Chapter 64: Walking with the Tiger (4)
By the time the crescent moon woke up, it was already an hour later, and it was almost noon, and the crescent moon felt a splitting headache, and her mouth was dry and she couldn't make a sound. She closed her eyes tightly, and although she didn't open them, she also sensed that this was not her room, and there were more signs of danger. There was a stiff plank underneath him, and there was a jolting sensation.
If it weren't for the evil spirit, he would be on a ship, and he would have known this feeling for so long after staying on the ship that came to Jinling from the Eastern Capital.
At this time, someone outside was talking, and the voice seemed to be far away, and it seemed to be close at hand. Xinyue felt that she was still very confused, but she also cheered up and listened to the sound of talking outside.
"Lord, after one more ferry, we will arrive at the ferry, now we can go in and see the people in the boat" spoke in a voice that had not been heard before, and it was cold and hard and without any human touch.
"What will you do to her?" Xinyue's words were heard clearly, it was Rong Ying's voice, and he seemed to be a little troubled.
Xinyue slowly opened her eyes, and sure enough, as she guessed, she was on a small ship, the boat was not shabby, but it was not big, only a boat where she was lying, and she was wearing her own clothes next to her, and she was wearing the silk clothes she wore when she was sleeping, looking at her body, with a very thick rope tied to her legs, and Xinyue couldn't break free by herself.
Seeing this scene, combined with the conversation outside, Xinyue knew that she was kidnapped by Rong Ying.
She panicked, but she didn't call for help, because this would only attract the vigilance of people outside. Leaning down, Xinyue began to break free of the rope on her feet, but she just struggled hard, the rope was broken, and the break was very neat, she didn't care how difficult it was, after turning over and getting out of bed, she saw that there were three or four people at the front door, and at the back door, there seemed to be no one, but still need to be vigilant, Xinyue reached out to touch her head, touched a golden hairpin, she was too hot, coiled her hair, fixed the hair, at this time she was tightly in her hand, small steps quickly to the back door.
She kept taking deep breaths to calm herself down, but in this case, how could she calm down, she still felt that she would be awake and confused for a while, and her ears were buzzing. I remembered the strange smell I smelled last night, and I didn't wake up. But now she couldn't tell whether it was because of the smell or because of the fear in her heart, so she had to hold the golden hairpin in her hand more tightly, and the thin slice of the golden hairpin's hairpin pierced into her flesh, and the pain cheered her up.
She bowed down, leaned on the edge of the edge of the ship, and finally reached the back door, and pushed open the door in front of her lightly and quickly, the door opened a little crack, and the boat shook a little, and the crescent moon threw herself through the gap and saw the outside, and outside, there were also two people standing, but one of them went to the front to inquire about the situation because of the shaking of the hull, only one of them stood on the north side of the stern, and a large part of the south side was empty, and then saw that there was a distance of about ten meters from the shore here, and the crescent moon calculated, if he jumped from here, after swimming over, Run ashore. But the shore seems to be a little barren, just now I heard those people say, they will soon arrive at the ferry, out of the ferry, is to leave Jinling completely, and in addition to Jinling, there are thirty miles of waterway is uninhabited, those people don't know when, will come in, so now, is the most suitable time, make up your mind, Xinyue decided to fight.
Before that, Xinyue first turned around and glanced at the situation at the main gate, what were those people still saying, the unrecognized voice at the head of the group said to Rong Ying lightly, "It seems that you still haven't recognized it clearly, who is the one who holds your life now, once our Liang State withdraws its troops, our lord, reveal some more..."
Xinyue understood that if Rong Ying tied her here, she would also be coerced by others, and she would use herself to blackmail the prince, but Xinyue smiled, that Liang Wei was really naΓ―ve.
Thinking so, Xinyue also made up her mind and gave it a go. So she first pushed open the door where there was a guard, and the man didn't react for a moment, only to hear a thud, and the crescent moon jumped into the water.
At this time, it was the height of summer, and after entering the water, I did not lose my strength because of the cold, and the new moon can swim, and it is a very powerful kind, which comes from the time when I fell into the pool when I was a child and almost drowned.
After being thrown into the water, the new moon swam fast while listening to the sound of the boat getting farther and farther away, only hearing two sounds, "poof" and "poof", someone entered the water to chase him. Crescent Moon looked at the shore where there were still two more positions, and thought to herself that if she went ashore, she would have no advantage, and the people who followed behind, and the people who were still standing on the boat, should not be very good swimmers.
So Crescent Moon continued to swim about five hundred meters before finally coming ashore, wearing light clothes, so that this time she would not be unable to run because of her bulky body.
She ran forward desperately, thinking about what to do next, in order to stabilize her emotions, she wasted a lot of energy, and when her physical strength gradually couldn't keep up, Xinyue also cried.
