The exit of the secret passage was outside the city. Qin Wuxia had been hiding on the side to block Liao Tingyan, and they had not noticed that there was another group of people hiding in the woods not far away. They did not expect that as soon as they met, an archer over there suddenly shot an arrow, hitting Qin Wuxia right in the middle.
Qin Wuxia fell down very suddenly, and almost everyone failed to react immediately. But the group of people who came out of the grove reacted quickly. When Qin Wuxia was shot and fell off the carriage, dozens of guards in gray clothes quickly ran towards Liao Tingyan and the others, holding shining knives in their hands.
The faces of these people were solemn and cold, and they were well-trained in running. They were almost in the blink of an eye.
"Protect the princess!" Qin Wuxia's servants came to their senses and shouted in panic. Qin Wuxia also had dozens of people around her, but half of them were unarmed servants. Because Qin Wuxia was delicate, she insisted on bringing so many servants with her. Now, none of these people could remain calm. They trembled and helped Qin Wuxia, who was lying on the ground and screaming in pain, to find that the arrow had shot through her arm. When she fell off the carriage, the arrow was knocked off the side, leaving a big wound, and blood was flowing out.
There were only a few people on Liao Tingyan's side, who were sent by Chen Yun to restrain her and prevent her from running around. Now that they encountered an unidentified enemy, they were in chaos.
Everyone was panicking when faced with the gray-clothed men rushing towards them with such force, except Liao Tingyan, who stared with bright eyes at the carriage that was only guarded by a few gray-clothed guards.
The archer who was standing on the shaft of the carriage jumped down and stood aside. The curtain was then lifted by a pair of pale hands, revealing a face familiar to Liao Tingyan.
Liao Tingyan looked at the man who appeared and smiled subconsciously without realizing it. Then she felt her eyes getting hot and she wanted to cry - it was like the feeling of relief she got when she saw her father suddenly appear after being bullied outside.
Why the hell did you come here? Is it true that the tyrant never plays by the rules
Sima Jiao opened the curtain and walked out, looking at Liao Tingyan through the crowd. Liao Tingyan clearly saw his eyes pause on her chest, then pause on her waist, and frowned.
Oh, man. This man doesn't care about her life or death, he only cares whether there is still meat on her waist. When he first saw her, his eyes were fixed on her, but now, he is tired of her after looking at her too much. Liao Tingyan touched her slender waist, and felt that half of the touch in her heart had dissipated.
"Who are you?" Qin Wuxia's guards looked vigilantly at the gray-clothed men who surrounded them.
The gray-clothed guards didn't waste any words. The cold light of the sword in their hands clearly showed their intention to kill and silence the witnesses. The guards around Qin Wuxia were not so easy to deal with either. They fought and retreated, shouting for people to help the princess into the carriage and escape first.
If they had run away immediately, they might have had a chance to survive. Unfortunately, Qin Wuxia still didn't forget Liao Tingyan at this time. He gritted his teeth and endured the severe pain and shouted, "Kill Liao Tingyan first. Don't let her go today!"
Both sides of the fight paused for a moment. Qin Wuxia's guards knew that the princess had always been spoiled and willful, but they didn't expect that at this time, the princess would continue to be willful. It was already difficult for them to protect Qin Wuxia's escape, and now they had to split up to deal with the three people around Liao Tingyan. The most unfortunate thing was that those three people were the princess' husband's men. It was too infuriating that they didn't forget to fight among themselves at this critical moment.
But what can they do? They are the elite guards trained by Qin Nan Palace. They are bound to die for their master. Whatever the master says, they have to do it.
On the other side, the gray-clothed people with stern expressions heard Qin Wuxia's shout, and they felt a chill on their backs and their scalps tingled. Isn't this courting death? Your Majesty has killed so many people because of the Imperial Concubine's matter, and now the person is right in front of you. Shouting to kill the Imperial Concubine in front of Your Majesty, I'm afraid you will die in a pool.
