Chapter 177 Luo'er is brave and resourceful, risking her life to save Prince Su!
Fortunately, Granny Deng managed to grab Que'er in time and pull her away.
Granny Deng was so angry that she cursed, "These damned bastards, don't let this old woman catch them, or I'll kill them!"
Li Qingluo: "Que'er, are you injured?"
Que'er, still shaken, said, "Miss, I'm alright. Let's hurry on our way, let's not worry about this for now, giddy up—"
The carriage sped so fast it seemed to fly, splashing muddy snow and sand all over the ground.
Li Qingluo and her companions' carriage quickly escaped back to the camp.
Following Li Qingluo and the others back, there were only six carriages!
Among them was Liu Qingzhu and her servant, who had climbed onto the Cui sisters' carriage.
After they got off the carriage one by one, they didn't look too happy. But since it was a matter of life and death, the Cui sisters didn't kick her off the carriage, which was already considered a kindness.
The rest are nowhere to be found, and it's unknown whether they've been caught.
There was no time to worry about that now. There was a tall and large wooden spiked gate at the entrance of the horse farm. If we could push it up to block the entrance, we could temporarily stop these traitors.
Li Qingluo led Que'er and Granny Deng to the wooden spur gate. The three of them tried to push it, and fortunately, there were wheels underneath, so it wasn't too heavy.
As soon as they exerted their strength, all the other women, servants, and even slaves followed them.
Everyone put in their best effort, gritted their teeth, and worked together to quickly push the gate up.
Granny Deng directed several servants to lower the iron lock so that it could no longer be easily pushed from the outside.
However, it's still not enough.
Li Qingluo looked at the haystack and firewood to the side.
"Burn a wall of fire, quick!"
At this point, no one dared to doubt her anymore; instead, they were thankful that there was still someone to manage the situation.
Many hands make light work, and soon the fire wall was burning not far behind the gate.
If they dared to jump off the horse, they would definitely jump onto this wall of fire first.
Therefore, it can hold out for at least half an hour.
As long as we can stall for time, Prince Su will surely send reinforcements.
With this conviction in her heart, Li Qingluo told them to continue adding firewood while she turned to look for a suitable weapon. Fortunately, some old tents had not been dismantled, and things could still be found inside.
She went out horseback riding today and never expected this situation to occur; otherwise, she would definitely have brought a bow and arrows.
Fortunately, she still had a dagger and a hidden dart on her.
Li Qingluo found another sword behind an old couch. She took it out and looked at it; it was rusty.
But something is better than nothing.
When she came out of the tent with her sword, she startled the other women.
"What, what are you going to do?"
"You grew up in the countryside. Even if you are the daughter of a general, you can't possibly know how to wield a sword, can you?"
"Yes, yes, don't be a hero now. Keep thinking of a way, where should we all hide?"
"Those traitors are coming soon. Once this firewood burns out, are we just going to wait to be arrested?"
Liu Qingzhu cried out, "No! Your Highness, Your Highness will definitely come to save us!"
Cui Jiuniang sneered, "Waiting for your prince? Even His Highness Prince Su couldn't stop these traitors, and Princess Qinyu is nowhere to be found. Do you think any prince can save you today?"
Liu Qingzhu, her face pale, tried to retort: "No, my family..."
Li Qingluo: "We are surrounded by mountains on three sides. Where can we run to? This is our stronghold. I advise you all to prepare yourselves to fight to the death and protect yourselves."
The women were all terrified and turned pale.
The expressions on Cui Jiuniang's and Cui Shiyi Niang's faces were the same.
Some people even cried out loud.
However, Nanping and Cui Jiuniang quickly accepted the situation and hurriedly followed Li Qingluo's example to find weapons.
However, before they could find anything, the sound of thunderous hooves came from outside.
In an instant, they all hid back inside the old tents.
"Hey! These young ladies are clever enough to use fire walls and gates to block us!"
"Hahaha... Block? Ladies, you'd better come out and surrender quickly, and let us catch you. How long can you block us? We've already captured all the other girls, going up the mountain and down the river, not one of them escaped."
“Anyone who disobeys will be killed.”
"Ha ha ha ha……"
Inside the old tents, suppressed yet panicked cries could be heard everywhere.
Outside, the shouts continued: "Ladies, if you don't listen to our advice, once the firewood burns out, we'll go in, and you won't have any chance to prove your innocence! Do you hear me?!"
"Get out here right now—"
Someone actually tried to go out, but Li Qingluo grabbed them.
Do you want to die?
After pushing the people aside, Li Qingluo opened a crack in the old tent and looked outside.
Outside the towering firewalls, masked men in black rode on tall horses, spinning in circles, clearly losing patience.
If only we had a bow and arrows right now.
As Li Qingluo was thinking, a bow and arrow actually appeared out of thin air in front of her!
Nanping pointed at Liu Qingzhu and said, "Sister Luo'er, she clearly found it under a bed, along with three arrows, yet she tried to hide it from you!"
Liu Qingzhu said defiantly, "I... I also wanted to keep it for self-defense, so why should she take it from me?"
Nanping sneered: "Do you even know how to use it? Although Madam Zhu grew up in the General's Mansion, she probably hasn't even touched a bow and arrow once!"
Li Qingluo took the bow and arrow: "It's not just for self-defense."
After saying that, she immediately drew her bow and shot the arrow outwards—
Cui Shiyi Niang stamped her foot angrily: "How could you shoot without even looking? We only have three arrows! If I had known there was a bow and arrow, I should have let my Ninth Sister shoot; her archery skills are quite accurate..."
