Chapter 434: Decisive, Life And Death Escape
Several poison needles shot directly from the blood bracelet completely hit the Tall Man’s face. The sudden change startled him. The Tall Man hadn’t paid attention to Ning Xueyan, a delicate and weak young lady, and whether she posed any danger. Moreover, he was in such a bent-over position. He didn’t even make a sound before falling down beside the car door, his upper body hanging into the carriage, and he was already unconscious.
“Young Lady, what should we do now?” Qingyu also opened her eyes at this moment, nervously holding Ning Xueyan’s sleeve, and asked with a slight tremble. Although she had been still just now, she had been secretly watching. As soon as she found something wrong, she would immediately sit up and protect Ning Xueyan. She only breathed a sigh of relief now that one was dealt with.
She secretly regretted that she should have stayed behind and let Xinmei follow the young lady, and such a dangerous situation would not have happened.
“What’s going on, come over here, or I’ll push you down with him!” Before Ning Xueyan could speak, the Short Man’s muttering curses came from outside. He had waited for a while in the back and hadn’t seen the Tall Man come over. He thought the Tall Man was overcome by lust and was taking advantage in the carriage, so he couldn’t help but angrily curse while turning around.
The carriage had just been slightly pushed by him and was already on the highest edge of the slope. As long as he used a little force, the carriage could slide down the slope, and then throw the coachman down as well. At that time, it would be unknown to the gods and ghosts, and no matter who, it would not be found out that someone had done something, and this would be an accident.
Hearing the sound from outside, Ning Xueyan looked at the distance. The reason why she was able to kill with one strike was, of course, because the Tall Man didn’t pay attention, and also because the distance was close. Even if the Tall Man had discovered it, it would have been impossible for him to avoid it in time, so now facing the more shrewd Short Man, distance was even more critical.
Biting her lower lip, she suppressed the fear in her heart, a hint of sharpness flashed in her eyes. She pulled Qingyu’s hand, letting her move inside to avoid a bit and get off her, otherwise she couldn’t flexibly turn her body, and it was possible for the Short Man to escape.
Qingyu nodded and looked at the left side, where the distance was slightly larger. She avoided to the side. At this moment, the blood bracelet in Ning Xueyan’s hand was their only hope. It was bound to kill with one strike.
The half-open door was pushed open. The Short Man pulled at the Tall Man’s clothes hanging out and said with displeasure, “Why aren’t you coming out for me? In a moment, there will be two dead people. What’s so good about it? When we go down the mountain later, I’ll take you to find a young lady, so that you won’t be seen as inexperienced.”
The Tall Man’s body was mostly inside the carriage, and from the outside, it really looked like he was taking advantage of the young lady inside, especially since there was a sound from inside as if something had been moved, followed by the young lady’s nervous question, her voice lowered: “Who, you… you… what are you doing, let me go!”
It sounded like the struggle of dragging, and then looking at the body outside the carriage that shook along with the carriage, one could tell that nothing good was happening. The Short Man was so angry that his face turned green. It was best if the people inside the carriage were stunned, regardless of whether they were dead or not, it had nothing to do with them. Now it was good, this fool had actually revealed his mistake.
If the people inside were really narrowly escaped death, then it would be really bad!
Although the slope was a dead end no matter how it looked, but if the people inside were really not meant to die, and only broke their arms, injured their legs, and the like, it was also possible. Because the people inside the carriage didn’t know about the people outside, even if the people inside didn’t die, they wouldn’t know it was because of their actions.
But now, this situation was clearly that the people inside had been awakened, and he was so angry that he came over and pulled the Tall Man out, cursing: “You’re really courting death. To die under the Peony, even as a ghost, you are still romantic. Why wait until now? Just court death yourself.”
While he was angrily cursing, how could he know that this one had really died under the Peony and became a ghost.
As he pulled, Qingyu, at Ning Xueyan’s indication, firmly grabbed the Tall Man’s hand. The Short Man didn’t expect someone inside, and was pulling with force, not letting go. When he couldn’t pull him out, he thought that he was really overcome by lust and didn’t care about anything. He took two steps forward and pulled the person out with force.
He used a lot of strength at this moment. Gritting his teeth, he planted his feet, and all his strength was used on pulling the person out. The car door was originally half-closed, and also slightly tilted downwards. When he used a lot of force, the carriage actually moved, as if it was sliding down. The Short Man was startled and looked up.
His face and neck happened to be half-exposed at the carriage doorway, and his attention was all on the entire carriage behind him.
Ning Xueyan was waiting for this moment. She was originally by the door of the carriage. At this moment, she stretched out her hand and pressed it firmly on the gold buckle, aiming at the Short Man’s face. She only heard a sound of “Ai Ya”, and the Short Man fell down in response. When his body fell, it happened to smash on the Tall Man’s body that was half-exposed.
The carriage was originally unstable. The Short Man had done something in the back just now and had also put a cushion in the back. Only a little force was needed to slide down the slope. When it was pulled just now, there was already a downward trend. At this moment, the Short Man’s body smashed down heavily again. At this moment, the carriage moved.
“Young Lady, finally everything’s alright!” Seeing that the Short Man was hit by the needle and fell down directly, Qingyu breathed a sigh of relief, and her hand loosened, immediately softening and collapsing inside the carriage.
