Chapter 167: Assassination
Two days later, Shen Yan was escorted to Ganzhou City and settled in an inn. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ο½ο½ο½Uο½Eγ info Liu Ji's people have already chartered the entire inn in advance, so the inn is quiet and undisturbed. However, something happened in the middle of the night.
Shen Yan suffered from insomnia because of the pain of separation from An Yangping, and finally fell asleep at this time, but was awakened by the sound of swords clashing and the cry of pain during the dying struggle.
She got up quickly, and when she opened the door, two men with knives rushed in, and they were fierce at her.
They were dressed in night clothes and were not masked, and Shen Yan immediately recognized one of the men, and one of the men was the person she and Li Chengmao met when they arrived in Wuxia Town. It's the same Assassins! Moreover, the object they want to kill is indeed her Shen Shiyan'er.
Two men in black slashed at her with knives and almost without hesitation. She narrowly escaped once, and there was no room to hide. When a man raises a knife, he wants to cut off her head. And just as his life was hanging by a thread, a long sword flew in from outside the door and pierced the man's chest, and the man turned back in disbelief and fell to the ground with a bang.
It was Liu Ji who came. After he tried his best to knock the other man down, he pulled out his sword from the dead man, and then grabbed Shen Yan and ran out of the house. Outside, there were more Assassins coming this way.
"What about your people?" Shen Yan was puzzled and confused.
"They're all dead." Liu Ji slashed the assassin while carefully protecting her behind him. The hair scattered on his forehead made him even more calm.
He was covered in sweat, gritting his teeth and holding on during the fight. Shen Yan felt strange, and took a closer look at him through the moonlight, only to find the clothes on his waist. A gaping hole was made, and he was stained with bloodβhe was wounded by a knife.
More and more Assassins were chasing after them. Shen Yan knew that with Liu Ji alone, neither he nor she would be able to get out of this inn. I thought about it. She broke free of his grip on her own, picked up a knife from the pile of dead men, and slashed at the Assassins who were surrounding her.
Although her movement of swinging the knife was disorderly, it also played a role under the joint force of Liu Ji. Finding an opportunity, Liu Ji took out a fire fold, lit the fire and threw it to the ground. When the fire spreads and finally stops the Assassins who are surrounding them. He carried Shen Yan with him, jumped down from the corridor, and escaped from the inn.
A quarter of an hour later, the two hid in the courtyard of a house, escaping the Assassins. At that time, Liu Ji covered his injured waist and had difficulty standing up.
He had never been so badly injured at such a young age, and he thought he was going to die. Therefore, when he was still conscious, he grabbed Shen Yan tightly and whispered in the night: "Imperial sister-in-law, promise me that you will definitely return to the palace...... Find out the killer. ...... for me For so many of my brothers...... Avenge. β
"You'll be fine." Shen Yan was also anxious, and looked around, but saw that the yard was very messy. She got up and knocked on the door. As soon as the hand touched, the door opened. Originally. It is a long-uninhabited compound. She hurriedly turned back to Liu Ji and wanted to help him into the house. While comforting: "You won't die." There's no one in the house, so I'll help you in first. β
Liu Ji is tall, but he can't go wherever he wants to help. Fortunately, he still has some consciousness now, and with Shen Yan's support, he can barely walk a few steps. However, even so, helping him to the bed in the inner room of the house really took Shen Yan a lot of effort.
Shen Yan gasped for a while, opened the big hole in his clothes and looked at it, and saw that the knife wound was a knife wound from a cut and not a knife wound from a stab, and he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. She tore a strip of cloth from her underneath skirt, wrapped it around his wound, and then said, "You lie here, I'll go and ask for a doctor." β
"Imperial sister-in-law...... Don't ......" the sweaty Liu Ji struggled to stop him.
"I'll be careful." Shen Yan said and straightened her messy bun. Seeing that Liu Ji was wearing a dagger at his waist, she took it away and strode out of the house.
Outside, she walked cautiously two streets, and finally saw a medicine hall called Rejuvenation Hall.
At that time, in the dead of night, the streets and streets will be empty, and all houses and courtyards will be closed, and this rejuvenation hall itself is no exception. Shen Yan knocked on the door for a long time, and someone answered inside.
The one who opened the door for Shen Yan was a white-faced guy in his twenties. He held the lamp in his hand and looked sleepy. As soon as he opened the door, Shen Yan put the dagger around his neck, blew out his lamp, and whispered, "Take me to the doctor." β
"Good...... Okay, I'll take you to the doctor. The white-faced guy was frightened and obedient, and he didn't forget to remind Shen Yan: "Girl, take a good knife, don't let it hurt me, I have old and young, one person dies, and the whole family ......dies."
Shen Yan only felt that he was very verbose, and quickly interrupted him: "Where did you get so many words? Just take me to the doctor. β
"Okay, let's go, let's go." The white-faced guy moved cautiously.
Holding him hostage, Shen Yan was afraid that he would think he was a wicked person and would find a way to deal with him, so along the way, she explained to him the reason why she did this.
