Rebirth of the Splendid Phoenix

Chapter 45
"I will definitely make her pay the price."

Xie Jinhua clenched the crossbow in his hand, his eyes were full of hidden anger and murderous intent.

Although Cai didn't see clearly who shot the arrow just now, the crossbow in his hand was enough to narrow the range to the extreme.

Just as the crossbow that Qin Zheng wanted to defend her was not Daqing's skill, the crossbow in her hand was not ordinary either.

The material of the engraving pattern and the length and weight of the crossbow arrows, even if some marks that are easy to reveal their identity are not engraved, for an experienced person who has studied it carefully, the previous ones are enough to distinguish.

King Qi had a place where he made all kinds of weapons privately. Even she didn't know where it was, but she used the crossbow arrows given by King Qi.

The one in her hand is different from the one she got later, but the essence cannot be changed. A craftsman or a workshop always carries some unique characteristics of that place.

The way King Qi looked at her, it was impossible to kill her, but these people present had the motive to kill her and had no brains to put it into practice, and they were able to use things under the name of King Qi, except for one person, Xie Jinhua didn't do what he wanted.

That is Princess Yong'an.

King Qi and Princess Yong'an's mother and daughter are still in an alliance.

She doesn't regret fighting with Princess Yong'an, but she regrets making Qin Zheng suffer on her behalf.

The wound on Qin Zheng's body has been simply bandaged up. Seeing Xie Jin's anger become like this, he is in a surprisingly good mood.

He reached out and took the crossbow from the opponent's hand: "You don't need to do it, I will let the culprit taste this thing himself."

Xie Jinhua is not a good person, and Qin Zheng is not a good person. For him, there are three types of people in his life.

Useful, useless, and Xie Jinhua.

Princess Yong'an wanted to draw a killer on Xie Jin, so he naturally didn't want to let Princess Yong'an go.

The young man looked at the deep forest behind him, his eyes were cold.

He not only sprinkled some poisonous thorns and thorns just now, but also put some animal attractant powder. It would be fine if the people behind him didn't catch up, but if they did catch up, it would save his effort.

Xie Jinhua didn't know the cruel thoughts in the young man's heart at all, but just glanced at the bandage on the young man's shoulder and the little blood oozing: "Don't be brave."

The matter of revenge is not urgent, Qin Zheng's safety is the most important.

"You are injured now, it is not suitable to stay here for a long time, let's go back first."

Xie Jinhua and Qin Zheng had just rode their horses for a while, and they were already ten miles away from the agreed upon. One of them was still injured, so it was really hard to keep this place any longer.

Qin Zheng glanced at Xie Jinhua, hummed, and didn't insist.

Since Princess Yongan wants to attack and kill Xie Jinhua, this place is too unsafe. He wants Xie Jinhua to get the first place, but the premise is that Xie Jinhua will not be in danger.

I feel in my heart that my ability is too low, otherwise there is no need to avoid it, the young man secretly made up his mind, he must work harder to practice martial arts when he goes back, and he must become a powerful person, Princess Yongan can hurt him, dare to attack and kill Xie Jinhua, It's not for her own ability, but for the power brought about by her status.

I used to think that practicing martial arts to the best is enough, but now I know that power is sometimes more important than martial arts.

In the young man's eyes, the flame of ambition kept steaming, stronger than ever.

Xie Jinhua turned her back to Qin Zheng, and did not see the flames in the boy's eyes. She was relieved when she heard the boy's positive response, and carefully helped Qin Zheng onto the horse, turned over and sat directly behind Qin Zheng.

The boy's body froze, and only now did he think of such a thing.

There is only one horse left.

When she ran away, he was behind her, because he was in a hurry to avoid the attack, he didn't care about anything, and he didn't have time to think about anything.

But now, Xie Jinhua was sitting behind him, the girl wrapped her arms around Qin Zheng's body and held on to the reins, and there was a slight heat blowing over her neck, as if feathers were lightly brushing.

Through the thin fabric, you can feel the warmth and softness of your back.

Qin Zheng's cheeks turned red in an instant, and it spread from the cheeks to the neck and ears.

There is some itching in the breath, and the feeling of smoke coming from the top of the head.

"A Zheng."

"A Zheng?"

