Two days later, accompanied by Murong Xue, Shan Tingxian and others, Li Bing, the crown prince of the Holy Tang Dynasty, began his first tour since he was in prison. The destination of their trip was Bianzhou, which is more than 400 miles away from the eastern capital of Luoyi, where the head of river affairs is located.

Because it was rare to leave the palace, Li Bing wanted to play on the road for a few more days, and by the way, visit the customs and local government affairs along the road, so that the whole team set off ten days earlier than originally planned, and according to the prince's request, Murong Xue and Shan Tingxian led twenty guards with high martial arts skills to form a special team, wearing civilian clothes to accompany him on the road.

Five or six miles in front of them were the cavalry of the Thousand Xuanjia Legion, who was in charge of opening the road and guarding the road; And the honor guard of the East Palace, including a large number of chaotic officials, eunuchs, palace maids and others, were left behind by them for more than ten miles.

Li Bing wore a satin white hero scarf, a pure white samurai uniform on top and bottom, a sword sleeve tied at the waist, a red silk silk around his waist, and a pale cyan placket on the outside.

Murong Xue is dressed as a scholar's son. The royal blue round-necked robe, with a black black gauze head, has a gentle and elegant charm. On the gold-sprinkled hook beside the side of his saddle hung an iron-tired bow; On the other side is the quiver, which contains twenty black-feathered goose feather arrows.

Shan Tingxian and his guards were the usual short-dressed attire of the Jianghu people, and they either had a single sword on their backs, or swords hanging from their waists, or spears in their hands, and followed closely around the prince.

Everyone believed in the reins all the way, talked and laughed, and was quite relaxed.

While walking and chatting, Li Bing suddenly pointed to Murong Xue's iron-tired bow and quipped: "Your big bow looks very heavy, didn't you bring it from the imperial capital?" ”

Murong Xue responded with a smile: "Yes, Childe." This bow was given by his mentor and has never left him for ten years. ”

"I see," Li Bing deliberately pretended to be thoughtful, and said, "So, it was the one who pointed at me on the Mingde Gate of the Imperial Capital?" ”

Murong Xue was slightly stunned when she heard this, but she didn't expect the prince to suddenly mention this matter, and she couldn't help but be a little embarrassed: "Ah? Hehe, this ...... This one...... There was a lot of offense at the beginning, and I asked my son to forgive and forgive my sins. ”

"Hey, I'm kidding you, don't be nervous. The person you were targeting at the beginning was Di Xian, not me. As he spoke, Li Bingzai immediately turned around and smiled at Shan Tingxian and the others who were following behind: "I'm afraid you don't know, don't look at Murong as a weak scholar, but as long as he holds a bow in his hand, even General Di doesn't dare to act rashly." ”

Shan Tingxian nodded and smiled, and said meaningfully: "What Gongzi said is true, and Shan has already learned Mr. Murong's clever methods. ”

Li Bing was a little surprised, and hurriedly asked the reason.

Shan Tingxian took advantage of the prince's interest and told the story of the martial arts competition between him and Murong Xue at the banquet of the Taifu Mansion in the past. When Li Bing heard Shan Tingxian say that Murong Xue actually hit him on the forehead with a grape, thus winning the victory, he couldn't help but be amused and laughed.

He raised his hand and pointed at Murong Xue and scolded with a smile: "You kid, this is a trick, it's obvious that you are bullying other people's old singles and honest." ”

Murong Xue was a little embarrassed by Li Bing's laughter, and hurriedly nodded yes: "What Childe said is right." The single brother is strong in martial arts, purely than swordsmanship, and I am naturally not his opponent. At that time, if he didn't make some small tricks, he would probably be beaten and vomit blood on the spot. ”

The guards behind him laughed when they heard him talk funny.

Li Bing laughed with everyone for a while, then looked at the mountains in the distance, and suddenly said leisurely: "You have skills and strategies, and you are all good men of my Shengtang." If you can work with one heart and one mind, and do your best to assist me, why worry that you won't achieve great things in the future? ”

When Murong Xue and Shan Tingxian heard this, they glanced at each other in unison, and then turned their gazes away as if nothing had happened.

Murong Xue said in her heart: His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is reminding us. For His Royal Highness, we are all his courtiers, and the palms and backs of our hands are all meat, so we naturally hope that everyone can unite sincerely, but where does he know that for the Jiangshan Sheji of Shengtang, Xie Guang and I are already different furnaces.

Li Bing, Murong Xue, and Shan Tingxian had their own concerns, and they were speechless for the time being, and only moved forward slowly. All of a sudden, the scenery of the mountains and forests on the side of the road seems to have lost its color and is no longer so attractive.

After a while, the crown prince Li Bing noticed that everyone was silent, and the atmosphere was a little dull. He didn't like this kind of disappointment, and was about to find another conversation when he suddenly heard a sharp whistling sound in the forest not far away.

Murong Xue and Shan Tingxian shouted almost at the same time: "There are assassins, be on guard!" ”

The sound of the two shouting had not yet fallen, and dozens of arrows had already been swished out in the dense forest on both sides of the road.

