Mistress

Chapter 78

Yexuan, the former crown prince, saw that Xu Cheng had left the street quickly with his people, and he gritted his teeth with hatred.If Xu Cheng walked a foot further, he would be able to touch the sky net that was just laid, and Yexuan could rush up with more than 20 people under his command, capture Xu Cheng alive, and kill all the soldiers brought by Xu Cheng.

Unexpectedly, Xu Cheng suddenly turned around and left.

Seeing that Xu Cheng reached a wide place, he was still standing there waiting, obviously waiting for reinforcements.Ye Xuan couldn't hold back, and rushed out with more than 20 people wielding swords. He knew he couldn't wait any longer. If Xu Cheng's reinforcements arrived, he wouldn't be able to touch a single hair of Xu Cheng.

He didn't want to miss the opportunity he had been waiting for.

Ye Xuan suffers from too few people in his hands, but if there are [-] more, he can be sure to wipe out Xu Cheng's [-] or so, and he can avenge his father's murder and usurpation of the throne!
Now the number of his subordinates is evenly matched with Xu Cheng's, no matter whether he wins or loses, he has to fight, so he gritted his teeth and charged forward.His target was Xu Cheng, so he rushed directly in front of Xu Cheng.

Although Xu Cheng was dressed as a soldier, people who were not familiar with him would not recognize him at all, but Ye Xuan could recognize him. He knew Xu Cheng very well, and had eaten and drank with him in the barracks before, so Xu Cheng As soon as Cheng appeared, he recognized it.

Xu Cheng saw Ye Xuan falling in front of him, and looked at him with red eyes, he came to find him desperately.

Xu Cheng sat high on his horse, drew his sword, and said, "Ye Xuan, if you don't come to me, I will go to you too. It's not how much I hate you, nor how afraid I am of you turning against Xu Fuye, but the world. Peace is needed. In the past five years, the Ye Dynasty has not been stable. Every year, people rebel against each other. At the beginning of last year, foreign enemies invaded. The people dare not have sons, because they are only old enough to go to the battlefield. The number of people has plummeted. If Hu Di comes again, there is no resistance."

Ye Xuan sneered, "My lord is so forgetful, since you don't want the world to be peaceful, why do you commit treason yourself?"

"If it wasn't for your father's bullying, why would I be here?" Xu Cheng sighed, "Forget it, I admit that the fault of the treason lies with me."

Ye Xuan suddenly realized that what Xu Cheng said was deliberately delaying time with him, he almost fell for it, and was going to argue with Xu Cheng just now.

He wanted Xu Cheng's head today, not to waste words with Xu Cheng.

At this time, Xu Cheng's soldiers and Ye Xuan's men had already fought together, and there was a piercing sound of clashing swords.

In terms of martial arts, Xu Cheng thought he was no worse than Ye Xuan, but he had three fewer people than Ye Xuan, and Ye Xuan's subordinates were all dead, so he worked harder.

Ye Xuan jumped up, mounted a soldier's horse, and stabbed the soldier on the horse with his sword.

Seeing that his soldiers were killed so easily by Ye Xuan, Xu Cheng realized that Ye Xuan's skills had improved compared to before, and it seemed that he must not underestimate the enemy.

Both of them were riding horses, holding sharp swords in their hands, they ran towards each other and began to fight.

The emperor personally fought against the enemy, which shocked Xu Cheng's soldiers, and saw that several soldiers had fallen to the ground and died. They knew that it would be impossible to rely on reinforcements, and if they didn't try their best, they would be buried here. Rise up and kill the enemy.

Because they fought in an open space in the east of the city, many people saw this scene, their legs became weak from fright, and they quickly hid.

The three sons and daughter-in-law of the old woman’s family had already sold all the pork, and they were closing the stall. Unexpectedly, they had never expected to see such a bloody scene. They were so frightened that they closed the stall indiscriminately, and then ran home quickly, not daring to turn their heads back. one time.

After returning to the courtyard, they told their parents about it, and the old woman hurriedly tied the courtyard door to death.

