Chapter 29: The Siege
Seeing that the county lord had made up his mind, Tang Ying also hesitated.
He had to admit that what the county lord said made sense. If the mountain is closed, the road into the mountain will not be cleared for ten days and a half months.
"But ......"
He was still worried that if something happened to the county lord, not to mention that he would be scolded by Senior Brother Wen, it would be a question whether he would survive or not.
"Don't." Shangguan Li interrupted him, his voice very calm.
"Don't I have a companion here?"
She raised her head and pointed at the officials who were also about to start preparing to go home.
"I'll just follow them back to Beijing, what danger are you afraid of when you enter the capital? Don't get me wrong, I'm not talking to you, it's an order, understand? ”
Even the words of the stick and the candy stopped the little scholar on the spot, and he didn't dare to continue.
Shangguan Li nodded with satisfaction and waved his hand.
"You go back first, don't get in the way of the eyes of the county lord here."
After taking a step, Tang Ying had no reason to insist on anything, so she had to bow to Shangguan Li.
"Then the county lord is careful all the way."
After Tang Ying left, most of the nearby carriages had already left.
Shangguan Li was not in a hurry at all, she took out the handkerchief she had used just now, and a fragrance similar to grass and trees wafted out.
The snow and ice are dry, and the smell is very unique.
Shangguan Li quietly put away his things, and saw that the last carriage also drove onto the official road, so he staggered to follow with his own carriage.
The snow was falling heavily, it was close to noon, but it was as overcast as evening.
A long procession of carriages on the official road, quite imposing, was heading in the direction of the capital.
But if one looked from a distance, it was clear that the driver of the carriage at the back of the line was very unskilled.
Not only was the direction not well controlled, but the speed was extremely slow, and he was thrown out of a large distance after a while.
Shangguan Li drove around a corner and found that he couldn't even see the shadow of the carriage in front of him.
Almost.
She thought about it for a long time, so she simply stopped the carriage and began to speak into the empty front.
"There is a plain ahead, and if you don't do it, you won't have a chance."
The words fell, and there was silence all around.
No one paid attention to her.
Shangguan Li smiled a little embarrassed.
"It turned out to be an illusion, it seems that Feng Sichen is still afraid, wouldn't it be good to do this earlier......"
Before she could finish her sentence, there were suddenly several soft sounds in the snow nest on the side of the road, and countless cold arrows were wrapped in ice and snow lightning and shot towards Shangguan Li.
Shangguan Li had already taken precautions, rolled backwards, and rolled back into the carriage.
"Click-"
This was followed by the sound of dense metal nails into the wood like raindrops, accompanied by the terrible cry of the horse, and the carriage disintegrated with a bang!
At the end of the attack, Shangguan Li slowly stood up from the snow unscathed.
Then I saw that in the place that was originally desolate and quiet, there were suddenly dozens of big men wrapped in animal skins, all holding crossbow arrows in their hands and carrying large knives behind them.
These people were centered on Shangguan Li, occupying all the directions in which she might escape, and all the arrows in their hands were aimed at her.
She was completely surrounded by these people, and seemed to be on the verge of despair.
Probably knowing that his victory was decided, the leader of this group of people stepped forward and looked at Shangguan Li with a relaxed expression.
"How did you know we were going to set up an ambush here?"
Along the way, there are many places that are more suitable for sneak attacks than here, and Shangguan Li shouldn't be able to guess their movements.
Obviously he was already surrounded, but Shangguan Li didn't panic at all, and even had a smile in his voice.
"Is this giving me a chance to live longer?"
The leader looked at her with an unkind look in his eyes and said coldly.
"Maybe it will make you die faster."
"Oh." Shangguan Li nodded.
"It turns out that Feng Sichen doesn't plan to kill me on the spot."
Since she had the opportunity to speak at length, it meant that the order these people received should have been to capture them alive, or else they would have done so before she could get up from the snow.
The leader's words looked like a threat, but they confirmed her suspicions.
After all, the saying "die faster" is premised on her survival.
Seeing that the loophole in his words was caught, the leader's eyes lit up, this woman is really not simple, and she can still maintain this level of calm in this situation.
But what about the most powerful woman? If you want to go against the one above you, I'm afraid it's still a little bit hot.
Thinking like this, he was not annoyed, and generously admitted it.
"We really don't intend to kill you here, but if you're disobedient. There are so many of us, it's not impossible to accidentally 'miss'. ”
As for the King of Honor mentioned by Shangguan Li, they did not deny it.
At this point, there is no point in pretending to be an outsider.
Shangguan Li's head bowed: "That's the truth." ”
"Can the county lord tell me how he discovered us now?"
To be honest, the leader is really a little interested in Shangguan Li's answer, he has not done this kind of thing once or twice, and he has never been discovered.
He also enjoyed the confusion that lingered in the eyes of those people for a long time before they died, but today he was actually seen through.
Or a woman?
Shangguan Li was silent for a moment before speaking.
"You killed that fake Su Lin, right?"
Hearing this, the leader frowned.
"How do you know?"
Shangguan Li leaned on the broken wheel, and his movements were very calm and freehand.
"It's very simple, I left something on him, and you killed him, and you got that thing, and I just smelled it."
"Impossible." The leader stared at Shangguan Li tightly and said in a deep voice.
"If it's what you say, we wouldn't be unaware!"
They do things that kill people in secret, and they are sensitive to anything that might reveal their existence.
Not to mention the smell that ordinary people can smell, even the inconspicuous hair will be cleaned up.
After killing Fourteen, they didn't smell anything unusual about themselves.
The leader's eyes slowly narrowed, and his eyes looked at Shangguan Li as if they had been quenched with ice.
"You're kidding me?"
Shangguan Li smiled, she knew all about the assassination tricks and the aftermath, of course she knew what he was shocking, and said leisurely.
"So I'm putting in something that you can't notice, but I can. By the way, it should be almost time. ”
What?
Before the leader could understand the meaning of Shangguan Li's words, a sudden feeling of powerlessness came out from the depths of his body, and a flood swept away the entire limbs and hundreds of bones in the blink of an eye.
Poison! The leader hurriedly tried to bite the antidote hidden in his mouth, but in despair he found that he couldn't even move his mouth!
Shangguan Li's voice sounded coolly.
"You don't think I'm just leaving a mark, are you?"
As soon as Shangguan Li's voice fell, with more than a dozen dull sounds, there was no one standing except for her.