Lei Yue Longmen
Chapter 261: God’s Choice
Like a prophet, a dozen or so people suddenly jumped down from the mountain, all holding swords, and galloped towards them.When the four bearers heard the movement, their faces turned pale with fright, and they hurriedly left the sedan chair and fled around.
"It's too late, Zhou Ying, get out of the car and copy the guy!"
"Ma'am, we? We didn't bring any guys this time!"
Mrs. Zhou yelled: "You can't do it without a guy? Rob? Xiaoshan, Xiaoshan!!"
Zhou Xiaoshan finally heard the sound, and rushed towards him on horseback, "I'm here, a bold thief who dares to rob my master, I'm getting impatient." Holding a piece of dog's tail grass in his mouth, he shouted It didn't fall off when it was broken, and it probably got embedded in the gap between the teeth?
Mrs. Zhou didn't even notice, "Xiaochuan, Xiaoshan, cut down two people for me and take their weapons!"
"Okay!" Zhou Xiaoshan was about to sprint, and happened to catch a glimpse of Li Jingchen in the car, and hurriedly stopped, feeling overjoyed, "Huh? Your Highness? When did you come?"
Mrs. Zhou was so angry that she almost vomited blood, wishing to give him a stick.At that time, Zhou Xiaochuan had jumped on his horse neatly, drew out his sword from his waist, and galloped towards the bandits head-on.Swiping two swords, the two "bandits" fell down in response.Zhou Xiaochuan picked up two weapons from the ground sideways, one to Mrs. Zhou and the other to Zhou Ying.
Mrs. Zhou yelled, "Hey!" She grabbed the weapon and split a gangster who was approaching the carriage in half.Zhou Xiaoshan, who rushed away immobile, roared: "Why are you so dazed, why don't you give it to me? Kill!"
Zhou Xiaoshan let out an "oh", picked off the dog's tail grass, opened his tiger's eyes wide, and opened his fangs at those people.
Because of lack of physical strength, Cen Zhu was forced onto the car by a gangster with strong martial arts skills. Fortunately, Zhou Ying shot in time and grabbed the other party's neck. There were two "clicks", and the gangster's neck was like an onion. The same was broken.
"Master Cen, it is impossible for you to kill the enemy like this. Let me rest? Come on!"
Cen Zhu was so tired that double images appeared in front of his eyes, leaning on the shaft of the car to watch the Zhou family harvest the chasing gangsters as if they were leeks.Especially that Zhou Xiaochuan, her martial arts are so strong that she is crazy.Commanding Zhou Xiaoshan, Mrs. Zhou and Zhou Ying to help her lay an ambush and attract defenses, she outflanks from behind and kills like a bag.Those bandits were completely defeated in front of the Zhou family, who were well versed in the art of war. In less than a cup of tea, more than a dozen bandits were all killed.
After all, Mrs. Zhou is old. After dealing with these people, she was so tired that she couldn't stand upright. She was a little out of breath when she spoke.
"Master Cen, what is the origin of these people?"
Cen Zhu clutched his chest and said, "It should be from Baihuwei."
"Baihuwei?" Mrs. Zhou's face changed, as if she was startled, she turned her head and looked at Zhou Xiaochuan, "How is that possible?"
Zhou Xiaochuan played with his sword, put the sword back into its sheath calmly and said, "No way, their martial arts are far from those of the White Tiger Guard, and their attacks are not the same."
Cen Zhu also felt that this wave of bandits was very different from the White Tiger Guard they met in the cave, so he couldn't figure out where they came from.Then? Shaked his head.
"If it's really from Baihuwei, we can't handle it." Mrs. Zhou wiped the sweat from her forehead, and climbed up the driveway decisively: "360 plans, walking is the best policy!"
"Mother, it's clearly 36 tricks, how can there be 360 tricks. Besides, what are the White Tiger Guards? What are you afraid of them for?" Zhou Xiaoshan said fearlessly.
"You really don't know the heights of the heavens and the earth. You can touch the White Tiger Guard? That... that is the most terrifying hidden guard!" Mentioning the name of the White Tiger Guard, Mrs. Zhou couldn't help but feel palpitations.
Zhou Xiaochuan said: "If it's really Baihuwei, it's really not good. Let's get out of here right away!"
Zhou Xiaoshan heard what his elder sister said, so he didn't dare to play around, so he immediately reined in his horse and turned around.This U-turn was seen by her, the scene of Li Jingzhu and Cen Zhu kissing goodbye in the car.Although it was just a superficial touch, Zhou Xiaoshan still screamed "ah".In Madam Zhou's furious white eyes and everyone's incomprehensible eyes after being shocked, the young and pure heart shattered to the ground.
Cen Zhu was overwhelmed by this kiss, stuttering.Mrs. Zhou saw through the tangled look of wanting to explain? Is it bad? Explaining.Zhou Xiaochuan turned his head and pretended not to see it, and turned the head of Zhou Xiaoshan, who was about to cry without tears, away from his sight.Zhou Xiaoshan turned his head back without giving up, but Li Jingchen returned to that very polite and majestic expression, as if the tender scene just now had never happened at all.
This statement was obvious enough, and Mrs. Zhou immediately knew it.At the same time, I also sighed, I didn't expect this blood chakra to go round and round, and it would end up in his family.This is really planting flowers intentionally and not blooming, but unintentionally planting willows and willows to make shade.I just don't know how the other princes and nobles in the capital will be surprised when they hear the news.
"Master Cen isn't going to go back to the city with us?" Mrs. Zhou smiled kindly.
Cen Zhu nodded, "I still have a companion on the mountain. Let's just say goodbye."
After speaking, he took a deep look at Li Jingchen, found a nearby opening up the mountain, and jumped into the forest.Li Jingzhu supported the carriage, looked and looked, his eyes were full of worry.Mrs. Zhou was naturally winky, so she ordered: "Xiaochuan, go and protect Master Cen."
Zhou Xiaochuan glanced at his mother, then at Li Jingchen, and nodded.After instructing Xiao Chuan and Zhou Ying, he jumped off his horse and went up the mountain along the path that Cen Zhu had just followed.
"Thank you Madam Zhou." On the way back, Li Jingchen solemnly expressed his gratitude.
"Your Highness is serious. This is what concubines should do." Mrs. Zhou said politely.Li Jingchen nodded, and didn't want to say anything more, instead, he felt that too much politeness would be hypocritical.
On the contrary, Xiao Chuan was mean, and went to the window and whispered to Mrs. Zhou, "Mother, did you ask sister to go because this Cen Zhu is also surnamed Cen?" He knew his position in the family very well. Well, the elder sister's martial arts and strategy are superior to his. Under normal circumstances, the eldest sister should stay to protect the empress dowager, and he should protect Cen Zhuo. Now that everyone has lost, it is really against common sense.
Mrs. Zhou gave him a warning look and pushed his head out.Zhou Xiaoshan scratched his head for a long time, but he didn't understand Mrs. Zhou's eyes.In fact, Mrs. Zhou was forced to have no choice. Although she cared for Cen Zhuo, she couldn't let her own daughter take risks. After all, Bai Huwei was not a vegetarian.They are willing to help out of love, and it is reasonable not to help.But when Li Jingxuan came out in public, it became clear that Cen Zhuo was the candidate for the future "son-in-law" or even "husband of the emperor". Before? She could pretend not to see through their relationship, but later? See you? It's equivalent to not showing Li Jingchen any favors.Afterwards, it is inevitable to be put on small shoes and settle the account.
The current relationship between the Zhou family and the imperial court is very delicate. Although the Zhou family remained neutral during the First World War in Northern Xinjiang, they more or less agreed to Li Jingchen's private request to borrow troops. This led them to stand with Donggong same position.And after Li Jingchen came to power, he exaggerated the borrowed [-] soldiers to [-]. If the East Palace was not the one who came to power in the future, the Zhou family in the Northwest would definitely be liquidated by the latecomers.So, they came to Beijing this time not only to "receive merit", but also to ask for an order to marry Princess Kant as soon as possible, so as to secure the future of the Zhou family.Therefore, the Zhou family can't offend Li Jingzhu at this critical moment. They must protect her safety, but for Cen Zhuo, the prospective son-in-law, they have to protect her even if they don't want to.
