The iron hooves kicked up a cloud of dust, and arrows continued to fly densely forward, with Xiao Xuan's men falling one by one in the bloody waves.
Qingying endured the pain and looked back, only to see that her master's carriage was getting further and further away from them. She then gave the order for the soldiers to begin their retreat.
"Retreat immediately!"
Currently, only about ten Qingyu Guards remain, following Qingying as they change direction and speed off in another direction.
Liu Lin, who was behind, couldn't see what was happening at the front, but he desperately followed behind Qingying and her group, chasing after them relentlessly.
"Speed up, guys, we're almost there!"
As Shen Yun watched Liu Lin and his men catch up with Xiao Xuan's forces, he felt a chill run down his spine. He knew that if Ning Yin were captured by these beasts, it wouldn't be as simple as just dying.
Even though he hated Ning Yin for leaving so heartlessly, he didn't want to see anything happen to her. He had pushed Ning Yin into the eye of the storm, and he would protect her even if it meant his death.
Thinking this, Shen Yun lashed the horse's rump with his whip, frantically widening the distance between himself and the group.
Ningyin, who was in the carriage, was feeling dizzy from the jolting. She hadn't even had a bite of dinner yet, and her stomach was cramping painfully. She used all her strength to hold the baby in her womb tightly.
The woman's forehead was covered in sweat. She reached out and lifted the curtain to look back, only to notice that things seemed to be gradually quieting down behind her, though she could faintly hear the sounds of horses' hooves and swords clashing in the distance.
In the pitch-black wilderness, Xiao Xuan couldn't see the road ahead and dared not light a torch rashly. He could only slowly reduce his speed, in case he crashed into a boulder again like last time, which would be troublesome.
Xiao Xuan calculated the time; they had been riding for so long, and they were indeed close to entering the Great Qi.
He turned to look at the gradually calming area behind him, his eyes growing increasingly fierce. Qingying and the others were probably in grave danger.
After a while, he suddenly heard Ning Yin's painful cries coming from inside the carriage.
Xiao Xuan hurriedly stopped the carriage, turned around and lifted the curtain. By the faint moonlight, the man saw that Ning Yin's expression was a little off.
"Ah Ning, what's wrong? Is it too bumpy? Is it making you uncomfortable?"
He nervously rolled over and crawled into the carriage, pulling the person into his arms and looking down at them.
Ning Yin's eyebrows were tightly furrowed, her face was as pale as paper, her forehead was covered with beads of sweat, and her thick eyelashes were soaked with tears, sticking together and trembling.
Xiao Xuan's heart skipped a beat, and he quickly reached out and placed his hand on Ning Yin's forehead.
"A-Ning, what's wrong?"
The man was extremely anxious and immediately picked up the kettle from the side, opened it, and handed it to Ning Yin's lips. However, Ning Yin was clutching her lower abdomen tightly, her brows furrowed in pain.
The excruciating pain made her heart clench, and even breathing became increasingly difficult.
Ning Yin opened her mouth, but couldn't utter a single word for a long time. Xiao Xuan was so anxious that the veins on his forehead throbbed, and he didn't know what to do for a moment.
"Ah Ning, where do you feel unwell, Ah Ning...?"
"My stomach, my belly hurts..."
The woman in his arms hummed and uttered a few words. Upon hearing this, Xiao Xuan hurriedly placed his hand on Ning Yin's abdomen, and the warm touch of his palm quickly penetrated the fabric and reached Ning Yin's skin.
Xiao Xuan gently massaged the other person's abdomen, his worry evident in his eyes.
"Ah Ning, are you feeling any better?"
A warm, large hand gently circled around her, and after a while, Ningyin felt a little better.
Thinking that Li Chengyan hadn't been able to catch up with the group when he went out to buy medicine for her, she became even more worried.
"Jingyuan, Lord Li, he..."
"It's alright. He has more connections in Chu than I do. He'll be fine. Don't worry. If you're feeling better, we need to continue our journey. Can you sit in the carriage by yourself?"
As soon as Xiao Xuan finished speaking, he seemed to hear the sound of horses' hooves growing clearer in the distance. They could not linger here any longer, or they might really lose their lives.
"I'm fine, getting on the road is the priority."
"Okay, hold on tight then. Just a little longer, we'll be going through immigration soon."
Xiao Xuan carefully placed the person back on the seat, and then rummaged through the corner to find some dry food and placed it in Ning Yin's hand.
"Here is water and dry food. If you get hungry, eat a little, but don't eat too much. The carriage is too bumpy and it will irritate your stomach."
Ning Yin nodded, and Xiao Xuan then stepped out of the carriage and continued driving the horse to leave.
At that moment, as soon as he looked up, he saw some scattered lights not far ahead. Xiao Xuan thought it was Chong Ning's troops, and his face lit up with joy. He hurriedly drove his carriage toward the group of people.
As they got closer, Xiao Xuan realized that the group seemed to be speaking a dialect.
He knew that most of the soldiers in his elder sister's military camp were from Kyoto and the surrounding areas, and their accents were clearly dialects from remote regions.
Xiao Xuan pondered for a moment and quickly realized that these people were not his elder sister's people at all, but most likely Xiao Ling's subordinates.
Seeing that he was only about a hundred meters away from the other party, Xiao Xuan quickly changed direction and sped off in the other direction.
Although the speed was not as fast as before, Ningyin in the carriage was still extremely nauseous from the jolting.
Some of the men in the group had torches and soon spotted a carriage speeding toward their side. The leader of the group was Wang Peng, the county magistrate of Wu'an County.
Having somehow learned that Xiao Xuan and his group would be in the vicinity in the next few days, he specially brought out about a hundred men to try his luck and see if he could gain some credit with Xiao Ling.
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