Liu Boxuan's face was as white as paper, his breath was like a gossamer, and his dusty robe was stained with mottled blood.
Another part of Xiao Yu's soul has been close to Liu Shishu since he was a child. Seeing him like this, he can't help but feel sad.
Dendrobium on the side saw his sad face and wanted to comfort him, but he couldn't speak. He just made some noises and made sign language.
Xiao Yu didn't understand what he meant, but he understood that he meant well. He just smiled lightly at him, made a silent gesture, and asked him to sit quietly aside.
He quietly opened a crack in the window and looked outside.
There was a lot of noise outside and the situation was unclear.
The road was still wide, but the oncoming soldiers stopped the carriage, which naturally aroused dissatisfaction among the expats who were used to lawlessness.
On the way back to the south, they fought against the fierce soldiers of the Northern Wei Dynasty who blocked their way, and were also bullied by the troops of the Southern Dynasty. They were originally hostile to these armored soldiers.
When the opponent is aroused, as long as the mood is not going well, then you have to copy the guy. He is not afraid of blood, let alone a fight with the officers and soldiers.
For the Fifth Guards Army, it was a surprise to encounter such a group of fearless "desperados" on the way to hunt down the imperial prisoners. Naturally, they did not know that Liu Boxuan had been hiding in Xiao Yu's carriage.
But how to deal with these rioters who take the initiative to stir up trouble is still a problem for them. After all, this is under the emperor's feet. In broad daylight, they can't just kill a few people and leave them alone.
Once blood is seen, there are many things involved, especially the fear of causing a civil unrest, which is not enough for these people to ransack every house.
The Right Guards tried their best to exercise restraint. They were wary of these "rioters" and kept shouting loudly to ask the other party to get out of the way. Naturally, the tone of voice was not very nice and annoying.
The overseas Chinese had been oppressed enough by the government. When they thought about having the young prince standing up for them this time, they were naturally emboldened. They didn't care and shouted abuses from a distance, no matter how unpleasant they were.
Dongfang Lao walked at the front of the team. He was smart, but he just wanted to confuse the audience. He scolded the most harshly and played a role in fueling the flames.
Not to be outdone, a group of brothers who had been insulted by the government raised their swords and guns to challenge the soldiers who formed a spear formation, and their mouths were even more dirty.
Both sides were red-eyed. The Right Guards no longer wanted to catch the imperial prisoner quickly, so they took them here with the expatriates, and they were about to see blood.
The expatriates are not even afraid of the emperor. They are afraid of these pampered old soldiers who have no place to vent their anger and worries. The best thing is to be afraid of blood, and the best way to have fun is to fight.
The changes in the mentality of both parties were seen by Xiao Yu, and he couldn't help but frown. If it was not controlled, the situation would develop in a direction that neither party wanted to see.
And the other party just wanted to capture the "imperial prisoner" Liu Boxuan, so just step back and let them pass, but in the end it would be all in vain.
At this time, he saw Zhang Mao, the leader of the Sizhou Gang, standing next to the carriage.
Zhang Mao was a calm man. He didn't speak much and just stood quietly.
So he shouted: "Leader Zhang!"
There was a lot of noise outside, almost covering up Xiao Yu's voice. Zhang Mao finally heard it after shouting several times.
He walked closer to the carriage and put his ear to the window.
"What are your orders, young prince?"
"What are Mr. Dongfang and Yu Tianmin doing?"
"They...they reasoned with the officers and soldiers..."
"What are you theorizing about? If there is anything to theorize about, what do the officers and soldiers want to do?"
"The officers and soldiers asked us to make way for them."
"Just give way."
"But we brothers felt that their words were too much, so we were unwilling to give way. Besides, how could the Prince of Jiangxia give way to a group of small soldiers?"
Xiao Yu didn't care about the red tape. As long as these soldiers didn't suspect that they were in his car, he would be happy to go to each other's side with the road facing the sky.