Mrs. Zhou thought that she had broken her heart for this family, but she still couldn't ensure that her sons and daughters were well-rounded, and she would be dragged down by this incompetent son from time to time.If something happened to Xiaochuan, she would not want to live anymore.
Zhou Xiaoshan was puzzled by his mother's sudden sentimentality.Looking up at the sky, it turned out to be cloudy again, and thought to himself: "No way? It's going to be windy again?"
Not long after he thought about it, a strong wind blew, and the horse under him walked sideways like a crab, "Mother, it's coming again!"
"Ma'am, sit still!" Zhou Ying grabbed the reins with all his strength, so as not to let the carriage blow into the ditch?But this round of wind is stronger than the one they encountered in the morning.The overwhelming yellow sand hit the face and body, almost penetrating into every hole.His hand was about to lose control of the horse's uncontrollable strength, and the carriage couldn't help but tilt to one side.
"Madam, let's get out of the car and avoid it! The wind is too strong!"
Both Mrs. Zhou and Li Jingchen were shaken to one side and were about to answer "Yes?" when they suddenly heard a "creak" sound from the top of their heads, and the roof of the carriage flipped right under their noses, and rolled into the sky. out.
"Oh my God!" Mrs. Zhou has also experienced the strong winds in the Gobi in the northwest, so she couldn't help but lose in such a scene of howling ghosts and howling wolves.
I saw the billowing dark clouds, like an upside-down deep sea, rolling in with giant waves and sinking in?Thunder and lightning flashed in the clouds, and strands of white cracks in the sky were like signs of the end of the world.The carriage was like a lone boat pushed to the cusp of the wind and waves, swaying from side to side, erratic.
Zhou Ying and Mrs. Zhou supported Mrs. Zhou alone, and the other got out of the car with Li Jingchen on their backs, and took shelter beside the wheel.Zhou Ying set the horse bolts in the ground, and the wheels were also fixed with wedges.
"No, I? It's really going to rain, let's find a place to hide!" Mrs. Zhou almost couldn't open her eyes.
"This place is all flat, where is it? If there is a place to hide, let's hide under the car!" Zhou Xiaoshan said.
"Then why not stay here?" Madam Zhou said while looking at the bottom of the car.After a while, "I don't know how your sister is doing now." Mrs. Zhou became more and more worried.
"Mother, are you still worried about us? Do it yourself, there are caves on the mountain? There are trees, it's much better than here."
Li Jingzhu thought of Cen Zhuo's current situation, and he was more worried than before.
"Oops!" At this moment, Zhou Ying suddenly turned to look at the road behind the car.
I saw a few shadows appearing and disappearing in the yellow sand sweeping across the sky, holding swords in their forehands, walking against the wind, and approaching them quickly.
"The pursuers are coming, my lord, quickly get your wife and His Highness on horseback, and get out of here? I? Come to the rear of the Highness."
"Get on the horse, how can you get on the horse, it's so windy!" Zhou Xiaoshan gritted his teeth and hated secretly, these people are really brown sugar, and they can't be shaken off.
"Why don't you fight, I? Don't believe it, they? Are so powerful."
"Xiao Shan, listen to Zhou Ying, take His Royal Highness and go first, anyone who can escape is the only one! Go!" Mrs. Zhou wished she could beat him away with a board.
"Everyone be quiet!" Li Jingzhu said suddenly, "Bring me the bow on the cart?!"
Zhou Xiaoshan's eyes widened, thinking to himself how did she know?Not in a hurry to solve the confusion, he hurriedly climbed into the car, went under the seat to draw out the bow that was stuck there, and a barrel of feathered arrows came out.
Mrs. Zhou was surprised: "Why is there a bow and arrow in the car?"
"I...I... I hid under the seat. I originally wanted to go up the mountain to hunt for a while!"
"You dare to hunt on Qixia Mountain!"
"Mother, what time is this, don't you? Have you pursued it?" Zhou Xiaoshan looked unlucky.
Li Jingchen counted the arrows in the quiver, and there were more than a dozen of them, which were barely enough. What surprised her was that all these arrows stood there straight, without moving. The clusters of straw, the clusters of arrows are all stuck on the straw, squeezed together? No matter what they collide, they will not make a sound.
It was very thoughtful.She glanced at Xiaoshan, and Zhou Xiaoshan scratched his head, feeling a little embarrassed.
"It's a little headwind here, carry me? Go to the other side!"
"Is this... okay?"
"Don't dawdle, hurry up!" Mrs. Zhou had seen Li Jingchen's archery in the hunting ground, and felt that although this method was dangerous, it was the only feasible one at present.
"I? Come!" Zhou Ying was a little stronger than Zhou Xiaoshan, and immediately picked up Li Jingchen on her back, and ran towards the other side of the road.Those people seemed to have noticed them too, changed direction, and headed straight for them.
Zhou Ying looked at the reference on the ground while running. He had tried his best, but under the resistance of the strong wind, his speed was still two or three times slower than usual.The sand hit his face more painful than a slap, and he barely opened his eyes to see the way ahead.
"Again? Go forward!"
So Zhou Ying jumped over the ditch, arrived at the wild grass beside the road, and then rushed forward for dozens of steps.
"Okay, here it is!" Zhou Ying turned around and realized the ingenuity of this position selection.The wind blows obliquely. If the enemy is on the main road and the wind is obliquely against them, they?But now they turned to the enemy's side and front, the wind direction was completely facing the enemy, and the arrows shot would be multiplied by the wind force.It is even more powerful.
Li Jingxuan knelt on Zhou Ying's back with one leg, and the other leg was completely numb and was only used for support.Quickly took the arrow and wound it, pulled the pistol away, aimed at the nearest pursuer, shot it with a "swish", the pursuer fell to the ground in response, and the arrow actually pierced his throat.
"Good archery!" Zhou Ying's heart was shocked, the enemy was at least [-] steps away from them, with the help of the wind, they were able to achieve such power, and their accuracy was astonishing.If it weren't for the fact that he couldn't move his hands at this moment, he would have clapped his hands and laughed.
There were still a dozen or so people in front of them. Seeing this situation, they dispersed one after another.Li Jingxuan immediately shot three more arrows to finish off the three chasing soldiers facing forward.The rest spread out around them in an arc shape, and now some people are not against the wind, and if the wind obstructs them, their accuracy will be greatly reduced.
Seeing this, Zhou Ying gritted his teeth and said, "His Royal Highness, sit still." Immediately, he ran in one direction, only to see a pursuer who was originally oblique, but was immediately facing Li Jingchen again. up.Li Jingchen was relentless, seized the opportunity? Immediately shot an arrow, killing him on the spot.
"Amazing!" Seeing that this method is effective, Zhou Ying immediately followed suit.
Under his "snake-shaped running position", there were endless screams from the opposite side. He laughed and ran against the wind on the grass without feeling tired at all. On the contrary? There was a bonus of lightning and thunder, which was unprecedented in his life. fast.
"Five people left!"
Did Zhou Ying aim in his pocket? There were still eight arrows left. As long as he continued to run like this, Li Jingchen's archery skills would be more than enough to deal with these people.
However? At this moment, his right leg seemed to be bitten by a snake, and a trace of coolness spread out.It was cold at first, but then it was a sharp pain. He felt his knees go limp and almost fell to the ground.Li Jingchen swayed twice, almost fell down, and the arrow missed.At the critical moment, Zhou Ying firmly supported his knees, Li Jingchen adjusted his posture, quickly nocked his arrows, aimed at the approaching pursuers, and shot two arrows in succession.One pierced his left eye and one pierced his right eye.
At the same time that the person on the opposite side fell to the ground, Zhou Ying couldn't hold on, and knelt on the ground with one leg.He lowered his head, and there was a palm-length prick pierced on the side of his calf, and blood was gushing from the wound.Because of the relationship between the wind and thunder, he didn't notice it before.
"How are you?"
"I'm fine!" Zhou Ying broke the arrow body of the gun with her hands, gritted her teeth and stood up.Blue veins protruding from the temples? Cold sweat dripped down along the nose.But he didn't give up, he still ran back and forth with Li Jingchen on his back.until I collapsed from exhaustion.Zhou Xiaoshan killed them at some point? He asked, "What's wrong with you, Zhou Ying?"
