Chapter 90 Assassination Attempt: Xiao Xuance Falls into a Trap

Old Liao instructed each household to send two people into the mountains to find food, lest they all become so bored they wanted to die every day.

Xiao Xuance used to lead troops in battles on the border and often went hunting in the mountains, so he would definitely go.

Apart from Xiao Xuanwu, the rest were women and children.

Xiao Xuanwu said, "Third brother, I'll go with you. Although I don't know how to hunt, I can learn."

He is a man and needs to learn to find food so that the women in his family won't go hungry or cold. His third brother's martial arts skills are ruined, so he can't shoulder everything alone.

Yun Zhaoxue ate two hawthorns, but the more she ate, the hungrier she became. When she didn't want to eat anymore, she handed them to the children.

She stood up and said, "Xiao Wu, we need to leave a man here to protect everyone. I'll go into the mountains with him."

If she can't find anything, she can take out food from her spatial storage; otherwise, she won't have enough to eat, won't have enough strength, and won't be able to move.

Madam Yang was worried about her going and advised, "Xue'er, you are pregnant. The mountain path is steep. What if you fall and get hurt? Why don't you not go? I'll go instead."

Xie Wanyun also said, "Mother, let me go. Although I don't know how to hunt, I can pick wild vegetables and gather mushrooms and fungus."

Although it's not as delicious as meat, at least it can fill your stomach, which is better than cornbread.

Song Mingyan also said she wanted to go, because she couldn't let a pregnant woman risk going into the mountains to find food for them.

"Everyone, stop arguing. I'll take care of myself. I trust my husband will protect me, right? As the saying goes, when husband and wife are of one mind, their strength can break metal. Just wait for our good news." Yun Zhaoxue winked at the man.

She wanted to go.

Xiao Xuance knew she was opinionated and couldn't be persuaded, so he said, "Please rest assured, Mother, Eldest Sister-in-law, and Second Sister-in-law, I will take good care of her and will not let her get hurt."

He is still the head of the family, and the Yang family and others listen to him.

Hearing him say that, she stopped insisting and only told him to protect Yun Zhaoxue.

Yun Zhaoxue, "..."

It's still uncertain who will protect whom.

People entering the mountains can temporarily remove their handcuffs and shackles.

The others didn't dare to go in first, but secretly followed behind them.

Xiao Xuance did not walk fast.

The Duan family father and son, the Shen family, and the Third Prince's guards quickly overtook them and went ahead.

Xiao Xuance cut a forked branch, took out the materials he had prepared in advance, and quickly made a simple slingshot.

The two headed into the mountains along the less crowded path, where the path gradually narrowed and the vegetation on both sides grew denser.

Xiao Xuance led the way, parting the low, slanting bushes.

Yun Zhaoxue followed closely behind.

Suddenly, a flapping sound came from the bushes on the left, and a brown-winged owl took flight.

Xiao Xuance quickly loaded the pebbles onto the slingshot, tightened the rubber band, and aimed.

With a soft "whoosh," the pebble shot through the air and struck the owl's lower abdomen, disappearing into the grass like a kite with a broken string.

Seeing this, Yun Zhaoxue gave the man a thumbs up, "Impressive, good aim."

They react quickly and can even predict the opponent's flight trajectory.

If he were an archer, he would definitely be a master archer.

Xiao Xuance's lips curled slightly, his dark eyes sparkling with confidence. "This is nothing. If I had a bow and arrow, I could hit the target with my eyes closed."

"I'd heard before that you were one of the top three in martial arts, but I never imagined you were such a skilled archer."

Xiao Xuance's eyes dimmed. "That was before. Now I'm a cripple."

Yun Zhaoxue accidentally touched a sore spot, patted his shoulder encouragingly, and said, "Don't be discouraged, maybe one day you'll recover by chance."

In his past life, he practiced some kind of evil art, which reshaped his bones and muscles, making him the best martial artist in the world, and no one could rival him.

The owl wasn't quite dead yet; it struggled and flapped its wings in agony.

Xiao Xuance walked over, grabbed its neck, and lifted it up, using his thumb and forefinger to apply force.

A crisp 'snap!' sound rang out.

Yun Zhaoxue retorted, "...ruthless."

"Sorry I scared you. Next time I'll go further away before killing it."

This bird is going to die sooner or later, so it's better to end its suffering sooner.

"Tch, who's afraid?"

Continuing on, I unexpectedly saw it. Two eggs, the eggs were very small.

Xiao Xuance said, "They are eggs laid by pheasants."

The presence of eggs indicates the presence of pheasants nearby.

I picked up the eggs and put them in my cloth bag, then continued searching nearby.

Based on past hunting experience, they finally found two pheasants incubating their eggs in the forest.

Yun Zhaoxue took out a scalpel from her bosom.

