[Marco Polo] Where is Homecoming?

Marco stuffed the salt cakes he had hidden and a sword on the horse's back, and when he was about to lead the horse away quietly, he suddenly heard a voice from behind, and he turned to see the woman standing in front of him.However, looking at him, Kuo Kuo really looked sad.

"Master Polo..."

She moved to his side and raised her face to look at him.

"... Zhenjin doesn't love me, he has never been to my place."

Marco blinked, he didn't know what to say.

"So I... I am still the original me, the unbroken me..."

Under the moonlight, her face exudes a jade-like cold light, and there is a kind of sadness in Jianshuishen pupil, but Ma Ke knows that this is not the time to be nostalgic for Ruanxiang.

"Kuo Kuo Zhen, go back quickly, otherwise people will be suspicious."

Kuo Kuo really didn't expect to be rejected, she took a step back and looked at him in surprise.

"What are you going to do? It's almost curfew time."

She couldn't help examining him from top to bottom, surprised, relieved, bitter... Thousands of expressions flashed in her eyes, and finally turned into deep calm.

"You want to escape?"

"I didn't escape."

Ma Ke tied everything to the horse one by one, and turned to look at her.

"This matter has nothing to do with you, don't get involved."

After finishing speaking, Marco turned and left, but when he reached the door, for some reason, he suddenly turned his head and glanced at Princess Lan who was watching him. At that moment, complex emotions surged in his still-like eyes The light, he suddenly walked back quickly, embraced the woman who was leaning on the railing and staring into his arms, and murmured:

"... Don't be afraid, Kuo Kuozhen, I'll be fine... I'll take you away soon."

I have never seen this shy lover behave like this, Kuo Kuo really felt that his mind went blank, and when he came back to his senses, the foreigner had let her go and led the horse away alone.

It is easy for him to sneak into the prison, but it is as difficult as skyrocketing to rob the prisoner under many guards.He tried his best to learn all his life and felt powerless. When he brought Naur out safely, he was exhausted, and he didn't even have the strength to speak.

"...Out of Dadu, go north thirty and there is a tree. Under the tree is a horse and dry food. You can ride the horse home."

"how about you?"

The young man's gaze dimmed instantly, but Marco just shook his head, and turned hesitantly:

"...Remember what I told you? I once met a prisoner from the Song Dynasty who was the same age as you."

"He was compulsorily recruited, and he was willing to surrender to the Khan after being captured. However, most of the resources were scarce at that time. The Khan put down his words and no prisoners would be kept."

"I could have rescued him, but I didn't. He died a miserable death in the end... Let's not talk, you go home."

…………

He watched the boy disappear into the night, took a deep breath and immediately turned back to Dadu, where the flames were like torches.

Marco knelt in the hall.Apart from Khan, there was no one else around.

The shadow pressed down heavily, covering his body.

"Latin, do you have anything to say?"

It was a long time before he heard the voice from ahead.

"No."

He bowed his head deeply.

"I let him go."

Paused.

"I just don't think he deserves to be treated like this."

The guards came up and took him away.Kublai Khan fell into a long silence, and the real gold who had always stood behind the throne finally showed up.Looking at the back of the stranger, he suddenly asked:

"Father Khan, what are you going to do with him?"

Kublai Khan did not speak for a long time.

"Killing pays for life, even disobedience of the Khan's order means death."

In the silent prison came the faint sound of footsteps.Marco sat on the ground, he slowly raised his head and stared at the man in front of him.

"Real gold."

"Lord Polo."

The prince walked up to him with his hands behind his back, looked around, and finally landed on the man in front of him.

"Look at you, you have made yourself in again."

He looked at him condescendingly, and said slowly:

"...Your plan was flawless. I chased him for more than 100 miles before I took his head off."

Ma Ke raised his head in an instant, and Zhen Jin made a gesture. Someone behind him presented a gold plate, and Zhen Jin stretched out his hand to cover the wrapped scarf.

"Want to see his final expression?"

"No!"

Marco shouted desperately, covering his face.

"...enough...enough..."

"........."

Zhen Jin put down his hand and ordered people to retreat.

He looked at the person in front of him, the light in his eyes changed, but he left without saying anything, leaving only one sentence.

"Khan said that anyone who violates his will will die, so please do it yourself."

There was a sudden panting sound in the bedroom.

Zhen Jin sat up dejectedly, and Sang Jia quickly followed her.

"What's the matter? You were the same last time when the Latin was about to be executed."

Zhen Jin didn't speak, Sang Jia continued to comfort:

"But don't worry this time, he won't be able to create another return gun to make the Khan change his mind..."

Zhen Jin suddenly turned to look at her, and that gaze frightened Sang Jia for a moment, but fortunately the prince turned back again.After a while of silence, he suddenly got up and got dressed.

"Your Highness, Your Highness! Where is Your Highness going at this late hour?"

