162. The Assassins are coming
In the early morning, the little guy next to Yuan Wangye came to wait outside the gate of Guang'an Hall, and wanted to take Xie Jingxiu to the city gate to exchange money.
Xiao Yu sent Xie Jingxiu out, and when he saw the little guy who came up to ask for peace, he frowned, looked at Xie Jingxiu and said softly: "Why do you seem to be afraid that you won't go?" Isn't there some conspiracy? ”
Xie Jingxiu smiled: "It's strange that there is no conspiracy, but the soldiers are coming to block it, and the water is flooding." He raised his hand and touched Xiao Yu's face, "No matter what, Yu'er just trust her husband." ”
After speaking, without waiting for Xiao Yu to react, he turned around and got on the horse and left.
Xiao Yu followed in the footsteps of the horse and took two steps, and the figure of the group quickly disappeared from view.
What are Xie Shizi's words...... What do you mean? Xiao Yu frowned slightly, and regretted that he didn't stop Xie Jingxiu.
If you want to go to the countryside, why can't you go, why do you have to go with those few people?
Although the old prince is shrewd, he doesn't know about the affairs of the back house. Yuan Wang Ye has always been ignorant, Princess Yuan is only more ignorant than him, only one side concubine looks extraordinary, and there is a cousin of the same age. With so many people walking together, Xiao Yu felt a headache for Xie Jingxiu.
Although the 20,000 private troops in the hands of the Yuan Wangfu were confiscated, the palace guards were still there, and at this time, there were fifty guards escorting several masters to Huguo Temple.
Leading the guards was Cao Rui. Cao Rui drove his horse to the side of the sixth child, with a not very sincere smile on his face, and said, "Sixth brother, why are you?" Where did Brother Lin go? ”
Twenty-nine famous Lin Fangjing, Cao Rui occasionally called him by his surname, and Erjiu never bothered to take care of it.
Erjiu was originally assigned to serve in the private army, but now that the private army is nominally gone, this reason cannot be given.
"I don't know." The sixth said honestly.
Cao Rui cut off: "You guys who have followed the world are mysterious every day, don't think I don't know what you are all doing sneakily." ”
The sixth child just didn't say anything, and there was not even a trace of discoloration on his face, Cao Rui felt very bored, and ran to the front.
This time, Yuan Wang Ye brought out fifty guards, and Xie Jingxiu did not arrange manpower to escort him, only brought the sixth man by his side. The old prince is still surrounded by the fifth, seventh and ninety-three. Cao Rui escorted the car of Prince Yuan and the princess, only there was no one next to Concubine Ding's car, and Xie Jinglin rode a horse to follow aside.
After the group converged, they set off in a majestic manner.
Seeing that Xie Jingxiu was coming alone, Yuan Wang Ye couldn't help but nodded.
"Xiu'er didn't bring that little doctor, so he still has some measure."
Princess Yuan thought that the hard life in the past few months was still due to the little doctor, Xie Jingxiu just wanted to give that kid a breath of relief to treat her biological mother like this, and couldn't help but feel bitter in her heart, her eyes looked at Xie Jingxiu's carriage that was following behind, and just snorted coldly.
"Don't be angry, princess, when you get to Huguo Temple, this king will let that son kneel down to make amends to the princess."
"How can I deserve him to kneel." Princess Yuan sneered.
Yuan Wang Ye said: "You are his own mother, and you gave birth to him in October, who can you deserve it?!" ”
Princess Yuan closed her eyes and stopped talking.
Before Yuan Wang Ye could say something more, he suddenly heard a sharp whistling sound piercing the void, and then there was a snatching sound, and an arrow with a cold light actually penetrated the wall of the car, drilling a sharp blade inside.
Princess Yuan screamed in shock, then bit her lip and held back her shouting.
The carriage, which had been moving smoothly, suddenly tilted, and the people in the carriage were also turned upside down, and the coachman shouted outside: "There are assassins!" ”
Before he could finish speaking, he suddenly fell silent, and the carriage slammed down and slowly stopped.
"You sit in the car, don't go out!"
Prince Yuan told Princess Yuan, got up and lifted the curtain and walked out.