Murong Xue did not hesitate, turned her hand and picked up the iron-tired bow next to the saddle, and slammed it in front of Li Bing, instantly blocking the flying feather arrows, which was able to protect the prince from being shot by the arrows. Shan Tingxian was located further back, so he didn't have time to block Li Bing's arrows, so he had to reach out with his big hand, grab the prince's back collar, and tear him off the horse with force, so that the flying arrows lost their heads.

The guards in the back were also targeted. Some of them reacted quickly, and they could barely draw their blades to resist and protect themselves; Seven or eight who saw the opportunity a little later were shot as hedgehogs on the spot and fell off their horses and died.

After a sneak attack of arrows, the attackers did not bend their bows and arrows again, but broke out of the dense forest one after another, and switched to hand-to-hand combat. In the blink of an eye, hundreds of armed men emerged in the forest, holding swords and guns high, and surrounded from all directions.

Murong Xue had an iron tire bow in his hand, and he fired arrows in a row, and in an instant, he put down a few assassins who rushed to the front, and at the same time turned to Shan Tingxian and shouted: "Northwest corner! ”

When Shan Tingxian heard this, he almost didn't hesitate at all, and immediately dragged Li Bing to the northwest, while the four guards nearby followed closely to protect the prince. The remaining guards who were still alive did not hesitate to fight the enemy in order to buy Li Bing time to break through.

It wasn't until Murong Xue shot all the Yanling arrows that she carried with her that she urged the already injured war horse to turn around and chase after Li Bing.

After a few breaths, Murong Xue had already caught up closer, only to see that Shan Tingxian was fighting hard at this time, desperately rushing forward to open a bloody path. At the moment of life and death, this martial arts master no longer had the slightest reservation, Shan Tingxian used his life's peerless learning, like a mad tiger, and every move of the sword in his hand brought a dazzling blood light. Any Assassin who stood in his way would die in the blink of an eye.

Of the four guards who were originally guarding the surroundings, there was only one person left at this moment, helping Li Bing to follow Shan Tingxian while struggling to resist the onslaught of the assassins.

Suddenly, a spear stabbed from the side, stabbing the guard in the abdomen. The guard screamed miserably, staggered and fell to the ground, almost knocking Li Bing over.

As soon as the spear assassin succeeded, he turned around and planned to attack Li Bing. Murong Xue hurriedly accelerated her sprint, rushed to her in time, and directly knocked the assassin a few feet away.

The rest of the assassins also subconsciously stopped their steps forward because of the interference of the war horses.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Murong Xue flew off the horse and held the crumbling Li Bing, while Shan Tingxian turned his head and shouted: "Hurry, I'm going to rush out!" ”

Murong Xue and Li Bing followed the sound and looked at it, and found that after several assassins in front of them were knocked down by Shan Tingxian, there was no one to stop them in the northwest direction for the time being, which showed that they had broken through the enemy's encirclement.

And behind them, hundreds of killers are frantically approaching.

The two didn't dare to hesitate any longer, and with all their strength, they followed Shan Tingxian into the dense jungle in the northwest.

The piercing shouts of killing couldn't stop coming from behind her, Murong Xue gritted her teeth, followed behind Shan Tingxian, and rushed forward.

At this time, you can see the gap in the skills of the two.

Shan Tingxian was almost running forward with the crown prince Li Bing, moving and jumping all the way, walking on the ground in the dense forest, as if it was effortless. But Murong Xue felt more and more strained, her legs seemed to be filled with lead water, and she couldn't take a step.

If it weren't for the large number of killer assassins chasing after him, he really wanted to lie down on the ground at this time, gasp for breath, and rest for a while.

However, reason told him that if he stopped now, there was only one way to die.

Until this time, Murong Xue still hadn't been able to figure out the situation in front of her.

Where did these killers come from, and who do they serve? How dare they openly assassinate the crown prince of the Holy Tang Dynasty in broad daylight? The assassins are ambushed here, and it is estimated that the time should not be short, but why did the 1,000 Xuanjia troops who were responsible for exploring the path in front not even notice it?

Murong Xue's heart was filled with a lot of doubts, and she felt more and more irritable. He couldn't help but feel a pang in his heart, knowing that this was because of the huge loss of internal strength, which in turn caused the precursor of going mad.

No way! Now that the situation is in crisis, we must not mess up! Murong Xue secretly reminded herself that the most urgent thing in front of her was not to explore those doubts, but to ensure the safety of the crown prince.

He paced his running while trying to calm his breath while trying to dispel the chaos of thoughts in his mind. After a few breaths, the internal force in Qihai's dantian gradually recondensed, and his mood stabilized a lot.

Murong Xue applauded in her heart, and then raised her breath violently, speeding up to catch up with Shan Tingxian and Li Bing.

But he never expected that he had just run more than a dozen feet, and when he was about to catch up with the two, Shan Tingxian, who was running in front, suddenly stopped.

Immediately after, Li Bing exclaimed.

Murong Xue was taken aback, worried that something was in danger of the crown prince, so she hurriedly rushed forward and rushed to Li Bing's side in a few steps.

He was about to open his mouth to ask what was wrong with the prince, but who expected to subconsciously look forward with Li Bing's gaze, and suddenly felt that the blood in his whole body was cold.

In front of them, there was a cliff!