Not even half a moment after sitting in the carriage, Scarlett fell asleep.
People tend to get sleepy once they have had enough food and wine. She leaned lazily on Yan Xiu's shoulder, her vision gradually blurring.
Naturally, the small carriage was not as comfortable as the royal carriage. It could not even accommodate half a small couch. Yan Xiu could only hug her tightly:
"If I had known this, I would have asked you to leave Yanzhou with most of the troops. Marquis Wuxing will be waiting at Longshan Pass. You can meet him earlier."
Otherwise, it would be really unfair for her to accompany him in such a narrow carriage.
Zhu Scarlett managed to gather her energy and replied to him: "What's wrong with taking a pony carriage? Anyway, you will take good care of me."
The vague cold fragrance on his body is the best heart-clearing spell. The journey is long, but Yan Xiu can always think of ways to take her to bathe together, so there is no trace of the dusty smell on his body, which makes Zhu Sijia can't help but get close to him.
Seeing her being so well-behaved made Yan Xiu's heart itch. He changed his position and held her in his arms, letting her head rest on his chest to ensure that she could sleep comfortably. He lowered his head and kissed Zhu Scarlett's eyelids:
"Sleep peacefully."
The sunlight outside the window was dazzling. Yan Xiu closed the window and it suddenly became dark inside the carriage.
He closed his eyes lightly and took a nap.
I don't know how long it took, but suddenly I heard thunder in the distance.
The weather in Qidi in late April is obviously not going to be so changeable. What's more, the sun is high in the sky and there are no clouds in the sky. How can there be sudden thunder?
Yan Xiu opened his eyes alertly, Zhu Sijia was still sleeping peacefully in his arms.
He quickly opened the window and saw that he had driven into an extremely long and narrow sky valley road. There were steep cliffs on both sides, and the light that penetrated the valley bottom was bright and bright.
Oops!
The moment the worst thoughts flashed through his mind, the voices of the guards such as Bai Heng and Suiyu sounded outside the car: "Your Majesty! Jump out of the car quickly!"
Zhu Sijia also woke up suddenly.
The roaring sound, which was louder than thunder, became louder and louder. Although I didn't know what was outside the car, I heard it rolling down at a fierce speed, and it was impossible to avoid it because of the long and narrow valley.
Without saying a word, Yan Xiu took the cloak and wrapped it around Zhu Sijia. He held her tightly in his arms, gritted his teeth, and rushed out with her through the right wall of the carriage.
Amid everyone's exclamations, the giant object that rolled down from the cliff hit the carriage steadily. For a moment, the entire carriage turned into scattered fragments. Yan Xiu turned around, and countless fragments flew behind him. There were a lot of wood debris hanging on his hair.
Zhu Sijia's body was trembling in his arms. In this short moment, she woke up from her dream and was led by Yan Xiu to escape from death. She had a brush with death. Now she has no ability to think at all.
When all the dust settled, everyone saw clearly that the giant object that hit Yan Xiu's carriage turned out to be a huge iron ball as tall as a person!
If Yan Xiu and Zhu Sijia escaped a little later, they would become a puddle of flesh under the iron ball.
The accompanying silver-armored guards and dragon-protecting guards took out their swords and stood ready.
Countless figures appeared above the cliffs on both sides of the valley.
The leader was wearing a unicorn ghost face mask, wearing red military armor, riding on a big black horse, holding a long sword glowing with green light in his hand, it was Ji Yang.
Ji Yang didn't give them any chance to breathe. He loudly ordered: "Fire the arrow!"
Du Xian quickly jumped on his horse, took out his spear, and shouted with all his strength: "Protect Your Majesty and Your Majesty!"
Suiyu rushed behind Zhu Sijia in one stride.
Countless arrows rained down on the valley floor, densely packed and denser than a heavy rainstorm. The black arrow feathers were like jackdaws passing by. It was not clear what kind of miserable situation it was at the valley bottom, but not even half a fly could survive.
