Nangong Lizhu had fully understood at this moment, and looked at me with wide eyes: "That-"

"Shh

I put an index finger to my lips to signal her to be quiet, and then the two of us stopped breathing, just quietly listening outside, the wind had completely stopped, and the two of us were so close that we could almost hear each other's heartbeats.

Knock knock knock......

Just when the two of us were staring at each other, motionless, suddenly, there was a loud bang in our ears!

Bang!

A window on the other side of the room was smashed by something from the outside, and for a moment sawdust flew everywhere, as if an entire window had exploded, and then two black figures burst in through the broken window.

It was two tall men in black, their faces were covered with black cloth, only their eyes were exposed, and they were holding a bright steel knife in their hands, and when they suddenly broke in from the dark outside of the night, they were like phantoms of the night, and the two of them saw at a glance that Nangong Lizhu and I in the inner room were frightened and their eyes were wide open, and their faces were pale.

The two men did not speak, but looked at each other and immediately rushed inside.

At this moment, Nangong Lizhu was really out of breath, she stared at the two masked black-clothed men with wide eyes - there was no need to ask, let alone take any time to think about it, the chill emitted by the steel knife close at hand had already heralded the evil aura brought by their arrival.

I subconsciously stood up.

Nangong Lizhu was frightened, and subconsciously grabbed my sleeve, as if to pull me back, I felt her voice trembling like hers: "You, where are your people?"

“……”

"Are they still waiting outside from afar, just like last time?"

“……”

I didn't speak, just stood there motionless, just staring coldly at the two men in black.

The beaded curtain in the center of the room had been broken before, and only layers of curtains remained, and when the window was smashed by them, the cold wind that poured in from the outside blew the curtains and kept flying, but it could not stop the two men in the slightest, and they strode over.

As a flying veil was raised in front of their eyes, one of them swung the steel knife in his hand.

Just heard the sound of "hiss", and the tulle was cut open with a knife.

I watched as half of the shattered light yarn flew in the air, but the man's swing did not stop, but followed by a backhand swing, slashing straight at my neck.

Nangong Lizhu was so frightened that she screamed all of a sudden.

I didn't blink my eyes at her screams, and I saw that the knife cut a cold light in the air, and it had already slashed at my neck quickly, and at that moment, suddenly, two startles came from overhead.

It happened so fast that before I even had time to look up, I saw two figures flying down from the top of my head, right between me and the two men in black, and one of them stood still and reached out to grab the knife that was slashing at me!

It's those two girls!

As soon as I saw the two of them, my heart trembled, the two men in black were startled by the sudden appearance of the two of them, one of them had a knife that was being framed, but immediately reacted, and sent it forward fiercely, the girl was a girl after all, not as strong as a man, the long knife was straight to her own throat, and she was about to cut her throat!

The girl's face was not afraid, and her figure flashed and she took advantage of the momentum to dodge the blow.

Immediately after, the four of them were in a scuffle.

I stood in the inner room, behind me was Nangong Lizhu, who was pale and covered with cold sweat, watching the two girls and the two black-clothed people fighting in the constantly flying curtains, and in a trance, it seemed that there were countless figures shaking, chaotic into a melee.

I staggered back a step.

Because of the cover of those curtains, we couldn't see exactly how the battle was going, but after a while, we saw those flying white veils stained with blood. At this time, the night was getting darker and darker, and the sound of fighting in the house gradually came out, and there seemed to be movement outside, and the two men in black immediately realized that the opportunity had been lost, and it was useless to entangle any further, so they shook a false move, forced the two girls back, and immediately jumped out of the window they had just crashed into.

The two girls were about to chase them out, but I hurriedly stepped forward: "Don't chase!"

The two of them stopped at the window and looked back at me.

I said, "No need to chase. ”

The two of them were still a little hesitant, but with this slow pace, they lost the best opportunity to pursue, and the two figures had immediately melted into the deep night outside.

The two of them sighed, and one of them walked over: "Miss Yan, why don't you chase after you?"

"yes, we can catch them, at least find out where they came from. ”

"No," I said, "I know where they came from." ”

After speaking, I didn't explain too much, but looked back at Nangong Lizhu, she was covered in cold sweat, and looked up at me with palpitations, as if she wanted to say something, but because of excessive fright, her throat was a little hoarse and she couldn't make a sound, so she could only sit there and gasp.

