Emperor's Trophy

"blow!"

The sharp arrow pierced through the left eye of the man in Beiqi, splashing a trace of blood. The man screamed, fell off his horse, rolled to the ground, struggled for a while and did not move.

Ji Huaisu was riding on the horse, looking at the young man in black armor in the distance, he steadily drew his bow and set his arrows, aiming at the center of his eyebrows.

Ji Huaisu smiled wryly and raised his hands to signal his surrender.

From midnight to noon, from heavy rain to clear weather, he had never escaped in such a panic. He tried to leave half of the people behind to intercept them, and the other team escorted him first.

As a result, they are too flexible and sharp, and the number of opponents is small, which means that they are flexible in assembly, and they have obviously undergone rigorous and careful long-term teamwork training. Death, injury, will not affect their team assembly, and they are always firmly united and let them Being able to assist each other flexibly, the damage is the least, and the formation is always firm and effective.Instead, the intercepting team flew into the air, and they easily bypassed them and continued to pursue them. The heavy rain seemed to be unable to stop their footsteps.

On the contrary, their team was huge and scattered. In the dark rainy night, the team being chased and threatened by death continued to get lost intentionally or unintentionally, and was defeated. In the end, there were only less than a hundred people left to protect him.

These hundred people were still shot off their horses by the cold arrows from behind, and the screams made them escape quickly.

Ji Huaisu finally turned his head and waved his hands to stop running away, whispered a few words to General Beiqi, then turned his head and raised his hands to signal his surrender.

Yun Zhen held the bow firmly all the time, ordered them to kill all the horses, then left Ji Huaisu where he was, and retreated a mile. Seeing that the people in Beiqi all retreated, he ordered someone to come forward and tie up Ji Huaisu, throw On the horse, gallop back immediately.

The sun in the sky began to heat up, shining on the field.

Yun Zhen led the cavalry and galloped south for a few miles, but was exhausted by the lack of horses and men, so he went to rest and eat by the water.

Ji Huaisu was tied up and thrown aside, his face was pale and his lips were chapped. Someone roughly poured water on his face. After wrapping up the wound on his arm, he couldn't help asking with concern: "Is it bad?"

Yun Zhen ignored them and kept his face unchanged. He waited for someone to sprinkle the medicine powder on his wounds, then drank some water and took some medicine, asked everyone about their injuries, and said, "This is still Beiqie territory, we have penetrated too much. They still can't take it lightly, they can contact their superiors to counterattack at any time, everyone hold on, and set off again after a while."

Ji Huaisu said: "Don't worry, everyone has gone to surround the royal court, and you killed the horse again, will there be someone to chase you in a while, you can take a rest."

Yun Zhen glanced at him coldly and said nothing.

Ji Huaisu smiled bitterly and said, "I'm greedy. I heard that you're coming, but I couldn't hold back. In fact, it's safer to capture Wang Ting first—but even if you capture me, Wang Ting and you are too late to rescue me. You have Shang Fang’s sword, but you have no purpose, and if you don’t have time to mobilize the army to rescue, the royal court won’t last for three days.”

Yun Zhen didn't speak, looked at the time, continued to get on his horse again, and let the team move on.

The return journey was slower than the pursuit, especially when the horses were tired and the men were tired. They were still carrying their captives. Seeing that the sun was about to set, a few people went to explore the way and came back: "Your Majesty, go through the valley ahead and go up the road." The main road will soon reach our border town, it will be dark, and it is not safe to pass through the valley, but camp here for one night at the entrance of the valley, and guard posts can be set up on the slope of the entrance of the valley, it is relatively safe, and there is also a water source nearby."

Yun Zhen nodded: "Schedule the shift and take turns to rest."

The fire was lit, some were cooking porridge, some were guarding the camp, and some were quickly setting up the camp. Everyone was silent and orderly. Ji Huaisu sat aside, smelling the smell of dried mushrooms and eggs in the porridge. Hungry, I couldn't help swallowing my saliva and said: "I know you have trained private soldiers, but I never thought you could train so well... Could it be that the emperor really didn't notice it at all?"

He still finds it inconceivable that Yunzhen trained such an elite team, he must have gone through layers of arduous training and selection, and also experienced secret training camps to achieve such seamless cooperation.

Yun Zhen said: "He knows."

Ji Huaisu gasped, and said in a low voice, "He really doesn't suspect you at all?"

Yun Zhen didn't pay attention to him anymore, and just rested against the rock wall with his eyes closed. Ji Huaisu saw that his lips were red and cracked, and his face was flushed, so he couldn't help but said, "Are you feeling unwell? Does the wound hurt badly? Are you having a fever?"

Yun Zhen didn't answer at all.

Not long after, a guard came over with two bowls of hot porridge, and untied Ji Huaisu's hands. After watching him finish eating, he tied them up again, and drove him to relieve them. , When I came back, I saw that Yun Zhen was still resting against the wall.

