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"Xiang Yu!" Du Ke Xin, seeing her own person getting injured, drew her sword and pointed it towards Yin Yue Xuang, "Who are you, to actually dare injure my people!?"
Seeing Du Ke Xin's movement, Luo Fu quickly pulled her back in fright and retreated several steps back, "Ke Xin, you can't be like this! The other party is someone from the Yan Luo Hall that we hired. They came to fulfill their mission!"
Du Ke Xin lifted her head and looked to Luo Fu. Seeing the warning contained in his eyes, she stomped her foot and said, "Then quickly have the person handed over!"
"With you this mean, think I'll hand over just like that?" Yin Yue Xuan looked to Du Ke Xin and said.
The curtains blocked the scene inside the carriage. Du Xiao Li opened her eyes, seeing Xia Yuan and Ying Ge both with their eyes opened as well. Qiao Zhu had been woken up by Du Xiao Li and left inside the forest. Originally, she just let her wait for them, but hearing that this place often have ferocious beast appearing, she thus had her placed atop a big tree, letting her wait for their return.
They were conscious the entire time. Originally, they were listening to Luo Fu's voice, but before they could hear who their master was, Du Ke Xin came. Hearing their conversation, it seems they weren't together, but they definitely knew each other. Furthermore, from the looks of it, she and that man were very familiar. This matter perhaps was also related to Zhong Mei Qing. Thus, she decided to continue pretending to be unconscious.
Earlier, she had sensed there were ten some people, not very strong. Even if Yin Yue Xuan didn't act, she was confident that she could handle them all. Thus, she lightly knocked on the floorboard twice, letting Yin Yue Xuan understand her intention.
Knocking once, he would have to help them escape.
Knocking twice, he can leave, and they will find out the other party's purpose themselves.
This was the 'deal' they previously agreed to.
Receiving Du Xiao Li's signal, Yin Yue Xuan said, "Forget it, I'm too lazy to bother with a little girl. The person's inside, where's the remaining money?"
Heaing Yin Yue Xuan's words, Luo Fu waved his hand, letting someone next to him hand over a thick stack of banknotes. Yin Yue Xuan took the money and shoved it into his chest without even counting it. In a flash, he then flew away from atop the horse carriage.
Xiang Yu got up from the ground and came up next to Du Ke Xin, holding her chest, "Miss, do you still want to kill that slut?"
Hearing Du Xiao Li's name, Du Ke Xin recalled the words she'd accidentally heard from Du Old Madam's place when she'd returned home in the afternoon, saying how great Du Xiao Li was, and as the di daughter, how she won honor for the family, and also saying how she, Du Ke Xin, was inferior to Du Xiao Li and such. In addition to inadvertently hearing Ren Wang telling his servant boy how he regretted in the morning back at the academy, and how all he thought about in his head everyday was Du Xiao Li, wanting to obtain Du Xiao Li, all the accumulated resentment in her heart shot up. She must kill Du Xiao Li. Originally, she wanted to look for Luo Fu to help her secretly get rid of Du Xiao Li, but she didn't find him at his residence. After asking his servant boy, she learned of their plan today.
"Kill, of course we need to kill her!" Du Ke Xin said gritting her teeth.
"Miss, master has ordered, this Du Xiao Li can't be killed. We need to use her to disrupt Du Yun Han and Han Ming Yi's footsteps, so that they can't complete the preparations for the competition between the countries." Luo Fu said trying to stop her. "As long as Du Xiao Li can't complete the preparations this time, the Emperor will naturally punish her!"
"I don't care, I must have her killed today!" Du Ke Xin furiously cried, "As soon as she came back, she stole my di daughter position, letting me change from Ren Wang's main consort to a side consort. Grandmother's attention is also all on these two siblings, and right now, even Ren Wang has fallen for her, wanting to marry her as the main consort. How can I swallow this anger? As long as she's dead, everything will be fine! Uncle Luo, you watched me grow up, how can you bear to see me endure such grievances?"
"Miss, but master has ordered, need to leave her alive. If you kill her without permission, even if it's the entire Zhong family, won't be able to bear master's anger either! Miss, just wait, very soon, you'll be able to see Du Xiao Li die." Luo Fu urged.
