Chapter 17: Night Raid
"Hmm, it's so hot all over, it's so uncomfortable...... Ouyang He woke up from his sleep sweating profusely, and coughed violently in the strong stuffiness of his body. Miss Ouyang, are you awake? Ling Rui heard a cough from inside the house outside the door, knocked lightly on Ouyang He's door, and came in after not hearing Ouyang He's response, and saw Ouyang He, who was sweating profusely, lying on the side of the bed, coughing violently, the sweat on his cheeks sticking together the long hair that was a little messy on both sides. Ling Rui was a little flustered for a while, and after comforting Ouyang He anxiously, he ran out of the house to find Chu Birou. Chu Birou tried to convey her true qi to Ouyang He again after the initial pulse diagnosis, but this time she was a little surprised and clearly felt that her own true qi seemed to have encountered an invisible wall, and it was no longer able to enter Ouyang He's body as smoothly as before.
"It seems that Master Ouyang's current situation is a little strange, obviously her internal injuries have completely healed before, and the meridians in her body have been completely sealed after a few hours of hard work, could it be that the mysterious true qi in her body is doing trouble?" Chu Birou was also a little surprised by the abnormalities that appeared in Ouyang He's body, and she didn't think of effective countermeasures for a while. However, after a while, Ouyang He's condition gradually improved, and she herself felt that the discomfort on her body was gradually fading, her coughing stopped, and her face gradually returned to ruddy.
"I see, I see." Chu Birou seemed to understand something, and Ling Rui immediately anxiously asked Chu Birou about Ouyang He's situation. Chu Birou replied to the two of them, if her diagnosis was correct, it should be that the mysterious true qi in Ouyang He's body spread to her whole body under the urging of external forces, blocking the meridians on her body, and the severe discomfort that Ouyang He experienced just now was caused by the meridians being blocked.
"Now that the injuries suffered by Ouyang Zhuang have basically healed, and the sealing of the meridians will not affect Ouyang Zhuang Zhuang's daily life, but I am afraid that ...... Alas! Chu Birou sighed, "If there is no way to draw this true qi out of her body or completely fuse it with other true qi, I am afraid that Ouyang Zhuang will no longer be able to use internal force in the future, and his physique will be equivalent to that of an ordinary person." ”
"It's okay, I feel much better now, thank you Ling Gongzi and Doctor Chu for taking care of me during this time, the little woman is already grateful." Ouyang He's emotions did not fluctuate after hearing Chu Birou's words, and his grateful tone was still so gentle that people felt a little distressed.
At this time, Ling Rui mentioned to Chu Birou that the way he had heard from Yuxin that he could completely cure Ouyang He was to find the Millennium Snow Ghost Fruit and the Dragon Soul Sword. "Dragon Soul Sword ......" Chu Birou was stunned for a moment when she heard these three words, after all, after that sad past that she never wanted to look back on, she hadn't heard about this ominous thing that caused the entire Shuitian Pavilion to be wiped out from others for a long time.
"Yes, I wonder if Miss Chu has any clues about these two objects?" Under Ling Rui's somewhat anxious inquiry, Chu Birou said that the thousand-year-old snow fruit grows in the alpine realm, and it is often unattainable for medicine pickers, and from what she has heard, there are medicine shops in Victoria in Xishu that have sold this precious medicinal material at a high price, so it may be possible to find traces of the thousand-year-old snow fruit there. But about the Dragon Soul Sword, Chu Birou said with some concealment, and she didn't know where this rumored divine weapon in the rivers and lakes was.
Seeing that the sky was gradually getting darker, Ling Rui gradually became a little worried about Meng Yan, he thought that he was just going to the Hou Mansion to deliver a few letters, Meng Yan shouldn't have come back so late, could something have happened. So after politely entrusting Chu Birou to take good care of Ouyang He, he took his sword and went out quickly in the direction of Xinghou Mansion, while he prayed in his heart for Meng Yan not to have anything happen.
