Chapter 238 We have to run away overnight
The night is as deep as ink.
The lights in the study of the Prince Regent's Palace were still brightly lit.
Through the window paper, you can vaguely see a tall figure working at a desk, reviewing something, and from time to time you can hear a suppressed cough or two.
Seeing this, the spies outside the palace breathed a sigh of relief and spread the news that "the prince is no longer in danger, but is still recuperating."
However, inside the study, the scene was quite different.
"Xuan Yi, your skills are becoming more and more superb."
The young marquis Xiao Yu of the Zhenbei Marquisate was circling around the figure who was "reviewing at the desk" with a look of surprise on his face.
The figure was clearly supported by a prince's robe, stuffed with several talismans that continuously emitted a faint spiritual light. And the lifelike coughing sound came from the mouth of a small paper figurine affixed to the beam of the house.
"Alright, stop joking." Chu Xuanyi was placing several jade stones engraved with runes in the four corners of the room. He said without looking up, "My 'Mirror Flower Water Moon Formation' can only deceive those mortals who don't understand the mystical arts for three to five days at most. Time is running out. Are you all ready?"
"Don't worry, sir." Ajiu nodded vigorously. She had changed into an inconspicuous gray cloth skirt and her hair was combed into the most ordinary double buns. She looked like an ordinary little maid who followed the master out.
"I've been ready for a long time." Xiao Yu patted his chest. He also changed into a set of tight clothes, changing his previous dandy look.
"Where's my cousin?" He nodded towards the inner room.
"In the carriage." Chu Xuanyi set up the last corner of the formation. "I gave him medicine that can keep him asleep. This will not only reduce consumption but also make it easier for us to travel."
"Then what are you waiting for? Let's go." Xiao Yu said impatiently, "If we don't leave now, I'm afraid my cheap dad will bring people to kidnap me back."
Marquis Zhenbei only has him as his treasure. If Chu Xuanyi had not taken out the regent's order and Xiao Yu had not persuaded him, the old marquis would never let him go on a long journey.
"Xuan Er."
"exist."
"From today on, you will personally lead your men to guard this room. No one is allowed to enter. Anyone who trespasses will be killed without mercy."
"Yes." Xuan Er replied with a bow.
"Let's go through the secret passage at the back door."
Chu Xuanyi checked the formation one last time and after confirming that it was foolproof, he brought the two of them quietly to an extremely hidden rockery in the backyard of the palace.
As the mechanism opened, a dark passage appeared in front of the three people.
At the end of the passage, a plain-looking carriage was waiting there quietly.
The driver was a black-armored guard. He nodded silently when he saw the three people.
Ajiu was the first to get into the carriage.
Inside the carriage, Xiao Yu lay quietly in the soft bedding, his eyes closed, his head of white hair glaring in the dim light, making people feel distressed.
Ajiu knelt beside him, reached out and carefully tucked a strand of his white hair behind his ear, his eyes filled with unremitting worry and attachment.
"Don't worry, Jiu." Xiao Yu looked at Jiu's expression and comforted him seriously, "My cousin is a lucky man. He will be fine."
Chu Xuanyi glanced at the dark night and made a gesture to the Xuanjia Guards to set off.
"drive."
With a low shout, the carriage quietly moved towards the north gate.
Along the way, the atmosphere was a bit depressing.
Ajiu stayed by Xiao Yu's side without saying a word.
Xiao Yu wanted to tell some jokes to ease the atmosphere several times, but when he saw Ah Jiu's expression, he swallowed the words back.
The guards at the north gate had already received secret orders from Minister Lin Yuan. When they saw this seemingly ordinary carriage, they didn't even question them, but quietly opened a crack in the gate and let them leave.
The moment the carriage drove out of the capital, everyone in the carriage breathed a sigh of relief at the same time.
None of them noticed that on the roof of a tall building somewhere in the city, several dark shadows exchanged glances with each other and then silently chased in the direction they left.
…
On the official road, the carriage was moving neither fast nor slow.
