Including Lian Tie, there were only six people left who could protect Wu Mei and Li Hong.

Banmei and Xunlan were in a slightly better situation. They, along with Liantie and the other two, protected them behind them, stopping the enemies from chasing them.

Bailu and Xiaohan supported each other, and they no longer had the strength to swing the swords in their hands.

Of the ten guards, only one was left, and he was left at the last stop. However, he had been stabbed by four swords at the same time and was powerless to recover.

Li Hong and his group were helpless at this moment and could only be forced to continue moving up the mountain. There were still dozens of enemies, and they also slowed down their pursuit. They also did not expect that these dozen people would cause them to lose so many good men.

Whether it was the mountain paths or the woods, from the assassination site to the collapsed mountain path, the entire road was littered with their corpses, and the casualties were extremely heavy!

Li Hong and Wu Mei supported each other, and while Lian Tie and others were blocking the enemy, they had already climbed over the collapsed area. As long as they went a little further, they would be able to reach the Zongsheng Palace.

But there were obviously still enemies hiding in the woods, which made the mother and son immediately alone. On the other side of the collapsed area, Lian Tie and his five men were struggling to block the pursuing enemies, but on this side of the collapsed area, there were even more enemies emerging.

"Mother, hurry, run to the mountain." Li Hongyang's hand shot out a cold light, and a man in black fell down in the dense forest.

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The Zongsheng Palace was already in sight from afar, but the seven or eight enemies chasing them from both sides of the mountain road were getting closer and closer to them.

"Take a detour." Li Hong pulled Wu Mei, who was beginning to panic, and suddenly rushed into the dense forest. From a distance, they saw a small cave where they could hide.

The two men left and completely lost contact with Lian Tie and the others. They quickly ran through the woods, with the enemy still chasing them.

Leaning against a tree, Li Hong raised his hand and shot out a cold light again. The man in black who was in the front suddenly lost his balance and rolled down the slope quickly.

The man in black above immediately hid behind a tree, fearing that he would be shot again.

Li Hong looked at the man in black who rolled to his feet. He was just shot in the chest by him. Although it was not fatal, the strong impact still made the man in black unstable. Coupled with the pain in his chest, he rolled down.

Li Hong grabbed the sword and slashed at the black-clothed man's neck before the man stood up. Immediately, a wave of blood spurted out and splashed all over Li Hong's face.

Li Hong glanced at the man in black who was sticking his head out from the slope, then turned to Wu Mei and pointed to a cave not far away, indicating that she should hide there while he would fight the enemy here.

Wu Mei watched the entire process without blinking, from the moment Li Hong started shooting to the moment Li Hong killed people. That small, unfazed figure seemed to be frozen in his heart at that moment.

In order to protect me, Honger ignored his own comfort, and... he was only ten years old!

Wu Mei couldn't help but compare Li Hong with Li Xian and others. She was sure that if it were any other prince today, he would probably be so scared that he would be hiding behind her and screaming, or even too scared to walk when looking at the brutal killing scene.

Wu Mei's face was suddenly filled with smiles. She took two steps forward, took Li Hong's other hand, and then slowly walked towards the small cave.

Li Hong was stunned and looked up at his mother. Wu Mei had a gentle smile on her face, but her eyes were full of determination, as if to say, if you want to go, let's go together.

"I admire you. It's already so late." Li Hong took the sword in his hand and chopped off the branches that were in the way, then ran forward quickly with Wu Mei.

In front of the cave, Li Hong was afraid that there might be wild beasts inside. He looked at the enemies behind him who were obviously afraid of the Yanchi crossbow in his hand. They moved slowly and cautiously, taking cover from the trees.

Li Hong scratched the sweat from his face, looked at the cave again, then made a gesture to Wu Mei to keep quiet. He then shot the Yanchi crossbow in his hand into the cave. Apart from the sound of the arrow hitting the stone wall, no animals ran out from inside.

Li Hong then pulled Wu Mei towards the entrance of the cave, then pointed behind the cave and motioned for Wu Mei to continue moving forward, while he would use the cave to delay the enemy.

Without waiting for Wu Mei to speak, Li Hong handed Wu Mei three of the six arrows he had left, and then pushed Wu Mei away quickly.

Wu Mei still shook her head, looked at the cave, then looked at the arrow handed to her by Li Hong, stretched out her hand and slowly pushed it back, then handed the Yanchi crossbow in her hand to Li Hong.

Without waiting for Li Hong to react, Wu Mei dived into the cave. Whether it was a blessing or a curse, Wu Mei no longer thought about it. The cave was not the only place that could provide safety, but she knew that as long as she entered the cave, Li Hong would be less distracted.

Seeing Wu Mei hiding in the cave, Li Hong was helpless. He held the sword in one hand and a swallow-wing crossbow in the other. He found a secluded place at the entrance of the cave and lay down.

"Hong'er, do you think our mother will die?" Wu Mei found a clean stone in the cave and sat down on it, while she gathered her hair that was scattered out of her bun and asked.

