Behind Xie Shiguan were two followers in light attire, both of whom were strangers and inconspicuous faces, but Shen had no impression of them at all.
"Go," the prince ordered the two coldly, "clean this place up."
The two men immediately understood and nodded silently, then they tiptoed the ground and flew forward with their swords drawn.
Chen was still thinking about Si Lai, so he gritted his teeth and stood up from the ground. Then he tugged at the corner of Xie Shiguan's robe, and silently called out, "Child, child!"
Please save him quickly.
Seeing the two sword-wielding assassins approaching, the old hunter no longer cared about his nephew who was almost cut in half. He backed away while raising the kid in his hand high up with a ferocious look on his face: "If you dare to come over, I will throw this kid off here and kill him!"
The two assassins paused for a moment. This kid was someone that Chen was willing to protect at the cost of his life, so the two of them paused, waiting for King Yan's opinion.
Xie Shiguan looked at him coldly, with the corners of his lips slightly raised, as if he was holding nothing but a raccoon or a dog, and then he continued to give orders casually: "What are you standing there for? No need to keep him alive."
What he meant was that there was no need to bother with that brat. Whether two or three died, it made no difference to him.
Of course Shen understood, so he immediately loosened the hem of his robe and then crawled towards them desperately.
That's his child, his Silai!
The prince didn't understand and there was some distress in his eyes. He followed him slowly forward and saw that the arrow in his calf was going deeper and deeper with his movements. Blood was overflowing little by little, dyeing the thin layer of white snow on the ground red.
Xie Shiguan frowned, squatted down and held his legs, feeling annoyed and annoyed, but finally he let go and looked up at them: "Xiaoman, save the child."
But as the two knife-wielding assassins approached step by step, the hunter's face gradually turned cold, and he knew in his heart that these people probably would not compromise for this child again.
Knowing that he was doomed, the hunter immediately let go and threw the kid to the ground fiercely. Fortunately, at the last moment, the hunter named Guyu kicked the kid over, and Xiaoman immediately leaned forward and caught the kid.
Being tossed around like this, Silai almost never stopped crying. Her voice became weaker and her tone became a little hoarse. It was obvious that she was tired of crying.
When Shen Que saw Si Lai hanging in the air just now, his heartbeat almost stopped, and the tears in his eyes rolled down almost instantly.
At this moment, his heart slammed back into his chest, forcing him to collapse to the ground, and then he began to gasp for breath.
Xie Shiguan grabbed him by the back of the collar, pulled him up from the ground, and half held him in his arms. The thin layer of snow on the ground was melted by the warmth from his body, and the dirty water mixed with mud soaked his coarse cloth short jacket, making him wet and dirty, and looking extremely miserable.
The mute's eyes were red and tears fell like incontinence, hitting the prince's palm, burning him a little bit.
Xie Shiguan was originally full of anger, but seeing him like this, those mocking words suddenly stopped in his throat, and when he opened his mouth, he only asked a low question: "How dare you run?"
The two hunters were quite skilled, and they even fought with Guyu and Xiaoman for a while. However, the crossbows were not suitable for close combat, and they did not have the weak points of the two men in their hands, so it was not long before they were both pierced through the heart by the long sword.
A strong smell of blood overflowed. Xie Shiguan stretched out his hand and wiped away the tears on his face. The tears mixed with the blood drops that splashed on his face, and the more he rubbed, the dirtier it became.
But Xie Shiguan seemed to be unable to stand it at all, and rubbed his cheek fiercely, making the already red corners of his eyes even redder.
"Why are you crying?" He smiled coldly, "Who told you to escape to this remote place? You deserve it. Even these rats and dogs can't control you. Isn't it shameful?"
After saying that, Xie Shiguan stretched out his hand again, but Shen thought he was going to strangle his neck, so he subconsciously moved to the side.
But in Xie Shiguan's eyes, he seemed to be avoiding him intentionally, so he became even angrier and pinched his chin, pulling him back an inch.
Then he roughly closed his shirt. The coarse cloth was not as good as satin and had been torn by the bachelor just now. No matter how hard he pulled it, it was still loose and looked terrible.
After thinking about it, the prince took off his coat and put it on the mute without saying a word.
The coat with a faint body temperature covered him, but this temperature was not enough to warm Shen's body that was wet by the snow. Instead, it awakened his almost frozen skin. He seemed to feel the coldness for the first time, his eyelashes trembled, and his whole body was shaking violently.
Is it cold? Xie Shiguan thought, you asked for it.
