It was already evening when the group arrived at Baishan Hunting Ground.
Xie Tingzhou entered the tent and heard Bai Yu falling on the top of the tent and cooing twice. He lifted the curtain and came out and took off a small bamboo tube from Bai Yu's leg.
After reading it, Xie Tingzhou crumpled the paper and stuffed it into his sleeve, said "No need to follow", and headed in one direction with a livid face.
A quarter of an hour later, Xifeng was worried that something would happen, when he saw Xie Tingzhou returning, followed by a small young master.
The young master lowered his head, his neck almost retracted into his body. When he passed by Xi Feng, he winked at him.
After entering the tent, Xie Tingzhou turned around suddenly and said coldly: "What did we say? I'm telling you, you won't come to Chunsou."
Shen Yu had already been scolded by him once when she was outside, but she didn't expect to come here now!
"You are cruel enough, don't rush to scold me yet." Shen Yu turned a deaf ear and said first: "You will return to Beijing claiming to be sick early tomorrow morning. Something is going to happen here."
Xie Tingzhou: "How do you know?"
Shen Yu lowered her voice and said: "Pei Chunli came to the palace early in the morning to look for me. Marquis Xuanping knew that the Spring Search was dangerous and left him in the capital. He told me not to come."
Xie Tingzhou's eyes deepened, "He is very affectionate towards you."
"Now is not the time to discuss this at all, you-" Shen Yu suddenly stopped speaking and stared at Xie Tingzhou for a moment.
After a moment, she said: "You knew something would happen, so you left me in Shengjing like Marquis Xuanping. Do you think I'm stupid?"
Xie Tingzhou knew that she was smart, and as long as he gave her a clue, she would be able to figure it out.
"I'll send someone to take you back overnight." Xie Tingzhou walked out of the tent.
Shen Yu grabbed him and said, "I won't leave."
Xie Tingzhou paused, "I won't have any worries if you leave."
Shen Yu walked around in front of him, frowned and said, "You know that there are tigers in the mountains but you are heading to the Tiger Mountains. What are you planning?"
Xie Tingzhou narrowed his eyes and said, "I'll tell you when I get back."
"I won't leave." Shen Yu looked at him resolutely.
Xie Tingzhou closed his eyes and still said firmly: "No, this trip is dangerous and you may die."
"Then I can't leave, I have to stay and protect you." Shen Yu said anxiously.
"You are not afraid?"
"Not afraid." Shen Yu said.
Xie Tingzhou's heart softened. He looked deeply into her face, "What if I die?"
Just thinking about this possibility makes people feel sad.
Shen Yu thought for a while and said: "If I die, you are not allowed to marry anyone else. If you die, I will avenge you, and then take you to Luozhou, so that even if you die, you can watch me being popular and drinking spicy food." of."
Xie Tingzhou's eyes were moved, "Do you know what this means?"
Shen Yu nodded.
Xie Tingzhou's determination finally failed and he laughed, "Remember what you said tonight."
Shen Yu: "Yeah."
Xie Tingzhou picked off the leaves hanging on her head and said warmly: "Follow me these days, never leaving, I am here and you are here, I am dead..."
His eyes suddenly turned cold, "None of us will die."
It was late at night, and Xie Tingzhou didn't sleep.
He sat on the edge of the couch and looked at Shen Yu's face under the solitary lamp.
His girl is firm and warm, and can always bring inspiring strength to people. She never retreats from desperate situations and never gives up until the last moment.
Ever since he sent troops to Yanliang Pass, Xie Tingzhou had anticipated the outcome. Xu would be imprisoned for the rest of his life and would never be able to return to his homeland.
He had nothing to do, so he accompanied her to investigate the case and asked himself what would happen in the future.
He was ready to accept his fate. He had thought about wearing a mask all his life and being a drunken prince or prince.
But Hichoru said something to him that day. He said that I missed home, and that Shigure must have never seen the grassy fields of spring in the north.
At that moment, Xie Tingzhou was like an enlightenment. He instantly realized that it was his fate to be a prisoner all his life, but it should not be hers.
She should be a girl who is as frivolous as a man, how could she be trapped in a world for him.
But if he was asked to let go, he could never do it.
The only thing is to find a new way out for myself and her.
Because he couldn't wait to marry her.
Early the next morning, the spring search officially began.
Emperor Tongxu was old, so it was impossible for him to play, and most civil servants were not good at riding and shooting, so he accompanied Emperor Tongxu to the home court.
Emperor Tongxu's sons were accompanied by twelve personal guards each, and they checked the horses and equipment before setting off.
There was a white feather on Xie Tingzhou's shoulder. There were too many strangers, and it looked like it was ready to go, as if it was going to fly and peck out the prying eyes at the next moment.
Shen Yu wore a heroic riding outfit today and stood beside Xie Tingzhou on horseback.
"After we set off, we will go south." Xie Tingzhou said.
The sun was just right today, Shen Yu squinted her eyes and saw that the Baishan hunting ground occupies a large area, and the dense forest stretches endlessly as far as the eye can see.
"The woods are denser in the south, so I'm afraid Bai Yu won't be able to warn."
Xie Tingzhou's indifferent eyes glanced across everyone's faces, "It has a way."
"But -" Shen Yu's eyes moved slightly, and the knife at her waist came out, cutting off an arrow that was aimed at Xie Tingzhou.
Shen Yu frowned and looked.
Prince Li Jincheng put away his bow and said with a smile: "I said there are many masters around Tingzhou, and it is true."
Xie Tingzhou half-squinted his eyes against the sunlight, "I heard that His Highness the Crown Prince has great archery skills. It's true."
Emperor Tongxu was disturbed by the episode here and said in a deep voice: "How can a sword be trivial if it has no eyes?"
Li Jincheng hurriedly said: "Father, don't worry, just make a fuss. The arrow has no tip and can't hurt anyone."
Shen Yu lowered her head and saw that the arrow really had no tip.
"He is testing you." Shen Yu said calmly, "I still don't believe that your martial arts skills are useless."
Xie Tingzhou glanced at her, then silently looked away.
Li Jincheng was the prince and took the lead in leading men and horses into the forest.
Xie Tingzhou tapped his fingers on the reins and suddenly caught the horse's belly and chased after him.
"Prince."
Li Jincheng turned around in response, but his pupils shrank suddenly.
Just hearing the sound of "zheng" pulling the string, a sharp sword was shot towards him.
Li Jincheng forgot to hide in shock.
He wants me dead! Li Jincheng thought so.
The arrow was unexpected. When it was still two or three meters away from Li Jincheng, it hit the ground weakly.
Xie Tingzhou put down his bow and sighed, "What a coincidence, the prince's arrow has no tip, and my arrow is weak, so it can't hurt anyone."
Li Jincheng was in shock. The moment just now seemed to be the closest to death in his life.
He suddenly came up with the idea that even if Xie Tingzhou was crippled, he was still a wolf that he couldn't afford to offend.
