Da Niu was hit by a knife, and his horse jumped more than ten feet away. In the dark night, Da Niu couldn't tell the direction. Anyway, he ran wherever it was dark. The pursuers behind him quickly caught up, and Zhuo Xing stayed behind.
These people are very alert and react very quickly.
"Fourth Highness, are you okay?" Daniel didn't hear Xuanzhu say a word for a long time, and he was really afraid that he would be seriously injured in the darkness.
"Daniu, running away like this is not an option. If the two of us ride together, they will catch up soon."
Xuanzhu's wrist was injured and he was already sweating profusely from the pain. But he knew that if he was captured at this time, he would either be killed or suffer half-death.
Da Niu then looked around under the moonlight, and the sound of horse hooves behind him was getting closer and closer. Da Niu had a lancet on his waist, which belonged to the two thieves he killed.
"Your Highness, Fourth Highness, prepare to dismount and let this empty horse lead them away during the dark night."
As Daniel spoke, he began to stare at the road in front of him attentively. At the edge of a patch of grass that was about half a man tall, Daniel grabbed the mysterious bead and threw it violently, and jumped off his horse.
Daniel swung his hand with one hand, and the lancet was inserted into the horse's butt. The horse was in great pain, screamed loudly, and spread its hooves and ran forward with all its might.
Daniel didn't care to look for the Xuanzhu that he had thrown off his horse, and quickly hid it in the grass. A dozen fast horses rushed past behind him, and it wasn't until the sound of horse hooves could no longer be heard that Daniel carefully raised his head in the mud.
"Your Royal Highness~Your Royal Highness~?" Dan Niu shouted softly, but there was no response at all.
Da Niu's throat was a little dry, and there was a lot of blood on his back shoulders. If it weren't for Da Niu's rough skin and thick flesh, he would have fainted long ago. The fourth prince Xuan Zhu had already fainted from the pain when he threw it just now.
Daniel searched for a long time before he found Xuanzhu's figure in the grass.
Daniel knew that this was not a place to stay for a long time, and he had to find a safe place first. Daniel put the Xuanzhu on his shoulders, identified the direction, and ran southward step by step in the mud of the grass.
Xuanzhu woke up from the turbulence. The two were brothers in need. Xuanzhu lay on Daniel's shoulder and pressed his wound, reducing the loss of blood.
"Daniu, let's take a rest. I guess no one can find this place." Xuanzhu looked at Daniel's swaying steps and knew that Daniel was also very tired.
Daniel couldn't bear it for a long time. As soon as he heard this, he plopped down and sat on the ground. The sky was getting brighter. Xuanzhu looked at his wrists. Both wrists were swollen like steamed buns. On Daniel's back
There was even more blood, forming black blood coffee.
"Daniu, you~ are you injured?" Xuanzhu ignored his own pain and looked at Daniel in surprise. Now he was counting on Daniel.
"It's okay~ I can't die yet." Daniel gasped, feeling that his body was extremely exhausted.
The two of them rested for about an hour, and Daniel stood up with strong energy. The fourth prince had been pampered since he was a child and had never suffered this kind of crime. He was lucky that he didn't cry. Daniel knew that he had to find something to eat and increase his strength to go out.
This is no man's land. Otherwise both of us will die here.
Daniel was born in poverty, so he dug out some edible grass roots and found two branches in this muddy grassland.
"Fourth Highness, please eat something. After eating, I will help you set the bones. Mr. Lin taught me." Daniel knew that Xuanzhu couldn't move his hands, so he rubbed the grass root and handed it to Xuanzhu's mouth.
"Can this be eaten?" Xuan Zhu said in her heart, don't poison yourself to death.
"This is Dilong root. It's delicious, but a little bitter." Daniel said, chewing it himself.
Xuanzhu hadn't eaten for a day and was already dizzy from hunger. Seeing that the big cow looked like it was eating tendons, he could only hold it in his mouth through gritted teeth.
After eating the grass roots, Daniel fully demonstrated his "medical skills", Xuanzhu's throat was so painful that his voice changed when he screamed, and his hands were completely entangled with grass roots.
