flstandardbreds Chapter 115: I will be able to find a bargain in the future
Chapter 115: I will be able to find a bargain in the future
As both sides reached a tacit understanding, the eldest son of the Nalan family quickly withdrew from the battle with his men, taking all the seriously and lightly injured with him, as well as the sacrificed Nalan assassin.
The Nalan clan has a special cemetery, and all members of the Nalan clan will be buried there. Even if they die outside, they will bring the bodies back.
Throughout the whole process, when all the members of the Nalan family had not yet completely withdrawn, Chu Xi never relaxed until she heard with her extraordinary hearing that all the members of the Nalan family were using light skills to move further away, and then she finally relaxed.
Just with this relaxation, the pain in his body became more intense, as if his body had been numb during the previous battle and he could not feel any normal pain.
Now that the person has left and the threat is gone, Chu Xi's pain naturally breaks out.
Compared to her situation, the others were even worse off, because they were outnumbered by the enemy. There were only five or six people, but they had to face enemies that were ten times their number.
This is based on the fact that Chu Xi alone attracted most of the firepower. Otherwise, if they had been attacked more harshly, their bodies would have been left cold long ago.
Nalan attacked others just to restrain their actions and prevent them from supporting Chu Xi.
After two assassinations, Chu Xi had a good idea of the fighting capabilities of the people around her. They were worthy of being the ones chosen for her by Zhou Yichen, as they all had pretty good martial arts skills.
Even though the Nalan assassins did not target them entirely tonight, they were still able to survive the assassination attempt by so many people, which shows that their martial arts skills are among the best among the younger generation.
As Chu Xi sat down to bandage her wound, she secretly calculated the current situation. She didn't need too many people around her, just trustworthy and capable ones, because more people are worse than smart ones.
"Master... Your injury..." Chu Erwei came over and knelt on one knee in front of Chu Xi. His respectful attitude was the norm in this era.
He still had a few new injuries of varying degrees on his body that had not been treated, so he was only concerned with Chu Xi's condition.
Chu Xi's eyes were calm. The wounds on her body were mainly concentrated on her right arm and shoulder. She didn't need to take off her clothes to treat them. It was not convenient to take off her clothes to clean the wounds in the wilderness.
"It's okay, these are just minor injuries. How are you injured? The old wounds haven't healed yet, and you have new ones. Take care of your own wounds first."
Chu Er shook his head and said nothing about his wound. "I am fine."
He is really used to it. As a guard, how can he not get hurt?
Not only that, Chu Er also felt that he was somewhat incompetent. As the prince's personal bodyguard, he... repeatedly caused the prince to be injured and put into danger.
Chu Xi didn't know that Chu Er was blaming himself again. She quickly turned her attention to the other people and said, "Go and see if they need any medicine. I have two bottles of excellent external medicine here."
As she spoke, she took out two bottles of green trauma medicine from her robe. These two bottles were given to her by Zhou Yichen. They were both royal products and had absolute quality assurance in healing sword injuries.
Chu Er wanted to say something, but when he met Chu Xi's eyes that did not allow him to argue, he naturally dared not say anything anymore. He respectfully took the two bottles of medicine and gave them to the people who looked seriously injured.
Chu Xi sent Chu Er away, took out paper, ink, brush and inkstone, wrote two letters, then put the letters in a small bamboo tube, and asked Chu Er to tie the things to the pigeon's leg.
With the release of the two pigeons, tonight's hard battle came to an end, and everyone could finally sleep peacefully.
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The study rooms of the Seventh Prince and the Eighth Prince, far away in the capital, were lit with candles all night long. They were all waiting for news.
The Seventh Prince received the belated carrier pigeon at three quarters past three in the morning of the next day. The pigeon landed on the windowsill of his study. Upon seeing this, the eunuch next to him hurried forward and took down the letter tied to the pigeon's feet.
When picking up the letter, the eunuch deliberately looked at the mark on the pigeon's belly and confirmed that it was the pigeon used to exchange letters with Nalan. Each of these specially raised pigeons has a mark and number, and its flying route is also fixed.
The eunuch did not dare to read the contents of the letter. He just took down the rolled-up letter, then walked to the desk where the Seventh Prince was and respectfully placed the letter in front of him with both hands.
"Master, the letter has arrived."
The Seventh Prince lay sideways, with his right elbow resting on the armrest of the stool, his palm facing upward, supporting his chin, and took a short nap.
It would be the morning hour in a short while. The Seventh Prince, who had been waiting for nearly a whole night, could no longer hold on and fell asleep.
The eunuch did not dare to speak too loudly. He held the letter up with both hands and looked down at the ground, not daring to look directly at the Seventh Prince.
As for the Seventh Prince, upon hearing the eunuch's report, he slowly opened his eyes, still somewhat sleepy, and said in a hoarse voice, "Bring it here."
"Yes." The eunuch handed the letter forward again.
"Nalan's."
"Yes." The eunuch kept his head down.
The Seventh Prince then became interested. He straightened his body and opened the letter anxiously. There were two lines of words written in it, which were concise and to the point.
——The mission failed, Chu Qibai has successfully broken through.
The news made the Seventh Prince frown involuntarily. Upon seeing this, the eunuch next to him immediately guessed that this operation would probably end in failure again.
The eunuch held his breath and dared not speak. How could he dare to offend the Seventh Prince at this time?
However, surprisingly, the Seventh Prince did not lose his temper this time. Instead, he calmly handed the letter to the eunuch next to him and said, "Give this letter to Zhou Hanjin's people and tell him that I have done what I promised him."
The eunuch was stunned. The Seventh Prince did not close the letter. He took it and naturally glanced at it subconsciously. He saw the contents clearly and asked unconsciously, "Master, then this operation failed..."
Zhou Jinye leaned against the armrest and said lazily, "Why? I made a deal with him, but I only promised him that I could make the Nalan family take action, but I didn't promise that it would succeed."
The eunuch was stunned. As a servant, he could only listen.
Although, he felt that the Eighth Prince was not the type to suffer a loss, he was afraid that if he failed this time, the things that the Eighth Prince had promised before would be halved.
The Seventh Prince rested his chin on his palm again, and murmured thoughtfully, "Speaking of which, this Chu Qibai is really a fierce general, both civil and military. It's a pity to give such a talent to the Third Prince."
The eunuch cautiously asked, "Master, do you want to bring Prince Chu over?"
Zhou Jinye curled his lips and smiled in an ambiguous way. He seemed to be smiling, but in fact, he glanced at the eunuch indifferently, "Xiao Yuanzi, your master is not the only one who has this idea. It's a pity that Chu Qibai refused to accept the toast and was determined to choose the unlucky third brother to support him. Let him hit a wall..."
Maybe I can find a bargain in the future.