Chapter 18 The Road to Escape in Danger (Modification)
Chapter Tip: What is the Nine Heavens of Ice and Fire?! What is the pain of cutting skin?! There was no anger in Taozhuo's heart.
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"Then I thank Concubine Qin for her painstaking efforts. Go back and bring a message to the Empress by the way, and say that I will visit her in the future!" Xiangyang Wang said coldly.
"Thank you, Wang!" Xiao Liuzi smiled with relief and said, "I'm going back now and tell my mother."
Looking at Xiao Liuzi walking out of the Rende Hall, Xiangyang Wang couldn't help calling coldly, "Shadow, can you believe the words of this slave?"
The figure in the dark said, "Your heart has understood."
King Xiangyang snorted coldly and said, "Let's talk about this later. Now I'm going to tell you to take the people and horses to the Tata River to chase Taozhuo."
Since the people of the Eastern country took away Taozhuo, they must cross the Tata River of Xiangyang and cross the desert. No matter which road they take, it is difficult to go back in a month or two, which is a good opportunity to recover them.
"Yes!" The shadow leads the way.
The Tata River is located on the border of Xiangyang, where there are many mountains and a wide and boundless river at the bottom of the mountain. A mountain and a water are like natural barriers, guarding the people of Xiangyang country day and night.
When the peerless prince came to the Tata River with Taozhuo, it was dark.
Although the surface of the quiet Tata River is stable, there are countless undercurrents underwater. People here are located in the border area of Xiangyang, which is rarely visited. Not to mention the bridge, there is not even a boat.
"Don't worry, be patient for one more night. It's too dangerous to cross the river in the dark. Someone will pick us up early tomorrow morning, and no one will imprison you anymore!"
Taozhuo smiled. Indeed, there was no other way but to wait at this time.
The peerless prince looked at Taozhuo. He had imagined the picture of seeing Taozhuo again countless times, but there was no truth at this time. He once gave up on this woman, but now he has found her again! God still favors him!
The prince untied his clothes and put it on the peach blossoms: "It's getting dark. You can rest early. I'll just keep it--"
Tao scorchingly smiled. I don't know why she has an inexplicable trust in the prince. If she said where this feeling came from, she must not even know where she came from.
Peach burningly leaned on the prince to sleep. When the sun rose again, the warm sun shone on the forest. Everything was warm. A letter pigeon flew over and fell beside the peerless prince. In the peach burning doubtful eyes, the peerless prince opened the iron ring at the foot of the carrier pigeon.
"Burning, soon we will leave Xiangyang." The prince smiled at her. As soon as he raised his hand, the carrier pigeon flew into the sky and finally disappeared into the sky.
When the carrier pigeon disappeared, an ordinary boat slowly rowed over from the other side. The boat slowly approached, and the heart of the peach began to be excited.
"Is this here to pick us up?" Taozhuo asked softly. They are still hiding in the depths of the woods, quietly looking at the other side of the river.
"Yes!" The peerless prince smiled and nodded.
Looking at the prince's affirmative eyes, Taozhuan almost couldn't help screaming. Her blood was boiling all over her body. As long as she could leave Xiangyang, she would be free. What a slave, a dancer, everything had nothing to do with herself.
Thinking of this, she couldn't help but get up. Suddenly, countless arrows shot from the depths of the dense forest behind him. At the same time, the peerless prince quickly rushed up and protected the peaches to death, and countless arrows flew over their heads. Taozhu watched the arrows unstoppable all the way to the boat. The rowers jumped to the bottom of the water and never got up again.
The unmaned boat drifted away with the water in a blink of an eye.
What is the nine heavens of ice and fire?! What is the pain of cutting skin?! There was no anger in Taozhuo's heart.
At this time, she would even prefer to be a bird man and spread her wings and fly over like this!
But she has no wings! You can't be a bird. Even if she becomes a bird man, others will shoot her down!
The peerless prince always held Taozhuo's hand, and he felt her anger and her uneasiness. He just patted her gently on the shoulder, signaling her to calm down.
The other side of the river is dead silence. How many people are there in the dense woods behind them, and how many arrows are at themselves?
The prince knew that he could no longer cross the river with peach blossoms at this time, so that he would expose them and put them under the enemy's arrows.
Fortunately, the other party did not know where they were hiding, and there was no movement after a burst of arrow rain.
At dark night, shadows also began to float on the water surface of the Tata River, which were some messy branches and leaves flowing down from the upstream. Countless secret arrows shot at the shadow, but those branches and leaves still floated over from time to time.
This film moved the peach's heart. She began to weave those thick branches and leaves deep in the dense forest.
"Unparalleled prince, these branches and leaves can easily float on the water!" Tao Zhuo said quietly.
The prince's eyes lit up, "Peach burning, you are really a smart woman!" The prince looked into Taozhuo's eyes and said, "But it's too dangerous to cross the river in the middle of the night--"
"No, Prince, if we don't leave tonight and wait until dawn and the troops of Xiangyang are encircled, we can't go out again!" Taozhuo's eyes were bright: "I believe we will pass!"
An hour later, maybe the archers are tired. Maybe they have understood that those are just some branches, and the arrows are not as dense and powerful as before.