"This arrow is poisonous!" Zhou Ying's lips turned purple, and the blood on his calf had turned black, showing signs of poisoning. Xiao Shan immediately tore off a piece of his sleeve and tied his thigh tightly. Zhou Ying He said to Zhou Xiaoshan: "I? I can't do it, you can take His Highness away first!"
Zhou Xiaoshan hesitated, Zhou Ying gave him a hard push.As a last resort, he gritted his teeth and carried Li Jingchen on his back, and ran into the wilderness.After running for about ten steps, I suddenly heard a scream from behind, and the moment I turned around, I saw Zhou Ying cut off her calf with a dagger.Zhou Xiaoshan was startled when he saw this tragic scene. The blood vessels in his body were about to burst. He almost trembled all over, "Zhou Ying..."
But Zhou Ying had already passed out and didn't respond.Xiao Shan took two steps forward, and when he saw the pursuers coming, he ran back quickly.Running against the wind and crying, crying and cursing, he thought that even if Zhou Ying could survive, he would never be able to take him to hunt together again.
Li Jingchen bit his lip tightly, turned around and shot the remaining three pursuers one by one.There was only the last one left, and she was panting slightly from exhaustion. She carefully searched for the last target. After searching for a while, she didn't see any sign of that person.
How come? Suddenly disappeared?
"Yes? No? Did you run away in fright?" Xiao Shan turned around panting.
The wind was blowing so that people couldn't stand still, and I don't know how Zhou Yingfang persisted.Thinking of this, tears welled up in his eyes again.
Suddenly, Li Jingchen thought of something, "Not good? Run back quickly!"
Xiao Shan shuddered and immediately turned around, only to see a ghostly figure approaching towards them on a gray grassy plain, staring at them fixedly, and slowly raised the bow|crossbow in his hand.
Li Jingchen didn't know when he went to the front, but now he was following the trend and they were against the trend. Based on the current wind direction alone, they were already doomed.
"It's too late, Zhou Xiaoshan, run away as far as you can. Jingxi will entrust you to take care of her from now on."
"No, I'll never leave! There are no prisoners in the Tu family in northern Xinjiang, and we? Our Zhou family in the northwest will not desert! Even if I die, my mother and eldest sister will take good care of you...Princess Kant, Your Highness Don't worry? Yes."
Li Jingchen was taken aback, and sighed: "I understand your painstaking efforts, but you are still young, there is no need for another unnecessary sacrifice in this world! Let me down, he wants to kill me!"
"If Lord Cen is carrying His Highness on his back, will His Highness let her go?"
Li Jingchen felt a pain in his heart, "Of course."
"But she won't leave. My heart is the same as hers. If I can die for His Highness, I, Zhou Xiaoshan, will never regret it."
After Zhou Xiaoshan finished speaking, there was no movement, he was a little sad, and only in this way could he express his heart to the other party.
Li Jingchen sighed, and even touched his head, "What about you? Why bother..."
Just this light touch made Zhou Xiaoshan feel that death was worth it.
"His Royal Highness, please try again. If I... run a hundred steps forward again, even against the wind, can I shoot and kill this thief?"
"It doesn't need a hundred steps, it only needs fifty steps, and he is within range. It's just that these fifty steps are as difficult as reaching the sky!"
"Oh, me? Zhou Xiaoshan wants to go to the sky? " Zhou Xiaoshan actually grinned, revealing a strange smile.
"Your Highness, last chance? You're aiming. You must shoot the son of a bitch hard and avenge me and Zhou Ying!"
Li Jingchen didn't have time to react, he had already started to act, like a wild buffalo running wild, rushing forward recklessly.Li Jing was forced to draw his bow again and aimed at the target.
One step, two steps, three steps... Ten steps, eleven steps, twelve steps... There was a "whoosh", and a gun shot towards him. Zhou Xiaoshan dodged his body and dodged it, "Fifteen , sixteen...twenty..." He speeded up and ran forward desperately, taking advantage of the enemy's nocking time, he ran forward a few more steps, but as the distance narrowed, the space he could avoid Getting smaller and smaller.When the second shot came, he couldn't dodge it no matter how hard he took the arrow with his right chest.He gritted his silver teeth and went retrograde.
"Thirty, 31..."
Afterwards, I couldn't count how many steps I had run. In Zhou Xiaoshan's mind, he was dizzy and his vision became more and more blurred. "Your Highness, are you here?"
"Not yet, but the wind has reversed!" Li Jingxuan suddenly excitedly said.
"is it?"
Zhou Xiaoshan looked at the person opposite, and was really swayed by the sudden reversal of the wind direction. He couldn't believe it, the wind direction really reversed.At this time, a sharp arrow flew out from the top of the head and shot straight at the chest of the person opposite.
"Heaven, help me? Capture and kill this thief!"
But unexpectedly, the arrow didn't pierce into the flesh, as if it had hit an iron wall, and fell straight to the ground again.And? The man was only hit by the force of the arrow and fell back a few steps, and then? Struggle to stand up? Staring at them even more fiercely.
"what?"
Li Jingchen was taken aback, suspecting that he was wearing soft body armor or something, the second arrow was quickly drawn out and aimed at his neck, but similarly, the second arrow was also easily blocked by him, without any damage. Hurt the flesh.
Zhou Xiaoshan's grinning mouth froze there? Unbelievable, "God, this is so unfair, he is invulnerable!" Zhou Xiaoshan was almost desperate.
At the same time, the person on the opposite side also raised his bow|crossbow, and there was a "whoosh", and when Li Jingchen went to touch the arrow again, the quiver was already empty.
"Oops!" Zhou Xiaoshan fell back, and abruptly used his shoulder to catch the second arrow for her.
"Xiaoshan, Xiaoshan..." Li Jingchen patted his face and desperately called his name.
He was forced to look up at the sky, and the fishy sweetness kept gushing out of his throat.He felt that the voice was getting farther and farther away from him, as if he was sinking slowly from the water and heard the people on the shore talking.He thought he was really going to die.This is what it feels like to die.
At this moment, "swish swish" feathered arrows flew out from the top of the head, like a meteor with a long tail, denser than dark clouds.The ground suddenly trembled violently, and he seemed to hear a rumbling horseshoe neighing, the sound was like rolling thunder, from far to near.
"This is... is this the Yin soldier sent by Lord Yan to collect him?"
"I'm waiting for the rescue to come late——"
A cavalry soldier with silver armor and eagle helmet kicked in the strong wind? With a spear in his hand, he rushed straight forward to the invulnerable White Tiger Guard.With the momentum of a sprint, the spearhead hit it hard.
Then he moved forward non-stop, inserted the spear into the man's ribs, picked him up high, threw it into the air, and stabbed straight with the spear.It seems to have the potential to run through it alive.
"Your Highness, are you alright?"
Li Jingchen hugged Zhou Xiaoshan, okay? It's not easy to distinguish the face of the person, "Lanxi, let them stop, let that person come up with the antidote!"
Lan Xi hurriedly shouted: "General Cui, stop and force him to take out the antidote!"
Hearing the words, the man who was holding the spear aloft stopped immediately, knocked him flying with the shaft of the spear, raised the rein and stepped forward, and the sharp spear head pierced his jaw, where a sharp vortex was pushed out, cold Said: "Hand over the antidote!"
The White Tiger Guard raised his head and spat out blood, and said with a ferocious smile, "It's the scorpion poison of the Western Regions, and there is no cure for it."
Suddenly, the "bell" sounded, and the spear in Cui Yunliang's hand turned rapidly. "Will you hand it over? If you don't, you will die."
"We? We? Didn't complete the task assigned by the Lord. We couldn't survive. Let's do it!"
Cui Yunliang's eyes turned cold, "Hmph, your invulnerability is hard to practice. It's a pity after all!"
As soon as he exerted force in his hand, he pierced his neck on the spot.The man struggled and twisted for a while, then became motionless like a dead fish that had been placed for a long time.
Cui Yunliang looked back at Zhou Xiaoshan's ignorant face, pulled out the spear, and threw it heavily on the ground.Sighed.
Li Jingchen understood that if it was really the poison of the scorpion from the Western Regions, even the gods would be hard to save.
"Your Highness, Yunzhong has brought the imperial physician. Maybe there is still some help." Lan Xi reminded.
"Where is the person?"
"It's right behind, it should be there soon!"
"Quick, carry the person over there!"
