The last word was already very light.
As the words fell, the old man's body went limp completely and he fell on his back to the ground.
Qi Xu took a step forward.
"Master, be careful of traps." Ying Yi warned.
Qi Xu shook his head slightly, then leaned over to sniff the old man's breath.
There is indeed no breath left.
As the old man fell, several other men in black immediately looked over here, broke away from the people they were fighting with, and gathered over here.
In this operation, they have only one mission.
That is to kill King You Qi Xu.
The plans have been frustrated time and again, but as long as they still have one person left and one breath left, the mission is not over yet.
However, even the strongest elder among them has fallen?
Not to mention other people.
"Master, do you want to leave him alive?"
"No need. Kill him on the spot." Qi Xu was very familiar with the training of the royal secret guards.
Even if they could capture him alive, they would not be able to extract anything valuable from him.
Poison has been stuffed into the back teeth of these people. Once caught, they will commit suicide by taking poison in order to keep their mouths shut.
Rather than tying up our hands and capturing one alive, it would be better to kill them all and then look for clues from them.
"Yes." The guards of Tianshu Pavilion attacked more and more fiercely.
The reinforcements led by Feng Ping also raised their bows and arrows, coordinating with the guards inside to deal with the surviving men in black from the outside.
The men in black were all very skilled, but they could not withstand the simultaneous siege of so many people and gradually fell into inferiority.
At this time, the ground began to tremble slightly. Qi Xu looked up and saw that the tall tower in front of him seemed to shake.
The snow that fell from the top of the tower showed that this was not an illusion.
There are still people in the tower.
Could it be that these people were planning to destroy the entire tower? No wonder Miss Wei had to remind him to leave the tower at the last moment.
But now he is no longer in the tower. Even if the entire tower collapses and is destroyed, he cannot be hurt at all. What is the point of doing this?
The secret guards trained by the royal family are definitely not stupid.
I won't do such a purposeless thing.
After a series of failures, the last trick they used was probably their real trump card.
Even though he had the upper hand, Qi Xu did not dare to be careless at this moment.
Immediately, he ordered, "Retreat."
The team retreated in an orderly manner, but did not stop their attack on the men in black, leaving them no chance to escape.
There was a slight tremor under my body.
Wei Yunlan gradually regained consciousness with a painful sensation on his back. The moment he opened his eyes, he felt a sharp pain between his eyebrows.
"Sister, are you awake?" Wei Mingxuan was standing beside the horse, leading the horse. Apart from the battle situation in front, he was always paying attention to the situation of his elder sister on horseback.
The first thing he noticed was that she had opened her eyes, and heaved a sigh of relief.
"The ginseng pills that Doctor Yu gave me are really useful!"
The eldest sister had no external injuries, but her face was pale and she was unconscious. Although this situation had happened once before during his exile, it still frightened him greatly.
He immediately stuffed the life-saving ginseng pill that Doctor Yu had prepared for everyone into the eldest sister's mouth.
After hearing Wei Mingxuan's words, Wei Yunlan understood what the bitterness in her mouth meant.
Snowflakes fell on eyelashes.
The already unclear vision seemed to become even more blurred.
There was also the sound of weapons clashing not far away.
The horse under him was being led away.
The pain between the eyebrows is probably caused by excessive mental exhaustion, which cannot be cured by ordinary medicine.
You can only rely on endurance.
Wei Yunlan stretched out his hands from the cloak that was wrapped tightly around his body, supported himself on the saddle, and sat up on the horse's back.
Look forward.
The heavy snow blurred the vision.
The flickering flames on the tower were particularly noticeable on this snowy night.
It's not hard to see at a glance...
The tower is collapsing!
Qi Xu was ordering his men to retreat. Although the Huifeng Pavilion was a tall tower, even if it collapsed completely, it would not be able to injure the people who had retreated half a mile away.
Qi Xu was outside the tower.
The group of men in black must have other purposes for destroying the tower at this time.
The more he thought about it, the stronger the pain between his eyebrows became.
Even though Wei Yunlan always thought he had strong endurance, he was still grimacing in pain and couldn't help but gasp.
A salty and fishy smell was inhaled into the mouth and nose along with the cold wind.
Wei Yunlan shuddered with cold, and then felt extremely nauseous and dry-heaved subconsciously.
"Big sister?"
Wei Mingxuan looked over worriedly.
I don’t know if it was because I was too nervous or because I stayed in the snow for too long, but my hands and feet felt a little weak.
"Mingxuan, didn't you smell it?"
"What do you smell?" Wei Mingxuan was a little surprised.
Wei Yunlan didn't bother to explain to him. He raised his voice and shouted urgently: "Quick, tell everyone to cover their mouths and noses!"
She didn't know if anyone other than herself could smell this scent.
But she knew that the taste was definitely wrong!
The speculation I had when I was in the secret room before might have come true at this moment.
"Woof." A violent dog barking sounded from the side.
Heiyun, who had been waiting quietly beside the horse, now lowered his head, looking anxious.
Animals have a much stronger sense of smell than humans, especially dogs.
This further confirmed Wei Yunlan's previous guess.
That group of people actually used poison!
"Cover your mouth and nose!"
"Be careful of the poison gas!"
Wei Yunlan's previous reminder naturally fell into the ears of the guards who were protecting them. The guards that Qi Xu arranged for the Wei siblings were all his trusted followers.
Some of them had witnessed Wei Yunlan's abilities on their way to exile in the north.
Even if he didn't smell anything unusual, he didn't suspect anything and immediately gave the same reminder as before.
Qi Xu already thought the black-clad man's actions were strange, and when he heard the shouting from behind, he immediately understood what was going on and held his breath.
Not far away, two men in black who were about to be subdued also heard these words, and one of them immediately blew a whistle.
Then, a lot of powder was seen falling from the top of the shaking tower.
It was as if many tiny snowflakes were falling from the tower.
However, this was not snow. Once it touched the burning torches outside the tower, it disappeared without a trace.
The salty and fishy smell, which was originally barely noticeable, seemed to become stronger after this action.
Then there was a loud "boom" from the tower.
The rubble shook off and more and more powder poured down.
It is impossible to guard against and cannot be stopped.
At the same time, several crossbow arrows were aimed at the black figure half a mile outside the tower.
Three "whoosh" sounds.
Crossbow arrows shot from overhead.
The speed is several times faster than ordinary arrows.
At such a close distance, it can pierce a person in an instant.
The guards around had not expected that this was hidden in the tower.
However, the person who was pointed at by the arrow seemed to have known in advance that this attack would come.
The black hem of his clothes fluttered in the snow as he dodged the three crossbow arrows swiftly!
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