sbdcsierra Chapter 190 Assassin
Chapter 190 Assassin
From Central Continent to Northern Continent, the dense forests gradually become sparse.
The weather also seemed to have changed dramatically, from the scorching summer heat at the beginning to gradually turning cold and windy.
The cold wind, sharp as a knife and enough to cut the skin, seemed to be foreshadowing the arrival of the cold North Continent.
A large area of lead-gray sky hung low above the head, as if gray snowflakes were about to pour down at any time.
"They say the North Continent is covered in snow all year round, and that's true."
Rong Su lifted the curtain of the carriage and looked out. As far as the eye could see, the mountains and rivers seemed to have been blessed by the Snow God, with white snow covering the tops of the mountains.
"Beizhou is also known as Xuezhou. My lord, you'd better lower the carriage curtains, otherwise it will be very windy and cold when we enter Hanlian Mountain."
Wuxuzi rode his horse to the carriage and said to her.
Seven days had passed since leaving Zhongdu. Rong Su looked around and saw endless mountains and dangerous canyons.
"How long will it take to reach Beidu?" She could feel the biting cold wind blowing in her face as she went higher.
Wuxuzi looked at the mountains not far away and replied, "Sir, as long as we pass Hanlian Mountain and go through Gaofeng Gorge, we will reach Beidu."
Rong Su stared into the distance, and a face came to her mind. That person was sometimes like these cold snow-capped mountains, seemingly cold, but actually pure and kind.
He was ambushed and disappeared on the battlefield. It must have been someone he was willing to trust who stabbed him in the back.
A few days ago, she received a letter from Aku and learned that he had found some information.
"Sir, please get in the carriage quickly, we are about to go up the mountain." Wuxuzi's voice came.
Along with it came the cold snowflakes.
Finally, it fell, neither fast nor slow, but densely packed together, turning everything in front of us into a world covered in silver.
The brown branches were soon covered with icicles.
There was a cold light flickering above, and when a cold wind blew occasionally, a few snowflakes would fall down in a hurry, stirring up a fine white mist on the ground.
The snow-capped mountains stand majestically, and the snow that never melts all year round seems to merge with the sky to form a magnificent and desolate picture.
Back in the carriage, the biting cold wind was completely shielded from the white world outside, and the warm fire gradually enveloped the body.
Listening to the rustling sound of the wheels passing over the fine snow, I felt a wave of sleepiness coming over me, and I slowly closed my eyes and fell into a deep sleep.
When she woke up again, Rong Su suddenly felt a violent shake in the carriage, and she was instantly awakened.
Immediately afterwards, a hurried voice was heard, it was Wuxuzi's panicked call.
"Sir! Run away with me!"
The curtain of the carriage was lifted, and the waves of coldness that hit her face were bone-chilling. Wuxuzi looked at her with an anxious look on his face, holding a blood-stained sword in his hand.
Seeing this, Rong Su realized that something had happened. Without saying anything, he followed Wuxuzi out of the carriage.
But as soon as she got off the carriage, an arrow pierced the air and shot towards her fiercely.
Wuxuzi raised his sword with extremely fast reaction speed and chopped the arrow that was close to him into two pieces with one stroke.
As far as the eye could see, corpses were scattered all over the ground outside the carriage.
The twenty or so soldiers who came with her were all wiped out.
What followed was a fierce sound.
"The Phoenix Girl is there! Chase her! Kill her and we'll have a fortune!"
Assassins dressed in black, holding swords, chased after them.
Wuxuzi used his sword to cut off the arrows while running towards Gaofeng Gorge with Rongsu.
The number of assassins is not ordinary, there are at least a dozen of them, and each of them has high martial arts skills.
Wuxuzi had to deal with them alone, and he had to take her with him, so there was no way for him to escape.
Seeing this, Rong Su made a decision.
"Wuxuzi, run to the canyon, then get to the border of Beizhou as soon as possible and ask the Beizhou soldiers to come and rescue you."
Hearing this, Wuxuzi swung his sword to block an arrow flying from the right and said disapprovingly: "No, sir, I can't leave you alone, you will be in danger!"
"Don't forget, I also have the means to protect myself. If you don't find reinforcements, we will all die here! Your Qinggong is better than mine. If you cross Gaofeng Gorge, you will reach the border of Beizhou. You can reach the border of Beizhou as quickly as possible! Hurry!"
Seeing that they were about to reach the entrance of the canyon, Rong Su reached out and pushed Wuxuzi inside.
Then he turned around and faced the approaching assassins.
