The little crybaby lost all his vest after being read by the prince.

Chapter 45 He is indeed my favorite prince.

"Your Highness, they are leaving in an orderly manner."

Under the cover of others, Chu Yan quietly climbed up the mountain from a dimly lit place, and then he saw something unusual. Those bandits actually had a secret passage, which was simply unbelievable.

"Secret way?"

Mu Xichen chewed on these two words, his eyes a little dark, "Chasing!"

"Yes."

The thieves did not offer any resistance and simply abandoned their base and fled with their lives. Then there was no need for them to attack with fire and they could just attack.

As the imperial guards who guard the palace and His Majesty the Emperor, they are equipped with very sophisticated weapons, and every time they come specifically to suppress bandits, they are even more well-prepared. Not to mention bows, arrows, swords and guns, they also have iron ropes, iron claws, hooks, etc. Have someone carry it.

Now Mu Xichen gave an order, and the Imperial Army carrying the rope immediately braided it into a ladder rope, then used a grappling hook to put it on the mountain peak, and then rushed up as fast as possible.

Before all the bandits had evacuated, the Imperial Guards attacked. When the two parties met, they immediately killed each other.

Mu Xichen's focus was on the secret passage.

He believed that spending huge manpower and material resources to dig a secret tunnel should not only be used for escape.

"Your Highness!"

Ouyang Xiao stopped Mu Xichen and said, "I don't know what's going on down there, but I'd better let you be in front."

Mu Xichen nodded.

He is not a brave person either.

Ouyang Xiao led a team of people down to investigate the situation first. After hearing the sound of rocks hitting him, Chu Yan, Song Ming, Shi Qing and a group of personal guards tightly surrounded Mu Xichen and entered. In the dark and damp secret passage.

[Hey, this smell is really disgusting. 】

This secret passage has been out of use for who knows how long. The air is not flowing smoothly, it is damp and moldy, and the smell is naturally bad.

Lin Jiaying rolled up her body vigorously and buried herself deeply in Mu Xichen's arms, "Thank you for not being pretentious, otherwise I would have vomited by now." 】

A smile flashed in Mu Xichen's eyes.

You are already so squeamish and you are not being pretentious.

However, thinking that she was a girl, she should be more delicate. He took out the silk handkerchief and covered it on himself first, then pretended to think of her just now, then took it off and said, "Going in and out of such a dirty place like this with an orphan, Xiaojun The Lord has been wronged.”

As he spoke, he gently covered her pink and tender nose with the silk handkerchief.

[As expected of my favorite Crown Prince, you are so considerate. 】

Lin Jiaying could finally breathe normally, [Huh, I almost choked the cat to death. 】

After calming the squeamish little cat, Mu Xichen increased his speed, and they soon met Ouyang Xiao, "Your Highness, there are three intersections here, and there are footprints at each intersection."

【I go!Even if they dig tunnels in the mountains, it is still so complicated. What a huge project it is. Are the local officials really not aware of it? 】

Mu Xichen also thought about this problem at the same time, and his brows couldn't help but frown deeper.

【Something is approaching! 】

The pink-pointed ears moved, and the little milk cat keenly caught a strange sound. Although she didn't know what it was, Lin Jiaying felt a creepy feeling, and the hair on her head was about to stand on end.

【quick!Go quickly!Otherwise it will be too late! 】

She meowed loudly and shouted, "There is danger ahead, very dangerous!" 】

After hearing her words, Mu Xichen immediately said, "Spread the medicinal powder."

Insects, snakes, mosquitoes and ants in the deep mountains may carry highly toxic substances. If they are bitten, their lives will be taken away, so they have to be on guard. Mu Xichen ordered the imperial doctor to make a lot of self-defense powders, as well as some detoxification products. Pill.

However, detoxification pills are not available to everyone. Not only are they troublesome to make, but the medicinal materials are also very sophisticated. Each finished pill costs a lot of money, so of course it cannot be distributed to everyone.

Medicinal powder for self-defense is easy to make and the medicinal materials are not expensive. However, due to time constraints, the imperial doctors could not do much, so Mu Xichen ordered a lot of them to be purchased at the drug store.

It's just that the medicinal powder in the drugstore is not as effective as the medicine made by the imperial doctors.

There's nothing we can do about it.Those old doctors were all national experts, and it was impossible for Mu Xichen to use them as workers.

Besides, it's just a powder to prevent poisonous insects, and it's not for saving lives. Don't worry too much about the pros and cons, as long as it works.

At that moment, Mu Xichen ordered people to spread the powder while retreating, but he didn't expect that the weird sound came very quickly. In just a few breaths, the hissing sound resounded throughout the secret passage.

【snake! 】

【That's a snake! 】

As those things got closer, the little cat could not only hear sounds with her ears, but she could also see with eyesight that was three times higher than that of humans. "So many snakes!"So many snakes!Go quickly!Here they come! 】

The soul that is afraid of snakes is hiding in the body of Xiaotuanzi who is even more afraid of snakes. That is simply not an ordinary fear.

Lin Jiaying was so frightened by this scene that she said, [Go!Prince, leave quickly! 】

Ouyang Xiao and others could not understand her words, but when they heard her panic, they knew that what was behind was very dangerous, "Protect Your Highness!"

"Yes!"

Chu Yan and the others wanted to intercept the thing and buy Mu Xichen more time to leave.

Mu Xichen didn't want them to be in danger, "Let's go together!"

The powdered medicine had some effect after being sprinkled, otherwise they would have caught up to them, but Mu Xichen knew that the powdered medicine would not hold them back for too long, "Throw away half the torch."

"Yes."

Lin Jiaying trembled in Mu Xichen's arms, "It's so scary, how come there are so many snakes here." 】

"Don't be afraid, you are alone."

At this time, Lin Jiaying was so frightened that her soul was about to leave her body, and she no longer had the energy to talk. [Ugh, if I had known I would encounter these things, kill me, and I won't follow. 】

Mu Xichen felt distressed and regretful at the same time. He should not have taken her into danger.

"The exit is ahead, everyone, please hurry up."

Accompanying Mu Xichen's voice, the scalp-exploding hissing sound of snakes spitting messages suddenly exploded in their ears, and a murderous aura instantly enveloped them.

The little cat, whose senses are several times more sensitive than those of a warrior, was the first to feel the sinister murderous intent, and immediately screamed uncontrollably, [Ahhhhh——]

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"what--"

Lin Jiaying sat up sweating profusely.

snake!
So many snakes!
very scary.

"Don't be afraid, you'll be alone, it'll be okay."

Mu Xichen stayed with her all night in front of the bed. He had just fainted when he heard her scream. He quickly hugged her into his arms and comforted her gently, "It's over. Don't think about it anymore."

"It's all over? Have we come out of the secret passage?"

Lin Jiaying's thoughts were still a little confused, "It's great, it's finally out. You don't know how scared I am. I'm scared to death. Wuwu——"

Hearing this, Mu Xichen hugged her tighter.

"Don't be afraid, Gu will protect you."

With extreme fear pounding her brain, Lin Jiaying was in a daze and couldn't tell the difference between her past and present lives. "I will never be curious about any secret paths again..."

[Secret passage?Snakes?Isn't that a dream? 】

[Oh, it turns out I was dreaming about my past life again. 】

[Speaking of which, why am I so unlucky? Everywhere I go I encounter those disgusting things. It’s really annoying. 】

"Prince..."

Thinking of what happened before, Lin Jiaying was shocked, "What time is it now?"

(End of this chapter)