Chapter 108 – Save your life first.

On August 15, the third day of the opening of the market, there was a spectacle of 10,000 people at the Clearwater Camp.

The horse market had more than tripled in size from its original scope, taking up almost the entire East Side of the city, and it was simply a sea of people.

From the exotic cattle, sheep, camel and horse, spices and jewelry, and from the Central Plains of rice, salt and tea, porcelain and silk, as if the impact of hot and cold ocean currents converge, where the formation of a swirling circle of integration.

Su Yan stood on the city wall and said, “Don’t be presumptuous. I told you earlier, I know your goodness in my heart, how is it possible that no one misses you? I am not a human being?”

Jing Hong chased only felt that the hand that was held, wrapped in a ball of sweet love, ironing people’s lungs hot. He was stimulated by this heat, like a volcano that has been silent for too long urgently want to erupt, magma urgently want to break through the crust of the plate and hard, regardless of the consequences of burning all the way down, will be their own and the other party into one.

He clasped Su Yan’s hands back and rushed his mouth, “My lord, I–“

A gust of autumn wind rolled in a few fallen leaves, flying dust mesmerized his eyes, Su Yan subconsciously drew out his right hand to rub it.

“Something got in my eye, I don’t know if it’s sand or a small worm.” Su Yan blinked hard in the flood of tears, “You help me see ……”

Jing Hongchou still held his left hand with one hand, while the other propped open his eyelid and got closer for a closer look. “There’s a small black spot, stuck inside the eyelid.” He held his breath as he moved over and blew a few breaths.

Su Yan still had a strong sense of foreign objects in her eyes, and tears bubbled out uncontrollably, “It’s not good yet, blow on it again.”

This distance is too close, so close that the nostrils can be smelled, the smell is mixed, so close that the heart of the apes and horses keep banging on the door lock, roaring “can not tolerate no longer need to tolerate”, and want to break through the scabbard and come out.

Jing Hongchu loosened his grip on Su Yan’s hand, and in the next moment held the back of the other man’s neck and flicked the tip of his tongue inside his eyelids.

Wet, soft, slightly salty flavor, like being pried open the clam shell inside the pink mussels, the most delicate and delicious side exposed to people, eat or not all depends on the person’s thought.

Su Yan was a little stunned by the sudden licking, and the silky and tingly sensation in his eyes passed in an instant, and the heat of the nasal spray still lingered on his cheeks. He looked at Jing Hongchou with a blank face, blinked several times, and said, “Well …… thanks.”

After thinking about it, and recalling a few moments of embarrassment, he added, “Next time don’t lick it, I’ll rinse it off with water myself.”

“…… Yes, my lord.” Jing Hongchou said in a dark voice.

His usual voice was cold and bright, penetrating the air and sounding metallic, reminiscent of a sword blade that had been percolated through icy water and flowed with a sheen in the moonlight. Now it was as if he was being seared by the furnace fire, pounded by the refining force, and transformed into magma-hot iron, thick and silent as it flowed into the grooves to remake his new body.

Molded into a sword that can be returned to its scabbard, accepted and embraced by the scabbard, wrapped tightly and tightly, tightly and tightly, merging into one. Whether it is a square inch of gulping, or a rainbow of thousands of miles, it all has a place to return to.

He wanted a sheath named “Suyan” and wanted to be the only sword with this sheath.

For this he was willing to sacrifice all his loyalty, love and even his life for the right to keep his sword and sheath together for the rest of his life.

Su Yan smelled a trace of déjà vu, and vaguely felt that something was not good. The A chou in front of him is still the A chou that he is familiar with, but the eyes of the other party make him as if he is in the back, and he fights a slight shudder, but it is not because of antipathy, chills, and it is not even a fear …… can t say what it is like.

In order to hide this strange feeling of heartstrings churning, Suyan turned around and looked down at the horse market below once again, and saw Altan’s figure in the crowd again.

Altan was stopping to turn sideways and look up at the top of the wall where he was.

Too far apart, he couldn’t see the look on Alertan’s face, and he couldn’t be sure if the other man could really see himself on the corner stage.

Suyen tried to raise his right hand and swing it towards his opponent.

Allertan turned and took it in stride.

…… didn t see ah. Su Yan twisted his head to look at his empty raised arm, and on a whim, he pocketed his five paws and made a sign of a fortune cat.

“My lord has found it too.” Jinghong said after him.

“What?”

“There were five men trailing Altan, hiding around every corner. I thought they were those of his men, but on closer inspection of the size and silhouette, they were not any of the horsemen in that group.”

