When the lights in the small building went out, Mrs. Xiang knew that reinforcements were coming.
She breathed a sigh of relief. This reinforcement was not from the Governor's Mansion, but a favor she had received casually in her early years. This mission was difficult, so she thought about it and prepared a back-up for herself. Fortunately, the other party came as promised, and it was urgent.
The key was also used.
She didn't make a sound. Even though she was roughly pulled over and thrown onto his shoulder, she still gritted her teeth and endured the pain of the wound collision.
Soon she was carried out of the small building, climbed onto the roof and ran away.
"Catch the assassin! Catch the assassin!"
There was a commotion in the palace, and a large number of guards were dispatched to intercept it.
This was obviously useless. Madam Xiang listened to the whistling wind in her ears and saw the Hexing Prince's Palace getting further and further away.
The man carrying her ran for a long time. When the sound of water flowing came, Mrs. Xiang knew she was safe.
Just as he was about to speak, the next moment he was thrown down without mercy and fell heavily to the ground.
She was seriously injured, so she could not withstand such rough treatment. She groaned and shivered in pain.
"Phew! It's so heavy, I'm exhausted." The man complained in a clear and rising voice of a young man.
Even if she is a dead soldier, how can a girl endure being said that she is serious? Mrs. Xiang said angrily: "Who is serious? If you can't speak, just shut up!"
The person who rescued her shouted heartlessly: "I rescued you and you still tell me to shut up? Do you believe I will throw you back?"
Mrs. Xiang struggled to stand up: "Didn't you say you owe me a life? Is this the credibility of your Yin Yue Sect?"
The man said nonchalantly: "In the worst case, I'll save you again."
Mrs. Xiang was too lazy to waste time with him. The most important thing now was to get out of here.
"Here, your boat is over there." The man pointed to the pontoon on the water, "I have repaid the favor as promised, and we are clear."
Mrs. Xiang nodded, and clasped her fists at him according to Jianghu etiquette: "See you later."
But the man waved his hand: "It's better not to get involved with you. I've been chased away like a dog twice in one day."
Mrs. Xiang shook her head and smiled, followed his intention, turned around and jumped onto the boat.
"Let's go."
The boatman stood up, picked up the pennant, pushed it hard, and the boat swung out.
The man watched the boat go away gradually, let out a long breath, turned to look at the way it came from, and said to himself: "The rumored Miss Xu San is not very good, she is not chasing her now..."
After the last word fell, a chill suddenly ran down his back, and he immediately rolled on the spot.
"Whoosh whoosh..."
Several arrows grazed his back.
He jumped up like a carp and looked up to where the sharp arrow came from.
On the dilapidated archway of the pier, a girl in red stood.
The moonlight was dim and her face could not be seen clearly, but it did not hinder her sassy appearance.
Around her, on the eaves, on the shelves, in the corners... densely packed arrows flashed with cold light.
He was startled at first, then smiled: "Miss Xu San, you are late, she has already left."
"Really?" Xu Yin smiled slightly, "You might as well take a look again."
He was startled for a moment, then turned around to look. Suddenly, Mrs. Xiang screamed from the floating boat that had drifted far away, and then the boat started to shake.
That boatman is a fake!
A chill came out of his heart, and he suddenly turned his head to look at the girl in red on the archway.
"you……"
Since the boatman was replaced first, it means that their escape plan has been known to others, so why do they still allow them to escape from the Hexing Palace and even let Mrs. Xiang leave by boat?
"Because you owe her a favor!" Xu Yin seemed to know what he was thinking, and said with a smile, "How can I catch you if I don't let you settle the matter first?"
This was a bit strange. What did the favor she owed him have to do with her? But he understood clearly that Miss Xu San’s target was him!
He tightened his grip on the straight knife at his waist, and while he was on full alert, he joked and said, "Oh, I'm just a paid person, not one of their accomplices. Miss Xu San, don't get me wrong."
"I know!" Xu Yin smiled, "I also know that you were born in the Drinking Moon Sect, and there was a master who was always invisible and caused trouble, so you had to pay back favors everywhere. Isn't that right, Qingxuan?"
He was startled and his hair stood on end.
"How did you..."
The Drinking Moon Sect is a small and unknown sect, and only a few people have heard of it, let alone the trivial matter between him and his master.
He was suspicious: "Are you the same..."
Xu Yin nodded simply: "Yes! I am also your master's creditor."
The young man named Qingxuan shook his head intuitively, not believing that there was such a coincidence in the world: "How is it possible..."
Xu Yin said: "In October of the year before last, I went to Dongjiang. An old man came to ask for food on the road. He said that he had no wealth, but he had a disciple named Qingxuan, and he could ask for food money from him."
This is something that the old man can do, but Qingxuan is very wary: "What evidence do you have?"
"It's just a meal, I can't ask him for a token, right?" Xu Yin said casually, "By the way, the hairpin he uses to tie his hair is not a hairpin, but a spiral bone-penetrating nail."
"..." Qingxuan already believed it. Anyone who has never met the old man would never be able to make this up.
"What do you want? Do you want me to return the favor? It's just a meal, but it can't change a life."
Xu Yin laughed: "Of course one meal cannot buy a life, but now you owe me more than one meal."
Qingxuan raised his eyebrows.
Xu Yin raised his hand, and the cold light of arrow clusters appeared around him, surrounding him.
"If I had taken action just now, your life would have been lost. But because of you, I even let Mrs. Xiang go. Is this a big enough favor?"
Qingxuan blurted out: "Are you threatening me?"
"How can this be called a threat? It's just a fact."
Qingxuan sneered: "What didn't happen is not necessarily the truth."
"Then you can try."
“Just try it!”
As soon as he finished speaking, Qingxuan's figure had already jumped up. He had excellent qinggong and was in mid-air in the blink of an eye. His target was Xu Yin.
These people can't cum with her, right?
What he thought was absolutely correct, but Xu Yin raised his hand.
She looked calm, as if she had expected his move, and then she saw her sleeves move, and voila——
Qingxuan fell rapidly and barely missed the arrow in his sleeve.
But he had no time to rest, because all the bows and arrows from the ambush were fired.
Qingxuan drew his sword, jumped several times, passed through a wave of arrows, and retreated to the willow tree on the shore unscathed.
He laughed and said proudly: "How can I, a solitary wanderer, dare to go against Miss Xu San? I will pay for the meal later, see you later!"
As he spoke, he fell over and jumped into the river.
It's obviously too late to shoot again now. How can I catch him once he's in the water?
Xu Yin was calm and composed and did not ask anyone to chase him.
In just a few breaths, something suddenly came out of the water with a "swish" sound, and someone laughed, but it was Wei Jun's voice.
He directed the guards to drag up a huge fishing net, and with a smile, he poked the young man who was tied into a rice dumpling by the fishing net: "If you don't have to pay later, just pay now!"