Mingyi ran fast in the forest. Even though she thought she was running fast enough, she could still hear the footsteps behind her getting closer and closer.
Fortunately, she was far enough away and A-Qian should be safe.
A creepy sound of breaking through the air came from behind. Mingyi froze and fell forward. When she turned around, she saw that the fiery red cloak was nailed to the ground by a hidden arrow. Mingyi quickly untied the laces. , abandoned his cloak, took advantage of the last moment when those people were chasing him, and rushed into the thick bushes.
There was a gentle slope not far away, and she rushed down without hesitation. The masked men in black had caught up in a blink of an eye, and there was a sound of piercing the air behind her. Between the lightning and flint, something popped out of the slanted thorn, and it hit the weapon. The hidden arrow that went straight to Mingyi's back knocked the arrow out of the way and shot into the nearby mud with a "click".
The men in black suddenly stopped and formed a circle with their backs against each other warily. They looked somewhere in the dense forest. Unexpectedly, after a while, there was no movement at people in black exchanged glances, leaving a few people on guard while others chased after looked back, and her face fell into the eyes of the men in black who were chasing after her. The leader's eyes froze, and a look of surprise seemed to slip through his eyes. The next moment, he stopped, stopped chasing, and gave up. The companions made signs.
The men in black stamped their feet, then turned around and retreated.
Mingyi stopped, frowned, and shouted, "Lu Ming! Lu Zhao! Stop them!"
Several sounds of breaking through the air came from the darkness of the dense forest. The people in black raised their blades to block them. After blocking them, they realized that they were just stones. In a daze, two figures rushed out from the darkness, the swords in their hands were as bright as thunder. He slashed down like that, and in a blink of an eye he was fighting with the dozen or so men in black.
These people are very skilled. A dozen of them are enough to deal with a female streamer. However, they don't want to run into two extremely skilled masters. They want to retreat, but the swords behind them are thick and cut off the forward, there is a sharp blade that will not stop until there is blood.
"Who are you? If you confess, I can spare your life!" Mingyi stood outside with her arms folded, her voice cold.
I don't know which word touched those people. Instead of surrendering, those people became more ruthless and rushed out regardless of the situation.
Lu Ming and Lu Zhao didn't dare to hold back anymore. They knocked down several people in the blink of an eye, but a few took the opportunity to two caught up, raised the knife and knocked several people unconscious, but one person had already ran more than ten steps away. Lu Ming raised the knife in his hand and threw it at the man's vest with all his tip of the knife hit the man's back and passed through him. The man fell to the ground, vomiting blood, and died within a moment.
Lu Ming breathed a long sigh of relief, turned his head to meet Mingyi's stunned eyes, and said stiffly, "We can't let them leave alive!"
Mingyi's face turned a little pale, but she had experienced life and death after all. Although the scene in front of her was bloody, she also knew the dangers involved, so she nodded with a dull face.
"Brother!" At this moment, Lu Zhao's soft shout came. Speaking of which, this was the first time Mingyi heard Lu Zhao speak. She was a little surprised. It turned out that he could speak. Mingyi thought he was mute at first!
Lu Ming's expression changed, and he strode away.
Mingyi frowned suspiciously, and rushed over to take a look, only to see the knocked down men in black foaming at the mouth, bleeding from the corners of their eyes, and twitching with black and purple faces. Her expression also changed, "What's going on? thing?"
Lu Ming and Lu Zhao didn't have time to answer her, they were lowering their heads and tapping acupuncture points to save her. However, after a moment, they still declared failure. They let go of their hands dejectedly and turned to look at Mingyi, "They are all dead!"
died?Mingyi's heart trembled, her curled eyelashes trembled slightly when she saw the corpses on the ground.
"It should be that I calculated the time before I went out and was given a potent poison that was scheduled to attack." Lu Ming checked the corpses and concluded in a deep voice.
Mingyi suddenly understood where those people's desperate behavior just now came ’s just the instinct to survive!But no matter whether the assassination of the future crown princess is successful or not, the person behind it will probably not allow them to they were assigned this task, they were already facing a dead end.
Lu Zhao silently inspected the men in black, not sparing any detail. Then, he shook his head at Lu Ming.
There is no trace that can prove his identity, and there is no evidence to prove it!As expected!
The light in Mingyi's eyes dimmed, "You're not here for me." She had already confirmed this when the men in black saw her face and wanted to it's not for her, it's naturally for An Qian.
"Princess!" Lu Ming walked away for a while, and when he came back, he was holding the fiery red cloak that Mingyi had abandoned without hesitation just before the critical took the cloak and held it in her hand. She gently stroked it with her fingers. The traces left by the cold arrow were revealed. Her delicate voice was slightly cold and she said, "Go back!"
Before they arrived at the imperial tent, they had already encountered several groups of hurried guards. Seeing Mingyi, they all clasped their fists and saluted, but they did not frowned slightly and quickened her pace.
When they arrived at the entrance of the imperial tent, they were rushed in as soon as they finished the briefing. They were hugged by a figure rushing towards them, "Mingyi, are you okay?"
It's An hugging her, he pushed her away and looked at her with eyes full of concern and anxiety.
"I'm fine." Mingyi deliberately didn't elaborate on the description, so she looked a little embarrassed, but she couldn't bear to worry An Qian too much and shook her head gently.
"It's okay!" An Qian let out a long breath and blinked her moist eyes.
"How did you escape? Where were the assassins?" Suddenly he heard a question, Mingyi raised his eyes, An Qian stepped aside, and then Mingyi saw Emperor Chongning sitting behind the case.
She quickly curtsied and saluted, "See Your Majesty!"
"No need to be polite." Emperor Chongning waved his hand lightly, "Get up and speak!"
"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Mingyi stood up and handed the cloak back to An Qian, then knelt down again and said, "Your Majesty, I am guilty, please forgive me!"
"Guilty?" Emperor Chongning looked at An Qian, who looked surprised, and then asked in a deep voice, "Tell me, what are you guilty of?"
Mingyi didn't dare to get up, so she knelt on the ground and told the story. As for how to say it and how much to say, she had already drafted it several times on the way here. After that, she didn't hear Emperor Chongning's voice for a long time. His heart was beating uncontrollably, his fear and nervousness were even higher than when he was being chased just was no longer Li Fengjiao, and the emperor in front of her was no longer her uncle. She felt envious in her heart, but the other party would not give her any unprincipled grace.
After a long time, Emperor Chongning finally said, "Get up first and then talk!"
"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Mingyi stood up, maybe she had been kneeling for a long time and staggered slightly.
"Be careful!" An Qian quickly stretched out her hand to support her.
She turned her head and smiled at An Qian, but her face turned pale and her smile seemed a little weak.
"I understand everything you said..." Before Emperor Chongning finished speaking, the voice of Waiter Xu sounded outside.
"Your Majesty, Commander Yu is back!"
Emperor Chongning immediately stopped what he was about to say to Mingyi, and instead raised his eyes to look at the tent door, with unnoticeable anxiety in his eyes.
An Qian beside her also looked behind her anxiously.
Mingyi frowned suspiciously, and the uneasiness that had been lingering in her heart suddenly deepened.
(End of this chapter)