Ji Huaisu was a little worried, and kept staring at Yun Zhen with his eyes closed for a long time. Seeing that the porridge was getting cold, he opened his eyes, picked it up, and reluctantly drank the bowl of porridge.

Ji Huaisu said: "Jixianger, it rained so much last night, you must have caught a cold, right? You used to have a sore throat when you caught a cold, and you refused to eat anything."

Yun Zhen said: "Let's not say a few words, I don't want to hear you recall the past."

Ji Huaisu smiled slightly: "You still don't believe me? Are you worried about Wang Ting?"

Yun Zhen said: "No one will believe you."

Ji Huaisu said: "Well, I did it myself."

Yun Zhen closed his eyes, Ji Huaisu looked at the guards around him, they were all full soon, and four people sat beside him, they were both guards and guards, all of them were alert, young and strong, obviously galloping after such a tense battle During the whole day and night, everyone still maintained their excellent quality and state, knowing how much effort Yun Zhen had put into training these people, he sighed slightly, closed his eyes and fell asleep.

In the middle of the night, Yun Zhen suddenly opened his eyes, and he heard a strange sound, which seemed to be some kind of musical instrument, like a xun but not a xun, like a sheng but not a sheng.

He suddenly sat up: "Be alert! Pull your horse over here!"

Everyone jumped up immediately, well-trained and pulled out their weapons, pulling horses, packing up things, arraying arrays, and the guard at the front exclaimed: "It's a snake!"

Yun Zhen's scalp tightened, and he shouted: "Bring the wine, and bring the torches! Get the realgar powder!"

A guard said: "There was a lot of water in the camp last night, so it shouldn't be close to the camp."

The guards outside have already sternly warned: "Many snakes! Master Hou, run away! Get on your horse and run away!"

With a scream, Yun Zhen paled and ordered: "It's not easy to walk in the valley, pull the horse and disperse away!"

In silence, everyone saw that under the light of the fire, countless snakes swam in, as if they were driven in by something, thousands of snakes swam, and the green and black snakes held their heads up and spit out letters, like water flowing quietly , but menacing, fast as lightning.

Yun Zhen's goosebumps were all up, he turned around and saw Ji Huaisu leaning on the stone with a smile on his face, he stepped forward and pulled him up: "You know there will be snakes, don't you!"

Ji Huaisu smiled: "The Wa Snake Clan is naturally good at driving snakes, I advise you to stand closer to me - when we deal with the Wa Snake Clan, our clothes must always be soaked in snake-repelling herbs... ..."

Before he finished speaking, Yun Zhen had already pulled out a knife and cut off a large piece of his clothes, poured spirits on it, wrapped it around the torch and lit it, thick smoke rose, Yun Zhen picked up the torch and said: "Search for him body!"

Ji Huaisu was a little speechless, and the pity and tenderness turned into dumbfounding.He was quickly stripped of his outer robe and searched inside and out, took out the sachet he was carrying, handed it to Yun Zhen and said, "Master Hou has it!"

However, Yun Zhen took a knife and threw it into the snakes, lit a torch and drove the snakes away, and saw that the snakes avoided the road where the powder was scattered, Yun Zhen said in a deep voice: "Rush out to the open area, get on the horse and rush Go out of the valley, disperse and flee!"

A group of them rushed out along the road where the medicine was scattered, and several guards were rushed up by the snakes, and they hurriedly burned them with torches, and kept cutting down the snakes with knives. The horse is neighing: "The horse was also bitten by a snake!"

Someone pulled the horse over to protect Yunzhen on the horse, Yunzhen turned his head and saw Ji Huaisu and said, "Let him go right away! Don't stay in the valley, everyone spread out and run to the open place!"

In the dark night, it seemed that there were snakes everywhere. Yunzhen put him in front of the horse, and the horse galloped wildly. It is not easy to walk in the valley. He drove the horse for a while, and one after another, horses began to scream and fell into the snakes .

There are guards holding torches in a panic, burning and slashing everywhere. This is the first time they have encountered such a group of evil snakes. They became even more flustered.

Yun Zhen rode a horse and ran out for a mile or so. Seeing that the sky was getting brighter, he didn't know how many people ran out, but he heard the horse he was riding also let out a mournful cry, and slowly fell down. He knew something was wrong. , I don't know if the horse is too tired or it was bitten by a snake just now and now it is poisonous, just about to get off the horse, but saw Ji Huaisu turn around and suddenly pounce on him, pinning him down.

Yun Zhen was taken aback, and saw a snake rushing by in front of him, just biting Ji Huaisu's right arm, he drew his knife and swung it down, chopping the snake to the ground, the snake's head curled up on the ground, still opening its mouth to spit out letters, it was very frightening .

He glanced at Ji Huaisu, feeling complicated, pulled out a belt and tied his arms tightly, pulled him up and looked at him, but there was no one around, and the group of creepy snakes were gone, the terrain in the valley The complex extended in all directions, and the guards should have been lost at night, so he dragged Ji Huaisu to find a hidden place to hide, then cut open his sleeve, and cut his wound to bleed.

