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> Maybe, she thought that his similar confession that night would stop him from getting involved with other people again.
What kind of absurd idea is this? She is not related to him, how dare she think like this
She was confused, and heard a quick low shout in her ear. Her waist tightened and someone hugged her tightly from behind.
The man's strong breath sprayed on her head and neck, which still carried the erotic breath of lust, made her tremble all over. As soon as her body was flattened by him, she said coldly, "Let go."
"Qiaochu, why are you here?"
King Xia stared at her with a frown on his face, his burning eyes full of anxiety. Qiao Chu was confused, and then she heard a voice not far away, calling her name.
"I went over there. You know, it's not good for anyone to be seen."
She whispered, half of it was true, and half of it seemed... indeed an excuse.
He slowly let go of the hand that was tightly holding her, his eyes were like fire, and he said in a deep voice: "Qiaochu, we will see each other after we go back. You must come out then, and you are not allowed to avoid me."
After he said this, he gritted his teeth and smiled bitterly, "I'm not... I'm not ordering you."
Qiaochu took a few quick steps, and upon hearing his words, she couldn't help but look back, chuckling in her heart: No, don't see each other again, and I won't see you again. I am just an accident to you, a curiosity, a passerby who is destined to be forgotten after many years... Why should I hurt you now
In the dark forest, Yuanbao followed quietly behind, rubbing his head against her legs and feet from time to time to show affection. For the little fox, nothing had happened from the beginning to now. It was just that it suddenly smelled a faint fragrance in the air and chased after it.
Qiaochu seemed to have forgotten her fear and looked carefully for the source of the sound. Suddenly, her foot kicked a branch. She staggered and fell into someone's arms. The man didn't hesitate and hugged her with his backhand.
"Is it so difficult for you to stay here and wait for me?"
She looked up in a daze, the iron mask gleaming silver in the night.
She seemed to want to ask him where he had been. She seemed to have caught a hint of something in her mind, but she didn't think much about it. She just apologized softly and said, "Shangguan Jinghong, I don't like hot springs. Can we go back?"
Prince Rui's eyes seemed to slightly raise back, he said "hmm" lightly, took her in his arms and left.
Soon, Jing Ping and his men ran out from the bushes. King Rui lowered his voice slightly, "How can you protect your master so well? Where have you all gone?"
With a look of surprise on their faces, the four said that when they were chasing after them just now, they saw there were still people in the woods. The other party made a few jumps and they were stuck and fell behind.
King Rui sneered. Qiao Chu saw that he wanted to reprimand him, so he hurriedly said, "Go back. I don't want to stay here. I'll take this as my beg."
The man's eyes flashed across her face sharply. She had a feeling that he didn't seem to be in a bad mood just now, but now he suddenly became gloomy for some reason.
"Qiaochu, what are you sad about?"
He held her tightly, his voice coldly drifting over the forest.
"Master."
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The woman gathered her clothes together, suppressed the jealousy and anger in her heart, and gently leaned towards the tall body of the man behind the tree in front of her.
The man flicked his sleeves, and she fell to the ground. She gritted her teeth and said, "Master, she is your sister-in-law."
"You don't need to remind me of her identity! When you return, go to the account office to get 1,000 taels of gold and leave the palace immediately."
The man's voice came in a deep voice, heartless and unfettered.
The woman shuddered and murmured, "Why, aren't you the most fond of Zhishu's servant?"
The man leaned slightly to the side, his eyes deep and captivating, as if answering her, or just talking to himself, "I love your body, but she doesn't like it. If she hadn't said those things in the tent during the day, I would never have..."
He stopped talking suddenly, with the corners of his lips raised, as if in joy, but also in pain.
She only saw that he was holding a purse tightly in his hand.
When he heard the horses neighing and the imperial guards shouting "Protect the master in the carriage", Qiaochu woke up in Shangguan Jinghong's arms.
She was frightened, but she still maintained a trace of calmness in her heart. She had actually made preparations as early as when Shangguan Jinghong chose her carriage when they set off.
