After his wife and daughter died tragically, the scumbag prince's hair turned white overnight

Chapter 162: Could it be that his hand was injured because of her?

Besides...

"Have you found the secret guard's mark?"

As Shen Muxi asked the question, Luoluo's soothing expression froze on her face.

Shen Muxi looked like "I knew it would be like this".

"Fortunately, Quchun Mountain is not as steep as other mountains with many peaks and rocks, and the area has been deliberately cleared these days.

For now, we'll split up into two groups. You go to the mountains, and I'll go down along the river. If we run into anyone else along the way, we can split up again."

Since they couldn't figure out what the other party wanted to do to Xiaoxiao, they could only act in secret.

Indeed, she had already smelled the scent of conspiracy.

But behind the conspiracy, is the other party seeking other things or trying to kill and frame someone...

Shen Muxi's eyes slowly narrowed, and a hint of murderous intent gradually flashed across them.

Compared with other steep mountains, Quchun Mountain has a very special terrain.

It covers a vast area and has majestic peaks, but one mountain separates two climates.

One side of the palace is flat and comfortable, while the other side is covered with dense jungles, ravines and even a turbulent river that runs like a jade belt around the waist halfway up the mountain, and then falls into a majestic waterfall.

Once there is water in the mountains, everything becomes extremely variable.

This is what Shen Muxi was worried about.

She searched along the other side halfway up the mountain.

Fortunately, Gu Xiaoxiao did not run any deeper.

Even so, when she found Gu Xiaoxiao, the two had already left the tent far away.

There was silence all around, so quiet that even though she was two meters away from Xiaoxiao, she could still clearly hear Gu Xiaoxiao's voice coming from behind the big tree.

"Little Bunny, you're injured. Don't run around anymore."

The little girl's voice was still full of energy, and Shen Muxi's heart finally settled down.

"Xiao Xiao."

She walked behind the tree and gently put her hand on Gu Xiaoxiao's shoulder.

Seeing Shen Muxi, Gu Xiaoxiao was obviously very happy, and her pair of watery eyes seemed to reflect the entire galaxy.

"Mother."

Shen Muxi felt relieved that her daughter was fine.

However, if the child is disobedient, he or she should be criticized.

"Who asked you to come here?"

"Mother, little rabbit."

Gu Xiaoxiao handed the little rabbit to Shen Muxi as if it were a treasure.

The little white rabbit was a soft and sticky ball, lying obediently in Gu Xiaoxiao's palm. At first glance, it looked very much like Snowball when he was a child.

Gu Xiaoxiao's eyes were red, "Mom, Xiaoxiao misses Xueqiu."

She wanted to smile at Shen Muxi.

But the corners of his mouth couldn't be raised no matter what, which made Shen Muxi feel distressed.

It turned out that the hurt Xiaoxiao suffered in Prince Rong's Mansion had not yet healed.

It was her fault as a mother.

Shen Muxi's nose felt sore and he touched Gu Xiaoxiao's little head soothingly.

"It's okay. If Xiaoxiao wants to raise it, then we can take it home and raise it."

She swallowed back the words that were about to come out of her mouth to criticize.

She took off her coat, wrapped the little rabbit tightly, and put it in Gu Xiaoxiao's arms.

Just as Shen Muxi was about to take Gu Xiaoxiao back to the camp.

A cold light flashed, and a sharp arrow grazed her temple and embedded itself into the tree trunk.

There is an assassin! !

Shen Muxi almost instinctively dropped his outer robe and the little rabbit, hugged Gu Xiaoxiao tightly in his arms, and ran away from Leng Guang.

I don't know when it started raining heavily.

The originally flat mountain road became extremely slippery.

Accidentally, she stepped on a moss-covered stone.

Due to inertia, Shen Muxi rolled down the hillside with Gu Xiaoxiao.

The masked man in black behind him was chasing him relentlessly.

There was no chance for them to cushion their impact after rolling down the hill.

The sharp blade stabbed out, and almost every move was aimed at Gu Xiaoxiao's life.

The sudden intense running, coupled with rolling down the cliff and hitting his lungs, made Shen Muxi feel as if all his internal organs were about to shift. If he wasn't careful, he would get a stitch in the side when breathing, and every step he took caused pain in his heart and lungs.

But she didn't dare to relax at all.

The rain came down on their heads, blocking their vision.

"Mom... Xiaoxiao can run by herself..."

Gu Xiaoxiao was well-behaved and didn't move, and she didn't forget to ask Shen Muxi to put her down.

Unfortunately, Shen Muxi's ears were filled with the sound of wind and rain, and he didn't hear what she said at all.

Suddenly, she felt a pain in her back, stumbled, and fell heavily to the ground.

