Chapter 70 Chapter 27 Yama's Means

Although I have long been familiar with marching in the mountains and jungles, every time I climb up, I can still see a large number of hunters' torches, biting their tails tightly like ghosts chasing their lives, so that they have no time to rest and choose escape routes. You can only run towards the dense jungle and the insurmountable mountains. When they finally got rid of those people for a while, the sky was completely dark, and they finally lost their way and couldn't discern Zhenhuang's direction. The night was cold and foggy, and there was a light rain in the first half of the night, and the temperature dropped rapidly. In order to prevent being discovered, they didn't even dare to light a fire.Chu Qiao and Li Ce were sitting in a dense undergrowth. The thin girl was sitting under the tree trunk. Her bones were almost falling apart. Blood was oozing from many wounds on her body. The pain was unbearable. The arrow wound on her shoulder It was especially serious, and she would feel heart-piercing pain if she moved too much. The excessive blood loss made her feel extremely sleepy and weak, and she almost wanted to fall to the ground and sleep.

But years of training and experience let her know that this moment is the most important moment for escaping. Once she collapses at this moment, she may never have a chance to wake up again. "Qiao Qiao?" Li Ce's voice sounded beside her ears, a robe was draped over the girl's shoulders, Chu Qiao frowned, raised her head, and saw the man squatting beside her, she still said with a smile: "My clothes are dry." Li Ce's clothes had lost their fragrance, soaked in river water for half a day, and then fled in the jungle, crumpled like a piece of rag, his bright red clothes were covered with dark red marks, the blood of some unlucky killer.

Chu Qiao moved lightly, and the blood on her shoulders immediately oozed out, Li Ce was startled, no smile on his pale face, he hurriedly pressed on Chu Qiao's wound, and hurriedly said: "Bleeding again, what should I do? " "It's okay." Chu Qiao frowned, tore off a corner of her shirt, bound it hastily, and said in a deep voice, "Sit down first." "Ah?" Li Ce's eyes widened and he asked in confusion. "Sit down first!" The woman frowned impatiently, her voice was weak but full of momentum: "We don't have much time, hurry up and rest."

"Oh," Li Ce sat down honestly, thought for a while and suddenly asked, "Qiao Qiao, who are those people? Do you know?" "If you are so energetic, you might as well run a few more steps later, and if you dare to clamor for a rest, I will kill you first, lest you drag me down." Prince Bian Tang was silent like a cicada, sitting on the ground with his neck curled up, his eyes were moving restlessly. Of course she also wanted to know who did it! But the goal was too big, and she really couldn't grasp the clue for a while. If Li Ce is assassinated outside Zhenhuang City, Bian Tang will definitely take the lead. The war between Daxia and Bian Tang is inevitable. Once the two great powers of the world go to war, from the perspective of the overall situation of the country, the first to benefit is the coastal area of ​​Andong The Huai Song Dynasty in Huai Song Dynasty, the Great Wilderness located in the southern border, and the Dog Rong outside the northwest border.Especially Huai Song, their prosperous commerce and abundant grain reserves will immediately become the target of strong wooing between the two countries, and Huai Song will also leap from a weak military country to occupy a strong strategic position.

From the perspective of the internal political situation, if Li Ce died, there would be no successors for the Bian Tang royal family, and the blood relatives of the subordinate ancestral temple would have the opportunity to succeed.Tang Yuanzong's brothers will also logically become heirs in line, taking a share of the vast land of Bian and Tang. From Bian Tang's point of view, those who have the strength to do this, except for the Great Xia royal family, are the major clans and families. After all, the Mu He clan has just fallen, and Yan Xun has borrowed a knife to kill people. The sad mood of a rabbit with dead lips and teeth, a dead fox.The stability of the Great Xia regime has always come from the balance between the power of the royal family and the power of the aristocratic family. Once one side is too heavy, it will inevitably lead to a series of bloody coups.With Wei Guang, Zhuge Muqing and others being old and cunning, they would not fail to see the crisis hidden under the cloak of the family's prosperity, pre-emptively provoke wars, make Emperor Xia have to rely on the power of the family, and take the opportunity to regain military power. They can't do it either.

