When those followers saw that Qin Ming was dead, they still refused to give up and pursued him relentlessly.
"Who are you?" Xiao Yujue was worried about no one at this time. After he calmed down a little, he saw that the man in black beside him was unwilling to continue walking forward.
The man in black had no choice but to take off his mask and black scarf.
"Your Highness, it's me."
"Miss Mu?" Xiao Yujue was surprised, "How could it be you?"
"My brother told me to protect you secretly when he is away."
Xiao Yujue was secretly ashamed that a grown man like him still needed this little girl to protect him.
While the two were talking, the entourage had already caught up and surrounded them.
"Since you are seeking your own death, don't blame me for being ruthless with my sword."
Mu Jingyan unsheathed his sword and faced him.
Xiao Yujue discovered that although Mu Jingyan was a member of the female class, his swordsmanship skills were far superior to him. He even had rich practical combat experience, and he had not yet been defeated against four or five of them by one person.
"Your Highness, leave quickly." Mu Jingyan fought while worrying about Xiao Yujue's safety.
Xiao Yujue couldn't help but smile secretly.
If he really leaves like this, I'm afraid...
Not to mention being an emperor, even being a man is not worthy.
Xiao Yujue composed herself and joined the battle circle, facing the enemy with Mu Jingyan.
"Your Highness, be careful."
Mu Jingyan watched helplessly as a long sword was about to pierce Xiao Yujue's chest, and she pushed Xiao Yujue away.
"Miss Mu..." Xiao Yujue shook her away with a palm and protected Mu Jingyan in her arms.
Mu Jingyan took the opportunity to use his killing move and killed four of the opponents, while the rest fled.
The two of them simply didn't have the energy or time to pursue it.
"Miss Mu, hold on, I'll take you back to the camp to find a military doctor right away." Xiao Yujue supported Mu Jingyan, feeling deeply guilty.
Mu Jingyan held down Xiao Yujue's hand and stopped him: "No... Your Highness, you must not go back. We don't know what is going on in the camp now. Even if the enemy troops have retreated, if there are still people with ulterior motives who may harm us,
what would you do?"
"But your injury..."
"I'm fine. I can withstand this minor injury. Let's find a safe place to hide. I'll have left a mark for my brother along the way. As long as he returns home victorious, he will definitely come to us."
Xiao Yujue was indeed frightened by these pervasive assassinations. He hesitated and hesitated.
"Your Highness, please believe that neither my brother nor I have any intention of harming you. We, brother and sister, have gone through many hardships and we only want to avenge our father and avenge our clan..."
Xiao Yujue thought of how Mu Jingyan blocked the sword with his body just now to save him.
This girl has more courage and courage than a man. Seeing the continuous bleeding from Mu Jingyan's wound, ripples arose in his heart.
"I believe you." Xiao Yujue carried Mu Jingyan on his back, "Let's go, find a place to hide and heal your injuries."
"Your Highness, I can walk by myself..."
Mu Jingyan lay face to face with Xiao Yujue's sadness and panicked. Apart from Mu Jingrui, she had never been so close to a man, and her cheeks turned red involuntarily.
"Stop talking and listen to me."
Xiao Yujue's innate aura of a king made his words reveal unquestionable majesty.
Mu Jingyan's nervous hands clenched into fists, not daring to move.
After Mu Jingrui defeated the bandits, he led his troops back to the camp, but what he saw was a scorched earth and chaos. The magistrate led a group of government officials to clean up the aftermath, and he was so sad that he almost cried.
When he saw Mu Jingrui coming back, his knees weakened and he knelt down.
"I really don't know what's going on... I immediately went out of the city to check after receiving the report, but... this is already the case..."
Mu Jingrui's face was livid, and he tried his best to suppress his anger and asked: "Where is His Highness the Crown Prince?"
The magistrate's expression became even more confused. "No...I don't know..."
Mu Jingrui ordered all the soldiers to camp on the spot. He walked around the area and found that all the dead were his own.
That……
He went to the nearby woods when no one was paying attention, and sure enough he found the secret code left by Mu Jingyan.
Mu Jingrui returned to the military tent and changed into night clothes after dark. When he was about to go out, he saw the sachet on the table.
He couldn't help but pick it up and put it in the palm of his hand, Shangguan Wan Ning's words of advice rang in his ears.
A faint smile appeared at the corner of his mouth, and he put the sachet with the golden lock into his arms.
Mu Jingrui found a fast horse from the stable and left the camp overnight. He followed Mu Jingyan's code and came to a leeward slope late at night.
In the distance, he heard the sound of a fight between weapons. He was startled, and ran away using Qinggong.
Mu Jingyan and Xiao Yujue were being besieged by a group of assassins. Seeing that Mu Jingyan was about to be unable to resist, Mu Jingrui fell from the sky.
This was the first time Xiao Yujue had truly seen Mu Jingrui's true kung fu.
His long sword danced, and every time he picked up a sword flower, at least two people would be killed. His sword moves were so fierce that blood would seal their throats.
At this time, there were messy and noisy footsteps all around. Twenty or so archers surrounded them, and sharp arrows flew towards them like raindrops.
Mu Jingrui realized that Xiao Yujue was already beyond his capabilities, so he took the risk and approached the archer.
Several sharp arrows flew towards him, and he dodged sideways, but one of them pierced his chest.
Mu Jingyan was shocked, but found that Mu Jingrui was not injured and successfully eliminated all the archers.
Soon, a group of assassins were killed until only one person remained.
The assassin looked at Mu Jingrui in panic. Seeing him approaching step by step, the assassin trembled.
"If I tell the person behind the scenes...can you let me go?"
Mu Jingrui snorted coldly and didn't care. "Do you think we don't know who is behind the scenes?"
He looked towards Xiao Yujue.
Xiao Yujue nodded slightly, acquiescing.
Mu Jingrui raised his sword and dropped it. The assassin's head was missing.
"Brother, how are you?" Mu Jingyan supported his injured body and ran towards him, looking up and down, "Did that arrow just now... hurt you?"
Mu Jingrui shook his head slightly, took out the sachet from his arms, opened it and saw that the golden lock inside had been deformed.
However, it really protected his life.
There were warm ripples in Mu Jingrui's heart.
"Brother, this golden lock...how come I've never seen it before?"
Mu Jingrui did not answer, but put the golden lock back into his arms, turned around and walked towards Xiao Yujue to salute.
"Your Highness, are you okay?"
"Fortunately you came in time and I'm fine. How is the battle going?"
"A great victory. My subordinates have beheaded the bandits in front of their horses. The rest of the bandit leaders died and escaped. I only need to wait for His Highness to return to take charge of the overall situation and then return to the court."
Xiao Yujue was overjoyed, pressed Mu Jingrui's shoulder and said, "Okay, you really did not disappoint me. Stay with me from now on, and we will work together to achieve great things."