Chunguang Brocade

Chapter 149 Jungle Encounter (Duel 4)

It was another dark and windy night, but the streets and alleys of the capital were brightly lit, and patrolling soldiers and horses were everywhere. The common people were no longer allowed to go out at will. They were put under a curfew, and the only way they could get out was to be dragged into the ranks.

In Taifu's mansion, Master Xiao Geng was sitting in the pavilion enjoying the moonlight in March while humming and singing, just like a pastoral old man.

The old matriarch was laughed angrily by his youngest son, and walked into the kiosk with his hands behind his back, "You really are in the mood."

Master Xiao Geng asked back, "Why are you not in the mood?"

"Caipei, your Ji Chong was chased by the king of Chu and fled all the way west. If he can't return to the capital, you, an official, have done it."

Master Xiao Geng smiled: "I didn't want to be an official in the first place, and it doesn't matter to me whether I succeed or not."

The old lady Fu sighed, an old man can't live as well as a young man, so he sat down, "Brother Ni went outside to find out what's going on."

"Could it be that after inquiring about the situation, you can escape from the capital?"

The old matriarch was blocked by his son, and couldn't say a word for a while, and laughed wistfully.

Master Xiao Geng saw that Lao Tzu was speechless, but he had something to say, "Father, don't forget that Ji Chong is the regent with an army of 30, how could he let them succeed."

"They...?" The old matriarch sneered, "You know the truth."

"Don't say that I am the official closest to the emperor, even if I am not, the common people in the capital don't know what Gao is doing."

"So what, no one can shake the Gao family, at least for the past ten years."

Master Xiao Geng smiled lightly, as if he didn't agree with his father, he hummed a ditty to himself, "The moon rises on the sea..."

"Stop singing." The old matriarch was not in the mood, "If Gao Chen really lets the King of Chu in, we will be in danger."

Master Xiao Geng suddenly stopped talking, and laughed, "It's impossible to let go, but whether you can stop Ji Min is another matter."

The pillow flower building is brightly lit, but there is no sound when going up and down, like a sleeping cave, which makes people tremble with fear.

The scout raised his head and reported back, "My lord, the King of Chu has sent another 5 horses from somewhere, and the four gates of the capital may not be able to defend..."

"Pull it down and hit the board."

Several guards rushed forward and quickly took away the scout.

The little scout begged for mercy loudly, "Uncle Guo, please forgive me, please forgive me..."

The silent Zhenhualou was screamed like hell on earth by the miserable screams.

"What about those two?" The turquoise in Gao Chen's hand spun like a duck's egg in his palm.

"Master, the little lady surnamed Shen was sitting in the cave crying with her head in her arms. At noon, the guard had a stomachache and left the guard gate. There is no news yet."

"stomachache?"

"Yes, sir."

Gao Chen, who has been leisurely for two days, has bulging eyebrows, and his face is so gloomy that dripping water: "Then let him be in pain for the rest of his life."

"Grandpa..." The little steward's calves were shaking with fright, "Little... I'll go investigate the situation right away." Scared, he ran out to confirm the news.

Until then, Gao Chen's gloomy eyes flashed a bright light, "Flying pigeons pass on the letter, let people shoot arrows on Chu Kai's back."

"Yes, the little one will do it right away."

Deep in the palace, the little emperor Ji Lian felt the wind and cold again, and his whole body was hot, as hot as boiled shrimp.

"Your Majesty, what should I do?" Mo Lan panicked and sent out ten servants, and none of them had a chance to enter Fuma Mansion. What if she couldn't find Doctor Bai? "

Yingya directed people to use ice cubes and wine to cool her son down, while walking back and forth in front of the dragon bed. Before the late emperor died, in order to prevent Ying’s relatives from interfering in politics, he found a famous person to send Ying’s family to a place as far away as Hetao. , I can't find an excuse to transfer back to the capital.

Thinking of this, Yingya wished that Huangling would go and beat up the dead sick child, even death would not spare her.

So what, she hasn't entered the palace yet, the son is hers, and if you listen to her, then she is above ten thousand people and the actual ruler of the Great Wei Dynasty.

As for the Gao family... how did they let the king of Chu attack the capital? The palace is now the safest place.

"Cymbidium……"

"You go to Fuma Mansion to find the eldest princess in person, and tell her that as long as you lend me Doctor Bai, I will allow his son to be the Duke of the Kingdom in the future."

"Your Majesty..." Mo Lan was startled.

"Aren't you going soon?"

"Yes Yes……"

The soldiers outside the imperial city were in a panic, and Mo Lan didn't want to go at all, but if His Majesty had a problem, they would have no power to rely on, and they were no different from dogs.

