Chapter 655: Dancing Princess vs. East Factory Admiral 15
Cuizhu lay in the grass, covering her mouth and looking in horror at the Northern Qi envoys whose throats had been cut. Because they were too close, a drop of blood splashed onto her right eye, causing the little girl to tremble continuously.
"Shhh."
Quan Jiu reached out and covered her eyes to prevent her from seeing this tragic scene.
The black-clad assassins were highly skilled in martial arts, and their numbers were four or five times that of the delegation. In a short while, the guards of the delegation fell to the ground one after another.
Quan Jiu looked around and found that there was no one around Chen Lang, and his brows knitted slightly.
If the Northern Qi people were wiped out before entering the capital, Chen Lang, as the person in charge, would certainly not be able to escape responsibility.
"Xiao Cui, go back the same way and go to the Admiral's Mansion to find Chen Lang's people." Quan Jiu said softly.
Cuizhu grasped her sleeves tightly: "What about you, young lady?"
Quan Jiu naturally wanted to save the person, but to be honest, this maid who was eager to protect her master was probably unwilling to leave.
"I'll be keeping watch here, go quickly and don't waste time."
She ordered, her tone heavy.
Cuizhu left, looking back every few steps. After getting on her horse, she rode all the way to Kyoto.
Quan Jiu stared at the situation on both sides. Nearly a quarter of the people in Northern Qi had died, and Xuanyuan Qinglan, the leader of this delegation, was being besieged by three men in black.
Unable to wait any longer, Quan Jiu cut off a piece of fabric from the hem of her skirt, covered her face to hide her features, pulled out a dagger from her boots, and leaped out from the bushes! !
She moved so quickly and swiftly that no one noticed her presence at first. After she killed two people, the black-clad assassin and the Northern Qi delegation stopped at the same time.
"Who are you?"
She was wearing a red dress and had her black hair tied up high. Judging from her clothes, it was obvious that she did not belong to either of them.
Quan Jiu held the red-stained dagger, and the blood beads on the tip of the knife rolled down and dripped into the yellow earth. She flicked it lightly, and the blood beads fell again, and the dagger became white again.
"Nobody."
The black-clad assassins looked at each other and saw the same message in each other's eyes.
No one must be left alive.
Although Xuanyuan Qinglan didn't know who she was, she could tell that she had no intention of killing her:
"They're targeting you."
After saying that, he coughed heavily a few times.
Quan Jiu knew at a glance that he had tuberculosis, which had already become a serious disease. If he didn't get treatment, he would probably die soon.
"Step aside."
She wasn't so crazy as to let a sickly person fight.
"Third brother."
A child about twelve or thirteen years old appeared from the Northern Qi delegation. When he heard Xuanyuan Qinglan coughing, he hurried over to support her.
Xuanyuan Qinglan gave the child a dissuading look, but it was too late. Quan Jiu had heard everything he should have heard.
Xuanyuan Qinglan is the third prince of Northern Qi. The only one who is qualified to call him brother is the fourth prince Xuanyuan Zhuo.
Although both are princes of Northern Qi, the treatment of the third prince and the fourth prince is worlds apart.
The third prince's biological mother was a palace maid in the laundry room, of low status. She died of illness shortly after giving birth to the prince.
The biological mother of the fourth prince is the current Queen Liang. Queen Liang's family is powerful and has produced three queens. This is still a good story in Northern Qi.
The delegation released the news that the third prince Xuanyuan Qinglan was leading the team, and no one knew that Xuanyuan Zhuo was also in the team.
After calling out "Third Brother", Xuanyuan Qinglan looked at Quan Jiu with vigilance, and he stood in front of Xuanyuan Zhuo without making a sound.
Quan Jiu chuckled and didn't mind: "Take Xiaotuanzi and hide in the back."
The black-clad assassin on the opposite side was already charging towards them. Quan Jiu blocked a few attacks. Seeing that the two brothers had reached a safe place, she took out the gunpowder cartridge from her arms, lit it, and threw it out.
The black-clad assassin saw gunpowder for the first time and didn't understand what it was. He waited for a while and saw that it was lying on the ground without any abnormality, so he leaned forward.
When the fuel line burned out, the gunpowder barrel exploded with a loud bang. Several black-clad assassins who were close to it were blown away dozens of meters without even having time to scream.
Everyone present was shocked by this unidentified object with great destructive power.
Staring at the crater on the ground, the assassin leader looked solemn, but still did not retreat.
"Use bows and arrows to attack from a distance."
Quan Jiu slowly pulled out a crossbow from his pocket, put it on his right shoulder, and aimed it at the crowd:
"It's just a bow and arrow, who doesn't have one?"
She has recently made a lot of weird little gadgets and is worried about having no experimental subjects.
The crossbow mechanism is cleverly designed. Just press a button to fire a row of seven arrows, making it suitable for group battles.
The black-clad assassin failed twice in a row, and murderous intent flashed in his eyes. He immediately gave an order to change the focus to besieging Quan Jiu.
Quan Jiu directly threw out a handful of poison gas bombs, and the black-clad assassin could no longer get close to her.
The guards of Northern Qi were dumbfounded:
"...Who on earth is this person? I've never heard of such a person in the martial arts world."
First, there was the small bamboo tube with great lethality, and then there was the crossbow that could fire a row of arrows. They had never heard of any of these weapons.
"withdraw."
Seeing that Quan Jiu was determined to protect the Northern Qi delegation, the black-clad assassin had to order a retreat.
Quan Jiu did not chase after them. She only had one explosive cartridge left on her, and the enemy still had more than twenty people. If the enemy fought to the death, she was not afraid of being injured, but there was a group of seriously injured Northern Qi people behind her.
The men in black retreated, but Quan Jiu did not plan to leave. It would not be too late for her to leave after Shen Lang arrived.
"Thank you for your help, sir."
Xuanyuan Qinglan bowed with full courtesy.
“Cough… cough…”
After saluting, he put his hand to his lips and coughed heavily a few times.
Instead of stopping as usual, the coughing became more and more urgent. Xuanyuan Zhuo held his hand worriedly.
"Third brother, are you okay?"
"Ahem... No, it's okay."
Xuanyuan Qinglan waved his hand, lifted his white robe and wiped his lips. Seeing the bloodstains on the robe, he was stunned at first, then he calmly hid the bloodstained sleeve inside so that others would not see it.
Quan Jiu had a keen sense of smell. She glanced at Xuanyuan Qinglan who was pretending to be fine. She took out a bottle of pills from her arms and threw it over.
Xuanyuan Qinglan reluctantly took the medicine bottle: "What is this?"
"Puppet medicine." Quan Jiu said mischievously, "After taking it, you will become a puppet that only obeys my orders."
Xuanyuan Zhuo's face changed drastically, but Xuanyuan Qinglan stared at the medicine bottle for a long time, then took out a pill, tilted his head back and swallowed it.
"Third brother!" Xuanyuan Zhuo grabbed his wrist.
Xuanyuan Qinglan was dressed in white, but smiled and shook her head: "It doesn't matter, I won't live long anyway."
Xuanyuan Zhuo's eyes were red, and there was a tenacity in his eyes.
"No, wait until we find that miracle doctor. He will definitely be able to save you."
When Quan Jiu heard this, he shook his ears and had a bad feeling in his heart.
Xuanyuan Qinglan said slowly:
"It is rumored that Divine Doctor Shen has been ordered to enter the palace several times. Chu Tuo values him highly. Whether he is willing to let him treat me is still unknown."
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