Chapter 885 — A Sudden Turn of Events
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Just as Zhen Yingjun was puzzling over it, another hidden musketeer became a flying man — whoosh — out he flew and hit the ground like a corpse!
"The enemy has help... seems it's not a person..." Ma Zhu knitted his brows and spoke word by word.
He was a master of the external school, skilled in both attack and defense, but his eyesight was poor. He had judged only from the signs before him.
"Young Master Jun, perhaps we should fall back a little first? It's a bit dangerous here!" one of the black-clad bodyguards beside Zhen Yingjun suggested cautiously.
"All right!" Zhen Yingjun was somewhat frightened too, and no longer dared stand out front putting on airs. He retreated behind Gu Mengyao and Shen Yushu, using the two of them as human shields.
When Gu Mengyao and Shen Yushu saw that Wei Zhao had come to rescue them, they were in truth deeply stirred. Though Gu Mengyao knew it must be terribly dangerous for Wei Zhao to come here, the moment she saw him appear, a sudden sense of reassurance came over her.
It was the feeling of having found someone to lean on, and in an instant her earlier fear and tension were gone. It was a good feeling, a warm one.
But Gu Mengyao and Shen Yushu had no idea that Zhen Yingjun had planted gunmen nearby. They had only been brought out of the cave just before Wei Zhao arrived, so when gunfire began crackling from every direction, the two of them were frightened half out of their wits.
They even forgot to cry out, forgot that they too were in danger, and watched Wei Zhao tensely. They wanted to warn him to be careful, yet feared to distract him, so the two sisters, with perfect understanding, both chose silence.
Only when they saw Wei Zhao successfully dodge the bullets did Gu Mengyao and Shen Yushu breathe a sigh of relief. It seemed Wei Zhao was really quite formidable. Did that fool Zhen Yingjun think he could kill Wei Zhao with guns? Not a chance!
And then, as Gu Mengyao and Shen Yushu watched Zhen Yingjun's musketeers come flying out of their hiding places one after another and plummet to their deaths on the ground, the two of them were as astonished as Zhen Yingjun himself. But a moment later, a strange light flickered across Gu Mengyao's eyes.
"Xiaoshu, isn't that General Mighty?" Gu Mengyao said softly to Shen Yushu, a note of uncertainty in her voice.
"Oh?" Hearing Gu Mengyao's words, Shen Yushu rubbed her eyes in disbelief. "Good grief, it's true what they say - near vermilion one turns red, near ink one turns black. General Mighty has spent so long with Arrow-Brand Bro that he's turned fierce too - he's practically an Arrow-Brand Dog now!"
Of course, their words did not reach Zhen Yingjun's ears. He was too terrified now to spare any thought for eavesdropping on Gu Mengyao and Shen Yushu. What was happening before his eyes was a little too eerie. Wei Zhao had plainly come up alone - his own subordinate had told him so in person, and that subordinate was still stationed at the foot of the mountain at this very moment; no one but Wei Zhao had come up. So how had his men died?