Chapter 28 Chapter Seventy-Four

When dawn was approaching, Mo Yan Chuan woke up first. Beside him, Shen Zhenzhu used his robe as a seat, lying flat, still sleeping deeply. She sleeps peacefully. At dawn in the desert, the ray of light in the sky is half-bright and half-dark. She can see the vast expanse of sand and sea in all directions. She is close at hand, her cheeks are entwined in this gloom, but she seems to be unable to see. true. He never thought that one day, she would be so close to him.It seems that in this vast world, the moon shines on the past and present, but there are only him and her. Everything is as short as the dawn, and dreams are born on top of dreams.

He bent down to look at her, her breath was like the fragrance of orchids, and he held his breath like a stone, as if wanting to stop time.After an unknown amount of time, he stretched out his hand and gently stroked her forehead. Shen Zhenzhu suddenly opened her eyes. He didn't hold back, and smiled at her frankly: "Wake up, then let's eat something, and hurry up." He stretched out his hand to pull her up. Shen Zhenzhu asked him: "What were you thinking just now?" Mo Yan looked at her and smiled: "So you've already woken up, what are you thinking?"

Shen Zhenzhu's face was slightly red, but fortunately, he couldn't see it due to the dim light, "I was thinking, Huihe is cold in winter and hot in summer, and there are deserts everywhere, and there is no food and wine from the Central Plains, so it is really difficult." She raised her head and smiled "It's just that, silently taking a sip, I still feel that it's a beautiful thing to live in Huihe for a long time to see the wind blowing and the grass low, and the lonely smoke and the sun setting." "You?!" There was a gleam of surprise in Mo Yan's sipping eyes, looking at the smiling Shen Zhenzhu in front of him, he was actually speechless, he took a deep breath, and suddenly turned his head away.

Shen Zhenzhu was surprised, but when Mo Yan sipped "Let's go", one hand was tightly held by him, and somehow her body rose into the air, and in an instant, she was brought onto the horse's back and shared a ride.Mo Yan sips his whip to urge the horse, the sound of the wind whizzes past along with the yellow sand, but half of her body is in his tight wrap. "Mo Yanchu!" Shen Zhenzhu called out to him, but felt that Mo Yanchu was too weird at this time. "Khan, Khan!" Several attendants were guarding from a distance, but Mo Yanchuo set off suddenly, and hurriedly got on their horses to chase after him.

Mo Yan sipped as if he hadn't heard it, and kept urging the horse without making a sound.Shen Zhenzhu had never seen Mo Yanchu like this before, she was both surprised and faintly afraid in her heart.She couldn't turn her head to look at his expression, but the hand holding her waist was getting tighter and tighter, almost making her breathless, she made a low "um" sound in her throat, and he heard it right away, Relax a little. After galloping the horse for three or four hours, finally rushed into the marsh, after a long gallop, Shen Zhenzhu was not only thirsty, but also very hungry.

Mo Yanchuu rode his horse straight to the front of Shen Zhenzhu's house, raised his left arm, and gently put her down on the horse: "Eat something and rest first." Before Shen Zhenzhu could turn her head, she had already rode her horse forward He hurried away from his own residence. Shen Zhenzhu was just surprised, she was in a daze in front of the house for a while, feeling weak, she stepped into the room. "Ma'am, ma'am, something is wrong!" Cheng Yuanzhen rushed in just before the threshold, with an anxious expression on his face. "What's the matter?" Shen Zhenzhu asked.

Cheng Yuanzhen said: "Yesterday, Lord Chen Zhou told someone that he had found out where His Highness was being detained—it was in a house in a hidden place on the west side of the oasis, and was detained separately from the other guards of the Eastern Palace—and asked us to find an opportunity together. Rescue His Highness and escape." Shen Zhenzhu changed color: "Didn't I tell him earlier that the situation is chaotic now, so don't act rashly?" Cheng Yuanzhen rubbed his hands together and said, "That's right, I tried to persuade you again and again, but Chen Zhou didn't listen, and he didn't come back on Huihe Khan, so he sneaked away alone! Ma'am, what should we do?"

