Su Ci didn't think that Ji Yuanhao's appearance was accidental. In fact, she was not wrong.
Just like Yang Yanzong and the secret wooden box behind him.
It's not just luck.
These two people are evenly matched, but I don't know who will win today?
Su Ci's mind raced, but she did not reach out to take out the wooden box. Instead, she reached out and dug out the secret key. The stone wall closed silently, and she secretly held the secret key in her palm.
The two men confronted each other in silence for about ten breaths, when suddenly a gust of wind blew by, and suddenly the sound of a sword was heard! Su Ci quickly looked up and saw two figures shooting out! The silver light surged, and the two men instantly engaged in a fierce battle.
Su Ci licked her lips and quickly moved aside.
She crawled and rolled, and finally ran to the corner between the side of the underground river and the stone wall, where she hid inside and peeked.
While she was crawling around in a panic, she used her movements to conceal herself and slipped the secret key into an inconspicuous crevice in the rocks.
Carrying this thing with you or leaving it where it is is the most unsafe thing.
After stuffing the secret key in his pocket and running over to hide, Su Ci breathed a sigh of relief and quickly stuck his head out to take a look.
Ji Yuanhao swung his sword, and the silver light pierced Yang Yanzong's chest. Yang Yanzong blocked it with his sword! With a short and sharp "nail" sound, Yang Yanzong turned around and attacked! Ji Yuanhao bent backwards, turned sharply and stabbed back!
The two men's attack was as swift as thunder, and their killing was as fierce and merciless as the Milky Way, but neither of them would allow the other to get even a little bit close to the stone wall!
Ji Yuanhao, strictly speaking, was an old acquaintance of Yang Yanzong. During the expedition to the Northern Rong, one of them was on the front line while the other was on the rear. Their combined strengths created a great victory that carried on the past and opened up new paths for the future. Even today, people still talk about it with relish. Unfortunately, the two now serve different masters.
As for Su Ci, she had a deep impression of this person but it was basically from the original book. This was the first time she had such close contact with the real person. She took a look at him and thought that since he could protect Ji Chengtan so well, this person must be a capable person without a doubt.
Ji Chengtan has true feelings, but he is very immature and lacks a sense of responsibility. This is because he is quite naive, the naivety of a hot-blooded young man, with his blood boiling and only caring about the head but not the butt.
In the fiercely competitive and cruel environment of the royal palace with so many adopted sons, for him to grow up like this, all-round protection from his brother is indispensable.
The Ji Yuanhao in front of him was handsome and sharp, and his sword moves as fast as lightning. The calmness and elegance he had just shown disappeared as he made a move, and he became stern and powerful. His arms and left leg seemed to have been injured before, and his purple robe was damaged and stained with dark red, but not much. There was a little scarlet splashed between his eyebrows and cheeks, and it was unclear whether it was his blood or someone else's. He had fair skin, and his blood-stained face had an unusually sharp and evil beauty.
Su Ci was very nervous. She would immediately observe Ji Yuanhao's face and body. Of course, it was not because he was handsome, but because she was worried about Yang Yanzong.
Yang Yanzong hit his head, and although it didn't cause any major problems, Su Ci noticed that he sometimes rubbed his eyebrows and pinched his temples on the way. He didn't say anything, but Su Ci guessed that he might be a little dizzy.
This is a symptom of a mild concussion, which is easy to get if you hit your head. You won't feel nausea or vomit, and you don't need to stay in bed. It turns out there's no big problem and it will get better on its own after a few days of rest.
But the problem now is that he is not resting. Vigorous exercise will aggravate the feeling of dizziness and dryness. And when masters fight, a slight difference can often decide life or death!
It was hard for Su Ci not to be nervous.
Fortunately, Ji Yuanhao was also injured, which would somewhat affect the fluency of his movements, so it was difficult to tell who was better for the time being.
But as time went by, what Su Ci was most worried about happened. The high mental tension and fierce fighting aggravated the symptoms. She noticed that when Yang Yanzong suddenly closed his eyes when he collided and landed again.
Although he opened his eyes immediately, Su Ci's sharp eyes still noticed it. Her heart rose to her throat and she quickly turned to look at Ji Yuanhao.
But if Su Ci discovered it, how could Ji Yuanhao not have noticed it?
He narrowed his eyes, and the sword light suddenly surged, aiming straight at Yang Yanzong's throat!
Yang Yanzong snorted coldly and drew his sword to block! The reaction was quick, not a bit slow.
But this won't work. As one side gains, the other loses. The longer it goes on, the more Yang Yanzong will suffer.
Su Ci licked her lips, feeling something was wrong. She thought about it, observed it, then touched a few pieces of gravel and held them in her arms.
