Chapter 181: Missing princess
As soon as the door of the room in the courtyard opened, a row of feathered arrows was released, Wang Yan's body rose into the air, and the feathered arrows flew under his feet.
More than a dozen masked people jumped out of the house and surrounded Wang Yan, who had just gotten out of trouble. Four other people hooked the net that was looking after Gu Yuqi with hooks and dragged her away.
Several hidden weapons were shot from the hands of the four people. Gu Yuqi was trapped in the net and had nowhere to dodge. Both legs and hands were hit respectively. In an instant, an unspeakable numbness spread from the wound to her limbs.
Gu Yuqi felt that her hands and feet seemed to be frozen by ice, becoming heavier and heavier, and she lost consciousness.
Gradually, her struggle became weaker and weaker. She raised her eyes and glanced at Wang Yan, and she fell into a coma.
Wang Yan was terrified, struggling to shake the four people around him, trying to rush over to rescue Gu Yuqi from the big trawling net. Helpless, the others were like maggots attached to bones, entangling him like a shadow. These dozen people don't know where they came from, but their martial arts are extremely high. It's not like an ordinary assassin at all. As soon as Wang Yan played against them, he knew it was going to be a bad day.
Even if Wang Yan tried his best, he couldn't take half a step forward. All he could do was watch the four masked men in black drag the big net over the fence. Then he heard the sound of the carriage, ticking, ticking. Lopsided.
Wang Yan is now red-eyed, Gu Yuqi lost it in his hands, and he can no longer go back and explain to the prince.
Instead, he responded to what the lord said before going out. If you are discovered by the empress, you don't have to come back. Wang Yan felt bitter in his heart, and most of the time he couldn't go back today.
He struggled to face outwards, trying to climb over the wall to catch up with the carriage that pulled Gu Yuqi away, but the more confused he was, the more mistakes he would make.
His vest hurts. Among the chaotic blades, he was slashed with a knife.
Wang Yan slashed back like a madman, slashing the man in black who hit him. Others saw Wang Yan's red eyes. Know that this person is not allowed to stay.
The light and shadow of the sword fluttered and intertwined in front of Wang Yan.
Even if Wang Yan resisted hard, he had no choice but to have only one person, and the skills of these dozen people were not bad.
After several fights, he was covered in injuries, and he was completely alone in blood.
Among the dozen or so people, several were slashed and injured by Wang Yan's lifeless play.
The last sword pierced into Wang Yan's back, and Wang Yan finally fell to the ground. With difficulty, he took out a bamboo tube from his waist, pulled it hard, and the bamboo tube was facing upwards. In a matter of seconds, a firework shot up from the bamboo tube. The firework was like a sharp blade, sticking straight into the dark night sky, as if it was about to This layer of shady curtain shrouded the earth was torn apart. [.] When it ascended to the highest point, the fireworks exploded, a dazzling red, lingering for a long time in the star-studded night sky.
"Withdraw!" Finally, someone stabbed Wang Yan's back with a sword, looked back and said to the others, "What he sent should be a signal! Don't wait for their people to come, it will be troublesome."
After speaking, the dozen or so people covered their wounds, left Wang Yan lying in a pool of blood, and crossed the wall separately. He quickly disappeared into the darkness of the night.
Yun Ke, who was in the Ministry of Punishment, has always been a little restless, always feeling that something is going to happen.
There was an inexplicable anxiety in his heart.
On the day he got married, someone sued the Xia family with the jade pendant of the eldest princess. The next day, the daughter of the Xia family died. His Majesty did not summon the young man who sued the Xia family for the time being, but he saved the Xia family some face. Hong Yahua carried it.
Just when Yun Ke took Gu Yuqi back to the palace, His Majesty met the young man, and Emperor Jing was shocked by the young man's accusation.
Above the court, no one was willing to take over this case, everyone pushed it around, and actually pushed this errand to Yun Ke, who was still on vacation.
Emperor Jing didn't want to involve Yun Ke, who was already involved with the Xia family, but in the end he gritted his teeth and sent the matter to Yun Ke to deal with.
He has long been moved to clean up the Xia family's heart.
When he was short of money, the Xia family, as a courtier, did not know how to be sympathetic and made things difficult. He had to make a promise to borrow money for emergency help. At that time, the root of the disaster had already been planted.
Over the years, the aristocratic family's power has grown stronger and more intertwined, making it impossible for him to start.
Today's matter of the Xia family is a good opportunity, but after all, the aristocratic family is so powerful that no matter who it is handed over, it will take a lot of consideration.
Yun Yi naturally couldn't accept this case. Yun Qing was going to marry the daughter of the Jiang family, which was also inappropriate. There was only one Yun Ke, who married the daughter of the Hou family of Dingyuan, and had no entanglement with the noble family. After thinking about it, I knew that he was the best candidate.
Therefore, after Yun Ke sent Wang Yan away, Emperor Jing declared him into the palace.