She was barefoot, the stones of the river bank cut her feet like knives, and she was running on thorns. But the footsteps behind her were getting closer and closer, and she had to force herself not to cry anymore and to quickly come up with a way.
Xinyue scolded her stupidity in her heart, how could she think that Rong Ying would become a good person? And then there is his reason, he is also a person who uses tricks to kill his own brother for his own purposes. The new moon ran, looking at the road ahead with teary eyes, and couldn't care about any decency and dignity. If he is caught by the people behind, even if he is taken to blackmail Rong Zhao, it will be a dead end, so Xinyue can only show his last strength.
At this time, it is already about a mile away from the river bank, and there should be a village in the future, no matter how it is also under the city of Jinling, they will not really dare to chase after it for too long.
Just as she was distracted and trying to retreat, a large vultures tripped over her, and Crescent fell to the ground, and after landing on the ground, she rolled down a hill and finally fainted.
Rong Ying looked at the crescent moon lying on her back at the bottom of the hillside, and Ming was about to go down to catch her, but was stopped by Rong Ying, "I'll come"
As he spoke, Rong Ying mentioned light skills, went down the hillside more than three meters high, leaned over and picked up the crescent moon.
After a closer look at her, there was nothing hurt, she should just be shocked and angry, and she couldn't breathe and fainted. Rong Ying tightened the crescent moon in her arms, and somehow, Rong Ying felt that she had no way to hand over the person in her arms anymore. But he looked up and saw a face as cold as Ming Tie, and invisible, the person behind him. He was disgusted by the feeling of domination.
When he was young, he always looked forward to seeing his mother, and after seeing his mother, he had to leave, which is the feeling of being dominated by others and not being able to make his own decisions. He took the new moon in his arms, she was soaking wet, even if she was in a coma, she was trembling, Rong Ying walked to Ming's side, Ming stretched out his hand, and wanted to take the new moon from Rong Ying's arms.
Rong Ying did not refuse, just when Ming's hand was about to touch the new moon, the new moon, who was unconscious in Rong Ying's arms, suddenly jumped up and stabbed Ming's palm accurately with the hairpin in his hand. But she had no strength in her body for a long time, and she was held by Rong Ying, and her center of gravity was unstable. But because of Ming's light enemy, he was still pierced through the palm of his hand by Xinyue with a hairpin, Ming was in pain, and immediately pulled out the scimitar on his waist and slashed towards Xinyue, Rong Ying also reacted at this time, holding Xinyue's waist with one hand and covering behind him, but because of this, the life gate of the predecessor was exposed, and Ming's knife would be cut on his body if he couldn't cut Xinyue.
Fortunately, Nagaturu was by Rong Ying's side at this time, and Nagatura drew his sword and broke the tendon that was bleeding from the inscription. Ming was in pain, lost strength in his hand, and the knife fell to Rong Ying's face and fell to the ground.
Xinyue held the bloody hairpin in his hand, from Rong Ying's arms, his eyes turned to his back, the raised hairpin, I don't know whether it is a stab or not, the blood in his hand and the blood on the hairpin are about to be mixed together, Xinyue feels worried in his heart, but he can't lose this only weapon.
Rong Ying took advantage of this time to take a few steps back, and the people brought by Rong Ying also surrounded him, Ming's people were all on the boat behind, and now Ming, who had broken a hand's tendon, was weak.
But Ming is not an ordinary person who can be subdued, he and Liang Wei are both out of the training camp of the Liang State Sect, Liang Wei is naturally the first, and Ming, this is the second, he can use a knife with both hands.
After switching to the other hand, Ming straightened his back again, "Rong Ying, do you want to protect this woman?" β
Rong Ying didn't speak, but glanced back at Xinyue, only to see that although Xinyue was frightened, she still used her own methods to stay awake, Rong Ying reached out and pulled out the sword at her waist, "Men's affairs, can't men handle it?" β
"King Jin, it's not interesting for you to say it now, isn't it you the one who brought this eldest lady here from her bedroom?" Ming had already signaled that something was wrong just now, and he saw very clearly that now was not the time to go head-to-head with them.
"Then we don't have anything to say" As she spoke, Rong Ying gave Nagatu a look, and the two of them were ready to solve Ming.
Nagatu also received the signal, and the two of them were about to step forward, but Ming stepped back step by step, and said to the two, "If you kill me now, there will be no turning back." β
Rong Ying glanced back at Xinyue again, and clenched the sword in his hand, "I have..."
Before he finished speaking, he heard a short flute, that is, Ming's reinforcements arrived, Rong Ying saw it on the boat just now, he came this time, he brought a total of more than ten people, if they all came, he and Nagatu and the other two people, they were no match at all. It seems that the only time is for now.
