Chapter 22: Yufu
"It doesn't matter. We can't watch those people kill the fifth brother, or kidnap the fifth brother to blackmail the Xu family. I don't care what happens to the Xu family, I can't let the reputation of the fifth brother be damaged. If the fifth brother has been poisoned now, we must also take back the corpse and kill those people to avenge the fifth brother. ”
Xia Wanhua patted Xu Yi on the shoulder.
"Even if the opportunity is slim, I can't give up my family. You should be able to understand my feelings. ”
What she lacks most in her life is her relatives. How could she abandon Xu Xin.
Her fifth brother should continue to live freely!
"Late bloom." Xu Yi was speechless and nodded stiffly.
Although he nodded in agreement, he also had his own plans in his heart.
The three men rode back to the scene of the incident. Some distance away from the place of the incident, Xia Wanhua and Yufu quietly sneaked into the dense forest.
Xu Yi lit a few dead branches on the side of the road, held them in his hands, and rushed back to the place of the incident.
The Assassin was nowhere to be found, and many corpses lay around the carriage sandwiched between two trees, all of whom had been killed by arrows. But Xu Yi couldn't find Xu Xin.
The back half of the carriage had burned out, and some of the items had been exposed.
Xu Yi opened the carriage curtain and looked at the box in front of him, and he was relieved. Then he put his hand between his lips, and after a whistling sound, his mount, Red Cloud, sprang out of the dense forest.
Xu Yi turned over and dismounted and climbed onto the red cloud again, and the blue placket on his chest was already wet. He gritted his teeth and struggled to hold on.
"Let's go find the fifth brother." Xu Yi gasped and patted Hongyun's horse, and then threw the dead branch on fire in his hand into the carriage.
The carriage quickly burst into flames, and smoke rose into the sky. He didn't know if he could attract people, but the things in the carriage were important and couldn't fall into the hands of others.
After Xia Wanhua and Yufu got into the dense forest, the two of them looked for traces of the assassin's activities. They followed the trails and groped their way to where the Assassins lived.
"It turned out to be them." Xia Wanhua pulled Yufu back.
Yufu was a little puzzled. "Girl, don't you do it?"
Xia Wanhua shook her head, holding her chin and thinking about countermeasures.
Those assassins were all from Yunzhai's old department, and because her father died, they all took refuge in Xiao Tanfeng. Xu Xin and Chen Xiao were arrested, and they will be fine for the time being. She couldn't act rashly, lest she anger the group.
"There are about thirty of them, what do you say we should do?"
Yufu was asked and couldn't answer.
Xia Wanhua blinked and asked her again.
"How can you kill someone without them noticing?"
"Poison!" Yufu replied without even thinking about it.
Xia Wanhua's eyes lit up, and she smiled at Yufu and nodded. But this trick is a backup solution.
"You come with me, I saw a lot of these herbs when I came here just now. Be careful, this herb is called silver snake vine, and its leaves emit a mucus that attracts a venomous snake. ”
After listening to Xia Wanhua's introduction to the silver snake vine, Yufu was so frightened that she bared her teeth. Sure enough, it is not easy for people who understand herbal medicine to survive. Always dealing with poisonous snakes, it's not easy to die.
"Then what are we going to do with the Silver Serpent Vine?"
Xia Wanhua flipped the silver snake vine in front of Yufu's eyes.
"All things are mutually beneficial. The silver snake vine attracts snakes, but its mucus is highly venomous. As long as the mucus is mixed with the venom of some poisonous snake, a little bit of silver needle is dipped in the surface of the skin, and in a short time the person will die silently. ”
"That's amazing! Then we still have to catch poisonous snakes? ”
Yufu blinked her eyes wide and looked at Xia Wanhua blankly. She says she hasn't lived long enough.
"No need to catch it." Xia Wanhua looked at Yufu's dumbfounded expression and was amused. "I'm not done yet. A purple flower grows near the silver snake vine. Its leaves are so hard and sharp that they can cut through snake skin. You go and pick some of these leaves, just pinch off the stem. Don't get scratched, it's poisonous too. ”
"Do you use it for darts?"
Xia Wanhua nodded.
Yufu replied with a "no" and went to find the little purple flower.
Sure enough, as Xia Wanhua said, there are many silver snake vines nearby. And the silver snake vine does have a small purple flower around the roots.
Yufu carefully plucked a leaf, examined it carefully, and threw it at the trunk of the tree next to her. The leaves did leave a shallow trail where they slipped through.
Xia Wanhua lurked and observed the movements of this group. They seem to be waiting for someone. If it's waiting for someone, then you have to fight quickly, not wait for them to help.
"Girl, do you think it's okay?" Yufu gave the picked leaves to Xia Wanhua to see.
"Good." Xia Wanhua kept a few pieces in her hand, and gave the rest to Yufu. "They're evenly distributed. Divided into three groups, each group of eight people. You will be responsible for getting rid of the two guards who are surrounding the fifth brother. Then you escorted the fifth brother to leave immediately, and waited for me at the place where we had treated the fourth brother's injuries just now. ”
"What about you, girl?" Yufu grabbed Xia Wanhua's arm.
The force was very strong, and Xia Wanhua felt a little painful.
Xia Wanhua stroked Yufu's little head, her eyebrows and eyes were gentle. "My surname is Shen, and they won't do anything to me. You are obedient and leave safely with your fifth brother, and their Xu family will always owe you a favor. ”
"I don't need this favor! The Xu family is dead, and I'm even happier! Yufu rolled her eyelids.
"Be obedient, I'll tell you the reason later." Xia Wanhua changed her previous indifference and persuaded softly.
Yufu looked up, his bright eyes filled with hesitation. "Girl, are you really going to be okay?"
Xia Wanhua nodded.
"Then I'll take the fifth son and wait for you there until dawn tomorrow. If I can't wait for you to come back, I will take the fifth prince to the nearby city of Suicheng to wait for you. ”
Although Yufu is small, her heart is still mature compared to children of the same age. What Xia Wanhua taught her on weekdays, she still remembers in her heart.
It's been six years, and she's growing.
"Be careful, go ahead."
Xia Wanhua put her arms around Yufu's shoulders, and her heart was mixed. With Yufu's life experience, he chose to obey Xia Wanhua unconditionally. This is something that ordinary people can't do. Xia Wanhua was also afraid, afraid that one day she would disappoint Yufu. Let down those who trust you unconditionally......
How does she balance it all? She kept asking herself. But there was no answer.
Yufu is like a dexterous swallow shuttling through the jungle. She was born to be an assassin. Sure enough, her master's eyesight was excellent and he discovered her potential.
Seeing that Yufu quietly solved the two guards beside Xu Xin, and cut the rope on Xu Xin's hand, Xia Wanhua took out a token from his arms, and pulled out a hairpin from his cuffs, and immediately ran behind Yufu and Xu Xin, stopping the other assassins.
A hand slapped the tree trunk, and the hairpin nailed the token to the trunk.
Xu Xin saw Xia Wanhua appear, and his heart pounded.
"Sister Wanhua!"
Xia Wanhua glanced at him sideways, feeling a little more steady. "Fifth brother, leave!"
When she called him "Fifth Brother", she was telling everyone her attitude. Xu Xin, she is safe!