Cunning General Si Ning
Chapter 284: Rule

Chapter 284: Rule

Uh!

What just happened?

It all just happened in a second, Xiu Zhicheng pulling Si Ning to his chest with a hand at the side of his head so when they fell he was able to protect Si Ning’s head from hitting the ground. Si Ning couldn’t register the impact when he landed so he didn’t feel any pain, his eyes only widened because all that happened came rushing to him like a hit and a kind of extreme fear gripped him as he tilted his head up, his heart kept pounding slowly due to not knowing what to expect, his eyes met Xiu Zhicheng, the gaze his husband was giving him was something he was familiar with, a gentle gaze like a still fresh pool and relief was written all over Xiu Zhicheng’s face as their heartbeat in sync against their chest.

The arrows!

Si Ning saw it, the arrows that were going to rain on Xiu Zhicheng and him jumping to protect Xiu Zhicheng without thinking and in the end, he was the one being protected by his sweet husband.

"Si Ning, what are you doing here?" Xiu Zhicheng asked, he sounded so gentle as a fine thin line of blood spilled from the corner of his mouth.

Ah!

Si Ning became alarmed as he quickly jumped to a sitting position and Xiu Zhicheng did the same, he placed a hand on Xiu Zhicheng’s cheek and he watched Xiu Zhicheng wipe the blood with the back of his hand, he seemed alright but Si Ning knew he heard Xiu Zhicheng got hit and he might not have heard him groan in pain but Xiu Zhicheng was definitely hit with arrows. Si Ning underestimated a war, thinking he was the Messiah that would end things but the reality was different and just because of him Xiu Zhicheng was wounded, his sudden appearance was more like a hindrance than a help so he suddenly jumped forward just to see the amount of damage and he was able to see the ends of the arrows protruding from Xiu Zhicheng’s back as Xiu Zhicheng turned trying to hide his wound by making sure he was facing Si Ning and Si Ning was unable to see the whole damage.

A doctor, a doctor, they need a doctor.

Si Ning started to panic, he wasn’t hyperventilating but his hands were shaking as sweats started to slide down the side of his face, his heart beating erratically, he had no idea what to do, how to help Xiu Zhicheng as his brain went blank.

"Si Ning stay back, I forbid you to fight, I will end this." Xiu Zhicheng stated as he stood up, ready to fight Qiu Bai, the two men helping Qiu Bai in the fight were still standing even though series of arrows sunk all over their chest all the way to their thighs and that was when Xiu Zhicheng turned alert because they should have fallen by the hit yet they were only standing by their willpower while Qiu Bai was still standing behind them without making any move.

Then Xiu Zhicheng saw another set of arrows coming. Si Ning was still in kneeling position in shocked mode as ’it’s all my fault’ started to ring in his head as he watch Xiu Zhicheng now he was able to see his back just then he saw Xiu Zhicheng turn to him and slide on the ground to kneel before him, pulling him into a hug as he turned his back just to protect Si Ning from the incoming arrows and Si Ning saw the arrows flying towards them before Xiu Zhicheng guided his head to lay on his chest, Si Ning was too stunned to speak or push Xiu Zhicheng away.

No, not again!

He would not allow it, he would not allow Xiu Zhicheng to get hit again when Si Ning was about to stupidly fight Xiu Zhicheng off him without a plan of how he would protect Xiu Zhicheng, he heard a battle cry.

"Your Majesty!"

Si Ning wanted to look but Xiu Zhicheng held him firmly against his chest, he was like being captured by a rigid wall, he heard the arrows land all over and hitting something while some men started yelling and Xiu Zhicheng turned to check what was happening and Si Ning was able to see it by peeking over Xiu Zhicheng’s shoulder.

First, it was Lin Fan that was in a kneeling position behind them ready to receive those arrows for them but a series of wounded Xiu’s soldiers jumped at his front shielding them from the attack and they started running towards the group that shot the arrows, many of them got shot down yet many of Xiu’s soldiers kept joining running forward to attack the archers, some were even crawling.

