"call out!"
The team leader took the opportunity to pull the fuse, and the arrow shot into the air. With a "bang", a burst of light and blue smoke exploded.
Wei Jing's sword was a moment late, and his brows furrowed. The opponent's head and neck were suddenly separated, and a pool of hot blood gushed out from the tip of the sword, splashing all over his head and face.
"Husband!"
Although he looked horrible, Shao Qing was not frightened. She jumped up and stumbled towards him.
At that moment just now, she thought she was going to die, but she never thought...
He actually chose to save her!
Shao Qing's heart was still trembling, and she was full of gratitude. She didn't have time to think too much, and said anxiously: "Husband, let's go!"
Wei Jing raised his head and glanced at the blue smoke that lingered in the air for a long time. His murderous intent subsided a little. He hugged Shao Qing with one hand, took a deep breath, and flew forward.
His temperature gradually rose and his complexion looked worse than before. Shao Qing was really worried, but he couldn't persuade him. Once the pursuers arrived and surrounded him, both of them would be dead.
Especially the twenty or thirty black-clad killers from yesterday, whose skills were obviously much better than those of the blue-clad men. If Wei Jing encountered them now, he would probably be in great danger.
Wei Jing was obviously also very clear that he had to leave this area as soon as possible and hide his whereabouts again.
However, things did not go smoothly.
…
They rushed along and killed another group of men in blue. The shadows between the trees ahead gradually thinned out, and there seemed to be a high slope going down. Wei Jing frowned, and was about to rush down in one go, when suddenly there were loud footsteps in front.
“They are here!”
Qiu Zong led 40 or 50 men and rushed up the hillside. When he saw Wei Jing, he was overjoyed and immediately ordered: "Stop him! Surround him quickly and fire flares!"
A whistling arrow flew into the air. Wei Jing stopped suddenly, exerted force on his arm to throw Shao Qing up, tightened his grip on the sword, and rushed forward with the sword in hand without waiting for the other party to stop.
Two blood flowers burst out immediately. Shao Qing hugged the wet branches tightly and immediately leaned forward to look down.
Although the men in blue were not as skilled as those in black, there were at least forty or fifty of them, and Wei Jing was already at the end of his strength. Her heart was in her throat.
Qiu Zong was also terrified. He didn't expect that even though the King of Qi was seriously injured and poisoned, he was still so strong. With one leap, he knocked down five or six of his brothers.
Wei Jing suddenly raised his head and stared straight at Qiu Zong, the very familiar General of the Imperial Guards, his father's foster brother and top confidant, who was initially placed in the Imperial Guard by his uncle.
His brows were cold, and with a flick of his sword, he knocked away two elite guards who were attacking him, and rushed towards Qiu Zong.
Qiu Zong was horrified.
In a flash, he suddenly remembered someone and shouted loudly: "Empress, Empress Fu!"
"You are so bold, Prince Qi! Why don't you surrender? Do you not care about the safety of Empress Fu in the capital?!"
Wei Jing's movements suddenly froze.
"Husband!"
Shao Qing was anxious and angry. Seeing Wei Jing stop like this, blood flowers burst out of his body instantly. The men in blue took the opportunity to rush over. She could no longer care about anything else and screamed: "The Queen Mother is dead!!"
"My dear husband, don't believe him! He is lying to you! On the day the late emperor passed away, the queen mother was forced to be buried alive with him!!"
"The Queen Mother is dead!!"
“Aaaaaaah!”
As Shao Qing shouted, Wei Jing's head made a loud "boom". He roared angrily, his body rose from the ground, and the sword light flashed like lightning. The innermost encirclement immediately splashed out a large blood mist.
"Hurry up! Hold him back! He won't last long!"
Wei Jing suddenly exploded, screaming and falling down immediately. Qiu Zong was very scared. He retreated quickly while commanding his men to attack.
It’s almost there, we must hold on, reinforcements will be here soon!
Unfortunately, things did not go as planned. The imperial guards were either killed or fled. After retreating only twenty or thirty steps, Wei Jing had already caught up with them.
He hurriedly turned around to meet the enemy, but Wei Jingru, dressed in blood red, was like a deadly Shura, and his attack was fierce. He barely resisted ten moves before being hit in the heart by a sword. He widened his eyes and his long sword fell to the ground with a clang.
In the dense forest, corpses were lying everywhere, and blood dyed the yellow earth red, flowing away with the rain. Wei Jing slowly pulled back the tip of the sword, and Qiu Zong fell to the ground with a "bang". His body shook and he spat out a mouthful of blood.
"Husband, husband!"
Shao Qing jumped down from the tree, crawled and rolled to him, and supported him. "How are you?"
Wei Jing was stunned, and took a beat longer to look down at her. His eyes were red, his expression was ferocious and murderous, but his face was as pale as paper.
For some reason, Shao Qing burst into tears: "Don't be like this. Your mother and your brother in heaven wouldn't want to see you like this!"
Wei Jing was in great grief and suddenly closed his eyes. A drop of water, not sure whether it was rain or tears, slid down from the corner of his eye.
It's good to have a reaction, but I'm afraid you'll lose your mind. Shao Qing cried, "They are dead, so you must live well and live for them!"
"Don't you want to avenge them?!"
"How heartbroken they must be when they see you like this!!"
"Think about them, think about them!"
