Chapter 42: The Hunt
Huo Zhao stood in front of Helian Chen, and the black-clothed man who suddenly rushed out made him unable to understand for a while, could it be someone else arranged by the provincial prefect?
"Master, you have to be careful, these people are likely to be sent by those corrupt officials." Huo Zhao said with a solemn expression.
Helian Chen shook his head and replied calmly: "Impossible, they have already been wiped out by us, where can they come out and send people to hunt us down." ”
As he spoke, a man in black attacked in their direction, stabbing at Helian Chen with a sword, Huo Zhao blocked the attack with the sword in his hand, bullied forward, swung away the stabbing sword, and then stabbed a sword into the chest of the man in black.
Helian Chen only had a folding fan in his hand, without any weapons, in the face of such an attack, he still easily dodged, the internal force flowed in his body, and he held the folding fan and slapped a man in black beside him away.
It's just that there are fewer people on Helianchen's side, and these black-clothed people appear endlessly, just after solving the wave after wave, Helianchen and they are also people, it is impossible not to feel tired, outnumbered, and soon Helianchen and Huo Zhao were surrounded.
"Who the hell are you?" Huo Zhao asked while panting while covering his injured place.
Helian Chen stared coldly at these masked people, he already had a number in his heart, but he didn't want to admit it, one of the men in black stepped forward and bowed respectfully.
"Lord Wang, I am also entrusted by others, and my lord's life must stay here today, please understand." Looking at this formation, it is much better than those third-rate killers, and at first glance it is a professional killer.
Helian Chen waved his hand, shook his head and said, "It's okay, since that person asked you to kill me, you should know that you are doomed, and you can't accept this king's life." ”
Huo Zhao looked at his master in surprise, it turned out that the master had always known who had sent someone to hunt them down, who was that person?
"Lord Wang, it's rude to you. Above! The man in black said to his brothers.
A group of black-clothed people swarmed up, Helian Chen and Huo Zhao watched vigilantly as these black-clothed people rushed over and handed over their backs to each other, but there were only two of them, and the other party was overwhelming, and it was really a little difficult to break through.
"In a while, you will find an opportunity to break through and go to the princess." Helian Chen said in a low voice.
Huo Zhao's eyes widened, and he said in disbelief: "Master! No, it's my responsibility to protect your safety, how can you let your subordinates leave first. ”
"Their target is this king, if you really want to save this king, hurry up and find the princess, only she can save me, I won't die, believe me." Helian Chen said sharply.
The man in black slashed at the two of them with a knife, Helian Chen pushed Huo Zhao away, and blocked the attack of the man in black with a fan, Huo Zhao's eyes were a little red when he was pushed away, and he took a deep look at Helian Chen, who was fighting alone, and he couldn't run away.
Helian Chen glanced at Huo Zhao distractedly, but he didn't expect to be stabbed in the shoulder by one of the black-clothed men with a sword, blood gushing out, he took out the smoke bomb given to him by Chu Xiaoxiang from his arms, threw it to the ground, and a lot of smoke floated out of the smoke bomb.
He only has this one, he must seize this opportunity to get out, and if he loses this opportunity, it will be difficult for him to get out.
In order to prevent them from catching up, Helian Chen chose to run in another direction, he was already injured, and it was difficult to run fast, but it was still possible to get rid of these people.
The smoke gradually cleared, and the group of men in black stopped waving their hands and looked around: "Where are the people?" Where have you been! ”
"Boss, it seems to have run away!"
A cruel light flashed in the eyes of the black-clothed man who was talking to Helian Chen just now, and he actually let him run away: "Chase me!" The man said, "You want us to take Helian Chen's head, or we will die!" ”
"But boss, we don't know which direction Helian Chen ran in."
"Didn't a guy just run away? Chase in that direction! The man in black at the head said sharply.
Some of the men in black chased in Huo Zhao's direction, others chased in the other direction, and Huo Zhao dragged his injured body forward in embarrassment.
I don't know if I can meet the princess who has left, the princess is now surrounded by a group of people in black, he wants to hurry to find the princess to save the princess, although the princess is good at martial arts, but after all, the other party is not a vegetarian, and there are so many people.
"Give me a careful search, he's injured and can't run far!" The familiar voice came into Huo Zhao's ears, and Huo Zhao, who heard the movement, hurriedly hid.
It turned out that the man in black who caught up from behind, it seems that they didn't catch the master, otherwise how would they come here to look for him, and I don't know if the master is okay.
"Not here!"
"Not here!"
Huo Zhao felt footsteps coming towards him, he took out a dagger from his waist and held it tightly, the sword blade of the man in black picked up the grass in front of Huo Zhao, Huo Zhao immediately used the dagger to pick away the sword in front of him.
"People are here! Get him! The black-clothed man at the head scolded loudly, and the accomplices around him ran after Huo Zhao.
