Chapter 61

They desperately wanted to escape, but it was too late.

After saying that, Sanzhou Jinse drew her sword and moved, holding Mu Yulu's hand. Using the slight force in her wrist, she unleashed astonishing speed and power, dodging and weaving in the narrow encirclement.

The sword light was like a bolt of lightning, like a swimming dragon. Each strike was extremely simple and unadorned, yet it always struck the vital point.

His figure regained its ethereal grace, as if he were a banished immortal. The enemy's blades always grazed past his clothes by the thinnest of a second, without even touching the hem of his or Mu Yulu's clothes.

In just a few breaths, the pursuers fell one after another.

Finally, only one pursuer remained, retreating in terror. He grabbed the body of one of his companions and threw it forward before turning and running, trying to disappear into the shadows of the alley.

Sanzhou Jinse held Mu Yulu's hand, and with a very slight flick of her wrist, the longsword flew out of her hand and instantly pierced the man's back.

Everything returned to deathly silence.

Moonlight spilled down, illuminating the body lying on the ground. Sanzhou Jinse slowly released her hand from Mu Yulu's hand.

Mu Yulu exhaled in alarm, then turned around with delight: "That's great, you've recovered your internal energy?"

But Sanzhou Jinse's face was even paler than before. He swayed and fell backward like a jade tree collapsing.

Mu Yulu quickly helped him up, but she was too weak to do so, and in the end, she could only fall to the ground with him.

He leaned weakly against her again and vomited blood.

Mu Yulu hurriedly wiped him clean.

That's not right. This is different from what's written in the storybooks. In the storybooks, the peerless heroes can temporarily suppress the poison after being poisoned, and it will only relapse once they are completely out of danger.

They are far from out of danger; there are still many pursuers in the alley.

Mu Yulu told Sanzhou Jinse everything she had said, hoping to encourage him to cheer up.

But then he couldn't stop vomiting blood.

He reached out and grasped her hand again, but this time he could only hold it weakly, lacking the strength he had before.

"I just forced myself to circulate my internal energy, and the toxins in my body have already spread to my heart meridian. I can no longer suppress them." He once again told her to leave him: "Don't worry about me, go on your own."

Mu Yulu sighed inwardly, struggled to her feet, gritted her teeth, and once again hoisted the Sanzhou Jinse onto her back.

“If I had planned to abandon you, I would have left you and gone by now. Why would I have waited until now?” She staggered as she ran out of the alley. “If we manage to escape this time, you must remember my kindness.”

Sweat and blood dripped down her cheeks together.

To stay awake, she bit the tip of her tongue.

When she lured away the pursuers, she really felt like she couldn't run anymore, but now, with Sanzhou Jinse on her back, she suddenly burst out with amazing strength, running for her life with him, continuing to weave through the alleys.

Hiding Sanzhou Jinse in the alley is no longer an option; he has no way to suppress the poison now, and leaving him here is just letting him wait to die.

Although she's carrying him and running for her life, it seems like she's just waiting to die.

She circled the remaining pursuers into the alley and then turned and ran out of the alley.

She wanted to stall for as long as possible, to grasp at every glimmer of hope; she really didn't want to die.

He ran breathlessly to the alley entrance and saw a horse-drawn carriage.

She instinctively tried to back away, but someone jumped down from the carriage and grabbed her arm. At the same time, a head popped out of the carriage: "Sister Mu, hurry up and get in the carriage!"

The people inside the carriage were actually Qi Zhizhi and his sister.

Mu Yulu hesitated for a moment. She originally didn't want Qi Zhizhi and the others to get involved in this matter, but feeling the coldness from the body on her back, she gritted her teeth and followed Qi Zhizhi into the carriage.

The carriage left the alleyway silently and quickly disappeared into the night.

Mu Yulu was still in shock. Now that she had calmed down a little, she was trembling all over.

Qi Zhizhi gazed at her silently, then took off his outer garment and draped it over her.

Qi Zhi Qiu kept talking: "As soon as we heard that something happened in the palace, we came to find you immediately. When my brother heard that this matter was related to the Three States Jinse, he knew that you would definitely be implicated as well."

"Luckily, neither my brother nor I went to the palace today, otherwise we wouldn't have been able to save you. How did you get yourself into this state? You risked your life just to save him? He's Sanzhou Jinse? I think he's just..."

As Qi Zhi Qiu spoke, she looked down, but when she saw San Zhou Jin Se's face, all her words caught in her throat.

Finally, he blurted out, "He is indeed good-looking, not just good-looking, but exceptionally good-looking."

As she spoke, she reached out to touch his face: "How could anyone in this world be so good-looking? Impossible, absolutely impossible, he must be wearing a human skin mask."

However, Qi Zhizhi slapped her hand back before she could even reach it, and asked Mu Yulu with a stern face, "What do you plan to do next?"

Mu Yulu raised her head and glanced at him in a daze, then looked down to observe Sanzhou Jinse's condition. Finally, she said, "Please take me to the outskirts of the capital. I will take him and continue our escape."

