Chapter 42 Bandit
Can't die.
He can't die yet. Since the fire, his life is no longer his own. He wants to live, slaughter the entire Chen family, and then take back the country from Shen the Bandit!
Two crow-like eyelashes trembled, and Shen Sui opened his eyes.
He pushed the door open and walked out. It was already dawn. The sky was crab-shell blue, but he felt that the sunlight was extremely dazzling.
Just live, even if you can't see the sun, live.
Chang An worked quickly. After one night, he had led people to dig a pit in the backyard. Shen Sui looked at the pit, as if there were worms gnawing at his heart and flesh, and it hurt.
Ah Chun, even if you die, you have to be by my side.
...
Wu Chun, who was a hundred miles away, sneezed.
Jing Lian quickly wrapped her cloak tighter, "Are you cold?"
"I'm fine. There's still a long way to go. You don't know what disease you might get. Don't be surprised."
"You're not saying that. We will definitely be able to return to Southern Xinjiang safely."
Wu Chun held up the map, "I calculated the days. We have been walking for fifteen days now. According to the map given by King Ze'an, it will take ten days to reach the border of the imperial capital. We passed Dingshui City five days ago. We should be in Anle Town now. It will take another seven days to leave Ningzhou. After Ningzhou, we still have to pass through four states. As long as we reach Lezhou, we will be very close to Southern Xinjiang. When we pass Tiansheng Mountain, my brother's troops will come to pick us up."
"Thanks to Prince Ze'an," Yu Li counted the remaining entanglements, there were still many, "otherwise I really don't know how to go back."
Wu Chun said, "The difficulty is not actually from the imperial capital to Southern Xinjiang, but escaping quietly from the Daliang Palace, especially under the nose of Shen Sui. But it is still thanks to Prince Ze'an that there is a secret passage in the back mountain that no one knows about."
On that day, while everyone in Yuning Palace was busy preparing for Cheng Jingyi to marry in, Wu Chun, wearing black clothes, set fire to Fengchun Palace, and then, under the cover of people sent by Shen Heng, went to the back mountain and passed through the secret passage.
Surprisingly, not long after he ran out, he ran into Xiao Huaiwen who was patrolling!
Seeing that they were acting suspiciously, Xiao Huaiwen arrested them and pulled off Wuchun's veil. After seeing who she was, he was shocked and said, "The Third Prince's Consort? I heard that there was a fire in Yuning Palace, why are you here?"
Wuchun was so anxious that she was speechless. "Things are not what you think. I can't explain it in a few words. Just pretend that you have never seen me today and that I am dead. General Xiao, please let me go."
Xiao Huaiwen was a fool and frowned immediately. "No, I can't let you go. This is a huge sin."
"If you don't tell me, no one else will know!" Wu Chun finally had a chance to escape, how could he allow Xiao Huaiwen to ruin it? He shouted angrily, "If you don't let me go, I will die in front of you!" As he spoke, he took out the dagger for self-defense from his sleeve, "If I die in front of you, you will definitely be held accountable. According to Shen Sui's temper, he will definitely kill you with every blow; but if you let me go, only God, the earth, you and I will know, and no one will think of you! Do you want to die?!"
Xiao Huaiwen was unmoved, "No, I'm sorry I can't obey your order, you can't leave."
"Xiao Huaiwen!" A crisp call came from behind.
It turned out to be Shen Ying.
Shen Ying was not surprised by Wu Chun's appearance. She only said to Xiao Huaiwen, "You let her go. If you don't, I will ask my father for permission tomorrow to make peace with the Huershan tribe! My father has had this plan for a long time, but he didn't want to let me go, so he let me stay in Daliang until now. As long as I ask for permission, I will leave Daliang forever and live the rest of my life in Huershan."
Xiao Huaiwen said angrily, "You are not allowed to go! Are you crazy? What kind of place is Huershan? Don't you know? Their land is poor and their people are barbaric. They eat raw flesh and blood. They eat livestock when they are prosperous and eat humans when they are in disaster! If a man dies, his younger brother inherits his woman. If his younger brother dies, his son takes his mother as his own woman. The customs are disgusting! That's not a place you can go. "
Shen Ying smiled instead, "Are you going to let her go?"
Xiao Huaiwen immediately cut the rope on Wu Chun.
Wu Chun ran away without thanking Shen Ying. After thinking about it, this is probably the only regret in the Daliang Palace. After this farewell, she will never be able to see Shen Ying again in her life.
When she thought that Shen Ying would be like in her previous life, she would die on the beam of Lishu Palace on the eve of the marriage with the Huershan tribe, her heart couldn't help but ache.
