From a son-in-law to a favorite of the empress

Chapter 219

Xiaoying's kung fu was naturally not comparable to Zhou Yuan's. Facing dozens of black-clothed men with knives, she directly took out the small box in her arms.

She opened the box and placed it on the ground, chanting an inexplicable spell. While gesturing with her hands, the black things in the box crawled out.

These things seemed small, but when exposed to the sky and earth, they gradually became the size of broad beans, densely covering the ground.

Zhao Jianjia and Princess Qinshui also felt their scalps tingling when they saw this scene, and they retreated one after another.

"Poison insects! It's a poison insect!"

The guards on the opposite side shouted.

One of them stood up and said in a deep voice: "I know this thing. When we fought with the chieftain, the other side often used this strange thing."

As he spoke, he took out a fire starter and set the forest on fire.

Winter itself is particularly dry. With this fire, the whole forest turned into a sea of ​​fire. Countless poison insects were out of control, scattered and fled, and got into the snow.

Xiaoying's face changed, and she said quickly: "Brother, run away quickly. The poisonous insects are afraid of fire, and the poisonous smoke can't gather."

Zhou Yuan said in a deep voice: "Stop them!"

He grabbed Princess Qinshui by the collar, carried her on his back, and then dragged Zhao Jianjia to run into the mountains.

Xiaoying took out a dagger and looked at the dozens of enemies in the fire in front of her with a serious look.

She was good at kung fu, but the opponent was well-trained after all, and there were too many people. She really didn't have the confidence to keep all of them.

Things were just as she worried. The leading guard immediately shouted: "Ten people deal with this girl, surround but don't kill, fight and retreat, just keep her, and the others will chase me!"

Xiaoying's face changed, and she was about to stop another group of people, but was chopped back by a few knives.

Her figure was like a leopard, shuttling through the forest of fire, and the dagger appeared and disappeared, killing two people in an instant.

But the other eight people stopped fighting and retreated directly when they saw her coming, and the people on the side covered them with swords.

If she retreated, the guards would surround her.

These guards showed years of tacit understanding, and in terms of combat thinking, they were definitely not comparable to killers.

Xiaoying was helpless, with no place to use her strength. Seeing that another group of people were about to kill her brother and others, she was forced to retreat madly.

She caught up with Zhou Yuan and the other two, and forcibly blocked a wave of guards' charge, but those guards also began to change their formation, divided into three waves, and attacked Zhou Yuan and others from three different directions.

No matter how good Xiaoying's kung fu was, she could not defend against enemies on three sides at the same time.

Zhou Yuan took a deep breath and said, "If they are not assassins, assassin organizations will not be so united, nor will they have such professional tactical coordination, let alone such tacit understanding."

"This kind of tacit understanding can only be the result of mutual trust and long-term training. Killers cannot trust each other."

"They are soldiers!"

Zhou Yuan couldn't delay any longer until this moment, otherwise all four of them would die here.

He finally couldn't help but yelled, "Xiaoying! Take your sister Jianjia away! Send her home!"

As soon as these words came out, the other three people suddenly changed color.

"No!"

Zhao Jianjia burst into tears and said anxiously, "My husband, I can't abandon you, let's go together."

Zhou Yuan said in a deep voice, "If we delay any longer, no one will be able to leave, Xiaoying, follow the order, this is an order!"

"Brother..."

Xiaoying's face was covered with tears, and her voice was trembling.

Zhou Yuan pinched her face and yelled: "Bring your sister back safely, this is the most important thing, protect her, okay?"

Xiaoying held her mouth and tears suddenly flowed out. Seeing Zhou Yuan's expression, she could only nod.

"I will lead most of the enemies away, and you take your sister out of the fire range. The remaining enemies chasing you will not be your opponents."

"Remember, don't return to save me easily, and be sure to send your sister home."

Xiaoying sobbed: "I... wuwu brother, what should you do!"

Zhou Yuan no longer answered, pinched Princess Qinshui's butt, and said lightly: "Of course, you can't drag down my Jianjia for what you did. As a minister of Jin, Zhou Yuan will die with you."

