Chapter 69 Jiaojiao aimed at Sang Ji's vital point: "You're here to kill me too..."
Li Du wanted to arrest her and imprison her. To avoid capture, Crescent Moon Fox fled to the front of Sangji Mansion.
When she arrived, Sang Ji had already prepared a carriage and horses.
She asked the driver, who knew her well, and told him where she was going without her permission.
We're going to Caocun.
The new moon is fox-like.
She couldn't understand why Sang Ji, who had always been kind to her and always obeyed her every whim, hadn't come to protect her this time, but instead went to that godforsaken place to find Liu Jiao.
She questioned him.
Sang Ji lowered his eyes, his expression calm.
Take two steps back, just to remind you:
“Princess, I am no longer your guard.”
Before Crescent Fox could say anything more, Sang Ji had already placed one foot on the carriage door railing.
"Dream-cherishing grass".
He left only one sentence for Crescent Fox, who was standing under the carriage canopy: "I hope you understand what I mean. That's all."
Sang Ji still gave Crescent Fox some dignity.
Crescent Fox's mind went blank for a moment.
His face turned bluish.
Sang Ji... I understand.
The carriage has already set off.
The crescent fox suddenly grabbed onto the side window.
No, you can't.
She desperately tried to stop Sang Ji from leaving:
"Sang Ji, I was wrong, I was wrong... Waaah."
This was the first time she had been so earnest.
"Let go." Sang Ji tried his best to calm his tone. He wanted to sever ties with Crescent Fox. "If this continues, you will get hurt, and I won't care."
But the crescent fox wouldn't let go:
"The nannies said it was okay, so I went to try and get the Dream Grass... I'm sorry, Sang Ji, could you take me with you? I want to apologize to Sister Liu Jiao in person!"
It looked as Crescent Lake's delicate figure was about to collapse, half her body on the ground, about to fall onto the dirty and hard stone slab.
Sang Ji burst through the door.
It stopped the crescent fox by the waist.
“Sang Ji, I want to go with you…” Crescent Fox tugged at Sang Ji’s sleeve and said earnestly, her usually noble demeanor now quite humble.
Sang Ji had never seen her like this before.
He let her go.
He quietly looked at the girl who was half a head shorter than him.
*
Grass Village.
Sang Ji got off the carriage and headed straight for Liu Jiao's residence.
That thatched cottage has now been transformed into a large mansion.
There was no one inside.
He was extremely familiar with the area, and after circling around and even going to the chicken coop, he couldn't find a trace of Liu Jiao.
They searched for another house.
Yet, they still reaped nothing.
Just as Sang Ji was about to leave the house, he ran into Chen Chi, who was just returning home.
Sang Ji remembered this Chen Chi as a bookworm, a dullard with no interesting qualities.
The once refined and elegant young master from a prominent family, whom I remembered, was now heartbroken and his eyes were lifeless.
Sang Ji keenly sensed that something was wrong.
Unexpectedly, Chen Chi glanced at him coldly, looking listless.
"Lord Sang, you've been promoted? Congratulations!"
Sang Ji stepped forward and asked only, "Where is Liu Jiao?"
A sharp pain flashed in Chen Chi's eyes, and self-blame almost overwhelmed him.
Bending down, Sang Ji finally noticed a few strands of striking white hair among Chen Chigao's high-bun hairstyle.
His words were full of self-reproach:
"It's my fault, I failed to keep a close eye on her."
Sang Ji then realized that Liu Jiao was missing.
He hadn't told him about the informant he had previously placed next to Liu Jiao.
I didn't have time to think about why.
Sang Ji's steps did not stop for a moment. He went to the prefectural government and the Dali Temple, mobilizing all the troops available in Jiangnan.
*
I'm almost home.
Once you get home, you're safe.
Her parents are powerful and can protect her now.
But the swords and blades behind him had no eyes.
Having learned their lesson from being killed by Liu Jiao last time, the men in black who came this time were extremely skilled in combat.
Liu Jiao couldn't have run far at all.
Several times, she was lucky and God saved her life.
She tried her best to run into the bustling city center.
This way, the men in black will stop chasing them.
But the men in black understood this, and didn't give her a chance at all, attacking her from both sides.
The bustling city center is just ahead!
Upon reaching the alley entrance, suddenly—
She was restrained from behind by a man in black, who locked her neck, preventing her from speaking.
Frog fun!!!
Just when she thought she was doomed, a familiar figure appeared before her.
His profile was sharp, his eyes were piercing, he held a sword, and he wore a brocade robe.
It's Sang Ji!
How did Sang Ji end up here?
Never mind, as long as I can save her.
Sang Ji was about to turn around and see her.
Hope was rekindled in Liu Jiao's heart.
Her mouth was covered, and her expectant eyes looked at Sang Ji.
Clearly, the man in black who was restraining her from behind also saw Sang Ji and froze.
The next instant, a pink-clad female figure appeared in the alleyway framed by two walls, standing beside Sang Ji.
It is a crescent fox.
The crescent fox blocked Sang Ji's view.
She grabbed his arm, leaned against him, and pulled him away.
Liu Jiao was stunned.
To be precise, he was rendered speechless by the attack.
Then, Sang Ji's shadowy figure quickly disappeared into the crowd.
No longer intimidated by the sounds of swords and spears behind him, he thrust forward—
She was stabbed hard in the back.
He let out a painful groan.
*
"The prefect reported that he had seen someone who looked exactly like Liu Jiao on the banks of the Little Qinhuai River."
After Sang Ji was pulled away, his heart kept pounding.
He inexplicably felt a urge to peek behind the alleyway blocked by the Crescent Fox.
"Sang Ji, didn't you hear me?" Crescent Fox asked, puzzled. "Where are you going?"
