MLIAM Chapter 95

Chapter 95: Pig teammate, I promise I’ll listen to you from now on…

Chapter 95 Pig teammate, I promise I’ll listen to you from now on…

The night in The Imperial Palace was hazy, with dark clouds overhead.

After scaling the wall, the sound of battle between the two armies roared not far away, but the streets outside the Imperial City seemed extraordinarily quiet.

Yu Shuli, dragging the panting Zhao Xuan, urged him to hurry.

Zhao Xuan gasped for breath, his cheeks stained with tears, all from fear just now.

He dragged his heavy steps, putting an arm on Yu Shuli’s shoulder, hoarsely saying, “I… I can’t walk anymore…”

Yu Shuli hissed sharply and pulled him away.

Zhao Xuan was startled, only to feel a sticky patch beneath his hand.

He was surprised: “You… you’re bleeding?!” He supported Yu Shuli, carefully asking, “When were you injured?”

Yu Shuli pushed him away a little, and said annoyed: “Why ask so much now? Have you rested enough? If you have, then climb on, and I’ll carry you.”

Seeing that he was injured, Zhao Xuan naturally didn’t dare to let him carry him, he mumbled: “Okay… I’m okay… I’ll walk myself…”

Yu Shuli didn’t want to waste words with him, turned his hand over and grabbed him, used his skill, and immediately walked like flying.

A mouthful of cold wind poured into Zhao Xuan’s mouth.

In the faint moonlight, he looked at Yu Shuli’s tough face, feeling that although he was battle-worn, he was still incomparably strong, compared to him, he had become small and humble.

Only infinite admiration remained in Zhao Xuan’s eyes, he tugged at Yu Shuli’s sleeve, and asked in a low voice, “Just now… Wan Yanqi wanted to kill me, why did you stand in front of me? With your ability, you could have clearly left by yourself…”

Yu Shuli needed to watch out in all directions and listen from all sides, he had no time to pay attention to him, and replied perfunctorily: “I’m already here.”

Zhao Xuan pursed his lips unwillingly, and asked again: “What were those things you scattered when we were fighting just now? They could actually blind their eyes! If it wasn’t for that, we wouldn’t have been able to escape.”

“Are you sure, you want to ask this kind of pointless question at this time?!”

The whistling sound beside him grew closer, Yu Shuli heard the sound of pursuers’ footsteps, the path under his feet suddenly changed, pulling Zhao Xuan to hide behind a haystack behind a farmer’s house.

“We…” Zhao Xuan had just opened his mouth when Yu Shuli covered his mouth.

“Shut up! Hide well! The pursuers are here!”

After stuffing him into the haystack, Yu Shuli, considering that he was injured and there would be a bloody smell that would expose Zhao Xuan, had no choice but to distance himself from him, found another haystack, and stuffed his whole body into it.

This time, Zhao Xuan was obedient and didn’t make a sound, but he still couldn’t be considered calm, he poked his head out, secretly searching for traces of the sound.

After catching sight of the familiar armor and clothing on those who came, Zhao Xuan’s eyes lit up: “It’s the Da Liang army!” He shouted out loud, Yu Shuli wanted to run over to grab him and cover his mouth, but it was beyond his reach.

Hearing the movement, the soldiers turned around, almost heading towards where they were hiding.

Yu Shuli was so annoyed that he regretted it. If he had known, he would have tapped all of Zhao Xuan’s pressure points, which would have saved a lot of trouble!

Zhao Xuan stood up from the haystack, just about to walk towards the soldiers who had come, when he was pulled forcefully by a hand and dragged onto his back.

Yu Shuli tiptoed, used his lightness skill, and dragged the person, starting another escape in a sorry state.

He didn’t know how much time had passed.

“Hey… Yu Shuli… I… I can’t do it anymore…” Zhao Xuan’s already exhausted body was almost paralyzed, and he was about to throw up on Yu Shuli’s back several times.

“You have to endure it even if you can’t!”

The knife wound on his back throbbed with pain.

Yu Shuli didn’t know how deep the knife had cut, he only remembered that Zhao Xuan had almost died under Wan Yanqi’s precious sword, if he hadn’t scattered the secretly hidden lime powder in time, he wouldn’t have had the chance to pull him away and save him.

Although he had taken a knife to the back because he hadn’t been able to dodge in time, fortunately, the two of them managed to escape.

But no matter how skilled Yu Shuli was, it was inevitable that he would struggle with a burden.

Especially since Zhao Xuan was a complete pig teammate.

“Why… when our people come, do we still have to run?” Zhao Xuan’s face became increasingly pale with the long journey and fright, his heartbeat roared in Yu Shuli’s ears like a bell.

“Those aren’t our people…” As strong as Yu Shuli was, his mind was now dizzy from the loss of blood.

