015 Bloody Assassin
Ji Jie looked like a dead pig who was not afraid of boiling water. Ji Xueling had no choice but to use her trump card. Suddenly her face turned gloomy and she shouted sternly: "Who are you and why are you pretending to be Brother Jie?"
Ji Jie was startled, and his mind was racing. It had been several years since he came to this era, and no one had doubted his true identity. You must know that he was surrounded by various people who had dealt with the real Ji Jie for n years.
People, none of these people noticed it, how could Ji Xueling, who had only met twice before this time, notice the clues?
Ji Jie didn't know that when he left Dazhou three years ago, Ji Xueling secretly came out to see him off. It was precisely because he was no longer the "him" at that time that Ji Xueling temporarily backed down.
Who in the world knows the former Ji Jie best, that is Ji Xueling.
"Ling'er, what do you mean... Why can't I understand..." Ji Jie's expression had betrayed him. No wonder, no one had doubted his identity from the beginning. Over time, his subconscious mind had already recognized that he was
Ji Jie, that’s why I feel unnatural now.
Ji Xueling was even more sure of her judgment and said sternly: "Who are you, where is Brother Jie?"
You can't say that your unlucky brother Jie was accidentally smashed to death by me. If you really say that, Ji Xueling will probably fall out with him on the spot. Her right hand is already on the hilt of the sword.
"Hey, Ling'er, what are you talking about?" Ji Jie pretended to be calm and said with a smile: "Don't you know who I am? I am your brother Jie, we grew up together..."
"That's enough, you can deceive others but you can't deceive me!" Ji Xueling interrupted him mercilessly.
It seems that this girl is really going to eat her up today, and Ji Jie knows it very well.
"Sister Ling'er, do you think this is good?" Ji Jie could only give in and said with a smile: "If you don't want to marry the Prince of Zhao, I will help you handle it! Any other requirements can be easily discussed.
How about it?"
Although Ji Xueling still had a cold expression, a hint of cunning flashed in her eyes betrayed her, and Ji Jie saw it clearly.
"Then tell me your plan!" Ji Xueling tried her best to control her emotions and said expressionlessly: "If your plan satisfies me, I will pretend that I have never said anything!"
Ji Jie was complaining in his heart, he had to think about the plan slowly, he had to leave something for me, right?
"Well..." Ji Jie frowned and said, "There will definitely be a way. If you allow me to think about it for a few days, I will definitely give you a satisfactory answer!"
"No!" Ji Xueling pouted and said, "What if you are perfunctory with me? The departure day will be in six days. What if you haven't figured it out yet?"
Ji Jie is in trouble. The purpose of getting married is for the stolen Wang Ding. If Ji Xueling doesn't cooperate, there will be no hope at all. No matter what, she has to go to Zhao country with her!
But can she agree?
At this moment, the sound of an arrow piercing the air was heard. From the corner of his eye, Ji Jie saw a black arrow with a length of more than one meter shooting towards Ji Xueling. He subconsciously kicked his legs fiercely and his body rose into the air.
Pounce towards Ji Xueling!
Ji Xueling did not notice the arrow that was shot, and thought that Ji Jie had evil intentions, so she quickly turned her body to the side, but Ji Jie still threw herself on her, and they fell to the grass together.
The feather arrow failed to hit the target, but four more arrows were shot in this direction immediately.
Ji Jie hugged her and rolled on the ground several times. This made Ji Xueling angry and anxious. She pulled out a dagger and put it on his neck, shouting: "What do you want to do?"
Ji Jie pursed his lips towards the arrow nailed to the grass and said, "What do you think I'm going to do? Of course it's to save your life!"
Only then did Ji Xueling realize the seriousness of the matter. The two of them looked in the direction where the arrows were flying. They saw six knights in black standing dozens of meters away, five of them holding bows.
"It's an assassin!" Ji Jie whispered: "These people are here for you. If I guess correctly, they should be sent by the Qin State. They don't want the marriage between Zhou and Zhao. They just want to kill you."
We can only give up on the marriage!"
Ji Xueling snorted: "They are really blind, I will never marry to Zhao country!"
You think so, but people don’t know! It’s not difficult to see from the arrows just now that the arrows shot by the five people are compound bows, which are several times as fast as the mulberry bow in terms of speed and strength.
Compound bows can only be made by the State of Qin.
Ji Jie glanced into the distance. He ran wildly just now and didn't know where he had left the maid and Ji Jian. He said in a deep voice: "I will entangle them. You can find an opportunity to escape and go to Ji Jian."
They're coming for reinforcements!"
"No, how can I leave you alone!" Ji Xueling waved the dagger in her hand and said, "Don't underestimate me!"
"How can I underestimate you!" Ji Jie said anxiously: "Their goal is you, and they are eager for you to stay. You are playing into their hands by staying, do you understand? Listen to me and leave quickly. It will be too late."
It’s too late, be sure to watch out for the cold arrows from behind!”
