There are strong winds in the mountains and forests, and sloping raindrops.
The appearance of Xiao Langyan was tantamount to giving Shen Dingzhu a reassurance.
But in order to avoid becoming a hostage in the hands of poor bandits, Shen Dingzhu quietly moved a few steps to the side. From the corner of her eye, she saw the long knife falling on the ground.
Pick it up without hesitation and hold it in your hand.
The big man whose wrist was pierced by an arrow held on to his bleeding wrist, gritted his teeth and slowly backed away, looking warily at Xiao Langyan who was walking towards him.
"Who sent you to assassinate me? King Xuanjun? Or King Mingfei?"
After Xiao Langyan ascended the throne, the prince who was not a threat was named the county king. Although he had a title, he was like a proton, controlled by Xiao Langyan in the capital.
And for someone as powerful as Prince Ming, his fate will be to be imprisoned in prison after being deposed by him, just waiting for the right opportunity to kill him!
The assassin looked at Xiao Langyan and laughed loudly: "Emperor Dog, there are so many people who want to kill you. You are unkind in politics. You force soldiers and horses to fight. You are a tyrant!"
As he spoke, he raised the knife in his hand and rushed towards Xiao Langyan, intending to make a final counterattack.
However, how could the injured man be Xiao Langyan's opponent? Not only was he kicked to the ground by Xiao Langyan, but when he was struggling to get up, the sharp arrow in Xiao Langyan's hand had already hit him. The big man's throat.
Shen Dingzhu looked nervously in the direction of Xiao Langyan. Because he didn't have a suitable sword in his hand, she was afraid that he would be at a disadvantage.
The big man caught Shen Dingzhu's gaze and glanced in her direction. Then, he suddenly realized something. The blood in his mouth flowed down the corner of his mouth, mixing with the rain and flowing around him like a stream.
He laughed arrogantly: "I remembered that Shen Dingzhu, the most beautiful woman in the capital, was once your beloved concubine. Dog Emperor, don't you want to know who sent us here? We might as well tell you."
"That's the second young master of the Shen family!"
Shen Dingzhu was suddenly startled, Xiao Langyan raised his eyebrows, and said in a cold tone: "There's so much nonsense."
He was about to insert the arrow into the big man's throat, but unexpectedly, the big man's hand actually pulled something out of his sleeve.
Shen Dingzhu shouted hurriedly: "Be careful!"
Almost at the same moment, the big assassin suddenly threw a piece of powder into Xiao Langyan's eyes.
Xiao Langyan moved swiftly, and without being seen, his first reaction was to pierce the arrow into his throat.
Unexpectedly, just because he was temporarily out of sight, the big man escaped, picked up the long knife, and slashed at Xiao Langyan from behind.
"Emperor Dog, I will kill you today to avenge my master!"
Xiao Langyan's eyes were stinging. He tilted his head slightly and relied on his ears to identify the direction in which the knife was coming.
However!
There was a "pop" sound, the blade entered his body, and hot blood splashed on his face.
Then there was the sound of heavy objects falling to the ground.
Xiao Langyan managed to open his eyes, his vision was so blurry that he could hardly see anything clearly. However, Shen Dingzhu's voice came to his ears: "Are you okay?!"
Shen Dingzhu stabbed the big man to death from behind. She quickly walked to Xiao Langyan, took out the soaked handkerchief in her arms, and wiped the powder around his eyes with her feet.
"Did you kill him?" Xiao Langyan asked about this matter with great interest, regardless of the stinging eyes.
Shen Dingzhu pursed her red lips: "Well..."
Xiao Langyan chuckled, his handsome and cold face stained with blood, like an extremely handsome Shura from hell.
Shen Dingzhu stared slightly, he almost died, but he could still laugh.
Xiao Langyan's voice was hoarse and lazy: "I didn't expect that Shen Dingzhu, who hesitated to kill the little palace maid at the beginning, would actually have such courage."
