Noble First Daughter-in-law

Chapter 1285: Prepare to be killed!

"Xiao Yuansui!"

Suddenly, an almost shrill scream was heard on the Imperial Horse Road, and this scream was actually made by Shang Ruyi.

Just now, at the moment when the archer shot the last arrow, Shang Ruyi had already seen the end of the imperial horse road - as long as they could reach the end and turn left, they would reach the corridor on the north side of the palace. Although it was spacious and flat enough, there were three palace gates to enter, and a lot of pine and cypress trees were planted at the entrance of each palace gate. As long as they entered the pine and cypress forests, they could avoid the attack of Yuwen Cheng behind them.

However, just when she seemed to see the dawn of victory in escaping, a group of people suddenly appeared at the end of the road ahead!
Before she could see who the other person was, a cold light shot towards them.

Shang Ruyi subconsciously pulled the reins, and at the same time thought of the person behind her. The moment she called out Xiao Yuansui's name, the cold light brushed past her side and flew towards Xiao Yuansui's chest!
At this time, Xiao Yuansui was concentrating on distinguishing the movements behind him from the whistling wind in his ears, and he also clearly heard the sound of the arrow breaking through the air.

Just when he was about to turn his hand to block the arrow, he was hit by an arrow in the chest!
Severe pain swept through his body in an instant. He froze and was hit by an arrow in the back. The arrow pierced through his entire body from front to back!
"Xiao Yuansui......!"

Another familiar shout, but this time, the shout no longer carried the coldness, alienation, or even clear rejection and disgust of the past. Instead, it was filled with concern and eagerness that was out of his reach. However, Xiao Yuansui no longer knew if all this was his illusion, because the moment he felt the cold pain in his heart spread throughout his body and drained away all his strength, he fell backwards from the horse's back.

In an instant, the Jade Mountain collapsed and could never be restored.

He fell heavily to the ground. The arrow in his back pierced him through, but he didn't feel any pain. The chaos and dizziness in front of his eyes made him want to vomit. He rolled on the ground for several times and finally stopped on the ground sideways. His face and body were covered with mud and blood, and the filth even blinded him.

So much so that he actually saw Shang Ruyi roll off the horse which had not yet stopped, stumble and run in front of him with a pale face.

Is this true or false?

"Xiao Yuansui! Xiao Yuansui!"

Her cries, like her footsteps, came from far away and gradually approached, finally ringing clearly in Xiao Yuansui's ears. Xiao Yuansui took a deep breath and realized that everything was real. Her cries were so real that they even reached his heart along with his wound that was constantly bleeding.

"you--"

He opened his mouth to say something, but the nausea-inducing feeling made him unable to utter anything. Only a salty and hot stream gushed out of his mouth.

Shang Ruyi, who picked him up, was immediately covered in blood.

"Xiao Yuansui..."

Shang Ruyi could no longer say anything else. She could only keep calling his name in a hoarse voice, probably to repay him for all the years of longing and concern.

But she finally realized that she couldn't pay it back.

What can I give to repay him for the sharp arrow piercing his heart and the blood gushing out like a fountain at this moment?

"You, why are you...why are you..."

Why……?
Xiao Yuansui raised his head, and as he looked at her, the blood-red sunlight stung his eyes. For the first time, he felt lost - he had fought for half his life, not believing in fate, not submitting to heaven. He had used everything he could use and discarded everything that should be discarded. He even thought that he could give up all human emotions in pursuit of fame, fortune, achievements, and deeds in his heart.

But now, he finally understood that he couldn't let go.

I can't let go of the pain in my heart that lasts forever.

Thinking of this, he gently stretched out his hand towards the already blurry face in front of him, as if wanting to touch her, but his almost drained strength could not support such an action. He could only give up and slowly put his hand back to his heart.

There, I can't let go.

Shang Ruyi didn't know that there was a slight bulge where his hand was pressed, just inside his clothes. The originally cold and hard thing had already become somewhat soft and even warm under the care of his chest temperature and heartbeat.

It's that exquisite earring.

But she didn't know.

Even without knowing it, she understood it all.

"Xiao Yuansui..."