Shen Zhenzhu stomped his feet and said: "He is just messing around!" He made a decisive decision, "We will chase him back quickly, we can't let them go into the desert!" Her entourage was leading a horse passing by the door, she rushed up immediately, pushed the entourage away, and jumped on the horse. Cheng Yuanzhen took a step later, and saw the horse galloping out like an arrow while she was urging the reins, and the two entourages I was dumbfounded. Shen Zhenzhu galloped to the west on his horse, and the distance was less than three miles. Several Huihe soldiers surrounded her from a distance, intending to stop her. One of the Huihe soldiers could speak Chinese and shouted: "Khan has an order, no one is allowed Go to the west!" How could she care so much, she shouted sharply: "Get out of the way!" The horse rushed forward, and the soldiers retreated where the horse's hooves passed. One soldier was annoyed, and pulled out the machete at his waist, The man who knew Chinese immediately stepped forward and pressed his knife, saying: "Dun Mohe said that you must not hurt her!" The soldiers hesitated slightly, taking advantage of the gap, Shen Zhenzhu immediately galloped out of the encirclement.

To the west was an open field. Shen Zhenzhu didn't know where Li Yu was being imprisoned, nor could she see Chen Zhou's figure.She had been walking on the grassland, and she learned a little about the way to recognize the ruts and the road from Chen Zhou. When she carefully observed the ruts on the field, she saw that there were ruts on the left and right leading to the front. The left rut was wide and deep, like a bullock cart. The left rut mark on the right side is extremely difficult to detect unless you look closely, it seems to be there but not there, sometimes deep and sometimes shallow, as if it was stepped on by someone.

According to what Cheng Yuanzhen said, if Li Yu was detained separately from the other Eastern Palace guards, would it be the opposite?If so, which direction leads to the place where Li Yu was detained? She frowned and thought about it, and suddenly had an idea: Li Yu and the guards of the Eastern Palace need to eat every day, and there are so many guards in the Eastern Palace. In solitary confinement, his food doesn't need to be so troublesome, just one or two people can walk to deliver it. In this way, could it be the right? At this moment, she can only gamble on luck. She turned the horse's head and followed the right rut.The vegetation gradually became lush, and small patches of woods could be seen from time to time. After walking for more than half an hour, I finally saw a small house hidden among the trees.

