The Way of the Consort

Ji Zhao fell off the cliff.

No one expected that under the snow, it was actually empty.

Everyone, including Zong Mi, froze in place. Chen Xing was the first to react, and immediately rushed over, jumping in the direction where Ji Zhao disappeared. Ji Zhao's guards all jumped down after him. Only then came back to his senses and discussed how to find someone.

In the ice and snow, Zong Mi was covered in sweat. He stretched out his hand to grab Zong Yan who was about to jump down: "I don't know how deep the bottom is, so what's the matter, don't fool around!"

Zong Yan turned around and shouted anxiously: "Ji Zhao has fallen!"

"I know!"

"Send someone down to find someone!"

"I don't know what's going on below, so I jumped down in a swarm, is it useful?!"

"Then what to do! It's such a cold day! There may be wild animals in the mountains!"

"You let me think of a way!"

Zong Mi was as anxious as an ant in a hot pot, but he heard the sound of horseshoes coming from the foot of the mountain. Seeing the familiar figure getting closer, Zong Mi felt that his body was sweating and began to cool down again. Chen Keye rushed over quickly, Before the man got off his horse, he asked anxiously: "What's going on? Why did he seem to hear someone shouting just now?!" He glanced around and asked sharply, "Where is the son-in-law? Where are the dust stars and guards around him?" ?!"

Zong Mi suddenly didn't know what to say, and it was Zong Yan who said urgently: "You guys came just in time! Ji Zhao stepped on the ground and fell off the cliff! All his people jumped down to find him! Are you familiar with this place?! Go quickly!" Find it!"

Chen Keye's face turned dark immediately, he didn't even bother to answer them, and immediately turned his horse back down the mountain.

"Brother, Chen Keye is here, isn't it, the prince is also here?" Zong Yan asked worriedly.

Zong Mi remained silent, "Let's go look for them all. If we can't find anyone, the crown prince will not let us go. Ji Zhao is my good friend, and I will not let myself go!" Zong Yan turned around after finishing speaking. He also took his guards and ran down the mountain.

After everyone left, Zong Mi felt his legs go weak. He was full of self-blame and worry, as well as fear of Zong Zhen.

It has to be said that he has never met Zong Zhen so far, and he even felt a little disinterested in the rumored His Royal Highness, but only now did he realize that he was really afraid of Zong Zhen.

If Ji Zhao really can't be found, their Prince Zheng's Mansion——

Zong Mi pressed all kinds of thoughts and brought people down the mountain.

When they walked halfway, they came across Prince Zongzhen's carriage. Only one eunuch beside Zongzhen remained where he was. Zong Zhen went to look for Ji Zhao.

The eunuch Zong Mi didn't know him, and he looked like a great eunuch in dark green clothes. When he saw him, the eunuch didn't say anything to salute, but at this moment, he couldn't care about these things. Zong Mi stepped forward and asked anxiously: "His Royal Highness?" ?”

It was Bao Qing who was left to look after the house. He cast a glance at Zong Mi, and calmly said, "Your Highness, look for the son-in-law." He also pointed behind him, "If the prince wants to look for it, go in this direction."

"Thank you..." After Zong Mi thanked him, he led the people and walked in that direction immediately.

Zong Zhen was going crazy. In fact, when he woke up this morning, he always felt that something was wrong. This is why he had to go out of the palace, but even if he did, the closer he was to the villa, the less at ease he felt. , until he heard the scream in the valley, his heart beat even harder.

When Chen Keye went to ask questions, he had already got out of the car and led the people in the direction of the screams.

But he didn't go up the mountain. He searched in the depth along the horizontal direction. The hot springs here were originally royal, and later they were also bestowed by the father. Since they are royal places, they must know more about them than others.Originally, for security reasons, the guards stomped around, but when Ji Zhao moved over, Zong Zhen was worried, and many people surrounded him many times, fearing that some criminals might be hiding in the mountains.

Later, Chen Keye chased after him and learned that Ji Zhao had fallen off the cliff, so he calmed down instead. He was also glad that there were more people who came out today, more than 30 people. If he brought seven or eight people out like usual, he would not be able to get enough points.

He quickly divided the good guys into a total of twelve directions, and the two went in one direction, and immediately spread out to look for them.

He himself took the rest of the people to look for the point where Ji Zhao fell. Slippery, Zong Zhen almost slipped down the mountain several times, and later used Chen Keye's sword as a crutch to avoid falling down.

Even so, it was still difficult to move an inch, the trees were too tall and messy, dead branches were everywhere, the weather was bad, and the sky was getting dark quickly. After searching for about an hour, it was already dark. Zong Zhen is much better now, but also Not those extremely strong people, Cheng Shen anxiously begged His Highness to stop and rest for a while, Zong Zhen ignored them and continued to move forward.

