After Yun Fenghuang fell into the water, he quickly caught up with Emperor Chunjia and held him downstream with one hand. Because there was buoyancy in the water and he was going with the current, it was not difficult at all.
But not long after, they noticed that the assassins on the shore had entered the water one after another and were chasing them!
Under the frosty moonlight, Yun Fenghuang turned his head and glanced, and suddenly let go of Emperor Chunjia without hesitation, letting him be swallowed up by the rushing water. He took a deep breath and submerged quietly into the water.
For a moment, the assassin swimming at the front suddenly felt that something was wrong with the current in front of him. He reacted very quickly and quickly adjusted his swimming style. If he were on the shore, this action would be easy and very fast. For a pampered master like Yun Fenghuang, No matter how hard you try, you can't even touch the corner of his clothes.
However…
Not only are we in the water now, we are also in a river that flows extremely fast!
This resulted in the inevitable sluggishness and lag in the assassin's movements. While he was still turning around, a gold hairpin with a sharpened end had stabbed into his heart steadily.
Yun Fenghuang retreated as soon as she succeeded, even without the hairpin. This decisiveness allowed her to successfully avoid the assassin's dying counterattack.
In the night, she seemed to see a bit of blood passing by, but it was immediately covered by the color of the water, and even the smell of blood did not come out. The assassin had already submerged into the bottom of the river after a brief struggle. When it floated up again, with the light at the moment, only a rough outline could be seen, floating on the edge of darkness without any movement.
Yun Fenghuang took a deep look at the assassin who was ranked second not far away. Under his murderous gaze, he calmly dived into the water and disappeared again.
No one spoke amid the sound of rushing water, but the assassins' unique contact method had already spread this scene. The atmosphere on the river became tense instantly, and the pursuers subconsciously slowed down their swimming speed.
Yun Fenghuang's scheming and strength exceeded their expectations. Before coming, neither they nor the mastermind behind them expected to encounter such a change - after all, with the new Jieyu's limelight these days, the details have long been revealed. It is clear and clear: the legitimate daughter of a wealthy family in the North, due to her marriage contract with Qi Jiulu, received the same treatment as the eldest sons since she was a child...
Not to mention literary talents, as for martial arts, influenced by the customs of the North, riding and shooting is considered good among women, and may be better than ordinary men. But if you really do it, it's just a look-alike.
The emperor and his concubines fell off the cliff together, and the real opponent of the assassins was the emperor himself.
This noble man from Tianhuang was carefully trained by Empress Dowager Yuan and was willing to work hard himself. He was truly capable of both civil and military affairs.
When they found that the emperor was unconscious and only a beautiful concubine was by his side, they simply thought that the great achievements were already in their pocket. Who knew that things would develop like this? ?
It's not like they didn't know that Yun Fenghuang was good at water. After all, many people knew about the man who escaped punishment by jumping into the lake at Shalu Pavilion.
But neither the assassins nor their leader paid much attention to this point: the assassins also know how to use water, and their water properties are not bad... Even if you take a step back, Yun Fenghuang's water properties are better than them all. With her With his physical strength, it is impossible to escape with Emperor Chunjia as a burden!
Yes, the emperor doesn't know how to drink water.
It's no secret.
In the Assassin's considerations, the focus was to ambush Emperor Chunjia.
As for Yun Fenghuang's life, it was not necessary, and based on the understanding of Yun Fenghuang by the people behind the scenes, they did not think that this concubine, who was good at causing trouble, would not give up on the emperor at a critical moment.
Their calculation was actually correct. If they had caught up with him just after he rolled down the cliff, Yun Fenghuang would have turned around and left without saying a word, and would have never cared about the emperor's life or death.
But after half a day of delay, she had already found a way out, so what should she do to let go of tonight's life-saving grace
Under the night, a head suddenly appeared on the water. After a quick glance, it went back to the bottom of the water again. Yun Fenghuang noticed that the distance between the pursuers and him had lengthened a bit, indicating that they were beginning to guard against repeating his same tricks of sneak attacks.
She was calm in her heart, neither annoyed nor thankful, but she paddled a few times under the water and caught up with Emperor Chun Jiadi floating on the water according to the direction in her memory.
The emperor was still in a coma. Under the moonlight, his face was like frost as he floated in the river. His long eyelashes were like ink, dragging thick shadows on his eyelids.
Because of its gentleness and beauty, it looks like a sculpture, with an almost independent beauty, unlike a real person.
It's just that Yun Fenghuang didn't have the intention to appreciate it at the moment. He groped for his pulse, and found that although it was a little slower, it was still beating very powerfully. His heart was slightly relaxed, and he took him to step on the water to rest for a while, feeling that he had strength. After recovering a little, he let go of the emperor again and swam up!
The second assassin died from vines that somehow got wrapped around the soles of his feet.
When he was dragged under the water and exhaled his last breath, he was still thinking: "Where did the vines come from under the water?"
It was definitely not aquatic plants, not to mention that such a luxuriant aquatic plant could not grow at the bottom of the river with such a rapid current. Even when he subconsciously pulled out the dagger to chop, the feeling on his tentacles was not the usual slippery feeling of aquatic plants, but refreshing and tough. .
As the assassin was dying, an idea flashed through his mind. He remembered that when he was searching for him all the way while avoiding the guards, he was hindered more than once by a kind of strong vine that could be seen everywhere in the forest.
It's just that some of them were older and even had to be chopped repeatedly with the machetes used in the army to break them. This was also the reason why he couldn't escape even though he was carrying a sharp weapon. So what happened to the concubine who fell in a hurry and had nothing to do with her? Did it...
Before this thought came to an end, he had already fallen into the cold darkness.
