Thick clouds shrouded the moonlight, and there was not a trace of wind. The humid and hot air seemed to be wring out water at any time, which not only made people want to suffocate, but also forced nests of ants out of their underground nests and ran desperately along the roadside.

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Lan Qiao used the "human and horse integration" technique and had been galloping for nearly an hour and a half. Now both the man and the horse were exhausted and panting, sweating profusely in the sultry weather.

He had just returned to the place where the Yan army camped last night, but he did not see Hua Yuxi. When he asked, he found out that Hua Yuxi had been escorted back to Peiping by a team of horses and chariots transporting logistical supplies.

When Zhu Di led his army on an expedition, in order to obtain sufficient material supplies and not want to be burdened by prisoners of war, he often asked the logistics team to escort the prisoners of the army back to the rear city while delivering food and grass to the frontline camps. In this way, he neither needed

Sending extra soldiers to guard the prisoners of war can also save precious water that should be consumed by the prisoners of war. It can be said that it kills two birds with one stone.

Zhu Di led his troops in a surprise attack this morning. Before leaving, he did not specifically ask Hua Yuxi to stay in the camp. The logistics team arrived at the camp just in the evening and escorted Hua Yuxi's prison car back to Peking as usual.

Lan Qiao calculated that the logistics team had not gone far yet, so he hurried on again and followed their route back to Peiping to catch up.

After walking for about a quarter of an hour, he suddenly heard a strange cry from something on the roadside. When he looked closely, it was a little spirit.

I could see that the little spirit was covered in mud and dirt, its originally long and shiny hair was now stuck to its body one by one, and its big eyes were full of anxiety.

Lan Qiao knew that Xiao Ling cherished his fur the most. Even if it was only slightly stained, he would lick it clean immediately. He had never seen him look so miserable.

Now that it is running around so "disregarding its image", it must be worried about its owner.

Lan Qiao flew off the horse's back, and Xiao Ling seemed to recognize him and immediately cried out "Woo-Woo" again.

"Good boy, tell me quickly, where can I find your master?" Lan Qiao knelt down and stroked the hair on the back of Xiaoling's neck.

The little spirit is very understanding of human nature and seemed to be able to understand Lan Qiao's words. He first ran to his feet and gave him a bite, then ran towards the grass in the other direction.

Lan Qiao quickly followed Xiao Ling, passing through two woods and over three hills, before finally seeing a logistics team of carriages and horses on a forest path that was driving through the night.

There were more than a dozen carts in the procession, and there were more than thirty soldiers escorting them. They were led by a young general on horseback, and each person lit a torch to light up the night road.

The prison car with Hua Yuxi locked in it was located in the middle of the convoy, and it was also beside the young general. But she saw her head lowered, as if she was resting, and her feet, which had to stand up high, were cushioned under them.

The board was flattened.

It seemed that she hadn't suffered too much yet. Lan Qiao relaxed a little, and using the cover of the trees, he hunched over and quickly approached the path.

The young general asked Hua Yuxi without saying anything: "When you come to His Highness the Second Prince's house in Peiping, will he accept you as his wife? Or will you just keep you as an ordinary concubine?"

Hua Yuxi chuckled lightly, without looking at him, and half-turned her head and said: "With my status, it is impossible for me to become a wife from the beginning. However, it depends on people. Maybe I can give birth to a son for him soon.

Children are precious, and favor is different. There are many ways women compete for favor in deep houses, and you won't be able to understand it even if you talk too much."

"So that's it." The young general chuckled, then suddenly glared at the two junior high schools who were following the prison car, and cursed: "Don't you even have eyes? It's such a hot day, why don't you fan your wife?

If the heat damages Madam’s body, be careful that Your Highness takes it out on you.”

The two primary school principals responded with a yes and hurriedly took out their fans to fan Hua Yuxi with flattering smiles on their faces.

Lan Qiao understood Hua Yuxi's method of self-protection and couldn't help but marvel. These soldiers in the logistics team did not know what happened in the military camp last night. As long as Hua Yuxi lied that she was the woman Zhu Gaoxu fell in love with, it would be difficult for them to tell the difference.