At the same time, Gao Che walked out of the West City Gate with King Jin and the others, and gradually walked into a lush bamboo forest as the sky had completely darkened, the mottled bamboo shadows shook violently under the blowing of the cold wind, and the fireflies that shimmered in the forest were like a pair of eyes hidden in the darkness, which made the soldiers who guarded shiver. Between the ghostly figures of the swaying bamboo shadows, rows of silver-glittering crossbow arrows were loaded, aiming at the lambs to the slaughter in front of the Assassins.
When the group walked into the bamboo forest in fright, suddenly rows of bamboo rows tied together shot down from the air on both sides, and many soldiers guarding both sides of the team were killed on the spot because they were caught off guard, and the scene was chaotic for a while. Immediately afterwards, the crossbow arrows in the hands of the assassins were fired in unison, and the soldiers and the people of King Jin's mansion fell to the ground in a panic, and Gao Che immediately led the remaining soldiers to run in front of King Jin and his wife to resist the attack of crossbow arrows.
After the soldiers fell one by one, the Assassins in night suits swung their swords from both sides, and Gocher led the rest of the soldiers into a fierce battle with the Assassins. At this time, a blue figure came out from the side, Meng Yan took advantage of the chaos in the crowd to kill King Jin and his wife in front of them and wanted to take them away, at this moment, several cold arrows shot from the dark and hit Princess Jin in a volley, Princess Jin closed her eyes and fell down in Meng Yan's grief-stricken shouts. Extremely angry, Meng Yan rushed into the bamboo forest on the side of the road with red eyes, and cut down the black-clothed assassins who fired crossbow arrows to the ground one by one, and King Jin also angrily picked up a knife from the ground and killed the crowd, but he was not an opponent of the black-clothed assassins due to his old age and frailty, and he was seriously injured and collapsed to the ground within a few rounds. "Daddy!" Meng Yan shouted heartbreakingly, threw the ground knife in his hand, and stabbed an assassin who was about to swing the knife at King Jin, and then pulled out the knife with an arrow step and helped the dying King Jin to break through to the place where Gao Che was. Covered by the remnants of the soldiers, Gocher mounted Meng Yan and King Jin and quickly led them out of the encirclement, and the Assassins immediately raised their bows and fired crossbow arrows at them. When King Jin saw the crossbow arrows being fired, he immediately struggled to protect Meng Yan in front of him, allowing the sharp and cold arrows to continue to shoot into his back. In Meng Yan's weeping cry, King Jin fell from his horse heroically after leaving a smile of relief on the corner of his mouth, and his slowly dilated pupils quietly watched Gao Che walk farther and farther away with grief-stricken Meng Yan.
"Don't, Meng Gongzi!" Ouyang He woke up from the nightmare with a sad face, Chu Birou on the side hurriedly came over to inquire about the situation, Ouyang He mentioned that she had just dreamed that Meng Yan had fallen off the cliff, and she was worried that Meng Yan would encounter an accident if she didn't return tonight, so she wanted Chu Birou to accompany her out to find Meng Yan. "Master Ouyang, Ling Gongzi has already gone out to look for Meng Yan, you should rest well now that you are weak." Ouyang He calmed down for the time being, but Chu Birou looked at Ouyang He's worried expression from beginning to end, and she couldn't bear it, "That's it, since Ouyang Zhuang is so worried about them, I will also go out to find them, you can sleep here first and don't go anywhere, remember not to be angry!" After seeing Ouyang He smile and nod a little obediently, Chu Birou immediately changed into a suited casual dress and prepared to go out to find the two, and before leaving, she deliberately tied several bells in the corridor in the courtyard for warning.
Not long after Chu Birou left, a bustling bell sound reached the ears of Ouyang He, who was sleeping on the bed. She immediately became alert, carefully got out of bed and walked to the window, and when she gently opened the window and looked out, she saw several people in black quietly walking towards the bright room where she was, led by Bai Lichen's henchman Han Yi. Ouyang He subconsciously put her hand on the hilt of the long sword on the table, but she instantly reacted that she had lost all her internal strength, and it was definitely not their opponent to fight hard at this time, so it was best to hide first to avoid being discovered by them. Ouyang He then turned the teapot on the bookshelf to open the secret room in the room, put on his coat and hid it in a large wardrobe in the corner of the secret room. Judging by the voices outside, the group of men in black had entered the room, and seemed to be scattered looking for something.