Not far away, there seemed to be the sound of rushing water.

Fall!!

Her eyes fixed, and she quickly pulled out the Heart Protecting Pill and the Breath-Suppressing Pill from her waist and stuffed them into Gu Xiaoxiao's mouth. "Swallow it."

After she finished speaking, she didn't give Gu Xiaoxiao a chance to react, and the mother and daughter rolled into the rushing water together.

...

Night falls.

Shen Muxi woke up with his head resting on a huge rock.

When I opened my eyes and sat up, in addition to the severe pain in my head, I also felt a vague dizziness.

My legs were numb from being soaked in cold water.

It took her a while to realize that she and Xiaoxiao were being chased and forced to jump into the river.

Xiaoxiao!!

Her Xiaoxiao!!

Shen Muxi ignored the pain all over his body and looked around frantically.

Not far away, a small figure was floating in the water.

She rolled and crawled to the water's edge and picked up Gu Xiaoxiao.

Fluttering back to the shore.

Even though her vision was beginning to blur, she didn't dare to relax at all.

The little girl closed her eyes and clenched her fists tightly.

Fortunately, her breathing was stable and the little girl did not choke on water because she had taken a breath-holding pill.

She felt her pulse anxiously and only felt relieved after confirming that her pulse was steady and she was just fast asleep.

Ever since Murong Mingkun issued an order specifically asking Murong Jingyan to take Gu Xiaoxiao with him on the spring hunt, she began to anticipate the possibility of various things happening.

Therefore, she specially brought various detoxification pills, heart-protecting pills and breath-holding pills, just in case.

Fortunately, she trusted her intuition.

otherwise...

Thinking of this, Shen Muxi forcibly cut off his random thoughts.

It’s still unknown whether those who are chasing them will come looking for them.

The best thing to do now is to leave here as soon as possible.

She glanced up at the sky.

Because it rained during the day.

The stars in the sky did not come out.

It was pitch black all around and the shadows of the trees made it difficult to tell the direction.

After just a few glances, she felt dizzy and felt as if she would faint at any moment.

His daughter was fine for the time being, but Shen Muxi's body, which had been holding on tightly, seemed to lose its support. He instantly collapsed to the shore, lying on the ground, unable to move.

There is also the sound of rushing waterfalls upstream.

The sound was not loud, so I guess they were washed downstream.

I don't know where this water comes from.

It was already late spring, but the surroundings felt like an icy cave.

Her body was numb with cold.

If this continues, she and Xiaoxiao will both freeze to death here.

She gritted her teeth and struggled to get up, then hugged Gu Xiaoxiao tightly in her arms, trying to keep each other warm.

Although she didn't want to admit it, she really needed Murong Jingyan's help now.

She kept hoping that Murong Jingyan would find out as soon as possible that she and Xiaoxiao had disappeared...

Admittedly, this is unlikely...

While I was thinking, I saw the light of torches not far away gathering and moving towards this side.

There were also voices coming from people.

"If they fell down the waterfall and drifted downstream, they must be nearby. Search them."

The assassin is here!!

How could it be so fast?

Shen Muxi was horrified.

Who on earth is so persistent in wanting to take her life?

She didn't have time to think about it.

She used all her strength to carry Gu Xiaoxiao on her back.

The wound on her head was very serious. When she exerted force, the wound on her head, which had just clotted with blood, burst open again.

I hadn't taken a few steps when my eyes were covered in blood...

Her vision went dark, and she stepped on an uneven stone, and heard a sound of dislocated bones in her right ankle.

Shen Muxi fell to the ground again with Gu Xiaoxiao.

"Quick, see, they are there!!"

The assassin's voice behind him was much closer than before.

It seemed as if the assassin's sword would fly over at the next moment.

Shen Muxi wanted to escape again, but no matter how hard she tried, her hands and feet could not move at all.

Do not! !

There was a flicker of despair in her eyes.

She can't die here.

The instinct of survival prompted her body to burst out with endless strength.

She carried the sleeping Gu Xiaoxiao on her back again.

But her foot was injured after all, and she was discovered before she took two steps.

"There, quick, do it."

The assassin didn't give her a chance to breathe.

Soon, she was surrounded by more than a dozen assassins.

The dazzling firelight hurt her eyes and made her dizzy. The light and shadows in front of her eyes were mottled and she couldn't see the appearance of the person who came.

"Who are you...? Even if it means death, you won't let me be a fool, right?"

She tried hard to delay time.

But the other party obviously didn't want to waste time talking to her.

"You can find the answers to these questions from the King of Hell."

Someone sneered.

Then, a cold light flashed, and the sharp, polished scimitar slashed at Shen Muxi's neck without mercy.

Shen Muxi only felt a black shadow with a cold and damp aura staggering down in front of him.