She was both joyful and nervous at the same time, she lowered her horse's gait, and the horse's hooves stepped on the green grass with a very soft sound. Gradually approach. On the ground in front of the house, there were three or four Huihe soldiers lying on the ground, motionless, it seemed that they were either dead or fainted. With his back turned to her, Chen Zhou was opening the door of the house with the key found by the Uighur soldiers. Shen Zhenzhu dismounted lightly and approached slowly. "Boom!" Chen Zhou pulled the bolt and moved the door, "Your Highness, Your Highness the Crown Prince," he called out in a low voice. The footsteps of Ji Xizu, but Shen Zhenzhu could hear every step so clearly, as if every step was stepping on her heart.She couldn't move, she could only stare at the door silently. The setting sun casts a cold and clear light on the window lattice made of stone. Finally, a cyan figure appeared at the threshold.So thin and slender.As if he hadn't been baptized by the sun for a long time, he took a half step back and raised his hand to cover his forehead. Suddenly, he slowly put his hand down, and he focused on the front—— He saw her. He stared at her silently. She couldn't see sadness and joy in his eyes. He looked at her as if he was looking at a stranger, his eyes were calm and suffocating. She could only do this, looking at him silently; she just couldn't look away.Despite the thousands of barriers in the world, she never expected that she could still look at him like this today. She heard the falcon's screaming and screaming across the sky, at this moment. She still lowered her eyelids slowly, it was time for her to get on her horse and leave. But at this moment, she saw something unpredictable: a light flickered under Chen Zhou's right wrist, and a dagger flashed out—— "No!—" she yelled, and rushed forward. Li Yu was startled suddenly, but the blade was cold and had already reached his chest. He instinctively stepped back and struck out with his right palm at the same time. Precariously on the verge of falling, Li Yu held the door frame with one hand, and covered the dagger in his abdomen with the other, with a pained expression on his face, he slowly slid down. Shen Zhenzhu had rushed forward and leaned over to support Li Yu, glaring at Chen Zhou: "What are you doing!" Chen Zhou stabilized his figure, and grinned grimly: "The prince and princess are here, and I will send you on the road together, so that I can explain to the empress." "So you, you, actually took refuge in the queen?!" Li Yu gasped and said with difficulty. Chen Zhou's eyes fell on Li Yu's abdomen, seeing the blood seeping out slowly, his robe between his chest and abdomen was dyed red, and he sneered, "Your Highness, if I count on you again, I'm afraid I won't be able to stand up on the day I die. In other words, Mrs. Chen can't wait for your promise! You died in this desert, you are really clean." He said to Shen Zhenzhu: "Prince Princess, I am lucky to have you this time. To tell you the truth, if you want It was the queen's idea that you come back and forth to find His Highness. Without you, how could I find His Highness so easily!" After speaking, he laughed. This is really a "trick".Li Yuyuan's involvement in Huihe was originally the best chance to stay with Empress Zhang. Although the news of his disappearance was heard, after all, the news of his death is not as reassuring as Empress Zhang. If he can take the opportunity to kill him in the grassland and desert, there will be no bones left after death, and there will be no proof of death. .But to kill him, he must be found first.To find the missing Li Yu in Huihe, one does not need to be highly skilled in martial arts or resourceful. The best person to lead the way is Shen Zhenzhu. , she should be protected to some extent; and the most important thing is that Shen Zhenzhu has been to Huihe, she is very intelligent, and she is determined to find Li Yuzhi to beat anyone.Chen Zhou was desperate for utilitarianism, so he sold himself to Empress Zhang. Empress Zhang was in her arms and appointed him to assassinate Li Yu.It's no wonder that Chen Zhou took such extraordinary measures to force her to show up in Wuxing's Shen residence; no wonder he was so eager to find Li Yu after arriving at this oasis.It turned out that he was not eager to save Li Yu, but to kill Li Yu.She was so stupid, even though she hated Chen Zhou, she never doubted him, never dissected him deeply. Shen Zhenzhu thought through this layer, and suddenly felt cold all over, and felt that even her fingertips were trembling, her heart felt like a knife, she turned her head to look at Li Yu.However, Li Yu seemed to have no one around her, his face paled due to blood loss, and he said to Chen Zhou calmly: "The cunning rabbit is dead, the lackey is cooking, today you dare to kill the orphan," frowning, trying to hide the severe pain in the abdomen, "It will be easy for the queen to kill you in the future." Chen Zhou sneered disapprovingly, stepped over step by step, "dang" drew the knife out of its sheath, and took the time to blow and wipe the blade: "Your Highness, don't waste your words, from now on, the history books will only record that you were unfortunately killed in the desert storm in order to save Princess Ning. You never thought about today, right? Back then, I relied on you, and I contributed the most to the country and you. You also didn’t expect that today I would personally send you and the princess on the road. Hmph, as for how the queen will reward me, I don’t know It's one of the crown prince's worries." While speaking, he walked in front of the two of them, holding a knife and moving between Shen Zhenzhu and Li Yu: "Who should I send on the road first? Your Royal Highness, Chen will obey your order for the last time." Shen Zhenzhu touched her chest with her left hand, where the dagger that Mo Yan sipped and gave her was hidden. Chen Zhou's sudden words made her completely confused, her fingertips were still trembling, she was full of guilt and pain, He bit his lower lip hard.All she can hold is this dagger.Even if they can't die together, try to hit him hard. "Hmph, what kind of princess is she!" Li Yu said indifferently, before Shen Zhenzhu could react, he pushed her away with a palm, she was caught off guard and fell to the ground. Chen Yiyi