Rebirth as Princess Jin again

Xiao Dongcheng opened the curtain of the carriage, and the strong wind blew branches scattered on the road ahead. He looked up at the sky with black clouds.

"That's all, let's inform the people behind us and go to the village to stay overnight."

The group turned their horses and headed towards the nearby village.

As soon as a few people found a temple and got off the carriage, strong winds and heavy rain swept in. Everyone hurriedly protected Xiao Dongcheng and his wife and hid in the temple.

As soon as I entered the door, I found that the temple was not big and had been abandoned for a long time. It looked a bit deserted, but fortunately the roof was not broken and it could provide shelter from the rain.

"Sir, madam, I'm going to the villagers' houses to ask for some hot water and food!"

Mrs. Xiao took out some silver from her bag and handed it to Li Ji: "Take these, don't eat other people's things in vain."

"In addition, if the villagers are willing, we can buy more hot food. After traveling for such a long time, we have been sleeping in the open air, so we can also let everyone eat some hot food."

"Yes!"

Li Ji took the silver and turned to leave.

Li Ji quickly brought food. They didn't bring many guards. Although the village was small, but they had money, they were naturally willing to help.

Mrs. Xiao has been marching and fighting with Xiao Dongcheng all year round, and she is used to sleeping in the wild. She has been in no matter how difficult the environment is, not to mention that it can be sheltered from the wind and rain.

It was pouring rain outside, the wind was howling, and the wind was blowing and the rain was beating against the windows, with a devastating momentum.

Mrs. Xiao took a nap in the carriage and couldn't sleep at the moment.

She looked at the cool breeze whistling outside through the gap in the window. Worried about Xiao Feng's affairs, she quietly got up and came to the window.

Seeing the window being blown open by the wind, she squinted her eyes and reached out to close the window.

Just as his hand touched the window, a sharp cold light flashed across the black night sky, and a deafening thunder suddenly sounded in the sky. Several silver lightnings pierced the sky, instantly illuminating everything outside the window.

Mrs. Xiao had also practiced martial arts. The movements in her hands froze, and her eyes instantly became sharp.

She quickly moved away and exclaimed: "There is an assassin!"

Everyone in the room was awakened by the shout, and soon there was the sound of swords being unsheathed.

Mrs. Xiao quickly backed away and quickly retreated from the window into the house.

"Bang!" came a sound.

The dilapidated door in front of them was kicked open from the outside. Countless black figures entered the temple and confronted them. The knife in the hand of the person opposite shone with a cold light.

"I didn't expect that after so many years, there are still people who want my life. Madam, it seems that as we get older, we are more valued by others. There are actually people who offer such a big deal to buy our lives."

Mrs. Xiao's eyes darkened and she said coldly: "It seems that the road back to Beijing is not going to be easy this time!"

The thunder outside the window became deeper and deeper, and the atmosphere in the temple became more depressing and gloomy.

Soon, before the other party could take action, Xiao Dongcheng gave an order, and the people around him all raised their knives and attacked the man in black opposite.

A melee broke out in the temple in an instant, and the originally dilapidated temple became even more dilapidated due to the fighting between the two sides.

Xiao Dongcheng clenched the sword in his hand and stood side by side with Mrs. Xiao. He watched the men and horses on both sides being consumed at a speed visible to the naked eye, but the men in black continued to rush in from outside.

Xiao Dongcheng and his party had been on the road and were already a little tired. Now that the opponent had a large number of people, he slowly saw that the situation was becoming more and more unfavorable.

"kill him!"

The leader suddenly issued a death order, and the attacks of the men in black on the opposite side became faster and more fierce, and soon someone was in front of Xiao Dongcheng.

Xiao Dongcheng snorted coldly: "Humph, you are a young man."

The broadsword in his hand slashed at the person coming without mercy, making the person on the opposite side retreat with just one move. Mrs. Xiao was not to be outdone, and killed the person attacking from the side with her sword.

I don't know how long the fight lasted. Li Ji was out of breath and retreated to Xiao Dongcheng's side: "Sir, we can't keep fighting like this. I will send you away."

Xiao Dongcheng also saw from the lightning flashing outside that the situation was not good for him. He immediately drew his knife and led his men to break out from the side window.

However, after they got out, they realized that those people were determined to kill them. The pursuit along the way did not decrease because of their escape. On the contrary, more than half of the people guarding them were quietly reduced.

Xiao Dongcheng stood in the rain, the rain mixed with blood flowing slowly under his feet. He looked at the man in black who was still dark in front of him, and his eyes were locked on the leader.

He narrowed his eyes slightly, raised his knife and struck at the man, moving as fast as lightning directly towards the throat of the leader.

But the man seemed to have noticed it already. He turned his head slightly, the blade of the blade grazed his cheek, and split the scarf on his face into two, revealing his face.

Everyone present looked in disbelief, and Xiao Dongcheng's hand holding the knife immediately weakened and said, "Why is it you?"

Li Ji's eyes showed confusion: "Muying, why is it you? Why are you doing this?"

The "shadow" in front of them looked at them coldly and proudly and said, "Don't be surprised, Mr. Xiao. The higher-ups have ordered your life, but the prince does not dare to take action. The subordinates can only do it for you."

As he said this, he reached out and touched the blood on his cheek: "This subordinate's life was saved by your Excellency. This sword should be regarded as returned to Your Excellency."

As he said that, he took advantage of Xiao Dongcheng's daze and stabbed Xiao Dongcheng's chest with his backhand sword.

Li Ji reacted, stepped forward quickly, opened his sword, and backed up Xiao Dongcheng's body.

Mrs. Xiao shouted loudly: "Master..."

When the people around Xiao Dongcheng saw this, they joined the battle again. They knew that the person in front of them was no longer their friend, but an enemy.

Several people protected Xiao Dongcheng and his wife, fighting and retreating until they retreated to a fast river.

Mrs. Xiao supported Xiao Dongcheng, who was gradually losing consciousness, and looked at the lives being harvested in front of her, her heart was filled with despair.

Until Li Ji also fell to the ground, Mrs. Xiao held Xiao Dongcheng's hand tightly, and the two of them jumped into the rushing river together.

"Chief, they jumped into the river!"

Kong Wencai stepped forward to check Li Ji's breathing, and found that he still had a breath left. He ordered: "The river is flowing so fast, and it is raining heavily today. They are also injured and will undoubtedly die. We have completed the above tasks." Order, return to Beijing!"

Early the next morning, when the wind and rain suddenly stopped, some villagers went out and passed by the temple gate. They saw that the temple gate was destroyed. When they entered the temple, they were shocked to see the corpses scattered everywhere. Some people with sharp eyes discovered that they were the ones who came to buy food from them last night. Those people, and some people dressed in black.

They worked together to search and found that no one in the temple survived.

It rained heavily last night, so the bloodstains and footprints are long gone by now.

It wasn't until they searched the river that they found Li Ji who was unconscious and lying on the ground.