A whistle was heard from afar. The originally lazy princess suddenly thought of something and quickly retracted her hind legs from the tree, stretched her head and nose, and looked in the air.
Sniff. The white hair on its back stood up instantly.
Sima Rulan had never seen the princess look like this before and asked: "Princess, what's wrong with you?"
The princess barked a few times as a response, her nostrils twitched, and she continued to sniff the air. Suddenly, she kicked her legs and jumped out, running straight down the street.
Sima Rulan quickly called: "Hey! Where are you going? Come back quickly!"
This big white dog usually obeys the hostess's words, but for some reason at this moment, as if it didn't hear Sima Rulan's call at all, it spread its legs and ran along the side of the street, and the speed was actually faster.
a bit.
Seeing this, Sima Rulan didn't care about anything else. She quickly quickened her pace and followed the big white dog in pursuit.
The princess barked continuously as she ran, and ran more than twenty feet away. She came to a corner of the street, and she rushed over without stopping. Sima Rulan, who was following behind, saw the big white dog disappearing after turning the corner.
, but suddenly heard a whine of "ouch", and then there was no sound again.
Sima Rulan was shocked. She immediately used Qinggong and rushed up. With one leap, she had already swept several feet away. After a few more steps, she caught up to the corner of the street. When she turned the corner, she could no longer find her.
The princess's shadow happened to see a two-car black carriage more than ten feet away, closing the back door with a bang and speeding forward.
The city lord has practiced martial arts for a long time, and her eyesight is far beyond ordinary people. Although she could not clearly see the people in the carriage, she saw a hemp bag placed in the carriage at the moment the carriage closed, and there was something inside.
Struggling.
Apparently someone used the corner of the street to set up an ambush. When the princess rushed over, he put it in a sack, then put it on the carriage and kidnapped it.
"You are so brave! Stop it quickly!" Sima Rulan shouted loudly, but the driver did not care what she shouted. He swung his long whip and hit the back of the animal pulling the cart, and the two females ate it.
He ran wildly in pain, pulling the carriage and speeding down the street.
Seeing that his pet dog was taken away, Sima Rulan certainly refused to give up and immediately used Qinggong to chase after him!
One car and one man, one person at a time, ran one behind the other on the road, chasing hundreds of feet away in the blink of an eye. The carriage had left Orchid Street and drove onto another street, far away from the City Lord's Mansion.
The compartment of this black-painted carriage is not big, and it is a very light vehicle. The two horses pulling the carriage are also good horses. It runs much faster than an ordinary carriage. However, if it is faster than a running carriage,
No matter how fast the carriage is, it can't match the Shaolin School's "eight steps to catch the cicada" light skill.
Sima Rulan used her Qinggong with all her strength and chased her closer and closer. Just a moment later, she was about to catch up with the carriage that kidnapped the princess, but the black carriage suddenly made a sharp turn and drove into an alley next to the street.
Sima Rulan grew up in Okura City. She knew all the streets and alleys in the city. When she saw the carriage turning into the narrow alley, she knew that the other party would not be able to escape. Because she knew very well.
Although the alley is seven or eight feet deep, there are stone walls on both sides and no entrance. There is a high wall blocking the front, so there is only an entrance but no exit.
That is actually an impassable dead end.
Who is so hateful that he dares to openly kidnap the princess? It makes no sense! Now that the other party is blocked in the alley, we must settle the score with him!
With this in mind, Sima Rulan flew to the alley. She performed the superior Qinggong of the Shaolin School, and her feet landed without making a sound. Her eyebrows stood upright, her almond-shaped eyes widened, her hands clenched her fists, and she walked towards the alley. Went in.
The black carriage was parked in the alley, the door was closed, and the driver was sitting on the shaft in front. When Sima Rulan looked at it, he saw a sturdy young man.
"Who are you, and what do you want to do by kidnapping the princess!" Sima Rulan shouted loudly, and in one step she rushed to the carriage, stretched out her hand and pushed towards the door.
With a "bang" sound, the car door was pushed open by Sima Rulan, only to see a young man in white clothes in his twenties sitting in the car, with a half-smiling look on his face. This was not the "evil" he saw yesterday. "Young Master Dog" is not as beautiful as stone!
Hua Bushi also held a small knife in his hand, but the blade was pressed against the neck of the lying big white dog. The princess fell slumped in the carriage, only her eyes could move, but the dog's body was in a state of shock. It is motionless, does not open its mouth to bark, and it is unknown what kind of techniques were used.
When Hua Bushi saw Sima Rulan, he frowned slightly and said, "Miss Lan'er, we just parted ways yesterday, and we meet again today. It seems that you and I are quite destined!"
Sima Rulan was so angry that her pretty face changed color, and shouted: "It turns out you are the bad guy again! What do you want to do by taking the princess away? Let her go quickly!"
Sima Rulan could obviously see that the knife held by Hua Bushi was actually very sharp, and the tip of the knife was touching the vital part of the princess's neck. As long as he moved his hand, he could seriously injure the big white dog. This The evil young master is so bad that he even used this bastard method of threatening dogs as hostages!