Shao Qing held his arms and said, "We all need to live well. Let's go now, okay?"
Wei Jing looked at her steadily, his Adam's apple rolling a few times, and finally responded in a low voice, "Okay."
After saying this, his body suddenly went limp and he fell onto Shao Qing. Shao Qing took a step back and barely held on.
Wei Jing was breathing heavily, with half of his body weight pressing on Shao Qing. The sword in his hand could no longer be held steadily, and it fell to the ground with a clang.
He was already at the end of his strength, and Shao Qing had expected that he would be exhausted after the outburst. She picked up a sword and a branch to use as a walking stick, supported Wei Jing, and walked forward with him, taking one step forward and one step back.
The signal arrows were fired and the enemy was coming this way. Shao Qing knew it, but she didn't want to care about the men in black or blue. Anyway, this life was picked up, and since God didn't give it to her sincerely, she had to go back.
The two men stumbled forward, the wind blowing rain into their faces, and their feet slipped and they rolled down the slope. The moment her buttocks landed heavily on the ground, Shao Qing could not help but curse, but she immediately hugged Wei Jing, protecting their heads, and rolled down.
…
“Wow, wow…”
They rolled down the long slope, fortunately without encountering any protruding rocks. Finally, Shao Qing and the other man crashed heavily into a clump of low bushes at the bottom of the slope, crushed over a large area of bushes, and were finally intercepted by a dry tree trunk.
Shao Qing's back was hit by the tree trunk, and Wei Jing hit her chest and abdomen heavily. She felt that her heart, liver, spleen, lungs and kidneys were about to be vomited out by the pressure. After a cry of pain, she didn't care about anything else for a moment, pushed Wei Jing away, and quickly supported her body and sat up.
When she was halfway down, she heard some strange noises, like the sound of flowing water. She didn't pay attention to it at the time, but now she hurriedly looked around.
At the bottom of the slope is a wasteland that is more than ten meters wide. Further on the left and going up are low trees, densely packed. On the right are tall and short rocks, the tallest of which is three or four meters high and the shortest is as tall as a person. However, the distribution is uneven, with many large gaps.
The sound of water came from behind the trees and rocks, and there was a large gap not far ahead.
"Husband, I'll go take a look."
After saying something to Wei Jing who had barely opened his eyes, Shao Qing got up, ran to the gap and looked inside.
She was stunned for a moment.
Behind the trees and strange rocks, there was a vertical cliff. Twenty or thirty meters below, there was a vast river.
The surging Qianshui River is as wide as fifty or sixty feet and runs through the continuous mountains. Heavy rains cause the river level to rise, and the river is rushing and turbulent. The yellow river water hits the rock walls of the river bank, rolling up waves and making a rapid "gurgling" sound.
Shao Qing fell to his knees.
The hard, cold rock surface chilled her knees through her thin clothing.
What is this?
There is no way forward and there are pursuers behind.
Is God going to kill me?
Shao Qing breathed heavily and looked up at the sky which was covered with dark clouds. He had tried so hard, but couldn't he survive?
The river wind blew the raindrops horizontally and hit her face, making a "crackling" sound that hurt so much that she suddenly felt ruthless in her heart.
We're going to die anyway, so why not just fight it out? !
She would rather die in the river than suffer the pain of a kiss on the neck!
At most, you will die. There is nothing you can't give up. What's more, in the current situation, the former has a higher chance of survival than the latter.
Shao Qing suddenly calmed down, she quickly stood up and returned to Wei Jing. Wei Jing had already sat up, leaning against the tree trunk. He took two breaths and asked in a low voice, "Is it Qianshui?"
"Yes."
Shao Qing helped him up, staggered to the crack in the strange rock, and made him sit down. He quickly turned back, cut off a few long soft vines with his sword, tied them to the half-dead tree trunk that Wei Jing had just leaned on, and dragged him towards this side with all his strength.
She didn't know what kind of tree it was, but it had obviously been blown down from the top of the slope by the strong wind a long time ago. The sparse branches had dried up and even rotted. She didn't have to prune them away easily, leaving only a straight section of the trunk that was more than one meter tall.
Although Shao Qing was determined to die, she would not give up struggling until the last moment. He cut strips of cloth and tied his own and Wei Jing's arms firmly to the tree trunk. He also tied the sword on it and finally added some soft vines for safety.
Time passed minute by minute, and rockets exploded continuously in the sky. When Shao Qing finally pushed the tree trunk to the edge, he saw the trees on the top of the slope shaking out of the corner of his eye, and black figures shot out.
She helped Wei Jing up, hugged him with one hand, and tightly wrapped her other hand around the tree trunk, "Husband, are you afraid?"
Wei Jing had been watching her movements. He did not resist at all as the cloth and vines bound his arms. He lowered his head and stared at the pale face. He said, "Don't be afraid."
"good."
Shao Qing took a deep breath and said, "If we have to die, let's die together!"
Live and die together?
It turned out that even at the end of his rope today, he still had a companion he could rely on.
Wei Jing also tried his best to tighten his arms, "Okay."
The men in black were approaching at a rapid speed, with a few flashes of faint orchid-silver light shooting out. Shao Qing stared at them coldly and leaned back hard.
With a loud "bang", the two men jumped into the surging river.
The author has something to say: There is no way to escape, I can only jump into the river to try to survive, alas...
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