In the hot summer, the armies from all sides began to become a little restless. Chu Yunning stood in front of the camp and looked at the thick smoke in the distance. The city of Texas was still burning, and even the air had a strange smell.
"Sister Ning, what are you worried about?" Yu'er came over.
Chu Yunning remained silent, feeling very uneasy all the time, and stared at the city not far away for a long time.
Suddenly, a very firm idea came to her mind, and she turned around to look for Xiao Jingheng.
When the curtain was lifted, he saw that Xiao Jingheng had changed into an ordinary black gown. There was a beard on his face, blocking his appearance, and his original appearance could no longer be seen.
"Are you going out?" Chu Yunning asked in surprise.
Xiao Jingheng nodded, turned around and handed Chu Yunning a military talisman and seal. She was stunned: "This is it?"
"I will leave the military camp to you for the time being. I will take people back to Jokhang Temple tonight to pick up Chu'er."
This idea happened to come to Chu Yunning's mind. She always felt uneasy if Chu'er was not under her nose.
It had been two days in a row that Chu Yunning could dream about Chu'er when she went to bed at night, and she felt unsure.
"I don't trust anyone in the military camp except you. You must stabilize the military camp when necessary." Xiao Jingheng said.
Chu Yunning shook his head: "It's too dangerous for you to do this. You are the backbone of everyone. I can't let anything happen to you. I'll go pick up Chu'er."
"No, it's too dangerous for you to go alone."
It would take at least more than a month for a weak woman to go back and forth from the border to the temple, which would be too much for her.
"You are the emperor, your goal is too big, and I am just a little girl. Even if I disappear, no one will pay attention."
Chu Yunning always felt that he had already suffered a lot from Xiao Jingheng and did not want to continue to owe him any more.
Moreover, Xiao Jingheng is the emperor, and once he is injured, Chu Yunning will be a sinner for the ages.
The two were in a stalemate, and Xiao Jingheng was silent for a moment without letting go. Chu Yunning immediately winked at Eunuch Mo, and Eunuch Mo quietly stepped back after agreeing.
Seeing that there was no one around, Chu Yunning reached out and tugged on Xiao Jingheng's sleeve, stared at him with wet eyes, and said softly: "I promise you that I will come back safely."
Xiao Jingheng took a deep breath and turned his head to resist looking at her. Turning around, Chu Yunning immediately followed him, leaned his head over, and blinked softly: "Xiao Jingheng, I am not a reckless person. These days, because of Chu'er's matter,
It makes me feel uneasy. You are also the person I trust the most in this world. It’s not that I don’t trust you, but because of Chu’er’s body.
I left Houshan rashly, and I was worried about what symptoms might appear on the way. I thought my medical skills were pretty good, so..."
As Chu Yunning explained, he ran his fingertips across the back of Jamel Xiao's hand, scratching it gently as if it was tickling.
"With both children by my side, I won't have any worries in the future." Chu Yunning was extremely grateful to Xiao Jingheng, and she decided to help Xiao Jingheng secure his position and clear the obstacles for him.
Xiao Jingheng was so worn out that he lost his temper and let out a long sigh: "You know there is nothing I can do against you."
Hearing this, Chu Yunning grinned and gently leaned her head on Xiao Jingheng's shoulder: "I will definitely protect myself and won't do anything random."
"This is certain."
After Xiao Jingheng's repeated urging, Chu Yun Ning swore to agree, so it was completely dark, and Chu Yun Ning disguised himself and left the military camp directly, heading towards the border town.
She took away more than a hundred dead soldiers of the secret guard, one against a hundred, and the group of people flew through the dark night like a sharp arrow.
Chu Yunning was so anxious that she didn't dare to delay on the way. She always felt that something bad was going to happen.
And this strong uneasiness became more and more disturbing to her mind as time went by.
"Aning?"
"Mother!"
"Mother?"
As long as she closed her eyes, there would be several sounds lingering in her ears. Chu Yunning suddenly opened her eyes, and before she knew it, she was dripping with sweat and her clothes were soaked.
"Chu Shanggong, are you okay?" A secret guard beside him asked worriedly.
Chu Yunning shook her head and washed her face with cold water to keep herself rational. After replenishing her dry food, she continued to get on her horse and asked with a serious face: "How long until we can get to the temple?"
"We have been walking on remote roads all the way, and the distance has been shortened a lot.
I estimate we’ll be there in three days.”
"Three days..." Chu Yunning gritted his teeth: "One day! We must get to the temple before midnight tomorrow."
"yes!"
Not daring to delay, the group got on their horses and galloped in the direction of the temple. Every three hours when they arrived near the inn, they would change horses to replenish their food supplies before continuing on the road.
Finally, we reached the foot of the mountain near the early morning of the next day. In fact, this speed was fast enough.
"Chu Shang Palace, there are footprints and horse hoof prints everywhere here..." The secret guard held a torch and spotted the hoof prints on the ground with sharp eyes.
Chu Yunning turned over and dismounted, took the torch from one of them and looked down at the marks on the ground. He stretched out his hand and touched it. The size of the horse's hoof prints was obviously different from theirs. Judging from the wide and narrow marks, they should have worn horseshoe hands.
So it is deeper and wider than the ordinary mark.
"There are still bloodstains on the ground. It hasn't dried yet. It shouldn't take too long." The secret guard found bloodstains on the branches on the other side. When he reached out and touched it, it was still slightly moist. The bloodstains hadn't dried yet. It should have been a group of people.
Just left not long ago.
Chu Yunning's heart almost jumped into his throat, and he immediately divided the secret guards into two groups. The first group went up the mountain to see what was going on, while Chu Yunning followed the horse's hoof prints with the rest of his plan.
Fortunately, when she came, she stuffed the ferret into her bag, and it came in handy.
The ferret was still sleeping drowsily in the baggage, when someone suddenly picked her up by the neck. She couldn't help but stare at Chu Yunning with an innocent face.
"Lead me the way."
The ferret woke up with a start, jumped down to the ground and smelled the blood, then turned its head in a circle and ran towards the west resolutely.
"Chase!" Chu Yunning said.
After a while, everyone came to a large river, the horse's hoof prints disappeared, and the ferret pointed to the opposite side.
"Crossing the river on horseback?" Chu Yunning asked with a frown.
The sky is not white yet, so I can't see how wide the river is in front of me, nor how deep it is.
She hesitated for a moment.
"Is there any other way?"
The ferret shrugged. It was not omnipotent and could do everything, but she was so eager to save people that she could even sense that Chu'er was not far away from her.
So she let go of the reins, raised her whip, and continued on her way, crossing the river through the water, or even swimming halfway.
The river water was not too cold in summer and the temperature was acceptable. The deepest part of the water was just below the horse's back, at her knees.
About half an hour later, everyone landed successfully. It was a lot brighter at this time, and the surroundings could be vaguely seen. She looked at the ferret: "Can you still find the direction?"
The ferret sniffed around, jumped up and down, suddenly realized something was wrong, turned around and ran away, suddenly jumped into Chu Yunning's arms and screamed at the top of her lungs.