Blood, drop by drop, flowed out from the palm of her hand.
Those drops of blood fell into the hot spring, and then instantly disappeared without a trace.
At the most dangerous moment, when Cui Xiaoxin's life was hanging by a thread, and her chest was about to be pierced by someone, a black figure suddenly jumped up from the bottom of the pool, using his own flesh and blood body to meet the black steel fork.
No one thought that there would be a person jumping up from the bottom of the hot spring. No one thought that there would be a person hiding under the hot spring.
Cui Xiaoxin did not think of it.
If she could think of it, she would have jumped out from the hot spring long ago. How could she stay in the hot spring until now?
When Liulu discovered the clothes under the stone, the three of them thought that someone was peeping around. But what they did not know was that the person was not hiding in the stone wall or the bushes, but directly hiding under the hot spring — — Fortunately, the sky was dark and the hot spring was turbid, so the other party could not see anything.
But, thinking that there was a person hiding beside her while she was taking a bath, this was even more frightening than the sudden appearance of an assassin, okay?
The assassin was even more shocked.
He was almost scared to death, okay?
He followed all the way here, and finally found a gap to make his move. When he was about to succeed, a person jumped out from under the hot spring, broke his killing move, and blocked his trident.
"Is this a fucking ambush?" The assassin thought in his heart.
"Could it be that they had already discovered my existence, so they set up this trap, deliberately exposing a flaw for me to make my move, and then ambushing a heavy force under the hot spring to give me a fatal blow — — These people are so insidious."
Cui Xiaoxin really wanted to look back.
However, her body seemed to be drained of strength.
Her neck was as stiff as iron, her heart wanted to turn around, but her head simply did not listen to her.
Her eyes stared at the steel fork that was inserted into her palm, and stared at the drop of blood that flowed into the hot spring.
"What a familiar scene — —" Cui Xiaoxin thought in her heart. "She will never forget this scene."
The killer's blood-red eyes stared at the figure that jumped out from the bottom of the pool.
The man who jumped out of the pool also glared at the killer with bloodshot eyes.
He was still pushing the trident forward, trying to pierce through Li Muyang's palm and into Cui Xiaoxin's chest.
How could Li Muyang let him have his way?
He would rather have his palm pierced than let her hurt Cui Xiaoxin's skin.
The assassin tried a few times, but eventually gave up.
He discovered that the guy hiding in the pool was shockingly strong. If they were to forcefully kill it, it would take a lot of time.
Screech …
His body flew backwards like a large bird.
At the same time as he left, the trident was finally pulled away from the palm of Li Muyang.
His speed when he arrived was extremely fast, and his speed when he left was even faster.
His body flashed in the pitch-black sky before disappearing without a trace.
His attack missed, and he fled a thousand miles away. This was the rule of the assassin's world.
Cui Xiaoxin's strength was drained, her legs went soft, and her body fell into the pool with a 'plop'.
When she remembered something, she struggled to get up from the soup, wanting to find her savior, but found that he had gone far away, as if he had never been there.
What was left was only the strong fishy smell of the pool.
"Taohong … Taohong …" Cui Xiaoxin shouted.
Taohong did not answer, her life was uncertain after being hit by the killer.
"Liulu …"
"Miss, I'm here … I'm here …"
Liulu finally reacted, got up from the ground, and cried: "Miss, are you all right? Miss, are you hurt? "
"I'm fine. I'm fine. "Cui Xiaoxin desperately shook her head, grabbed Liulu's arm and asked:" Taohong? Where did Taohong go? Is she all right? "
"I don't know." Liulu desperately shook her head and said: "I was pushed by a strong force and fell to the ground. I don't know where Taohong was pushed to. "
Swoosh swoosh swoosh …
A few figures were flying towards them.
"Miss Xiaoxin, are you all right?" The guards around Cui Xiaoxin shouted anxiously.
"Amitabha, is Miss Xiaoxin injured? In a pure Buddhist land, there are naturally people who dare to do such a vicious thing. My Thousand Buddha Temple will do our best to find the culprit and give Miss Xiaoxin an explanation … "
"I'm all right." Cui Xiaoxin said in a trembling voice.
With the help of Liulu, Cui Xiaoxin climbed out of the pool.
Carrying the Buddhist lamp, everyone searched for Taohong in the distance and found the fainted Taohong.
A soldier went over to massage her acupoint. Taohong slowly woke up and cried: "Miss … where is Miss?"
"Taohong, I'm all right." Cui Xiaoxin clenched Taohong's hand, her eyes red. The situation just now was really a matter of life and death. She saw the loyal servant sacrificing herself to protect her.
The first thing Taohong did when she woke up was to worry about her safety. It was really touching to have a servant like this.
