Reborn to be without his father but with his son, the prince shouted, "I'm not dead!"

Chapter 189 The Thin Line of Life and Death

"Princess, you are really good at running."

The assassins looked at each other and laughed, "With the number of people you have, we can finish them off in two or three moves! The young master said that Ji Anyu should be killed on the spot, and we can have fun with the remaining women."

Qing Wu was furious and swung out the knife at his waist, knocking down an assassin immediately.

The other assassins saw their brother dead and shouted, "Damn it! Come on!"

The secret guards protected Ji Anyu in the middle, and Ji Anyu protected Han Yan and Qiao Xin behind her. She took out a small crossbow and pointed it at the assassin.

The assassin didn't expect Ji Anyu to have a crossbow and was accidentally hit.

"Be careful, she has a crossbow!" The assassin no longer dared to underestimate Ji Anyu, and concentrated on dealing with the secret guards and guarding against the arrows shot at him.

Ji Anyu cooperated with the secret guards and hit the assassins several times, but there were more assassins than them, and every arrow Ji Anyu shot had to hit an assassin, and she didn't have many arrows left.

Ji Anyu was extremely nervous and sweat was dripping from his hair.

Why hasn't Kong Zichen come yet? She deliberately told Kong Zichen that she had Shen Jing's child, just to bet that Kong Zichen would not ignore Shen Jing's posthumous child.

"She is running out of bow and arrows!" The assassin looked at the crossbow excitedly. Once Ji Anyu was killed, such a good weapon would fall into their hands.

The secret guards died one after another, and finally only Qing Wu was left standing.

At the critical moment, a white-haired old man with a beard on his chin suddenly rushed in.

Ji Anyu and the others subconsciously stepped back and saw that the old man killed the assassins in the blink of an eye, all with one sword in the throat.

It's over. If I meet such a powerful person, I'm afraid I can't escape death.

Ji Anyu secretly groaned, she didn't expect that she would die earlier in this life than in her previous life.

The old man put away his knife neatly, turned around and stared at the crossbow for a while, then moved his gaze to Ji Anyu's face.

"Who are you to Shen Jing?"

The old man Shen Ziyan pointed at Qing Wu who was holding a sword against him, and glanced at the secret guards who had died on the ground, "Why were they protecting you?"

He happened to pass by here and heard someone shouting about bows and crossbows. Curious, he came over to see what kind of bows and crossbows they were. As a result, he saw that the martial arts used by those secret guards were very similar to those of the death warriors taught by Prince Zhong's Mansion.

Shen Ziyan didn't want to meddle in other people's business, but he looked at the crossbow carefully for a long time and found that it was the crossbow he gave to Shen Jing when Shen Jing was a child, so he offered to help.

Ji Anyu was surprised that this old man who appeared out of nowhere actually knew Shen Jing. Seeing that the other party showed no ill will, she felt relieved.

"I am Shen Jing's wife. The assassin was sent by Nanhou Mansion. Thank you for your help."

Shen Ziyan was first surprised that Shen Jing had already married, then he was happy for Shen Jing, and then he wondered when the Nanhou Mansion and the Zhongwang Mansion became enemies? It seemed that a lot of things had happened during the years when he was not in the capital.

"Since you are Shen Jing's wife, what about him? Doesn't he know that you have encountered an assassin?"

Shen Ziyan was dissatisfied with Shen Jing for not being able to protect his own wife. If he hadn't happened to meet him today, the consequences would have been disastrous.

Ji Anyu couldn't help sobbing as she thought of Shen Jing, "Shen Jing...he met an assassin outside Qingyu Pass. Later, he and Wei Songlin fell to the bottom of the valley together. We haven't found him yet. We only found his bloody clothes and hair crown."

Shen Ziyan was stunned. Seeing Ji Anyu's red eyes, it was obvious that Shen Jing's condition was very bad.

There are many wild beasts outside Qingyu Pass. If the people who fall into the valley are not found, they will be in great danger.

"Where is Zhusha? Where is he?"

"We encountered assassins, and there were many of them, so we split up and he went to distract some of them."

"Which direction?" Ji Anyu pointed. Seeing the old man was about to go over there, she said solemnly, "Thank you, benefactor."

Shen Ziyan turned to look at Ji Anyu, and saw the black mole and black teeth on Ji Anyu's face. He felt complicated and didn't know what to say. Shen Jing's eyes were quite strange.

He saw that the direction here was not to the capital, and it was obvious that Ji Anyu had no intention of returning to the capital. Shen Jing was very likely dead, and the girl in front of him looked very young.

Shen Ziyan has been wandering outside for many years and is no longer a pedantic person. Since this girl wants to start a new life, just let her go.

"Where are you going?"

Ji Anyu didn't know the old man's identity and didn't want to reveal that she was pregnant.

Letting Kong Zichen know that she was pregnant was a last resort. In order to gain Kong Zichen's trust, she had to show her sincerity, so that Kong Zichen would feel at ease to help her escape from the imperial concubine's eyes.

She said simply, "I want to find a safe place to hide away from the limelight."

Shen Ziyan could understand what he said. It would be exhausting for a girl to have to deal with fighting and killing after her husband dies.

Besides, he planned to bring Zhusha and the people from Prince Zhong's Mansion to continue searching for Shen Jing, so he had no time to care about Ji Anyu.

"Be careful. The boat ahead is good. I took it a few days ago. The boat lady is very nice. She will definitely take you safely to where you want to go."

Ji Anyu looked at the old man's slightly sharp and distant eyes. She always felt that there was something behind his words. After guessing it, she felt a little pain in her stomach. She immediately decided to get on the boat and leave. The child was the most important thing now.

Zhusha was facing many assassins whose lives and deaths were unknown. Although the old man in front of her was acquainted with Shen Jing, she didn't know his background.

Ji Anyu took off the pendant from her neck and handed it to Shen Ziyan.

"This is something from my family. My benefactor is a skilled martial artist. I would like to shamelessly ask you to help me save Zhusha and the others. If they are dead now, please help me find someone to bury them. I have some silver and money on me, so I will give it to you as a thank you gift."

The moment Shen Ziyan lowered his eyes and saw the pendant, his pupils trembled.

It turns out that this girl is Ji Xiuxu's daughter.

But he remembered that the girl was fair and cute when she was a child, unlike now when she had so many moles on her face.

"You don't have to give me money, you can keep the pendant."

Seeing that Ji Anyu seemed unaware of the importance of the pendant, Shen Ziyan couldn't help but wonder why Ji Xiuxu gave such an important thing to Ji Anyu?

After all, it was Ji Xiuxu's family affair, so he couldn't say anything. He just said in a roundabout way, "The pendant your father left you must be very important. Don't give it to others casually in the future."

After he finished speaking, Ji Anyu felt a gust of wind blowing in front of him, and Shen Ziyan had already walked away.

Ji Anyu wondered who he was, as he even knew the Duke's pendant.

She put the pendant back around her neck and glanced at the maid beside her. "Let's go."

Qing Wu looked behind him reluctantly, "Princess, shouldn't we wait for Zhusha and the others?"

"No more waiting." Ji Anyu stroked her belly gently. "The longer we stay here, the more danger we will face. I don't know if those bandits and assassins have any accomplices. Let's go quickly."

Qing Wu said no more and followed Ji Anyu's footsteps.

After Ji Anyu negotiated the price with the boatman, she got on the boat. She took out a pregnancy-preserving pill from her purse and put it in her mouth.

My dear, you must be strong.

Ji Anyu rubbed his belly with his fingertips and looked around vigilantly.

(End of this chapter)