The two girls came over again: "Then, Miss Yan, have you just been injured?"

"I'm fine. ”

"Do you want to call someone, or call a doctor?"

"No, you two wait outside, I'll be out in a moment. ”

They saw that I had just escaped from the knife, but I was so calm, except that my face was a little paler, and my words and actions were the same as usual, so I walked out with a little relief, and then I turned around and walked to Nangong Lizhu's side: "I'm not scared, right?"

She looked up at me, and only then did she regain her voice: "You already knew?"

“……”

"You already knew that Han Zitong was going to do something to us, and you deliberately came to me?"

"If I don't come, I can't get her to do it. ”

"But you should at least tell me!"

“……”

"What if it had just been—"

"I know what you're worried about, but I still have faith in those two girls. Look, aren't we okay now?"

She was speechless by what I said, and probably guessed that before I came here, I had arranged for the two girls not to wait outside at a distance as before, but to keep watch around the house, and rush in at the slightest movement to keep us safe. Although nothing major happened, she was finally angry at my self-made arrangement, so she glared at me fiercely, and then slowly sat on the chair next to the side by leaning on the wall.

She stroked her chest in shock, and said after a while: "Then now, Han Zitong has already done it, what are you going to do?"

"She missed. ”

"So what?" she stared at me, "missed, and then it was over?"

“……”

"She missed this time, so what about next time?"

“……”

"You have people around you to protect you, but I don't have people around me. In case she asks for it again—"

Seeing that she was getting more and more angry and excited, I sighed softly, and then said, "You don't have to worry, there is no next time." ”

“……”

"Even if there were, it wouldn't come at you. ”

Nangong frowned and looked up at me, "What do you mean?"

I said calmly: "She sent someone to assassinate here, in fact, it is a desperate bet, since she missed, this matter must not be hidden, Pei Yuanxiu will know at the latest tomorrow morning, and when that time comes, she is afraid that she will experience the same grounding as she did back then." Of course she didn't want to, so she had to make a move before Pei Yuanxiu knew about it. ”

Nangong Lizhu stared at me.

I said, "But, just then, she must have known that we were on guard, and she would not come to you again, but to me." ”

"Why?"

"Because, what she wants to kill the most is me after all. ”

As I spoke, I slowly straightened up, looked at the mess around me, and said, "You don't have to worry about it tonight, but let's sleep in a different place." Tomorrow, hopefully, something will settle down. ”

With that, I turned around and walked out.

There was no sound in the room, it seemed that Nangong Lizhu hadn't woken up from the shock of the sudden killing just now, and the words I said, and as soon as I went out, I saw the two girls standing at the bottom of the steps, and as soon as they saw me walking out, they immediately greeted me: "Miss Yan." ”

"It's okay, let's go. ”

I only waved my hand lightly, and then led them to Jinling Mansion.

It was already completely dark, and I slowly walked back to the inner courtyard by the red light of the faint lantern under the eaves in the distance, this place was quieter than the room just now in Nangong Lizhu, only the rustle of the wind blowing through the bamboo leaves, which clearly made the night more and more quiet, but it seemed to set off a surge in people's hearts.

I went back to the room, and let the two girls still stay outside, just changed into a homely, comfortable dress, and just sat down at the table and poured a cup of hot tea, when I heard a sound of footsteps outside, and slowly walked to the door, and did not move.

No one knocked on the door either.

I waited at the table for a while, then slowly stood up against the edge of the table, walked over and opened the door.

As expected, Han Zitong stood at the door with her head bowed with a pale face, I had already opened the door, but she still lowered her head as if she hadn't heard anything or felt it.

I looked at her calmly: "Miss Zitong, you are here." ”

“……”

After a moment of silence, she slowly looked up.

In the night, the face was unusually pale, even like a strange face that I had never seen before.

And behind her, there were still two dutiful girls, they looked at me hesitantly, and I didn't say a word, only took a step back: "Come in and talk, it's cold outside." ”

Han Zitong didn't hesitate, but took a step forward very slowly and solemnly.

I closed the door softly.