"Put down!"
Ye Han, who had been half-asleep during the journey, tore away from Qin Yi’s support and joined the fight.
Su Pan’er was well aware of Ye Han’s condition, how could a gaping chest wound recover so easily? But right now there was no other option. Not just Ye Han, even she herself had joined the fray.
Su Pan’er used a long whip, aiming at the distant enemies, while Ye Han was proficient with a long spear, each thrust taking a life. And Qin Yi, skilled with twin swords, was just right for dealing with the enemies who approached closely.
The three of them fought in unison, retreating while killing, and were soon chased by these enemies to the direction of the moat.
There was a large forest over there.
The severe pain in Su Pan’er’s lower abdon was increasing, she was barely able to stand. But the enemies closed in fearlessly, bound and determined to annihilate them all.
The three of them kept looking around, struggling to hang on, but couldn’t hang on much longer.
"Into the woods!"
Ye Han growled and was the first to charge into the small forest.
After dealing with the two close enemies, Qin Yi saw Su Pan’er, holding her belly and swaying, he quickly stepped forward to support her: "Let’s go!"
And with that, he rushed into the small forest with her.
The sky was gloomy and sight was poor. As soon as they entered the small woods, the three of them just blindly plunged ahead.
They didn’t know how long they had been running or where they had ended up. From initially having a large crowd behind them to finally hearing no more human voices, all three were panting, unable to run any further.
Su Pan’er felt a warm liquid trickling down her thigh from her lower abdon, followed by a wave of intense pain that engulfed her.
She couldn’t help but slip to the ground.
"Pan’er, what’s wrong with you?"
Qin Yi detected that sothing was wrong and imdiately asked with concern.
Su Pan’er barely shook her head: "I can’t... I think I’m going into labor..."
Going into labor?
Qin Yi couldn’t care less about anything else. He quickly bent down and picked her up, catching up with Ye Han in front: "Brother Ye, Pan’er is in labor!"
Now, with no way forward and enemies in pursuit, Pan’er had to go into labor?
What should they do?
Ye Han pondered for a mont and then decisively said: "I rember that there’s a small house to the east of this small forest. It was built temporarily for cooking when the city wall was being constructed. Later it was abandoned and beca a temporary residence for vagrants. Let’s go there and see if we can rest for a while."
Qin Yi wasn’t familiar with the terrain around Capital City, so naturally he nodded: "Okay, let’s head there."
With that, the two of them carried Su Pan’er and hurried eastward.
At the entrance of the small forest, a large group of uniformly dressed, face-masked figures gathered.
"What’s going on? Why aren’t we continuing the pursuit?"
From a distance, a team was seen galloping over.
"Commanding officer, those three have entered the small forest. All the n who pursued them in have perished. Our troops have surrounded this forest, and as soon as they show up, we’ll kill them imdiately!"
"Imbeciles! Idiots!"
The one referred to as ’Commanding officer’ dismounted in fury: "How big can this small forest be? Even if we cast a dragnet, it shouldn’t take too much ti. Once dawn breaks, or the imperial court’s reinforcents arrive, we will have to retreat. Seize this godsend opportunity, rush in imdiately! If necessary, set fire to the forest. If we can’t find the people, just burn them alive, so they can’t even fly away. I refuse to believe they can just disappear!"
"Yes, Commanding officer!"
A group of people acted imdiately!
Nearby the commanding officer, a figure in black, with face covered, dismounted thoughtfully: "Sir, I rember there’s a small house on the east side of this forest. Given Ye Han’s injuries and the fact they are dragging around a pregnant woman, no matter how capable Qin Yi is, they definitely need a place to rest. I suspect they will go there. What do you think, sir..."
"Hmm, you do show so sparks of intelligence."
The commanding officer nodded: "Quickly gather five hundred n. We shall head straight for the house on the east side of the forest. We must claim the heads of Ye Han and Qin Yi tonight. If delayed, things may change! Move!"
With that, he led his troops straight to the house on the east side of the forest.
anwhile, Qin Yi, carrying Su Pan’er, followed by Ye Han who was using his long spear as a crutch, finally arrived in the small forest.
By now, Su Pan’er’s labor contractions were getting closer together. Despite her clenched teeth, cries of pain kept escaping her, and even in the heavy snow, beads of sweat kept rolling down her cheeks.
"I can’t go on, the baby is coming."
Su Pan’er shook her head weakly: "Quickly, put down..."
"This is the place, quickly, carry her in, hurry!"
Ye Han finally saw the hut and rushed in first.
Inside, three vagrants were sitting around a fire, grilling dog at in a wok, from which a savory scent was emanating.
Sighting the bloodied trio bursting in, they imdiately took off running.
"Scram!"
Qin Yi roared in anger.
The three n ran for their lives.
"We can’t let them escaping, if they disclose our whereabouts, it will not be worth the loss!"
Ye Han’s eyebrows knotted together as he turned to give chase.
"We can’t kill innocent people, make them...co back...co back..." Su Pan’er insisted.
Ye Han paused, then once again roared: "Hold it right there!"
But the three n kept running for their lives.
With a heave, Ye Han hurled his long spear. The flying spear impaled the chests of the two n in the lead. The man at the back barely stopped in ti, screaming in fear, he crouched down and covered his head.
"rcy, kind sir, rcy!"
Ye Han retrieved his spear and dragged the man back to the fire.
Qin Yi had already found a relatively clean area and was laying Su Pan’er down.
"Pan’er, how are you feeling? Pan’er, are you okay?"
Qin Yi anxiously repeated his questions over and over again.
It made Su Pan’er want to laugh amid her pain. But the intense pain in her abdon, each wave stronger than the last, almost drowned her consciousness, leaving her unable to reply.
Once the contractions eased up a bit, she finally managed to speak: "Quickly! Use a cloth to close off this area, and...boil a pot of hot water..."
"Okay, okay! I’ll do it right away, just wait..."
Qin Yi scrambled up, hurriedly unwrapping his cloak to block off a corner of the hut.
Ye Han kicked the remaining vagrant: "Didn’t you hear? Hurry up and boil the water!"
"Yes, yes, yes..."
The vagrant ca rolling over, adding more firewood to the fire.
Looking at the wok of dog at, Ye Han felt his stomach rumbling.
He bit the bullet, broke off a branch to serve as chopsticks, skewered a few pieces of dog at from the wok and handed it to Qin Yi: "Here, give this to Sister Pan’er to boost her energy!"
Right now, they didn’t have anything else to eat, so the dog at had to do to stave off hunger and fatigue.
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