Chapter 727 Yunya Ancient Town (Part )

"Princess...she..."

It seemed that he had never seen Liu Xunyi as ferocious as he was tonight, and coupled with the guilt in his heart, Feng Tianba was caught off guard and felt flustered and speechless when faced with his aggressive questioning.

"Where is she?" Seeing Feng Tianba hesitant and hesitant, Liu Xunyi became more and more anxious.

"I...I don't know..."

"Bastard!" Before Feng Tianba could finish his words, Liu Xunyi suddenly pushed him with his big hand, knocking him to the ground.

"Master Liu, these men in black came suddenly. We were all asleep at the time and had no time to react..." A guard said in fear and trepidation, "Plus, they set a huge fire..."

"That's enough!" Liu Xunyi interrupted impatiently, "Which guest room is the princess staying in?"

"According to Sui Zuo's arrangement, the Mongols lived on the first floor, we lived on the second floor, and the princess and her personal maid lived on the third floor..." Feng Tianba recalled, "Once the melee started, the whole mansion was ablaze, and murderous men in black were everywhere. So no one cared about each other and everyone was running for their lives..."

"Then you can't just abandon the princess..."

"How dare we?" Feng Tianba said with a wronged look on his face, "When I squeezed up to the third floor, the princess's room was empty. The corridor was full of people, but there was no sign of the princess..."

"Where is Ding Qinghong?" Liu Xunyi asked anxiously, "Is he with the princess?"

"I don't know." Feng Tianba said in annoyance, "They were all beaten up by the men in black. I haven't seen his shadow since then..."

“Brother Liu!”

Just when Liu Xunyi was asking Feng Tianba for clues about Zhao Xin, Su He's voice suddenly rang out outside the store.

Immediately afterwards, three or five men in black came flying across and fell into the fire one by one like dumplings. They were instantly burned into several firemen. They struggled desperately and walked around, emitting bursts of heart-wrenching and miserable wails.

Almost at the same time, Su He swung his cloak, cleared a path in the raging fire, flew into the store, stepped over the heads of several firemen, and landed in front of Liu Xunyi in the blink of an eye.

"Brother Liu, I'm relieved to see you're safe and sound!" Su He said, "I just met a brother who came from East Street outside. He told me that the East Street store has fallen, Tao Amu and most of his 400 brothers have been burned to death, and only a few have escaped by luck..." As he spoke, Su He looked up and down at the blood-stained Liu Xunyi and sighed, "Looking at your appearance, I'm afraid that General Xu of the West Street store and his 300 brothers are also in danger..."

Hearing this, Liu Xunyi suddenly felt ashamed. If Xu Guang hadn't been such a traitor, the casualties tonight wouldn't have been so tragic.

However, Liu Xunyi did not dare to tell Su He directly. After all, Xu Guangsheng was the guard general appointed by the Song Dynasty court. If Su He knew that Xu Guangsheng had rebelled, how would the Mongols view the Song Dynasty court? If he was not careful, it was very likely to cause a bigger disaster.

"Brother Su, what is the situation of the King of Hexi?"

"Don't worry, General Sui has led his men to protect the King of Hexi and break out of the siege. He has now entered the vast Qinling Mountains. What about you? Have you found the whereabouts of the princess?" Su He said worriedly, "The King of Hexi and General Sui are very angry about what happened tonight. If we can't rescue the princess, I'm afraid they will hold the Song Dynasty responsible."

"These men in black call themselves 'civilian volunteers', but I see they are well-trained and don't look like a mob at all..."

"That's enough!" Liu Xunyi was worried that Feng Tianba might say something wrong, so he interrupted him in a hurry, "There's fighting everywhere outside. If we delay any longer, the princess will be in more danger. Right now, the fire in the store is getting more and more intense. I don't think any more men in black will risk coming in. You guys guard the first floor for me, and I'll go find the princess."

"The fire upstairs is too fierce. Even if Lord Liu can rush in, how can he get out?"

"I can't care about that. The princess is waiting for me to save her!"

After leaving a hurried sentence, Liu Xunyi ignored the dissuasion of Su He and Feng Tianba, jumped to the second floor, and disappeared in the raging fire in the blink of an eye.

"Xin'er! Xin'er..."

