Qu Xiaodie happened to be absent today. She took Hongmei and Xiao Haitang to Jinyang to buy things, with only Nanxing, Qiushuang, Chunyu, Xiahe, and Dongxue by her side.
Nanxing felt immense pressure facing his first enemy, but he remained calm. Upon hearing this, he made a gesture, and the five of them immediately surrounded Xie Yushu.
The leading man, seeing that Zhao Hu and Nan Xing not only didn't leave but also adopted a defensive stance towards them, said disdainfully...
"Since you're all tired of living, I don't mind sending you on your way!"
Having said that, he waved to the three people behind him.
"Charge! Leave no one alive!"
The four men drew their broadswords and slashed at Zhao Hu and his companions!
Zhao Hu and his companions were full of youthful vigor and had been training for two or three months. They were eager to try their skills. When they saw the knife, they were not afraid and raised their sticks to meet the attack.
Weapons are all about the length and strength of a weapon; the shorter the weapon, the more dangerous it is. Although the four people opposite him were wielding broadswords, they were not as long as the sticks in Zhao Hu's hands. For a while, he could hold them off. However, the opponents were obviously well-trained and experienced in combat, and they gained the upper hand in just a few moves.
The group realized that the newcomer's martial arts skills were extraordinary, so they consciously split into groups of three or four to fight one person. The fight was evenly matched, and after they regained their footing, Zhao Hu and Nan Xing did not hold back and focused their attacks on the head.
Those four men in black probably didn't expect the people accompanying Xie Yushu to be so troublesome.
They underestimated their opponents at first. Now that the enemy had formed a team, even though the individual strength of the opponents was not as good as theirs, a good tiger cannot withstand a pack of wolves. Before long, they had taken a few solid hits, and now almost all of them had black eyes and swollen faces. It was only because their opponents were using sticks that they were able to survive. If it had been knives, they would definitely have been disfigured.
The leader of the men had been told that Xie Yushu was just a country bumpkin with a little bit of martial arts skills. He thought killing her would be a piece of cake. When they arrived, he was dismissive and complained to his brothers that their master had sent them to kill a chicken with a sledgehammer!
Now that they've actually started fighting, they haven't even managed to touch Xie Yushu, and their brothers have been beaten black and blue. They've really lost face.
Thinking this, he became even more anxious. With a heavy heart, the man used his knife to deflect Zhao Hu's long stick with one hand, and then used his other arm to withstand a blow from Mu Li. Taking advantage of the momentum, he leaned forward and sent Mu Li flying with a palm strike. He then turned around and kicked Tian Shui, who was entangled with him, away with a side kick.
With a reckless attitude, he not only kicked Tianshui away, but also broke the wooden stick in Tianshui's hand in two. One of the pieces flew up and hit Zhao Hu, who had surrounded them again, giving Zhao Hu a hard time. With a few smooth movements, he broke through the encirclement of Zhao Hu and his men in the blink of an eye.
The man didn't linger in the fight. After defeating Zhao Hu and his men, he immediately leaped towards Xie Yushu. Before he even reached Xie Yushu, he raised his broadsword, the sharp blade aimed straight for Xie Yushu's neck!
The man clearly wanted to finish the fight quickly and kill Xie Yushu with one blow, so his attack was as fast as lightning and as powerful as a thunderbolt. If Xie Yushu were just an ordinary person, he probably could have chopped off her head with this one strike!
Even Zhao Hu and the others who were fighting with Nan Xing were terrified, their eyes wide with horror!
Just when they thought Xie Yushu's life was in danger, they saw Xie Yushu roll to the side in the direction of the blade, narrowly avoiding it, and a strand of her black hair fell with it!
Seeing his attack miss, the man became even angrier and immediately raised his sword to strike again. Xie Yushu also drew her black iron short sword to parry, but the man used internal force. Although Xie Yushu's reaction was not slow, she still suffered a loss. When the two swords collided, Xie Yushu's short sword was shaken out of her hand and flew away.
Fortunately, Xie Yushu's short sword was made of extraordinary material, and this fall actually broke the man's sword!
The man looked at the half-broken broadsword in his hand, then glanced at the short sword Xie Yushu had dropped, his brows furrowing deeply.
"It's an amulet! The general actually gave you an amulet!"
What a pity! This is not something you deserve!
As he spoke, he took a step closer and grabbed Xie Yushu's neck with his hand in an eagle claw shape.
The instant the dagger slipped from Xie Yushu's hand, she immediately pulled out the hairpin with her left hand. With a flick of her index finger, the blade at the tip of the hairpin sprang out. As the man pinned Xie Yushu down, the hairpin was pressed against his carotid artery.
"Don't move if you don't want to die!"
The man instantly felt a chill on his neck and instinctively stopped what he was doing. The two were now locked in a stalemate!
In just a few breaths, the situation changed again and again, and Zhao Hu and the others finally caught up, their faces turning pale with fright!
Xie Yushu secretly clenched her numb hand and tentatively asked...
"I'm not worthy? Ha! What a joke!"
I am Xiao Yi's lawfully wedded wife, with a matchmaker and betrothal letter. What belongs to my husband is not worthy of his lawfully wedded wife; does it belong to some random cat or dog?
"presumptuous!
You, a mere country bumpkin, dare to lay a hand on our princess's husband! I advise you to be sensible and obediently accept your death, or I'll leave you a whole corpse!
"Stop! You dare to harm our Master! We will tear you to pieces!"
Zhao Hu also shouted.
"Manor lord? You've got some skills. When I first took on this mission, you were just a village girl. In just over a month, you've become the manor lord and raised such a loyal pack of dogs. Looks like you really can't be kept around."
The man replied harshly upon hearing Zhao Hu's words.
"Princess? What, did Xiao Yi run off and catch the eye of some princess? Is your princess trying to abduct a man?"
"Fine, I don't want Xiao Yi anymore! I'll give him to your princess! Let's each compromise and pretend we never met today. You go back and tell your princess to marry Xiao Yi without worry. I won't interfere. Let's both live our lives peacefully, how about that?"
"Hmph! You don't want it anymore? You were divorced, weren't you!"
That sounds nice, but it's a pity, I came back from Phoenix Mouth!
The princess's man, and any woman he has an affair with, must die!
Our princess will not share a husband with another woman!
"Damn it, your princess is so high and mighty, so clean and pure, if you're so capable, don't go after a married man! You want to steal a man but you think men are dirty, why don't you just fly to the sky!"
Xie Yushu mentally processed the information, but her eyes were constantly searching for an opportunity to escape her control.
Now it's pretty clear why she was robbed and killed. She wanted to see if there was any possibility of making peace. After all, there was no love between her and Xiao Yi, and she had a letter of divorce. She had no right to interfere with who Xiao Yi wanted to marry.
Moreover, both sides are injured now, and she really doesn't need to risk everyone's lives for a man. As long as she makes it clear that she won't bother them, there's no need to make it a life-or-death situation. But she didn't expect that Xiao Yi's new lover is a lunatic who insists on killing her!
There's no point in negotiating now; let's see who has the best skills!
At this moment, Nanxing and the others had stopped fighting, and the two sides then surrounded Xie Yushu and the man.
Seeing that the stalemate was unsuccessful, the man seemed to be willing to fight to the death, and suddenly increased the pressure on his hand. However, Xie Yushu kept her eyes fixed on his eyes. When she saw his eyes darken, she knew that he was going to kill her. She took the initiative and slapped the tendon on his hand first. As soon as the man exerted force, his entire hand and arm went numb. Seeing that he had missed, he instinctively stepped back, and Xie Yushu's hairpin missed its mark!
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