When his eldest son saw it, he said, "Mother, if they really come to our house, how can we stop them with a broken courtyard door?"

The old woman said: "Aren't the three of you brothers butchers? What else is there to be afraid of?"

"Mother, what we kill are tied pigs, not human beings. They are all excellent in martial arts, so they are not afraid of the pig-killing knife in our hands."

These words were heard by Wang Yingying, Li Yan, and Qing'er.

Wang Yingying got up and went outside, and asked, "Brother, what kind of clothes are those people wearing?"

The old woman's eldest son shook his head, saying that he didn't see clearly, he was almost scared out of his wits at the time, how could he see what other people were wearing, not to mention that it was already dark.His younger brothers and younger siblings all shook their heads and didn't know what to ask.

Wang Yingying walked towards the courtyard gate, and the old woman hurriedly stepped forward to stop her, "Girl, you must not go out, those people kill without blinking an eye, even if they don't kill you, seeing that you look good, maybe they will get up. ... lustful."

"Brother, didn't you say that you are in the east of the city? It's several miles away. It's okay. I just want to find a high place to watch the excitement." Wang Yingying was about to open the door when she said that, but the old woman and her sons ran over to stop her. , I think this girl is neither serious nor serious, she doesn't have any sense of self-protection.

Wang Yingying was helpless, it was not easy for her to perform lightness kung fu in front of so many people.

The old woman ran into the house and told Li Yan, "Your second sister is too ignorant and wants to go out to watch murders. You should persuade her quickly."

Li Yan came out and said sullenly: "If you want to die, go out quickly, no one will stop you! If you want to live longer, get out of here!"

After Li Yan finished speaking, she turned and entered the room.

Wang Yingying was beaten up by Li Yan, her face was flushed with anger, she ran into the house and was about to get angry, but she was afraid of being suspected by the old woman's family, so she let it go.

Wang Yingying was not afraid that Xu Cheng would come, she was waiting for Xu Cheng, but she was afraid that Xu Cheng would bring an army, so she was waiting for the opportunity.Now that she heard that there were two groups of people fighting outside, she wanted to find out the truth.

Li Yan thought that she only had forty days to live, so she had nothing to look forward to. She put a wet towel on Qing'er, and didn't even look at Wang Yingying.She didn't even ask whether Wang Yingying had an antidote. From her point of view, any antidote and the like were fabricated in martial arts novels. As long as Wang Yingying gave her poison, it was impossible to cure the poison with just one drink. .

Wang Yingying could only hope that the old woman's family would have dinner quickly. After eating, the family hid in the house and went to sleep. If she went out again, no one would know about the family.

Half an hour later, the old woman prepared dinner. After everyone had eaten, the yard was already very quiet, and even the pigs in the pigsty were asleep.

Wang Yingying tied up her hair, tied up her trouser legs and was about to go out.Li Yan wished that she would go out and be killed by the wicked, so she didn't care about her affairs at all.

After Wang Yingying jumped out of the courtyard wall and left, Qing'er got up to get out of bed, "Madam, let's run away, Wang Yingying won't come back after going out, if she doesn't run away, she won't have a chance."

Li Yan thought of running away just now, but she gave up now, because she knew that Wang Yingying was an extremely cunning person, how could she give them a chance to escape.

Wang Yingying has accomplices, and it is estimated that there are already people guarding the gate of the courtyard at this time.

Seeing that Li Yan hadn't moved, Qing'er put on her clothes indiscriminately, and then took a big food box and dragged Li Yan out.After walking outside the house, Qing'er became dizzy for a while, she still had a fever, and she only took three meals of medicine, how could she recover so quickly.

Li Yan knew that Qing'er would not give up if she didn't see someone guarding outside, so she helped her to the front of the courtyard door, tiptoedly opened the door latch, and then sneaked out of the courtyard door, only two steps away, a man in black The shining long sword was drawn out and placed on Li Yan's neck.

Qing'er was so frightened that she was about to scream when the man in black covered her mouth.