"I don't care about your master! I must kill her!" Du Ke Xin viciously said. Seeing someone block Xiang Yu, she stepped pass Luo Fu, stealing Xiang Yu's sword. Then, pulling open the carriage curtains, she stabbed towards Du Xiao Li!
"Miss!"
Luo Fu grabbed Du Ke Xin at once, pulling her away from the horse carriage, "Miss, you mustn't!"
Ch. 083.4 – This Lord Is From Yan Luo Hall! (4)
This Lord Is From Yan Luo Hall! (4)
The curtains were put down. Du Xiao Li retracted the embroidery needle in her hand again.
"Uncle Luo! Why are you stopping me!" Du Ke Xin angrily shouted towards Luo Fu. "I don't care who's your master, but I must kill this slut!"
Luo Fu looked to Du Ke Xin with somewhat of a headache, and helplessly said, "Miss, sorry!"
With that said, Luo Fu had Du Ke Xin knocked unconscious.
"Miss!" Xiang Yu saw Du Ke Xin get knocked unconscious and rushed over to have Du Ke Xin snatched over. She cautiously looked to Luo Fu, "Who exactly are you people? Why did you knock miss unconscious?"
Luo Fu didn't have that much patience towards Xiang Yu and coldly said, "Who we are, you don't need to worry about. Right now, take your miss and leave immediately!"
Xiang Yu studied the situation before her, knowing that Du Ke Xin's plan of wanting to kill Du Xiao Li won't work, so she could only nod her head and support Du Ke Xin onto the horse, before getting on herself.
"You send Ke Xin back, use that small path." Luo Fu instructed a person behind him.
"Yes." With that said, that person got on the horse that Xiang Yu came on.
Inside the carriage, Du Xiao Li heard the sound of horses leaving outside, learning that Du Ke Xin left. She looked to the incense burner on the cushion. The incense inside was the poison that she'd just switched out. It was even the one that she raked in from Bai Ning Yuan last time, definitely can let Du Ke Xin never wake up again after falling unconscious!
When Bai Ning Yuan was researching this poison, it was also out of bad intentions. If men were to smell this poison, they will lose consciousness within a quarter of an hour. For women, it will kick into effect the first time they fall asleep. Moreover, the antidote for this was also very mean. It was unusually bitter and smelly, and after eating, one's body will stink for ten days to half a month. If the poison isn't taken care of within seven days, then that person will forever sink into a coma, never to wake up again.
Of course, that was the antidote developed by Bai Ning Yuan. His original intention was to mess with people, so that's why he had the antidote made like that. She'd once studied this poison before. The antidote although is somewhat bitter, it won't be smelly.
Right now, whenever she went out, she would always carry silver needles and some poison on her. Only this one was able to knock someone unconscious, thus she had the antidote shared with the others, and after eating the antidote, she had the poison thrown into the incense burner.
Originally she wanted to use it against the kidnappers, but unexpectedly, it was used on Du Ke Xin!
Earlier, Du Ke Xin entered the carriage to kill her, and inadvertently got poisoned. Then, she also got knocked unconscious by Luo Fu. Although the person was sent back, but after returning, don't think about waking up either.
Seeing Du Ke Xin get taken away, Luo Fu waved his hand and said, "Have the people in the carriage brought out! We need to evacuate quickly."
"Yes."
Two people came before the horse carriage and jumped on top, wanting to enter to bring Du Xiao Li and them out. As soon as the carriage curtains were pulled open, both of them got kicked and rolled down from the carriage in a sorry state.
"What happened?
"
Luo Fu and the others swiftly reacted, having the horse carriage surrounded.
"Boss, the people inside are awake!" The two that got kicked held their stomach in pain.
"Awake?"
The carriage curtains were pulled open once again. Xia Yuan and Ying Ge came out from inside and jumped to the two sides of the carriage, pulling open the carriage curtains for Du Xiao Li, letting her come out.
When Luo Fu saw the three of them, his expression sunk, "You all didn't lose consciousness?"
"We did lose consciousness, but we woke up." Du Xiao Li said.
At this time, Yin Yue Xuan, who'd already left, secretly returned, hiding atop a large tree, watching the situation below. Although Du Xiao Li said once he has brought them to the meeting place, she will have the antidote sent to Feng Xue Lou afterwards. This way, he will be able to complete the mission, and she will also be able to learn who wants to kidnap her.
