to Jinling and capture Jian Yuyan alive, how will Your Highness deal with him?"
"The remnants of the previous dynasty should be put to death."
"How cold-blooded!" Yan Yiming said sarcastically without any concealment.
Nangong Xuan was confused by what she said, "The remnants of the previous dynasty should not be left alive. Jian Yuyan has been lurking for many years and has brought me to this state. Do I have to let him go?"
You ended up like this because you were too stupid to guard against your good father, Yan Yiming complained in his heart, too lazy to refute Nangong Xuan, and finally just said lightly, "Everything is not as simple as your Highness sees, you will understand it in the future."
Nangong Xuan looked at her back, and suddenly she felt an unpleasant irritation in her heart, but she didn't know why.
After that, he would see what other tricks he could come up with.
It was half an hour later when the soldiers responsible for chasing the two men finally caught up with the two horses. Staring at the empty horse backs, they were furious and realized that they had been tricked.
If I go back to chase him now, I don’t know where to go, so I can only go back to report.
Jian Xiang was so angry that he yelled at everyone. Wei Xiongjie sat aside with a complicated look in his eyes. He couldn't tell whether he wanted to find her or not.
After his rage, Jian Xiang calmed down and said, "The north is closer to Jinling, and there are more Xia soldiers coming. If they want to escape, they will definitely go north. You should chase them in the north direction."
Wei Xiongjie came to his senses and stopped the people who were about to leave. "The princess is very intelligent and might do the opposite. We need to send people to the south to chase them. Since the two have lost their mounts, they might be hiding in the mountains and forests where it is difficult to travel together. Order the people to search the surrounding mountains and forests carefully."
Prime Minister Jian nodded, and the others retreated before talking about recent developments.
Jian Yuyan sat aside quietly drinking tea. When he heard the word "Princess", his hands paused slightly, but he regained his composure in a moment.
News came that Shao Jingyu had returned to the capital. The emperor ordered Shao Jingyu to lead the army to approach Changzhou, and they would arrive soon.
Since Princess Lin'an has saved the prince, it is now his turn.
Yan Yiming and Nangong Xuan wandered in the mountains for two days. Yan Yiming could find Xiaopingguo to cook for himself, but he couldn't take Nangong Xuan with him, so he could only let Nangong Xuan eat some sour wild fruits. Occasionally, when he caught a rabbit, he would treat Nangong Xuan to pure natural roasted rabbit meat.
Even though Yan Yiming could fight and escape, he couldn't roast a rabbit. A few days later, when Yan Yiming looked at Nangong Xuan, he always felt that his face was green.
Nangong Xuan wanted to go out and find something to eat by himself, but was suppressed by Yan Yiming.
If I go out and encounter pursuers, I can still come back alive, but if Nangong Xuan goes out, he will be helpless.
Nangong Xuan was despised once again, but he was not as angry as before. Even though he was eating the extremely unpalatable roasted rabbit meat, his expression was still gentle as he said, "I don't need it..."
Yan Yiming was about to tease him with a smile, but suddenly his expression changed drastically. He stomped out the fire on the ground with his feet, pulled Nangong Xuan up and walked into the depths of the jungle.
Nangong Xuan's face turned grim and he asked her in a deep voice, "Pursuers?"
"I don't know." Yan Yiming saw him pushing deeper into the haystack. "It should be."
After saying that, he clenched his sword and turned to leave. Nangong Xuan was stunned and hurriedly grabbed Yan Yiming's arm, "Where are you going?"
"I'll go and lead them away," Yan Yiming said.
Nangong Xuanjun's face darkened, "I won't allow it."
Yan Yiming was about to laugh, "You can't save our lives even if you don't agree. If I lead them away, at least you can still survive..."
"I don't need a woman to risk her life for me like this." Nangong Xuan took a long breath. "I accept life or death. What's the point of hiding behind a woman and living a miserable life..."
Yan Yiming closed his eyes. Although this sounded nice,
"Your Highness," Yan Yiming called Nangong Xuan solemnly, "If I were to face the pursuers alone, I'm sure I could escape unscathed, but if I take you with me, we'll both die here. Do you understand?"
