Volume 3 Chapter 73 (1/2)

Gu Fang Bu Zi Shang Vol03 Ch73

The suddened ru in the air travelled into Fanlu’s ears

“Strange,” Fanlu looked up, staring at the s is typically a result of breeding falcons Why would it suddenly fly over us?”

Pingting followed his gaze and looked up She clearly saw the rather restless falcon high up in the sky and frowned, “When the Duke caed a s and Bei Mo to keep an eye out on enemy movement Their captain owned an old falcon Could that be his? Why did he fly here?” Hearing the falcon’s unceasing caws, it seeent She hurried into the roorabbed the falcon bell Chu Beijie left behind She shook it, and the sound of bells were heard continuously under the eagle

This bell was one the falcon’s owner gave to Chu Beijie specifically to pass on es When the falcon heard the bell sound, it would know it had found the right place With another long caw, it plummeted down

Fanlu’s eyes were quick He snatched the bell fro’s hand and threw it onto the stone table That falcon was already in sight and considerately sheathed its wings It firhtly onto the bell

There was a small piece of cloth wrapped near the bell Fanlu reached out to take it

Zuiju was standing at a distance, urging, “Be careful you don’t get pecked at!”

Her words had yet to fall when the cloth was already in Fanlu’s hands Fanlu smiled, “This falcon is more considerate than you It won’t randos” He opened the cloth, his expression suddenly changing

Fanlu had interacted with hi tily expression on his face She hurriedly asked, “What’s wrong?”

“He Xia has already led two regiments to attack Qierou”

“Ah!” Zuiju cried in panic, hurriedly

At Fanlu’s words, Pingting’s face was drained of colour She too, abruptly stood up, her body shaking to and fro for a bit She asked, “Which two regiments? When will they arrive in Qierou?”

Fanlu bitterly smiled, “How do I know? The cloth only says that , the situation ent”

Zuiju urged, “He Xia’s arrival will be terrible Has Miss got any good plans? Oh gosh, why did the Duke choose today to leave?”

Pingting shook her head, “It’s good that he left today” Her voice trailed off in the end

Fanlu gravely said, “You must immediately leave I ithstand here and try to detain He Xia as long as possible”

His expression showed the colour of rare generosity

Zuiju was in extreme panic and almost cried out

Pingting thought for a few ht there, “Co towards Qierou, then healready His sill cole word”

Huo Yunan and the others hurriedly arrived Hearing Pingting’s words, Huo Yunan asked, “It can’t be that dire, could it? The falcon is much faster than the army, so there should still be ti can be more assured”

Pingting resolutely shook her head “No, we must immediately pull out of Qierou Fanlu, you think of a way to reach out to all of our people in the city No need to assemble, we must immediately leave the city and flee in the direction of the Shuitai Regiment”

Fanlu frowned, “We still don’t knohether Qing Tian’s side is going well What if he refuses to join us and leads his troops to support He Xia If we bu right into our deaths?”

Pingting sighed, “He Xia is leading thole regiments here, while we only have a mere thousand If the Duke can’t successfully win the Shuitai Regiiment joins the Duke and we can ”

She understood the situation well, and her feords were enough to portray a thorough analysis The people iri up their luggage They were ready to leave immediately

Fanlu suave each of the, “Today, I have a task for you to complete Each of you are to write ten announcehout the city Complete this in half an hour, and I will then reward more silver to each of you”

These cabinet officers never once held so much silver in their hands They felt alood fortune and bowed deeply “What does Sir want us to announce? We will definitely write it beautifully”

Fanlu’s eyebrows droop, “What rubbish!+ Who told you to write it beautifully? Quick, it o east! Just those four words and don’t ask what it means Just do as I’ve instructed Listen clearly, it must be completed in half an hour!”

Once his cabinet officers were shooed away, he hurriedly went out the back door Zuiju and the others had brought the horses from the best stables When she saw Fanlu, she iot on the horse and raised his voice, “Let’s go!”

The sound of hooves instantly thundered The group of people rushed towards the city gates The ates closed earlier than usual When Fanlu got to the foot of the city gates, he raised his head and shouted, “Open the gates! Hurry up and open the gates for me!”

