From a son-in-law to a favorite of the empress

Chapter 409

Wanyan Daichan could hardly hold on any longer. The wound on her lower abdomen was bleeding. After running for a long time, no matter how strong her internal strength was, she could not stop the invasion of pain.

But she really didn't want to give up this opportunity. Zhou Yuan gave her too much pressure. She didn't feel this way before, but now as an opponent, she felt the helplessness of being calculated everywhere.

She even suspected that Yu Feng was arranged by Zhou Yuan here a long time ago.

"Yu Feng!"

Wanyan Daichan gritted her teeth and said, "You'd better think it over. Do you want to die with Zhou Yuan? Your skills are not good enough in front of me."

Zhou Yuan said lightly, "But he can at least hold on for more than ten breaths, which is enough for me to load the iron beads."

While speaking, Zhou Yuan had already started to load gunpowder into the musket.

Seeing this scene, Wanyan Daichan's heart sank and she slowly began to retreat.

She knew that she could not keep Zhou Yuan, otherwise she would have to explain herself here.

"Yu Feng, protect me back to Beijing."

Her tone was unquestionable.

No matter what, she had to take away the only helper around Zhou Yuan.

The rest of the matter was left to the Jinyiwei. With Zhou Yuan's strength, he should not be able to escape the overwhelming search.

But what if he prepared other helpers?

She could not care about so much. The injuries on her body kept urging her to end it all as soon as possible.

The moment Zhou Yuan stuffed the iron bead in, Wanyan Daichan no longer hesitated, turned around and quickly disappeared in the dense grass.

"Yu Feng, don't forget that I also owe you a favor!"

Her voice echoed between heaven and earth, and she was sure that Yu Feng would follow her.

There was nothing wrong with her judgment.

Yu Feng knelt down, kowtowed three times to Zhou Yuan, and gritted his teeth and said, "My lord, I will wait for you to come back in Shenjing."

He picked up his sword, followed Wanyan Daichan, and escorted her all the way back to Beijing.

Looking at the empty wilderness, Zhou Yuan was in a trance. It was too difficult to pass this level, and this was just the beginning.

Next is the Jinyiwei's dragnet. How can he get through it? He had a plan in mind, but it was extremely difficult to implement it in practice.

Zhou Yuan didn't care about that. He rested for a while and set off directly.

He spent a quiet night. In the morning, he sucked up all the dew as a hydration, and continued to move forward with dry food.

At noon, he saw a team of Jinyiwei wearing Feiyu uniforms coming down the mountain from the saddle of the mountain.

There were about forty or fifty people, which must be only a part of them. Once someone found him, they would blow the whistle.

Zhou Yuan was silent, and finally smiled grimly, turned on the only fire starter, and ignited the dry mountain in late autumn.

The fire suddenly burned, and the thick smoke rose up into the sky.

He exposed his position, in exchange for greater risks and greater hope.

The Jinyiwei team below saw the thick smoke on the saddle of the two peaks and immediately started to act.

"Four people in a group, march from both sides and search towards the middle. If there is any situation, blow the whistle immediately."

"Don't be alone. Zhou Yuan's martial arts are not weak. You are no match for him."

As a hundred households of Jinyiwei, the leader of the team codenamed Han Tie has many years of tracking experience and led people up the mountain quickly.

They are full of energy, have been chasing enemies for many years, and are familiar with the mountains. They move very fast and consume little energy. They reached the fire in the shortest time.

The thick smoke here has choked people to breathe. Everyone covered their mouths and noses and coughed.

Han Tie glanced around, tore off a piece of hem, wet it with water, and wrapped it around his face to cover his mouth and nose.

He said in a deep voice: "Zhou Yuan has no water. Once the fire starts, he can't run far. We have been searching all the way here. He can't turn back. He can only continue to head south. Let's search carefully."

So everyone did the same thing, wet the hem of their skirts, wrapped their mouths and noses, pulled out their knives, and quickly searched south.

After searching for more than half an hour, they had completely descended the mountain, but there was no sign of Zhou Yuan.

Hantie was in a heavy mood and gritted his teeth and said, "Could Zhou Yuan disappear out of thin air?"

