sbdcsierra Chapter 166: Assassination in the Western Regions
Chapter 166: Assassination in the Western Regions
As soon as Yu Jiuer opened the door, a sword flew towards her face, scaring her so much that her pupils shrank slightly.
At the critical moment, Yueying flew over at lightning speed and kicked away the deadly blade.
Just as he breathed a sigh of relief, countless people from the Western Regions rushed over from all directions, each of them was a master.
They moved swiftly and fiercely, and their goal was clear - to take her life.
Moon Shadow and Dark Shadow fought against a hundred enemies alone.
In an instant, Yu Jiuer's eyes were filled with dazzling swords and sabers.
At this moment, her mediocre skills would only hinder her. She slipped into the room and closed the door with a bang. Her movements were quick and conscious, and she did not cause any trouble to the secret guards at all.
There are people from the Western Regions outside, and the soldiers of the Yulin Army and Xiguan Camp are fighting desperately.
The sounds of swords clashing and fighting kept reaching Yu Jiuer's ears, making her feel extremely tormented and anxious!
I don't know how the child is doing?
After hesitating for a while, seeing that dawn was about to begin, Yu Jiuer decided not to be a coward anymore.
She pushed the table out of the room to use as a shield and opened the door.
What came into view was Jun Mo who went into battle with injuries. His moon-white robe had been soaked bright red with blood, but he still did not give up on killing any Westerner who intended to approach her door.
Yu Jiuer picked up the sword on the ground and kicked the person who wanted to assassinate Jun Mo away with a Taekwondo kick.
"What are you doing out here?" Jun Mo yelled, and he quickly flew to her side and stood back to back with her to prevent the enemy from attacking. "Don't make trouble, go in quickly!"
"I won't! We live together and die together!" Yu Jiuer's eyes were fierce. She couldn't hide in the house with a clear conscience and let everyone die for her.
After fighting for several rounds, Jun Mo and Yu Jiuer cooperated well and did not let the enemy gain much advantage.
Fortunately, at this time, the Marine Governor led his men to attack, and the people from the Western Regions fled in panic!
The Marine Governor said with lingering fear: "We waded into Yinshan County before the flood receded, but we didn't find any bodies. I think you must have gone to Xiguanying. Fortunately, we set up camp at the foot of Xiguanying Mountain last night."
Yu Jiuer thankfully said, "Fortunately you guys arrived in time!"
The Marine Governor asked hurriedly: "My daughter..."
"She is safe!" Jun Mo said lightly.
Yu Jiuer accidentally got cut on her arm.
Jun Mo knelt on one knee with his sword propped up, and hurriedly shouted: "Doctor, County Magistrate Yu is injured, bandage her quickly!"
Liang Zihu ran out from the dark with sweat all over his forehead. Just as he was about to help Yu Jiuer with her wound, she pushed him to Jun Mo: "Go to the prince first, his injury is more serious than mine!"
"You are bleeding, bandage her first!" Jun Mo pushed Liang Zihu over again.
At this time, the palace doctor also hurried over: "Don't refuse, I will bandage the prince!"
Yu Jiuer gritted her teeth to hold back the stinging pain in her arm and asked Jun Mo, "What's going on? There's no flood in the forest, so how did the people from the Western Regions know that there was a flood in Yinshan County? And they want to take advantage of the situation and catch us all in one fell swoop?"
Jun Mo's clothes had been cut open by the court doctor. He was covered in blood from old and new wounds, but his face still did not show any pain.
He said lightly, "We must have had a spy on our side pass the message to the Western Regions, and they worked together with the Western Regions to catch us off guard! A large number of Western Regions experts gathered at my residence last night. Without the cooperation of the spy, they would not have been able to quickly find the target and break in."
"You're bleeding a lot, stop talking!" Yu Jiuer was terrified, the pain in her heart was worse than the pain in her arm.
Wei Zheng thanked and said, "Fortunately, the prince made arrangements in advance and deployed a lot of troops on this line of defense in Xiguanying, otherwise the people would have been killed!"
Yu Jiuer asked hurriedly: "How are the people?"
Jian Yi replied: "There were only a few casualties, thanks to a prisoner named Wang Han. He happened to be among the people last night to accompany his wife and son. He was a famous bandit with great martial arts skills. He fought against a hundred people alone and saved many people!"
Yu Jiuer nodded: "I remember this man, he is a hero who robs the rich and helps the poor, this time he deserves a great achievement!"
After thinking for a while, Yu Jiuer asked again: "This is the last line of defense of the Great Wall. How could the people from the Western Regions reach this line of defense so quickly? Did the soldiers of the Xiguan Camp in the previous lines of defense of the Great Wall fall?"
Wei Zheng shook his head and said, "Just now, Cheng Ming flew up to the bunker and fired a signal flare, and found that the soldiers of the Xiguan Camp in the front several lines of defense of the Great Wall were all fine.
It should be that as soon as the flood broke out, someone sent a message to the people in the Western Regions, and cooperated with them from inside and outside, avoiding the previous lines of defense and sneaking in from somewhere else.
We were all busy dealing with the flood here and neglected to guard against the people from the Western Regions, which allowed them to take advantage of the opportunity and sneak in.
There are about 20,000 people coming from the Western Region this time, many of whom are experts.”
As he was talking, Wuyan ran over here, sweating all over his face, and shouted, "Doctor, hurry up, Aunt Qu is dying!"
