Chapter 8: The Prince and My Brother
The prince was obviously different in the minds of the people of the Western Zhou Dynasty.
Xiangying noticed that after everyone heard that the prince was going to be in trouble, they all looked sad and desperate, as if they were also going to be in trouble.
I don't know who went to the front to inquire, but when he came back, he kept shaking his head and sighing, and talked about it with the people around him.
Xiangying also heard the whole story.
Prince Xiangli insisted on leading his troops to resist the enemy after the Western Zhou emperor abandoned the city and fled.
Unexpectedly, when the Western Zhou emperor left, he damaged the city gate in order to take away a large number of city defense soldiers and good horses.
The enemy army broke into the palace without much effort, and the prince was captured after being seriously injured.
The generals of the Western Zhou Dynasty who risked their lives to resist, along with the crown prince, were escorted by heavy troops from Nanyue.
But it seemed that the prince was dying and could not get any medical treatment.
The desire to protect their master was so strong among the generals that they were extremely excited and wanted to rise up in resistance several times.
The deputy general in charge of the exile team thought it was unsafe to continue like this, so he wanted to send the dying prince to Xiangying's team, which was mostly composed of weak women.
After learning the whole story, Xiangying held his forehead with his hand.
From this point of view, in the entire Western Zhou royal family, the separation of the crown prince was the most normal.
My father was a cowardly emperor who fled first; my sister was still flirting with handsome men at the moment when her country was destroyed and her family was ruined.
To the prince, it was simply his shameless father, his licentious sister, and his precarious country that was in ruins.
It's hard for him.
Under the scorching sun, about half an hour later, a man with yellow beard and his men were seen pulling a wooden cart over.
The impoverished nobles on both sides of the aisle all broke down and cried when they saw the bloody body lying there.
"Your Highness the Crown Prince!" "The Crown Prince——!"
The wailing sounds continued one after another, and when Yellow Beard dragged the wooden cart past Xiangying and the others, Xiangying also gasped.
This is a bloody man with many scars on his body. The most serious one is that both knees have turned into rotten flesh and a bloody color.
Xiangli was unconscious, his lips were pale, and blood was dripping down the wooden board onto the road.
Tao Xue's knees softened and she knelt down: "Your Highness the Crown Prince..."
The three children also rushed over and hugged the wooden cart and cried.
"Uncle, woo, woo, uncle!"
Xiang Yuanxiao's pale face was filled with hatred. He clenched his fists and said, "Whoever beat my uncle like this must die a miserable death!"
As he said that, the little fellow rushed over and beat Yellow Beard, preventing him from dragging the wooden cart away.
Yellow Beard felt pained: "You bastard, you..."
Halfway through his scolding, he realized that Xiang Ying was still there, so he could only push Xiang Yuanxiao back angrily.
"Stop crying! He's not dead yet, why are you crying?"
Xiang Ying immediately hugged Xiang Yuanxiao, and when he looked down, he saw that the little guy was so angry that his nose was bleeding.
She wiped his little face and said, "Don't worry, he won't die."
Xiang Yuanxiao was still gritting his teeth in anger, but after hearing Xiang Ying's words, he did not rush forward.
Yellow Beard was appointed by the military supervisor to be responsible for dragging the prince.
So he set out to extort money from the group of exiled nobles under his charge.
Yellow Beard collected them one by one, cursing, "Hurry up, hand over whatever you can, and don't force us to search you again."
"I can't help you hold the deposed prince for nothing. If you don't give me money, I'll just throw him on the side of the road and let him die!"
Xiang Yuanxiao clenched his fists: "You dare!"
When Yellow Beard passed by Xiangying, he paused, and wanted to take the money, but when he saw Xiangying's cold eyes, he retracted his hand.
Xiang Qianqian saw this and was immediately displeased.
"Captain, where can we get the silver for you? We searched all of it before we set out on the journey."
"Big sister, the prince is like this, why don't you show some appreciation? You are willing to sacrifice yourself for food, so now you should take the initiative to shoulder everyone's responsibilities, appease the captain and help the prince."
In Xiang Qianqian's words, a woman's chastity is worthless.
Xiangying sneered and looked at the yellow beard: "Go to the woods again? Great."
However, when Yellow Beard thought of her methods, cold sweat broke out on his back.
The poison in his body hasn't been cured yet!
The yellow-bearded man took two steps at a time, rushed towards Xiang Qianqian, and slapped her in the face.
