Chapter 109 The sick prince is pampered on his bed 23
Chapter 109 The sick prince is pampered on his bed 23
After dark, there was no other sound in the camp except for the constant chirping of insects and occasional sleep talking.
The heat kept rising in my sleep, as if I was in a steamer. The orange-red light filtered through the thick tent, making the person sleeping on the bed frown unconsciously.
The next second, a shrill cry that penetrated the sky suddenly sounded, piercing directly into the mind of the sleeping man.
"Fire!!!"
Just one voice woke up almost half of the people in the camp.
After waking up, many people know where the heat in the dream comes from.
When the tent was opened, a heat wave hit his face instantly, and the scorching orange fire light almost illuminated half of the sky.
Screams and curses suddenly erupted from different locations. Instead of running for their lives, everyone immediately cursed why no one warned them.
The patrol guards at night were divided into fifteen groups of five, and patrolled continuously between the various camps.
Logically speaking, the fire was so big that they shouldn't have discovered it until now.
Sui Yunjing was already in a light sleep, and would wake up at the slightest disturbance.
But he sat firmly in the tent, his eyes dim and unclear, and had no intention of going out, until Fu Mingchen called him outside the tent.
"Your Majesty, there is water in the camp. Please move to a safe place."
"Have you found out the cause?"
"Checking."
Sui Yunjing rubbed his eyebrows, asked someone to take care of his clothes and finally stood up.
When he walked out of the camp, he found that there was already a mess outside the camp, and people were running towards the hunting ground. Even if they were facing life and death, there were still people who desperately wanted to escape with their valuable clothes and jewelry.
Many guards are still working hard to put out the fire, but the hunting ground is among the mountains and forests. Once it burns up, it will burn very quickly and it will be impossible to resist it with human power.
For the current plan, we can only keep the necessary things and transfer them as soon as possible.
Sui Yunjing finally knew he was anxious, but at this time he did not forget to maintain his character and let Fu Mingchen help him walk. Before he had gone far, he suddenly saw a figure rushing over and kneeling down.
"Father, you are still well. I was worried about you and came to rescue you as soon as possible."
Sui Yunjing's eyesight was not good, and the surroundings were too noisy. He looked carefully for a few times before he saw clearly that the person in front of him was his second son Suiheng.
Sui Heng said it sincerely, but it succeeded in making Sui Yunjing blush.
At this moment of escape, Suiheng blocked his way to escape as if he was mentally ill. He said to save him, but then knelt down in front of him. What did he mean?
Suiheng even didn't wear a coat when he came out. Did he want to show that he was really anxious?
But he didn't know that Suiheng was also gritting his teeth secretly.
The time he arranged was clearly not now, so he was confused as to why the fire suddenly broke out in the middle of the night.
But for the possibility of soaring into the sky, he still hurried over.
Probably because Liu Qingli was not around, there was no one to make suggestions for him, and he was anxious to express himself. He did not think that his anxious performance would make Sui Yunjing even more suspicious.
Liu Qingli also woke up early and immediately asked people to look for him in Suiheng's tent.
After a while, the maid next to her hurried back and told her that Suiheng was not in her tent.
Liu Qingli, who was still dressing up, turned pale and suddenly thought of a possibility. She immediately ran towards Sui Yunjing's tent without even bothering to dress up.
Sure enough, she saw Sui Heng kneeling on the ground and Sui Yunjing with a dark face from a distance.
Ignoring her disheveled clothes, she hurried over and hugged Sui Yunjing's arm: "Your Majesty, why did you suddenly escape? I'm so scared. Let's run away quickly."
She leaned on Sui Yunjing's shoulder and glared at her stupid son.
Sui Heng understood immediately, stood up and supported Sui Yunjing: "Yes, father, the carriage is ready..."
Halfway through the words, his heart tightened and he almost bit his tongue.
He obviously came to see his father as soon as he woke up, how could he know that the carriage was ready.
Liu Qingli also felt a chill in her heart, thinking that it would be better not to have a son.
Fortunately, Sui Yunjing didn't raise any objection, as if he didn't hear the flaw in his words.
Fu Mingchen wisely stepped aside and let the family of three resolve any conflicts themselves.
Before leaving, Sui Yunjing stopped Fu Mingchen: "Mingchen, I'll leave the aftermath to you. Life is more important than anything else."
"Yes." Fu Mingchen saluted and watched as several people fled in confusion.
After staying in place for a moment, he took steps towards one direction.
It had been half a moment since the fire started, but his Highness was still nowhere to be seen.
