Chapter 49: An Arrow Through the Heart
In the forest, Shen Yuexi squatted on the ground in a pretentious manner, slowly putting the foxtail grass growing near the roots of the trees into the medicine bag. At the same time, she raised her eyes and scanned the surroundings.
Anyway, Leng Shuang was standing behind her and couldn't see what she was pretending.
The convoy stopped at the edge of the woods fifty meters away. Xiao Beiheng and Lin Kui also got out of the car and stood at the edge of the woods talking. Xia Lan stood behind them.
Although there were few trees where she was, there was dense bushes about a hundred meters inside. Once she escaped into them, it would be difficult for pursuers to discover her whereabouts.
No matter what, she had to run, both for herself and for Xiao Zhuo.
Now the convoy is in the wild, with trees in front of it, which is the best opportunity to escape. Once it reaches the open area, even if you can fly, it will be useless.
On that rainy night, Xiao Zhuo pulled her into the depths of the dense forest, thus escaping the enemy's pursuit. Now that Xiao Zhuo was gone, she had to do this on her own.
"I'm done picking here. I'm going to go pee over there. You wait here."
She stood up and pointed at the bushes in the distance.
The caravan was far enough away that the only threat to her was arrows. She would first flee into the bushes. If Leng Shuang came to catch her, she would attack Leng Shuang's severed wrist. Although it would surely hurt Leng Shuang terribly, she could only say sorry.
Leng Shuang glanced at the bushes, then looked back at Xiao Beiheng at the edge of the woods, then turned around and said coldly to Shen Yuexi:
"Miss Shen, I sincerely advise you not to try to escape. No one can escape from the hands of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."
Shen Yuexi smiled as she walked, "I know very well."
You could say it, but you'd be damned if you didn't run away. If you were with a cruel guy like that, you might wake up one day and find yourself without any limbs.
She didn't care whether Leng Shuang ran away or not, she was bound to run away anyway.
She continued to walk towards the bushes, and Leng Shuang did not stop but followed closely behind her.
"I once witnessed a maid trying to escape... having her hands and feet chopped off... and thrown into a pigsty. I still remember her screams as the pigs, starving for days, gnawed at her."
Shen Yuexi paused and asked in a trembling voice, "How could he be so perverted?"
Although she already knew about Xiao Beiheng's cruelty, she was still shocked by Leng Shuang's story. She couldn't help but look back at Xiao Beiheng at the edge of the woods.
Xiao Beiheng seemed to take something from Xia Lan's hand, but it was hard to see clearly from a distance.
Under such a handsome appearance, it turns out to be like this...
She turned back again, quickened her pace slightly, pointed ahead and said, "We'll be there soon."
…
"Xia Lan, report the number of steps for this prince."
Xiao Beiheng pulled out a wolf-tooth arrow from the quiver at his waist and put it on the bowstring. He stretched out his left arm and slowly raised the bow.
Xia Lan's smile froze. She had originally thought that the prince was just going to touch the bow, but when she saw the direction the prince's bow was pointing, she suddenly became panicked and forced a smile.
"Your Highness, Leng Shuang is back..."
Before he could finish his words, Lin Kui interrupted him harshly: "The master orders you to report!"
"Yes... yes!" Xia Lan turned to look at the two women in the woods, her eyes filled with fear as she said, "Your Highness, forty steps."
Xiao Beiheng smiled slightly, and pulled the bowstring backward with two fingers of his right hand, fully drawing the bowstring.
With a "bang", the wolf-tooth arrow was released from the string.
…
"Since you can see that the Prince of Qi is such a person, why do you still serve him?" Shen Yuexi asked Leng Shuang in surprise, "You can just be like Xia Lan. She is Doctor Lin's maid, and the prince won't do anything to her."
If you don't like this master, just find a way to change him.
Leng Shuang shook her head slightly and said:
"It is only natural for a servant to serve the master. His Highness the Crown Prince..."
