The cold wind blew across his face, cutting his cheeks.
Shen Yiyao was blown away by the pervasive cold wind and could barely raise her head, so she could only bury her face in Madam Hui's shoulders.
"Mother Hui, can we escape?"
The chasing soldiers behind her were chasing after her, but fortunately, Madam Hui was agile and fast enough. Although she used her feet to fight for horsepower, she was indistinguishable for a while.
The masked man in black on the horse could only vent his hatred and shoot from a distance with a bow and arrow, but because the distance was too far and the wind speed was high, it was difficult to hit. Madam Hui ran forward without blushing or panting, but as soon as her ears moved, the whip in her hand swung back as if she had eyes, and hit the arrows shot from behind her.
"Don't worry ma'am, I released the Cloud Piercing Arrow, and our rescuers will be here soon."
After Luo Huaiyuan got out the cloud-piercing arrows, he sent a batch to Duke Zhen Guo. After Yan Yan got married, he also gave some to Hui Niang just in case. Never thought it would come in handy today.
It's just that Madam Hui didn't tell the truth, this place is too far from the capital, and even if the Cloud Piercing Arrow is released, no one will be able to see it. The reason why she released the cloud-piercing arrow was just to intimidate the other party to tell them that she had reinforcements, and by the way, there was a chance for Xue and Cui Qiao who stayed behind.
As for their survival, they have to work hard.
Seeing that the group of people behind her were chasing them closer and closer, even if Madam Hui was extremely talented and had run for so long, she would have already lost some physical strength, not to mention that there was a big living person behind her back.
The distance between the two sides is getting closer and closer, and more and more arrows are shot. Madam Hui has been swinging the whip every once in a while, and now she can't stop the movement in her hand. Ya plunged into the wooden plank behind Shen Yiyao, and the rushing force even made Hui Niang's movements no longer smooth and she stumbled.
All of this, Shen Yiyao, who was lying on her back, could clearly feel it.
Madam Hui was furious.
If she hadn't brought anyone, she would have escaped long ago. But bringing a person is like putting a shackle on her. Not only does it make her movements less sensitive, but she also worries about whether the people behind her will be injured. After all, that wooden board only blocked Shen Yiyao's head and back, and the rest were still bare/exposed. Otherwise, Mother Hui wouldn't have been so troublesome to shoot down arrows.
She saw the dense forest beside the official road, and her heart moved.
The enemy is stronger than me, the opponent has horses, but she does not. It seems that if you want to run out by yourself, you should delay the time to see if you can wait for the rescue. I hope the guards over there can run out for a while or two, or go back to Beijing for help.
"Madam, take care to hide, Madam Hui decided to hide in the woods first."
Shen Yiyao whispered behind her and shrank down.
After saying that, Madam Hui changed her path and got into the jungle.
The mountain roads in the dense forest are mostly rugged, but the ruggedness also has the advantage of being rugged, that is, the horses cannot enter. Although Hui Niang's speed was forced to slow down, it was the other party who was slowed down.
When the people chasing from the rear saw that Huiniang had entered the forest, they ordered to abandon the horse and continue the pursuit.
On the other side, after Madam Hui disappeared in the distance, the group of masked men in black was divided into two. Some of them chased behind Hui Niang, and a small part continued to fight with several guards.
Not long after, one of the guards made a gesture, and they split up and fled.
These attackers were ruthless and ruthless. Seeing the way they attacked and the location of their ambush, they clearly wanted to catch them all. In terms of group battles, these guards around Shen Yiyao are their opponents. But if it is about fighting alone, and someone who has the heart to escape, it cannot be stopped.
In the blink of an eye, all those who were still able to escape from the Weiyuan Marquis Mansion escaped, leaving only the dead bodies in one place.
This group of men in black began to clean up the mess. All their corpses were taken away, and two men in black stepped out to check the situation inside the carriage. A man in black walked to the carriage that Shen Yiyao was sitting in just now. At this time, the carriage was already devastated, and arrows were densely inserted on the carriage, like a huge hedgehog.
The door still stubbornly sticks to its post, although two holes are broken, it looks a bit shabby. He opened the car door and saw two women in the car, both of them falling in a pool of blood with arrows in their bodies. After staring at the other person's face, the man in black slammed the car door.
"What the boss said was right, it wasn't about turning the tiger away from the mountain."