Xie Jinhua's doubtful and worried voice called back Qin Zheng's wandering soul.

The boy's body suddenly became stiff, his neck and ears were all red, Xie Jinhua's eyes were full of worry, and he was afraid that what would happen if the crossbow arrows were still poisonous.

Qin Zheng seemed to be frightened, and subconsciously jumped forward.

He was on the horse, and Xie Jinhua was embracing him again. He just jumped out a little, but was caught by the girl: "Don't move around, what if you fall off the horse!"

Xie Jinhua's voice was a little harsh.

"A bug flew into the clothes just now."

Qin Zheng quickly found an excuse.

Xie Jinhua glanced at the top of his head, the branches and leaves are lush, the grass is dense, there are wild animals and there are naturally many bugs.

"I have deworming medicine here, don't move."

Out of the corner of the boy's eyes, he saw the girl stretch out a slender white hand, holding a porcelain bottle with a fat belly on it. When the bottle cap was lifted, the bottle mouth was tilted, and a little powder spilled out as the sleeves fluttered.

Qin Zheng smelled a pungent smell and couldn't help but sneezed.

Xie Jinhua put away the small bottle, and handed Qin Zheng a handkerchief: "This smell is a bit pungent, if you can't stand it, just cover your mouth and nose, and it will be fine later."

It was an unused snow-white handkerchief, and Qin Zheng noticed with sharp eyes that there was a picture on the lower left corner of the handkerchief.

Fingertips caressed it quietly, not willing to cover his mouth and nose, but just clenched the veil tightly, not planning to return it to Xie Jin.

Xie Jinhua didn't notice Qin Zheng's movement, because there was a sudden shout in front of him.

"Help! Come on, help!"

"Woooo, I don't want to die, come here!"

The voices of men and women mixed together, accompanied by the faint howls of beasts and the screams of people.

Xie Jinhua frowned, guessing something in his heart.

This is the southwest direction, where there are many beasts in the water. Most likely, I don't know which one has provoked the beasts.

She glanced at the injured Qin Zheng, and moved the rein in her hand.

"You wait here, I'll go take a look."

Xie Jinhua can't do nothing in the end.

If there is a way, it is better to save it.

"I will go with you."

Qin Zheng held Xie Jinhua's hand, the blush on his face hadn't subsided completely, with a touch of pink, if he didn't look at the somewhat hideous scar on his cheek, he was just a child who needed to be protected right now.

"A Zheng, be obedient, you are injured."

Xie Jinhua reached out to push Qin Zheng's hand away.

"I will go with you!"

Qin Zheng rarely spoke in such a serious tone to Xie Jinhua.

His eyes are full of persistence.

If Xie Jinhua can't go, he doesn't care about those young masters and ladies, but if Xie Jinhua wants to go, then he will accompany her.

"Help, help!"

A young man stumbled out of the forest, his body was stained with blood, his clothes were messy, and his face was full of horror. The moment he saw Xie Jinhua and Qin Zheng, he rushed towards the two of them as if he had seen a savior.

"What's more, even if I'm injured, it's not a burden!"

After the words fell, Qin Zheng flung out the dagger in his palm.

There was a groan of a beast, but the wolf who came out after chasing the boy in front was pierced into the eye socket with a dagger.

The wild wolf flung itself on the back of the young man who was shouting for help.

A pool of dirty blood was all sprinkled on the boy's head and face.

"what!"

With a scream, the boy rolled his eyes and was about to faint.

At the moment when he was about to faint, a silver needle was pierced fiercely in the middle of his body, and with another groan, the boy who was about to faint woke up again.

"If you don't want to die, just wake up!"

Xie Jinhua pulled out the silver needle from the opponent's body, the bowstring in his hand was tensed, and walked step by step in the direction where the boy ran out.

"Don't, don't go in, it's full of wild wolves, they're eating people, they're all killed, they're all dead."

"Wuwu, don't go in, take me away quickly, you are the second miss of the Xie family, I recognize you, I am the son of the Marquis of Zhennan, if you save me, you can do anything, take me away quickly."

The boy was about to grab Xie Jinhua's arm with his nose running and tears.

