The royal guard of honor in Dawu can be regarded as relatively simple among the countries, and after the unification of the world, it has not changed much; It's just that Kuang Xihan, the prince, has always been an outlier in the Dawu royal family, and his food and clothing are the most extravagant, and his extravagance is even worse than Kuang Xiqing, who is the emperor...... With such publicity, it is no wonder that people have to criticize - this trip is still unrestrained, and I am afraid that Yan Ke also instructed him to have the intention of attracting targets.

As I waited with great interest for the food to be served, and looked at the motorcade passing downstairs, I suddenly noticed that several women who had been selling trinkets on both sides of the road were looking at each other, one of them made a strange gesture, and the others seemed to have received a signal, and they all put down their belongings, and also left the customers who were originally greeting, and sneakily approached the convoy.

Due to the crowding on the road, the guards on both sides of the convoy did not notice anything unusual, but sitting on the second floor could take in the unusual; I turned my head to look at Jiang Zhuo's expression, and sure enough, she noticed it too—but she just frowned, and then continued to drink tea as if nothing had happened to her.

"Owner, it's better to taste the food of this drunken immortal residence." When she saw what I was looking at, she picked up her chopsticks and put some assorted chicken shreds into my bowl, and said meaningfully, "The food is now, don't let it down, and don't pay attention to the side." ”

"Well, what Steward Jiang said is, then you can eat it too." I nodded, followed her example, put a chopstick of food into her bowl, and looked at her earnestly—I looked at me fixedly, as if I was thinking about something, and I couldn't help but wonder in my heart: Could it be that she has a habit of cleanliness and can't accept others to pick up vegetables for her?

Or is this uncomfortable just due to ...... I?

Thinking of this, the loss in my heart was uncontrollably revealed.

Unexpectedly, the next moment, she slowly picked it up and ate it, and glanced at me with a slight puzzlement, as if asking why I, the person who took the initiative to pick up the vegetables, just watched and didn't eat.

Just a look, a movement, my mood suddenly brightened up again, and even I was surprised: why is it because of her so emotional?

It's as if there is a different kind of magic in her smile that can always easily touch my heart; It's as if the whole emotion is in the hands of this person.

The panic for a moment was then distracted by the noise coming from downstairs - when I stopped, I saw that the few merchants who had moved had already circled to the positions of the attendants and servants in the convoy - it was the weak link that had the fewest guards and the easiest way to break through the line of defense, which showed that they were indeed ill-intentioned.

What is worrying is that the guards and servants are defenseless, only guarding their posts, not aware of the approaching danger.

- I don't know if Yan Ke was sitting in the carriage or quietly following the convoy; But I knew that the young woman who was being used as my stand-in must be sitting inside.

Maybe it's unconsciously closing your eyes and recuperating, maybe it's trembling, or even, desperately waiting for an unknown danger to arrive......

Just as I was hesitating to make a warning, one of the vendors closest to the middle carriage ripped open his coat, revealing a black suit and a large steel knife that was shining brightly.

After she removed her disguise, the others also stripped off their coats, revealing exactly the same outfit as her, apparently an organized and premeditated operation.

The young woman who looked like a leader slashed at the wheel of the carriage and shouted loudly: "Kill Kuang Xihan and eliminate harm for the people!" ”

"Eliminate harm for the people!" The others shouted after her, slashing at the nearest guards and minions.

Their movement was the most panicked by the people around them, running, screaming, and even trampling and accidentally injured, for a while, the scene was extremely chaotic, and the entire convoy was blocked in the middle of the road, unable to move forward.

The guards who reacted immediately drew their swords and fought with the assassins.

Seeing this qiē in my eyes, my heart also lifted, but I could only watch with a blank eye, helpless - including Jiang Zhuo, the guards sent to me by Yan Ke were all in their original positions, indifferent to the chaos that was taking place downstairs; The rest of the tea drinkers in the dining room poked their heads out, nervously watching the dynamics below—and in doing so, it seemed out of place for our group.

