Chapter 123: Yongcheng Crisis! (2)
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Stratus clouds emerged, and the sky did not appear blue.
After two days of traveling, Xu Yi and Zhang Liang still maintained their previous silence in Zhilan Palace.
The canopy of the wagon drooped and shook as it went.
Xu Yi was extra vigilant on the first day of travel, but nothing happened, and there were no accidents for the entire five days after that.
Since Xu Yi knew the name of the adult who escorted her, she was extremely relieved.
Not long after the cart drove out of Xianyang, she propped up the window and asked Ah Yue to call the general who was mainly in charge of her escort.
The general unloaded his sword, took off his helmet, knelt under the steps, and spoke through the curtain of curtains.
His voice was very deep, like a large drum that had been beaten, dull and loud, as he would later become famous.
"The last general's surname is Zhang, and the name of the guard is Han, and he doesn't dare to accept the title of princess."
She silently recited the name, "Zhang Han." ”
Xu Yi couldn't come back to his senses from his name for a long time.
Why is it Zhang Han, which made Xu Yi a little surprised.
She looked at where his voice came from and thought for a long time.
In the first year of Qin II, Zhang Han, the Shaofu of the Qin Dynasty, was ordered to lead the prisoners and slaves of Lishan to meet the army of Chen Sheng's general Zhou Zhang, and won many battles.
At this time, a Qin attendant's voice came from not far behind, "Princess, Mr. Zhang Liang sent me to ask, why hasn't the princess set off yet?" ”
"Keep the teacher waiting."
Zhang Liang asked the attendant to ask at this time, probably because he had made an appointment with the people on the road.
Xu Yi didn't have to think much to understand that there would be no shortage of ambushes on the Yongcheng Road. Li Si had a word with her first, and he would pave the way for this matter in the court, and if he found out that the crisis that was about to occur on this trip was related to Zhang Liang, he would break it if she wanted her to make a decision.
Xu Yi's heart was a little heavy, as if she had pressed a huge stone, and because she had been sitting in the car for three hours, she wanted to breathe too much.
Xu Yi said to Zhang Han again to the gathered light: "This trip is laborious. ”
Zhang Han had heard many deeds of Princess Hehua before she came, and thought that she was warning him, so he bowed and said: "The last general will let the princess go to Yongcheng safely." If the princess made any mistakes, the ministers apologized with death. ”
Xu Yi rolled up the curtains and saw Zhang Han.
He was no more than thirty years old, and he had piercing eyes.
Xu Yi leaned on the edge of the car window, stared, pressed the tension under his eyes and said in a brisk tone: "It's always life and death, it sounds weird and scary, you have to live well to wow, and the general wants to serve Daqin." ”
Zhang Han saw the little princess smiling like a flower from the cold wind.
"The last will live up to his mission."
On the third day, they were still fine.
Xu Yi also secretly asked Zhang Han about the situation at night, and the answer was "no abnormality".
Xu Yi showed the intention of tourism along the way, and she deliberately slowed down the journey so that Li Xian's people could keep a suitable distance from her.
On the fourth day, the sun hung high, the wind did not abate, and the mountains and valleys were even colder.
The vehicle was obviously running over the mountain road, and there were many broken pebbles, which made the shaking feel a lot worse.
Suddenly, a sense of pause suddenly made Xu Yi lean forward. As soon as she stabilized herself, she heard someone outside the carriage hurriedly say:
"Princess, forgive you, there are so many rocks in this mountain that your wheels will not be damaged, and you need to wait for the craftsman to repair them."
"How long will it take?" Xu Yi asked, the fifth day was the time for her to meet Li Xian.
If something happens, the Qin army he brought is specifically responsible for arresting Zhang Liang, and if nothing happens, he will follow her to Yongcheng on the grounds that Zongzheng sent people to increase troops.
"Both wheels are broken, about half an hour." It was Zhang Han who answered.
"How long will it take for us to get out of this mountain?"
"Princess, it's about half an hour."
Xu Yi lifted the curtain, and it was almost four or five o'clock in the afternoon with modern timekeeping, and it would be dusk after a while, and it was even more dangerous to move forward with torches.
The clouds are backlogged, and there is a momentum of rain. There is rain in the mountains, the road is even more difficult to walk, she is fine in the car, and those soldiers and entourage who walk are not good at walking, not to mention that it is still winter.
"Forget it, Zhang Han, you go and tell the teacher that I plan to ride with him."