Liao Tingyan suddenly became the center of the battle. Qin Wuxia's men resisted the gray-clothed guards while sending several people to kill Liao Tingyan. The gray-clothed guards saw this and felt that if His Majesty watched the imperial concubine get hurt in front of them, their brothers would probably be in trouble. The desire to survive suddenly burst out and made them more fierce. Soon half of them broke through the defense line of Qin Wuxia's guards and plunged into the panicked servants. The guards had no time to care about these people, and they directly jumped over them and rushed to Liao Tingyan.
The situation changed too quickly, catching people off guard. The three people guarding Liao Tingyan could never have imagined that something like this would happen. There were only three of them, and they couldn't deal with either side. One side was obviously a friendly force but now had a ferocious look and was out to kill people, and the other side looked like an enemy but had an equally ferocious look and seemed to be out to rob people. What should they do
After all, Qin Wuxia's men were closer and arrived faster. They killed two of them with just a few moves, and another one dragged Liao Tingyan away. This brother was really dedicated. He was still struggling in this situation.
Before Qin Wuxia's guards could chase them again, the gray-clothed men had already caught up and hacked them to death. In this moment, the man who was holding Liao Tingyan had already forced her to run several steps away. At this moment, two arrows flew in front and behind, one pierced the man's arm that was holding Liao Tingyan, and the other pierced his heart.
As the man fell forward, his hands loosened and Liao Tingyan stumbled to the ground.
At this time, two gray-clad guards ran over with bloody knives in their hands and surrounded her to prevent any further danger, but no one dared to help her up. Only one of them silently kicked the body of the man next to her away.
Liao Tingyan's face was pale. She had lost too much blood and had not taken good care of herself. Her arm wound had not healed yet. The previous struggle seemed to have caused the wound to split again. She looked up and found that the situation was already one-sided. Qin Wuxia and the servants were controlled. Only a few guards were still struggling to survive. The gray-clothed guards were carrying out the final harvest.
Sima Jiao walked towards her.
He stepped on the bloody ground without hesitation, stepped over the still warm corpses blocking the road, and ignored the not-yet-ending slaughter. However, the gray-clothed people saw their master coming and quickly made way for him, dragging the corpses in front of him, clearing a wide road.
Liao Tingyan had to admit that this scene was really too pretentious. I haven't seen it for a long time, and I'm still a little uncomfortable.
Sima Jiao walked up to her and stretched out his hand, "Come."
His hands were still as cool as before. Liao Tingyan was pulled up by him and tears started to fall. She raised her hands and hugged him, crying loudly.
Even when she was shot through the arm and felt the pain like she was going to die, she didn't cry. After that, she gritted her teeth and endured the pain. When she encountered danger, she forced herself to complain to calm down. At this moment when the dust was about to settle, she saw Sima Jiao, the dog emperor, and she couldn't hold back her tears.
"My hand hurts so much!" Liao Tingyan said vaguely while crying.
Sima Jiao hated noise the most. Listening to the whimpering sound in his ears, his head ached. Not only his head ached, but it seemed that other parts of his body also ached, making him irritable and wanting to kill someone.
When Liao Tingyan was pulled away, he saw dark blood on her arm. Looking at her face again, her usually rosy lips had lost their color, and her cheeks were no longer red. Her eyes were red, with tears hanging in them, and she looked extremely pitiful.
"Will you slack off next time?"
Liao Tingyan, who was caught for slacking off: “… I won’t slack off anymore.”
Sima Jiao stroked the side of her neck and said, "You are wrong. If you do that again next time, I will go back and dig a fish pond for you in the bedroom so you can touch it."
Liao Tingyan: After not seeing you for a while, your operations have become even more outrageous. Digging a fish pond in the bedroom, don’t you think it’s fishy
She glanced at Sima Jiao and slumped her shoulders. "Actually, I thought about running away, but failed."
Sima Jiao: "You are just an ordinary person. I don't expect you to do anything alone. It's enough for you to be alive."
Although his tone was calm, Liao Tingyan wanted to cry again. It was too true that ordinary people could not do anything, but sometimes mediocrity was a sin, and weakness was a sin. When she saw this person again, she had some other worries in her heart, but before she could say it, Sima Jiao said, as long as she was alive, it was fine.
There were many people watching around, and Liao Tingyan regained her senses and held back her tears.