Later, when he even met small beasts and was scared away by their footsteps, Zong Zhen was even more worried.

If there are small beasts, it means that there are still female beasts. There are more than a few wild beasts in the forest. If Ji Zhao encounters wild beasts——

I don't know what Ji Zhao is like at this time. Zong Zhen's shoes and socks are already wet, and the soles of his feet are cold, but they are not as cold as his heart. Fortunately, his brain is calmer than ice and snow.

He is still able to distinguish the direction and move forward firmly.

Later, Zong Mi also brought people to chase after him, seeing a bright yellow in the night from a distance, Zong Mi shouted loudly: "His Royal Highness!"

Zong Zhen stopped and turned to look at him.

Zong Zhen raised his chin slightly, his eyelids slightly closed, but the cold light in his eyes directly pinned him in place, and Zong Mi suddenly didn't dare to move anymore.

Zong Zhen didn't say a word, turned his gaze away, turned and left.

After walking a long way, Zong Mi breathed a sigh of relief, feeling a little flustered, he never thought that the prince is such a prince, not the kindness that his younger brother said, nor the cowardice that others said.He held the guard's hand and continued to walk forward.

Zong Zhen finally saw someone here, and Cheng Shen pointed happily not far away: "Your Highness! Look! Isn't that the guard next to the consort?!"

Zong Zhen took a closer look, and sure enough, he stepped forward immediately. The guard obviously jumped down with Ji Zhao, and passed out directly. Because the snow in the mountain was too thick, he snorted even when he probed it. He must still be alive. Just looking at his weird limbs and the puddle of blood on his body, he must have been seriously injured.

The guards around Zong Zhen are all his personal guards who have followed him since he was a child, and they always bring some commonly used bruise plasters and bandages with them when they go out.

Zongzhen left one person on the spot to help him heal his wounds, and led them to continue walking forward. He found several people one after another, and one of them was the least injured and hadn't passed out yet. Seeing Zongzhen, he wept happily: "Your Highness! The son-in-law must be nearby! You must find him!"

Zong Zhen also left people on the spot to bandage their wounds, but his heart became colder and colder. These people were the least injured and couldn't stand up. He didn't know what would happen to Ji Zhao. Later, they saw Chen Xing .Chen Xing has also passed out, lying on the edge of a stream, sunken in the thick snow, his hands and feet have been frozen.

In the quiet forest at this time, except for the light of the torch, not even the moon and stars could illuminate it. Zong Zhen looked up at the sky without light and was tightly covered by leaves, his hands trembling a little.Find it Now, almost everyone has found it, but Ji Zhao can't be found.

No one dared to speak, and finally Zong Zhen took a deep breath and continued to walk forward, and they followed one after another.

Ji Zhao held the branch tremblingly with one hand, and looked into the red eyes under the tree. He kept swallowing, and blessed the thing under the tree who didn't know what it was from climbing the tree.

The thing circled the tree a few times, and it seemed that it really couldn't climb trees, but it never left. Ji Zhao was very nervous.

He was very unlucky and fell off the cliff directly, but it was not a good shot. During the fall, he hit a few stones and smashed through a few snowballs, and finally fell on a big tree superior.However, he was injured, his left arm might be broken, and he couldn't move it. It was hanging there, his clothes were torn by branches, half of his legs were exposed, and he bled a lot.

Ji Zhao swallowed again, thinking, he can't be afraid, he has to persevere!Someone must come to save him!He is not afraid!

But soon there were two pairs of red eyes. He was really scared, afraid that these things would climb up the tree.

He doesn't want to die yet!

Under such circumstances, it is not a big deal even to be hungry and stiff from the cold. He lowered his head and took a bite of the snow on the branch. His dry lips felt more comfortable, and his head was frozen by the cool snow. Also sober.

He told himself, hold on and hold on!After dawn, he will be found!

However, his body was getting more and more painful and colder, and he felt that his consciousness was a little unclear.

He swallowed another mouthful of snow to stimulate himself, he must not fall asleep!Asleep, he's about to fall!If you fall, you will be eaten by wild animals!Must not fall asleep!

But it was really too painful and too cold, he couldn't hold it anymore...

Ji Zhao swallowed the snow one mouthful after another, and even buried his whole face in the snow and ice on the tree to remind himself that he must not fall asleep!

The beast under the tree started to roar, and even started to hit the tree. Ji Zhao hugged the branch even more tightly with one hand, he must hold on!He told himself in his heart, but it was really difficult... Ji Zhao only felt that the energy in his body was losing little by little.

"Your Highness! There are wild beasts hitting the tree! Is there someone in the tree?!" Chen Keye ran back, pointing to the front and exclaimed excitedly.

