"Master!" The subordinate was hit by him and staggered to the side, but then knelt down.
"But master, we want revenge, the princess..." She knelt down, still looking up at the man with earnest eyes, and advised him earnestly.
"Pah!" He slapped her hard again. The man's chest rose and fell. He said angrily, "For revenge, can we abandon everything? My family has been guarding the border for so many years. The barbarians have invaded the border, kidnapped our people, and killed our common people. My mother's generation has killed countless barbarians. We have been fighting against the barbarians to the death. Today, you want me to cooperate with them?"
He said it loud and clear, his eyes stern: "You'd better give up this idea as soon as possible! It's impossible!"
The subordinate knelt and shrank, but after hearing what he said, he couldn't help but refute: "But the master was killed by the princess! Master, you also had to hide your identity, change your appearance, and hide because of her!"
"I said, no! Back off! My mother handed you over to me before she died. I am your master and you must listen to my orders!" He clenched his fists and turned away.
The person kneeling on the ground was silent for a long time. She responded, "Yes!" Then the clothes rubbed against each other, making a rustling sound, and she walked out.
Only after the footsteps could no longer be heard did the man turn around stiffly and stand in silence for a while. Then he caught a glimpse of the Buddha statue and the faint smoke from the incense burning in front of the Buddha. He turned around and took a few quick steps as if he had found something to lean on, then stood in front of the cushion, then knelt down, closed his eyes, and muttered to himself.
Because the entire border city was under martial law, the infiltration of unfamiliar faces would easily attract attention. The people sent from the Barbarian Country to assassinate Gu Jinke contacted the secret line in the city and sneaked in. After finding out that Gu Jinke was still in the city, they quickly made up their minds to assassinate her when she returned to the camp.
After catching up on his sleep, Gu Jinke was indeed ready to return to the camp. Duke Xu Yeliang and the fifth princess Gu Jinyun were leading their troops and were blocked in a city in the barbarian country. According to Gu Jinke's original intention, it was to slowly wear down the enemy and slowly take over the city. However, after Gu Jinke sent the message back to the capital and received more news from the capital, he had more thoughts in his mind.
According to the current situation in the capital, if the capital becomes chaotic, she will definitely have to return to the capital. Before that, she hopes to settle the matter of the Barbarian Kingdom once and for all, either by forcing the Barbarian Kingdom to sign a letter of surrender, or directly destroying this small country.
So as soon as she woke up, she tidied up the carriage and headed towards the camp, because she didn't bring many people with her in the city, only a small team of soldiers, seven or eight people in a group. Walking down the street, Gu Jinke heard a passerby sigh: "Hey, there are so many people on the street today!"
Gu Jinke was surprised and quickly lifted the curtain. Why were there so many people in the street? Because of the martial law in the city, there are fewer and fewer people on the streets these days. Why is it so abnormal today?
She looked at the people on the street. Originally, she was just looking casually, but soon her eyes became sharp. She saw a flash of silver light and someone was approaching her with a sharp blade in his hand.
Gu Jinke leaned back and narrowly avoided the attack, closing the window of the carriage, but the sword still kept coming at him, piercing through the window with most of the sword sticking out.
Gu Jinke frowned, opened the carriage door and prepared to leave. The street suddenly became chaotic, and the soldiers below began to shout warnings: "There is an assassin! Protect His Highness!"
Gu Jinke stuck his head out to take a look and saw that most of the people who had just pretended to be civilians in the street had already lifted up their clothes, drawn out the weapons hidden on their bodies, and rushed over directly.
Of course there were real civilians on the streets, and they were the ones who were caught in the disaster. If they accidentally ran into this group of assassins, they would start hacking with swords and knives. As a result, the streets were filled with screams, help, and calls.