"Leader Zhang, tell the two leaders that playing with fire can easily lead to burnout. Stop it in moderation and return home as soon as possible."
"Here, young prince."
Zhang Mao bowed his hands and agreed to go to the front to call Mr. Dongfang and Yu Tianmin back.
At this moment, there seemed to be a curve change in the noise, and Xiao Yu looked out along the crack in the window.
He saw that the soldiers on the opposite side had become quiet and their heads all turned in one direction.
"What's going on? What's going on? Don't you know that if you catch the imperial criminal Liu Bo, you will be rewarded with a thousand gold coins?"
The person who spoke was a general wearing Mingguang armor. He squeezed in from behind the gun array set up by the soldiers on the opposite side. It was obvious that he didn't know what was happening in front of him.
When he saw one or two hundred unruly strong men blocking the road, he couldn't help but be startled and stuttered a bit when he spoke.
"What...what's going on...where is Liu Boxuan?"
A soldier on the side replied: "General Wang, I would not have caught the criminal unless I waited, but for some reason I encountered these rogues, occupying the middle of the road and refusing to give way!"
The expats immediately retorted, with one shouting: "The road is facing the sky, everyone goes to one side. We are going our own way. How have we ever stopped you from apprehending the criminals?"
Others echoed.
The officer's eyes were sinister, and he raised his eyes to look at Xiao Yu.
Xiao Yu recognized him at a glance.
Isn't that Wang Yingde?
The general who pushed him down during the Tongxia Li fire, and later the disgusting guy who licked him like a dog.
Now Wang Yingde's official power is so strong that his nostrils are about to reach the sky.
He spoke in an official tone: "Who are you waiting for? Why are you blocking the way? Do you know what will happen if you delay my general from capturing the key criminals in the court?"
The expats looked down upon this arrogant general. They had occupied Chunhefang for so long, and it was hard to see where the officers and soldiers could do anything to them.
At this juncture, Zhang Mao had already conveyed Xiao Yu's words to the ears of Dongfang Lao and Yu Tianmin.
Yu Tianmin didn't turn around for a while and was still a little impulsive, but he would definitely do whatever the young prince said.
But Dongfang Lao was different. He was already alert and very adaptable. He immediately changed his face and his face was full of smiles.
He stepped forward and cupped his hands: "We are all immigrants from Chunhefang. We have something to do today, but we don't want to be insulted by the general's men here. We had a quarrel with them because we were angry. The little people didn't know that the general was on an errand." If you knew about it, even if you lend me a hundred courages, you would never dare to stop me here."
Wang Yingde was very impressed by these words. He continued to speak in an official tone and looked bossy: "It seems that you and others are all obedient people?"
"Submissive people...submissive people..."
"Can you see the prisoner?"
Old Dongfang rolled his eyes.
"Did the general talk about two people? One seemed to be injured, and he was picked up by the other and ran away. One of them still had a spear in his mouth?"
"That's the man. Where did he go?"
The old man Dongfang turned around and pointed behind him, his heart not beating.
"General, that man ran past me and fled in the direction behind me!"
"Really?"
Dongfang Lao said solemnly: "Exactly!"
Wang Yingde smiled proudly. He settled the grievances among his hundreds of brothers with one move, and the other party was so respectful to him, which made him particularly proud in front of his brothers.
"Then why don't you get out of the way quickly! Don't hinder this general from getting people."
Dongfang Lao bent down and said respectfully: "I will ask the brothers to make way for the official."
Dongfang Lao said and waved his hands. Although some of the expats showed displeasure, they still reluctantly moved to one side of the road and let the other side pass for the Right Guards.
"Without further ado, don't let the imperial convict escape!"
After receiving the order, the soldiers rushed to the road like silver.
The expats on the side stood and watched. Several of them were angry at first, but when they thought about the whole story, they could not help but laugh some because they were clearly fooling these officers and soldiers.
