Chapter 24 Zhao Kuo's Assassination
Zhao Kuo did not realize this at the beginning until a crossbow arrow penetrated the carriage and suddenly appeared in front of him.
At this moment, Zhao Kuo's breathing was almost stopped.
The bright and black iron-shiny arrow was less than twenty centimeters away from Zhao Kuo's cheek. If the carriage was not thick enough to clamp the crossbow arrow halfway, the crossbow arrow would penetrate Zhao Kuo's head.
Zhao Kuo was shocked and reacted quickly.
Someone was assassinating! A scream came from outside the car window. It was the guard beside Zhao Kuo who was shot and fell off the horse.
Another sound of arrow breaking the wind sounded, Zhao Kuo came to his senses and threw all his strength into the car door in front of him.
“Aoop!”
Just as Zhao Kuo jumped up, several crossbow arrows shot again, just in time when Zhao Kuo was where he was. The arrow went deep into the floor of the carriage, and the tail feathers kept shaking.
With a loud bang, Zhao Kuo directly opened the car door and landed on the ground outside. Then he rolled up and stood up, drawing out the long sword at his waist.
Turning around, Zhao Kuo was surprised. The twenty guards who were following him had lost half of them in just a short time! Dozens of men in black rushed out of the corner of the street and waved their swords toward Zhao Kuo.
"There are assassins to protect the Lord!"
Xu Li's roar resounded throughout the long street.
There was almost no time to react, and the two sides fought together.
This was the first time Zhao Kuo fought with the enemy in close combat with real swords and guns. Fortunately, the "ancient man" Zhao Kuo was skilled in martial arts and archery, and many guards were fighting to protect him, so he finally did not get a disadvantage.
"die!"
Zhao Kuo stabbed out with a sword and accurately stabbed an assassin in the throat, causing the other party to die on the spot.
This is Zhao Kuo's first time killing someone with his own hands.
The assassins' martial arts are also unexpectedly powerful.
The guards around Zhao Kuo were already the most capable elite left by his father Ma Fujun. They were all fierce soldiers who could be one or ten, but after the confrontation, they did not gain any advantage. One-on-one was just able to share the same fate with the other side.
But after all, the number of opponents is more, several times that of Zhao Kuo's guards, so in just a short moment, the number of guards around Zhao Kuo was decreasing, and he was about to fall into a desperate situation.
Zhao Kuo's eyes were so angry that he was extremely angry.
At this moment, Xu Li suddenly roared: "Master, please leave quickly, I will be behind you!"
Xu Lishi was like a mad tiger and suddenly gave up on defense and led the remaining guards to kill directly towards the assassins in front of him.
The assassins were caught off guard and were immediately broken into a gap.
But the price was that Xu Li had several wounds on his body, and several guards around him were all killed.
"Master, go!"
Xu Li roared wildly.
Zhao Kuo gritted his teeth and knew that he would be dead when he stayed. He rushed forward desperately, knocking down two assassins one after another, and finally breaking out of the siege.
But in the melee, Zhao Kuo's right arm was also stabbed with a sword, and the sword with his right hand was unable to land.
Zhao Kuo ran wildly on the long street.
"Don't let him run away, kill him!"
The assassins chased after him wildly.
Seeing that Zhao Kuo was about to be caught up, a door next to the long street suddenly opened, and a pleasant voice like an oriole came out: "Hurry up, come here!"
Zhao Kuo rushed towards the door without thinking carefully.
The assassins started to clamor and someone called out: "Come on arrows!"
A few whoosh sounds broke through the air and chased Zhao Kuo's back.
Zhao Kuo knew that life and death were at this moment, so he jumped directly into the back of the door.
With a bang, Zhao Kuo felt as if he had hit someone's body, and he subconsciously hugged the other party.
So soft and fragrant.
A scream sounded, and the other party was thrown to the ground by Zhao Kuo.
Female?
Zhao Kuo subconsciously turned around, turning his body from top to bottom, landing on the ground and enduring the impact of two people.
With a bang, Zhao Kuo only felt the back of his head fall heavily, and his eyes fainted.
"Swoosh swish swish!"
Several crossbow arrows flew over the heads of the two men and landed on the ground not far away.
"close the door!"
A thick male voice rang out: "Don't let them in!"
With a slam, the door closed.
The assassins rushed to the front door and were about to climb over the wall when suddenly an arrow shot, shooting the assassins down.
The sound of horse hooves was accompanied by Lian Po's angry voice: "Who is the thief who dares to act violently in Handan City!!"