"Yes, ma'am, the servant girl will go right away."

On the street, the lights were as bright as daylight. Qingluan was wrapped in a black cloth scarf and dressed in black. He walked at the corner of the street and looked all the way down. There were four guards at the gate. There were about 500 people, and tens of thousands of strong men were arrested. There were nearly 500 people at one gate, and they should be able to resist the soldiers of the King of Chu.

But thinking of the worst is the most basic way of thinking for people like them to seek things for their master.

If the city gate falls, what will happen to the capital, and what will happen to the palace?
Mo Lan's departure from the palace was very low-key. She rode in an unassuming small carriage, and a few imperial guards dressed as ordinary guards walked on the street.

The capital city is different from other places. There are so many dignitaries and dignitaries. Although there is a curfew, once someone dares to come out in a carriage, it means that there is still a way. Generally, the guards will release them as soon as they see the token.

Mo Lan has the token of the maidservant of the palace, so of course she is unimpeded.

After inquiring about it, Qingluan was about to go back to Yulin Lane, when a small black carriage approached her, and she quickly avoided it.

Mo Lan noticed the man in black on the side of the street, and felt that his figure looked familiar, but he didn't stop because he was in a hurry to go to Fuma Mansion. After a while, the guard brought the news, "Aunt Mo, it's the Qing family released by your mother. "

"It's so late and messy, why is she wandering on the street?"

The guard shook his head, "The little one didn't find out."

"Go and ask again."

"Yes."

On the night of March, Shen Chuxia finally crossed the long stream and reached the shore. She was cold and hungry, and she sat down by the stream to rest, remembering that at noon when the gemstone on the hairpin was projected somewhere on the wall, it finally triggered the mechanism. I hurriedly drilled out, but I didn't expect the long tunnel to be a waist-length stream.

Fortunately, it was a waist-length creek. If the creek was deep, she would probably drown if she couldn't swim.

Anyway, it's a blessing to have escaped.

The thing to do now is to find something to eat, then light a fire to roast, and wait until dawn to find the way back to the capital.

Looking for wild fruits under the moonlight, something she had never done in her life, Shen Chuxia was lucky, and she really found several unknown fruits.

I tried to take a bite of each, and I don't know if it is poisonous, it all depends on the feeling.

The food that can be eaten generally tastes normal, or crisp, or a little sweet, but she throws away the sour fruit that is so astringent that she can't even open her mouth.

After eating, there was a gust of mountain wind, and I felt very cold, but there were no matches or lighters in the mountains, so how could I start a fire!

Drilling wood to make fire?Can only think about it.

Not trapped to death, nor starved to death, Shen Chuxia firmly believed that she could find a way. In the end, the only metal on her body played a role.

She found a bunch of dry leaves, put them on a dry stone, and rubbed the hairpin on the stone to generate sparks, which really ignited the fire.

There was everything in the jungle. Shen Chuxia found a pile of dry sticks and branches, finally set up a fire, and sat on the dry grass that had been laid to dry clothes.

She scratched the grass around the fire to prevent it from causing a fire.While it was baking, she lay down on the haystack and fell asleep.

An ignorant and fearless modern person has no idea what kind of wild beasts and poisonous insects there will be in the jungle.After escaping from birth, I ate my stomach again, and then fell asleep contentedly.

The luxuriant jungle covered the moonlight above his head, and the soldiers around Ji Chong were beaten away, and few people followed him. The roar of killing outside the jungle seemed to be right next to his ears.

Zhishi leads the way, and the group hides deep in the jungle.

"How many miles?"

"Return to Your Highness, it is more than 100 miles away from Baoye Temple."

"It's already this far?" Mu Tong was surprised, "Then we missed the big river and turned so far north?"

Zhishi said, "The great river to the west is guarded by King Chu's people, we can't reach it at all."

Wooden passage, "What about Liyunbei?"

Zhishi quickly climbed up a very tall tree, and visited the top of the tree for a while before coming down, "We were chased by them to the northwest, far away from Yunbei."

Was it out of the controllable range?

They looked at each other, but didn't know what to say.

Holding the long sword at his waist, Ji Chong followed the guards forward.

Suddenly, the little guard who led the way said, "Your Highness, look, there is a fire ahead."

Everyone looked over in unison, "It's true."

Mu Tong looked back, "Zhi Shi, are there any pursuers behind?"

"I'll go and have a look." Zhishi led several people towards the back.

Mu Tong led the guards and ran towards the fire excitedly.

