The emperor always wants to give me marriage

Naturally, Qinglan didn't know what kind of trouble Qinghe was making, so she could only keep her mouth shut and stand aside respectfully.

Xia Zhi held back an unknown fire in his chest, and asked in a muffled voice, "What time is it?"

Qing Lan said: "It's a moment of ugliness."

Xia Zhi was startled when he heard the time, Lin Fang was still outside at such a late hour.He couldn't sit still for a while, he got up reluctantly, opened the tent and looked, but he couldn't see any light outside, only the majestic torrential rain caused a chill in his heart for no reason.

There is only the sound of rain and wind in the wild, the camps everywhere are quiet, and everyone is still immersed in sleep, but Lin Fang took people to find Qinghe in such bad weather.

Xia Zhi stared at the distance, but only saw a black curtain of rain, and couldn't tell what was ahead.His heart felt cold, and the hairs on his body stood up for no reason.Originally, Lin Fang was simply looking for someone, but looking at the weather, he knew that the situation was not optimistic.

Xia Zhi said, "How long has he been away?"

Qing Lan lowered her head, her expression tense: "About an hour."

Xia Zhi clenched his fist unconsciously, and the panic in his heart expanded.In the mountains and dense forests, I don't know what terrible things are in the dark. What if Lin Fang encounters them?

"Send someone to look for Lin Shizi again, hurry up!" Xia Zhi ordered immediately, and another group of Imperial Forest Army rushed into the rain, and there were less than a hundred Imperial Forest Army left to guard the camp.

Xia Zhi fidgeted and looked outside frequently, while Qing Lan looked at him with trepidation, afraid that he might make a mistake.

He didn't know whether it was because he was unwell or because he was too worried about Lin Fang. Xia Zhi's face became more and more ugly, and there was a dull suffocation feeling in his chest, as if he couldn't breathe, and he fell limply on the ground.

"Your Majesty!" Qing Lan turned pale with shock and shouted loudly, "Emperor Physician!"

The imperial doctor rushed in quickly, helped Xia Zhi onto the couch in a hurry, diagnosed his pulse, gave him acupuncture and boiled medicine, all of which were familiar methods before.

Xia Zhi lay stiffly on the bed, a strong dull pain appeared in his chest, he wondered blankly, did something happen to Qinghe?What about Lin Fang? How is he doing now?Just when he was out of his mind, he suddenly heard a loud "bang", and everyone in the camp was frightened and fell silent.

Qing Lan said: "My lords, watch over the emperor, I'll go out and have a look."

Before she could get out of the tent, there were successive "bang bang" sounds in her ears, and the sound of messy footsteps came from outside the tent, and an Imperial Forest Army directly rushed in.

"What's the matter?" Qing Lan held down the hilt of her sword with one hand and looked at him warily.

The Yulin army said: "The rain is too heavy. There are huge boulders rolling down from the mountain. They happened to fall on the camp tent. Some people have been injured. I ask the emperor to move the car to avoid hurting the dragon's body." Before the words finished, there was another loud noise outside. Accompanied by painful cries for help.

Xia Zhi was in a hurry and wanted to get up and lead everyone away, but his chest hurt so bad that he couldn't even stand up, he was lying stiff on the bed, and he still needed someone to save him.

Qing Lan said: "My lord, please order someone to set up the tent again, and I will take the emperor there immediately."

The Royal Forest Army took the order and retreated immediately.

Qing Lan was thinking about how to move Xia Zhi over there without letting him get in the rain, but before she could think of a way, there was a sudden "bang" sound from above her head, and a large piece was sunken in the middle of the tent, which was obviously hit by a boulder .

"It's too late." Qing Lan made a decisive decision and directly helped Xia Zhi up, "I've offended you."

The crowd surrounded Xia Zhi and ran to the new camp. The cold raindrops hit his body, Xia Zhi shivered, and covered his chest with one hand. He couldn't help but look back, his eyes full of distress.Lin Fang hasn't come back yet, so he doesn't know whether it's bad or good.

For the first time, he experienced what it means to be worried.

Deep in the jungle.

Qinghe's eyes were full of horror, and he hurriedly wanted to cover the wound on Lin Fang's shoulder, but when he let go, a burst of blood gushed out from his stomach, and the pain made him dizzy.

"My son... my son..." Qinghe covered his stomach with one hand, and tried hard to support Lin Fang with the other hand, but the clothes of the injured person were wet by the rain, and they were heavier than usual. He alone A person who has no strength to hold a chicken can't hold it up at all.

Qinghe broke down and cried aloud, guiltily said: "Shizi, I am the one who is sorry for you, I shouldn't have sneaked out..."

Lin Fang listened to the loud cries in his ears, and his mind was swollen for a while, wanting to teach him a lesson, but he was afraid that he would be weak and unable to withstand his own anger, and would hurt Xia Zhi who was far away in the camp.

"I'm fine, you don't have to worry about it." Lin Fang leaned against the tree trunk, and waited for the wound on his shoulder to be numb by the rain, then got up, pulled out the sword from the hungry wolf's throat, held it in his hand, and dragged Qing He With one arm, walk back along the way you came.

Qing He was still immersed in grief and remorse, and said in a trembling voice: "My lord, you saved my life, and I will definitely repay your kindness in the future."