It was getting closer, and after recognizing Xie Jinhua, thinking of the excellent arrow skills of the other party when he competed with Princess Yong'an in the hunting ground just now, the boy seemed to have grasped the only straw to save his life. Get close to Xie Jinhua.

One hand tightly grasped the wrist of the son of Zhennan Hou, like iron pincers, making him unable to even move.

Qin Zheng's scarred face was facing the young man, coupled with Qin Zheng's gloomy eyes, the young man's heart felt cold, and he didn't dare to move for a while.

"If you're a man, don't be so cowardly."

Qin Zheng was not polite to this son of Zhennan Hou.

"But, but I'm not a man yet, I'm still young, there are a lot of wolves inside, all of them are dead, no one can beat them"

Zhennanhou's son cowardly wanted to explain, but his body began to tremble again, his eyes kept turning, and he fixedly looked at the horse beside Xie Jinhua, wanting to ride away.

"You smell bloody all over your body. If you escape alone, you will die if you are caught up."

"Even if you have a horse."

Xie Jinhua saw through the other party's careful thoughts at a glance, and directly shattered the plan of Zhennan Hou's son.

She took out a fire pocket from the package on the horse, lit it, and handed it to the Zhennan Hou's son: "Either we live together, or we run away alone, just to lure away a few wolves, take it."

Xie Jin drew the last two words that shocked the Zhennan Hou Shizi, and quickly took the burning fire in the girl's hand.

"You don't need to go in and fight the wild beasts. There is only one thing for you to do now. Find a pile of dry firewood leaves and light it. The smoke will be as big as possible. If someone nearby happens to see it, it's good luck for all of us."

After dropping these words, Xie Jinhua took out the loud arrow from his bosom again, flung it towards the sky, and walked towards the forest with Qin Zheng after the sharp voice.

Even though he had already made some psychological preparations in his heart, what he saw made Xie Jin's face look gloomy and dignified.

The pungent bloody smell, the young masters who were yelling for their lives, the guards who were tired of protecting them, and the group of wild wolves around them who took advantage of the chaos to drag a person away from time to time.

This is also a hunt, but the prey of the hunt has become a person.

Those guards are not incompetent, and those who can choose to be next to Miss Gaomen are not useless. If they encounter wolves alone, even if they cannot win, they will not be trapped to death.

It's just that the young masters and ladies they want to protect are not well-trained guards who are used to life and death. Under the watchful eyes of the wolves, those boys and girls are completely panicked and run around blindly. The protective circle gave the wolves an opportunity to take advantage of it.

The ground was full of horse corpses, and several of them were devoured and their limbs were incomplete. The wolves were very tactical. They killed the horses first, and the rest of them brought a group of cumbersome young masters and ladies. No matter what, two legs could not run with four legs. of.

You can't run, you can only fight.

With just a glance, Xie Jinhua and Qin Zheng saw the key point on the field.

The strongest combat power is those scattered guards. If you want to gather the guards together, you must first gather those ladies and masters together again. However, there are wolves watching from the outside, and those who have already run away, if you want to get together again , It takes time and more opportunity.

Neither time nor timing will come to you in vain.

"Sister, I'm going to deal with the wolf."

Qin Zheng's eyes were fixed on the giant black-haired wolf standing in the center, guarded by several wolves, and he held the dagger that had just been pulled out from the wolf's corpse outside the forest with his backhand.

When encountering wolves, it is useless to run away and scream to avoid them. The most effective way is to go head-on.

Especially the alpha wolf, the alpha wolf is the soul of the wolf pack.

Because of this, it is also the most difficult to deal with.

Xie Jinhua took a look at Qin Zheng, and clenched his hands tightly: "At most, delay the time for a cup of tea. After a cup of tea, no matter whether you have made meritorious deeds or not, you will quit!"

"Ah Zheng, be careful."

don't worry.

Qin Zheng looked at Xie Jinhua, and slightly raised the corners of his lips, that smile was a little scary because of the scar on his face, but in her eyes, it was so pure that it made people tremble.

Qin Zheng would take risks because of her.

The boy turned his face away and clenched the dagger tightly with five fingers. The dagger was still stained with stinky blood, which was wolf blood.

As Qin Zheng raised his foot, the wild wolf with a keen sense of smell had already aimed its ferocious eyes at him, and slowly bared its teeth at him.

