The eldest young master of the Xie family, Xie Xianyu, was like a spring breeze and a graceful orchid—refined, elegant, and, rarest of all, blessed with a compassionate heart.
A year ago, h...
"Ten, ten or so, please... let me go!"
Wanruo's pupils suddenly shrank. It was bad.
The assassins immediately became excited upon hearing this and started searching everywhere. Soon, screams were heard from the bushes and the hiding ladies were discovered and caught one by one.
Xiuzhu held Wanruo's hand tightly, her face pale.
An assassin had already found his way to them. He was waving his knife around, clearing away obstacles and searching greedily.
Suddenly, he turned around and found Wanruo and Xiuzhu hiding behind the tree. His eyes lit up instantly: "Hahaha, there are two more here!"
He was about to rush over, but was caught off guard and killed by Fu Xianbo's knife from behind.
The noise startled the other assassins in the bushes: "Who is it?"
They immediately came over with knives in hand, and Wanruo's heart, which had just settled down, was lifted up again.
"Young Madam, take the Fifth Miss and leave quickly. I'll stay here to guard!"
"But there are nearly twenty of them. How can you handle them?"
"Go!"
Wanruo didn't dare to delay and immediately grabbed Xiuzhu and ran deep into the bushes.
The group of assassins were caught off guard when they saw the killer and immediately rushed forward. Fu Xian's martial arts skills were also top-notch, but these assassins were also masters, not to mention there were so many of them. After only ten rounds, he was attacked from both sides and received two knife wounds.
He didn't intend to defeat them, he just wanted to keep them busy for a while longer and delay some time.
But the assassins also noticed something was wrong: "They're stalling for time! Those two who just ran away must be important figures, go after them immediately!"
The assassins immediately split into two groups. One group surrounded Fu Xian and fought with him, while the other group went around and chased Wanruo and Xie Xiuzhu.
The footsteps behind her were approaching urgently. Xie Xiuzhu was so scared that she almost cried: "It's over, are we going to die?"
Wanruo looked around and saw the leaves swaying. She roughly identified the direction of the wind and pulled Xiuzhu to change direction.
The assassin behind her was almost catching up. When Wanruo turned around, she saw a number of ferocious and greedy faces.
"If we capture them, we might be able to blackmail them..."
As soon as she finished speaking, Wanruo raised her hand and threw out a packet of prescriptions, which flew towards their faces in the wind.
"ah!"
They screamed, covered their eyes and were forced to stop.
"These two bitches dared to plot against us! Hurry, catch up with them immediately and kill them!"
The two assassins following behind him closed their eyes in time and dodged, pausing for only a moment before chasing him again.
Wanruo's heart almost stopped when she heard the approaching footsteps from behind. She had no more medicine powder left, not to mention that this trick could only be used once; the second time, she would be on guard.
I'm afraid I'm really waiting to die now.
"How dare you run, you bitch!"
The two killers were about to catch them and reached out to grab them.
But suddenly, two "whoosh" sounds of feather arrows were heard.
Wanruo suddenly felt the footsteps behind her stop. She turned around and saw that the two men had been pierced through the heart by an arrow and fell to the ground with hideous faces.
She looked up in panic and saw Xie Xianyu arriving on a black horse. He had just put down the bow and arrow when a team of imperial guards following behind him started killing the remaining soldiers.
"Big brother!" Xie Xiuzhu cried out, "You're finally here."
Xie Xianyu dismounted and strode towards them: "Are you hurt?"
Wanruo was about to say no, but suddenly she felt her eyes go dark, and then her body swayed and she fell down uncontrollably.
Xie Xianyu's expression suddenly changed. He dashed forward and caught her. "Wanwan!"