Jiaohua

Chapter 1630 Shen Lie's Reluctance and Anger

Shen Lie came alone.

He led his men to chase after the trail from the funeral palace, finding multiple tracks along the way. He knew it was Nangong Qiuming's misleading information, but for a moment it was difficult to tell which one was genuine.

After the group was separated, he and the rest of his men encountered Xia Zhaoyi's female soldiers.

They gave him directions, saying it would be easy to find him in the next half hour. Shen Lie's horse was fast, so one of them went ahead first.

After months apart, longing surged like a tide. In the instant we embraced, flowers bloomed profusely in the heart of heaven and earth, and the Milky Way shone brightly.

But at this moment, important matters need to be addressed, and deep affection must be suppressed.

Shen Lie looked at Xia Zhaoyi's arm.

The female soldiers said she was injured, but he didn't expect it to be so serious.

Xia Zhaoyi said first, "It's a minor injury."

Shen Lie said hoarsely, "It hurts more than if I were stabbed three times."

He felt both heartache and anger. Suddenly, he picked her up, supporting her slender waist with both hands, and placed her on the horse's back.

Shen Lie took down the spear: "You rest first, I'll take care of them."

"They are all experts, be careful."

"it is good."

Shen Lie brandished his spear and charged forward.

The area had already changed because of their arrival.

No matter how arrogant Dongfang Shi was, he didn't want to die. Several of his men escorted him away first, while the rest rushed up to stop him.

Shen Lie knew that these people were also enemies of Nangong Qiuming, and were not the ones who would harm Xia Zhaoyi.

But Shen Lie doesn't want to reason with people right now.

Xia Zhaoyi chased after them for so long, and her injuries have become even more serious. So these people deserve to die.

This will also settle the score with them for years of scheming and collusion with the Northern Yuan people.

The burly man at the front raised his knife and leaped up. Shen Lie suddenly accelerated, and with a "crack," his spear struck the man's face heavily.

Before he could land, Shen Lie spun around and kicked him in the chest with his long leg.

His footwork was swift and powerful; the burly man clearly heard the sound of his ribs breaking before he fell backward to the ground.

The next instant, Shen Lie's spear, like a jade mountain suspended in the air, pierced his neck, pulled out with a line of blood, and rushed towards the next one, and the next one after that.

These experts all possessed considerable martial arts skills. Seeing that they couldn't go up one by one to their deaths, they quickly adopted military tactics and took their positions, waiting for Shen Lie to enter the formation.

But it didn't work.

While strategic positioning might trap an ordinary person, these experts lack practical battlefield experience, and have never faced a peerless general like Shen Lie who is accustomed to using a long spear.

Shen Lie didn't even need to break the formation. His silver spear was like thunder piercing the clouds, cutting through the moon and shattering the stars. Wherever it passed, those longswords or broadswords were like scrap metal in front of him.

Looking at Shen Lie's heroic figure, Xia Zhaoyi suddenly felt proud.

She lowered her head to touch Long Ying's neck: "Shen Lie, it seems he has never been defeated."

After saying that, she revealed an even more smug expression: "I don't have any either."

There were a few battles that were very difficult to fight, and they were won by a narrow margin or ended in a draw, but this was all because they had fewer people.

Xia Zhaoyi lifted her leg, changing from sitting sideways to sitting upright.

She pulled on the reins: "Let's go, let's go over there."

She was the only person besides Shen Lie who could make Long Ying obey.

Shen Lie killed with gusto, leaving no survivors and finishing off each one.

Xia Zhaoyi was not fast. When she arrived, Shen Lie had just drawn his spear and was watching the person at his feet breathe their last.

Xia Zhaoyi dismounted and said, "Here's the Dragon Eagle. Go after the people, and I'll go open the coffin."

Then she ran toward the coffin.

The female soldiers had already told Shen Lie that the person in the coffin was not Yan Qinglin.

