Chapter 116: Finally Escaped

Zhong Min looked at the black-clad assassins approaching step by step and couldn't help but sigh in his heart. He didn't expect that these people would find them so quickly. Could it be that they really couldn't escape this time?

A preliminary visual estimate showed that there were at least twenty men in black. The gleaming swords in their hands made the contrast between black and white even more obvious, making people feel dizzy.

"You go first. Once you enter the forest, it will be difficult for them to catch you." Seeing this, Zhong Min had no choice but to gently pull Xiao Mingzheng and whispered.

Xiao Mingzheng didn't say anything. He looked back at Zhong Min and held her hand tighter. His expression clearly told her that he would not abandon her alone and run away.

"Let's go. Whoever can leave is welcome. There's no need to hang everyone on one tree!" Zhong Min was a little anxious. The assassins were right in front of him. If he didn't leave now, it would be too late.

"Since I've taken you with me, I won't leave you alone again." Xiao Mingzheng said calmly. Then he looked at the assassins and said calmly, "Who are you, and why are you so relentless in pursuing me?"

Hearing Xiao Mingzheng's words, one of the men in black waved his hand, and everyone stopped immediately. The closest person was less than ten steps away from Xiao Mingzheng and Zhong Min.

"I never thought Prince Mu was such a sentimental man. He even took a woman with him when he fled. It's truly impressive!" The leading man in black taunted, "What a shame! You can't escape your fate this time!"

Hearing this voice, Zhong Min was immediately surprised. If she remembered correctly, she had heard this voice before. It was from one of the two people who chased him after she escaped from Prince Mu's Mansion for the first time.

"It's you!" She suddenly realized and said to the leading man in black, "I know who you are!"

"That's good to know. I've known for a long time that you were pretending to have amnesia. Today I'm going to deal with you too. There's no point in keeping someone who is useless except doing bad things in this world!" The man in black spoke in a bad tone, with an expression of disgust towards Zhong Min.

"What are you talking about? Do you really think you're so famous, known to everyone? You're just that jerk who chased me for no apparent reason the other day. Who knows what you are?" Zhong Min raged, pointing at the man and cursing, "You're such a narcissist! You're just relying on your numbers. If you're capable, fight on your own. Otherwise, don't be so arrogant."

"You little bitch, I'll send you to hell right now and see how long you can keep your mouth shut!" The leading man in black was obviously enraged. He raised his knife and rushed towards Zhong Min.

Seeing this, Xiao Mingzheng pulled Zhong Min behind him again, then drew his dagger and tried to fight the man. However, before the leading man in black could get close, he was stopped by two other men in black behind him.

"Sir, please don't be impulsive. The young master said not to hurt her in the slightest!" The two men said in unison, "Let's kill Prince Mu first!"

The leading man in black calmed down upon hearing this. He nodded to the two men and waved his hand, signaling everyone to move. In an instant, the two men attacked Xiao Mingzheng together.

Seeing this, Xiao Mingzheng pushed Zhong Min back a little, and then went straight to fight with the two men. Zhong Min was worried, but if he went forward to help at this moment, it would only make things worse, so he had to try not to be a burden to him.

"Be careful!" Seeing the two long swords slashing towards Xiao Mingzheng one after another, Zhong Min was extremely anxious, but when he saw Xiao Mingzheng suddenly dodged lightly, he breathed a sigh of relief.

No one could tell that Xiao Mingzheng had such good skills. With his current physical strength, he was not at a disadvantage at all when fighting against two masters at the same time. However, Zhong Min knew in his heart that this was not a long-term strategy. After all, there were too many people. No matter how powerful Xiao Mingzheng was, he could not fight against more than twenty people alone. He would be exhausted by them just by dragging them out, not to mention that those people were all masters.

Seeing that Xiao Mingzheng was so powerful, the leading man in black had to call two more people to help. Suddenly, the situation gradually reversed. Xiao Mingzheng, who had originally had the upper hand, was suppressed by the four men. He gradually lost the ability to fight back and had to retreat step by step.

Suddenly, one of the men in black swept across, and Xiao Mingzheng was tripped to the ground in order to avoid the other man's direct attack. Seeing this, the man in black immediately raised his knife and chopped towards Xiao Mingzheng. Seeing that the knife was about to hit him, the situation was critical.

"Damn it!" Zhong Min shouted in desperation, picked up a fist-sized stone on the ground and smashed it directly at the head of the man in black holding a knife.

Unexpectedly, this time the blow was really accurate and hit the man's eye. The man was caught off guard and tilted his head, and the knife in his hand involuntarily tilted to the side, allowing Xiao Mingzheng to escape luckily.

However, before Zhong Min could be happy, he saw another person coming up from behind and slashing at Xiao Mingzheng with another fatal blow. This time it was so fast that Zhong Min didn't have time to react. He could only stare with fear and watch the knife falling in front of him helplessly.

"No!" At the last second, she couldn't help but want to close her eyes, not wanting to see the scene that she extremely didn't want to see.

