Finally, after finishing the bandaging, Princess Louise felt that her heartbeat was so fast that she was suffocating. She quickly took two steps back, lowered her head, and did not dare to say anything.
After a while, Hussein whispered: "...Thank you."
The princess's heart trembled, but she heard Hussein whisper: "I think this is the third time I've said 'thank you' to you since I woke up, Your Highness."
Princess Louise's face changed slightly: "You, you call me 'Your Highness'? Do you know who I am?"
At this moment, the princess suddenly remembered what Delly said to herself in the carriage when she was just arrested: These people definitely don't look like ordinary horse thieves!
Thinking of this, Louise became nervous again, and she took two steps back: "Who are you?"
Seeing that Hussein didn't answer, Louise suddenly turned around and wanted to run away. Unfortunately, she only took two steps when she felt her body tighten and pain in the bend of her calf and knee, and she immediately fell to the ground.
Hussein sighed, threw away the two remaining stones in his hand, looked at Princess Louise who was lying on the ground, and smiled bitterly: "I'm sorry, Your Highness."
Louise felt aggrieved in her heart and turned to look at Hussein: "You, you are not a horse thief! You are not a horse thief! It's just me who is stupid... I should have thought a long time ago that you didn't show up so early, but you didn't show up so late, but you just came to ambush me.
He killed us. He must have gone for me! And... I heard that the territory of Desa Province had been wiped out by Duke Tulip a long time ago. How could there be horse thieves? What's more, you... a strong Saint-level man, how could it be possible?
You stooped to become a horse thief! Tell me, who are you?"
Hussein did not answer, his face was solemn. However, he supported himself and sat up. He casually climbed up a tree nearby and broke off two branches as thick as his arms. He tried it and the length was just right, and held it in his hand.
Using his hand as a crutch, he staggered to the side of the princess and said in a deep voice: "I'm sorry, Your Highness. I can't answer your question now. However, I promise that I won't hurt you. Now, please and
Let me go together."
Louise was so frightened that she shed tears one by one. She looked up at Hussein and said, "Can you...please let me go? I will definitely not tell anyone...if you want reward, after returning to the imperial capital,
No matter what request you make, my brother can satisfy you. Moreover, you are also a powerful Saint. My brother is currently vigorously reorganizing the imperial army and is in urgent need of talents. With your ability, he will definitely reuse you...
Can you let me go back?"
Her pleading voice was filled with sadness, which made the Paladin feel soft in his heart. But then he suppressed the distracting thoughts in his heart and said seriously: "Your Highness, I said I won't hurt you.
It's not a lie. I have no ill intentions towards you. On the contrary, the guy who chased us last night is really after you! I think he probably wants to kill you. So, I can't let you go now.
You leave! You must follow me, only by following me can I protect you!"
Although his voice was cold, he could not help but soften his tone. After hearing this, Princess Louise looked at Hussein's face blankly. She could see that this man must be extremely proud by nature. People with such a proud temperament
Men generally disdain lying.
Thinking of this, the princess felt a little relieved, but then asked: "Then... you can at least tell me your name!"
The Paladin hesitated for a moment, and finally whispered briefly: "Hussein!"
"Hussein?" The princess was stunned for a moment. She couldn't help but said: "Yi, you are also called by this name? Once upon a time, in the temple of the imperial capital, there was a genius knight who was recognized as the first knight in the mainland. His name was Hussein.
Because, it’s a pity that he...ah!!"
Halfway through, the princess finally woke up. After exclaiming, she stared at the man in front of her in surprise. She covered her mouth with one hand and pointed at the Paladin with the other hand!
"You are right, I am that Hussein." Hussein's face was cold, and when he talked about the past of the temple, this was a secret pain in his heart.
"Yes, yes, but..."
"Humph, but what!" When the sad thing was mentioned, Hussein became a little irritable and his tone became stiff.
"But..." The princess's subtle voice was very soft, but she could be heard whispering: "But, I don't think you seem to be a bad person. Why, you want to betray the temple, why do they want to hunt you down?"
Hussein was stunned.
"I...I'm not a bad person?"
The princess hesitated for a moment, nodded, and said seriously: "When the man with wings was about to kill me, I saw you block the shot with your back! Moreover, you also said 'thank you' to me. A true
A very evil person will never say 'thank you' to others. I don't understand... Knight Hussein, why does the temple want to hunt down good people?"
"Because the temple itself is not a good person." Hussein said coldly, and the following words made the princess exclaim again: "That guy with wings last night was sent by the temple to kill you! And those
The enemies who are fighting with my subordinates are all holy knights in the temple!"
"Ah!!" After the princess exclaimed, she swayed: "Impossible! The temple..."
"You have too many questions." Hussein looked around impatiently.
The woods were still very quiet. After Hussein took a breath, he identified the direction: "Let's go east."
"To the east?" Princess Louise's eyes lit up.
"That's right." Hussein nodded and frowned: "Although I managed to escape in the end, that guy will definitely not let me go easily. The place we are escaping from is not too far away. I'm worried that he will escape at any time.
Chase me! But, he will definitely think that I am running away to the west..."
