Yun Shang was shocked and her mind went blank. She almost fell down from the horse.
Prince Jing's heart skipped a beat as he saw the scene. He roared at Yun Shang, "Yun Shang! What are you doing? " She was riding on a horse and lost in thought. Did she know that if she fell down from the horse, there were thousands of troops behind her even if she didn't die. If the soldiers behind her didn't have time to rein the horse, they would trample her to death.
Yun Shang heard a roar of Prince Jing before she came to her senses. She felt as if her heart was burning on the fire. She gritted her teeth and held the reins. "Jing Wenxi, if mother or brother get into trouble, I will kill your whole family."
She only regretted that she hadn't remembered such an important episode when she heard that JingWenxi went to the Laifeng Palace.
Hearing her voice with hatred, Prince Jing was in a daze. Did something happen to Lady Jin?
Yun Shang turned around while thinking, "mother is in danger. I'll go first." Then she whipped her horse and the horse under her galloped away like an arrow from the string.
Prince Jing frowned and thought, 'if Xia Houjing and Li Jingyan really lead their troops to stop Emperor Ning from leaving, she will be in danger. So he shouted hastily, "come back!"
However, the woman in front of Prince Jing didn't know that at all. Her mind was full of mother and her newborn brother. Prince Jing gnashed his teeth in anger and said, "Yun Shang, are you tired of living? If caught by me, you will pay for this. " After saying that, he raised his voice suddenly. "What is the secret guard waiting for? Go and chase her! If she dies, you will die! "
A gust of wind blew from his head, which made Prince Jing's heart tense. But there were soldiers behind him, and he didn't know what would happen along the way, so he had to go with the army.
Yun Shang rode all the way, and the horse under her was worn out. She gritted her teeth and thought to herself, 'I'll learn Qinggong (*TN: A Chinese martial arts technique that supposedly helps one lift and travel in the air.) some day.
Since Emperor Ning had made his decision to go back to the palace, he would surely go on the official road. Yun Shang thought that if they set out in the morning, they would probably go less than a fifth of the way. With a carriage, they moved slowly, hoping they could make it.
After more than three hours, Yun Shang was thoroughly drenched in sweat. The noon sun was sinister, but she didn't care much. As she saw a forest not far away, she felt a little relieved. She rode the horse into the forest, and within a kilometer from the forest, she suddenly strangled the reins and shuddered.
The road in front of her was full of corpses and stretched out for a long time. The roads were stained with blood. Yun Shang's heart sank. She got off the horse and turned over a corpse lying on the ground. The body was still hot. He should have died a little while ago, and he was wearing the armor of the soldiers, but not the armor of the soldiers of the State of Ning.
Did he work for Xia Houjing? Yun Shang had her own guesses in her mind, but she was more flustered. After two steps, she saw some other corpses lying on the ground in ordinary cyan clothes. With a touch, she touched a hard thing on his chest. She opened his coat, and his soft armor was exposed. Yun Shang was surprised. No ordinary soldier could afford such soft armor. She placed her hand on his waist and found a token with words "darkness".
With a bit of hesitation, the woman slowly opened her eyes and cried out when she saw Yun Shang.
Yun Shang frowned when she saw a pretty face stretched out from the woman's arms and stared at her blankly. Yun Shang kept silent for a while and said, "I'm sorry. I want to ask what happened here. Have you seen it? It's very urgent. My family will pass this place on their way home. I came to pick them up, but I didn't see anyone on the way... "
The lady was too scared to say anything. The boy looked up at Yun Shang and blinked. "We didn't see. When the carriage came to this place, It stopped. The coachman screamed and seemed to run away. Then mom reached out her head and wanted to see what happened, and she saw... "
Yun Shang nodded, turned around, and mounted the horse. After a moment of silence, she said, "the road is not very safe today. You'd better take your mother to another one." After a pause, she knew that there must be secret guards following her, so she called one of them out and ordered him to send the woman and her son out. Then she waved the whip and continued to walk forward.
There are more than a thousand people in the forest. Yun Shang noticed that there seemed to be few dark guards in the forest, and father didn't seem to be at a disadvantage. She checked the carriages ahead clearly and saw the logo of royal household on them. She didn't know whether they were empty or were ambushed on the road, so she had to leave the carriage without seeing mother and father. She should have felt relieved. Now it was the best news that she didn't see the dead body. Thinking that there was an ill intentioned woman by her side, she became even more anxious. Where were my mother and others?
Yun Shang kept silent for a long time. She bit her teeth and called all the shadow guards out. "I know Prince Jing sent you here to protect me, but I'm fine now. I'm worried about father and mother, so you use Qinggong to go there first to check if they are nearby."
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