Fortune Princess

Chapter 2 Shannan Land
Half a month later, a caravan was driving in Shannan, thousands of miles away from the capital.

Under the Qiongxia sky, there are continuous mountains that make people extremely small. More than a hundred people riding on horseback on the mountain path are like ants moving their houses.

The flying pigeon passing through the forest accurately found its owner from a group of "ants", and landed on the arm of a person walking in front.

"Hey, it's just in time. Let me see where the letter is from..." The man touched the pigeon with his hand, and quickly took off the secret letter without opening it. He only read the small letters on the wax seal and glanced at it. His face changed slightly.

Letter from Beijing!

"Stop first! Stop!" The man immediately raised his hand, stopped the team, and then urged the horse back to the middle of the team, turned over and dismounted beside a carriage protected by knights, and respectfully said to the people inside : "My lord, there is news from the capital, this is a secret letter!"

The curtain of the car was lifted, revealing a pale but still handsome face, taking the secret letter with slender fingers, the young man opened the letter, and after scanning only two lines, a trace of sarcasm appeared in those slightly raised eyes Come.

"The national teacher prayed for rain? Then he set up a viewing platform, and suffered a backlash because he saw through the secrets? People in the capital are fluttering. It seems that the major sects have received some secret news, and they are all secretly looking for a woman who was born on the sixth day of the sixth month of the Gengwu year. ? Oh, it's really...absurd."

He, Xiao Yichen, has always only believed in himself, and he doesn't believe in any ghosts and gods.

The same is true of his father, how could he be deceived by the Taoist after only two months of severe drought?
If it weren't for the fact that this Taoist was a national teacher conferred by his father and emperor, and that the canonization of the national teacher was based on the power of saving people, not the art of gods, he would have asked someone to teach this Taoist a lesson. Watching the other party put on the airs of a national teacher to do this ghostly thing?
That is to say, because the other party usually does not cause trouble, he is extremely tolerant.

Seeing now that it was just a matter of watching the sky pretending to be a ghost, it caused an undercurrent to surge in the capital, and every family was mobilized, Xiao Yichen was naturally dissatisfied.

If I had known earlier...

He stared down at the secret letter and read it again, and suddenly ordered someone to take the fire folder, and with a snap, moved the secret letter closer, watching the flames gradually licking the letter paper, under the light of the fire, his expression flickered.

"Don't worry about it beforehand, just pretend... you don't know, everything will be discussed after you return to Beijing." Xiao Yichen glanced at his confidant in front of him, and said.

The man immediately responded respectfully.

"Also, even though it's less than a hundred miles away from the border town, and it's in a mountain where immortals can't get out, you still can't relax your vigilance. The terrain here is dangerous. If someone lays an ambush in front... it's really an ambush Good place."

"Young master, don't worry, the subordinates have asked Tan Ma to investigate the situation first. If there is nothing else ahead, then go forward. It just so happens that there is a small forest ahead, why don't you take a rest by the forest for a while?"

Xiao Yichen nodded: "Alright."

The strong man then ordered to go down and continue on the road. When he reached the small forest half a mile away, he took a rest first.

As soon as they heard that they would be able to rest after walking for a while, the exhausted people cheered up and continued on their way.

The car curtain was lowered again, and there was a slight coughing sound from inside from time to time, which made people worry.

A look of worry flashed across the strong man's face, he simply didn't urge the horse forward, but continued to stay beside the carriage, just urging the horse slowly, walking side by side with the carriage, occasionally looking into the carriage.

"Commander, tell me, can there be a good doctor in the border town? It rained heavily yesterday, and the young master accidentally drenched in the rain. Although the fever subsided, he coughed for a long time. If this continues, it will not be a trivial matter." The guard of the caravan buddy quietly urged the horse to come to the strong man, and asked in a low voice.

The brawny man thought for a while, and said, "I'll ask you to boil some ginger syrup in a while. Anyway, I'll let you drink some first. We'll talk about the rest when we get to the place. Even if it's a border town, it's still a big city. It's impossible not to have a doctor who cures wind and cold." .”

"That's right." Hearing what the commander said, the guard finally breathed a sigh of relief.

The strong man's heart is not as peaceful as it looks.

Since many years ago, he followed His Highness the Crown Prince, and His Highness's situation was not optimistic. All the grown-up princes were eyeing the crown prince's position. His Highness the Crown Prince's biological mother died young, and only the Emperor and the Queen Mother were in the palace to protect him.