The man in black had no intention of killing them, so the two of them had no choice but to retreat into the yard again.After returning to the house, Qing'er collapsed on the bed. She was so frightened by the man in black that she almost fainted.

She lay down on the bed for a while before she woke up, "Ma'am, can't we escape from Wang Yingying's grasp?"

Li Yan held her hand and said, "Don't worry, she won't kill us, she will kill us long ago, she won't wait until now."

Now Li Yan was only thinking about how to release Qing'er and let her go back to the palace quickly, so that she could survive. As for herself, it didn't matter anymore, anyway, she only had forty days to live.

But how to get Qing'er to return to the palace is also a difficult task, if Xu Cheng really came to find them, then Qing'er can be saved.As for whether Xu Cheng would be coerced by Wang Yingying, she felt that no matter how powerful Wang Yingying was, it was impossible for her to be stronger than an emperor with thousands of troops in his hands.

At the same time, she didn't want Xu Cheng to come to her, because she didn't want him to see her tragic death in the near future. She was the one who wanted to escape from the palace.

Li Yan comforted Qing'er to sleep, at this time she felt unwell again, her scalp was numb, her body was stiff, as if her blood couldn't flow.She had no choice but to climb into bed, lie down and fall asleep with Qing'er.

Wang Yingying came to the east of the city with three black-clothed comrades, and saw that the two of them were fighting again, and they seemed to be very tired and unable to fight.Dozens of people were lying on the ground, all dead.

In the dark night, it was difficult to recognize who the two were. In order to be able to identify them at close range, Wang Yingying joined the fight between them.

Xu Cheng and Ye Xuan were tired, but neither of them dared to relax at all, as long as they relaxed, they might be killed by the other party.Because this old city is tens of miles away from the capital, Su Bo rushed back first and then came again. Usually, it would take an hour and a half to rush, but today the road was muddy, at least two hours, and the army could not all ride on horseback, so it would be even faster. Night.

Xu Cheng has been waiting for time, as long as he can wait until Su Bai, Yexuan will only die.But it's only been an hour, and he can't hold it anymore.

At the moment when both he and Ye Xuan were in critical condition, when anyone who was not paying attention was about to die, suddenly a person rushed in!This person is not Su Bai, but a woman, Wang Yingying!

When Xu Cheng recognized Wang Yingying, Wang Yingying also recognized him.

Seeing that the two of them were distracted, Ye Xuan stabbed at Xu Cheng's chest with a sword.

Wang Yingying hated Xu Cheng to the core, if Yexuan could stab Xu Cheng to death with one sword, she would never stop her, she even wanted to make up for it, so she swung the sword to stab him too.

Just when Xu Cheng was about to be pierced through the chest by the two swords, Xu Cheng didn't expect to use the sword to resist, because it was too late.A face flashed in his mind, it was Li Yan!When he was about to die, what he thought of was not his father or mother, nor his children, let alone those beautiful and delicate women, but Li Yan.

He regretted it, but it was too late.

Suddenly, Xu Cheng only heard two sounds of "哐! Bang!", and the swords of Wang Yingying and Yexuan were blocked by another person's sword.

Before Xu Cheng could react, he thought that the person who came was Wang Yingying's accomplice, because her accomplice had been standing by and watching, but her accomplice had no reason to block Wang Yingying's sword.

The purple-clothed man who came was very fast, but the former prince Ye Xuan was exhausted just now, and after only two moves, the purple-clothed man killed him with a sword, and Ye Xuan fell into a pool of blood.

After a few tricks with the Zizi man, Wang Yingying knew she was no match for him. Three of her accomplices also rushed over to deal with the Zizi man together with her.

Only then did Xu Cheng recognize that the man in purple was Jiang Ziheng, and then he fought side by side with Jiang Ziheng, stabbing Wang Yingying's three accomplices in just a few dozen moves, and they were powerless to parry.

Knowing that she couldn't beat her, Wang Yingying said, "Xu Cheng, stop all of you, Li Nianyun is in my hands!"

