Chapter 228: Her Royal Highness the Eldest Princess is in danger
Holding this strip of cloth in his palm, Xuan Cang looked at the east city gate.
Two quarters of an hour later, Xuan Cang and five dragon scale guards gathered outside the East City Gate.
There are special scouts among the five dragon scale guards, Qin Shuhuang was sent out of Ningshui by Xue Duwei and Luo Chu, the most likely is to go to Lincheng, Lincheng is not Ningshui's sphere of influence, it will not be affected by Wei Zhifu and General Liu, and it is safe for the time being.
Qin Shuhuang instructed the scouts to survey in the direction of the road near the city.
Soon the dragon scale guard found clues on the road.
Xuan Cang took the five of them to find the footprints all the way and chased them over.
After running for half an hour, the scout who was exploring the way in front suddenly came back and reported, "Lord, Her Royal Highness the eldest princess seems to have been attacked!" ”
Hearing Dragon Scale Wei say this, Xuan Cang's already gloomy face suddenly became even more gloomy, "Maybe you can see how many people are on the other side?" ”
The dragon scale guard carefully recalled the footprints of the horses he had just checked, "At least twenty people! ”
Xue Duwei, who sent Qin Shuhuang out of the city, had a maximum of a dozen people, and there might not be one yet, but if he was attacked by more than twenty people, he could imagine the result......
"Quick, chase!"
Xuan Cang whipped the sit-down horse hard, and the group sped up.
After a quarter of an hour, the Dragon Scale Guard found the corpse of Xue Duwei's hands next to the official road, a total of seven people!
Almost all of them were killed by a single blow, and judging from the wounds, they were all very quick fatal wounds.
"Lord, it's not ordinary people who hunt down Her Royal Highness the eldest princess, I'm afraid it's a professional killer trained by General Liu personally, and Xue Duwei's people are not the opponents of these people, and they can't make more than ten moves under them."
After getting the news, Xuan Cang pursed his lips tightly and didn't say a word, but the color on his face was even worse than before.
The further you go, the clearer the marks left on the official road.
Xuan Cang and the Dragon Scale Guard tracked faster.
After turning through a forest, I finally heard the sound of swords colliding.
Xuan Cang's nervous heart even raised his throat, and he was anxious and scared in his heart.
What he was anxious about was that he would be able to see Qin Shuhuang immediately, and what he was afraid of was that he was seeing an irreparable situation.
Xuan Cang's deep eyes became sharp, and he instructed the dragon scale guard behind him, "Cover this king, and rescue His Highness at all costs!" ”
"Yes!" The five dragon scale guards were fearless, they were not afraid of death, and they only had Xuan Cang's orders in their eyes.
Qin Shuhuang hid behind the overturned carriage.
Next to him was the coachman who had been killed by an arrow.
In front of the carriage were the two remaining people who were protecting her, but unfortunately they were already lifeless corpses.
The gap between the skills of Xue Duwei's men and the black-clothed men who chased him was too great, and the two of them had died in less than half an hour before facing the black-clothed man.
Qin Shuhuang stepped back, and suddenly there was sand and gravel under his feet that fell to the cliff behind him.
The wind at the bottom of the cliff blew, blowing Qin Shuhuang's green silk indiscriminately.
Looking at the unfathomable cliff behind him, and then at the man in black not far ahead, Qin Shuhuang's face was full of grimness.
Rao is entire team was left with only the wooden carriage blocking in front of the cliff, and the weak eldest princess hiding behind the carriage, and this group of black-clothed people did not dare to approach immediately.
Just now, when they were chasing Qin Shuhuang, in desperation, the carriage was forced to the edge of this cliff.
Even the driver of the car was killed by their arrows, but when they approached Qin Shuhuang, they suddenly smelled a strange fragrance, and the last three companions immediately lost their strength and died, while the other two were no different from the dead although they were still holding on!
This was completely unexpected.
They never thought that the weak-looking eldest princess was more lethal than the guards around her!
The leader of the men in black stood not far from Qin Shuhuang, and the carriage had been shot into a sieve by them, but as long as the carriage was in the way, they really couldn't shoot Qin Shuhuang for a while.
