The Legend of the Loved One

Chapter 35

Gao Li went to the capital to take care of things before they set off, Huang Sheng still stayed in Yanzhou to guard the rest of the women's family and children, so only the four personal guards were traveling with Song Chen this time.

But what few people know is that Hengwang's guards are all extraordinary masters, and those who can be his personal guards are even top-notch. Although Gao Li and Huang Sheng are missing, the remaining Lu Fang, Xing Feng, Shi Yi and Zou It is very easy for anyone to fight against a hundred.Although the person who was assassinated this time was also a top-notch kung fu master, but in comparison, the four of them still had the upper hand.What's more, there were more than a dozen other guards selected at various levels, so although the opponent had a large number of people, Lu Fang and the others still won. The only shortcoming was that the master was injured.

The last people from Lu Fang who rushed over entered Song Chen's room, knelt down and pleaded guilty, "Today's subordinate's negligence caused the prince to be injured, please forgive him."

"Now is not the time to discuss crimes." Song Chen waved his hands and asked, "Have you survived?"

"Returning to the prince, the other two hundred people are all dead men. Originally, two of the subordinates were left alive, but... due to negligence, the two committed suicide."

Expected.

But even if no one is left alive, he can still tell who wrote it.

"Two hundred dead men? You really think highly of this king!" Song Chen sneered, and then asked, "Is the arrangement for the capital ready?"

This time it was Xing Feng who answered, he bowed his head and said: "Go back to the prince, the arrangements have been made."

"Okay!" With a murderous look under his handsome eyebrows, Song Chen said coldly, "This king has given me such a generous gift. I must return it. Send a message to Gao Li. Tomorrow night, I will return all of them."

"Yes."

Xing Feng responded, and immediately exited the door, disappearing into the vast night.

The place where they settled was Luzhou, which is close to Gyeonggi. As soon as Song Chen entered the gate, the postmaster quickly sent someone to inform the prefect of Luzhou. He was even more shocked after the news.Song Chen explained everything in the room, then opened the door to meet with several officials.

Seeing that King Heng was not seriously injured, the prefect of Luzhou finally breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly complimented: "Your Highness, the ministers have missed you and injured His Highness. You really deserve death! Your Highness, please come down!"

Song Chen raised his hand to signal everyone to flatten, and said calmly, "This king is in modest clothes, and those who don't know are not guilty."

Everyone was just waiting for reassurance, but they heard him say: "But this king originally thought that Luzhou was a safe place, and I just found out today that this place is very dangerous."

The government officials immediately knelt down again.

The magistrate of Luzhou feels bitter. Their place has always been a stable place. Bandits have not happened to rob houses for many years, but who would have thought that today would be so unlucky. It is not good for this group of gangsters to rob anyone but want to rob Heng. On the king's head, not to mention losing his life in vain, and implicating them innocent officials, this is good. If King Heng returns to Beijing to submit a book to the court, his official career for decades will be in vain.

Thinking of this, the magistrate was heartbroken, "His Royal Highness, my Luzhou has always been simple and honest, and there has been no banditry for more than ten years..."

"Your Excellency, you mean that as soon as this king comes, bandits will come?" Song Chen asked him back.

"No, no, no..." The magistrate was about to deny it, but suddenly he thought about it, right, isn't it just that when King Heng came, such disasters happened in his own territory? In this way, those bandits should be targeting King Heng , this has nothing to do with his Luzhou!

The magistrate's miserable expression just now disappeared immediately, and turned to raise a very serious face, and said solemnly: "This group of thieves are so bold that they dare to assassinate His Highness. I will report to the court immediately tonight, and I will definitely catch all the thieves."

The gangsters have been completely wiped out by King Heng's own people. The magistrate is not ignorant, and whoever dares to assassinate the prince now, the murderer must be in the capital. Report to the court, and he can clear his responsibility. As for how the court will deal with it, that is the court's responsibility. Things, he, a small local official, can't and can't control it.

King Heng was attacked here, but his injuries were not serious, he didn't expect to stay for long, he just needed to make a confession, and when King Heng left, he would feel relieved soon?

The magistrate made a plan in his heart, and continued sincerely: "Your Highness was frightened today. I have dispatched three hundred guards to guard the post house. Your Highness can rest assured."

"That's good, I have to thank you, it's getting late, everyone should go back and rest first."

With satisfaction in Song Chen's tone, all the state officials finally breathed a sigh of relief, and they left the house one after another.

After tossing and tossing for half a night, it was midnight when Song Chen returned to his room.

As soon as he stepped into the room, he saw Chu Xue suddenly get up from the bed and come to him in a few steps. She changed her clothes after taking a bath, but her eyes were still worried. She asked softly, "Master, your hand still hurts." ?"

Seeing her again at this time, his eyes finally felt a little softer. He raised his uninjured right hand and stroked her face gently, and said softly: "It's a small injury, it's okay. Why don't you go to bed so late?"

She shook her head, "If the master doesn't come back, I won't be able to sleep... They have prepared water, and I will wait for you to take a bath."

It was already midsummer, but tonight the weather was particularly sultry. He was indeed tired after being so busy, so he nodded, "That's fine."

She led him to the tub and served him herself.She undressed him very carefully, because his left hand was injured and he was unable to move freely, so she splashed the water to wash him. He kept silent, watching her go up and down quietly, staring at her face.

In the past, he always thought that she was obedient, but after today, he realized that she is actually very strong.As a prince and a man, he has experienced many killings in the past 30 years, so he has his own reasons for being calm.But she, a little girl who is only seventeen or eighteen years old, a daughter who grew up in a deep house, has personally experienced a life-and-death moment today, and she was not fainted by fright. At such a critical moment, she would jump up to block the knife for herself... …

He raised his wet fingers to pin the hair that slid down her cheeks for her. She raised her head slightly and gave him a warm smile.