Zhao Xuan was greatly shocked: “But they’re wearing Da Liang army uniforms!”

“Who told you that people wearing Da Liang clothes are Da Liang people?” Yu Shuli said annoyed: “I don’t know what version their clothes are, presumably they were stripped from our soldiers on the battlefield before. Our own soldiers have long changed into uniform clothing.”

“How cunning!” Zhao Xuan trembled and cried: “Yu Shuli… are we going to be trapped here…”

“Don’t cry!” Yu Shuli sighed and comforted: “Outside the Imperial City, our troops should already be fighting with the Xizhao army. It’s just that we’re going in the opposite direction now, it’s difficult to meet up with them, we need to take a detour, as long as you’re well-behaved, we can wait for reinforcements.”

“Really…” Zhao Xuan’s eyes were full of tears, and he vowed: “I promise I’ll listen to you from now on…”

His voice grew louder and louder, carrying endless grievances: “I didn’t expect that they could really try to kill me… Wuwuwu… that Wan Yanqi even slept with me…”

Yu Shuli rolled his eyes: “I told you a long time ago, there are no good people in Xizhao!”

“Yes, yes, yes… I believe it now.”

He didn’t know how long it had been, but Yu Shuli couldn’t run anymore, so he had to put Zhao Xuan down, and the two of them rested behind a giant tree in the wilderness.

But before they had rested for long, the “clatter” of hooves sounded again, and this time the approaching speed was very fast.

Zhao Xuan’s face was full of panic: “Are they going to chase after us?”

Yu Shuli frowned, if it was the pursuers, it would be troublesome, because even he was at the end of his rope, and really couldn’t run anymore.

“Hide well, and see what happens.”

Zhao Xuan nodded, this time tightly covering his mouth.

The two of them suppressed their breathing as much as possible.

Before long, a group of cavalry neatly passed by, stirring up dust.

The wild plants were lifted by the strong wind, and the galloping sound of the horses intertwined with the sound of the hooves landing, making a rhythmic sound.

Yu Shuli suddenly widened his eyes, immediately pulled Zhao Xuan over, and chased after the cavalry.

Zhao Xuan was greatly shocked: “What are you doing?! They haven’t gone far!”

Yu Shuli gritted his teeth and pulled him to chase after him: “Those are our own people!”

Naturally, it was impossible to chase after the cavalry with four human legs.

Fortunately, the subsequent squad came over and picked up Yu Shuli and Zhao Xuan.

Yu Shuli breathed a sigh of relief, and when he handed Zhao Xuan over, he realized belatedly that his shoulder was numb and itchy.

His expression changed, knowing that Wan Yanqi’s sword probably had poison on it.

He asked the main force to take Zhao Xuan away first, to avoid alerting the enemy. And he stayed behind alone, intending to clean the wound and poisonous blood before leaving.

Before long, another small team came over, Yu Shuli looked up and saw that it was Cang Xu.

Cang Xu’s eyes moved, “General, why are you here?”

“Cang Xu, why did you come?”

The two spoke almost simultaneously.

Yu Shuli sighed: “I’ve been poisoned, I have to do some basic treatment first.” He tore open the clothes on his back, trying to squeeze out the poisonous blood himself.

Cang Xu nodded, staring at Yu Shuli’s wound, his eyes dark. “Then how is the general now?”

“I can still move, don’t worry.” Yu Shuli turned his head and looked over, somewhat inexplicably: “Why did you appear here? Aren’t you following Wei Yan? How is he?”

Cang Xu gave a faint “hmm,” paused, and then began to explain the reason for his appearance:

“Lord Wei previously took me to rescue the concubines, then we left first. Later, when we heard that the Junior General was attacking Xizhao, we traveled day and night to find you to meet up.” Cang Xu said: “Now the other generals are fighting at the main gate, breaking through the Imperial City, only the West Gate is still impregnable, everyone waited for a long time, but didn’t wait for you to come, so they ordered me to come to the outside of the West Gate to take a look, saying that you might take the risk.”

Yu Shuli breathed a sigh of relief: “It’s good that Wei Yan is okay.” He smiled somewhat embarrassed: “I seem to have caused trouble for everyone again… It’s good that everyone understands me.”

Cang Xu sized Yu Shuli up, seeing that he was actually going to cut out the flesh himself, he hurriedly and anxiously called out to stop him: “General, why don’t I take you back and let the military doctor come?”

“It’s too late.” He cut open the flesh on his back himself, and said to Cang Xu: “Come over, give me a hand, squeeze out the poisonous blood, I can’t reach it.”

“General!” Where did Cang Xu dare to move, he quickly said: “Let’s go back to the army quickly and let the military doctor come.”

