Chapter 39: The Body of a Daughter
The killers are very moral because they don't make Ji Ying nervous for too long. A sharp whistle pierced the night, and the fight began.
First, a rain of crossbow arrows. Hidden in the grass or on tree branches, the killers in their night suits blend in with the darkness and fire arrows into the center in a surrounding motion. Fortunately, Jiang Yichen had made arrangements to let everyone disperse, otherwise such a dense crossbow arrow would have to poke them out of a few transparent holes.
Duanmu turned over and hid behind the carriage nearby. Dong Jiu protected the nomadic field behind him, and used the long sword in his hand to fend off the crossbow arrows. Nomad Ye was protected as a matter of course, and from time to time he used the shovel in his hand to block the arrows that Dong Jiu missed.
The arrows are mainly aimed at them. Jiang Yichen threw Ji Ying into his arms, rolled in the grass a few times, dodged the first wave of crossbow arrows, and then pulled Ji Ying up and ran deep into the forest. The killers missed a blow and quickly rushed out of the grass to chase Ji Ying, but unexpectedly, Duanmu, who was hiding behind the carriage, jumped behind Ji Ying and killed the two killers who rushed to the front at once.
When Duanmu was fighting hard, Jiang Yichen fled with Ji Ying for his life. But the killer didn't want to give Jiang Yichen and Ji Ying a chance to escape, and they came out of the grass and trees again, cutting off Jiang Yichen's retreat.
Jiang Yichen dragged Ji Ying in one hand and a sword in the other, and walked forward with difficulty. Ji Ying hugged Jiang Yichen's arm with both hands, trying to follow him as closely as possible, not daring to be distracted in the slightest.
There are more and more killers, as if they have a doppelganger, surrounded from all directions. Nomadic Muye and Dong Jiu were okay here, the two of them were back to back, and they quickly fought their way out, leading the killer and fleeing north. Ji Ying is not optimistic here. There were two killers who slashed at Jiang Yichen from left to right, seeing that they couldn't avoid it, Duanmu flew up, took Jiang Yichen's shoulder as the fulcrum, and sacrificed the treasure knife, which penetrated the body of the killer on Jiang Yichen's left at once, and then, Jiang Yichen killed another killer with his backhand.
But these wolf-like killers did not retreat because of repeated failures, but became more and more courageous. They picked Duanmu Lingfeng, first made a way to release Jiang Yichen, and then went all out to deal with Duanmu. Jiang Yichen saw the other party's sinister intentions, and when Duanmu was suppressed to the point that he couldn't breathe, he swung his long sword and slashed two people, relieving Duanmu of a temporary predicament.
Just like that, stop and go, on the narrow official road, a red flower blooms, bewitching and terrifying.
Killers wave after wave. Duanmu ordered Jiang Yichen: "Quick, take Ah Ying and go first, my palace is behind!" β
Jiang Yichen slashed down the killer in front of him and shouted: "The opponent is tightly arranged, I'm afraid you can't deal with it alone!" β
"That's better than the three of us dying here together!"
Jiang Yichen's head turned quickly: Duanmu Lingfeng was not the target of the killers, and it might be a good thing to keep him, so he said, "Okay, you don't want to fight!" β
"Let's go!"
Without waiting for Ji Ying to have any opinions, Jiang Yichen hugged her, jumped out of the encirclement for a while, and continued to run with Ji Ying, and then several killers rushed over.
After running for a long time, the pursuers disappeared all at once. Jiang Yichen felt that the momentum was wrong, so he quickly stopped. Ji Ying didn't know what to do, so she just gasped for air. Jiang Yichen thought back to the strategy of the killers just now, and suddenly realized that they might have been caught in a trap.
Ji Ying gasped for a long time, looked around, and said, "The killer seems to have retreated, are we all right?" β
"No, we're in trouble."
"Trouble?"
said that it was too late, and the two of them didn't know what mechanism they touched, nearly a hundred bamboo arrows rained down, Jiang Yichen rolled to the side with Ji Ying in his arms, and those bamboo arrows were nailed to the ground, extending to Jiang Yichen's side, and nailing Jiang Yichen's clothes. It's thrilling. Then, the weeds spread on the ground were like a heavy and huge carpet, covered the ground with a roar, and were split by Jiang Yichen's sword.
Just as Jiang Yichen was dealing with the huge "carpet", a huge tiger hunting bamboo rake pierced Ji Ying, Jiang Yichen took out the long sword in his hand, and let the bamboo rake change direction and avoid Ji Ying.
Ji Ying was saved, but Jiang Yichen was not out of danger. Three bamboo rakes flew over from different directions in a row, and Jiang Yichen shouted, like Tengyuan's dragon, jumping and dodging the bamboo rake. The bamboo rakes that were unblocked collided with each other in mid-air, shattering in an instant.
Bypassing the dense tiger trap, Jiang Yichen pulled Ji Ying forward. A spear stabbed at Ji Ying from behind with the sound of the wind, Jiang Yichen acted smartly, held down Ji Ying's head, and kicked the other party's stomach. The comer took a few steps back and raised his gun to stab again, Jiang Yichen lowered his body, dodged the gun, and pierced the opponent's chest with a sword.
