Chapter 2809: Justice of the Heroine
Chapter 2809: Justice of the Heroine
Near noon, the sound of horse hooves was heard coming from afar.
Then Shi Li saw an ordinary horse-drawn carriage coming from the path and finally stopped outside the Qiuyue Pavilion.
The coachman was a man dressed in ordinary clothes. After stopping the carriage, he jumped off and left.
To be on the safe side, Shi Li winked at Jing Zhe, signaling him to follow the carriage to find out what was going on. Jing Zhe nodded, but before leaving, he couldn't help but squeeze Shi Li's hand, suggesting that she should be careful.
There was no movement around the carriage after that.
After a while, a petite man in black jumped out of the carriage. When he opened the door and walked out of the carriage, Shi Li saw that there was someone else in the carriage.
It’s just that the light was too dim, so I couldn’t see clearly how many people were inside, or who they were.
The man in black didn't even look at the carriage and walked straight into Qiuyue Pavilion.
It was almost noon when Xu Ling and Hong Quan finally arrived, leisurely and not in a hurry.
This abnormal behavior made Shi Li frown slightly.
Given how concerned Xu Ling was about Xu Xian, he should never have been so negligent.
When the two were still some distance away from Qiuyue Pavilion, the man in black immediately said, "Stop. If you go any further, don't blame me for being rude!"
Xu Ling and Hong Quan stopped obediently and did not move forward. They just looked at the man in black with serious expressions.
"I brought the sword manual. Where are Xian'er and the child?" Xu Ling deliberately hid his anger in his low voice and took out a book from his arms.
The man in black tilted his head and suddenly pointed at the carriage. "The person you want is in the carriage now. Put the sword manual on the ground and step out of reach. I will get the sword manual and release the person."
"That's absolutely not possible!" Hong Quan suddenly objected, glancing in the direction of the carriage, "We give you the sword manual, what if you regret it?"
The man in black sneered when he heard this, and looked Hong Quan up and down sarcastically, "Your wife and children are in my hands, do you have the qualifications to bargain with me?"
It was such a heart-breaking truth. Hong Quan was not good at speaking and couldn't utter a word.
Xu Ling listened to the conversation and said decisively, "As you said, but first I have to see that Xian'er and her daughter are safe."
This time, the man in black did not rush to mock. Instead, he thought about it for a moment, then suddenly pinched a dart in his hand and shot it at the curtain of the carriage.
The wind caused by the dart lifted a corner of the curtain, revealing the profile of a woman who looked very much like Xu Xian, but her mouth was blocked by cloth.
"Now that you've met someone, put down the sword manual." The man in black urged again.
Xu Ling glanced at Hong Quan, slowly put the sword manual in his hand on the ground, and then began to step back. Seeing this, Hong Quan also stepped back.
They stepped back and the man in black stepped forward.
One step back, one step forward, getting further and further away from the carriage.
Shi Li calculated the current distance. The place where she was hiding was actually closer to the carriage. This was definitely a good opportunity to rescue people.
but……
Shi Li vaguely felt that Xu Ling's attitude was a little strange, completely different from the worried look he showed yesterday, which made her a little suspicious.
As this was a rare opportunity, she didn't have time to think and jumped up and rushed towards the carriage.
No one present had expected that Shi Li had been lying in ambush here, and they were all surprised to see her rushing towards the carriage.
But the man in black still ran towards the sword manual on the ground. Xu Ling put his hands behind his back and said nothing. Only Hong Quan suddenly shouted loudly: "Miss Shi, be careful!"
This word "be careful" was even more strange. Shi Li had already arrived in front of the carriage and would not allow anyone to retreat. He drew his sword and split the door of the carriage in half.
At the same time, the person inside suddenly jumped up, holding a long sword in his hand, and stabbed straight at Shi Li's face.
If Shi Li had not been on guard, she would have hardly been able to dodge the sword.
Even so, she dodged very awkwardly. When she looked closely, she realized that the person who jumped out of the carriage was not Xu Xian at all. It was just that her face must have been disguised, so she looked similar only when she was far away.
After missing the first attack, the man didn't show any reluctance and was about to retreat.
The other man in black had already picked up the sword manual, and then even said to Xu Ling and Hong Quan in an extremely provocative manner: "You will never find Xu Xian..."
Before he finished speaking, everyone saw Xu Xian leisurely walking out from another direction, smiling at the man in black, "Oh? What did you say?"
The man in black was shocked, and looked at the sword manual in his hand, which was clearly filled with blank paper.
It turned out that he was fooled.
The man in black was extremely angry, but he also knew that now was not the time to delay any longer, so he decided to escape like his accomplices.
But Xu Ling and Hong Quan were both there, and it would be a huge joke if he were allowed to escape again.
There was no need for Xu Ling to take action. Hong Quan kicked him to the ground with just a few moves and tore off the black cloth on his face.
"why you?"
The person under the black cloth was Qiu Lian, whom I hadn’t seen for a long time.
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