Outside the secret room, Han Yi looked around the situation in the house, he noticed some messy quilts on the bed, and felt that there was still a little temperature left in the quilt with his hand, because there was only one door in this room, so he firmly believed that the people in the house had not left the house, so he ordered his subordinates to start looking for suspicious traces left by the people in the house.
With the sound of a mechanism turning, the door of the secret room was opened by Han Yi, and Ouyang He instantly raised his heart to his throat. Through the crack in the cabinet door, she saw Han Yi slowly walking towards her position, and the sound of footsteps from each step he took made Ouyang He feel extremely nervous. Han Yi held the sword in front of his chest and lingered in front of the cabinet for a while, then he slowly walked towards the right side of the cabinet, and then walked to the location of the stone door of the secret room. Watching Han Yi walk towards the exit, Ouyang He's hanging heart gradually relaxed, and his tense nerves gradually eased a little. However, what she didn't expect was that Han Yi suddenly turned around and sent out a wave of qi composed of internal force towards the cabinet she was in, breaking the cabinet into several pieces, and Ouyang He was also knocked to the ground due to the impact of the air wave.
"Haha, Master Ouyang, we finally meet again." Han Yi smug watched as Ouyang He slowly stood up, and then he pulled out his sword and put it against Ouyang He's neck, "Come on, where is Meng Yan?" ”
Ouyang He glanced at the blade of the sword around his neck, and said to Han Yi calmly: "Your Excellency must be Han Yi Gongzi, the only thing the little woman can tell you is that the little woman has disappeared since she woke up from her coma today, and at the same time, the little woman has not asked others where Meng Gongzi is, so whether you believe it or not, the little woman really doesn't know where Meng Gongzi is now." ”
"Master Ouyang, you are a heroine among women, and Han admires you very much. Seeing that you are weak now, Han doesn't want to deliberately embarrass you, as long as you tell me where Meng Yan is, Han will leave immediately. Han Yi said to Ouyang He sincerely.
"Since Han Gongzi doesn't believe me, then why should I bother to speak? The little woman is now completely lost in martial arts, and she has no power to restrain the chicken, if Han Gongzi wants to take me back and forcibly force a confession, the little woman will naturally find it difficult to resist. Just doing this, what benefits can Han Gongzi get? Ouyang He still said very calmly.
"Huh? What do you mean? Han Yi was a little puzzled by Ouyang He's calm and somewhat mocking tone.
"Han Gongzi is a talent, and his martial arts are not under Bailichen, why do you want to do some work of turning over boxes and cabinets? The little woman just felt a little unwilling for Han Gongzi, with your ability, there are a few people in the Wind Thunder Hall who can match you, but I didn't expect that even a ruffian like Yuan Qing would be more important than you. Under Ouyang He's calm persuasion, Han Yi's mentality seemed to be shaken a little.
"Shut up, what you said is nonsense at all, Hugh has to provoke my relationship with the second master here." Han Yi looked a little angry, but his heart showed more impatience and apprehension.
"Then Han Gongzi will take the little girl to see your second master, just by doing this, will he be more important or more wary of you? I believe that the little girl doesn't say these things, and Han Gongzi naturally knows it in his heart. Ouyang He's words made Han Yi suddenly feel a little silent, he wanted to argue, but at the same time, he felt that what Ouyang He said seemed to be no different from his current situation. He thought for a moment with a sad face, then slowly removed the sword in his hand from Ouyang He's neck, and then turned his back and walked towards the exit of the secret room.
"Hmph, I didn't expect Miss Ouyang to be so clever, okay, my son will let you go today, but Meng Yan, this son will definitely help the second master find him!" Han Yi threw down these words with his back to Ouyang He and led his subordinates to leave the Thousand Medicine Hall quickly, and Ouyang He also staggered out of the secret room and sat back on the bed after a long sigh of relief, her heartbeat accelerated by the strong tension still made her feel so obvious at this moment.