Chapter 705 Wen Xiu Shot by an Arrow
"Wait!"
Just as Fu Wenqing finished speaking, and several martial arts-skilled servants were about to make their move, Li Sanqi urgently stopped them.
Li Sanqi broke free from Fu Wenqing's embrace and looked at Wenxiu with sorrowful eyes, "You could have taken me hostage just now, why didn't you do that?"
Since you want to leave, the best option is to take her away by force when she's not paying attention.
But Wenxiu did not do that.
She wanted to know why.
Wen Xiu smiled bitterly, "I don't want to betray the old lady, but that doesn't mean I want to hurt the princess."
So, let her try to make it on her own.
She managed to escape; it was just her fate.
If we can't get out, death will be the end of it all.
Just as the two were talking, Fu Wenqing had already given a wink to several servants.
Before Wenxiu could finish speaking, several servants pounced on her.
Just as Li Sanqi's almond-shaped eyes widened, wanting to stop her, Wen Xiu suddenly dodged the swords aimed at her and headed straight for the door.
Her specialty was lightness and agility, and her main focus was on escaping; she never intended to engage in prolonged combat with these people.
However, she had been by Li Sanqi's side for quite some time, so everyone knew about her abilities.
Just as she darted to the door, thinking she could escape the small storeroom and put her skills to good use.
A large knife came slashing down from the doorway, nearly cutting her in two at the waist.
Fortunately, she managed to extricate herself in time and narrowly escaped.
He dodged the knife in front of him, but couldn't escape the men chasing closely behind him.
Almost instantly, Wenxiu had two more knife wounds on her body.
One is on the arm, and the other is on the side of the waist.
Blood instantly stained her undergarments.
Fortunately, neither of the two stabs was fatal.
Because the fatal blow landed on the corpse of Zhuxi on her back.
Despite the pain, Wenxiu finally used her trump card that she had been reluctant to use.
hidden weapon.
As soon as the hidden weapon was thrown, two people blocking her way fell instantly.
Taking advantage of the lull, Wenxiu finally managed to escape from the storage room.
As soon as Wenxiu stepped out of the storage room, she breathed a huge sigh of relief, feeling like a fish returning to the sea or a bird returning to the forest.
However, just as he leaped onto the roof, preparing to escape from it...
Suddenly, a sharp arrow flew from the shadows and pierced straight into her back.
The archer was an absolute master, and his strength was extraordinary.
After piercing Zhu Xi's body, the arrow then pierced Wen Xiu's body, finally stopping only when the arrowhead was about an inch protruding from Wen Xiu's chest.
Wen Xiu looked down at the arrow protruding from her chest, paused, and fell straight backward.
It looked like Wenxiu was about to fall back into the mansion.
Just at this critical moment, an iron chain flew out, wrapped around Wenxiu's waist, and pulled her and Zhuxi on her back over the wall.
Who is it?
"Chase her! Don't let her get away!"
"Quick, after them!"
Fu Wenqing urged the servants on with a grim expression.
The servants dared not do anything for you and rushed out in a flurry.
After everyone chased after them, Fu Wenqing finally had time to check on Li Sanqi.
Turning his head, he saw Li Sanqi staring absently at the rooftop where Wenxiu had been rescued.
"Princess……"
Before Fu Wenqing could even speak, Li Sanqi slapped him across the face.
"Who told you to kill her? I didn't give the order, how dare you have someone shoot her?"
How dare you???
Li Sanqi's eyes were bloodshot, and tears glistened in them.
She saw it; the arrow had pierced Wenxiu's chest!
Wenxiu is going to die!
Wenxiu, who had been her only companion and never abandoned her, was about to leave her forever!
Overwhelmed by grief, tears streamed down her face, instantly consuming her reason.
She slapped Fu Wenqing repeatedly until half of Fu Wenqing's face was swollen high, until Li Sanqi was exhausted. Only then did Fu Wenqing reach out and hug Li Sanqi, gently comforting her, "Princess, don't be sad! A servant who betrayed you is not worth your grief."
"You still have me! You still have Elder Zhong! You still have countless people supporting you!"
"Think about your unfulfilled wishes, and think about the efforts and expectations of so many of us."
"She's just a mere maidservant; how could she possibly stand against our grand ambitions?"
It's unclear whether Fu Wenqing's comforting words had an effect, or whether Li Sanqi had come to her senses on her own.
She gradually stopped crying, and her eyes regained their firmness.
However, unseen by Fu Wenqing, a dark glint flashed in Li Sanqi's eyes.
***
On the other side, Wenxiu was bound by iron chains around her waist and pulled over the wall. Before she could fall to the ground, someone leaped up and caught her steadily.
Before she could even thank them, she was put on a horse.
The man lashed the horse's rump with the iron chain, and the horse carried her and Zhuxi straight to the south of the city.
She wanted to know who had saved her.
She meant that she didn't have much time left to live.
She wanted to ask if she could pass on a few words to the old lady.
However, the man didn't give her a chance to speak. After throwing her onto his horse, he mounted his own horse and rode off in the opposite direction.
Wenxiu lay prone on the horse's back, letting the horse carry her at full speed.
She didn't know how much time had passed, but just as Wenxiu felt her consciousness becoming increasingly blurred and she was about to fall asleep, she realized she couldn't hold on any longer.
The horse stopped.
She involuntarily fell off the horse.
A loud bang, accompanied by a sharp pain, brought Wenxiu, who was on the verge of losing consciousness, back to a sliver of awareness.
She struggled to open her eyes and saw a huge plaque that read "Qinghe Lady's Residence".
Immediately afterwards, she saw the gatekeeper running towards her.
It turns out that the clever horse had actually brought her back to the Qiao residence!
very nice!
Seeing her and Zhuxi's bodies, the old lady should understand everything.
That's good! That's good! ...
"Quickly, go and inform the old lady! Miss Wenxiu has returned with Miss Zhuxi!..."
"Quickly carry her inside! Miss Wenxiu is seriously injured and dying!..."
Hearing the gatekeeper's panicked voice, Wenxiu slowly closed her eyes.
***
Let's turn back time by one hour.
When Wei Jia returned from the Painting Corner Tower, she brought back the news that Steward Wu had seen that the spies living in the residences like Zhu Xi did indeed gather information at the Painting Corner Tower and then pass it into the palace through the channels of the Painting Corner Tower.
However, Zhuxi did not visit the Huajiaolou today.
The reason why the servant sent by the Qiao family at the beginning was unable to meet Steward Wu was because several of the secret guards of the Painting Corner Tower had recently been involved in accidents.
Steward Wu was busy investigating the cause of the incident involving the secret guards and was so overwhelmed that he had no time to pay attention to the servant from the Qiao family who wanted to see him.
Upon receiving the news brought back by Wei Jia, Qiao Qinghe realized the seriousness of the situation. She immediately wrote letters and had them sent to the residences of the Marquis of Enping and the Marquis of Yongning, hoping they could secretly keep an eye on Zhu Xi's whereabouts.
At the same time, Chen San also sent back some useful information.
It is said that a young beggar saw a girl during the day who looked very much like the woman described by their boss, Chen. It seemed that she was going to the east side of the city with someone.
So Qiao Qinghe wrote another letter and had it sent to the Marquis of Enping's residence.
Meanwhile, the Enping Marquis's residence received two letters from Qiao Qinghe, instantly raising the seriousness of the matter to its highest level.
Yan Jin even personally led the top experts in the manor, changed into night clothes, and split up to search for Zhu Xi's whereabouts in the eastern part of the city.
It was thanks to Yan Jin's extensive manpower that his men were able to rescue the person.
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