Chapter 64: The Road Meets the Assassins
After the second trip, the journey is quiet, walking during the day and overnight. Yan Yue spends all her time every day studying the poison, and she is overjoyed when she has an experience. I don't care much about the upcoming "people for the city", and I don't care much about the actions of my father Yan Wenzhong and sister Yan Qin. Fucheng is getting closer and closer, and the number of guards escorting Yan Yue is increasing every day, and even the local officials where they live have added a lot of troops. Yan Yue was still reading the poisonous book every day in ignorance and unconsciously. Only Yang Zhifang observes quietly every day, not knowing what he is planning.
"Princess, there is a mountain road ahead, and it may be a little bumpy." The girl who was waiting for her carefully said. Yan Yue responded, and couldn't help but smile when she raised her eyes to look at the little girl. These two girls didn't dare to talk to Yan Yue much, and they only said little when they waited. But when people eat grains, there will always be a headache and brain fever. In the past few days, Yan Yue has cured Guo'er's cough and Ju'er's skin allergy, so these two girls have gradually spoken more, and they have been waiting for Yan Yue more dedicatedly these days.
The carriage was really bumpy, Yan Yue couldn't help but open the curtain and look out, not far from the sedan chair was a desolate land, and occasionally a few yellowing trees. Far away are the tall peaks, the slopes are steep, and there are no stones to be seen, and Yan Yue's carriage is walking along the foot of the mountain. Staring at the stone mountain, Yan Yue couldn't help but wonder if this was a limestone mountain, otherwise why would there be no trees to grow!
Thinking like this, the sound of "Ya --- Ya" suddenly sounded in her ears, Yan Yue couldn't help frowning and asked, "Guo'er, is this a crow calling?" As the saying goes, "If the crow has passed on its head, there will be disaster if there is no disaster", although Yan Yue has no superstitious consciousness, she doesn't like crows in her heart.
Guo'er nodded and replied: "Princess, let's put the curtain down, it's windy in this wild, be careful of choking the wind." Yan Yue just lowered the curtain, but the sedan chair also stopped suddenly. Then there was a cacophony of voices ahead, mixed with the sound of killing. Before Yan Yue could figure out what was going on, she heard the sound of horses' hooves coming straight towards her. Then, his father Yan Wenzhong's voice came into his ears: "All the soldiers, protect the princess!" ”
It was really a crow that caused trouble, and Yan Yue once again felt that the crow was really not a good bird. Yan Yue didn't listen to the persuasion of the orange child, and slammed the curtain of the carriage open, looking at it from a distance. Nearly fifty meters ahead, it was already a massacre. Yan Yue didn't know how many troops his father brought, only one day he heard the old man Xiao inadvertently jokingly say once, saying, "There are more than 200 guards in front of the princess and behind the car, and there are more than 100 people on the left and right, including more than 20 first-class water masters." But this kind of team can only scare ordinary robbers, and the old man only needs two bottles of poison powder, and in half an hour, they will all die. ”
At this time, looking at the fighting situation in front of her, Yan Yue couldn't help but wonder, if you only fight by force, how many people does the other party have to win? Looking at General Yan's calm look, it is estimated that the other party is not an opponent at all. If only the other party could use poison, then only the old man Xiao would be alone. Yan Yue thought like this, and was even more curious about who the other party was, was he coming for herself? Yan Yue, who thought like this, was looking forward to it.
"Miss, there are gangsters in the back." Ju'er's voice exclaimed, Yan Yue found out that there was actually an ambush in the rear, it seemed that the other party must have made full preparations, and that Lord Yang Zhifang was riding on a horse at this time to command. The gangsters in the back acted later than in the front, and Yan Wenzhong saw it at this time, and his face also showed a look of panic.
"Go and stop that man in black!" Yan Wenzhong commanded loudly. Following the direction of Yan Wenzhong's command, Yan Yue saw that a man in black in front of him actually rushed out of the encirclement of the heavy guards and ran in the direction where Yan Yue's carriage was. Yan Yue's gaze was fixed on the man in black, but she couldn't see any sense of déjà vu. Who are these men in black? What is the purpose of rushing to yourself? Yan Yue was puzzled.
In Yan Yue's contemplation, two more black shadows broke out of the encirclement of the layers of guards and rushed towards Yan Yue. At this time, Yan Wenzhong was already aware of the danger, and the horizontal knife immediately blocked in front of Yan Yue's carriage. Ready to fight those men in black to the death. When Yan Yue came back, a man in black had already killed in front of the carriage, but unfortunately there was still some distance from the carriage, but he fell into the middle guards again.
It was another life-and-death struggle, and the man in black was really brave, even under the siege of dozens of first-class Gao Shui, his momentum was undiminished today. It's just that after dozens of moves, people are obviously overwhelmed. Yan Wenzhong saw from a distance that the man in black had a defeated face, and immediately shouted: "Catch it alive!" Keep your mouth alive! ”
As soon as Yan Wenzhong's words fell, the man in black had already been hit by a move in his leg, and when he was embarrassed to deal with the attack from all directions, his leg was hit hard again, this time he was already unstable on his feet, and the whole person fell to the ground. The four guards cheered in unison and gathered around the man in black. Even Yan Wenzhong's face showed a smile. It's just that the next situation surprised everyone, almost in a short moment, the dozens of guards surrounding the man in black fell to the ground one after another, bleeding and breathless.
