Chapter 2873 An Arrow Piercing the Heart

"I haven't slept well recently, please take a rest." Lan Jiaojiao said considerately, "Brother Hao fell asleep too."

Xiao Ziliang glanced at her and said, "You are willing to follow me to Beiqi, which is beyond my expectation."

Lan Jiaojiao smiled and said: "If I can follow the prince from Northern Qi to Kyoto, I can follow the prince back again."

"This time is different."

Xiao Ziliang's face looked unusually heavy.

Lan Jiaojiao smiled and said, "I know I might die this time."

"Then you are still willing to follow me."

"I want to take Hao'er with me, and I can't let him go. Although he was not born by me, I raised him from the day he was born, and he has never left my side for a day. He is still young and can't leave me, and I can't leave him either. Him." Lan Jiaojiao looked calm, "It's dangerous to stay in Kyoto anyway."

"You don't understand. If I leave, the palace will be safe." Xiao Ziliang shook his head, "Jiaojiao, I have never been successful, and you will not be able to look good after following me for a few days. Now I am asking for my own death, and it is also my own fault. .”

"These days, the prince's palace has encountered many things. The prince would not have made such a decision unless he was forced to do so."

Lan Jiaojiao rested her head on his shoulder, "If I can die together with you, my life will be complete."

Xiao Zi sighed in his conscience, stretched out his hand and hugged her shoulders.

At this time, the carriage suddenly shook violently, and sharp whistles and the sound of sharp blades piercing the air sounded outside.

Someone shouted: "There are assassins!"

Xiao Ziliang was surprised and just as he was about to get up, an arrow penetrated the carriage and hit Lan Jiaojiao in the heart.

He turned back, his pupils narrowed.

Lan Jiaojiao looked down at herself, seemingly in disbelief, and then her mouth overflowed with blood and she fell down.

"Jiaojiao——" Xiao Ziliang supported her in shock, "How are you?"

Lan Jiaojiao's mouth kept gushing blood. She opened her mouth, but in the end she couldn't say a word and tilted her head.

Eyes still open.

Obviously he will die with his eyes closed.

Beside her, little Hao'er was still sleeping soundly, completely unaware that the adoptive mother she had always relied on was dead.

Xiao Ziliang cried out twice in grief and anger, and arrows kept coming.

He didn't care about this, took off his robe, wrapped Hao'er, hugged him and jumped out of the carriage.

There's chaos outside.

Many men in black roared towards them on horseback, their crossbow arrows in their hands like life-threatening hooks, destroying everything they touched.

Gu Chengning's carriage ahead was also attacked indiscriminately.

However, the guards he brought were very tough and protected the carriage, but they were not harmed.

Not so with Xiao Ziliang.

Although he also brought many followers, they were only quantity, not quality. Compared with the assassin in black holding a siege crossbow, he was completely vulnerable.

Thinking of Lan Jiaojiao who was shot through the heart and died by an arrow, Xiao Ziliang couldn't bear the grief. He grabbed the sword from a guard and handed Hao'er wrapped in his arms to him: "You take the child and leave here. Their target is me, follow me, this kid is dangerous.”

The entourage was loyal and shouted: "Your Majesty, my subordinates will cover your departure!"

"You can't leave." Xiao Ziliang looked at the black-clothed murderers gathering from all directions, and felt a burst of sadness in his heart.

He thought he could at least answer Beiqi safely, but he didn't expect that he would be ambushed by a killer as soon as he left Kyoto.

Is it really so cruel?

Although he didn't know who was ambushing him this time, it was just those people.