Chapter Twenty-Three: The Sword Dance
People will always encounter situations when they are unprepared and caught off guard, and at this time, they don't care about being afraid or have other thoughts, and people like Princess Taiping, who have no experience in physical combat, can only wait to be killed. Xue Chongxun was much better, after all, the ability he usually practiced the most was martial arts, and his mind was almost blank out of instinct.
The girl boy missed the blow and launched a second attack without any hesitation, and between the lightning and flint, Xue Chongxun could even feel the sound of the sharp short sword cutting through the air. Princess Taiping was in his arms, her entire back was completely defenseless, and it was Chi Na who was about to approach in an instant with an icy murderous attack.
Xue Chongxun immediately hugged Princess Taiping's waist and turned around, only to hear a "poof", and the pain and chill in his left shoulder suddenly penetrated his bones......
Why would he do it, who knows? He himself would not have understood that a momentary move would not have time to think about it. Maybe it's because of the way he often practices to dodge stabbing is because of the turn, in short, the reaction to the end is instinctive, using the most familiar way.
"Yikes!" Xue Chongxun exclaimed in pain, threw out his right arm without looking back, and swept backwards with a punch. With the swing of his fist, his body twisted and turned. There was an empty wind sound on the ground, and it was obvious that a punch did not hit.
As soon as Xue Chongxun turned around, he didn't see how the girl dodged the attack, and there was a flash in front of him, and the quick assassination came again. The ghostly fast attack ghost lingered, and the nerves all over his body tensed, and a thin cold sweat broke out on his forehead.
"Z!" Suddenly, there was a dull sound, and the air seemed to freeze in an instant, and I saw Xue Chongxun's right hand directly grasp the blade of the sword, and the blood immediately dripped into the air.
The injury to his left shoulder affected the muscles of his entire left arm, and he couldn't use any force, and his right hand grabbed the short sword tightly and twisted immediately. The girl was startled and immediately let go of the hilt of her sword, reacting quite quickly...... At this time, Xue Chongxun had realized that this young girl was very skilled in martial arts.
"Chongxun!" Princess Taiping shouted in a trembling voice at this time.
Xue Chongxun's hands were covered with blood, and he grabbed the short sword and did not attack immediately, but continued to block in front of Princess Taiping. Princess Taiping stared at Xue Chongxun's left shoulder with round eyes and looked behind her back, the wound on Xue Chongxun's left shoulder was still bleeding, her shirt was already wet, and her face was pale and she couldn't say a word. Princess Taiping saw a tall figure blocking in front of her, and she felt a strange sense of dependence in her heart, like a drowning person suddenly grasping a straw.
"There are assassins, assassins ......," the palace maids and eunuchs shouted in horror, and two eunuchs finally rushed towards the girl who had lost her weapon. But immediately there were two screams, and the two of them were kicked twice without any resistance, fell to the ground and screamed in pain.
Xue Chongxun flipped the short sword in his hand and squeezed it tightly in his hand, his fingers were so curled and clenched that he could still press the wound to avoid blood loss from the wound on his hand, but there was no way to do it on his back for a while. He quickly glanced up at the uncovered tiles on the roof, and worried that if another Assassin of the same skill came down soon, he really didn't know if he would be able to handle it. And the palace people in the dormitory are simply a waste in terms of fighting, and it will take some time for the guards to come in and rescue them.
Several other eunuchs and palace maids surrounded the female assassin Baiyue from the left and right, and Baiyue was looking for weapons in all directions, her physique was destined to be incapacitated, and she could only rely on sharp weapons and dexterity to defeat the enemy.
"Chongxun, how are you?" Princess Taiping reached out and pressed Xue Chongxun's wound.
Xue Chongxun didn't answer her question, only said, "Go!" With that, he changed his short sword to another hand, reached out and grabbed Princess Taiping's wrist and ran towards the palace gate.
"Bang!" The sound of a heavy object hitting something behind him, Xue Chongxun and the others couldn't look back, and took advantage of the palace eunuch to block the female assassin and hurriedly left, as long as they could avoid it, they couldn't fight with the assassin at all.
At this time, the wind from somewhere poured into the palace room, and the curtains on both sides fluttered gently with the wind, and the two of them held hands and passed through the beautiful silk curtains one after the other. After being extremely nervous, Princess Taiping felt a little trance after him, and suddenly had a strange feeling in her heart, as if she was not escaping from assassination, but from a suffocating confinement...... It's a bit like the ascension and joy described by Yuqing when he cultivated immortals.
At this moment, he suddenly saw a figure running over quickly from the side of the temple gate, Xue Chongxun's heart tightened, and after a while, he saw that the original person was Taoist Yuqing, she was wearing a Taoist robe, and she was carrying a long sword in her hand.
"Your Highness has met an assassin?" Yuqing asked, then glanced at Xue Chongxun's bloodied hand.
Princess Taiping breathed a sigh of relief: "Exactly, it's right behind." ”
Xue Chongxun had seen Yuqing use a sword when he was in Luoyang, this female Taoist priest not only knew alchemy, but also swordsmanship, and was greatly relieved to see her coming.