If he had not arrived in time, every inch of the mute's clothes would have been torn, and the dirty and ugly peasant would have kissed his lips and even rubbed his smelly and sticky semen on him, making him dirty and damaged.
When Xie Shiguan thought of this, he became so angry that he almost went crazy.
This is his stuff, how dare those bitches touch it?
He began to regret having killed that bastard with a single blow. He should have castrated him, tortured him half to death, and then nailed him to a tree, leaving him to be eaten by the wild beasts in the forest.
And this mute, he should have locked him up in that yard from the beginning, chained him to the bed, and branded him all over his body with his own marks. Even if his hands and feet were broken, he should only look at himself. All the pain and joy should be given to him by himself.
He felt sick just by looking at those dirty people.
"How dare you run," Xie Shiguan's eyes, which were always filled with smiles, burned up, clamped his chin, and questioned viciously, "How dare you? Where did he touch you? Do you still feel good? Do you like it? Seeing him being hacked to death by me, you feel sorry for him, don't you?
But no matter what he said, Shen kept his eyes down. His hands and feet were numb and he couldn't move at all. He could only let Xie Shiguan manipulate him.
His eyes were red and he protested in his heart that he didn't, he didn't feel pity, and he wasn't so mean.
Seeing his listless look, the prince was furious. In his opinion, Shen Que had a good life but insisted on running to this mountain valley to suffer.
Also, this mute clearly looks neither delicate nor soft, and apart from his eyes, there is nothing else stunning about him. How could he be so attractive?
He had just followed the sound of a baby crying and saw this scene at a glance. His mind was immediately overwhelmed by anger. The baby was crying loudly, so he only heard a few unclear words from the bachelor's mouth.
What about "like a woman", "take off his clothes" and "open his eyes".
"You seem to be able to get along well wherever you go," Xie Shiguan looked at the arrow embedded in his calf, picked him up horizontally, and then said sarcastically, "Even though you have come to this mountain, there are still those rats and dogs chasing after you."
Shen was in a state of confusion at the moment. Hearing the contempt in his tone, his heart and lungs seemed to be grasped by someone and pulled down fiercely.
He never thought that the prince would come to see him again, let alone that His Highness would come in person.
The death scene of the bachelor seemed to still vaguely appear before his eyes. He knew His Royal Highness Prince Yan. His Royal Highness killed the bachelor not to vent his hatred for him, but because His Royal Highness did not like his things to be soiled.
He was a slave he bought, so he was the only one who could bully him, punish him, and kill him.
When Xie Shiguan comes to his senses and wants to settle the score with him, I'm afraid his fate will not be much better than that bachelor.
If that time really comes, Shen just hopes that he won't do anything to Silai. He is the one who should die, but Silai is innocent.
He leaned his head lightly on Xie Shiguan's shoulder and arm, and the scent of sandalwood that he had not smelled for a long time penetrated his nostrils. It was so familiar that it made him want to cry. He was attached to this little bit of warmth because he might not be able to feel it again soon.
But the next moment he heard Xie Shiguan asking the people behind him: "Where is the doctor nearby?"
Guyu took a half step forward and said, "There is a family clinic in the village at the foot of the mountain. It is also where Lord Shen has been staying these days."
The mountain road was difficult to walk on, and it would take at least an hour and a half to reach the bottom of the mountain, so the prince held the person and sat on a flat stone by the side of the road, and then asked Guyu to come and pull out the arrow from the mute's calf.
If it is not removed in time, the arrow will probably sink deeper and deeper, injuring the tendons and bones, and the leg will be disabled.
Guyu accepted the order, then knelt on one knee, held down Chen Que's calf with one hand, grabbed the tail of the arrow with the other, and whispered, "I'm sorry."
Then he pulled out the arrow expressionlessly. Fortunately, this arrow was different from the ones they were used to, and the tip of the arrow would not remain in the flesh when it was pulled out.
Xie Shiguan felt the mute in his arms tremble slightly, and the blood from the wound almost immediately gushed out, stinging his eyes. So he subconsciously pulled out a handkerchief from his sleeve and tied it around the wound, but in an instant the silk cloth was soaked red with blood.
Chen's reaction was flat. He had suffered similar injuries many times before. If the arrow had not been rubbed with anesthetic, which made him lose his strength, he would have pulled the arrow out by himself early in the morning. In addition, the anesthetic was taking effect now, so the pain in his leg was not severe.
But the prince's action made him confused and bewildered.
At this moment, the baby in Xiaoman's arms at the back suddenly whimpered again, and then began to cry weakly.