Nangong Xuan's hand holding Yan Yiming's arm froze, and Yan Yiming continued to attack his self-confidence, "So Your Highness, if you hide quietly and don't get discovered, that will be the biggest help to me."
After saying that, he shook off Nangong Xuan's hand and disappeared in front of Nangong Xuan with a few nimble steps.
Nangong Xuan stared blankly at Yan Yiming's disappearing figure. After a long time, his face slowly turned red. He said angrily and silently,
“How arrogant!”
Although I can't refute it, it is indeed a bit frustrating.
Yan Yiming was a little surprised that the pursuers would come here. It had been safe for the past few days. Yan Yiming confirmed that they must be heading north to look for someone, but someone found this place today.
Yan Yiming carefully hid in the shadows, tightly gripping the sharp blade in his hand, letting Xiaopingguo's reminder turn into the sound of footsteps getting closer and closer.
Half a minute later, the men in black finally appeared in front of him. Yan Yiming waited silently for everyone to arrive and counted the number of people.
Sixteen people.
Not too much, but not too little either.
Yan Yiming heard them say that a bonfire had been lit, so it should be nearby. However, judging from the relaxed tone of their voices, it seemed that they did not take a woman and the unarmed prince seriously at all.
Very good, a smile appeared on Yan Yiming's lips.
As they got closer, suddenly there was a flash of cold light. Before they could react, someone screamed and died instantly. Everyone turned around in horror and saw a very beautiful woman with a murderous look on her face. After looking at each other for a moment, they hesitated and said, "Princess, come back with us."
"What if I don't go back?"
"Then I can only be impolite..."
But before he could finish his words, the sharp blade was already close to him. The man was shocked and tried to dodge, but his arm was also cut.
Everyone was shocked and then became furious. They shouted and attacked together.
It has been a long time since the last time we fought an enemy, but compared to the time when we were facing a huge army, it is much easier now.
The few of them underestimated the enemy at first, and because they were ordered not to harm Princess Lin'an's life, they showed mercy. For a moment, Yan Yiming had taken the upper hand.
Only then did he realize that if he didn't use his killing moves, he might die here. Everyone then used all their killing moves. They were outnumbered and not like they had the advantage on horseback before. After several rounds of fighting, Yan Yiming accidentally injured his leg.
Seeing this, several people rushed to attack again, but were horrified to find that she was clearly injured but not affected at all, and the same was true when she was injured again.
After a few rounds of fighting, Yan Yiming became more and more courageous, while some of them were killed or injured. They looked at each other and retreated hurriedly. Yan Yiming could not catch up and could only go back to look for Nangong Xuan.
If we let them escape, our location will be exposed, and there will definitely be a larger force of pursuers arriving later.
Not daring to delay any longer, Yan Yiming hurried back to find Nangong Xuan.
Nangong Xuan was alert when he heard the footsteps, and was relieved when he saw it was Yan Yiming. However, he was shocked when he saw the blood on her body, and hurried out in surprise, "Are you hurt?"
"Ah," Yan Yiming said, "It's just a minor injury. Let's go quickly. The pursuers may come again soon."
Nangong Xuan looked at her without saying anything. Yan Yiming tried to pull her but failed. Then he looked up at him and said, "Let's go."
Yan Yiming was wearing dark red clothes, but even so, one could still see the wetness on them. Nangong Xuan suddenly felt a pain in his chest. He was so angry that he didn't know what to say. She always said that someone asked her to save him.
But is it necessary to do this?
He was very angry, but he couldn't get angry with her because she was hurt to this extent just to save him.
Yan Yiming was stunned for a moment and immediately understood why Nangong Xuan was angry. He looked up at him and sighed helplessly, "It's really a minor injury. Go quickly. Staying alive is more important than anything else."
After saying this, he walked away on his own.
Nangong Xuan looked at Yan Yiming's back silently and clenched his fists tightly.
Why is there such a woman in this world who hides all the pain in her heart? Doesn’t she feel pain? Doesn’t she feel wronged?
But Yan Yiming wouldn't answer him.
