Li Deming jumped off the horse, raised his spear and stabbed Hu Ling's mount with a fierce and treacherous aura. He was completely angered.
For a moment, everyone looked over. Dali wanted to gallop over to rescue Hu Ling, but Zhu Shang blocked him with a spear. Dali had to rein in the horse that almost rushed out.
Facts have proved that Zhu Shang's judgment was correct. Hu Ling did not need help. She only used three moves to completely suppress the fallen Li Deming.
On the battlefield, under the light of swords and shadows, in addition to force, choosing the best tactics and maintaining a peaceful mind are also indispensable.
Martial arts competitions have always been Hu Ling's way of relieving stress. The more intense the fight, the clearer her thoughts and the faster her head turns. She can judge the opponent's movements at the moment when the opponent exerts force, and quickly and accurately decide how to defend and counterattack.
Maybe this is her talent.
Zhu Shang led the secret guards to find a way out from the other side. When the four secret guards hiding in the alley saw what was happening, they rushed out along this road with dozens of horses in an instant.
Due to the large number of horses, they quickly rushed out of a passage, catching Shan Ma's Dangxiang soldiers by surprise.
Upon hearing the signal to retreat, Hu Ling lashed out with a whip, hitting Li Deming on the shoulder. He turned the horse's head and left quickly while retracting the whip.
When Zhu Shang came to pick up Hu Ling, he heard Li Deming shouting heartbreakingly: "Zhu Beijiang, just wait for me! Chase! What are you doing in a daze? Chase me! You want to see people dead or corpses!"
Li Deming covered the wound, his eyes almost bulging out of anger.
He had never been so embarrassed.
The early admiration for Hu Ling now turned into resentment.
Such a woman must die!
Horses and soldiers ran past him, and in the end he was the only one left standing in the field illuminated by torches. The rest were injured soldiers and horses that fell to the ground.
When Zhu Shang, Hu Ling and his party arrived at the city gate, there were still pursuers behind them, but because they had already experienced the power of these extremely elite people who suddenly appeared, the pursuers kept a distance of 200 meters and did not dare to catch up.
Hu Ling found that the city gate that should have been closed long ago was open at this moment, and she looked at Zhu Shang in surprise. Zhu Shang looked indifferent and pointed at the people beside the city gate with his chin.
Hu Ling looked in this direction and saw a woman standing next to the city gate, it was Li Mei.
She drove her horse forward a few steps, reined in her horse, and when she was about to dismount, Li Mei spoke up and stopped her.
Li Mei stepped forward to touch the horse, looked up at Hu Ling, and said: "Hu Ling, don't come down, go quickly. I have a cruel request. I think you are Hu Sanlang, okay? You must treat yourself well." Yes, don’t worry about me, I’ll be fine.”
When Hu Ling was about to speak, Li Mei spanked the horse's butt hard, and the horse howled and ran away.
Zhu Shang looked at Li Mei, bowed his hands to her, and left immediately.
When there were no pursuers in sight, Hu Ling slowed down, gently wrapped his soft whip around Zhu Shang's waist, and pulled him to his side.
She looked up at the sky and asked in a low voice: "Beijiang, do you know that Li Mei's help to us is equivalent to cutting off her own livelihood?"
Zhu Shang nodded and reached out to wipe away the blood on Hu Ling's face, but she dodged it.
He pinched his hand, dropped it to his side, sighed, and said: "When I came out of Li Deming's house, I happened to meet Li Mei. She told me that someone had followed her and found your hiding place. Li Deming had already rushed I passed by. After hearing her words, I knew that my plan had to change."
"She said she could come with me to see the situation first. We didn't walk a few steps when we saw a soldier rushing back. Li Mei stopped him and asked him if he was here to send reinforcements. I immediately knocked him unconscious. , Li Mei found a token from him and told me that I could use this token to open the city gate."
"Due to changes in plans, in order to ensure that we can leave Xiping Mansion today, I asked her to assist us."
Hu Ling knew that knowing Zhu Shang was a helpless move, but thinking of the reluctance in Li Mei's eyes when she looked at her just now, as well as the difficulties she might encounter, and feeling extremely regretful, she turned her head away from him.
"I told her how to use this token with the least impact on her, and how to survive after we leave. Sanniang, believe me, Li Mei will be safe and sound."