Gu Jinke only brought a small team, and they were caught off guard by the assassination. Many of them suffered injuries at the beginning and were at a disadvantage. Although Xun Ji, who followed Gu Jinke for close protection, was very skilled, there were many people coming this time and they were scattered, so she was temporarily unable to cope with them all. Gu Jinke could only choose to protect himself.
Everyone probably knew that she was in the carriage, and most of the forces were besieging the carriage. Xun Ji was temporarily trapped on the periphery. Gu Jinke took a look and saw that thanks to her, the carriage had been stabbed into a sieve and was shaking. It could no longer hold on. Gu Jinke jumped down swiftly and ran towards Xun Ji to seek shelter.
The place where they were attacked was halfway, a long way from the mansion, and slightly farther from the camp than the mansion. The nearest reinforcements were the soldiers patrolling the city, but looking at the appearance of the assassin, Gu Jinke did not have much hope for reinforcements. She hoped to meet up with Xun Ji as soon as possible, fight their way out, save her life first, and then discuss other things.
She was wearing a brocade robe and had a very beautiful face, so it was hard to mistake her. When she jumped off the carriage, someone pointed at her and shouted, "Princess! Princess of Jin! Kill her and you'll be promoted to a higher position when you return!"
Gu Jinke ran a little faster, but it turned out that there were not only these people disguised on the road. There were actually arrows shot out from the houses on both sides of the street, flying straight towards Gu Jinke's vital points. Gu Jinke frowned fiercely.
According to the city's martial law, it was incredible that a large number of people could sneak in and disguise themselves as civilians. How could so many people kill her with arrows? Did she miss the number of barbarian spies in the city?
As she thought about it, she started to fight back, but the other side had more people and more power, so Gu Jinke could only fight and retreat, and the situation looked very dangerous several times.
In a restaurant on the side of the road, a man in a cloak also frowned fiercely and looked at the person behind him: "You let him in?"
The people behind him were silent, and the cloaked man slapped the table and said, "Good! Very good!"
As he was about to rush out with his sword in hand, the man behind him quickly grabbed him and said, "Master! Don't forget your family feud. Since you can't do it yourself, why don't you just sit here and watch her get dealt with by others?"
"Bang!" The cloaked man kicked out hard, causing the person who was holding him to groan.
"I thought I had come to my senses, and you should have come to your senses too! Mother did make a mistake, and the princess was a good monarch. She loved her people and fought against the barbarians. Now you want me to watch her being killed by the barbarians?"
His men were still holding onto his clothes tightly, so he kicked them away fiercely: "Let me go. Every family in the border areas worships her in their eternal life tablets. Don't you understand? She is the people's favorite. Mother... Mother embezzled military pay..." He choked up as he spoke.
"Mother...how can she live up to what she said to me when I was little..."
"Now she has been ambushed and assassinated by the enemy. She is our princess. As soldiers, we should pick up our swords and protect her!"
My mother’s earnest teachings when I was a child are still ringing in my ears.
"My child, we are soldiers of the imperial court. We hold swords in our hands and point them at the enemy leaders to protect the people and the monarch! You stay at home and grow up. Your mother will go to the border to protect you!"
The servant slowly loosened her skirt, and he hurried to run out. Seeing his eager movements, the servant smiled bitterly: "Master, you are more in love with Her Highness the Princess."
Otherwise, why would he have fled in such a hurry from Qingcheng Prefecture and come all the way to the border?
The cloaked figure paused, then whispered, "What if I admire you? What if I don't admire you?"
He looked at the figures fighting on the street: "At least now, as a soldier, I just want to protect my monarch!"
The subordinates were stunned.
He stopped talking, rushed out, joined the battle directly, and rushed towards Gu Jinke.
The subordinate's expression froze, and she waved her hand, leading her men to rush out. She kept convincing herself in her heart that she didn't want to save Gu Jinke, she just wanted to protect her master!
Gu Jinke saw a sudden emergence of a new force, who actually came to rescue them. Although this group of people were well concealed, they were friendly forces after all. She breathed a sigh of relief and felt the pressure around her eased as well.