"Lord Wang......" Princess Yuan whispered with a pale face, squatting on the car board with her body bent, trembling slightly.
As soon as Prince Yuan got out of the carriage, he saw a group of people suddenly coming out of the forest beside the road, dressed in simple clothes, not like assassins, but like ordinary people.
Could it be a homeless? A moment flashed in Yuan Wangye's mind, but he immediately rejected this idea.
The exiles do not have such bravery, nor do they have such strong martial arts. This is clearly a well-trained team of killers.
In the past, the assassins encountered a small group of seven or eight people at most, but this time there were fifty or sixty people blocking in front of them, and a steady stream of people rushed out of the grove and rushed towards the people of the Yuanwang Mansion who were surrounded by guards.
"Lord Wang, help!" Concubine Ding suddenly let out a scream, and Prince Yuan swung his sword to cut off the cold arrow that came from nowhere, and when he heard the sound, he turned his head to look, but saw that Concubine Ding's car suddenly drove towards the woods like crazy, and immediately one or twenty assassins chased after the car.
Xie Jinglin shouted loudly and rode up on horseback.
Yuan Wang Ye suffered from the lack of skills, although there were guards blocking the assassins, they were temporarily invisible, but there were always sharp arrows flying from all directions. Lord Yuan wants to protect Princess Yuan's car, so naturally he can't take care of Concubine Ding.
There are three guards with strong martial arts around the patriarch and the prince, and there is no danger for the time being.
Now it seems that only Concubine Ding's situation is the most critical.
"Jing Xiu, go and help!" Yuan Wang Ye shouted.
Xie Jingxiu leisurely walked out of the car, and the sixth man danced a pair of double knives impermeable, and his feet changed like the wind, always blocking in front of Xie Jingxiu, blocking all the arrows three steps away.
Xie Jingxiu stood in the rain of arrows, as if he was strolling leisurely, looking at Yuan Wangye, who was firmly guarding the car in front of the car.
"Take the sixth with you!" Yuan Wang Ye shouted again.
The guards that Xie Jingxiu adjusted, even if they were all selected from the ordinary guards in the palace, their martial arts were always much higher than those of ordinary guards, and only Cao Rui could barely compare with him by his side.
The people around the patriarch and the prince cannot be mobilized, only Xie Jingxiu and the sixth can help Xie Jinglin.
Xie Jingxiu didn't say anything, and took the sixth child to chase Concubine Ding's car.
There were hundreds of Assassins besieging the surrounding area.
A few guards gathered around Yuan Wangye to interrupt the flying arrows together, and Yuan Wangye got a breather of breathing, and said angrily: "Who are you?!" Dare to intercept and kill the convoy of the Yuan Wangfu! ”
There were a few strange laughs among the assassins, and someone shouted, "It's your dog from the Yuanwang Mansion that you killed!" If you want to blame it, blame you for having a good sister-in-law who causes trouble! Brothers, there will not be a single living mouth today! The proprietor is rewarded! ”
A group of people responded in unison, and the attack became more fierce, and the guards of the Yuanwang Mansion, who formed a protective shield, were suddenly rushed through a gap.
Cao Rui hurriedly went up to plug it in person, and transferred a few people to plug the gap, which temporarily slowed down the decline.
Yuan Wang Ye was stunned for a moment. The assassin's words are so obvious, this is another disaster caused by Xie Jingxiu?!
"Son, son!" Yuan Wangye's face was pale, and he said angrily again and again.
Princess Yuan poked her head out of the car and called out with a pale face: "Lord, Lord, Lord......"
Yuan Wang Ye hurriedly walked over and took her cold hand.
"What about Jing Xiu? Jing Xiu—"
Yuan Wang Ye interrupted him, and said with a pale face: "Hugh will mention him again!" It's all the trouble he caused! Don't worry, I'll take care of you! ”
Princess Yuan looked around a little flustered, the bandit-like assassin was terrifying, and she shook her head blankly: "How can you let Jing Xiu chase that woman's car?!" Two fists are hard to beat four hands, how can you let him chase it?! ”
"Jinglin is also there." Yuan Wang Ye said, "Jinglin can, why can't he?" He is the prince of the world, and he is also the pillar of the future Yuan Wangfu, how can he hide behind in case of trouble. Don't panic, princess, Jing Xiu will be fine. ”
Prince Yuan coaxed Princess Yuan back into the car, and he was also determined in his heart.
