"Su Mengyan!" Situ Yao's scolding woke Su Mengyan up and made her realize that they were being besieged by assassins. She didn't hesitate any longer and would immediately stab anyone who came over with her dagger.
Now is a life-and-death situation, there is no need for her to be sad.
"Young Master, there are too many of them." Qing Feng was also injured, his face covered in blood.
Situ Yao glanced at the corpses on the ground and the assassins who kept coming up. "Break out as soon as possible. Don't get entangled any longer."
This group of assassins wanted to use a round-the-clock battle to wear them down. If the fighting continued, none of them would be able to leave here alive.
Situ Yao dealt with the two assassins and dragged Su Mengyan forward, with Qingfeng following behind. There was only a small path leading to the woods, and there were no assassins there.
"They are catching up." Su Mengyan looked back and saw a group of men in black chasing her relentlessly.
"Run to the side. They want to kill me and won't care about you." Situ Yao pushed her hard to the fork in the road. Su Mengyan knew that Situ Yao wanted to use her to lure the assassin so that she could escape, so Su Mengyan was unwilling to leave.
"If you stay, you will become a burden. Then none of us can escape." Situ Yao said.
Su Mengyan had no choice but to agree because he was right. She didn't know martial arts, so even if she stayed, she would only die.
"Take care, young master." Su Mengyan walked towards the fork in the road on the right.
When the men in black caught up, they found traces of people passing through both roads, so they sent people from both sides.
Su Mengyan ran forward for a while and found that someone was still chasing her. After thinking for a moment, she hid in the bushes nearby, completely hiding her body.
The man in black was not targeting her, so he naturally didn't pay much attention to her. When he found that Situ Yao was not here, he left immediately.
Su Mengyan emerged from the bushes. It was quiet all around, with no sound at all. Looking up, she saw only towering trees that reached the sky, blocking out the sunlight.
After about half an hour, Su Mengyan guessed that the man in black would not come after her again. Worried about Situ Yao, she returned the same way and found a fork in the road.
Situ Yao walked to the left, where there were many footprints. It was obvious that most of the men in black went in this direction.
Su Mengyan took a deep breath and was about to chase in that direction when she heard footsteps in front of her and quickly hid.
After a while, a group of men in black appeared. They did not talk to each other, so Su Mengyan had no idea what Situ Yao was doing now.
The men in black walked very fast and were far away in the blink of an eye. When Su Mengyan could no longer see them, she came out from the side and quickly ran to the left.
The fork on the left ends at a cliff, which is a dead end!
Su Mengyan saw no bodies up there, only traces of a struggle. Cautiously, she peered down the cliff. The ground below was shrouded in mist and looked bottomless. If she fell from here, her chances of survival were slim.
But there were no corpses above, and no other roads. Where else could Situ Yao go except jumping off the cliff?
Su Mengyan lay there and examined carefully, and found a familiar piece of cloth underneath. She reached out and took it and saw that it was the dark cloth that Situ Yao was wearing today.
He fell off the cliff, and whether he jumped down on his own initiative or was pushed down by an assassin, his life or death is now uncertain.
Su Mengyan sat there blankly. She noticed her face was wet and thought it was raining. She reached out and touched it, but there were no raindrops. Instead, she felt tears on her hands.
"Miss Su, why are you here?" Qing Feng came over anxiously, "Have you seen the young master?"
Su Mengyan showed him the piece of clothing and said, "Master, you fell down."
"What?" Qing Feng ran to the edge of the cliff and took a look. "I'll go down to find the young master."
"Wait." Su Mengyan stopped him from climbing down rashly, "Go find a rope and I'll go down."
"Miss Su, the Master wants you to live. I can't let you take this risk." Qing Feng could tell Situ Yao treated Su Mengyan differently. "Besides, this cliff is bottomless. Even if you went down, you wouldn't necessarily find the Master."
"Can you find it?" Su Mengyan asked, "Besides, those assassins haven't seen the body yet. Will they give up so easily?"
"This place is not far from the capital. Go find a rope and then return to the capital immediately. Bring more people here and see if there is another way to reach the bottom of the cliff." Su Mengyan finished her explanation calmly. "This matter can only be left to you."
"I understand." Qingfeng nodded. Because he was the prince's personal guard, he could mobilize troops from the capital, but Su Mengyan could not. Therefore, the task of going down the cliff to find someone had to be left to her.
Qingfeng quickly found a rope, and Su Mengyan tied it around herself, looked down at the cliff, and took a deep breath.
Su Mengyan thought to herself, she was going to die anyway, and maybe after she died she could go back, so there was nothing to be afraid of. Su Mengyan said some encouraging words to herself in her heart.
When everything was ready, Su Mengyan told Qingfeng, "When I get to the bottom of the cliff, I will pull the rope. Then you can leave here and return to the capital as soon as possible."
"Don't make a big deal about this. I suspect that the assassination of the young master is related to them." After Su Mengyan gave the instructions, she took the first step.
She didn't dare look down, she held the rope tightly with both hands and walked down bit by bit.
After a long time, Su Mengyan's palms were sweating and she had no strength left. Finally, she looked down carefully and found that she could see the ground.
"We're almost there, hold on!" Su Mengyan encouraged herself and continued to move forward.
Suddenly, the rope seemed to be broken and fell uncontrollably. Su Mengyan didn't have time to think about anything else and quickly reached out to grab the protruding stone.
The sharp stone scratched her hand, and waves of pain came from the palm of her hand. Su Mengyan did not dare to let go and continued to look for the next place to stay.
However, as if God wanted to see her fall off the cliff, the rock under her feet suddenly loosened and she fell uncontrollably.
Fortunately, it was not far from the ground, and apart from a little pain, I was not injured.
Su Mengyan untied the rope. She reached out and pulled it, and found that the rope was easily pulled off.
When she came down, Qingfeng was holding the rope tightly. If there was no accident, he would never let go. Su Mengyan believed that he would not deliberately hurt her.
Su Mengyan sat there and rested for a moment, thinking about what had happened up there. The most likely scenario was that the assassins had returned, and Qingfeng had been fighting them and accidentally let go.
If this were true, it would be very disadvantageous to them. The assassins already knew someone was coming to look for Situ Yao, so they would definitely send someone down. Qing Feng didn't know if he could escape and successfully reach the capital to find someone to rescue them.
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