"Miss, I thought you were going to die — —" Taohong hugged Cui Xiaoxin's body and cried.
Bang!
The Cui family guard responsible for Cui Xiaoxin's safety knelt on the ground.
He kowtowed hard and said in a hoarse voice: "Cui Yu deserves to die for frightening Miss. Miss, please punish me severely. "
Kacha — —
Many soldiers knelt on the ground.
"Miss, I deserve to die for frightening Miss. Miss, please punish me severely. "
Cui Xiaoxin looked at them and said: "Get up. Block the front and back courtyards. "
"Miss — —" Cui Yu's expression was slightly stiff. The assassin's attack had missed, so naturally, he had already gone far away without a trace. What was the point of blocking the front and back courtyards at this time?
"Do as I say." Cui Xiaoxin was frightened and cold. She was wearing a white fox robe and was shivering from the cold.
"Yes. This subordinate will go and block the front and back courtyards. "Cui Yu got up and waved his hand. Many soldiers followed him and ran into the distance.
Several patrolling monks were guarding at the side. The deacon on duty, Monk Fa De, came over and bowed deeply to Cui Xiaoxin and said: "It is our Thousand Buddha Temple's fault for letting Miss Xiaoxin encounter such a dangerous situation. It is also our dereliction of duty. I will report to the abbot later and receive my punishment. "
"I was reckless. It has nothing to do with the masters. I ask the masters to help find the killer. Even if you can find some clues, it will be good. "Cui Xiaoxin consoled.
"Yes." Monk Fa De showed a rare look of anger on his face and said: "Someone dared to come to Thousand Buddha Temple to commit murder. Do they think there is no one in Buddhism? They will not let this matter go. "
Cui Xiaoxin thanked him and hurriedly went back to change clothes with the help of Taohong and Liulu.
If she stayed any longer, she would be frozen to death in this cold night even if she was not killed.
* * *
Bang bang bang — —
A troop member banged on the door hard.
The door was closed and no one answered.
"Knock again." A girl's stubborn voice was heard.
Bang bang bang — —
The soldier clenched his teeth and pounded the door even harder.
Creak — —
The door of the room was pulled open from the inside, Li Muyang looked sleepily at the several torches in the courtyard and the crowd standing at the door, asking aloud: "What's going on? Why are you not sleeping so late? "
"Li Mu, why did you take so long to open the door?" Li Shinian deliberately asked with a straight face.
"Miss — — was sleeping soundly and did not hear the knock."
"Humph." Li Shinian snorted coldly and said: "Someone wants to assassinate my sister Xiaoxin, we are — —"
Worried that Li Muyang did not understand the whole story, he laid the groundwork in a few words.
Li Muyang was shocked and hurriedly said: "Miss, I didn't do it. I didn't do anything. I was on the road all day and fell asleep early. "
"Of course we know you didn't do it. Look at your sickly appearance — — you can't even kill a chicken, can you? But don't worry, we're not looking for the murderer. We're looking for sister Xiaoxin's savior. "
"Li Mu, open your hand." Cui Xiaoxin stared sharply at Li Muyang and said aloud.
"Yes." Li Mu did not dare to refuse, and hurriedly stretched out his palm in front of Cui Xiaoxin.
The soldier with the saber brought the Buddhist lamp closer and saw that Li Muyang's palm was smooth and rosy, without any trace of injury.
"The other hand." Cui Xiaoxin did not give up and said again.
Li Muyang did not say much and opened the palm of his other hand in front of Cui Xiaoxin.
Cui Xiaoxin looked carefully and found that there was no wound on this left hand.
"It's not you — —" Cui Xiaoxin murmured.
"Miss Xiaoxin, it really wasn't me. I didn't do anything — — "Li Muyang explained.
"Idiot. If only it were you. "Li Shinian said snappily.
Cui Xiaoxin glanced into the room. Cui Meng was sleeping soundly and there was a loud snore coming from time to time.
"Wake him up." Cui Xiaoxin said.
A soldier rushed into the room, lifted Cui Meng up like a dead pig, and threw him in front of Cui Xiaoxin.
Cui Meng opened his eyes, seeing the flickering flames in front of him, the shadow of a sword, he turned pale with fright, fell to his knees in front of Cui Xiaoxin, and hurriedly said: "Miss have mercy, Miss have mercy — — Miss, I did not do anything. I'm innocent, Miss, I'm innocent. "
"Cui Meng, when did you sleep?" Cui Xiaoxin asked coldly.
"I — —" Cui Meng thought for a moment and said, "I slept after eating."
Cui Xiaoxin pointed to Li Muyang and asked, "Did you sleep together?"
Cui Meng shook his head and said, "No. Li Mu said he was going to find a place to take a bath, so I slept first — — "
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