She seized an opportunity and shouted, "Pah!!"
He aimed and threw a sharp piece of gravel, then she quickly lowered her head and hid to the other side.
The two figures suddenly separated and merged, and the afterimage of the sharp sword light was still there. Ji Yuanhao raised his sword, but at this moment a large stone suddenly flew out from the side!
The attack failed to hit him, but he just moved his body slightly and dodged easily. His reaction was extremely fast.
But this does take time!
Yang Yanzong's reaction was equally fast. He seized the opportunity in an instant, pointed his toes, and moved with a nimble body like a meteor shower, arriving instantly! Ji Yuanhao was a little slow and had to be forced to retreat several steps. With a "hiss", his clothes were torn open!
Su Ci threw two more pieces.
Ji Yuanhao was furious: "Little hoof, are you looking for death?!"
After a fierce collision with Yang Yanzong, he flashed and swept his sword! Oh my god! Su Ci crawled and rolled, and leaned back hurriedly. Fortunately, Yang Yanzong rushed over immediately, forcing Ji Yuanhao to draw his sword to block, allowing Su Ci to get up and run to the other side.
She was scared to death.
Su Ci was panting heavily, but she kept going. Then she adopted guerrilla tactics, keeping her distance and occasionally throwing a big or small stone in the direction of Ji Yuanhao. Most of them were useless, but occasionally one or two could still harass the opponent.
The battle has now reached a fever pitch. Both Yang Yanzong and Ji Yuanhao have been injured, and their injuries are becoming more and more serious.
With a "hiss", a line of blood flew out from Yang Yanzong's ribs, instantly dyeing his shirt red. Ji Yuanhao's left foot was injured, and after being hit hard by Yang Yanzong, blood was dripping from it, and he was not as flexible as before.
Su Ci no longer dared to throw stones randomly. The two men were moving too fast and were stuck together. She was afraid that she would miss Ji Yuanhao and hit Yang Yanzong instead. She gathered up a stone and watched with wide eyes.
The last big move, the sharp sound of clanging suddenly rang out more than ten times in succession, and it was a shock! "Bang" sound! The two men retreated seven or eight steps.
Ji Yuanhao pushed his left foot back and turned a bit before he could stand. He was standing in front of the arch bridge, right between Su Ci and the underground river. The railing of the underground river was very low, only about knee-high!
So Su Ci took a risk.
This opportunity is really rare! Her reaction was faster than her brain. Almost at the moment when the other party's left foot stumbled and was still unable to stand firmly, she shouted: "Ah——"
She kicked the stalagmite behind her hard and leaped out, rushing straight towards the left half of Ji Yuanhao's body where he was not holding the sword!
With this angle and speed, he can definitely be knocked down!
But when she was hiding just now, she discovered that the water was very deep and fast, rushing into a dark cave, and she didn't know where it led to.
Su Ci waited quietly for the opportunity, with quick eyes and hands, and the distance was very close. She grasped the timing very well, and succeeded in one pounce!
Before Ji Yuanhao could stand firmly, he was hit hard by her. His center of gravity tilted back, and his knees hit the low railing heavily. With a "plop", he fell into the river!
But before Su Ci could be happy, Ji Yuanhao reacted very quickly, and she lost her balance and was unable to recover. However, he pulled back and clamped Su Ci's wrist!
The two people rolled down heavily!
Su Ci was not unprepared. In fact, she was highly alert to the opponent's move. It was a pity that her skills were not as good as those of the masters who had practiced internal martial arts for many years. She was still caught when she flinched!
She was so anxious that she shouted: "Yang Yanzong!!!" Help me -
Fortunately, Yang Yanzong was very supportive and arrived before he finished speaking! He was startled when Su Ci rushed out like a little leopard, but that didn't stop him from seizing the opportunity to add insult to injury. When Su Ci just bumped into Ji Yuanhao, he leaped up and stabbed Ji Yuanhao from top to bottom with a sword, straight to the center of Ji Yuanhao's eyebrows! The opponent was forced to lean back, and the long sword that had just been inserted into the crevice of the river rock behind him bent to the limit and broke with a "clang"! Completely cutting off Ji Yuanhao's chance of jumping up again, he put his other hand around Su Ci's waist and pressed his toes hard on the railing!
In an instant, the three of them separated!
With a "bang", huge splashes of water appeared in the underground river! The water inside was very deep and cold, and very turbulent. The slippery and mossy riverbed instantly swept Ji Yuanhao who was trapped in it!
Su Ci watched with her peripheral vision and saw that the river water rushed through the short section of the arch bridge, then directly carried people into the dark cave and into the underground river.
Oh my god, I finally dealt with this guy.