Ji Huaisu's face was pale, sweating profusely, but he smiled and said to Yun Zhen: "It's okay, it's dawn, snakes don't have intelligence, they are all driven by drugs, and the drugs will leave naturally after a short period of time, and then soon You will die. There are not many people in the Wa Snake Clan, and they dare not come to you now, so you don’t have to worry too much about having enemies—the original plan was that you made a mess and I took advantage of the chaos to escape, and I have the medicine to repel snakes on me ...but seeing you sick, I feel sorry for you...I don't want you to be lost among the snakes..."

There was no one around, Yun Zhen said: "You sell well at this time, do you hope that I can speak good words for you in front of the emperor, and save your life?"

Ji Huaisu smiled wryly: "This snake venom... Do you think I can still see the emperor? A man's words are good even when he is about to die, you can always trust me once?"

Yun Zhen glanced at him, and sure enough, his lips turned blue, and touched his body: "You have poison to cure snakes, right?"

Ji Huaisu said: "No, there is no antidote for this snake venom. The snake drivers of the Wa Snake Clan are afraid of it themselves. You see, there was no one there last night. When they drove the snake, their own people did not dare to show up. They are afraid of accidentally hurting their own people. When these snakes disperse, some can be retrieved, and some will disperse, because those who are fed with medicine will die soon."

Instead, Yun Zhen took out some medicine bottles from himself, rummaged through them, chose one, and stuffed the pills in his mouth indiscriminately: "The detoxification and heat-clearing medicine I got from Doctor Jun, although I don't know Whether it is useful or not depends on the sky."

Ji Huaisu's mouth was stuffed so full that he almost choked, so he had to swallow it forcefully.

Yun Zhen said to himself: "Is this the poison that the emperor was poisoned in the past?"

Ji Huaisu swallowed it with great difficulty, and said: "I guess it should be, otherwise the emperor clearly had the chance to win at that time, and the peace talks have been discussed. How could he disappear? I guess the camp was attacked by snakes, and this snake drive can only be done." It's a night attack, and it can only be taken by surprise, and it's a fight in an upright manner, so it won't hurt him."

Yun Zhen said coldly: "You already knew about it, you didn't say it on purpose."

Ji Huaisu smiled wryly: "I really came to live in the Wuxiong clan this time, and I only knew that the Wa snake clan has such assassination talents. You say yes, anyway, you will never believe me. No matter what you say, I can kill you in front of your eyes." I die with joy in my heart."

Yun Zhen sneered, and Ji Huaisu looked at him: "My eyes are beginning to lose sight, please let me see you more, can you smile? Just like you did to me before."

Yun Zhen glanced at him, and said coldly: "Didn't you read it after taking Huang Liang?"

Ji Huaisu closed his eyes, and laughed: "You really want to hate me for the rest of your life, and I will pay you back with this life, can you forgive me? Beiqi... the civil strife is like this, there is no way to invade me again, no matter what I do. , no matter how disdainful you are, I finally fulfilled your wish."

"If I close my eyes and open them again, will I meet you again in the next life?"

Yun Zhen said: "It's a beautiful idea."

Ji Huaisu said: "I never understood what you said to me before I died, until after I was reborn, I recalled the last sentence you said, and I couldn't understand it even more. Did you know you would be reborn at that time?"

It was already bright, and Yun Zhen saw that his eyes had lost focus, and waved his hand, as if he really couldn't see. Although he knew that he was hateful, it seemed that he was really going to die. Thinking about it: "Because of being with you In that life, I have already been reborn once."

Ji Huaisu's face was in a daze for a while: "Already...reborn?"

Yun Zhen said: "Yes, I thought you were a rare and talented person, so I thought of assisting you as the crown prince and driving Ji Huaiqing away, and then you are so smart, maybe you can avoid the fate of the emperor disappearing on the battlefield again, but the army We can't intervene at all, the emperor...he is still missing."

Ji Huaisu suddenly laughed, the past was vivid and clear, he was originally an extremely smart person, and he had quickly understood everything: "So... I understand, so, you still made the wrong choice? The first life was Who became the crown prince? Ji Huaiqing? So...Zhu Jiang...Did you and Zhu Jiang be together in the first life? Did he betray you? So that bead, he also awakened his memory, he knew he was sorry for you, so he went Guarding the border..." He laughed and coughed, and then spat out blood from his mouth.

Yun Zhen was stunned, took the handkerchief and wiped it, and said indifferently: "Don't be so excited."

Ji Huaisu laughed: "It turns out that he also betrayed you... In the second life, I also betrayed you... No wonder you don't believe anyone..."

Yun Zhen said: "No, I believe in the emperor."

Ji Huaisu's eyes began to bleed: "So, can I still have the next life? The next life with you?"

Yun Zhen said: "No, in this life, I want to have a good life with the emperor."

He glanced at Ji Huaisu's seven orifices and began to bleed, and felt a little pity in his heart: "Go by yourself."