Under the moonlight, Sheng Ling held a torch, and his sharp gaze swept across Qiushanping outside Guyang City.
Dozens of strong men with dead faces lay on the ground, covered with gravel and broken branches, and the soil was covered with dried blood, obviously a fierce fight had taken place.
Sheng Ling immediately ordered someone to come forward to check the identity of the deceased. He frowned and murmured: "How could this be?"
Sheng Ling knew about his master, Xie Ying's city and restraint were far beyond his age, and Yan Fengqin was also a scheming man. The two of them want to fight for a woman, but they will definitely keep their sense of proportion, and there will be no life-and-death incidents. After all, it is not yet time.
Sheng Ling was worried about scaring Zhu Yi, so he turned around and said, "Girl, don't get out of the carriage."
Those who checked quickly reported that among the nearly forty people, six were from Wei Ning Palace, another thirteen were from Jinghai Palace, and the rest were all black-clothed assassins of unknown origin.
Sheng Ling's pupils shrank, this is because the prince was fighting Yan Fengqin, someone wanted to catch them all
But who would send this third party
... Where did the prince go, did he escape successfully, or was he taken away by the enemy...
Zhu Yi had already moved to the door of the carriage, and asked nervously, "General Sheng, what happened?"
Sheng Ling decides to protect Zhu Yi himself, and asks the others to scatter to look for him.
He knew that he couldn't hide it from Zhu Yi, so he had to invite her out. Seeing the blood-stained corpses everywhere, Zhu Yi's eyes went dark for a moment, but her heart was quickly replaced by another kind of fear, and she hurriedly asked, "Where is Xie Yingren? He will be safe, right? Don't you have anyone to protect him?"
Sheng Ling said: "There are people following Shizi, but there are not many of them. Miss, please wait a moment, our people are already searching everywhere."
Sheng Ling thought to himself, the capital city is no better than Weizhou, it is not a stronghold after all, and manpower is limited. There is absolutely nothing wrong with the matters arranged by the prince in Beijing, and those people cannot move. In order not to reveal their identities, the Xie family's spies will not easily participate in the protection of the son. The son temporarily sent his younger brother Sheng Qing to lead a team south to investigate the matter of General Pei. Shen Xingliu and other large troops are all in Huzhou, and he and the twelve guards are protecting the princess, so who else is left by Shizi's side
Zhu Yi wrung his hands tightly, his body trembling uncontrollably, the more time passed, the more uncertain his mind and soul became. Sheng Ling said it was cold outside and told Zhu Yi to go back to the carriage. But Zhu Yi refused.
The people they sent came back one after another, and they all said that there was nothing around, and they wanted to go down the cliff to have a look.
Zhu Yi's face turned pale when he heard that, how could he survive if he fell to the bottom of the cliff? Her back was so cold that she hurriedly said, "I'll go too!"
Sheng Ling also turned pale, but he did not forget the task Xie Ying gave him, saying: "The cliff is full of rocks and shrubs, and it is difficult to walk. The girl is better to wait for the news. The son is excellent in martial arts, and nothing will happen!"
He said again: "Since thieves have appeared here, it may not be safe. I will take the girl to another place first."
Zhu Yi looked at Sheng Ling and shook his head.
Xie Ying is in the cave on the other side of Qiu Mountain.
The mountain wall is quite steep, and the entrance of the cave is a slender gap that is more than half the height of a person. There are slanting trees at the entrance of the cave, which are lush and lush. After a while, it is even more difficult to be discovered.
"Happy, it's been a long time since I hit you so hard." Yan Fengqin lay on the ground with chapped lips and a hoarse voice. He had passed out once, and under Yan Yuer's care, he woke up again.
If the people of Jingzhou were present, most of them would not dare to recognize this man as the high-spirited son of Prince Jinghai.
Looking at the dark cave roof, Yan Fengqin sighed again: "Third brother, we two are really unlucky."
He knew that Xie Ying would never show mercy. Xie Ying's attack was really ruthless, except for the position of the heart, the sword did not hesitate when stabbing down. Yan Fengqin did not expect that this person's skills improved so quickly after not seeing him for more than a year.
"Brother, just stop talking! Look at your pale face." Yan Yu'er raised Yan Fengqin's head slightly, and fed him the water found in the depths of the cave with a leaf.
Yan Fengqin swallowed the water, but snorted and said: "Don't worry, your brother will die like this?"
Yan Yu'er said: "Hehe. The so-called troublesome women can do anything other than bring trouble. You have learned it. Let's see if you dare to be stupid next time?"
She was talking to Yan Fengqin, but she glanced at Xie Ying on the other side. She wanted to say this to Xie Ying.
Xie Ying sat a little far away from the two Yan brothers and sisters, and didn't say a word.
He had already adjusted his breath, took the elixir, tore a piece of cloth from his outer shirt to bandage the wound, leaned his head on the stone wall and closed his eyes to rest his mind. His condition was much better than Yan Fengqin's, but he was also seriously injured. Junxiu's face was so pale that there was no trace of blood, and a strand of hair was hanging on his forehead, which was rare.
Yan Fengqin was taken care of by Yan Yuer and her bodyguards who came from behind, but there was no one around Xie Ying.
Yan Yu'er filled another leaf with water, held the torch, came to the man and squatted down, and said softly, "Drink some water, too."
Yan Yuer looked at Xie Ying's side face with closed eyes, her heart was beating so fast that it was about to jump out of her throat, when she saw dark bloodstains all over Xie Ying's body, although it might not be Xie Ying's own blood, it still made her feel heartbroken, so she He stretched out his hand, wanting to feed water to his lips.