So difficult!
She and Yang Yanzong fell heavily to the ground, and she fell directly into his arms. She was fine because of the cushion of flesh, but the impact was really great.
It won’t be crushed, right?
Su Ci hurriedly got up.
It wasn't crushed, but Yang Yanzong covered his head with his hands, frowned, and endured a wave of dizziness before opening his eyes.
Su Ci was stared at by his dark eyes, and she felt uneasy. She blurted out his name in a hurry just now. Now that she remembered it, she quickly asked, "Brother Yang, are you okay?"
She looked at the wound under his ribs, fortunately it was not very serious, so she quickly cut off a piece of the hem and put pressure on it to bandage it to stop the bleeding.
"Let's get our things and go!"
She always felt that Ji Yuanhao would not die so easily. He might come back soon, and with him would be that group of people from the imperial court.
After using up almost all the dressings and bandages in the small bag, plus a large piece of clothing, she finally finished the hemostatic bandage. Su Ci helped him sit up: "Brother Yang?"
Wow, now he is Brother Yang again?
He called me especially attentively and intimately.
Yang Yanzong leaned against the stone wall and stared at her silently. Hearing her words, he snorted twice, "Hmm."
Su Ci secretly bared her teeth, but she was thick-skinned enough to pretend she didn't hear it, and ran to dig out the secret key she had hidden before: "I hid the key, ah, I can't take it out, let me use your sword!"
After some effort, Su Ci finally pried out the secret key, then crawled behind the stone table and fiddled with it for a while before reopening the secret compartment.
In fact, she had considered taking the things away first, but unfortunately she couldn't find the opportunity. Now there was no need to rush.
Su Ci blew the fire to light it, moved closer to observe for a moment, and then tried it out. After finding no mechanism, she took out the whole box.
This is a Huanghuali box, and inside it are several account books, with the covers marked "three", "four", "six", and "seven" respectively. Su Ci flipped through them and handed the opened page to Yang Yanzong to take a look. "Not bad."
That's exactly it.
Phew, after so much effort, I finally succeeded.
…
Of course she was in high spirits after getting the things, but unfortunately the small bag could not fit the box. Su Ci was about to take off her coat to pack it when Yang Yanzong frowned, pulled the belt to take off his coat, and suddenly a black thing was thrown over her head.
Su Ci looked back and saw Yang Yanzong standing behind her with a straight posture and a sword in his hand. He was only wearing a dark brown tight inner armor, and his outer coat was in her hand.
Su Ci then remembered that it was a bit inappropriate for female compatriots to take off their clothes in the wild these days. She smiled at him, shook the coat in her hand, wrapped it in the box, packed it neatly and put it on her back. Sorry, she forgot!
She tied a double knot very neatly, and it wouldn't fall off even if she pulled it left or right. After the inspection, she patted the box and said, "Okay, let's go!"
She very consciously stretched out one of her claws and showed her wrist. The reason for this action was that she considered it a bit unsuitable for Yang Yanzong to continue carrying her due to her injury - she never thought that he would not carry her.
Yang Yanzong glanced at her, pulled her claw, pinched her to the right side of his ribs, chose a passage, and flew away.
About half an hour after the two men left, hurried and chaotic footsteps rushed into the stone hall like a whirlwind. The traces of a fierce fight and two fallen corpses went straight to the stone wall, which was empty!
Zhu Lianming was furious: "How can this be possible! How can this be possible!!"
"Chase! Chase quickly!!!"
…
But at this time, Yang Yanzong Su Ci had already left the mine.
In the southwestern mountains in winter, the forests are still lush and green, and thin mist and clouds are flowing quickly through the valleys.
Once they entered the vast forest for dozens of miles, it was impossible for anyone to track their whereabouts, so they stopped.
It was already night, the sun was setting and dusk was falling. Yang Yanzong put Su Ci down, looked around and found a place to camp. He held his sword and swept away the weeds on the edge. He walked out slowly and soon found wild animals such as pheasants and rabbits.
After running for a whole day without even a sip of water, her stomach started to feel ragged after her tense spirit subsided. Su Ci felt her poor, empty stomach and decided she couldn't just sit back and enjoy the fruits of her labor, so she quickly followed Yang Yanzong to help collect firewood.
The young and energetic girl has a light and springy feeling in her steps. She also hums a few weird and out-of-tune strange songs. I wonder how she dares to hum them? Even though the song was totally off-tune, she sounded happy and cheerful. Yang Yanzong didn't even need to look back to imagine her state and expression.
After collecting the dry firewood, Su Ci picked up a few stones to build a stove, put the dry firewood on it, and pulled out the fire starter: "Luckily I brought this thing with me!"