Thousands of Zhao soldiers appeared under the leadership of Lian Po and surrounded all of these assassins.
The assassins looked at each other, and one of them seemed to be the leader shouted: "Full loyalty for Dahan!"
The assassins said in unison: "Full loyalty for Dahan!"
The next moment, all the assassins committed suicide by wielding their swords, and no one survived! Even with Lian Po's determination to survive on the battlefield for a long time, he could not help but be moved by the ruthlessness of these assassins committing suicide.
But immediately, Lian Po remembered the most critical question and asked anxiously at the only person who was still standing, covered in blood, looking like Zhao Kuo’s guard, “Where is Zhao Qing?”
Xu Li tried his best to raise his hand, pointed to the door that Zhao Kuo had just rushed into, and then fell to the ground and thumped, and fainted.
Lian Po looked up at the gate and immediately recognized the mansion behind the gate: "The inn where the princess of Qi lives?"
Lian Po secretly complained in his heart that if Zhao Kuo and the Princess of Qi died together, then this would be a big deal.
Before she could think carefully, Lian Po immediately rushed up and asked someone to knock on the door.
The door did not open, but a vigilant male voice came: "Who is it?"
Lian Po said loudly: "I am Lian Po, the general of Zhao State. The assassin is dead. Is Zhao Kuo and Zhao Qing there?"
The voice inside the door was obviously very surprised: "Is this person Zhao Kuo?"
Lian Po was happy when he heard this and said, "Zhao Qing is still alive?"
Send it out quickly!”
After a while, just as Lian Po and others were a little impatient, the door finally opened.
Several fully armed guards of Qi carried out a man and found that it was Zhao Kuo who was still in a coma.
Lian Po was frightened and jumped off his horse to investigate. He found that Zhao Kuo was not seriously injured except for the wound on his arm. He was just in a fierce battle and was unconscious. He breathed a sigh of relief and said in a deep voice: "Hurry, let the doctor come to treat Zhao Qing quickly! Also, let the living Zhao Qing guards take them to treat them together.
As for these assassins, we will leave them to Handan Mansion to deal with them!"
On the second floor of the courtyard, four eyes quietly watched Lian Po and Zhao Kuo leave through the crack in the window.
A thick male voice suddenly rang on the second floor: "Your Highness Princess, this is very likely a political struggle within the Zhao people. Next time I ask Your Highness Princess not to risk opening the door to save people. If something happens, I will be responsible for my death."
A soft cry sounded from the upper floor, and a female voice said after a moment: "What Tian Shixing said is that I won't know next time."
Tian Sixing wanted to speak but stopped and said, "Princess, the autumn hunting of Zhao State will be in a few days. At that time, I will take the princess to participate. This is an opportunity to meet King Zhao. I hope the princess... can let King Zhao decide this marriage as soon as possible."
Princess Tian Wan was silent for a moment and said, "I understand."
Tian Sixing said: "Then I will sue you, princess, have a good rest."
There was a sound of footsteps, it was obvious that Nada Shijie went downstairs.
A moment later, the voice of the female official Qiuer in the room sounded: "Isn't this Tian Sixing just a small official under the command of the Grand Sixing? He doesn't care about his superiority and inferiority at all. He is so rude! Princess, don't you?"
Tian Wan sighed softly and said, "Tian Sixing is also for the sake of the good of Daqi."
The female official Qiu'er said angrily: "When the princess married to another country, she could not be a queen, why did she marry the Prince Zhao as a concubine? Isn't it because these men have no use at all, and can only curry favor with Zhao in this way?"
Tian Wan sighed again, and a trace of gloom flashed across her beautiful face.
The female official Qiu'er came to her senses and exclaimed, "Princess, Qiu'er is too much talk. Qiu'er shouldn't have spoken like that."
Tian Wan shook her head and said, "Qiu'er, you are my personal female official. You have grown up with me since childhood. How could I blame you?
This palace is just...ah."
A sigh said to the girl princess's helplessness.
Qiu'er hurriedly changed the topic and said, "Qiu'er is not good, Qiu'er is wrong."
By the way, the princess, the man just now was Zhao Kuo. What do the princess think of him?"
For some reason, Tian Wan suddenly felt a little shy in her words: "What, what?"
Qiu'er smiled and said, "Princess, Qiu'er saw it clearly just now. When Zhao Kuo jumped in, he hugged the princess in his arms..." "Qiu'er!!"
Tian Wan's shameful and annoyed voice rang upstairs: "Shut up to me!"
The laughter of the two girls was heard in a ball.
Chapter completed!