He turned his head and instructed the two men, "You two cover your mouths and noses and approach the eldest princess!" ”
The two named subordinates trembled, although they resisted in their hearts, they didn't dare to refuse the leader at this time, and said stubbornly: "Yes! ”
The two asked their companions to borrow a few more masked cloth towels, covered their mouths and noses after getting wet, and took several messy pills that could detoxify, and then cautiously pulled over to the carriage where Qin Shuhuang was hiding with their weapons.
Seeing the two subordinates tentatively walking towards Qin Shuhuang's side, the subordinates beside the leader of the man in black asked, "Boss, what if the eldest princess still has the weird poison pill just now?" ”
The leader of the man in black had a fierce look in his eyes, "Then we'll attack with fire!" ”
The arrows were smeared with fierce fire oil, and the carriage could withstand the arrows, but it was only made of wood, and it could not withstand the fire.
The arrows with the fierce fire oil smashed on the carriage, and even Qin Shuhuang could be burned to death.
This kind of death is still too ugly, I didn't see anyone, I'm afraid that General Liu and the regent didn't believe that they killed the eldest princess, and fire attack was the next strategy for them.
The subordinates next to him breathed a sigh of relief when they heard the leader say this, no matter what, the eldest princess can't run away today!
General Liu had promised them that as long as he could kill the eldest princess this time, he would be rewarded richly! It can be used for a lifetime!
Seeing the two black-clothed men walking tentatively in her direction, Qin Shuhuang, who was leaning against the wall of the carriage, was nervously breathing heavily.
Her face was solemn, the only pill she used for defense had already been used, and there was no second one.
Holding the dagger tightly in her right hand, Qin Shuhuang knew that she must not go out, once she left the cover of the carriage, she was afraid that she would turn into a sieve in an instant.
After taking two steps forward and glancing at the cliff of the black hole in front of her, Qin Shuhuang gritted her teeth and decided that if the man in black ignored the attack or used other means, she would rather jump off the cliff than be caught by the man in black.
There is still a possibility of survival after jumping off the cliff, but in the hands of this group of people in black, she has no chance of surviving.
Not only will they not survive, but they may also be humiliated.
With such a decision, Qin Shuhuang was not as scared as before.
She tightened the dagger tightly, as long as the cliff wall was not so hard, she could barely save her life by piercing the cliff wall with the dagger in her hand!
The two men in black got closer.
Suddenly, a man in black slashed at Qin Shuhuang's right side with a sword.
Qin Shuhuang quickly avoided it, but how could she, a woman who didn't know kung fu, be as fast as a man in black with excellent skills.
In time to avoid it, the long sword also cut through Qin Shuhuang's clothes, leaving a bloody wound on her upper arm.
Thinking that this group of black-clothed people were frightened by her previous pills, Qin Shuhuang immediately took out two antidote pills from his waist that looked similar to the previous pills and threw them at the black-clothed people.
The black-clothed man who attacked was shocked when he saw that it was the red pill he had before, held his breath, and took several steps back in an instant.
frightened off the man in black who attacked on the right, but the man in black on the left took the opportunity to sneak attack.
As long as Qin Shuhuang took one more step to the left, the sharp long sword would pierce through her abdomen, seriously injuring her.
Fortunately, Qin Shuhuang had observed that it was two black-clothed people coming over, and when the long sword stabbed him, Qin Shuhuang's body was out of position, and at the same time, he threw two pills at the black-clothed man.
After Qin Shuhuang deviated his body, the long sword pierced into the clothes next to him, and the man in black was in a hurry to dodge the pill, but without making up the knife, he drew back the long sword and retreated quickly.
Even so, Qin Shuhuang's waist was also injured, and the blood immediately soaked his clothes.
The two men in black took a few steps back, only to find that the pill rolling towards them hadn't exploded, and it hadn't emitted any other scent.
The leader of the man in black who was observing not far away was the first to react, "She lied to you, the pill is fake!" ”
The two black-clothed men glanced at each other and reacted in the same way, and in the next second, they slashed directly towards Qin Shuhuang, and the long sword was cold and light.
Qin Shuhuang knew that she had no choice, and when she turned around, she was about to jump off the bottomless cliff......