The Deadly Hitwoman: The Heiress's Special Abilities-Chapter 414: The Army at the Gates (Part 4)

Han Jing was on the brink of madness. She absolutely couldn’t wait until dawn. She had to take action now; otherwise, if discovered, she wouldn’t know what consequences might follow.

But clearly, Su Xingqiao had no intention of backing down.

Seeing Su Xingqiao staying silent and seemingly intending to take her away, Han Jing glanced at Lan Ling. The two exchanged a look, and then she said to Su Xingqiao, "Brother Qiao, forgive me!"

As soon as she spoke, Lan Ling immediately pinned down Su Xingqiao’s arm, causing his body to stiffen, making him somewhat uncontrollable. 𝗳𝚛𝚎𝚎𝘄𝕖𝕓𝕟𝕠𝚟𝚎𝕝.𝗰𝕠𝐦

Han Jing said, "Brother Qiao, if you do not give the order, then I must feed you the puppet pill Yun Feng developed. Once you take it, you will be at our mercy. If anything happens then, we won’t be able to help."

As Han Jing spoke, she reached for the medicine pills.

Su Xingqiao bellowed, "Wait!"

Yet Han Jing seemed not to believe him and handed the pills to Lan Ling: "If Brother Qiao refuses to give the order, make him take them."

Lan Ling cooperatively nodded, "Alright, no problem!"

Su Xingqiao was nearly spitting blood. When the Imperial Uncle returned, he’d definitely tell him to get rid of Lan Ling, who was purely here to mess things up. With Lan Ling around, he really had no way to handle Han Jing!

But now, he couldn’t swallow these pills.

He was aware of Yun Feng’s capabilities. Once he swallowed the pills, he truly had no idea what chaos they might cause when he lost control.

He wasn’t afraid of the inability to resolve things but feared she would be in danger, and he’d be helpless.

So, under Han Jing’s threat, Su Xingqiao had no choice but to agree with her.

Pressured by Han Jing, Su Xingqiao was forced to order the soldiers fiercely fighting on the front lines to retreat. Once most of the forces had pulled back, Han Jing had already disappeared by the time Su Xingqiao returned.

Meanwhile, the enemy forces, seeing the retreating soldiers in the city, abruptly surged in morale and launched a concentrated attack on the city gates!

Suddenly, a series of loud explosions were heard. The once high-spirited and aggressive enemy troops fell into chaos.

Standing on the city tower, Su Xingqiao saw sudden massive flames within the enemy ranks, resembling gunpowder explosions. But to his knowledge, although there was gunpowder in the Imperial Army’s storage, the quantity was extremely limited and had been used up on the first day of the enemy’s siege.

Yet now, the power of the explosions was clearly stronger than that of gunpowder!

Sudden and intense explosions within the enemy ranks threw them into disarray, rendering them unable to maintain their formation. After the explosions finally ceased, Su Xingqiao ordered a pursuit, and after more than an hour of fierce battle, they managed to drive the enemy back.

By this time, daylight had already broken, and he was able to breathe a slight sigh of relief.

Turning back to search, he finally found that Han Jing hadn’t left.

He couldn’t help seething, "Jing’er, do you want me to bring my aunt to take you away?"

Su Xingqiao knew Han Jing feared no one but Su Yaogeng. Her visit today was definitely behind Su Yaogeng’s back. At this time, Su Yaogeng was certainly in the palace guarding the Emperor, giving Han Jing the opportunity to sneak out.

Han Jing grinned sheepishly, pleading, "No, no, Brother Qiao, please don’t notify my mother. She will surely be furious with me!"

Looking at her, Su Xingqiao found himself both amused and exasperated, yet he also felt a special kind of endearment.