Transmigrated Female Official

Zhi Jun, who had been waiting by the carriage door, finally seized his opportunity, leaped onto his spirit horse, and galloped away, sword in hand. The Sixth Princess, meanwhile, fired arrows from inside the carriage to cover Zhi Jun and eliminate any threats.

"Hang in there a little longer, we'll be at the border city soon!" Ji Qiran's voice drifted in from outside the carriage curtain, giving Chu Qingluo and the Sixth Princess a glimmer of hope.

Zhi Jun rode his spirited steed, striving to close the distance to the leader of the men in black. But the man was extremely cunning, using his horse's speed to dodge Zhi Jun, while simultaneously sending his men to fight him.

In Zhi Jun's eyes, this was nothing short of cowardly and utterly enraging. After the Sixth Princess cleared away the men in black who were entangled around him, he once again approached the leader of the men in black.

This time, instead of swinging his sword, he unexpectedly lunged at the leader of the men in black...

Caught completely off guard, the two men fell from their horses in an instant! They rolled countless times on the ground, tumbling over withered leaves, until they crashed into the roots of a large tree and came to a stop.

The leader of the men in black was about to get up when Zhi Jun knocked him back to the ground with a heavy punch.

Seeing this, a man in black turned his horse around to help. But as soon as his horse approached, it was startled and thrown into a frenzy by the spirited horse's high-flying hooves, violently throwing him off! Then, the man in black, tumbling to the ground, was mercilessly trampled by the spirited horse until he vomited blood…

Zhi Jun was incredibly strong; in hand-to-hand combat alone, the leader of the men in black was no match for him. Zhi Jun grabbed the man's clothes, lifted him above his head, and slammed him heavily onto a large rock nearby!

In an instant, the black-clad leader's wails and the sound of bones breaking echoed through the jungle.

Seeing that he was in so much pain that he could no longer resist, Zhi Jun tore off his mask, revealing the face of a Ji person.

Zhi Jun gripped the black-clad leader's neck tightly with his large hand and shouted sternly, "Who sent you?"

The leader of the men in black, his face flushed red from being choked, managed to squeeze out a few words: "Even if I die... I won't say it..."

Seeing that the other men in black were still chasing the Sixth Princess's carriage, Zhi Jun tightened his grip even more. "Order them to stop, or I'll snap your neck right now!"

Seeing that the black-clad leader's eyes had rolled back, Zhi Jun finally loosened his grip slightly. "Give the order immediately—!"

"It's no use." The leader of the men in black revealed a sinister sneer: "If you don't die, we'll all die!"

"Damn it!" Zhi Jun, having no other choice, knocked him unconscious with a single blow, then tossed him onto his spirit horse, intending to rush to rescue the Sixth Princess first, after which the princess could deal with him.

By this time, the outline of the border city gate could already be seen.

Seeing that their attack was about to fail, the men in black chased after the Sixth Princess's carriage like madmen. Some slashed at the carriage wheels with their knives, while others hacked at the horses, trying to destroy the carriage.

Soon, the two wheel frames at the rear of the carriage were smashed and scattered. The carriage's center of gravity shifted immediately, and the rear slammed directly onto the ground.

Chu Qingluo and the Sixth Princess inside the carriage were also thrown to the back, but fortunately, they didn't hit the arrows on the carriage wall.

At this moment, the carriage was being towed.

The carriages carrying the entourage and those containing gifts overtook the Sixth Princess and her entourage, hastily heading towards the city gate. The men in black ignored everyone else, focusing solely on the Sixth Princess's carriage.

A few men in black tried to jump onto the Sixth Princess's carriage, but Ji Qiran blocked them with his sword. However, the horses pulling the carriage had lost too much blood and could no longer run. They limped and eventually collapsed to the ground, forcing the carriage to stop.

At this moment, the Sixth Princess and Chu Qingluo had no choice but to climb out of the carriage and join Ji Qiran. Although Chu Qingluo did not know martial arts, she held a long sword tightly in her hand, determined to fight alongside them to the end.

By this time, there were not many guards left, but the city gate was right in front of them, and they could not give up so easily.

Zhi Jun caught up on his spirit horse and killed several men in black.

Seeing the spirit horse running so fast, Chu Qingluo suddenly shouted, "Zhi Jun, take Princess Anyang into the city to fetch reinforcements!" Her immediate thought was that every life saved was a life saved. If they were lucky, reinforcements would arrive before the last line of defense fell.

Upon hearing this, Zhi Jun threw the leader of the black-clad men off the horse and stretched out his arms to the Sixth Princess.

The Sixth Princess knew Chu Qingluo's good intentions and didn't hesitate. She took Zhi Jun's hand, leaped onto her horse, and shouted to Ji Qiran, "I will come back to save you!" After saying that, the spirit horse galloped away towards the city gate.

The men in black hadn't forgotten that their primary target was the Sixth Princess, so most of them gave chase. But how could an ordinary horse outrun a spirited steed?

They chased after the horse while firing arrows, but the clever horse ran in a erratic pattern, sometimes to the left and sometimes to the right, and the arrows could not hit it no matter what they did!

In the end, they could only watch helplessly as Zhi Jun held up the token and led the Sixth Princess through the border city gates...

Meanwhile, on the other side, the guards surrounded Chu Qingluo and Ji Qiran at the innermost level, while the men in black formed an outer circle, creating a pincer movement.

Ji Qiran stood in front of Chu Qingluo and said to her, "I will never let them harm a single hair on your head."

Upon hearing his words, Chu Qingluo suddenly recalled that a year ago at this time, he had teased her and encouraged the Ninth Prince, that little devil, to cut off a large section of her hair... And now, he was standing right in front of her, keeping her completely unharmed.

She gripped the fabric of his shirt tightly at the back of his waist and whispered, "I know."

At this moment, Chu Qingluo completely believed what he had said.

Besides, God went to such great lengths to bring her here, surely He wouldn't be so cruel as to let them never see the sun rise again, right?

As she was lost in thought, the men in black, outnumbering her, closed in with their knives drawn, and even the last few guards fell into pools of blood...

Ji Qiran was already wounded by arrows, and now he not only had to face so many enemies, but also had to protect Chu Qingluo, making his situation extremely dangerous.

But he wouldn't give up until the very last moment, and continued to fight desperately.

Even with his exceptional martial arts skills, he couldn't withstand ten punches with two hands, nor several swords with one sword. One sword still managed to find an opening and stab towards Chu Qingluo's back…

Ji Qiran noticed it too, turned around abruptly, shielded her behind his back, and thrust the knife straight toward his chest!

But the tip of the knife seemed to have hit something hard, and stopped after piercing Ji Qiran's flesh.

Seizing the moment of hesitation in the man in black, Ji Qiran slit the man's throat with his sword and followed up with a powerful kick, sending the man in black flying along with his sword.