Marrying Huershan would mean a dead end; staying in Daliang, she didn't know whether Shen Sui would kill her later, which was also a bad thing.
The carriage bumped a bit, Wu Chun came to her senses, and the carriage stopped. Wu Chun lifted the curtain and asked the driver in front, "What's wrong?"
"Girl, the wheel of this carriage seems to have run over a rock, the wheel is broken, and it can't go." The carriage
went into the mountains. Going through this mountain is the fastest way out of Anle Town, but the mountain road is difficult to travel. Not only is the road bumpy, but there is also the possibility of getting lost and encountering wild animals.
"Is it really impossible to go? The wheel can't be repaired?"
"No, the wheel broke a few pieces of wood and can't be repaired."
Wu Chun had to get off the car and planned to spend the night in the mountains with Jing Lian Yuli.
They were still at the foot of the mountain, where wild animals would not come, so they set up a temporary thatched tent, caught a few fish, grilled them and slept in the tent.
In the middle of the night, Wu Chun was awakened by rustling noises. Through the gaps between the branches, he saw torches in the distance. A large group of people were actually coming into the mountain.
Wu Chun hurried out of the thatched tent, and Jing Lian just woke up. The two woke up the sleeping Yu Li and hid far away.
The man in the front had a black pendant hanging around his neck. He couldn't see what it was, but he could vaguely know that it represented the status of the leader.
The men were all strong and sturdy, with bronze skin, many with scars on their faces, and deep eyebrows and eyes. They looked like...
people from Xiyou.
How could there be people from Xiyou here?
When Wu Chun was puzzled, they were about to pass by the straw hut they had built. Her heart was in her throat, afraid that they would notice something unusual. When her heart was beating like a drum, they stopped!
Someone said a few words to the leader in the front, and the leader made a gesture, and the group of people scattered!
Not good!
Wu Chun pulled Jing Lian and Yu Li and ran, but there were many branches and leaves in the forest, and how could the girls outrun the tough Xiyou people? They were discovered after running a dozen steps, and almost instantly, a man tied them up. This book is exclusively compiled for you by the LK team
You don't need to look at their greedy and malicious eyes to imagine what these bandits will do if they catch a woman.
Especially Wu Chun is so beautiful.
If the leader hadn't stopped her, I'm afraid someone would have reached out and touched her.
At this time, Wu Chun thought of Shen Sui. At least Shen Sui was good-looking, had a good figure, and was clean. If doing that with Shen Sui is like being bitten by a dog, then these people are worse than pigs and dogs!
The leader asked someone to search their things, and when he saw the tangled things, jewelry and clothes, he confirmed that these were not ordinary women. The best-looking one was the master, and the other two were maids.
It's easy to get into trouble if you provoke a rich family, but you can take the opportunity to make a fortune.
The leader obviously didn't know the official language of Daliang. He pointed at a man behind him, who walked forward and squatted in front of Wu Chun.
This man didn't look like a Xiyou man. He should be an ordinary Daliang man, with sharp and handsome eyebrows, tan skin, and a shallow scar on his forehead. He didn't disfigure her, but instead had a kind of unruly ferocity. He was tall, and seemed to be a little taller than Shen Sui. As soon as he came close, it seemed that a hot wind with a masculine breath blew over.
It made the girl feel scared.
Wu Chun leaned back unconsciously.
"My name is Zheng Zhou, you don't have to be afraid of me, just answer my questions well." His voice was a little hoarse.
Wu Chun blinked, bit his lip and nodded.
"There is no rich family like you in Anle Town. Where are you from?"
"The Imperial Capital."
"Which family in the Imperial Capital?"
Wu Chun stopped talking.
"If you don't tell me, I'll kill you."
Wu Chun was afraid that they would report it to the Imperial Capital and let Shen Sui hear something and find out something. She didn't dare to say that she was from a poor family, for fear that they would think she was worthless and would do something wrong. So she said, "I am the daughter of a general."
"There are so many residences for generals in the Imperial Capital. Which family are you from?"
Wu Chun stopped talking again.
Zheng Zhou began to wipe the knife. "You don't want to tell me, right?"
Wu Chun bit her lips until they bled, looking fearless and unyielding.
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Seeing this, Zheng Zhou stood up and talked to the leader. The leader was not surprised at all. He pointed his finger and Wu Chun was grabbed and pushed away.
Yuli screamed: "Where are you taking us?!" Wu
Chun turned around and blinked at her. Yuli was confused, but Jinglian understood at a glance and squeezed Yuli's hand. Yuli muttered all the way.
They were taken to a simple house.
To be precise, it was their woodshed.
