Chapter 10 Half a Police Whistle

In the early morning, the jungle is filled with light mist. The rising sun sweeps away the haze of last night and sheds speckled golden light through the dense leaves.

Xiao Zhuo and Shen Yuexi walked through a quiet and winding path one after another.

Shen Yuexi followed Xiao Zhuo step by step, listening with interest to the cheerful chirping of the birds on the trees.

Her eyes glanced at Xiao Zhuo's bloody right shoulder, and she was a little worried about his injury.

After all, I only applied hemostatic powder on him last night. Although the wound stopped bleeding, I don't know if there will be subsequent infection.

"Husband, how do you feel now? Is there anything uncomfortable?"

Hearing this, Xiao Zhuo turned around and said calmly: "It's all right. You treated me promptly and handled it properly. Have you ever learned medical skills?"

Shen Yuexi didn't know if Xiao Zhuo was testing her with his words, but she didn't dare to tell the truth.

Whether it was taking out the arrowhead or the hemostatic powder, it was all due to the universal manufacturing machine. She herself was far away from real medical skills.

"I'm just imagining it all." She took a breath of fresh air and gave a random reason. "It's extremely difficult for me to live in the Duke's mansion. No one cares about me when I'm sick. I can only fend for myself, so I know a little bit about it." .”

After hearing this, Xiao Zhuo nodded thoughtfully.

"Are those who are chasing us really the emperor's bodyguards?" Afraid of Xiao Zhuo continuing to ask, Shen Yuexi changed the subject first.

Xiao Zhuo did not answer directly, only glanced at her faintly and continued to walk forward.

This is really what the emperor did.

Shen Yuexi cursed the emperor secretly in her heart.

I didn't expect that this old emperor was so ruthless. After all, he failed to seize the legitimate son, so why did he still think about taking his own son's life?

Tiger poison will not eat its children, not to mention that Xiao Zhuo was his own crown prince. He had been stationed at the border for several years and killed countless enemies. The emperor should not do such a thing of killing his son due to circumstances or reason.

It was said that the royal family was cold and cold. Only then did she feel the cruelty brought about by the peak of power.

She chased after Xiao Zhuo, took off the bamboo tube she was carrying, pulled out the cork, handed it to Xiao Zhuo and said: "Husband, have a drink of water. I have walked so far without meeting anyone. They must have..."

Before she finished speaking, she once again heard a familiar voice coming from the woods not far from the road.

collapse!

This was the terrifying sound that she had heard countless times in the ruined temple and could scare her heart into a sudden cardiac arrest - a bow and arrow leaving its string.

The voice in her head reminded her desperately: Run away. But in reality, she perfectly interpreted what it meant to be dumbfounded.

Xiao Zhuo stretched out his hand and pushed her away from where she was standing still, and at the same time he jumped to the side.

An arrow almost grazed Shen Yuexi's body, passed between the two of them, penetrated diagonally into the ground, and splashed a stream of muddy water.

Shen Yuexi took two steps to the side and finally stabilized her body.

Fortunately, Xiao Zhuo reacted quickly, otherwise she would have been hit by the arrow.

She turned her head to look at the place where the noise was coming from in the woods, and saw a man squatting in the grass, throwing away the bow in his hand in a panic, and reaching into his arms to pull out something.

Shen Yuexi suddenly remembered that when they were in the cave before, the leader had reminded his subordinates not to fight with the prince but to send a warning whistle.

Although it is unclear why this man attacked them with a bow and arrow in the first place, is the thing he is going to take out now a police sentry?

She was still in a daze, but Xiao Zhuo had already passed by her like a gust of wind and rushed towards the man.

When Xiao Zhuo was still a few meters away from the man, the man had already taken out something from his arms. It was a small green tube, as thick as a finger.

While he retreated hastily, he put one end of the tube in his mouth and puffed up his cheeks.

Shen Yuexi was shocked. It must be a police whistle. If this person blows it, the enemies searching in the jungle will hear it, and they will follow the sound and come.

Two fists are no match for four hands. At that time, she and Xiao Zhuo can only sit back and wait for death.