Xiu Zhicheng released Si Ning and stood up, his hand holding his sword firmly as he faced Qiu Bai who had stepped forward. "Si Ning stay back!" He said watching Qiu Bai stab one of Xiu’s soldiers that ran towards him intending to kill him.

Lin Fan, on the other hand, was still in his kneeling position and Si Ning sensed something was wrong because Lin Fan was supposed to be on his feet to fight Qiu Bai too, Si Ning stood up to check him, and he saw that Lin Fan was sweating, one of his sleeves was torn and his arm was purplish in colour and blood kept trailing down his purple lip, he was breathing hard with his mouth wide open, his face pale to show he had lost a large amount of blood. Si Ning doesn’t know what to do but then from the corner of his eyes, he seemed he saw Xiu Zhicheng stagger and he turned in Xiu Zhicheng’s direction concerned only to see his husband was still standing so he might have imagined it.

"Si Ning this is your last chance to join me, the Emperor of Xiu has been poisoned and will die soon so I will give you the glory to kill him!" Qiu Bai yelled the moment he saw that Si Ning’s attention was directed at him.

Poison!

Si Ning’s chest started to heave, poison? Xiu Zhicheng was poison? Yes, he had to find Song Feng to quickly give his husband the cure of all poison pills Ah Dai made.

"Your poison cannot kill me and how dare you speak my Empress name!" Xiu Zhicheng rushed forward as his sword clashed with Qiu Bai.

Si Ning was just standing there, he wasn’t even holding his sword anymore which means he might have thrown it away when he was running toward Xiu Zhicheng. His face was full of horror as he watched Xiu Zhicheng’s back which was socked in blood since the arrows didn’t hit a particular point.

"Empress...Empress..."

Si Ning’s ears had been ringing for a while but he heard someone call him so he turned to see Lin Fan whose face was turned to him.

"Lin Fan?" He asked just to be sure it was Lin Fan that called him.

"Forgive.. me Emp...ress for not... being.. of.. he.lp but I will ha..ve to lea...ve the Empre..ss to get rid of that... devil.. only Empress can do it... because Empress... is.. a great General that... does..not put emotion... behind... his...sword..." Lin Fan said with much difficulty as he spat out a large amount of blood.

Emotion?

Yes Lin Fan was right, when he put his emotion behind his sword he led his men to a trap and when he finally made the final hit on Ge Liang he made sure his emotion didn’t get in the way. What was he spacing out for? Si Ning had been on the battlefield and the set of arrows hitting Xiu Zhicheng turned him into a jelly that he was so confused but the moment he turned to see that Xiu Zhicheng was still fighting he remembered that the devil head was his to take.

Si Ning looked towards the direction he ran from and just a few feet he saw a Xiu soldier laying on the ground, he seemed to be crawling towards them and he had his sword held between his teeth, without thinking Si Ning stood up and ran to the soldier, he noticed his feet had been cut off and the soldier released the sword the moment Si Ning got to him just to show all he wanted was to deliver the sword to him, Si Ning nodded as his way to show gratitude and the soldier also nodded in return so he turned and saw that Xiu Zhicheng was on one knee, Qiu Bai was putting pressure on him with his sword but Xiu Zhicheng was trying to push back then Qiu Bai kicked Xiu Zhicheng right on the chest.

Si Ning saw red as he almost flew to them. "How dare you!" He yelled.

All the fatigue, tiredness and even dizziness got washed away as Si Ning collided his sword with Qiu Bai which released Xiu Zhicheng from his hold because Qiu Bai was successfully able to guide his sword to slash Xiu Zhcheng’s shoulder, Si Ning was determined not to lose to someone like Qiu Bai.

"You are making a mistake! I will marry you." Qiu Bai turned his sword colliding it with Si Ning’s. "Let’s end this! you will get all the riches! fame! you will be happy with me! don’t you want that? I will make you happy, we will rule over everything!" He yelled with a frustrated look.