Yun Zhong led a large group of people and horses to come, and the team formed a long queue on the main road with no end to end.The leading Shenwu cavalry galloped so fast that the dust they raised nearly offset the yellow sand driven by the wind.In such a strong wind, the horse can still ride so steadily? Throughout the ages, none other than the Shenwu cavalry.Yunzhong's infantry followed closely behind, and there were also three carriages in the team, all of which were reinforced with binding ropes.In the last two carriages were the eight imperial physicians from the Imperial Hospital. In Lan Xi's words, just in case, Yun Zhong almost moved the entire Imperial Hospital here.
The soldiers carried Zhou Ying and Zhou Xiaoshan into the carriage respectively, and let the imperial physician diagnose and treat them.Mrs. Zhou looked at her son and Zhou Ying at the same time, crying out in anxiety.Li Jingchen couldn't help but shed tears.
Yun Zhong saw that Li Jingchen looked embarrassed, his eyes were red, and his nose was sore, he said, "Your Highness, I'm late, and His Highness suffered such serious injuries."
Li Jingchen quietly wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes, "My injury doesn't matter, how is the capital now?"
"Your Highness, don't worry, there is no abnormality in the capital. I have sealed the news tightly. The defense of the capital is temporarily in charge of General Meng Ran, and Mr. Haizhi Anhai is the deputy general. There are also Eunuch Liang and Mr. Gu in the palace, so it is not a big problem. Just Mr. Gu has handed over the infantry of the North City and the East City to Chu Pingguo, the deputy general of the West City. Mr. Gu asked me to tell His Highness the truth about this transfer, and Zhu Yu'an...has been dismissed from his post at home."
"I? Got it. Your arrangements are very appropriate. Mr. Gu is far-sighted, and I feel relieved to have him sitting alone in the capital!"
Li Jingchen knew that Gu Mian had judged that there might be something wrong with the Zhenxia Palace, which was close at hand, from the fact that she was seeking help from Beijing.The guards of Zhenxia Palace are Zhu Yu'an's personal soldiers, if something goes wrong, he will definitely be involved.Even if she had 1 reasons to believe in Zhu Yu'an's innocence, she had to take this step just in case.
"Now, you take all the soldiers and horses to Qixia Mountain, take over the guards of Zhenxia Palace, and seal off all the intersections going up and down the mountain. I will clean up the gates myself."
"Yes!"
"General Cui!"
Cui Yunliang responded, "The minister is here!"
"Leave the archers and bring the cavalry back to the city. The safety of the inner city depends on you. Please block the news and wait for the orphan to return." Cui Yunliang's cavalry team was originally temporarily seconded by Yun Zhong in order to save time. Now, seeing that Li Jingchen is safe and sound, I feel relieved to bring him back.After all, if you attack a mountain, the cavalry doesn't have much use for it.
"promise!"
The imperial physician re-bandaged her wound, and repeatedly advised: "His Highness's wound is very deep into the bone, we still need to take care of it carefully to avoid exhaustion. Otherwise..."
"I understand. The imperial physician only needs to do his best to treat her."
As the wind calmed down a bit, she got out of the car and walked towards the two carriages step by step supported by Lan Xi.
Zhou Ying woke up first, and the imperial physician relieved his pain with Mafeisan.Although he lost a calf, his spirit is still good? The imperial doctor sighed again and again: "This strong man is really brave. He broke his leg at the critical moment to save his life, and the toxin did not invade his heart. If he was a little later, his life might really be lost. "
Mrs. Zhou comforted him with tears in her eyes. Zhou Ying was flattered and said, "This poison is very powerful. I am lucky to be able to save my life. It's just my son..." He heard that Zhou Xiaoshan was hit by an arrow The part is on the chest, he can cut off his feet to protect himself, but...
Mrs. Zhou suddenly turned pale, and shook her head unacceptably, "No, I won't, Xiaoshan won't!"
In fact, from the moment she heard about the scorpion poison from the Western Regions, Mrs. Zhou was already mentally prepared, but she was unwilling to face the reality.She wiped her tears and went back to Xiaoshan's carriage, wanting to have a talk with him.This child likes to be lively since he was a child, and his small mouth has been babbling non-stop. When he grows up, he doesn't like to talk very much. If she can survive, she promises to correct the bad things.I only hope that he can survive, he is...
Mrs. Zhou cried so hard that she almost fainted from crying when she saw the imperial physician take out the two arrows on Xiao Shan's chest and shoulders, which brought out the bloody muscles.
"Madam, don't worry, Young Master Ling has not been poisoned. He hasn't hurt his vitals either. He only needs to be raised for a few months before he can recover."
"Ah? What a horse?" Mrs. Zhou thought she had misheard when she first heard such a shocking reversal.
The two imperial physicians looked at each other happily, "The old man said, the two arrows on Mr. Ling's body are not poisonous? You see, even the blood is red."
"Ah? This... how is this possible?" Mrs. Zhou saw that the blood on Xiao Shan's chest was indeed different from the thick black on Zhou Ying's severed limb, and she was so excited that she trembled all over her body, "Doctor, are you... are you sure? I, Xiaoshan, can I really come back to life?"
"Master Ling is in good health. If you are optimistic, you should be able to recover in three months."
"God bless you!" Mrs. Zhou yelled joyfully, holding Xiao Shan's head and weeping bitterly, wishing to wake him up, "I? Old Zhou's family is really blessed by the ancestors, blessed by the gods, thank the emperor and the empress, as? Come to Buddha, the Great Merciful and Great Compassionate Guan Yin Bodhisattva, I...I? must eat a year of fasting to worship you? These great benevolent gods! Amitabha!"
When Lan Xi heard that she thanked all the gods in the sky, she couldn't help laughing.
Li Jingchen asked the imperial physician again, "What's going on? Why did they? One was poisoned, but the other wasn't?"
The imperial doctor said: "I have checked it, and the problem should be on the three arrows. The two arrows that Mr. Zhou hit, the arrow clusters are all non-toxic, and the arrow that Zhou Ying hit, the arrow clusters are all non-toxic. The pungent scorpion venom of the Western Regions was smeared on the cluster, and those who are infected with this scorpion poison will surely die once it spreads to the heart veins."
"That's strange, these three arrows are all the same, how could it be? Some are poisonous, some are not poisonous?"
Li Jingchen thought for a while, and asked Lan Xi to pick up the quiver from the White Tiger Guard. There were still nine arrows in the bag, plus the three arrows that had already been shot, making a total of twelve.The imperial doctor checked them one by one, and sure enough, six of the twelve arrows were completely non-poisonous, two of them were shot on Xiao Shan's body, and the other six were all smeared with the poison of the Western Region scorpion, Zhou Ying's body was the one of them.
"Could it be that these White Tiger Guards still kill selectively?"
"Shouldn't be? The venom of the Western Region scorpion is colorless and odorless. These arrows are mixed together. It is impossible to tell which one is poisonous and which one is not. This must be unusual."
"That's right, according to common sense, shouldn't all the scorpion poison be smeared to ensure safety?" Lan Xi couldn't figure it out.
Mrs. Zhou suddenly said: "This is, half life, half death. The other party did not intend to completely put His Highness to death, but? This opportunity? It depends on God's will." In fact, Mrs. Zhou has never heard of Bai Huwei's name. No. From that moment on, I knew who was behind everything.Without the emperor's direct order, the White Tiger Guard would not have easily dispatched.The confrontation of imperial power is so cruel, even the biological father and daughter will fight each other in order to fight for power.But from her perspective as a parent, where in the world would there be parents who want their children to die?Li Pinghong's ability to set this rule is really reasonable.
When Li Jingchen heard this, he didn't say anything, but felt that it was ironic enough.Sure enough, she is not very smart, and she can always think of things that should not be thought of in a flash.
Zhou Xiaoshan woke up dimly, Mrs. Zhou and Li Jingchen all surrounded him.Zhou Xiaoshan slowly saw the two people above his head clearly, and stared blankly at the two spots of water under the corners of Li Jingchen's eyes, "Your Highness, are your tears shed for me?"
Li Jingchen smiled slightly and said, "Okay? Okay? Heal your wounds. I? Will? See you!"
Xiao Shan suddenly showed a happy smile, as if he had eaten honey, "Then I? I really die? I have no regrets!"
Mrs. Zhou was furious: "You bastard, abandoning my mother, you dare to say that you will die? No regrets. How are you? Don't break me? Don't break your legs."
