I was the emperor in the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 569 Run away

Beijing is about 2000 kilometers away from Nanjing, which is more than [-] miles.

According to the speed of this era, even by the fastest waterway, it will take at least half a month to arrive.

Zhou Chen and others set off for three days, and just arrived in Cangzhou when they were attacked.

A group of assassins took advantage of the dead of night to scuttle the bottom of the ship, and then took advantage of the chaos to cover up and kill them. If the accompanying guards were not alert enough, they might not have been able to escape the series of assassinations.

The accompanying eight guards were divided into two teams, one team covered Zhou Chen's retreat, and the other stayed behind to stop the enemy.

At the time of parting, Zhou Chen's eyes were red, and he knew that the four people who stayed behind to block the enemy probably would not survive.

Although he also wanted to rush over and fight those unknown assassins, it's a pity that he doesn't know any martial arts at all, even if he rushed over, it would be nothing but his life in vain.

Due to the desperate blocking of four guards, they had enough chances to escape, and they fled to Cangzhou County by waterway under the cover of night.

Cangzhou has been a battleground for military strategists since ancient times. For thousands of years, it has been invaded by military disasters many times.

Therefore, it has created a tradition that everyone in the local residents loves martial arts.

Later generations here can be called the hometown of martial arts, and national heroes such as the hero Huo Yuanjia were born, which is inseparable from the sturdy folk customs here.

Several people fled in a hurry, without taking most of the salutes and belongings.

After fleeing all night, they were tired and hungry.

Seeing the cooking smoke appearing in front of them, several people finally felt a little joy in their hearts.

"My lord, there seems to be someone in front, let's go and have a rest."

Zhou Chen, a 22-year-old Jinshi, is only 43 years old this year. He is in his prime. Although he is only a scholar, his physical strength is not bad.

But I don't know if it was his bad luck or the assassin was too vicious. When they were running away, a straight arrow shot him in the shoulder impartially.

A few guards bandaged him briefly, but after all, he was injured and bled a lot, and after running for a night, he was also pale from exhaustion, almost unable to hold on any longer.

Weakly said to the guard,
"Okay, take a break, it's best to inquire about the direction of the county government, as long as we can find someone from the government, we can guarantee our safety."

The guard nodded and said,
"Don't worry, my lord, just take a good rest and let me know about the county government's support!"

It is estimated that seeing the hope of life, the tense nerves relaxed a lot. After a few people walked towards the house, Zhou Chen's eyes went black and he passed out completely.

The guards were panicked for a moment, and wanted to treat them, but they didn't have any suitable tools around them, so they had to speed up and run towards the family.

That family is a hunter in the mountains. There is only an old father and a pair of children in the family.

When I saw them at first, I was very panicked, but after learning that they were from the imperial court and were being hunted down by a group of thieves, I immediately took them into the house.

In fact, under normal circumstances, when ordinary people encounter such things, they hide as soon as they can, for fear of getting themselves into trouble.

But fortunately, the owner of this house, that is, the Orion, used to be a Jinyiwei before becoming an Orion.

Many years ago, he was dismissed from Jinyiwei because he offended someone by fighting for others.

Orion's home happened to have golden sore medicine for treating bruises. After Zhou Chen took it, his injury was finally stabilized.

Seeing that Zhou Chen's injuries were stable, the guards negotiated with Orion to borrow his horse to go to the county government to inform the news of the attack.

Without saying a word, Orion pulled out his old horse and asked his 15-year-old son to help lead the way.

Although their home is not far from the county seat, it is not too close either. It takes more than two hours to go back and forth on horseback.

The guard didn't dare to delay, and with the help of Orion's son Huzi, he went straight to the location of the county government.

However, what was unexpected was that not long after they left, the gang of assassins followed.

Since Zhou Chen was in a coma, everyone took him and continued to escape very unchanged. Not many people came from the other party, so they planned to stick to it and wait for help.

With the help of Orion's various traps and bows and arrows, several people barely repelled several assassin attacks.

But those assassins were not vegetarians either. Under their desperate attack, everyone was wounded. In addition, they hadn't rested all night, they were already exhausted, and they probably wouldn't be able to withstand it for a long time.

At this time, Orion suggested that everyone give up their defense and retreat to the dense forest.

But Zhou Chen won't be able to wake up for a while. Even if they can escape into the deep mountains, they probably won't be able to run very far. Without the protection of the house, they may not even have time to wait for the rescuers, and they will be wiped out.

Orion thought and thought, and finally suggested that his daughter should go first with the unconscious Zhou Chen, and the rest of them would stay and stick to it. This would at least buy them more time to escape.

Several guards thought about it, and finally agreed with him.

Orion's daughter is three years older than his son, and is already eighteen.

It is said that the children of poor families are in charge of the family early. The daughter not only cooks good meals, but also does physical work, which is not much worse than her younger brother. In addition, she has also learned some fists from Orion, and she has some ability to protect herself.

Fleeing into the deep mountains with the injured Zhou Chen was barely able to do it.

On the occasion of parting, Orion said to his daughter earnestly,
"Hui Lan, Dad has never accomplished anything in his life. The only thing he should be proud of is having you and Huzi. Dad has nothing to ask for in this life. He only wants you two to be safe and sound.

God let us encounter this kind of thing today, it is our family's misfortune, but it is my father's luck, being able to be loyal to His Majesty and serve the court is the greatest wish of my father in his life.

Don't blame your father for abandoning your siblings cruelly, this is life, you and your brother must live well..."

Such farewell words made Hui Lan, who had never seen the world much, her eyes turn red from crying. No matter what Orion said, she just shook her head and refused to leave.

In the end, it was Orion who showed her father's majesty and threatened her own life, so she turned her head three times and went up the mountain with Zhou Chen on her back.

Not long after, the thatched cottage at the foot of the mountain caught fire.

The raging flames reflected the entire sky red, and even had a faint tendency to spread towards the mountain.

Huilan knew that no one could escape from such a fire.

In other words, her father was probably already buried in flames at this time.

She wanted to cry loudly, but she was afraid of alarming the thieves down the mountain, so she could only hold back her tears and staggered towards the deeper part of the mountain.

The fire blocked the way up the mountain, and the group of assassins were not sure whether Zhou Chen was dead or not, so they kept guarding outside the thatched hut for more than half an hour.

(End of this chapter)