However, reality didn’t allow her the luxury of any neglect. She barely had time to rest when suddenly, a ’whoosh’—a cold arrow shot straight through the hall, hitting right above the bed canopy, frightening Tangyuan into an immediate scream. Fortunately, even though Qingfeng Mingyue were not present, the Hidden Guards were. As the sound of sword clashing against sword echoed from outside, countless cold arrows had already been shot into the room, and the most terrifying thing was that some of the arrows were coated with flammable oil.
She felt darkness creeping into her vision, cursing under her breath as she looked at the still unconscious Rong Heng, "You really are a curse in my life!"
"Miss Tang, hurry, carry our master on your back. We’ll protect and escort you two out first."
"What? Me carry him?"
Tangyuan was on the verge of tears, but seeing the guards who were sworn to protect Rong Heng in front of her, she mustered her strength, despite feeling weak, and hoisted him onto her back. It was a good thing she had been exercising these past days and had some strength; otherwise, for a fat person who got winded just walking, trying to carry a man and flee for their lives would undoubtedly be like spinning a cocoon around herself, a sure path to death.
It had to be said that Rong Heng had quite a number of Hidden Guards. The guards present and the Hidden Guards in secret split into two groups, shielding the two of them in the center and escorting them out of the hostel. A horse carriage was immediately waiting at the door. As soon as they got on the carriage, there was no time for explanations. With a raise of the hooves and the crack of a whip, the carriage darted away in a ’whoosh’.
Yuanyuan almost rolled out of the carriage from the shock, but luckily her plump body blocked the door. Even so, she was battered and bruised all over.
She didn’t know where these people were taking them; she could only hold onto Rong Heng nervously because no one knew what the next second might bring.
The heavens were not on their side; a torrential downpour began unexpectedly, making their escape even more difficult.
Along the way, pursuers were relentless, wave after wave of people fell behind, and none caught up again. She knew that these men had most likely sacrificed their lives.
She had thought that the mastermind behind this just wanted Rong Heng to take a short rest to steal the credit, but who could have imagined that this time, they were after his life.
It seemed they already knew about Ming Yue leaving Prefecture City to meet Doctor Yin and discovered Qingfeng buying detoxification medicine, realizing their cover was blown. So, rather than stopping halfway, they decided to go all out and kill him directly?
She didn’t understand why the soldiers in Prefecture City were so in sync at this time, completely disappearing from sight, but she knew that Rong Heng was likely to suffer a great loss.
As more and more people fell before them and the number of their protectors dwindled to just a handful, ultimately leaving only the driver, not only was she in a panic, so was the driver.
Luckily, in the midst of a sharp turn and under the cover of dark skies and heavy rain, Tangyuan and the driver decided that the driver would go first, drawing the pursuers away with the carriage, while she took advantage of the night to jump out of the carriage with Rong Heng. As for what route to take thereafter, it was all in the hands of fate.
The journey thus far was all mountain roads. After jumping out of the carriage, they rolled directly into a thicket. Because it was dark, they couldn’t see anything clearly, not even realizing that below was a steep slope. Jumping down from such a height, one could only imagine how awful the fall was. Get full chapters from n0velfire.net
Tangyuan only knew that after she rolled out of the carriage holding Rong Heng, various external injuries followed one after another, and in the end, not knowing what she collided with, she fainted completely.