Li Jingchen smiled a little tiredly, "Lanxi, I? Now I have a task for you.
"It's too late, Zhou Ying, get out of the car and copy the guy!"
"Ma'am, we? We didn't bring any guys this time!"
Mrs. Zhou yelled: "You can't do it without a guy? Rob? Xiaoshan, Xiaoshan!!"
Zhou Xiaoshan finally heard the sound, and rushed towards him on horseback, "I'm here, a bold thief who dares to rob my master, I'm getting impatient." Holding a piece of dog's tail grass in his mouth, he shouted It didn't fall off when it was broken, and it probably got embedded in the gap between the teeth?
Mrs. Zhou didn't even notice, "Xiaochuan, Xiaoshan, cut down two people for me and take their weapons!"
"Okay!" Zhou Xiaoshan was about to sprint, and happened to catch a glimpse of Li Jingchen in the car, and hurriedly stopped, feeling overjoyed, "Huh? Your Highness? When did you come?"
Mrs. Zhou was so angry that she almost vomited blood, wishing to give him a stick.At that time, Zhou Xiaochuan had jumped on his horse neatly, drew out his sword from his waist, and galloped towards the bandits head-on.Swiping two swords, the two "bandits" fell down in response.Zhou Xiaochuan picked up two weapons from the ground sideways, one to Mrs. Zhou and the other to Zhou Ying.
Mrs. Zhou yelled, "Hey!" She grabbed the weapon and split a gangster who was approaching the carriage in half.Zhou Xiaoshan, who rushed away immobile, roared: "Why are you so dazed, why don't you give it to me? Kill!"
Zhou Xiaoshan let out an "oh", picked off the dog's tail grass, opened his tiger's eyes wide, and opened his fangs at those people.
Because of lack of physical strength, Cen Zhu was forced onto the car by a gangster with strong martial arts skills. Fortunately, Zhou Ying shot in time and grabbed the other party's neck. There were two "clicks", and the gangster's neck was like an onion. The same was broken.
"Master Cen, it is impossible for you to kill the enemy like this. Let me rest? Come on!"
Cen Zhu was so tired that double images appeared in front of his eyes, leaning on the shaft of the car to watch the Zhou family harvest the chasing gangsters as if they were leeks.Especially that Zhou Xiaochuan, her martial arts are so strong that she is crazy.Commanding Zhou Xiaoshan, Mrs. Zhou and Zhou Ying to help her lay an ambush and attract defenses, she outflanks from behind and kills like a bag.Those bandits were completely defeated in front of the Zhou family, who were well versed in the art of war. In less than a cup of tea, more than a dozen bandits were all killed.
After all, Mrs. Zhou is old. After dealing with these people, she was so tired that she couldn't stand upright. She was a little out of breath when she spoke.
"Master Cen, what is the origin of these people?"
Cen Zhu clutched his chest and said, "It should be from Baihuwei."
"Baihuwei?" Mrs. Zhou's face changed, as if she was startled, she turned her head and looked at Zhou Xiaochuan, "How is that possible?"
Zhou Xiaochuan played with his sword, put the sword back into its sheath calmly and said, "No way, their martial arts are far from those of the White Tiger Guard, and their attacks are not the same."
Cen Zhu also felt that this wave of bandits was very different from the White Tiger Guard they met in the cave, so he couldn't figure out where they came from.Then? Shaked his head.
"If it's really from Baihuwei, we can't handle it." Mrs. Zhou wiped the sweat from her forehead, and climbed up the driveway decisively: "360 plans, walking is the best policy!"
"Mother, it's clearly 36 tricks, how can there be 360 tricks. Besides, what are the White Tiger Guards? What are you afraid of them for?" Zhou Xiaoshan said fearlessly.
"You really don't know the heights of the heavens and the earth. You can touch the White Tiger Guard? That... that is the most terrifying hidden guard!" Mentioning the name of the White Tiger Guard, Mrs. Zhou couldn't help but feel palpitations.
Zhou Xiaochuan said: "If it's really Baihuwei, it's really not good. Let's get out of here right away!"
Zhou Xiaoshan heard what his elder sister said, so he didn't dare to play around, so he immediately reined in his horse and turned around.This U-turn was seen by her, the scene of Li Jingzhu and Cen Zhu kissing goodbye in the car.Although it was just a superficial touch, Zhou Xiaoshan still screamed "ah".In Madam Zhou's furious white eyes and everyone's incomprehensible eyes after being shocked, the young and pure heart shattered to the ground.
Cen Zhu was overwhelmed by this kiss, stuttering.Mrs. Zhou saw through the tangled look of wanting to explain? Is it bad? Explaining.Zhou Xiaochuan turned his head and pretended not to see it, and turned the head of Zhou Xiaoshan, who was about to cry without tears, away from his sight.Zhou Xiaoshan turned his head back without giving up, but Li Jingchen returned to that very polite and majestic expression, as if the tender scene just now had never happened at all.
This statement was obvious enough, and Mrs. Zhou immediately knew it.At the same time, I also sighed, I didn't expect this blood chakra to go round and round, and it would end up in his family.This is really planting flowers intentionally and not blooming, but unintentionally planting willows and willows to make shade.I just don't know how the other princes and nobles in the capital will be surprised when they hear the news.
"Master Cen isn't going to go back to the city with us?" Mrs. Zhou smiled kindly.
Cen Zhu nodded, "I still have a companion on the mountain. Let's just say goodbye."
After speaking, he took a deep look at Li Jingchen, found a nearby opening up the mountain, and jumped into the forest.Li Jingzhu supported the carriage, looked and looked, his eyes were full of worry.Mrs. Zhou was naturally winky, so she ordered: "Xiaochuan, go and protect Master Cen."
Zhou Xiaochuan glanced at his mother, then at Li Jingchen, and nodded.After instructing Xiao Chuan and Zhou Ying, he jumped off his horse and went up the mountain along the path that Cen Zhu had just followed.
"Thank you Madam Zhou." On the way back, Li Jingchen solemnly expressed his gratitude.
"Your Highness is serious. This is what concubines should do." Mrs. Zhou said politely.Li Jingchen nodded, and didn't want to say anything more, instead, he felt that too much politeness would be hypocritical.
On the contrary, Xiao Chuan was mean, and went to the window and whispered to Mrs. Zhou, "Mother, did you ask sister to go because this Cen Zhu is also surnamed Cen?" He knew his position in the family very well. Well, the elder sister's martial arts and strategy are superior to his. Under normal circumstances, the eldest sister should stay to protect the empress dowager, and he should protect Cen Zhuo. Now that everyone has lost, it is really against common sense.
Mrs. Zhou gave him a warning look and pushed his head out.Zhou Xiaoshan scratched his head for a long time, but he didn't understand Mrs. Zhou's eyes.In fact, Mrs. Zhou was forced to have no choice. Although she cared for Cen Zhuo, she couldn't let her own daughter take risks. After all, Bai Huwei was not a vegetarian.They are willing to help out of love, and it is reasonable not to help.But when Li Jingxuan came out in public, it became clear that Cen Zhuo was the candidate for the future "son-in-law" or even "husband of the emperor". Before? She could pretend not to see through their relationship, but later? See you? It's equivalent to not showing Li Jingchen any favors.Afterwards, it is inevitable to be put on small shoes and settle the account.
The current relationship between the Zhou family and the imperial court is very delicate. Although the Zhou family remained neutral during the First World War in Northern Xinjiang, they more or less agreed to Li Jingchen's private request to borrow troops. This led them to stand with Donggong same position.And after Li Jingchen came to power, he exaggerated the borrowed [-] soldiers to [-]. If the East Palace was not the one who came to power in the future, the Zhou family in the Northwest would definitely be liquidated by the latecomers.So, they came to Beijing this time not only to "receive merit", but also to ask for an order to marry Princess Kant as soon as possible, so as to secure the future of the Zhou family.Therefore, the Zhou family can't offend Li Jingzhu at this critical moment. They must protect her safety, but for Cen Zhuo, the prospective son-in-law, they have to protect her even if they don't want to.
Mrs. Zhou thought that she had broken her heart for this family, but she still couldn't ensure that her sons and daughters were well-rounded, and she would be dragged down by this incompetent son from time to time.If something happened to Xiaochuan, she would not want to live anymore.