He carried Princess Qinshui on his back and ran towards the mountains, yelling as he ran: "Catch up if you have the guts!"

"Husband!"

Zhao Jianjia cried and shouted to catch up.

Xiaoying held her tightly and said in a trembling voice: "Sister, let's go quickly, go home first, and then Xiaoying will come to save brother."

Zhao Jianjia's face was pale and she was almost powerless, but she was rational and her inner tenacity made her stand up.

"Xiaoying, take me out and give me a horse. I will go home by myself, and then you can come and save your brother."

The two of them also ran in another direction.

The guards were in a dilemma.

"What should we do? Separately chase? Or just focus on Princess Qinshui!"The leading guard thought for a moment and said in a deep voice: "Princess Qinshui is the most important. Others also need to be silenced. One person will report to the prince, and ten people will chase Madam Zhou and try to keep them. The rest of you will follow me to hunt down Princess Qinshui. We must not let her live!"

They are very executive, and when the voice fell, they had made a good division of labor.

So some chased and some fled, and a new tug-of-war began.

Reason told Zhou Yuan that with Xiaoying there and only protecting Jianjia, nothing should happen.

But he was still anxious and hoped that Jianjia would return home safely.

As for himself and Princess Qinshui, as long as they escaped into the mountains, those people might not be able to find them.

So Zhou Yuan carried Princess Qinshui on his back and ran madly inside.

The deeper he ran into the mountains, the lower the temperature and the darker the light.

The forest was tall and dense, and occasionally you could hear the roar of beasts. At this moment, a strong wind blew again, and the snow on the leaves fell down, which increased the speed of the two people.

But Zhou Yuan was overjoyed. In this way, the footprints could be covered up, and the killers could not tell the direction and might lose them.

"Found it! Over here!"

A man in black suddenly jumped out and roared.

This made Zhou Yuan very angry. Damn, I just said you lost me, and you showed up, right?

Without hesitation, he threw Princess Qinshui to the ground and rushed up to kill her with a sword.

But the other men in black had already rushed over here.

"Damn, the ghost is still there."

Zhou Yuan carried Princess Qinshui on his back and continued to run into the mountains. He couldn't help complaining, "What do you usually eat? Why is it so heavy?"

Princess Qinshui was almost unconscious, and she finally came to her senses after hearing this.

She trembled and said, "Zhou Yuan, put me down and go. I don't want to drag you down, otherwise... otherwise Jianjia will definitely hate me to death."

"Shabi."

Zhou Yuan cursed directly, and at this time she was still thinking about Jianjia's good impression.

"Hey, as a loyal minister of the Great Jin, how could I abandon the princess!"

The fundamental reason is that Zhou Yuan knew that Princess Qinshui was a good sister of the eldest sister, and the eldest sister would definitely be sad if she died.

At the same time, as an official appointed by the court, he could save his wife but not the princess. This had a huge impact, and all the subsequent plans were ruined.

It has never been an easy thing to save the world. Even a small mistake may ruin a good situation and all previous efforts will be wasted.

And this time, Zhou Yuan encountered a difficult crisis again. This was not because he was not cautious enough, nor was it because his wisdom was limited.

It was that on the way to doing a great thing, difficulties and obstacles were inevitable and could not be avoided. After all, the opponent was not a fool, but also the top wise man of this era.

"Put me down. With your ability, you can save your life."

Princess Qinshui's tone was full of sadness. She certainly didn't want to die, and didn't want to be the one abandoned, but there was no other way at the moment.

Zhou Yuan said lightly: "Just hold on. The smoke from the fire will allow Xiong Kuohai to react, and the palace is well-informed, so it won't be impossible to detect."

"You have to hold on to anything."

He gritted his teeth and said with a heavy breath: "It's nothing more than fighting for your life."

Zhou Yuan carried Princess Qinshui on his back and continued to flee into the mountains while Chunyang Wuji Gong was running continuously.