"Well, with my medical skills, if I don't go to the Imperial Hospital, it will definitely be a loss for the royal family." Daniel looked at his masterpiece proudly.
"It's paralyzed. Even if I'm disabled next time, I won't let you treat me." Xuanzhu looked at his hands, wondering if he could recover after being treated by Da Niu.
"Don't do this. If I hadn't saved you, I, Daniel, would have run away on horseback by now. Let's quickly find a nearby government office or inn and pass the news to Mr. Zhu. Otherwise, if those thieves succeed, this Hedu Prefecture
It must be a mess." Daniel said anxiously.
The fourth prince Xuanzhu glanced at Daniel and said to himself that this guy could still think of this. It seemed that his brain was not stupid yet.
"Daniu, can you heal your injury?" The fourth prince looked at Daniel worriedly.
"Hey! I'm not as delicate as you. I can chop off my legs and climb home." Daniel said nonchalantly.
"Well, let's go all the way south, as long as we encounter caravans or officers and soldiers." Xuanzhu said and stood up firmly.
The two of them helped each other until the afternoon when they found a dilapidated village. Fortunately, there were still a few old and weak villagers in this village who had not fled the famine, otherwise Danuo and Xuanzhu would have passed out from exhaustion.
When the villagers saw the two injured people, they felt sympathy and cooked some porridge for them to drink.
Looking at a dozen old and frail villagers and an even thinner donkey in front of him, Xuanzhu forced out a smile and asked, "Excuse me, folks, do you have any paper and ink?"
A dozen villagers shook their heads, and one of the old men said, "Young man, not to mention the sesame seeds, even this bit of rice is what we saved from between our teeth."
Xuanzhu smiled bitterly and said, "Old man, I don't mean sesame seeds, I mean the paper and ink for writing."
The old man shook his head and looked at Xuanzhu and Daniu strangely, thinking that they didn't even have food, so where could those things be.
Xuanzhu frowned. He knew that the news must be sent out. Otherwise, with the condition of Daniel and his injuries, the game would be over before he could reach Hedu. If nothing else, Daniel's face was already pale, and he seemed to be insisting.
They can't stand it any longer. At the very least, they need to notify the authorities to rescue them.
"Daniu, tear off my undershirt." Xuanzhu said seriously.
"What are you going to do?" Daniel looked at Xuan Zhu in surprise.
"Write an urgent message to Zhu Tianjiang on my clothes with burned branches." Xuanzhu had no choice but to do this. Fortunately, the undershirt he wore was white, making it easier to write on it.
When Daniel heard that this was a solution, he quickly tore off a long strip from Xuanzhu's undershirt. Daniel found a burnt black branch and spread the strip of cloth on the stone surface.
"Master~ Come on." In front of the villagers, Da Niu was afraid that the other party would have any evil intentions, so he even called him Master.
"You~ you are crazy, how can I write with my hand?" Xuanzhu looked at Daniel angrily.
"I~I don't know the words." Daniel looked at Xuanzhu awkwardly.
Xuanzhu then remembered that the dignified Niu Tongpan could not read a word. Xuanzhu asked around and found that none of these old and weak villagers could read. Xuanzhu sat down on the ground, feeling so depressed that he really wanted to cry.
field.
Daniel gritted his teeth and said, "I'm here. If you can't write, why don't you draw? Watch me draw a letter to Mr. Zhu. I'll make sure he understands it at a glance."
As Daniel spoke, he held the branch and thought for a while, then began to draw the first letter in his life on the white cloth.
While drawing, Daniel was still chanting, "Four egg yolks are going to die. There are thieves who want to deal with you, so be careful~. Also, come and save me and four egg yolks quickly!" Daniel drew four
There is a small circle inside the big circle, which represents the fourth prince. I also drew a little man lying on the ground.
Xuanzhu looked at the white cloth, and there were only circles and little figures. Finally, he made the mark clearly enough, and drew a different-looking cow's horns.
"Daniu, God sent him down~ Can you understand?"
"Tch! Your Excellency and I have a spiritual connection, so we can definitely understand."
"Fuck, that's called telepathy. Don't lie to me, this is a big deal." Xuanzhu looked at Daniel in disbelief. If he hadn't mumbled just now, Xuanzhu wouldn't have understood it at all.
