RPAGF Chapter 659 - 203: Injured
Chapter 659 - 203: Injured
Chapter 659: Chapter 203: InjuredJiang Li sat dazed as the person released her. When she finally saw clearly who it was, she saw that both hands had been neatly chopped off at the wrists.
Jiang Li couldn’t see how his hands had been chopped off, but she noticed a speck of blood on Jih Heng’s fan. He took out a snow-white silk handkerchief from his sleeve, his face showing disgust as he wiped the blood from his fan before casually discarding it.
The silk handkerchief fluttered down onto the person below, who, with bare stumps for hands, was wailing miserably and rolling around as if in extreme pain, his screams heart-wrenching. Zhao Ke walked over and ran his sword through the man’s throat, ending his life.
Only then did Jiang Li see clearly that the other four had already fallen to the ground, all with fatal wounds to their throats, likely the work of Zhao Ke and Wen Ji. The one in front of her must have been personally dealt with by Jih Heng, who had used his fan to chop off the man’s hands.
"A man has died," Wen Renyao said. He sighed and brought his hands together in prayer, "What a sin, what a sin."
There he was, putting on quite the compassionate display – if he hadn’t roamed about at the start, maybe they wouldn’t have attracted these men.
Lu Jiu seemed unfazed, as if accustomed to such events, and suggested to Jih Heng, "Let’s continue on our way then."
Lin Yao, the youngest, was scared to tears. Though he didn’t dare to cry loudly, his red eyes tugged at the heartstrings. Jiang Li looked at Jih Heng, who smiled back at her and patted her shoulder, saying, "It’s over now."
"It’s over now," these words seemed to settle Jiang Li’s nerves, leaving her feeling as if she had exerted all her strength and suddenly becoming exhausted. She was about to speak when suddenly there came the sound of galloping hooves in the distance, mixed with curses and shouts.
Everyone was startled.
"Not good," said Lu Jiu, "these aren’t scattered soldiers; there must be others. Given the number of voices, we’d better hurry up and leave."
They all hurriedly boarded the carriage, and Zhao Ke and Wen Ji, not daring to delay, cracked their whips and set off. Inside the carriage, as the mountain road jostled her, Jiang Li’s mind was still filled with the events that had just unfolded. No one had expected such an encounter on the way; they didn’t know how many soldiers were behind them. Wen Renyao and Lu Jiu both wore grave expressions, while Jih Heng appeared indifferent, but Jiang Li knew, things were not as easy as she had imagined.
Lin Yao sat nervously next to Wen Renyao, his eyes red from holding back tears. He was behaving well, not making much noise, and the carriage was silent.
Jiang Li felt agitated and confused; as she lowered her head, she suddenly froze. A red string was peeking out from around her neck – the string that tied the Civet Jade Pendant. The pendant had been lost, vanished without a trace.
At first, she was stunned, and then panic set in. Upon reflection, she realized that during the scuffle with the soldiers, her jade pendant must have been torn off and lost. Jiang Li felt a sense of regret; the pendant was a gift from her father, a token of her identity as Xue Fangfei, which she had always treasured. She had not expected to lose it here.
But there was nothing she could do about it; they couldn’t turn the carriage around to
It was Jih Heng.
Zhao Ke and Wen Ji stirred awake, but with a wave from Jih Heng, they pretended to be unaware. Jiang Li couldn’t help but approach and pulled Jih Heng into her room.
Wen Renyao, Lu Jiu, and Lin Yao were in the other room, and not wanting to wake them, she led Jih Heng to sit on the bed frame in her room, as there were no chairs.
In the absence of lamps and only the clear moonlight, she asked quietly, "Are you, are you alright? What did you go off to do?"
The young man opened his palm wide; his hand was slender yet powerful, and lying in the center was a jade pendant, with the civet depicted in an adorable, clumsy manner.
Jiang Li was taken aback.
"I found this," he said with a smile.