At night, Nangong Xuan saw her sitting up and lifting up her trouser legs. The coagulated blood stuck the clothes to her skin, but she opened them expressionlessly, and suddenly there was another bloody wound.
Nangong Xuan couldn't stand it anymore and sat up. Yan Yiming was startled, "Why are you awake?"
Nangong Xuan grabbed her leg with one hand. The shocking wound made his eyes hurt. There was a stream flowing not far away. Before Yan Yiming could react, Nangong Xuan picked her up by the waist and walked to the stream. He scooped up some clean water and washed the blood off the wound bit by bit.
Yan Yiming was a little surprised that the Crown Prince, who had always been arrogant, would one day bow his head.
It's rare, really rare.
After cleaning it up, Yan Yiming interrupted Nangong Xuan's actions, took out a small bottle from his waist and sprinkled the medicine on it, then pulled Nangong Xuan over and swiftly pulled down his shirt, looked at Nangong Xuan's slightly moving lips and laughed for a long time, then bandaged the wound.
"Thanks," Yan Yiming smiled and stood up, "Get some rest, we'll have to play hide-and-seek tomorrow."
In fact, it didn't hurt at all, after all, Little Apple shut down his senses. But in order to avoid Nangong Xuan's suspicion, Yan Yiming still pretended to have a limp.
Nangong Xuan pursed his lips and watched her lean against the tree and close her eyes. After a long time, she looked up at the moon in the sky and fell asleep without knowing when.
In the next few days, just as Yan Yiming had expected, the number of pursuers here suddenly increased. Yan Yiming did not dare to attack head-on and could only rely on the radar function of Little Apple to play hide-and-seek. Occasionally, when he could not hide, he would kill if he could, and run away if he could not kill.
Nangong Xuan became more and more silent. No one knew how long it had been like this, until one day, deafening shouts of killing were heard from the direction of Changzhou. The deafening sound of earth cannons seemed to shake even the mountains. Yan Yiming's eyes finally lit up.
The life of escape can finally come to an end, Xia Jun has arrived.
After that, the pursuers never appeared again. Yan Yiming and Nangong Xuan began to slowly walk out of the mountains. Suddenly, Yan Yiming heard Xiao Pingguo's reminder, turned around and said to Nangong Xuan, "I'll go ahead and explore the way. You wait here for me."
After saying that, he slipped away without even waiting for Nangong Xuan to react. Nangong Xuan gritted his teeth and let out a long sigh of relief.
After a long time, the birds were suddenly startled. Nangong Xuan was stunned and suddenly felt danger, so he hid behind a tree immediately.
After an unknown amount of time, Yan Yiming still hadn't returned, but the footsteps were getting closer and closer. Nangong Xuan held his breath. After a long time, those people arrived and heard a familiar voice. They said, "I heard that His Highness is nearby..."
Nangong Xuan glanced sideways and saw that it was Tang Qi, the captain of the North Gate!
Changzhou was breached and reinforcements finally arrived. Nangong Xuan suddenly breathed a sigh of relief and walked out from behind the shade of the trees.
On the other side, Yan Yiming was reminded by Little Apple that reinforcements had arrived.
Since the reinforcements have arrived, Nangong Xuan's safety can be fully ensured and her work is completely completed, so Yan Yiming chose to leave on the spot to avoid any further trouble.
She walked briskly through the woods towards the official road, chatting with Little Apple in a good mood. Suddenly, Little Apple, who was very lively just now, disappeared as if it had frozen.
"Guo'er?"
Yan Yiming called out to Xiaopingguo, who moaned weakly, "Host, I wish you good luck..."
After saying this, he disappeared completely.
What good luck! Why did the computer freeze for no apparent reason? Yan Yiming called it several times but there was still no response. He could only ignore it and keep walking forward.
It was not until they were almost there that Yan Yiming heard the sound of horse hooves and a solemn and suffocating atmosphere that was somehow so familiar. Yan Yiming suddenly looked up and saw a man on a horse in the distance, looking down at him.
His flamboyant and handsome features sneered, and a familiar voice slowly spoke, "Princess Lin'an?"
"What a coincidence."
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