One of them said, "Sir, is Zhou Yuan hiding somewhere?"

Hantie shook his head and said coldly, "Impossible. The fire was raging. We couldn't stand the raging smoke and high temperature. How could Zhou Yuan stand it?"

"He had no water and his physical strength was constantly overdrawn. It was impossible for him to hide in the fire. He could only flee to the south."

"But how could he be so fast that we couldn't catch up with him."

One of his subordinates whispered, "Sir, should we continue to search the mountain or continue to chase?"

Hantie glanced around. The fire completely ignited the forest. There was thick smoke everywhere, and it was impossible for people to stay.

He was thinkingAfter a moment, he shouted loudly: "Continue to chase south! Don't miss any ponds you encounter and search them carefully!"

While speaking, he turned around and said: "Are all the people here!"

"We are all here. There are 45 people in our team, and none of them have encountered any problems."

"Okay!"

Hantie said in a deep voice: "As usual, we will go forward in groups of four."

So, the Jinyiwei team searched south again. This time, they walked for a whole day and night, and only took turns to rest for two hours in the middle.

But Zhou Yuan seemed to have disappeared out of thin air. Not only was there no trace of him, but there was no trace of him walking.

Hantie knew something was wrong, but he really couldn't figure out how a person who didn't even bring water could run so fast.

"Sir, we have already reached the territory of Hejian Prefecture. If we continue to chase like this, we will reach Shandong."

The voices of his subordinates were full of fatigue. Even they couldn't stand such a high-intensity search in the mountains!

For two days and two nights, they barely rested, and they were all competing with Zhou Yuan in endurance, but he didn't even know where Zhou Yuan was.

Han Tie scratched his head and murmured, "That's not right. How could a person who doesn't even have basic supplies compete with us in speed in the raging fire without leaving any traces?"

"Is there something else that I haven't thought of?"

Thinking of this, he said loudly, "Rest here, drink water and eat, and set off again in three hours."

Everyone felt relieved, and they all sat down and collapsed to the ground.

Han Tie looked back and saw the black smoke in the sky. He didn't know how far the fire had burned, but fortunately it didn't continue to chase us.

He pulled open the wet cloth covering his mouth and nose, threw it on the ground, picked up the water bag and drank a few mouthfuls.

Then his body suddenly paused, and he suddenly raised his head, as if he had thought of something, and his face became extremely distorted.

"Everyone! Stand up!"

He drew out his knife, looked at his subordinates, and said sternly: "Tear off the cloth on your face!"

Everyone was confused, but seeing their boss's angry look, they followed suit.

One of the Jinyiwei raised his knife and slowly retreated.

Hantie noticed him instantly and shouted: "Don't let him go! It's him!"

The Jinyiwei retreated quickly, then tore off the wet cloth on his face, revealing a face with clear outlines.

Zhou Yuan smiled with narrowed eyes: "You finally guessed it."

Many Jinyiwei around him exclaimed.

"What? Zhou Yuan?"

"Why is he in our team!"

"Oh no, I don't even know that the person has been replaced!"

Everyone hurriedly raised their knives and surrounded him.

"Stop it!"

Hantie strode over with a knife in hand, murderous intent in his eyes, and gnashed his teeth and said, "You Zhou Yuan, I almost got into trouble with you!"

...

Time goes back to a day and a half ago, Zhou Yuan set the dry forest on fire, lurking in the black smoke, enduring the scorching heat.

He knew that he had no water and could only last half an hour in this environment, and no more.

But half an hour was enough for the Jinyiwei team to catch up, and in fact they only took two quarters of an hour.

Although there were four people in a group, the mountain was not a platform, and with the black smoke and fire, it was impossible for the four people to stay close together.

There was always someone left alone!

Zhou Yuan attacked from behind and instantly broke the neck of a Jinyiwei, then dragged the body to a secret place, changed into Jinyiwei's clothes, and covered his mouth and nose.

He was of moderate build, with only his eyes exposed, and he could not be seen at all when he mixed into the Jinyiwei team.

So he also became a member of the group chasing him, following the Jinyiwei team, heading south, passing Baoding Prefecture, and arriving at Hejian Prefecture.

By the time Han Tie woke up, he had already walked hundreds of miles.