The third assassin was killed by Yun Fenghuang using his real breath-holding ability.
She touched his side, pulled his feet, and suddenly dived to the bottom of the water. Then, she tried her best to prevent him from rising to the surface.
This man's ability to hold his breath was not as good as hers, but his strength and stamina were far superior to hers - the two had an extremely fierce fight underwater.
Yun Fenghuang was able to win entirely because she had the right time and location: she couldn't see the bottom of the water clearly at night, so she relied purely on feeling the water flow to judge her opponent's movements.
These assassins can be sent to kill the king, and their killing skills are of course excellent.
But the people who trained them probably didn't expect to teach them underwater fighting
What's more, I didn't expect that the neglected concubine Huajiao had better water skills than anyone thought, and she had rich experience in fighting under the water.
For a long time, she repeatedly confirmed that her opponent was motionless, but Yun Fenghuang was still uneasy. She had reached her limit at this time, and her eyes were dim. For a moment, she even saw Xie Fenghuan, smiling quietly, wearing her favorite clothes in life. A pleated skirt with a white background embroidered with peach blossoms, sitting upright on the verandah in spring, staring quietly at her.
Yun Fenghuang bit the tip of his tongue to dispel the illusion. He almost used his last strength to touch the short knife on the assassin's waist. With trembling hands, he repeatedly poked his body, which should have been a corpse, several times before he hurriedly Rise to the surface for air.
At this time, she felt as if her chest was about to explode at any time. The sharp movements caused the blood to flow rapidly. When the temperature should be taken away by the water flow, she felt waves of heat instead.
But that’s not a good thing…
Yun Fenghuang glanced at the bottom of the water with some regret. Although she couldn't see anything, and all she could see was the cold, swaying black, she knew that the assassin who had just been drowned by her and then re-attacked had a very powerful weapon in his hand. Nice dagger.
Unfortunately, he squeezed it too tightly, and she didn't have enough strength or time to snatch it away, so she could only reluctantly use a short knife that was heavier and less flexible in the water.
One, two, three, dead... Yun Fenghuang, who was exhausted, could only stay afloat at this time because of her water-based proficiency. She didn't even have the strength to catch up to see how the emperor was doing, so she couldn't help biting the tip of her tongue. Forcing himself to stay awake, he silently calculated in his mind that there was another... No, according to a quick glance at the time, there should be two more assassins
She smiled bitterly in her heart.
After what happened to Xie Fenghuan, she came to the Imperial Capital from far away from the north. At that time, she thought that this journey would be the most difficult time in her life;
When she first entered the palace, she flew from Shalu Pavilion into the lake, shivering in the cold water of late spring, looking for a chance to go ashore. When she found it, she bumped into Gong Xiangxiao. She thought about the end of that trek when she was twelve years old. You are still young, and there should be no more difficult situation in this life than suffering three consecutive crises in one day;
But at this moment, Yun Fenghuang thought in her heart that this was the most thrilling and critical time in her life.
I'm just summarizing the previous experience. I don't know if she will have more tragic and panic moments in the future
She wished there had been.
After all, if you can't make it through tonight, there will be no future.
Following the instructions taught by the head of the nursing home hired by Xie with a large sum of money, Yun Fenghuang felt some strength returning to her limbs after breathing with a unique breathing rhythm for a moment. She did not dare to hesitate and sank into the water again.
Her heart sank when she found the fourth assassin!
Because he is not alone.
Although he was the only one on the water who was rowing cautiously and on guard, Yun Fenghuang, with his understanding of the water, could see at a glance that something was wrong with the water beside him.
Someone was holding a hollow wooden pole and swimming beside her, waiting for her to fall into the trap!
You don't know who this person is.
The remaining two assassins must have discovered the fate of their companions, so they gave up the method of chasing separately and chose to join forces. Moreover, they also formed an ambush trap with one light and one dark.
what to do
Yun Fenghuang frowned. The gap in physical strength between the two sides was too big. Even if the water was her home field, she would not be able to kill them one against two. It would be more like being killed on the other hand.
But if she didn't take action, she wouldn't be able to stay in the water for too long in her current condition, and neither would the Emperor - once ashore, she would lose even her home field advantage!
It will be a dead end at that time.
Yun Fenghuang was anxious and secretly observed for a long time to no avail. Instead, he was almost noticed and was so frightened that he swam and hid again. After doing this several times, the two assassins became more and more suspicious, and even found it difficult to get close. She was worried about Emperor Chunjia who had not yet awakened, so she had no choice but to suppress her killing intent for the time being and swam down to find the emperor in a hurry.
The man holding the emperor came out of the water again. Yun Fenghuang wiped his face and took his pulse. He found that it was slower than a moment ago. What was terrible was that the emperor's body temperature was a bit cold... Originally, the emperor almost suffered when he fell from the cliff. Eighty-nine times out of ten, the impact would have caused serious injuries, otherwise he would not have fallen into a coma again soon after waking up.
Now that he has been soaked in the water for a long time, if he continues like this, I am afraid that even if he kills the assassin, the credit for rescuing him will be lost. Who knows what will be waiting for Yun Fenghuang then
She thought hard about countermeasures, and it was not that she didn't pray for a miracle to happen, such as those useless guards and magic soldiers descending from the sky - but!
After a while, the reinforcements did not arrive, but Yun Fenghuang suddenly noticed that the water flow suddenly accelerated!
She looked up in shock and anger: under the pale moonlight, the river in front seemed to have been cut by a horizontal knife. A mass of something happened to flow through the cut. She didn't know if it was the body of one of the assassins. In short, this thing The phenomenon of lingering at the fracture and then suddenly disappearing made Yun Fenghuang confirm her guess.
Ahead, there is a waterfall.
The visual difference should not be small.