Chapter 203 Injured
Jiang Li stupidly let the man let her go. When she looked clearly in front of her, she saw that the man in front of her had both hands chopped off at the wrists.

Jiang Li couldn't see clearly how his hands were cut off, but he saw a little blood on Ji Heng's fan. He took out a snow-white silk from his sleeve, wiped the blood off the fan with disgust, and threw it away.

The silk handkerchief fluttered down on the man on the ground, who raised his bare hands and howled miserably, rolling around, as if in extreme pain, his screams were heartbreaking. Zhao Ke walked over, pierced his throat with a sword, and ended his life.

Jiang Li could see clearly now that the other four men had already fallen to the ground, all of them were killed with a single blow. It must have been the work of Zhao Ke and Wen Ji. As for the one in front of her, Ji Heng had killed him personally, with both his hands chopped off by Ji Heng's fan.

"Someone's dead." Wen Renyao said. He sighed and clasped his hands together. "What a sin."

What a compassionate look he had! If he hadn't been running around in the beginning, how could he have attracted these people?

Lu Ji didn't take it seriously, as if he was used to such things, and said to Ji Heng: "Then let's continue on our journey."

Lin Yao was young and was so scared that he kept crying. He didn't dare to cry out loud. His eyes were red and looked distressing. Jiang Li looked at Ji Heng. Ji Heng looked at her, smiled, patted her shoulder and said, "It's okay."

Just one sentence "It's okay" seemed to make Jiang Li feel relieved. He felt as if all the strength in his body was used up and he became tired in an instant. He was about to speak when suddenly there was a sound of horse hooves not far away, mixed with people's curses and shouts.

Everyone was stunned.

Lu Ji said, "Not good. These people are not stragglers. I'm afraid there are others. I heard there are quite a few of them. Let's leave quickly."

Everyone hurriedly got on the carriage. Zhao Ke and Wen Ji did not dare to delay and whipped their horses to run. Jiang Li sat in the carriage, the mountain road was bumpy, but her mind was still on what had just happened. No one expected such a thing to happen on the way. There were so many soldiers behind them. Wen Renyao and Lu Ji both looked solemn, but Ji Heng had no expression. But Jiang Li knew that things were not as easy as she imagined.

Lin Yao sat next to Wen Renyao nervously, his eyes red with grievance. He was very well behaved and didn't make much noise. There was silence in the carriage.

Jiang Li was a little upset. When she lowered her head, she was suddenly stunned. A piece of red rope was exposed from her neck. It was the red rope that was tied with the civet cat jade pendant. The red rope was still there, but it was fluttering underneath. The jade pendant was gone.

She was stunned at first, then a little panicked, and then thought carefully, she was afraid that when she was entangled with those soldiers just now, the jade pendant was accidentally pulled off and lost. Jiang Li felt a little regretful, that was the jade pendant her father gave her, as evidence of Xue Fangfei, she had been carefully keeping it, and she didn't expect it to be lost here.

But there was no other way. They couldn't just turn the carriage around and go back to look for him. They didn't know who was following them. If they happened to run into King Cheng's troops, they would lose more than they gained. Therefore, Jiang Li quietly grabbed the red rope, pulled it off, crumpled it into a ball, and stuffed it into her sleeve.

When she was feeling regretful, Ji Heng suddenly said, "Stop the car."

The carriage stopped abruptly. Zhao Ke and Wen Ji asked outside, "Sir?" They were probably also very curious why Ji Heng stopped the car at this time.

Ji Heng said: "I have some things to do. I will leave a mark on the road and meet you in the evening."

"Sir, no." Lu Ji was anxious when he heard it: "King Cheng's troops are behind us. Although we don't know how many people there are, it's at least one team. We will leave the mountain soon. What if you are alone and meet them?"

"I know my limits," Ji Heng said, "You guys just keep going forward, don't worry about me." After saying this, he got off the carriage. Before Lu Ji could continue to persuade him, Ji Heng had already disappeared.

Zhao Ke and Wen Ji only listened to Ji Heng. Since Ji Heng told them to move forward, the carriage started running again. Lu Ji frowned and kept saying, "Nonsense, nonsense!"

Wen Renyao was also surprised. After Ji Heng left, he remembered to ask, "What was Ah Heng doing? Why did he leave suddenly? Hey," he lifted the carriage curtain and took a look, and said, "He actually left in the direction of going back. What was he doing?"

"How would I know?" Lu Ji replied unhappily, then looked at Jiang Li and asked kindly, "Miss Jiang, do you know why the master left?"

Jiang Li shook her head blankly: "I don't know either."

A trace of disappointment flashed across Lu Ji's eyes. He sighed and stopped talking.

Jiang Li was also feeling strange and nervous. Ji Heng had never left them along the way. They had agreed to return to Yanjing together, so why did he suddenly leave alone at this critical moment? What was he going to do? This couldn't be seen by others? Although she knew that Ji Heng didn't like others to see her secrets, Jiang Li was still a little annoyed.

