"Miss, you've been holding on so strongly, your body will collapse." The maid said worriedly.

Liu Yanru stubbornly pushed the maid away: "Don't care!" If I arrived in the Eastern Capital one day earlier, I would have become the queen one day earlier, and I would never have to look at the faces of those two sluts again! ”

The carriage was suddenly bumped by the stones on the road, and swayed violently, Liu Yanru's body was unstable, and she fell directly into the car, her face pale.

The maid shouted to the coachman outside to be careful, and at the same time hurriedly reached out to support the young lady, and tears were already in her eyes.

The convoy left Dengzhou this morning.

Originally, Murong Xue thought that Liu Yanru's condition had just improved, and she could stay for two more days before leaving, anyway, he had already sent someone to send a letter to Luoyi, so there was no need to worry about it. But unexpectedly, Liu Yanru was very anxious, urging Murong Xue to set off quickly, saying that the auspicious day of the wedding must not be delayed.

It was a good day chosen by the Qin Heavenly Prison and could not be changed.

Of course, Murong Xue knew in her heart that this was just an excuse, and what Liu Yanru really wanted was the identity of the queen.

In the past few days of temporary residence in Dengzhou, Ma Yunfang and Murong Ling traveled together every day, shopping for goods, and playing in the mountains and rivers, and they were very happy. On the other hand, Liu Yanru could only nest on the sickbed, and there was only a maid around to take care of her, which was really depressed.

Therefore, as soon as Lang Zhong said that the nobleman was fine, Liu Yanru immediately decided to set off.

In the afternoon, Murong Xue came over to say hello, and suggested that he could rest at the post house in Qinghua Town, stay for one night and then go to Nanyang.

But Liu Yanru rejected his kindness and insisted on hurrying to reach Nanyang City before dark.

Murong Xue was worried that if she disobeyed this Liu nobleman's idea and provoked her to be angry again, it would not be good, so she could only reluctantly agree and ordered the men and horses to continue marching.

Yuan Bin was worried that the time was too late and Nanyang City would close the city gates, so he proposed to bring a small group of light cavalry first, and rushed to the front with fast horses, and notified the city defenders to wait.

Murong Xue agreed, so she allocated twenty people from the three hundred cavalry and followed Yuan Bin first.

Things turned out to be as Yuan Bin expected, the carriage couldn't go too fast at all, seeing that the sun was about to set, the team was still twenty or thirty miles away from Nanyang.

In this wilderness, as soon as it gets dark, you can't see anything, and Murong Xue can't help but be secretly worried.

"Quick! Hurry up! I've missed the station, and I have to go to Nanyang today! ”

With his orders, the cavalry picked up their speeds, and the coachmen of the carriages raised their whips as hard as they could, trying to make the carriage as fast as possible.

But just as the team had turned into a mountain col, a sharp and piercing night owl suddenly sounded in the dense forest on both sides of the road.

Immediately afterward, countless bolts shot out of the darkness and swooped down on the guards.

In the blink of an eye, twenty or thirty light cavalry fell from their horses, and the whole team was suddenly in chaos.

Murong Xue was in the middle of the queue at this time, and was chatting with his sister Murong Ling, when he noticed that the mutation was protruding, he hurriedly drew his sword and protected it next to Murong Ling's carriage.

Before Murong Xue could make the next reaction, two rounds of arrow rain were released in the forest one after another, followed by a large number of black-clothed assassins jumping down from the canopy above their heads and attacking the light cavalry.

The screams suddenly stopped.

In the darkness, Murong Xue couldn't identify the number of enemies for a while, so she could only order her subordinates around her to protect the three carriages and prevent the killer from approaching.

Unexpectedly, as soon as the soldiers made a move, more than a dozen assassins suddenly appeared in a large bush closest to them. Those assassins were very high in martial arts, and ordinary warriors were no match at all. After a few face-to-face efforts, the guards next to Liu Yanru's carriage were all knocked down.

Seeing that the other party surrounded the car, Murong Xue, who was not far away, suddenly became anxious. He brandished his sword and struck forward desperately, hoping to get to the carriage one step earlier.

It's a pity that when Murong Xue was only a dozen steps away from Liu Yanru, an assassin suddenly appeared next to him, the sword flashed, and the blade covered him like lightning.

Murong Xue blocked with a horizontal sword, clanged away the assassin's blade, and then kicked out, kicking the opponent's chest, kicking the person directly away. However, when he turned around at this time, he found that the door of the carriage next to him was open, and Liu Yanru was no longer there!

Bad!

Murong Xue was startled in her heart, and was about to rush over to look for it, when a scream suddenly sounded behind her: "Big brother!" Help me! ”

This was Murong Ling's voice.

Murong Xue looked back and saw seven or eight assassins besieging her cousin's vehicle, and Ma Yunfang ran there out of nowhere, leading a dozen guards to fight fiercely with those assassins, desperately protecting Murong Ling.

Depending on the situation, they can't fight the assassins, and if they delay for a while, Ma Yunfang and Murong Ling will both die.

Murong Xue hesitated for a moment, and then decided to save the two of them first, so he beckoned the nearby soldiers and pounced over.

