Chapter Seventy-Seven: The Praying Mantis Catches the Cicada
Xuanyuan Che hummed lightly, if in Yan Kingdom, someone would have been fascinated by her when he saw Leng Qingxiu like this, but on the contrary, standing in front of him was Xuanyuan Che, who was even more beautiful than her.
I saw Xuanyuan Che holding Zhu Jiu tighter, and said to Leng Qingxiu mercilessly: "Concubine Leng, Tuoba Ye is a lonely person, and there is no permission from Lone in the future, you had better not associate with her, otherwise, this Leng Concubine position can be you or someone else." ”
The draft period is approaching, and Leng Qingxiu originally had a bit of status in the palace because she was temporarily in charge of the harem, but Xuanyuan Che slapped her in the face mercilessly when she said this today.
Leng Qingxiu almost trembled, her head lowered more and more, but her fingers were pale, and she endured her choked voice, "Yes, the concubine has overstepped, please forgive your majesty." ”
Before leaving, she looked at Zhu Jiu deeply, and then retreated.
Zhu Jiu only thought that Xuanyuan Che didn't want her to get close to Leng Qingxiu, and deliberately said these words to beat her, so he didn't stop her.
After Leng Qingxiu left, Xuanyuan Che suddenly turned around, took her out of the palace gate with a sedan chair, and when she arrived at the place, Zhu Jiu knew that Xuanyuan Che had brought her to the Prime Minister's Mansion for a banquet.
I don't know if it's a coincidence, the carriage broke down halfway, and the palace maid outside stepped forward to report worriedly, and as soon as the curtain was lifted, an arrow shot from the front and plunged into her chest, and blood splashed on Zhu Jiu's face.
Her eyes opened slightly, and only then did there show a hint of surprise in her eyes, and someone raised her hand to block it.
Zhu Jiu couldn't help but look sideways, but saw Xuanyuan Che's face slightly gloomy, holding her waist with one hand, and jumping out of the carriage with a light tiptoe.
Whoosh!
Several more sharp iron arrows broke through the air and firmly stuck to the carriage, and the place where the two of them had just sat was pierced into a hedgehog in the blink of an eye.
If it weren't for Xuanyuan Che's quick reaction, I was afraid that Zhu Jiu might not be able to get out, this was already outside the palace, but at this moment it was the time for the Imperial Forest Army to take over, and the few remaining soldiers on the official road were all killed by a group of black-clothed assassins who suddenly rushed out.
When Zhu Jiu was still observing this group of people, Xuanyuan Che's voice came from his head: "It's from the Chen family in Jiangnan." ”
The Chen family in Jiangnan was one of the culprits who disturbed the Xuanyuan Dynasty at the beginning.
Zhu Jiu quickly followed his gaze to lock on the butterfly embroidery on the shoulder of the man in black, and sure enough, it was exactly the same as the female assassin she killed last time.
But at the moment, there were only two of them, and they were definitely no match for these assassins.
Zhu Jiu quickly withdrew from Xuanyuan Che's arms, grabbed his hand tightly, and rushed into a side alley.
"This way!"
Xuanyuan Che moved his hand, resisting the urge to take her into his arms, but he subconsciously glanced at Zhu Jiu's legs, and saw that she was still lame on one leg, and the doubts in his eyes were dispelled.
It seems that Zhu Jiu's leg has not healed, but he doesn't know what method he used to strengthen his body, so his physical strength is stronger than before.
But he didn't know that when he retracted his gaze and turned around to draw his sword, Zhu Jiu secretly looked at him and breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.
I knew that this little kid was very suspicious, but fortunately she didn't reveal the fact that her legs had healed when she ran away.
It's just that he didn't know that there would be assassins outside the palace today?
Otherwise, how could he just take so few people out of the palace, and even Luo Zheng didn't stay by his side.
Isn't this a good opportunity to assassinate the enemy?
Regardless of whether the appearance of these assassins was deliberate or not, the most important thing at the moment was to save his life.