"Ah——!" Xiang Qianqian fell to the ground, covering her face with a look of grievance, "Why did you hit me?"
The yellow-bearded man pointed at her and cursed: "I am doing things, so you, a bitch, have no right to speak. If it weren't for the large amount of jewelry you gave me before, I wouldn't be polite to you."
Xiang Qianqian bit her lip but didn't dare to say anything.
Xiangying's voice came: "That's enough. If we don't leave now, the military supervisor will come to urge us, and no one will be happy."
In one sentence, Yellow Beard gave up his attempt to plunder silver.
He was filled with resentment and resentment, and hated Xiangying to the core, but he had no choice but to obey her since she was holding his life in his hands.
"Damn it, this is so unlucky, let's go!"
Yellow Beard cursed and ordered his soldiers to drag the wooden cart and follow the exile team.
The sun is shining brightly in the sky, scorching the earth.
The scorching early summer sun makes people's mouths dry and tongue parched.
The mountain road was bumpy, and the prince on the wooden cart must have felt even worse.
The three children no longer followed Xiangying, but instead clung to the edge of the wooden cart, crying and calling for their uncle in a low voice.
Tao Xue said: "Before, when the princess was busy, it was His Royal Highness the Crown Prince who taught the little princes their lessons..."
That’s why the three children are closer to the prince.
The biological mother didn't care about the children, but the biological uncle took the initiative to take responsibility.
Xiangying admired such a loyal and courageous man and decided to save his life.
After walking for a whole morning, Xiangying remained calm, but the others were already panting and their faces turned pale.
They hadn't eaten, so naturally they had no strength.
Fortunately, the military supervisor in front ordered them to stop to rest and the horses needed water, so the exiled troops stopped by a stream.
The weather was so hot that the exiled people couldn't help but jump into the stream and drink in big gulps.
The soldiers who were dragging the prince were already exhausted, so they simply put down the wooden cart and went to cool off on their own.
Taking advantage of this time, Xiangying walked over and gave Xiangli a lot of clean water.
Then she wet the stream water with a handkerchief and wiped Xiangli's cheeks and arms.
The blood soon stained the handkerchief, so Xiangying put it in the stream to wash it clean and repeated the previous action.
She was looking at the wounds on Xiangli's body.
There were too many knife wounds, some of which looked like they were stabbed out of anger. There were countless large and small ones, probably more than a hundred in total.
He is really lucky to have been able to hold on until now. If we don't take care of him, he will really bleed to death.
But the most serious injury was the injury on Xiangli's knee.
The clothes covered the wound and were almost stuck to the flesh.
If you don't deal with it, it will stick to your body completely, and when you tear your clothes, your skin will be pulled off with you.
Xiangying didn't hesitate and tore his clothes with his bare hands.
Xiang Yuanxiao was anxious: "What are you doing!"
Xiangying didn't stop moving his hands, and said calmly: "If you don't want his clothes to grow into your flesh, you must tear them off."
Xiang Yuanxiao was stunned for a moment, then without hesitation, he climbed onto the wooden cart and began to tear his pants with his little hands.
Xiangying saw that he was tearing more and more, so he hurriedly stopped him.
"Save some face for your uncle! Leave the cloth from the hips to the buttocks, just expose the knees."
This little guy was almost stripped naked by Xiangli!
Xiang Yuanxiao's face was serious: "Oh!"
Xiangying bent down and used a towel to quickly wipe Xiangli's body, washing away the blood stains on his body.
Soon, another pair of hands joined her.
The other person wet a clean handkerchief and wiped Xiangli's arm.
Xiangying looked up and saw that it was the daughter of the Lin family of the Imperial Observatory who had spoken to her before.
It seems to be the second young lady in their family.
The other party didn't say anything, so Xiangying naturally didn't speak either.
The two of them had a tacit division of labor. Miss Lin wiped the upper body, Xiangying focused on the area below the knees, and Taoxue kept feeding Xiangli clean water.
After a while, the exiled nobles took off their outer robes one after another and handed them over.
"Princess, please put our clothes under the prince so that he can feel better on the bumpy road."
Xiangying looked at them and said, "Okay."
He did not abandon his people in times of national crisis and indeed won the hearts of the people.
Before setting off, Xiangying took out the golden wound medicine from the space while no one was paying attention and sprinkled it all on Xiangli's injured areas.
He was given the best medicine in the palace. I hope he can survive as long as it doesn't rain.
However, Xiangying still thought too beautifully.
It started raining in the afternoon.
(End of this chapter)
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