auspicious time has come

Chapter 41 Close Your Eyes
Wang Jingyong was taken aback.

Is the general going out of the city to capture Painter Ji and come back?
But... Shangxiang is not breaking the law, is it?

Although he was a little puzzled, Wang Jingyong took the order and left immediately.

……

It had been half an hour since the rain stopped, Hengyu went out of the temple and down the mountain, and got on the carriage back to the city.

Wrapped in fox fur, Yan Jin sat on the horse and followed the carriage, yawned and complained: "It was agreed to spend the night in the temple, why did you suddenly change your mind? It was cold in the middle of the night, and I was told to follow you for no reason. This crime..."

"Didn't I tell you that you don't have to accompany me back to the city?" A girl's voice came from inside the car.

"Calling you a girl's family back to the city alone in the middle of the night? Is that still a human..." In the night, the road was muddy, the sight was poor, and the horses were moving very slowly. Yan Jin held the reins with one hand, and gathered the fur coat with the other.

"It's better at night." Heng Yu slightly opened the corner of the car curtain, looked around in the dark, with anticipation in his eyes, and said softly: "The night is dark and windy after the rain, it really is the best."

Yan Jin heard the words and looked forward: "Passing through this small road, at most half a quarter of an hour, you will be able to go to the official road."

Hengyu nodded.

The grass and trees on both sides of the path are mostly withered and yellow. When the wind blows, the raindrops accumulated on the dead branches rustle and fall, making the chill even more intense.

"This northern land is really not a good place to come from..." Yan Jin shrank his shoulders, and when he was about to complain again, he suddenly saw a black shadow coming in front of him through the wind lantern hanging on the corner of the carriage——

call out!
Yan Jin's pupils shrank, and he reined in sharply. In an instant, the black shadow was firmly inserted into the door frame of the car wall in front of his eyes!

It was an arrow.

The arrow tail was still trembling, making a barely audible buzzing sound.

If it wasn't for the shrewd coachman from Ji's family who fine-tuned the horse's head at the critical moment, the arrow might have pierced into the car in danger!
Sensing the danger, the horse neighed and shook the carriage.

"Be careful! There are villains ahead!" Yan Jin said urgently.

And this reminder, which was no different from nonsense, hadn't finished completely, and the few people saw a little bit of cold light piercing in the darkness!
The coachman immediately drew out the long knife hidden under the shaft seat to block the sharp arrow.

"thump!"

Yan Jin's horse was almost hit by an arrow, and he fell off in a panic.

"Protect your son!" The servant beside him shouted to the two attendants.

"I have nothing to protect as a man! Go and protect Ah Heng!"

Boy: ...then you, who are hiding behind the villain, let go of your grip on the villain's robe first!
"Girl, don't be afraid! I'm here!" In the shaking car, Jiji stretched out her arms to protect her girl tightly. Although she was afraid, she still comforted Hengyu: "As long as we don't get out of the car, those random arrows will be killed." You can't hurt the girl easily!"

"No, get off!" Sensing that the horses were getting out of control, Heng Yu decisively pushed open the door of the carriage, pulled Jiji and jumped out of the carriage——if the horses were frightened and went mad, the road is uneven. , where the rocks are everywhere, the consequences are unimaginable.

And getting out of the car is not the same as sending to death——

When the two jumped out of the car, the carriage was shaken again. When Hengyu landed, she couldn't stand still and almost fell to the ground.

But when she straightened up, those men in black holding long knives had already rushed over.

Suddenly, she seemed to have returned to Wu Ningshan eight years ago——

Will it be the same group of people? !

Hengyu clenched her ten fingers subconsciously, the situation in front of her was not as good as she could think about it, the people in black were already approaching her.

"I'm going to die, I'm going to die!" Yan Jin was so frightened by this situation that he screamed again and again, as if his seven souls had lost his three souls.

There were about a dozen people in black, among them a middle-aged man with a scar on his face suddenly slowed down, pulled up the longbow in his hand, narrowed his hawk-like eyes slightly, and pointed his cold arrow at the night sky. The young girl—they have been with each other for a few days, and it is impossible for the other party to change into a young man's clothes and go out, so they can't recognize her.