When the city guards saw their governor yelling at theates, they immediately panicked and opened it At that moment, the effect of the announcements of the cabinet officers seemed to kick in as many more people streamed out from inside the city on horses These people were all Chu Beijie’s subordinates who snuck into Qierou, lying in wait When the city gates opened, more than one hundred people had already materialised

The city gates opened with a clack, revealing a gap that only allowed one person to open Fanlu’s horse went out first but when he was just about to bolt outside, he was greeted by a sharp arrow breaking the wind Fanlu’s head tilted to one side, the arrow flying past his face With a thwack, it lodged itself on the gates

Zuiju said, “Not good, they’re already here Hurry up and close the door Maybe we et some time”

“No” Pingting calmly said, “That was a hastily shot arrow, as they cannot fully eat us While they’re still in the o out fast Fortunately, we are a bit faster than He Xia” She shtly

At such a criticalstar

Seeing her like that, everyone’s worries were unknowingly put to rest, their courage becoer

There had always been several thick shi+elds of the soldiers guarding the city and Fanlu picked one up He raised his voice, “Let’s charge!”

His limbs jolted as he bolted once more

There werethis time They came in waves but as they were hastily done, they weren’t like the rows of strong arrows filling the sky on the battlefield This hted since they were only tiny squads that arrived He raised his shi+eld, blocking off the arrows one by one By then, the city gates was fully opened, and the people behind Fanlu followed suite, getting a thick shi+eld to protect their body Those who didn’t have shi+elds hid behind those who did and s, Zuiju and Huo Yunan, as they collectively fought their way out

They frantically crossed the huge empty space in front and could already see their enemies They see to one hundredand the others had Most of them were archers anyhow

Fanlu shouted, threay his thick sword, and pulled out his long sword fro the moment he withdrew his weapon The people behind him had also arrived All of them were elites Chu Beijie carefully chose so all of sudden the glints of swords appeared War began

Fanlu’s swordsood, but he was very fast and his opponents weren’t particularly good swordsman either There were several continuous screams before a few enemies tumbled off their horses, bloodsoaked

Pingting was afraid he’d be hurt and urged, “Fanlu, don’t try to fight Run!”

Fanlu knew her good intentions, but he knew that despite the archers being cowards up close, if they ran, it wouldn’t be funny when they shoot froo run, I’ll butcher these people before catching up”

He just finished dealing with an ene away

Wuuu!!

The sound of a horn began to vibrate Although it was low and soht next to everyone’s ear, its vibration directly jolting into their hearts

Pingting paled and said, “damn! The army has arrived! Scram!”

Everyone knew He Xia had arrived, and their hearts went cold About ninety percent of these early squads were killed They gathered their reigns and bolted for the east Pingting brought the whip down to reach full speed She then had ti in the distance behind theh the earth towards them

“Kill!”

The battle cries were truly earth shattering They were catching up to them from behind

Master, Master had caught up…

No, it was He Xia

The He Xia who killed Yaotian The He Xia who killed the King of Bei Mo The He Xia who killed the Royal House of Gui Le

The earth was about to be pierced by the thudding

The wind howled, and the sand lunged The waves of raining burst out with successive whooshes, causing the several powerfulto fall off their horses

Zuiju cried in panic

Pingting shouted, “Don’t look! Run forwards!” She fiercely slapped Zuiju’s horse

Every tiuards falling down Every drop of blood that was lost beca people

The horses that were struck screa around the corpse of their dead allop on and would eventually fall under the never-ending array of arrows

The horn’s ru at the people’s heart and lungs

The arrows behind the rain, and the condition was brutally fierce Only a dozen people reinning They have yet to reach the small hill before their eyes

But it see closer and closer towards them

Fresh blood constantly splattered near Pingting as the guards were struck by the sharp arrows The hot liquid would draw numerous beautiful arcs in the air

Why?

Marquess of Jing-An, why?

How many souls have you buried between heaven and earth? Where is your gentleness, your romanticness, and your carefree smile of the past buried?

For what reason are you seizing these blood-filled mountains and rivers?

The wind stung at her eyes The warely beautiful landscape Pingting was in the ht

Bei Mo, Dong Lin, Gui Le, Yun Chang…

He Su, Gui Changqing, Princess Yaotian…

How ive birth to such breathtaking mountains and rivers?

“Ah…” A ain

The sound of a person falling was heard, another passionate man to forever remain on this patch of land

It was only a while before only four or five people re

Huo Yunan was the oldest, so Zuiju arranged the best horse for him He didn’t fall behind the whole way When Zuiju saw her Teacher was at the front, she was more at ease

Fanlu was protecting Zuiju and Huo Yunan at first, but was terribly afraid Pingting would be har fro, “I’ll protect you”

Pingting shook her head, “Protect Zuiju” Fanlu gave her look and Pingting raised her hand, whipping down on Fanlu’s left arm She viciously said, “Protect Zuiju!”

