Chapter 53 Chapter 53 Nanxu, it’s me, Duan Wenpei
The sparks from the explosion ignited the surrounding flammable materials, and Duan Wenpei ordered people to organize firefighting.
They followed Zhao Huaijue over. The houses here were closely connected. If the fire was not controlled, the entire Zhuque Street would be burned down.
Yu Rong and the Imperial Guards reacted quickly and mobilized the surrounding people. Men, women, young and old all came with buckets and basins to put out the fire.
Seeing that everything was arranged, Duan Wenpei jumped on his horse and led his men towards the city gate.
Seeing him about to leave, Yu Rong hurriedly asked, "Zhao Huaijue, do you want to save him?"
It was clearly seen at that time that someone was pulling Zhao Huaijue over. It was obvious that someone did it on purpose. The gunpowder exploded very quickly. There were people guarding everywhere, and no one was seen coming out. If Zhao Huaijue was really trapped inside, I'm afraid he would have been blown to pieces without leaving any trace.
Duan Wenpei had already driven his horse forward, and the voice he heard was not very clear, and he could only vaguely make out a few words.
"Save it if you can."
Yu Rong watched Duan Wenpei walk away. He was familiar with these words. It probably meant that after the fire was put out and the people were comforted, if Zhao Huaijue was still breathing, he could be rescued.
He turned around and was about to say something to the Royal Guards when someone waved at him. He recognized it as a servant from Jingyuan and hurried over.
"Guard Yu, where's the uncle? Is he alright?"
Yu Rong suddenly remembered that his grandfather seemed to be going to Jingyuan to rest tonight.
There were people coming and going around, and the noise was noisy. He lowered his head and said to the man's ear: "Don't worry, I know who I am. Ask my wife to wait a little longer." After that, he didn't care about the man's reaction, took the bucket of water from the royal guard next to him and rushed into the fire-fighting team.
*
When Cheng Guang and his men arrived at the city gate, it was already too late.
The city gate was wide open, and more than a dozen gate captains were lying on the ground, either dead or wounded. It was pitch black outside the city gate, and not a single person could be seen.
Huang Xie found two people who were still somewhat conscious and asked them if they could see clearly who did it.
The man said intermittently that about twenty people rode out of the city on horseback. They looked like Hu merchants, but their accents sounded like people from Shu. They wanted to check them, but unexpectedly those people suddenly attacked them. There were a few people among them who were very skilled, and although they fought back, they still couldn't stop them.
Cheng Guang was about to ride his horse and lead his men to chase after them, but he stopped where he was when he heard this.
He is just a scholar and cannot beat those warriors.
As the man spoke, his breath gradually weakened and it looked like he was dying. He remembered something and stretched out his hand tremblingly in front of Huang Xie. A pearl flower lay quietly in the palm of his blood-stained hand.
He opened his mouth, but Huang Xie didn't hear clearly, so he leaned down to listen to his mouth. As he listened, his face changed.
Cheng Guang asked him what was wrong.
Huang Xie looked at him and said word by word, "He said that the group also held a woman hostage. The woman claimed to be Yin Ruizhu, a daughter of the Yin family in Gu'anfang."
Cheng Guang was stunned and was about to speak when he suddenly heard the sound of horse hooves from behind him, followed by a delicate cry.
"Show me the pearl flower."
Against the light, Cheng Guang couldn't see the face of the person on the horse, but he recognized the voice.
Huang Xie had never seen Nan Xu before. When he saw her suddenly appear and say this, he subconsciously handed the pearl flower to her.
The tender yellow silk flowers were stained with a little bit of bright red blood, which stung people's eyes. Nan Xu clenched her palms, gently squeezed the horse's belly, and rushed into the night like a dazzling white silk.
The dust raised by the horse was dazzling. Huang Xie choked and hurriedly asked Cheng Guang who that was.
Cheng Guang stared at the city gate in a daze, and it took him a long time to find his voice.