Qi Zhi Qiu's eyes widened: "Are you crazy? San Zhou Jin Se assassinated the prince, and now the entire capital is under martial law. Not even a fly can get out."

Mu Yulu nodded. She was still in a daze, but her thoughts were not chaotic: "After that hour, you can take me back to that alley. I'll hide there with him for one night."

The most dangerous place is the safest place.

They escaped from that alley, and the pursuers shouldn't search there again for a while.

Sanzhou Jinse is, after all, Mu Qinhan's person. Mu Qinhan is not one to sit idly by; he will certainly not allow Sanzhou Jinse to fall into the hands of the Third Prince. This matter will be settled by tomorrow at the latest. She still has great faith in Mu Qinhan's methods.

So as long as they can get through this night, they should be safe.

But then Qi Zhizhi calmly instructed, "We'll take you back to the Mu residence now. Once you're back, just stay in your own courtyard. Whatever happens tonight is none of your business."

He emphasized, "Remember this, you know nothing."

Mu Yulu shook her head vigorously: "What about Sanzhou Jinse? What will happen to him?"

Qi Zhizhi spoke calmly, clearly having already made a plan: "I will take him back to the Qi residence. No one from the Qi residence has shown up tonight. Even if the Third Prince wants to conduct a large-scale search, he won't be able to trace it back to us."

Mu Yulu shook her head again: "That's too dangerous. What if they find out about the Qi family? Wouldn't that implicate you?"

Qi Zhizhi instructed the coachman to head to the Mu residence immediately, and then said in an unquestionable manner, "The Qi residence has many secret passages and mechanisms. Even if they want to investigate, it won't be so easy for them to find the person."

Mu Yulu was still worried: "But..."

But before he could finish speaking, Qi Zhizhi interrupted him: "This is the best way right now, and the only way to protect both of you. Once things calm down tonight, I will move him to the No. 1 Restaurant in the World, and you can come to see him then."

Mu Yulu fell silent.

Qi Zhizhi was right; this method was indeed more reliable than hiding in the alley as she had imagined.

For a moment, no one spoke, and the carriage fell silent. Qi Zhiqi glanced at Qi Zhizhi, whose face was gloomy, and then at Mu Yulu, whose face was full of worry. Seeing that neither of them spoke, she also awkwardly shut her mouth.

Only after the carriage safely arrived at the entrance of the Mu residence did Qi Zhizhi ask Mu Yulu, "Are you injured?"

Mu Yulu only came to her senses when she heard Qi Zhizhi's voice. She looked down at the blood on her skirt and then shook her head.

The blood on her body was from Sanzhou Jinse. Although the escape was dangerous, apart from the wound on her tongue that she had bitten herself, she was not injured at all.

Qi Zhizhi reached out and lifted the carriage curtain for her: "If everything goes well, we'll meet at the World's Number One Restaurant tomorrow."

Mu Yulu nodded, gratefully thanked Qi Zhizhi and his sister, glanced back at the unconscious Sanzhou Jinse, then lifted her skirt and jumped off the carriage.

The situation is urgent, and even if she has a lot to say, she can only wait until tomorrow.

Xinyun opened the door for her tonight. The commotion in the palace was so great that the Mu family had naturally heard about it.

The moment Xinyun opened the door and saw Mu Yulu, she rushed over. Seeing Mu Yulu covered in blood, she cried out in distress, "Miss, what happened to you? Are you injured?"

Mu Yulu took her hand and walked into the yard: "The blood on the clothes is not mine. I can't explain it to you in detail now. Let's go back to the yard first."

Xin Yun's hand was grabbed by Mu Yulu. She was surprised to find that her mistress's strength had become much greater than before. She said anxiously from behind her, "Miss, I've been guarding the door for you. Master and Madam are in our courtyard now. They're discussing not opening the door for you, or they'll tie you up and hand you over to the Third Prince when you come back!"

Upon hearing this, Mu Yulu paused for a moment.

Then she continued walking towards the backyard, and sure enough, she could see her yard brightly lit in the distance.

It was already very late at night, yet so many people were still guarding her courtyard.

Mu Yugang and Mu Zhaoshi were huddled together, clearly still discussing something. When they saw Mu Yulu return, they were about to call out to her. At the same time, the servants in the courtyard were eager to move, waiting for the master and mistress to give the order so they could rush up and tie her up.

However, upon seeing Mu Yulu covered in blood, their first words turned into terrified screams: "You...you...how did you get like this?"

Mu Yulu acted as if she hadn't seen them, walking straight through the crowd and into the house. Mohe, who was waiting in the courtyard, quickly followed her in and closed the door behind her.

As soon as she entered the house, Mu Yulu began to take off her clothes. "Mohe, bring me a new set of clothes. Xinyun, dispose of this set of clothes I took off immediately, whether you burn it or bury it."

Her reaction was already quite quick, but before she could even finish taking off her clothes, another series of chaotic footsteps came from outside.

"The Imperial City Guard is conducting an investigation and searching for the assassin. All unrelated personnel must leave immediately!"