Chapter 299 Kidnapping
Upon hearing Su Qingyan's words, Lin Changning unleashed a fierce attack, his blade flashing in the moonlight, deflecting the arrows that came hurtling towards him from behind.
However, the carriage could not keep up with the horses. Several guards rode forward and blocked the road in front of Lin Changning and his men. One of them nocked an arrow and shot it at the horse.
The horse neighed and reared up, but several more arrows pierced its chest. The horse on the carriage cried out in pain and fell forward with a thud.
Li Mingshu and Yue'er lost their balance and fell directly onto the floor of the carriage, crashing heavily onto Wang He.
Wang He, who had been knocked unconscious by Lin Changning, gasped for breath and woke up with a start. Looking at the two people, one big and one small, lying on top of him, he felt a sharp pain in his chest.
The carriage slid forward a little further due to inertia before finally coming to a stop.
Li Mingshu quickly got off Wang He with Yue'er in her arms and quietly huddled in the corner without daring to say a word.
Lin Changning, who was on the roof of the carriage, jumped off just before the carriage overturned, slashed a guard on the back of the neck with his knife, kicked the man off the horse, mounted his own horse, and turned to charge back.
Su Qingyan and Lin Changning met face to face instantly. Lin Changning's phoenix eyes darkened and he quickly drew his sword to slash at Su Qingyan's heart. Su Qingyan was startled and hurriedly drew his sword to defend.
Sparks flew as the swords clashed. Lin Changning spun his blade, the tip swiftly aimed at Su Qingyan's neck.
Just as the blade was about to pierce Su Qingyan's neck, a guard from the slant attacked Lin Changning directly. Lin Changning's eyebrows twitched slightly, and he turned around and bent down, quickly deflecting the blade towards the slant.
Knowing he was no match for Lin Changning, Su Qingyan took the opportunity to withdraw from the battle. The guards who were fighting with Lin Changning were killed by Lin Changning and dismounted after less than 10 moves.
The remaining people looked at each other and found Lin Changning increasingly troublesome, so they all attacked him at once.
Lin Changning snorted coldly and used great force to cut nicks into the long swords held by the guards who had fought him earlier.
Lin Changning pressed his advantage, taking several lives before reining in his horse and coldly staring at the few who were oblivious to his impending doom and attacked him again.
Su Qingyan's heart skipped a beat as she watched the battle turn against her. If the fighting continued, she feared that all the remaining guards would perish here.
However, the imperial edict is clearly in Lin Changping's possession right now, and he can't bring himself to give up the edict that is about to be in his hands. He is caught in a dilemma.
After only a short hesitation, the remaining guards launched another attack on Lin Changning, who remained five meters away from the carriage.
Once someone gets close, he will slash down with his sword. Few can withstand Lin Changning's sword strike. The remaining few people wanted to take down Lin Changning, but when they actually got to him, they couldn't withstand his sword strike either. They were in a dilemma.
One of the guards glanced back at Su Qingyan, who remained silent, gritted his teeth, and attacked again.
This time, he wasn't as lucky as before. Lin Changning cleaved his longsword in two with a single strike, the sharp blade instantly slicing across his vulnerable neck, and the next moment his vision changed.
The moment his head hit the ground, the guard stared wide-eyed in disbelief.
Su Qingyan felt a chill run down her spine as she watched the guard who was instantly decapitated. She then stared at Lin Changning, feeling a little uneasy.
Lin Changning flicked the blood off his blade, then spurred his horse and charged towards the remaining men. After stabbing one man in the chest, he kicked him off his horse and then slashed into the man's shoulder blade, the sound of the blade being pulled out making a teeth-grinding crunch.
Seeing the situation was dire, the last person immediately ran backwards, shouting to Su Qingyan as he ran, "Young Master, retreat quickly!!!"
Su Qingyan reacted at this moment, turned around on her horse and ran away, while Lin Changning dismounted, picked up the quiver from the corpse on the ground, put it on his shoulder, drew an arrow and aimed it straight at the fleeing guard.
With a whoosh, the guard on horseback who was trying to escape fell to the ground. Lin Changning squinted at the guard who was trying to crawl forward on the ground and fired another arrow.
This time, the guard who was crawling forward on the ground twitched a few times, then lay still on the ground.
By the moonlight, Lin Changning looked at Su Qingyan, who had run a hundred meters away, and turned to shout behind him, "Don't come out, I'm going to take care of the last bit."
As he spoke, Lin Changning rode his horse and chased after Su Qingyan. Su Qingyan felt her liver and gallbladder pounding, and frantically whipped her horse, trying to make herself go faster and faster.
Seeing this, Lin Changning couldn't help but sneer inwardly. Trying to escape? Do you think you can?
After saying that, he shot another arrow at Su Qingyan.
With a whooshing sound, a sharp arrow pierced Su Qingyan's shoulder blade, the force of which was so great that it threw Su Qingyan off her horse.
Su Qingyan rolled around on the ground twice before finally stopping.
Taking advantage of the opportunity, Lin Changning chased after her and saw Su Qingyan lying on the ground, panting and clutching her shoulder blade. He immediately placed the tip of his knife against Su Qingyan's neck.
Just as he was about to sever the man's head, Su Qingyan suddenly shouted, "Wait! I am the heir of the Marquis of Zhongyong's mansion! Spare his life!"
Lin Changning, not wanting to hear any more nonsense, pressed the knife directly against Su Qingyan's neck. He heard Su Qingyan shout, "Spare my life! I have a way to verify the authenticity of the will!!!"
Lin Changning paused for a moment after hearing what Su Qingyan said, then slightly lowered the blade.
"The will?"
Feeling the blade against her neck, Su Qingyan slowly released her grip, breathed a sigh of relief, and stood up abruptly.
"Did the person we were chasing give you a box? The box contained a will, which was to establish the Ninth Prince as the Crown Prince. If you spare my life, I am willing to go back to Taiyuan with you to verify the authenticity of the news."
Lin Changning clicked his tongue twice, and after thinking for a moment, he was indeed afraid that he would ruin the prince's grand plan, so he loosened the knife pressed against Su Qingyan's neck.
"Tell me how you can verify the authenticity of this message?"
Lin Changning was naturally afraid that Su Qingyan was trying to fool her, so she asked first. Su Qingyan felt the pressure on her neck getting lighter and lighter.
After letting out a sigh of relief, he said, "This matter concerns a secret of the royal family, and cannot be discussed now."
Lin Changning chuckled and dismounted: "If I can't say, then I can't say."
After saying that, Lin Changning slammed the hilt of his knife into Su Qingyan's knee, causing her to fall to the ground with a thud, her face turning deathly pale with pain.
He chuckled lightly, "To prevent the young master from escaping, we'll have to trouble him for a while. Please forgive us."
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