"Madam Weiyang, Nanxu."
*
Nan Xu's horsemanship was not very good. After leaving the city gate, he could still make out the horseshoe prints left by the group of people. But when he walked to the fork in the road, the horseshoe prints became messy.
The view from the outskirts of the city was wide, but at night, nothing could be seen clearly. The dense trees and tall mountains were darker than the night. Apart from the faint light from the makeshift torch in her hand, the surroundings were dark and frightening.
The courage that had driven him out of the city after hearing about Yin Ruizhu had long since vanished.
Should I continue to pursue her, or turn back?
The horse under him snorted, and Nan Xu made up his mind to chase after the road with the most horse hoof prints.
The chase took them all the way to the river.
The river rippled in the moonlight, making the group of people on the shore particularly conspicuous.
In the darkness, Nan Xu came face to face with the group of "Hu merchants" who wanted to cross the river, and saw Yin Ruizhu hanging on the horse's back.
Seeing that it was just a woman, Zhao Huaian's subordinates were about to yell at her to leave, but Nan Xu's mind went blank, and her left hand was raised. There was a faint sound of breaking air in her ears, and someone on the other end shouted "Be careful", and the crossbow arrow was knocked to the ground.
Yin Ruizhu cried out excitedly, "Ah Xu? I'm here! No, don't come over, go away!"
Is it too late to leave now?
Zhao Huaian and others dodged for a short time, but soon discovered that Nan Xu's archery skills were extremely poor. While Nan Xu lowered her head to change arrows, Zhao Huaian signaled the two people behind him to capture Nan Xu.
The two men chuckled and tried to leave with their knives, but Zhao Huaian told them to leave him alive.
He knew Yin Ruizhu's identity. The only woman she could call Ah Xu was Nan Xu, the current wife of the Marquis of Weiyang.
He glanced at the woman pressed on the horse and narrowed his eyes unconsciously. Tying up Nan Xu would be much more useful than tying up Yin Ruizhu.
If the fourth brother really died, I would take Nanxu back to report to my mother and give her to her to vent her anger. It would also be a slap in the face of Duan Wenpei. It would be the best of both worlds.
As he was thinking this, the two men had already flashed closer. Nan Xu silently counted the crossbow arrows in his bag, knowing that it was too late to run away now.
She was thinking in her mind that she would leave quickly when the arrows were fired.
As we got closer, we could see the face of the person on the horse clearly.
Surprise flashed across their faces, and they both licked their lips at the same time.
I have seen and tasted beauties before, but this is the first time I have seen one as beautiful as this. I wonder what it tastes like!
Looking at the two people with lewd smiles on their faces, Nan Xu felt nauseous. She suppressed her impulse and counted silently in her heart.
step.
Two steps.
Three steps.
Now is the time!
Nan Xu threw the torch in his hand forward and triggered the mechanism in front of the two men's faces.
He didn't care whether he hit the target or not, he shouted "Go", turned his horse around and galloped away.
Faintly hearing curses and cries of pain from behind him, Nan Xu was delighted, thinking that he had hit the target. Just as the corners of his mouth were about to curl up, he suddenly heard a sound of breaking air beside his ears, and a large area of ink darker than the night was cast in front of him.
Someone had caught her with a fishing net!
She didn't have time to think, and she dodged to the side by pulling the reins. The horse galloped and couldn't stop in time, throwing her into the air.
The man behind her laughed twice, grabbed her shoulders with a palm as big as a palm fan, and pulled her in front of him.
Nan Xu smelled a disgusting stench.
"Beauty, why are you running? Let me kiss you and I promise you will never want to run away again."
Her hands were tied behind her back, unable to move. She stared in horror at the face that was getting closer and closer, her teeth trembling as she bit the tip of her tongue... If she really had to, she would bite her tongue to commit suicide...
