outside the imperial city

Chapter 9 Life and Death

Seeing Yu Jian, Yao Fanglan's expression became a little subtle, taking advantage of Jing Lishuo not paying attention, he quickly restrained his expression and asked, "What's going on?"

"Do you think I'll know? To think so recklessly about human life..." Jing Lingshuo narrowed his eyes and drew his sword out of its sheath, "This king wants to see who this bandit is."

Just as he was talking, a group of people appeared from nowhere and came up to surround the two of them.The people who came were all dressed in coarse cloth, but some covered their faces with cloth strips, and some didn't use any coverings. They didn't look like bandits who had robbed a lot of money, but rather farmers.One of them stepped forward and shouted, "Take off your clothes, shake things out."

Jing Lishuo frowned, it's nothing to hand over the money to them, anyway, there are still some in the inn, and his property is also stored in the big silver villages, so there is no need to worry about running out of money.It's just that when they came out this time, Emperor Shaoxuan gave them a piece of official document. They could be killed or killed. They can use this official document to implement it first and then play it. It is absolutely forbidden to hand it over.

Jing Lishuo then made up his mind not to be coerced, Zhou Xuan said, "Who are you? Why are you doing evil here?"

The man didn't reply, but with several others, he approached Jing Lingshuo with a dagger in his hands, his steps were heavy, and there was a hint of threat in it.

Jing Lishuo lowered his center of gravity almost invisibly, ready to go, and whispered in the direction of Yao Zanglan: "I'll help you speak up later, you run away first, don't worry about me."

Yao Zanglan was startled when he heard the words, and when he raised his eyes, he saw Jing Shuo rushing out.

Without any warning, Jing Lingshuo waved his hand, and the few people in the front hadn't seen the direction of the blade clearly, and half of the dagger in their hands had been cut off.Skillfully withdrew his hand and pulled the sword back in front of him. Jing Lingshuo looked around, trying to find a place with weaker defenses to break through. It's not that easy.

As if someone was guiding them from the sidelines, they surrounded them in an extremely organized manner, and there were many people without chaos.Jing Lingshuo felt a bit of a headache, it was not so easy to fight many with one enemy, not to mention that he brought along a person who hardly even had the ability to defend himself.

Jing Lishuo glanced back from the corner of his eye, Yao Zanglan was still standing upright, there was no panic on his face, but when the enemy attacked, he dodged slightly to avoid the attack just right.If it wasn't for him only defending but not attacking, he would look like a peerless master.

Jing Lishuo sighed silently in his heart, thinking that it would be great if this person knew some kung fu.With this person's brains and unchanging calmness in every situation, if he can learn some kung fu, even if it's just some three-legged kung fu, he may become a master.However, judging from last night's situation, he should be very light-hearted.

Seeing another group of people crowding up, Jing Lingshuo hurriedly regained his senses, stepped forward, skillfully rolled up a sword flower, and picked out the murder weapon in one person's hand.Considering Yao Fanglan's fate, he didn't dare to stand too far away from him. After removing the opponent's weapon, Jing Shuo quickly stepped back a few steps and returned to the previous position, turning his back to Yao Fanglan and said, "We can't give them official documents, we have to Find a way to escape." As he said, he slashed the ground with his sword a few times, picked up stones and threw them at the bandits, one by one.

Yao Zanglan's side is struggling to avoid, he has been at home for a long time, he is naturally lacking in strength, and now he doesn't care about appearance, he looks very embarrassed when moving left and right.

Panting heavily, he replied, "Yes, yes. My lord, please deal with it, I will think about it."

Jing Lingshuo sneered, this man was already in such a mess, yet he still didn't forget to show off his verbal air.He also realized that he seemed to regard himself as the master of decision-making, and regarded himself as a labor force, so he felt angry and vowed to find a way out of danger before him.

Just as Jing Lishuo was thinking this way, another feathered arrow flew over.He jumped back, and the feather arrow happened to land at Yao Fanglan's feet.Yao Zanglan bent down, pulled out two or three feathered arrows from the ground, and put them in his sleeves.