Along with the sound of the sharp blade cutting into flesh, the smell of blood filled her entire nostril.

"Ding--"

The sound of metal colliding made a long sound.

A cold arrow shot out mercilessly from the darkness, knocking down the scimitar of the man in black and piercing straight into the chest of the man in black closest to Shen Muxi.

The man in black had his eyes wide open and died without even struggling.

Then came the second cold arrow.

The third cold arrow...

Kill one man in black with one arrow.

The man in black holding the knife finally reacted.

"No, there's an ambush, retreat."

He fled in such a hurry that he even forgot to pick up the scimitar that fell to the ground and the bodies of several dead companions.

Shen Muxi finally couldn't hold on for the last breath and fell to the ground.

In her drowsiness, she seemed to feel as if she had hit something warm, and then her legs were lifted off the ground, and her whole body seemed to be picked up...

During this time, she also heard Xiaoxiao crying...

Later, there were some other noisy sounds.

After that, Shen Muxi completely lost consciousness.

...

It's bright.

Shen Muxi's throat was as dry as if he had swallowed a lot of blades. Every time he swallowed, it felt like being scratched by a knife.

"Water...water..."

In a daze, she murmured unconsciously.

A small piece of bamboo pried open her cracked lips, and warm water slowly poured into her mouth.

She drank the water carefully, swallowing it in small sips.

With his throat moistened, Shen Muxi felt like he was alive again.

My mind was dizzy and my fragmented memories gradually took shape, freezing at the scene before I fainted.

Her eyes suddenly widened and met Murong Jingyan's worried gaze.

"Xiao Xiao!"

She blurted out Xiaoxiao's name.

The moment her eyes fell on the wound on Murong Jingyan's arm that had not yet been bandaged, she changed her words.

"Your Highness...Your Highness?"

Her voice was hoarse and raspy.

Murong Jingyan once again used a bamboo stick to pour the half cup of warm water that she had not finished drinking into her mouth.

"Drink water first."

Shen Muxi looked at him intently.

The man in front of him had slightly messy hair, bloodshot eyes, and even some stains on his face. He was wearing black clothes that were stained with mud and sand to varying degrees.

It's like a person who fell into the water and didn't have time to change his clothes, so he let the clothes dry naturally on his body.

so...

Where is her Xiaoxiao!!

Shen Muxi was anxious and wanted to sit up again.

A sharp pain came from her head, and she couldn't help but groan.

Instinctively, I raised my hand to cover the painful area.

Only then did she realize that she had a bandage on her head.

Murong Jingyan nervously pushed her back onto the bed.

"You've injured your head, and your limbs have been strained to varying degrees. Your right foot is also dislocated. It's best not to move around."

Shen Muxi looked at him anxiously, "Where's Xiaoxiao?"

Before Murong Jingyan could open his mouth, a clear and sweet voice came from outside the tent.

"Mom, Xiaoxiao is fine."

Gu Xiaoxiao has been outside the tent.

Hearing Shen Muxi looking for her, she pinched her ears with both hands as if she had done something wrong, and moved step by step towards Shen Muxi's bed.

"It was Xiaoxiao who was naughty and wandered around everywhere, causing Mom to get hurt. Mom, please get well soon. Then, I'll give Xiaoxiao a good beating to calm her down, okay..."

This doesn't sound like something Gu Xiaoxiao would say.

Shen Muxi looked at Murong Jingyan with an inquiring look.

Murong Jingyan smiled and raised his uninjured hand to cover the top of Gu Xiaoxiao's head, "This little girl, seeing you unconscious, cried in panic and kept blaming herself, worried that something might happen to you.

I had no choice but to ask her to be obedient and take care of herself before letting you beat her up to calm her down."

Shen Muxi looked at her well-behaved daughter, feeling love and pity for her, and her heart was melting.

Because Murong Jingyan was present, he suppressed the urge to hug Gu Xiaoxiao in his arms.

"It's okay, Xiaoxiao is fine."

At this moment, He Xuan's respectful voice came from outside the tent, "Your Highness, there is news."

Murong Jingyan's eyes darkened, but the moment he met Shen Muxi's gaze, he quickly returned to normal.

"You take a good rest first. I'll go take care of some things first."

Shen Muxi glanced at the wound on his hand and said with concern, "Your injury..."

Murong Jingyan put his right hand behind his back and said with a smile, "It's okay."

After saying this, he strode out of the inner tent.

Shen Muxi looked at his back, feeling an indescribable strange feeling in her heart.

Could it be that his hand was injured because of her?

As soon as Murong Jingyan left, Gu Xiaoxiao completely relaxed.

She approached Shen Muxi cautiously and looked at her with concern, "Mom, are you feeling better now?"