Chapter 23: Run

"What do you want to do?" Tang Zheng said loudly: "Attacking an Embroidered Uniform Guard, do you think you have lived too long?"

However, although his voice was loud, his expression was somewhat cowardly.

"Don't be afraid, everyone." A voice came from outside the crowd, and then he saw Abao separate the crowd and walk over.

Although he had just washed his eyes with vegetable oil, his eyes were still red now, and his head and face were full of oil, looking very embarrassed.

"The boss said, whoever can kill this Embroidered Uniform Guard will be rewarded with one hundred taels of silver." Abao pointed at Tang Zheng and said loudly.

This sentence clearly stimulated the group of people under him. Many people's breathing was obviously much heavier, but because of the fame of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, no one dared to do it for a while.

"A bunch of trash." Abao looked around and found that no one dared to be the first to come out, so he cursed with dissatisfaction, then took a wooden stick from someone next to him, shouted, and rushed toward Tang Zheng.

He had been with Li Sheng for many years, and he had participated in all the things Li Sheng did that would lose his head. He knew the serious consequences if the Embroidered Uniform Guard took this evidence away, so he didn't show any mercy and smashed it directly at Tang Zheng's head.

Seeing this scene, Tang Zheng panicked and subconsciously reached for his waist, but a hand was half a step faster than him.

He saw Su Xiaoxi pull out the Embroidered Spring Blade from Tang Zheng's waist and meet the wooden stick in Abao's hand. With a *crack*, a section of the stick head was shaved off, and Abao actually retreated two steps, looking at the half-stick in his hand a bit confused.

Even Tang Zheng himself was stupid—Su Xiaoxi looked weak, but he didn't expect her to have martial arts.

However, at the same time, he felt a bit embarrassed—he was a man, but he needed a woman to protect him at a critical moment. It was really shameful.

……

Outside the crowd, Li Sheng's eyes flickered.

It is said that the Embroidered Uniform Guard has high martial arts skills and can fight ten people alone, so he was a bit guilty before doing it, but he didn't expect Tang Zheng's appearance just now, as if he didn't know martial arts at all.

As for Su Xiaoxi, no matter how powerful a woman is, can she be the opponent of so many men?

This is a good opportunity. To avoid further complications, it is best to let these two people shut their mouths forever now.

Thinking of this, he said loudly: "Whoever can kill them both, I will give one thousand taels of silver."

As if a drop of cold water fell into a hot oil pan, the surroundings suddenly exploded.

This is one thousand taels, ten times higher than Abao's reward before. Whoever gets such a large sum of money can rest easy for the rest of his life.

I don't know who made the first shout, and everyone rushed toward Tang Zheng and Su Xiaoxi. Although Su Xiaoxi showed a trace of panic in her eyes, she still blocked Tang Zheng behind her.

And just at this moment, several paper packets flew out from her ears, hitting those who rushed over, and suddenly powder splashed, and the surroundings were full of choking lime powder smell.

*Cough, cough, cough, cough*... A burst of coughing sounded all around, and the visibility became extremely poor.

Because they were worried about hurting their own people, Li Sheng's subordinates, although holding weapons, did not dare to wave them indiscriminately.

Of course, this poor visibility condition was the same for Su Xiaoxi. She held the Embroidered Spring Blade and raised her vigilance to the highest level.

And just at this moment, a hand reached out from the white fog, grabbed Su Xiaoxi's hand, and dragged her to run out.

I don't know why, the heat from that hand made Su Xiaoxi feel at ease for no reason, so she didn't struggle.

……

Li Sheng stood outside the battle group. Although he was not affected by the lime powder, his heart was full of doubts.

I always hear people say how high the martial arts of the Embroidered Uniform Guard are. How come this Embroidered Uniform Guard Commander uses the low-class means of those Jianghu thugs and carries so much lime powder with him?

This is very wrong.

It was also because he was far away that his vision was relatively less affected, and he vaguely saw two people holding hands, running out crouching, one of whom seemed to be a woman's figure.

There are no women in this shipyard—except Su Xiaoxi.

Then the identity of the person holding her hand is self-evident.

"Run? Think beautifully!" Li Sheng sneered, drew the single knife from his waist, chased after them fiercely, and when he was about two meters behind them, he jumped, and the knife in his hand slashed at Su Xiaoxi's back neck.

He didn't show any mercy in this knife. If it was cut, it would inevitably be a situation of separation of body and head. Fortunately, Su Xiaoxi keenly felt the wind coming from the back of her head and turned around in time to meet it with the Embroidered Spring Blade in her hand.

With a *clang*, this time it was Su Xiaoxi's turn to have the knife in her hand broken into two pieces, and half of the knife head flew out just like that.

Seeing Su Xiaoxi in danger, Tang Zheng naturally wouldn't sit idly by. He subconsciously reached into his bosom, preparing to launch the lime powder packet, but as soon as his hand reached in, his face changed.

Just now, in order to protect himself, he threw the lime powder too fast, which caused the lime powder packets in his bosom to be gone.

Li Sheng saw this scene and naturally understood everything, sneering: "Why? No ammunition?"

"How about we call it a draw tonight?" Tang Zheng smiled awkwardly.

However, Li Sheng was not in the mood to joke with him. Before Tang Zheng finished speaking, he had already raised his knife and slashed at Tang Zheng.

Su Xiaoxi raised the broken knife in her hand, wanting to block in front of Tang Zheng to block Li Sheng for him, but Tang Zheng suddenly grabbed Su Xiaoxi and pulled her behind him, blocking in front of Su Xiaoxi himself.

The flow of time seemed to slow down suddenly at this moment. Many long-forgotten memories suddenly came to his mind. Tang Zheng smiled bitterly in his heart. In this life, he hadn't done anything particularly hot-blooded, and at this moment, it seemed to be the most manly moment of his life.

I hope Su Xiaoxi can escape, and I hope that many years later, Su Xiaoxi can still occasionally recall him.

……

Time was short. Seeing Li Sheng's knife less than half a meter away from Tang Zheng's head, a silver light suddenly *whooshed* through the air, breaking the air and sinking into Li Sheng's shoulder first.

Blood appeared, the latter groaned in pain, his hand shook, and the knife grazed Tang Zheng's face.

The cold air on the knife gave Tang Zheng goosebumps, but it only cut off a few of his hairs.

"Run!" A familiar voice came from afar. This reminded Tang Zheng, who grabbed Su Xiaoxi's hand and turned to run.

At the same time, small paper packets wrapped in lime powder flew from afar, hitting Li Sheng and his subordinates one after another and exploding, and the white fog in the air suddenly became much thicker.

"There are actually helpers!" Li Sheng cursed in his heart. Seeing that Tang Zheng and Su Xiaoxi were about to escape, he endured the pain and threw the knife in his hand at their backs.

However, the injury on his shoulder greatly affected his accuracy. The knife grazed Tang Zheng's waist and brought out a blood wound on his butt.

"Ouch!" Tang Zheng groaned in pain and ran faster.

In the blink of an eye, he and Su Xiaoxi disappeared into the sky-filled white fog. ===== CHAPTER 24 =====