"Huh? I am afraid that there is something wrong with that. It is better to let the gentleman ride the horse, and the princess will sit in the gentleman's car. ”
Xu Yi smiled, "The general's method is very good. ”
She didn't bother to care whether Zhang Liang would be drenched in the rain at all.
"Just ask the gentleman to get out of the car."
Zhang Liang looked at the car in front of him and stopped, his heart was already hanging in the air.
Few princesses return to Yongcheng alone with such a ceremony, and the clan of Yongcheng knows that Yingzheng attaches more importance to this woman than common sense.
Xu Yan herself was also dressed very solemnly, and her dress alone was layered with three pieces. White, red and black are intertwined, the cloud and thunder patterns are pressed, and a soft and heavy fox fur is covered on the outside.
The figure was no longer crimson, but white.
She walked towards him step by step.
step by step to the ending that belongs to her.
It was as early as the palace of Xinzheng, when he did not put down the pottery cup, the ending of an enemy princess.
He is not Han Fei, he does not have to bear the responsibilities that belong to the royal family, but his heart has been paid to South Korea for ten years since he became sensible.
With his cleverness, he can use the Tyrant clan people to kill Ying Hehua and clean himself and the Zhang family.
And why did he stupidly enter this game?
"In front of the gate of Xianyang Palace, what is my brother blocking?"
The tone of Zhang Yuan's questioning was the same as the one he asked Zhang Liang when he first heard about Ying Hehua's assassination in front of Zhilan Palace, rippling with a meaningful self-satisfaction.
Zhang Yuan didn't have any strategy in other things, the only thing he was sure of was - "Brother, you, you are not willing to die in Ying Hehua." ”
The more Zhang Liang ordered himself to forget, the more he emphasized that those were the methods of summoning and surrendering, and the more he had to tell himself that the people of Qin were all tigers and wolves, and they only had the gains and losses of rights and land in their eyes, the more he had to get lost in this confusion.
Top-notch crossbow arrows are ambushed in the valley passes.
Just wait for Ying Hohua to step on the carriage, the moment she buries her head in the curtain of the car, Ah Yue will immediately pull her sleeve, and the arrow will pierce her heart from behind at the first time.
What is Zhang Liang going to do?
Quite simply, he just needs to stay still or stay out of the way when chaos erupts.
And Xu Yi is also waiting for an opportunity.
Except that Li Xian is in the shadows.
She also had her own barrier, she was no longer as confident as before, fate had split them in half, and she practiced over and over again how to pull out the short blade from her waist as quickly as possible.
The mountain wind blew the tips of her hair in front of her.
Zhang Liang stood beside the carriage.
Xu Yi stopped a few steps away from him.
She still carried out the respectful question: "Teacher, my carriage is broken. Can I ride in your carriage? Or would the teacher be willing to ride with me? ”
Zhang Liang had never felt that the winter wind was so cold, and he had never felt that she was so far away from him.
He laughed at Incova that it was a risky thing to gamble with himself.
And why not?
"According to the princess."
At the moment when he staggered with her, his sleeves were heavy, and he saw that there was a plan in her pupils, and at the same time there was a bright pearl of the night.
"If you don't want to ride with me, you can go away on horseback."
"Where to leave."
Xu Yi had the last patience, and pretended to shrug his shoulders easily: "After saving Han Fei, if it weren't for your father, you would have left Xianyang, didn't you?" ”
She raised her face and looked directly at him, "You are Zhang Liang, perhaps, you have your mission." Since I can't keep you, it's better to set you free. ”
The haze blurred Xu Yi's vision, and when she said this, Hetu unexpectedly regained some temperature.
Zhang Liang was stirred by this sentence. "You let me go, how will it end?"
"Do you think I came to Yongcheng to be really afraid of Xianyang's assassination?" While speaking, Zhang Han had already brought a jujube red horse.
Xu Yi looked at Zhang Han, loosened Zhang Liang's sleeves, and didn't want to explain more, "The affairs of the Qin State are complicated, and I still have a lot of things to do." ”
I saw her let out a long exhale, and the corners of her mouth curved slightly by a small amplitude.
"Yes, I don't want to repeat Lees's mistakes."
Zhang Han saw the princess's action of pulling Zhang Liang's sleeve, thinking that there was some unknowable argument between the princess and Zhang Liang, he didn't want to touch this kind of palace secret, and consciously stood away from it.
