Chapter 91 Life hangs on a thread
"You must be careful!" Before Xu Laiqing could say anything more, Qin Huo had already ridden away on his horse.
After thinking for a moment, he still followed the direction Qin Huo left.
He searched for Qin Huo while hunting. The deeper he went, the fewer people he saw.
The woods in the hunting grounds are large, with hills of varying heights, and dangers lurk everywhere.
After Xu Laiqing had hunted enough prey, he casually put them on his horse. When he looked around and could not see Qin Huo, he pulled the reins and returned the same way.
Soon it was lunchtime and the hunting took a break.
However, when people came out of the woods one after another, Qin Huo was nowhere to be seen.
Xu Laiqing had the most prey, so he was almost the last to return. He subconsciously searched for Tianbao and the Fourth Princess. When he saw them, his heart skipped a beat: "Where's Tianbao?"
He had no one to ask. With so many people present, no one was obligated to look after Tianbao.
He continued to search for Qin Huo, and the trace of rationality in his mind began to fall apart. Qin Huo had not returned yet!
The guards, following the tyrant's instructions, are counting everyone's prey.
Xu Laiqing's horse was confiscated, so he could only ask for help from Concubine Yu, the only person he was familiar with. "Your Majesty, my sister and the fourth princess are missing. Please give me a horse so I can go in and find them!"
Concubine Yu then lazily opened her eyes, a trace of worry flashing through her mind: "How did they sneak in? Hey!" She beckoned her fingers and whispered a few words to her personal maid, "...Tell Wang'er to be careful and not hurt them."
Xu Laiqing had excellent hearing, and even though Concubine Yu spoke in a low voice, he still caught the last sentence accurately.
His breathing became tight, a series of guesses flashed through his mind, but his face remained calm.
After Concubine Yu finished her instructions, she looked at him casually and said slowly, "Go down and have a cup of tea. I have already sent someone to inform the emperor. This is the royal hunting ground, so there will be no accidents."
Xu Laiqing slowly clenched his fists and said calmly, "Empress Yu, my sister is young and unfamiliar with this place. I'm afraid she'll get into trouble and drag down the Fourth Princess. I'm sorry to trouble you, Your Majesty. I'll go in and look for her myself."
After he said that, he turned and walked into the woods again.
Concubine Yu narrowed her eyes, looked at the young man's determined back, and sighed: "Help me stand up."
Since Xu Laiqing insisted so much, she couldn't just turn a blind eye. With so many eyes on her, if anything happened to this hostage, she would obviously be blamed. So she could only go to see the tyrant and relay Xu Laiqing's words.
Xu Laiqing was extremely anxious, and after taking a few steps he started running at full speed.
Over there, the tyrant heard that Tianbao was missing. He was so shocked that his eyes almost popped out of his head and roared angrily: "Why don't you prepare a horse for me!!"
"..." Concubine Yu hadn't expected the tyrant's reaction to be so strong. She watched him ride away on his horse, wondering, "Your Majesty seems to have lost weight recently... How's Wang'er doing?"
Deep in the woods, Qin Huo and his horse fell into a big pit. The bottom of the pit was full of sharp wooden spikes.
"Ah! Help!" It was the voice of the Fourth Prince.
"Fourth...Fourth brother..." There was also the voice of the third prince.
Qin Huo had just been intentionally moving with the group to avoid being left alone. Just as he was about to head back, he saw a tiger chasing a deer! The Fourth Prince, whose hunting efforts had been fruitless, saw this scene with burning eyes and without hesitation, he followed the trap.
I didn’t expect that the third prince would come too.
Qin Huo shook his head, glanced at the dagger stuck in the pit wall, then looked at the horse under his feet that was riddled with holes, his face grim.
"Third brother? Third brother, did you fall into the pit too? Third brother, your voice is not right, are you injured?" The fourth prince has been practicing martial arts with his mother since he was a child. He used brute force to poke his fingers into the wall of the pit, and then grabbed several pieces of it, barely avoiding falling in and being poked into a hole.
"Cough cough cough... I, I'm bleeding... so much blood. Fourth brother, I... I'm dying." The third brother just turned sixteen a few days ago, and the tyrant hasn't had time to grant him a mansion yet.
"Why is there no sound from that brat? Could he have escaped?" Qin Wang's slow and cold voice sounded above their heads.
The Fourth Prince shuddered and looked up in disbelief, only to meet Qin Wang's gaze as he peered inside. "Brother...what do you mean? Could it be that you set this trap?"
Qin Wang ignored him, rolled his eyes and looked at the two pits next to him.
The third prince was in a very bad condition. He fell to the bottom of the pit, and wooden splinters pierced his body and blood was dripping down.
Qin Wang's eyes sparkled with eagerness, and he looked at it carefully for a while as if he had seen some beautiful scenery: "Third brother's skills are really terrible."
"Cough cough..." The third prince was no longer able to speak. Every time he coughed, blood foam overflowed from the corners of his mouth.
He stared at Qin Wang, his eyes filled with resentment that would never end.
Qin Wang was not afraid at all. Inexplicable enthusiasm even appeared in his eyes: "You are the ones seeking death. There is such a large forest, but you chose to run here. Hehehe... It makes things easier for me."
A loving expression appeared on his face as he looked at the dying Third Prince and said with a sinister smile, "Since you are so sensible, I will have someone burn more paper for you."
"Brother, you are no longer the prince! Are you crazy? You will not die a good death for harming your brothers and sisters!" The fourth prince was frightened. After all, Qin Wang's meaning was very clear. They would all die here today!
Qin Wang came back to his senses, stopped talking nonsense with the third prince, and turned to look at the third pit.
Apart from a stabbed horse, there was no sign of Qin Huo?
Qin Wang held his breath and stuck his head out. As soon as he approached the edge of the pit, Qin Huo, who was clinging to the wall, pushed hard against it. At the same time, he exerted force with his hands and jumped up. He stepped on the dagger and used the force to jump up again. He easily climbed onto the ground.
Qin Wang never expected that he could escape death. When he was stunned, Qin Huo turned behind him and pushed him into the deep pit without hesitation.
How could Qin Wang surrender? He drew a soft sword from his waist and swung it at Qin Huo without mercy.
One is nineteen years old, the other is eleven years old, with a huge difference in height and strength.
Qin Huosheng's advantage lies in his agility. Having been on the battlefield, he can accurately analyze the moves following each of Qin Wang's attacks and successfully avoid them every time.
"Hiss...Brother wants to use a hidden weapon!" A voice came from the tree.
Qin Wang paused slightly with the hand holding the poison needle, and looked in disbelief in the direction of the sound. He saw two little heads poking out from a large tree branch not far away. One of them even smiled and waved at him: "Hello, it's our first meeting. Thank you for your guidance."
God, please give me more advice?!
Taking advantage of Qin Wang's distraction, Qin Huo kicked him into the deep pit cleanly and neatly!
Qin Wang was not a pushover either. When he was about to die, he grabbed the hem of Qin Huo's robe!
Qin Huo was only an eleven-year-old boy after all, and he was dragged into the deep pit uncontrollably by Qin Wang. Unfortunately, the area around the deep pit was very clean, and there was not even a vine to pull on!
"Chiu~" A loud and intense eagle cry came from above the deep pit, and a black shadow swooped down as fast as lightning.
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