Xie Ying suddenly opened her eyes, turned her head slightly to look at Yan Yuer, the light in her eyes was so sharp that Yan Yuer's movements froze, and she slowly retracted her hand. Xie Ying closed her eyes again, no longer caring what Yan Yuer was doing. He doesn't have the strength to deal with this woman right now.
Yan Fengqin looked at the deflated Yan Yuer, shook his head helplessly, and asked, "Third brother, who do you think sent those people?"
Xie Ying finally spoke slowly: "Who else is the disaster caused by the princess. The princess thought that the excuse for leaving the palace was carefully made up, but she was already targeted."
Yan Yu'er was trembling with anger, she took the initiative to care about him, lowered her figure to please him, but he actually stabbed her with words? Isn't Xie Ying's sentence "the disaster caused by the princess" just saying that Zhu Yi is a disaster before paying back to her? Regarding Zhu Yi, is he just going to get revenge
Yan Fengqin naturally understood it, and pretended not to understand, hehe laughed twice: "The old man still has such ability, I really didn't see it. It's not easy to hunt down our leader this time, he looks like he was born as a monk .”
Xie Ying was about to answer when there was a sudden movement outside the entrance of the cave. Everyone looked at the entrance of the cave together, and soon heard a voice saying: "My lord, are you inside?" The few stones piled up at the entrance of the cave were pushed away.
The first person to come in was the eighth member of the twelve guards under Xie Ying's command, and when he saw Xie Ying's figure, he hurriedly said happily: "My son!" Then he turned outside and said, "General, your son is inside!"
Sheng Ling didn't expect to be so lucky, he felt that Zhu Yi was really a lucky star, taking her with him, he managed to find his son so smoothly.
After Lao Ba and Lao Jiu came in, the third person who entered the cave surprised everyone inside.
Xie Ying and Yan Fengqin, two young men who achieved great ambitions and ruled the roost in the world, have never encountered such a situation today. It is simply an unprecedented embarrassment. Naturally, he didn't want this embarrassed look to be seen by his beloved girl. When he saw Zhu Yi, he was taken aback, feeling a little complicated, and didn't bother to say hello.
However, Zhu Yi's appearance was not much better. Her long skirt was cut in two deep holes by a tree branch, her hair was also messy, and her fair and tender face was covered with mud from somewhere.
The first time Zhu Yi saw Xie Ying, the second she saw Yan Yuer who was kneeling beside Xie Ying, she frowned, and immediately ran to Xie Ying's side, saying, "Xie Ying, are you okay?"
With the torch in Yan Yuer's hand, Zhu Yi naturally found that Xie Ying was injured. She stretched out her hand distressedly, but she didn't dare to touch the place where he had bandaged herself: "How did you hurt like this?" Zhu Yi's eyes instantly burst into tears spin around.
"I'm fine, princess. Don't worry, it's just a skin injury." Xie Yingqiang lifted his spirits, coaxing Zhu Yi, and at the same time glanced at Sheng Ling who came in with Zhu Yi. Sheng Ling knew that he would be punished later, but he didn't regret it at all. If something happened to Shi Zi, he would regret it too much.
Xie Ying wanted to reach out and wipe off the mud on the tip of Zhu Yi's nose, but his hands were even dirtier, so she could only see her with a cat-like face, asking for care constantly beside him.
Seeing the treatment Xie Ying received, Yan Fengqin snorted heavily and looked away in displeasure.
It was inevitable that there would be a second wave of pursuit, so they took refuge here temporarily. Sheng Ling and the others have arrived, which means that it is temporarily safe outside. With reinforcements, Xie Ying and Yan Fengqin naturally withdrew quickly.
Sheng Ling quickly found the inn where he was staying, and led his men to surround Xie Ying's room tightly.
Xie Ying's clothes were covered with dust, sweat and blood, so she had to take a bath and change immediately. But he had wounds on his body, especially the wound on his thigh that was scratched by the old monk's chain and iron awl, so he definitely couldn't soak it in water. So you can't get into the bathtub, you can only wipe it carefully.
He didn't want help from Sheng Ling and others, and went into the clean room alone.
Zhu Yi was making Xie Ying's bed in the room when she heard the sound of something being knocked over in the clean room. She identified it, and it seemed to be a wooden box containing soap. She immediately came to the clean room and asked nervously, "What's wrong?"
There was no response, Zhu Yi frowned, seeing Xie Ying's precarious appearance when he came back, wouldn't he faint? But there was no sound of heavy objects falling to the ground.
Just as Zhu Yi turned around, there was another sound of something falling to the ground. The movement this time should be a basin? She asked again: "Xie Ying, what are you doing?" Didn't you hurt your leg? Did you actually hurt your hand
Xie Ying's weak voice sounded from inside: "Yiyi..."
Zhu Yi's heart trembled, and she rushed in immediately, only to see Xie Ying standing beside the tub, naked, yet very proud.
"Ah—" Zhu Yi hurriedly stopped and raised his hands to cover his eyes.
Xie Ying looked at the white thin scarf around her waist, walked up to Zhu Yi, and gently pulled her hand away: "Yiyi, I have a cover, you can see clearly."
Zhu Yi's face was already flushed, Xie Ying was too close to her, her breath fell on her forehead, she felt that she couldn't breathe well, so she quickly pushed him away.
Xie Ying said: "Yiyi, can you wipe my back? My arm is a little twisted, I can't wash it." Xie Ying's voice was vaguely pitiful, Zhu Yi couldn't bear his tone, and nodded.
Xie Ying bent her thin lips, sat down generously on the stool next to the bathtub, and looked at each other.