Chapter 216 Ambushed Half-way (1/2)
There was a look of doubt in Qinghu’s eyes.
Qinghu’s instinct to sense danger as a killer enabled him to confirm his suspicion in this state of silence.
He lagged behind the rest on purpose and hid himself among the woods and no one noticed or became suspicious.
If the person behind all this was a small fry, he would settle it quietly on his own.
The rest of the group proceeded with their journey forward but for some reason, Lin Mengya’s thoughts were in a whirl.
She stole a glance at Long Tianhao, but finally decided to keep quiet about her bafflement.
Why would there be water caltrop grass in the Emperor’s medicine? The main function of water caltrop grass was to neutralize the poison in a person’s body. She had never heard how it could benefit man’s health in any other way.
Moreover, her teacher even lamented that this medicine had existed purely for neutralizing poison when he talked about the water caltrop grass.
She hoped that it was only because she and her teacher had been ignorant.
This matter concerned the monarch of the country. She should not make any careless deduction if she did not have any solid evidence.
“Hang on tight!” cried Long Tianhao with a serious expression on his face.
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Lin Mengya instinctively tightened her arms around the neck of the horse.
The horse they rode on lifted its front legs as it made a great leap.
Unfortunately, the horses following behind Long Tianhao’s horse did not react in time and fell forward one by one.
In that instant, a number of soldiers were injured, although not seriously.
“A horse-tripping rope! Why is there a horse-tripping rope?”
Long Tianhao pulled the rein and his horse stopped in its tracks and looked around gravely.
He had expected that the journey to pick the herb would not be smooth-going, however, he was surprised that they were ambushed so early into their journey.
“Be careful, everyone! We’re ambushed!”
Immediately, the leader of the group of soldiers kept his guard up.
They were experienced soldiers who had been through countless battles, therefore they were naturally aware of the situation.
“Protect Miss Lin. The rest of you, separate yourselves and search in different directions!”
Most of them were left behind to guard Lin Mengya, while a few highly skilled soldiers headed in all four directions.
“Stay by my side,” Long Tianhao said with a somber expression as he drew out his sword.
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“Ah… Be careful!”
Someone shouted a warning as the sentinels who went to check out the surrounding were nowhere to be seen.
There was a pained look on the leader’s face and the grave expression on his face had instantly turned to that of deep hatred.
Although they were prepared to die at first, the leader thought it necessary to avenge the lives of his subordinates.
“All of us soldiers must protect Miss Lin with our lives!”
They were all the soldiers of the Lin Family. They were ready to sacrifice their lives for the lives of Lin Muzhi and Lin Nansheng anytime.
At this moment, a great number of assassins dressed in black emerged from the surrounding woods, flying.
However, their movements, including their footsteps were quiet and steady and strangely swift.
Although Lin Mengya did not know any martial arts, she knew that they had met with a great crisis today.
“The soldiers of the Lin Family are an elite troop. Your ambition ultimate should be to go for war at the battlefront. I’m here for that girl today, so I’m prepared to let the rest go,” said one of the assassins.
He was the leader of the group of men dressed in black. His voice was hoarse but cold and threatening.
Their target was indeed Lin Mengya. However, after hearing what the leader of the assassins said, the soldiers of the Lin Family were not the least shaken from their resolve.
They remained standing tall in response to the confrontation of the men in black.
“Charge!”
Seeing that his threat was not working, the leader of the men in black lost all patience.
He cried out his order and his subordinates moved like a wave to surround Lin Mengya and her companions.
The soldiers remained silent as they started wielding their weapons and charged forward at the same time.
Soon, the common windy path through the woods was filled the noises of fighting and the smell of blood.
“Run away, Your Highness!” cried Lin Mengya.
Long Tianhao had been standing in front of Lin Mengya, trying to block her from any attacks. However, Lin Mengya wanted him to leave first, so he could be out of danger.
She could see that the soldiers were having a hard time defending against the assassins. She was afraid she would likely fall into their hands this time.
“Don’t worry,” Long Tianhao tried to reassure her.
Nevertheless, Long Tianhao was gradually finding it tough to defend against the kungfu moves of the assassins in black.
He looked at those men in black coldly, hoping that he could spot something on them that identified them. However, they were completely unlike any powers that he had seen.
He could more or less guess that these were the same people who assassinated Lin Nansheng.
They seemed so highly skilled. It was no wonder they were able to fully escape when faced with the valiant soldiers of the Lin Family.
“Capture Lin Mengya, alive or dead!”
The target the men in black were focusing on was indeed Lin Mengya.
For this reason, it was especially trying for Long Tianhao and Lin Zhongyu, who were her guardians.
Lin Mengya also drew out the dagger which her elder brother had given her.
If she eventually fell into the hands of the men in black, she would rather die than to become a hostage through which they threatened those who loved her.
“You stay here and bear in mind to be on your toes and use your wits!”
Long Tianhao instructed Lin Mengya and pushed her into some bushes nearby, then he continued fighting their enemies.
As Long Tianhao realized that there seemed to be countless men in black who kept appearing, he was prepared for the worst.
It was obvious that these men knew his identity. They were careful not to use all their strength when they attacked him.