Chapter 86 Intimacy
At the critical moment, Jiang Yi picked up a silver spear, stabbed the cow's neck, and then pulled out the spear neatly, causing it to fall to the ground with a bang.
The other cows lost their leader and wandered around for a while before rushing towards the carriage again.
Jiang Yi didn't bother to avoid suspicion. He seized the opportunity to lift the curtain of the car and handed his hand to the princess.
A slender white arm was placed in his palm. Jiang Yi exerted a little force, and the princess fell into his arms in an instant as light as a leaf.
At this moment, a assassin attacked him from behind, with a poisoned short blade, directly at Jiang Yi's vitals.
The intuition he developed from fighting on the battlefield allowed him to know where the enemy was without looking back.
Jiang Yi covered the princess's eyes with one hand, swept the silver spear across, and cut off the man's head.
He never used any fancy moves when killing people, basically he killed them with one move.
But this time, he had to take into consideration the trembling person in his arms, so he let the assassin move closer. Even though he protected her, two drops of blood splashed onto her chin.
Jiang Yi raised his hand and used his still clean sleeve to gently wipe the blood off her face before handing her over to his personal maid.
After all, they were well-trained soldiers and they took the situation under control in a short while. Unfortunately, all those captured were death squads and not a single one was left alive.
Jiang Yi checked and found a token on one of the assassins, and put it into his sleeve calmly.
Thanks to the timely discovery, only one nanny twisted her foot out of fright, and there were no other casualties.
Only then did Jiang Yi see the true appearance of Princess Nanchu.
A delicate little girl, very pretty. Because of what happened just now, her delicate hair was a little messy. There were tears in her eyes as she looked at him timidly.
For the first time, he felt that the blood splattered on his body was a bit unsightly.
Jiang Yi wiped his face casually, ordered a headcount, and then immediately set off, arriving at the nearest inn before dark.
After a short rest, Jiang Yi did not avoid people and gave the token to Chu Li in front of everyone, asking him to rush to Chang'an first to find out which force sent the assassins.
That night, a thin envoy from the Southern Chu delegation slipped out of the official post station under the cover of darkness.
Jiang Yi and Chu Li followed him and saw that the man found a big stone in a hidden place in the woods next to the inn and wrote some strange words on it, as if he was trying to convey some message.
The two men immediately captured the man and interrogated him strictly.
After just a few threats, the man knelt down and kowtowed, repeatedly denying that he had nothing to do with the group of people today.
Chu Li went and captured a soldier who had some knowledge of the Southern Chu language. He looked at it for a while and was not sure what was written specifically, but he could vaguely recognize that it should be telling his accomplices the number of people in their group and their route.
Jiang Yi thought about it and knew that the man probably didn't dare to lie.
He was still trying to communicate with his accomplices to explain that their people had not taken action yet.
The Southern Chu Emperor has many children, and in recent years, there has been constant friction over the succession. The court is divided into two factions: those who favor war and those who favor peace, each loyal to the most outstanding Fifth and Eighth Princes respectively.
This person is most likely an insider planted in the delegation by the Fifth Prince, who advocates war.
Their actions were intended to disrupt the peace talks. If they wanted to shift the blame to the Great Zhou, they would naturally move as close to Chang'an as possible, and it was unlikely they would start here.
After this analysis, the group of killers should be loyal to a force in the Great Zhou.
In order to avoid alerting the enemy, he still allowed the envoy to travel with the team, but sent someone to keep a close watch on him.
Chu Li rode a fast horse to Chang'an overnight, bringing the token and delivering the news to Chang'an.
Jiang Yi stretched and planned to go back to sleep.
Unexpectedly, the delicate princess was waiting for him at the door. She handed him a bottle of medicine with a blushing face and thanked him quietly for saving her life.
The voice was soft and sticky, not even as loud as the cat he raised when he was a child.
Jiang Yi couldn't help but slow down his tone and told her not to be polite.
Unexpectedly, he was used to speaking in a rough voice in the military camp, and his voice was still loud when he opened his mouth, which scared the princess and made her tremble.
He scratched his head and didn't take it to heart, but unexpectedly, he entered the little princess's dream.
In the dream, he was also covered in blood, and a silver spear was dripping with blood.
For some reason, she was not afraid in her dream. He held her in his arms and she used her handkerchief dipped in water to wipe the blood off his face bit by bit.
At this time, even Lu Weiqing didn't know that they had encountered an accident on the road. He was taking a break from his busy schedule and pestering Jiang Ran to get close to him.
He picked up more than a dozen travel books in the bookstore that day. As soon as he walked out, he acted foolishly in public again. He held Jiang Ran's hand and squeezed it again and again, and whispered to her to say that she liked him.
Jiang Ran was so angry that he slapped the back of his hand hard, took the opportunity to run away, bought a large piece of ice from a street vendor selling cold dumplings, and threw it into Lu Weiqing's palm.
Although Lu Weiqing didn't know what she was going to do, he obediently carried the ice and followed her.
Seeing him act obedient, Jiang Ran turned back and warned him, "You are not allowed to talk to me until the ice melts."
He knew that he had indeed gone too far, so he honestly held the ice in his arms and did not bother her again along the way.
As it grew dark, Jiang Ran lit a lamp and played with the nine-ring puzzle game he had just bought.
Lu Weiqing, wearing a shirt, came over eagerly and called out "A Ran".
Jiang Ran looked up at him, and seeing that he didn't continue talking, he lowered his head and started playing Nine Rings again.
Lu Weiqing stretched out his hand in front of her and called out again: "A Ran."
She then asked seriously, "What's the matter?"
He showed his empty palm again and said word by word, "The ice has melted. Ah Ran, can you pay attention to me now?"
Jiang Ran then remembered what happened before and stared at me without saying anything for a long time.
She just said it casually, but Lu Weiqing actually melted all the ice before coming to talk to her.
She suddenly felt that she was a bit bad, as if she had deliberately bullied him. She softened her heart and handed the thing in her hand to him attentively.
"Of course, I haven't ignored you. Let's play together, Brother Weiqing."
Jiang Ran lost his previous confidence and started to coax him instead.
Lu Weiqing readily agreed, and in less than half a minute, he solved the nine-ring chain.
Seeing that the Nine Rings Chain she had been studying for a long time was broken by him in such a short time, she pouted and complained, "The life of a genius like you is really boring."
"No, as long as Ah Ran is here, no matter what I do, I will be happy to do it."
Lu Weiqing looked at her and started to speak sweet words.
Accustomed to his previous cold and aloof demeanor, Jiang Ran couldn't cope with Lu Weiqing, who was not shy about talking about love. She fanned herself in the face and kept muttering about going out for a walk.
Her little thoughts could not escape Lu Weiqing's eyes.
After walking a few steps, I felt so hot that I went back to my room to cool down with an ice basin.
Lu Weiqing walked over with the newly bought "Luoyang Records". She was so scared that she fell on the couch and pretended to sleep.
In the end, she couldn't escape and he kissed her a few times before she fell asleep as she wished.
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