The billowing black smoke blocked out the sky and made Liu Xunyi's eyes burst into tears. He covered his mouth and nose and stumbled back and forth among the guest rooms looking for the room.

Because he was wearing only a single layer of clothing and was barefoot, his skin was burned red in large patches, and his feet were covered with blisters. Sometimes he accidentally stepped on broken wood or scattered swords, and the blisters would be pierced, causing Liu Xunyi to grimace in pain.

Wherever he passed, two intermittent bloodstains were left on the ground, connecting to the large and small pools of blood around him. In the horrifically high temperature, a disgusting fishy smell was emitted.

At this moment, the entire North Street store was tightly wrapped by a huge fireball, like a blazing furnace, determined to melt and evaporate everything in the store and burn it to ashes.

"Xin'er, cough cough..."

How many rooms have I walked through? How long have I been here? Liu Xunyi was running around like a headless fly. In such a hot and unbearable environment, even a master like him was in danger, let alone the weak Zhao Xin?

As time passed, Liu Xunyi became more and more anxious, more and more frightened, and more and more angry...

At this moment, he had already become numb to the pain and weakness in his body. He ran around in the flames with his scarred body supported by his willpower.

Even though his feet stepped on red charcoal, even though the clothes on his body were corroded by the flames into pieces of cloth with sparks, even though his blood and tears were dried up by the high temperature the moment they overflowed, he had no scruples and continued to call out Zhao Xin's name in a hoarse and almost inaudible voice, passing through one wall of fire after another like a fearless walking corpse.

"Boom, boom, boom..."

Suddenly, from the depths of the vast and endless sea of ​​fire, a regular knocking sound was heard.

The sound was not loud, and even had a tendency to get weaker and weaker. It touched Liu Xunyi's heartstrings like a wake-up call, causing his chaotic mind to suddenly tremble. A gleam of excitement and excitement instantly welled up in his pair of eyes that were filled with turbid bloodshot.

"Xin'er!"

Liu Xunyi ran towards the source of the sound regardless of everything. He fell several times while surrounded by flames, but it still could not extinguish his persistent and determined heart.

When Liu Xunyi held his breath and flew into a room engulfed in fire, he finally saw the beauty he had been longing for and would never regret dying for.

This seems to be a warehouse, but most of the things have been burned beyond recognition, leaving only a mess.

At this moment, Zhao Xin's body was immersed in a huge water tank, and most of the water in the tank was undoubtedly her life-saving straw that saved her from the disaster.

The thick smoke almost made her fall into a coma, but even so, her instinct for survival still urged her to take a wooden spoon and weakly knock on the edge of the water tank. The sound Liu Xunyi heard just now came from this.

The temperature around was getting higher and higher, and the water in the vat was heating up. If Liu Xunyi hadn't arrived in time, the unconscious Zhao Xin would have been boiled alive by the hot water sooner or later.

"Xin'er..."

In Liu Xunyi's memory, Zhao Xin had always been a lady with elegant and graceful demeanor. How could he have ever seen Zhao Xin so embarrassed, so miserable, and so weak?

Looking at Zhao Xin, who was half-conscious, half-awake, with disheveled hair and trembling all over, soaking in the water tank, Liu Xunyi felt his heart burn and his heart was broken. Facing his beloved, who was so tender and pitiful, Liu Xunyi's state of mind could no longer be described by pale words such as "pity" and "heartache".

At this moment, Liu Xunyi only hated herself for not protecting her well? Hated herself for letting her fall into such a situation? Hated herself for not being able to bear everything for her?
At this moment, Liu Xunyi burst into tears, feeling extremely sad and ashamed to be a man.

At this moment, he wished he could kill himself with a sword.

"Xin'er, I'm sorry, I'm late..."

Liu Xunyi staggered to the water tank, looking at Zhao Xin who was humming softly with trembling eyes. He stretched out his trembling hand and carefully tucked a strand of wet hair in front of her forehead behind her ear.

This was the first time Liu Xunyi had "contact" with Zhao Xin since he returned to Tianji Pavilion.

As if she sensed someone approaching, Zhao Xin, whose life was hanging by a thread, suddenly shrank her body, closed her eyes and kept shouting: "Don't come over... Don't come over... Xunyi! Xunyi, save me..."

