Great Tang princess

Chapter 78 Self-help
Seeing the target entered the river, the killers in charge of arresting all ran to the river and turned to look at the leader.

Indeed, none of them knew how to swim, so they could only run a few steps along the river bank while asking the leader what to do with their eyes.

The leader opened his eyes wide and kept searching the river, but he found no trace of Li Yuechen at all.

How did they know that with Li Yuechen's swimming level, it would not be a problem for a fierce man to plunge sixty to seventy meters in the water, not to mention that Luoshui was still flowing.

After running forward for more than ten meters, the leading assassin stopped suddenly and shook his head slightly.

"Why stop?" asked the assassin behind him.

"I can't catch it anymore..." The lead assassin said calmly, "Mission failed!"

Hearing what he said, the assassins behind him looked at each other: "Then I'll wait..."

"I can't go back." The leading assassin looked around, "There are so many people watching here, if I wait to go back, I will expose the master."

The other assassins nodded, already understanding what he meant.

The next moment, all the assassins took out a small porcelain bottle from their pockets, opened the lid and poured the medicine inside into their mouths.

After a while, several assassins clutched their necks and twitched.

The onlookers were startled and backed away.

After these assassins twitched a few times, they fell to the ground and gradually became silent.

……

On the other side, Fulai galloped all the way to the imperial city on a horse he didn't know where it came from.

The soldiers in charge of guarding the imperial city immediately aimed their spears at Fulai who was rushing towards him, and the soldiers above the tower also aimed at him with their bows and arrows.

Seeing that he was being targeted, Fulai stopped quickly and cursed in a sharp voice: "Bastard! We are Wang Fulai! Get out of the way quickly, and report something important to the saint!"

When the soldiers on duty saw that it was really him, they immediately waved their hands to let him go.

Seeing that Fulai was about to charge in directly on horseback, and that he was with the princess when he just went out, he instinctively felt that something serious might have happened.

Seeing Fulai galloping all the way to the Hall of Renshou on horseback, the soldiers on duty quickly reported their thoughts to the officer.

After thinking about it for a while, the officer immediately told all the soldiers to cheer up and assemble quickly in case there is any task.

Fulai rode a horse all the way to Renshou Hall, and Zhang Chengxin, who was standing at the door, saw a horse galloping towards him from afar.

Seeing that it was Fulai, he immediately turned gloomy, and trotted two steps forward to stop him: "You bastard! How dare you ride a horse in the palace!"

"Grandpa, I have something urgent to report to the saint!" Fulai said as he was about to rush into the palace.

Zhang Chengxin grabbed him with a hand: "Let us report it first, it's your turn..."

"Your Highness was assassinated, you can't wait, Grandpa!" Fu Lai looked anxious, shook off his arm and walked straight in.

Zhang Chengxin was taken aback for a moment, and then immediately followed Fulai into the Hall of Renshou.

Inside the hall, it was still the same as usual, with Wu Zetian approving the memorial, Li Zhi burning incense and drinking tea, holding a health ball, lying on the rocking chair with his eyes closed and resting.

Fulai didn't even bother to take off his shoes, and ran directly into the hall, and knelt on the ground in front of the table, with an anxious expression on his face: "Saint, Your Highness has been assassinated!"

Seeing how flustered he was and wanting to teach him a lesson, Li Zhi suddenly stood up: "What did you say?!"

Wu Zetian behind the table was also shocked, and the brush in his hand fell with a "click", blurring a large area on the memorial.

Fulai knocked his head to the bottom: "Just now when His Royal Highness and his slaves returned to the palace, they were assassinated. The prison guards couldn't resist..."

"Bastard!"

Li Zhi's eyes widened, and at the same time as he roared, he threw the health ball in his hand and hit the floor with a "bang".

The emperor was furious, and Zhang Chengxin hurriedly knelt down behind him.

"Why did you come back when the princess was assassinated? Where is Chen'er now?" Li Zhi asked loudly.

Seeing the emperor's anger, Fulai was trembling all over, but he didn't dare to stop, and continued: "Seeing that the prison guard couldn't resist, the princess climbed over the wall and left by herself, and the assassins parted to chase, and the slaves and the prison guard entangled with the remaining assassins." Dou, I hurried back to report..."

Wu Zetian next to him suddenly asked: "Chen'er ran away by himself? Was he not injured?"

"The servant did not see His Highness injured..."

"Then why are you still standing here? Send someone to look for it!" Wu Zetian said coldly.

Zhang Chengxin in the back got up immediately: "Old slave, let's go!"

After speaking, he ran out quickly.

Li Zhi suppressed his desire to kill someone, and after taking two deep breaths, he came to Fulai, gritted his teeth and said word by word: "Now, tell me what happened! Don't miss it!"