I remembered that day when I was analyzing the dangers of the return journey with him, he said that the prince's target was either him or the emperor. Now it seems that the prince still left a way out - he chose him instead of the emperor.
However, when the sound of fighting was loud outside the car, the car body was shaking violently, the window curtains were flying, and her eyes met the abyss outside the window, at the dangerous moment, she suddenly remembered that there was something she said wrong that night - she told him to be careful and be prepared.
In fact, he couldn't take any precautions. If he did, it would mean he knew there was danger.
Faced with such danger, he chose to ride in the carriage with her instead of Lang Linling.
Although she had already given up hope, she couldn't help but laugh softly when several steel knives poked into the carriage through the window and chopped at her fiercely.
194 The mountains are long and the water is wide
"Don't be afraid."
A man's voice came to her ears, and his dark blue long sleeves fluttered. The sudden force was enough to force back all the swords and knives. He turned his sleeves and flicked them upwards. With a muffled sound, the roof of the carriage was broken, and he jumped out from the roof holding her.
In mid-air, Qiaochu finally felt truly scared.
The way here... something went wrong on this narrow and steep cliff road.
If we were to march and fight, this deep valley pass would definitely be a good place to launch a surprise attack. There was a dense forest above the narrow pass and a deep cliff below.
Hard to defend, easy to attack.
The width was just enough for a carriage to drive slowly through, and at most five guards could stand in a row. Therefore, for safety reasons, they used a queue of five people in a row.
There were several thousand imperial guardsmen accompanying them, and the carriages of the masters and their attendants were no less than a hundred. Looking around, there was a carriage behind every ten rows of imperial guards.
That is to say, if something happened, a carriage would need the protection of no more than a hundred imperial guards in front and behind.
If it were on flat ground, thousands of imperial guards could surround the carriage and immediately be able to attack or defend, but that was not the case here.
The road is narrow and circuitous, and the word "circuitous" is enough to completely block the already difficult rescue.
Originally, there were only five soldiers in a row. The imperial guards behind could not rush forward due to the road conditions. They could only rush forward to fight when the front row of imperial guards fell. The road was winding and the bends made it difficult for the carriages and imperial guards behind to see the situation in front clearly...
Moreover, in order to conceal the true positions of the emperor and the kings, the entourages of the various palaces were separated and packed into these hundreds of carriages long before departure. At this time, Lao Tie and others were not around and could not provide protection.
Therefore, all things in the world complement each other, blessings and disasters are interdependent, and any event that has great benefits will inevitably have great disadvantages.
The hundreds of men in black who rushed out from the dense forest on the mountain seemed to be top-notch killers. They jumped in front and behind her and Shangguan Jinghong's carriage, and inserted themselves into each row of imperial guards. With a few simple exchanges, they chopped down the rows of imperial guards.
When the guards in the carriages connected to theirs saw that the person in this carriage was King Rui, they separated some people under the leadership of their respective lieutenants, shouted loudly, and flew up in an orderly manner, stepping on the bodies of their companions to fight with the men in black. However, they did not dare to make any big moves, for fear of implicating the masters in other carriages. If they were not careful, there was a danger of their carriages overturning on the deep cliff at any time.
In this obviously targeted and dangerous assassination situation, none of the owners of the connected carriages would come out.
Therefore, the imperial guards did not know who was sitting in the two carriages closest to Prince Rui's carriage. It would be troublesome if it was the emperor.
Amid the flashing of swords and the shadows of sabers, many figures entangled with each other, blood foam flew, some people were killed and fell to the ground, some were kicked and fell to the bottom of the cliff, and their screams echoed through the valley.
Qiaochu was held in the arms of King Rui. This man's martial arts was absolutely domineering. He held her in one hand and snatched the sword of a man in black with the other hand. He swung and killed her, but he was able to protect her without any harm.