"What are you doing with this?" Jing Lingshuo was puzzled.

"Don't talk about this." Yao Zanglan took out four or five pills from his bosom, and said, "When the smoke rises, cover your mouth and nose, and run away quickly."

"What about you?" Seeing Yao Fanglan raising his hand to drop the pill, Jing Lingshuo hurriedly asked.

"Don't worry about me." Yao Fanglan shook his head.

"Really?" Jing Yanshuo raised his eyebrows, "That's good. Find a way to escape yourself, don't die."

Yao Fanglan was shocked, and the hand that was about to drop the pill stopped: "Shouldn't you say 'no, let's go together' at this time?"

"Who cares about you, anyway, you have nothing to do with your missing arms and broken legs, just don't die." Jing Lingshuo made a good posture to leave, "And you say that, there must be a way? Instead of letting you If you are holding me back, let you be my support."

Yao Zanglan's eyes widened suddenly upon hearing this, and then she smiled amusedly: "My lord, perhaps, you and I are not the same kind of people."

After finishing speaking, without explaining anything to Jing Lishuo, he smashed down the hand holding the pill, and smoke was really everywhere.Jing Lishuo only felt that the smell of the smoke was much more irritating than that released by Zhang Man that day, so he immediately covered his nose to prevent himself from choking, staggered around the crowd, and ran up the mountain.

That guy won't die, will he?If he died, Emperor Shaoxuan would be in serious trouble when he asked about the crime.

Walking to the halfway up the mountain, a strong smell of blood came over his face, Jing Lingshuo stopped abruptly, and his mind went blank for a while.impossible?

Two steps forward, Jing Lingshuo was completely startled, and hurriedly ran to the man who was lying in a pool of blood.

"Ji Pengcheng?" How long have they been separated, how could they be injured so badly?Besides, didn't he go home?How do you get to the middle of the mountain?Jing Lishuo looked around, but he couldn't see the bamboo basket he was carrying earlier, so he understood a little bit.It seems that this child was transported up after being injured, why was it transported up?

In order to prevent him from receiving timely medical treatment?

In Jing Lingshuo's life, he has not regretted his decision yet, but at this moment, he hated himself.If Yao Fanglan had just been brought with him, the possibility of the child surviving would be much greater, right?If he dies...

Jing Lishuo shook his head, tore off a long strip of cloth from his inner garment, and gently lifted Ji Pengcheng's neck with one hand.His back was cut with a long knife, bleeding profusely.Jing Lishuo could only make the simplest bandage to stop the bleeding based on his limited medical knowledge.

After bandaging, Jing Lishuo took off his robe, covered Ji Pengcheng's body, and picked him up carefully. "Yao Fanglan, this may be the only time in my life I beg you, come here quickly."

After walking for a long time, he finally found a small cave.It was a cold and humid autumn, and even Jing Lingshuo felt a little cold in his unlined clothes.He kicked the weeds together with his feet, and trampled down the layer of grass above the mouth with his feet, and made a soft grass mat abruptly.Then, he gently placed Ji Pengcheng on it.

It was raining lightly outside, Jing Lingshuo sighed, found some weeds and branches at random, piled them together, and drew fire with stones.

It is never wise to light a fire on enemy territory.But if you don't provide enough warmth, you don't know how long the child can last.

Feeling the flames, Ji Pengcheng slowly opened his eyes, but due to excessive blood loss, his sanity was not very clear.Seeing him muttering about to speak, Jing Lishuo said leisurely, "Don't talk, the blood from your wound hasn't completely stopped yet."

He stood up, walked in front of Ji Pengcheng, and closed his eyelids with his fingers: "I won't let you die. Go to sleep for a while, wait, wait until the rain passes, and you will be fine."

That's what he said, but Jing Lingshuo himself was not sure.Where Yao Fanglan is now, how he is doing, and whether he can find this place are all unknown.