Due to the addition of a new force and Murong Xue's martial arts, the assassins who besieged Murong Ling did not dare to fight, and quickly slipped away after a few resistances and burrowed into the dense forest next to them.

At this time, the outnumbered light cavalry had gradually recovered from the panic and began to take the initiative and launch a counterattack. Seeing that they had lost their advantage in raiding, the Assassins quickly changed their tactics and retreated into the forest as they fought.

Obviously, there were still their men in the woods, using crossbows to provide cover and block the pursuit of the light cavalry.

The fierce fighting lasted nearly half an hour, and the Assassins finally escaped in the darkness of the night, leaving behind more than thirty unidentified corpses.

Murong Ling's face turned pale with fright, and he almost fainted several times, but thanks to Ma Yunfang's gentle words and comfort beside him, he would not collapse on the spot. However, the nausea and vomiting could not be held back after all.

Murong Xue's situation was even worse than her, because Liu Yanru really lost it.

That's the Queen! The emperor's fiancée! The future mother of the nation of Saint Tang!

Murong Xue went crazy, and ordered the light cavalry to pursue quickly, and scattered in all directions to find someone.

However, in the middle of the night, in the wilderness, where to find it?

Besides, there are only more than 200 of them, and they have lost dozens of brothers just now, so don't they need to protect Murong Ling and Ma Yunfang at this time? Aren't you afraid that those assassins will turn around and kill them?

No one dared to ask Murong Xue these questions, but Murong Xue knew it in his heart.

He was stunned for a long time, and suddenly said urgently: "Quick, go to Nanyang to move the rescue soldiers!" Let Yuan Bin come with a large army and block all the ten miles within a radius! ”

At dawn, the soldiers and horses of Nanyang City finally arrived.

Yuan Bin jumped off the horse, rushed to Murong Xue quickly, and said in shock: "How could it be like this? What about the nobles? ”

"Liu Guiren was kidnapped by the assassins," Murong Xue's expression was a little ugly: "The other two are okay, they are resting in the carriage behind." ”

Yuan Bin's expression darkened, and he comforted: "General, don't worry. As soon as the Nanyang soldiers and horses received the news, they immediately followed your order and began to search for a nearby ten mile range. I'm sure we'll hear from you soon. Alas, if I had known, I wouldn't have gone to the front station. ”

Murong Xue shook her head: "It's not your fault. No one could have imagined that the enemy would chase after them. ”

Yuan Bin asked, "Can you determine the origin of the other party?" ”

Murong Xue pointed to the corpses lined up next to him: "I have checked it, and it is difficult to confirm the identity." Why don't you help me take a look? ”

Yuan Bin bowed slightly, took a few steps to the side of those corpses, squatted down and looked through them carefully. After a while, he got up and said, "It should be Li Jiong's person." ”

"How so?" Murong Xue couldn't help but be curious: "There are no signs on them. ”

Yuan Bin clapped his hands: "There is no sign, it is the most obvious sign." I just looked at the underwear they were wearing, all of which were silk fabrics from Hangzhou Xianwenfang. This detail is not easy to notice if you are not an expert. But here's the problem, even Lao Jianhua's subordinates may not all wear uniform underwear. Such an arrangement is obviously suspected of blaming. ”

"One more point. The news that Lord Shen found out before said that among the killers sent by Lao Jianhua, some of them were Japanese people who came back with the navy. There are thirty-six corpses lying here, it can't be so coincidental that not even a single widow has been killed, right? ”

Murong Xueqi said: "Can you recognize the Japanese people?" ”

"Also from the panties, but also the hairstyle and toes." Yuan Bin said: "There are some habits in life that are difficult to change. They love to wear crotch pants and clogs, which tend to leave very obvious marks on the body. ”

Murong Xue nodded, and was about to say something, when suddenly an officer ran over in a panic: "My lord, I found out!" ”

"What did you find?"

"The corpses of women, two in all!" The officer replied, "It's at the foot of the mountain." ”

Hearing this, Murong Xue suddenly felt that the blood on her body was cold, her head buzzed, and she almost fainted.

Yuan Bin helped him: "Let's go, go and see." ”

The two of them turned on their horses, and were led by the officer, and went straight to the foot of the mountain in the distance. As soon as she came to the place, Murong Xue saw two naked female corpses, who were Liu Yanru and her maid.

it!

He couldn't hold it anymore and fell straight off the horse.

When Murong Xue woke up again, she was already in the shaking carriage, and Murong Ling and Ma Yunfang were by her side. Both of them were covered in tears, apparently having just cried.

"Big brother, you're finally awake." Murong Ling choked up and said, "Liu Guiren, she ......"

Murong Xue snorted in pain and sat up forcefully: "Where is this?" ”

Ma Yunfang responded: "Yuan Bin saw you fainting, so he took over your command." He said that the brutes had to be cut with a thousand knives, so he went after them with his soldiers and horses, while we went to Nanyang City first, where we waited for news from him. ”

Murong Ling couldn't help crying: "Big brother, Yuan Bin said, Liu Guiren...... Was she really ruined by those wicked people? ”

Murong Xue frowned, and said in a deep voice: "Don't mention this matter again." It's about the face of the emperor, you ...... It had to be as if nothing had happened. ”