With a "puff" sound, Leng Shuang's voice was suddenly interrupted.
Shen Yuexi instinctively turned around and immediately saw the hideous arrowhead piercing Leng Shuang's left chest. The arrow had accurately hit Leng Shuang's back.
Leng Shuang looked at her with wide eyes and stretched out her hand as if wanting to grab something.
"Leng Shuang!" Shen Yuexi threw away the medicine bag and rushed to Leng Shuang who was slowly kneeling down. She supported her body and shouted, "Hold on."
The emerald green clothes on Leng Shuang's chest turned dark red in the blink of an eye. She stretched out her right hand and pushed Shen Yuexi, saying weakly:
"……run!"
The body in Shen Yuexi's arms suddenly sank, and her raised right hand also fell down.
She raised her head and looked at Xiao Beiheng in the distance.
I always thought I saved Leng Shuang, but in fact I didn't.
There was no time to hesitate. She saw Xiao Beiheng grinning and nodding his bow. She was the only one left, and it was clear that Xiao Beiheng was going to kill her, and for no reason at all.
She was so filled with fear that she stood up and ran away.
…
Xiao Beiheng pulled the bowstring to its full length, the arrow pointed at Shen Yuexi. Whether it was his left hand holding the bow or his right hand drawing the arrow, both were as steady as a rock.
"Sixty steps."
Xia Lan lost her usual smile. As she counted, she wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes with her sleeves and reported the distance in a stiff tone.
"Seventy steps."
Xiao Beiheng still did not let go of the bowstring. If the wind had not blown up his sleeves, he would have looked like a sculpture.
"Eighty steps."
Everyone in the convoy turned their eyes to Shen Yuexi who was running wildly in the distance.
Lin Kui, who was standing by and watching, became nervous and warned, "Your Highness, we're almost out of range!"
Although the object in His Royal Highness's hand was not ordinary, the distance was already close to a hundred steps. From a distance, Shen Yuexi's figure was only a tiny dot. Wait any longer...
Xiao Beiheng turned a deaf ear to it. He seemed to be extremely confident that Shen Yuexi would definitely not be able to dodge this arrow.
"Ninety steps."
After Xia Lan finished counting, she also cast a nervous look at Xiao Beiheng. Seeing that Xiao Beiheng did not move, she quickly turned her gaze to Shen Yuexi.
…
Shen Yuexi didn't have time to think about why the arrow was delayed.
She didn't dare look back and rushed towards the bushes in front of her with all her strength.
Leng Shuang was already dead, and she didn't want to be pierced by an arrow. She hadn't lived long enough, and her dream retirement life hadn't even begun. It couldn't end like this.
After a few more steps, they would enter the bushes. Even if Xiao Beiheng was very powerful, could he hit the target if he couldn't see it?
"One hundred steps!"
Xia Lan's voice sounded from far behind.
This cry is a reminder and a warning.
Shen Yuexi turned around abruptly.
Time seemed to slow down in an instant. The wolf-tooth arrow traced a shallow arc in the air, its sharp tip reflecting the midday sun. The tail feathers at the end of the shaft spun slowly, passing through the dense shade of the trees, casting a curved, flickering shadow on the ground.
The arrow had already traveled half the distance and was heading for her back. She would be dead in a second.
One second was just enough to shout out the two words "Big Bear", but it was too late.
It would have been much better if I had used the universal manufacturing machine to make myself a shield or something like that at the beginning. It would have been much safer to run with the shield on my back.
But Xiao Beiheng suddenly attacked, and she was caught off guard. She had no time to think about anything else. All she could think about was running into the bushes.
It's too late to regret now.
She closed her eyes resignedly.
A "ding" sound rang in her ears. It was as if two long swords were clashing in front of her, and the sharp sound made her ears buzz.
The expected arrow to pierce her heart did not come, and she opened her eyes in surprise.
What I see before me is flying black hair, a moon-white back, and a sharp sword.
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