Huo Zhao pushed away the man in black in front of him, turned around and ran forward without looking back, the man in black behind him chased after him, and someone even shot at him with an arrow.
Huo Zhao didn't look behind him when he ran away, and didn't notice that an arrow was flying towards him behind him, and by the time he reacted, the arrow had already sunk into his knee.
Damn, he can't lose his life here, he still has to go out to find the princess, tell her the news of the princess, and let the princess come over to save the princess, Huo Zhao, you have to hold on.
Huo Zhao slowly stood up, dragged his injured leg, and staggered forward step by step, even if another arrow was inserted into his shoulder, he didn't stop, and ran forward step by step.
Lord, I can't hold on, it's useless to be a subordinate, I have lived up to the expectations of the prince, I'm sorry, my subordinates will have to be your subordinates in the next life.
"Whoosh!" Another arrow flew over, Huo Zhao slowly closed his eyes, and slowly waited for death to come, he understood that if he hadn't dodged this attack, his life would have to be confessed here.
Suddenly, a delicate dagger flew out of nowhere, and it forcibly broke the path of the arrow, and one knife and arrow fell to the ground, all of which came so fast that everyone didn't know what was happening.
"Huo Zhao!" Chu Xiaoxiang's voice was like a death-free gold medal, which made Huo Zhao suddenly feel relieved, the princess is finally here! "Huo Zhao, how are you?" Chu Xiaoxiang stepped down from the carriage and asked Huo Zhao, who was dying.
Huo Zhao shook his head and said with a dying breath: "Lord Wang······ Lord Wang······ They are here to assassinate the prince, are they ······ It was the incompetence of his subordinates who did not protect the prince. ”
Chu Xiaoxiang looked up and looked around, and sure enough, he didn't see Helianchen's figure, could it be that Helianchen had already ······ A wave of anger rose in Chu Xiaoxiang's heart, these people actually dared to touch her man, it seems that she has not done it for a long time, and no one knows her ruthlessness.
Chu Xiaoxiang clenched his fists, looked at those black-clothed people with red eyes, handed Huo Zhao in his hand to Tao Yao behind him, and said, "Tao Yao, take him into the carriage and take good care of him." ”
Tao Yao glanced at Huo Zhao, who had passed out, nodded, and said worriedly, "Miss be careful." ”
Chu Xiaoxiang didn't answer, clenched the dagger in his hand and rushed towards the man in black, although Chu Xiaoxiang was a woman, but those men in black did not take it lightly.
"Be careful, this woman is not easy to deal with." The murderous aura exuded by Chu Xiaoxiang's body was very familiar to them as a killer, and this woman must be much more difficult to deal with than she looked.
But there are always a few people who think that Chu Xiaoxiang is just a woman, and there is no need to worry, the first one rushed forward desperately, but she didn't even touch Chu Xiaoxiang's clothes, she ran in front of the man in a flash, quickly waved the dagger in her hand, and stabbed him in the chest.
The man estimated that he hadn't even figured out how he died when he died, Chu Xiaoxiang raised the dagger with blood in his hand, and said coldly: "Are you coming together, or am I coming one by one?" ”
What an arrogant tone, is it true that they are all a bunch of waste, and they don't know martial arts? Some of the black-clothed people who were angered by Chu Xiaoxiang's tone rushed forward one after another, and the sword in their hands quickly slashed towards Chu Xiaoxiang.
Chu Xiaoxiang didn't panic at all, turned his body slightly, put one knee on the opponent's lower abdomen, grabbed the opponent's head with both hands, twisted it hard, and the other party suddenly lost his breath.
While Chu Xiaoxiang was killing his companion, another man in black walked around behind Chu Xiaoxiang, raised the knife in his hand and was about to cut down, Chu Xiaoxiang quickly threw away the corpse in his hand, immediately lowered down to avoid the attack, grabbed the dagger in his hand and slashed at the opponent's throat again, and one of them sealed his throat with blood.
Chu Xiaoxiang's strength made the remaining black-clothed people can't help but raise their vigilance, this woman is very tricky, and she can surround Helian Chen, it is entirely because Helian Chen was injured, and there are many of them, otherwise they will all die in Helian Chen's hands.
"Retreat!" The man in black at the head hurriedly said to the only remaining accomplice behind him.
Where is Chu Xiaoxiang willing to spare them so easily, she pulled out a bloodthirsty smile, if you see Chu Xiaoxiang threatening the provincial prefect, you will definitely be able to recognize it, this smile is exactly the same as the smile at that time, the only difference is that there is a strong murderous aura in this smile now.
"Want to go? Does the lord agree to let you go? Chu Xiaoxiang took out a few identical darts from behind her, which she had specially asked people to go to the blacksmith to build when she came here, and this was the first time she had taken them out and used them.
She gathered her internal forces in the dantian, regardless of the black-clothed man who was fleeing, and threw these daggers at the same time, and the daggers flew towards the black-clothed man who was fleeing for his life.