Xie Chaochao has been waiting for Chu Heng.

There was a rustling sound behind her, and she thought it was Chu Heng coming back. When she turned around, she saw a group of men in black.

She stood up and stepped back, "Who are you? What do you want?"

The leader narrowed his eyes and waved his hand, "Go ahead."

The people behind rushed towards Xie Chaochao, the weapons in their hands emitting a dazzling cold light. Just as they were about to rush over, a few people came out from a distance and started fighting with them.

Long Bo appeared and escorted Xie Chaochao, "Retreat."

She did not dare to delay and followed closely. A group of men in black came out from the darkness and surrounded the two of them. One of them spoke in a cold voice.

"I have long suspected that Long Xingtian, the strongest guard beside Feng Jue, is not dead and has been hiding in secret. The master is smart and tricked him out today."

Long Bo stretched out his hand to protect Xie Chaochao behind him and gritted his teeth, "I don't need to hide at all. It's your master who doesn't dare to admit that I'm still alive, right? What are you afraid of? Coward."

"Coward? I'll return this sentence to you intactly. Anyway, neither you nor the woman behind you can escape tonight."

Everyone rushed over. Long Bo was old and had been badly injured. He was no match for them. One against a hundred, he was at a disadvantage. He turned around and shouted, "Run! Go to where there are many people! Go to Chu Heng!"

Xie Chaochao was worried about Long Bo, but he also knew that his own life was the most important.

As long as I am still alive, I will definitely take revenge!

She nodded, picked up the hem of her skirt and ran backwards. The man in black behind her noticed her and chased after her.

The further they ran, the more remote the place became. In the dark night, Xie Chaozhao couldn't tell east, west, south, or north. He had to hide behind the haystack of the chicken coop, praying that someone would find him.

The men in black lost track of him, and they all stopped to ask questions, and went to look for him in groups.

Xie Chaochao covered his mouth and held his breath.

Not knowing how long he had waited, Xie Chaochao secretly looked outside and found a pigeon with red eyes and white feathers standing on the haystack above his head. Both the man and the bird looked at it for a long time, and then the pigeon fluttered away.

Xie Chaochao came to his senses and thought it was all over.

She jumped out from behind the haystack and prepared to change her position, but she heard several footsteps from behind. It was too late to hide, so she pulled off her mother's jade hairpin and put it around her neck.

In the blink of an eye, several figures came running from behind, and the one leading them was Chu Heng.

His eyes widened, "No! It's me!"

When Xie Chaochao saw him, she breathed a sigh of relief, put down her arms and sat on the ground. Chu Heng ran over and hugged her tightly in his arms, his heart beating like a drum, and his strength gradually tightened and increased.

He was afraid that Xie Chaochao would really leave him.

He was afraid that if it wasn't him, Xie Chaochao would stab himself to death with a hairpin.

He was afraid that he would die before he could tell the truth.

"I'm sorry, I'm late."

"Don't die, you have to believe that I will find you and save you, Chao Chao..."

Xie Chaochao tilted her head back and placed it on his broad shoulders, staring blankly at the full moon in the sky. The word "Chaochao" reminded her of a dream she had, in which the man in the dream called her the same way.

One sentence after another, 'Chao Chao! Thank you Chao Chao! Don't die! I beg you! Open your eyes and look at me!'

But she felt that the person should not be Chu Heng.

She and Chu Heng had never met before.

When he came to his senses, he found that the pigeon with red eyes and white feathers was standing on Xiao Dizi's shoulder, staring at him with its head tilted.

She asked, "How did you get in?"

Xiao Dizi pursed her lips and said, "The stinky old man brought me in and asked me to help him complete a task, and he would buy me something delicious."

"Where is Uncle Long?" Xie Chaochao asked again.

"I don't know." Xiao Dizi shook his head, took out a pine nut from his waist pocket and gave it to the pigeon, touching its shiny fur, "Go find someone."

The pigeon fluttered away again with the pine nut in its mouth.

Xie Chaochao smelled the pleasant smell on Chu Heng's body and patted his back with her small hand, "It's okay, I'm still alive."

"I'll take you out and never enter the palace again."

He stood up, and with trembling hands, he picked up Xie Chaochao horizontally.

Xie Chaochao exclaimed, "I'm afraid something will happen to Long Bo. With you here, the people in the palace won't dare to act rashly. I'll go find him first."

Chu Heng looked back at Xiao Dizi and said, "Take off the jade pendant on my waist, go find my father, tell him everything secretly, and save Long Bo."

Xiao Dizi wanted to refuse, but thinking that this was what Xie Chaochao also wanted to do, she had to pout and nod, "Oh."

Chu Heng's expression eased a little and he comforted him, "Don't worry, it's done. I promise you one thing. I'll give you whatever you want, just don't cross my bottom line."

This really touched Xiao Dizi's heart. He opened his big round eyes and asked, "Really? Anything?"

"any."

"it is good!"

He quickly took off Chu Heng's jade pendant, blew a whistle, and a pigeon with red eyes and black feathers flew down from the sky. He touched its feathers, let it lead the way, and ran away quickly.

Xie Chaochao collapsed in Chu Heng's arms. They were jolted out of the palace, got on a carriage, and headed for the general's mansion.

From beginning to end, Chu Heng never let go of Xie Chaochao.

He held her tightly in his arms, resting his chin on her head, staring at the hairpin that Xie Chaochao was holding in his hand, ready to hang himself. He reached out to take it down to check, and it looked vaguely familiar.

Xie Chaochao felt it, but didn't move.

She felt an unwarranted sense of security lying in Chu Heng's arms, "You know him?"

"I've seen it."

"where?"

"forget."

Seeing Xie Chaochao moving her head like a kitten, Chu Heng's heart softened. He stroked the jade hairpin and asked softly, "Did... your most important person give it to you?"

"Yes." Xie Chaochao said: "It's very important. She is my mother."

Chu Heng breathed a sigh of relief, put the jade hairpin back on her head, and hugged her, "Mom must be a beauty. You are not mean like your father."

Xie Chaochao laughed softly, her small hands tightly grasping his clothes, her eyes fixed on the night scene that swayed up and down as the car curtains bumped, "My mother left me when I was very young, and I don't remember much about what she looked like."

"sorry."

Xie Chaochao shook his head, "No need to say sorry, I'm not a three-year-old child. I can't live without my mother."

"I'm a little sleepy. I'll take a nap. When the carriage stops, just wake me up."

Her voice became quieter and quieter, and she gradually fell asleep in his arms.

Chu Heng lowered his head, and looked at her face in the moonlight, not missing a single detail. Gradually, he lowered his head until his lips were only a few millimeters away from hers, but then he slowly raised his head and held her tightly in his arms again, wishing he could rub her into his body.

Today, he almost lost her.

Who could be the murderer? He must find out.

If he is a border guard, he will flatten the border. If he is the emperor's man, he will make him regret what he did today.

……

The next day.

It was already noon when Xie Chaochao woke up.

Pei'er brought the food and saw her open her eyes. She smiled with curved eyebrows and tears in her eyes.

"Ma'am, you finally woke up."

Xie Chaochao stood up with difficulty, feeling sore all over.

"What happened after Master Chu and I left yesterday? Tell me about it."

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