Chapter Seventy-Five: What a Good Apprentice~
The sun is scorching in the wilderness outside Chang'an, and there is an endless stream of pedestrians and caravans on the official road, including wolf guards who occasionally come and go.
Xu Buling and Ning Yuhe were going to the Mausoleum of Empress Cui in the eastern suburbs, and after ten miles out of the city, they turned into the path to the Mausoleum of the Queen.
The Queen's Mausoleum is near a low mountain, the location is remote and remote, there are no villages around, and this road is also specially built to go to the Queen's Mausoleum to worship, and it is basically deserted at ordinary times.
Xu Buling listened to Ning Yuhe's teachings, rode a few steps ahead, and when he came to a small bamboo forest, there was a sudden faint sound of 'click-' in the distance.
Although the horse's hooves were noisy and far away, Xu Buling could accurately capture this inaudible little sound from the many chaotic noises, and heard the sound of something - a strong bow.
Xu Buling was thrown to the border at the age of ten to eat and live with the soldiers, the sound of the bow and arrow full can be said to be cocooned in the ears, just from this sound, you can distinguish that it is a three-stone iron tire bow, one stone one hundred and twenty catties, three stones is three hundred and six, those who can open a three-stone bow are definitely good hands, and they are also the elite of the elite in the army.
Xu Buling was immediately alert, but he didn't react, he didn't even move his eyes, and only glanced at the small bamboo forest with his afterglow - a hundred steps away, overgrown with weeds, and he couldn't see anyone at all, but after careful inspection, he still saw an arrow blackened with ink in the gap between the two bamboos.
The arrow is pointing at him!
Xu Buling's face did not change, as if he had not noticed anything, and still drove the horse forward while talking to Ning Yuhe, while paying attention to the small arrow.
At this time, there were still eighty paces left.
Most archers can wear Yang in 100 steps, but to shoot a strong martial artist from a hundred steps away is tantamount to a fool's dream, so the other party did not release the arrow, it should be waiting for the distance to close.
Xu Buling clearly saw that the direction pointed by the arrow was the location of his heart, and he would die, and he was still a little puzzled about this - if it was the person behind the scenes, it would be impossible to kill him, could it be someone else who had an enmity with him?
Between thoughts, the distance narrowed to fifty paces.
Xu Buling saw that the arrow moved slightly, and turned to Ning Yuhe next to him.
Seeing this scene, Xu Buling suddenly realized that he was here to find out his details.
Since this is the case, it is impossible for Xu Buling to be exposed, so he rode his horse and rushed forward with his head bored, waiting for the other party to release arrows to shoot Ning Yuhe, and then he chased and killed in a hurry, and then 'poisoned'.
Pedal Pedal β
The horse's hooves were brisk, and they soon came to a distance of thirty paces, which was no different from face to face for the top masters of the rivers and lakes.
At this moment, a whistling of arrows broke through the air suddenly came out of the bamboo forest:
Sa β
The tremendous force of the three-stone iron tire bow turned the inky black arrow into an invisible afterimage, pointing directly at Ning Yuhe's chest.
Ning Yuhe is also a top master, and he was alert when he heard the sound of arrows breaking through the air, without even the slightest hesitation, and he didn't even waste time by squinting his eyes, and quickly leaned back to dodge.
But the thirty steps were too close, Ning Yuhe was tilting his head and Xu Buling was naturally slacking off when he spoke, and he was caught off guard and dodged, even if he could avoid the vital point, he couldn't get out of the way.
The arrows of the three-stone strong bow, the middle stone is not arrowheaded, enough to pierce a hole anywhere on the body.
If there was no accident, this arrow would have been shot, and Ning Yuhe could only forcibly deviate from his body, avoiding the heart part, with a little fear in his eyes.
At this time!
Xu Buling, who was walking on Ning Yuhe's left, seemed to have just noticed, with a shocked expression on his face, and without hesitation, he stepped on the stirrups with his legs, and the whole person rushed out sideways, blocking in front of Ning Yuhe. 29GG
"Master!"
An anxious scold.
Ning Yuhe's eyes turned from frightened to stunned for a moment, and he looked at Xu Buling who was desperate to block the arrow.
Hengfei blew up the snow-white robe, and the anxiety and confusion in the man's eyes fell into view.
This extremely short moment made Ning Yuhe understand one thing - he really regarded himself as a master!
Or have become the closest people. There is no need for any reason or purpose, it is already the case subconsciously, just like a father who sees his child fall and a husband who sees his wife falling into the water, he will reach out and hold it without hesitation, and he is not worried about his own life, he only thinks about protecting those close to him.
Sa β
The arrows galloped forward, and in the blink of an eye they were already near.
Aiming at Ning Yuhe's chest, Xu Buling rushed directly to the front, and it became Xu Buling's back, if he was shot, it would definitely be an arrow through the heart.
"Don't-"
The moment Xu Buling pounced, Ning Yuhe lost his voice and shouted, stepped on the stirrups with both feet, threw forward, directly hugged Xu Buling in the air, and forcibly pressed down the horizontal Xu Buling.
Boom β
Plop β
Hiss β
The horse neighs and raises its front hooves.
The meteor-like arrow grazed a hole in Xu Buling's shoulder and disappeared from view.
Ning Yuhe fell on the dirt road with Xu Buling in his arms, rolled a few times, his robe was full of dust but he couldn't care about it, and forcibly supported the ground with his hands to stop rolling.
"Ling'er!"
Ning Yuhe's face turned pale, and he looked around anxiously while being alert.
Xu Buling had just fallen to the ground, so he gritted his teeth and forced his anger out, forcing out the few remaining Lock Dragon Gu in his body, and after rolling a few times, his face was already distorted.
At this time, Xu Buling's forehead was bruised, and he looked like 'strong qi caused the dragon Gu to poison his hair', the skin trauma on his shoulder stained the right side of his shoulder, and he held Ning Yuhe in his left hand to block her by his side, and looked angrily at the bamboo forest in a violent cough:
"Where are the rats...... Ahem, ahemβ"
coughed vigorously a few times, and finally forced some poisonous blood to come out, and his face was hideous and angry.
Ning Yuhe was out of breath when he was hugged, but he didn't care about these when he was ambushed, and anxiously pointed to the shaking branches and leaves in the woods: "Where is it!" I'm going to chase! Seeing the blood stains on Xu Buling's shoulder, he hurriedly tried to hold down the wound.
Xu Buling finally met a minions who were behind the scenes, so naturally it was impossible to just forget it, so he made an angry posture and ran towards the bamboo forest, but unfortunately after knocking through the bamboo forest and coming to the place where the arrows were released, there was only a corpse left on the ground, with a feather arrow stuck in the back of his neck, and he was already dead when he fell to the ground.
Xu Buling coughed as his ears searched the surroundings carefully, the arrow on the back of the assassin's neck was shot from a hundred paces away, and the person who really observed him had long since lost his trace.
Xu Buling took out the wine jug on his waist and poured two sips, made a painful look on his face, squatted down and looked at the corpse on the ground - dressed in black, without any marks on his body, it must be a dead soldier who was arranged, and he also swallowed the poison pill when he was shot by an arrow, it seems that in order to prevent him from being caught and asking for news, he is extremely cautious, and it is impossible to leave any clues.