But what Chu Qiao was most worried about was that this matter was led by Yan Xun and facilitated by the people sent by the Grand Peer Association.If this is the case, then her situation at this time will be quite embarrassing. Perhaps in the entire Zhenhuang City, only Chu Qiao really knew Yan Xun's strength.From Yan Xun's point of view, getting rid of Li Ce is not a good strategic plan.As soon as Li Ce died, Zhenhuang City was in chaos, and the trust of the major families and royal families was instantly shattered. In the midst of a chaotic war, Emperor Xia would definitely not move his hand to deal with Yan Xun at this time, and might even rely on Yanbei's troops to fight against the northern dog army.Yan Xun will be invincible in no time, occupying the complete initiative.

If the matter was really done by Yan Xun, then shouldn't she immediately find a way to expose Xingzang, try to kill Li Ce, and then cleverly avoid misfortune and pour dirty water on the heads of the big families? If it wasn't for Yan Xun's actions, then since she has seen the benefits of this matter to Yan Bei, from the perspective of the overall situation, shouldn't she just follow suit and push the boat along? The code of conduct for secret agents should always focus on the overall situation, and maximize one's own interests at any cost. The girl's palms were slowly clenched, and the dagger under her ribs emitted a cold light, which almost pierced into her skin. She didn't want to think about how she got on the shore after she just fell into a coma, and she didn't want to think about Li Ce carrying her on his back. The side face of stumbling in the jungle, unwilling to think about the urgency and worry that he called to himself over and over again.

If it weren't for me, he would have died in the previous assassination. Tit for Tat, God is fair. Chu Qiao narrowed her eyes slowly, and slid her finger to the dagger under her ribs. Her calm mind allowed her to quickly erase the unrealistic emotions before. She always knew what she should do, just like setting out a mission. For the past few years, she has been thinking about returning to Yanbei, other than that, everything is no longer important. Dark pattern printing, made of cold iron, the blade is light and small, wrapped in cotton cloth, judging from the current iron forging technology, it is a high-tech product beyond the age.The moment Chu Qiao touched the weapon, her mind became clear for a moment, and all the emotions that shouldn't exist disappeared in an instant, and she immediately returned to a qualified iron-blooded agent.

Clamp the blade with the middle finger and index finger, draw the blade, rotate, hold the handle, and shoot! Everything happened in an instant, and Li Ce's body suddenly jumped into the air, and he shouted in panic, "Jojo be careful!" A huge hound suddenly rushed from behind Chu Qiao, bit the wrist of Li Ce who was protecting Chu Qiao in a flash, and when Li Ce moved out of the way, an even bigger hound followed. After jumping out, Senhan's dagger remained in the same direction, stabbing into the hound's neck artery, piercing, rotating, and pulling horizontally! Blood splash!Howling!

Turning around and kicking the other hound's waist, the hound screamed and fell aside! Six black-clothed men with face scarves flashed out from the woods, with fierce eyes and steady steps, they looked like masters in martial arts.Chu Qiao slowly took a step forward, pulling the promising Li Ce behind him who endured the pain and didn't make a sound, slowly drew out the broken moon sword from his waist, and looked at the six people opposite him with cold eyes. The speed of the master's move is always at the peak, and the sound of six swords being drawn suddenly sounded, and under the reflection of the cold moon, the figures of the two people near the front left suddenly soared into the air, shouted sharply, and the momentum was full Pounce on the petite girl.The moment his body rose to the top, the saber in his hand cut down suddenly with two strange and cold arcs, his aura was thunderous!