"It was just a misunderstanding" Xinyue was ringing in her ears, and after the tinnitus, she heard Rong Ying say this, put away her sword, and then grabbed Xinyue, Xinyue was unstable, and the hairpin in her hand also fell to the ground "You... You..."
Rong Ying handed the new moon into Ming's hands again, "This king just doesn't want her to run away in our hands." β
As soon as Ming caught the new moon, it was not as "gentle" as Rong Ying, and the new moon's arm immediately seemed to be wrapped in an iron hoop, and the new moon lost its center of gravity and fell to the ground, trying to use her own weight to avoid being dragged away.
But she is a little woman, how can she be Ming's opponent, so Xinyue was in Ming's hands, and she was dragged away even "Rong Ying, Rong Ying, you remember, I, I won't let you go." β
At this moment, Ming, who lost patience, slashed Crescent Moon with a hand knife and carried her away on his shoulder.
Rong Ying heard the voice of the new moon, and chased after him two steps as if he was attracted by this voice, but was pulled by the long bottle, "Your Highness, the person has gone away." β
Rong Ying looked at a long strip on the ground, the marks left by the crescent moon's struggle and the blood on the ground, and asked Nagaturu, "Is she injured?" β
The person who came to chase the crescent moon just now was Nagaruru, and Nagatura shook his head, "She tripped over this ashline and rolled down the hillside, but there was thick grass along the way, so I didn't see any external injuries to her." β
"Send a letter to Changlin, and we'll chase her." Saying that, Rong Ying raised her voice and wanted to leave, but was pulled by Nagata again, "Lord Wang, didn't you personally hand over the Crescent Moon Girl to them just now?" β
"Ming's reinforcements have arrived, are we going to have a hard time with them? Signal, I'll go first..."
"Lord Wang, let's come" It was the two guards who were guarding the stern of the boat just now, Rong Ying's guards.
"Changxian come with me" said, and the two chased in the direction of Ming's walk together.
When Xinyue woke up again, she felt a sharp pain all over her body, and the corners of her forehead were still in pain from jumping with fear, and it was obvious that she hadn't fainted for too long.
Ming took Crescent Moon aboard the ship they had come from, tied her with rope, and left her in a darkened room in the back of the ship, where Crescent Moon could only discern the direction from the tiny light through the crack in the door.
Xinyue knew that she couldn't escape this time, the person brought by the person she didn't know, Rong Ying gave in because of fear, how could she be their opponent as a woman.
While crying, the door was forcefully opened from the outside, and the violent bright light made Crescent Moon squint her eyes, and it was not the person who had been punctured by herself, but a younger, not very stable, black-clad man, who was holding a rag in his hand, slowly walked to Crescent's side, saw that Crescent Moon was glaring at him, and reached out and slapped Crescent.
Crescent Moon felt that his eyes were dark, his ears were buzzing, and the meaning became more blurred, the man did not speak again, but stuffed the rag in his hand into Crescent Moon's mouth, and Crescent Moon saw the opportunity to bite the man's hand, but he saw it in advance, and pinched Crescent's chin with his other hand.
"Miss, if you don't want to suffer, I advise you to be honest. His hand can pinch and deform the iron, let alone your fine chin. Ming stood by the door, and when the man saw that Crescent Moon was more honest, he immediately choked the rag into Crescent's mouth, and threw Crescent Moon's chin off, and she fell to the floor.
Crescent Moon lay on the ground, her hands and feet were tied, and she couldn't move, and when she was even worse, Crescent Moon felt that her ears were hot, as if there was blood left, and she was also dizzy.
But she knew that she couldn't faint, Liang Guo needed herself, but as long as she saved her life, she couldn't afford the other costs, Xinyue couldn't afford it, she could only use the nails of her thumb to pinch her hand to stimulate the palm that was already bleeding, and let the pain keep her awake, but what did she say, it was the first time she experienced such a thing, and she was so scared that she couldn't do it, she asked herself what to do over and over again in her mind, but she couldn't find the answer.
I don't know how long it took for the crescent moon to see that the light in the crack in the door went from bright to dim, and finally it was all black, and the crescent moon's heart sank.
There was the sound of footsteps, and Xinyue's heart lifted, and she was much more sober.
The footsteps were getting closer and closer, and Xinyue felt that her heart was about to jump out of her chest, and the door opened, and Ming stood at the door, sneering at the two people behind her, "Pull it out." β
"Yes" The two walked very briskly, and dragged the crescent out, no matter how much the crescent moon struggled, it was useless, she was dragged to a fairly spacious deck, she leaned against the railing of the ship and slowly got up, after half of her body was propped up, she looked around, this was an unfamiliar place for her, and the surroundings were dim, she could not distinguish between north and south for a while.