But he really didn't feel reassured at all! If she were to accidentally kick the bucket, then wouldn't he also have to drop dead too? That's why, after leaving, he decided to return, planning on helping out when Du Xiao Li is in danger. Seeing the three still completely calm, despite being surrounded by the men in black, he inwardly praised their composure.
Luo Fu didn't expect that Du Xiao Li and them would actually wake up. Thinking that they previously didn't have the slightest movement, he guessed that they must have just woken up. "Hmph, even if you all are awake, the result is still the same. Have them tied up!"
Hearing their boss's order, three people went forward, wanting to have them tied up. Unexpectedly, as soon as they approached, they each received a kick, flying far far away.
"You all know martial arts?!" Luo Fu looked to Du Xiao Li in shock. In the information they received previously, it didn't say that Du Xiao Li and her servant girls knew martial arts. He thought that the three of them were just ordinary girls, so even if they were awake, it wouldn't matter, because he would still be able to take them away. Unexpectedly, all three knew martial arts, and moreover, to be able to send a grown man flying in one kick, their martial arts weren't weak!
Yin Yue Xuan was watching the situation the whole time. Seeing Xia Yuan have the person before her sent flying, he instinctively reached out and touched the wound on his neck.
This girl appeared quiet and gentle, but was really vicious inside!
"Who sent you all here?" Although it was no use knowing, Ying Ge still asked.
"Go up together, quickly catch them and leave." Luo Fu ordered.
He'd been living in the capital the entire time, so naturally he knew about the relationship between Du Xiao Li and Han Ming Yi, and was also aware of Han Ming Yi's ability. Although the people of Yan Luo Hall were efficient, he still can't guarantee that Han Ming Yi won't discover Du Xiao Li's disappearance, and then chase after them following the clues.
That man can't be treated as an average person!
"Having gone missing for this long, father must be worried. You all move quickly, we need to return quickly, else we can't enter the city once they sky darkens." Du Xiao Li calmly said.
"I haven't properly fought with anyone in a long time. These hands are already itching." Ying Ge said and then charged forward with Xia Yuan, clashing with the people that charged towards them.
This can be considered their first time fighting with someone since coming to the capital. In the past, the would occasionally spar once in a while, but ever since coming to the capital, they've been continuously busy. It has already been so long since they were last this satisfied.
Ying Ge held a sword in hand, Xia Yuan took down the white silk around her waist, and Du Xiao Li held a silver needle in hand. The three handled the ten some people with ease, and very soon, quite a few men in black collapsed.
"With their martial arts this good, no wonder they said they didn't need my help." Yin Yue Xuan watched the three effortlessly deal with the enemy, and muttered, "Didn't expect that woman to be that vicious, yet was this good at wielding the white silk. Quick, fierce, and accurate, and even carried a kind of aesthetic, much better looking than that little girl's killing in one stab of the needle."
If someone was present, then they would definitely make fun of his words. To say the other party had a sense of aesthetic in killing, even having a look of appreciation on the face, was this person's brain really functioning normally?
Luo Fu didn't expect that Du Xiao Li and them would be this good at martial arts, especially Du Xiao Li, nearly having all his people killed off. He furiously shouted and flew towards Du Xiao Li.
Du Xiao Li saw Luo Fu, and shot an embroidery needle towards him, yet it was deflected by his palm, stabbing into a tree branch to the side, as he rapidly closed in towards her..........
T/N: Regular chapter will probably be reduced to twice a week for month of August. I have to take on extra freelance work to help pay the bills, so I won't have as much time to work on cnovel translations.
Ch. 084.1 – Big Brother Has a Crush! (1)
Big Brother Has a Crush! (1)
Luo Fu's martial arts was obviously much stronger than the others, not only having Du Xiao Li's embroidery needle slapped aside, his speed in charging towards Du Xiao Li wasn't slow either. In a blink of an eye, he appeared before Du Xiao Li, his palm about to hit her.
At a glance, Yin Yue Xuan could tell, the force of Luo Fu's palm was very strong. If Du Xiao Li were to get hit, even if she doesn't die, she would still be severely injured. Just as he was planning to help out, he instead saw Du Xiao Li just nimbly move, her figure seemingly just swaying as she dodged Luo Fu's attack, making him stop in his tracks again.