Fulai agreed and immediately explained.

Immediately after Zhang Chengxin ran out, he gave an order that all the guards in the palace were sent out to find the princess, even if they dug three feet into the ground, they had to find it!
After the order was issued, a large number of soldiers began to gather in the imperial city.

Zhang Chengxin sent someone to call Xiaohe and asked her to bring some people who had seen the princess to be the team leader.

After all, these soldiers know very little about the princess's appearance, and someone must be responsible for identifying it.

Hearing that the princess was assassinated, Xiao He jumped and went back to prepare immediately.

However, before the soldiers had finished gathering, they received news that someone had just seen a group of people chasing a child in Nanshi.

And that child finally jumped into Luoshui, and those who were in charge of chasing him by the river bank all committed suicide.

Zhang Chengxin did not dare to neglect after receiving the news, and immediately reported the situation to Li Zhi.

"What? Jump into Luoshui?" Wu Zetian opened his eyes wide, and then suddenly felt his legs go limp, and unconsciously spread out on the chair.

But Li Zhi patted her on the shoulder: "Meiniang, don't worry, Chen'er is very good at swimming, so she's sure to be fine!"

After finishing speaking, he issued an order: "Send down the order and order all sixteen guards to dispatch and search along the banks of the Luoshui River. We must find Chen'er's whereabouts!"

"Here!" Zhang Chengxin agreed and ran out quickly.

Li Zhi took a deep breath, only feeling his head swell for a while, then shook his head, and quickly took a few deep breaths to calm himself down.

He is also anxious, but he is the emperor, if he falls ill at this time, the palace will be in chaos.

The news spread quickly, spreading throughout the entire palace almost instantly.

Li Yuechen's two older sisters and four older brothers also ran over and entered the Hall of Renshou with anxious expressions on their faces.

Seeing the children coming, Li Zhi waved his hands before they could speak: "I have already sent someone to look for them, don't worry! Just wait!"

"Grandpa!" Li Xian took a step forward, and said with a gloomy face, "Who assassinated Yuechen? My son, go and chop him into pieces!"

Hearing what he said, Li Xian also came out: "My child is going too."

Li Lun didn't speak, but walked out equally firmly.

Wu Zetian settled down and calmed down quickly. Seeing that Li Zhi was also very irritable now, she immediately waved to the children to tell them not to talk.

……

After Li Yuechen entered the river, he followed the current and ran forward. He didn't raise his head to take a breath until after more than a hundred meters, and then continued to dive and swim forward.

It wasn't until he was about to leave Luoyang City that he turned his head and looked for a while, and realized that he had made the right bet, those people really couldn't swim.

He wanted to go ashore, but at this moment, Li Yuechen's physical strength was completely exhausted, and he couldn't move at all.

There was no one to be seen on the surrounding river banks, and there was no way to call for help.

After thinking about it, he relaxed his body, lay on the water and let the river carry him forward.

Raising his hands and looking at them, the palms of his hands have been cut by the bark just now. Fortunately, the river water is cold, and the cooling has stopped the bleeding invisibly.

At this time, there were more than ten bright red blood spots on the palm of the hand, accompanied by bursts of pain.

Damn, I hope it doesn't get infected... Li Yuechen can only think so, try to keep his hands above the water, and don't continue to get wet.

Floating along the river to the outside of the city, Li Yuechen looked around the river bank, thinking that it would be great if he could meet someone.

But now the sun has begun to slant to the west, and no one can be seen on both sides.

In desperation, Li Yuechen decided to swim by the river by himself. After all, it was only March and the river was still very cold.

If you really want to spend the night here, you will definitely freeze to death!
Li Yuechen swung his legs and let himself lie on the water and gradually float towards the river bank.

After finally reaching the shore, Li Yuechen felt that he was weak and top-heavy.

After using all four limbs together, he finally got out of the water and landed on the shore with great difficulty.

With her white and delicate feet stepping on the mud, Li Yuechen strenuously walked to the shore.

Touching his head, it felt very hot.

I actually had a fever, which is normal when I think about it. After strenuous exercise, I sweated all over, and then soaked in the water for so long, and finally my body couldn't stand it anymore.

The clothes on his body were already soaked, almost translucent.The most critical thing now is to change clothes, otherwise the fever will get worse.

Looking around, I found that this place is not far from Luoyang City, but with my current state, it is impossible to walk back, or I will faint on the way.

But this place is not in front of the village, and there are no shops in the back, so maybe we can only spend the night here tonight.

Li Yuechen had already prepared for the worst, so he picked up two branches and some hay on the side of the road, planning to try drilling wood to make fire.