was stunned, and then he laughed: "At this time, you are still arguing—" Before the last word "hold on" came out in time, his abdomen and back felt cold at the same time, his eyes widened suddenly, his mouth opened wide, and he slowly moved towards Looking down: there was a hole in the front chest suddenly, and the blood was bubbling continuously; a dagger was pierced into the abdomen, so deep that there was no blade. Chen Zhou raised his head slightly: Li Yu's brows were deeply drawn, and with more force in his hand, he pushed the dagger into his belly a little more hard! "shake!" The long knife in Chen Zhou's hand fell to the ground, and he fell heavily on his back, unable to rest his eyes until he died. At the same time as Chen Zhou fell to the ground, Cheng Yuanzhen put his sword back into its sheath, stepped forward to help Li Yu up, and asked anxiously, "Your Highness, how is your injury?" hurt." Even when Chen Zhou died, it was hard to imagine that Li Yu always wore soft gold silk armor that could avoid swords and guns after he went to Huihe in order to prevent accidents.Just now when Chen Zhou suddenly attacked, Li Yu's dagger pierced his abdomen, but due to the protection of the soft armor, there was only a slight injury to the flesh.However, Li Yu knew that Chen Zhou was very brave and he did not have a weapon in his hands. If he forced his opponent, he would never be sure of victory, so he deliberately showed weakness to him, covered his abdomen with his hands to cover up his injuries, and even pressed the dagger down a few points with pain. The increased bleeding from the wound confuses Chen Zhou, luring him to underestimate the enemy and narrow the attack distance so that he can defeat the enemy with one shot.After Chen Zhou approached, Li Yu pushed Shen Zhenzhu away with one palm, and at the same time pulled out the abdominal dagger, and stabbed Chen Zhou's abdomen in his own way. At the same time, Cheng Yuanzhen followed Shen Zhenzhu's example and snatched a horse, followed the hoof marks made by Shen Zhenzhu, and arrived just in time.He has martial arts skills, and his hearing is slightly stronger than ordinary people. He heard voices from a distance, then dismounted and sneaked to the vicinity of the house, and heard Chen Zhou and Li Yu's conversation clearly. Chen Zhou's attention was completely attracted by Li Yu and Shen Zhenzhu , almost at the same time as Li Yu, a sword pierced Chen Zhou's chest from behind and killed him. Cheng Yuanzhen hurriedly took out the golden medicine from his bosom, helped Li Yu to the threshold and sat down, without further ado, he untied his outer robe and soft armor two or three times, and saw that the wound was not deep, but the blood was still oozing out out, let out a long sigh of relief.Shen Zhenzhu gently took the medicine bottle from Cheng Yuanzhen's hand, squatted down, she also saw that Li Yu's injury was very light, but her heart was still trembling violently, she uncorked the bottle, intending to wipe the medicine for Li Yu. "No need." Li Yu glanced at her, snatched the medicine bottle from her hand, and handed it to Cheng Yuanzhen, "You come to fill Gu's medicine." Shen Zhenzhu stood there stunned, but Li Yu raised his head and looked into the distance, his tone was still indifferent: "It's none of your business here, let's go." Cheng Yuanzhen looked at Li Yu, and then at Shen Zhenzhu, feeling that Shen Zhenzhu was in an extremely embarrassing situation at this moment, and deeply sympathized, he wanted to say something in his mouth, but couldn't speak for a while, seeing that Li Yu's wound was still bleeding, he had no choice but to bite the bullet I personally smeared all the medicine powder on it, and it will be effective to stop the bleeding immediately, and then I can rearrange my clothes. Shen Zhenzhu stood up slowly, turned her head away, heard the sound of horseshoes rolling over, the sound reached everyone, dozens of riders and horses galloped into view in an instant, the most present person was Mo Yansiu. Seeing the situation in front of him, Mo Yan was slightly startled, but he didn't show any signs of expression. He got off his horse, walked like a whirlwind, and said with a loud smile, "His Royal Highness is alright?" Li Yu endured the pain, stood up as if nothing had happened, raised his eyebrows and said, "Li Yu thanked Khan for taking care of him." Mo Yan glanced at Chen Zhou's body, "Your Highness should believe what Ben Khan said." Since Li Yu was detained by him, he had interviewed Li Yu several times and was willing to send someone to escort him back to the Central Plains. However, how could Li Yu listen to him.But this time Chen Zhou's rebellion and Empress Zhang's viciousness are indeed beyond Li Yu's imagination, but if he wants to ignore Li Ruo's life and death, and return home like this, he will feel unhappy. Mo Yan Chuan thought that he had seen through Li Yu's mind, and said: "How about this, if Your Highness still insists on going back to the King's Court to save Ningguo Princess, and Ben Khan will go with you in 20 days, how about it?" Then he said: "Your Highness There are many guards with me, and I want to borrow them to quell the chaos, please help me, Your Highness." In saying this, Li Yu's face was greatly taken care of, Li Yu felt a little grateful in his heart, bowed and said: "Khan saved my life, Daddy Tang and Huihe share the same spirit, even though they are alone, they are willing to help the Khan put down the civil strife and enjoy the grace of God together." Mo Yanchufang glanced at Shen Zhenzhu who was beside her, and saw that her face was snow-white, even whiter than that of Li Yu who had lost blood, standing alone on one side, as if she was in a daze, and she didn't know whether to listen. To his conversation with Li Yu.He didn't know what to do, thinking that Li Yu said something that made her sad again, so he called her. Shen Zhenzhu raised her head as if frightened, looked at him, forced a smile, and said in a low voice: "Oh, I'll go back first." While speaking, like a breeze, she had already reached the horse she brought. Before the horse. Mo Yan Chuu only felt that her expression was very wrong, and was about to stop drinking, but saw her jump on the horse, her legs clamped the horse's belly, and the horse ran away without a trace like an arrow leaving the string.