But there was not even a sound of wailing.
The rebels thought that the Qin people at the bottom of the valley had been turned into hedgehogs, so they laughed loudly. The laughter spread to the bottom of the valley, which was extremely frightening.
Zhu Sijia hid in Yan Xiu's arms and kept crying. Yan Xiu gently patted the back of her hand, and she calmed down.
Just now, Yan Xiu, Bai Heng and others had skillfully taken out the large shields hidden under the carriage, arranged them into a formation, and knelt on the ground to withstand the countless flying arrows above their heads.
Until now, Yan Xiu still held Zhu Sijia tightly in his arms. Not to mention the crumbs just now, there was not even a trace of dust on her body.
She couldn't cry. At times like this, she couldn't hold back or be a burden to anyone.
Thinking of this, Zhu Sijia listened to the sound of sharp arrows piercing the shield above her head. She no longer felt harsh, but cheered up.
After the rain of arrows fell, Ji Yang took a closer look. At some point, Yan Xiu and his party formed a tight shield array in sequence, squatting on the ground, holding shields, to block all the attacks of the arrow rain.
Not even half an arrow was inserted into the shield! Apart from some minor scratches, there are no arrow holes at all.
Ji Yang broke out in a cold sweat under the scorching sun. Yan Xiu and others reacted so quickly and well-trained. How powerful was Da Qin's country? Even shields could be made of thousand-year-old cold iron.
The rain of arrows they had just failed to harm the people at the bottom of the valley.
One of the counselors asked him: "General, are you going to continue attacking us with arrows?"
Ji Yang was furious: "You still want to give them arrows in vain, don't you? Follow my orders, go down and kill the tyrant, capture the demon concubine alive, and kill the rest on the spot, leaving no one alive!"
Yan Xiu only brought twenty or thirty men with him on this trip. There were thousands of them. So what if Yan Xiu could escape the iron ball attack or the arrow rain? They can still be chopped into pieces with one knife after another.
"They are about to attack, Broiyu Moyu, please take my wife away immediately." Yan Xiu opened his shield, pushed Zhu Sijia to Suiyu's side, and told Bai Heng, "Take my Tai'a sword. "
Tai'a Sword, the most powerful weapon in the world, is about three feet and two inches long. The energy of the sword is like a rainbow, and it can cut iron like mud. It is said that the world will suddenly change, causing sand and rocks to fly, and making thousands of ghosts cry. It is actually Yan Xiu's sword.
Sure enough, when Bai Heng took it, Zhu Sijia felt a strong evil aura even before it was taken out of the sheath.
There was still some distance before the assassin came down from the top of the valley. This distance was enough for Zhu Sijia and Suiyu to escape along the valley road on fast horses.
Zhu Sijia grabbed him: "Xuanzhi! Do you want to stay and break up the queen? You are the king of a country, how can you-"
Yan Xiu took the Tai'a thrown by Bai Heng and said with a smile:
"A famous sword should be nourished with blood. This sword has not drank blood for a long time. It is time to see blood today. Cicada, you are a good horseman. Let's go! After passing this line of sky and running ten miles, we will reach the gate of Xuzhou City. Today's Xuzhou The prefect is Zhao Changming, an official of the Qin Dynasty, and he will be able to escape by then."
"Du Xian, follow Zhaoyi and leave!"
Du Xian was not convinced: "Your Majesty, I can kill the enemy on the spot and never leave."
Suiyu pulled Zhu Sijia and said, "My dear, please obey your Majesty's instructions."
Zhu Sijia knew that she could not stay here to distract Yan Xiu. Although she was worried about everything in her heart, she gritted her teeth, turned over and mounted the horse with the help of Sui Yu, and said goodbye to Yan Xiu before leaving:
"Xuanzhi, you must go to Xuzhou City to meet me."
Yan Xiu smiled and replied: "No joke."
