Chapter 22: A Loyal Servant Dies

As soon as the words fell, I saw several sharp arrows shooting into the broken temple, and Zhang's mother just looked out at the door, but she didn't react, and was shot in the shoulder by an arrow.

She was about to exclaim in shock.

But Hua Zhen reached out to cover her from behind, so she didn't scream.

Jiaoyue's face was already pale with fright at this moment, and she looked at Hua Zhen's voice trembling a little: "Miss, what should I do now." ”

Hua Zhen listened to the movement outside, although it was raining at the moment, but because it was night and it was extremely quiet, the sound was also very clear.

Footsteps could be faintly heard approaching the ruined temple.

Zhang's mother obviously heard it too, gritted her teeth and pulled out the arrow from her shoulder and threw it on the ground.

Then he pushed Hua Zhen into Jiaoyue's arms: "Escort Miss out, you must send Miss back to Beijing safely!"

After speaking, he took out a piece of black cloth wrapped in his arms and stuffed it into Hua Zhen's hand, and then Zhang's mother looked slightly downcast: "Miss, the old slave has no luck in this life, and he can't serve Miss anymore, so he can only be a cow and a horse for Miss in the next life." ”

Saying that, without waiting for Hua Zhen's reaction, she rushed out of the broken temple directly.

When the people outside heard the movement, they immediately followed Zhang's mother.

Because it was dark and it was raining, no one could tell who was running out.

Several black-clothed men with big knives glanced at each other, and then the leader waved his hand and said coldly: "You can't let any of them go, you three go and chase them!"

The three people who were immediately pointed out chased Zhang's mother over.

The other two continued to run for the ruined temple.

Listening to the movement outside, Hua Zhen pulled a handful of Bright Moon and Ruoyun and picked up the arrows on the ground.

Seeing Hua Zhen's movements, Jiaoyue also quickly picked up two arrows and held them tightly in her hands, and then looked at Hua Zhen's gestures, and the two maids followed and hid behind the door.

She hid behind the door on the other side.

The sound of footsteps outside mixed with the sound of rain was getting louder and louder, and it sounded closer and closer to the ruined temple.

When he approached the door, his footsteps suddenly stopped, and then a figure entered.

The room was already dark, and I couldn't see inside clearly even when I stood at the door.

The man in black stood at the door and looked at it, then turned around: "No one inside?"

Hearing this, the voice of the man guarding outside paused, and then said: "Go in and have a look, don't let them run away, if we don't do this errand, we will die by then." ”

Saying that, he took the first step, crossed the person at the door, and entered the ruined temple directly.

The man in black standing in the doorway also followed.

Hua Zhen saw the opportunity, grabbed the arrow with great speed, and slammed the arrow into the neck of the man closest to her.

The man didn't expect a few little girls to have such courage, and they were defenseless, so they were pierced by this arrow. In addition, she used all her strength, and she was stunned to pierce the arrow directly from the back of the black-clothed man's neck to a depth of an inch.

Hearing a cry of pain, the man immediately let go of his hand to cover the wound, and the knife fell to the ground with a clatter.

Hua Zhen hurriedly picked up the knife on the ground.

Before she could stand up, another man in black also reacted and slashed at her.

Seeing this, Jiaoyue and Ruoyun on the side immediately shouted: "Miss!"

While shouting, he grabbed the arrow and stabbed directly at the man in black.

The man in black suddenly didn't dare to slack off, and immediately drew back his knife and blocked it directly towards Kyaukyue and Ruoyun.

The knife slashed directly through Ruoyun's arm, and suddenly a big hole was cut on Ruoyun's arm.

At this moment, Hua Zhen also reacted, holding a knife, and slashed at the leg of the man in black.

Suddenly, the man in black fell to the ground in pain.

Hua Zhen pulled the bright moon and helped Ruoyun, and ran outside in the rain.

The two men in black never thought that they were yin by three little girls, and it was okay to be cut off their legs at the moment, even if they couldn't stand up, they just lost one leg.

The man who was pierced by the arrow in the neck struggled for a while before falling to the ground and began to convulse, and then gradually stopped moving.

was directly killed by this arrow.

Seeing that no one was catching up, Hua Zhen pulled Jiaoyue Ruoyun out of the broken temple, so she ran directly to the right.

When Zhang's mother led the man in black away just now, she listened to the sound of going to the left, and now she can only run in the opposite direction, and the chance of escape is the greatest.

Ruoyun's arm was bleeding continuously, and his clothes were stained red with blood, and they were washed away by the rain.

A little face was pale and didn't run far, and it was already a little staggering and couldn't run.

"Ruoyun!" Jiaoyue watched Ruoyun collapse on the ground, and hurriedly stepped forward to grab her.

Hua Zhen also stopped, and saw Ruoyun lying on the ground looking at her, and said with great difficulty: "Miss, you go quickly, leave me alone, go quickly!"

The wound on the arm just now was really a bit big, and he had already lost too much blood, and he was still running like this, and the rain washed away at this moment, there was no blood on Ruoyun's face.

After finishing his efforts, he pushed Jiaoyue violently: "Jiaoyue, take the young lady away!"

Jiaoyue looked at Ruoyun like this, and tears suddenly fell.

Gritted his teeth, shook Ruoyun's hand, and said with tears in his eyes: "Hide!"

Stand up, pull Hua Zhen and run forward, seeing that there is the official road in front of him, as long as he gets on the official road and follows the official road, there must be villages and towns, and there will be hope at that time.

Their clothes were now completely wet from the rain, and now they had to wear jackets during the November day, let alone at night.

Hua Zhen only felt that her hands and feet were cold, maybe it was because she had just escaped death, so she didn't feel how cold it was at the moment, and she just ran forward with Jiaoyue.

Ruoyun, who was already weak and had no strength, eased up a little, but still stood up and chased in the direction where Hua Zhen and the others ran.

I didn't wait for much to go far, but I listened to the footsteps behind me getting closer and closer.

Ruoyun turned around and saw that in the woods behind him, three men in black were chasing after them, holding bright knives in their hands, which were very piercing even in the night.

Ruoyun knew that it was not good, and seeing that Hua Zhen and Jiaoyue had already run away and couldn't see the figures, she gritted her teeth and stood up, turned around and pounced towards the three men!

Hua Zhen didn't know what was going on behind her, so she just ran forward on the official road.

Vaguely looking at a carriage parked on the road, his heart suddenly jumped, and he pulled the moon to stop.

In the middle of the night, in this wilderness, a carriage suddenly appeared, and at this moment, no one could help but wonder if they were in league with the people who came to assassinate them.

Just as Hua Zhen was thinking about the relationship between the carriage in front of her and the man in black who came to assassinate them, she heard a scream from behind.

Then came the trembling voice of the bright moon: "It's Ruoyun!"