As for the gray-clad guards around them, they had serious faces and their eyes were all looking towards His Majesty and the Imperial Concubine. It turned out that the rumors that His Majesty was easy to talk to in front of the Imperial Concubine were true! Really! They couldn't believe that this was their terrible Majesty!
The driver drove the carriage over quickly, Sima Jiao sent Liao Tingyan to the carriage, and followed him in. The gray-clothed guards quickly dealt with all of Qin Wuxia's guards and came to ask how to deal with Qin Wuxia. After all, she was the only daughter of King Qinnan, and she might still be useful.
Liao Tingyan saw Qin Wuxia being supported by a servant through the curtain that had not been lowered yet. She could hardly stand and stared at Sima Jiao with a look of surprise on his face. She must have recognized his identity.
"Impossible, how could he be here!" Qin Wuxia muttered to herself, and only the two servants who were supporting her could hear it.
Sima Jiao didn't even look at Qin Wuxia and waved his hand.
Everyone understood his gesture, and the gray-clothed guards took the order and left. Qin Wuxia only realized at this time that she was going to be killed. She completely forgot how arrogant she was when she shouted to kill others just now, and shouted in fear, "No, how can you kill me? I am the only daughter of King Qin Nan. If you touch me, my father..."
The carriage curtain was lowered, and the scene outside could no longer be seen. Qin Wuxia's voice suddenly stopped, and the servants screamed. As the carriage slowly moved, it left the bloody scene behind.
Liao Tingyan sat on the cushion, her whole body relaxed against Sima Jiao's chest. Sima Jiao raised his hand to pull open her collar and check the wound on her arm. Sure enough, the wound had just scabbed and was torn again. Blood was still flowing out. Without the obstruction of clothes, the bright red blood flowed down Liao Tingyan's snow-white skin.
Liao Tingyan was like a dead fish, and even didn't think about covering her chest when Sima Jiao pulled her clothes off. She said there was no point in covering it, Sima Jiao had no sexual interest anyway, so there was no need to do such a futile thing, and she was really tired after relaxing.
Sima Jiao looked at her and saw that she was about to collapse and slide down, so he put one hand around her waist to straighten her up, put his other hand close to her wound, stretched out two fingers and dipped them in the flowing blood.
As if to see how her blood was different from that of other people, Sima Jiao looked at the blood on his two fingers for a while, then lifted Liao Tingyan's arm and pressed his lips against it.
This time Liao Tingyan couldn't collapse anymore. His whole body bounced like a fish that had just been pulled out of the water and thrown onto the shore.
No, why are you licking your wounds? We have been together for so long and I didn't realize that you actually drink blood! Liao Tingyan stared at Sima Jiao's head and pulled his arm back. Well, even if I licked it, it would hurt to be honest.
Sima Jiao let her pull her arm away, raised his head and pressed her head down to kiss her.
After being released, Liao Tingyan looked at his bloodstained lips and thought that he might have the same look. The bloody taste in his mouth was a bit unbearable.
Liao Tingyan: Bah.
"This is your own blood." Sima Jiao turned her face, looked at her complexion carefully, and said slowly while looking at her bright red lips.
I don't want to drink my own blood. What's wrong with this person? Has he become abnormal during the time we've been apart? Liao Tingyan turned around and looked for tea in the car. Sima Jiao took out a teapot, drank the water and rinsed his mouth before saying, "I think it tastes bad too."
Liao Tingyan: You're torturing me because it tastes bad? Why is this guy still so annoying
Her clothes were messy, her hair was a little messy, and there was blood on her face and shoulders. With this expression, she looked even more pitiful. Sima Jiao looked at her with the teapot in his hand, and suddenly smiled slightly, "Why are you so pitiful? You've really been wronged."
Liao Tingyan: Thank you for your understanding. Please pass me the teapot.
Sima Jiao handed her the teapot.
Liao Tingyan: I didn’t seem to say anything. Has Sima Jiao’s eye-reading skill been upgraded again
She rinsed her mouth and handed the empty teapot back. Sima Jiao pulled her over with the teapot and held her in his arms. He stroked her messy hair as he used to do. His tone was surprisingly gentle and soothing, "So much blood has been shed. I will make those who bullied you pay you back several times over."
The author has something to say: This first story will end in a few chapters.