Chapter 90: Assassination
Lu Xin hurriedly looked over and said happily, "Wow! That's a precious sika deer, a sika deer! You see, it's looking at us curiously. ”
Xiao Xuan asked strangely, "Miss, how do you know it's called Sika Deer?" Have you ever seen one? ”
Along the way, Xiaoxuan felt that her young lady was like an encyclopedia, she knew a little bit about everything she encountered, and she could explain the way she was, which made it difficult for people to believe it or not. She wondered: how could the young lady know so many strange-looking animals when she didn't go out much before, and didn't go out on the streets much? How can you know so many and all kinds of things?
Lu Xin didn't care about Xiaoxuan's questions, and said to her proudly: "Silly girl, you dare to question your young lady's words, you young lady and I have seen any animal, as long as you believe what I say, you won't be wrong."
Xiao Xuan immediately put aside her doubts and responded happily: "Well, as long as the young lady says it, the slave and maid will believe it."
When Lu Xin entered Yu Liguo, from the understanding and analysis of folk customs and landforms, Yu Liguo is estimated to be the famous three eastern provinces in later generations. The three provinces of Northeast China are dominated by plains and mountains, and the rich Changbai Mountains and the large and small Xing'an Mountains are important natural barriers for the Northeast ecosystem. The Sanjiang Plain, the Songnen Plain, and the Liaohe Plain here all have fertile soil and deep soil layers. There are also famous major rivers such as the Songhua River, the East and West Liao River, and the Yalu River. It was also because of the material wealth and huge economic value of the three northeastern provinces that they attracted the peep of the Japanese and broke out a famous battle in history: the 918 Incident.
The woods will be boring after walking for a long time, and it is still the woods in the cold winter, which makes people feel so lonely, Lu Xin and the others feel bored after walking in the woods for two days and two nights.
Lu Xin asked Uncle De, "Uncle De, how long do we have to walk to get to the town?"
Uncle De smiled and said, "Miss Hui Xin'er, according to the old slave, if it is fast, it will take another day and a night to reach the town!"
After hearing this, Lu Xin frowned, feeling that time was really sad, Uncle De saw this and asked specifically, "Is Miss Xin'er tired?" Let the old slave report to His Royal Highness the Prince, and let everyone rest a little more along the way, right? ”
When Lu Xin heard this, she hurriedly said, "Not tired, not tired?" I'm just asking casually, Uncle De doesn't need to care. ”
Lu Xin thought: "If you have more rest, it is estimated that it will be two more days before you can reach the town to rest."
The night here always scared Lu Xin, and the whistling northwest wind in the woods couldn't help but be creepy to listen to. Moreover, tonight's north wind is blowing stronger than ever, and snowflakes are flying all over the sky. Everyone in the line was tightly wrapped, with only eyes and noses on their faces, and everyone insisted that they would stay up until the town to rest.
Xuanyuan Rui asked everyone to stop and rest before nightfall. Lu Xin, Xuanyuan Rui and his concubines sat around eating some dry food and vegetarian food. During dinner at the camp, Uncle De came over and said to Xuanyuan Rui: "Your Royal Highness the Prince, Yu Liguo has an urgent report."
Xuanyuan Rui put down the food in his hand and said, "Pass."
When Lu Xin saw Xuanyuan Rui stop his movements, the concubines around him also stopped eating together. Only Lu Xin still ate in a big gulp, not feeling uncomfortable at all, and thinking while eating: "It turns out that along the way, he has always had close ties with the DPRK and China, it seems that he, the prince, is not a straw bag, and he also knows how to prepare for a rainy day, I'm afraid it's not as simple as rumored."
Lu Xin originally thought that Xuanyuan Rui was like an ordinary aristocratic child, greedy and beautiful, and liked to live a free and easy life, and then just waited to inherit the throne, and had no worries. Although she had also read in history books that many royal children killed each other in order to win the throne, and the six relatives did not recognize it. But Lu Xinke never thought that Xuanyuan Rui would have something like this happening. In her mind, people who can be called nobles of the imperial court naturally have a much better fate and are much happier than others.
After a while, Uncle De brought the person who sent the information, and Lu Xin just casually glanced at the guards who walked in. Seeing his dusty appearance, dressed like those servants in the camp, and only showing his eyes and nose on his face, Lu Xin thought to herself: "The people who work for Xuanyuan Rui are really hard!"
Then Lu Xin glanced at the guard again, and suddenly her eyes only made contact with the other party's eyes for a moment, and she felt that those eyes were too sharp, which couldn't help but shock her heart, but she couldn't say what it felt.
I saw that after the guard saluted Xuanyuan Rui, he slowly handed the letter scroll in his hand to Xuanyuan Rui. Lu Xin didn't know where it came from, and her intuition made her think that there must be something wrong with this person. When Lu Xin saw the letter scroll, the allusion to Jing Ke's assassination of the King of Qin "Tu Poor See Dagger" came to her mind.
This unique premonition in Lu Xin's heart appeared once when she was a child, when she was still a child. One day after school, on her way home, she accidentally saw a woman with a child crossing the street, and at that moment, she thought in her heart: a car would rush over and knock down the mother and child, and both of them would die tragically on the road. Who knows, as soon as Lu Xin finished thinking about it at that time, the mother and son in her sight were instantly hit by the speeding car and flew on the road and fell in a pool of blood. And Lu Xin was also so frightened by the bloody scene that she fainted, and she was sick for more than a month before she got better.
When Lu Xin just thought of "seeing the dagger in the poor", he saw that the guard had already made a move on Xuanyuan Rui. When the guard handed out the scroll, a sharp dagger flashed out of the scroll, which was the most suitable for hand-to-hand combat. Saying that it was too late and that was fast, Xuanyuan Rui didn't seem to expect this, but the reaction of those who practiced martial arts was quite sensitive. I saw Xuanyuan Rui hurriedly stretch out his right hand to block the dagger that stabbed at him, and immediately picked up the other party.
