Sanjue Hall is of course the ultimate goal of Xu Zizhen's trip, but before that he must sneak into the Xiao family. He is not afraid that the Xiao family will not come to win over him, because after the victory in the battle of Xingzi Castle, who knows who gave his prediction
After spreading the word, almost the entire Lanzhou knew about it, and there was also the supervisor Luo Eunuch between the Xiao family and Lanzhou as a link. How could such high-level information not reach the ears of Taishi Xiao and Queen Xiao?
Now that Xu Zizhen has defected openly, and even took the Tubo princess hostage to escape, this is tantamount to offending two countries at the same time. What else can he do besides finding a strong backer? As for him running away to Xixia to invade
Being the Prince Consort of the Imperial Palace... The Xiao family is not stupid. They will definitely prevent such a possibility from happening. With their methods, they can naturally come up with ideas, not to mention the situation that Xu Zizhen himself secretly set up.
When the spy plan had begun, imperial envoy Xu Bingzhe suddenly appeared, and Duoqi Zhuoma's cooperation was perfect. However, this process made Xu Zizhen very depressed, because not long after he left Jincheng Pass, it started to snow.
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The snow in the northwest either doesn't fall, or it falls fiercely. The goose-feather-like snow mixed with the strong north wind blows into Xu Zizhen's face in clumps. It's not a big deal to be biting and cold. The key is that the front is completely white and he can't see clearly at all.
Where to go, Xu Zizhen and Daye could only squint their eyes and slowly move forward. The speed was not like running away, but like galloping.
However, there are advantages to such heavy snow. At least the traces of his escape will soon be covered by the heavy snow. He can't walk fast, and neither can his pursuers.
It was getting dark, but luckily they had already turned from the main road to the mountain road before that. The hillside and the woods were much better than before. Although it was still quite cold, they could still see the road.
This mountain road is a shortcut that Xu Zizhen asked Sun Tie for a few days ago. The road is very narrow, and it is close to a cliff. If you are not careful, you will fall down the mountain and be shattered to pieces. But the good thing is that no one knows about it, and you are not afraid of it.
When the pursuers come, they only need to hold on for more than ten miles.
As a hidden figure arranged by the Tianxia Society in Lanzhou, Sun Tie had long been familiar with the terrain here, and the road was not wrong at all. Xu Zizhen and Daye only walked with difficulty for less than half an hour, and gradually
After turning into a leeward position, the snow was not so heavy anymore and the wind was not blowing. Both the people and the horses could finally breathe a sigh of relief.
After walking forward in the wind and snow for half an hour, Xu Zizhen stopped. He first got off the horse, and then picked up Zhuo Ya who was lying across the saddle. The wind and snow along the way hardly hit her.
But after all, she was knocked sideways all the way, her pretty face looked a little pale, and she lost strength under her feet. When she stood on the ground, she tilted her body and almost fell.
Xu Zizhen quickly hugged him and said awkwardly: "Well, Your Highness, I didn't mean to do it. I have wronged you all the way. Duoqi Zhuoma and your people are all here..."
Before he finished speaking, Zhuo Ya interrupted coldly: "You never did it on purpose. Is there such a coincidence?"
This girl was still holding a grudge for touching her last time, and Xu Zizhen didn't know how to explain it. Anyway, he was destined to be the thief. He waved to Daye to come over: "Send the princess down the mountain."
Daye came over with a groan, and just as he was about to speak, Zhuo Ya suddenly struggled to stand up, with a dagger in his hand, and gritted his teeth: "If you come here again, I will die in front of you!"
Daye was so frightened that he dared not move. Xu Zizhen was also stunned. He quickly put on a smile and persuaded: "Princess Zhuoya, you...don't be impulsive. If you have anything to do, let's talk it over. There's no need to play with knives, right? Be good, do it."
Put down the knife." He said as he stretched out his hand.
Zhuo Ya turned the tip of the knife and pressed it against her throat, looking at Xu Zizhen coldly with a determined expression.
"Okay! I'm not coming!" Xu Zizhen stopped immediately, said something in English in a hurry, paused and said with a grimace, "Auntie, what do you want?"
Zhuo Ya gritted her teeth and said, "I'm going to kill you!"
Xu Zizhen was speechless: "Isn't that true?"
Zhuo Ya kept the tip of the knife close to her throat and said coldly: "You have insulted and humiliated me several times, and this time you forcibly took me away in front of so many people..."
Xu Zizhen finally understood what was going on. Now in the Northern Song Dynasty, a woman's reputation was more important than anything else. Although Zhuo Ya was from Tubo and was less particular than the people in Song Dynasty, she was still a princess. It was really inappropriate for her to do this.
, at that time, I only focused on seizing the good opportunity and ignored this problem.
He said in a dumbfounded tone: "I don't mind if you want to kill me, but can you do it? Your Highness, please listen to me. I will send you down the mountain. You can go back after meeting your people."
Zhuo Ya seemed not to have heard: "If I can't kill you, I will kill myself!"
Xu Zizhen had lost his temper, but he couldn't get angry again. At this moment, his ears suddenly twitched slightly, and just now he vaguely heard a very slight sound coming from a tree not far behind him.
Yo, are you really following me?
Xu Zizhen secretly sneered in his heart, rolled his eyes and deliberately raised his voice to pretend to be angry: "I fought hard to fight off the Xixia soldiers, but was arrested by the court and executed. Now you want to kill me again, who the hell am I going to provoke?"
Who is it? To tell you the truth, I am desperate now. If you keep forcing me, believe it or not, I will really kill you!"
"If you don't kill me, I will definitely kill you!" Zhuo Ya almost said these words from between her teeth.
"You!" Xu Zizhen was so angry that he reached out and pulled out half of the knife, but he finally suppressed his anger, took a deep breath and sneered, "Now I am going to Xixia to seek refuge with Emperor Chongzong, and I am worried about being caught up halfway.
Well, you can continue to be my hostage." As soon as he finished speaking, he reached out and grabbed Zhuo Ya again. No matter how hard she struggled, he grabbed the dagger in her hand and got on his horse.
"Ohno, let's go!"
"Yes, Master!"
The three of them and two of them continued to move forward, when a black figure suddenly jumped down from a big tree, pondered for a moment, turned around and jumped back in the direction in which they came.
Xu Zizhen was riding on the horse with a sneer on his lips. Everything was going according to his plan, not bad.
Zhuo Ya did not lie on the horse again this time. Since she had already shown her attitude, Xu Zizhen did not let her suffer again. He simply let her sit in front of him and passed his hands under her ribs to hold the reins.
, while controlling the horse, he also controlled her.
Xu Zizhen was in a good mood now. Feeling the warm fragrance of nephrite in his arms, he asked with a smile: "Princess Zhuoya, now that you don't even have a knife, how are you going to kill me?"
Zhuo Ya looked forward and replied coldly: "I always have my own methods."
This girl is pretty cool. Xu Zizhen smiled and said, "Okay, it's a long road anyway, so you can kill her slowly."