Xiao Xuance was surprised; she could actually use throwing knives?

They exchanged a glance, communicating with their eyes, one for each person.

Throwing knives and bows and arrows are prepared simultaneously.

Yun Zhaoxue counted softly, "Three, two, one..."

As soon as it landed, throwing knives and pebbles shot out simultaneously.

"Whoosh!"

A stone hit the chicken's head.

The throwing knife pierced the back of another chicken.

The two chickens died almost simultaneously.

Yun Zhaoxue was very dissatisfied. It was another draw, and she stomped her foot on the spot.

Xiao Xuance said, "You are pregnant, stomping your feet might hurt the baby."

"I know my own body, go pick up the chickens."

There are four or five eggs under each of the two chickens.

Xiao Xuance drained the chicken's blood, tied its feet with rattan, and carried it in his hand.

Yun Zhaoxue then stuffed straw into the cloth bag before putting the eggs inside.

If you have enough chicken, just pick some wild vegetables, onions, and mushrooms to cook together as side dishes, and that should be about right.

Yun Zhaoxue was in charge of picking wild vegetables.

Xiao Xuance was picking mushrooms and wood ear fungus under a tall shrub nearby.

Suddenly, Xiao Xuance and Yun Zhaoxue noticed that someone seemed to be watching them, and there was a murderous aura about them.

At the same time, looking over there, two arrows shot towards Yun Zhaoxue, "Whoosh!"

Xiao Xuance's pupils shrank, and he quickly ran towards her, shouting, "Get out of the way!"

Yun Zhaoxue put the egg into her spatial storage, leaped, rolled away, and quickly spun around to hide behind a large tree.

All the arrows flew towards Xiao Xuance.

As he dodged and ran towards Yun Zhaoxue, an arrow grazed his arm, and with a "rip!" sound, his sleeve tore open.

Seeing this, Yun Zhaoxue shouted at him, "Don't come any closer!"

Their target is him.

She doesn't need him to save her, why should a sick person act like a hero?

Yun Zhaoxue took out a pistol from her spatial storage and aimed it in the direction the arrow had come from. The other party had already run away, and the bushes were swaying.

Yun Zhaoxue was searching for the other person.

Suddenly, five or six arrows came flying at them.

There was more than one person, it seemed like four or five, and they were running and shooting at the same time. They moved very fast, and the swaying shadows of the trees made it impossible to tell their location. They were professional assassins.

Knowing that Yun Zhaoxue was hiding behind a tree, the enemy circled around to the side and shot arrows at her.

Yun Zhaoxue had nowhere to hide.

She aimed and was about to pull the trigger.

Suddenly, a man in black fell from the tree, his sword array pointed at her head.

She rolled away to dodge, fired a shot overhead, and the black-clad man's body crashed down.

Xiao Xuance exposed himself the moment Yun Zhaoxue was surrounded by arrows.

The other party's target is him; Yun Zhaoxue cannot be implicated.

As soon as he appeared, all the arrows shot towards him.

He leaned back to avoid the deadly arrow, but a piercing pain shot through his shinbone, causing him to lose his balance and fall backward.

The ground suddenly collapsed, and the person fell down; there was a trap.

The bottom of the pit was covered with sharpened wooden spikes, like the fangs of a ferocious beast.

If he falls, it will pierce him.

At the critical moment, Yun Zhaoxue's voice came, "Catch it."

Immediately afterwards, a vine was swung to the edge of the pit.

Xiao Xuance grabbed the vine and wrapped it around his wrist several times before stopping his fall.

His feet were only half a meter away from the wooden spikes below.

Almost simultaneously, a cold arrow struck Yun Zhaoxue directly in the back of the heart.

She dodged to the side, then quickly turned and fired two shots in that direction, "Bang! Bang!!"

A Black man's body fell from a tree.

Yun Zhaoxue tried to pull the person up, but two men in black reappeared and surrounded her.

"More? You're never going to stop, are you? If you want to die, I'll grant your wish!" Yun Zhaoxue's eyes turned icy, her whole body radiating murderous intent. She raised her arm, lifted her gun, and pulled the trigger. A flash of light erupted from the muzzle, and the bullet pierced the opponent's forehead. "Bang!"

Another woman in black witnessed her companion being shot dead by the terrifying weapon in her hand.

He leaped to the side of the vines, raised his knife, and cut the vines in half.

Yun Zhaoxue pulled the trigger on him, "Die."

The man in black raised his hand to cover his bleeding chest, saw a dark hole, his eyes widened, and he knelt down, his right hand plunged the knife into the ground.

With his last ounce of strength, he pressed the blade down on the vine, but the corpse pressed down on it, and the vine snapped instantly.

The force of the impact pushed Yun Zhaoxue half a step back, and she quickly rushed to the edge of the pit, shouting, "Xiao Xuance! Are you dead?"