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Holding the cold moon blade, Qiu Ruxue discerned the direction of the woods, stepped on the snow, and walked there. He has been in the rivers and lakes for many years, and has experienced too many harsh environments. , the mentality is very calm, but at this moment, he is really a little confused, thinking to himself that Ma Zhongheng is really in trouble?

In fact, from the moment he left the capital, Qiu Ruxue knew very well that a life-and-death escape kicked off, and the prince could not just let King Qi leave. King Qi was in the capital, and that was under the prince's control. The prince will not pose too much threat, but as long as he leaves the capital, he will inevitably become the biggest obstacle for the prince.

The prince has a deep scheming mind and has endured for many years. Now that he has gained power and made vicious attacks, it is naturally impossible to let his biggest threat escape easily. As the heir of the empire, the prince has never been short of masters. Qiu Ruxue believes that the moment the prince gets the news, he will inevitably A large number of masters have been sent to follow and kill.

It is not easy for him to explain the situation to King Qi, but he knows that as long as he does not reach Shuoquan, there will be risks at every moment. Therefore, Qiu Ruxue had already made the most careful arrangements for setting up the maze, but there was no guarantee that the prince's people would not catch up.

The forest is actually not far from the Earth Temple. It didn't take too long for Qiu Ruxue to reach the outside of the forest. Inside the forest, there was snow all over. The snow piled up on the branches, making creaking sounds from time to time. There was a crisp sound of branches snapping, and the resin collapsed under the weight of the snow.

Qiu Ruxue maintained absolute vigilance, held the cold moon blade tightly in his hand, and walked lightly into the woods. In the woods, it was dark, and there was still heavy snow floating in the sky.

He looked around and listened to the wind. In the dark night, the realization was not very good, but Qiu Ruxue soon discovered that there was a person lying on the ground under a big tree not far from him, Look at that person's attire, it seems to be Ma Zhongheng.

Qiu Ruxue was slightly surprised, and looked around, but there was no sign of anyone. While observing the movement around him, he cautiously approached Ma Zhongheng with light steps.

Ma Zhongheng seemed to be dead, lying on the ground, motionless, like a corpse.

"Commander Ma...!" Qiu Ruxue approached Ma Zhongheng, but still did not relax his observation of the surroundings. Ma Zhongheng was born as a military general, and his body is strong. Knock down Ma Zhongheng, then the enemy will certainly not be ordinary people.

Qiu Ruxue yelled twice, the man remained motionless, Qiu Ruxue squatted down, stretched out his hand and turned over the man, suddenly a cold light flashed in front of his eyes, the knife was sharp, Qiu Ruxue was startled: "Not good, Fooled...!"

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Although King Qi was very sleepy, Ma Zhongheng suddenly disappeared, Qiu Ruxue went out to look for it, and it was cold and dark inside the Earth Temple, which made it impossible for him to continue to sleep.

The cold wind howling outside was like howling ghosts. Thinking that Ling Shuang was just a weak woman and Lu Haosheng was a literati, King Qi suddenly felt an extreme sense of insecurity. In his hands, he asked softly: "Ling Shuang, how are you? Is it cold?"

Ling Shuang just gave a soft "um" and didn't say much, but her voice was very weak, but King Qi could hear something was wrong, and hurriedly asked: "Ling Shuang, are you feeling well?"

"No... my lord, you don't have to worry...!" Ling Shuang's voice was very weak and weak.

King Qi couldn't help stretching out his hand, and it was already on Ling Shuang's forehead. Ling Shuang's body trembled, but he didn't dodge. King Qi only felt the hair on Ling Shuang's forehead was hot, and said in surprise: "Ling Shuang, you have a fever!"

Ling Shuang said weakly: "Maybe it's because I've been on the road for too long and I'm a little tired, it's okay...!"

King Qi knew that after escaping from the capital, the road was always in tension. In order to reach the northwest smoothly, he traveled continuously along the road, and even took some remote roads, not only failed to find a comfortable place to sleep well I feel that even the food is handled casually, and the dry food that is carried on the body is usually eaten without heating.

This kind of high-intensity rushing, not to mention Ling Shuang, a weak woman, even a man may not be able to bear it, her heart suddenly became anxious, without saying anything, she got up, took off her cotton jacket, and suddenly felt a burst of cold, But she still covered Ling Shuang with the padded jacket, and Ling Shuang felt that King Qi covered the padded jacket over, and said anxiously: "My lord, you can't do this...!"

King Qi said: "Ling Shuang, don't talk, rest first, wait for Qiu Ruxue to find Ma Zhongheng, we will go to the doctor immediately... Lu Changshi, Ling Shuang has a fever, what do you think should be done?" is anxious.

Lu Haosheng said helplessly: "My lord, we didn't bring any medicine with us. This is also a remote place. It's not easy to find a doctor. We can only wait for Hero Qiu to come back."

At this moment, the sound of "dong dong dong" knocked on the door, Lu Haosheng's expression suddenly changed, King Qi had already grasped the knife, and the knocking on the door came continuously, Lu Haosheng finally asked in a deep voice, "Who is it?"

Immediately, Ma Zhongheng's voice sounded outside: "Lu Changshi, it's me, I'm Ma Zhongheng!"

Lu Haosheng heaved a sigh of relief when he heard that the voice was not bad, "You are back...!" Opening the door, the cold wind blew in, and Ma Zhongheng's tall figure had already entered the room.