While Sui Heng led Sui Yunjing towards the carriage, he turned back frequently, trying to see clearly where Shen Hanzhang was.
They had agreed before coming that they would do nothing until the spring hunting was about to end, which would be tomorrow or the day after tomorrow.
But now not only has the time been advanced, Shen Hanzhang has taken the courage of a bear and has not discussed it with him at all.
Is it possible that he really wants to rebel?
No, he has no power to mobilize troops at all.
He racked his brains but couldn't figure out what Shen Hanzhang was thinking. Shen Hanzhang on the other end was also panicking about the current situation.
Could it be that Suiheng wanted to break up the team and temporarily found someone else to cooperate?
Shen Qingman was also confused. It was clear that Sui Hengcai had been affectionate with her for a long time in the afternoon, and there was nothing wrong in his words.
But in the current situation, she and Shen Hanzhang could only save their lives first.
Everyone was pushing each other, no one gave way, and they wanted to be the first to rush to a safe place.
Finally, someone rushed to the side of the carriage, and there was another scream that was so sharp that it pierced the eardrums.
The carriage was still there, but a dozen of the horses were dead.
The bright red blood almost became a river on the ground. Those who arrived later bravely stepped forward to check and found the bodies of dozens of guards hidden behind the horses and carriages.
The fatal wounds on the bodyguards were very consistent, concentrated on the neck, and fatal with one stab.
It was obvious that he had been killed.
Many people saw the situation in front of them. It was obvious that there were bad people in Chun Xie's team, and the fire was not an accident.
But the question is who are the people who did these things, and where are these people hiding now?
The people in the camp are now running in the direction of the carriage. If the bad guys are hiding among these people, wouldn't it mean that the danger is around them.
People who thought of this began to consciously retreat out of the crowd, and suspicion began to spread among the crowd.
When they saw Sui Yunjing's figure, everyone thought that maybe this was the gangster's purpose.
Sui Yunjing also saw the blood on the ground, as well as the fallen horse and guard, and the blood on his face suddenly disappeared.
Although he is not a wise emperor, he has not done anything to harm the people. Who wants his life?
Someone in the crowd shouted, "Escort, escort, someone come and protect the emperor!"
"Protect your highnesses!"
Only then did everyone react and make way for Sui Yunjing.
Surrounded by many guards, Sui Yunjing got into the carriage in embarrassment and drove away in panic.
After counting, everyone found that there were twelve dead horses. As a result, how to divide the remaining carriages became a problem.
If they can't squeeze in, the remaining people will have to stay here with the corpses on the ground, waiting for those who go back first to find a way to save them. It is very dangerous no matter how you think about it.
No one knows whether the villain is still hiding in the dark and watching them, or whether he is hiding in the crowd and waiting to do something secretly.
Even if they are going to die, no one wants to be the one who dies first.
When Sui Lin was awakened by Xiao Hei, he heard those few escort sounds.
With the protection of his spiritual power, the scorching flames around him could not cause effective damage to him.
But knowing that Sui Yunjing was already on the carriage, he still speeded up.
It's not that I'm afraid of being left here, I just don't want to miss the opportunity to eat melon, not the next plot point.
The noisy people gradually faded away. As soon as he opened the tent, he was bumped into people who were rushing in.
He almost uttered a sentence of Chinese quintessence, but Sui Lin stopped the words in time and only let out a vague whimper.
Fu Mingchen came in a hurry, his heart was tightly grasped by worry and fear, and he broke into Suilin's residence without thinking. He had no time to restrain his strength when he bumped into someone.
Seeing the person he was thinking of holding his head in pain, he was a little panicked for a moment, and he couldn't say a word of the scolding he expected when he came.
"Your Highness."
"Yeah." Sui Lin responded, still thinking about going to the theater, so he grabbed his wrist and said, "Let's leave first."
Fu Mingchen was dragged along and followed him in a daze. After taking a few steps, he suddenly realized something was wrong.
"Your Highness, you didn't take the guard I sent you with you?"
If so, why did His Highness not come out of the tent until now.
Sui Lin felt a little guilty and said vaguely, "Yeah," "They are nearby and have other arrangements."
Fu Ming said nothing again and let him hold his hand. It was not until he saw the crowd still arguing that they distanced themselves.
When the two of them arrived at the carriage, they found that Sui Yunjing and a group of princes and ladies had left early.
Without the emperor, the remaining people were scrambling to leave first in order to save their lives, regardless of who was of higher rank.
After Sui Lin squeezed into the crowd with a calm expression, the people who had been noisy just now were quiet for a moment, and then started making noise again.
