Chapter 20 Escape
At the edge of the dense forest, Li Cunxiao, who was fending off Meng Po's attack, stopped harassing Li Cunzhong and Li Cunyong after seeing that they had both fled far away. He threw a few powerful punches and fled to the north.

Behind them, screams continued to be heard from the battlefield. It turned out that the Xuanming Sect minions who were shot by arrows and fell to the ground were rolling in the snow, covering their wounds and crying.

The bad guys wearing conical hats and the remaining bandits picked up many wounded people, then split into several groups and started rushing out in several directions.

"Meng Po, quickly gather your men and chase after them!"

At the back, Jiang Yuanxin and the remaining two Yama Lords were particularly unwilling to give in. They fiercely stared at the army formation in the distance and cursed loudly: "You bastard Zhu Luoyan, how dare you disregard the lives of my Xuanming Sect's sons!"

But Meng Po just leaned on the wooden crutch and squinted at the rider in the distance.

She waved her hand and sighed, "This time there must be a spy in the sect who leaked the news. If we chase them now, I'm afraid we won't be able to catch them all."

"Let's go back and apologize to the Hades..."

"What about Zhu Luoyan!?"

"The people in their army may not be able to use such means to implicate Your Majesty. I will find his flaws when I return to Bianliang."

In the distance, Xiao Yan, who had not yet fainted, leaned in Ji Ruxue's arms. He turned his head and looked at the figure of Meng Po from afar.

Instinctively, he felt that there seemed to be something wrong with the old woman.

But soon, he lost consciousness and slowly fell into a coma.

Fu An led his men to charge on both sides. Since there was no organization along the way, they could hardly control them, and it was easy for several groups of bad guys to break through the siege.

In the direction of Zhu Hanbin, the cavalry who had been waiting for orders were about to chase, but suddenly there was a sound of fighting behind them. It turned out that hundreds of masked women suddenly appeared with crossbows and shot at them.

Then, after dispersing a lot of their forces, they began to fight and retreat. Even if some cavalrymen rushed forward alone with their bravery, they would be easily assassinated by someone who appeared out of nowhere.

Huanyinfang is an assassination organization as famous as Xuanming Sect.

……

"General, do you want to divide your forces to pursue?"

Under the banner, the general looked at the figures of the women from Huanyinfang from afar and asked, "How dare you interfere in the tiny country of Qi! Please give the order to the commander-in-chief to capture them all!"

"Do not."

Zhu Hanbin narrowed his eyes slightly. He looked at the direction where the largest group of bad guys were evacuating. He remembered the figure standing on the roof of the car and showing his might just now. He said, "Mobilize all the cavalry. I will personally chase and kill them. As for the people from Qi Country, just stop them from causing trouble."

He squeezed the horse's belly, raised a lance, and laughed: "Compared, I am more interested in that man."

The general hesitated for a moment, then bowed his head and was about to mobilize the troops.

But at this time, a messenger from the north came rushing over, urging his horse to speed up.

Zhu Hanbin frowned and saw that the man had not yet completely dismounted from his horse, so he hurriedly said, "General! There is chaos in Caozhou..."

"What's the matter!"

The messenger had a sad face and said tremblingly: "The King of Jiyin has been kidnapped..."

The generals and officers on both sides were all shocked, and panic appeared on everyone's face. They all looked at Zhu Hanbin, hoping that the governor of Caozhou could come up with a plan.

But the latter just snorted coldly, and thrust the lance in his hand hard, stabbing the messenger to death.

"The evil words are misleading. The defense of Caozhou is as solid as a rock. How could someone kidnap the Prince of Jiyin?"

As soon as he said this, he glanced at everyone.

All the generals came over and said yes.

But Zhu Hanbin no longer mentioned the idea of ​​chasing them himself. He called over a general and said angrily in a low voice, "Bring your men to chase them. I will make sure that none of these remnants can leave Caozhou!"

The general did not dare to delay and immediately led his troops to chase after them.

Zhu Hanbin had a slightly gloomy face. He did not even look at the three Yama Kings who were coming from a distance to call him to task. He led the remaining infantrymen and hurried north.