"Beauty, let me smell it first——"
Suddenly, the man's face shuddered, his voice stopped abruptly, and his face stopped half an inch in front of her.
It was like a vivid painting being torn apart, and warm red liquid seeped out from his neck.
Nan Xu's breathing stopped, and the head rolled down unexpectedly.
She felt a pain at the tip of her tongue and was so scared that she bit it, and her consciousness, which had been lost, was brought back to her.
She didn't have time to think about who killed him, nor did she dare to think about how terrifying the person hiding in the dark was. There was only one thought in her mind: escape!
Escape and find someone to rescue Ruizhu. Yes, there is Duan Wenpei in Jingdu City. Isn't he going to catch these people? He is so smart, it is impossible that he didn't find out that these people escaped Jingdu. Maybe he is leading people to look for them at this time.
Nan Xu's eyes were a little wet, and she knew she must have cried, but she didn't have time to raise her hands to wipe them away. She told herself to run faster, run faster...
'Bang'
Nan Xu seemed to have bumped into something in a panic. Her heart trembled and she was struggling to find a way around it when she felt a touch of warmth on her wrist.
"Get away! Don't come near me!" She waved her hands, her voice trembling.
Duan Wenpei looked at her frightened expression, his throat tightened and he called out softly.
"Nanxu."
Duan Wenpei?
Nan Xu thought she had heard it wrong and did not move for a long time.
Duan Wenpei looked at her staring at the ground helplessly and called out again.
"Nan Xu, it's me, Duan Wenpei."
It was as if she heard the most beautiful music in the world, and the tears in her eyes flowed even more violently.
Duan Wenpei was confused by her reaction and thought she didn't hear him clearly. Just as he was thinking about saying something else, Nan Xu slowly raised her head.
She looked at Duan Wenpei and said only one word, "It hurts."
Duan Wenpei thought that the man had done something to her and looked around her nervously. Nan Xu shook her head and stuck out her tongue to show him. He saw a bright red blood bead on the tip of her tongue stained with saliva. It turned out that she had bitten her tongue.
He rolled his Adam's apple as if possessed by some unknown force, suppressed his laughter, and let go of her hand.
"Bear with the pain for now, I'll go back and apply medicine for you."
He patted the top of her head soothingly and said, "Stay here and don't move. I'll be back soon."
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The battle by the river must be fierce.
But because the visibility was too dark at night, Nan Xu could only listen to various groans and curses.
Fortunately, she is not alone.
Liu Hui temporarily serves as Nan Xu's bodyguard.
Looking at his blurry figure standing beside her, which was much taller than herself, Nan Xu asked him to sit down and wait.
After hesitating for a moment, Liu Hui sat on the stone next to Nan Xu.
The fishy river breeze carried a faint smell of blood, which made Nan Xu feel uncomfortable, so he sat further away.
Liu Hui also quickly moved over.
"Madam, please bear with it a little longer. The situation on my side should be almost over."
Nan Xu was worried in her heart and didn't want to keep quiet, so she just started chatting with him in a random manner.
"Do you know those people? It seems your uncle is not surprised to see them."
The man who caught her should have been dealt with by Duan Wenpei.
Although she didn't know how he managed to take someone's head from dozens of steps away, if it was a stranger, he would have shown disgust to her. However, he looked calm as if he was chopping melons and vegetables.
Apart from the fact that she had killed people like this before, she really couldn't find any other reasonable explanation.
Liu Hui didn't expect her to ask this question, and didn't know whether he should respond.
Nan Xu was not in a hurry. He picked up the stones on the ground and played with them alternately with his left and right hands.
This made Liu Hui seem petty. He smiled bitterly with his hands in his sleeves, thinking that there was no problem in telling his mistress.
After all, the Zhao family is where I was born.
"I just found out that not only the Fourth Master is here this time, but the First Master is here too."
uncle?
Nan Xu was stunned.
Brother Duan Wenpei?
Does this whole family wish him dead?
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