Holding his wife's hand, Zhao Weilong ran quickly, but the pursuers behind him were already approaching them.
Fortunately, the forest where they were hiding was densely covered with trees, and the few cavalry accompanying them could not enter to pursue them, otherwise the two of them would have no chance of escaping.
But even so, the distance between the pursuers and the two of them was getting closer, and it was obvious that it was only a matter of time before they caught up.
"Is that the little emperor you are talking about?" asked Baihu, who was following behind.
"Yes, sir, it's them!"
At this time, the "leading party" was already smiling, and he would benefit a lot from catching the emperor.
"Brothers, if you catch someone, there will be great benefits. Run faster!"
Everyone is extremely excited. If the so-called "Emperor" is really caught, they will naturally benefit a lot.
As he ran away in panic, Zhao Weilong's heart was pounding, and fear spread in his heart.
Endless despair pressed on his heart again, so much so that he lost confidence and the courage to continue to escape.
You can't escape anyway, so what's the difference between escaping and not escaping?
With these thoughts in his mind, while he was extremely nervous and frightened, Zhao Weilong stumbled and fell to the ground, taking Zhen Xiangli beside him to the ground with him.
"Quick... Your Majesty, you go first..."
At this time, Zhen Xianglian immediately thought of letting her husband escape first, putting her own life and death at risk.
Reluctantly standing up, Zhao Weilong looked at the Yong Army soldiers who were gradually approaching, and said with despair: "Liao'er... we can't run away!"
As soon as he finished speaking, he heard a roar coming from behind: "Your Majesty... follow me!"
Zhao Weilong suddenly turned around and saw Yuan Zheng returning, which gave him some hope again.
With Yuan Zheng and two of his soldiers, Zhao Weilong took Zhen Xianglian's hand and fled to the west side of the forest, panting heavily.
"Your Majesty, I can only escort you here!"
"Yuan Qing, what are you..."
Before Zhao Weilong could ask, Yuan Zheng yelled: "Let's go!"
The next moment, Yuan Zheng took out the sword from his waist and said to the two men standing on the left and right: "Brothers, you can leave if you want, I just ask you not to betray the emperor!"
After saying these words, Yuan Zheng held his sword and followed the direction of Yong's pursuit. He wanted to fight for his life with the soldiers who were chasing closest.
"Sir, you are looking down on your brother. I will follow you wherever you go!"
"Yes, since we are brothers in life and death, we should live and die together!"
After these two people said this, they also drew their swords and rushed after Yuan Zheng, ignoring Zhao Weilong at the side the whole time.
Only Yuan Zheng was die-hardly loyal to the emperor, and the two soldiers who followed him to the end were willing to follow Yuan Zheng.
"Hahaha... Rebels, grandpa doesn't want to run away today, and he will meet you just in time!"
Listening to Yuan Zheng's hearty laughter in front of him, Zhao Weilong felt extremely sad and angry. From the beginning to the end, he could not change anything.
"Your Majesty, they are delaying with their lives, let's leave quickly... don't let down their loyalty!" Zhen Xiangliu promptly reminded.
With extremely complicated emotions, Zhao Weilong had no choice but to take Zhen Xianglan and continue to escape. At this moment, only he and his wife were left on the road.
The two of them escaped from the forest, but before they could express their gratitude for the impending survival, they heard screams coming from behind them.
I don't know who made the screams, but Yuan Zheng and the others must have been in danger.
"Husband, there is a mountain in front of us, let's go into the mountain!"
You can hide in the mountains, but there are wild beasts inside, which is actually more dangerous for these two people who have been pampered for a long time.
But obviously, they can no longer care about so much at this moment.
From the edge of the forest to the mountains in front, there is a large area of abandoned land in the middle. The distance between the two points is two or three miles.
"Walk……"
With the death of Yuan Zheng and others, Zhao Weilong regained his fighting spirit. He really couldn't bear to let down these loyal ministers, so he had to work hard to survive.
Entering the deserted land, there were sagebrush as tall as a person, which not only affected their sight, but also hindered their forward speed.
Of course, as the movement behind him became smaller, the hope of life became greater and greater, giving Zhao Weilong more confidence to live.
However, he didn't know that the two of them had appeared unexpectedly in the wasteland and had been spotted by the rangers in the distance.
"Who is it, stop!"