Zhu Shang explained to Hu Ling while driving his horse. When he said the last sentence, Hu Ling finally turned his head.
"good."
Hu Ling regained her smile, nodded solemnly, and then rode her horse to the front.
She doesn't want to hurt others because of herself. Although she may not be able to help others, at least she doesn't want to hurt others.
Zhu Shang would not lie to her just to comfort her. She believed in his words and believed that he had a real way to help Li Mei.
Hu Ling was planning to go to Longzhou for this trip, and asked Xu Pingyi, who was a general judge in Longzhou, to leave these horses to him.
In order to ensure that they would avoid Li Deming's pursuit and prevent him from targeting Xu Pingyi, they first found a place to stay for two days. After confirming that no one was following him, he came to an abandoned temple in the north of Longzhou.
Dali took the letter Hu Ling had written and headed to the government office in Longzhou.
Xu Pingyi read the letter and recognized Hu Ling's handwriting. He summoned a dozen of his guards, brought pancakes and water bags, and followed Dali.
The dozen secret guards who were promised to be around Xu Pingyi to protect him have gradually moved from darkness to light, standing beside him as ordinary guards.
When Xu Pingyi was choosing the men to go out, these secret guards stood up silently. All of them looked at Dali, who was drinking tea and coughing.
Xu Pingyi felt a little happy when he saw a few people who were usually not willing to run errands take the initiative to come forward.
Dali was surprised to see his former brothers here. He had never thought that they would be guards so far in the northwest. He did know that Xu Nuo had arranged for people to protect the eldest son of the Xu family, but he did not expect that there would be so many. And they are all top players.
A group of people rode horses quickly and arrived at the abandoned temple at noon.
After Xu Pingyi jumped off the horse, she happened to see Hu Ling coming out of the temple and Zhu Shang behind her.
"As expected, it's you, just fine." Xu Pingyi breathed a sigh of relief, his tense face suddenly showed a smile, and then he saluted Zhu Shang seriously.
Hu Ling saluted him with a smile, and while saluting, he said, "My little lady has met Xu Tongpan."
One sentence made Xu Pingyi's cheeks turn red.
"What can happen to us?" Hu Ling nudged Xu Pingyi with her elbow, wanting to ask him if he had heard about what happened to them the past few days from Dali.
Unexpectedly, he said: "I thought Li Deming locked you up and forced you to write a letter asking me for ransom."
"He asked you for a ransom, and you dare to come! Besides, am I the kind of person who betrays my friends when forced?" Hu Ling opened her eyes wide, angry and amused. If Xu Pingyi met Li Deming, he was so cunning and cunning. People are afraid that they will be eaten until their bones are left.
She suddenly remembered that Xu Nuo had said that Xu Pingyi had a big heart. She didn't expect to verify it so quickly. It turned out that Xu Pingyi had a big heart.
"Whether it's true or not, I have to come." Xu Pingyi said with a smile, and then asked the guards to distribute the dry food to everyone first, "You guys eat this first, and then go on your way when you are full. When you go back, I will have someone make some northwest food." The delicacies for you are absolutely delicious.”
Zhu Shang looked at Xu Pingyi and nodded. He did not expect that this son of an official family, this son who once refused the imperial examination, was serious about doing something in this land.
After entering the temple, Hu Ling ate pancakes and pointed at the horses outside and said, "These are the greeting gifts for you."
"So many horses! Where did you bring them from?" Xu Pingyi looked at these horses, his eyes shining.
"It's a long story..."
Hu Ling got excited about it and was very proud of the horse he had worked so hard to capture. He was about to put his arms around Xu Pingyi's shoulders and talk to him, but Zhu Shang pinched his wrist and dragged him into his arms.
Hu Ling struggled to break free, but Zhu Shang held her tightly and wouldn't let go.
He cannot be so close to other men, especially Xu Pingyi, who is so handsome and beautiful.
He could simply tell Xu Pingyi what they had encountered before, so he explained the previous events in a few words.
The people who were standing in the dilapidated temple eating pancakes saw this scene and fled out. Only Xu Pingyi was left in panic, not knowing whether to cover his eyes or pretend not to see it.
Finally he stood up and trotted out to look at the horses.