Zhou Xiaoshan was puzzled by his mother's sudden sentimentality.Looking up at the sky, it turned out to be cloudy again, and thought to himself: "No way? It's going to be windy again?"
Not long after he thought about it, a strong wind blew, and the horse under him walked sideways like a crab, "Mother, it's coming again!"
"Ma'am, sit still!" Zhou Ying grabbed the reins with all his strength, so as not to let the carriage blow into the ditch?But this round of wind is stronger than the one they encountered in the morning.The overwhelming yellow sand hit the face and body, almost penetrating into every hole.His hand was about to lose control of the horse's uncontrollable strength, and the carriage couldn't help but tilt to one side.
"Madam, let's get out of the car and avoid it! The wind is too strong!"
Both Mrs. Zhou and Li Jingchen were shaken to one side and were about to answer "Yes?" when they suddenly heard a "creak" sound from the top of their heads, and the roof of the carriage flipped right under their noses, and rolled into the sky. out.
"Oh my God!" Mrs. Zhou has also experienced the strong winds in the Gobi in the northwest, so she couldn't help but lose in such a scene of howling ghosts and howling wolves.
I saw the billowing dark clouds, like an upside-down deep sea, rolling in with giant waves and sinking in?Thunder and lightning flashed in the clouds, and strands of white cracks in the sky were like signs of the end of the world.The carriage was like a lone boat pushed to the cusp of the wind and waves, swaying from side to side, erratic.
Zhou Ying and Mrs. Zhou supported Mrs. Zhou alone, and the other got out of the car with Li Jingchen on their backs, and took shelter beside the wheel.Zhou Ying set the horse bolts in the ground, and the wheels were also fixed with wedges.
"No, I? It's really going to rain, let's find a place to hide!" Mrs. Zhou almost couldn't open her eyes.
"This place is all flat, where is it? If there is a place to hide, let's hide under the car!" Zhou Xiaoshan said.
"Then why not stay here?" Madam Zhou said while looking at the bottom of the car.After a while, "I don't know how your sister is doing now." Mrs. Zhou became more and more worried.
"Mother, are you still worried about us? Do it yourself, there are caves on the mountain? There are trees, it's much better than here."
Li Jingzhu thought of Cen Zhuo's current situation, and he was more worried than before.
"Oops!" At this moment, Zhou Ying suddenly turned to look at the road behind the car.
I saw a few shadows appearing and disappearing in the yellow sand sweeping across the sky, holding swords in their forehands, walking against the wind, and approaching them quickly.
"The pursuers are coming, my lord, quickly get your wife and His Highness on horseback, and get out of here? I? Come to the rear of the Highness."
"Get on the horse, how can you get on the horse, it's so windy!" Zhou Xiaoshan gritted his teeth and hated secretly, these people are really brown sugar, and they can't be shaken off.
"Why don't you fight, I? Don't believe it, they? Are so powerful."
"Xiao Shan, listen to Zhou Ying, take His Royal Highness and go first, anyone who can escape is the only one! Go!" Mrs. Zhou wished she could beat him away with a board.
"Everyone be quiet!" Li Jingzhu said suddenly, "Bring me the bow on the cart?!"
Zhou Xiaoshan's eyes widened, thinking to himself how did she know?Not in a hurry to solve the confusion, he hurriedly climbed into the car, went under the seat to draw out the bow that was stuck there, and a barrel of feathered arrows came out.
Mrs. Zhou was surprised: "Why is there a bow and arrow in the car?"
"I...I... I hid under the seat. I originally wanted to go up the mountain to hunt for a while!"
"You dare to hunt on Qixia Mountain!"
"Mother, what time is this, don't you? Have you pursued it?" Zhou Xiaoshan looked unlucky.
Li Jingchen counted the arrows in the quiver, and there were more than a dozen of them, which were barely enough. What surprised her was that all these arrows stood there straight, without moving. The clusters of straw, the clusters of arrows are all stuck on the straw, squeezed together? No matter what they collide, they will not make a sound.
It was very thoughtful.She glanced at Xiaoshan, and Zhou Xiaoshan scratched his head, feeling a little embarrassed.
"It's a little headwind here, carry me? Go to the other side!"
"Is this... okay?"
"Don't dawdle, hurry up!" Mrs. Zhou had seen Li Jingchen's archery in the hunting ground, and felt that although this method was dangerous, it was the only feasible one at present.
"I? Come!" Zhou Ying was a little stronger than Zhou Xiaoshan, and immediately picked up Li Jingchen on her back, and ran towards the other side of the road.Those people seemed to have noticed them too, changed direction, and headed straight for them.
Zhou Ying looked at the reference on the ground while running. He had tried his best, but under the resistance of the strong wind, his speed was still two or three times slower than usual.The sand hit his face more painful than a slap, and he barely opened his eyes to see the way ahead.
"Again? Go forward!"
So Zhou Ying jumped over the ditch, arrived at the wild grass beside the road, and then rushed forward for dozens of steps.
"Okay, here it is!" Zhou Ying turned around and realized the ingenuity of this position selection.The wind blows obliquely. If the enemy is on the main road and the wind is obliquely against them, they?But now they turned to the enemy's side and front, the wind direction was completely facing the enemy, and the arrows shot would be multiplied by the wind force.It is even more powerful.
Li Jingxuan knelt on Zhou Ying's back with one leg, and the other leg was completely numb and was only used for support.Quickly took the arrow and wound it, pulled the pistol away, aimed at the nearest pursuer, shot it with a "swish", the pursuer fell to the ground in response, and the arrow actually pierced his throat.
"Good archery!" Zhou Ying's heart was shocked, the enemy was at least [-] steps away from them, with the help of the wind, they were able to achieve such power, and their accuracy was astonishing.If it weren't for the fact that he couldn't move his hands at this moment, he would have clapped his hands and laughed.
There were still a dozen or so people in front of them. Seeing this situation, they dispersed one after another.Li Jingxuan immediately shot three more arrows to finish off the three chasing soldiers facing forward.The rest spread out around them in an arc shape, and now some people are not against the wind, and if the wind obstructs them, their accuracy will be greatly reduced.
Seeing this, Zhou Ying gritted his teeth and said, "His Royal Highness, sit still." Immediately, he ran in one direction, only to see a pursuer who was originally oblique, but was immediately facing Li Jingchen again. up.Li Jingchen was relentless, seized the opportunity? Immediately shot an arrow, killing him on the spot.
"Amazing!" Seeing that this method is effective, Zhou Ying immediately followed suit.
Under his "snake-shaped running position", there were endless screams from the opposite side. He laughed and ran against the wind on the grass without feeling tired at all. On the contrary? There was a bonus of lightning and thunder, which was unprecedented in his life. fast.
"Five people left!"
Did Zhou Ying aim in his pocket? There were still eight arrows left. As long as he continued to run like this, Li Jingchen's archery skills would be more than enough to deal with these people.
However? At this moment, his right leg seemed to be bitten by a snake, and a trace of coolness spread out.It was cold at first, but then it was a sharp pain. He felt his knees go limp and almost fell to the ground.Li Jingchen swayed twice, almost fell down, and the arrow missed.At the critical moment, Zhou Ying firmly supported his knees, Li Jingchen adjusted his posture, quickly nocked his arrows, aimed at the approaching pursuers, and shot two arrows in succession.One pierced his left eye and one pierced his right eye.
At the same time that the person on the opposite side fell to the ground, Zhou Ying couldn't hold on, and knelt on the ground with one leg.He lowered his head, and there was a palm-length prick pierced on the side of his calf, and blood was gushing from the wound.Because of the relationship between the wind and thunder, he didn't notice it before.
"How are you?"
"I'm fine!" Zhou Ying broke the arrow body of the gun with her hands, gritted her teeth and stood up.Blue veins protruding from the temples? Cold sweat dripped down along the nose.But he didn't give up, he still ran back and forth with Li Jingchen on his back.until I collapsed from exhaustion.Zhou Xiaoshan killed them at some point? He asked, "What's wrong with you, Zhou Ying?"
"This arrow is poisonous!" Zhou Ying's lips turned purple, and the blood on his calf had turned black, showing signs of poisoning. Xiao Shan immediately tore off a piece of his sleeve and tied his thigh tightly. Zhou Ying He said to Zhou Xiaoshan: "I? I can't do it, you can take His Highness away first!"
