Chapter 71: It is not possible for a wandering orphan to transform into a girl from the Duke's Mansion
Judging from the depth of the arrow, it had already pierced the strong man's palm. Blood continued to flow from the wound, and he grimaced in pain.
The sudden change shocked everyone.
Song Lingyi was stunned for a moment, then raised her eyes to look in the direction where the arrow came from.
Several black shadows broke through the rain curtain at lightning speed and stabbed the ferocious deserters with knives.
In a moment, the two sides engaged in close combat.
Blood mixed with rainwater splashed down and seeped into the mud.
Under a giant tree ten meters away, a tall figure with a bow and arrow locked onto his prey like a prairie hawk. His hand loosened slightly, and the cold and sharp arrow shot through one of their heads accurately.
The girls' screams were heard in her ears. Song Lingyi's throat was choked, the blood in her body froze, and her fingers clenched involuntarily. She didn't even feel any pain when her fingertips dug into the flesh of her palms.
It's over.
It’s Xiao Mingyi.
Did he see her?
Probably not. The rain was so heavy, the jungle was so complicated, and he was so far away that he couldn't see her face clearly...
There was a huge disparity in combat power between the two sides. The Jinyiwei devoured the deserters in front of them in a flash like hungry wolves devouring sheep, leaving only a few mob members still resisting stubbornly.
Song Lingyi's eyes turned slightly, and she motioned Hongju to lend a hand. The two of them lifted Cui Xin up and ran in the direction they came from.
"Sister, are we leaving like this?" Pei Ling clutched Song Lingyi's clothes tightly. The little girl, who had just recovered from her panic, was obviously more dependent on Song Lingyi.
"Who knows how many deserters there are? What if more people come? Let's leave quickly and don't look back!" Song Lingyi fooled the little girl seriously.
Pei Ling didn't have any doubts and nodded blankly.
Seeing that only one in ten of their accomplices were left, the remaining deserters stood back to back, with long swords across their chests, looking for an opportunity to break through.
"Shi Tao, you are full of evil, why don't you surrender now!" Xuanfeng shouted.
The sturdy man with a broken eyebrow had bloodshot eyes and his cheeks were trembling with clenched teeth.
"Even if I die, I'll take you with me!"
He moved his eyeballs slightly, looking past the crowd of people and looking at the figure in black robe wearing a conical hat and holding a bow and arrow, and his heart made up.
"kill!"
Shi Tao howled as he rushed towards Xiao Mingyi, hacking and killing with great force, like the might of thousands of soldiers, and knocked down several Jinyiwei who blocked his way.
"Your Highness!"
Xuanfeng looked back in panic.
However, there was no ripple on the Crown Prince's face, he was still standing there calmly.
Shi Tao, who was blood-thirsty, swung his sword forward, but he didn't even touch a hair of Xiao Mingyi. He was trampled to the ground like a trapped beast by the man with a figure as sharp as a ghost.
Half of his face was crushed into the mud by the black boots. Shi Tao roared like a beast, enunciating each word: "Xiao, Ming, Yi!"
Xiao Mingyi sneered, curling his lips and said coldly, "Where did this bastard come from? How dare you call me by my name?"
The force under my feet suddenly increased.
Shi Tao's face turned purple, veins popped out on his forehead, and his eyeballs bulged out.
Before his head was crushed by the Crown Prince, Xuan Feng spoke in time: "Your Highness! He cannot die now. I must take him back to the Pacification Office for interrogation."
After a while, Xiao Mingyi slowly withdrew his foot.
Xuanfeng secretly breathed a sigh of relief and called his subordinates to take the man away.
"Where are those people?" Xiao Mingyi glanced around and asked in a flat tone.
He couldn't see clearly because of the rain, but he felt that the figure of one of them was very similar to Ali.
The situation in the forest was chaotic, and Xuanfeng didn't pay attention. "He must have found a place to hide."
Xiao Mingyi's eyes dimmed slightly, and his thick eyebrows knitted slightly. "Leave a few people to clean up here, and the rest of you will gather your forces and return to the capital."
"yes!"
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On the other side, Song Lingyi and others came out of the dense forest and happened to meet the Jinyiwei who were dealing with the bodies of the guards.
These are all Xiao Mingyi's people, and they must have seen her portrait. If they see her face, she will definitely not be able to hide it.
Thinking of this, she immediately grabbed a handful of mud and smeared it on her face.
"Girl?" Hongqi was surprised.
"Shh!" Song Lingyi signaled the three women to be silent. "Hurry up and get in the carriage. Don't ask any more questions!"
One of the Jinyiwei noticed them, came forward with an umbrella and shielded them from the rain.
"May I ask if you four are from the Duke's Mansion?"
Song Lingyi nodded with a messy face and said anxiously, "Brother, my maid's ankle was shot by an arrow. Do you have any medicine? Or can you treat her wound for her?"
The Jinyiwei looked at Cuixin's wound and said sternly, "This injury must be treated immediately. I have some medicine to stop the bleeding. Please be patient, young lady. I will pull out the arrow for you and then go to Jueshui County to find a doctor."
The Jinyiwei often go out on missions, and getting injured is commonplace. They are very skilled in basic wound treatment.
The rain had subsided, and he helped Cui Xin remove the arrow and stop the bleeding, then offered her his raincoat. The road was muddy and difficult to navigate after the rain, and riding in a carriage risked getting stuck in a mud pit at any time, which was too time-consuming. The fastest way was to ride into the county on horseback.
Pei Ling sent the maid away with a worried look on her face and returned to the carriage.
The carriage was quiet.
Song Lingyi realized belatedly that she had overlooked a problem: the guards were killed in the battle and the carriage was unmanned. How could she sneak back to Jingjue Temple when Xiao Mingyi was away?
This is a horse-drawn carriage, not a car. Her C1 driver's license is useless. What if it loses control and rolls down the mountain?
The three girls stared at each other.
"A-chu!" Pei Ling suddenly sneezed.
The weather was a little chilly in early autumn, and the three of them were shivering with their wet clothes sticking to their bodies.
At this time, there was a loud noise outside the carriage.
"Where are the people?"
"Your Highness, they are all in the carriage."
Hearing that familiar voice, an indescribable chill surged through Song Lingyi's body like a tide.
The environment was chaotic, but she could feel the man approaching.
The mud could cover her pale face, but it could not hide the panic in her eyes.
Pei Ling gave Song Lingyi a deep look and spoke before the carriage curtain was lifted, "Excuse me, is this His Royal Highness the Crown Prince?"
The person outside the curtain stopped moving.
"We were caught in the rain and look very miserable. It is not appropriate for us to meet His Royal Highness. Please forgive us."
Xiao Mingyi narrowed his eyes, lowered his hand from the carriage curtain, and said in a low voice, "Are you all from the Duke of Jin's Mansion?"
"Your Highness, I am the daughter of Grand Secretary Pei. I am going back to Jingjue Temple with the girl from the Duke's Mansion. My elders are still waiting for us at Jingjue Temple. Could Your Highness please send someone to take us there?" Pei Ling said.
"Which girl from the Duke's Mansion?"
Pei Ling glanced at Song Lingyi and asked, "Your Highness, your question is off the mark. How many girls can there be in the Duke's Mansion?"
Xiao Mingyi's eyes fixed, thinking of the person next to Lu Qian at the Pei family's birthday party.
Probably because he had been too nervous in recent months because he had to look for people and deal with government affairs, he actually started to doubt the people in the Duke of Jin's Mansion. Then he laughed at himself and felt that it was meaningless.
It is not possible for a wandering orphan girl to suddenly become a lady of a Duke's mansion.
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