Pampered Consort of the Fragrant Orchard Chapter 42

 Assassination Attempt and Falling into the Water

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Leng Yi and Leng Er looked to the men in black before them and said in a cold voice, "Who are you all?"

"The ones that have come to take your lives!" The man in the lead said, afterwards with a wave of his hand, the rest circled in.

Leng Yi took out a fireworks tube and pulled the string at the bottom. A burst of firework shot up into the sky, and produced an explosion sound in the air. Soon after, Leng Yi along with Leng Er pulled out swords from below their seats and went forth, not letting the men in black approach the horse carriage as much as possible. However, to no avail, the other party had too many people, and even if Leng Yi and Leng Er's martial arts weren't bad, they still didn't have a way to hold off everyone. 

Du Xiao Li pulled open the window curtains and looked out. Outside the horse carriage messily laid the corpses of the men in black. She took a glance. Every men in black had their face covered, and there weren't any ornaments on their body either. She couldn't tell what kind of people came to kill Han Ming Yi.

"Careful!" Han Ming Yi pulled Du Xiao Li over. A blade immediately landed on the window sill that Du Xiao Li was leaning against just now. 

Han Ming Yi heard the sound outside and said, "You stay in here, don't go out." With that said, he went out with a sword in hand.

"Why are the bodyguards still not here yet?" Leng Er and Leng Yi saw Han Ming Yi come out and had the assassins in front of them killed, before flying to his side, facing the assassins before them. 

"Are you all waiting for backup?" The man in the lead saw Leng Er looking in the direction of the county seat and said. "Your backup won't be able to come for a while. By the time they arrive, you all will have already gone to see King Enma! Attack!"

The two sides once again became entangled. 

Du Xiao Li came to the carriage opening and lifted a small crack in the curtain. Seeing Han Ming Yi holding a sword and fighting with the men in black, she contemplated whether or not she needed to go out and help them. 

"There's still someone in the carriage!" Someone saw Du Xiao Li and loudly shouted.

Soon after, the assassins near the carriage charged towards the horse carriage. An assassin slashed towards the horse carriage, and had the horse carriage cut squarely across . The reins also fell from the horse, and the horse immediately started running from the fright.

When the assassin had swung, Du Xiao Li was already pressed up against the bottom of the horse carriage, so that swing just now didn't injure her.

"It's a child?" The assassin saw Du Xiao Li and said.

"A child can't be let off either, go!" The assassin next to him said, and the two thus swung their swords towards Du Xiao Li. 

"Damn it!" Han Ming Yi saw Du Xiao Li getting surrounded by the two assassins, softly cursed, and quickly rushed over. But his distance from Du Xiao Li was a bit far, as he saw the assassins about to stabbed her before his eyes. 

"Quickly run!" Unable to save her in time, Han Ming Yi could only shout towards her.

Du Xiao Li held the dagger that she'd already gotten out in the horse carriage, and seeing the assassins stabbing towards her, her body swiftly shifted to the right when the sword was only a few centimeters away from herself. She then rapidly flashed to the assassin's left side, brandished her dagger and stabbed towards his back, directly stabbing his heart. After pulling out the dagger, the assassin thus fell to the ground dead.

"Are you alright?" Han Ming Yi didn't expect that Du Xiao Li would actually kill the assassin trying to kill her. However, the current situation didn't allow for him to ponder why Du Xiao Li's skills were that precise, only treating her as a blind cat encountering a dead mouse. 

Du Xiao Li shook her head, indicating that she wasn't hurt.

"Follow behind me." Han Ming Yi pulled Du Xiao Li over and said.

Leng Yi and Leng Er guard over the two sides, so Han Ming Yi's pressure wasn't that big, but even so, there were still quite a few fish that slip through the net. 

Du Xiao Li stood behind Han Ming Yi, her heart suddenly warming. Someone like him wouldn't not know how dangerous it is to have his back exposed in front of someone else. He completely shielded herself behind his back without any misgivings, seemingly like an entirely different person from the one that had kicked her in the past.  