How could Ji Xueling not understand what Ji Jian meant? She nodded and said, "Be careful, I'll go back right away to bring in reinforcements!"
Ji Jie took off his spear from the saddle and stood there. Ji Xueling led the horse towards the hiding place. Seeing this, the six assassins clapped their horses and moved forward. The bows and arrows in their hands were all replaced by their own weapons.
Ji Jie got on the horse and said against the yellow gelding's ear: "Old man, it's up to you!"
With a neigh, the yellow gelding instantly regained its previous vigor, which made him very happy. He shook the spear in his hand and rushed towards the assassin.
"Dangdangdang...poof..."
Weapons collided, and a careless assassin was stabbed by Ji Jie's sudden spear. After practicing the "Chi You Spear" method for so long, this was the first time it was used in actual combat. The marksmanship created by a generation of spear masters was indeed extraordinary. In fact, he only learned it.
He only used the four moves of the first style. Facing six opponents, not only did he not fall behind at all, but he took advantage from the beginning.
The leader of the assassin originally planned to leave three people to deal with Ji Jie, while the other three went to chase Ji Xueling. The changes in front of him forced him to change his original intention and shouted coldly: "Deal with this kid first and then chase that girl!"
After hearing this, Ji Jie breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that these people didn't know how powerful the snow horse was. Ji Xueling would disappear without a trace in a moment. Even if the reinforcements couldn't arrive in time, he was confident of getting out safely.
When the battle came to a point, Ji Jie used a spear to move among the five assassins. The yellow gelding showed extraordinary bravery, rushing left and right, disrupting the assassins' positions time and time again.
However, the cooperation between the five assassins is getting better and better. Although Ji Jie can ensure that he does not fall behind, he has made no achievements. It will not benefit him at all over time. After all, he is only one person. It seems that he has to lure the enemy deeper.
Just fine.
Deliberately buying a loophole, an assassin was fooled and stabbed him with a sword without thinking. Unexpectedly, the door was already wide open. Ji Jie sided to avoid the opponent's sword and stabbed him to the core with one shot.
Ji Xueling did not run back directly, but ran forward for a certain distance and then detoured back. Before she could reach a safe area, another group of black knights appeared in front of them, no more, no less, six people.
The assassins were very cautious, and the two teams acted separately. One team was responsible for blocking Ji Jie and Ji Xueling's retreat, and the other team was responsible for waiting three miles ahead.
Ji Xueling frowned and raised the reins sharply. The snow horse that was charging forward suddenly stopped, raised its two front legs and made a 180-degree turn, turned around and returned the same way. The six assassins did not panic.
He hurriedly followed up, took out his bow and arrows at the same time, and shot arrows at her back.
Ji Jie, who was stuck in a bitter battle, saw Ji Xueling escaping while being chased by another group of people, and felt bad. His own group of people was far away from here, and he would not be able to know what was going on here for a while, but he was confident of rushing forward.
Go out, but where is Xueling? Can she do it?
Just have to give it a try!
Ji Jie roared loudly, and the spear in his hand was as dexterous as a python. He knocked back the two people in front of him with one move. He slapped the horse and ran wildly while shouting: "Xue Ling, run in front of me!"
Ji Xueling looked at Ji Jie with grateful eyes. He had only one purpose in doing this, which was to block the assassin's hidden arrows from behind.
Two horses ran out, with ten assassins in hot pursuit. Ji Jie grabbed the crossbow hanging on the saddle on the other side, quickly looked back to roughly determine the speed and distance of the pursuer, and headed directly towards him without looking back.
Shoot an arrow from behind!
This is a skill that he spent a lot of effort to master when he was studying in Guigu - blind shooting.
One assassin was hit by an arrow and fell to death. The other nine people continued to chase without even blinking. Only then did Ji Jie realize why she felt something was missing when she saw Ji Xueling. She came here under the pretext of hunting.
No bow and arrows at all!
Anyway, now is not the time to think about these things, let’s save our lives first.
Continuing to run forward, the yellow gelding has been hit by three arrows, but its speed has not slowed down. Ji Jie looked down at him who was breathing heavily, feeling an unknown feeling in his heart!
The yellow gelding ran faster and faster, and even caught up with the snow horse, and kept closing the horizontal distance. Ji Jie had a bad premonition, and sure enough, in the next second, the yellow gelding's body seemed to be evacuated, and it fell to the ground.
Ji Jie hurriedly moved to the side. Ji Xueling pulled him in time and he sat firmly on the back of the snow horse.
Looking back at the dead yellow gelding, Ji Jie felt sad for a while, but he still skillfully cocked the crossbow and looked for opportunities to shoot the people behind him. Although he had not yet obtained the magic spell of "Sun Shooting Bow", he had worked hard for three years.
The practice is still very effective.
Soon, three more assassins were shot and killed. They finally realized that the seemingly inconspicuous boy next to Ji Xueling had extraordinary strength, and their pursuit slowed down.
Chapter completed!