Lying on the bed after taking a bath, neither of them fell asleep immediately. He stretched out his uninjured right hand and pulled her into his arms, and asked her in a low voice, "Why did you jump on me in the afternoon? You don't know that it hurts when a sword enters your body. Is it?"

In the darkness, she seemed to chuckle slightly, "I know that, I am afraid of pain, but I am even more afraid that he will hurt the prince."

He sighed, "You are still so young, what should you do if there is any accident?"

She paused, and finally shed tears, "My lord is my concubine's husband, and my concubine's god, if something happens to my lord, how will I live after my concubine..."

Her soft voice was interrupted by sobs, and her tears wet his front.

After a long time, he lowered his head, kissed away her tears, and then hugged her quietly.

For the first time, there was no desire to possess her in his body, and he just hugged her like this, as if she was a treasure once lost in this life that would never be found again.Embrace each other quietly until dawn.

Because his wound needed to be changed, the next day, they did not continue their journey, but just stayed in the posthouse.

The magistrate of Luzhou came to invite An, and reported to Song Chen that he had sent his assassination note to the capital in a hurry last night, and Song Chen nodded.Luzhou is not far from the capital, probably at this moment, the court already knew about his attack yesterday, but he only suffered some minor injuries, some people were probably very disappointed.

Because he needed to change the medicine, the prefect left after a few simple greetings.It was already noon when the medicine was changed, and after lunch, he had a closed-door discussion with several people from Lu Fang. When he saw Chu Xue again, it would be evening again.He sighed softly, he thought he would be able to relax for a few more days, but after yesterday, the curtain has been drawn ahead of time, and he might not be able to relax in the future.

She slept late last night, and she was not idle all day long, and besides, her hand was still injured. Chu Xue felt sorry for Song Chen, and reminded him to rest early. Seeing that he was fine after dinner, she ordered someone to prepare water Serve him in the bath.But who would have thought that he was in good spirits, so he ordered someone to find Zhang Qin and let her play the piano. Although she was surprised, she didn't talk much, and just followed his wishes to choose some distant and peaceful tunes for him to play.

In the dead of night, only the sound of the piano is faint.

Accompanied by wisps of sandalwood, she was playing a song "Roasting the Wind", but suddenly there was noise outside the quiet window, the noise gradually overshadowed the sound of the piano, and it seemed that someone was shouting in the distance, "There is an assassin..."

The strings of the qin broke instantly, and Chu Xue was startled.

"Someone is assassinating, protect the master!"

"Yes!"

Outside the door were the voices of Lu Fang and Zou Zhen, Chu Xue frowned and looked at Song Chen with a pale face.

Song Chen usually has no expression when he is serious, but at this time, he made Chu Xue faintly feel a kind of calmness. Seeing him stretching out his hand to her, she hurriedly sat beside him.

Yan Ling also withdrew, Chu Xue held her breath, held Song Chen's arm tightly, and let the noisy noise outside enter her ears. In the noise, there were people's shouts and chaotic footsteps, but only the ping-ping weapons. Fighting is the most chilling.

Her hands were trembling slightly, Song Chen knew she was scared, so he comforted her: "There are many people outside, don't be afraid."

She nodded, still silent.

About half an hour later, the noise gradually died down, and it became quiet again in the middle of the night. Lu Fang came to the door and reported, "Master, the assassin has been repelled."

Chu Xue finally breathed a sigh of relief, and heard Song Chen ask in a deep voice, "How about the casualties?"

Lu Fang replied: "There are more than [-] people on the other side, more than half of them were killed or injured, two of us were injured, and there were also [-] casualties in Luzhou Prefecture."

Song Chen didn't seem to be surprised, and simply ordered, "Pass to the prefect of Luzhou."

After that, he patted Chu Xue's hand, "It's all over, I'll go out and have a look, you have a good rest." Then he looked at Yanling again, "Serve the master well."

Yan Ling bent her knees, "Yes."

Song Chen got up and went out the door.

Two guards were left outside the room to guard the door, and Chu Xue and Yan Ling came to the bedside in the inner room. Chu Xue didn't sleep well the night before, and when she closed her eyes a little, she saw the scene of Song Chen's blood dripping down, followed by the scene of the film that was filmed back then. After the fire at Yueshan Villa, she woke up with a start and never dared to fall asleep again, so it was inevitable that she would have a headache even now.

She leaned on the bed and asked Yanling to rub it for her.Yanling gently pressed her head with her fingers, and asked softly, "Master, who do you think is trying to harm the prince, it's too courageous to assassinate the prince one after another."

She closed her eyes and sighed, "I don't know."

Although she said so, she actually had some guesses in her heart.

When she was attacked on the desolate road yesterday, she suspected that it was bandits who robbed her, but after tonight, the other party's blatant attack made it clear that it was an assassination, so who wanted to kill Song Chen?

He is a powerful prince, who is so eager to put him to death?

It is nothing more than whose interests he has affected.

Who else could it be?

Chu Xue didn't expect that the royal family's political struggle that she had read about in books a thousand years later would actually experience it herself after she came back.The scene of the sharp knife approaching yesterday reappeared in front of her eyes, and she was especially afraid.

She has already lost her father, mother, and elder brother, and she doesn't want to lose him again, so she will instinctively rush to him at that time, if he is injured and bleeds in front of her, or even dies...

She probably really didn't have the courage to live.

I never want to lose my love in this life.

(End of this chapter)