At this moment, the female and child assassin had already rushed from behind, and it seemed that the group of palace maids and eunuchs had been freed in a moment...... So a whole bunch of people are useless against a little girl who has lost her blade, what is it that is not waste?
Princess Taiping said: "Chased over!" ”
Yuqing said: "Your Highness, don't worry, the poor Dao will meet her for a while." After saying that, the elegant figure flashed, pinched a sword trick in his left hand, and put a horizontal sword in his right hand to meet the enemy.
But I saw that the girl was holding a bloodstained golden hairpin in her hand, which was probably found from the dresser. Xue Chongxun was stunned when he saw this: "What kind of hatred do we have with her family?" ”
At this time, I saw that Yuqing's body was elegant, and he had stabbed out two swords with "swish", and the sound of the wind was clear, obviously not attacking the real thing. A moment later, with a "hiss", Jian Feng cut a large hole in the curtain next to him. At the beginning, the three swordsmanship was not in a hurry, although it did not work, but it completely prevailed, and the girl boy obviously passively defended and dodged, unable to escape and unable to take the initiative to attack. After a while, I saw the sword shadow flickering, Yuqing's movements became faster and faster, and his flexible posture was like a dance in the sword...... Good-looking but not murderous, the essence of her practice of this swordsmanship is estimated to be mostly out of self-cultivation, but not mainly for killing, otherwise where would there be so many tricks?
"The last general is too late to save the car, the sin of ten thousand deaths!" Suddenly, there was a burst of shouting, and I saw a big man in iron armor fall to the ground with a bang, almost throwing a big hole in the carpeted brick floor.
Princess Taiping pointed behind her and said, "What are you still kneeling for, take it for me!" ”
"Yes." The big man quickly got up and picked up a long-handled broadsword on the ground, "Kill!" With a snort, he rushed forward with a group of iron men.
Soon more and more guards came in, surrounded by armor, protecting Princess Taiping and the others in the middle, with several layers of iron walls on the periphery. Now that they are safe, even if an army comes and assassinates them with random arrows, I am afraid it will be difficult to break through such a heavy defense. These people who served as palace guards nearby may not be very good in martial arts, but their height and appearance are certainly not too bad, mainly for the prestige of the honor guard, they are a group of tall men, standing a few floors around, completely blocking the view, I don't know how the female assassin was subdued.
But there was no suspense that the assassin Baiyue was caught, but after a short period of effort, she was beaten half to death without even having a chance to escape or even commit suicide.
The army got out of the way, and saw that Baiyue was being pressed to the ground and couldn't move, her mouth was covered with blood, and her very delicate-looking body struggled twice to prove that she was not dead.
Princess Taiping said: "Imperial doctor, hurry up and find me the imperial doctor!" ”
Xue Chongxun lost a lot of blood and his face was very pale, but he still stood there well. Princess Taiping looked at him with a complicated expression, "You ......" She really didn't know how to express her mood at this time, she probably didn't expect Xue Chongxun to use her body to block her sword.
Xue Chongxun's reactions and practices before were completely instinctive, and he was not mentally prepared at all, and he didn't even think about the gains and losses of right and wrong.
But at this time, the crisis gradually passed, his thinking had returned to normal, and seeing that Princess Taiping's face was moved, he realized that this was an opportunity, so he hurriedly fell to the ground and said with emotion: "As long as the mother is safe, the son will be relieved even if he dies." ”
Princess Taiping hurriedly stretched out her hand to help him, and couldn't help but be moved. Because she was really moved, she couldn't say anything good, she just looked at Xue Chongxun, who had a sincere face, in a daze.
At this time, Xue Chongxun asked, "Who is the head of the guard tonight?" ”
Most of the troops did not dare to speak, and a general walked to the gate of the palace from the outside, fell to the ground and said: "Your Highness, Liang Wu, the commander of Yulin, knows that he has failed to perform his duties and caused the assassin to enter His Highness's dormitory, and his crime is unforgivable, and he has apologized in front of the Changchun Palace." ”
Xue Chongxun walked out of the door after hearing this, stood on the edge of the building and looked down, and saw a general kneeling motionless, as if he was dead.
Princess Taiping's anger subsided a little after hearing this, and she sighed: "Don't implicate her family, bury the corpse." ”
After a while, the sergeants downstairs carried two more "hedgehogs" to his majesty, only to see that the two were full of arrows, at least dozens of them, and I am afraid that they would not be able to die anymore. The following person reported: "The two Assassins outside the palace resisted stubbornly, and were shot with arrows by the guards, and were ambushed. ”
The imperial doctor came up to heal Xue Chongxun's wounds, and at this time, Yu Liben glanced at the female assassin Baiyue who was pressed to the ground, and whispered: "After torturing the mastermind behind the scenes, how does His Royal Highness King Jin want to deal with this assassin...... How can she die? ”
Princess Taiping's face flashed with a trace of cold hatred, and she said coldly: "Let her beg and want to die!" ”
Yu Liben hurriedly said: "The slave must order to go down, so that she can't ...... if she wants to live or die."