"The little one... the little one doesn't know either..."
"We two brothers are bounty killers. We just... just took the bounty mission from the guild. We don't know who hired us..."
"Don't know? Well, then go meet King Yama." Helan Yanting curled his lips into a cold smile and was about to use force to snap the necks of the two men.
"Your Highness, wait!"
Feng Yunshu endured the discomfort in her body and spoke up. "It might be useful to keep these two alive."
Seeing Feng Yunshu was injured, Helan Yanting tapped the acupoints of the two men and threw them aside. Then he leaped over and came to Feng Yunshu's side, supporting her. "You're injured?!"
Looking at the殷 red blood seeping through Feng Yunshu's outer robe, Helan Yanting's face darkened. He glanced at the two bounty killers, and several hidden darts flew out of his sleeve. The sharp darts quickly left dozens of bloody scratches on the two men.
If Feng Yunshu hadn't stopped him, Helan Yanting would have reduced these two men to ashes at this moment.
He immediately bent down and carefully picked up the injured Feng Yunshu horizontally in his arms. Then he whistled a secret signal with his hand. Soon, Yan Qi rushed over in a hurry.
Glancing at the situation in front of him, Yan Qi knew something had happened. He quickly knelt down. "My lord, what are your orders?"
"Bind these two and take them back to the camp immediately. I will interrogate them personally."
"Yes, my lord!"
Yan Qi looked up and saw the bloodstains on the "man" in Helan Yanting's arms. His heart skipped a beat. The princess was actually injured. Who on earth did this?
Yan Qi took the two bounty killers away, while Helan Yanting carried Feng Yunshu back to the camp immediately.
Originally, Helan Yanting planned to use his lightness kung fu to take her back, which could save time and get back to the camp faster to treat the wound. However, as soon as he leaped up, the wound of Feng Yunshu in his arms seemed to be pricked by a needle, and she gasped in pain.
"Your Highness, wait..."
This time, Feng Yunshu really suffered a setback. With red eyes, she looked at Helan Yanting. "I'm afraid I can't use lightness kung fu yet. The fine needles in my body haven't been removed. Every movement pulls on them, and it hurts so much..."
Seeing Feng Yunshu rarely showing such a painful expression, Helan Yanting's eyes darkened slightly, and his eyebrows were filled with a more intense murderous aura.
The hand holding Feng Yunshu became even more careful. "My lady, it's my fault that I failed to protect you."
Saying that, he quickly tapped a few acupoints on Feng Yunshu's body. "I'll temporarily seal a few of your acupoints to relieve the pain in your body for a while. Please bear with it. We'll be back soon."
"I will surely find out who hired the killers to harm you as soon as possible. Once I catch the mastermind behind this, I will surely make this person pay a thousand times the price!"
Feng Yunshu was really in great pain. What's more, her consciousness became clearer and clearer. She couldn't even faint to ignore the pain. When she was in his arms, smelling the scent on him, the pain in her body inexplicably lessened a bit.
Feng Yunshu subconsciously burrowed into his arms and took a deep breath of the scent on him. "Your Highness, really... I'm so uncomfortable..."
Helan Yanting looked down at the person constantly burrowing into his arms, hugged her tightly, and bent down to gently rub his chin against her forehead covered with cold sweat. "It's okay. I won't let anything happen to you. It will be okay soon."
Hearing his voice, Feng Yunshu remembered that they had just had a fight not long ago, and she felt even more aggrieved.
"You're a liar. Anyway, you don't care about me... Even if I'm with someone else, you won't care. That's why you left me alone in the imperial city... Helan Yanting, you big liar. You simply don't care about me!"
The grievance in Feng Yunshu's heart seemed to pour out like a flood. When she was emotionally excited, she couldn't help but open her mouth and bite his shoulder hard.
However—
Unexpectedly, although Helan Yanting looked thin, he had well - developed muscles. The moment she bit down, Feng Yunshu felt that her teeth were about to break.
"You bastard!"
Feng Yunshu was even more angry. She struggled and flailed about in his arms, throwing a tantrum.
Helan Yanting knew she was aggrieved and felt even more guilty. "Silly girl, don't bite there. What if you hurt yourself?"
"Previously, it was really my fault for not thinking things through. I thought I was doing this for your own good. I didn't want you to take risks with me, but I never thought of asking for your thoughts and choices."
As he spoke, Helan Yanting's deep voice made his Adam's apple roll up and down. It was as if there were electric currents surging in his chest and passing into Feng Yunshu's ears, gently plucking at her heartstrings.
"From now on, I will never leave you alone again. I won't allow anyone to hurt you."
Saying that, Helan Yanting tightened his hold on the person in his arms a bit.
Feng Yunshu's nose felt sour. "Who knows if you're making such a solemn vow now and will turn your back on me anytime. It's just a matter of a single word... Can I still trust you..."
"If I break my vow, may I be struck by thunder and die a horrible death."
As soon as Helan Yanting finished saying this, Feng Yunshu immediately reached out her hand to cover his lips. Frowning, she quickly said, "What are you talking nonsense about? When did I ever say I wanted you to die?呸呸呸. Don't be so unlucky! I won't allow anything to happen to you!"
While they were talking, they had already returned to the tent. Feng Yunshu suddenly felt that many pairs of eyes were looking at her. She silently turned her head and glanced around, only to find that all the soldiers around were looking at her curiously.
After they walked for a while, she heard the soldiers behind whispering and gossiping—
"Isn't this our military advisor? Why is he holding a man in his arms..."
"Who knows? I've long thought this military advisor looks very strange. Could he be a homosexual? I've really seen a homosexual before. He only likes men and doesn't marry or have children!"
"Is this really true? If this military advisor is a homosexual, then could it be that there's something between him and our General Shi..."
"Yes, this military advisor's background is unknown. But not long after he came here, General Shi seems to trust him very much. Moreover, he even let him take the position of military advisor. Not only that, he also seems to support his ideas and decisions. The more you think about this, the more it makes people can't help but have wild thoughts..."
Hearing these rumors, Feng Yunshu felt that the pain in her body seemed to lessen a bit. Suddenly, she remembered the deeds of Kong Ze and the demon princess in the past, and couldn't help laughing out loud.
But as soon as she laughed, it pulled on her wound, and she grimaced in pain. So she showed a very awkward expression of crying and laughing at the same time.
"Hold back your laughter. It's not too late to laugh after your wound is treated."
Helan Yanting knew what she was laughing about. He was helpless but had to remind her.
In the nearly a hundred years of her cultivating immortality, she hadn't learned any other real skills, but her carefree attitude was really strong. How could she still laugh at a time like this?
Naturally, Feng Yunshu didn't know what Helan Yanting was complaining about in his heart at this moment. She obediently restrained her smile to prevent the wound from splitting open.
Finally, they returned to the tent. Helan Yanting immediately asked someone to invite the doctor.
Not long after Feng Yunshu and Helan Yanting returned to the tent, Xiaoling and Qingzhu saw Helan Yanting carrying her back in a hurry from afar. They guessed that something must have happened and immediately rushed over.
After a diagnosis, the doctor made a judgment. "Military advisor, the silver needles embedded in his wound are all poisoned fine needles. Once they enter the skin, it will make people feel as if they are being bitten by thousands of ants, extremely itchy."