Luo Fu didn't expect that Du Xiao Li would avoid his palm strike, however he very quickly turned around again, continuing to attack Du Xiao Li.
This time, Du Xiao Li didn't dodge, instead charging forward head on as she stretched out her palm, firmly matching with his palm. Soon after, the two were pushed back again by the force.
Luo Fu made a deep imprint on the ground, while Du Xiao Li borrowed the tree behind her to stop herself. Her foot hooked onto the tree trunk as she leapt up, landing on the tree branch, facing face to face with Luo Fu.
Luo Fu's hand was slightly trembling, and his gaze towards Du Xiao Li turned malevolent, seemingly no longer planning on sparing her life.
Du Xiao Li also could tell what Luo Fu's intentions were. Her foot tapped against the tree branch as she charged towards Luo Fu once more, intending to strike first to win the upper hand.
Yin Yue Xuan watched Du Xiao Li, knowing that her choice to strike first right now was correct, just don't know whether or not it will be countered by Luo Fu. After all, his martial arts weren't weak.
Du Xiao Li was in the air, while Luo Fu was on the ground. The two exchanged ten some moves, yet all were unable to have the other subdued. When their palms met again, Du Xiao Li was forced back onto the tree branch.
"Pff----"
Ying Ge pulled out her sword. The people around her were all taken care of by her.
"Peng-----"
Xia Yuan used the white silk and had the last person in front of her wrapped up and thrown up towards a tree. That person, after colliding with the tree, passed out before they were even able to cry out in pain.
Thus, aside from Luo Fu, everyone else have all been knocked out or killed.
Seeing the situation like this, Luo Fu just knew that today's matter was already a failure. He glanced to Du Xiao Li. It was all because the information he got never said that Du Xiao Li and them knew martial arts, thus leading to this current situation. Even alone he was unable to capture Du Xiao Li, and now, with two more servant girls helping her, his odds of succeeding were even smaller. After pondering the situation over and over again, he decided to give up on Du Xiao Li. It's better to leave first.
Du Xiao Li didn't expect that he would choose to escape. One failure to notice, and he was already flying away. But just as he was about to get away, he got kicked
back again, heavily falling onto the ground.
Next, a slender figure landed, and seeing the perfectly intact Du Xiao Li on top the tree, his anger finally curbed a little.
"Big brother Yi? How come you're here?" Du Xiao Li looked to Han Ming Yi, as she flew down and landed next to him.
"Are you alright?" Han Ming Yi asked.
"I'm fine." Du Xiao Li shook her head and replied.
At this time, Leng Yi and a few others flew over too. Seeing the corpses on the ground, they prepared to go have the ones that were still alive tied up. But just as they found the live ones, fresh black blood flowed out from the enemies mouths. All of them had ingested the poison hidden in their mouths and committed suicide!
Du Xiao Li looked to Luo Fu. He'd also ingested poison the moment he saw Han Ming Yi. With this, everyone on the other side had died off, not a single one left alive.
"De, de, de-----" The sound of horse hooves came through. Du Xiao Li looked over, seeing an extremely anxious Du Yun Han on horseback.
"Father also came?" Du Xiao Li knew that if she didn't go to Sui Yuan, Han Ming Yi perhaps would come looking, but she didn't expect that even Du Yun Han would come too!
"Daughter, are you hurt? Quickly let father have a look!" Du Yun Han came to Du Xiao Li's side and jumped down from the horse, holding Du Xiao Li's hand and looking left and right.
"Father, I'm fine." Seeing Du Yun Han's panicked look, Du Xiao Li consoled, and also stopped him from continuing to examine her.
"Are you really alright? What's this blood here?" Du Yun Han saw the blood on Du Xiao Li's sleeve and said with a worried look.
"This is those people's blood, not mine." Du Xiao Li pulled down her sleeve, her fair and tender arms not having the slightest injury. Seeing this, Du Yun Han finally relaxed.
"What happened here? Do you know who kidnapped you?" Du Yun Han asked.
"The one that kidnapped me was someone from Yan Luo Hall. However, Yin Yue Xuan didn't say who their client was. I originally wanted to have them captured and then ask, but unexpectedly, they all died." Du Xiao Li said.