Lu Xin and Xuanyuan Rui's concubines were frightened by this sudden situation and stayed in place, but fortunately, Uncle De reacted very quickly and immediately called. But at this moment, out of nowhere, four masked men armed with swords and dressed exactly like their servants came out, and all five of them concentrated on Xuanyuan Rui at the same time. Moreover, the moves are vicious, the moves are all fatal, and it seems that they want to fight as quickly as possible, and only a momentary fight will cause chaos among the people in the entire camp.
Fortunately, the dozens of guards accompanying Xuanyuan Rui were not ordinary people, Xuanyuan Rui only parried those assassins for more than ten rounds, and Chen Qing and Chen Ping had already entered the encirclement as soon as they were the guards, allowing Xuanyuan Rui to breathe.
The surroundings of the camp seemed to have been ambushed, and during the fight, dozens of black-clothed men rushed out of the woods in all directions to kill the camp, and for a while, the two groups of men and horses fought fiercely.
Lu Xin took Xiaoxuan and Zhu Ji Wanji and they retreated to the side, Chen Ping was in charge of protecting, while Li Ji Zheng and several other concubines were also protected by guards, and the goal of those men in black was only to kill Xuanyuan Rui alone, so they had no time to take care of those who were not important.
This was the second time Lu Xin saw Xuanyuan Rui assassinated, and the first time he was assassinated, Lu Xin didn't know Xuanyuan Rui's identity at that time. Now she can conclude that this must be related to Xuanyuan Rui's return to the country to inherit the throne, who is going to put him to death?
At this time, Lu Xin didn't dare to be distracted and think about it, she checked to see if there was a greater danger hidden around her. Lu Xin knew that this assassination method must be successful at the first time, otherwise the chance of success in the second attempt would be equal to zero. Since that person waited for so long to assassinate Xuanyuan Rui, and let him enter the Yu Liguo Kingdom before starting to carry out the operation, it must have been deployed for a long time, and the plan must have been extremely meticulous. They must have worked hard with the mentality that they were determined to win, so Lu Xin thought that there would be hidden dangers around them.
Lu Xin watched the servants and maids fleeing in all directions, avoiding fights to protect themselves, and the guards brought by Xuanyuan Rui were all the top killers in Iris Valley, even if the number was not more than the other party, it was enough to make it difficult for those people in black to get close to Xuanyuan Rui's side, and the killers on both sides were evenly matched against killers.
Regardless of her own safety, Li Ji ordered the guards around her to protect Xuanyuan Rui, and the leading guards did not obey her orders this time, but said to Li Ji confidently: "Miss, forgive your subordinates for being difficult to obey, the master has explained, you must protect the safety of Miss first."
Liki stepped forward and slapped the leading guard, she was almost angry with him, but she couldn't do anything about him. So, she stood aside and looked anxiously at the situation on Xuanyuan Rui's side, she was more afraid than anyone else that she would lose Xuanyuan Rui. She knows that not only is the honor and disgrace of her life tied to him, but more importantly, she truly loves him, even if she sacrifices her life to protect him. Just because he is there, everything will be there, if he is not there, everything about himself will be gone, meaningless.
What Lu Xin was worried about finally appeared, the killer really still had a hand, and Lu Xin's sharp eyes saw an archer holding a crossbow hidden behind a big tree. It seems that it has been aiming for a long time, and it is ready to fly at this moment.
Lu Xin held her breath for this discovery, she was anxious, but found that it was too late to remind Xuanyuan Rui. Seeing that the arrow had flown out, the distance between Lu Xin and Xuanyuan Rui was only two zhang away, and suddenly, she didn't even think about it, so she rushed towards Xuanyuan Rui desperately, and hugged him from behind Xuanyuan Rui.
At the same time, Liji also found that a dark arrow was shot out, her heart suddenly rose to her throat, she wanted to run over to protect Xuanyuan Rui, but she was tightly pulled by the guards around her, no matter how she couldn't break free, Liji had to shout loudly: "Your Highness, be careful......!"
In this way, when Li Ji was worried that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince would be injured, she saw that Lu Xin had already run over to block an arrow for His Royal Highness the Prince.
The sharp arrow pierced Lu Xin's back in an instant, she screamed in pain, the piercing pain suddenly made her dizzy, Xuanyuan Rui quickly turned around and hugged Lu Xin, who had been injured by the arrow, to prevent her from falling. The moment Xuanyuan Rui turned around, he looked at Lu Xin lying in his arms in disbelief, he shouted Lu Xin's name, and the green tendons on his forehead seemed to burst out.
Uncle De, Liji, Chen Qing, Chen Ping and the others all looked at this scene in shock, Xiao Xuan looked at this scene, and also broke free from Chen Ping's hand to protect her, and shouted loudly as she ran: "Miss, Miss......!"
Seeing this, Chen Ping immediately handed Zhu Ji and Wan Ji over to others to take care of, and flew forward to protect Xiao Xuan, Chen Ping knew in his heart: Although Xiao Xuan is a girl, she is a particularly important person for Miss Xin'er, and she has always treated Xiao Xuan like a sister, so he never dared to let Xiao Xuan have any mistakes.
For a while, all the guards surrounded Xuanyuan Rui, just in case there would be any more hidden arrows being fired.
In Lu Xin's last consciousness, she only vaguely saw Xuanyuan Rui constantly yelling at herself, she saw many people around her, but she couldn't hear anything, it seemed that the surroundings were quiet, and finally, she fell into the endless darkness ..........
To be continued...............!!!!
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