Seeing Ma Zhongheng coming in, Lu Haosheng was puzzled and asked, "Commander Ma, where is Hero Qiu?"

"Hero Qiu?" Ma Zhongheng panted heavily, "Isn't Hero Qiu here?"

"He's gone to look for you." Lu Haosheng suddenly felt that something was wrong, and when the fire lit up, it was Ma Zhongheng who had already blown on the torch. Under the light of the fire, Lu Haosheng saw that Ma Zhongheng looked quite embarrassed, holding a knife in one hand, and couldn't help but He asked: "Commander Ma, what happened, why do you look like this?"

Ma Zhongheng frowned and said: "My lord, Lu Changshi, the prince's people have already followed, I was cutting firewood in the woods, when I ran into their people, I led them away, and after getting rid of them, I came back...! "

King Qi's expression changed: "Prince...the prince's people really caught up?"

"Exactly." Ma Zhongheng nodded and said, "The situation is very dangerous. I'm afraid they will come here soon...!"

"Commander Ma, have they found you?"

"Yes, before I entered the woods, I saw a few people coming towards me. I immediately turned around, led them away, and managed to get rid of them...!" Ma Zhongheng sighed: "I didn't expect the prince's people to come so quickly. Catch up...!"

"How did this happen?" King Qi said: "We have been very careful along the way, how could they still catch up with us?"

Ma Zhongheng smiled wryly and said, "The crown prince has a cloud of masters, and there are many masters who are good at tracking...!"

"No!" Lu Haosheng frowned and said, "Hero Qiu was very careful along the way. Therefore, no matter how powerful the prince's people are, it is impossible to find them so quickly. We just arrived here, and they followed us... ...Could it be that their people have been following us?"

"Follow us?" King Qi frowned and said, "Why do you want to follow us? If you really know our whereabouts, why don't you do it and follow behind?"

Lu Haosheng didn't answer, but suddenly asked: "Commander Ma, have you thrown off those who chased you?"

Ma Zhongheng nodded and said: "It's been thrown away, but they can't find it, and they may turn around and chase here."

"Did they talk to you?"

"Talk?" Ma Zhongheng shook his head and said, "What can you say to the princelings?"

Lu Haosheng said "Oh", thoughtfully, walked towards King Qi slowly, passed by Ma Zhongheng, and suddenly yelled, holding a knife with both hands, he slashed down from Ma Zhongheng's back.

Ma Zhongheng reacted very quickly, the big knife was still in mid-air, Ma Zhongheng kicked Lu Haosheng's lower abdomen with his legs back, Lu Haosheng screamed, his body backed up, hit the wall, then fell forward and fell to the ground.

"Lu Changshi, are you crazy?" Ma Zhongheng shouted coldly.

King Qi and Ling Shuang were also taken aback. King Qi's eyes showed an unbelievable look, and he reprimanded: "Lu Changshi, you... what are you doing?"

Lu Changshi struggled to stand up, the corner of his mouth was bloody, his eyes were stern, he pointed at Ma Zhongheng, "You...you traitor!"

"Traitor?" Ma Zhongheng frowned and said, "Lu Changshi, do you know what you're talking about?"

"You didn't even answer those people, so how do you know they are members of the princelings?" Lu Changshi sneered, "The route chosen by Qiu Ruxue is very secretive. If there are no traitors, the princelings will never follow Come after me... Ma Zhongheng, you insisted on staying by the prince's side, so you were ordered by someone...!"

"What are you talking about?" King Qi was a little confused, "Lu Changshi, you said Ma Zhongheng was ordered by someone? Who was he ordered by? The crown prince?"

"My lord, don't you understand now?" Lu Haosheng said: "The crown prince wants to transfer the guards of Prince Qi's mansion, but Ma Zhongheng insists on staying in the mansion. He knows that if he stays, he will be implicated, so why is he disregarding his own future?"

Ma Zhongheng sighed: "Lu Changshi, you also stayed. Could it be that I stayed with ulterior motives and you stayed loyal?"

"Ma Zhongheng, you are from Liaodong. When you came to Beijing to join Wujingwei, who recommended you?" Lu Haosheng sneered, "Chi Liandian is located in Liaodong. Many years ago, a group of brave warriors were recommended to Beijing. Most of these people You are one of them, and your real master is Chiliandian." He raised his hand to wipe the blood from his mouth, "Chiliandian has a close relationship with the prince, although you have never had any relationship with the prince since you entered Beijing. In the past, but all of this, I am afraid that you have premeditated, so that people will not doubt your relationship with the crown prince."

Ma Zhongheng sighed, and said: "Is it the king's land in the whole world, or the king's subject on the shore of the land? Although I am from Liaodong, I am a citizen of Daqin. I am loyal to the royal family of Daqin, not Chiliandian!"

"Well said." Lu Haosheng laughed and said: "You are loyal to the prince, so what's going on tonight? You dare to swear to God, the reason why you didn't return so late is to get rid of the princelings' pursuers?"

"Why should I swear?" Ma Zhongheng said with a smile: "Lu Changshi, you can be considered a smart person, but it's a pity that you know all this too late, it's useless...!" Glancing at King Qi, he smiled and said: "My lord , I'm really sorry, it's my duty, although you treated me well, it still can't save your life!"