"Protect Your Highness!" The man who drew his sword to stop the attack of the Assassin leader was Bingyi, the guard whom Yan Ke had assigned to me, and he was ordinary-looking but had extremely bright eyes, as if he could see through a qiē invasion and threat—until then, I had only thought by my own judgment that she was a hidden master.

But it was only at this time that I saw her extraordinary and extraordinary martial arts, and I once again felt admiration for Yan Ke's discerning and human vision—when the assassin suddenly attacked and slashed at the chariot, it was when she caused confusion among the crowd with her shouts, and the convoy and frightened horses that were scattered by the crowd could not be brought together at a moment's notice, which also disturbed the attention of the guards; However, Bingyi intercepted the assassin's attack without any mistakes, and subdued the opponent in only two moves - this skill is enough to show his means, I think it is enough to go to the battlefield to be a general who commands thousands of troops, and deigning to be a guard by my side really buries her.

Just as I was marveling at Bingyi's martial arts and feeling sorry for her career, her next movement made me freeze in place, unable to recover for a long time—I saw her sword lightly brushing the assassin's throat, making a bloody streak, and the blood suddenly splattered from the wound, staining the body cover directly in front of me a deep red; At that time, Bingyi had already crossed the assassin with his sword and stabbed the second person without stopping.

Her blade quickly harvested the lives of one assassin after another, and to me, it seemed like an action movie that slowed down the camera, and every burst of blood, every unwilling look of the assassin stung me deeply; In fact, in just a few breaths, the five Assassins had become five silent corpses, and the rest were slashed by the rest of the guards at the same time.

There was no interrogation, no hesitation, and no living mouth left - so clean and terrifying.

The crowd was still fleeing, but the convoy had already been controlled.

Bingyi shook off the beads of blood on the blade of his sword, and stood indifferently in front of the carriage with his hands in front of him, his calm face like a cold and hard statue, silently mocking the panicked civilians and the assassins who were not able to do their best.

There are now a dozen or so street vendors left in the bustling streets, who were forced to witness the qiē because they were too busy packing up their belongings to escape, pedestrians who were innocently implicated in pushing and shoving, who were knocked to the ground and trampled and injured, vigilant guards, terrified servants, and corpses piled up on top of each other.

I have never witnessed such a bloody scene so intuitively, just as I have never been so aware of the time and space in which I am now living, the so-called laws of this country are based on a relative system under absolute imperial rule, and even the most basic fairness cannot be achieved - killing is such an unthinking instinct, and both the sword-wielding and the murderer accept their fate as a matter of course.

These Assassins are a case in point, but the root cause of my inability to calm my mind is that these people are probably killed because of "me".

The assassins who died because of the failure to assassinate Kwong Xihan, and the guards who swung their swords to kill because they protected Kwong Xihan - the source of this evil is "me".

After counting the convoy and examining the bodies on the ground, the convoy quickly continued on the road, as if it had not left any shadow because of this incident; The spectators on the second floor left like mosquitoes and flies that couldn't smell the stench, the opposite of the excitement of the swarm.

The ruts were stained with a faint color of blood, and they stepped on a mess of ground and slowly drove into the distance; As I stared at the silent pile of corpses, I felt a churn in my stomach, as if I was about to vomit out what I had just eaten.

"Boss, are you feeling unwell?" Jiang Zhuo pushed over a cup of hot tea and asked in a low voice.

I took the teacup and drank it all, ignoring the tingling and foaming of the tip of my tongue and throat, I shook my head, feeling the nausea that went straight to my mouth subside a little, and then I said, "I'm fine." It was hard to take his eyes off the corpses.

Not long after, a man dressed in the costume of a servant brought a white cloth and a stretcher and carried away the corpses; The dirty street was also sprinkled with water and flower dew, and it was cleaned up like new, except for the faint smell of blood in the air, there was no trace of fierce fighting and killing.

