"Besides, my mother just passed away not long ago due to a disease contracted by the flood. How can we, rootless people, care about you guys? Are you kidding me?"
Binghan lowered her eyes and was thinking about a countermeasure. These people were already approaching. She gritted her teeth and held the whip tightly in her hand, but she felt the curtain of the carriage behind her open, bringing with it a breeze, and then her hand was held by a slightly hot white hand.
Binghan was startled and turned her head to look over. She saw Chu Ci holding her wrist with one hand and rubbing her eyebrows with the other hand.
The rain outside could no longer block the view and fell on Chu Ci's face and hair. The little girl had a thin face with an unnatural blush on it. Her big black eyes were lowered, and she looked delicate and soft, with the childishness of a little girl. Her fragile appearance in the wind and rain was heartbreaking.
Binghan forgot what to say for a moment, and saw Chu Ci looking up at the bandits, blinking his big black eyes.
At the same time, a place not far from here was in chaos.
The Huaijiang River was flooded, and local officials were corrupt and inactive. Xiao Mokuang had just dealt with those officials when he was immediately faced with an assassination attempt. This assassination was probably prepared for a long time and was well-planned. It was indeed just a little bit away from hurting Xiao Mokuang.
But what is puzzling is that Xiao Mo Kuang decided to travel at this time just on a whim. He left without any hesitation and took the little emperor with him. He was very quiet along the way. Almost no one got the news except the people in the palace. No one knew how the news leaked out. Before they could settle down here, the assassins rushed in.
The most important thing is that in this chaos, there were not many people watching over him, and the little emperor, who everyone thought was cowardly and useless, disappeared all of a sudden.
At first everyone thought that they had been kidnapped by traitors, but after tracking them for a whole day, they found their whereabouts and the imperial carriage that was lost along with the little emperor in the wilderness, and there were no signs of fighting on the carriage.
So the final result is obvious. The little emperor was not abducted by a villain, but took advantage of the chaos and ran away with his two maids.
The commander of the guards was sweating profusely after reaching the conclusion. He really didn't expect that the little emperor who usually looked timid could be so capable at the critical moment. He didn't dare to hide anything and ordered the other guards to continue following the clues to search for the little emperor. He then rode back to the Huaijiang tent in a hurry and reported to Xiao Mokuang, who was sitting in the tent, wearing a black coat embroidered with golden dragon patterns, holding a pen and looking down at some information on the table.
Xiao Mokuang's expression remained indifferent, his eyes fixed on the table. He only raised his eyes after Gao Chu finished speaking.
His eyebrows were raised lightly, and a smile appeared at the corners of his lips. His face, which looked gentle and harmless, gave people a feeling of cruelty and fear. His black hair was loose, his eyebrows were sharp and his eyes were starry. At first glance, he looked quite handsome. When the corners of his lips were slightly raised, and he seemed to be smiling, he made people feel that he was like a monster.
"You mean, the little emperor ran away on his own?"
His voice was elegant and gentle, and extremely pleasant to the ear, but it was this voice and this half-smile in his eyes that made the sweat on his forehead instantly fall.
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