Chapter 910 Come with me!
Just at this critical moment, a sharp sound suddenly rang out from the side!
Su Qinglan's eyes widened, and she could hear almost nothing. She could not hear the sharp sound, the assassin's angry curses, or the surrounding noise. She could only watch as the broadsword came down on her head, almost hitting the top of her head.
Suddenly, the blade stopped at her forehead, just a hair's breadth away from cleaving her in two!
Her blood seemed to freeze at that moment. She stared wide-eyed at the knife, then at the hand holding it, and realized with horror that a whip had somehow been wrapped around the man's wrist, and that the sharp scream she had just heard was the sound of the whip being lashed out.
The assassin was stunned. Ignoring the excruciating pain in his wrist that felt like it was about to break, he turned his head and saw a tall, handsome man suddenly emerge from a side alley next to the restaurant on the other side of the whip. With a sudden wave of his hand, the assassin felt his arm sink and was forcibly pulled into the air. After leaping a few feet, he crashed heavily to the ground!
"ah--!"
Only then did he manage to let out a scream, but the next moment, the man rushed over and stepped on his neck.
The man's scream was cut short before it was uttered.
Two more whooshing sounds were heard, and the whip tip, like a nimble snake, slipped from the arm lying on the ground, retracted, circled a few times, and returned to the man's hand. He had already rushed to Su Qinglan without regard for anything else: "Are you alright?!"
"..."
At this point, Su Qinglan was unable to speak.
It wasn't just the near-death experience that left her lingering fear, but also the face that appeared before her now—the very person who had haunted her dreams these past few days—Jiang Yan!
"You, you—"
She wanted to say something, but her throat felt blocked, and she could only desperately open her eyes wide to look at the person in front of her.
Ever since the case of the assassin at Tangquan Palace occurred, and ever since she was arrested as a suspect and imprisoned, Su Qinglan has not wanted to see him for a single moment. She wants to know if he is safe, if he was involved in that incident, and she wants to find out the truth. Was everything before just a lie to her?
However, since being released, she has stopped thinking about it.
So when Su Qinglan saw that familiar, handsome face again, it felt like a lifetime had passed, but an even more chilling feeling arose from her heart, colder than the despair she felt when she was almost cleaved in two by a large knife.
So she slowly closed her lips.
Seeing her like this, Jiang Yan felt a lingering fear. Just now, he hadn't planned to come out. He only wanted to see her one last time after things had failed before leaving. He never expected that something like this would happen on the way. He also never expected that she would be so bold as to warn others to save their lives when surrounded by swords and knives, without considering that her own life could be lost at any moment.
That's why he acted without regard for the consequences.
But now, as the two of them faced each other, watching Su Qinglan's initially panicked, anxious, and fearful eyes gradually turn into a blank look, he suddenly felt uneasy and grabbed her hand.
"Come with me!"
In that brief moment when the two faced each other, a bloodbath had already broken out on the other side of the carriage.
The guards escorting the carriage were already hampered by arrow wounds and had to stay close to the carriage, so they couldn't fight freely. They were even more surprised to find assassins lurking in the restaurant. As soon as they engaged in combat, they were at a disadvantage. Fortunately, Yuwen Ye's guards rushed up, adding to the fighting force. Moreover, these men were well-trained and fierce as tigers. The two groups combined and immediately suppressed the enemy.
Seeing that things were not going well, those people gave up the fight. Two of them fought their way out and cut down the two guards who were guarding the front of the carriage.
No matter how fierce the fighting was outside, with blood and flesh flying everywhere, the carriage remained completely silent. However, the sudden tremor caused by this person rushing onto the carriage finally made the person inside unable to sit still. Pei Xingyuan seemed to sense the approaching danger and abruptly pushed open the carriage door from the inside.
At the same time, an assassin leaped up and swung his broadsword at him.
Pei Xingyuan's eyes widened suddenly: "Huh?"
At this moment, Su Qinglan was also frightened and hurriedly tried to break free from Jiang Xing's hand, but another figure rushed over faster than her, as swift as a gust of wind, making Su Qinglan's hair fly.
Amidst the flying strands of hair, she saw that agile figure rushing forward while stretching out his arms.
The moment that slender arm stretched out, something thin and long shot out from the sleeve, like a venomous snake emerging from its hole, and instantly wrapped around the neck of the assassin who had rushed to the front of the carriage, pulling him back forcefully.
The assassin froze on the spot, not even having time to turn around, when the jade hand suddenly slammed down on the other end of the whip.
With a sharp "crack," the assassin's throat was severed. He didn't even have time to scream; his eyes widened, bulging like fish eyes, and his mouth opened and closed repeatedly, but no sound came out. Finally, he collapsed limply like a kite with a broken string.
Only after the man fell to the ground was Pei Xingyuan, who was crouching in front of the car door with a terrified expression, revealed.
He stared wide-eyed for a long while before looking at the long whip, which resembled a venomous snake, at the other end, where the beautiful woman stood, her figure like a figure from a dream.
He stammered, "You, you—"
"What do you mean, 'you'?!"
The speaker was none other than Liang Youying, who had been wanted by the imperial court and had not shown her face for days. Her face flushed red and then turned pale, frightened by what had just happened, but also agitated by suddenly seeing this person again. But at this moment, her feelings didn't matter. She stepped forward, grabbed Pei Xingyuan's hand, and dragged him off the carriage, saying urgently, "Come with me!"
Pei Xingyuan blinked and said, "But—"
"What else could it be!"
As Liang Youying spoke, several assassins witnessed the horrific scene and immediately rushed forward to avenge their companion, even attempting to strike Pei Xingyuan down with their blades. She quickly pulled Pei Xingyuan behind her to protect him, her long whip darting around the attackers like a nimble viper, cracking their skin with a few sharp blows.
Meanwhile, the guards who had been chasing after the assassins who were lying in ambush and shooting arrows seemed to have sensed something was wrong, and they all gave up and ran back.
At this moment, the assassins realized that the situation was hopeless, and one of them shouted, "Retreat!"
After saying this, these people fought and retreated, all moving away in all directions.
As they retreated, Pei Xingyuan, who emerged from the carriage, and Jiang Xing and Liang Youying, who suddenly rushed out, stood out conspicuously. The guards immediately sensed something was wrong and hurriedly turned around to surround them. Liang Youying was so anxious that her eyes turned red.
She pulled Pei Xingyuan forcefully: "Come with me!"
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