Chen's heart tightened, knowing that he was hungry and wanted to drink milk, but the effect of the drug on his body had not yet worn off, and he was afraid that he could not even hold him steadily. Moreover, this was in front of Xie Shiguan, and he did not dare to do that...
Hearing the annoying crying sound, Xie Shiguan then remembered that he had picked up such a kid. The mute was carrying a bamboo basket full of cotton and soft stuff on his back. This kid must have been brought up the mountain by him.
King Yan's face was uncertain. He lowered his eyes to look at the person in his arms and asked tentatively, "Did you give birth to this child?"
Chen did not dare to refute. He clutched the piece of clothing on Xie Shiguan's chest, his eyes were flustered and his lips and cheeks were pale.
Seeing his reaction, Xie Shiguan's blood boiled up, and he squeezed out a sentence from his lips in anger: "How despicable are you? You have been in the south for a short time and you have already hooked up with someone. How could that woman want you? She is blind and can't see what is under you..."
At this point he suddenly stopped.
But Shen was already stunned, and was confused and worried, how could the prince know this? And when did he know this?
When he met the prince's gaze again at this time, Shen felt even more ashamed. It turned out that those deep and ugly secrets that he had hidden had been seen by his highness without him knowing when. The decency and dignity that he had struggled to maintain in front of him no longer existed.
But Shen felt that he was like a person who had been stripped of his clothes. No, it should be ten thousand times worse than that.
He was already ashamed of himself for not being able to speak, not to mention that he had such a dirty, deformed and incomplete body.
How would His Highness view him now? Do you also think he is dirty?
Thinking of this, he no longer dared to sneak up to the prince. He gritted his teeth and struggled to get up, but his hands and feet were still numb. All Xie Shiguan had to do was give him a slight bump when he walked down the slope, and he fell back into his arms again.
He couldn't avoid it, so he had to lower his head in pain.
Xie Shiguan did not notice his confusion, he just thought that his silence and lowering of his head meant he agreed.
He sneered and gnashed his teeth, "How dare you? That kid cried so loudly, why didn't he follow you?"
The cub at the back kept crying, which disturbed King Yan's thoughts and made him more and more annoyed. So he pinched the mute's waist tightly, tilted his head and ordered in a cold voice: "Tell him to shut up."
Xiaoman had never coaxed a child before, so how could he know how to tell a kid that young to shut up? In his eyes, the only way to make someone shut up was to cut his neck.
Just as he was hesitating whether to cover the kid's mouth and nose, he suddenly saw the mute who was held in the arms of King Yan in front of him looking at him, with sad eyes, and moving his lips.
Xiaoman didn't understand, but she could tell that he was begging her.
So he didn't really do it, but instead, he gently rocked the baby in his arms in an unskilled way. Fortunately, Si Lai seemed to be tired, and suddenly he was willing to obey, and soon stopped crying again.
The forest was too deep. They had been led by the cub's loud cry when they came here. Now it was not easy to go down the mountain. They didn't know if they had taken a long detour. After walking for a long time, they could not see any trace of the village at the foot of the mountain.
However, nearly half an hour had passed, and the effect of the medicine on Shen Que's body had gradually worn off, and his hands had regained some strength. He observed the terrain around him, gesturing from time to time to show them the way.
Finally, several people came out of the mountain.
When they were going down the mountain, snow started falling from the sky. The breeze carried the thin piece of crystal velvet, which just happened to fall on Shen Que's lips. He felt a chill on his lips and quickly looked up at the prince.
Xie Shiguan had probably come on horseback, and was wearing a light outfit. After he took off his outer coat and gave it to him, he was left with only a thin undershirt with a soft satin lining.
When the wind blew, Chen felt cold. He was afraid that the prince would be frozen, so he looked up at him several times, but he didn't know what to gesture.
Prince Yan calmed down now, thinking that Chen had only been on the run for less than a year. Even if he had just arrived in the south, he couldn't stand the loneliness and had an affair with a woman, but he shouldn't have a child this big.
Besides, the mute was obviously afraid of having his secret discovered. Even if he really had feelings for the village girl, he would have kept it secret. How could he let others see his appearance?
But why did he bring such a young child up the mountain? If it was someone else's child, how could he be trusted to let a man take care of it?
And that kid, he just took a quick glance at him and felt that he looked somewhat familiar.
But when the little thing cried, its face turned red and its facial features wrinkled. It was so ugly that it was unbearable to look at. He didn't know who it looked like.
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