"No, mother, you are the Empress of the Tang Dynasty. It won't happen. Don't worry, I have your help." Li Hong said while watching the movements outside.

I saw a man in black quickly flash out from behind a tree, with the crossbow in his hand that had been prepared for a long time, which was fired in an instant. Before the man could move behind another tree, the arrow pierced the side of his neck, and he immediately fell limp in the grass.

In this way, Li Hong effectively prevented these people from approaching the cave quickly. At this moment, Hua Meng and others suddenly appeared behind these people.

Bailu and Xiaohan did not seem to be running down the slope, but rather seemed to be stumbling and rolling down the slope.

Li Hong felt relieved when he saw that Lian Tie and his five men had found him. However, when he saw that there were still men in black behind them, his heart sank involuntarily.

The figures in the woods appeared and disappeared, sometimes it was Lian Tie and others, sometimes it was the men in black. Li Hong lay there and watched silently, and suddenly said lightly: "I must find out for myself who these people are and where they came from."

"Have Lian Tie and the others arrived?" Wu Mei stood up and looked outside.

Bai Lu was stabbed in the heart silently. After Xiao Han chopped off the man's head from behind, he looked at Bai Lu and was also stabbed in the vitals by another man in black. The two of them slowly fell down.

"Mother, be careful." Li Hong suddenly roared, and the two swallow-wing crossbows in his hands shot towards the side of the cave entrance as fast as lightning. The man was leaping over from the air, and the horizontal sword in his hand was pointed directly at Wu Mei who stuck her head out.

This person had obviously been lurking here a long time ago. He was afraid of the crossbow in Li Hong's hand, so he had been lurking and waiting for an opportunity.

Li Hong didn't know whether the crossbow in his hand hit the target or not. At the same time as the crossbow was fired, Li Hong stood up, turned around quickly and pounced on Wu Mei, leaving his back to the man in black who fell from the sky.

"Hmm..." Li Hong groaned, his left shoulder suddenly feeling a burning pain, and then he heard the sound of an object falling to the ground behind him.

Wu Mei's face turned pale, and she stared blankly at the deep wound on Li Hong's shoulder: "Hong'er, Hong'er..."

"It's okay, mother, please come in quickly..." Li Hong felt weak all over, and the burning pain on his shoulder went straight to the soles of his feet, making him feel weak and a little unsteady.

Without waiting for Wu Mei to continue checking the wound, Li Hong suddenly bent down, picked up the sword he had thrown, and stabbed it fiercely behind him. In just a moment, another man in black rushed to the cave entrance.

Li Hong had just raised the sword in his hand when the man in black suddenly fell towards Li Hong as if he was kicked from behind, and his chest hit the sword in Li Hong's hand.

Li Hong was already exhausted, and with the collision of the man in black, he was knocked into Wu Mei's arms again. Wu Mei had been staring at the wound on Li Hong's shoulder and didn't pay any attention to what was happening in front of her. As a result, both mother and daughter were knocked to the ground by the man in black who fell down.

The mother and daughter quickly got up from the ground. At this moment, two figures suddenly appeared at the entrance of the cave. They were Wufa and Wutan.

When Li Hong saw that it was them, and the wound on his shoulder was still burning with pain, he said with difficulty after being helped up by Wu Mei: "Protect my mother, and find someone to take me to see Bai Lu and Xiao Han."

"Hong'er, no, the wound on your shoulder..."

"It's okay. I can hold it in." Li Hong's voice sounded like he was about to cry.

If he hadn't been suddenly stopped by the scene of Bai Lu and Xiao Han being stabbed, he probably wouldn't have given the lurking man in black a chance.

Wufa and Wutan nodded, and then two people came forward immediately. One of them held a bandage in his hand and quickly bandaged the wound of Li Hong, who was supported by the other person, and then slowly walked out.

At this moment, the men in black in the woods have been surrounded, and every one of them who resisted died a tragic death. Basically, there was no intact corpse in the woods, and the smell of blood began to spread slowly in the woods.

Lian Tie, Ban Mei and Xun Lan hurriedly saluted when they saw Li Hong. Li Hong's face was pale, his lips were a little blue, and his voice was trembling because of the wound on his shoulder: "Go to the cave and take good care of my mother. Are you all right?"

"Thank you for your concern, Your Highness. I'm fine." The three said at the same time.

"Go quickly." Li Hong looked at the three people whose faces were covered in blood and who were limping as they walked.

Lian Tie's waist was wet, obviously due to a wound, and the same was true for Banmei and Xunlan, who all had injuries of varying severity. Even so, they still walked quickly towards the cave.

"Leave a few alive." Li Hong gave the order while walking towards the direction of Bai Lu and Xiao Han with some fear.

In the grass, Bailu and Xiaohan were seen lying there head to head, their faces covered in blood. Their once beautiful eyes had long since lost their luster, and blood was still flowing from the corners of their mouths.