Chapter 165: Uncle Shields You from Arrows
Cold arrows continued to shoot out from the bushes, so fierce and accurate that the guards were caught off guard and fell to the ground screaming. Some of the palace people were hit by arrows and fell to the ground, and some were so frightened that they screamed and ran around.
Holy, what the hell is this?
Xu Qilin was shocked in his heart, this is the Royal Forbidden Garden! Even though it wasn't in Miyagi, it was unbelievable that it would be assassinated.
The little son's face turned pale, he grabbed Xu Qilin's arm tightly, and his lips trembled, "Little, uncle, this ......"
"Don't be afraid, there is an uncle!" Xu Qilin touched his son's head and comforted: "Uncle is amazing, I'm not afraid of any bad guys." ”
The little son swallowed hard, opened his mouth and didn't speak, but his hand was still holding on.
Xu Qilin took a look, and several guards who were injured or dodged in time had already concealed themselves, holding their blades and shouting loudly.
The cold arrows in the bushes stopped, and more than a dozen guys who were also guards' outfits rushed out, outflanking this side with horizontal knives in hand.
It was He Luohu and Dushe, who were plotting the assassination, who led a group of people, and Xu Qilin saw the attacker wearing a guard costume and immediately came to such a judgment.
Unexpectedly, these guys were so bold that they didn't flee north directly back to the grassland, but lurked near Jiucheng Palace.
And because the wall is too long, the guards may have loopholes, and these guys may even swim into the forbidden garden from Du Shui. Obviously, even if you sneak into the Forbidden Garden, it will be extremely difficult to assassinate His Majesty Li Er, and it will definitely be discovered after a long time.
Princess Jinyang came to the Forbidden Garden to play, but gave these guys a chance to turn the tables.
Everyone knows that the son-in-law is the most spoiled baby daughter of His Majesty Li Er, and if he captures her as a hostage, forces His Majesty Li Er to bow his head, congratulates the Luohu or Dushe to lead a khan, and stops the arrest, the possibility of success is still very great.
Xu Qilin actually didn't think too much, no matter what these people wanted to do, it was important to escape now. These guys knew that time could not be delayed, so they abandoned their bows and arrows and killed them, and wanted to settle the battle before the palace guards arrived for reinforcements.
Retracting his head, Xu Qilin already had an idea, glared at a few palace people who were sitting or squatting, and shouted in a deep voice: "You guys, run along the grass by the water." Keep your head down and be careful with your bow and arrow. ”
Several palace people were stunned, not understanding what Xu Qilin meant.
"Hurry up and run, or Your Majesty will cut off your heads one by one." Xu Qilin threatened viciously, and reached out to grasp the hilt of the waist knife.
A look of fear flashed on the faces of the palace people, and they all moved, crawling or cat's waists, and fled along the grass by the water's edge.
Xu Qilin picked up the little son, and the cat's waist sneaked in the opposite direction. This puddle is low-lying and covered by grass, so if you look down from a high level, you will have a blind spot if you don't get closer.
The sound of the slapping of the blades, the shouts of the fighting, and the screams of the wounded and falling to the ground sounded from time to time. The surviving guards fought desperately, holding back the Assassins' approach.
Du Shelu shouted loudly, directing his outlaws to act separately, some of them entangled the guards, and some of them hurried to catch the little princess.
It would be right to say that Du Shelu was dying, but his mind was obviously more flexible than that of He Luohu. He began to flee from the palace, and after entering the mountains of Linyou County, he changed his mind.
If the assassination fails, even if they can escape back to the northern grasslands, where will they have a place to stay? Those steppe tribes are still not allowed to sell their heads to the Heavenly Khan to show their loyalty?
In addition, if you run away blindly, you will most likely be caught up by the pursuers or arrested by local soldiers. Therefore, Du Shelu let the die-hard continue to ride north, leading away the pursuers, and he took a dozen cronies to abandon their horses and go into hiding.
Judging from the actual effect, this action of the metropolitan society rate really exceeded everyone's expectations. The gang went around and around, approaching Tiantai Mountain and approaching Jiucheng Palace.
When he saw Jiucheng Palace from afar, the capital society led the thief to not die, and he had the idea of continuing to assassinate.
Because he had been here with him before, and had sent people to reconconnoiter the terrain before the assassination, he felt that this was an advantageous condition.
Of course, the possibility of success in the assassination is still unlikely, but people are driven to a dead end, and often do not want to let go of even the slightest opportunity.
The wall outside the Jiucheng Palace is not as tall and strong as the serious city wall, although it is defended by defenders, it cannot patrol on it, but only guards are guarded by sentry posts at intervals of 100 meters.
