Chapter 93 (1/2)
The official added coldly, ”We knew Drunken Immortal Tavern was planted by you Northern Qi We never did anything except surveillance since you guys were ineffective Who would have thought you were this reckless? Running away after what you’d done? Do you really think this world is so easy?”
Only after getting caught did Si Lili find out that her each and everywatched by the Overwatch Council She couldn’t help but feeling a sense of horror toward this organization of the Qing eain, Si Lili suddenly screas, ”You better kill me now! Or that someone from your Imperial court will certainly come to my rescue!”
The official merely raised his eyebrows ”More like coood” As soon as he said that, over the hills in front of theroup had been expecting robbers, but they weren’t expecting to encounter raiders fro vassal states There were dozens of theroup of only over ten hwaymen weren’t that many in number, they did appear only two hundred and fifty kilo e If the civilians knew this, there would be no rest in the Imperial court Now Si Lili’s face was pale with fear She wasn’t exceptionally intelligent, but she was sh to know that she’d lose her life for certain if she were to fall into their hands
The Council officials also couldn’t believe this conspiring official in the Imperial court would somehow have connections with the raiders near the nation’s border Looking tense, the leading official leaned towards the jail cart ”Si Lili, looks like you and I both won’t be otten to this point, how about you tell e to escape, they can report it to the court and avenge us in the process”
Si Lili looked down, her life flashi+ng before her eyes She was about to speak before noticing soht She raised her head and said, ”You’re bluffing”
The official wasn’t expecting her to see through his plan and made a hardly noticeable frown
Si Lili then continued in a sad tone, ”You should knohat I do for a living I’ve learned to notice faint signs on people’s faces since I was a child Your voice was shaking slightly, but your hand on this cart was steady and relaxed You obviously aren’t as concerned about this ”
”Well done” Only now did the official start to feel this woman truly had the talent to be a spy With a s like this, then the Overwatch Council wouldn’t be the Overwatch Council”
As they were talking, dozens of horse riders ca the sky This front obviously did not belong to ordinary highwaymen
Around the jail cart, the men of the Council formed a defensive semicircle However, as they were few in nu the inco a life-and-death situation, the men all held sole official clenched his right fist tightly, coldly eyeing the wave of riders He had just given the signal to keep everything steady Had Fan Xian heard the signal, it would surely have relish word ”hold” he often heard fron movies in his previous life
As the horse official suddenly took a step back Straightening his right arm, he shouted, ”Ready!” The see More terrifyingly, the ly fro the crossbows to eye level, they took aim at the horsemen in front of the rider’s eyes showed panic as he pulled on the reins of his horse The entire group alloping at full speed; in order to coe directions, their horse official gave the order just as the lead horseman started to turn his horse
A rain of crossbow bolts launched into the air Although it wasn’t a dense volley, each bolt fleith exceptional speed due to the power of the crossbows, ripping through the air with a chilling hiss With several grunts, the foreround The riders behind them wanted to overwhel, unaware they were using repeating crossbows!
The repeating crossbow appeared in this world about twenty years ago Each ht cavalry Seeing as happening, the entire group of riders panicked They split into two branches and went around the crossbowmen from both sides, ready to carry out a pincer attack