Chu Qiao's body was half-bowed, she turned sideways in the standard Japanese style, one hand was protecting Li Ce and the other was holding the sword obliquely, but at the moment when the opponent's saber shadow enveloped her head, the girl suddenly rose from the ground, and the bodies of both sides were at a height. The air quickly criss-crossed, and the Moon-Pottering Sword was as powerful as a bamboo, splitting the swords of the two in an instant, and slashed into a man's shoulder at the peak, followed by his right foot, and kicked the man's lower body hard, his left hand became a claw. Hold the opponent's neck firmly. There was a crisp bone dislocation sound, and before the man could scream, he fell limply on the ground and turned into a corpse. In an instant, one died and one was injured, and the fighting power was super strong. At this moment, the other four people had already caught up in an instant, two of them attacked Chu Qiao, and the other two went to besiege Li Ce. Chu Qiao turned around quickly, wanting to step forward to protect Li Ce, her body barely dodged the knife's light, and at the moment when the two of them intersected each other, Chu Qiao saw an assassin swinging a knife at Li Ce from the side. Immediately, he frowned, and threw out the Moon Breaking Sword, and the sword roared away, carrying the wind of thunder.The free hands moved quickly, and immediately touched the back of the heads of the two assassins like a ghost, and slapped them hard! In the blink of an eye, there was a huge cracking sound, and the fast and violent attack came in a flash. Before the two assassins could react, their eyes went dark, blood spattered, their brains burst, and their bodies fell down. They only twitched briefly. Down, you can no longer move. At the same time, a scream suddenly came from in front of Li Ce. The man who was attacking him with a knife was about to succeed. A sharp sword suddenly struck and pierced his chest with a slamming sound, bleeding from the heart. Seeping out, the sword pointed forward sharply, and stopped firmly in front of Li Ce. Li Ce's face turned pale, and he was very frightened. Before he could scream, the only remaining killer rushed forward. In the blink of an eye, before the man with the sword had time to fall down, the girl's body rushed up like a whirlwind, and she pulled out the Moon Breaker Sword from the man, her body staggered, slid away, the blades staggered, Get to the top! The assassination opportunity of a professional killer is always in such a short moment, when the swords meet, sparks appear!Shot, wrist, sword oblique, two pronged! Severing wrists, twisting, breaking elbows, grabbing knives, turning around and cutting seppuku! The movement was quick and flowing, and in the next second, the originally aggressive assassin had his eyes wide open, with a huge incision in his lower abdomen, gurgling blood, and fell to the ground with a plop! At this moment, the girl had just turned around from her jumping position, when the cold wind slowly blew past her body, her hair was stained with blood, dripping down drop by drop. It is only a blink of an eye from the opponent's sneak attack to the present, but the test is the courage, vision, speed and skill of both parties. Obviously, the facts have proved that in this regard, the super agent Chu Qiao of the 21st century is slightly better. "Qiao Qiao!" Li Ce hurried forward, hugged her, and shouted excitedly: "You are amazing!" Chu Qiao remained calm, slowly pushed him away, looked coldly into the depths of the jungle, and said coldly, "Come out!" Li Ce was stunned for a moment, his expression turned cold, and when he turned his head, he saw four men in black in the same attire slowly coming out of the dense forest. Their swords had not been unsheathed, apparently they had just arrived. Looking at the thin girl, the four of them felt their scalps go numb. They were only a few dozen steps away from the six people in front of them. In such a short few tens of steps, five of their own troops had already been killed and one injured. Just how strong is the fighting power of the blown girl? Chu Qiao's expression was haughty, and she coldly glanced at the four people on the opposite side, with a look of contempt, suddenly snorted coldly, and said coldly, "Should we come up one by one, or come together?" Several people cautiously did not speak, but slowly drew out their swords and tilted them in front of them, but they did not dare to attack recklessly. Chu Qiao snorted coldly, threw away the broken moon sword in her hand, and snorted coldly: "To deal with you guys with bare hands is considered a girl bullying you." The four of them were startled immediately, and then all four pairs of eyes burst into ecstasy.Secretly thought that this girl's belly was blown to the sky, and she was so dizzy that she wanted to deal with a few people with her bare hands. With a sound, he made a sudden attack, fearing that he would lose the opportunity, so he rushed unceremoniously! The edge of the blade was sharp, the aura of the blade was threatening, and the cold light almost approached Chu Qiao's pores, but the girl still stood coldly, with a calm face and a sneer at the corner of her mouth, as if she didn't pay attention to them at all. The four of them were immediately overjoyed, they saw the right time and wanted to make this number one battle, and rushed forward without any hesitation, with astonishing momentum, bursting like thunder! However, at this moment, Chu Qiao suddenly made a movement. With a flick of her wrist, four sharp flying knives appeared out of thin air as if conjuring. But the four assassins were no longer