"Your Highness, why are you still here?"
"Your Highness, why didn't you leave with His Majesty?"
During the commotion, everyone saw Fu Mingchen again.
"Your Majesty?"
The noise gradually became quieter again.
Even though Suilin was a prince, most people were still more in awe of Fu Mingchen.
She clearly had an extremely beautiful face, but there was always a terrifying aura in her movements, as if she could break someone's neck if she was not careful.
Fu Mingchen looked around until no one said a word, then turned to Sui Lin: "Your Highness."
Sui Lin understood and took a step forward to stand in the leader's position. His sickly complexion seemed even paler under the firelight.
Everyone was shocked. What did Fu Mingchen mean? Did he want to give up on them?
Sui Lin coughed lightly and asked: "How many people are left now, how many horses are there, count them all, quickly."
Everyone was stunned at first, then acted quickly after realizing it.
There were really not many people coming for the spring hunt, and it took half an hour to finish counting them.
After the statistics were completed, Suilin quickly calculated the results and made arrangements quickly.
The fire is getting bigger and bigger, and even now the outer edge of the woods can't stand the growing heat of the surrounding air.
Under Suilin's arrangement, everyone squeezed into the carriage. Dozens of people were crammed into a small carriage until it could no longer fit and then they left quickly.
In the end, only Sui Lin and Fu Mingchen were left in the hunting ground.
Fu Mingchen knew what Sui Lin was thinking, but he still couldn't help but ask: "Your Highness, are you afraid?"
Sui Lin shook his head: "Don't be afraid, isn't it okay? Besides, the prince is here. You said you would protect me."
Fu Mingchen looked at him and said softly, "It's time for your highness to leave."
Without any hindrance, the two of them abandoned the carriage, leaving only two horses behind.
Under Fu Mingchen's slightly surprised gaze, Sui Lin quickly got on his horse and looked towards the firelight in the distance.
The frightened prey had already fled in all directions, so no extra effort was needed.
As for this wildfire, once the part of the hunting ground is burned out and there is nothing else to fuel the fire, it will go out on its own.
It's just that the hunting for the next few decades will have to change places.
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At this moment, no one crowded in the carriage expected that such a thing would suddenly happen during a good hunt. In the panic, all kinds of vicious speculations couldn't help but pop up.
Some people say that it's a good thing that the third prince is here, otherwise the remaining people might be fighting for a spot, which would harm the peace and cause a loss of lives.
As soon as the words came out, some people raised objections. Who in the capital didn't know that Suilin was just a loser who only knew how to eat, drink and have fun. How could he dare to stay in a place like that? The fire probably had something to do with him.
The person who spoke for Sui Lin before was stunned and began to think about this possibility.
The others were not calm anymore. They seemed to have decided that Sui Lin was the culprit. They cursed for a while and decided to read Sui Lin's book after returning to Beijing.
The speculation soon spread to other carriages, and everyone's words became increasingly unpleasant.
An Ruojin felt that Sui Lin was not such a person. She wanted to argue for him but didn't know what to say. On the contrary, it was Zhao Hongxuan who left everyone speechless with a few words.
"You all say that His Highness is the mastermind behind the scenes, so what is his purpose?"
"Who knows, maybe the Third Prince's body can't hold on much longer and he wants to hold everyone back."
Zhao Hongxuan was puzzled: "Since you want to support others, the third prince only cares about leaving alone just now, why bother to save you all?"
"This……"
Zhao Hongxuan snorted loudly: "It's okay to be ungrateful for receiving favors from others, but you also want to beat up those who are kind to you. Have you read all your books in the dog's belly?"
Some people were aggrieved and wanted to argue, but were stopped in time by those around them.
Shen Hanzhang mingled in the crowd and wiped his sweat. He originally wanted to take advantage of the troubled waters but stepped on the old man, but luckily he didn't act impulsively.
The crowd's convoy carried too many people, which was too heavy a burden for the horses, and the speed was much slower.
But less than two miles away, the carriage suddenly stopped. The uneasy crowd was about to curse why they didn't continue walking, when they heard the sound of fighting in the distance.
Ignoring the noise, everyone poked their heads out and saw two groups of people with distinct powers fighting together under the moonlight.
A group of people were clearly the emperor's princes and concubines from the harem who had left first.
The other group of people were all wrapped in black clothes, with only a pair of eyes exposed. They held swords in their hands and shot at the people opposite.
The men in black struck very harshly, and every blow was a fatal attack.
The target is Sui Yunjing, who is surrounded by people in the middle.
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