CHAPTER XXIV
The quick assassination of the men in black quickly paid off, and when the other men in black entangled the guards who had rushed to the rescue, one of them had already quickly broken out of the encirclement, crouched down in front of the carriage close to Meishuang, and moved quickly like a sturdy wild cat. As he passed each carriage, he listened intently, but for a few seconds, and then quickly departed until he came to the carriage in which Meishuang was sitting.
After listening intently, he quickly spoke, and a thin but low bird call came out of his mouth, and after three consecutive calls, he took out a slender pipe from his side, inserted the sharp end into the carriage, and blew carefully.
A thin puff of smoke quickly spread through the carriage, and Meishuang felt that her mind went blank for a moment, and then her consciousness began to blur.
Not good!
Desperately struggling with the last of her consciousness, she held her breath, trembled and touched the water in her hand, poured it suddenly, and spit it out desperately, but she was cursing in her mind, damn King Zhao, where are you?!
After hearing the familiar sound of the signal, several men in black stopped fighting, quickly changed formations to repel more and more guards, and quickly concentrated on the men in black who sent the signal.
It's just that when a few people came to the place where the signal was sent just now, the man in black just now disappeared. Several people were startled, looked at each other, and then sent the same signal out of their mouths, but no response was heard.
A few people suddenly realized that something was wrong, and then stopped fighting, exchanged glances and walked up!
At this moment, the man in black was lying in the carriage where Meishuang was, already tied up with five flowers, with strips of cloth stuffed in his mouth, listening to the familiar signal sound outside, he could only struggle desperately, but he couldn't make any sound.
Outside, as the men in black withdrew, it quickly calmed down, and the guards went after the Assassins while they stayed behind to count the casualties.
At night, the torches were lit one after another, illuminating the carriage as bright as day.
Nangong Nuo stood in front of the carriage, standing with his hands in his hands, and his posture was arrogant.
The captured man in black had already been dragged out of the carriage and thrown in front of Nangong Nuo by the guards.
The man in black snorted, struggled to sit up, and glared at Nangong Nuo fiercely.
The torches flickered in the cold wind, reflecting the eyes of Nangong Nuo's yin owl. When Nangong Nuo's gaze fell on the man in black, it was obvious that the man in black shrank slightly.
At the same time, the groggy Meishuang was helped out of the car by the maid. As soon as the cold wind blew, her originally muddy brain immediately cleared up a lot, and after a while of retching, she finally regained her senses.
The black-clothed assassin who was struggling on the ground saw Mei Shuang come out unharmed, and his eyes suddenly widened, and he glared at Mei Shuang in disbelief.
"How? Miscalculated, right? The corners of Nangong Nuo's lips curled, and his tone was cold.
The black-clothed assassin's eyes darkened, and then he stubbornly met Nangong Nuo's gaze, and after pursing the corners of his lips, he looked righteous and awe-inspiring.
"It's only thirty miles away from the capital, so dare you be so arrogant and ruthless, I'm afraid there is some ulterior motive, right?" Nangong Nuo stared at the man in black and said coldly, "If you recruit you from the truth today, this king will spare your life, otherwise, you will go to hell with your accomplices."
The guards hurriedly stepped forward to remove the rags from the black-clothed man's mouth, and the black-clothed assassin, who had planned to be silent, couldn't help but tremble slightly when he heard the "accomplice", but still stubbornly did not speak.
"Okay, hard! Look who this is! Nangong Nuo gestured.
Soon, in the push and shove of the guards, a man in black who was also thin was pushed over.
The man in black kneeling on the ground turned his eyes in shock, and when he saw the blood flowed from several wounds on the body of the man in black who was pushed over, his eyes suddenly widened, his lips moved, and his big eyes were suddenly full of tears.
The man in black who was pushed over turned pale, looked at the man in black sitting on the ground with an indifferent expression and shook his head, then looked in the direction where Meishuang was, spoke in a low voice, and said something quickly. It was probably because of the injury that Yan zhΓ²ng was injured, and after only a few words, the corners of his lips flowed blood, and finally he knelt down without supporting his body, as if he was on the verge of death.
The black-clothed man on the ground finally couldn't hold back tears from his eyes, bit his lower lip desperately, nodded fiercely, and then raised his eyes to look at Nangong Nuo, his eyes were full of lust, and that vision was enough to eat people.
Nangong Nuo glanced at it and ordered someone to carry the dying man in black down, and then said a word leisurely.
Just this sentence shocked the eyes of the black-clothed man on the ground, she looked at Nangong Nuo incredulously, her chest rose and fell sharply, and after a long time, she gritted her teeth and said, "You can also speak from the East?" β
Nangong Nuo sneered, "The little Donglai country is just a small place across the sea on the border of my Great Qin, and it is really damn to dare to covet my Great Qin!" β
The man in black was stunned and laughed at himself, "The Donglai Kingdom and your Great Qin Kingdom are not on good terms, I thought that few of you Central Plains people understand our Donglai language."
