Volume 1: The Smoke Festival Chapter 3 Assassination
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Xie Wuyi popped out the stone in his hand, only to see a majestic black shadow swooping down, slashing at Xiao Wei with a knife, and her stone was easily split into two halves.
What a fast knife!
Almost at the same time, Feng Da's fire fold was knocked out, and he had no choice but to push Xiao Wei inside, shouting and confusing the other party's judgment.
In the middle of the darkness that fell back into darkness, Xie Wuyi recognized that the man was the assassin she had encountered when she visited Fan Keyu's residence at night last night, and it was no wonder that she was able to dodge her attack.
It turns out that he hasn't left!
Xiao Wei, who was pushed by Feng Da, stood unsteadily, and was about to collide with Xie Wuyi. Xie Wuyi waved his hand and put away the cloak, making room on his side.
"Shhhh
Xiao Wei slapped heavily on the stone wall, and couldn't help but scream in pain.
Over there, Feng Da and the assassins were in a fight, and Xie Wuyi wanted to take advantage of the chaos to leave. As soon as she lifted her foot, she heard a piercing sound of her clothes tearing. Judging from the direction, it was probably Feng Dali who was invincible, and he was half a step slower when he dodged. If they continue to fight like this, they will have to explain here sooner or later.
Who was the assassin, and why did even Xiao Wei dare to kill him?
So...... Fan Keyu really has someone else, is she really wrong to blame Xiao Wei?
Oops, Xiao Wei's guards are afraid that they will be transferred away from the mountain!
Behind his ears was Xiao Wei's nervous breathing, thinking that he didn't know martial arts, Xie Wuyi only thought for half a breath, and touched his waist with his backhand.
In her impression, Xiao Wei's belt was specially made and could be temporarily used as a soft whip.
Xie Wuyi wrapped the tip of his right finger, pulled out the belt with a fierce force, and flew over to the sound of the fight.
"Stand still!"
Xie Wuyi grabbed Feng Da's collar and stepped forward on tiptoe with the strength of pulling him back, his belt wrapped around the assassin's knife. The man's knife was under control, obviously stunned, and Xie Wuyi took this opportunity to aim again, and a few rays of silver light shot forward along the slit of her left finger.
The assassin was in pain and abandoned the knife. Xie Wuyi hurriedly loosened her strength, but after all, the belt was not as easy as the soft whip, and she stabilized her figure while retreating, and used her cloak to block the attack of the hidden weapon.
As Xie Wuyi expected, the assassin gave up his weapon, either preparing to escape or having a follow-up move, and according to the ferocity of this person, it was obvious that he belonged to the latter.
However, in a small space, he lost his long weapon, and he may not be his opponent.
"Shut up!"
The wind in his ears was rolling wildly, and Xie Wuyi hurriedly turned around and let out a mist of smoke to prevent him from attacking Xiao Wei. Regardless of whether Xiao Wei understood what he meant, Xie Wuyi bent forward and wrapped his belt around the assassin's neck.
Just as she was about to exert her strength, she felt a sharp pain in her right arm, and the wound from last night completely collapsed, and a stream of heat gushed out along her cuffs.
At the same time, Xie Wuyi's left wrist suddenly lost strength.
Not good!
The assassin's dagger stabbed at Xie Wuyi's arm with a belt, and Xie Wuyi snorted and had to withdraw his hand.
Just when the assassin thought that she was too badly injured to be defeated, Xie Wuyi was ruthless. In the darkness, she tossed her cloak over the stone wall as she leaned down and swept the Assassin's ankle with a hard pull. The assassin pounced on Xie Wuyi on his feet, plunging the dagger into the wound in her right arm with one hand and choking her neck with the other.
At the moment of life and death, Xie Wuyi did not struggle to call for help like a normal person, but raised his left hand and sent the last silver needle into the assassin's eye.
Suddenly attacked, the assassin screamed, and the power in his hand immediately loosened. Xie Wuyi rolled over and pressed the assassin under him, snatched the dagger with his hand, and slashed neatly through his throat.