In fact, at the beginning, these people also suspected that it was tiaohulishan, but the leader of this group knew that there was a woman with strong martial arts beside the target. At that time, Mother Hui appeared and fled far away, and a large number of men and horses chased after him without hesitation, leaving only a small half to prevent fraud.
This is also the reason why the injured guards were able to escape. The goal of these people was not these guards, but Shen Yiyao who was taken away by Mother Hui. Everyone had seen Shen Yiyao's portrait before, but the two women in the car were clearly not.
"withdraw!"
As soon as the leader gave an order, the group of people well-trained drilled into the woods and disappeared.
After a long time, Xue Shi, who was lying in a pool of blood in the car, suddenly opened his eyes. She sat up baring her teeth, and pushed Cuiqiao with her other hand.
Cuiqiao got up and sat up, shaking her voice: "Madam, what you said really worked."
God knows how nervous she was at that moment, for fear of pretending to be wrong, she could only blindly think about what the eldest lady said in her mind, assuming that she was already dead.
Xue Shi smiled bitterly: "It's just a gamble."
At that time, when she heard Huiniang's words in the carriage, Xue started to think about it. She knew that it was Madam Hui who was giving them life, but this life had to be grasped.
Seeing that the enemies were scattered, the guards outside also fled for their lives. Xue shi picked up two arrows from the carriage, put a few layers of silk on the clothes, and then inserted the arrows fiercely, pretending to be in the middle. Arrow shape. In order to seek truth, she and Cui Qiao both scratched their arms with arrows, smeared a lot of blood on the arrow, and splattered the blood everywhere.
Thinking of blood, these two people felt dizzy. A small amount of blood was useless. In order to hide it, the two also invested a lot of money. The two looked at the wound on the wrist, but it was useless to cover it with their hands, and the blood could not stop at all.
Cui Qiao didn't know whether she was frightened or lost too much blood and wanted to stand but couldn't.
Seeing Xue's doing the same, she couldn't help laughing bitterly: "Madam, we won't escape the slaughtering knives of those gangsters, but instead we bleed to death."
Xue Shi kept pouting a few times. At this time, she described it as a mess, with her hairpins and temples messed up, and she was very embarrassed. Usually a person who is quite refreshing, this time he is weak and his lips are white.
"Probably not, the guards of the younger brothers and sisters should still turn around."
These words were actually comforted by the Xue family. Those guards were originally to protect Shen Yiyao. Now that Shen Yiyao was taken away by Mother Hui, her life and death were unknown, so how could she turn around to look at them.
The wrist under the long sleeve was still bleeding non-stop, and Xue Shi couldn't help but regret the reckless act just now. It's just between life and death, where can I think about it carefully, and finally escaped the disaster, and now I'm facing the crisis of blood loss.
It seemed that the voice of people was faintly heard, and Xue Shi gave a shudder.
"Cuiqiao, listen to me, is someone here?"
Cui Qiao shook her head in a daze, but she couldn't wake up.
At this moment, the door of the carriage was opened, and two men who looked very embarrassed appeared.
Seeing his dress, it was the guard who fled away just now.
"Madam, are you still alive? The injuries can be serious, please forgive the abruptness of your subordinates."
The two men jumped into the carriage and helped Xue Shi to look at the wound on her chest.
Xue shi cheered up and shook her head: "This injury is fake." She pulled out the arrow from her chest, threw it away, and raised her hand again, "The injury here is fatal, so is that one."
The two of them were stunned, but they understood what was going on. They sighed in their hearts that Xue Shi was smart, and hurriedly took the golden sore medicine from their arms and poured it on the wounds of the two.
Xue Shi cried out in pain, and Cui Qiao's tears came out over there.
"It hurts when I put it on, but it stops the bleeding very well," explained one guard.
Seeing that the two people no longer bleed from their wounds, they poured some more on it, and then tore off the hem of their clothes and simply bandaged them.
"How about my brother and sister? You have someone following you, so it's hard for Madam Hui to escape alone."
The guard's expression was solemn, "We scattered and fled before, and then reunited. Two people have been sent back to Beijing to report the letter, and two others have followed from behind. The two of us have been sent back to see if there are still survivors."
"All dead?" Cui Qiao asked with a pale face.
The guard nodded silently.