The leader of this group of friendly forces was simply fearless and daring. He did not even dodge the swords and knives that were coming at him. He bravely fought his way to Gu Jinke despite his injuries. He and Gu Jinke relied on each other to fight together, but he looked a little embarrassed. Even though he was wearing a black cloak, you could see scars and bloodstains.
Gu Jinke frowned and turned his head to look at him: "Be careful, don't get hurt again. Delay a little, reinforcements will be here soon."
As he spoke, he blocked the sword that was coming towards him and pulled the man away with one hand.
The cloaked man was stunned for a moment, then fell silent, shook off her hand, and attacked the assassin who was coming towards him straight back, showing that he didn't listen to her words at all.
Gu Jingke: ...
Gu Jinke could only rub his nose and say no more. He dodged the incoming sword. The arrows from the outside shot in again, this time from a different position. Gu Jinke raised his head and looked around, trying to see clearly where the arrows came from. Was it shot out by one person who changed position, or were there several people shooting from different directions?
As she was looking up, the assassins came towards her again. Gu Jinke could only concentrate on the battle in front of him. It seemed as if it had been planned beforehand. When these people surrounded Gu Jinke and besieged him, arrows came from all directions.
There was no way to dodge now. Gu Jinke looked at the arrow coming towards him and turned his body to try his best to avoid the vital parts of his body, hoping that the arrow would hit his arm. According to her estimation, reinforcements should be arriving soon, and she should be able to hold out until the reinforcements arrive despite her injuries.
The cloaked man was behind her to protect her. Gu Jinke was worried about hurting him by mistake, so he pulled the man to move with him.
The cloaked man who was being led was stunned, and turned around to look at her, but he saw another scene from his perspective. It was true that Gu Jinke was leading him to dodge the feather arrows and reduce the damage, but on the route she was dodging, one of the enemies raised one hand slightly, revealing the sleeve arrow on his wrist. A sleeve arrow bounced out, low and fast, and shot straight towards the position where Gu Jinke's waist was dodging.
The man in the cloak was startled. Although he was still being pulled by Gu Jinke, he didn't think twice and turned around with Gu Jinke, then opened his arms to block Gu Jinke.
Gu Jinke was stunned, and then he heard a dull "puff" sound, which was the sound of the sharp blade entering the body.
The man standing in front of her seemed to be shocked and threw himself into her arms. His hand fell down with a beautiful feather arrow stuck in it. Gu Jinke lowered his head and looked over his shoulder to see his waist and abdomen. A short arrow was tightly tied to his cloak and was driven into the flesh, with only the tail sticking out.
The people around him who had just shot out arrows from their sleeves were very dissatisfied with this result. They frowned fiercely and rushed over with their knives raised: "Kill!"
Gu Jinke didn't have time to think about it, so he hugged the person in front of him and dodged again.
The cloaked man frowned and said in a hoarse voice: "Let go, leave quickly, I'm fine!"
Gu Jinke raised his eyebrows, but didn't respond to his words. He just held the man's waist tightly and ordered, "Hold on a little longer, the reinforcements should be here soon."
The cloaked man lowered his eyes and took a look at the situation around him. Perhaps the cooperation just now failed to kill the enemy with one blow. Time was dragging on and he was worried about the arrival of reinforcements. These enemies had completely lost their patience and rushed towards him more fiercely. Gu Jinke protected him with one hand, so he could only do so much. Even if reinforcements arrived, Gu Jinke would definitely be injured.
He was silent for a moment, feeling the blood flowing in his body and the pain of the wound. Then, when Gu Jinke was fighting, he saw the right opportunity and broke free from Gu Jinke's grip. When Gu Jinke came to protect him, he said coldly, "As a superior, you should learn to be cruel. No one's life is more important than yours. If you are injured or die, the people of the world will suffer. At this time, you should use me as a shield."
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