At this time, I heard the two middle-aged women at the back table who were silent when the mutation occurred, and lowered their voices and said, "What a sin, another group of people who don't know whether they are alive or dead, and they have lost their lives in vain." ”

"Don't blame the ...... who killed a thousand knives," the man was about to say more, but his companion covered his mouth and stopped, "Be quiet, do you want to die?" Let that man's spies hear, and they will not pull out your tongue!" ”

"What are you afraid of, the convoy has long since run away, and you are afraid that she will not be able to turn around and come back?" The other retorted with a stiff neck, but at last lowered his voice and looked around cautiously; I happened to see that I was looking at them, and I couldn't help but glare at them fiercely, "You, you, what do you see!" ”

"This ...... Eldest sister," I said hello and asked with a smile, "I didn't mean to offend, but I was frightened by this scene, and I vaguely heard that you two seemed to know some hidden secrets, so I took a second look, what is offended, please understand." ”

Probably seeing my sincere attitude, the two of them didn't get angry after being shocked, and the vigilance in their eyes faded a little, "It's easy to say, listen to this young lady's accent, it's not a local, right?" ”

"The eldest sister has good ears, and she came to do business from Merlin...... I wonder what you two think about what you just happened? Looking down, the people sitting in this carriage are not ordinary people, why would they be assassinated? I asked tentatively.

"Hey, what's this? Miss doesn't know who's in this car, right? The woman who had been taught a few words by her companion before seemed to have found a soulmate, and said to me with a big grin, "It's the King Ling who has done all the good things and done the bad things!" I heard that this time she sacrificed to the heavens on behalf of the emperor, and I don't know if it will anger the gods! What is it to have assassins? It's strange that the wife is so peaceful along the way! ”

The disgust revealed from her words made my heart chill, and I knew what kind of answer I would get, but I couldn't help but ask, "Is the eldest sister saying that the people in this carriage deserve it?" ”

Although I know Kuang Xihan's nature, saying these four words still makes me feel bitter.

"Ha, it's not just a sin that deserves it, it's an unforgivable sin! That is, the emperor's benevolence can tolerate this lawless sister, if it is me......" The woman wanted to say more, but when she heard a "choking" sound, the guards behind me all glared at her, and one of them couldn't help but pull out the long sword at his waist, as if the other party would make her blood splash on the spot if he said another word.

"Hey, I said this young lady, what do you mean by that......" she shrunk her neck, but didn't dare to say more.

"Who told you to make a move? Don't take your sword back yet! I turned around and reprimanded, and the guard immediately lowered his head, put his sword back into its sheath, and silently retreated to its original position, "I'm sorry for this eldest sister, my subordinates were impulsive and frightened you...... I apologize to you on her behalf. ”

My apology didn't help, however, as she gave me a strange look, whispered a few words to her companion, and quickly checked out and left.

Seeing the momentum of my guard drawing his sword just now, the other guests on the second floor also left in twos and threes, and after a while, only us were left in the huge hall.

"Jiang Zhuo, do you also think that this king is innocent of death?" Sighing silently, I looked at the person who didn't care about me looking out the window, and asked involuntarily.

She turned her face back, glanced at me nonchalantly, and said lightly: "There are some things that the owner can know in his own heart, so why care about these people's opinions?" Left and right are just unrelated civilians. ”

-- but he avoided answering my questions.

Actually, I probably know her answer, so what are I hoping for?

In her heart, I am the Kwong Xihan who was rejected by everyone, the Kuang Xihan who once humiliated her and now enslaved her - not Jian Xin, who was bent on being her friend.

"Oh, that's true." picked up the teacup in front of him and poured a sip of the tea that had just been poured; The tea has cooled through, and the bitterness has been seeping from the tip of my tongue to the bottom of my heart, and I have not gone away for a long time.