Du Sherate took a dozen cronies to take advantage of the night to knot ropes over the wall and sneak into the bushes of the Forbidden Garden. There is no internal response, and I don't know if His Majesty Li Er will visit the Forbidden Garden, whether he will have a chance, it all depends on the will of heaven.
If it weren't for Princess Jinyang to come today, the group of people led by the capital society might have to give up and sneak out over the wall at night. I didn't bring much dry food, so I couldn't wait until I starved to death!
Moreover, there are guards patrolling the Forbidden Garden. After a long time, it is certain that it will be discovered.
When he saw Princess Jinyang and her entourage visiting the garden, Du Sherate also made up his mind. He can't kill Li Er, and he can survive if he captures Jinyang, but he knows how important Princess Jinyang is to His Majesty Li Er.
As long as Jinyang is captured, he can blackmail His Majesty Li Er to pardon the crimes of the clansmen and relatives who participated in the assassination, so that His Majesty Li Er can issue an order to confer the title of Khan, and he can also return to the grassland to recruit the old department.
Du Sherate regarded Princess Jinyang as both a hostage and a bargaining chip, how dare he hurt casually, while rushing forward, he reminded his subordinates loudly: "Don't hurt the princess, you must catch it alive." ”
Whether it can succeed or not depends on the length of time. There are patrolling guards in the Forbidden Garden, and there are guards on the palace walls, and there is a commotion here, and they will soon gather around.
If they couldn't catch Princess Jinyang before the guards arrived, the Dushe group wouldn't even have a chance to escape. In this regard, they were clear in their hearts, and they also broke out with the anger of death.
"Over here!" When an assassin saw a few palace people running out of the grass by the water's edge, he thought that the princess was among them, and shouted loudly, turning and running over without stopping.
When the other Assassins heard the greeting, they also changed course and surrounded them.
However, although there were few guards left, and some of them were wounded, it was their duty to meet the Assassins without fear of death, and thwart their attempts to approach the princess.
At this time, Xu Qilin took his little son and sneaked through the grass for a distance, and because of the palace people's lure, he was further away from the assassins.
"My son is a good boy, close his eyes and don't look at anything." Xu Qilin secretly summoned his soul to his upper body, and told Xiao Gongju on his lips, "Uncle hug you and rush out in one go!" ”
The son blinked, with a look of fear and fear on his face, and said in a low voice, "Uncle, can we run out?" ”
"No problem." Xu Qilin smiled and said, "I believe in uncle, we are scuds, and we run up and smoke." ”
The little son grinned reluctantly, but he didn't laugh when he wanted to.
Ancient Scud, Xu Qilin only thought of one in a hurry, Yang Dayan, this name is easy to remember!
According to historical records, Yang Dayan can run with a three-zhang long rope on his head as straight as an arrow, and no two or three hundred miles can achieve this effect?
Xu Qilin bent down to pick up the little son, and whispered: "Close your eyes, hold on to your uncle, and let the little son feel like flying." ”
The little son said "um", and used his hands and feet like a wombat, holding his neck on top and his waist on the bottom, firmly solid.
Xu Qilin raised his speed with his waist, looked at the terrain, kicked and jumped, and had already reached the earthen weir by the puddle. Then, he drilled left and right, and did not take the road, but only walked through the trees and grass, and went straight to the Jiucheng Palace.
Not to mention, the green clothes on Xu Qilin's body also played a protective role, and by the time Du Sherate and others found out, he had escaped far away.
"Over there, over there." Seeing a green figure speeding through the forest and grass, Du Shelu couldn't help but be extremely angry, shouted loudly, and took the lead in chasing down.
Xu Qilin felt that the wind was in his ears, like galloping on a horse. Jumping and jumping, his body is so flexible that even he is surprised.
Chasing, let you chase specially, the master is a cross-country expert, and also let you see the heroic posture of long-distance runners.
The little son also had a strange feeling, opened his eyes slightly, and disobeyed once.
I saw trees, grass, and wildflowers flashing backwards quickly, and the emanation of sideburns drifted away, and it really seemed to fly between each jump.
Holding his uncle's neck with both hands, his little face against his uncle's face, the little son's eyes opened wide. In addition to the novelty and excitement, I also saw the villains who chased after him with a knife.
Is this guy human? Why are you running so fast? Seeing that he couldn't close the distance, Du Sheshu couldn't help but feel evil in his heart, put away his knife, took off his bow and arrows, and aimed at Xu Qilin to shoot.
"They're going to shoot arrows." The little son shouted nervously, "Uncle beware! ”
Xu Qilin's heart suddenly changed, and he hurriedly turned around, a little bit of a zigzag run, hoping that the trees behind him could cover up for him.