The white-faced man heard that she was being hunted down, and only because he was afraid that someone would find out her traces so he blew his lamp, and he was afraid that he would scream and attract attention, so he turned his dagger at him, and his heart relaxed, and immediately said: "That is the case, the sword has no eyes, the girl can let me go now, right?" β
"Forgive me for being abrupt." Shen Yan withdrew the dagger, and her nervousness calmed down.
Looking at Shen Yan carefully, the white-faced guy saw her combing the woman's head, so he changed his tone and asked, "It's Madame who was injured?" β
"No, it's my brother who got hurt." Shen Yan replied, and then urged, "Take me to the doctor, right?" My brother has a knife wound to the waist, and I'm afraid ......"
"Madame, don't worry, come with me." The white-faced guy led Shen Yan to a lower room in the backyard, packed up a medical kit and carried it on his back, and then said, "Madame, please." β
"What do you mean by that?" Shen Yan was surprised and puzzled, "Can you see my brother's injury?" β
"It's nature." The white-faced man said confidently, "Madam, don't look at me as a buddy, my real master is the divine doctor Hanako, my dream since childhood is to become the holy imperial doctor, my medical skills, that are far above our shopkeeper." After boasting, he explained: "At this time, my master is sleeping, and when he packs up and goes to treat Madame's brother, Madame's brother will be in danger of his life." β
Shen Yan thought that Liu Ji's injury really couldn't be delayed longer, so she agreed to take him there.
When the two of them just walked to the door, there were a few people in black walking towards this side, and one of them said, "There is a medicine hall over there, go and have a look." β
Shen Yan felt a pang in her heart and told the white-faced guy that these men in black were assassins who wanted to kill her.
"They must have known that Madame's younger brother was injured and needed medicine, so they found the Rejuvenation Hall." The white-faced guy's brain turned fast, and he immediately grabbed Shen Yan's wrist and said angrily: "Follow me out the back door." β
Shen Yan's heart warmed, as if she had found a support at the end of the road.
Leaving the Rejuvenation Hall smoothly and walking in the moonlight, Shen Yan found out that this white-faced guy had an extraordinary appearance.
"What do you call Engong?"
"Lai Yangming." He turned his face sideways and grinned, "What about you?" β
Shen Yan lied: "My husband's surname is Shen." β
"The surname is Shen Hao!" Lai Yangming praised, "I have the same surname as Queen Xigong." Speaking of Empress Xigong, he seemed to be very excited, "Mrs. Shen, does you know how powerful Empress Xi is?" She's a big hero. If it weren't for her lobbying, how could the new emperor get so much support from the Manchu Dynasty when he ascended the throne? Do you know? She also killed the former prime minister Gu Chongzhi with her own hands, and hated many loyal ministers who Gu Chongzhi killed during his lifetime, which is really happy. β
Shen Yan didn't know that she had these commendable places among the people.
said that many queens of the West are good, Lai Yangming couldn't help but look forward to it: "In the coming day, I will enter the palace as a royal doctor, and I must meet our amazing queen." β
Shen Yan thought about it and stopped, and told him seriously: "Take care of my brother's injury, I will guarantee that you can see the Empress of the West Palace." β
Lai Yangming was stunned when he heard this, and suddenly thought of something, and couldn't help but exclaim: "Mrs. Shen? Are you ......?"
Shen Yan covered his mouth, his face was serious, "It's important to save people." With that, she let go of him and strode forward.
"Yes, yes, yes." Lai Yangming followed closely, and between his words and deeds, he was a little more respectful.
When the two arrived at the uninhabited compound, Liu Ji was unconscious. Shen Yan found a candle in the house and lit it, only to see the white cloth wrapped around his wound, stained red with blood. And the blood continues to seep out.
Lai Yangming probed his snort and said "help", so he was a little embarrassed to ask Shen Yan to say: "I have to bother my mother to help me boil some hot water." β
Shen Yan responded and went down to get busy. After she left, Lai Yangming couldn't help grinning, secretly proud, and laughed silently, thinking: Queen West, it turns out that she is Queen West! Now it's going to be transferred!
He cheered up, prepared everything, and began to carefully treat Liu Ji's wounds.
After cleaning and bandaging Liu Ji's wounds, he only used a cup of tea. After finishing the matter, he said to Shen Yan: "Niangniang, he is fine, I will bring the decoction medicine tomorrow morning." β
"Hmm." Shen Yan thanked him sincerely, and did not forget to remind: "You have to be careful when you go back, don't let people find out." β
"Don't worry, mother."
On the way back to the Rejuvenation Hall, Lai Yangming was nervous and happy as if he had a peerless treasure. He was very sure that he was going to be ready to run and soar. When he returned to the medicine hall, he couldn't sleep even more, so he prepared several large bags of medicine that Liu Ji was going to take overnight, and waited for dawn to send them to him. Not only that, but he also packed his bags for himself.
He thought: The emperor cherishes the Queen of the West so much, and now that the Queen of the West is in distress, if he desperately protects her, the emperor will definitely reward him well.
That night, he woke up several times in his dreams laughing. (To be continued.) )