It seemed that the black-clad man's unscrupulous pursuit had left an indelible memory of horror in Zhao Xin's heart, so much so that her reaction in a coma was still so intense.

"Xin'er, it's me! I'm Xunyi!"

Seeing Zhao Xin's panic, Liu Xunyi felt heartbroken and quickly held her trembling body tightly in his arms. At the same time, tears could not help but flow down, one drop after another, sliding down Zhao Xin's face.

Zhao Xin opened her eyes with difficulty, and Liu Xunyi's dirty face gradually emerged in the blurry world. Her violently struggling body slowly calmed down.

"Xun Yi?" Zhao Xin looked at Liu Xun Yi, who was crying and laughing, and stroked the scar on his cheek. She said in disbelief, "Am I... already dead?"

"No..." Liu Xunyi tried hard to hold back tears, grinning with a bitter smile, shaking his head desperately like a rattle, "You are not dead, and I am not dead either. I am here to save you."

"Xunyi, you are finally here, I knew you would come..."

Feeling the warmth from her fingertips, Zhao Xin's heart, which had been hanging in the air, gradually settled down. A relieved smile appeared on the corner of her mouth, and then her head tilted and she fainted completely.

"Xin'er, let's go!"

Liu Xunyi picked up Zhao Xin from the water tank by the waist, and found a piece of felt cloth that had not yet been burned. He soaked it and covered Zhao Xin with it. Then he calmed down and strode towards the roaring fire.

……

"Master Su, there's someone upstairs!"

Feng Tianba, who was anxiously waiting on the first floor, accidentally saw a vague figure staggering and shaky in the raging fire upstairs.

"It's Brother Liu!"

Su He looked carefully and gradually recognized Liu Xunyi and Zhao Xin. His face changed immediately and he said loudly: "Brother Liu, don't panic, Su is here!"

Before he finished speaking, Su He flew up and swung his palms alternately in mid-air. The two fierce palm winds suppressed the spreading flames like autumn wind sweeping fallen leaves, buying a glimmer of hope for Liu Xunyi and Zhao Xin who were about to be swallowed by the fire.

In the blink of an eye, Su He flew to Liu Xunyi's side, held the unconscious Zhao Xin with one hand, and supported the dying Liu Xunyi with the other hand. He kicked a beam that had been burned to charcoal by the fire and flew it high into the air.

Su He took advantage of the situation, dragged Liu Xunyi and Zhao Xin, stepped on the beam in half in mid-air, used the force to jump over the rekindled fire, and then landed gracefully on the ground.

"Princess, Master Liu!"

Feng Tianba and his companions quickly came forward, each of them looking happy and worried.

"Brother Liu, how are you?"

Facing Su He's concern, Liu Xunyi waved his hands and said, "I was just choked by the smoke and became dizzy. It's nothing serious!"

"Master Liu, put on these boots first!"

Feng Tianba took a pair of boots from some dead man, saving Liu Xunyi's horrible feet from further torture.

Seeing that Liu Xunyi and Zhao Xin were not in danger of their lives, Su He secretly breathed a sigh of relief and urged, "There are people in black outside. I wonder how long our people can hold out? We can't stay here for long. Let's go!"

After saying that, Su He, Liu Xunyi, Feng Tianba and others protected Zhao Xin and hurried out of the store.

"We've been waiting all night, and you're finally willing to come out?"

However, the moment Su He, Liu Xunyi and others stepped out of the door of the North Street store, a sinister laugh suddenly sounded from the opposite side.

At this moment, hundreds of men in black, who were on high alert, lined up in a fan shape, surrounding the gate of the North Street store.

They drew their bows and arrows, ready to shoot. Each arrow, reflecting the cold light, was aimed at the same target, which was Liu Xunyi and his party in front of the gate.

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　I'm so sorry for being late! I took advantage of the weekend to help my daughter who is about to enter school age find a suitable educational environment, and tried to provide her with better learning resources. Suddenly I realized that since when, learning is no longer just self-effort, but also mixed with the cruel reality of almost exploitation, and even a test of parents' ability and patience. I wonder what stage of life you are in now? What threats and challenges are you facing?

　　By the way, I would like to answer "The Song of Everlasting Regret and Drunkenness". I will update it on New Year's Day. Thank you for your support!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)