It was clearly not a very fierce fight, but Xie Wuyi was so flustered for some reason, leaning against the stone wall and trembling with his legs.
At this time, Xiao Wei finally touched the fire fold. The dark room lit up, and he only glanced at the assassin before subconsciously finding Xie Wuyi.
In the corner, I saw Xie Wuyi's face was disheveled, his lips were bruised, his cloak slipped half off his shoulders, it was full of poisonous needles, and the exposed sleeves were already stained red with blood. Her right hand was shaking with pain, and the dagger was covered in blood, and the left hand that was holding Shibi —
A strange blue-purple butterfly fluttered its wings and was about to fly, reflecting her whole murderous aura, like a bloody Yama.
Under the background of the dark cloak, Xie Wuyi's body was extraordinarily thin, like porcelain that was about to shatter at the touch. And that backbone is like an indestructible bridge, alone to build the night.
Xiao Wei's heart is inexplicable.
Fan Keyu just died, Xie Wuyi should have misunderstood him. Why didn't she leave, why did she fight for him?
"You ......"
He opened his mouth, but couldn't think of anything to say.
"Our lord's belt! You, you, you...... Be responsible for our grandfather! Feng Da cried out of place, and when he saw Xiao Wei glaring at this side, his wailing voice immediately weakened.
After confirming that Xiao Wei was not injured and Fan Keyu's confession was not lost, Xie Wuyi finally unloaded his full strength. She threw away her dagger, ripped off her cloak, and sat down feebly along the stone wall. Xiao Wei hurriedly stepped forward to support Xie Wuyi's body, only to find that there was a dart trapped in the wound on her right arm.
Thinking of the assassin's night attack on Fan Keyu's house last night, Xiao Wei's face changed greatly, he half-knelt on the ground and wrapped his arms around Xie Wuyi's shoulder, shouting to Feng Da:
"Medicine!"
Feng Da pouted, took out a small medicine bottle from his arms and handed it to Xiao Wei, thinking that this medicine is very precious, Your Highness, you can save some use.
"Open your mouth," Xiao Wei lowered his voice, "suppress the toxicity for the time being." ”
Xie Wuyi didn't notice the darts, she looked at Xiao Wei in a daze, and saw her own appearance in his clear and deep eyes.
In a trance, Xie Wuyi thought that this fight was really embarrassing.
The light and shadow overlapped, and Fan Keyu's words before his death impartially encroached on all her thoughts. He said that because Xie Wuyi had traveled abroad for many years, every letter would tell Qiao Chun what he had seen outside, so when they first received the map of the military department, Qiao Chun did not agree with that route.
"Although the route given by the military department is the fastest walking in peacetime, it is rainy in summer, and there was a lot of rain in Dayu two years ago, so it is very likely that disasters will occur and delay the trip......
"Master Qiao ran away for a day in the Ministry of War and Zhongshu Province, and wanted to report to the official, but the military situation was urgent at that time, and no one saw him at all......"
"And the court has issued a death order not to delay the delivery of food, everything must be the prince on the front line, we can only set off on time the next day......"
Speaking of this, Fan Keyu's body suddenly twisted, as if someone was choking his throat for life.
Even if he hadn't been in contact with Qiao Chun's government affairs, Xie Wuyi knew that transporting grain to the front line was a major matter, and all aspects had to be properly prepared, so how could the drawings of the military department be delivered so late?
There is also the history of the military department order to the map, Xie Wuyi remembered that he was a protégé of the military department Shangshu, and he was also an expert, why did he come up with a problematic drawing, didn't the military department Shangshu review it?
Xie Wuyi's stomach was filled with nausea, she used all her willpower to remove the heavy gloom in front of her, and vaguely saw that on the map drawn by Fan Keyu, not far from the south of Hezhou, there was obviously a stagnant ink on the paper.
"The terrain of Hezhou is complex, and I ...... I can't remember exactly. In short, after the diversion, we traveled under the stars and nights, and we didn't enter the city along the way, and there was no heavy rain on the road, but it was still half a month late to arrive in Qiongchuan......"