"Don't ask, it's absolutely fine."
Daniel stood up as he spoke, "Dear blind dates, please take this letter and rush to the nearest post station, and tell them to deliver this letter to Mr. Zhu Tianjiang and Zhu. If anyone can do it,
I promise to reward him with twenty measures of rice."
Daniel knew that he could not leave Xuanzhu and could only rely on these old and weak villagers. After careful persuasion and the temptation of food, the villagers finally selected the 'youngest' person to ride on the thin
Donkey, take the fourth prince Xuanzhu's personal jade pendant and rush to the nearest inn.
Xuanzhu and Daniu didn't know that the youngest villager, who was fifty-eight years old, had walked to the nearest post station for nearly two days. By the time this letter was delivered to Zhu Tianjiang, it was already four days later.
Something happened.
But Xuanzhu and Daniu were recovering from their injuries in the village, and Zhu Tianjiang was leading a large team of people to escort silver and disaster relief grain, rushing non-stop to Hedu. The scene along the way made Zhu Tianjiang know that he must arrive as soon as possible. Hedu Prefecture
The difficulties were much more serious than he imagined.
Zhu Daguan collected 20 carts of grain from three capitals, and Zhu Jiyinlou also collected three million in disaster relief funds, and rushed to Hedu day and night under the protection of two thousand garrison troops. In the area in front of the mansion, Zhu Si
The people discovered Zhuo Xing's soldiers and horses in advance. The two sides started a battle.
Zhuo Xing did not expect that a group of 'caravans' cut off their retreat at a critical moment, and finally fled in defeat. Zhu Tianjiang did not let anyone chase them. Their mission was not to eradicate the rebels, but to provide disaster relief and pacify the people.
However, before Zhuo Xing left, he said something that shocked Zhu Tianjiang. Zhuo Xing said that Xuanzhu and Daniel were in his hands and that Zhu Tianjiang should wait to collect the bodies.
Under such circumstances, Zhu Tianjiang could only be dubious, and the large group of troops arrived at Hedu Prefecture two days in advance. As soon as Zhu Tianjiang arrived, he immediately began to distribute food and money, and finally calmed the people temporarily.
When he learned that Xuanzhu and Daniu had not arrived in Hedu, Zhu Tianjiang's heart was in his throat. If what the traitor said was true, Zhu Tianjiang's trip would not only be in vain, but he would probably return to the capital.
You have to be punished.
Just when Zhu Tianjiang was panicking and sending people to search everywhere, a messenger from a post station in Anxi Town came to Hedu Mansion and said that there was a strange letter to be presented to Mr. Zhu. When the messenger received the letter,
At first I didn't even want to ask, and I almost beat up the old man riding a donkey. But there was an old messenger at the inn who was quite discerning and discovered that the jade pendant was indeed not a mortal thing. After two days of discussion, the inn decided to deliver the strange letter.
Go to Hedu Prefecture.
When Zhu Tianjiang saw the jade pendant, he immediately recognized it as belonging to the fourth prince's mysterious bead. But when he saw Daniu's strange letter, Zhu Tianjiang was also confused. In addition to seeing clearly the signed horns and knowing that it was Daniu's handwriting, there was nothing else
Don't understand at all.
"Nari, what kind of talisman is he drawing?" Zhu Tianjiang sent Zhu and his men to Anxi first, regardless of the situation.
Within a day, I focused on studying this strange letter instead of thinking about food.
"Four circles? Could it be the fourth prince?" Zhu Tianjiang finally found the door and knocked.
Looking down, he saw a little man lying on the ground. Zhu Tianjiang's mind went blank, and he thought of the most serious consequences.
"It's over, it's over~ Xuanzhu is really dead~! Otherwise, I wouldn't have let this bastard Daniel write a letter."
Thinking of this, Zhu Tianjiang felt confused and sat down on the chair helplessly!
The Hedu government office~ There was a miserable atmosphere, Zhu Tianjiang was wailing in grief, Xuanzhu was his best friend anyway. The interior and exterior of the government office were filled with white lanterns, Zhu Tianjiang wanted to save the soul of His Highness Xuanzhu, and then