"General Huo, get up and have a drink! What, you're drunk? Can't hold your liquor? That won't do, a man can't say he can't!"
Gu Qingcheng was testing him, afraid that Huo Yu was faking his drunkenness.
Under her provocation, Huo Yu remained motionless like a dead pig. Gu Qingcheng immediately became excited, laughing triumphantly, and said to Du Lanyue,
"That's it, we've gotten him drunk. I didn't expect this guy to have such a low tolerance for alcohol."
Du Lanyue was speechless and chided,
"He has a low tolerance, but you have a high one?"
Even though it was sweet rice wine, drinking too much could still make one dizzy. She herself had drunk one bowl, while Gu Qingcheng had drunk at least seven or eight.
"Hey, I'm fine. I secretly spat out the wine a long time ago," Gu Qingcheng wasn't foolish; she had learned the tricks of the trade in drinking parties. "Sister Lanyue, what about you?"
"I'm fine too, I didn't drink much."
"Then let's escape quickly!"
As Gu Qingcheng spoke, she immediately shed her large red wedding dress. The jewelry in her hair had to be left as is; there wasn't enough time to remove her makeup. She took out two sets of well-fitting black clothes from the cabinet, threw the covers to Du Lanyue, and changed into one herself.
Du Lanyue understood her intention and followed suit, shedding her wedding dress and putting on black clothes. Then, hand in hand, they headed for the outer room.
Before leaving, Gu Qingcheng conveniently blew out the candles in the room and then pulled Du Lanyue out of the courtyard with light footsteps.
After Gu Qingcheng and the other woman had proactively accompanied Huo Yu for drinks, Huo Yu, in his excitement, had already ordered his secret guards to retreat. He didn't want his absurd behavior to be seen by them.
Gu Qingcheng, relying on her memory, dashed and weaved and surprisingly managed to find her way out of the large courtyard. She recognized the path and ran towards the river.
Du Lanyue asked worriedly in a soft voice,
"Qingcheng, how are we going to escape? Did you bring anyone?"
"I didn't bring anyone. I came alone because this was too dangerous, and I didn't tell Da Peng and the others. Don't worry, we'll swim away from here!"
Upon hearing this, Du Lanyue's heart sank. She said,
"I can't swim. If you can swim, swim back yourself. I'll cover for you here."
Du Lanyue's heart sank to the bottom.
Seeing her like this, Gu Qingcheng smiled and said,
"I was just kidding. How could we escape by swimming? We'll just go to a place with water ahead."
Du Lanyue believed her.
As they were walking, stepping deep in some places and shallow in others, suddenly, a noisy sound of footsteps came from behind them, and someone shouted,
"Catch them, catch them!"
Gu Qingcheng looked back and saw a blurry scene of torches behind them. There were at least a hundred people chasing in their direction.
It's bad, they've discovered their escape.
Du Lanyue was terrified. Seeing that Gu Qingcheng was still somewhat composed, she could only brace herself and run with her.
Soon, a narrow waterway appeared before them. This waterway was only three or four meters wide and led to the large river outside.
However, there were no boats docked on the waterway at the moment. Were they really going to jump into the water and swim?
Du Lanyue pondered.
Gu Qingcheng stopped with a light step and released a luxury yacht from her storage cabinet.
Du Lanyue was looking back at the pursuers. When she turned her head again, she saw the luxury yacht appear.
Looking at the strange-looking boat that suddenly appeared, Du Lanyue couldn't help but be surprised and said,
"What kind of boat is this? Is it a boat? It looks a bit like one."
"Hehe, this is my boat. Don't worry, we'll be safe once we're on board."
Gu Qingcheng pulled Du Lanyue and boarded the ship via the automatically emerging gangway.
As they moved, they saw the pursuers arriving. Gu Qingcheng slowly steered the boat away from the riverbank. The pursuers, seeing this, did not immediately jump into the water to chase but stood on the shore and shouted,
"If you don't come down obediently, we'll set fire to the boat."
Gu Qingcheng heard this and was not afraid at all. She said with a smile, "Burn it if you can. If you can burn it, I'll call you grandpa!"
At this moment, Huo Yu, surrounded by a group of subordinates, also arrived. He looked sullen. Seeing Gu Qingcheng and Du Lanyue on the boat, his anger subsided a little. He shouted loudly,
"Qingcheng, why are you running away? Am I not treating you well? Come down quickly, don't be childish. I won't blame you this time!"
Gu Qingcheng and Du Lanyue were now standing on the deck of the yacht. Protected by the yacht's defenses, they were no longer afraid of Huo Yu.
She said with a smile,
"General Huo, let's not cling to the past. We have no fate in this life, so let's part ways here!"
Huo Yu was furious when he heard this. Under the influence of alcohol and feeling humiliated by Gu Qingcheng and Du Lanyue's plan to escape him, he became insane and ordered his subordinates to shoot them with arrows.
With Huo Yu's command, his subordinates dared not delay. All of them immediately drew their bows and nocked arrows, aiming at the yacht.
Du Lanyue didn't even have time to examine the strange vessel when she saw the other side unleashing arrows. At such close range, even if they escaped temporarily, the boat would be damaged and sink.
Du Lanyue was terrified. She quickly grabbed Gu Qingcheng and said, "Let's get out of the way!"
Gu Qingcheng waved her hand calmly and said,
"It's alright, the arrows won't hit us."
Without another word, a rain of arrows visibly hurtled towards them.
Du Lanyue closed her eyes, thinking she was going to die. But she was a bit unwilling and reached out to grab Gu Qingcheng's hand.
Gu Qingcheng's hand was warm and her body was steady, without the slightest tremor. This immediately made Du Lanyue feel a great sense of reliance. Facing the arrival of death, she was no longer so afraid.
A phrase flashed through Du Lanyue's mind at that moment:
"We do not seek to be born in the same year, month, and day, but we seek to die in the same year, month, and day."
Du Lanyue closed her eyes.
However, the expected pain of being pierced by ten thousand arrows did not occur. Instead, she heard a cry of surprise.
What's going on?
Du Lanyue opened her eyes and saw that all the arrows shot at them, just as they were about to hit the yacht, were blocked by a membrane in the air. Not only could they not penetrate, but they also fell into the water.
Huo Yu's subordinates were stunned.
Before he could give another order, his subordinates launched a second volley of arrows.
Du Lanyue watched with her eyes open as the second volley of arrows still failed to reach them.
What was happening?
Because Huo Yu had acquired the technique to deal with zombies using fire, his archers had also stockpiled many fire arrows.
Seeing that ordinary arrows posed no threat to Gu Qingcheng, he ordered his subordinates to fire fire arrows.
However, the fate of the fire arrows was the same as the first and second volleys. Before reaching the yacht, they were blocked by a membrane and could not hit Gu Qingcheng and the others.
Huo Yu's eyes widened in disbelief.
Therefore, he ordered his subordinates to drive their warship to ram Gu Qingcheng's boat.
This waterway was not wide, allowing only one ship to pass at a time. His ship was larger and faster than Gu Qingcheng's. A collision would surely capsize Gu Qingcheng's boat.