Dongfang Lao quickly turned around and rolled his eyes at those who wanted to laugh.
In the carriage, Xiao Yu was still leaning against the window, paying attention to the situation outside without saying a word.
It's just that Wang Yingde called his men to chase the prisoners, and he took a dozen soldiers and started leisurely.
I saw him walking towards the carriage with square steps.
Dongfang Lao and Yu Tianmin looked at each other, their eyes showing displeasure, and they followed together and stayed beside Wang Yingde.
Wang Yingde stepped forward and patted the necks of the two horses pulling the cart, looked at their teeth and touched their hair.
He sighed and said, "My general has a good horse. It's a pity that these two horses should be galloping on the battlefield, but they are used to drive chariots here."
Old Dongfang narrowed his eyes. Yu Tianmin had never been in the officialdom, so he didn't know what the general meant when he said this.
Wang Yingde continued to walk forward, looking up and down at this exquisite-looking box carriage, and a smile worth pondering appeared on his face.
Xiao Yu withdrew his gaze and frowned.
Then Wang Yingde couldn't be more interested in this carriage, right?
Just as he was thinking of this, he saw Wang Yingde reaching out to pull the door of the van.
Old Dongfang had sharp eyes and quick hands, so he smiled and stopped him.
"I said General, what are you going to do?"
Wang Yingde glanced at Mr. Dongfang: "Who is in the car?"
"I am waiting for you, noble man."
"Your Excellency?" Wang Yingde looked suspicious, "Why is this general here but not coming out to greet you?"
"The noble man is ill and can't see the wind, so he can't get out of the car to see the ceremony."
Wang Yingde found that the naughty-looking man in front of him had been quite respectful to him before, but when he mentioned the people in the carriage, his attitude changed 180 degrees and suddenly became tough, and he couldn't help but feel suspicious.
"Who is in the car?"
Dongfang Lao said coldly: "General, your troops are almost gone. If you don't go to arrest the imperial prisoners, why are you calling my noble family here?"
Although Wang Yingde was greedy for money, he was also a decisive person, relying on his large number of soldiers to become tough.
"I think there's something weird hidden in your car. Hurry up and open the door and show me."
After Wang Yingde said this, he felt something was wrong, and he felt that the atmosphere around him suddenly became tense.
Hundreds of men who were originally standing loosely on the roadside suddenly gathered towards the carriage, their eyes full of hostility.
Wang Yingde turned his head and looked at himself. A dozen of his men were following him, and the other two or three hundred brothers had not gone far.
He shouted: "Everyone come back!"
I saw the two or three hundred soldiers in front of them all turning around and surrounding the carriage and the one or two hundred expatriates on the roadside.
Wang Yingde sneered, pushed Dongfang Lao away and walked to the van.
He wiped two fingers of his right hand under the car door, and a red sticky substance was stained on his hand.
Wang Yingde glanced at Dongfang Lao with a playful expression, and pointed to the ground with his chin.
I saw intermittent blood stains on the ground that continued not far behind the carriage and then disappeared. The reason is not explained, but a knowledgeable person will understand it.
Wang Yingde is much smarter than the old Dongfang Phenomenon. He was patting the horse and looking at the car just now. In fact, it was all a trick to test these people. In fact, his attention was already on the car.
"Brother, harboring imperial criminals will lead to annihilation of the clan! Do you know how powerful this is?"
Although Wang Yingde's tone was gentle, there was already an element of threat in it.
He originally thought that these rogue-like characters would be afraid, but he didn't expect that Dongfang Lao snorted coldly, and many of the brothers around him showed their weapons. These desperadoes were not afraid of his threat at all.
"Who are you scaring?" someone shouted.
"I was waiting for you to lick the blood from the tip of a knife, and I was worried that you might be waiting for some officers and soldiers."
"If you don't accept it, I'll do it. I'll keep you until you accept it!"