Sang Jia chased after her, Zhen Jin suddenly turned around and hugged her tightly, and Sang Jia was stunned.Although she knew Zhen Jin loved him, she never took the initiative to be intimate with her.

It took a long time before Zhenjin let go of his wife, stroked her long hair, suddenly lowered his head, and pressed a kiss on her forehead.

"I'll go back as soon as I go, you go to bed first."

"Tell me, what is Zhenjin doing now?"

Nestling in her husband's arms, Queen Chabi said suddenly.

Kublai Khan moved his muscular body with difficulty, and hugged the woman beside him in his arms.

"It's not like his father, with his woman."

Chabi looked at him, burst out laughing, patted her husband's chest, and muttered slowly:

"...When I think that my handsome son will become like you one day, I'm so worried..."

"So what."

Khan was very disdainful, "You despise me now?"

Chabi was about to speak, but was interrupted by a knock on the door.

"Who is it?"

Kublai Khan wanted to get up, but was stopped by Chabi.

"Your Majesty, His Highness the Crown Prince seeks an audience."

Chabi's expression changed, and he turned to look at her husband. Khan finally sat up this time.

"Let him in."

The attendant opened the door to make way, and a man in a nightgown walked in, slowly raised his eyes, looked at his parents not far away, and suddenly knelt down.

"My child implores Father Khan to forgive Lord Polo!"

When Chabi heard that it was about the Latin man, he immediately felt relieved, but turned to look at her husband, but Khan's face seemed to be covered with a layer of frost.

"Master Polo made great contributions in the first battle of Xiangyang, and then he assisted the boy in governing the city and did his best. I hope that he will be allowed to redeem his merits. After the first battle in Xiangyang, the boy and him worshiped as brothers, but now it is really hard to see him executed. I can't bear..."

After finishing the sentence, there was a moment of silence all around, but after a long time, Empress Chabi turned her head stiffly and looked at Khan.

"...Zhen Jin has always been a child who values ​​kindness and righteousness..."

"It's not a matter of kindness, Zhenjin. Your weakness has disappointed me. That Latin man violated your father's will. I will execute him in front of you."

However, Khan said coldly, and the kneeling person under the steps slowly curled up his four fingers, suddenly raised his head, straightened up and said:

"But he saved my life once!"

Kublai Khan's gaze changed.

"When?"

"...When we were in Xiangyang, there was an assassin attack at night. If he hadn't acted in time, my boy, my boy might have gone to Longevity Heaven!"

He spoke incoherently, his face gradually pale.

There was a loud sound of "Boom!", but Khan slapped the armrest heavily, startling the Queen Chabi beside her, and hurriedly asked before her husband exited:

"Why did you never hear about such a big thing?"

However, Zhenjin lowered his head when he heard the words.

"...Father Khan was ordering the boy to massacre the city at that time, but the boy didn't want to. He knew that Father Khan would be more determined if he knew about the assassination, so he didn't tell anyone about it..."

Chabi looked at Kublai Khan's eyes, got up and helped the prince.

"...I will discuss this matter with Khan later. The Latin savior deserves credit. We will not treat him badly. Zhenjin, my child, you should go back first."

Zhen Jin stood up at the behest of her mother, bowed silently and then retreated.

Outside most heavy prisons, banners line up.The sky was gray and heavy in midair, like a maze.

As the imperial capital of a country, Yuan Dadu has only one official prison, which is subdivided into many scattered prisons.There are Peng Du Prison for detaining senior officials and members of the royal family, and Sikong Prison for both left and right.

Prison is the dirtiest and darkest place in the world.Although the laws of previous dynasties strictly prohibited all kinds of violations, old habits are hard to change. Today, extortion, torture, and arrest of innocent people on criminal charges still occur frequently in prisons, and the law prohibits them.

Zhen Jin hovered outside the prison gate. Because of his noble status, the officials who came and went were not suspicious of him.

However, at this time, he secretly made up his mind. This decision made him feel unbelievable when he thinks about it many years later.

However, the normally quiet official prison is brightly lit and noisy today. Zhen Jin felt suspicious and quickly grabbed a soldier who was running towards him.

"What happened today, what happened?"

"It's not good, the prisoner has escaped!"

"Which prisoner?"

"It's the one with the round eyes..."

Oh shit!Can't wait a while!

Zhen Jin gritted his teeth secretly, but continued to ask.

"Can someone help?"

"I don't know. The man moved too fast. We didn't know anything before we saw anything. When we woke up, the prisoner had already run away!"

Boyan is probably the only one who can do this.Zhen Jin's eyes turned back to Xiao Bing, and he looked him up and down.

"Then what are you going to do?"

"I was ordered to report this matter to the Great Khan..."

"Oh……"

Zhen Jin closed his eyes and let out a long sigh of relief, but suddenly drew his sword in the next second, and cut the person in front of him to the ground!

Hot blood spurted out all of a sudden, and the man died instantly. Zhen Jin looked around and saw that no one was paying attention, so he grabbed a horse and ran out of the city.

tbc

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