Chapter 24: Turning the Tiger Away from the Mountain
Feeling the snort rushing to her face, Su Ruoxi's cheeks flushed slightly, but her heartbeat couldn't help but speed up.
Just when the lips of the two were about to touch together, suddenly a rapid knock sounded, and the anxious voice of the maid beside Mu Lingshan came from outside the door.
"Lord Wang, something is wrong, the county lord has been robbed!"
Mu Zihan's face suddenly sank, his eyes flashed with cold light, and his expression was terrifyingly cold.
Su Ruoxi didn't know if Mu Zihan's reaction was to be unhappy that he was disturbed by the good thing, or because he was worried about Mu Lingshan.
"Ling Feng! What's going on! ”
Mu Zihan snorted coldly, Ling Feng immediately pushed the door in, and reported: "Back to the prince, an assassin sneaked into the county lord's room, the county lord was abducted by the man in black, and the guards who protected the county lord were also killed. ”
"Strengthen the palace guards, and bring a team of men and horses to chase after the king himself!"
After listening to Ling Feng's report, Mu Zihan did not hesitate, and after giving the order, he threw off his sleeves and left, leaving Su Ruo alone in the room.
It seems that his anger still stems from Mu Lingshan's safety.
Su Ruoxi stood by the window, looking at Mu Zihan's figure disappearing into the night, a sneer appeared on the corner of her mouth.
Ling Feng followed behind Mu Zihan, and just walked out of the West Courtyard not far away, he stopped again.
The maid who passed the message chased after her, stopped in front of Ling Feng and wondered, "Lord Ling, what's wrong?" ”
"If you want to live, go to the torture chamber and get a hundred punishment rods yourself."
"The slave maid was derelict in his duty and did not protect the county lord well, and asked Lord Ling to give the slave and maid a chance to make up for their mistakes, and they were punished lightly."
The maid was so frightened that she fell to her knees crying.
A hundred punishment rods, even if they didn't kill her, I'm afraid they would be a waste for life.
"It seems that you don't even understand what you are doing wrong, and even if you avoid this time, you will not be able to escape your life next time. Go to the torture chamber, and don't let the master say it himself. ”
After Ling Feng finished speaking, he was about to leave, but the maid was unwilling, so she stepped forward and hugged Ling Feng's leg with her heart, and cried: "Please Lord Ling make it clear, let the slave die clearly!" ”
Ling Feng sighed helplessly, and explained quietly: "In the attic of the West Courtyard, the trespasser is dead!" ”
Leaving these words, Ling Feng ignored the maid's cry and left directly.
In the attic, Su Ruoxi leaned on the bed porch, sighing constantly.
"Alas! I should be happy that the cold-faced god is gone, why do I feel a little lost and unhappy in my heart? ”
Right! It's just an unhappy feeling, seeing Mu Zihan rushing away for other women, she can't wait to throw a stone and stun him.
"Damn! I must have been drugged by Mu Zihan, how could I think of such messy things! ”
Su Ruoxi muttered while patting her head to keep herself awake.
At this moment, a figure suddenly appeared outside the door. And looking at the figure of the figure, eighty percent of it is Wan'er.
"Didn't this stinky girl let her go to sleep? What are you doing here! ”
Su Ruoxi got up and got out of bed, walked towards the door, and shouted as she walked, "Wan'er, what's wrong?" ”
It's just that the figure outside the door didn't respond to her.
Su Ruoxi suddenly felt that something was wrong, hid a dagger on the table behind him, and cautiously approached the door.
"Wan'er, is that you? Why don't you speak? ”
The closer she got to the door, the more sure Su Ruoxi was that the person outside the door was Wan'er.
Wan'er is usually always chirping like a sparrow, and the quieter she is at the moment, the more wrong things are.
Su Ruoxi could feel that a dangerous aura was approaching.
But she can't ignore Wan'er's life or death, so she must open the door to see what is going on.
As soon as Su Ruoxi opened the door, she saw Wan'er's face as pale as paper, standing in front of her door with her eyes closed.
"Wan'er!"
Su Ruoxi stretched out her hand and was about to touch Wan'er's body, when suddenly a cold light flashed from behind Wan'er, and a black-clothed assassin stabbed Su Ruoxi in the heart with a short sword.
The assassin's speed was as fast as lightning, and even though Su Ruoxi had been prepared and used a dagger to resist the fatal blow, he was still injured by the assassin in the left arm.
"What people! Dare to make a time in the Three Kings' Mansion! ”
Su Ruoxi snorted coldly, and fell to the ground after taking a few steps back, the blood flowing from his arm stained the ground.
If you look closely, the blood on the ground is black!
Damn it! Poison on the sword!
Su Ruoxi's medical skills were exquisite, and she felt that her body was descending rapidly, and her whole body was in severe pain, so she realized that there was something wrong with the short sword.
The assassin did not allow her any respite, and chased her into the house and stabbed her with another sword.
Just when the short sword had already reached Su Ruoxi's neck, a sudden gust of wind blew the window open, and a hidden weapon 'clanged' and broke the short sword in the assassin's hand.
Before the Assassin could see the situation, his throat was wiped and his eyes widened to death.
"What a fast sword!" Su Ruoxi couldn't help but sigh.
The Assassin died by the sword, but he did not even see the face of the man who killed him.
Su Ruo regretted that he didn't have time to care about the assassin's death, and took this opportunity to seal his acupoints to prevent the poison from spreading throughout his body.
"Take it quickly, this medicine will help your injuries."
At this time, a masked man squatted in front of Su Ruoxi and handed her a black pill, his tone did not hide his nervousness about her injury.
"Who are you? How do I know if there's something wrong with your medicine? ”
Su Ruoxi looked at the masked man in front of her with sharp eyes, although he saved her just now, it didn't mean that she would trust him completely.
"I won't harm you, if you delay a little longer, your left arm will be useless."
As he spoke, the masked man directly handed the pill to Su Ruoxi's mouth, with a sincere light in his eyes.
Su Ruoxi looked at his eyes and hesitated for a few seconds, felt a sharp pain in his arm, and chose to believe this stranger once.
"Now you can tell me who you are, right?"
Su Ruoxi took the pill, but before her body recovered, she could only sit on the ground and support her body with one hand.
"Someone is coming, this is for you, blow it when you are in danger."
The man in black handed a delicate and small recorder to Su Ruoxi, and then his figure flashed and disappeared into the room.
Su Ruoxi frowned, looked at the jade flute that was only the size of her middle finger, and was full of doubts in her heart.
At this moment, the footsteps and voices of the guards came from outside the courtyard.
"Protect the princess!"
Immediately afterwards, someone rushed in and found Su Ruoxi who was slumped to the ground.
"The subordinates are late for escort, and I ask the princess to forgive me!"
"Clean up this place, and don't disturb the rest of this princess."
Su Ruoxi stood up and walked towards the next room with difficulty.
The guard wanted to help her, but he stretched out his hand but didn't dare to touch her, so he could only watch Su Ruoxi leave in embarrassment.
"Carry this corpse out! Search the entire palace to see if there are any Assassins! ”
There was an order from the guards behind him, and Su Ruoxi went straight into the room to recuperate.
The West Courtyard was already remote, so she didn't blame these guards for being late, and only mocked in her heart: "This plan to divert the tiger from the mountain is really well used!" ”
Perhaps, Mu Zihan didn't care about her life or death at all, so after hearing that Mu Lingshan was robbed, he left without hesitation.