Chapter 7: The Battle of the Rivers

"That...... Sister Wei, wake up!"

Zikui's soft cry was heard in his ears, and as soon as Wei Xiwan opened his eyes, he saw Zikui's hand stretched out halfway to wake her up, and when he saw her wake up, he retracted again.

"Arrived at Genjiang City?" Wei Xi asked lazily, was it so fast? she felt like she hadn't slept for long.

Zikui had already jumped out of the carriage at this moment, lifted the curtain, and stuck her head in, "Sister Wei, do you like horseback riding?"

Wei Xi stretched out in the evening, and when he heard her answer to the question, he didn't pay attention to it, so he replied, "I like it." ”

"Then let's get off and ride! the wheels of the carriage are broken. ”

Wei Xiwan looked at Zikui's face with a little joy and expectation, and even suspected that the wheels of the carriage were deliberately broken by her.

After getting out of the carriage and making sure that the carriage was not in good repair, she untied the horse that pulled the carriage and resigned herself to riding it.

Dry land, horses' hooves kick up huge dust. Wei Xi stopped his horse at night, waited for the three people who were behind her and Zikui to catch up, and proposed to cover his mouth and nose, and the group rode side by side, so as to avoid the people riding behind from eating a mouthful of soil.

Ten miles away from Genjiang City, Wang Chengchen, the prince of Nancheng, who was also disguised as civilians, and his party were resting on the side of the road. I saw a group of five people in the distance covering their mouths and noses, and the horses rode from another road to the direction of Genjiang City.

Who are these people? The disaster in the city is serious, and ordinary people will not come here. Out of vigilance, Wang Chengchen ordered his subordinates to enter the city first to inquire about the situation.

Empty city, this is Wei Xi's first feeling when he enters the city late. There are almost no traces of people in the whole Ganjiang City, the streets are quiet, only a few dogs foraging for food on the streets, and occasionally you can see one or two people walking around in the alleys.

Although I didn't see the corpses starving to death on the streets, I could feel an extremely oppressive dead silence in the city.

Zikui put Mara close to Wei Xiwan and whispered, "Sister Wei, someone is following us." ”

Wei Xi was startled late and was followed, but she didn't notice it at all, but Zikui noticed it first.

"Don't worry about it for now, let's talk about it later. "Wei Xiwan didn't think that there would be any killers here to kill them, at most he just wanted to know who they were.

Not long after settling in the inn in the east of the city, the sky has gradually darkened, Zikui has gone out for a stick of incense, and Wei Xi is washing in the inn at night. The dust is really unbearable.

After cleaning up and going downstairs, I happened to meet Zikui who came back, and asked lately, "How is it?"

"They were a group of seven people, they didn't seem to be ordinary people, and all seven of them were extraordinary, and they settled in a small inn two streets away from us. Zikui is serious at the moment, but she can't see a little naughtiness that she usually has.

"Then let's go see it tonight. Wei Xiwan finally knew why Annihilation Heng sent Zikui to accompany her, this girl who looked innocent and cute, but it just looked simple.

"Your Highness, there are five of them, three men and two women, and the shopkeeper says that four speak with an accent from the East Channel, and one can't be heard. The people sent by Wang Chengchen came back to pray.

"Dongyu Kingdom?" Wang Chengchen couldn't help frowning, and a trace of murderous intent crossed his eyes.

Three years ago, a group of people came to a city where a plague broke out in Nancheng Kingdom, and poisoned various wells in the city, causing the people in the city to almost die.

Since several people who poisoned themselves committed suicide, it was not initially investigated who did it. Later, Wang Chengchen used the Shadow Guard, and it took more than half a year to know by mistake that the murderer was from Dongyu Kingdom.

This time, there was a natural disaster in Genjiang City, and it happened to be a group of people from Dongtuo, which really had to make people suspicious.

"Your Highness, how to deal with it?"

"Keep an eye on it, if there is a change, there will be no forgiveness. As the prince of Nancheng, he will never allow similar things to happen again, and he has the obligation to ensure the safety of the people of Genjiang City.

The night was dark and the wind was high, and seeing that the other three had already rested, Wei Xiwan and Zikui changed into black clothes, masked, with a sword, and took advantage of the cover of the night to go to the inn where Wang Chengchen stayed.

The two walked down the alley, while the other two men in black walked around on the rooftop. The howling cold wind in the middle of winter muffled each other's slight footsteps, and in the opposite direction, no one noticed each other.

When they arrived at the small inn, there were still candles lit inside, and Wei Xiwan planned to wait for them to rest before approaching, so he and Zikui hid in the corner of the alley first.