Lin Fang looked cold and serious, without a smile on his face. The cold rain made his body temperature drop sharply, and the hand holding the sword was shaking all the time.He said in a deep voice: "I saved your life today, I don't need you to be a cow or a horse, as long as you can cherish this life, you will repay my kindness."

Qing He's eyes widened suddenly, and the corners of his mouth bent down in misery.Lin Fang told him to cherish this life, but it was for the sake of the little emperor. He came to rescue him in the rain tonight, presumably because he was afraid that he would die outside and implicate the little emperor.He gritted his teeth and lowered his head unwillingly.

There is a hill several hundred meters high in the southwest of Shaoshou Mountain. The camp was originally set up here to prevent wild beasts from attacking. Unexpectedly, the wild beasts did not come, but heavy rain suddenly fell, and the stones on the mountain were washed down. Dozens of people were injured. , more than ten people died.

After counting the dead and wounded, the commander of the imperial forest army looked very ugly.

Xia Zhi frowned and said, "How?"

The leader said: "If you go back to the emperor, the imperial physician has already treated the wounded. Most of the dead are servants and maids brought out from the palace, and..."

"And what?"

The commander took a step forward and said in a low voice, "Moreover, most of them are serving at the emperor's tent."

Xia Zhi's heart shuddered suddenly, and he could hear a hint of danger from his words.

Last night Xia Zhi was drunk, half drunk and half awake, he lived in Lin Fang's tent, mingled with him, and after making trouble, he became tired, so he rested in his tent.According to what the commander said, if he went back to his tent last night, wouldn't it be a disaster?

Xia Zhi's back was suddenly covered with a layer of cold sweat, the veins in his neck throbbed slightly, his temples swelled violently, and he seemed to be a little bit hot.

"Check it out, check it out!" Xia Zhi gritted his teeth, forcefully suppressing the slight chill in his heart.

He originally thought it was an accident, but suddenly the rocks rolled down, the servants in the camp died tragically, Lin Fang searched for people in the middle of the night and has not returned, and everything happened on the same night, so he smelled something unusual .

Now that he is outside the palace, if he is not careful, he may die here.He didn't want to speculate for no reason, but he didn't dare to take it lightly.

The discomfort coming from behind made Xia Zhi feel uncomfortable all over. He couldn't sit or stand, so he could only lie on the bed in an uncomfortable position.He stared closely at the outside of the camp, watching the footsteps of the people coming and going, and suddenly felt that he was very useless.

Fuxiu flashed in from outside the tent, her eyes were red.

Xia Zhi said, "How?"

Fuxiu wiped his eyes, choked up and said: "Those who served the emperor were all hit, the servant saw that they were already out of breath, they are unlucky, they can no longer serve the emperor."

Xia Zhi felt a little stuck in his heart, and thought about it carefully, but the faces of those court ladies and eunuchs were very blurred.The little emperor back then never saw these servants directly, but now Xia Zhi is not used to them wandering around in front of him, so he sent them outside the palace, so he rarely saw them.

Xia Zhi couldn't bear it for a moment, and he let out a long sigh.He still has some impressions of them. Those people are about the same age as Fuxiu, and they were friends with Fuxiu before the little emperor came to the throne. group.

When the first emperor was around, the little emperor was not favored, and Fuxiu, a slave, was also pushed out. It was rare for someone to play with him, and the few of them could be regarded as friendships that grew up together.After Fuxiu became the first-class eunuch next to the little emperor, he transferred those playmates to his side so that he could take care of him.For this autumn hunt, it was because of Fuxiu's begging that he brought those court ladies and eunuchs out together. He wanted them to have fun, but he didn't expect that they would lose their lives.

Fuxiu said with tears in her voice, "Your servant is disrespectful in front of the imperial court, and he deserves death."

Xia Zhi couldn't be in the mood to punish someone else, so he waved his hand and told him to go down and rest first.Fuxiu thanked her, ran outside the tent, secretly wiped away her tears, and sobbed.

The courtiers and concubines who came in to pay their respects waved again and again, and finally calmed down, and the commander of the Imperial Forest Army came over again.Xia Zhi was shocked immediately, and hurriedly asked: "What did you find out?"

The leader said: "If you go back to the emperor, I have checked, and the wooden stakes in the camp have been pulled up, otherwise it would be impossible to wash away the wooden stakes by the roots only with this heavy rain, but... the rain is so heavy that everything The traces have been covered up, the minister is incompetent, and the person who did it has not been caught."

Xia Zhi nodded, looking at the heavy rain outside the tent and lost himself in thought.If someone really wanted to put him to death, it would be an excellent timing. It is not even certain whether the stake was pulled out, let alone the mastermind behind it.This autumn hunting, it sounded the alarm for him. This day is not peaceful, and he must not immerse himself in the gentleness.

The Imperial Forest Army sent out has not returned, and Xia Zhi was about to send people out again, when he suddenly heard an exclamation from outside the tent: "The prince has returned to the camp—"

Shocked, Xia Zhi immediately got out of bed, and went straight to the outside of the tent with the support of the commander. From a distance, he saw a group of people riding horses from a dark place.His nose was sore, and his eye sockets suddenly became hot.