Chapter 142: Falling off a cliff, who wants her life?
Now there was only one person on the run, and in order to attract attention, Xu Zhao ran towards a wide area. The further he ran, the less vegetation there was around him.
When people are in a panic, they will walk around randomly. She ran around like a headless fly, just to keep these assassins away.
In a panic, Xu Zhao inexplicably ran to a cliff.
She looked at the bottomless cliff below her feet, stopped, and gasped for breath. The stones at her feet fell accidentally because of her movement, without even a sound.
Novels and TV series never deceive me!
It turns out that there really is a cliff on the way to escape!
In the past, when she watched TV dramas, she always couldn't understand why the characters in the TV dramas would always run to a cliff and then be forced to jump off the cliff.
Now that I have met him, everything seems to make sense.
I will never complain when watching TV series again!
Shen Lingge, who was hiding in the woods, heard that everything was quiet nearby, not even the sound of birds singing. His feet were numb from squatting, so he poked his head out to look around. Seeing that there was no one, he quickly stood up.
Because he was going too fast, his vision suddenly went dark, and his right foot felt numb, so he almost fell to the ground.
He stood there for a while to recover, and when his vision became clear again, he limped down the mountain.
As long as he is fast enough, he might be able to find the emperor's uncle in time to save Sister Zhaozhao.
Chen Yu and Emperor Showa knelt and burned incense before the tablets of the late emperor and empress, and listened to the abbot and a group of monks chanting the sutras. He did not get up from the cushion until the whole process was over.
After saying goodbye to Emperor Showa, Chen Yu returned to the wing room and found it empty. Thinking that the two had not returned yet, he went out to look for them. He originally thought that they were just worshipping in various temples, but after visiting several temples, he did not find anyone. He immediately called the young master who was cleaning nearby and asked him if he had seen anyone.
After asking several people, I finally learned from one of them that the two of them went towards the back mountain.
Rushing to the back mountain, after walking a few steps, he saw Shen Lingge hurriedly coming down the mountain, and there was no sound of Xu Zhao beside him.
“Qinghe!”
Shen Lingge, who was in a hurry to get going, heard a familiar voice, looked in the direction of the voice, and saw Shen Yu. He didn’t have time to call for help, and blurted out: “Go and save Sister Zhaozhao!”
When he heard that it was about Xu Zhao, Shen Yu ran to Shen Lingge in three steps, "What happened to Zhaoxi? What happened to you guys on the mountain?"
According to Qinghe's temperament, if he encountered a ferocious beast, he would definitely not abandon Xu Zhao alone to escape. He might have encountered not a natural disaster but a man-made disaster!
First he ran up the mountain, then he ran down the mountain. Although he had almost no energy left, Shen Lingge still held on and dragged Shen Yu up the mountain.
In just two steps, Shen Yu ran to Shen Lingge's side, and even dragged him to run.
"We just encountered a group of people, about five or six people, with bows and arrows and other weapons. Sister Zhaozhao said that their target was her, so she hid me in a hidden place and led the assassins away."
"Do you know who sent them?" After hearing that the target was Xu Zhao, Shen Yu's dark eyes were as cold as an ice cellar, and the anger in his eyes was bottomless.
The thought of Emperor Showa flashed through his mind. Emperor Showa, who had never come to Baoguo Temple in previous years, came specially this year. Could it be that he deliberately lured him away so that he could kill Xu Zhao?
But he soon denied himself that Xu Zhao posed no threat to Emperor Zhaohe. Moreover, he had said that he would not marry her. Logically, Emperor Zhaohe would not easily take action against people around him.
In this case, Xu Zhao should have no enemies in the imperial city, so how could he have brought about a fatal disaster?
Shen Lingge panted and shook his head, "The people who came don't look like professional secret guards, and they don't look like they have specially planned to kill Sister Zhaozhao."
If they were professional secret guards and it was planned, I'm afraid the two of them wouldn't even have a chance to escape.
Xu Zhao heard footsteps behind him and turned around, only to see five masked men in black, one of them holding a bow and arrow, and the four behind him holding swords.
It seems that I can't survive this disaster today.
Xu Zhao glanced behind the men in black. She had led these assassins away to give Qinghe time to get help. Now she could only delay time as much as possible. "My dear heroes, can you tell me why you want to hurt my life? Look, I'm going to die soon, so let me die knowingly."
"Brother, don't fight with her. I will kill her with my sword. We will go back and report as soon as possible."
"That's right. The man he was with is not here. I'm afraid he went back to get help. We might as well make quick work of this!"
Depend on! Xu Zhao cursed in her heart, wondering if these assassins were so smart and so eager to kill her!
"Hey, good men, I'm new to the imperial city, so I shouldn't have offended anyone. Why are you trying to kill me? If you let me go, King Anding is my friend, and he will definitely give you a hundred taels of gold."
It is said that people die for money and birds die for food, so a hundred taels of gold should be very tempting.
If it were an ordinary killer, he would probably be tempted on the spot when he heard the offer of 100 taels of gold.
But the man leading the group with the bow and arrow was not attracted by these yellow and white things.
If they really let this woman go, the evil King Anding would probably have died before they could get the money.
He raised the bow and arrow in his hand without hesitation, aiming it at Xu Zhao's heart, and said in a cold voice: "Girl, it's your fault that your relationship with King Anding is unclear. My lady can't stand seeing other women standing next to King Anding."
As soon as he finished speaking, the hand pulling the bowstring loosened, and the sharp arrow flew out, not giving Xu Zhao any time to react, and pierced straight into Xu Zhao's heart.
The impact of the sharp arrow caused Xu Zhao to lose his balance, his feet slipped, and his body fell uncontrollably off the cliff.
Xu Zhao, who was in free fall, stretched out his hands hard to grab anything around him, but he grabbed nothing and fell to the ground.
"Ah!" The feeling of weightlessness surged into his heart. Xu Zhao opened his eyes in horror, jumped up from the bed, and subconsciously covered his heart with his hands.
No sharp arrows, no wounds, and no pain!
She gasped in shock and looked around. The white sheets, yellow and white wallpaper, and the TV screen in front of her were the familiar hotel style.
She's back!
Xu Zhao picked up his phone and looked at the time. It was already one o'clock in the morning.
She was not sleepy at all at this moment, so she got up, walked to the window and gently pushed it open.
Even though it was already early in the morning, there were still vehicles coming and going on the streets of City A. The street lights were like stars dotted in the night, illuminating the world.
The temperature in the early morning of summer is not as scorching as during the day. The evening breeze blows, ruffling the strands of hair on her forehead and the confused thoughts in her mind.
Those assassins were really ruthless and must be repeat offenders, but who wanted her life?
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