A group of guards appeared on the road ahead, and they were hurrying towards them. Xu Qilin just relaxed a little, and with a whoosh, a feather arrow shot from behind, grazed the top of Xu Qilin's head, and nailed it to the tree with a thud.
The little son hugged him tighter and let out an exclamation.
Xu Qilin comforted while turning left and right more frequently, "It's okay, don't be afraid, close your eyes." The uncle's body is very strong, and it is easy to cover the arrows for the little son. ”
The little son was so touched that he almost shed tears when he closed his eyes. Before she could speak, she heard her uncle's voice screaming, "Escort, escort, where is this!" ”
Xu Qilin stopped running and hid behind the tree with the little princess in his arms. The guards arrived soon, and they must have preceded the pursuing enemy behind, and he was still afraid of something, and there was no need to continue to flee at the risk of being shot.
A few more arrows came at them, but they were already out of sight. Obviously, the pursuit of the enemy is that he knows that it is difficult to succeed, or he vents his anger, or he knows that he will die, and he is terrified.
Almost, almost!
The city was reluctant to stop, and his heart was already like ashes.
It is not impossible to succeed in the desperate fight, if it is not for the brief attention of the fleeing palace people, if it is not for the fact that the guy in green clothes runs faster than a rabbit, if it is not for the fear of hurting the little princess, or if it is not for the arrow that misses......
The wolf-like guards rushed over from many directions, this kind of thing happened, they were already derelict in their duties, which one did not step forward bravely and atone for the crime?
Du Shelu glanced around at his cronies, and there were less than ten people who could stand.
The grasslands, cattle and horses, sheep, tents, the green grass that cannot be seen at a glance, and the scene of "the wind blowing the grass and seeing the cattle and sheep" will all come to naught with death.
Regret it, that's a stupid question. What's the use of regretting now?
"Kill!" Du She led a wave of his sword and rushed forward.
A thousand words, thousands of thoughts and thoughts are only expressed through this one word, no matter how much you say, what's the use, no matter how impassioned you are, it's just a lie before death.
"Kill!" A few Turkic remnants who wanted to restore desperately stepped forward to fight the last trapped beast.
Weapons collided, shouting and killing, screaming and wailing, these voices have been far away from Xu Qilin. Under the protection of more than a dozen guards, he hugged the little princess and walked towards the gate of Jiucheng Palace.
"I said, with my uncle here, it must be fine." Xu Qilin patted his son's back, for fear that she would be frightened, so he pretended to be relieved.
The son said "um", his arms relaxed a little, but the whole posture did not change much, and after a while, he said faintly: "Uncle, you are running so fast!" ”
Xu Qilin laughed twice and said, "Scud, of course you run fast!" ”
The son giggled twice, and his little head rested on Xu Qilin's shoulder, as if he was tired and wanted to fall asleep. But only she knows that leaning on her uncle's arms like this is really comfortable and reassuring!
There was still some distance from the palace gate, and Xu Qilin saw the yellow figure under the protection of the guards.
It must be that the guards are blocking the line of sight in front, and in the direction of the main road facing the palace gate, the guards are standing next to them, so that His Majesty can have an unobstructed view.
Xu Qilin felt that his legs and feet were sore and heavy, and the jumping and running still overdrew his physical strength. If I hadn't insisted on exercising, I would have been tired and paralyzed by now.
"I see Your Majesty." Xu Qilin patted his son-in-law and said softly: "Princess, come down and take a walk, my uncle is so tired that his feet are weak, so as not to worry His Majesty." ”
The son twisted his body, was reluctantly put down, and walked towards His Majesty Li Er.
His Majesty Li Er got the news and hurried over, if it weren't for the guards desperately stopping him, he would have personally led people to rush up to rescue his beloved daughter.
When he was looking forward and anxious, a guard had already rushed back to report that Princess Jinyang was unharmed and had been rescued by Xu Qilin, who was prepared by Qianniu.
His Majesty Li Er breathed a sigh of relief, and saw a young man in green walking over with a little girl in his arms from a distance. Looking at the little girl's costume, who can she be if she is not a baby son?
Barely suppressing his impulse and maintaining the majesty of the emperor, His Majesty Li Er also secretly breathed a sigh of relief. When I saw my beloved daughter coming to the ground as usual, I was completely relieved.
After taking a few hurried steps, His Majesty Li Er opened his arms to his beloved daughter and called, "Son, it can scare my father." ”
Princess Jinyang trotted a few steps, was supported by her father's hands, and threw herself into her father's arms. The little princess's mouth flattened, and she complained: "Those villains are so vicious, they shouted to arrest me, and they killed many guards." Thanks to my uncle, I was rescued by using Scud. ”