True or false, no one dares to touch her.

Hua Yuxi is one of the most beautiful beauties in terms of figure, temperament and appearance. If Zhu Gaoxu, who has always been known for his romantic and uninhibited style, is attracted to her and wants to take her into his private residence, no one will be surprised. These members of the logistics team

How dare a little fish or shrimp make random guesses?

Not only did he not dare to take advantage of her and make her suffer, but he even wanted to serve her well, such as putting wooden boards under her feet to prevent her from getting tired, or fanning her to prevent her from getting a heat stroke.

Thinking of this, Lan Qiao no longer hid his figure and walked leisurely to the road.

Everyone was stunned, including Hua Yuxi who was in the prison car.

The carriage and horses stopped slowly. The young man put his official hand on his sword and said alertly: "Who are you?"

At this moment, with the light of the fire, Lan Qiao finally saw Hua Yuxi's face clearly. She lowered her head slightly and looked at him with a half-smile, as if she was happy for her appearance and laughing at her stupidity at the moment.

However, apart from that unintelligible smile, her face showed a very tired look, with fine beads of sweat on her skin, and her hair was messy, like a withering flower. It was obvious that even with the special care of the escorting general,

, her journey was not satisfactory either.

Lan Qiaoyao cupped his hands and said, "I am Qiao Chu, the bodyguard beside His Highness the Second Highness. Your Highness is now in Qingzhou Mountain City. I have been specially sent to bring this woman here."

He didn't want people to misunderstand that he was hostile, so he winked again and said: "His Second Highness made a great contribution to today's battle, but he was unbearably lonely late at night. Hehe... do you understand what I mean?"

The general glared and said, "Even if you say you are from His Highness, why should we believe you?"

After he finished speaking, he looked at Hua Yuxi, who said quietly: "He is indeed the guard next to His Highness, and I was caught by him."

Lan Qiao secretly regretted not asking Zhu Gaoxu for a personal token before setting off, but thinking about it, even if there was a token, these logistics workers would not recognize it, so he had to bite the bullet and said: "Look at it."

With a "swish" sound, he pulled out the flowing light sword, poured his true energy into it, and the sword's edge suddenly lit up.

Everyone was shocked, and then saw Lan Qiao wave his hand casually, and the flowing light sword spun out of his hand, and flew back in an instant, landing firmly in his hand.

An old tree beside the road was split in the middle. It turned out that it was split into two neat halves by Lan Qiao's "clear flow style" just now.

He once used this move as the finishing move when he was dueling with Sheng Yong. At this time, it was no problem to cut down an old tree.

"How is it?" Lan Qiao returned the sword to its sheath proudly, "With this skill, are you qualified to be the bodyguard of His Highness the Second?"

In fact, not only the young general, but also the more than 30 people in the convoy were dumbfounded when they saw Lan Qiao showing off this trick.

One of the junior high school students exclaimed: "I am afraid that only Coach Leng before the injury can do this kind of kung fu. His Highness... His Highness may not be able to do it."

Zhu Gaoxu was extremely brave and had a high prestige in the army. Naturally, only those who were superior in swordsmanship were qualified to be his bodyguards.

"Yes, if you still don't believe it, you can ask Coach Leng yourself when you get to Peiping. He also knows about me." Lan Qiao added, "We fought side by side in Jinan, and in the end it was His Highness and I who took over

He snatched it from the enemy."

This is quite true.

Seeing that the general leading the team was still doubtful, he said impatiently: "Can you let me take the people away? You should be right! Don't think about it. If I were really an enemy, the sword just now didn't hit me."

If it flew from a tree and landed on your neck, would you still be alive now?"

The general trembled, waved his hands and said, "Young general, I can't resist it."

"Isn't this the end?" Lan Qiao waved his hand and urged, "Hurry up and let him go. His Highness is still waiting for favor."

"Yes, yes." The general took out the key tremblingly, opened the cage for Hua Yuxi, and took off the shackles and shackles for her.

