Chapter 137: It’s better to fight than to wait for death!
Although Lin Xiaoyue was invisible, Zhan Xiong would feel it if she tapped his shoulder, so she squatted down, pressed his shoulder, and said in a different voice: "What are you doing? Fishing?"
Zhan Xiong was so scared that he dropped the rope in his hand and looked back, but there was no one else except Zhan Wei and Zhan Tian who were protecting him!
"There's a ghost! There's a ghost!"
When Zhan Xiong turned his head, Lin Xiaoyue took the opportunity to touch his face. Sure enough, there was something wrong with the connection between his face and neck! So, Lin Xiaoyue pulled hard, and Zhan Xiong's face completely disappeared. What appeared in front of her was a completely unfamiliar face!
Another assassin! Where is the real Zhan Xiong?
The more Lin Xiaoyue thought about it, the more frightened she became. She threw the mask in her hand to the ground tremblingly.
Zhan Wei and Zhan Tian, who were standing on either side, also noticed something was amiss. They stepped forward to catch the assassin, "Tell me! Where did you hide Zhan Xiong?"
The assassin drew the soft sword from his waist and fought with them, his face full of disdain, "Go where he belongs!"
Upon hearing these words, Zhan Wei and Zhan Tian felt that Zhan Xiong was in great danger. They went crazy, each sword strike becoming more ruthless than the last, and vowed to kill the assassin to avenge Zhan Xiong!
"Where is it? Tell the truth and I'll leave you with your whole body!"
The assassin refused to tell the truth and even wanted to bite the poison in his mouth to commit suicide, but the invisible Lin Xiaoyue was faster. She picked up a big stone on the ground and threw it at the assassin who had his back to her. Before the assassin could react, he was knocked unconscious by the stone!
Zhan Wei and Zhan Tian thought that it was Zhan Liang's men who threw the poison pill, so they did not doubt it too much. They pried open the assassin's mouth, took out the poison pill, then removed the assassin's jaw with force, and then tied the assassin up with a rope and threw him to the ground.
"Zhan Tian, you stay here and watch the assassins, I will help the brothers. We can't save our master unless we kill all these imperial guards!" Zhan Wei patted Zhan Tian on the shoulder, then joined Zhan Liang and their team and fought with the remaining imperial guards.
Zhan Tian was only thinking about his brothers and didn't look down the cliff, so he kept his back to Lin Xiaoyue and didn't notice anything unusual.
Lin Xiaoyue looked anxiously at the bottom of the cliff. It was bottomless and foggy. She felt dizzy and took a few steps back. It was too high! What should she do?
The carrier pigeon is not around, and I don’t know which direction Brother Liang is under the cliff?
Lin Xiaoyue stood on the edge of the cliff and became more and more annoyed. Finally, she simply returned to the space, hoping that she could find something useful!
Finally, Lin Xiaoyue's gaze stopped on a large piece of cloth. She wrote a line of words on the cloth: The Silver Slashing Guards have arrived. When you see the words, pull the cloth hard!
After finishing, she laboriously carried the cloth out of the space, then slowly lowered it, leaving only a quarter of it in her hand so it would be easier to pull up. Next, she walked back and forth along the edge of the cliff holding the cloth. She didn't believe that she would walk back and forth without hearing from Brother Liang!
After walking for about half an incense stick of time, Lin Xiaoyue felt the cloth in her hand begin to fall, as if someone was pulling it! Unable to contain her excitement any longer, she glanced at Zhan Tian, who still had his back to her. She exited her spatial invisibility and shouted, "Zhan Tian! Come help me!"
Zhan Tian was startled and thought he was hallucinating. It wasn't until he turned around that he realized that Lin Xiaoyue had really come! She was holding a large piece of cloth as if someone was pulling it from below!
Seeing Zhan Tian still in a daze, Lin Xiaoyue shouted again, "What are you staring at? Brother Liang is right down here. I don't know if my cloth is secure. Do you have any other stronger ropes?"
"Yes! Wait a moment!" Zhan Tian nodded repeatedly, took a large bundle of rope from the horse's back, ran to the bottom of the cliff and threw it down, shouting, "Master, I am Zhan Tian, please catch my rope quickly. The cloth just now was thrown down by Miss Lin, it may not be that strong!"
At the foot of the cliff, Liang Jingyao couldn't hear the sound from above clearly because of the howling wind, but he seemed to hear vaguely something about Miss Lin. Could it be that Yue'er had come?
Liang Jingyao frowned, tied the cloth and rope together, and said to Gu Mian, "Amian, you have the worst martial arts skills among the three of us, so you go up first. If you can't climb anymore, we will drag you down from below."
Gu Mian felt a little embarrassed and evaded the question, "How can this be? I'm not that bad, am I? Jingyao, take my dagger and go up first!"
As he spoke, Gu Mian took out the dagger hidden in his sleeve and placed it in Liang Jingyao's hand.
Liang Jingyao shook his head, returned the dagger to Gu Mian, and said, "I have a dagger. Don't be so fussy. Aren't you tired after a whole night? Hurry up and get up! Remember to use your dagger for leverage so that it will be easier for you to climb!"
Gu Mian actually felt guilty. Although he had practiced martial arts since he was young, he was not like Liang Jingyao who had gone to the battlefield and encountered all kinds of difficult situations. Wherever he went, he only brought a few guards with him. He seldom took action himself, so he knew all the moves but had not practiced much!
"Okay then, I'll try climbing up a bit."
Liang Jingyao held Gu Mian's waist with both hands, and when Gu Mian jumped up, Liang Jingyao gave him another hand.
Gu Mian firmly grasped the rope, raised his hands high above his head, and forcefully inserted the dagger into the cliff. Then he pushed the cliff with his feet and climbed up a little further.
Next, he climbed up several sections in the same way until he felt at ease. He shouted down, "Jingyao, I'm fine. Come up quickly!"
Liang Jingyao pushed Zhan Hu to the front and said, "Go up, I'll cover the rear!"
Zhan Hu said he was unwilling to do anything. How could he let his master take risks? Moreover, his master was very kind to all his subordinates. He would make sure that his master climbed up the cliff no matter what!
"No! Master, don't argue with me about this! Even if you kill me, I won't go up first! I must stay behind to protect the master's safety!"
Liang Jingyao let Zhan Hu go up first because he was injured much more seriously than himself. The arrow that hit him was not very deep, but Zhan Hu was pale and had been in a semi-comatose state. If he was left to go up last, he would probably fall down halfway! The cliff was bottomless and falling down would definitely kill him!
So Liang Jingyao said very insistently: "This is an order! You must do as I say, otherwise, I won't go up!"
Zhan Hu was pinned to the cliff wall by Liang Jingyao, with the rope stuffed directly into his hands. He had no choice but to get up!
He nodded helplessly and said, "Okay! I'll go up!"
Zhan Hu pulled out a dagger from his waist, grabbed the rope and jumped up. Liang Jingyao also supported him with his hands and pushed him up. Zhan Hu jumped to a very high place, then he used the dagger to gain leverage and continued to climb up.
Liang Jingyao saw that Zhan Hu and Gu Mian were climbing steadily, so he followed closely, grabbed the rope and climbed up quickly. Although the place where he was shot by the arrow would bleed if he exerted force, there was no other way at the moment. It was better to give it a try than to wait for death under the cliff!
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