Then he shook his head and said in an indignant tone, "That's not the case at all!" β
"Then why are you so vicious?"
The man in black gritted his teeth, turned his eyes in the direction of Meishuang, and said in stiff Chinese, "Naturally, it's for her!" β
When everyone's eyes converged on Mei Shuang, who had been standing quietly on the side, Mei Shuang was so furious that she couldn't help but be stunned.
In fact, the conversation between the two men in black was very low, and she didn't hear it clearly, but she understood Nangong Nuo's words, especially the man in black's sentence "for her" made her confused and uncertain.
Could it be that if you offend others, you will be offended and sent abroad, so that the other party will come thousands of miles to ask for your life?
Nangong Nuo's heart sank, and she said coldly, "She has lived in the boudoir since she was a child, and she doesn't leave the house, why does she have an enmity with you?" β
The man in black lowered his head, pondered for a moment, and when he raised his eyes, he said in Donglai language, "We just- hope she can help us!" β
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Nangong Nuo was stunned, this was completely contrary to his guess.
And Meishuang is even more terrifying - what? Didn't these murderous assassins come to kill themselves?!
ββLate at night, Yuelai Inn.
Since someone has already come to report it before, the inn that is ready to welcome guests is still busy.
Scalding wine, serving food, feeding the horses, all the guys who ran the hall knew that it was a big man, and they didn't dare to slack off, they were all busy with their feet facing the sky, for fear that the service would not be good.
Nangong Nuo sat in the upper room, sitting opposite Mei Shuang, leisurely drinking the wine in his hand, it seemed that the cruel and bloody scene that had just happened did not affect his appetite at all.
And after this terrifying and unbelievable night, Mei Shuang faced the table full of delicacies, and she didn't bother to look at it, only to hold her cheeks in contemplation against the dancing candle flame.
She was distracted for a moment, and finally asked, "What are you going to do with the Assassins?" β
"Kill!" Nangong Nuo's thin lips opened slightly, and he said lazily.
"But she's a woman after all" Seeing Nangong Nuo so simply, Mei Shuang suddenly felt that he was a little cruel.
When the assassin was pushed into the carriage, the black scarf on his head was inadvertently touched, and as a black hair poured down, Meishuang realized that the original assassin from the eastern country was actually a woman, no wonder he looked small.
Seeing that Mei Shuang was moved by compassion, Nangong Nuo sneered, "Woman's benevolence, you are about to heal the scar and forget the pain, she is ruthless, if this king does not arrive in time, you will wait for this king to collect your body."
Thinking of the original situation, Meishuang was also afraid, "But she kept saying that there was something unspeakable"
"You believe the words of the thief!" Nangong Nuo drank all the wine in his hand, "It's just that the editors are a little outrageous, they are killers, and they are only here for you." You are a young lady in the boudoir, and now you are the queen of the cold palace who can't see the light, and they have come thousands of miles to Daqin to ask you for help, don't you think this is a bit fantastical? β
said so, but in fact, Nangong Nuo was thinking about something else.
This female assassin, he is not a stranger, it can be said that he is very familiar. He is a very vigilant person, and he has always been wary of women who deliberately approach him, and naturally, he has also figured out the details of this female assassin before, and he has not felt that it is inappropriate. First, it was not a strange thing that there were foreigners on the occasion at that time, and secondly, he only thought that this female assassin and now wanted to get rid of Meishuang was just a jealousy between women, and he loved Meishuang almost everyone, but this assassin, he just kicked it away a few days ago
"It's also" remembering that the woman said that she wanted her help and then shut up, Meishuang also felt incredible.
Forget it, don't want to. She picked up her chopsticks and just stretched them out, when a plate of bright red pig blood tofu in front of her instantly reminded her of the fierce fight at night, and she reflexively tilted her head to the side and almost vomited out.
Nangong Nuo disapplauded, picked up a piece of blood tofu and stuffed it into his mouth, and said with a smile, "You're just cowardly, you can't see blood."
Mei Shuang forcibly endured her nausea and said unhappily, "I'm not a pig killer, why do I have to see blood?" β
"Hehe, along the way, it's no better than the deep palace compound, it is said that the rivers and lakes are sinister, and there are more places to see blood, you have to adapt to it."
Meishuang was speechless.
She couldn't eat anymore, so she simply put down her chopsticks and changed the subject, "Where did you go during that fight?" β
"Naturally, I'm going to chase the assassin," Nangong Nuo picked up a piece of bamboo shoot tip and put it on the plum frost plate, "Try the specialty dish of this inn, this is your favorite food"
"I said why didn't I see you, there were so many assassins at that time, I was worried that I couldn't deal with it, and it scared me into a cold sweat"
Thinking of the danger at that time, Mei Shuang's mouth unconsciously pursed, and her inadvertent coquettish appearance made Nangong Nuo's heart flutter.
"With just a few assassins, so many guards can naturally resist it. There is a way to capture the thief before the king, but if the king had not caught their leader, how would they have confessed? - How? Worried about the king's safety? β