Poison! What a vicious poison! Yan Yue was shocked! The guards surrounded the fight scene, Yan Yue sat in the carriage and couldn't see it clearly, but after the guards fell, Yan Yue could see it clearly when she sat in the carriage. If Yan Yue's prediction was not bad, the black-clothed man's poisoning method was very terrifying, his sword was quenched with a huge poison, and it was his blood that triggered this poison. After the man in black fell to the ground, many of the Assassins would choose to kill themselves as the man in black did not want to be captured alive, so when the man in black stabbed his life in the chest, it was not to the surprise of the guards who surrounded him, and several guards stepped forward to stop him. The blood soaked in the poison of the sword was so poisonous that all the guards who were contaminated with the blood poison died. But the guards didn't expect this situation, after the guards in front fell, the guards behind surrounded them, so the final result was that the man in black exchanged his life for the lives of more than a dozen people.
Yan Yue was shocked and at the same time, she had an indescribable fear, who are these people? Why is it so vicious? What are they trying to do with themselves? One thing Yan Yue can be sure of, these people are definitely not Murong Yan's people! Could it be Ling Yuechen's people? Is it just a scam to exchange people for cities, and all you really want is to intercept yourself on the road and take you away?
Between Yan Yue's thoughts, another man in black took the same way and exchanged the lives of more than a dozen people for the lives of one person. But there was still a man in black who rushed to Yan Yue's sedan chair. Yan Wenzhong's big sword has blocked the past, and after more than ten moves between the two of you, Yan Wenzhong is already obviously invincible. Yan Yue had taken out all the poisons she had developed these days, after all, Yan Wenzhong was her father, and Yan Yue couldn't watch him have an accident.
But the man in black didn't love to fight, and he didn't have the intention of taking Yan Wenzhong's life, and after a few killing moves, Yan Wenzhong only had the ability to parry, and then flew towards Yan Yue's carriage. The girl Guo'er exclaimed in unison, and Yan Yue still managed to maintain her composure despite fear.
"The humble position is a subordinate of Ling Yuechen, the emperor of Cangmu Country, and he is here to pick up Miss Yan Yue." The man in black said eagerly. Yan Yue only felt that her heart was in a trance for a while, and she didn't make a move with the poison in her hand. The man in black took the opportunity to point on Yan Yue's acupuncture points, and fled with Yan Yue on his back. At this time, Yan Wenzhong led the guards to pounce again, and a man in black who could protrude from behind also rushed to the front of the carriage at this time, blocking Yan Wenzhong's advance.
The man in black performed only a few ups and downs to bring Yan Yue away from the bloody battlefield, and those people behind him were no longer in love with the war at this time, and they all retreated in a moment. The man in black ran quickly with Yan Yue on his back, but Yan Yue became more and more hesitant in his heart. As far as Yan Yue knows, after this mountain road, you will reach the territory of Rongcheng, which is almost connected to Nafu City, and is separated from Nayu City by a Yushui River. If these black-clothed people were sent by Ling Yuechen of Cangmu Country, their goal should be to cross the river, but the black-clothed man in front of him took Yan Yue and turned a few corners and ran towards the high mountain.
Yan Yue wanted to turn back, but she couldn't turn back because she was pointed at the acupuncture point. By hearing, it seems that there were many footsteps behind him when he first fled, but at this time, they all seemed to disappear. Apparently all of these people were scattered and hidden. Yan Yue's heart was awe-inspiring, but she couldn't help but think of what this person said when she saw her, "The humble position is a subordinate of Ling Yuechen, the emperor of Cangmu Country", and this time she thought of it, and she was even more careful in her heart. The palace guards would never mention the emperor's name so easily, I remember the last time Ling Yuechen sent someone to the palace, that person just said "Prince" at first, just imagine that Ling Yuechen's subordinates did not dare to mention the name easily when he was the prince, and the carelessness and disrespect of this person when he mentioned the emperor's name was absolutely suspicious.
hillsides, cols; then the slopes, the cols; Then the hillside, the col...... Yan Yue was almost sure that the person who came was not Ling Yuechen's subordinate. The gentle and elegant young man, the young man who is persistent in love, the young man who risked his life for himself, the young man who can give up his life for himself. Yan Yue was suddenly a little ashamed, for the sake of her own guess that Ling Yuechen's "exchanging people for cities" was a scam, just imagine that he didn't even want to go to the Darong Palace to save himself at the beginning, how could he be stingy with a city!
Finally, we reached the final point, and there were several huts between the cols. The man in black let out a few whistling sounds, and dozens of people had already come out, the leader was about forty years old, his face was dark, and he was extremely fierce, and when he saw Yan Yue on the back of the man in black, he immediately laughed: "It's done!" ”
The man in black snorted sullenly, and threw Yan Yue to the ground suddenly, only then did he reply sullenly: "Wind and electricity are dead!" ”
The sturdy man had an expression that he had already expected: "In this mission, they have already made up their minds to die, but fortunately, this woman has been brought back, and they can be regarded as dead without regrets!" ”
"What about this woman?" The man in black asked sullenly.
"She doesn't know martial arts, she knows some medical skills, and the master will keep it for the time being." The sturdy man looked Yan Yue up and down, and a trace of surprise flashed in his heart at Yan Yue's unfrightened gaze.