After Xu Yi finished speaking, he had already arrived at Zhang Liang's carriage, and Ah Yue put down a pedal.
She lifted the hem of her skirt, and one of her feet was already on the rut!
It was quiet all around, the hidden cloud crows never took off, and the pine and cypress trees were still covered with heavy snow.
"Your Excellency."
Li Xian raised his hand slightly to stop his voice. The arrow is on the string, and the arrow is aimed at the moving target.
His eyes were as dark as night, as long as Zhang Liang rode his horse out of Xu Yi's field of vision, Zhang Liang would definitely die.
There are too many ways to explain why you died in the wilderness.
The moment Xu Yan's other foot was retracted, Zhang Liang turned around.
In the valley, the birds are silent, most of the animals are hibernating, and the snow is shaken off a lot.
Xu Yi saw Zhang Liang quickly loosen the reins.
"Teacher, are you going to ride with me? Then get in the car. ”
As soon as Xu Yi's voice fell, he was about to bow his head and enter the carriage.
Zhang Liang stepped heavily on the rut, and Zhang Liang, who didn't know martial arts, suddenly crashed into her sight.
may have seen a crossbow machine, her vision can always become very clear, and she saw a sudden arrow behind Zhang Liang!
The arrow flew in the direction of his head!
Zhang Liang's eyes actually had a hint of a smile in his eyes, and his eyes were like flowing mercury, like quenched black water.
He, he wants me to die?
If he wanted her to die, why would he say anything to her—I wouldn't.
Arrows came straight at her.
Xu Yi felt complete despair.
She looked into Zhang Liang's eyes.
At the moment when people are on the verge of death, they can pass through tunnels, communicate with light, see colorful colors, see stars and heavenly rivers, see people who have passed away, look back on their lives, and feel the existence of some kind of boundary.
Died in Zhang Liang's defense.
It's ironic enough, and it's common sense enough.
In this life, the last thing she can do is death.
Da Qin has one less Zhang Liang's threat, maybe it will be very different, she comforted herself.
"You and I die together, and it is also the end." As he spoke, Xu Yi didn't think about it, and quickly pulled out the short knife at the speed of the drill.
The killing wind pierced through the mountains and forests and slammed down on her.
"Princess!!" Zhang Han was shocked.
At the last moment, she stabbed the knife into Zhang Liang's abdomen.
This is different from her stabbing Zhao Jia, this time she used all her strength.
Her hands felt greasy blood, and the blood gushed out of the hilt.
There was no place on Xu Yan's body that had the severe pain of being pierced by sharp arrows.
Her arm was pressed by Zhang Liang, and her back fell violently on the car board, and the back of her head was slammed hard. Instead of numbness, she saw a dead scene with dilated pupils, but a shadow.
Zhang Liang was above her, he snorted, his hands propped up on her side, Xu Yi's cheeks were dripping with liquid, and red plum blossoms bloomed on her porcelain-white face.
Blood lines oozed from the corners of Zhang Liang's mouth, his whole body trembled, his eyes were full of red bloodshots, and his expression changed from his previous indifference, becoming a little incomprehensible to her.
Her hands shook violently, her eyes widened in disbelief, and her brain went blank.
"You, you, why?"
Zhang Liang's eyes glanced down, and he freed up one hand, ready to pull out the knife with one hand.
"Nope! Don't, don't pull it out. You're going to bleed to death! ”
Xu Yi held the hand where he drew the knife, desperately trying to press his wound.
She would stab him with this knife, which Zhang Liang expected, but he didn't expect it to be at the same time.
Xu Yi touched his back, and the arrow just now was inserted into his body.
"You, you said, the most clever strategy is not to let yourself get into the game." Her voice trembled and cried.
He forced down a mouthful of blood, unable to utter a word, and let out a low laugh in her ear.
The blood flowed in three places on her body, and Zhang Liang finally couldn't support it anymore and fell on top of her.
The wind around her had quieted, and all the noise had vanished in an instant, leaving only the heavy gasps of a few brown-red horses in her eardrums.
Zhang Han led people to surround the chariots and sent a team of soldiers and horses forward. The Tyrant Clan poured out of the mountains and fought with it.
"Master, Zhang Liang and the princess are in the car."
"Zhang Liang has betrayed Han Chen's old ministry and turned against us! No mercy! ”
"Kill them all!"
The man who spoke had already aimed the crossbow at the head horse of the cart.
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