Zhou Xiaoshan hesitated, Zhou Ying gave him a hard push.As a last resort, he gritted his teeth and carried Li Jingchen on his back, and ran into the wilderness.After running for about ten steps, I suddenly heard a scream from behind, and the moment I turned around, I saw Zhou Ying cut off her calf with a dagger.Zhou Xiaoshan was startled when he saw this tragic scene. The blood vessels in his body were about to burst. He almost trembled all over, "Zhou Ying..."
But Zhou Ying had already passed out and didn't respond.Xiao Shan took two steps forward, and when he saw the pursuers coming, he ran back quickly.Running against the wind and crying, crying and cursing, he thought that even if Zhou Ying could survive, he would never be able to take him to hunt together again.
Li Jingchen bit his lip tightly, turned around and shot the remaining three pursuers one by one.There was only the last one left, and she was panting slightly from exhaustion. She carefully searched for the last target. After searching for a while, she didn't see any sign of that person.
How come? Suddenly disappeared?
"Yes? No? Did you run away in fright?" Xiao Shan turned around panting.
The wind was blowing so that people couldn't stand still, and I don't know how Zhou Yingfang persisted.Thinking of this, tears welled up in his eyes again.
Suddenly, Li Jingchen thought of something, "Not good? Run back quickly!"
Xiao Shan shuddered and immediately turned around, only to see a ghostly figure approaching towards them on a gray grassy plain, staring at them fixedly, and slowly raised the bow|crossbow in his hand.
Li Jingchen didn't know when he went to the front, but now he was following the trend and they were against the trend. Based on the current wind direction alone, they were already doomed.
"It's too late, Zhou Xiaoshan, run away as far as you can. Jingxi will entrust you to take care of her from now on."
"No, I'll never leave! There are no prisoners in the Tu family in northern Xinjiang, and we? Our Zhou family in the northwest will not desert! Even if I die, my mother and eldest sister will take good care of you...Princess Kant, Your Highness Don't worry? Yes."
Li Jingchen was taken aback, and sighed: "I understand your painstaking efforts, but you are still young, there is no need for another unnecessary sacrifice in this world! Let me down, he wants to kill me!"
"If Lord Cen is carrying His Highness on his back, will His Highness let her go?"
Li Jingchen felt a pain in his heart, "Of course."
"But she won't leave. My heart is the same as hers. If I can die for His Highness, I, Zhou Xiaoshan, will never regret it."
After Zhou Xiaoshan finished speaking, there was no movement, he was a little sad, and only in this way could he express his heart to the other party.
Li Jingchen sighed, and even touched his head, "What about you? Why bother..."
Just this light touch made Zhou Xiaoshan feel that death was worth it.
"His Royal Highness, please try again. If I... run a hundred steps forward again, even against the wind, can I shoot and kill this thief?"
"It doesn't need a hundred steps, it only needs fifty steps, and he is within range. It's just that these fifty steps are as difficult as reaching the sky!"
"Oh, me? Zhou Xiaoshan wants to go to the sky? " Zhou Xiaoshan actually grinned, revealing a strange smile.
"Your Highness, last chance? You're aiming. You must shoot the son of a bitch hard and avenge me and Zhou Ying!"
Li Jingchen didn't have time to react, he had already started to act, like a wild buffalo running wild, rushing forward recklessly.Li Jing was forced to draw his bow again and aimed at the target.
One step, two steps, three steps... Ten steps, eleven steps, twelve steps... There was a "whoosh", and a gun shot towards him. Zhou Xiaoshan dodged his body and dodged it, "Fifteen , sixteen...twenty..." He speeded up and ran forward desperately, taking advantage of the enemy's nocking time, he ran forward a few more steps, but as the distance narrowed, the space he could avoid Getting smaller and smaller.When the second shot came, he couldn't dodge it no matter how hard he took the arrow with his right chest.He gritted his silver teeth and went retrograde.
"Thirty, 31..."
Afterwards, I couldn't count how many steps I had run. In Zhou Xiaoshan's mind, he was dizzy and his vision became more and more blurred. "Your Highness, are you here?"
"Not yet, but the wind has reversed!" Li Jingxuan suddenly excitedly said.
"is it?"
Zhou Xiaoshan looked at the person opposite, and was really swayed by the sudden reversal of the wind direction. He couldn't believe it, the wind direction really reversed.At this time, a sharp arrow flew out from the top of the head and shot straight at the chest of the person opposite.
"Heaven, help me? Capture and kill this thief!"
But unexpectedly, the arrow didn't pierce into the flesh, as if it had hit an iron wall, and fell straight to the ground again.And? The man was only hit by the force of the arrow and fell back a few steps, and then? Struggle to stand up? Staring at them even more fiercely.
"what?"
Li Jingchen was taken aback, suspecting that he was wearing soft body armor or something, the second arrow was quickly drawn out and aimed at his neck, but similarly, the second arrow was also easily blocked by him, without any damage. Hurt the flesh.
Zhou Xiaoshan's grinning mouth froze there? Unbelievable, "God, this is so unfair, he is invulnerable!" Zhou Xiaoshan was almost desperate.
At the same time, the person on the opposite side also raised his bow|crossbow, and there was a "whoosh", and when Li Jingchen went to touch the arrow again, the quiver was already empty.
"Oops!" Zhou Xiaoshan fell back, and abruptly used his shoulder to catch the second arrow for her.
"Xiaoshan, Xiaoshan..." Li Jingchen patted his face and desperately called his name.
He was forced to look up at the sky, and the fishy sweetness kept gushing out of his throat.He felt that the voice was getting farther and farther away from him, as if he was sinking slowly from the water and heard the people on the shore talking.He thought he was really going to die.This is what it feels like to die.
At this moment, "swish swish" feathered arrows flew out from the top of the head, like a meteor with a long tail, denser than dark clouds.The ground suddenly trembled violently, and he seemed to hear a rumbling horseshoe neighing, the sound was like rolling thunder, from far to near.
"This is... is this the Yin soldier sent by Lord Yan to collect him?"
"I'm waiting for the rescue to come late——"
A cavalry soldier with silver armor and eagle helmet kicked in the strong wind? With a spear in his hand, he rushed straight forward to the invulnerable White Tiger Guard.With the momentum of a sprint, the spearhead hit it hard.
Then he moved forward non-stop, inserted the spear into the man's ribs, picked him up high, threw it into the air, and stabbed straight with the spear.It seems to have the potential to run through it alive.
"Your Highness, are you alright?"
Li Jingchen hugged Zhou Xiaoshan, okay? It's not easy to distinguish the face of the person, "Lanxi, let them stop, let that person come up with the antidote!"
Lan Xi hurriedly shouted: "General Cui, stop and force him to take out the antidote!"
Hearing the words, the man who was holding the spear aloft stopped immediately, knocked him flying with the shaft of the spear, raised the rein and stepped forward, and the sharp spear head pierced his jaw, where a sharp vortex was pushed out, cold Said: "Hand over the antidote!"
The White Tiger Guard raised his head and spat out blood, and said with a ferocious smile, "It's the scorpion poison of the Western Regions, and there is no cure for it."
Suddenly, the "bell" sounded, and the spear in Cui Yunliang's hand turned rapidly. "Will you hand it over? If you don't, you will die."
"We? We? Didn't complete the task assigned by the Lord. We couldn't survive. Let's do it!"
Cui Yunliang's eyes turned cold, "Hmph, your invulnerability is hard to practice. It's a pity after all!"
As soon as he exerted force in his hand, he pierced his neck on the spot.The man struggled and twisted for a while, then became motionless like a dead fish that had been placed for a long time.
Cui Yunliang looked back at Zhou Xiaoshan's ignorant face, pulled out the spear, and threw it heavily on the ground.Sighed.
Li Jingchen understood that if it was really the poison of the scorpion from the Western Regions, even the gods would be hard to save.
"Your Highness, Yunzhong has brought the imperial physician. Maybe there is still some help." Lan Xi reminded.
"Where is the person?"
"It's right behind, it should be there soon!"
"Quick, carry the person over there!"
