It turns out that I too have been robbed.

Emperor Gaozu of Dayi was a military general in the previous dynasty, so the royal family not only admired literature, but also favored martial arts.

Everyone has to participate in activities like hunting.

After resting for a few days, Pei Ruzhou and many children from the aristocratic family followed the princes to the camp deep in Huiyan Mountain.The ferocious beasts here have been dealt with in advance, but everyone is still cautious when walking in it on horseback.

Only Pei Ruzhou relaxed as if on an outing.

The crown prince and the third prince set off early and had already gone deep into the forest. Now the core figure in the army is Qi Yunyao.

The group of children from the aristocratic family surrounded him, and it was very lively from a distance.

But the young man who is used to being surrounded by stars, his heart is elsewhere today... Where is Pei Ruzhou?

He didn't wait for the other party to come to him for a long time, he gritted his teeth, and finally couldn't help turning around and looking around.

Pei Ruzhou was not interested in joining in the fun, so today he simply deliberately fell to the end of the line, and walked forward slowly with Qi Baili.

As soon as Qi Yunyao turned around, he saw that not only did Pei Ruzhou not come to look for him, he even stayed behind, riding side by side with Qi Baili, who usually had no sense of presence.

The two of them were talking and laughing...

How can Qi Baili match him!

The young man who was walking ahead on horseback was filled with jealousy.

He couldn't help shouting loudly to Pei Ruzhou: "Ru Zhou, come here! What are you doing staying behind? Boring or not."

Pei Ruzhou, who was talking about homework with Qi Baili, raised his head and looked at Qi Yunyao. Finally, he smiled, waved his hands and said, "No, Your Highness, let's play by yourself, I still have business to do."

Qi Yunyao silently gripped the reins tightly.

He didn't speak, just turned around in silence.

A long distance away, Pei Ruzhou didn't notice Qi Yunyao's abnormality.

The team had already reached the depths of the forest, Pei Ruzhou casually braided Xue Zhe's hair while listening to Qi Baili's endorsement.

The snow-colored BMW shook its head very uncooperatively.

"Protest is invalid." Pei Ruzhou took out a smoky purple ribbon from nowhere, and gently tied it in a knot on the braided braid.

Xuezhe: ...

What's the face of a bloody BMW!

How does this look make other horses think of themselves?

When she was still a pony, Xue Zhe was raised by Pei Ruzhou's side.When it was young, it was only short and fluffy, and looked like a little lamb.

Pei Ruzhou has always kept it as a pet.I don't know when, the grown-up Xue Zhe finally started to resist...

Xuezhe jumped up on the spot, trying to vent her dissatisfaction. To comfort it, Pei Ruzhou kept saying, "It's so handsome, it's so handsome!"

He actually chatted with the horse.

Qi Baili on the side couldn't help but lower his head and smile.

All the people in the palace avoided themselves like snakes and scorpions, and held Qi Yunyao high.

Only Pei Ruzhou was different.

It's not that he doesn't understand the difference in status, it's that he doesn't care at all.

I don't know when, he who used to wish to drag the whole world to decay, decline and even degenerate together, for the first time, he had something that he couldn't bear to destroy.

After reciting the books, the two continued to walk side by side in the forest.Hearing the conversations between the people around him and the horse, Qi Baili felt an extremely strange feeling that he didn't know how to describe...

Just like in the early spring, the sun melted the thin layer of ice on the clear mountain stream and warmed the stream water.

Then, with scars and mud all over his body, he walked alone in the bleak wind for a whole winter, and gently put his blood-stained hands into the stream.

Tiredness and pain disappeared in an instant.

Between the two of them, it was Pei Ruzhou who always spoke and Qi Baili listened.But at this moment, Qi Baili couldn't help turning around, opened his mouth slightly, and wanted to say something to the people around him.

But as soon as the idea was born, it was interrupted.

"Pei Ruzhou! Pei Ruzhou—" In the distance, Qi Yunyao called him again.

This time Qi Yunyao's tone was a bit aggressive, it sounded like he was angry.

Pei Ruzhou, who just finished braiding Xue Zhe's hair, looked up suspiciously, and Qi Baili also looked forward together.

"What's the matter, Your Highness?"

"...Forget it, it's fine."

"what?"

Pei Ruzhou didn't realize what happened at all.

After saying those words, Qi Yunyao turned around directly, and threw a sentence to the accompanying readers: "Stay away from me." Then he pulled the rein abruptly, and rode his horse towards the other side of the mountain forest .

Why did Qi Yunyao go?

Although Huiyan Mountain is a royal hunting ground, there is no wall built around the hunting ground, and no one can tell if there will be animals coming from other places.

Not to mention the unnamed plants in the mountains, or snakes, insects, mosquitoes and ants.

Although Qi Yunyao, the prince, knew martial arts, it was a very dangerous thing to leave the group rashly and go to the depths of the mountains alone.

Everyone understood this truth, but because of what Qi Yunyao said before he left, and the group of aristocratic families who followed him just now, no one dared to move.

The angry young man rode his horse and galloped as fast as he could, but in a blink of an eye even the sound of the horse's hooves disappeared.

After reacting, Pei Ruzhou said "I'll go and see him", then dropped Qi Baili and walked towards the direction where Qi Yunyao disappeared.