She was very proud. Fortunately, she remembered to take it out before going into the water. Look how useful it is. Otherwise, they would have to make fire by rubbing two sticks together.
I wonder if the boss will do it?
Su Ci understood the principles and methods, but she didn't have enough strength to rub out the fire, so Yang Yanzong had to do it.
When she thought of the big guy half-kneeling on the ground, rubbing two sticks together to make fire, rubbing them hard, with his cool image completely gone, she couldn't help but burst out laughing.
She could smile happily even when lighting a fire, and she would steal glances at him while smiling. Yang Yanzong was such a perceptive person that he glanced at her lightly.
Su Ci immediately fell silent and dared not laugh anymore.
She coughed twice, then very seriously sprinkled salt evenly on the skewered meat and put it on the fire.
She shivered and said proudly, "Luckily I brought salt with me! Otherwise it would be so tasteless and unpalatable!"
Salt water can disinfect and sterilize. It is not considered a medicine, but it is very effective at critical moments. When Su Ci picked up the small bag, she picked it up on purpose - of course, she would not admit that she actually thought about roasting game.
Anyway, it's just a by-product, by-product, hehe.
She was beaming with joy and in high spirits, and she sprinkled salt like flowers blooming. She never forgot to praise herself from time to time. Yang Yanzong didn't respond to her, but she was still having a great time talking to herself.
Yang Yanzong was obviously very experienced in hunting wild animals. He picked small and tender ones, which cooked quickly. He tore off the burnt outer part and sprinkled a little salt on them, and they were still quite tender.
Su Ci ate two chickens by herself before finally filling her stomach. She stretched comfortably, took off her shoes, and applied some medicine on her poor feet.
She crossed her legs and tossed them around. Now that she was full and safe, she began to worry about other issues. "Are Kang and the others okay?"
Seduction is a dangerous business, and they have been doing it for so long.
Yang Yanzong said simply: "No problem."
He didn't say much, but he knew his confidant's abilities best, so Su Ci believed him when he said it was okay.
After putting one worry aside, she frowned and talked about another painful thing: "What about this account book? Should we continue to look for the next volume? But we don't even know if there is a next volume."
After leaving the mine, they carefully looked through the account book while resting and found that the account book was incomplete.
There are some missing items, maybe they are hidden in this account book? Or there may be additional supplementary books.
Su Ci frowned when she thought about this.
However, Yang Yanzong didn't care at all: "No problem, there's not much missing, just let Liu Ying fill it in."
"Liu Ying?"
Su Ci was a little unconvinced: "Can he complete it for us?"
No way, this guy is a lunatic!
After a series of unexpected events and setbacks, this man is at the end of his rope, but he is also a tough nut to crack. As for the explosives incident, it seemed like he had given up everything and didn't care about anything else. He was the type who would kill as many people as possible. How could he be so obedient and let the account books be completed? Anyway, Su Ci felt it was unlikely.
Yang Yanzong said calmly: "Isn't his brother alive?"
Su Ci: "But both of his brothers are guilty of capital crimes. I'm afraid they can't escape punishment no matter what they say, right?"
She understood everything, so there was no reason why Liu Ying wouldn't know it!
Yang Yanzong curled his lips, and in the flickering firelight, his smile carried a bone-piercing coldness: "First chop off Liu Sheng's arm, then cut off his nose. If Liu Ying still refuses to confess, then cut off his brother's flesh piece by piece."
"When you start talking, you stop." Once you are in his hands, it is impossible not to talk!
What does it mean to say something creepy in a faint voice? This is it. Su Ci got goosebumps.
“…”
Su Ci, Su Ci is as quiet as a chicken.
Then, Su Ci applied the medicine on her feet, washed her hands, and whispered, "Let me re-bandage you." It was time to change the medicine on her head.
Let's get back to work. It's a bit creepy to sit here in the cold.
Su Ci stood up, washed her hands several times with soap, then mixed some salt water, helped him clean the wound, and then applied medicine and bandaged it again.
His wound was on his head, so he sat on the rock without moving, while she stood up and worked beside him.
When she changed the dressing and bandaged the wound, she felt him staring at her.
Su Ci felt uneasy because of the stare and the posture. She felt that something was going to happen.
It's really what you say.
Su Ci leaned against the stone wall, carefully adjusted the tightness of the bandage, tied a knot, and whispered to him, "Okay, fortunately, the wound is not inflamed."
It felt like the blink of an eye after she finished speaking, and before she could even react, a warm, calloused hand covered her cheek.
It’s Yang Yanzong.
He stroked her face for a moment, stood up, and finally the hand came to her chin, pinched her jaw, and lifted her face, "I'll give you another chance."
"You don't want to marry me?"
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