Yun Zhong led a large group of people and horses to come, and the team formed a long queue on the main road with no end to end.The leading Shenwu cavalry galloped so fast that the dust they raised nearly offset the yellow sand driven by the wind.In such a strong wind, the horse can still ride so steadily? Throughout the ages, none other than the Shenwu cavalry.Yunzhong's infantry followed closely behind, and there were also three carriages in the team, all of which were reinforced with binding ropes.In the last two carriages were the eight imperial physicians from the Imperial Hospital. In Lan Xi's words, just in case, Yun Zhong almost moved the entire Imperial Hospital here.
The soldiers carried Zhou Ying and Zhou Xiaoshan into the carriage respectively, and let the imperial physician diagnose and treat them.Mrs. Zhou looked at her son and Zhou Ying at the same time, crying out in anxiety.Li Jingchen couldn't help but shed tears.
Yun Zhong saw that Li Jingchen looked embarrassed, his eyes were red, and his nose was sore, he said, "Your Highness, I'm late, and His Highness suffered such serious injuries."
Li Jingchen quietly wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes, "My injury doesn't matter, how is the capital now?"
"Your Highness, don't worry, there is no abnormality in the capital. I have sealed the news tightly. The defense of the capital is temporarily in charge of General Meng Ran, and Mr. Haizhi Anhai is the deputy general. There are also Eunuch Liang and Mr. Gu in the palace, so it is not a big problem. Just Mr. Gu has handed over the infantry of the North City and the East City to Chu Pingguo, the deputy general of the West City. Mr. Gu asked me to tell His Highness the truth about this transfer, and Zhu Yu'an...has been dismissed from his post at home."
"I? Got it. Your arrangements are very appropriate. Mr. Gu is far-sighted, and I feel relieved to have him sitting alone in the capital!"
Li Jingchen knew that Gu Mian had judged that there might be something wrong with the Zhenxia Palace, which was close at hand, from the fact that she was seeking help from Beijing.The guards of Zhenxia Palace are Zhu Yu'an's personal soldiers, if something goes wrong, he will definitely be involved.Even if she had 1 reasons to believe in Zhu Yu'an's innocence, she had to take this step just in case.
"Now, you take all the soldiers and horses to Qixia Mountain, take over the guards of Zhenxia Palace, and seal off all the intersections going up and down the mountain. I will clean up the gates myself."
"Yes!"
"General Cui!"
Cui Yunliang responded, "The minister is here!"
"Leave the archers and bring the cavalry back to the city. The safety of the inner city depends on you. Please block the news and wait for the orphan to return." Cui Yunliang's cavalry team was originally temporarily seconded by Yun Zhong in order to save time. Now, seeing that Li Jingchen is safe and sound, I feel relieved to bring him back.After all, if you attack a mountain, the cavalry doesn't have much use for it.
"promise!"
The imperial physician re-bandaged her wound, and repeatedly advised: "His Highness's wound is very deep into the bone, we still need to take care of it carefully to avoid exhaustion. Otherwise..."
"I understand. The imperial physician only needs to do his best to treat her."
As the wind calmed down a bit, she got out of the car and walked towards the two carriages step by step supported by Lan Xi.
Zhou Ying woke up first, and the imperial physician relieved his pain with Mafeisan.Although he lost a calf, his spirit is still good? The imperial doctor sighed again and again: "This strong man is really brave. He broke his leg at the critical moment to save his life, and the toxin did not invade his heart. If he was a little later, his life might really be lost. "
Mrs. Zhou comforted him with tears in her eyes. Zhou Ying was flattered and said, "This poison is very powerful. I am lucky to be able to save my life. It's just my son..." He heard that Zhou Xiaoshan was hit by an arrow The part is on the chest, he can cut off his feet to protect himself, but...
Mrs. Zhou suddenly turned pale, and shook her head unacceptably, "No, I won't, Xiaoshan won't!"
In fact, from the moment she heard about the scorpion poison from the Western Regions, Mrs. Zhou was already mentally prepared, but she was unwilling to face the reality.She wiped her tears and went back to Xiaoshan's carriage, wanting to have a talk with him.This child likes to be lively since he was a child, and his small mouth has been babbling non-stop. When he grows up, he doesn't like to talk very much. If she can survive, she promises to correct the bad things.I only hope that he can survive, he is...
Mrs. Zhou cried so hard that she almost fainted from crying when she saw the imperial physician take out the two arrows on Xiao Shan's chest and shoulders, which brought out the bloody muscles.
"Madam, don't worry, Young Master Ling has not been poisoned. He hasn't hurt his vitals either. He only needs to be raised for a few months before he can recover."
"Ah? What a horse?" Mrs. Zhou thought she had misheard when she first heard such a shocking reversal.
The two imperial physicians looked at each other happily, "The old man said, the two arrows on Mr. Ling's body are not poisonous? You see, even the blood is red."
"Ah? This... how is this possible?" Mrs. Zhou saw that the blood on Xiao Shan's chest was indeed different from the thick black on Zhou Ying's severed limb, and she was so excited that she trembled all over her body, "Doctor, are you... are you sure? I, Xiaoshan, can I really come back to life?"
"Master Ling is in good health. If you are optimistic, you should be able to recover in three months."
"God bless you!" Mrs. Zhou yelled joyfully, holding Xiao Shan's head and weeping bitterly, wishing to wake him up, "I? Old Zhou's family is really blessed by the ancestors, blessed by the gods, thank the emperor and the empress, as? Come to Buddha, the Great Merciful and Great Compassionate Guan Yin Bodhisattva, I...I? must eat a year of fasting to worship you? These great benevolent gods! Amitabha!"
When Lan Xi heard that she thanked all the gods in the sky, she couldn't help laughing.
Li Jingchen asked the imperial physician again, "What's going on? Why did they? One was poisoned, but the other wasn't?"
The imperial doctor said: "I have checked it, and the problem should be on the three arrows. The two arrows that Mr. Zhou hit, the arrow clusters are all non-toxic, and the arrow that Zhou Ying hit, the arrow clusters are all non-toxic. The pungent scorpion venom of the Western Regions was smeared on the cluster, and those who are infected with this scorpion poison will surely die once it spreads to the heart veins."
"That's strange, these three arrows are all the same, how could it be? Some are poisonous, some are not poisonous?"
Li Jingchen thought for a while, and asked Lan Xi to pick up the quiver from the White Tiger Guard. There were still nine arrows in the bag, plus the three arrows that had already been shot, making a total of twelve.The imperial doctor checked them one by one, and sure enough, six of the twelve arrows were completely non-poisonous, two of them were shot on Xiao Shan's body, and the other six were all smeared with the poison of the Western Region scorpion, Zhou Ying's body was the one of them.
"Could it be that these White Tiger Guards still kill selectively?"
"Shouldn't be? The venom of the Western Region scorpion is colorless and odorless. These arrows are mixed together. It is impossible to tell which one is poisonous and which one is not. This must be unusual."
"That's right, according to common sense, shouldn't all the scorpion poison be smeared to ensure safety?" Lan Xi couldn't figure it out.
Mrs. Zhou suddenly said: "This is, half life, half death. The other party did not intend to completely put His Highness to death, but? This opportunity? It depends on God's will." In fact, Mrs. Zhou has never heard of Bai Huwei's name. No. From that moment on, I knew who was behind everything.Without the emperor's direct order, the White Tiger Guard would not have easily dispatched.The confrontation of imperial power is so cruel, even the biological father and daughter will fight each other in order to fight for power.But from her perspective as a parent, where in the world would there be parents who want their children to die?Li Pinghong's ability to set this rule is really reasonable.
When Li Jingchen heard this, he didn't say anything, but felt that it was ironic enough.Sure enough, she is not very smart, and she can always think of things that should not be thought of in a flash.
Zhou Xiaoshan woke up dimly, Mrs. Zhou and Li Jingchen all surrounded him.Zhou Xiaoshan slowly saw the two people above his head clearly, and stared blankly at the two spots of water under the corners of Li Jingchen's eyes, "Your Highness, are your tears shed for me?"
Li Jingchen smiled slightly and said, "Okay? Okay? Heal your wounds. I? Will? See you!"
Xiao Shan suddenly showed a happy smile, as if he had eaten honey, "Then I? I really die? I have no regrets!"
Mrs. Zhou was furious: "You bastard, abandoning my mother, you dare to say that you will die? No regrets. How are you? Don't break me? Don't break your legs."
Li Jingchen smiled a little tiredly, "Lanxi, I? Now I have a task for you.
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