"How could this happen? How could it be..." The Ninth Prince sat on the table weakly, his face full of grayness...

Suddenly, he seemed to remember something suddenly, stood up suddenly, grabbed the sleeve of the old man named Lu, and swayed vigorously: "Mr. Lu, are you not going to tell your father about this? He will not return to the palace, right?"

Looking at the ninth prince who was praying in front of him, the old man's heart suddenly softened. He nodded and said, "Ninth prince, don't worry, no matter what, I will do my best to protect you."

After hearing the old man's words, the ninth prince looked disbelief. He slowly let go of the old man's sleeve and asked in a trembling voice: "So, do you decide to tell your father about this?"

The old man nodded and said nothing.

The ninth prince was full of horror. He pushed the old man away and struggled to run out, muttering constantly: "No, no, no..."

The old man looked at the Ninth Prince's back staggering away in the restaurant, looking reluctant. Alas, Ninth Prince, it's not that I'm ruthless, you don't know how regretful Your Majesty has in recent years!

After sighing for a few words, the old man did not dare to neglect any more. He ran out of the door, followed the ninth prince slowly, and protected him carefully.

The ninth prince smiled self-deprecatingly in front of him, looked up at the darkening sky, shook his head and walked forward step by step.

"Old Madam Lu, let's go back to Bianjing!" In the night sky, the third prince came over.

The old man paused, his face full of bitterness, looking at the desolate figure of the ninth prince in front of him, full of pity.

...

Huo Tianqing and Qiao Feng were driving fast horses and riding in the night, running towards the West without stopping.

It was already dark, so I had to get to the next town and find a place to live.

In Xiaoshi Town, Huo Tianqing and his two men rode their horses on the stars and the moon, and finally arrived at this town for nearly an hour.

The two of them entered the inn with their horses tied up in front of the door.

Without further ado, the two of them found a room to stay in, and they were speechless all night.

The second day was early in the morning, and the two of them set off early after breakfast and ran towards Kunlun.

...

After more than twenty days of this, the two of them arrived at a small town closest to Kunlun Mountain. This was also the largest town near Kunlun Mountain, about a hundred miles away from Kunlun. From this, there were no more large towns to go west. The two decided to wait for Xu Zhu's arrival here.

This is also the border of the Northern Song Dynasty, with dragons and snakes mixed together, and people from all walks of life gathered, including traveling merchants in the desert, shepherds on the plateau, and warriors in the Central Plains.

Because it is located at the junction of several countries, the goods here are also the richest, including tea, porcelain, jewelry and famous jewelry from the Western Regions, and various animal skins produced from nature...

When Huo Tianqing just came here, after seeing everything here, he returned to his previous life in a trance! There were a wide range of goods, various hawkers, and vendors setting up stalls. If the scene changed, it would be a modern commercial street!

Because Xu Zhu had not arrived yet, the two of them did not dare to act rashly, so during the day, they just drank here for fun, and quietly came to the door to investigate at night, but they did not dare to alert the snake. After they went to the top of Guangming, they found a high ground, looked at the Ming Cult's residence there, observed the defense, personnel strength and other matters, and prepared for the battle to come to Japan.

Time passed quickly, and half a month passed in a blink of an eye, but Huo Tianqing and the others were anxious. What happened to Xu Zhu? He came so late. What was he doing? What was he going to do? While the two of them were waiting for the torment, time passed.

Finally, some local spies hired by Huo Tianqing to send a message to Huo Tianqing, saying that he had seen the person Huo Tianqing described to him and entered the city.

Huo Tianqing jumped up happily on the spot. He hurriedly pulled Qiao Feng and, led by the spy, came to the inn where Xu Zhu stayed.

Looking at the inn in front of him, Huo Tianqing was anxious and was about to pull Qiao Feng in. However, the spy reached out to block Huo Tianqing's way.

"Customer, go slowly, please pay the remaining money for the younger one first!" the spy said.

"Okay, I'm taking it away, it's really annoying." Huo Tianqing reached out and took off a wallet from his waist and threw it into the spy's hand, pulling Qiao Feng into the inn.

"Hey, please come in, are you two good at playing the top or staying in a hotel?" A clever waiter immediately came up.

Huo Tianqing took out a piece of silver from his arms and threw it into Xiao Er's hand, saying, "Look for someone."

The waiter smiled when he got the money. He smiled and said with a flattering smile: "Customer, who are you looking for?"

"Is there a person named Xu Zhu who came to check in today?" Huo Tianqing asked.

"Xu Zhu? Wait first, I'll look for you." After saying that, the waiter ran to the counter and found an old man and started to flip through the account book.

Just then, a call came.

"Big brother, third brother!"

Huo Tianqing and Qiao Feng turned their heads when they heard the sound, and then they saw Xu Zhu's strong figure standing on the stairs and looking at the two of them in surprise.

Huo Tianqing and Qiao Feng didn't bother with the waiter, walked up in two steps, came to Xu Zhu, and asked a question at the same time: "Why are you here now?"

Immediately afterwards, Huo Tianqing and Qiao Feng looked at each other, and then looked at Xu Zhu seriously.

Xu Zhu felt embarrassed by the scrutiny of the two of them. His face looked embarrassed and he didn't know what to say.

"Hey, third brother, you seem to have become much more handsome recently!" Xu Zhu suddenly looked at Huo Tianqing with surprise.

"What does it mean to become handsome? I've always been very handsome, okay?" Huo Tianqing said proudly.

"Don't think of making jokes. Honestly tell me why you went there these days. Why did you come so late?" Qiao Feng looked dissatisfied.

"Brother, I didn't expect that your heroic spirit will be much stronger!" Xu Zhu sighed.

"Oh, is that?" Qiao Feng reached out and touched his cheek with a slight move.

"Brother, don't be fooled by him. He is giving us [***] soup!" Huo Tianqing called back Qiao Feng, who was narcissistic with a lion roar.

"Okay, you kid, I knew you were not as honest as you seemed on the surface. You're exposed now!" Qiao Feng suddenly realized, and he immediately changed into a fierce expression and stared at Xu Zhu with his eyes.

"Okay, stop quarreling, it makes me very upset. If you have any complaints, come upstairs and tell me!" A gentle female voice came.

"Senior Li?" Hearing this voice, Huo Tianqing was stunned. He looked at Xu Zhu for no reason.

Xu Zhu waved his hand, but said nothing, signaling the two of them to follow him.

Huo Tianqing and the others had no choice but to stop talking and followed Xu Zhu upstairs silently.
Chapter completed!