Ming's hands were wrapped in gauze, which was all thanks to the new moon, so he returned to promise his subordinates to come, Ming raised his legs, sat on the side of the sundries, as if watching the excitement, and said to his subordinates, "It's not that you want to play, people are here, remember, don't get killed." β
"Yes," she said, and the two men who dragged her out walked over to her first, and Crescent Moon found a gap, rubbed the strip of cloth from her mouth, and spit it out, "Don't come here." β
The two men had no intention of stopping, and their eyes became more and more obscene when they looked at the new moon.
"Leader, listen to me, I am the concubine of Prince Rong Zhao, and your master must have tied me up to blackmail Rong Zhao."
"How do you know?" Ming didn't expect that Xinyue, a woman's family, would still know this.
"It seems that what I said is right, but you think, I, how can I be virtuous, let him take the future, life and military affairs as a child's play."
"You don't have to worry about this, our master, we have our own way." The man on the left smiled and said, "You can stay with our brother well." β
"Okay, you said you want to use me to blackmail Rong Zhao, but if I lose..., will Rong Zhao still want me? I wasn't loved by him, otherwise I wouldn't have been left in another village outside the city, if he knew that I had suffered such a thing, she wouldn't have taken me seriously, and wouldn't it be a bamboo basket to draw water if you tied me? β
"Master Ming, what she said is not unreasonable." The man on the right was a little frightened and asked for Ming's opinion.
Ming is not a person who is easy to fool, he sees that Xinyue talks extraordinarily, is not chaotic in the face of danger, and what he says is the truth, and he heard that the great prince does not like the princess who is a little dumbfounded, so he must like this smart woman in front of him very much. But she has a very right saying, that is, now is indeed not the time to move her at will, especially when he can't hold it, his master's intentions, so he glanced at the two people, and the two got the order, and immediately retreated.
"You can't do anything, you can fight." Ming didn't let her go, looking at the wound on his hand, he couldn't swallow this breath.
As soon as they heard this, the two sneers came to their senses, and the person who slapped Crescent Moon at the beginning immediately stepped forward and gave Crescent Moon another slap. The new moon felt that her mouth was fishy, and she could no longer see the flowers in front of her.
And the other person, gave the crescent moon a kick in the chest, the spikes on the soles of the feet, scraped the clothes on the front of the crescent moon, the new moon felt a cold chest, and when she realized that it had happened, she suddenly felt humiliated, leaned down, the whole person curled up, and at the same time the chest also hurt sharply. Crescent Moon spat out a mouthful of blood, and the whole person was already on the verge of collapse.
There was a sound of wind in her ears, and Xinyue seemed to feel that someone was talking to her, but she was covered by the sound of the wind, "If you can't hold it, you can bite through this, this is aconitum water, and it can send you away quickly." β
This time, Xinyue heard this voice clearly, no one said this sentence to her, it was a conjecture in her heart, and she also knew very well that even if she was tied up to Prince Rongzhao, she would hear this sentence.
The sound of the sword unsheathed, like a dragon's groan, Xinyue heard a familiar footsteps, and felt that something fluttering fell on her body, followed by the sound of fighting, her eyes would be dark and clear for a while, and what she could see was Rong Ying alone holding a sword in front of her, fighting with people.
Rong Ying turned his head and looked at Xinyue, who was disheveled and bleeding from the corners of his mouth and ears, his heart was like a knife, he had never regretted it like now. He also became angry, took his sword, and stabbed the three people in front of him who had humiliated the crescent moon.
Chang Xian also followed, his martial arts were not bad, and he killed the person on the left in eight or nine moves, while Rong Ying was fighting with Ming.
Ming's martial arts are above Rong Ying, this is what Rong Ying knew from the beginning, but he refused to admit defeat, and there was no saber on Jie's waist, so he was passive all of a sudden, and was cut on his left leg by Rong Ying's sword, and blood gushed out.
And at this moment, the other people who heard the movement in Houcang all rushed over, and Ming was furious, "Except for that woman, other killings are not counted." β
"How dare you," Rong Ying roared.
"King Jin, this is the prince's command, if you dare to resist..."
After a "whoosh", Ming was blocked by a feather arrow, fell on his back, and his last words could only remain in the wound that gushed out blood.
Seeing that Ming was dead, the other eight people also panicked, and arrows kept coming over, Rong Ying knew that Nagatu had brought rescuers, he bent down to cut the rope on Xinyue's body, wrapped Xinyue with his own cloak, and finally held her in his arms.
Xinyue felt Rong Ying's gentleness, but she still couldn't relax, and wanted to struggle as soon as she regained her freedom, but how could she still have the strength, so she had to fall into his arms.
Rong Ying looked at Xinyue, who was covered in injuries, and said softly, "Don't move, it will only hurt more." β
Xinyue roughly understood that Rong Ying was remorseful, that is, she would not be in danger for a short time, and then she laughed at herself, what if there was any danger, anyway, she had lost all her strength, so she lost the last trace of spirit and fainted.