Wang Yingde looked at those solid strong men. It seemed that they were not afraid of trouble at all, and they were eager for trouble to come to them.
Wang Yingde was also experienced on the battlefield, and he could not be frightened by just one or two words. At this moment, whoever was weak would lose the initiative.
How does that saying go? When we meet on a narrow road, the brave one wins!
Wang Yingde drew out his sword and shouted sternly: "The imperial convict Liu Boxuan is in the car. Anyone who catches Liu Boxuan will be rewarded with a thousand gold coins! Are you scary?"
"Don't be afraid! Don't be afraid!"
The soldiers of the Right Guards shouted loudly. They had just been provoked by these foreigners, and none of them had recovered their anger. Now that they wanted to start a fight, they also exerted all their strength and raised their long spears flatly, forming a forest of spears.
Just at this tense moment, a voice suddenly came from inside the car: "General Wang, wait a minute!"
Wang Yingde was stunned for a moment, as if he heard the voice somewhere.
"Who are you?"
"The Crown Prince of Jiangxia."
Wang Yingde suddenly remembered the young man who could rest his head on Princess Yongning's lap on the night of the fire in Tongxiali.
He couldn't help but tremble slightly, and his original arrogance and domineering energy suddenly disappeared. He waved his hand behind him, and the spears that were originally held flat were immediately raised to the sky.
He bowed his hands respectfully: "I didn't know that the young prince was here, my subordinates..."
Before Wang Yingde finished speaking, he suddenly realized that Liu Boxuan might be in the car, and he couldn't help but frown. He remembered that Liu Boxuan had saved the young prince's life on the day of the fire in Tongxiali. It seemed that the relationship between them was extraordinary.
A voice came from inside the car: "General Wang, what's going on with the noise outside?"
Wang Yingde raised his head slightly, thinking about what happened last night.
Originally, their right guard army was ordered to quell the chaos caused by the barbarians in the battlefield. During the search, the barbarians they saw were either arrested or killed.
But he didn't expect to meet Liu Boxuan there, and Liu Boxuan had already killed most of the street with a silver gun. Countless soldiers fell behind him, screaming and wailing.
Seeing that he was exhausted, he wanted to step forward to pick up the leak. After all, Liu Boxuan's head was valuable.
As soon as they took action, the two brothers fell to his gun.
Wang Yingde then wanted to use the human sea tactic again and use the lives of soldiers to fill this sky-shattering wealth.
But unexpectedly, a black shadow flashed across the street, like wind and thunder, and he picked up Liu Boxuan and ran away.
Wang Yingde had no choice but to lead his brothers in pursuit. In this run, they chased through countless lanes and smashed many gates.
He suddenly realized that capturing Liu Boxuan was not his mission today.
Wang Yingde was not sure how to reply, but he heard another voice coming from the carriage.
"General Wang has worked hard. I will not disturb General Wang's work here. I will come to my house to collect a thousand pieces of gold as a reward for the brothers."
Wang Yingde blinked, and the brothers behind him were also surprised that he was asking for money.
"let's go!"
The people in the car spoke, and the wheels started turning.
Dongfang Lao, Yu Tianmin and many other brothers all glared at Wang Yingde.
Wang Yingde still stood there with respectful hands, watching the team leave in a mighty manner.
After a long time, someone touched him: "General, just let them go like this? Brothers are so upset!"
Wang Yingde glared at the man fiercely: "Call the team and go back to camp to sleep."
"Then the criminal will not be arrested?"
"No matter what you grab, it's all gone. It's not like you didn't see how fast that guy was running. He's gone a long time ago. Go back to sleep!"
The originally nervous soldiers suddenly slackened off, their spears pointing crookedly at the sky.
Wang Yingde was thinking about the daughter Xiao Yu promised him, but he also thought about it, how could he dare to ask for the little prince's things.
Shaking his head, he followed his soldiers back.