Sang Ji pointed and said, "There, it looks like Liu Jiao is there."
Crescent Fox: "How is that possible? It's such a deep alley."
Sang Ji didn't hesitate and was about to go see it.
Crescent Fox couldn't persuade him otherwise, and said:
"I'll send my maid to take a look. This area is in the middle of the city and it's not dangerous. One maid is enough."
“She’s one of my trusted confidantes, and she’s very dedicated to her work. Let her search around here. Let’s go to the banks of the Little Qinhuai River instead. After all, it was the prefect who came in person to report, so the news is more likely to be true.”
Sang Ji hesitated and paused.
Crescent Fox tried to pull him away, but he wouldn't budge.
"There are soldiers from Yangzhou Prefecture on the banks of the Xiaoqinhuai River, so I don't need to go there."
"Let's take a look around this bustling area first."
*
The west side of the same place.
Although Liu Jiao had been stabbed in the back, she had relaxed her guard because the man in black was afraid of Sang Ji's appearance.
Liu Jiao was able to counterattack instantly.
He kicked her, using the anti-wolf method taught by Li Du.
They ran away.
But the men in black relentlessly pursued them.
She was forced into an abandoned courtyard.
Initially, she relied on her bow and arrow and her agility to evade.
There were too many people.
She was too tired.
Liu Jiao gradually couldn't hold on any longer.
Seriously... why should I?
God, I'm not going to respect you today!
What bad luck! Nothing goes well for me, not even in love or in life!
With a fierce determination, she gritted her teeth, exhausted all her strength, and fought with all her might—
Gripping the crossbow tightly, their eyes bloodshot with rage.
But in the end, he still couldn't keep up with his physical strength.
As she knelt, the crossbow fell to the ground.
Everyone in the backyard was killed.
But there's also the front yard, and a constant stream of killers.
*
The atmosphere in the mulberry grove on the east side was somber.
He couldn't find her.
Until, in the sky to the west, a crossbow flew by.
Sang Ji keenly sensed that something was wrong.
He identified it as an abandoned mansion slated for demolition.
They headed straight for the western residence.
When they arrived at the abandoned mansion, the trusted maid of Crescent Fox happened to be there to greet them, blocking Sang Ji's way as he tried to find out what was going on.
The trusted confidante, with her hair in two buns, wearing a peach-colored top and skirt, bowed with her eyes lowered.
"My lord, Miss Liu is not here. I have checked."
Sang Ji is not stupid.
Looking around, it was pitch black; stone slabs, white walls, everything was quiet.
But as he passed the stone lions at the gate, his gaze suddenly fixed.
He keenly noticed a sliver of brown fabric torn from the lion's nose ring.
Sang Ji quickened his pace and immediately approached.
Under the moonlight, the stone lions appeared somewhat dark.
As expected, it was blood.
He lowered his gaze and was about to enter the house.
Crescent Fox's confidants still took it upon themselves to obstruct the process, claiming that he was not in the mansion.
He saw that his trusted confidant was still desperately trying to stop him.
Sang Ji was furious.
He drew his sword, its gleaming blade slicing through the throat of his trusted confidant.
Since you're going to stop me, I might as well die.
He was never a good person.
To have pity for the weak.
But when it comes to those you are truly close to, everything else can be sacrificed.
"If you're a second late, Jiaojiao could die! If you delay even a moment, she could die! This is a matter of life and death, who do you want to kill?"
"Even if all your ancestors for eight generations were reincarnated for eight hundred years, they still couldn't compare to her."
His head rolled to the ground, but his figure had already moved on under the moonlight.
He uttered two words: "Idiot."
Then, he left the guards far behind.
He climbed onto the roof, and fragments of blue tiles flew into the air.
The bright red blood on the cold sword was still dripping down, leaving behind his imposing mark.
He used his light-footed skills to leap across rooftops and walls.
He carried his sword and recklessly headed straight for the mansion.
He went mad, killing one person after another, but he never saw Jiaojiao.
His body was covered in deep and shallow cuts, from which large amounts of blood seeped out and were hidden inside his brocade robe.
Jiaojiao.
His throat tasted metallic, and his vision was filled with a red glow and a bloody mess. Yet, all he could see was her image, like a little tail.
He misses her.
He wanted to see her.
He was wrong, Jiaojiao.
Jiaojiao.
Don't avoid seeing him.
For the first time, helplessness appeared in the eyes of the precocious boy.
When all was quiet, everyone had been killed.
He dragged his sword, clinging to his last hope, and went to the backyard he had never set foot in before.
The backyard was full of golden lantern flowers, and under the lantern flowers were two men in black lying on the ground with arrows in their chests.
At the corner of a covered walkway, there was an incongruous, thin figure, half-squatting and trembling.
His dull phoenix eyes suddenly lit up.
Jiaojiao.
Jiaojiao!
Sang Ji pulled at the cuts on his arm, but he didn't care.
He drew his sword and almost ran to embrace her and help her up.
"Don't come any closer!"
Amidst the flashing blades and bloodshed, Jiaojiao, her clothes tattered, knelt on the ground, clutching her bleeding arm.
Jiaojiao used the crossbow to support herself, and then, trembling, she took the crossbow in her hand and struggled to insert the arrow with her last bit of strength.
She aimed the arrow at Sang Ji's vital point.
Sang Ji stopped in his tracks.
He looked at her in disbelief, even forgetting to retaliate.
Jiaojiao was tense all over, like an abandoned cub, staring at him fiercely, wary and defensive.
She gritted her teeth, her teeth chattering from the pain of her injuries, and said:
"Are you here to kill me too?"
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Author's Note: The next chapter is going to be a chaotic scene! [melted][heart eyes]
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