“Why are you so nagging today? The West Gate hasn’t been broken, I don’t have that leisure, Wan Yanjun must be at the West Gate, if he runs away, holding such a vicious prescription in his hand, and his disguise skills are so high, if he sneaks back to Da Liang again, we’ll have to worry for many years.”

Cang Xu bit his lip, wanting to say something but stopped and reluctantly endured it.

Seeing him like this, Yu Shuli’s expression immediately changed. “Cang Xu, you look like you’re hiding something from me.”

Cang Xu’s eyes flickered for a moment, then he sighed.

He clenched his fist, then looked at Yu Shuli, his face anxious: “After we met up with the main force, Lord Wei heard that you had entered the Xizhao Imperial Palace, and took people to find you himself! I’m worried…”

Before he could finish speaking, the knife in Yu Shuli’s hand viciously cut into the flesh.

He roared in a low voice, looking over with almost red eyes: “You said… what?!”

His heart was beating especially fast, and an unspeakable panic swept through his body.

When he was escaping with Zhao Xuan just now, he was chased by Wan Yanqi’s troops. If Wei Yan came over, wouldn’t that be running right into the line of fire?!

Yu Shuli didn’t even have time to cut out the poisonous blood, he snatched the reins from Cang Xu’s hand, gathered his energy and mounted the horse, and pulled the reins to leave.

Cang Xu stood in front of the horse: “General! It’s so chaotic now, where are you going to find him? Why don’t you come back to the army with me first, treat the wound on your shoulder, and then go out… Lord Wei also has troops by his side, nothing major will happen.”

“Get out of the way!” Yu Shuli’s voice was hoarse, his mind was as dull and turbid as if it had been struck.

“General!” Cang Xu was about to persuade him again, Yu Shuli lowered his eyes, and a few clear tears fell. He didn’t know if they were physiological tears left over from cutting the flesh, or tears shed for worrying about Wei Yan.

“Cang Xu, get out of the way, I’m going to find him.”

Cang Xu’s words of persuasion choked in his throat, he slowly moved his feet away. “General… I’ll bring people to look for you right away, if we find someone, we’ll meet in this direction…”

“Okay.” Yu Shuli nodded, and left with a firm gaze.

He reined in his horse and galloped back all the way.

He knew that Wei Yan would definitely be able to guess which direction he would escape in, so even if the West Gate was dangerous, he would definitely come here to find him.

It was unknown how many troops Wei Yan could bring, but he had the good fortune to know Wan Yanqi’s methods early on.

Although Wei Yan had some martial arts skills, he was by no means a match for the two brothers Wan Yanjun and Wan Yanqi.

Heavy breathing was about to crush Yu Shuli’s last nerve, and blurred phantoms had already begun to appear in his eyes.

The shoulder injury on his back had become poisonous.

What was hateful was that he was starting to feel a burning sensation in his lower abdomen, and his whole body was getting hot.

After experiencing Wei Yan’s matter, he almost didn’t need to guess, he knew what the poison was.

Yu Shuli bit his teeth tightly, kept his mind clear, and searched everywhere for traces of Wei Yan’s possible appearance.

According to Wei Yan’s character, if he wanted to enter the Xizhao Imperial Palace silently, it would not be difficult, he could completely retreat unscathed without fanfare, just like last time.

But now, in order to find him, Yu Shuli, Wei Yan might deliberately go against the grain.

After all, the greater the commotion he created, the smaller the possibility of Yu Shuli’s exposure.

Wei Yan was able to use himself as bait to divert the enemy’s attention.

Just as Yu Shuli was thinking, suddenly, the faint sound of bowstrings vibrating came from a distance. Before long, a few sharp sounds of breaking through the air broke the silence of the night.

Yu Shuli frowned, and turned the horse deftly, but he didn’t expect that the horse was not as smart as a human, it still couldn’t dodge the layers of arrows.

The war horse under his seat let out a violent roar.

Yu Shuli felt his horse leg tighten, he looked down and was shocked.

He saw that the tips of several sharp arrows had already deeply sunk into the war horse’s hind legs, and fresh blood was surging, flowing straight from the horse’s legs into the soil.

Even so, it was still running non-stop, not daring to stop for a moment.

Yu Shuli sighed, hoping it would run faster, faster, so that when they reached a safe place, both of them could live.

However, the horse neighed painfully, and the hind hooves gradually became weak, and finally knelt down on the ground in a few breaths.

Yu Shuli pulled the reins, and had to be forced to flip into the air, but because of his physical discomfort, he didn’t flip directly to the ground, but fell off the horse’s back in a somewhat embarrassed manner, barely stabilizing his body.

A sneer came from behind, the person rode his horse to the front, looking down at Yu Shuli, and smiled: “What a coincidence, Da Liang’s Duke Zhenguo, we meet again. It’s just that this time, let’s see where else you can run…”