Hua Bushi looked calm, not ashamed at all, and said leisurely: "Can't Miss Lan'er guess what I want to do by catching the princess?"
Sima Rulan gritted her teeth and said: "If you want me to help you do evil, don't even think about it! If you dare to hurt the princess, I will definitely not let you go, you are such a bad guy!"
Hua Bushi stared into Sima Rulan's eyes. After a while, he suddenly smiled and said, "Miss Lan'er misunderstood. Hua Bushi will not force Miss to do something she doesn't want to do. He just wants you to see the two of them." Personally, just listen to what they say. As long as Miss Laner listens to what they say, I will let the princess go, and I will not hurt her in the slightest."
Sima Rulan frowned slightly and said, "Who do you want me to see?"
Hua Bushi said: "They are not evil people. Miss Lan'er went with me. You will know them as soon as you see them."
Although he didn't know what the evil young master was playing, but now that the princess was in his hands, Sima Rulan had no choice but to say: "Well, I will go with you to see them."
Hua Bushi said: "That's very good. Please get in the car, Miss Lan'er!"
Sima Rulan did not hesitate, and jumped onto the carriage with a slight leap. The door was closed, the young man driving the carriage whipped the horse, turned the carriage around in the alley, and drove towards the street outside.
The compartment of this light carriage was quite narrow. Sima Rulan got on the carriage and sat down, only a few feet away from Hua Bushi. She had known that "Evil Dog Master" did not know martial arts, and if she suddenly touched his acupuncture points at this time, , if you restrain this bad guy, you may be able to rescue the princess from his hands.
Just as Sima Rulan was thinking about whether to take action immediately, Hua Bushi had already taken the knife away from the big white dog's neck and said, "If Miss Lan'er wants to surprise Hua Bushi and save the princess, it will be the big white dog." No need, I'll just give it to the lady."
Sima Rulan was a little surprised and said: "Aren't you afraid that if you give me the princess, I won't go with you to meet those two people?"
Hua Bushi said: "I believe that Miss Lan'er is a person of her word. If she agreed to Hua Bushi to see them, she will definitely not go back on her word."
No matter what the evil young master's intentions were, since he took the initiative to hand over the princess, Sima Rulan would certainly not be polite. She reached out and hugged the princess, but she saw that although the big white dog had its eyes open, it was limp and unable to move. Asked: "What did you do to the princess? Why can't she move?"
Hua Bushi smiled and said: "What else can I do to the princess? It was just hit by the 'Shixiang Ruanjin Powder' below, and it will return to normal in a few hours."
Just by hearing the name "Shixiang Ruanjin Powder", you know that it is not a medicine that righteous people would use. This "evil dog son" is indeed not a kind person.
Sima Rulan said: "Are you not lying? If anything happens to the princess, I will definitely not spare you!"
Hua Bushi said, "Even though I have a bad reputation, I always speak honestly. Miss Lan'er can rest assured."
This guy lied to her yesterday with all the nonsense, saying that he was a businessman, and today he actually dared to claim to be honest! Sima Rulan muttered to herself, but did not say it out loud.
Hua Bushi seemed to have understood what she was thinking, and said: "Actually, Hua Bushi did run a lot of business in Wuyang City in Xiangjing. It's okay to say that I am a businessman. And this time I went to sea by boat, it was indeed I came here to make a deal, but unfortunately something happened. Instead of achieving my goal, I drifted to this island in a storm. Although Xiao Ke did not reveal his identity to the lady yesterday, everything he said was true. , and there is nothing false about it.”
Sima Rulan looked at the young master and saw that he was showing a sincere and honest look, as if he was not lying. He immediately said: "What you do and who you are have nothing to do with me. You don't have anything to do with me." No need to bother explaining."
Hua Bushi shook his head and said, "Confucius said: 'If a gentleman is not serious, he will not have authority; if his knowledge is not solid, he should be loyal and trustworthy. He who has no friends can be inferior to himself.' Although I dare not falsely call myself a gentleman, I still appreciate the word 'loyalty and trustworthiness'. It's very important. And you and I are already friends. If I don't explain, how can I get your understanding?"
Sima Rulan spat: "Who is your friend? You can even bully the princess, how do you want to be a gentleman!"
Even though she said this, she was a little surprised that the evil young man Hua Bushi could quote scriptures and speak the words of Sage Kong.
Sima Rulan was born with intelligence. Her father, Sima Zhufeng, not only loved his daughter very much, but also had high hopes for her, hoping that she could inherit the position of Lord of Okura City in the future. Therefore, Sima Zhufeng not only taught his daughter the superior martial arts of the Shaolin sect since she was a child, but also had high hopes for her. She also specially invited a private school teacher to teach her Chinese calligraphy and hyphenation, so that she could be versatile in both literature and martial arts.
Sima Rulan was already familiar with the Four Books and Five Classics, which are books that today's scholars study in order to gain fame, so she could immediately tell that the words quoted by Hua Bushi came from the "Analects of Confucius".