Chapter 1234 - 910: Come With Me!
At this critical moment, a sharp sound suddenly rang out beside her!
Su Qinglan widened her eyes, unable to hear anything. She couldn’t hear the sharp sound, the assassin’s curses, or the surrounding clamor—only seeing the large knife coming down towards her head, almost striking her.
Suddenly, the blade halted at her forehead, just short of splitting her under its force!
Her blood froze entirely at this moment, eyes wide open looking at the knife, then turning her gaze to the hand holding it. Only then did she realize that at some unknown time, a whip had wrapped around that person’s wrist, and the sharp sound was the whip being swung.
The assassin was also stunned, not caring about the terrible pain radiating from his nearly broken wrist. He turned his head, and saw a tall, handsome man suddenly emerge from the alley beside the tavern. At that moment, the man swung his hand fiercely, causing the assassin to feel his arm sink, his whole body forcibly flung into the air. After a leap of several meters, he crashed heavily to the ground!
"Ah—!"
Only then was he able to let out a scream, but the next moment, the man had already rushed over, stepping on his neck.
The man’s scream was cut off halfway.
Then two swooshing sounds were heard as the whip, like a nimble snake, unwound from the arm that lay across the ground, retracting after circling to return to the man’s hand. Without hesitation, he rushed to Su Qinglan: "Are you okay?!"
"..."
At this moment, Su Qinglan was unable to speak.
It was not only the near-death experience that left her traumatized, but also because the face before her was the very one she had been yearning for these days—Jiang Xian!
"You, you—"
She wanted to say something, but her throat seemed blocked, so she could only desperately widen her eyes, looking at the person before her.
Ever since the assassin incident at the Hot Spring Palace, and since being imprisoned as a suspect, Su Qinglan hadn’t stopped thinking of him, wanting to know if he was safe, if he was involved in that affair, and clearer still, were all previous events a deception?
But since being released, she had stopped thinking about it.
So upon seeing this familiar, handsome face again, Su Qinglan felt as though an eternity had passed, yet a more intense chill arose from within—a chill colder than the despair she felt at almost being sliced into two by the large knife.
Thus, she slowly pressed her lips closed.
Seeing her like this, Jiang Xian felt a lingering fear; he hadn’t planned to come out initially, just to see her one last eye and leave after events failed, unexpectedly encountering this halfway and to her warning others to save their lives amid circling swords didn’t even consider her own life might be lost at any moment.
So he acted without holding back.
Yet now, facing each other, seeing Su Qinglan’s eyes once fearful, urgent, and terrified fade into bewilderment, a stitch of unease suddenly came into his heart, gripping her hand.
"Come with me!"
In this brief moment of connection between the two, blood was already flowing on this side of the carriage.
The guards escorting were originally injured by arrows and had to hold their ground around the carriage, unable to freely display their skills. They hadn’t anticipated an assassin lurking in the tavern; immediately after engaging, they were at a disadvantage. Fortunately, Yu Wenye’s guards charged up, adding strength to the battle. These well-trained, fierce soldiers quickly suppressed the enemy upon joining forces.
Seeing the unfavorable situation, some gave up fighting, with two slashing a bloody path through, defeating two guards defending the front of the carriage.
No matter how fiercely it raged outside—a blur of sun and moon, bodies across the land—the interior of the carriage remained silent without a sound. But now, the violent shake brought by someone rushing onto the carriage finally made those inside unable to sit still; Pei Xingyuan seemed to sense danger approaching, abruptly pushing the carriage door open.
Simultaneously, an assassin leaped, wielding a large knife towards him.
Pei Xingyuan’s eyes widened: "Hey?"
This terrified Su Qinglan, who hurriedly tried to free her hand from Jiang Xian’s, but another figure dashed over even faster, swift as the wind, causing Su Qinglan’s hair to fly.
Amidst the flying strands, she saw that agile figure pushing forward, extending an arm.
The slender arm reached out, a thin, long item whooshed out from the sleeve like a venomous snake, wrapping around the assassin charging towards the carriage, squeezing him tightly.
The assassin’s body stiffened, unable to turn back, the other end of the whip, the jade hand, sank suddenly.
With a "crunch," the assassin’s throat was suddenly strangled and broke, unable to utter any cries of pain, only bulging eyes like a fish’s, mouth opening and closing without sound, finally thumping down like a kite tangled in strings, soft and limp.
Not until this person fell did Pei Xingyuan, squatting in front of the carriage door and still looking terrified, become visible.
His eyes rounded, slowly looked down the tail of the snake-like whip at its other end—an elegant silhouette like a dream.
He stammered: "You, you—"
"You what!"
Speaking wasn’t anyone else, it was Liang Youying, who had been wanted by the court for days without showing herself. Her face alternated between red and pale, scared by the earlier scene, yet also stirred suddenly at seeing this person again—but now, feelings didn’t matter. She stepped forward, grabbed Pei Xingyuan’s hand dragging him off the carriage, urgently stating: "Come with me!"
Pei Xingyuan blinked: "But—"
"But what!"
In Liang Youying’s words, several assassins saw the previous brutal scene, immediately rushing to revenge their companion and slice down Pei Xingyuan forcibly, but she quickly pulled him behind her for safety. Her long whip danced like a nimble snake beside those coming at them, slashing them until their skin split open.
Simultaneously, the guards previously chasing the archery ambushes seemed to notice something wrong, abandoning the chase and running back.
At this, the assassins became aware of the lost chance, with someone shouting: "Quick retreat!"
Upon saying, the assassins retreated while fighting, dispersing in all directions.
As they retreated, Pei Xingyuan emerging from the carriage, and Jiang Xian and Liang Youying suddenly appearing, became particularly prominent, causing the guards to immediately sense discord, desperately forming back encirclement. Liang Youying became urgently distressed, eyes turning red.
She pulled Pei Xingyuan hard: "Come with me!"