Xu Cheng and Jiang Ziheng paused at the same time and stopped.

The reason why Jiang Ziheng came early was not because Su Bai had reported him. Su Bai himself hadn't come back yet, and it was even more impossible for him to come so soon.

He heard that Li Yan had gone to the Ziyin Temple the afternoon before yesterday and stayed there to listen to the abbot lecture on Buddhist scriptures, so he wanted to see Li Yan.He no longer has any delusions about Li Yan, because she belongs to the emperor, he just wants to see how she is doing now, and he has made up his mind that this is the last time he will see Li Yan in this life.

After meeting, he would be willing to be married by the emperor to marry the maid next to Li Yan, and he would never see Li Yan again in this life.

When he rushed to the Ziyin Temple, it was already evening, and there were many people waiting outside the temple. He couldn't enter, so he walked around to the backyard, climbed over the wall and entered the Ziyin Temple.

Even though the abbot accepted the money sent by the emperor, she tried her best to lie that Li Yan was in the house, but Li Yan didn't want to see anyone, she just wanted to meditate on Buddha.Perhaps the abbot is not very good at lying, or he is frightened and speaks hesitantly.

Jiang Ziheng didn't want to disturb Li Yan at first, but he became suspicious of what the abbot said, so he wanted to force the hut behind.

The temple was full of nuns, and no one could resist a general. When Jiang Ziheng rushed into the hut, he found that there was no one there.

The abbot had no choice but to tell the truth, telling him that Li Yan left in a carriage in the morning.

Jiang Ziheng immediately rode to look for Li Yan, but it was dark and rainy at that time, and the moon was hidden in the dark clouds. He spent several hours but found nothing, and yesterday he searched for a whole day and still failed .It wasn't until today that I thought of coming to Yange Old Town, but I didn't expect to meet Xu Cheng surrounded by a man and a woman.

He saved Xu Cheng's life at the critical moment.

When he and Xu Cheng heard Wang Yingying say that Li Yan was in her hands, they were overjoyed, they finally found her!
But Wang Yingying said: "I poisoned her, if there is no antidote, she will bleed to death within 45 days, so... you better not think about killing me."

Xu Cheng stretched out his hand to grab her neck, and shouted: "You are a femme fatale woman, she is unarmed, why did you poison her?"

Wang Yingying looked at Xu Cheng with hatred and sorrow, "Didn't you say that you have no affection for your wife anymore, why are you so nervous about her now?"

Xu Cheng said word by word, "If something really happened to her, you can't even think about living!"

Wang Yingying's throat was so tight that she could hardly breathe, because Xu Cheng pinched her so badly, but she still squeezed out a few words, "I don't want to live anymore, if you want to strangle me, do it quickly."

But Xu Cheng let go of his hand. If he really strangled her to death, he would not be able to ask for an antidote.

When Jiang Ziheng heard that this woman had poisoned Li Yan, he was so angry that he killed the three wounded accomplices she brought with her on the spot.He didn't dare to kill Wang Yingying because he had to ask her for the antidote.

When Wang Yingying saw that her three comrades were killed by Jiang Ziheng, she laughed miserably at first, and then laughed again, "Xu Cheng, why don't you think about why this man in purple is so angry? Did he covet your wife for a long time?" Now that you are the emperor, he still doesn't care about your might, Xu Cheng, you really have a big heart."

Xu Cheng already guessed that Jiang Ziheng came here by chance to find Li Yan. He didn't blame Jiang Ziheng for secretly looking for Li Yan. has been offset.

Xu Cheng was too lazy to listen to Wang Yingying's ramblings, so he just said angrily: "Don't talk nonsense, where exactly is Li Nianyun hidden by you?"

Wang Yingying replied sharply: "No matter how fierce you are to me, I would rather die than take you to find her!"

Xu Cheng was so angry that he had no choice but to politely say: "Please also ask Miss Wang to take us to find Li Nianyun."

With a helpless and miserable smile on the corner of Wang Yingying's mouth, she led them towards the old woman's house.

(End of this chapter)