"Get---" Leng Er got stabbed in the right arm by an assassin, fresh blood very quickly soaked his clothes. 

Because the injury was on his right hand, Leng Er's fighting strength reduced quite a bit, and several assassins got through from his side, preparing to attack Han Ming Yi. Han Ming Yi was currently dealing with the assassin in front, and momentarily didn't sense the attack. 

"Careful." Du Xiao Li pulled Han Ming Yi backwards, avoiding the swords coming from the side.

Seeing Du Xiao Li help Han Ming Yi dodge, those assassins turned their swords and directly stabbed towards her, forcing her to continuously move back to avoid.

"F*ck, I'm really angry now!" Du Xiao Li was furious, squatting down to dodge the other party's sword sweeping across horizontally. Afterwards, she took a step forward, and stabbed her dagger into the other party's abdomen. When the dagger was pulled out, the intestines got pulled out along with the blood. 

"So disgusting." Du Xiao Li said in disgust, yet forgetting just who made such a disgusting mess. 

"Young master---"

Leng Yi's voice suddenly came through, somewhat shaking. Du Xiao Li turned her head to look. Han Ming Yi was currently surrounded by two assassins, and behind him, there was someone rapidly charging towards him. Without more time to think, Du Xiao Li threw her dagger towards the assassin, stabbing it into his heart before he can reach Han Ming Yi. 

After taking care of the two in front, Han Ming Yi turned around, seeing that person on the ground, with Du Xiao's dagger stabbed in his back. He blanked.

Did she save himself?

"What are you blankly staring for, the enemy is coming!" Du Xiao Li roared towards Han Ming Yi.

After getting yelled at by Du Xiao Li, Han Ming Yi finally continued fighting off the incoming assailants. 

Du Xiao Li ran over and had her own dagger pulled out, her gaze landing on the smooth pebbles on the ground. 

Right now, her body was still really small, and her martial arts was also just entry level. Killing those three all relied on pulling a fast one and catching them off guard. Fighting with these people, she simply didn't have any upper hand. However, she can try using other methods.

She picked up two small rocks, aim at the people surrounding Han Ming Yi and swiftly shot them over. One person got hit in the right arm, and one got hit in the chest. Both their movements unknowingly slowed, and in that moment, Han Ming Yi had them killed off.

Useful!

Seeing this, Du Xiao Li picked up a few more rocks from the ground again, and threw them at the people attacking Leng Yi and Leng Er, all accurately hitting the target. Leng Yi and Leng Er also seized this opportunity, and had the enemies before them killed off.

"Useless things!" The assassin in the lead cursed. Afterwards, he personally charged towards Han Ming Yi. And Du Xiao Li also got surrounded by two assassins. 

"Fifth prince, this servant will send you off to see King Enma right away!" The assassin leader came to Han Ming Yi's side, and striked his palm towards Han Ming Yi.

After fighting for such a long time, Han Ming Yi's body was also somewhat unable to keep up. In addition to the assassin leader's martial arts being much higher than the others, in that moment when Han Ming Yi knocked down his sword, he didn't expect that he would attack with his palm. Han Ming Yi's entire body was sent flying, landing in the river behind them. 

"Young master!" Leng Yi and Leng Er wanted to go save Han Ming Yi, but were obstructed by the assassins. 

Du Xiao Li had gotten chased far away, so she didn't hear that person call Han Ming Yi fifth prince. However, she did hear Leng Yi's cries, and following which the sound of someone falling into the water.

"Big brother Yi!" Du Xiao Li had heard Niu Jing say that Han Ming Yi had grown up in the north, and simply didn't know how to swim. Seeing him fall in the water, she panicked inside.

At this time, a few people came from the direction of the county seat, immediately fighting with the assassin when they arrived. Du Xiao Li was the first to get saved. She came to the river shore, and upon seeing Leng Er about to jump down, immediately pulled him back, yelling: "You don't know how to swim either, going down to look for death? Wait here on the shores!"

After she finished yelling, she had her dagger and little satchel thrown on the ground, and dived into the water.

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