Shang Ruyi opened her mouth again, her throat seemed to be blocked, these three words that once made her extremely annoyed and extremely hateful, it was so difficult to say them. Although her throat was blocked, something seemed to be connected to her heart, and a boiling hot current suddenly surged into her eyes. When she could no longer say a word, tears fell down drop by drop without any hindrance.

Tears fell into Xiao Yuansui's eyes, and in an instant, his eyes became clear.

As if he had drawn the last bit of strength from those hot tears, or from the heat in his chest, Xiao Yuansui gritted his teeth, slowly broke free from her arms, picked up the sword on the ground, and propped himself up by leaning on the ground.

"Xiao Yuansui, you——"

Shang Ruyi wanted to say something, but her throat was choked and she couldn't utter a word. She reached out her hands in a panic to stop him, but was afraid of hurting him, so she could only carefully put out her hands to protect him. Xiao Yuansui turned over and half-knelt, the wound on his chest burst open, bleeding profusely. He was pale, and after taking a deep breath, he actually stood up shakily!

However, as soon as he stood up, he staggered and fell to the side.

Shang Ruyi rushed forward a few steps and almost held him in her arms to barely stabilize his body. Xiao Yuansui grabbed her arm with one hand, then looked up at her. His eyes were bloodshot, but unexpectedly revealed a hint of tenderness.

He said: "I can't win. I will give you..."

give me?

These two words startled Shang Ruyi, and he subconsciously said, "Send me what?"

At this time, Xiao Yuansui no longer had the energy to reply to her. He just clenched the sword in his hand. When he looked up, he saw a large shadow in front of him rushing towards them like a dark cloud. It was a large group of people who finally stopped in front of the two people after a while of galloping.

The leader of the team was naturally Yuwen Cheng.

He was seen sitting on the horse, looking down from above, first looking past the two people and behind them, until he saw something clearly, his gaze fell on the two blood-covered people in front of him, and he smiled coldly: "Second sister-in-law, this traitor is really sincere to you, even at this time, he still wants to protect you."

Shang Ruyi gritted his teeth and forced himself to swallow the bitterness in his heart, but when he looked down and saw Xiao Yuansui holding a sword in one hand and the other hand across in front of him, his vision blurred again.

Before she could speak, Xiao Yuansui spoke first.

As he spoke, blood kept gushing out from the corners of his mouth, so that every word was tinged with blood: "I, I am a traitor... What about you?"

"..."

"What about you?"

Seeing his sneering expression, Yuwen Cheng's face darkened, and he suddenly raised his hand: "Cut him into pieces!"

The people behind him took the order, dismounted immediately, and rushed over waving swords.

Although this corridor is wide, it is too narrow for a large army to charge. Moreover, everyone holds a sharp sword in their hands. If they charge in a crowded place, it will be easy to hurt their own people. Therefore, although these people rushed up immediately, they did not rush forward in an overwhelming manner.

And this was exactly what Xiao Yuansui wanted.

But thinking about it in the mind is one thing, and how to do it is another. At this moment, holding the sword in his hand has almost exhausted all his strength. When the first soldier swung the sword at him, he could not even raise his arm to block the blow.

Oops!

As soon as I thought of this, suddenly, a cold light flashed before my eyes.

The soldier was seen holding a big knife in both hands, with the blade less than a foot away from his head, but he did not move. His face was full of disbelief, his eyes bulged, staring at the back of Xiao Yuansui.

A dagger pierced out from his ribs and directly pierced the soldier's lower abdomen.

Xiao Yuansui turned around in panic and saw Shang Ruyi standing behind him. His pale face was full of murderous intent, but he couldn't hide his disordered breathing and trembling at this moment. The hand holding the dagger was trembling slightly, and he pulled it back suddenly. The soldier fell heavily on his back with a "bang".

Blood was all over the ground.

At this moment, Xiao Yuansui's eyes flickered violently, but he didn't know whether the feeling in his heart was sadness or joy. He even couldn't tell whether he felt pain or not at this moment. But he didn't have time to think about it, because the next soldier was already yelling and slashing at him with a knife.