“Not good!” Ning Xueyan had also softened and taken a breath, but was suddenly startled by the carriage’s vibration. She immediately knew it was bad and pulled down the curtain from the car door. She could clearly sense the carriage was sliding down. Now it was sliding down, and the speed was not very fast, but she could see that the slope below immediately became steeper. She knew it was not good.
Just now, hearing the two people’s conversation, she thought there would be some time. Now it seemed that everything was ready, lacking only the east wind. It showed that they had no intention of negotiating with her, which showed how eager they were to take her life.
“Qingyu, jump down!” Not caring about anything else, she decisively picked up Qingyu, who was softening on the side, and the two jumped out together…
On another mountain path, several fine horses came galloping. Leading the way was Ao Chenyi, whose handsome appearance was tinged with cold and ruthless qualities. His whole body exuded a bloodthirsty aura, as if from the depths of hell. The wide black brocade robe rustled in the wind. The bright red Manjusaka Flowers embroidered on it danced in the wind, exuding a charming beauty, yet making people feel inexplicably grim.
Even a general who had been on the battlefield for a long time couldn’t accumulate such a strong, grim, and vicious aura.
The horses were very fast, and they soon arrived at the place where Ning Xueyan’s carriage had fallen. The coachman was lying under a tree on the side, with blood still on his forehead. A guard jumped down, felt the pulse, shook his head at Ao Chenyi, and reported: “Your Highness, the coachman is already dead.”
Ao Chenyi’s gaze fell on the marks of the two wheel tracks on the slope. Anyone could see that this should be the place where the carriage fell. Looking at the dark and gloomy valley below, this slope seemed not steep at first, but the further down it went, the less clear it was below, which indicated that it was extremely deep below.
If they hadn’t seen the two men lying there by the side of the slope, or others, they would have only thought it was an accident. The carriage had hit a tree on the side, and then the coachman had something happen, and the carriage fell down the slope, and the people inside the carriage were, of course, life and death unknown.
“Reporting to Your Highness, these two died from poison needles.” Another guard had gone to investigate the two men who had fallen on the slope, and discovered that the two were also dead.
Ao Chenyi didn’t speak, in his handsome Phoenix Eyes, a hint of icy cold and bloodthirsty viciousness was raised. It was as if it was poisoned, that kind of evil coldness, when it fell on anyone, made them tremble involuntarily, and lowered their heads to kneel on the ground, not daring to move. Everyone knew that His Highness was angry.
Good and well, the concubine who hadn’t entered the mansion yet, had something happen before she got married, which was equivalent to slapping the Prince’s face.
“Find, alive! I want to see the person, dead! I want to see the corpse!” Ao Chenyi said grimly, and the gorgeous gold-lacquered riding crop in his hand instantly snapped between his fingers.
To dare to make His Royal Highness, Prince Yi, so angry, it was bound to be washed clean with blood.
Everyone didn’t dare to neglect and respectfully said in unison: “Yes!”
Immediately, these people all scattered and went to chase down the tracks of the carriage. No matter who did this today, if they were discovered by His Highness, it would be a dead end.
“Your Highness, it’s alright, Fifth Miss is blessed by heaven, and it looks like Fifth Miss should not have been hit unconscious by the carriage. These two people should have died in the hands of Fifth Miss.” Yu Jian was the only one who didn’t leave Ao Chenyi’s side and was also the one who knew Ao Chenyi had given the blood bracelet to Ning Xueyan.
Judging by these two, they were not from the Duke’s Mansion. Now that they were dead here, it could only mean that they had bad intentions toward Ning Xueyan, and now that these two were dead here, the poison needles they received in their faces were the poison needles from the blood bracelet that His Highness had given earlier. Yu Jian’s words weren’t entirely to appease Ao Chenyi’s anger.
This slope was not steep at first. If Fifth Miss was decisive, and fell directly down, there shouldn’t be any major problems. It’s just that ordinary young ladies were timid. Although this Fifth Miss seemed to be more courageous than ordinary young ladies, she didn’t know whether she had the guts to jump down. If she jumped too late, she would be seriously injured if she didn’t die.
Ao Chenyi, with his face gloomy and handsome to the extreme, jumped down from the horse and stood in place with his hands behind his back. A strong bloodthirsty aura on his body made Yu Jian, who had been following him, involuntarily retreat two steps. He had never seen His Highness become so angry for a woman before. It seemed that this Fifth Miss Ning was different in the eyes of His Highness.
There was nothing that could be said now, and he only hoped that this Fifth Miss was decisive, and that nothing would happen.
“Your Highness, do you want to investigate the Duke’s Mansion?” Being enveloped by his cold aura, infected by the bloody smell on his body, Yu Jian could only speak carefully, wanting to change the topic.
His Highness had learned about Fifth Miss Ning going to Hanshan Temple from the people of Ming Residence, but the people of Ming Residence wouldn’t harm Ning Xueyan, so there was only the Duke’s Mansion. Thinking about what happened in the end, it was indeed the Duke’s Mansion that did not want her to have a good life, and it shouldn’t be just one!
“Investigate, the people who last appeared in the Duke’s Mansion, and also investigate Xia Mansion, and Ao Mingyu’s mansion.” Ao Chenyi said with a cold face, daring to touch his people, no matter who it was, they should prepare to accept his rage and retribution. Even if Ning Xueyan hadn’t entered Prince Yi’s Mansion, she was still his person.