Just when she was sure that Xiao Mingzheng was really doomed this time, she heard a whoosh sound and an arrow shot out from somewhere, hitting the heart of the man in black holding the knife. Immediately, the knife stopped in mid-air and fell down together with the man in black.

Seeing this, Xiao Mingzheng turned over nimbly and stood up quickly. Before the other men in black could react, more arrows were shot at them again.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Xiao Mingfeng quickly retreated to Zhong Min's side. The black-clad assassins were thrown into disarray by the sudden barrage of arrows. Looking in the direction of the arrows, they discovered that a large number of soldiers were rushing towards them.

Seeing that the situation was not good, the leading man in black tried hard to step forward and take Xiao Mingzheng's life, but the arrow seemed to have eyes and flew straight towards the person who wanted to approach Xiao Mingzheng, forcing him to retreat step by step and unable to get close at all.

In a matter of moments, several of the dozen or so men in black had been killed by arrows, and others had suffered varying degrees of injuries. Seeing this, the leading man in black glared fiercely at Xiao Mingzheng and Zhong Min, then signaled the rest of the group to retreat at full speed, canceling the assassination attempt that was about to succeed.

"Your Highness, I am late in coming to your rescue. Please punish me!" Soon, the soldiers came over, and the leader was none other than Luo Jiaxing, whom he had not seen for a long time.

"No need to bow!" Xiao Mingzheng grabbed Luo Jiaxing, who was about to bow, and his expression suddenly relaxed a lot: "Jiaxing came at the right time. How can I reward him, not punish him!"

"Thank you, Your Highness, for not blaming me!" Luo Jiaxing finally breathed a sigh of relief. He had just seen from a distance that those assassins almost hurt Xiao Mingzheng. Fortunately, the arrow was shot in time and accurately.

"Is the prince not injured?" Xie Feng, who had led his men to chase the assassins, ran back and said, "Those people were too fast and disappeared in a short while. I was worried about the prince's safety, so I didn't dare to chase them anymore!"

"Forget it, there's no need to chase after her. There will always be opportunities in the future." Xiao Mingzheng said, then turned to Zhong Min beside him and asked, "Are you okay?"

Zhong Min finally breathed a sigh of relief. With so many fully armed soldiers here, the assassins wouldn't dare to come out and cause trouble again. "I'm fine. I'm finally safe this time!"

"That stone you threw just now was quite accurate." Xiao Mingzheng said with a smile, "It seems that I owe you my life again."

"Yes, yes, sister, that stone throw just now was really good. Otherwise, General Luo's arrow would have been too late!" Xie Feng held his breath, and now he finally felt relieved: "Fortunately, the prince and you are fine, otherwise I really won't forgive myself!"

Seeing this, Zhong Min smiled and said, "Don't say that. The important thing is that everything is fine now. By the way, how did Big Brother find this place? And isn't General Luo in Muzhou? How did he suddenly appear here?"

"This isn't the place to talk. Let's go down the mountain first." Xiao Mingzheng interrupted Zhong Min's confusion and said directly, "Your injury needs to be treated immediately. Leaving it untreated for too long could easily leave a root cause."

Hearing Xiao Mingzheng mention Zhong Min's injury, everyone couldn't help but look at her, and then they remembered this matter. Luo Jiaxing had no idea where Zhong Min was injured or when she was injured. He was very worried, but he didn't ask too much for the time being. He had to do as Xiao Mingzheng said and immediately asked people to organize the team and go down the mountain back to Xifengling first.

Xiao Mingzheng had a simple stretcher brought up to carry Zhong Min down the mountain, and soon the group left and headed towards Xifeng Ridge. This time, they were much faster, and since they no longer had to worry about the assassins, they didn't have to take any detours, so they quickly reached their destination.

After arriving, Zhong Min had a delicious meal first, and then asked the doctor to treat his wound again. Only then did he have time to find Xie Feng to find out what happened.

"Brother, I almost forgot to ask you, how is that little girl Zi Yan? I pressed her into the bush at that time. I hope she is okay?" Zhong Min suddenly remembered the little girl. He was too busy escaping for his life to take care of her before, but now that he is safe, he naturally has to ask about her.

"You are still worried about her. She is lucky. Most of us were killed or injured, but she didn't lose a single hair. I brought her here and locked her up over there." Xie Feng had a look of dissatisfaction on his face, as if he hated Zi Yan very much.

"Why are you locking her up?" Zhong Min asked curiously, "Is she a spy?"

"She's not a spy, but that girl was only concerned about saving her own life when she was in danger. What's the use of having a maid like her? If she hadn't been crying, I would have killed her with a knife!" Xie Feng gestured and looked really impatient.

Zhong Min laughed when he heard the reason. "Brother, you misunderstood her. Please have her released immediately. I was the one who forced her to stay there. I don't blame her. It's my own recklessness that I blame. If I had known, I shouldn't have gone there. Instead, I hindered you and almost caused the prince's death."

"What are you so reckless about? If you hadn't come out, none of us would be alive now!" Xie Feng blurted out in a hurry.