The stunning beauty of Qing Dynasty

Chapter 271 Rescuing Someone from Falling into the Water

"Ruyu."

It was at this moment that the man in black on the opposite side found an opportunity. As a knife with a cold glow chopped over, a hidden arrow shot towards Emperor Chongzhao's heart. When it was about to hit, the ambitious eyes of the man in black could not help but shrink a little because of excitement.

The situation was critical and Qingyin didn't care about anything else. He turned over and used his body to block the knife. The intense pain made his body tremble slightly. The arrow had been cut into half by the soft blade and fell to the ground. Qingyin swallowed the blood rising in his throat and continued to fight with the people who came up to retaliate.

Drops of blood slid down her shoulders and fell into the wet mud by the river. Qingyin pursed her thin lips, not paying attention to the complicated gaze from the emperor behind her.

The war is not over yet. The plan to attack the emperor was obviously well prepared, and the men in black who attacked the emperor seemed to be coming in an endless stream.

The situation that Qingyin had reversed seemed to have become disadvantageous again.

However, the visitor was obviously worried that the emperor's reinforcements' offensive would become more frenzied because of Qingyin's arrival and the change of time.

There were several times when Emperor Chongzhao might have been killed if Qingyin had not fought to protect him.

Hearing the sound of a large number of troops coming in the distance, Qingyin's ears twitched slightly, knowing that it must be Emperor Chongzhao's imperial guards coming, and he breathed a sigh of relief.

The attacking assassin also seemed to be thinking of retreating.

The thin young man still held a soft blade, and his every move seemed to be dancing a swan song of death, dangerous and beautiful.

The people being protected couldn't help but look at him. Even his appearance was covered tightly, but his posture and temperament made people feel that this was a rare and stunning beauty.

But the people who were killed did not have so much good feelings, especially the man in black who survived by chance and whose best assassination opportunity was blocked by Qingyin. He stared at Qingyin with fear and resentment in his eyes.

The Dog Emperor's men are here.

Anyway, since he failed to complete the task assigned by his master, he would take someone with him to be buried with him even if he died.

Thinking of this, the mean man swung his knife towards the handsome man who had been circling around the emperor.

Because of so many assassins, Xu Yanli, who had already exhausted all his strength, did not have enough time to dodge the cold and sharp sword light.

For some reason, he suddenly felt a little tired. Xu Yanli, who had never experienced a good life from the previous life to this life, closed his eyes indifferently and unwillingly. Perhaps he should have died.

Qingyin was so angry when he saw that scene. Damn it, it was bad enough that he beat the emperor, but he even wanted to chop down the person he was tasked with. What a bastard.

At this moment, Qingyin mobilized all his strength and ran towards Xu Yanli in the distance. The soft blade followed his master's wish and the weapon arrived before he did.

The enormous force caused the man to retreat for a while, and also made him more murderous.

The more Qingyin tried to stop him, the more he wanted to kill the man in front of him.

Without their weapons, Qing Yin and Xu Yanli were forced to the edge of a turbulent river.

The last conscious look Xu Yanli took was of a thin figure in a black brocade robe standing in front of him. The strong smell of blood made him want to vomit, but he also felt inexplicably touched in his heart.

"Why did you save me?" The male protagonist asked him in a puzzled and cold voice.

Qingyin no longer had the desire to get back with him.

The man in black in front of her has gone crazy. If he stays here, he will only die with the male protagonist. Qingyin jumps into the turbulent river with the male protagonist without hesitation.

To outsiders, Qingyin's action of jumping into the water on her own initiative looked like she was forced into the water by an assassin.

This scene made Emperor Chongzhao feel like a knife was cutting his heart. His face was twisted with resentment and anger. "Go and save them quickly."

The leader of the Royal Guards who rushed over in a hurry only saw the two men who had just fought with the men in black falling into the river. He originally wanted to protect His Majesty's safety and stay by His Majesty's side, but after seeing the horrific expression on His Majesty's face, he swallowed the words of persuasion he wanted to say and ran desperately towards the river.

Fortunately, the guards who arrived late finally arrived at the scene.

Those men in black who failed to escape were captured alive, including the man in black who forced Qingyin to jump into the water.

His mind, which had been blinded by anger, finally cleared up, and at this moment the crisis of being arrested and killed was firmly locked in his head.

In the distance, a bright yellow figure walked towards him step by step, with a terrifying face like a demon from hell.

This mean and skinny assassin was shaking like an animal that had been frozen in the snow for a day and a night. He was crawling on the ground, looking as miserable as a rat in a ditch.