When he came out of the palace, he went directly to the Ministry of Punishment and stayed until now.
He had just asked someone to record the young man's confession, and before he left the punishment department, he saw a huge red firework blooming in the night sky, which remained in the air for a long time and could not be dissipated. His heart suddenly rose to his throat. This is the signal of the secret guard of the palace, and it will only be used in the most critical times. At present, there are not many dark guards in the capital who may encounter danger...
Intuitively, he immediately thought of Gu Yuqi, and he asked Wang Yan to follow Gu Yuqi!
He abruptly rushed out of the gate of the Department of Punishment, and a small official of the Department of Punishment next to him flattered and led the horse. , quickly disappeared into the night.
In the direction of the fireworks, Yun Ke almost ran his horse in the capital. Fortunately, it was already dark, and there were not many people on these streets. Yun Ke rode his horse straight, looking at the signs of the fireworks overhead. It was a pity that before he could find the courtyard, the fireworks above his head had dissipated.
Looking at the criss-crossing alleys, Yun Ke stopped his horse and felt anxious.
"My lord." Two figures also flew from the darkness, clasping their fists and kneeling in front of Yun Ke's horse.
"Have you found the location?" Yun Ke asked in a cold voice when he saw that it was Du Xia and Li Sheng.
"Not yet, the subordinates also chased here, and the signal disappeared." Du Xia replied.
"Where is the princess?" Yun Ke asked anxiously.
"I don't know." Du Xia replied immediately.
"Li Sheng, go back to the palace to see if the princess is okay," Yun Ke said to Li Sheng. "Du Xia follows this king to find it nearby!"
"Yes." Li Sheng took the order and immediately turned around and ran towards the palace.
Yun Ke called out the two dark guards who were following him and searched this area together.
There is only one signal, and most of the people who sent the signal were killed!
Otherwise, the signal disappears, and another one should be released, so as to instruct the people of the palace to find his whereabouts.
Finding someone in so many small alleys is really not an easy task.
Du Xia and several other secret guards jumped to the top of the room one after another, checking the courtyards to find them.
Yun Ke rode on horseback and waited in place.
It didn't take long for Li Sheng to spin back, "Go back to the lord, the princess is not in the palace! The guards at the back door said that the princess has left the palace and her whereabouts are unknown."
Yun Ke's heart really sank this time. He only felt his head buzzing, as if someone had hit him hard with a hammer, making him a little dizzy, but for a moment, his mind actually is blank.
There was a feeling of suffocation in her throat, Gu Yuqi really had an accident.
No wonder he has always been a little restless in the penal department...
"Look!" If he guessed correctly, it must be Wang Yan who sent the distress signal.
Gu Yuqi's skills are good, and Wang Yan is also one of the top martial artists among the secret guards. If they were together, the situation might not have been so bad.
Yun Ke kept comforting and persuading himself in the bottom of his heart, although he knew that Wang Yan had released the first signal, and he didn't have time to release the second signal, which already indicated that he was in a bad way.
He is now trying his best to think about the good things, and he doesn't dare to think about any bad things at all.
If it was possible, Yun Ke couldn't help rushing to the Wucheng Soldiers and Horses to borrow someone to search.
Just when Yun Ke was about to borrow a token from the eldest princess' mansion, he saw a blue signal.
His heart was excited, and his horse chased in the direction of the blue signal.
That's information to find people.
As soon as he approached the yard, Yun Ke's nose faintly smelled a faint smell of blood, and his heart suddenly became a ball.
He didn't even know how he climbed over that high wall and how he landed in the middle of the yard. When he fixed his eyes on Wang Yan, who was lying in a pool of blood and covered in injuries, his eyes turned slightly black.
"Where's Gu Yuqi!" He tried his best to keep his voice calm, but the trembling final sound had betrayed the fear and sadness in his heart.
"I haven't found the princess." Du Xia folded his hands and said slowly.
His voice was also cold.
Before Yun Ke got married, he was given a task. He just came back yesterday, and before he came to remember to meet Gu Yuqi, who had become Prince An's concubine, now he has received such bad news.
He understood that the prince had deliberately set him aside.
The prince didn't want him to watch Gu Yuqi enter the palace and become a princess.
"Go back to the lord, people are not dead yet." Du Xia said to Yun Ke, his subordinates had already ordered several acupuncture points for him to stop the bleeding. "Although there are many wounds on his body, there are few fatal ones. The most serious ones are two wounds on the vest. I don't know if they can be saved."
"Rescue, must be rescued!" Yun Ke almost bit his lip and squeezed out his voice.
"Look around to see if there are any clues." Yun Ke calmed down and tried his best to calm down.
"Yes." Li Sheng went to help the unconscious Wang Yan up. With this help, even Li Sheng felt a slight chill in his heart. This is how many knives have been slashed by someone. Big and small, although the acupuncture points have been tapped, the blood just shed has dyed the ground red.
Du Xia turned over the wall and carefully looked for the surrounding situation.