Dress up as a sickly person to capture the villain princess!

"Your Highness - please proceed northeast."

The voice gradually became clearer, and the gentle female voice seemed to ring in his ears. Zhao Changlin was almost 100% sure that this was Xia Zhiyuan's voice.

But Zhiyuan was clearly at a banquet at the hunting ground, so why was he talking to me? Was I too deeply poisoned and having hallucinations?

Could it be that I am really going to be buried here today?

No...it's not time to die yet.

Even if this is God's will, she will still fight for her life.

"Your Highness, please believe me!"

The last sentence came in a sonorous and powerful voice, steady and reassuring. Zhao Changlin made a decision in an instant, since this was the guidance given to him by Zhiyuan.

So what if I believed it last time?

What's more, if he continued to allow Ruoxue to run around aimlessly, sooner or later she would fall off the horse because she was unfamiliar with the terrain.

Zhao Changlin perked up and looked around the scenery. Although his vision was blurry and the shadows of the trees overlapped, Zhao Changlin's years of experience still enabled him to determine his approximate location.

The northeast direction is the exit from the forest. You will not continue to go deeper into the jungle, but this will most likely lead to a head-on encounter with the assassin who is chasing you.

However, seeing the loud noise of the flock of birds flying in fright just now, I'm afraid that at this moment the shadow guards stationed on the outskirts of the forest have already rushed into the dense forest to start searching.

If he walked out at this moment, the probability of running into the shadow guards who came in to search for him would be higher than the assassins who were chasing him.

"Oh no, Boss! An army has entered the forest!"

The men in black followed Zhao Changlin's blood trail all the way, but unfortunately the horse was too fast and their legs could not match its four hooves.

"If she's alive, I must see her. If she's dead, I must see her body! We can't just let that woman get away like this!"

The sound of horns one after another made his palms sweat. He knew in his heart that the arrows were poisoned by the most powerful medicine-mixing master in their organization.

However, the people of the royal family are no ordinary people, and that arrow may not be able to take the woman's life.

"Got it, boss!"

"The blood trail turned back... Boss... the woman changed direction and went northeast!"

They followed the bloodstains left on the green leaves all the way. Their daily training made them run as fast as they could in the jungle.

But... they had been lying in ambush in the forest for three days and three nights, and had only managed to eat some extremely dry food.

During these three days, they stayed in the tunnel that had been dug in advance for two days. In order to maintain the remaining oxygen in the tunnel, they didn't even light torches.

The preparation of this tunnel had already begun when the current emperor announced the hunting expedition, and its purpose was to kill the current first candidate for the crown prince.

Let that shameless old emperor be childless!

"Fortunately, I have a trick up my sleeve. You guys follow me."

The voice was faint, and the leader glanced, and the men in black behind him all followed his movements and ran swiftly in another direction.

They had obtained the map of the royal hunting gardens in advance, so they knew the layout and routes inside very well, otherwise the tunnel would not have been able to be dug so accurately.

They had agreed in advance that if the assassination failed and they were not able to kill Zhao Changlin with one blow, then Zhao Changlin, who was riding a horse, would inevitably flee in panic. By then, the effect of the drug would take effect, and they would be able to follow the horse's hoof prints and find the dying Zhao Changlin.

At that time, he would give Zhao Changlin another blow and end his life.

But if Zhao Changlin was not killed or seriously injured in one blow, it would be counterproductive and would alert the enemy.

Then they could only change their strategy again and calculate several escape points of Zhao Changlin before the army had completely infiltrated the forest.

Now looking at the direction where the bloodstains are turning back, it is exactly the direction of the forest exit.

As expected, none of the women in the royal family are simple. After being poisoned by such a strong poison, they can still make calm judgments.

He had ambushed extra killers at every entrance and exit, waiting for the moment when Zhao Changlin would leave the forest with hope, and then give her despair!

This is called killing and destroying the heart.

……

The clattering sound of horse hooves reached the ears of several black-clad assassins hiding under the dead branches and leaves. Sure enough, what the boss said was right.

Since their target of assassination chose one of these paths, don't blame them for being rude.

Holding exquisite crossbows in their hands, they narrowed their eyes, aimed at the black shadow on horseback, and shot several arrows in succession.

The sound breaks through the air.

This time, Zhao Changlin was obviously prepared. He learned from his mistakes.

Although his eyes were blurry and bloodshot and he could not see clearly how many people were hiding among the dead branches and leaves, Zhao Changlin could guess from which directions they would shoot arrows.

His fake move of riding on horseback just now had fooled them, and Zhao Changlin immediately lay down, leaning tightly against Ruoxue's black horse mane.

The arrow almost brushed past her shoulder. Ruoxue's strength gradually slowed down. The horse was hit by several arrows. She didn't know whether it was injured just now or now.

Zhao Changlin also knew that if he couldn't get out of the forest, Ruoxue would probably not be able to hold on for long and would die here.

If it were an ordinary horse, it would have foamed at the mouth and fallen to the ground, but Ruoxue was bred and cultivated in the Royal Horse Garden and has a strong resistance to drugs.

Zhao Changlin steadying her shaky body by squeezing the horse's belly, and quickly tore off the armor on her wrist. There was a hidden arrow inside, which she used for self-defense.

An arrow shot out.

The black iron sleeve arrow flew and hit a man's forehead exactly. The sleeve arrow was not long, but the workmanship was extremely special. There were three diamond-shaped sharp blades on the arrowhead. Even if the sleeve arrow pierced the flesh, it could not kill the enemy on the spot.

However, if this special arrow pierces a blood vessel, it would be like cutting a hole in the aorta, and the bleeding would not stop.

The human skull is extremely fragile. As soon as the arrow penetrated an inch, blood splattered. Countless drops of blood fell on the leaves. His companions beside him were also worried that a second arrow would stab him.

It was almost an instinctive move of the body to avoid it, but this slight movement naturally could not escape the focused Zhao Changlin. In just a blink of an eye, Zhao Changlin analyzed the most likely escape route.

"Your Highness! We are too late to save you!"

At this time, the shadow guards who arrived late finally saw the shadow of the tall horse in the jungle. It was very eye-catching, and their hearts were in their throats.

The shadow guard moved very quickly. He drew the long sword from his waist almost instantly, stepped on the horse's back, flew into the air, and stabbed the assassin under the dead leaves with the long sword.

Blood splattered on the spot.

The screams came one after another, continuously.

The black iron mask was chilly and stained with blood, which dripped down the mask bit by bit, but the shadow guard's hands did not soften at all.

All I heard was the sound of the spine breaking and snapping.