Zong Zhen heard the words, and immediately strode forward, and sure enough, he saw a wild beast hitting a tree in the distance, and he almost immediately shouted loudly: "Ji Zhao?!"

The beasts stopped hitting the tree when they heard the sound, and looked back. Chen Keye drew out his long knife, held up the torch, and led the people forward.

"Ji Zhao!" Zong Zhen avoided the people and beasts in the battle, and hurriedly walked towards the tree, shouting as he walked, "Ji Zhao! Is it you! Answer me! Ji Zhao!"

Zong Zhen knew in his heart that he was also in a hurry, he was very anxious, he didn't know what he would do if he couldn't find Ji Zhao again.

Ji Zhao's consciousness gradually became confused, and suddenly he heard someone calling his name. He was startled awake, and listened carefully in a daze. Someone was really calling him, and even the beasts didn't seem to hit the tree anymore?very strange?He wanted to take a look under the tree, but he was exhausted. He thought he might be dying again, hallucination.

"Ji Zhao! Is it you!" The voice got closer and closer.

Ji Zhao was puzzled, why did the voice sound familiar?

Zongzhen walked under the tree and looked up. Cheng Shen was holding the torch high. Zongzhen saw the tattered figure on the branch and almost burst into tears. Zongzhen regained all his strength and shouted loudly: "Ji Zhao! It's me! Ji Zhao!"

"..." Ji Zhao reluctantly opened his eyes, turned his head, and looked under the tree.

In the flames, he suspected that he was really wrong...

"Ji Zhao!" Zong Zhen stretched out his hand towards him, "It's me, come down quickly! Let go of the branch, I'll catch you! Come down!"

On the other side, the wild beast was killed by Chen Keye. Amidst the stern howling, Ji Zhao woke up with a start. He took a closer look and saw that the person under the tree who was embracing him was really Zong Zhen!

"Ji Zhao! Let go of the branches!"

Ji Zhao blinked, and tears suddenly fell down. Zong Zhen only felt a chill on his face. He reached out and touched his face. It was Ji Zhao's tears. His heart was about to break into snowflakes all over the mountains and plains. Climb up to hold Ji Zhao down, but afraid that it will hurt Ji Zhao instead.

"Ji Zhao, come down quickly, I will catch you." He raised his head and said again, his voice much softer.

"Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo..." Ji Zhao was wronged and cried, tears falling down in strings.

"I will definitely catch you, don't be afraid!"

Ji Zhao sniffled, without a trace of worry, he let go of his hand suddenly, and saw a figure on the tree fall quickly, everyone surrounded him, and some people threw themselves on the ground, fearing that His Highness would not be able to catch it, but Zong Zhen He embraced Ji Zhao firmly.

"Woooooo...I'm so scared, but I can't be afraid...My body hurts, it hurts...Brother, my body hurts...Woooo..." Ji Zhao is like a broken doll, holding on until now, feeling Seeing the familiar warmth, in Zongzhen's arms, he could only cry, forgetting everything else.

Zong Zhen didn't dare to move him, so Chen Keye rushed over, looked it over quickly, and said: "Your Highness, the left arm is broken, and the place next to it seems to be just a traumatic injury."

"Then go back and treat. You go back to the city and bring all the imperial doctors." Zong Zhen asked Cheng Shen to untie the sable fur on his body, and wrapped Ji Zhao tightly from head to toe, with only two eyes exposed. Not very sober anymore, she kept looking at Zong Zhen with round eyes.

Zong Zhen said softly: "Okay, it's okay, my brother is here, don't be afraid, don't be afraid."

The others didn't care about these, they surrounded Zong Zhen and turned around to walk the way they came.

Zongzhen was also a little exhausted. Cheng Shen and the others wanted to help Zongzhen hold Ji Zhao. Whenever he touched Ji Zhao, Ji Zhao would cry. Zongzhen couldn't see him cry, so he insisted on walking back with Ji Zhao in his arms. Ji Zhao was already in a coma, and Cheng Shen quietly helped to lift his leg where Ji Zhao couldn't see, and finally walked back to the mountain path like this.

Zong Zhen secretly made up his mind that he must exercise better in the future.

In fact, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has already achieved the ultimate. Even if it is the way back, it will take more than an hour to walk. No matter how strong the physical strength is, no one can hold him for such a long time.

On the way back, they bumped into Zong Mi, Zong Zhen didn't even look at him, and left with Ji Zhao in his arms. The people behind him all kept their eyes on Zong Mi as they passed by.

Seeing the ball in Zong Zhen's arms, Zong Mi knew that Ji Zhao had been found, no matter what he said, he breathed a sigh of relief.