In fact, it is conceivable that the reason why Xue Shi and Cui Qiao were able to survive is that Xue Shi was very clever, and the biggest reason was that the carriage was so strong that almost no arrows penetrated through it. When I came in, only a few flowing arrows flew in from the window frame.
The horse-drawn carriage made by the servants at the back can't be compared with this one. Naturally, it was shot into a hedgehog long ago.
Shi Xue gritted his teeth with hatred: "If you let me know who did it, I have to peel him off and swallow him alive!"
After that, several people got off the carriage together.
One of them went out to see if he could find people or horses and send them back to Beijing.
Another was hiding in the woods with the Xue family. The situation at the scene was appalling, and it was on the official road, which was really eye-catching. If you meet someone with good intentions, it's fine. If you meet someone who wants to take advantage of the fire, now that the big furniture is injured, it's better to hide.
Shen Yiyao didn't know how many times she had been scratched on the face and hands by the branches, but she didn't dare to say a word.
Madam Hui was even more embarrassed than her, she was already disgraced, and her face was covered in blood.
The people at the back were chasing her closely. In order to escape, Madam Hui used all kinds of methods, but she was still surrounded by people not far or near. During this period, Shen Yiyao said countless times to ask Mother Hui to let her down and escape by herself, but Mother Hui ignored her.
The tears on Shen Yiyao's face were wet and dry, dry and wet.
A burst of voices came over, followed by a few flying arrows. For the sake of Shen Yiyao who was behind her, Madam Hui could only hold her back to block it. After knocking down the rain of arrows, she stepped on her heels, twisted her body, and fled into the jungle again.
The people who were chasing behind couldn't help but curse: "This woman is really like an undead cockroach."
A person beside him smiled contemptuously: "She is already exhausted. This place is far from the capital. Even if there are rescue soldiers, this time will be enough for us to take down the target. Everyone should move faster and don't lose track."
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The two who were sent back to report the letter went away separately, because they were afraid that the other party would have other tricks to surround them.
One of them was lucky. He met a mule cart halfway through. He rushed over and grabbed the other party's mule.
This guard is of good character, but he doesn't know the market price. A good mule on the market costs twenty or thirty taels, but the silver ingot he threw over there is only fifty taels. No wonder people will cry and yell at their mother.
Seeing that he was close to the capital, he took out a flare from his arms and lit it up and threw it into the air.
This was the communication method used by the Duke of Zhenguo for a long time. Although it was not as powerful as the Cloud Piercing Arrow that Luo Huaiyuan made, it was still useful. There are several colors, and each color represents a variety of different signals, such as the red he emits at this time, which means extreme urgency.
Flares of this color are only available to the guards beside the master, and there are countless people under the gate of the Duke Zhenguo's mansion. There are not many people who know this kind of sign, and if anyone sees it, they will come to help.
Coincidentally today, one of the 3,000 battalions under the Jingda battalion was training on the outskirts of Beijing, and the leader was always someone from Shen Ding. Naturally, I knew the sign of Duke Zhenguo's mansion, and when I saw the red sign in the sky that represented extreme urgency, I hurriedly ordered my subordinates to go on horseback to investigate.
When the soldier came back, there was a person sitting behind him.
Chen Zong was busy calling people to the front, and the guard replied one by one.
I heard that it was my grandfather's pearl in the palm of the city, and Shangxiang was intercepted and killed halfway. With a wave, he was ready to take people to the rescue.
The people and horses were ready-made, and he ordered someone to report to the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion, and President Chen took his team and asked the guards to lead them there.
There are quite a few people in this group, almost two hundred people, both cavalry and infantry.
Along the way, the momentum was huge, and those who didn't know thought that there was a mob that was going to be suppressed.
When the Shen family received the letter, the matter had come to an end.
The group of men in black was extremely cunning. It seemed that they had sent sentries to look out for the wind. They saw the people from the 3000 battalion aggressively kill them. Before they could arrive, these people dispersed. Leave.
Madam Hui is now at the end of her fight. Seeing that no one is chasing after her, she thought it was a scam, and did not stop running for her life until she encountered the officers and soldiers who came to look for them.
The Xue family had also been found long ago. After seeing Shen Yiyao, the two of them hugged and cried bitterly.
The person from the Shen family was Shen Ding, and Duke Zhen Guo was not in the mansion, but was called into the palace by His Majesty.