In the distance, two figures, one black and one white, appeared on the battlefield.

Bai Wuchang walked around the blood on the ground with disdain, bowed to the old woman and said respectfully: "Just as Meng Po predicted, Zhu Hanbin is finished..."

"This person has offended the eyes of the Hades Emperor. He should have died long ago."

Meng Po leaned on her wooden crutches and walked slowly forward, narrowing her old eyes and slowly asking, "Do you know where the person was taken?"

"I don't know. I only know that it was someone from Huanyinfang who did it."

On the side, Hei Wuchang quietly pulled Bai Wuchang, then asked with a smile: "It must be troublesome for the former Tang rebels to escape. Would Mengpo like me and my sister to chase them?"

"Never mind, they are just a few bad guys, they can't even make a splash."

Meng Po turned and headed towards Caozhou, saying, "Follow me into the city, and we can start dealing with Zhu Hanbin."

Two impermanence gods, a man and a woman, followed behind him with their backs bent and looks of respect.

————The continuous sound of bowstrings finally made Xiao Yan regain some consciousness.

The sky was still gloomy, but it also illuminated the earth with such bright reflections that it was impossible to open one's eyes.

But arrows kept flying past the galloping mount, and occasionally a few of them came close, but were quickly knocked away by a long sword.

A male voice sounded beside him.

"Young lady, I will lead the others to block them. You take this young man away first."

Behind him, the girl's voice was particularly calm.

"Okay, don't fight too much, just take care of yourself."

Then, there were several sounds of horses reining in and turning around, and several riders turned back to fight with the pursuers.

The girl held the reins with one hand and spurred the mount again.

After a long time, the sound of the pursuers' horses' hooves finally stopped behind them, but the horses under them suddenly lost strength, and their front hooves suddenly became soft, throwing the two men forward.

Ji Ruxue was shocked and subconsciously let go of the sword. She hugged Xiao Yan tightly with both hands and rolled several times in the snow.

The snow particles gathered into balls and kept sticking to her already somewhat messy hair.

In the distance, the horse fell to the ground, gasping heavily.

The two figures lay in the snow for a long time.

But it seemed like only a moment later, Xiao Yan in Ji Ruxue's arms moved, waking the girl up.

"The blood is on my face..."

Xiao Yan struggled to crawl to the side. He wiped the blood off his face with his hands and propped himself up to sit up.

Ji Ruxue also felt a little weak. She shook her head, looked at Xiao Yan and breathed a sigh of relief: "Fortunately, I'm still alive."

The latter grabbed a handful of snow and rubbed it on his face to sober himself up.

"Where are the others?"

Then he paused and asked, "How are you?"

Ji Ruxue's lips turned a little pale, but she still struggled to stand up and walked towards the horse that had fallen to the ground.

"No problem."

However, Xiao Yan still saw the wounds on the girl's back that were still bleeding.

He ate a mouthful of snow and stood up.

Having overdrawn his internal energy to an extreme extent, he is now almost drained.

Ji Ruxue squatted beside the horse and looked at the several arrows stuck in its buttocks. She could hardly breathe.

"Let's walk."

Xiao Yan picked up the sword for her and ate the only two herbs left on him raw.

Ji Ruxue took another herb and felt pain all over her body. But she just pursed her lips and pretended to be fine, saying: "Most of them should have escaped, but the Liang cavalry are chasing them closely, and we don't know their specific situation..."

Xiao Yan nodded, then turned and looked towards the north, muttering, "If Xuan Jingtian is doing well in the city, the pursuers shouldn't stay outside for too long."

"Correct."

"Let's go, find a place to catch your breath first, do you have any money?"

"I gave part of it to my father-in-law's family. You spent a lot of it in Zuiyinlou, so there's not much left now."

"..."

Xiao Yan was silent for a moment. He thought Zuiyinlou didn't take the money.

Turning back, he looked at the girl's pretty face which had turned pale due to blood loss, and said, "Do you want me to carry you for a ride?"

"No offense."

Ji Ruxue rolled her eyes at him and said, "You're not much better."

But Xiao Yan was too lazy to pay attention to her. He just pulled her and threw her on his back.

"..."

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