Mo Lan borrowed the doctor Bai from the Fuma Mansion, and took him back to the palace. When she was about to reach the palace gate, she found the west gate was ablaze, and someone shouted, "It's not good, it's not good... the gate is about to be breached." La……"

Doctor Bai shivered in fright.

Mo Lan also turned pale with fright, and hastily took out her token and entered the palace.

"Your Majesty... Your Majesty..." She yelled and entered the palace.

"What are you yelling about, where is the imperial doctor?"

Mo Lan didn't care about the little emperor's illness, so she grabbed the master's arm, "Ma'am, I'm afraid the capital will fall."

"What?" Yingya didn't believe it, "Don't talk nonsense." She looked angry.

"Really, ma'am, just now at the gate of the palace, I purposely went up to the city gate to see, the west gate, King Chu's ladder has already been erected, Gao Shaoqing may not be able to support it for long."

"How could this be, how could this be..." His face suddenly turned pale, "Where's Ji Chong, what about him?"

"Your Majesty, Your Highness was tricked out of the capital by Mr. Gao, you forgot!"

Yingya was so flustered that even the imperial physician stood in front of her and couldn't remember to treat her son.

The Empress Dowager arrived at some time, and snorted coldly, "Is Lian'er your own? Why are you talking about all this while bringing the imperial doctor here?"

For the first time, Yingya lost her position in front of Gao Shi, and she didn't say a word to her.

Gao walked to the dragon bed coldly, "Doctor Bai, please excuse me."

"The empress dowager is very polite."

Physician Bai was very familiar with your Majesty's illness, so he took out acupuncture first, and then prescribed a prescription, "This is for His Majesty to take a bath. After soaking, it will be all right to get rid of the cold and sweat."

Mrs. Gao nodded, "It's hard work, Doctor Bai, come—"

"Hurry up and make medicinal bath water for His Majesty."

"Yes, Empress Dowager."

In the palace, people were flustered just now, but after being treated like this by Mrs. Gao, they felt much more confident.

Acupuncture worked, and the heat on Ji Lian's body finally subsided a little, so Gao Shi had time to settle accounts with Yingya, "Didn't you claim to be His Majesty's own mother? How come you don't even care about your son when something like this happens gone?"

Yingya's face turned red and white at what she said.

The son was assigned by the first emperor to be raised by the empress dowager after he was born. The two of them did not stay together for a long time. For Yingya, it is not so much the relationship between mother and child as she has been thinking about her status. It seems that this is what she wants, whether Ying's family can be allowed to enter the noble circle again.

For a married woman, if her natal family is the most important thing in everything, then her married life will basically be ruined. The important status and money, once these bargaining chips in her hands are gone, then she will become a stranger inside and out, and become a poor person in the standard "husband's family that can't be integrated into, and her mother's family that can't go back".

Gao sneered, "Ms. Shu has been taking care of her for a whole day, so let Ai's family come to you at night, and I will replace you tomorrow morning."

There was nothing wrong with this arrangement, it was even excellent, but for a scheming woman who wanted to take power and be the initiative, it was undoubtedly a slap in the face.

But now is not the time to be emotional with her, Yingya Cong saluted kindly, "Then trouble the Empress Dowager."

Gao Shi didn't even bother to lift his eyelids, and ordered, "Prepare some ginseng soup for His Majesty to warm up. Once His Majesty wakes up, let him drink it."

"Yes, Empress Dowager."

Yingya followed Shang Gong out of the emperor's bedroom.

Outside, the lights are dim.

After taking a look, Yingya lifted her skirt and went down the steps.

"Your Majesty, where are you going?" Mo Lan hurriedly chased after her and asked.

Ji Chong never thought that the person lying next to the fire was actually Shen Chuxia. Really, the feeling of being lost and regained after being extremely anxious is really great.

Mu Tong was also excited, "Your Highness, do you want to wake up the little lady?"

Ji Chong shook his head, "There are wolves around, lead them to the pursuers."

"Yes, Your Highness."

Before Shen Chuxia fell asleep, she wondered if she would be awakened, but she fell asleep until dawn, and when she opened her eyes, she saw towering trees.

Before she could stretch herself, she suddenly felt her head resting on something.

God, it can't be a feline.

Shen Chuxia sat upright like a carp, and in front of her eyes, lay a man she was very unfamiliar with lying on the haystack.

"Your Highness..." she exclaimed.

Ji Chong was already awake, but his arm was pillowed, so he could only remain motionless.

Just when Ji Chong was about to ask Shen Chuxia why he did this, the guard shouted: "The Chu army has caught up."

Ji Chong picked up Shen Chuxia and ran away.

(End of this chapter)