In order not to attract attention, they disguised themselves as ordinary business travelers during the day and found a secluded place to rest at night.
"Sir, how long will it take us to reach the northern border?" Ajiu asked anxiously.
This was already the second day since they left the capital, but she always felt that time was passing too slowly.
"At this rate, it will take at least five days to reach the northern border." Chu Xuanyi opened his eyes and replied, "After that, we have to cross another three thousand miles of wild land before reaching the Blood Moon Valley."
Five days...
Ah Jiu's heart sank again. It would take five days just to get to the border.
"Can't it be faster?" she demanded.
"Haste makes waste." Chu Xuanyi shook his head. "Our whereabouts may not have been leaked. The more anxious we are, the more likely we are to reveal our flaws and fall into someone else's trap."
He had just finished speaking.
“Whoa—”
The black-armored soldier driving the carriage suddenly pulled the reins hard, and the carriage braked suddenly and stopped on the spot.
"What's wrong?" Xiao Yu was shaken so much that he almost hit his head. He lifted the car curtain and asked.
The black-armored soldier didn't say anything, but just pointed to the dense forest not far ahead.
"grown ups."
Ajiu's face turned pale in an instant and his body subconsciously tensed up.
"There's murderous intent ahead... ahead."
Chu Xuanyi and Xiao Yu looked at each other, and their expressions became solemn.
Caught up so quickly.
"Charge forward." Chu Xuanyi made a prompt decision and gave the order in a deep voice.
"Hold on tight." The black-armored soldier growled, then suddenly raised his whip and whipped the horse hard on its back.
"drive."
The horse neighed and rushed madly towards the dense forest ahead.
"Whoosh. Whoosh. Whoosh."
Dozens of sharp arrows flashing with cold light shot out from the forest, aiming directly at the carriage.
"Hmph, a mere trifle."
Chu Xuanyi snorted coldly, and then he snapped his fingers. Several yellow talismans appeared out of thin air, forming a pale golden light curtain visible to the naked eye around the carriage.
"Ding-dong-dong."
The rain of arrows hit the light curtain, and it was as if they hit a hard iron plate, and they were all bounced away.
The carriage did not stop at all and plunged into the dark dense forest, shaking wildly. Ajiu tightly protected Xiao Yu, fearing that he would be bumped.
"This is not a solution. There are too many of them." Xiao Yu said in a deep voice, watching the shadows of trees passing by quickly outside the window warily.
"The other party is clearly well prepared and knows our route perfectly." Chu Xuanyi's expression was also very solemn. "There is a traitor in the capital."
"It's no use talking about this now." Xiao Yu drew the long sword from his waist, "Xuan Yi, you take Ah Jiu and my cousin and go first. I'll cover your rear."
"No." Ah Jiu immediately retorted, "If we want to go, we should go together."
"Stop arguing." Chu Xuanyi interrupted them. "The enemy's target is the prince. If we scatter, we will only be defeated one by one."
As he spoke, he took out a handful of talismans from his arms.
"Hold on tight."
He let out a low roar and suddenly threw the talisman in his hand out of the car window.
"When the wind blows, the fog rises."
The talismans spontaneously combusted the moment they flew out of the car window, turning into thick white mist that quickly spread through the forest.
But in the blink of an eye, it was pitch dark within a radius of 100 meters.
"This way."
Chu Xuanyi kept commanding the black-armored soldiers driving the carriage to change direction.
Under the cover of thick fog, the carriage rushed left and right in the dense forest and temporarily escaped the encirclement.
"Sir, there are two people on the tree in front of the left." Ajiu's voice suddenly sounded.
Upon hearing this, Chu Xuanyi popped out two fireball talismans without hesitation.
"boom."
Two fireballs hit the location that Jiu said accurately. Accompanied by two short screams, two black shadows fell from the tree.
"There's movement behind us, underground, on the right." Ajiu warned again.
Chu Xuanyi threw another lightning talisman onto the floor of the carriage.
"Sizzle."
A thick bolt of lightning shot up from the ground, turning an attacker who tried to break out of the ground into a piece of charcoal.
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