Before he could finish speaking, a scream came from outside.
And there was a loud thud as someone fell heavily off their horse.
Then came a barrage of vile insults: "You wretched women, they even have bows and arrows!"
"Jia Laosan, Laosan!?"
"Dead...dead?"
"Charge in—I'm going to rape and kill them—"
"I want them dead—"
An angry clamor erupted outside.
The women were sobbing again in fear, but Li Qingluo just sneered: "Don't worry, we don't know who will die first."
After saying that, she nocked another arrow.
Cui Jiuniang grabbed Cui Shiyi Niang, holding her breath nervously.
My archery skills are nowhere near as superb as hers, yet she was able to kill someone with them.
Isn't it rumored that she grew up in the mountains since childhood?
I wonder how long he studied archery to become so skilled.
However, before Li Qingluo could even shoot his arrow, another noisy commotion arose outside.
Immediately afterwards, the sound of horses galloping and neighing echoed through the valley, and then the sounds of weapons clashing finally reached everyone's ears.
"Have reinforcements arrived?"
"Great! Someone must be coming to rescue us!"
Everyone laughed happily again, and after a short while, the sounds of fighting outside stopped.
So fast?
No one knew who had won. Li Qingluo quickly peeked out through a crack in the firelight. Before she could even make out who it was, she heard a familiar voice: "Your Highness, Miss Li, are you all inside?"
Is that the sound of rain chasing after it?
Li Qing was overjoyed and quickly took Nanping out.
We are here!
Only a few rebels pursued them, so Zhuiyu and Shalei quickly cleared the area outside.
Through the flames, Zhuiyu saw that Li Qingluo and Nanping were both safe and sound, and breathed a sigh of relief.
Seeing their defense, he couldn't help but praise them: "You did a very good job. Whose idea was that? Also, we just saw a traitor killed by you. Whose archery skills were so amazing?"
Nanping proudly pointed at Li Qingluo: "Of course they're all my sister Luo'er! By the way, what are you two doing here? Where's my Fifth Uncle? Is he alright?"
Zhuiyu suddenly stared intently at Li Qingluo: "His Highness suffered a minor injury, yet he still wants us to come quickly to save the Princess and... and the other girls."
"We two subordinates are currently ordered to remain here to protect Her Highness the Princess and escort the other young ladies back to Jinling. Therefore, we are unable to deliver medicine to the Prince. Since Miss Li is so brave and resourceful, I wonder if she could do us a small favor?"
Li Qingluo pointed at herself: "Me—?"
Li Qing dismounted and was led away by another unnamed guard.
Sitting on her horse, Li Qingluo suddenly realized that since they could take a guard with them, why did they insist on sending a young woman like herself to deliver the medicine?
Isn't this unnecessary?
She suddenly felt like she'd been tricked...
Moreover, even Granny Deng and Que'er were left behind, unable to follow.
They said she would be back immediately.
Li Qingluo suddenly felt a tightness in her chest. What would the women left behind think if Zhuiyu acted this way?
And what about Prince Su? If he is really injured, shouldn't he hurry back to Jinling to be treated by the imperial physician?
If I bring the medicine myself, do you think I can cure him immediately?
But no matter how much she thought about it, Li Qingluo had no choice but to bite the bullet and go.
When Li Qingluo and the guards arrived at a small grove that wasn't far away, they indeed saw Prince Su standing there, directing the surrounding troops to... carry the corpse.
Yes, carry the corpses, find survivors.
Li Qingluo hadn't expected the battle to be so fierce, with corpses and blood everywhere.
She felt nauseous and harbored even more resentment towards Zhui Yu.
Duan Rongshi turned around and looked up to see Li Qingluo.
His calm eyes showed no change in emotion until suddenly everything changed in the blink of an eye—
A curved short sword flew towards Li Qingluo's back. Duan Rongshi threw a dart to deflect the sword, and Li Qingluo, who was trying to dodge, tumbled off her horse.
Duan Rongshi rushed over, pulled her up, and shielded her behind him.
A rustling sound came from all around, and a cluster of dark shadows rose up in the surrounding area.
However, Duan Rongshi only had about ten guards around him at the moment.
Duan Rongshi glanced down at Li Qingluo quickly: "Miss Li, hold on to me and don't let go."
Li Qingluo immediately grabbed his robe tightly and swallowed hard.
Nanping is right, going out today is truly inauspicious for everything!
Half an incense stick later, Li Qingluo was led by Duan Rongshi to the edge of the cliff.
Behind them, a relentless shadowy figure continued to pursue them, as if they could never be killed off in this day.
Torches, arrows, and throwing knives were all launched at once, as if they wouldn't rest until they killed the two of them.
Duan Rongshi swiftly swung his longsword, deflecting all attacks.
However, countless shadowy figures were chasing them, and they had no way to retreat. If this continued, they simply couldn't outlast them.
One moment of carelessness and I would have lost my life here today.
Duan Rongshi lowered his head and looked intently at Li Qingluo: "Are you confident?"
Li Qingluo trembled with nervousness, but still nodded heavily: "If Your Highness believes, you can give it a try—Ah!!!!"
Before she could finish speaking, Duan Rongshi had already grabbed her by the waist and, with a light touch of his toes, plunged headfirst into the precipice behind them—
"ah--"
A long howl pierced the air as it plummeted vertically down the cliff.
The dark figures rushed over, glanced at the scene, and then continued to throw and smash a pile of things down until the noise subsided, at which point they left in a huff.
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