His son has always been unfathomable, and he has a very good city, if it weren't for this, he wouldn't be sure that he is the heir to the Yuan Palace.
This little battle can't do anything to him, and Prince Yuan is not worried.
This battle lasted for two hours, and the Assassins became more and more courageous, but they were no match for the well-trained and cooperative guards of the Yuan Palace.
Cao Rui commanded thirty people to form a flexible formation, and insisted on guarding the carriage of the patriarch and the prince in the center, without leakage.
Seeing that he could not get any benefit, the assassin finally retreated, and a hoarse voice commanded, "Withdraw!" ”
The Assassins, who were still besieging, instantly withdrew and retreated into the shadow of the grove like a tidal wave.
Cao Rui once again ordered the guards to change their formations and stand by strictly in case the enemy killed one of them.
After another two pillars of incense, Cao Rui sent two guards to investigate the forest, and only then did he relax and let the guards return to the team.
Yuan Wang Ye said in a deep voice: "Cao Rui, quickly bring people to reinforce the prince and the side concubine!" ”
Cao Rui's voice should be solemn, and the old prince got out of the car and said, "The fifth, the seventh, go with the Cao guards to find the prince." ”
The five-seven-ninety-three people were all trained by Xie Jingxiu, and they were already in a hurry, but their duty was to protect the old prince, and they didn't dare to leave their posts without permission at this time.
It's just that Xie Jingxiu gave an order before leaving, and ordered the three of them to stay by the side of the patriarch no matter what, and not leave for a moment. No matter how anxious they were, even if they got the orders of the patriarch, the fifth and seventh still looked at each other and refused together.
"The subordinates only guard the old prince, this is the order of the prince."
When the patriarch saw them like this, he couldn't help it.
These people can give their lives for him, but they can only thank Jingxiu's order, he already knew.
Cao Rui immediately took ten guards to look for the traces of the wheels. This time I have not returned for another hour.
It was still the morning of the rising sun, but the delay came in the afternoon. Yuan Wang Ye did not dare to relax, but still ordered the rest of the guards to put on a protective formation and wait for the battle.
An hour later, Cao Rui came back with the guards escorting Concubine Ding's car, and Xie Jinglin accompanied him, as if he had been injured on his shoulder, and he was only wrapped in his clothes.
But Xie Jingxiu was the only one who was missing.
Cao Rui walked in front of Yuan Wang Ye to resume his life, but his face that had always been casual was a heavy look that he had never had.
"Lord, prince...... It's gone. ”
Yuan Wang Ye was stunned: "It's gone?" How could it be gone?! Concubine Fang and Jing Lin are back, how could he be gone?! "
Cao Rui pursed his lips, his face was ugly, and replied: "The subordinates chased the side concubine's car on the tracks, and the second master was fighting with several assassins, and the subordinates killed the assassins and brought the second master and the side concubine back." Along the way, I really didn't see the son. ”
When Yuan Wang Ye heard this, his anger was churning.
"This son of a wive! Let him protect the side concubine, he really didn't want to! With such a narrow heart, how can he bear the burden of an entire palace! ”
Princess Yuan is a woman, she can be jealous of the side concubine, but Xie Jingxiu, a man who wants to become the future lord of a mansion, must treat everyone in the palace equally and equally, so that he can truly bear the rise and fall of a family in the future, how can he be so willful? !
Cao Rui glanced at Yuan Wangye, bowed his head and said: "Although my subordinates have not seen the prince, they have seen the messy footsteps on the road, and the branches and grass are broken. ”
"What?!" Yuan Wang Ye was shocked and his eyes widened.
Cao Rui nodded a little solemnly and continued: "Those assassins just now, although they are not top-notch, they are not a rabble. If there is another team of 180 people who only pursues Shizi and Lao Liu, I am afraid that ......"
He didn't finish what he had to say, but there was nothing else he could hear.
Two people against a hundred people, even if you are a martial artist, it is impossible to defeat a hundred.