Wuxuzi stood at the mouth of the canyon and looked at Rongsu worriedly: "Sir."
The light purple dress was blown up sharply by the strong wind at the mouth of the canyon, and the hem of the skirt looked like a bunch of thorny flowers blooming.
Rong Su had his back to Wuxuzi. In the backlight, his slender figure seemed elongated, and at that moment he seemed to become tall and solemn.
"go!"
Even if Wuxuzi wanted to stay and help Rong Su fight the assassin, he knew that the two of them could not handle it alone, so he had no choice but to seek help.
My Lord, you must hold on! I will definitely bring reinforcements back!
"Boss, that guy ran away!"
The leader snorted coldly, "Let him run away. As long as Tian Fengnu is dead, don't worry about the other irrelevant people."
Then the man looked at Rong Su, sneered, and looked at her with disdain: "Lady Tianfeng, do you still think you can deal with us?"
Rong Su was not afraid of the provocation from the assassin leader. His hand hidden under his sleeve was already holding a bottle of poison.
"I am enough to deal with you."
"How shameless! You are the only one who can do that!" The leading assassin shouted coldly and waved his hand.
An assassin jumped up from the side and rushed towards Rong Su with a sword.
The long sword flashed with cold light, brought with it a gust of cold wind, and raised a cloud of snow dust.
Seeing the sharp sword approaching, Rong Su remained motionless. The assassin leader smiled coldly, thinking that Rong Su was scared.
Suddenly, Rong Su waved his hand and rushed towards the aggressive assassin.
Scattered in the wind was a cloud of light brown powder.
A faint smell permeated the air.
The assassin who attacked Rong Su first fell to the ground and twitched a few times within a second after coming into contact with the powder, and then he became motionless.
"What did you say!" The assassin leader immediately covered his mouth and stared at Rong Su with murderous eyes.
Rong Su boldly took out the bottle of medicine and shook it in front of the assassins: "A poison that can kill you instantly. So, do you want to come a little closer? I don't mind sending you all to hell."
With the precedent of the first assassin being killed, those assassins began to fear Rong Su.
Seeing that his men were not thinking of retreating, the assassin leader immediately raised his sword and pointed it at Rong Su, shouting, "She had poison but didn't use it suddenly. This means that the poison must require certain conditions to be triggered!"
"She only took out the poison when there was wind. Now there won't be any wind for a while. We only need a quarter of an hour to get her head. Go!"
As soon as these words were spoken, the assassins were encouraged again, and this time they obviously approached Rong Su again.
It can be seen that the assassin leader is not a fool, he still has brains.
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Even though the assassin guessed her actions, Rong Su was not panicked at all. There was a faint smile on the corner of her mouth, and her clear eyes flashed with wisdom.
Her hand dropped, and a bottle of medicine instantly fell from her sleeve. She held the bottle and slowly stepped back, calmly and unhurriedly, leading the assassins step by step into the trap she had carefully set.
"Do you think I simply used a bottle of poison? You are smart and guessed that I used the wind direction at the canyon entrance. However, you missed one point. Why do you think I only know how to use poison and not martial arts?" Rong Su opened her red lips slightly. Her voice was not loud, but everyone could hear it clearly at the narrow canyon entrance.
After saying that, before the assassins could react, Rong Su had several silver darts in her hand.
As she threw the medicine bottle in her hand into the air, the silver dart flew out of her hand, as if it had a sharp edge that could destroy anything.
One after another, the darts flew towards the group of assassins, who immediately became confused and busy waving their swords and dodging the darts.
But the smell emitted by the medicine bottle that was broken by the dart was even stronger than the previous bottle of medicine.
The assassins involuntarily stopped their actions, their faces showing surprise and suspicion, and they covered their mouths and noses, but they felt dazed. In just a short moment, they bled from all five orifices and fell to the ground dead.
At this moment, the assassin leader realized that he had fallen into Rong Su's trap. He flew into a rage, his eyes filled with anger and hatred: "Damn it! I'm going to kill you!"
He inhaled a lot of odor, and even though he used his internal force to seal his vitals, the poison still entered his body. The assassin leader was no longer as agile as at the beginning, as if he was being pulled by some invisible force, and his steps became heavy.
The assassin leader was furious. He shouted loudly, jumped up with his sword in hand, and rushed towards Rong Su desperately.
Seeing this, Rong Su wanted to dodge to the side to avoid the attack, but the assassin leader obviously saw her movements and pressed her to attack. Each attack was fierce, and after a few hits, Rong Su felt a sharp pain on the side of her face.