Such scenes looked fun in TV novels, but Qiaochu was in it herself. No matter how much ridicule she felt in her heart, it would be a lie to say she didn't resent him, and it would also be a lie to say she wasn't afraid. She had been observing the situation while holding back her trembling, but now she couldn't help but bury her face slightly in his neck.
He sensed it immediately and said, "Don't be afraid."
During the fight, a few drops of warmth splashed onto her hair. She looked up in surprise and blurted out, "Shangguan Jinghong, is it you?"
This sentence made no sense, but he seemed to understand it immediately and replied, "Don't worry, it's not me."
In this fierce fight, his voice actually had a hint of lightness.
She was startled, only to see his eyes move, his wrist tremble, and he made a sword flower. The sword was so powerful that it pushed away several men in black who were approaching. The hand holding the sword suddenly turned towards her and wiped her hair with his sleeve.
At the same time, she heard him hum softly.
"The Eighth Master is injured, quickly protect him and Concubine Qiao~Niang."
Anxious voices came from both sides.
It turned out that a man in black took advantage of the opportunity to attack him. The sword brushed across his arm. He held her with one hand and wiped the blood for her with the other hand, without blocking it.
Is it true that sometimes women are so stupid that they are willing to give up everything in their lives just for a little tenderness? Even if it is not true.
But since you gave me protection, I will return your blessing.
In this bloody chaos, she suddenly felt a sense of peace.
How long had it been since I felt this way? Perhaps from the night before the hunt until now.
In fact, it was not long at all, but it seemed like a very long time had passed.
I'm not excited, nor do I want to look back, but I no longer blame others. Maybe I can finally leave without any resentment.
Forgive him and forgive yourself.
So, like him, she also did a strange thing during this fierce fight... She slightly curved her eyebrows.
The man's murderous eyes glanced at her face and suddenly stopped.
She only felt a big hand moving on her waist, so tight that she felt like she couldn't breathe.
In order to get rid of this feeling, she had to raise her head slightly in his arms and look around.
At this time, something unexpected and strange happened on the narrow road: the leading few men in black looked strange and shocked, one of them swung his sword, and killed and wounded, dozens of men in black actually retreated to the dense forest on the mountain while fighting and performing light skills; but only a few men in black stayed, and their offensive became more and more fierce.
Soon, another group of men in black rushed out of the dense forest and attacked them... Their posture was much more ferocious than before.
When Qiaochu saw a dark light suddenly flash across King Rui's eyes, she was startled and shuddered, with an indescribable feeling of confusion in her heart.
She began to speculate on the possibilities.
Among this group of killers, the vast majority are the wise king's men, and there must be some of the prince's men mixed in with them.
The first ones to retreat just now should be the assassins of the virtuous king, because someone in the imperial guards shouted "The Eighth Master is injured", and they learned that the person they assassinated was not the prince, so they withdrew immediately.
Those who did not withdraw must be the prince's men. The men in black who appeared later were also the prince's men. They intentionally divided into two groups to relax the imperial guards. Fighting requires momentum. Once the imperial guards relax, the protection that person gets will be weakened.
Unless they pass this path, the terrain here is steep and the imperial guards behind cannot be replaced, and the imperial guards in the front are already exhausted. In a short period of time, it will only become increasingly disadvantageous to that person.
As she was thinking, she suddenly saw several men in black leap into the air, and then a burst of swift arrows shot towards them like a rain of arrows.
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Thank you for reading. Those who focus on the changes in emotions can skip some details, and those who focus on the development of events should pay attention when reading the text. These sections are a bit confusing. The real intention of Dong Ningshou, the position of the carriage on the return journey and the assassination, the arrangements of the virtuous king, the prince, the wise king and the emperor are all different, and the final situation is that the four are mixed together. I don’t know if you have figured out what everyone did. The next chapter is mainly about emotions, and it will be explained later. I am afraid that it will affect everyone’s reading here, so I ask first. P.S. I wish you all good luck in the new year. Thank you for your gifts and tickets. See you tomorrow.
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