This also made the master he followed always have a certain amount of advance and retreat. He lost all the problems of young people early on, but he also lost the joy of young people's life. No matter what he did, he seemed to be trying to become a perfect man. He did it with the crown prince, and he has never been held accountable for anything he does.

Even this time, after requesting a decree, to go out of Beijing secretly to search for the relatives of the late empress thousands of miles away, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince also had his own plan, and had escaped several overt and covert assassinations before.

Who would think, His Royal Highness is not yet double ten years old.

Thinking of the several assassinations he had encountered on the way before, the man walked forward with the revived carriage, while secretly guarding his surroundings.

This is a land in the south of the mountain, thousands of miles away from the capital, and the weather is different for ten miles. The sun may be shining brightly for a while, and it may encounter heavy rain after a while.

They were not walking fast. If it weren't for their destination, they would not be far away. Someone had already sent a letter to the border town a hundred miles away. Just traveling in this deserted place was enough to make the team members More than a hundred people tensed their nerves.

But it was already close to the destination, even the assassin who chased him from the capital, he probably gave up long ago, right?

Besides, if it wasn't for the local guide who had been searching for a long time in the team, it would be difficult to get out after entering this mountain. in.

wow.

Just when the group of them finally came to the open space in front of the forest, and were about to set up camp and take a rest, countless birds suddenly appeared from the depths of the forest as if they had been greatly frightened.

"Warning!" With a loud shout, all the attendants held the hilts and hilts of their swords.

But the strange thing is that as soon as the bird flew out, there was no movement around, except for the surprised expressions on their faces, no other figures appeared.

This doesn't look like an ambush.

Or, because they were vigilant, the ambush did not show up?

"Young master, why don't we leave here first, the situation here is not right, and the subordinates always have a feeling that something is not right, as if something is about to happen." The strong man walked to the carriage and told the people inside said the man.

Xiao Yichen got out of the carriage, refused the support of his subordinates, looked around, and said: "Because the next part of the road may not be smooth, we can't rush on the road, let people take turns to rest."

"...Yes." The strong man bowed his head and responded, and then said to the others: "Continue to set up camp, be careful, don't let anyone come near here!"

The rest of the people responded loudly, wondering if their voices had stimulated the animals in the distant mountains, and the howling of wolves followed one after another in the distance.

"Your complexion is not very good-looking, don't you still think about the legend of mountain ghosts and spirits?" Walking to the side of the local guide, the strong man keenly noticed that the guide's expression was wrong, and asked with squinted eyes.

"I warn you, if you take the twelve taels of gold I gave you, if you want to escape, I won't let you go!"

The guide turned pale, wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, and said to the strong man: "My lord, there are really mountain ghosts here! Not only mountain ghosts, but also tigers! If you encounter mountain ghosts, you may still survive, but If we meet a tiger, none of us are enough for a tiger to get between our teeth! And..."

"And what?"

"And the villain suddenly discovered that the vision of the flying bird may be a sign that the tiger is about to go down the mountain. My lord, let's leave here first! No matter how late it is, it will be too late!"

It's broad daylight?

The so-called tiger dares to kill a team of more than a hundred people?Just kidding?
Moreover, isn't this so-called tiger a tiger?

As the commander of the bodyguards, the strong man is not afraid of tigers at all with more than a hundred bodyguards.

He sneered and said, "Okay, if the tiger dares to come, among the hundred or so of us, we can eat tiger meat tonight!"

As soon as the words fell, a tiger howling suddenly came from a distant mountain, followed by a flock of birds flying in that direction, and the whole land seemed to be silent because of this tiger howling down.

"Is there really a tiger?"

In the open space, except for the people who buried the pots and made food, the rest of the people looked in the direction of the roar of the tiger. The mountain was steep and high. The place they are currently at is some distance away from the mountain, but they still feel that the mountain is Quite close.

The so-called Wangshan ran dead horse, that's exactly what happened.

Looking at it with the naked eye, they actually saw a wild beast whizzing past the mountains. That sturdy posture was simply daunting. Even from a distance, it could be seen that this beast This tiger is not of the same species as the tigers they saw in Beijing's Beast Garden in the past!Surprisingly large!At least twice as big as the tiger in the Hundred Beasts Garden!
"This is a tiger? This is too... big!"

"Wait, look, is there something chasing behind that tiger... isn't it? Is that a human?"

Suddenly someone in the crowd exclaimed, and at this moment, even Xiao Yichen, the prince who didn't care much about such things, couldn't help but glance in that direction.

With just one glance, Xiao Yichen was stunned.

(End of this chapter)