His arrow movements were swift and sharp, leaving no room for reaction.

In the chaos, everyone's attention was on the men in black who raised their knives, and almost no one noticed that there were back arrows.

Heng Yu instinctively sensed the danger.

She doesn't know kung fu in the strict sense, but her experience since she was a child has trained her to be different from ordinary people when facing danger approaching——

In the night, the girl subconsciously raised her arms to block her face, while swiftly dodging to one side.

But at this moment, the sound of horseshoes suddenly became clearly audible in the darkness, and almost at the same moment, another sharp arrow flew from nowhere—that arrow was almost stronger and faster , It actually cut off the path of the cold arrow in front from one side!
The cold arrow was cut off in the middle, and fell into the muddy water not far from Hengyu's eyes.

She breathed a sigh of relief - it seems that someone has arrived!
In the next moment, the sound of horseshoes had passed over the men in black who raised their knives and came to her, and the man in black immediately bent over and stretched out his hand toward her——

"Get on the horse!"

Hengyu was shocked when she heard the sound, but seeing the cold knife flickering behind her, she could only choose to cooperate immediately when she was in danger.

In times of crisis, the most taboo thing is to hesitate, otherwise not only will it be hard to protect yourself, but it will be more likely to hurt others.

She immediately held out her hand.

Then, almost before she could get up completely, that cold and powerful hand lifted her onto the horse's back.

His strength was as strong as picking up a chick. When she fell on the horse in front of him and hit his shoulder, she hugged his arm subconsciously in a panic.

"Beware!"

She was lying half sideways in front of him, and from the corner of her eye she saw a cold knife coming from behind him and aimed straight at the back of his neck, and she was about to hug his neck to make him turn his head and sideways to avoid the blow.

Fortunately, before the long knife could reach him in time, the person holding the knife was hit from behind and fell to the ground.

Hengyu was very relieved.

"..." Xiao Mu, who was still being held tightly by her neck, looked at her silently.

Eyes met in the dark, Heng Yu came back to his senses and hurried to let him go.

At this time, his voice sounded close at hand: "Close your eyes——"

Hengyu did not know why but immediately followed suit.

The person in front of her is General Xiao, the Marquis of Dingbei who has experienced many battles, so she clearly understands that the most important thing she should do at this moment is to follow suit.

And when she closed her eyes tightly, she felt his movement of drawing the sword, and immediately the sound of the sword sinking into the flesh——

The smell of blood in the nose is extremely strong.

"thump!"

Someone fell heavily on the side of the horse.

He rode his horse and led her past where the swords met.

Realizing the other party's intention to tell her to close her eyes, Heng Yu opened her eyes in a daze.

At this time, another group of men in black clothes suddenly arrived behind everyone.

Yan Jin, who fell covered in mud and water, cried bitterly: "...If you come a moment later, I will be a dead soul! Let's see who you can find for the rest of the silver!"

The visitor felt very wronged—didn't it be agreed that they should keep a distance of half a mile in order not to let the other party notice the strangeness?Now I think they are too slow!

And the current situation clearly does not require them to make another move.

Xiao Mu's men quickly brought the situation under control.

"Jiji, are you okay?" Meng Dazhu, who had protected Jiji in front of him earlier, asked hastily at this moment.

Jiji shook her head, and strode towards Hengyu on Xiao Mu's horse: "Girl!"

"Thank you Lord Xiao Hou for your rescue!" Yan Jin was saluting Xiao Mu to thank him.

Xiao Mu gave him a slight nod, glanced at the surroundings, then looked at the man's robe on the girl in front of him, and said, "Go back to the city first."

"Yes, yes, let's go back to the city first... Who knows if they have any backup!" Yan Jin responded repeatedly, with a look of fear on his face.

Xiao Mu looked at the wrecked carriage that was stuck in the mud not far away, and said, "Let's go—"

Everyone responded.

"Hey!" Gigi shouted after recovering.

Lord Xiao Hou might have forgotten that her girl is still on his horse!
(End of this chapter)