Suyan stared around Alltan, looking carefully for a long time, but did not find a single tailgater as Chase had said, only to raise an eyebrow and smirk, “You’re Hawkeye, and I can’t even beat a finger of the Black Widow.”

Jing red chase seems to be a little surprised, said: “How do you know ‘Black Widow’ this jianghu characters? This woman comes from a prostitute, practicing is to take the sun to make up – well, the side road of the technique, said out of the dirty adult ear. This woman often moves around in the Jiangnan area, so she won’t be encountered. Even if she does, my subordinates will clean her up and not let you see any bad luck.”

Su Yan froze, then laughed out loud and wrapped his arms around Jing Hongchou’s shoulders, “Chickens talking with ducks is also quite interesting, Ah Chou, hey, Ah Chou.”

These two “Ah Zhui” long and interesting, Jing Hong chasing was called to the ear hot, resting on the shoulders of the palm is futile to tease the heart.

He knew that Lord Su had no personal feelings for himself, but still because of this point of physical contact and blood chills, in order not to make a fool of himself, only had to tense a cold face, Su Yan’s hand dialed back, “The adults are a serious scholar, where stained with the habits of the jianghu, to see an individual hooked shoulders, brother and brother.”

Su Yan laughed and withdrew his hand: ”There is no such thing as seeing a person like this, it’s obviously just you and Altan. He is my new friend, and the temperament is bright, this set must be quite used. And you well ……”

Jing Hongchou looked paralyzed, but he was listening carefully with his ears perked up.

“You are my hands, feet, belly, heart and liver. If I could, I would really like to bolt you, a martial arts expert, to my belt for the rest of my life, and be safe and secure from now on hahaha.”

Jing Hong chased after him with clenched teeth, the sea of her heart violently tossing and turning, not knowing whether she was happy or sad.

Su Yan’s flirtatious appearance converged, and put his mouth close to Jing Hong chasing his ears, “You help me to keep an eye on the situation, and give a hand when necessary.”

“…… Altan?”

“Right. I always feel that something is not right, what exactly is the identity of the cavalrymen who attacked us? The tattoos are fake, so I’m afraid they’re not Tartars, but the ‘Ugha Lang’ they’re loyal to is the son of a Tartar eunuch. Also, just now you said those unfamiliar tailed followers, what are they?”

Jing Hong chased after a thought and said, “I can’t tell their identity, I can only be sure, they are from the Northern Desert. Although they are wearing the clothes of the Central Plains, their faces are black and red in the cheekbone area, and their legs are a bit ropy, caused by riding horses for a long time.”

Su Yan nodded slightly, ”I am worried that they are from other Northern Desert tribes, such as the Tartars, a longtime enemy of Wala, who want to turn against Altan. Even if they are not against Altan, hiding their identities and sneaking into a major border town is by no means a good thing. Ah Chui, you go and check.”

Jing Hong chased her frown, “But I have to keep the lord safe.”

Su Yan laughed: ”Do you think Chu Yuan and the others are vegetarians, be careful they want to fight with you. Besides, there are five hundred elite soldiers of the Commanding General’s Department, my side is now like an iron bucket. On the contrary, those five termites, don’t break the dike of a thousand miles, after all, this is Qing Shui camp, Daming’s ‘northern gate lock and key’.”

Jing Hongchou also had to admit that Lord Su had considered it very reasonably, so he nodded and asked, “If these people only seek trouble from Altan and have nothing to do with Qing Shui Battalion, what should my subordinate do?”

Su Yan said, “I said I’d give you a hand if necessary, but I’m not asking you. Good you a chase, even play the heart, learn bad you!

So he laughed and asked, “What do you think?”

Jing Hong chased after the garlic: “Since it has nothing to do with our country, their tribal infighting, my subordinates are naturally inconvenienced to step in.”

Su Yan slammed down his face, “No, I want you to make a move. If Altan is in danger, you must save him, even if it costs …… him money,” he deliberately murmured.

“Even if you lose …… your subordinate’s life?” Jing Hongchou was really in authority, his face was stiff and cold, his tone bitter to the core, “Your Excellency and that barbarian have only known each other for a few days! Surprisingly–“

“Even if I have to pay for your broken sword that costs three taels of silver a piece, okay? You jealous bastard!” Su Yan’s eyes showed a slight smile.

“Listen carefully Chase,” Su Yan said with a straight face, “I will never sacrifice you for anyone, including myself. If, and I mean if, things really come to that, you can’t save Altan without losing your life – then save your own life first! After all, there’s a difference between close and distant, and if I can’t love the world equally, I’ll just have to be sorry for him.”

Jing Hong chased pursed her lips, as if a bit of emotionally moving heat and light was condensed in her eyes, and only after a moment did she say, “Your Excellency is a white crane in the clouds, with high and noble aspirations, and has never been unfavorable to anyone.”

