In the woods, Lin Hong had seen the perilous situation Jun Min was in and using this chance, he fired the arrow towards Lin Kang as his hands trembled. He hurriedly returned, not bothered about the result at all as he wanted to report to his father in front of the nobles about the young general being ambushed.
"Father!" Lin Hong called his father.
"Ling Hong, what is the matter?" Lin Tang had been talking with the other nobles. He looked towards his son with question. Why had he bothered him at this moment? Doesn't he know that his father was busy talking with other people?
"Young General Jun is being ambushed!" Lin Hong answered. He had purposely run quite slowly so that Jun Min can fight with them alone. He wanted to know if that general can face off seven assassins alone while protecting Lin Kang. Even if he's still alive, his reputation will be sullied because he let a person get wounded under his watch.
"What?" Lin Tang is surprised. No matter how much he hated Lin Kang for being weak, he was still his son. If he let his son die without care, other people would point at his face and curse him. For the sake of his reputation, Lin Tang needed to put up a performance.
By the side, the other nobles have known that one of Lin Tang's son was hunting with Jun Min. If Jun Min was ambushed by assassins, how will the condition of his son be?
Lin Tang wore the face of a worried father. "Lead me there!"
"Yes father!"
Among their group, the emperor was also there. He wore a complicated face. Part of him hoped that the boy would die, but the other part does not. He had been discussing this matter with his minister and finally decided to let him live to help him with a certain plan. Now that this has happened, the emperor is still in dilemma of whether he should help him or not.
Finally, he chose to look towards the representative.
"Representative Han, something unexpected has happened. I'd better go take a look first."
Representative Han nodded and without the emperor noticing, a cold glint appeared in his eyes. Both of them used their horses to follow the boy to the place where he had seen Jun Min get ambushed.
Lin Tang followed after Lin Hong to the place. Deep down he just wanted to end this farce as soon as possible. But when they arrived at the place, a scene they would never forget came into their vision. The thick smell of blood permeated their nose, causing them to furrow their brows and after they came near, all of them nearly vomited.
A boy was standing in the pool of blood. His robe dyed red, but his handsome face was still clean. His clear and cold eyes looking down at the enemies who had been cut down. Behind him was a child who was still standing with his eyes closed, standing calmly as if nothing had happened. The boy's clothes were also clean without any stain of blood.
They hear the boy say in a weak voice, "Is it over?"
"Yes it is, but you're still not allowed to open your eyes," Jun Hua answered. He looked towards the people who have come.
"I apologize for this subject's appearance. There was a battle here just now."
All of them can clearly see that there are still some traces of the battle. Not to mention that the ground was fully dyed red from the battle. Lin Hong was scared silly and he didn't dare to do anything.
'It's over! He must have seen me firing that arrow!'
Jun Hua did not bother with them and washed her hands in the river. She cannot wash her clothes since it might expose her gender. With her clean hand, she helped the boy to mount the horse. Lin Kang's eyes were still closed because Jun Hua doesn't want the boy to see this scene.
The nobles had been throwing up on the side and retreated on their own. Even the emperor had not expected to see such a scene when he arrived. He had heard about the skill of Jun Min but to actually survive under the ambush of 7 people while protecting a boy, he was truly something.
Representative Han looked onto the scene calmly. It was as if he was used to this scene and it didn't bother him in the slightest.
"Representative Han, I will return first."
The emperor wanted to throw up too, but he didn't want to lose face in front of that person. Representative Han only nodded as the emperor also retreated.
Jun Hua handed the horse with Lin Kang on top of it to Lin Tang.
"You can bring him back, I'm sorry that I cannot continue to bring him along."
"It's alright. Thank you very much," Lin Tang answered with a stutter. He didn't expect that the young general would be this powerful. Now that Lin Kang was in his hands again, he had to protect him or else people would ask what happened.
Jun Hua didn't bother with the retreating nobles as she turned towards the wolves corpses. As they hurriedly returned back, only Representative Han was still there.
Jun Hua raised her eyebrows towards the man. "Ming Hui, are you going to stand there the whole day?"
Representative Han or Ming Hui laughed when she heard Jun Hua's inquiry. "As I thought, you have already noticed my identity."
"There is no way a normal man would walk like you," Jun Hua retorted.
Ming Hui smiled. Then she pointed towards the wolves. "Did you kill the wolves at the same time of the ambush?"
"It's before them. You should return first. Your brother will be worried about you."
"He won't," Ming Hui answered with ease. "You should be careful, the people who sent the assassins must be someone powerful. These assassins are not ordinary."
"I already know who they are," Jun Hua sat on the clean ground and teared up her sleeve. There was a deep mark of an arrow there.
"You were shot?" Ming Hui's eyes widened. To kill those men with a wounded arm... Just how extraordinary is he?
"There is a person plotting to kill Lin Kang. I need to protect the boy," Jun Hua answered.
"But you shouldn't sacrifice your arm like that," Ming Hui said.
"An arm for a life is worth it and it's not like I have become a disabled person," Jun Hua smiled. "I only need to limit the use of my left arm. But for that person? By tomorrow he will be someone despised by the world."
Seeing the cold glint in Jun Hua eyes, Ming Hui knew that the ending of that person won't be good. Seeing that Jun Hua is adamant for her to leave, Ming Hui retreated back, wondering what her brother's reaction would be if he knew about this.