That's right! That angel sphinx will definitely believe that Hussein will run away to the west, towards Loulan City.
However, Hussein knew that his body was too far away from here to Loulan City. He was afraid that he would be caught by the opponent if he could not escape very far with his own body.
Therefore, after Hussein hugged the princess and ran a little distance last night, he immediately set up a suspicious formation, then turned around, made a circle, and headed east!!
That angel must not have imagined that he would do this!
Moreover, if you go all the way east, it is not far from the border of Desa Province. In order to deal with the Northwest Army, the Tulip family established two military fortresses on the eastern border of Desa Province.
One of them was the military fortress that originally annihilated tens of thousands of Northwest Army infantry led by Guhuatara!
Moreover, that place is not too far from where I am now. It is much closer than the distance back to Loulan City from here.
There are many families' troops stationed in that military fortress now. If you can successfully escape there, you will be safe!
Although ordinary soldiers are unstoppable in front of the powerful saints. But after all, if the temple wants to assassinate the princess, they will not dare to do it openly unless they are determined to openly break with the royal family! Due to the status of the other party, as long as they return to the Tulip family
If you are in the army, you will be safe!!
Hussein's idea was undoubtedly correct and his planning was also correct.
However, when he said heading east, Princess Louise was stunned, as if she had guessed something.
But Hussein's face was cold. He was like a cold rock. Although the princess had questions in her heart, she did not dare to ask.
"Let's go." Hussein pointed to the east: "I'm sorry, Your Highness, we are alone now and have no means of transportation. If we can encounter a populated place ahead, I will find a way to find you a horse."
"
With that said, Hussein threw a branch to the princess as a crutch, and then took the lead and walked towards the east of the forest. Princess Louise behind him hesitated for a moment, finally sighed helplessly, and followed.
Just dozens of miles away from where Hussein and the princess left.
On the edge of the woods where the battle took place last night, Du Wei stood there quietly, with a gloomy face, looking at the battlefield around him...
On the ground, there were many corpses scattered in various directions. Looking at their clothes, Duwei immediately recognized that many of them were Longbottom's subordinates and Hussein's subordinates!!
Damn it!
Du Wei looked at the corpses of the family warriors on the ground. Some of the corpses were still in a fighting posture when they fell dead. There were bloodstains everywhere on the ground that had solidified and turned black! You can imagine how tragically they endured here last night.
A fight!
However, what surprised Du Wei was that among the corpses on the ground, he only saw soldiers from his own family, but not a single corpse of the enemy was left behind!
Du Wei was immediately certain of one thing: the other party must have taken away all the bodies! This approach must have been done in order not to leave any evidence!!
Around the woods, large areas of trees have been broken, and the ground is still full of deep pits and cracks! Obviously, this place has gone through fierce battles before the masters!
The large piece of broken tree trunk was obviously caused by the impact of the strong man's fighting spirit.
Du Wei quickly searched the battlefield, hoping to find any clues.
Finally, his patience paid off. Beside a broken tree trunk, he saw a shoe!
This is a typical palace-style leather boot for women. It is noble and elegant in shape. It is made of the finest leather and is inlaid with two precious pearls at the ankle.
Du Wei picked it up and took a look at it, and immediately recognized it. It definitely belonged to Princess Louise!
Later, Du Wei saw traces on the ground...
"Well, the traces of horse hoofs seem to indicate that a large group of people went west. The traces of horse hoofs are very messy, and they should be escaping... It seems that Longbottom and Hussein led the people to escape... Then I will definitely come all the way.
I was in a hurry to fly on my way, and they missed it."
Du Wei frowned even more when he thought of this!
But how do you explain these leather boots? The most troublesome thing is, why did this princess come to the battlefield! And lost a boot?
What is unclear is whether the princess escaped with Longbottom's people?
Finally, Du Wei walked west along the woods for a while and saw a line of footprints on the ground.
The footprints were deep and shallow, and looked very messy! Apparently, when a master was injured and ran away, he couldn't control his body, causing the footprints to be different in depth!
Du Wei immediately made up his mind and ran down the trail.
However, after chasing for a while, the footprints suddenly disappeared!
Du Wei thought for a while and his eyes lit up!
That’s right! These footprints must be those of Hussein!
Because, obviously this is an injured master! If it is an injured enemy, then if the opponent wants to escape, he must run to the east, not to the west! Because to the west is his base camp, Loulan City!
Since he is running west, he must be from his own side!
This is Du Wei's first judgment.
But...why did the footprints disappear here?
Was he overtaken by the enemy? Killed? Captured?
After thinking for a moment, Du Wei suddenly hit his head hard and blamed himself: "Why am I so stupid! This place is so far away from Loulan City. If Hussein was injured, considering how he was hunted down by the temple,
Experience, of course, he has a lot of experience in escaping! He must know that with the way he is injured, he will not be able to run long distances back to Loulan City! He will definitely be caught up halfway! So instead of going west, it is better to escape to the eastern border
Where’s the military fortress!”
After figuring this out, Du Wei no longer hesitated, and immediately sneered twice, and headed east like a gust of wind...