After Shen Ding arrived, he saw his younger sister with a messy hairpin, she couldn't stand still, and her face was full of scars. Hearing what happened, he was furious. Because they were all injured, they didn't dare to delay any longer, so they took the carriage that came with Shen Ding back to Beijing.
Back at the mansion of Duke Zhenguo, Duke Zhenguo and Yan Yan both received the letter.
"No trace left?"
Shen Ding frowned tightly and shook his head: "I asked my subordinates to dig almost three feet into the ground. This group of people behaved strangely, took ruthless actions, and were very organized and disciplined. It is reported that they also suffered casualties, but they were even corpses. not left."
Duke Zhen Guo was furious, and the table beside him suddenly shattered.
Seeing this, not only Shen Ding's couple and Yan Yan's eyebrows didn't move, but even the servants who served in front of them didn't move. It's not anything else, but there are countless tables and chairs that are smashed by the government of the town every year, and everyone is not surprised.
Duke Zhen smiled coldly: "In Beijing, how many people can have such a means, but Zuo is just those few people. It's just that they did what they did to attack Yao'er?"
He naturally thought about the reason, but Shen Yiyao was a housewife who did not leave the door, and she was kind and never held grudges with others. As for those few people, it was even more nonsense. Duke Zhen Guo couldn't help but start a conspiracy theory, wondering if it was for the Duke Zhen's mansion.
Shen Ding thought for a while and shook his head.
Yan Yan's face was condensed, and she hesitated.
Seeing her appearance, Luo Huaiyuan said, "If you have any doubts, just say it."
Yan Yan's brows turned to look at Duke Zhen Guo's place, and her mouth moved towards Luo Huaiyuan.
Luo Huaiyuan made a sudden realization, "Do you mean to suspect that it has something to do with that?"
Duke Zhen Guo couldn't help but ask, "What's the matter?"
Luo Huaiyuan smiled and didn't hide it: "It's nothing, it's just that A Yan accidentally missed her mouth and told the mother-in-law about it."
that matter? What could be called that thing
Duke Zhen frowned and glanced at Mrs. Shen Er.
Mrs. Shen went to the back room.
At this moment, Shen Yiyao was lying on the couch in the back room, accompanied by Mrs. Zhen Guo Gong.
After a while, Mrs. Shen came out and said, "Little sister did have a fight with that Yan Ting because of this the day before yesterday. The two had a big fight, and Yan Ting seemed to go crazy and almost hurt Xiaomei. Sister, it's fortunate that Mother Hui is here."
With the sound of 'bang', there was another loud bang, and the case on the other hand of Duke Zhen Guo was also broken.
The corners of Luo Huaiyuan's mouth twitched. This was the third table that Duke Zhen Guo had smashed.
"Beast, beast, it's really a beast. The old man was thinking about A Yan's new marriage, and he didn't want to touch this bad luck. He's fine, but he started to attack Yao'er."
Yan Yan stood up suddenly, Luo Huaiyuan hurriedly grabbed her.
"What do you want to do?"
"I'll kill him!" These words came out of Yan Yan's teeth, which was enough to prove how angry she was at the moment.
"Okay, okay." Luo Huaiyuan pulled her down and sat down, "Even if you really want to kill, it's not your turn to do it yourself."
Shen Ding was a little puzzled and said, "Yan Ting doesn't have such great energy, how can he have so many dead men."
Duke Zheng snorted disdainfully, "He doesn't, his concubine does!"
As soon as these words came out, the faces of the people present immediately turned red.
Luo Huaiyuan gave Duke Zhen Guo a compliment in his heart, Jiang was still old and hot, and such a complicated relationship could be associated with Duke Zhen Guo and his elders. Luo Huaiyuan had actually thought of Xu Xiangrong's head for a long time. It was based on the fact that he had seen countless corruption in modern times, and he did not expect that Duke Zhen Guo could also draw inferences.
There is indeed a possibility that the relationship between good friends will always be so incomprehensible.
Xu Xiangrong is insidious, cunning, far-sighted, and careful in handling things. How could he meet the Duke of Zhen for a Yan Ting? Could it be true love this time
Luo Huaiyuan sat there thinking happily, his face was weird and scary, and he smiled from time to time.
Yan Yan couldn't get used to his ghostly appearance, so she secretly stretched her hand to his waist and twisted it. Luo Huaiyuan grinned, his fat face wrinkled, his eyes hurriedly begging for mercy, his appearance was comical.
