met free Chapter 459 Chill
Chapter 459 Chill
Chapter 459
Misfortunes never come singly; one misfortune after another. The horses galloped, unknowingly leading them into a desperate situation. Luo Shuiyao, clutching Chun Xing in one hand and the shaft of the cart in the other, was just thinking about how to escape when she suddenly saw a steep slope at the end of the road ahead. The slope was nearly vertical, with bare earth and jagged rocks intertwined. There wasn't even a single plant or tree to provide support. If they went down that slope, the cart would lose control and tumble, shattering into pieces.
Her pupils suddenly contracted. She couldn't wait any longer! If the carriage rushed down the extremely steep slope, even if she had ten lives, she would be in danger.
The hesitation just now was instantly replaced by ruthlessness. She let go of the hand that was holding the shaft of the cart and held Chun Xing tightly in her arms.
Taking advantage of the moment when the carriage was shaking violently due to the bumps, he used the force of the tilting body of the carriage to roll to the side of the road with all his strength.
The grass, like a sharp blade, instantly ripped through her skirt and pierced her flesh. A stone happened to land beneath her falling arm, sending a piercing pain through her, causing her to unconsciously relax her grip. She lost her grip on Chun Xing, and the two of them separated.
Chun Xing, caught in her tumble, was stopped by inertia and collapsed in the grass. Luo Shuiyao, however, was unable to stop, tumbling several times down the steep slope before finally chasing the out-of-control carriage and falling down the hillside together.
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After everyone had bandaged Ye Yunzhou's wounds, he finally felt relieved when he saw the wolves hadn't come after him. He had been waiting anxiously for a long time, and now he didn't want to delay even a moment. He immediately ordered the guards to follow the axle marks, while he ran alone in the direction the carriage had left.
Along the way, the crooked tire tracks were sometimes hidden by the grass, sometimes visible on the gravel road. He followed the tracks and continued to chase.
After all this trouble, the sky was already getting light, but the moonlight in the forest still made it difficult to see the road clearly. Ye Yunzhou hurriedly followed the trail and accidentally stepped on something. He stopped and looked down, only to see a person lying in the grass.
Ye Yunzhou squatted down and pulled the man out of the bushes. He found that he was a man wrapped in black clothes. He was wearing a sword and there were obvious marks of holding the sword on his palm.
There was a faint trace of blood oozing from his nose and mouth, as if he had been hit by a heavy object. He was obviously a martial artist. However, there was a faint trace of blood oozing from his nose and mouth at this time, which was obviously caused by being hit by a heavy object.
Ye Yunzhou reached out and sniffed the man's breath. Fortunately, he was still breathing. He reached out and slapped him lightly on the face a few times. Seeing that he was still unconscious, he pressed the painful points on him.
The black-clad warrior woke up in pain and couldn't stop shaking due to the severe pain.
Seeing this, Ye Yunzhou untied his acupuncture points and asked coldly, "Who are you? Why are you here? Did you see the two girls driving away in a carriage just now?"
The black-clothed man's pupils suddenly shrank when he heard this, and he subconsciously reached out to grab the sword beside him and stabbed Ye Yunzhou in the vitals.
Ye Yunzhou remained alert at all times. When he saw the sword coming, he dodged sideways and grabbed the opponent's wrist with his backhand and twisted it hard.
With a crisp "crack" sound, the man in black let go of his hand in pain, and forced himself to roll back twice, covering his dislocated wrist, staring at Ye Yunzhou with wary eyes.
Seeing this, Ye Yunzhou understood clearly that this person must have seen Yaoyao, and his injury was probably related to Yaoyao.
Ye Yunzhou's heart suddenly tightened, and he could no longer care about anything else. He leaped forward, firmly grasped the man in black's throat, and pinned him to the ground. "Wherever they are, I'll leave you with an intact body. Otherwise, don't blame me for making you wish you were dead!"
The man in black was pinched so hard that his face turned purple, and he made a gurgling sound in his throat, but he still gritted his teeth and said nothing.
Therefore, Ye Yunzhou thought he was a stubborn person who would not explain the situation no matter what. He increased the strength in his hand, his fingertips almost digging into the other person's flesh. "One last chance, speak!"
The man in black finally raised his long-numbed hand and slapped Ye Yunzhou with all his might. At this moment, the guards hurried over. Although they didn't understand the situation, one of them hurriedly warned Ye Yunzhou after hearing his questioning, "Master, you'd better let him go first, otherwise he won't be able to speak!"
After what had just happened, everyone was completely convinced of the man before them. They just didn't know how to address him, so they could only call him "Young Master."
Ye Yunzhou was stunned, and then he realized that he was too hasty and forgot this point, so he quickly let go of his hand.
Seeing this, the man in black turned over and coughed violently, his violent coughs echoing in the open space. After a while, seeing that Ye Yunzhou's expression was gradually getting impatient, he propped himself up and reluctantly stepped back. In his voice hoarse from injury, he said, "They... rode their horses... and ran away."
Suppressing his panic, he stood up and ordered in a cold voice, "Leave a few of you to watch over him and don't let him commit suicide by taking poison. The rest of you, follow me to find the young lady."
As soon as he finished speaking, without waiting for anyone to respond, he strode forward.
The wolves had just attacked, and the horses had been bitten, making them impossible to ride. In their hasty escape, they had no time to care for the horses, and now they could only continue on foot.
Fortunately, he had the ability to move with great speed, and his feet were like the wind, so he moved very fast. However, the two guards following him had limited physical strength and could only follow him from a distance.
When they reached the slope where Luo Shuiyao had descended, Ye Yunzhou's blood nearly froze as he looked at the steep, wall-like slope before him. He lowered his eyes slightly, instantly extinguishing all emotion and quickly entering a calm, analytical state.
His eyes scanned the surroundings like a hawk. The sharp wood chips from the broken shaft and the wheel marks deeply embedded in the mud, all these details confirmed his most reluctant guess - the carriage and the horses had indeed rolled down the hillside.
He slowly stood up and looked into the distance, but there was no trace of the wreckage at the bottom of the slope. Such a violent rollover would have left obvious traces, but there was nothing in sight except dense vegetation and a thick mist.
Suppressing the urge to dash down the hillside, he glanced around along the edge, the sound of his shoes crunching dead branches distinctly clear in the dead silence. Suddenly, out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of a half-cut apricot skirt peeking out from behind a bush by the roadside. He strode closer, only to find Chun Xing unconscious there.
I felt her pulse with my fingertips - fortunately, it was still beating, she was just unconscious and not in danger of life.
"Chun Xing is here, is Yao Yao also nearby?" After confirming that Chun Xing's life was not in danger for the time being, he quickly stood up and looked around.
It wasn't until his eyes swept across a silk handkerchief not far away that he suppressed the chill that once again spread through his body. A handkerchief embroidered with a rabbit fluttered in the breeze amidst the cracks in the rocks at the edge of the hillside. It was the one Luo Shuiyao had embroidered recently. He had once asked for it with a smile, but she had refused, saying she would embroider him a better one later...