Chapter 56: The Road Encounters an Ambush
After a flash of lightning and thunder, the torrential rain began to fall like crazy, and the rain became heavier and heavier, like a pour, like a downpour.
The public hall was quiet, everyone's eyes stayed on Hu Gengjiao lying in the center, and everyone present had mixed feelings in their hearts.
A strong wind struck, and all the raindrops the size of beans blew into the court.
Mai Jiu felt the rain hitting her face, she wiped her face with her hand and moved her body to walk inside.
This action was seen by Sang Huai'an, he shifted his eyes to look outside, there was a misty outside, and the rapid raindrops fell from the sky like a veil between heaven and earth.
"Today, we will do this first, temporarily put the prisoner in the prison, and behead him after the autumn." Sang Huai'an said lightly.
Hearing this, Hu Gengqing, who was lying on the ground, raised his head, reached forward with his hands, and cried in his mouth: "The prince spares his life. The prince spared his life.."
The two prisoners stepped forward and vigorously pulled Hu Gengjiao, acting roughly, ignoring the wound on the prisoner's buttocks, and Hu Gengjiao screamed in pain.
Mai Jiu looked at Hu Gengzhen with a sad face, and she didn't turn her head to look away until Hu Gengqing completely disappeared from sight.
As soon as he turned his head, he collided with Sang Huai'an, who just seemed to be looking at her.
The wind blew the candle flame in the public hall and shook slightly, Mai Jiu and Sang Huai'an just looked at each other like this, for a second... Two seconds... No one spoke.
At this time, Mai Jiu's heart was broken, she was waiting for Sang Huai'an to say go home, but the person staring at her in front of her was like a dumb person, and we didn't know why she didn't speak.
At this time, Sang Huai'an's heart was, why did this rain remind this king of that day... On the day when the man in front of him was drunk, it rained so heavily.
Thinking of this, Sang Huai'an's eyes moved down to Mai Jiu's lips, two thin red lips, and the corners of his mouth were slightly pursed because of anger, like a ripe little cherry.
Mai Jiu stared at her, she pursed her lips in disdain, and crossed her hands around her chest to look away.
Mai Jiu's twist made all the dirty thoughts in Sang Huai'an's heart disappear in an instant.
Liu Shaoqing, who had been standing beside Mai Jiu, looked at the two suspiciously, and he said tentatively: "Lord Wang, Xiaguan saw that it was getting late and it was still raining outside, and Xiaguan... Arrange a carriage for you? ”
Sang Huaian looked at Liu Shaoqing and nodded.
The carriage came soon, a row of guards stood on both sides with oil-paper umbrellas in their hands, Sang Huai'an and the two stepped out of the threshold and walked down the steps, and Liu Shaoqing behind him also followed step by step with an oil-paper umbrella until the two were successfully sent to the carriage.
The raindrops hit the oil-paper umbrella and made a crisp sound, Liu Shaoqing held the oil-paper umbrella in his hand and bowed and saluted: "Xiaguan respectfully sends off the prince, princess." ”
Not far away, in the forest, a group of black-clothed men were staring at the two who had just stepped into the carriage.
The prince and princess sat down, the carriage moved forward slowly, and the people in the forest and the people standing at the gate of Dali Temple, everyone's eyes stayed on the carriage, watching them leave.
Seeing that the carriage had gone away, Liu Shaoqing lifted the hem of his clothes and stepped on the steps and walked into Dali Temple, and the door returned to its previous calm.
The man in black who led the way saw that the group of people at the door had entered the Dali Temple, so he ordered to catch up with the carriage.
Because of the rain, the road was muddy, and the carriage walked on the dirt road with difficulty, and the two people sitting in the carriage swayed with the carriage.
On both sides of the road, such rainy days and endless darkness in the forest allowed the men in black to walk through the forest at will without being discovered.
The secret guard, who was also hiding in the shadows and followed the carriage closely, noticed the abnormality, and the two looked towards the forest, where there seemed to be countless black shadows shuttling, but the sight was blocked in the rain and they couldn't see what it was.
The leading man in black ran through the carriage and took to the air, spun in the air and landed on a tree, where he took a pair of darts from his waist and threw them at the carriage.
The branches trembled, and the silver darts swirled and spun through the raindrops, piercing the coachman's temple.
The coachman's eyes widened in disbelief, the reins he held in his hand slowly fell off, and he fell to the left and fell into the mud, but the carriage continued to move.
The dark guard finally sensed that something was wrong and wanted to step forward, but it was too late, and the man in black in the forest had already appeared nearby.
Sang Huai'an heard the coachman's movements, and he immediately hugged Mai Jiu beside him into his arms.
Mai Jiu also heard the sound of things rolling down just now, and her body instantly stiffened and her expression became nervous.
"We guess we've been ambushed." Sang Huai'an said this, and he gently lifted the curtain with a long sword in his hand.