Xiao Yuansui hurriedly swung his sword, and with a "clang" sound, the swords collided. The soldier originally thought that killing a dying man would be a piece of cake, so he was careless. However, he was blocked by the heavy sword, and the whole person was thrown to the side.

Shang Ruyi seized the opportunity and stabbed out with the sword again. The sword flashed and pierced into the man's chest.

Two soldiers fell down one after another, and the people around were stunned. They never expected that the two of them would not give up resistance even at this point. However, Yuwen Cheng's roar behind them continued. The military order was as heavy as a mountain, and they did not dare to neglect it. They could only rush up again.

Seeing the swords and knives intertwined and several cold lights coming towards them, Shang Ruyi also showed a look of horror, and his hands full of cold sweat tightly gripped the hilt of the sword.

At this moment, Xiao Yuansui gritted his teeth and pushed her away!

"what!"

Shang Ruyi let out a low cry and staggered back to the side. When he looked up, he saw Xiao Yuansui rushing towards him.

Two knives were swung at him at the same time, but Xiao Yuansui did not block them. He only felt two heavy blows on his shoulders. The heavy force almost made him kneel down, but at this time, he still gritted his teeth and resisted the two knives, even forcing the soldiers with knives to retreat a few steps. Seeing that they were getting closer and closer, the two men felt something was wrong and hurriedly put away their knives and retreated.

But just as they stopped, Xiao Yuansui roared like a tiger, raised his sword with all his strength and swung it forward -

The blade was sharp as a knife, creating a white rainbow in front of the soldiers' eyes. The two soldiers who had slashed his shoulders were immediately cut in the chest, and blood spurted out from their chests.

"what--"

A scream rang out, and several more soldiers fell to the ground and rolled over. The soldiers were frustrated one after another, and they all retreated subconsciously, but Xiao Yuansui did not retreat. He knew that he only had this one way left, and he could not retreat, and he had no extra energy to wait. Taking advantage of the opportunity when everyone retreated, he instinctively picked up the horizontal sword and swung it left and right, without any rules. But in this crowded imperial horse road, the long sword and bravery were the sharpest weapons. His fearless behavior shocked everyone.

He alone forced Yuwen Cheng's army to retreat several feet!

Seeing his men being forced to retreat again and again by a dying man, Yuwen Cheng shouted anxiously, "Come on, you idiot! Come on, all of you!"

Xiao Yuansui swung his sword, and the blood on the sword left a long bloodstain on the ground, and then he rushed towards Yuwen Cheng fiercely.

At this moment, another cold light came from behind him.

Hearing the sharp sound of breaking through the air behind her head, Shang Ruyi, who had been pushed away by Xiao Yuansui, suddenly rushed up, but the arrow was as fast as lightning, almost brushing the fingertips of her outstretched hand, and hit Xiao Yuansui's back again!
"Well!"

His tall body shook, and he suddenly froze in place, motionless.

"don't want--!"

Shang Ruyi's eyes were bloodshot, as if her heart was pierced by an arrow. She rushed forward regardless of everything, and saw a soldier under Yuwen Cheng swinging a big knife towards Xiao Yuansui's neck. She grabbed Xiao Yuansui's arm and dragged him back with force. While protecting him with one hand, she held the dagger with the other hand and raised her arm to block it.

There was a crisp "clang" sound, and the man's knife hit her arm, but was blocked by the dagger!

The force in the soldier's hand was blocked abruptly, and he was horrified. He saw clearly that it was the Princess of Qin who rushed forward to block the attack. He was shocked, but Shang Ruyi had already kicked him hard in the chest. The soldier took several steps back and directly blocked most of the soldiers rushing up from behind.

Shang Ruyi's arms were shaking badly at this time, with blood gushing out from her knuckles - if she had not blocked the blow just now, Xiao Yuansui would have been beheaded by now; but even if she had blocked it, she was still trembling with fear, as Xiao Yuansui's head would have been chopped off in front of her by just a little bit, and even, her forearm was almost chopped off by just a little bit!