The sky was getting late, until a silver moon was reflected in the sky, Yao Fanglan still did not appear.Ji Pengcheng's stomach rumbled, but Jing Lisuo couldn't help himself to find something to eat for him.

In the case of extreme water shortage, Ji Pengcheng's face became even paler.Maybe the wound on his back was also infected, and his frown became tighter and tighter.Jing Lishuo watched, but there was nothing he could do to relieve his pain.

Yao Fanglan, Yao Fanglan, where did you go?

Whether it was on the battlefield or in the officialdom, Jing Shuo had encountered countless life-and-death crises, but this was the first time that he entrusted all his chances of winning to another person.

Feeling that Ji Pengcheng's eyelids that were forced to close were constantly beating, thinking that he couldn't fall asleep, Jing Lingsuo let out another long sigh, and then hummed a small tune to himself.

"This is the tune that my mother used to lull me to sleep every night in my memory," Jing Yushuo took a deep look at Ji Pengcheng, "It's also the only one I remember, about my mother."

Ji Pengcheng's eyes widened, and then, remembering something, two lines of tears fell from the corners of his eyes.

He glanced at the ground, picked up a bamboo leaf that looked good, and put it to his lips: "Without a flute, the tone may change. Just listen to it and sleep for a while. Sleeping for a while can cure your disease." People are coming."

When the melodious music sounded, Ji Pengcheng finally settled down and fell asleep with his concentration.It was not until he was sound asleep that Jing Shuo put down the bamboo leaves and threw them into the fire without hesitation.

"It's just the beginning, and it's such a troublesome thing." Jing Yushuo stood up and put the Wuhen sword in front of him, "This trip is really dangerous."

The sound of chaotic footsteps approached the entrance of the cave, Jing Lingshuo took two steps forward, and slashed a person's head with his hand.The one who came was a five-member bandit group headed by a bearded beard.Killed one person, leaving four.Jing Lishuo didn't take the four of them seriously.

"What is your purpose?" The long and narrow Ruifeng narrowed his eyes dangerously, pointing his sword straight at the forehead of the leader.

"The number one King Jinyuan in the world is here, how can we not welcome him?" The man smiled unrestrainedly, "The superior has an order that anyone who passes through the Anliang Mountains within this month will be killed."

It seems that they are not for the official documents on their own.Jing Lishuo breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and said, "From now on, I will not let you take another step."

"Well, in fact, our people have already gone in."

What!Jing Lishuo turned his head abruptly, only to see an assassin in black slipping out from beside him at some point, running to the sleeping Ji Pengcheng, and taking out a dagger to stab him.

"No!" Jing Yanshuo didn't see the person in front of him raising his long knife and was about to slash at him, and staggered towards Ji Pengcheng in a panic.

At the very moment, a feathered arrow flew in from the entrance of the cave, and hit the black-clothed assassin's chest impartially.Jing Lishuo quickly turned around, raised his hand and cut off the hand holding the long knife that was attacking him.

"So it's not that you haven't noticed." The bearded man covered his hand with the severed arm and smiled helplessly.

"It's not that he didn't notice, he just subconsciously put other people's lives first."

The silver feathered arrow reflected the silver moonlight, and appeared at the entrance of the cave dressed in white.His posture was definitely not elegant, his long black hair was disheveled, but there was no blood on his body, and he kept the posture of drawing a bow with both hands, approaching the bandit step by step.

I didn't expect him to be so attractive.Jing Shuo thought to himself.

"Put down the weapon." Yao Fanglan slightly raised the bow in his hand as a threat.

"That's not necessary." The bearded man took out his long knife, and Yao Zanglan and Jing Lishuo both vigilantly clenched the weapons in their hands.

Unexpectedly, the bearded man picked up the knife and immediately slashed at the two companions. Then, before the two of them could react, he chopped off his own head.

The author has something to say: System prompt: Your [external] bow and arrow has been launched