Chapter 44
"No arrows!"
It was like a thousand trance-like centuries, but it seemed like a snap of a finger, and I was inexplicably in front of my eyes, the noon sun scorched a colorful halo on the cliff, and a man straddling a horse descended like a god, heroic and cool.
His face was obscured by golden armor, and the sunlight reflected his majestic figure. I was a little dizzy, and I only felt that he was like the god of war in the Heavenly Palace, shining in my eyes.
A team of Jinwu military guards poured out behind Yuwen Qiye, silently confronting the feather forest led by Xiao Ao. The majestic posture of him straddling the back of the purple horse made me trance-stricken for a moment, and I suddenly couldn't tell if I had fallen into a dream.
"Helan Lone, let go of the princess, I'll let you live!"
Yuwen Qiye's deep voice came from afar, as if it had gone through hardships and dangers before it reached my ears.
I didn't open my mouth to cry out for help, and I didn't even know why. Xu was choked by Helan Lone, and I couldn't make any sound.
"Haha!" Helan laughed contemptuously, "Will you let me go, if I don't let her go, what can you do?" Cold fingers slid across my cheeks, causing shivers and goosebumps all around me.
Yuwen Qiye suddenly pulled out the golden bow and arrow from his back, straddled the horse's back, held the bow with one hand, and pulled the arrow with the other, and the gold-plated arrow was aimed in my direction: "It's up to you to decide!"
Helan sneered: "If you want to save her, you'd better obediently put down the bow and arrow in your hand!" As he spoke, he took out a dagger and put it at my throat.
Yuwen Qiye stared at Helan Lin coldly, and immediately turned his gaze to me, and after a long time, he put away the bow and arrow in his hand.
"Let the rest of the people stand down!"
Qi Ye stared at Helan Lone, waved his hand and nodded, and Jin Wuwei all retreated.
Holding his breath all around, Xiao Ao's face was red and blue because of Yuwen Qiye's sudden appearance, and then he waved away the Yulin guards, and stood aside with the mentality of watching the show.
All of a sudden, the edge of the cliff became a stalemate between Helan Lin and Yuwen Qiye, and I was restrained by He Lan Lin and couldn't move at all.
I gritted my teeth and asked Helan Lin softly, "What do you want?"
"That's not enough...... Helan whispered in my ear, "Just let me see how much this Jinwu general loves you......"
As he spoke, Helan Lin pushed me backhanded, I was caught off guard, and the world in front of me suddenly became weightless, and my body leaned back. The strong winds that were surging from all directions poured into my body in an instant, and my whole body kept falling......
A hand reached out from the edge of the cliff and grabbed my arm with force.
I struggled to come back to my senses, only to see Helan silently grasping one of my arms, my whole body hanging in the air, countless pieces of sand grazing my cheeks, and falling into the abyss behind me.
I looked back and saw the river flowing under the hundred-foot cliff, and my heart rose to my throat, and there was no moment when the desire to survive was stronger than now. My other hand tried to climb up to Helan Lin's arm, but my body was so stiff that I didn't dare to move.
The wind was howling, and I heard Helan shouting at Yuwen Qiye unbridledly: "Yuwen Qiye, your woman is in my hands now! As soon as I let go, she will die without a place to be buried! If you want to save her, let me enter the customs and personally escort me to see the emperor of your Zhou Dynasty!"
"You are dreaming!" Xiao Ao's voice came into my ears first, "The emperor is the emperor of the Ninety-Five Dynasty of the Heavenly Dynasty, and if you fail to assassinate him, you will still be blackmailed by the princess! You are just an exiled enemy prince, how can you make a request?"
"Why?" He Lanshan let go slightly, I slid down a few inches, and was so frightened that I hurriedly grabbed his sleeve, "You ask General Jinwu beside you, why do I dare to threaten you......"
I couldn't see the cliff, but I could feel the stalemate. I pricked up my ears and couldn't hear Yuwen Qiye's further movements, and the body hanging on the cliff was swaying, and my heart was going up and down.
An arrow suddenly broke through the dead deadlock, and I felt a jolt in my arm, and the force in my hand plummeted, and my whole body moved with it, and I fell a few inches down.
"Without my command, who would dare to release the arrow!" Yuwen Qiye's angry voice came, and I gritted my teeth in mid-air and insisted.
A drop of blood landed on my eyelid and ran down my cheek. Then came the second drop, the third drop...... Helan was shot in the left shoulder, and the blood that flowed down my arm snaked down my face, and my face was covered with the wet, sticky liquid.
Helan snorted in silence, suddenly turned his head to me and said coldly: "Since your accomplice is ruthless to you and me, then don't blame me for being unrighteous to you!"
My nails dug tightly into the back of Helan Lin's hand, and I was dying, but the strength in my hand began to relax because it had been tight.
Just when I was about to despair, I suddenly heard Xiao Ao roar: "Yuwen Qiye, you are crazy!"
Another pair of hands suddenly reached out from the edge of the cliff and grabbed my other hand waving in the air. I suddenly opened my eyes, which were closed in fear, and Qi Ye's face appeared in my sight, he leaned over the edge of the cliff, grabbed me with one hand, and restrained Helan Lin with the other hand.
"Nine...... Kurou ......"
Qi Ye's palms felt a reassuring temperature, and I was trembling all over. The rocks under my feet rolled into the river one by one, and in an instant I was swept away by the raging rapids, and I felt that death was a few steps away from me, and my breathing became rapid.
"Don't be afraid, hold on to my ......"
My body was lifted up by him little by little, who expected Helan Lin to break free from Qi Ye's clamps, turned over and pounced, a cold light flashed in front of my eyes, and I saw a short dagger stabbed towards Qi Ye's chest!
I couldn't think much about it at the critical moment, so I was ruthless, and He Lanlin grabbed my hand and pulled it down desperately, and my whole body suddenly sank down.
A large black shadow fell in front of my eyes, and in the midst of the lightning and stone fire, Helan was accidentally pulled off the cliff by me. Qi Ye had a short dagger on his shoulder, and he pulled my arm with difficulty, half of his body hanging outside.
My other hand was firmly grasped by Helan Lone, and he volleyed all over his body, and suddenly lost his laughter.
"Haha...... Even if I die, there will be two of you buried with me!Yuwen Qiye, let me burn your jade today......"
Helan Lin said, his cold gaze was cast upward, I noticed a trace of strangeness, and when I looked up, I saw Xiao Ao pacing leisurely, squatting beside Yuwen Qiye.
"Tsk, General Jinwu, your heroic performance to save the United States is really wonderful, aren't you afraid of disobeying the emperor's decree and letting Helan succeed?"
Qi Ye frowned. Xiao Ao smiled arrogantly, and his face showed murderous intent: "Today, none of you want to step through the Sword Gate!"