It seemed like a very short time, but it delayed a lot of footsteps, and another wave of killers chased after him. Jiang Yichen's physical exertion was too great, and there was a powerless Ji Ying beside him, so he couldn't fight, and then ran away.
Ji Ying couldn't run for a long time, and a few words burst out of her throat with difficulty: "Brother Yuanqing, you...... You run first...... Run, I'...... I can't run...... Run! β
"If you can still speak, it means that you still have the strength, and I won't leave you alone!"
"Killer...... So much...... And also...... Traps, the two of us...... Be...... Can't...... Escape together! β
"Don't talk! Keep up! β
They ran in the dark for a long time, and they couldn't find their way for a long time, when they suddenly heard the sound of water, and Jiang Yichen felt a burst of joy in his heart. Running along the sound of the water, there is a small pool in front of you. Jiang Yichen didn't know what the other side was, but he believed that even if the killers were familiar with this place, it would not help, because it would be more convenient to fish in troubled waters at night when they couldn't see their fingers.
Jiang Yichen took off his coat and asked casually: "Do you know water?" β
"No...... Won't ......"
Jiang Yichen couldn't help but say, and pulled Ji Ying into the water. Two of the killers who chased after him jumped off the pool.
Ji Ying didn't know how to water, so she splashed in the small pool a few times and sank. Jiang Yichen was entangled by two killers and couldn't save him, watching Ji Ying sink deeper and lower.
One of the two killers grabbed Jiang Yichen's neck, and the other grabbed his trousers, trying to control him. Jiang Yichen held the long sword in both hands, stabbed the person who was grabbing his neck to death, and then struggled to slash at the hand wrapped around his leg, cutting off the hand. Jiang Yichen, who had been relieved, swam to the bottom of the pool.
Ji Ying's brain was long gone, she felt that her body was heavy, and there were countless hands behind her that clamped her and dragged her to a darker place.
Suddenly, a stream of air rushed into his mouth. The air flow was faint, but warm. For those on the verge of suffocation, this current is the hope that will bring her back to earth.
Jiang Yichen clasped Ji Ying's waist with one hand and swam forward with all his might. The moment they stepped out of the water, there was a light in the east.
Jiang Yichen took Ji Ying to swim for a long time, and finally arrived at the other side. He pushed the unconscious Ji Ying ashore, and then lay on the shore, gasping for breath. This night, he was so tired.
After a brief rest, Jiang Yichen was worried about Ji Ying's safety, so he crawled over and pushed Ji Ying. By the faint morning light, he felt that something was wrong with Ji Ying, who was lying straight in front of him. Of course, he knew that Ji Ying was very thin, and he once thought that it was caused by perennial illness, so he didn't care, but at this moment, he couldn't help but have doubts. If you want to use one word to describe Ji Ying's figure, Jiang Yichen feels that the word "exquisite" is very appropriate.
Ji Ying lay on her back on the ground, her soaked clothes clinging to her body, outlining an undulating line. Brushing aside the messy hair, the skin exposed was fair and naturalβthe blackened skin potion concocted by the clever cut for Ji Ying was washed away by the pool water, revealing the original color of the skin. The thick black eyebrows that were drawn were also washed into willow leaf curved eyebrows. The lines above the clavicle are distinct, and there is no Adam's apple.
Jiang Yichen, who has always been calm, is finally not calm. He looked at the small pool in front of him suspiciously, and thought to himself: This pool is also magical, turning a talented man into a girl? No, I must have saved the wrong person, Ji Ying is still underwater, yes, it must be!
Just when Jiang Yichen wanted to jump into the pool again to find the Ji Ying in his fantasy, Ji Ying who was lying on the ground spit out a few mouthfuls of water and slowly came to his senses. Ji Ying turned her neck and found that she was already lying on the shore, the east glowed red, and she breathed a sigh of relief in her heart, this night was over. She struggled to sit up, her arms and legs screaming in protest from the pain. She lifted her long wet hair, raised her eyes and saw Jiang Yichen standing by the water with a shocked expression, and asked, "Brother Yuanqing, what's wrong with you?" β
Through the hoarse voice, Jiang Yichen could tell that Ji Ying was a woman. Hey, Jiang Yichen, Jiang Yichen, you claim to be smart in vain, and you don't even know whether the other party is a man or a woman!
Jiang Yichen thought of a more serious question. Just at the bottom of the pool, in order to save Ji Ying, they seem to be ......
Jiang Yichen covered his mouth.
At first, Ji Ying didn't understand why Jiang Yichen showed a look of disbelief, and when she realized that the soaked clothes were clinging to her body and exposing her figure, she suddenly realized that in front of Jiang Yichen, her biggest secret was exposed, and in this way!
Unable to care about anything else, Ji Ying hurriedly blocked his chest with his arms, bent his legs and shrunk together, and loudly ordered Jiang Yichen to turn around. Jiang Yichen finally recovered from the shock, hugged his eyes, turned around, and said incoherently: "You...... I...... I didn't see anything! β
Ji Ying was so embarrassed that tears were about to fall out. She scrambled to her feet, supported her exhausted body, and walked into the woods.