And this is a good time to win Xuanyuan Che's trust, seeing that there is a dead end in front of the alley, Zhu Jiu's eyes flashed slightly, his ears moved, and he heard the sound of a hidden weapon flying out, and suddenly pushed Xuanyuan Che to the side, and said hurriedly: "Your Majesty be careful!" ”
Xuanyuan Che was caught off guard, so he just resisted it, and then turned around, but saw that Zhu Jiu was already injured, and his face was pale and he was holding the hidden weapon in his abdomen.
The hidden weapon really hurt her too deeply, and the blood flowed like an infusion, Rao is Zhu Jiu secretly ran the Phoenix Nirvana to stop the bleeding, and he couldn't recover his breath in a short time, and he couldn't help but secretly scold Fang for acting too risky for a while.
But on her face, she looked at the assassins who were quickly surrounded by her with a solemn expression, and gritted her teeth and pushed Xuanyuan Che: "Go!" Leave me alone! Meet at the gate of the palace, if I can't go back, settle Zhumo and Zhuqin for me! ”
Zhu Jiu finished speaking to Xuanyuan Che in three or two sentences as if he was explaining the aftermath, no matter what his reaction was, he staggered over and snatched his sword, and stood in front of him with a beautiful sword flower, with a heroic posture and a cold and resolute confrontation in front of the assassin: "If you want to kill him, kill me first." ”
"Tuobano!"
Xuanyuan Che was a step late, and when he wanted to step forward, he was stopped by three or two groups of assassins.
Zhu Jiu was alone against these assassins, and there was not much time to buy him, either he would flee now and go back to bring the rescuers, or he would die here with Zhu Jiu now.
The young man's phoenix eyes became more and more cloudy, and after deeply reflecting the figure of Zhu Jiu fighting against those assassins, he suddenly made a move, and slapped the two people who were close to him with one palm, leaving the assassins behind him in a few flickering figures.
Only a handful of two followed him.
In the dead end, seeing that Xuanyuan Che finally withdrew, Zhu Jiu hooked his lips, and if he wanted to gain Xuanyuan Che's trust, he could only gamble with his life.
Just as she was about to escape, she found that her body was suddenly unable to move, and the whole person fell down in an instant like a stiff ice sculpture.
But the consciousness was still there, Zhu Jiu's face changed slightly, and he suddenly looked at the hidden weapon in his abdomen.
This secret weapon is actually quenched and boiled?
No wonder...... The Assassins acted against her as if they had spare strength but did not kill her.
And the next second, the look of shock on her face was even worse.
I saw that after she fell, the first few assassins actually got out of the way, and it was none other than Tuoba Yu who came out of the middle!
Tuoba Yu's situation was not much better than her, and he was tied up by these assassins and escorted to her.
Compared to before, Tuoba Yu was no longer as radiant as before, but much haggard, as if he had been imprisoned for a while, his face was sallow, and his lips were dry.
As soon as she saw Zhu Jiu, her sunken eye sockets instantly widened, staring at her with surprise, and hurriedly shouted to the assassin beside her, "It's her!" She's Tuobano! Xuanyuan Che's most trusted pet maid is also the enemy who killed my Tuoba family, Brother Assassin, please let me go, I really have nothing to do with her! I can't wait to kill her and kill Xuanyuan Che as much as you do! ”
Perhaps her voice was too loud, and the tall and thin assassin's eyes were as cold as a cold light: "Shut up! ”
Then he glanced at Zhu Jiu, who was seriously injured, his eyes narrowed slightly, raised his hand, and coldly spit out four words: "Take them away." ”
Hearing this, the assassin behind him immediately took action, tying Zhu Jiu up and blindfolding.
After about a stick of incense, I stopped in a deep house compound, which was a dilapidated firewood house, with no sharp weapons, and it was empty in the dark environment.
Just when Zhu Jiu was thrown in and couldn't resist the effect of the numbness, he suddenly heard the assassin outside the door ask, "Why did the eldest brother spare her life?" ”
"The eldest brother said that he would use Tuoba Ye to lure out Xuanyuan Che."