Unexpectedly, they saw a person dressed in black as them, coming from the direction of the Chengdong Inn where they lived, and jumped into the second floor.

After a while, the man in black came out of the small inn, took two people with him, and went to the inn where Wei Xiwan was.

"Not good!" Wei Xi was startled and wanted to go back to the inn, but was stopped by Zikui.

"Sister Wei, you can't go back now. Zikui stopped her with a resolute face, "It's too late to go back." ”

Wei Xiwan understood that it was too late, but if he didn't go back at this time, he felt guilty that he would not be saved when he saw death. I just wanted to say something, but when I saw Zikui motioning for her to look at the small inn, the candlelight suddenly went out.

The people inside did not rest, but they all came out. The four of them went to the Chengdong Inn, and now there were three people left, standing at the door.

Wei Xi hid in the corner of the alley at night and couldn't see the faces of the three people clearly, only to see the three of them holding long swords and scattering.

Just breathed a sigh of relief and was about to turn away, but he inadvertently kicked a brick protruding from the wall, and Wei Xi couldn't help kicking the brick with his other foot.

Something unexpected happened, because of the long drought, the wall had already cracked, and with one kick, the whole wall collapsed with the shaking of the brick.

There was a loud bang, and Wei Xi didn't figure out how this wall fell for a while.

The three people who were walking separately immediately turned around when they heard such a big movement, only to see two figures faintly in the thick dust raised by a fallen wall, which flashed but disappeared.

The dust choked Wei Xi and couldn't stand it, she couldn't help coughing lightly, and just this sound completely exposed them.

It was too late to escape, and in an instant, the two of them had already arrived in front of Wei Xiwan and Zikui. They were not allowed to think, and the sword came straight at them.

The enemy's moves are sharp and fast, Wei Xi's martial arts training in the Ink Owl League is all practiced with her, in fact, he lacks actual combat experience, and he doesn't even have the power to counterattack for a while, so he can only keep using the sword in his hand to retreat and block at the same time.

On the other hand, Zikui is evenly matched with the enemy, and it is difficult to distinguish between the top and the bottom. Seeing that Wei Xi was struggling, Zikui approached to pick up the sword to help Wei Xi late block a few moves.

And in this short period of time, Wei Xiwan calmed down, adjusted himself, and no longer only defended and did not attack, but took the initiative to attack. She understands that every actual battle does not make her improve, but may make her die.

Wei Xiwan's original swordsmanship is unusually light, and in strong winds, he can use the power of the wind to wield greater power. But after all, she has only studied for one year, how can she be the opponent of Wang Chengchen's personal guard.

The enemy's sword flashing with cold light stabbed Wei Xiwan's neck, but when he saw Wei Xiwan blocking it with his sword, he actually jumped onto the roof with his strength.

She knew that she would definitely lose if she continued like this, she would have too few martial arts, and if she used her swordsmanship a few times, others would be able to see the flaws, and besides, she couldn't afford to spend her physical strength. Although her martial arts skills are not weak, in front of these two people, she still clearly sees the gap.

Wang Chengchen stood not far away and watched, it was two women. It's not strong, but it's not weak, and if you fight hard, you won't be able to beat his men. But if they fled, it would not be easy for them to catch up. At this time, it depends on whether they are smart or not.

"Withdraw!" "I can't beat it, can't I run away?" Wei Xiwan thought to himself, so he immediately called Zikui to withdraw. Together, the two quickly broke away from the battle and fled in the direction of the outside of the city.

"You don't have to chase it, just intercept and kill it on the way back to the East Drag Country. Wang Chengchen expected that if they failed in their mission, they would return to China and report their crimes.

"Sister Wei, where are we going now?" The two who had fled the city were already out of breath.

"I can't stay here anyway. Wei Xi was puzzled, she didn't know who these people were, and she couldn't figure out why she wanted to kill them, and even they covered their faces, and they didn't even know what they looked like.

"Find a safe place and wait until dawn. She also wanted to go back to the city to see if the three people who were with them had really been killed.

Zikui seemed to know Wei Xiwan's thoughts, so she didn't say anything, nodded lightly and continued to walk together.

Early the next morning. Wei Xiwan and Zikui disguised themselves and wanted to enter the city again, but found that the city gate was closed, and a notice was posted on the door: From now on, Genjiang City will be closed, and no one else will be allowed to enter the city except for the official carriages and horses.

"Sister Wei, shall we go back and tell the emperor?" Zikui asked, those three people are afraid that they are more than lucky, and they are court officials, and they should return to China immediately if they die.

"Okay, let's go back first. Wei Xiwan thought the same.

But just after walking for a short distance, he suddenly stopped, "No, don't go back to Dongtuo, let's go to Nancheng Capital." ”