But now Li Yuechen was dizzy and weak, no matter how he tried it, he couldn't do it.

He was about to take off his clothes and blow the air to dry himself, but he accidentally saw a bullock cart walking slowly here.

Li Yuechen didn't go there immediately, but leaned against the tree trunk by the river, sat down with his legs crossed, and planned to check the situation.

The bullock cart approached slowly, and a man who looked less than 30 years old but had a beard on his face taught something to the children next to him.

This kid looked about the same age as Li Yuechen, and his childishness was still on his face.

He listened to his father's lesson with a humble attitude, perhaps because the people in the village outside the city had been in the field for many years, the skin of the two of them was a little tanned.

"I don't think about anything else now. If I can have a good harvest for you to study and be able to read in the future, it will be considered..."

Sitting on the bullock cart, Wu Da was teaching a lesson when he saw his son suddenly become absent-minded, as if he didn't listen at all.

"Bastard! Didn't you hear me talking to you?"

However, the son pointed to a willow by the river and said, "Master, look quickly, there is a man over there!"

Wu Da looked in the direction his son pointed, and sure enough there was a child sitting there under the tree by the river.

She hugged her legs against the tree trunk, her face was flushed, and her eyes were drooping, as if she was about to fall asleep.

His whole body seemed to be soaked through, and his hair was also messy, except for a hairpin that was most of it stuck.

There are still some locks and strands hanging down against the face, but even so, it can be seen that it is a beauty.

Li Yuechen was already dizzy now, and when he saw someone stop, he grinned slightly.

Wu Da saw that the girl's hands and feet were white and tender, like a child from a rich family, and she didn't know how she ended up in this wilderness where there was no village or shop behind.

The son jumped out of the bullock cart with a curious expression on his face, and squatted down in front of Li Yuechen to observe it.

Then he turned his head and said, "Master, this man is still alive!"

Wu Da came over and thought to himself what a beautiful girl doll, she looked like a porcelain doll.

It's just that his mental head is obviously not very good, as if he is seriously ill.

"Master, shall we help her?" the son asked.

"Yeah." Wu laughed and touched his son's head, jokingly said, "This girl looks so good-looking, maybe if you pick it up, she can be your wife in the future!"

Hearing his words, Li Yuechen raised his head slightly, a smile appeared on his pale lips, and he said in a hoarse voice: "Old man, let me be your daughter-in-law, I'm afraid you won't be able to bear it..."

Hearing her words, Wu Da frowned slightly.

He often gets some animal skins to sell in the city, and has met many people from rich families.And the little girl in front of him has the same temperament as them, and even surpasses it somewhat.

After thinking about it, he asked, "Who is the little lady?"

"Don't ask too much." Li Yuechen replied, "As long as you turn around the car now and send me into the city, I can protect your prosperity and wealth for the rest of your life!"

Hearing Li Yuechen's words, Wu Da frowned.When such a little girl said such words, his first reaction was that he was insane.

But this girl speaks clearly, not like a crazy person.But think about it carefully, if it really came from a rich family, maybe it was a chance for me.

Left and right are just a matter of walking a certain distance. Even if it is fake, I don't lose anything. At worst, I can take it back to be my daughter-in-law.

However, there was still some worry on his face: "The city gate is about to close at this time, why not take you back to rest for a night, tomorrow..."

"No problem, I will open the door when they see you." Li Yuechen shook his head, "Besides, I am seriously ill now, if I die at your house tonight, you will be in big trouble."

Wu Da stood there thinking for a while, and finally nodded: "Okay!"

Anyway, it’s just a matter of walking for a while, so let’s try it out.

So he directly pulled the old scalper to turn the car around, but the son still hadn't realized it: "Master, what is this for?"

"Enter the city!"

Wu Da turned the front of the car around, picked up Li Yuechen and placed him on a pile of straw behind the car, then sat on the frame and started walking in the direction of Luoyang.

But an ox cart is no better than a horse cart. At this speed, it is probably midnight when we arrive in Luoyang City.

Li Yuechen was lying on the straw, feeling drowsy, but she didn't dare to sleep. After all, she didn't know whether the father and son could be trusted, or if they wanted to wait until they entered the city before going to sleep, so she forced her upper body to lean against the frame superior.

Seeing that little boy staring at him all the time, Li Yuechen decided to talk to him to keep himself awake.

So he smiled slightly and asked, "Do you have a name?"

"My name is Wu Gouzi, what about you?" the little boy asked curiously.

"Me? You better not know my name." Li Yuechen smiled.

This is not to put on airs, but after telling him, if the official people hear what he said that day, and the common people call the princess by her name, she may be killed directly!
　The second one is in the afternoon.

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