Su Yan remembered Shen Qi’s back full of torture wounds, remembered Yun Wash’s leap on the wall of the small south courtyard, remembered the seven heads rolling down on the Yan’an court of law, and smiled bitterly to himself.

After descending the city wall, Chu Yuan and the others waited at the base of the wall.

Seeing that the two of them had finally finished their “I’ll go up with Chou to look at the scenery, you don’t have to follow” tour, Gao Shuo looked Jing Hongchou up and down with unhappy eyes, and only after confirming that his lapel was neatly dressed and his sideburns weren’t disheveled did he lighten up his countenance.

Previously, Jing Hongchu learned from Su Yan that Gao Shuo was Shen Qi’s henchman, and immediately understood the reason why he had been treating himself with his nose but not his nose, and his eyes but not his eyes, thinking that he wanted to prevent thieves on behalf of his own superior officer.

Jing Hong chasing privately is very scoffing: your dog Qianhu is the thief! Besides, if I really want to do something out of the ordinary, how can you defend me?

The thought of “out of the ordinary” appeared and disappeared in his mind – it surfaced because he couldn’t help himself, and then it disappeared because of the guilt and shame he felt. As for how out of the ordinary, only he knew.

After entrusting Su Yan to the brocade guards, Jing Hong chased after him to perform light power, and it didn’t take long for him to catch up with Altan.

His stance was as light and agile as a ghost, and he was extremely good at lurking and hiding, even in the downtown area in broad daylight, he was not detected by the other party and the tailgaters.

He watched as Alertan entered a broken alley and, when he reached the end, suddenly turned around and drank something in the barbarian language.

The tail followers, having been spied on, had no choice but to show themselves early, drawing their weapons and lunging towards Altan.

Jing Hongchou didn’t make a move, but hid on the ridge of the roof, looking down to watch the fun. It was not because of the malicious intent of watching tigers from a mountain, but it had long been judged that all five of these people together were no match for Altan.

Sure enough, but two quarters of an hour, they were Alertan beat down on the ground, broken hands and feet can not get up. Altan and these people with each other whimpered a whole lot, but unfortunately Jing Hong chase half a word do not understand.

He was contemplating whether or not to show up masked, rob one of his tail followers, and go back to Huang Li Ji, who knew the barbarian language, to torture the situation, when he suddenly heard an imperceptible sharp sound in the air.

The sound was extremely small and quick, as if a viper had spat, and the scarlet harbinger of death swept through only a slight residue in the flash of lightning.

Jing Hong chased to recognize that this is the sound of a concealed weapon breaking through the air, which is more stealthy …… than flying knives and darts It is a flying needle! From between the cracks on the brick wall at the end of the alley, it shot in and attacked the lifeblood of Altan’s back.

Such a tricky angle and precise force, if the needle is fed with poison, the victim will die immediately without help.

Jing Hong chased after him by flicking out the broken tiles clasped on his fingertips, doing his best to intercept the flying needles, while at the same time he drew his sword and swept downward towards the Altan below.

When his body was about to move, in that unspeakably very short moment, a cloudy wind seemed to whip behind him, and the muscles of his entire body abruptly stiffened, and his energy suddenly leaked out.

Jing Hongchou’s heart was horrified – there was actually someone who could assassinate him, and he couldn’t even distinguish the means used by the other party!

He heard an unmistakably hoarse man’s voice, as rough and unpleasant as if it had been scalded with copper juice, like a low growl or a cryptic murmur. The voice said in the raw official language of the Great Ming, “Those who block the will of the gods will be burned to ashes by the wrath of the gods ……”

Jing Hongchou utilized all twelve of his strength and violently struggled, the stirring true qi finally broke through the invisible shackles.

His entire body slid forward a dozen feet or so with the blade of the sword, and then suddenly folded back. The tip of the sword exploded into a ball of cold aura, shooting towards the black-robed man who had appeared on the roof at an unknown time.

The black-robed man was shrouded from head to toe in a myriad of draping bands of cloth, with only the tip of an eagle’s nose protruding like the beak of a bird of prey under the hood. His twig-like hands, palms facing the sky, were held in front of him, motionless, and the shadows of the hood seemed to contain two points of ghostly light.

In his many years as an assassin, Jing Hongchou had never felt like this before, as if what he was facing was not living flesh and blood, but a gray swamp filled with mud that would plunge the sword qi, the blade, and even the bearer of the sword into the depths of pitch-black sludge together.

In the moment their eyes met, he subconsciously utilized his Nightmare Charm technique to combat the topless, suffocating feeling.