The weather is gradually turning into autumn.

On a hidden path in Suizhou Capital, a group of more than a dozen people rode horses and galloped.

These dozen people, each of them had some injuries on their bodies, and there was still half a feather arrow left under the ribs of a black-faced man, but it was obvious that he had been injured for a long time and was no longer bleeding.

More than a dozen people, guarding a child in the middle, this child is about ten years old, a small face is already white, and there is also a long bloody mouth on his face, which has slowly begun to scab.

The black-faced strong man in front of him, after looking left and right, gritted his teeth and said: "This is Suizhou, and further west is Xiangyang City, after Xiangyang, you will soon be able to reach Ankang, and when you go to Ankang Mansion, we will be safe!" ”

This group of people used to be Shen Gang and the Six Princes and others.

They took a big risk and brought the six princes out of Shaoxing Mansion, but this kind of thing is impossible to do quietly, not long after they left Shaoxing Mansion, they were discovered by the Xie family, and then chased after them, all the way from Shaoxing Mansion to Suizhou!

In the second half of the escape, the plum blossom guards of the imperial court also participated, and they rode behind Shen Gang and the others, causing Shen Gang a lot of trouble.

Along the way, in order to cover the six princes, at least dozens of people died in the dark department, and almost all of them were "old men" who had been working in the dark department for several years or even more than ten years, and each of them was precious and abnormal.

And these Yu Lin Wei seemed to have received some orders, completely ignoring the lives of the six princes, and even had a crossbow arrow, which flew over the cheeks of the six princes!

That arrow was slightly half an inch higher, and the son-in-law of the former emperor would die immediately!

Fortunately, Shen Gang and others are quite experienced, and in the case of sacrificing dozens of people, they forcibly brought the six princes to Suizhou, at this time there were only a dozen people left in their group, almost all of them were injured, among which Shen Gang was the most seriously injured, and a crossbow arrow was nearly an inch into the flesh under the ribs, and it also hurt the bones, but it was all on his own.

At this moment, as long as the staff on his body is pulled out, he will immediately lie on the ground, unable to move!

Zhao Yi also fled with them, and walked beside Shen Gang at this time, he was wiped off a small piece of flesh by a crossbow arrow on his calf, but the injury was not too serious, and he could barely support it.

He and Shen Gang were side by side, lowered his voice, and asked: "Uncle Shen, didn't you ask your father-in-law for help in Shaoxing, why did you go all the way to Suizhou, and your father-in-law still ......?"

Shen Gang rode a horse and said in a deep voice: "Hou Ye's power stops at Ankang, there is still a Xiangyang between Ankang and Suizhou, and it is not easy for the southwest forces to reach Suizhou." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, he heard an arrow roar, and a crossbow arrow came from behind, but it didn't hit anyone, and it was nailed straight into the big tree on the side.

Shen Gang and Zhao Yi changed their faces at the same time.

This is a bow and crossbow that only exists in the forbidden army of the imperial court, and the plum blossom guard is also equipped, obviously, the plum blossom guard, who chased them all the way for nearly a thousand miles, caught up again.

The Shanyin Xie clan is a scholarly family, and the family members in the family will not have much combat power, in fact, the casualties along the way in the dark department, including the injuries on the bodies of more than a dozen of them, are almost all due to the plum blossom guard!

After the first roar, more than a dozen arrows whistled one after another, and although most of them were shot at the trees, one or two arrows hit the people, and two of the dozen or so fell from their horses and fell into the dust.

Shen Gang has been accustomed to wind and rain for so many years, he immediately made a decision, turned his head to look at Zhao Yi, and said in a deep voice: "Zhao Gongzi, you take the Sixth Highness to continue to the west, and we people stay behind the palace!" ”

Although Zhao Yi was precocious, he was still a fifteen-year-old young man after all, and in this case, he was suddenly a little flustered.

"Uncle Shen, I ......"

"Less!"

Shen Gang said in a low voice: "After grinding for a while, we are all going to die here, it doesn't matter if we die, if the six princes also die here, our brothers will all die in vain along the way!" ”

Zhao Yi nodded in despair, took the six princes who had fainted from a dark hand, and put them in front of him, and then he shook the reins with all his strength and ran towards the west.

The two young men ran all the way for about half a pillar of incense, and Zhao Yi's eyes were vaguely blurry because of the loss of strength, but vaguely, he heard a familiar voice.

"Protect these two children."

After hearing this voice, Zhao Yi's eyes turned black and he fainted.

Li Xin looked at Zhao Yi who had fainted in front of him, and didn't have time to investigate carefully, he shouted at the hundreds of riders behind him, and said: "Shen Gang is still behind him, leave twenty people here to watch these two children, and the rest of the people will go with me to pick them up!" ”

These four or five hundred horsemen were Li Xin's personal guard battalion set up with the Yulinwei of the year as a template, and they were his personal soldiers, and when they heard this, they immediately shouted in unison: "Yes!" ”

Four or five hundred people, along this path, rushed in the direction where Shen Gang was.

This rather remote trail was stained with a lot of blood.

………………

When Zhao Yi woke up again, it was already the afternoon of the next day, and he was lying in a carriage, which was walking on a small path that was not wide, swaying forward.

Li Xin, who was dressed in black, sat quietly beside him.

Zhao Yi hurriedly struggled to sit up, bowed his head and said, "Father-in-law." ”

"Lie down and rest."

Li Xin was also relieved to see that he had woken up, and a faint smile appeared on his face.

"You were slightly injured, and you lost your strength, you need to recuperate for a few days, but fortunately you have nothing to do, if you go for three long and two short, I really have no way to explain to Brother You'an."

Zhao Yi moved, only to feel pain everywhere in his body, he endured the pain, and asked, "Godfather, Uncle Shen, ...... What's going on? ”

"The injuries are severe."

The smile on Li Xin's face disappeared, and he frowned: "He has three arrow wounds on his body, and he may be able to save his life, but he will have to take care of it for at least a few years." ”

Hearing that Shen Gang was not dead, Zhao Yi breathed a sigh of relief and continued to ask, "What about the sixth prince?" ”

"He's fine."

Li Xin's face was expressionless: "Dozens of people have died in my shadows. He only hurt his face, and if he knew that today, he would not let you go to San'in. ”

Zhao Yi lowered his head and smiled bitterly: "I didn't expect the plum blossom guards of the imperial court to be so powerful, we have been very careful to hide our whereabouts along the way, but we are still bitten by them like a bone appendage, if it is not for the godfather to come in time, it is estimated that none of us will survive." ”

"It's me who came too late."

Li Xin frowned slightly, and said: "If you want to bypass Xiangyang and come to Suizhou, there are a lot of troubles, I asked the Southwest Army to send troops to respond and attract Xiangyang's attention, so that I can rush to Suizhou to meet you, otherwise it will not be like this." ”

Speaking of this, Li Xin reached out and patted Zhao Yi's shoulder.

"If you wake up, then I'll rest assured, we're on the way back to the southwest now, you can recuperate with peace of mind, don't think about anything else."

Zhao Yi nodded and asked, "Godfather, ...... the sixth prince?"

Li Xin had already lifted the curtain of the carriage at this time, he glanced back at Zhao Yi, and said, "You guys are doing a good job." ”

"He's of great use to the Southwest."