At this time, the crown prince had already died on the front line due to the lack of food.
"Master Qiao knew that he couldn't be exempted, so he tried every means to smuggle me out." Fan Keyu's tone was full of shame, "He...... I was supposed to find a chance to tell the truth of the matter, but ......"
But Fan Keyu has been silent, and he has lived in Broken Nose Village for two years.
The butterfly that shimmered with blue and purple shimmered crossed her nose, Xie Wuyi's eyes were slightly sour, she could resent Fan Keyu, but she couldn't blame him with pride.
He just chose to live, what's wrong?
As for the suspicion of the Ministry of War and Hezhou sending messengers, what if you don't care?
The sky was shining, only the war drums, the horse roared, and the blood on the tip of the knife passed through the moonlight, dyeing the entire Yu Shui......
"Have you taken the antidote, okay?"
The illusory voice broke into his ears, Xie Wuyi forcibly picked his eyelids, and Fan Keyu's figure gradually faded away, replaced by Xiao Wei's worried face.
Why, shouldn't he be happy that she's dead......
Seeing Xie Wuyi shaking her head weakly, Xiao Wei frowned helplessly, gently pried her lips open with her fingers, and fed the all-purpose antidote. Then, he helped Xie Wuyi sit down and pointed to her right arm.
"Offend, your wounds need to be treated as soon as possible."
Xie Wuyi was dizzy and painful, and he didn't have the strength to resist anymore, so he let Xiao Wei tear open her sleeve.
The hot blood was gurgling in his ears, and Xie Wuyi breathed hard, only to feel that his mouth was full of saltiness, and his entire body was also rolled, twisted, and shattered into pieces after pieces. The wind and rain outside the temple tore at her flesh and skin, as if to strip her from the world.
Covered in burning, only a touch of warmth and coldness seemed to pass over her skin.
Xiao Wei saw that Xie Wuyi was still stiff in this situation, so he hurriedly fastened his belt to adjust his posture and let her lean on his shoulder.
Her clothes were drenched, her hair was covered with sweat, and the smell of blood was mixed with it, which really didn't smell good. But Xiao Wei didn't realize it, he was only worried that his neck socket was too hard and would hurt her.
Feng Da couldn't help but cover his mouth, staring intently at his Highness, forgetting to breathe for a long time.
These two people in the dark room, one is a great rebel, and the other is a rebel relative, they should have died a long time ago, Xiao Wei cares what they do?
Shouldn't he hurry back to the palace now in accordance with the holy decree?
Xiao Wei fled to the imperial mausoleum and showed his traces in Luzhou, he knew that what was waiting for him in the palace was either the emperor's thunderous anger or the deliberate revenge of people with ulterior motives, so he was still wasting time with Xie Wuyi here......
Hey, Your Highness is really nonsense!
Xiao Wei didn't pay attention to Feng Da's careful thoughts, his movements were very light and fast, and he bandaged Xie Wuyi's arm again in a moment. Xiao Wei brushed away the broken hair stuck to Xie Wuyi's forehead and asked seriously:
"Are you feeling better?"
Xie Wuyi's lips had already lost their blood, and the whole person fell into a coma. Xiao Wei thought about it for a while, then bypassed the injury, grabbed her horizontally with his other hand, hugged her horizontally, and slowly walked out of the Guanyin Temple. Xie Wuyi leaned quietly in his arms, only his eyebrows were slightly frowned, and his lips and teeth were closed.
Leaning down, Xiao Wei heard her calling "Daddy".
The bottom of his heart suddenly froze, Xiao Wei couldn't help but tighten his hands, but Xie Wuyi in his arms was so thin and light, he was afraid that he would hurt her or pull the wound, so he loosened his strength a little bit.
"Fengda, take care of this place." Xiao Wei's eyes showed a cold light, and he commanded in a deep voice, "Go and find out who is so bold in the palace that dares to assassinate this king." ”