This is really worrying.

At this moment, her fingertips touched the cold scissors in her sleeve again. Before Ji Heng cut off the soldier's hand, she took out the scissors and stabbed the soldier fiercely. Later, Ji Heng rescued her, and in a daze, Jiang Li took the scissors back.

Now that she was calm and composed, how could she remember... that she had stabbed someone with the scissors?
Jiang Li took out the scissors from her sleeve.

The silver scissors were small and exquisite, with a cold color, but there was some solidified red on them, and Jiang Li was stunned. Wen Renyao suddenly saw Jiang Li took out a pair of scissors and asked curiously: "Where did this pair of scissors come from... Second Miss, what did you do with it? Why is there blood?"

Jiang Li's mind immediately flashed back to the moment when Ji Heng stood in front of her, his red robe protecting his body, and when he said "Don't be afraid", his body seemed to tremble slightly. Everything happened too fast, and she was at a loss, and she actually overlooked some things. When Ji Heng stood in front of her, the scissors were not retracted in time and stabbed him. But she didn't know where the stab was. He pretended to be nonchalant, and the red robe covered the wound, so she couldn't see anything. She didn't know that he was hurt by her, nor did she know that he endured the pain and covered it up calmly.

Jiang Li closed her eyes.

He was still injured and didn't know what to do alone, but he was surrounded by danger and was in a state of panic at every step.

She could do nothing and could not help at all, she could only pray silently in her heart.

Pray that he is safe.

……

Zhao Ke and Wen Ji really listened to Ji Heng. Ji Heng told them to keep going forward. Even if Ji Heng was not there, Zhao Ke and Wen Ji kept going. But every time they went a certain distance, Zhao Ke and Wen Ji would stop and make a mark. Jiang Li could not understand their mark, but Ji Heng probably did. I don't know if it was good luck, but when it got dark, they actually found a thatched house in the mountains.

This house must have been uninhabited for a long time. It was probably a thatched house left behind by hunters who went up the mountain. The door was not even closed. Once you entered, you could see spider webs all over the floor. There were two rooms, each with a couch, but there was no bedding on the couch, and the windows were only papered. There was a stone stove in the kitchen, with some firewood in it.

"Let's just stay here." Lu Ji said, "At least there is a place to rest."

Wen Renyao went to look for dry firewood. This time he didn't dare to walk too far like before, so he picked up some dead branches nearby. He planned to boil some hot water. Jiang Li took the broom by the door and tidied up the house. No one had lived here for a long time, and there was dust everywhere. It was much better after tidying it up.

Zhao Ke and Wen Ji walked around the house with serious expressions, probably to check the surroundings. It was very quiet around, and it seemed that no one came here on weekdays.

After everything was packed up, everyone went into the house and sat down. Zhao Ke and Wen Ji sat by the door, and Wen Renyao sat on the ground. There was not even a bench here, so they had to find stones and move them into the house and sit on them.

"Why hasn't Ah Heng come back yet?" Wen Renyao asked, "Do you think he'll be alright?"

"Your Excellency will be fine." Lu Ji said, "I just don't know if you have encountered any trouble."

"Even if we run into trouble, Ah Heng should be able to solve it with his abilities." Wen Renyao looked at Jiang Li: "Can it be solved?"

Jiang Li: “…I don’t know.”

She was already panicking, not knowing where her scissors had stabbed Ji Heng. If the injury was serious, would it affect Ji Heng?

"Don't worry," the taciturn Wen Ji spoke up. He said, "The master knows his limits. He won't do anything dangerous."

This sentence made everyone feel relieved. Ji Heng had a plan in mind. Such a shrewd person would not do it alone if it really threatened him. He was a person who was very good at weighing the pros and cons and would not make unnecessary sacrifices.

At night, when everyone went to sleep, Jiang Li had a room all to herself because she was a woman. However, she couldn't sleep, so Zhao Ke and Wen Ji slept outside to prevent any unexpected situations.

Jiang Li was always restless, so she simply sat up and walked outside. Zhao Ke and Wen Ji put a mattress on the ground and slept on it as a bed. Jiang Li just walked out and saw a man walking in.

It turned out to be Ji Heng.

Zhao Ke and Wen Ji also woke up, Ji Heng waved to them, and they pretended not to know. Jiang Li couldn't help but walked forward and pulled Ji Heng to her own room.

Wen Renyao, Lu Ji and Lin Yao were in another room. Jiang Li was afraid of waking them up, so she pulled Ji Heng along. There was no stool in the room, so she let Ji Heng sit on the bed.

There was no light, only the clear moonlight. She lowered her voice and asked, "Are you okay? What did you do?"

The young man spread out his palms, which were long and powerful. In the middle lay a jade pendant with a cute civet cat on it.

Jiang Li was stunned.

“I found this,” he laughed.

(End of this chapter)