"Every family sends out a guard to lead their masters to my side. No one is allowed to rush outside, and those who don't listen will be knocked out. Ten people light their own fires to form a circle of fire. In the end, the rest of them will follow me. Pick up the bow and arrow, and stand in two circles. The first circle of swordsmen protects those who light the fire, and the second row holds long arrows. However, there are wolves who cross the leichi. Hold on for a while and someone will come to rescue you."

At the moment when Qin Zheng jumped towards the wolf's eyes, and the huge waves around him roared and turned around, Xie Jinhua also rushed into the middle of the forest, and shot an arrow into a wild wolf that was about to bite the man under him. At the side of the neck, at the moment the wild wolf fell to the ground with a slam, it grabbed the frightened girl under the opponent and shouted.

Xie Jinhua's voice is extraordinarily clear, penetrating through the dense forest filled with groans and screams. When people are in a panic, they have a subconscious herd mentality and a strong mentality.

Xie Jinhua shot a wolf to death with one arrow and saved a person when she came out of the scene. In addition, her voice was clear and her words were clear and orderly, full of composure. Subconsciously, the first person ran to her side.

"It's the second miss of the Xie family. Her riding and archery just made a big splash."

"We are saved."

"Just wait until someone comes to our rescue."

The first one stood beside Xie Jinhua, the second one, and then the third one.

The guards' eyes lit up.

For these little ancestors who couldn't protect them when they encountered wolves running around, they were really helpless, and thought they would die together today.

One by one, the guards or guards picked up the master beside him and gathered them at Xie Jin's painting position.

In just a short while, as long as the people who were still alive were gathered together.

The pack of wolves attracted by Qin Zheng also noticed the change here, and with a howl, they were about to attack this side.

"shoot!"

Xie Jinhua gave an order, and the guards who had not yet lined up but had bows and arrows in their hands subconsciously drew their bows and shot arrows. Several wolves were unable to dodge, and several of them were hit by arrows, but they did not die. They roared and approached here.

The distance is too close, the longbow is useless, and the fangs are close at hand, as if you can smell the stench from the mouths of those wolves.

"Ah, I don't want to die!"

"Qi Shan, save me quickly! I want to leave here immediately!"

The young masters and ladies who gathered around Xie Jinhua voluntarily or forcibly just now started to riot again, one of them broke down and yelled, and stretched out his hand to grab his own guard in front of him, telling him to protect him and leave quickly.

With a sound of "snap!", Xie Jinhua slapped the man on the face directly: "Either die together or live together, all the horses are dead, how do you escape, remember, no one can go alone Escape. Only by killing those wolves head-on can we survive!"

When Xie Jinhua slapped the yelling young man next to him, a flame burst into flames, and at the same time the guards who had initially lined up had already brandished their swords.

Because of Xie Jin's slap, the chaotic teenagers and girls were stunned for a moment, but with such a flash of effort, those guards who had released their combat power had already shown their skills, and scattered wolf blood, which was already mottled The grass is covered in blood.

Xie Jinhua couldn't care less about the situation on his side, and shouted at the young man who was still trapped among the wolves: "Ah Zheng, come here!"

The wolf king escaped Qin Zheng's blow to his eyes, but his tail was cut off by the boy.

At this moment, Qin Zheng was clamping his legs on the back of the giant wolf, holding down the wolf king who was crazily turning back with one hand.

There are dangers everywhere, but in such a short period of time, I have already suffered several blows on my body.

The moment Qin Zheng heard Xie Jinhua's voice, Qin Zheng's heart relaxed, but his hands became tighter and tighter, and he swung the dagger more closely. get away.

It's just that Qin Zheng didn't see it. The moment he stood up, a wolf quietly lurked behind him, biting the young man's head and neck fiercely, half of his body flew into the air, and it was menacing.

At that moment, Xie Jinhua almost stopped breathing.

The bow and arrow in her hand suddenly bent, the bowstring trembled, and a sharp arrow flew towards Qin Zheng.

In a trance, the sharp arrow seemed to go straight to the boy's face.

The girls beside Xie Jinhua couldn't help covering their eyes with an ah.

