The sound of the order fell, and the sound of the crossbow and arrow being loaded and the bow and arrow were snapped in unison, all pointing at the same time to the man and the tiger who were speeding away from the city wall.

Just wait for the final order to come down.

The adjutant raised his knife again, puffed out his chest, and blurted out the word "arrow".

Yi Lei finally stepped forward, reached out and put his hand on the back of the lieutenant's knife, and shook his head to signal him to stop.

The general's order was above all else, and the deputy general was puzzled and helpless, but he still put down his knife and only looked at Yi Lei with a pair of questioning eyes.

"The target in the palace is the woman named Xin Zi, and the one who escaped is obviously not the person we are looking for."

Yi Lei explained calmly.

The lieutenant general clearly didn't buy it.

If he said that he went to the local guards at the city gate, it might still work, but he hurried from Tokyo City with Yi Lei, and when King Xin personally told Yi Lei repeatedly, he could hear it clearly on the side.

What characteristics does the woman named Xin Zi have, which route she may take, and what she may disguise herself in, these are all counted by King Xin.

And what he remembered the most was that the woman was very likely to carry an adult tiger with white hair.

Those who can use the white tiger as a mount, I'm afraid that there won't be a few people in the entire continent. Now that they had met him, he didn't believe it anyway if it had nothing to do with the woman they wanted to arrest.

"But the white tiger ...... that man sat down," the deputy general bowed to Yi Lei, and he had to fight for the last chance, "The subordinates think that the man who escaped from the city must be Na Xin Zi's accomplice. ”

Hearing this, Yi Lei looked at the deputy general, pursed his mouth hidden under his beard, shook his head, and said, "You didn't understand what I meant." I also knew that this man must be Na Xinzi's accomplice. But it is precisely because of this that we cannot just shoot him outside the city in such a hurry. Otherwise, what will we do to find the important culprit of the court? ”

When the adjutant general heard this, he suddenly realized: General Yi deliberately let the man out of the city to lure the snake out of the hole?

As if taking a reassuring pill, the adjutant general saluted Yi Lei respectfully, and said without any objection: "Listen to the general's orders." ”

Li Yuan, who was struggling to escape from the range of the city wall outside the city, naturally didn't hear the conversation between the two on the city wall, and at this moment, riding on the back of Yuchen, he had only one thought - that is, to escape.

Xin Zi and Takemoto, who went out of the city before Li Yuan, met smoothly in a small forest outside the city, quietly waiting for Li Yuan to clear the customs.

Seeing that the sun was setting in the west, and finally saw Li Yuan riding jade dust from a distance, Takemoto didn't think much about it, stepped forward and put his two fingers between his lips and teeth as he had greeted Xin Zi before, and made a clear whistle, and then stood up and prepared to lead Li Yuan.

Li Yuan's body leaned on Yuchen's back, almost merging with it, and quickly ran towards the bushes where Xin Zi and Takemoto were hiding.

Fifty steps, twenty steps, ten steps, five steps......

Seeing that the white tiger was about to rush into the bushes, Li Yuan did not squint, his face was gloomy and he looked into the depths of the bushes, without the slightest intention of slowing down, as if he had not noticed the existence of Takemoto at all.

Takemoto's eyes were full of confusion, and he stood there in a daze waiting for Li Yuan's direction with some resentment, not understanding what tricks he was playing.

"Beware!"

Seeing that the white tiger was about to step on Takemoto's chest, Xin Zi couldn't help but exclaim in a low voice.

Takemoto came back to his senses at this time, and it was too late to dodge, so he had to hold his head tightly with both hands and curl up on his knees.

The white tiger leaped forward, stepped over Takemoto's head, and disappeared from the sight of the two of them for a moment.

Looking at the direction where one person and one tiger disappeared, Takemoto's chest rose and fell violently, and he only felt that a breath of stuffy air was blocked there and there was nowhere to vent.

This man is really unreliable, he has just left the territory of Dongyuan, and he forgot his duty to protect Xin Zi, and tried to get out in vain?

Takemoto put one hand on the soft sword at his waist and was about to chase after him, but Xin Zi stepped forward and grabbed his arm.

Takemoto turned his head to look at Xin Zi, saw her shaking her head at herself, and said hatefully: "This person is so ignorant, he just passed the city wall and left all his previous promises behind, I feel that it is a shame to work with him." The girl must not indulge him any longer, until I rush over and get the ungrateful man back and leave her at her disposal. ”

Xin Zi's hands holding Takemoto's arm tightened even more when she heard this, and said in a low voice, "Takemoto, calm down." Think about the posture that Li Yuan came over just now. He was galloping in the jade dust, obviously trying to escape something. If he passed that level as smoothly as you and me, wouldn't the safest way be to let Yuchen stay in the swill cart and push it to find us? How could he have ventured to ride a white tiger without being completely out of sight of the patrols on the city walls? That's a bit of a show, isn't it? ”

Xin Zi and Takemoto have been hiding in the bushes since they left the city gate, ignorant of the danger that Li Yuan encountered at the city gate. But at this time, listening to Xin Zi's analysis, Takemoto couldn't help frowning slightly: "What does the girl mean is that he is exposed?" ”

Xin Zi nodded, thinking that Li Yuan deliberately pretended not to see the two of them just now, and sighed lightly: "I guess, Li Yuan is not trying to get rid of us, but to help us get rid of the pursuers." ”

Hearing this, Takemoto was puzzled: "But he obviously broke into this forest alone, where did some ......soldiers come behind him?"

Halfway through Takemoto's words, she heard a rapid sound of horses' hooves coming from the city gate, and she hurriedly closed her mouth and stepped forward vigilantly to block in front of Xin Zi.

Xin Zi grabbed Takemoto's wrist and pulled her behind her.

As soon as the two of them stood behind a thick trunk of a tree, they saw a cavalry of about ten men galloping away.

Sure that the pursuers would go away, Xin Zi and Takemoto cautiously walked out.

Takemoto didn't have any complaints at the moment, just looked at the direction where Li Yuan and the pursuers were going away with a solemn expression, held the soft sword tightly in his hand, and asked, "What should we do?" ”

Xin Zi frowned, and muttered for a while before saying, "Stay here, wait for Li Yuan to come back." We couldn't wait for him before dark, so we left on our own. ”

This is the second time in just half a month that she has encountered such a situation, thinking that she has to weigh the pros and cons of Li Yuan's life with her own safety, she feels bitter in her heart, but there is no other way.

As the sun sets and night falls, the blue sky is dotted with stars.

The deadline mentioned by Xin Zi had already passed, but the two of them still waited where they were and refused to leave.

The same waiting, this time, Xin Zi was not only carrying the life of the stranger who was willing to sacrifice his life for her, but the partner who had fled with her all the way from Tokyo City to Qubu City, but actually took everything very accurately. (To be continued.) )