in the mood to appreciate artworks at this moment. Their complexions suddenly changed, and their eyes opened wide in horror. No one would be without worry and fear in front of a murderous weapon that was faster than a sword and had a more tricky angle. , but it was too late to retreat. The girl flicked her wrist and swung it out. The four flying knives were like a reminder for a moment, and they rushed forward. Now there is nowhere to hide at close range. The four flying knives The knife seemed to have eyes, and it pierced into the throats of the four of them in unison, blood gushed out, their voices were hoarse, and they couldn't even yell "I've been fooled". Seeing that the four assassins were all accounted for in the blink of an eye, Li Ce's face turned blue and he didn't recover for a long time. He was stunned for a long time before he uttered a complete sentence: "Jojo, you are so despicable!" It was not clear whether this sentence was a compliment or a sarcasm, Chu Qiao gave him a cold look, and suddenly felt that her whole body was weak, and she fell down as soon as her body went limp. "Oh! Your wound is bleeding again!" Chu Qiao was unable to pay any attention to him anymore. Looking at a wounded black-clothed assassin lying upright in the distance, she ordered to the man with four limbs, "Go, kill him." "okay!" Li Ce agreed briskly, groped all over the ground for a long time, finally picked up a stone with nostalgia, and ran towards the assassin who lost his blood and was in a coma. "Hmph, if you dare to sneak attack the prince, the prince will send you to heaven right now." After finishing speaking, Li Ce immediately raised his hand, held up a stone and hit the man. "Ah!" There was a scream, Chu Qiao's brows were furrowed, and Li Ce's face was also grim. His confident blow not only failed to kill the man, but woke him up instead.Feeling the pain, the assassin screamed and wailed loudly, and the sound spread far away. It is believed that enemies a few miles away would be summoned by this scream. Chu Qiao's eyes could no longer be described with anger. Li Ce frantically tried to cover the assassin's mouth, while waving the boulder cracklingly with his other hand. After a while, the assassin's head became a mess, which was horrible. I can't tell the eyebrows. Looking at it, Chu Qiao couldn't help feeling that this assassin was worthless. He was also considered to be an extraordinary martial artist, but he didn't expect to die at the hands of such an idiot, and it was still in such a tragic way. "Qiao Qiao," Li Ce rubbed his hands, walked back embarrassedly, and said flatteringly, "Can you still go?" Chu Qiao gave him a cold look, and stood up leaning on the scabbard. The roar of the waterfall can be heard in my ears, the sky is full of flames, and there are enemies in all directions. The emperor's rescuers don't know where they are, so they can't be paralyzed. "Qiao Qiao, your move just now was too powerful, can you teach me?" "Qiaoqiao, do you think those people were killed by flying knives or because you were mad at them? I think two of them died without closing their eyes. They must have died with regret." "Jojo..." "Shut up!" The woman shouted angrily in a vicious voice, restrained her mind and carefully explored the way ahead, she seemed to have forgotten her thoughts before a stick of incense, and Li Ce's thought of dying was temporarily postponed by her.She remembered the hound just now, Li Ce still has an inch-long wound on his wrist. Forget it, treat it as interest and let him live a little longer. At this moment, Li Ce, who was following behind, didn't realize that the hound saved his life. He looked at the hideous wound on his white wrist angrily, and muttered depressingly: "There are a group of big dogs in my palace." Dogs, if you let them out, you can beat ten or eight of them." The night was foggy, the future was unpredictable, and the rocks were craggy. Li Ce carefully followed the girl. Prince Bian Tang, who had never experienced any hardship, frowned depressedly: "Will Emperor Xia send someone to rescue us?" The woman didn't speak, and Li Ce didn't expect her to chat with him. After a while, he continued to mutter that the weather on the Hongchuan Plateau is too cold and it's not a place for people to stay. "meeting." A low but sure voice sounded immediately, Li Ce was taken aback, raised his head and asked in puzzlement, "What did you say?" Those people don't know themselves and are not from Datong, so Yan Xun must be on his way to rescue him at this moment. "It will definitely be." Chu Qiao said in a deep voice, her eyes were firm and flashed with bright light. At that time, Li Ce may not have understood the name of this kind of light. When he finally understood it many years later, he found that he had missed the opportunity to get this kind of look forever. There is a kind of feeling, regardless of good times and bad times, regardless of wind and rain, regardless of mountains of swords and fires, will not be ground by the world, will not be polished by time, its name is trust. "My son!" Ah Jing reined in his horse, looked at the black-clothed man in front of him, and said worriedly: "The Xiaoqi Battalion and the Green Battalion are right ahead, shouldn't we be more careful?" "Drive!" The man didn't say a word, he lashed the horse's butt with his whip, his clothes fluttered, and his cloak fluttered. The son of Yanbei, who had never left the city alone for eight years, walked out of Zhenhuang City bravely at this moment and rode his horse. Rushing into the endless grassland. "Ah Chu is waiting for me." In the darkness, the man said in a low voice, "I have to go."