"You, you can't kill me, Your Majesty. I can tell you that if you want to kill me - ah!" The man's extremely sharp voice resounded across the land stained with blood, causing the other captured assassins to tremble.

His limbs were cut off with a knife, and blood was scattered everywhere.

The emperor who cut off the assassin's limbs remained expressionless. At this moment, everything around him fell silent.

"Su Weijin, pick these up and feed them well."

The leader of the Imperial Guard, Su Weijin, who was called, wanted to lower his head to the ground and bury it. At this moment, he even envied the subordinates sent by His Majesty to rescue people from the water in the distance, so as to avoid serving His Majesty: "Yes, Your Majesty."

The captured assassins were so frightened that they were dragged away obediently by the guards.

Emperor Chongzhao did not care about these subordinates who were extremely afraid of him. His eyes were fixed on the seemingly calm river surface.

Perhaps only he knew in his heart how angry he was at this moment.

Wu Yanmeng, who was hiding behind and trembling with fear after being frightened by the emperor, hugged the little palace maid who was equally scared. Although she was afraid of the emperor who was unusually cold at the moment, Wu Yanmeng still looked at the thinner man who had just been forced into the water.

She always felt that the man just now gave her an inexplicable sense of familiarity and security, but now he fell into the water with Xu Yanli, whom she fell in love with at first sight.

Unable to tell who she cared about, Wu Yanmeng was worried and praying that the two people could be rescued.

On the river, the guards jumped into the water one after another like dumplings, trying to fish out a figure.

An hour later, it was clear that there was no sign of anyone.

"No, Your Majesty."

"No, Your Majesty."

"No."

……

The sound was repeated over and over again, and Emperor Chongzhao fiddled with the ring in his hand in annoyance.

The guards who reported the incident trembled in fear, fearing that His Majesty would punish them for their poor performance. After all, they had witnessed with their own eyes the extremely cruel scene His Majesty had just committed.

In silence, Emperor Chongzhao forced himself to calm down. If he didn't find the person, it would prove that the person was not dead and was still alive. He just needed to send people to search one by one downstream.

"All soldiers, listen to my orders! Grand Secretary Xu Yanli has done a great job in protecting me. Try your best to find them. Whoever finds them first will be rewarded with 1,000 taels of silver and promoted one rank!"

"Yes, Your Majesty is wise!"

There will always be a brave man under a huge reward, not to mention that His Majesty not only values ​​him but also offers the temptation of an official position. The guards who were afraid just now all had their eyes lit up and were no longer as scared as before.

……

The mask of Qingyin, who was being missed, had been washed off his face by the turbulent river. The handsome young man had a complexion as white and smooth as porcelain, and his long, smooth black hair was spread out, floating in the water, on his face, which could be said to be the masterpiece of Nuwa, like a fairy in the water, as dreamy and illusory as a fairy.

After falling into the river and waking up from suffocation, Xu Yanli was forced to open his eyes. What he saw was a face so beautiful that he was speechless. He was shocked and couldn't help but open his mouth: "You..." Who is it? Could it be the imperial envoy I saw after my death?

The next second, Xu Yanli was hit on the head by a stone in the river and fainted. He was still thinking that the imperial envoy of hell was so handsome.

Qingyin: "..."

Qingyin, who saw the male protagonist wake up and speak, and then was knocked unconscious by a stone, felt that the will of this world might have given this ill-fated male protagonist a halo of bad luck.

Wherever there are people, there will be accidents, and the unlucky one is always the male protagonist. It really shows that the world's will loves the male protagonist deeply.

Qingyin thought about it and quickened her swimming speed. Always worried that the male protagonist would be killed by the will of the world, Qingyin anxiously avoided the huge rocks in the water and swam forward.

After a while, Qingyin, with a pale face, dragged the tall and strong Xu Yanli with one hand and climbed up by grabbing the vines on the shore with the other hand.

To be on the safe side, Qingyin cleaned the male protagonist's mouth and nose first. The handsome young man who gave him artificial respiration fell to the side and leaned against a tree. He used his last bit of strength to barely treat the wounds on his body, mainly to cover up the blood on his body so as not to attract some wild beasts, and then he fainted with peace of mind.

After dusk, the sky darkened rapidly.

The handsome man lying flat on his back seemed to have had a nightmare in his coma. His brows were furrowed and his long eyelashes were trembling. "No! No, no! Mother, father..."

