My elder sister is so noble, this time it's my turn to strike back

Chapter 123: Horse is startled and survives from a desperate situation

"Princess, isn't that the girl who left with Master Gu last time at the palace?"

The trusted maidservant beside Princess Yong saw Qiu Ning's face when she turned around inadvertently, and recognized Qiu Ning. It was the last time when the prince's birthday banquet was held in the mansion. When the princess and Lord Gu were talking in the back garden, they were caught by Qiu Ning who was hiding in the rockery.

Murong Zhi obviously recognized Qiu Ning, and a hint of murderous intent quickly flashed across her cold eyes.

Last time, I was lucky enough to let this girl escape, but this time, there will be no such good opportunity.

"Follow her and see where she goes."

Murong Zhi gave instructions to the servants.

After receiving the order, the trusted maid hurriedly opened the door of the wing room and told the two guards waiting outside to catch up with Qiu Ning on horseback.

When Qiu Ning arrived at Gu's house, he found out after asking that Gu Li was not at home at that time and was out on business.

There was no other way, Qiu Ning had to turn back temporarily and planned to give the thing in her arms to Wan Zilang for safekeeping. This thing was very valuable and she was not sure about bringing it into the palace.

Qiu Ning, who had been thinking about something, did not notice that he was being followed.

It was not until the carriage was driving on a relatively remote street that it suddenly heard the horse in front neigh, followed by an emergency brake. Qiu Ning was almost thrown out due to inertia.

Fortunately, she held on to the handle and managed to steady herself.

"what happened?"

Qiu Ning immediately lifted the curtain and asked the coachman outside.

This is a special carriage used by the palace for purchases. The drivers are all eunuchs in the palace. There are also special signs around the carriage, and ordinary people will not get close to it.

The driver jumped out of the carriage and took a look, then reported to Qiu Ning, "Sir Shang Gong, someone has fallen in front of the carriage and looks injured."

Qiu Ning frowned, then walked to the front of the carriage to take a look. It turned out to be a man with his legs stuck under the wheels of his carriage, and blood was seeping out of his exposed trouser legs.

Perhaps because he was seriously injured, the man's face looked very painful and he was trying hard to pull his legs out.

"Are you OK?"

The coachman approached the man and tried to help.

However, at this moment, the man suddenly looked up, raised his hand and sprinkled a handful of powder at the young eunuch.

Immediately afterwards, Qiu Ning watched the young eunuch faint and fall to the ground right under his nose.

Qiu Ning immediately realized that this person was trying to scam her. She was afraid that she had been followed for a long time, so she took the opportunity to deliberately get in front of the carriage.

Qiu Ning had no time to think about it. He immediately covered the things in his arms and prepared to drive the carriage to escape.

"drive!"

She raised the whip and hit the horse hard on the butt. The horse felt pain and ran down the street with its hooves spread out.

However, she was not an experienced driver after all, and had no control over the direction of the horse. She just let the horse run wildly along the way, and she almost fell off several times.

She held the rope tightly in her hand, not daring to loosen it even a little, as if she was afraid that if she let go, the people behind her would immediately catch up with her.

But the thief's kung fu was also quite good. After seeing Qiu Ning driving away in the carriage, he actually used his lightness skills to chase after Qiu Ning's carriage.

At this time, there were few people on either side of the street, only some walls and houses. As the carriage sped along, the thief also flew side by side on the buildings on both sides, causing Qiu Ning to be extremely frightened.

"drive……"

Seeing that the thief was getting closer and closer to him and was about to jump onto the carriage, Qiu Ning had increased his speed to the fastest, but it still didn't work.

Seeing that the enemy was about to catch up, Qiu Ning looked up and saw that there was a bend in front of him.

In a flash, without thinking, she gritted her teeth and pulled the reins with all her strength, trying to make the horse make an emergency turn.

"Shut up!"

The horse, in pain, raised its front hooves and kicked twice, causing the carriage behind it to spin out of control due to inertia and fall to the ground. The roof and carriage instantly shattered into pieces.

Qiu Ning was unable to keep his balance at this time, and due to a loss of gravity, he fell straight off the frame.

With a "click", she seemed to hear the sound of her bones dislocated, and then a piercing pain came over her.

She knew that she must have a broken bone.

A feeling of despair surged towards Qiu Ning. Is he going to die here today?

After so much difficulty in obtaining the evidence of the Guo family's crimes, she hasn't even had time to hand it over. Is it possible that everything Lin Qinnan collected with such great difficulty will be destroyed?

Do not!

She is not reconciled!

With this perseverance, Qiu Ning quickly forced himself to stand up, and regardless of the piercing pain, he dragged his leg and tried to leave.

However, how could she be a match for the thief? In the blink of an eye, the thief jumped down from a wall and looked down at Qiu Ning with an unfriendly look.

"Run? Why don't you keep running?"

The thief first spat at Qiu Ning, then moved towards Qiu Ning step by step with a look of teasing his prey.

Qiu Ning held on and retreated step by step, while the thief moved forward step by step.

Finally, Qiu Ning was pressed against the wall behind him, with nowhere to retreat.

In desperation, Qiu Ning suddenly wanted to give it a try, so he tried to speak:

"My dear warrior, I can't escape anyway. Before I die, can you let me die with a clear conscience? I don't know how I have offended you or your master."

The thief saw that Qiu Ning was trying to trick him into telling something, so he thought that since she was going to die anyway, it didn't matter if he told her.

"That's up to you. If you've offended someone you shouldn't have, when you get to the underworld, remember that every wrong has its perpetrator. Whether you want to claim your life or seek revenge, don't blame me. I'm only taking money to help people get rid of their misfortunes."

"Oh? Then I wonder whose orders the warrior is following. I think there must be a misunderstanding. I'm just an ordinary woman who goes to and from work every day and has never had any grudges with anyone. You must have made a mistake."

Qiu Ning was stalling for time while searching around for something, trying to find a chance to escape.

The thief sneered, crossed his arms, and looked at Qiu Ning as if he was watching a good show. He said, "How could I not know whether it was a mistake or not? Come on, my master said that if you stumble upon something you shouldn't stumble upon, there's no point in living. Only the dead can keep secrets completely."

When Qiu Ning heard this, his heart skipped a beat.

Encountering something you shouldn't have?

Could it be...

However, before Qiu Ning could react, the thief pulled out the dagger from his waist and stabbed at Qiu Ning.

Qiu Ning didn't expect the other party to move so quickly, and she instinctively closed her eyes.

However, at this moment, there was a "ding" sound, like the sound of something metal falling to the ground.

The expected pain did not come.

Qiu Ning quickly opened his eyes to look, and found that the thief's dagger had fallen to the ground at some point, and he was covering his hand with a look of pain on his face.

Damn!

The thief suddenly picked up the dagger on the ground and planned to stab Qiu Ning again.

However, this time, when he just raised his wrist, an arrow suddenly shot out from the side and pierced through the man's palm.

"what……"

The thief's screams suddenly echoed throughout the surrounding area.