The corners of the wall were full of spider webs, the iron pot on the stove was rusty, there was a stinky smell of food, and there was soft and smelly rotten mud on the ground. Even Yuli and Jinglian, two maids, had never stayed in such a place.
The door was closed, not a single ray of light could get through. Two people were standing outside to prevent them from escaping.
"Your Highness, what did you mean just now? We can still be saved?"
"That Daliang man named Zheng Zhou gave me something."
Wu Chun turned his hand over and found a small piece of iron.
Although it was small, it was very sharp. Wu Chun squeezed it too tightly, and his hand turned red, and the wound was faintly visible.
"Will he come to help us?"
"I don't know. We can only wait. He is from Daliang. He should not be in the same group with those Xiyou people, otherwise he would not help us... maybe he is a spy."
The environment here is too bad. Wu Chun hesitated for a long time before sitting down. When it was dawn, there was movement outside the door. The two gatekeepers seemed to be talking to someone, and then the door opened.
Dazzling light poured in.
Zheng Zhou brought a box with a few steamed buns and a pot of water in it.
He grabbed the steamed buns with his hands and handed them to Wu Chun's mouth.
Wu Chun frowned.
It's not that she was being hypocritical, it's just that the steamed bun was made too roughly, with some black spots on it, and she didn't know if it was made of moldy dough, not to mention that it was held by Zheng Zhou.
His hands had more silk threads than Shen Sui's, and they were thicker and darker.
"You'll starve to death if you don't eat it. How long do you think you can live here?" Zheng Zhou put the steamed bun into the box and prepared to leave.
Wu Chun wanted to trick him, so she said, "Who said I don't want to eat anymore! Come back!"
Zheng Zhou squatted down again and handed the steamed bun to her. Wu Chun opened her mouth and took a bite. As she ate, Zheng Zhou frowned.
He complained that she chewed the food too slowly. How come her mouth was so small, but he could take ten bites of it.
But her lips were really red.
"Will you let us go?" Wuchun asked.
"I will, but it depends on your fate. There have been people like you before, but either they cried and refused to eat because they were too noisy, and finally died of exhaustion, or they were thrown to several men to be raped because they contradicted the leader, and either died of exhaustion or committed suicide." Zheng Zhou said in a normal tone.
The words were too vulgar, Wuchun frowned again, and she felt sick even when eating the steamed bun.
"When will you let us go? How? Why do you want to be a spy? Who sent you here?"
Zheng Zhou smiled, "You talk a lot. You are really brave."
Wuchun was almost done with her steamed bun, and she refused to move her mouth when she ate near Zheng Zhou's fingers. Zheng Zhou picked up the kettle and poured it into her mouth.
Wu Chun was choked and coughed, and Zheng Zhou was amused. He laughed a few times in his chest, and his laughter was also deep.
"You are so coquettish, how far do you think you can escape?" Zheng Zhou reached out to wipe the water stains from the corners of her mouth.
Wu Chun turned her head away, disdaining his dirty hands, "Don't touch me!"
Zheng Zhou pinched his fingertips. Her face was more tender than the tip of a pea, so tender that you could pinch it to get water.
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Wu Chun paused, "I don't."
"Running away to escape marriage?"
Wu Chun's tone was stiff, "It has nothing to do with you."
Zheng Zhou said "Interesting" and went out.
Yuli said, "Hey, don't leave. I haven't eaten yet."
The tall man turned his back to them and said, "It's not like there's nothing to untie the rope. Just untie the rope and eat it yourself."
Wuchun didn't sleep much that night. He asked Jinglian and Yuli to eat something, and then he leaned against the wall and fell asleep.
In the dream, there was an endless fire. Shen Sui shed two lines of blood and tears in the fire. The eyes looking at her were full of despair and pain.
Why did I dream about him again?
When Wuchun woke up, he actually felt a little melancholy in his heart. He just thought that he was in a bad mood because he encountered bandits while wandering outside.
No one could explain why Wuchun had to set the fire when Shen Sui was about to marry Cheng Jingyi.
Why not the day before, the day before, or the day after?
Even if the people in Yuning Palace had no time to care about her that day, it would be easier for her to escape, but there were obviously many such times. Why didn't she choose the time when Shen Sui was busy with official duties? Why didn't she choose the time when the royal nobles held a banquet?
Shen Sui was about to return to the palace that day, and the possibility of her escaping was even smaller.
Was it for revenge? Was it because she didn't want to see Cheng Jingyi appear in Yuning Palace?
Wu Chun couldn't admit it, and didn't dare to think about it.
When Zheng Zhou wiped the water stains from Wu Chun's mouth, the third prince's wife had just been buried in Yuning Palace, and the last shovel of soil was filled.
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