Even though he was in mid-air and could not change direction, the long arrow was coming from the front, and Qin Zheng could easily knock down the long arrow with the dagger in his hand.

But Qin Zheng's hands tightened tightly, but his momentum remained the same, as if facing the sharp edge of a long arrow, he went straight forward.

The long arrow passed close to Qin Zheng's ear, the boy's hair flew away, and there was a little blood on his cheek, "Pu Chi!" There was a sound of the long arrow piercing the flesh behind him.

Qin Zheng, on the other hand, once again took advantage of the head of the wild wolf attacking him in front of him, and flew out of the wolf pack.

Between Xie Jinhua and Qin Zheng, there was no prior discussion, but it seemed that there was a tacit understanding in it, and the cooperation was seamless. The teenagers and girls in the circle couldn't help being amazed.

Even those guards who claimed to be well-informed couldn't help admiring the young man who jumped into the battle.

His skills are not inferior to anyone, but the most amazing thing is Qin Zheng's trust in Xie Jinhua.

The arrow that Xie Jin drew just now, in order to understand the danger of the young man, did not give any hints, and shot directly at the young man's head and face.

Comparing their hearts to their hearts, these guards tried their best to protect their young lady, but they boasted that if their young lady shot arrows suddenly like Xie Jinhua, they would definitely not just dodge, evade, or block.

The danger just now seemed to be solved with one arrow. If Qin Zheng had the slightest distrust of Xie Jinhua, Qin Zheng would not be able to come back.

"It's a pity that the wolf was not killed."

Qin Zheng held the dagger in his hand with a gloomy expression on his face.

"The time you bought me will attract more danger than killing a wolf!"

If it wasn't for the critical situation now, Xie Jinhua really wanted to touch Qin Zheng's head immediately to comfort him, and the injuries on the young man's body were so annoying.

Only by considering that Qin Zheng's injury might be able to win him the emperor's reward, and the gratitude of the young masters and ladies beside him or treat him differently, can the flame in Xie Jinhua's heart be calmed down a little.

"You bandage the wound first, and I can still withstand it."

Xie Jinhua pushed Qin Zheng into a safe place in the center.

Just now it was a last resort to let Qin Zheng go deep into the wolves, and now he has the opportunity to let him go to a safe place.

"Hey, you were really good just now, how did you practice?"

"I am Wen Changbo's second son. If you want to quit your nationality and develop in the army in the future, I can give you a chance."

Just like what Xie Jinhua thought, even though Qin Zheng's current identity is the servant of the Xie family, in the eyes of these young masters and ladies who survived the danger, his performance among the wolves just now made them Can't help but pay attention.

The smile on the corner of Xie Jinhua's lips flashed past, and he clenched the bow and arrow in his hand.

Even if he is not number one in the hunting ground today, he has achieved his goal.

Outside the fire circle surrounded by raging fire, giant wolves kept wandering and howling, trying to cross the temporary barrier that suddenly rose.

Those wolves looked at the people in the circle of fire with hatred, and some wolves jumped in from the flanks against the flames.

The next moment, the guards came forward with swords and soldiers, and cut the giant wolf into pieces.

Everything is moving in a good direction.

People were constantly injured, but once they were injured, they were quickly hidden behind and bandaged with medicine. The guards took turns to confront the wolves, but no one died.

On the contrary, the wolves, after a lot of deaths, gradually had the intention of retreating.

In the dense forest, Princess Yong'an clenched the whip tightly in her hand, gritted her teeth and looked at Xie Jinhua's face that became more and more majestic amidst the scorching flames and the gradual color of blood.

"It's all rubbish"

She has been here for a while, and Xie Jinhua made the fireworks released by the son of Zhennan Hou's mansion to attract Princess Yong'an.

And the moment she found out that there was Xie Jinhua among the trapped people, she asked people to take away the son of the Zhennan Hou Mansion without hesitation, then extinguished the fireworks, and waited here.

"Princess, it's still too late for us to go there now."

The guard beside him concealed his dislike for Princess Yong'an, and whispered to her.

"You're right, it's still too late."

Princess Yong'an narrowed her eyes slightly, took out the crossbow bolt from the horse's neck, and pointed it at Xie Jinhua in the circle of fire.

(End of this chapter)