The moonlight sneaked away. The branches in Taozhu's hand have formed a row of irregular rafts. Now is the best time. When will it be better if you don't escape?
The prince took Tao Zhuo's hand and said, "Zhuo, please hold my hand at any time!"
"We will, together!" Taozhuo smiled and looked at the peerless prince.
At Hai's time, the two carried huge rafts and secretly went down the river under the cover of the moon, mixed in the shadows, and slowly drifted with the water. By this time, the rain had stopped. No one expected that they would escape among the branches. Half an hour later, the two finally crossed the Tata River.
"Taozhao, we have to go ashore ten kilometers below, and then leave here as soon as it's dark, the farther the better. Can you hold on?" The prince asked with great concern. Crossing the river just now has consumed most of the physical strength of Taozhu.
"Do you really regard me as a weak daughter?" Taozhuo gritted his teeth and smiled, "I can still hold on!"
"Taozhuo, you don't know, on my way out of the Oriental Kingdom, I'm already preparing for everything today. You have been thinking about bringing you back, and you finally did it today. The peerless prince said seriously.
"But I don't have anything. What am I worth doing?" Peach asked puzzledly.
"Taozhuo, you should always remember that you are the princess of Yanshan Kingdom." The peerless prince said sincerely, "Even if you have nothing, I will do so!" Taozhuo's face turned red in an instant, and she could only sigh in her heart, "Prince, you are so kind to me, but it's a pity that I'm a fake!"
The peerless prince was silent when he saw Taozhuo, only as if she was tired. Then she took her hand and walked to the shore.
Beautiful flowers bloom all over the land of Xiangyang, full of joy. King Xiangyang received a letter from the shadow flying pigeon early in the morning and knew that Taozhuo and the peerless prince crossed the Tata River at night, and he was indescribably angry.
"The East is peerless, I will smash you into ten thousand pieces!" King Xiangyang toss the letter to the ground fiercely: "Even if God is helping you, I will fight with heaven!"
King Xiangyang personally selected a team of elite soldiers, led Doubao, and kept chasing them to the Tata River and went straight to the desert.
"Taozhuo, I must chase you back!" King Xiangyang swore secretly in his heart. His female slave can only be his and dare to run away with other men. Where does this put his dignity?
The rocky desert is a barren land without grass.
The insects are flying around, and the grass in the heart of the lantern has dried up. Under the exposure of the scorching sun, all the scenery made a crackling sound. Many camels were abandoned by merchants because they were too tired and difficult to get on their way. Then their bodies rotted and stung full of flies and emitted a stench.
Along the way, Doubao tried his best to track the burning smell of peaches. King Xiangyang's soldiers soon developed heatstroke symptoms because he was promoted into the desert. At first, some people felt tired and couldn't distinguish people. A few days later, most people began to dehydrate.
The wind roared in the sky, the sand and stones flew, and the white bones of camels were everywhere on the desolate journey. The soldiers can only look for the projection of shrubs or rocks and come out day and night.
Whenever there is a strong wind, everyone can only stop and shelter from the wind and rain beside the camel. Life here is extinct, only the pulse of wind and heat. The team has long been exhausted, and sometimes the wind and sand are so big that even Doubao can't recognize the smell of peach.
King Xiangyang came to the foot of high sand dunes to avoid the sun.
It's still cool there, and the grass grows quietly. The earth is completely cracked; although the heavy rain and torrents rush into the ditch and wash away the earth, the earth is unable to retain the water, and it is still dry and desperate. There are only boundless sand waves all over the sky.
These are like the desperate hearts of King Xiangyang!
Doubao can no longer smell the burning smell of peaches! For the first time in his life, King Xiangyang felt that people could not win the sky!
"King, we should go back quickly, or the whole army will be destroyed in this desert!" Seeing the soldiers fall in front of him, Commander Wei Junting said.
"King, it has been almost a week since we arrived in the desert. Water and food are not enough. If the king is still stubborn, I'm afraid I won't be able to return to Xiangyang.
Looking at the soldiers kneeling in front of them, they all peeled and their lips were dry. King Xiangyang's heart was even more painful. They are all their most powerful subordinates and brothers of life and death who share joys and sorrows with them. How could he kill them for the sake of selfishness?
But if he doesn't recover the peach burning, his heart is painful, humiliated, hateful and difficult to calm down!
"King, it doesn't make any sense to go after here. It's better to go back to the palace first and make another plan! Please think twice!" The soldiers pleaded.
Reason told him that what the soldiers said was not wrong, but why is his heart still so painful? King Xiangyang had no choice but to order: "Go back to the palace!"
The pursuers of Xiangyang finally returned, and the peerless prince successfully got rid of them. But at this time, they still dare not be careless. The most deadly place in the desert.
The prince led the camel and looked at the peach burning on the camel's back and said thoughtfully, "Peach burning, you must try your best to keep the water in your body, don't talk, and breathe with your nose, which will reduce the loss of water in your body. Don't take off your clothes when it's hot, and cover every part of your skin as much as possible and isolate it from the hot wind.
Taozhuo looked at the peerless prince and nodded with a smile. Now she is finally free and her heart is extremely relaxed. Even if it's hotter, it's not afraid to be tired.