Dahan was galloping on his horse through the woods when he suddenly lost his target. He had just seen the grass leaves fluttering and the branches shaking in front of him. Could it be that the prey could fly away?
Suddenly, a rustling sound came into his ears.
"Where are you running to!" Dahan shouted, quickly adjusted the direction, drew his bow and arrow, and with a "whoosh", the arrow shot towards the sound.
"Ah!" Yu Zhui saw the arrow flashing with cold light flying towards him, and without thinking, he jumped onto Xie Wanyun's back.
"Ugh..." Yuzhui let out a scream and then abruptly closed his mouth.
The arrow had sunk deep into her shoulder. She fell to her knees with a thud.
Xie Wanyun gritted his teeth, picked her up and put her on his shoulders, whispering, "Hold on."
Yuzhui bit her lip, cold sweat broke out all over her body, and nodded.
The sound of horse hooves could be heard, and the death-like knight was getting closer and closer.
If Xie Wanyun were alone, she could have escaped, but now she was carrying someone on her back and could not run away no matter what. But how could she leave the jade pendant behind?
"Madam, please don't worry about me. You can't get away with me." Yuzhui whispered. Although the arrow wounded her shoulder, she felt a sharp pain all over her body when she ran.
She was sweating profusely and couldn't run at all.
"Don't talk, you know I won't abandon you." Xie Wanyun said in a low voice.
Suddenly, a whistle sounded about ten feet to the right. She couldn't help but be startled for a moment, but saw Dahan reined in his horse, paused slightly, and then ran towards that side.
Xie Wanyun breathed a sigh of relief and jogged forward holding the jade pendant.
A stone flew past with a whoosh, drawing an arc in front of the left, followed by a voice.
"Run that way."
Xie Wanyun looked around and didn't see a single person, but she believed that the person who showed her the way was helping her out of kindness, otherwise there would be no need to divert the pursuers.
She thanked him in her heart and ran in the direction of the flying stone. The sound of horns and shouts gradually faded away. She passed through the deep grass and through the dense trees, and finally saw the road.
Xie Wanyun finally let out a long sigh. The jade pendant's entire shoulder was stained red with blood. Xie Wanyun tore open the corner of his robe and said, "Bear with it."
He gritted his teeth and violently pulled out the arrow from her shoulder. Yuzhui let out a scream, a stream of blood flew out, and she fainted immediately.
Xie Wanyun quickly bandaged her wound with the corner of his robe and pressed acupuncture points to stop the bleeding. Seeing that the wound had stopped bleeding, he breathed a sigh of relief.
Who was helping her just now? Since the person in the hunting ground must be a royal relative, but she didn't know anyone in the Mobei royal family, so who would help her?
The whole thing was eerie.
First the horse was startled, then she stumbled into the royal hunting grounds. How could this be such a coincidence? Did someone plan it so that once she left the city, she would either run towards the Ouse River or head for the mountains.
The mountain was the royal hunting ground. If she entered without permission, she would most likely be killed as an assassin.
If someone hadn't helped her just now, she and Yuzhu would most likely have died in there.
What's even more strange is that the royal hunting grounds are heavily guarded, so how could she get in so easily?
One thing after another, it was planned perfectly. Cold sweat broke out on her back.
It seemed she had been careless, having oversimplified her approach to Mobei to open up trade routes. However, she still didn't understand. She was just a merchant, and those who were dissatisfied with her were likely merchants as well. How could a merchant have the power to orchestrate all of this? It didn't make sense!
The person who helped Xie Wanyun in the hunting ground just now was Jin Bai.
Jin Bai couldn't stand Dahan's smug look, so she walked away to hide, but she saw two women struggling to move forward through the woods.
Could they be assassins? But Jin Bai immediately dismissed the idea. An assassin would naturally go inside the hunting grounds, but these two were running towards the periphery, clearly having lost their way and stumbled in by mistake.
Seeing that Dahan was getting closer and closer, Jinbai knew that Dahan was bloodthirsty and murderous. He couldn't bear to see the two women die under Dahan's arrow, so he shot an arrow in another direction to divert Dahan's attention, and then threw a stone to guide the way. After watching them finally run away, he returned to the hunting ground with peace of mind.
The hunting grounds were bustling with activity. However, the person who attracted everyone's attention was no longer the eldest prince, Dahan, but Timur, the King of Mobei.
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