She felt as if her heartbeat was about to stop. She clenched her hands into fists and stood on tiptoe to look at Xiao Zhuo.

Xiao Zhuo was still far away, and the man was retreating, trying to distance himself. It seemed that it was too late to stop him anyway.

At this time, Xiao Zhuo raised his arms and threw out the steel knife in his hand.

The sharp whistle had just sounded, and the steel knife had already whizzed and circled. The blade was deeply embedded in the man's chest, cutting off the whistle. The man immediately fell to the ground.

A large group of birds of various colors were frightened by the whistle and flew up from the tree crown.

Xiao Zhuo rushed in front of the man, pulled out the knife from him, held the handle of the knife with both hands, stabbed it down again, drew the knife, and rushed towards Shen Yuexi.

"Quickly, get out of here quickly," he pointed to the end of the path, "go there."

The whistle frightened the birds, and the enemies searching in the jungle will definitely notice this place. They must run for their lives now.

Shen Yuexi didn't wait for Xiao Zhuo to rush to her, and ran in the direction he indicated.

After only a night's rest, my tired legs are still extremely sore, but now is not the time to be pretentious. Running late will only bring an end to my life.

The pheasant meat that she had just collected while resting on the way and the bamboo tube filled with water would slow down her escape, so she threw them away as she ran.

Nothing is as important as life.

Xiao Zhuo caught up with her, took her hand and sprinted along the path with all his strength.

There was a shouting voice from behind.

Shen Yuexi looked back while running and saw dozens of black dots emerging from the bushes in the distance and converging towards this side.

It came so quickly.

She turned around and found that she had reached the end of the trail.

Ahead was a three-meter-high stone wall that stretched left and right. There was no way around it for the moment.

The house leaked, but it rained all night, and the boat was late and encountered a strong wind.

She was looking around in panic, and Xiao Zhuo had already flown to the bottom of the stone wall, inserted the knife into the ground, crossed his fingers with his hands, and shouted to her: "Come here, climb up."

It was too late to give in, so she quickly raised her foot to step on Xiao Zhuo's hands, grabbed the upper edge of the stone wall with both hands and climbed up.

Xiao Zhuo groaned, seeming to be in great pain.

He couldn't use too much force on his arrow wound, and it was probably going to burst this time.

With Xiao Zhuo's help, Shen Yuexi climbed up the stone wall with hands and feet, turned back and lay on the edge, stretched out her hand and said: "Husband, hold my hand!"

Xiao Zhuo stretched out his left hand, and Shen Yuexi held it with both hands, gritted his teeth and used all his strength to pull it upward. However, the stone wall was smooth, and Xiao Zhuo had no place to draw on, so he stepped on it twice.

With a "ding" sound, an arrow flew through the air and embedded itself in the gap in the stone wall.

Shen Yuexi raised her head and saw that the guards were already chasing her. The guard running at the front was holding his bow and arrow, aiming at Xiao Zhuo. He should have shot the first arrow.

"Husband, quickly insert your knife into the gap in the stone wall!" Inspired by the arrow, she pointed to the steel knife beside her.

Xiao Zhuo pulled the knife out from the ground, assessed the position, and inserted the knife horizontally into the crack in the stone wall. He raised his foot and stepped on the knife surface.

Two more feather arrows whizzed over, one almost grazed Xiao Zhuo's right arm and drove into the stone wall, while the other passed over her head.

It was too late to be afraid, Shen Yuexi grabbed Xiao Zhuo's hand with both hands and pulled it up with all her strength, and finally pulled Xiao Zhuo up.

She raised the back of her hand to wipe the cold sweat from her forehead and stepped back with a smile: "It's really dangerous, let's run."

"Be careful!" Xiao Zhuo looked behind her and shouted coldly.

What?

Before she could understand the meaning of this sentence, she realized that her foot had stepped on the wrong foot. Her body tilted and fell backward.

"Ah!" she exclaimed, looking back.

Behind it is a bare and steep slope.

Damn...how could it be so bad?

Xiao Zhuo flew towards her and hugged her body.

The two people hugged each other and climbed down the steep slope.
Chapter completed!