Severe scoldings fell, and then several cavalrymen rushed out from the left and right. After reining in the reins, they looked at Zhao Weilong and Zhao Weilong with cold eyes.
The few cavalrymen who appeared were all wearing full armor, and they were tall and fierce. At first glance, they were the best among the best.
Seeing that Zhao Weilong and the others were silent, the flag officer leading the team became even more angry and scolded: "Reply immediately, who are you and why are you here?"
This is a place that has not yet been opened up, so civilians really shouldn't be here, and these two people don't look like civilians.
Once suspicion arises, no matter how Zhao Weilong talks to him, the flag officer will not let him go easily.
They were escorting the princess and her entourage, and absolutely nothing could happen, so they had to eliminate all hidden dangers.
"we are……"
"Take it!"
Good guy, without giving Zhao Weilong a chance to reply, the flag officer directly ordered people to take him down.
As the saying goes, I would rather catch a mistake than let it go.
Soon, Zhao Weilong and his wife were tied up, and the cavalry led them on their way with ropes.
They want to bring people back to the escort team and have them tortured by specialized people. After all, they are also responsible for exploring the road.
A few minutes later, Zhao Weilong and his two men were taken to the Chinese Army and were taken over by a member of the 100 households.
Their team is responsible for escorting the princess to the capital. The entire escort team has more than 3,000 people.
Among them, Zhang Meng led the front guard of 300 people (second-level soldiers), and there were 2,000 infantry assigned by Longyou Dusi.
The remaining people are specialized logistics personnel and eunuchs and maids who take care of the daily life of several concubines.
It is said that they are escorting several princesses. In fact, it is more appropriate to say that they are moving to Prince Yong's Mansion. After all, these are not the ones who are being taken away.
Because they had a lot of things to carry and the princesses were more delicate, the team didn't move very fast.
The chief minister and the officials of the Privy Council were anxious to get to the capital, so they traveled in a light carriage and were almost there at the moment.
As Zhao Yanxun's latent ministers, now it's time to share the fruits of victory, how can they not be anxious?
When Zhao Weilong and the two were brought to the team, they naturally saw the terrifying Yong-character flag again, and then he was completely heartbroken.
Now that he has been caught, he no longer has to escape.
"Liao'er, our lives are at risk!"
Immediately afterwards, the Baihu who took over left the two of them on the roadside to question them, so as not to delay the march of the team.
"Who are you?"
"Why are you here?"
"Were you ordered by someone?"
However, Zhao Weilong and Zhao Weilong did not respond to every word of the hundred households, because the excuses they racked their brains to come up with would not give them a chance to escape.
What's more, a perfect set of rhetoric is not easy to come up with.
Because there was no hope of survival, Zhao Weilong was actually in the mood to think about who this team was escorting.
Immediately, his eyes glanced at the approaching carriages in the distance. The protection around the carriages was stronger. It was not an exaggeration to say that there were three layers inside and three layers outside.
"Is it possible that some fugitives were caught? This is really strange!"
"It's still a man and a woman. Could it be that they are husband and wife? Why are they here?"
Hearing the conversation between Yuzhu and the maid outside the carriage, Xue Baoyun, who was putting the child to sleep, couldn't help but become curious.
So she quietly lifted a corner of the car curtain, and sure enough she saw the torture scene in front of her, where the arrested man was being whipped with a whip.
Immediately afterwards, she glanced at the woman and saw that the woman was pleading, but unfortunately she could not change the whipping soldier at all.
The next moment, the woman glanced at the carriage, and she happened to meet Xue Baoyun's eyes.
"Liao...Liao'er?"
For a moment, Xue Baoyun thought he had seen it wrong, so he took a closer look, only to find that it looked more and more similar.
"Yuzhu..."
Hearing the princess's call, the chat outside the carriage came to an abrupt end.
"My servant is here, what do you want me to do?"
"Go to the roadside and see who the arrested woman is!"
Although he felt strange, Yuzhu did not hesitate and immediately took the order and left.
Watching Yuzhu leave, Xue Baoyun secretly said: "If it is really Liao'er, Yuzhu will definitely recognize her!"
The Xue and Zhen families are family friends. It can be said that Xue Baojun and Zhen Xianglian have been together since childhood. As a high-level maid of the Xue family, Yuzhu naturally knows this young lady of the Zhen family.