Lan Qiao stepped forward, picked her up, and strode to the roadside: "Your Excellency is so knowledgeable. When I meet His Highness, I will speak kindly to Your Excellency." He said this without looking back.

After speaking, Lan Qiao and Hua Yuxi disappeared into the dense forest beside the road.

The forest trees flew back, and Hua Yuxi's body was so hot in Lan Qiao's arms. Lan Qiao was afraid that the general would regret it, so he hugged Hua Yuxi and ran for another quarter of an hour, until he ran to a forest on a hill.

Next to the quiet lake, I put Hua Yuxi down to rest.

The two looked at each other and laughed loudly.

"Do you really want to entrust your family to His Highness the Second Highness? My bodyguard Qiao?" Hua Yuxi laughed so hard that her branches trembled and she almost choked with tears.

"That's not possible." Lan Qiao said as he lit up a fire stick and lit a campfire by the lake. "Anyone who takes a little witch like you away will be tempted to watch and steal."

Hua Yuxi was about to ask him, "Are you no exception?" When she saw him staring at her closely, she suddenly realized that she had been tired all day and might have a bad image. She immediately turned away, picked up a handful of lake water, and drank.

Pour it on your face: "I'm so thirsty, it's such a hot day."

Lan Qiao actually wanted to observe her carefully to see if she still had the symptoms of Chun Xin Powder, but seeing that she was shy, he had no choice but to give up.

At this time, the little spirit also caught up and circled around Hua Yuxi, rubbing its head against her feet. After rubbing for a while, it walked around Lan Qiao again, raised its head and called out repeatedly, as if thanking him for rescuing her.

Owner.

Hua Yuxi didn't seem happy just drinking water and washing her face, so she finally jumped into the lake and took a dip in the water.

Lan Qiao adhered to the rule of "don't look at anything inappropriate" and turned his head to look to the other side. At the same time, he was thinking about Chun Xinsan and how he should speak.

So far, Hua Yuxi has never mentioned Chunxin Powder, and she is obviously still holding on. If what Zhu Gaoxu said is true, it has been close to twelve hours since she took the medicinal wine, which is when the medicine is at its strongest. The reason why she jumped in

Hu Zhong probably also wanted to use cold water to calm down the medicine without embarrassing him.

Fortunately, she was still conscious at the moment. What would he do if she became confused later?

Suddenly hearing the sound of splashing water beside her, Hua Yuxi crawled out of the lake dripping wet. She had just taken two steps on the lake shore when she suddenly tilted her body and jumped on her feet: "It hurts, it hurts, what is it..."

"Let me take a look." Lan Qiao helped her sit down, then held up one of her jade-like bare feet and looked at it carefully by the firelight.

This was the first time that Hua Yuxi had her feet caught so close by Lan Qiao. She was so embarrassed that she said, "Shouldn't the young master be celebrating with the king and the others in the mountain city? Why did he suddenly come to the slave family?"

"Oh, I found it. There is a wooden thorn stuck in your foot." Lan Qiao did not mention why he came here, but changed the subject and said: "It is probably on the wooden board they gave you."

He gently pinched the wooden thorn out of Hua Yuxi's flesh with his nails, and a bright red blood drop followed. Lan Qiao didn't have time to think too much, just sucked the blood drop away, and waited for another

When he saw Hua Yuxi, the latter was already blushing with shame and wished he could get back into the lake again.

"I'll take you back." He put down Hua Yuxi's feet and said softly.

"Yes." Hua Yuxi bit her lips and responded in a voice like a mosquito, but did not get up immediately.

It's not that I don't want to, it's that my whole body is numb and I can't stand up.

Seeing her look like this, Lan Qiao was even more convinced that she was trying to resist the drug, and the love and affection in his heart grew stronger.

"Well..." He suddenly took the courage to grab her hand and said, "If you are willing, we can..."

Hua Yuxi's body trembled, her face turned redder, as if blood might drip out at any moment, but she didn't answer.

Lan Qiao thought she was still holding on, so he pulled her gently again, pulling her softly into his arms, gently stroking her hair and saying, "Don't be afraid, I'm here."
To be continued...