……

The brown horse galloped through the forest for a long time, and the wind slashed across Qi Yunyao's cheek like a knife.

After running for a long time, his anger finally subsided a little.

Qi Yunyao tugged at the reins to stop the horse, while he himself got off the horse and sat down directly under a tree not far away.

At the beginning, Qi Yunyao deliberately got close to Pei Ruzhou.

Approaching someone to lift him up high, and then throwing and destroying him cruelly when he is unprepared, this is Qi Yunyao's usual trick.

But now, Qi Yunyao discovered to his horror that not only had he forgotten his original purpose, but even... his dependence on Pei Ruzhou had gotten out of control.

Not just dependence, but possessiveness...

Realizing this, the boy couldn't help being startled.

Qi Yunyao was so engrossed in his thoughts that he didn't notice that in the grass not far away, there was a small bright blue snake with a thick thumb sticking out its triangular head.

The dark red pupils stared at him motionlessly.

"Hey..." After a while, Qi Yunyao sighed, and dropped the hand that was originally on his knee to one side.It was less than half a zhang away from where the snake was.

——At this moment, the snake moved!

Before Qi Yunyao could react, the little blue snake that was hiding in the grass suddenly rushed forward.

Accompanied by a "hissing" sound, the snake's two fangs bit his wrist firmly.

"what!"

The boy subconsciously pulled out the dagger tied to his leg, and chopped the bright blue snake in half with one stroke.

Qi Yunyao immediately stood up from here, he tore off a piece of clothing material, and tied a knot on his wrist close to his heart.Then he stretched out his other uninjured hand to touch the antidote in the skirt of his shirt.

This bright blue snake is called Xu Qi, and it is very poisonous.Among the folks, if bitten by Xu Qi, there is almost no possibility of survival.But as a prince, before he came to meet Yanshan, the palace servants around him had already prepared the antidote pills.

Although Xu Qi is poisonous, the poison spreads slowly.If you are bitten by it, as long as you take the antidote within ten hours, your life will not be in danger.

Although Qi Yunyao was a little nervous, he was not afraid.

However, at the moment when Qi Yunyao's fingers touched the medicine bottle, he suddenly heard the sound of horseshoes coming from the forest not far away.

He was about to take out the medicine, subconsciously raised his head and looked forward.

It's Pei Ruzhou!

"Your Highness!" Seeing him, Pei Ruzhou also breathed a sigh of relief, and the young man got off his horse and walked quickly, "Are you okay? Why did you run so far? I'm really worried."

By coincidence, Qi Yunyao, who had already touched the antidote, withdrew his hand while Pei Ruzhou was not paying attention.

I don't know if it was because of the snake venom, or because of the thought that came up suddenly, Qi Yunyao's heart beat wildly.

Finally, just as Pei Ruzhou was about to walk up to him, Qi Yunyao slowly frowned, took a deep breath, and said to Pei Ruzhou with a painful face: "...What should I do Ruzhou? I, I was The snake bit..."

"snake?!"

Pei Ruzhou lowered his head and saw that there was indeed a severed snake lying on the ground, and there were two big holes oozing blood on Qi Yunyao's right wrist.

Snakes like shady and humid places. Pei Ruzhou, who grew up in Day Languan, has never seen this kind of creature.

Seeing the injury on Qi Yunyao's hand, he was even more nervous than the other party.

"Then, what should we do?" Pei Ruzhou panicked.

Pei Ruzhou's luggage was prepared by Congtao, who had lived in Daylan Pass all year round, and she didn't know about the antidote to snake venom.

"Ru Zhou, will I die?"

Qi Yunyao, who was standing opposite, suddenly trembled and burst into tears.

The snake venom gradually spread, and his face also turned pale, looking really scary.

Pei Ruzhou tried his best to calm down, and then finally remembered that there was a temporary camp not far away...there should be an antidote there, right?

"Your Highness, don't worry," Pei Ruzhou carefully carried Qi Yunyao on his back, "There is a camp ahead, let's go there first."

"Well, okay..." Qi Yunyao also remembered that there were indeed several temporary camps on the way here.The nearest one is in an open space not far from here.

Thinking of this, Qi Yunyao completely swallowed the words that he had an antidote.

Pei Ruzhou didn't see that the young man who was being carried on his back secretly showed a smile at the corner of his mouth.

He couldn't help lowering his head, and quietly took this opportunity to sniff the fragrance from the neck of the other party.

Qi Yunyao hadn't been poisoned for a long time. Although there was no danger to his life for the time being, he gradually lost his strength and couldn't help but slowly closed his eyes.

The moment he approached the camp, he vaguely heard that Pei Ruzhou paused, and suddenly called out the three words "Master Meng".

Lord Meng!

……uncle?Why is he here.

In the next breath, Qi Yunyao was helped up by several people.

Meng Shilang's familiar voice reached Qi Yunyao's ears: "This poison is too dangerous, and I have been bitten for too long. Your Highness is probably..."

No, uncle is lying!

Xu Qi's poison will obviously take effect one day...

Qi Yunyao hated the Pei family, and the one who hated the Pei family more than him... was Meng Shilang!

At this moment, Qi Yunyao finally realized that the moment he met his uncle, things were going in a direction beyond his control.

Qi Yunyao struggled hard to speak, but he was anesthetized by the snake venom, no matter what he did, he couldn't make a sound.