In the dream, Xu Yanli seemed to have returned to the prosperous Huai Palace. During the day, his father and mother were still fighting to hold him.

"Does Li'er like daddy or mommy?"

The chubby little boy had an innocent smile on his face and said in a baby voice, "I like mommy. Daddy's big beard pricks me."

The elegant lady burst out laughing, and said angrily, "Really? Hahaha, Xu Yicheng, your son hates your beard, why don't you shave it off quickly!"

The tall, mighty, bearded, and fierce-looking man held his wife with one hand and the young child with the other, and said with a cheerful smile: "Ah, Madam, you also know my face. If I shave my beard, I'm afraid those people in the court will laugh at me."

What the world does not know is that the king of a different surname, Xu Yicheng, who was invincible and powerful on the battlefield, actually had an extremely young baby face. In order to hide his face, this general started growing a beard since he was a teenager.

The little boy who was watching on the sidelines pulled at his father's beard with a grin, pulling out a few of the majestic whiskers.

It's a pity that the good times did not last long...

The sun high in the sky was blocked by dark clouds, and bursts of shrill screams rang out.

"Prince Huai has committed treason. His Majesty has sent an imperial decree! Encircle and suppress Prince Huai's mansion. Don't let anyone go." The eunuch's cold and bloodthirsty voice sounded.

"Help, help, I am just a maid in the Huai Palace."

"Ahhh! My child!"

"Brother!"

"younger sister!"

...A series of shrill and familiar screams rang out.

The little boy was so scared that he was trembling all over, and was stuffed into his mother's arms by his father, whose face turned pale.

"Ling'er, take the child and run away. I'll go over!"

"Husband!" The beautiful lady had tears in her eyes, but her hands holding the child were extremely strong.

In the blink of an eye, the couple, who had been in love for a long time, ran in different directions as if they had a tacit understanding.

The chubby little boy with a pale face was stuffed into a dirty cellar by his mother. In front of him was his mother with messy hair who was trying to remain calm, barely forcing out her usual gentle smile to comfort her child.

"Li'er, be good. Daddy and mommy are going on a long journey. You have to be a good boy. No matter what you hear in there, you must not come out. You understand!" When the beautiful lady said the last sentence, her tone became obviously sharp.

But the frightened little boy seemed as if his soul was separated from his body. He huddled on the ground in a daze, looking at his familiar mother blankly.

The beautiful lady looked at the poor child and wanted to say something to comfort him, but there was not much time left.

The last thing the boy saw was his mother’s unprecedentedly complex eyes and gorgeous skirt.

A few hours later, the little boy heard several men jokingly say to his mother, "Hey, isn't this our capital's most beautiful woman, Princess Huai? Hahaha, it's a pity that she has to go to hell with our Prince Huai!"

The boy was familiar with the voice. It belonged to the adjutant who always followed his father and smiled warmly and cheerfully at him.

But now, this hearty voice seemed like a demon from hell in the boy's heart, and hatred was stirring in his heart bit by bit.

"Tsk, tsk, what a pity!"

Another calmer voice sounded: "Alright, His Majesty has ordered us not to do too much, why don't we kill her quickly."

"Hey, wait a minute, we haven't questioned that brat yet! We have to get rid of the root of the problem!" Another voice with a smile sounded.

"Oh, yes!"

"Princess, please tell me where my good nephew is hiding. Otherwise, my knife will not obey you!"

"Tsk, this woman is really strong-willed. She didn't make a sound even after being stabbed so many times. This is the first time I've seen such a stubborn woman."

"Come on, if you can't find out the answer, just kill her."

……

The little boy who listened from the beginning to the end did not hear his mother's voice from beginning to end, only the strong smell of blood firmly touched his nose.

Day—night—day…night, the bloody rain in the capital lasted for seven full days before it stopped, as if lamenting the injustice of the Huai Palace.

No one knew how a five-year-old boy could withstand hunger and stay in the cellar for a whole week.

No one knows that a mother did not make a sound when being tortured by the enemy in order not to scare her child.

The man in the nightmare saw his mother's horrible face full of scratches, her rancid breath, and her gorgeous dress soaked in blood...

I saw my father’s headless body and his limbs that were cruelly torn apart and scattered everywhere… I also saw the familiar, loving butler’s corpse with maggots, Sister Hua’er, Grandpa, and my little cousin lying in a pool of blood…

“No! No!…” The man struggled in pain. Because of the rain, he began to be afraid of water, the water that had dyed things red. So later on, the powerful eunuch also had a weakness: he could not swim.