She herself couldn't believe that she actually saved him!
With disordered breathing and heart beating like thunder, Shang Ruyi turned his head to look at Xiao Yuansui who was protected in his arms. At this moment, he had become a bloody shadow, because his whole body was covered with wounds and blood. Shang Ruyi could not even see his facial features clearly. He could only barely recognize his eyes, which were still gentle in the glaring red.

But it is already dim and is about to lose its last bit of light.

"Xiao Yuansui!"

Her right hand was numbed by the previous blow and she had almost lost all feeling. She could barely hold the sword tightly, but with her left hand she could clearly feel the person in her arms trembling.

No, he wasn't trembling, he was just bleeding, trembling from bleeding, from exhaling his last few breaths.

At this moment, Xiao Yuansui's footsteps softened and he fell down. Shang Ruyi shouted and stretched out her hands to protect him. But just when her right hand was about to drop the dagger to hold him, Xiao Yuansui suddenly reached out to grab her hand, and through her hand, he held the dagger tightly in his hand.

"...!"

All of a sudden, a familiar feeling surged into Shang Ruyi's heart. She opened her eyes wide and watched her hand being caught again. She clenched the sword in her hand, as if she suddenly felt something, and her breathing and heartbeat almost stopped.

A powerful force grabbed her hand and pulled it sideways, lifted it slightly, and pressed it against the neck that had already been stained with blood.

"I see you off,"

He had used up the last bit of his strength, and when he spoke, his voice was even silent. Perhaps he did not speak at all, but because the two of them were so close, Shang Ruyi could hear his heartbeat and his inner voice clearly.

She heard him say to her word by word, clearly and firmly: "I have a legitimate reason!"

"...!"

Shang Ruyi was shocked, and at the same time, her captured hand gently swiped -

The blood did not gush out immediately.

Perhaps because the blood in his body had long been drained, Shang Ruyi felt for the first time the toughness of the blade and the difficulty of cutting through the flesh bit by bit. It was as if that man's character was such that he would never give up easily. He was determined to succeed even though he had just been seriously injured and was at the end of his rope, he refused to admit defeat easily.

But he was in her hands, ready to be killed!

Because he wanted to send her off, and he had a legitimate reason!
Shang Ruyi opened her eyes wide, watching the blood slowly gushing out from the wound that was so deep that the bone could be seen. However, she could no longer smell the blood, nor could she even feel the cruelty of this moment. She only looked at those shrewd and sharp eyes, so arrogant that they seemed to look down on all the mediocrity in the world. Finally, at this moment, when the last drop of blood was shed and the last breath was exhaled, his brilliance was lost.

Then he fell down.

Shang Ruyi did not react. The hands that were protecting him were still holding him tightly. She was dragged down with her and fell heavily to the ground. The blood gushed out even more, instantly staining her clothes red. But she could not feel anything. She just half-knelt on the ground, staring at the man who was sinking in her arms. He was no longer silent.

It turns out that he understood.

It turns out that's what he thought.

Since she heard the news of his "rebellion", Shang Ruyi has realized that once her "rebellion" is implicated in the Crown Prince's Mansion, the crime of "rebellion" can be attributed to the Crown Prince. At that time, they can take action against the Crown Prince with a legitimate reason! And this is also her and Yuwen Ye's last chance!

That's why she set up one defense line after another in the city and killed batch after batch of soldiers who brought him back to the city.

But I didn't expect that he actually understood.

Therefore, if he wins when he returns to Chang'an this time, he will get what he wants, but if he loses, he will give himself this - a legitimate reason for his victory!
The hot tears made Shang Ruyi tremble, but at this moment, she only let herself shed the last tear, then raised her blood-stained hand and wiped it hard, and her red eyes suddenly became clear and calm.

She put Xiao Yuansui down and slowly stood up.

In front and behind her, the two teams gradually closed in, completely surrounding her in the center.

The person standing in front of her was naturally Prince of Qi Yuwen Cheng.

And behind her...

Shang Ruyi slowly turned around. The group of people who shot the two most crucial arrows were like dark clouds, blocking all the light. In such a gloomy sky, Shang Ruyi saw a figure as light as a cloud slowly walking towards her.

The man had an indifferent expression, and his pair of blue-gray, translucent eyes were as cold as ice under the last rays of the setting sun.