Sure enough, countless black shadows shuttled through the forest and tried to run into the carriage.
Sang Huai'an knew that he was outnumbered, he put down his drapery and leaned his head close to Mai Jiu, and said in a heavy tone: "Their target is this king, if this king has a misfortune, you will run away as soon as you have the opportunity, don't worry about this king." ”
Such a depressing atmosphere, coupled with Sang Huai'an's words, made Mai Jiu even more uneasy.
In the small space in the car, Mai Jiu clearly heard Sang Huai'an's heartbeat, and she raised her eyes slightly to see Sang Huai'an's tightly furrowed eyebrows.
Two guards jumped into the carriage, one grabbed the reins, and the other pulled a flare from his waist to detonate it.
The man in black was quick-eyed, threw the dart in his hand and knocked out the signal flare in the secret guard's hand, and the flare rolled through the gap in the curtain and fell into the carriage, stopping right at Mai Jiu's feet.
With the dart as the signal, the dart was thrown, and the man in black rushed up.
Mai Jiu hurriedly picked up the signal flare, and was just about to hand it over to Sang Huai'an, but she heard a person fall heavily on the roof of the car, so frightened that she took off the flare and fell into her arms.
Hearing the sound of sword fighting accompanied by the sound of first-class footsteps, Mai Jiu held the flare tightly in his arms, and it looked at Sang Huai'an in fear.
The Man in Black was engaged with two guards, and he had no chance to kill the horses or force the carriage to stop by separating the horses from the wagon.
Listening to the movement of the fight outside, Sang Huai'an didn't seem to be flustered, he clenched the sword in his hand and said calmly: "Just find an opportunity to put it in front of the sky for a while." ”
Mai Jiu nodded.
The carriage continued to move, and it was safe to enter the center of the city, but the footsteps in my ears became more and more clear, and the fight on the roof continued.
The man in black behind him walked lightly, stepping through one puddle after another, and seeing that he was about to catch up, he gently pushed the scabbard at his waist away and pulled out the short blade.
Sang Huai'an sensed something, pressed Mai Jiu and lowered his head, and just lowered his head when a short blade was inserted.
The short blade was inserted and pulled, and this action was repeated several times, Mai Jiu shrank into a ball in fear, Sang Huai'an got up and pulled out the long sword, the sword was a little too long to be used in the small space of the carriage.
"Quick! Lift the curtain and let off the flares! Fast! ”
After saying that, Sang Huai'an stabbed hard, and the movement was so fast, the bladed sword pierced through the plank and went straight into the neck of the person behind.
The man in black lost consciousness and hung on the sword, Sang Huaian pulled the sword back vigorously, and the man in black fell backwards and fell into the puddle.
The black-clothed men in the rear had no intention of checking at all, and all of them bypassed the corpse and continued to chase.
Mai Jiu's hands trembled, she lifted the curtain and was about to release the signal flare, but as soon as she stretched out her hand, she heard a "whoosh" sound from behind.
Mai Jiu didn't hear this voice, her mind was on how to pull the signal flare in her hand, and whether it would not be released on a rainy day.
Sang Huai'an's hearing was sensitive to something, and he pulled Mai Jiu's shoulder with his big hand, causing her to fall backwards into the carriage.
Mai Jiu was still looking confused, only to see a dart fly forward through the window.
Before he could react, a dart came in from the curtain on the right, and flew out from the curtain on the left.
Mai Jiu screamed in fright, she hugged Sang Huai'an's thigh with her hands and didn't dare to move again.
Sang Huai'an took out a silver needle from his waist and threw it through the curtain, which happened to stab the neck of the man in black, and the man in black vomited blood and stopped kneeling forward, losing consciousness and plunging into the dirt head-on.
The fight on the roof of the car turned to the outside of the curtain, and Sang Huai'an held the silver needle in his hand, he couldn't confirm whether the person outside the curtain was an enemy or his own person, so he didn't dare to throw it out.
The men in black behind raised stones and smashed them at the wheels, and the carriage staggered and staggered.
Sang Huai'an was calm and calm, sitting in the carriage did not affect it at all, while Mai Jiu, who was sitting at Sang Huai'an's feet, was about to be torn apart by the carriage.
Sang Huai'an scooped up Mai Jiu with one hand and let her sit back beside her, holding the long sword tightly with one hand, her eyes vigilant.
The wheel on the right rear could not resist the smashing of the stones and fell off the carriage, which became slightly tilted.
The man in black outside the curtain was given a chance to roll over and jump out of the carriage, one of the guards holding on to the reins to keep his balance, and one of the guards following closely.
The dark guard and the man in black were entangled on the ground, but they were entangled by someone from behind, and the man in black saw this opportunity, he quickly caught up with the carriage and slashed into the wheel.
Only a horse's cry resounded in the sky, the carriage stopped, the footsteps behind gradually approached, and the curtains on the carriage were slowly lifted.