"I'll be right back!" Shen Lie said, grabbing the reins of the dragon eagle and leaping onto the horse. There were also small mechanisms inside the coffin that could be opened.

Xia Zhaoyi called out a few times, but there was no response from the person inside.

She was anxious and groped around in the middle of the coffin, quickly finding the hidden compartment.

Unscrew the hidden compartment, and all the coffin nails inside will rotate, making them very easy to pull out.

Xia Zhaoyi pulled out all the coffin nails, forcefully lifted the coffin, and found Yan Ziyan lying inside, pale-faced and unconscious.

Xia Zhaoyi could tell at a glance that he was unconscious, not dead.

She quickly checked Yan Ziyan's condition and realized that she must have fallen while the people were tying the coffin with the reins and hit her head.

Yan Ziyan slowly opened her eyes: "General."

Xia Zhaoyi held up her fingers to indicate how many.

Yan Ziyan could answer any number of roots, whether left or right.

Xia Zhaoyi breathed a sigh of relief and carefully helped her out of the coffin.

Before she could speak, Yan Ziyan said, "General, you don't need to blame yourself. I asked to be put in the coffin. The other sisters couldn't compete with me."

Xia Zhaoyi chuckled: "Thirsty?"

"Ah."

To prevent her from needing to urinate in the coffin, Yan Ziyan stopped the water supply a day in advance.

Another day of staying up late.

As if by magic, Xia Zhaoyi produced a water bag and handed it over.

The water bag is made of high-quality material, and even has gold thread embroidery. The design of this simple water bag is outstanding and tasteful.

Yan Ziyan had never seen Xia Zhaoyi use this water bag before: "General, this is..."

“Shen Lie’s, I just happened to steal it.”

"General Shen!" Yan Ziyan looked down at the water bag. "Then, if I were to use it..."

"What's the big deal?" Xia Zhaoyi said. "At a time like this, drinking water is more important, and life is more important."

Yan Ziyan, holding the water bag, suddenly smiled and said, "That's right, I'm already in my forties, why should I care about these things?"

Xia Zhaoyi laughed and said, "So what if you're in your forties? I don't allow you to be unrefined because of your age, but because this is a trivial matter."

"Okay!" Yan Ziyan said with a smile.

After unscrewing it, she poured the liquid directly onto her face before putting it in her mouth.

With water splashed all over her face, Yan Ziyan shook her head a few times and said boldly, "That's great!"

"Come here!" Xia Zhaoyi smiled and stretched out her hand.

Yan Ziyan grabbed her hand and lifted her up from the coffin, but she immediately fell back down: "No, General, there's a difference between the body of someone in their forties and someone in their twenties. My old back, ouch!"

Xia Zhaoyi laughed and grabbed her, saying, "Alright, alright, my old back! I'll give you a massage, I'll knead my old back until it's all new!"

On Shen Lie's side, Long Ying galloped and quickly caught up with Dongfang Shi and the others.

While coughing up blood, Dongfang Shi said, "Scatter and run! Save as many as you can!"

With only seven people remaining, they quickly ran off in five different directions across the wilderness.

Dongfang Shi wanted to attract Shen Lie's attention, but Shen Lie, like Xia Zhaoyi, was someone who could judge the situation at a glance and weigh the pros and cons.

Shen Lie ignored Dongfang Shiyi and went straight to the nearest one.

Immediate combat was commonplace for Shen Lie; tracking targets over a hundred miles was no problem for him.

And once the chase begins, the dragon eagle's frenzy kicks in, running and squawking excitedly, its aura as fierce as the silver spear in Shen Lie's hand.

Dongfang Shi's men became increasingly panicked as they ran.

To them at this moment, Shen Lie was like a Yama, a king of hell who came out of the underworld to take lives—sharp, cold, ruthless, and merciless.

One problem after another was solved, and Shen Lie pulled on the reins, charging toward the next target.

When Bian Yuanfeng heard the clear sound of horses' hooves, he was terrified and trembled all over.