Then, a trace of liquid flowed down her face. She put a little distance between herself and the assassin leader, reached out to touch her face, and looked down to see bright red blood staining her fingertips.
"Die!" The assassin leader seemed to have been filled with anger and didn't even notice that he was bleeding from all five orifices. He held the hilt of the sword tightly with both hands and stabbed directly into Rong Su's chest.
This move was as fast as lightning. Rong Su wanted to dodge, but she found that she had no way to retreat and was hit unexpectedly.
The man's initial disorganized attacks were all intended to force her into a corner and then give her the final blow.
"Haha, even if you find out now it's too late, die!"
In the field of vision, the assassin leader's ferocious eyes flashed with madness and the cold light of the long sword flashed by.
Rong Su felt that she would either die or be injured this time. Even if his sword did not pierce her heart, she would inevitably be seriously injured.
The next moment, a long sword pierced the assassin leader's chest. The sword was pulled out in an instant, and a large wave of hot blood sprayed on the ground, leaving a bloody hole in the assassin leader's heart.
The assassin leader showed an expression of disbelief, and the sword fell from his hand to the ground with a crisp sound.
Then the assassin leader vomited blood and fell to the ground, his eyes wide open in death.
Rong Su stretched out his hand weakly to hold on to the rock wall, lowered his eyes and took a few breaths, then looked up again.
The clouds had drifted away from the crescent moon, revealing a light that shone on the person who came, allowing him to see his face clearly.
"Wood? Why are you here?"
Seeing Mu Tou, Rong Su subconsciously looked behind him, but there was only Mu Tou. For some reason, she felt a sense of loss in her heart that she didn't even notice.
Mu Tou came over and saluted Rong Su: "Your Highness. It was the master who asked me to come to Zhongdu to secretly protect you."
Shen Peiqing asked Mu Tou to protect me? Rong Su lowered her eyes slightly, not knowing what to feel for a moment.
Thinking of something, Rong Su raised her head and looked at Mu Tou again, asking, "Shen Peiqing, do you have any news about him? Is he really gone without a trace?"
When this was mentioned, Mu Tou seemed to show some sadness on his face. Seeing this, Rong Su had a bad feeling.
Sure enough, the next second, Mu Tou said, "After learning that the master was missing, I sent people to search the battlefield again. But no trace was found. However, I have a guess."
Originally feeling a little uncomfortable, Rong Su couldn't wait to ask after hearing that Mu Tou had an idea: "What's your guess?"
Mu Tou's eyes were deep and his tone was solemn: "Shen Fengyu is jealous of the master. If the master is really dead, he will definitely be eager to force His Majesty to abdicate and ascend the throne as soon as possible. But now it hasn't come to that step, which means that the master is not dead, perhaps in Shen Fengyu's hands."
Hearing this, Rong Su felt that there was some truth in it, but she also didn't quite understand it.
"Now that Shen Fengyu is the crown prince, wouldn't it be easy for him to ascend the throne? Why must Shen Peiqing die?"
Mu Tou shook his head and said, "It's true that Shen Fengyu is the crown prince, but there are also many ministers in the court who trust their master. In order to gain their recognition, Shen Fengyu needs the master's death. Before, the master's martial arts were completely lost, his meridians were destroyed, and he was like a disabled person. Shen Fengyu wanted to torture the master to death. Now that the master's martial arts have been restored, many ministers in the court have begun to stand on their side again."
"So Shen Fengyu will now choose the best time to kill Shen Peiqing, and sentencing Shen Peiqing will be the best time. He can't just let Shen Peiqing die on the battlefield." Rong Su already understood what it meant, and thought of something along the way.
Mu Tou nodded and said gravely, "That's right. The master was originally framed by Shen Fengyu and was accused of being a criminal. Now that the master is missing, it is most likely in his hands. If the master is in Shen Fengyu's hands, why hasn't Shen Fengyu used the crime of framing the master to try the master yet?"
It seems that Mu Tou was also confused about Shen Fengyu. Rong Su pondered for a long time but still couldn't figure out what Shen Fengyu wanted to do.
But one thing is certain, Shen Fengyu used the fact that she might have guessed that Shen Peiqing was in his hands to threaten her to seek cooperation with him.
It is not enough for Li Sheng to join forces with his allies to attack Dongzhou. As long as she, as the Phoenix Girl, promises to help him, he can get the assistance of 10,000 Phoenix Army.
This plan was very clear, but Rong Su had no way of avoiding it and could only face the challenge head-on.