At such a delay, the pursuing soldiers behind theot even closer It felt like they were the tiny prey of crazed wolves

They suddenly heard a gasp from Zuiju The horse she was on had been struck It painfully treaded forward a bit before abruptly rearing up Zuiju didn’t hold on tightly enough and slid right off the horse’s back She didn’t land though for Fanlu had already rushed forwards and gathered her in his arms

Several arrows continuously came and Fanlu protected Zuiju with one hand while the other waved around his sword, knocking away the arrows heading towards Zuiju He suddenly felt an immense pain on his back and knew he had been hit He was afraid Zuiju would worry, so he clenched his teeth and didn’t ain

At thatfell off his horse

The situation was hopeless

The pursuers fro closer, and the one at the very front was He Xia in his red robe The desperately escaping squad had been in forre number of survivors

When the final guard fell, a faure suddenly jumped into the corners of his eyes

At that very

Tuh frequency, at violent amplitutes

His h the snow

“Look, what a liable baby girl Her fate -An”

“Xia’er, do you knohat is fate?”

No

No!

What fate? Where was the House of Jing-An?

Where had the Marquess of Jing-An gone too?

He suddenly came back to his sense, only to realise that only an instant had passed But the raining arroeren’t there as the archers have stopped, waiting for his next co, who told you to stop?” He Xia thundered in anger

He grabbed a large bow fro, ai at the front

One of the people beside hi, “Stop!” But He Xia was too fast and the arrow spun out of his hands once loosened The loud sound of an arrow piercing the as heard

The sharp arrowhead sliced the air, crossing the da the light sound of the ith it

The arrow left its string

He shot it; he personally shot it

He Xia watched that arrow fly forward, and although it was a short ers that shot the arrow felt nu to him It felt like it wasn’t his heart either, but an ocean that could not accomodate his desolation that would severely hurt his limbs

“For the last few years, we studied and played together, even learned how to fight and deal with horses together”

“But I’er sister to me”

“Back then, who said they wanted to find the best possible husband or else they would rather neverdeath?”

But, it couldn’t be Chu Beijie…

Why, why did it have to be Chu Beijie?

That arrow directly fleards Pingting’s back Due to not having enough strength, it had already been weakened considerably by the time it reached her Zuiju happened to be able to see it due to being in Fanlu’s arms She was almost scared soulless She hoarsely shouted, “Duck!”

Pingting heard this and ducked forithout hesitation A cold arrow roared past her back

She too, broke into cold sweat

He Xia saw Pingting hadn’t been hit froe He brutally whipped down on Dongzhuo, yelling, “How dare you!”

“Master, that’s Pingting! That’s Pingting!” Dongzhuo pounced forwards, only hugging his thigh hanging on the girth He promptly burst into tears

He Xia raised his whip but lost so it back then He looked up and saw Pingting and the others had pulled soain He Xia’s foot twitched, kicking Dongzhuo aside His voice was very cold, “I’ll punish you when I get back” He unsheathed his sword, “Don’t shoot, just continue chasing! Catch them alive!”

The aran to ruain

Pingting and the others had no strength to run on No radually slowed down The thundering battle cries behind therit their teeth, only hoping to get to the top of the hill

Just as they reached the foot of the hill, Pingting’s horse neighed in pain The horse before her knelt down Pingting fell to the ground, rolling twice She raised her head, the dust froround she distrubed billowed in front of her In that haze of yellow dust, there was a very familiar face

He Xia, the Marquess of Jing-An, the Prince Consort of Yun Chang, the tyrant who poisoned the four countries

Her Master…

The once handsome, romantic person of even more unripe brilliance, now had a pair of pained eyes

A lonely kind of pain, unable to find a way out of its suffering

It was a kind of endlessly suffering pain

Pingting was caught off guard by her tumble, but now she rown up with

Just a sih to startle her

It see but si such chaotic tiht

At that thought, Pingting couldn’t help faintly smile at him

Ever since Pingting fell off her horse, He Xia’s eyes never left her When he saw her sic It caused all of the noisy battle screa it to clouds in the breeze

He Xia stopped his horse

As his horse stopped, the army behind him all stopped one by one After a while, all of the horses andblood and their battle cries filled the sky, they were surprisingly quiet all of the sudden

The entire world silenced

Is that you?

Is the person before me the person I know?

Or have we forgotten e used to look like?

Perhaps there was a hint of breeze between the’s gaze It was like the autu tiny circular ripples

At this very short moment, sharp shouts pierced the quiet world

“Pingting!” The deep, reassuring calls hid conquering confidence that rushed straight into everyone’s eardrums

A single man and horse suddenly appeared at the top of the hillside He seemed like the incarnate of a God Before anyone else could react, he rushed towards Pingting at lightning speed

Those sharp features had the power and influence to pressure others

His black cloak fluttered in the wind like a pair of wings flying in the breeze behind him

Chu Beijie arrived