Pretend, you just do it, obviously you didn't work hard!
Over there, Duke Zhen Guo and Shen Ding were still analyzing.
"Xu Xiangrong is not like such an impulsive person, not to mention that the younger sister and Yan Ting are separated, and there is no conflict with him, how could he send his dead men to block the killing? And he is cautious and foresighted. At this time, Xu Xiangrong The imperial concubine's line and the queen are fighting happily. The Duke of Yasukuni has recently made a lot of trouble with the second prince who is too young to become a vassal. How can he have time to deal with a weak woman. What's more, he will risk offending him at such a time. The risk to our family?" said Mrs. Shen.
Shen Ding pondered for a while, and said, "Xu Xiangrong has no free time, it doesn't mean that Yan Ting does not have either. As Xu Xiangrong's, ahem, confidant, it shouldn't be difficult for him to send his dead men to do something."
If Yan Ting really did it, it also means that he has an unusual relationship with Xu Xiangrong, not any other relationship, but from this appearance, Yan Ting has entered the core position of Xu Guifei's power.
Everyone understands these principles.
Duke Zhen Guo squeezed his fists and said solemnly, "Yan Ting can't be kept."
Therefore, the matter is very involved, and the people of the Shen family do not want to make trouble, so they did not report it to the official.
The finishing work after the event was done by Shen Ding's subordinates. But such a big thing can be hidden from other people in Beijing, but Weiyuan Hou's mansion can't hide it. So many people killed and injured are servants of Weiyuan Hou's mansion. This incident caused a big wave in the mansion. .
The old lady lying in Rong'an Tang almost rolled off the couch laughing. You You Qi heard that those scoundrels went to Shen Yiyao, which made her gloat over the misfortune. Zhidao had grown eyes and wanted to accept this scourge, and even said that it would be better to accept Yan Yan together.
All in all, since she was paralyzed on the couch and couldn't get up, the old lady, who seemed to be very grumpy and weird, was in a surprisingly good mood today.
Sanfang Chen's reaction was on a par with that of the old lady. If you are not good, you can't see other people's goodness. If others are bad, you are very happy. There are always many such dark psychology.
But for the sake of face, it was time to greet him in the past. Shen Yiyao hadn't returned from the Duke's Mansion, so this was taken by the Xue Clan who suffered from the fish pond.
The news naturally reached Yan Ting's ears.
After knowing this, he looked extremely ugly, and instead of going to the government's palace, he went to the private house.
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"Trash, a bunch of trash!"
Xu Xiangrong, who was sitting behind the desk, had a stern face, and the smile that always hung on the corner of his mouth was rare.
"With so many people, they didn't catch up with the two women. What's the use of asking you to!"
There was a man standing below, with an ordinary face, standing there with his hands bowed and his head bowed, he did not move, and did not dare to argue.
"Is it all cleaned up?"
"Don't worry, Lord Shizi, make sure they can't find out anything."
Xu Xiangrong nodded and waved him back.
The man walked out of the study door, and when he went out, he met Yan Ting who was approaching. Yan Ting glanced at him and walked past him into the study.
"Why are you here now?"
Xu Xiangrong leaned back in the chair and returned to his usual graceful and indifferent appearance.
Yan Ting's appearance seemed a little excited, his face struggled and his breathing was heavy.
"Did you do that?"
"What's up?"
He stared at each other closely, and said word by word, "My wife, Mrs. Shen, went out to the city to go to the incense today, and was stopped by a group of unknown black-clothed and masked men."
Xu Xiangrong seemed a little surprised, and said with a smile: "Who is this courageous, who dares to touch the pearl of the king's palm?"
Yan Ting gasped heavily and shouted, "Don't pretend, you did it, right?"
Xu Xiangrong retracted the smile on his lips, and looked at Yan Ting with a slightly strange look, "Why should I attack Shen?"
This sentence completely stopped Yan Ting, he froze for a moment, and then shouted: "Anyway, you don't need to worry about my affairs!"
After that, the man slammed the door and went out.
Xu Xiangrong sat there, and a strange smile spread to the corner of his mouth, which didn't go away for a long time.
After a while, the butler came in.
"Master Shizi, don't you need to remind Master Yan? The Duke of Zhenguo may have to take action."
Xu Xiangrong glanced at him, "No need."
The housekeeper hurriedly lowered his head, "My subordinates are talking too much."