As her figure drew closer, Qi Nuan could only reach for the dagger at her waist.
Ahua naturally saw her actions.
Before she could even draw the dagger from her waist, she was struck down by an embroidery needle shot by Ahua.
Ahua stepped forward and picked her up. "I don't want to hurt you, Anuan, it's just..."
She led the person into the room and changed Qi Nuan into a set of linen clothes.
Then he walked to the window, took out a whistle from his pocket, and blew it towards the sky.
Soon, someone came to her.
"Princess."
The two clasped their hands in a gesture of respect.
“Take her to Rouran and watch over her, but do not harm her.”
"Don't let anyone find out."
The person nodded and quickly took the person away. Ah Hua looked at the sky and sighed, "Ah Nuan, this is all I can do. I hope you are doing well in Rouran."
Composing herself, Ahua pretended nothing had happened, carrying a basket in her hand, and walked outside.
On the other side, the two people who had led the person out of the city stopped.
One of them, a man with a full beard, asked.
"How do we bring her back to Rouran? Aren't we going to stay and protect the princess? If anything happens to the princess, how could the prince possibly let us go?"
Another lean, middle-aged man asked:
What do you want to do?
"Since she has discovered the princess's identity, we might as well kill her to avoid future troubles."
Another person hesitated, "What if the princess asks..."
Qi Nuan's consciousness gradually returned. Hearing the conversation between the two, she reached for her waist but found nothing. She immediately sensed something was wrong; the dagger was gone.
Fortunately, she still had a spatial dimension, from which she took out a dagger.
She pointed the sharp dagger at the two men and plunged it into the cerebellum of one of them.
The man turned around and collapsed in disbelief.
The other person reacted extremely quickly, drawing his knife and slashing at her. Qi Nuan couldn't dodge in time, and her arm was slashed squarely, blood gushing from the wound.
She was no match for him, and Qi Nuan had no intention of fighting. She turned and ran away. Fortunately, she was good at light footwork, and she quickly darted through the woods while clutching her injured arm.
But that won't do either. She looked at the person following closely behind her, whose arm was still bleeding.
She gritted her teeth, tore a piece of cloth from her clothes, and bandaged her wound as she ran, tightening the bandage. She sped up and leaped into a dense pine forest, disappearing into a pine tree.
Calm your heartbeat and hold your breath.
The man who had lost sight of Qi Nuan stopped.
His eyes scanned his surroundings, and his ears twitched; all he could hear was the sound of the wind rustling through the leaves.
The pine needles were blown by the wind onto Qi Nuan's face, making her feel itchy and painful, but she dared not move an inch.
Every minute was unbearable; she could feel the carelessly bandaged wound slowly bleeding.
The man narrowed his eyes and leaped towards Qi Nuan. What she didn't know was that the man had an exceptionally keen sense of smell.
Qi Nuan used her longsword to block the man's attack, but the sword was instantly broken, and Qi Nuan was knocked to the ground by the residual force.
She coughed, quickly retrieved a longsword from her spatial storage, and charged towards the man.
The man dodged it.
He took two steps back, his eyes fixed on Qi Nuan; there was something strange about her.
But it doesn't matter, once we catch the person, we'll know everything.
He quickly drew his knife and slashed at Qi Nuan.
The two exchanged blows for another ten moves.
Qi Nuan assumed an attack stance, but instead fled backward.
The man pursed his lips and chased after Qi Nuan.
Not long after, Qi Nuan stopped. She was running out of energy and took out a silver needle from her spatial storage and hid it in her palm.
She glared at the man, her hair disheveled, her clothes stained with blood, and she looked utterly wretched.
She opened her mouth, but no sound came out.
It was Ahua. She gave a bitter smile. Sister Ahua was so wary of her. But it was good enough that she spared her life, Qi Nuan thought.
but……
Seeing the murderous intent in the man's eyes, Qi Nuan had nowhere to escape and could only fight to the death.
...
As darkness fell, Ahua returned to the Jiang residence, where Qingqing and the others were in the main hall.
"Sister Ahua, where is Anuan? I can't find her."
Ahua's eyes flickered slightly. "I just got back too, I don't know yet, they're probably asleep."
Qingqing nodded upon hearing this, but did not ask any further questions.
"What's wrong? You look so listless," Ahua asked.
"We're moving to the military camp first thing tomorrow morning, and I'll miss you and Anuan."
Ahua chuckled, thinking something serious had happened. "You can come back during your time off, and besides, Anuan and I can come visit you too."
"Sister Ahua, you're so kind. I also have some good news to tell Anuan, but she's asleep, so let's leave it at that. I'll tell her later. I'm the captain of the women's unit, but there are only ten women in the barracks right now."
"There will be more in the future."
Ahua comforted them, but she seemed a little absent-minded, unaware of where they were.
After exchanging a few words, the group returned to their rooms.
In the end, Qi Nuan still couldn't defeat the man in front of her.
Qi Nuan was kicked away by him, injuring her internal organs. Qi Nuan felt excruciating pain in her abdomen.
She looked up; this was the only way. With no other choice, she rushed toward the man.
The man plunged his knife into her body, and she, in turn, inserted silver needles into the man's temple.
"cough……"
She coughed, fell to the ground, and the blood in her mouth dripped onto the ground, staining the withered leaves red.
She took the dagger and cut a long piece of cloth from the man's body. She looked at the grass on the ground and smiled, thankful that she and Xiangxiang knew some herbs.
She felt her blood draining away, and her strength draining away.
He took the medicine from the space and swallowed it.
She moved her body with difficulty, her hand weakly reaching for the weed.
First, she sprinkled the wound medicine on the wound, then applied the chewed herbs to the wound, and finally wrapped the wound with a long strip of cloth cut from the man's body.
After doing all that, she was so tired that she had no strength left.
She lay on the ground, looking at the sky, tears streaming down her face and into her hair.
The sky is getting darker and darker. I wonder if there are any wild animals here.
She took the dagger, stuck it into the ground, and used the dagger to drag her body forward little by little.
She didn't know how much time had passed, nor how far she had gone. She could only hope that someone would find her soon. Had A-Yu discovered that she was gone?
I doubt it; he's been very busy these past few days.
With a loud "boom," Qi Nuan leaned against a tree, listening to the thunder rumbling from the horizon. She gave a wry smile; it seemed the weather was turning against her, and it was going to rain...
Her injuries prevented her from getting wet in the rain any longer, so she could only drag herself forward.
A bolt of lightning flashed before Jiang Yu's eyes.
For some reason, he suddenly felt a little anxious.
Large raindrops soon began to fall.
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