"Then tomorrow I will escort His Highness to pick flowers, and the vicious beasts will be resisted by His Highness's personal guards and the soldiers of Ningdu Guard."
The fifth prince was about to nod when he heard Hao Xu ask: "The personal guards and the Ningdu Guards resisted the vicious beasts, but what about the four of them?"
As he said this, he pointed at Yuan Xing to use the fire and the cauldron to thank the four of them.
"It's not your turn to control what we do!" Xie Wang glanced sideways at Hao Xu and said directly.
"Your Highness..." Hao Xu ignored the thank you and looked directly at the fifth prince.
"It was agreed at the beginning that the bodyguards of Wucheng Escort Agency only need to protect the safety of His Highness. Since Yun Liulang escorts His Highness to pick flowers, it is not something that His Highness needs to worry about whether the other bodyguards are fending off ferocious beasts or doing other things. , naturally it’s not something Master Hao should worry about.”
Hao Xu's face froze. Although the fifth prince treated him lightly along the way, he never showed any mercy to him like he did tonight.
"What His Highness said is absolutely true. This subordinate is meddling in other people's business." Hao Xu glanced at Yang Qingmo, then bowed his hands towards the fifth prince and retreated.
"If Your Highness has no other instructions, I will leave first." Now that the matter has been discussed, Yang Qingmo is ready to leave.
The fifth prince nodded cheerfully, "Okay, tomorrow will depend on your protection. I also ask Liulang to rest well for tomorrow's trip."
"Your Highness, don't worry."
"Your Highness, although the martial arts of the remaining four bodyguards are not as good as Yun Liulang, they are not low either. Are we going to let them just watch us fight hard and do nothing?"
As soon as Yang Qingmo left, the guard captain Chen Luan asked.
"Master Chen, those four people should not be idle."
Before the fifth prince could answer, Xiong Jin patted him on the shoulder with a very firm tone.
Chen Luan turned his head and glanced at Xiong Jin, then looked at the fifth prince, and found that the fifth prince was already sitting on the tree behind him. He closed his eyes slightly, and could only stand aside silently to guard him.
Xiong Jin originally wanted to persuade the fifth prince not to take risks, but Chu Maoguan shook his head at him. Xiong Jin thought about this journey. The fifth prince seemed to be casual about everything, how to go, which way to go, when to rest, and when. When it came to meals, he always followed the good advice and never raised any objections, but at every critical moment, his decisions were direct and decisive.
Including their attitude towards Hao Xu, they once advised the fifth prince to comfort Hao Xu a little before leaving Yuyao Mountain safely to make him more dedicated.
But as the road went farther and farther, the mountains climbed higher and higher, the wind became stronger and stronger, the weather became colder and colder, and the situation became more and more dangerous, the fifth prince's attitude towards Hao Xu became more and more cold and distant.
Tomorrow can be said to be the end of the trip to Yuyao Mountain. Since the Fifth Prince has decided to pick the Yuyao Sacred Flower himself, he will definitely not change his mind just because of their few words of persuasion.
The next day, the snow on the top of Yuyao Mountain was much thicker. Last night, you could still see the crescent moon and stars, but today it was snowing heavily, but the delicate Yuyao flower still bloomed in the wind.
"The snow is so heavy that it will block the view." Xiong Jin looked at the flying snow with some worry.
"It snows heavily all year round in Yuyao Mountain. If I don't pick flowers today, I don't know if the snow will stop tomorrow. If it doesn't stop tomorrow, and if it doesn't stop the day after, the top of the mountain is so cold that even if I don't freeze to death, I will get frostbite."
The fifth prince did not want to wait. He knew that Yang Qingmo, who was most likely to lead him to successfully pick flowers, was even less willing to wait, let alone wait with an uncertain future.
However, the fifth prince looked at Yang Qingmo who was walking towards him and asked, "Is it okay to pick flowers today?"
"If your Highness wants it, that's fine."
"good."
Everyone started to climb to the top of the mountain where the Yuyao tree was located. It looked like they were not far from the top, but in fact, they had walked for more than an hour and were only halfway to the top.
When they were only a few feet away from the Yuyao tree, just when everyone thought that the rumors of the so-called ferocious beast guarding the sacred tree were just fabrications, a fishy wind started blowing from the accumulated cedars.
The entire snow forest seemed to be shaking at this moment. Everyone felt like their eyes were blurred, and they could no longer tell whether the white snow flying in front of them was snowflakes falling from the sky or snow foam that was stirred up. In the dense sea of snow, they could no longer distinguish. Fang rushed out and more than a dozen figures appeared, with different sizes, shapes, and colors.
"There is a vicious beast!"
Someone yelled, and most of the people reflexively ducked back when the unknown ferocious beast rushed towards them. Only three people, Xiong Jin, Chu Maoguan, and Chen Luan, always kept in mind their responsibilities, which was to protect His Royal Highness the Fifth Prince.
"Brother Chu, Brother Chen, take the fifth prince to avoid it!"
It's just a coincidence that among the dozen or so ferocious beasts that rushed out from under the thick snow, one of them was completely white with only one pair of red eyes. It was more than ten feet long and looked like a bear but not a bear. He rushed over from the direction where the prince was.
This ferocious beast is not the fastest among all the ferocious beasts, but it is the largest in size. Xiong Jin's heart beats like a drum. If it were stepped on by those thick beast hooves, it would probably break a person's internal organs in an instant. , the soul returns to bliss.
He raised the sword in his hand and used Qinggong to greet him. He only needed to block for a moment, allowing Chu Maoguan and Chen Luan time to lead the Fifth Prince to avoid this direct attack.
A "clunk" sound was the collision between the sword and the beast's head.
With Xiong Jin's martial arts, a deep wound was opened on the ferocious beast's head, but not only did it not affect the speed of the ferocious beast's attack at all, but it seemed to anger it.
With a roar, the whole world seemed to shake, and the flying snow in front of him became denser.
Xiong Jin, together with the sword still inserted on the head of the ferocious beast, was shaken by the roar and flew away.
When Xiong Jin stopped in front of them and flew towards them, Chu Maoguan and Yang Luan turned back to pull the fifth prince, preparing to take him away from him.
The two hands pulled back at the same time, but they were all in vain.
"Your Highness!"
The two were shocked and looked around anxiously. Everywhere they could see, they could see scenes of people running away or having to pick up their weapons and fight back before they could escape. In just a short moment, Chu Maoguan saw the two people being attacked by the vicious beast. The fangs thrust up and pierced through the abdomen. Before he could let out the last painful scream in his life, the biting wind and snow poured into his mouth, and he died silently and quickly.
"Your Highness! Your Highness!"
Chen Luan was almost scared out of his mind. If it was His Highness...then all of them would be buried with him.
"Stop yelling, your highness has already gone to pick flowers!"
Amidst the roars of the ferocious beasts, a voice interspersed. Although the sound was not loud, Chen Luan, Chu Maoguan, and other guards who were either running away or fighting fiercely with the ferocious beasts all heard it. This sound.
Chu Maoguan looked in the direction of the sound. The sound came from above and in front of them. It was a big tree not far from the Yuyao tree. At this moment, among the heavy branches covered with snow, he accurately I saw a dark shadow.
That is a person, a person's back, it is Xie Wang! He was facing the direction of the cliff, leaning forward slightly, as if he was pulling something.
(End of chapter)