Shen Dingzhu helped him clean up the injury on his eyes. She said in a depressed tone: "After having Chengcheng, I will do many things. Now I feel that killing someone is no different from slaughtering a chicken."
She used to be the darling young lady raised in her boudoir, but now she is a mother who has to be strong for her daughter.
The smile on Xiao Langyan's face faded. I wonder if he thought about it. Even if Shen Dingzhu escaped these years, it seemed that he would have a hard time just like him.
At this moment, a young and anxious voice came from not far away: "Dad, Mom!"
Shen Dingzhu turned around in surprise and saw that the little figure running towards them in the swaying rain was really her daughter Su Xincheng!
"Chengcheng?" Shen Dingzhu hugged the little guy and saw that she was soaked all over, "Why didn't you leave?"
She thought that if Xiao Langyan could come back to save her, he must have settled Chengcheng in a safe place.
Su Xincheng Nuonuo said: "I'm hiding behind the rocks below. Dad said, no matter what you see, don't come out in a hurry unless he calls me."
After hearing this, Shen Dingzhu's beautiful eyes turned dark and she looked at Xiao Langyan, her tone filled with reproach, "How could the emperor be so careless? You should have left with Chengcheng just now!"
Su Xincheng quickly tugged on her sleeves.
The little guy's voice was soft and soft: "Mother, we are not leaving. Dad is holding Chengcheng and looking for suitable weapons. Dad said, you are his wife and my mother, we can't abandon you!"
Shen Dingzhu was startled.
Xiao Langyan had already fumbled his way to his feet. The assassins knew that he had an old eye disease, so they focused on his weak points during the assassination.
Shen Dingzhu hurriedly walked up to help him, Xiao Langyan scolded Leng Leng: "You don't need to take Chengcheng's words seriously. It was because she was crying so annoyingly that I had to come back because she was afraid that you would die."
"Otherwise, for a woman like you who runs away, I will never care whether you live or die."
Shen Dingzhu lowered his head: "I understand."
The spring rain wet her whole body, and she was already shivering a little from the cold. Su Xincheng looked at the corpses on the ground, a little scared, but wanted to get closer to her parents.
So, the little guy covered one eye with her little hand and the other eye was responsible for looking at the road. She ran to Xiao Langyan and hugged his leg.
"Dad, are you okay? What's wrong with your eyes?"
Based on his feeling, Xiao Langyan grabbed her little arm and held the little guy in his arms.
"It's okay." He replied coldly.
At this moment, Xiao Langyan listened carefully and frowned: "The assassin is still nearby, we can't go back the way we came."
Shen Dingzhu hurriedly pointed to the road in front: "There is a trail over there that can go to the south of the back mountain. I am familiar with it from the past. There is a hidden abandoned hut where we can hide temporarily."
Xiao Langyan nodded and asked Shen Dingzhu to pick up a knife for him, then put it on his waist and urged: "Let's go."
He couldn't see it, but he was holding Su Xincheng in his left hand, and his right arm was resting on Shen Dingzhu's shoulder.
Shen Dingzhu was afraid that he would fall, so she put her arms around his waist with difficulty. Her delicate body became his support at this moment.
The family of three stumbled and finally arrived at an abandoned house surrounded by weeds.
Shen Dingzhu asked Xiao Langyan to sit on the dusty chair for the time being.
She looked at the facilities in the room and was a little pleased: "It's almost the same as when I came a year ago. Fortunately, it's very good."
Shen Dingzhu found a torn rag from the corner, collected some rainwater outside, and started wiping everywhere, first cleaning up the place where his family of three stayed.
"Mom, let me help you." Su Xincheng picked up a smaller rag and wiped the surrounding area as best he could.
At this moment, there was a rustling sound outside.
Xiao Langyan frowned, stood up immediately, fumbled with the knife, and walked to the door: "Shen Dingzhu, take the child and stand behind me."
Shen Dingzhu quickly picked up Su Xincheng, and was protected by Xiao Langyan with his right hand. She followed him nervously and stood behind the door.