"What?" Yu Jiuer almost collapsed to the ground. She hurriedly pushed Liang Zihu away and said, "Go quickly!"
"How are the children?" Yu Jiuer asked again.
"The children are well hidden and safe at the moment!"
Yu Jiuer asked anxiously: "Is Auntie seriously injured? How did the people from the Western Regions know who lives in that dormitory? Why did they kill people in that dormitory?"
"The people from the Western Regions did not come to where we live. Madam Qu was found at the door of the Gongfang. She was stabbed and I'm afraid she is in great danger!" Wuyan's tone was filled with worry.
When Yu Jiuer ran to Aunt Qu, she held on to her last breath and reached out to her, her eyes full of reluctance and heartache.
Holding her hand, Yu Jiuer trembled with fear!
Ever since she traveled through time, Aunt Qu had truly repented and all her thoughts revolved around her, making her feel unprecedented maternal love, a love that she had never experienced in modern times.
"Who is it? Who hurt you?" Yu Jiuer couldn't stop crying.
Liang Zihu shook his head at Yu Jiuer after taking her pulse.
Aunt Qu only said two words: "Fragrant Concubine...", and then her hands dropped down and she lost her life.
"Mother——" Yu Jiuer hugged Aunt Qu tightly and cried.
"My condolences!" Liang Zihu said lightly to comfort her, then lowered his head to continue bandaging the wound on Yu Jiuer's arm.
He had experienced the pain of separation from his own flesh and blood, and knew that no matter how much he said now, it would not soothe the pain in his heart.
After calming down, Yu Jiuer turned around and asked Liang Zihu and Wuyan: "Did you hear what Auntie said just now? She said Xiang Fei! It was Xiang Fei who killed Auntie!"
Wuyan nodded and said, "Madam Qu did mention Xiang Fei, but why did she want to kill Madam Qu alone?"
"Do I need to think about it?" Yu Jiuer wiped away her tears and said through gritted teeth, "It must be Xiang Fei who was secretly colluding with the foreign enemy. My aunt happened to get up at night and accidentally saw her colluding with the Western Regions and was brutally killed! Xiang Fei, you are dead!"
Yu Jiuer put down Concubine Qu's body and was about to go to Concubine Xiang to settle the score, but was told: "My lord, the Third Prince has brought people to take Concubine Xiang back to the palace!"
"How many people did he bring with him?" Yu Jiuer's eyes were full of sinister intent, and she immediately decided to prevent them from leaving Yinshan County.
The emperor is far away from home, the northwest is in chaos and the emperor is kept in the dark by his court officials.
The people from the Western Regions have attacked again and again because of the collusion between these idiots around the emperor.
They deserve to die!
The yamen runner replied: "Nearly ten thousand!"
"Ten thousand?" Yu Jiuer took two steps back, and immediately became disheartened. "He brought ten thousand soldiers with him just to pick up a concubine? He is so blatant, he must be well prepared!"
At this time, an extremely arrogant voice sounded: "Are you the Magistrate of Yu County? You are really lucky!"
"Greetings to the Third Prince!" Liang Zihu knelt down first and pulled Yu Jiuer's sleeve, signaling her not to confront him head-on.
Yu Jiuer glared at the Third Prince fiercely, clenched her fists and refused to kneel.
Her biological mother was brutally murdered by her own mother. How could she kneel down to her enemy?
"It's true that Magistrate Yu, whose reputation is not as good as his appearance, is really courageous! Come here, Yu Wushuang has no respect for hierarchy and didn't even greet me when he saw me. Beat him!" The Third Prince shouted.
"Stop!" Jun Mo's voice came, "Third brother, you are so arrogant. We just had a life-and-death battle with the people from the Western Regions. Instead of chasing them, you come to embarrass a small county magistrate? You make me doubt whether you are in the same group with the people from the Western Regions?"
“Fourth brother, you can eat whatever you want, but you can’t say anything you want!” When the Third Prince saw Jun Mo, a trace of panic flashed across his eyes. He quickly turned his horse’s head and shouted, “Collect the team! Escort Concubine Xiang and the Princess back to the palace!”
To make matters worse, at this moment, the emperor's edict arrived.
The person who came to read the imperial edict was the eunuch Cao Lizi, who was quite prestigious around the emperor.
The Third Prince and his companions had no time to evacuate and were forced to go to the hall to listen to the emperor's orders.
Eunuch Cao glanced around and asked, "Where is Yu Jiuer?"
Jun Mo sat on a chair and asked the court doctor to apply medicine to him. He calmly replied, "The Western Regions attacked. She was just seriously injured and can't get up!"
Eunuch Cao bowed to Prince Jing and said, "Prince Jing, please have someone bring the young masters out to receive the decree together!"
Jun Mo said unhappily, "The people from the Western Regions have just evacuated. If anything happens to them after they leave, can you take responsibility?"
"The Emperor has sent 10,000 imperial guards to accompany me to take the Emperor's grandson back to the palace. I want to see if those people from the Western Regions dare to come again."
The corners of Yu Jiuer's mouth twitched. It turned out that the emperor had made such a big move?
No wonder Eunuch Cao speaks so arrogantly.
When the Princess and Concubine Xiang heard the word "Imperial Grandson", they were both extremely surprised and looked towards the Third Prince at the same time.
The Third Prince winked at them and shrugged.
In Yu Jiuer's opinion, the Third Prince must have known about the existence of the child a long time ago and secretly cooperated with the First Prince without telling Concubine Xiang!