At this time, like a gecko, the cold lizard was quietly leaning in the waist-high artemisia grass, clinging to the ground, motionless.

He's been in this position for a long time. His position was only three or four camps away from Li Mu's manager's tent.

It's a dead end. There happened to be some stones and timber piled up here, casting an unknown shadow on the place where he was lying on his stomach.

Moreover, the surrounding artemisia grass is also the tallest and most vigorous. The shadow of the grass swaying in the wild wind is the best cover.

Hanshu is very patient. When he was trained to be a killer, he hid in a narrow, dark cavern for seven hundred and forty-nine days without being discovered.

And now he just had to dodge the day. After a long journey, he needed a little time to breathe and rest.

More importantly, he needed careful observation and careful planning, and with his unusually sharp ears, he could listen to the footsteps of the sentries patrolling the camp, and to listen to the different people and times of time entering and exiting the tent.

He also had to carefully check which of the people around the tent who protected Li Mu were strong in martial arts.

Then use their breath to discern whether they are your opponents or not, and be prepared for what to do with them in the event of a hand-to-hand encounter.

When on a mission, Han Shu tries to keep his mind simple to the point that he doesn't want anything.

But at this unprecedented time, at the moment of crisis in the Zhao army's camp, a woman always appeared in his mind.

He squeezed his eyes hard.

He wanted to use the only small movement he could do at the moment to squeeze the figure out of his head, so that he could continue counting the footsteps with a calm heart.

But he didn't. Because the rising sun casts a faint ray of light on a foot away from this dark corner where he is.

When he saw the glow, the figure in his mind brightened.

Han Shu, no, at that time his name was Song Yi, sitting on the wall of Jicheng, the capital of Yan Kingdom. Facing the rising sun, he felt a surge of spirit all over his body hit straight up.

Although he was not tall, he had a solid back, bulging muscles, and the strength of life that roamed his limbs.

Song Yi practiced his qi in the morning light every day.

He knew he was being followed these days. In fact, every small and faint sound made by that person, Song Yi could clearly hear it in his ears.

He didn't move. He knew it was just a woman.

At this moment he heard the woman's footsteps approaching, and stopped twenty paces away from him, timidly afraid to come near.

Song Yi didn't look back. The corners of his mouth hooked, and he whispered, "Princess Jinli is not sleepy all night?" You follow me like this night and night, just to watch the sunrise with me? ”

At this time, there was a sea of clouds in the distant sky. A red sun is about to erupt. The sun is shining, as if the sky is steaming into a splendid landscape.

The tenth princess of Yan Kingdom, Jinli, has a pair of big clear eyes, a melon seed face, slightly thin shoulders and a thin waist that Ying Ying holds.

Song Yi saved Jinli three times in total.

The first time was on the lake at the palace night banquet, when Jinli fell into the water, Song Yi rescued her from the lake;

The second time was when the assassins chased and killed King Yan and took Jinli as a hostage, Song Yi made the assassin kill the assassin in front of Jinli with two knives;

The third time was when King Yan wanted to divorce Jin and marry Huren, Song Yi knelt behind Prince Dan and made a generous speech, dispelling King Yan's idea of seeking peace with his daughter.

Princess Jinli has long loved Song Yi, the swordsman who saved her three times, and she can't forget it every day.

After following Song Yi for several nights, Jinli always had a sentence blocked in his throat and didn't dare to say it. Now maybe it was the warmth of the rising sun that gave her courage, and she asked in a whisper, "Song Yi, are you willing to take me away?"

Song Yi stood up, his body casting a long figure in the morning sun. The figure reached just in front of Jinli's feet. The princess laughed. The most beautiful flowers should bloom beside the king. And I don't belong here either. ”

"But I just want to ......" Jinli lowered her head, looking crampedly at the figure attached to her feet, not getting closer and closer to herself.

"I'm just," she hesitated to say the words that had been in her heart for days, I just wanted to go with you, go anywhere.

In Song Yi's view, the thin and shy beauty of the hesitant Jinli shook her heart in the morning breeze.

He said pityingly, "You should live a life where you don't have to be afraid." ”

"I'm not afraid", Jinli said a little anxiously: "I'm not afraid of anything." ”

"Not even afraid of death?" Song Yi asked.

"Don't be afraid, I can," Jin Li didn't say the word "for you" after all: "Die".

"Do you know that it's easy to die, but it's hard to live." As a killer, Song Yi sighed in his heart, and said in a soothing tone: "Maybe ......" Song Yi showed a bright smile on his always pale face.

He looked at Jinli meaningfully with such a smile.

His smile and the morning glow reflected together, in Jinli's eyes, it was like a god breaking through the clouds and giving in an instant, which moved her to tears.

At this time, Han Li's mind was full of the silly girl raising her little face and looking at him with wet eyes.

She must still be waiting for him to take her away for that "maybe", Han Shu thought.

When they were training in the Nine Palaces, Fan Yuzhi, the master of Yangdu Pavilion, once taught them that to be a spy and a killer, the last thing they need is affection. Because for those who have no tomorrow, feelings are a burden.

Han Lizard in the gloom squinted as the glow of the sun not far ahead grew brighter and brighter.

For such a tragic emotion as "there is no tomorrow", Han Shu at this moment felt a little ridiculous. He didn't know if he would be the one who had no tomorrow if he had launched an assassination tonight.

He squeezed his eyes again. But these messy thoughts still linger.

Towards dusk, the chill is basically ready.

He turned the plan in his head a hundred times, and he felt that it should be foolproof.

What I could hear from him was that people came and went in Li Mu's big tent on this day. There are constantly generals of all levels coming in and out. Their footsteps were all filled with excitement and anticipation, light and determined.

Han Shu felt that this must be a big war imminent. Li Mu's army is afraid that he will have to make a big move.

After his careful investigation, he found that among the guards who protected Li Mu, there were only three people with relatively high real force value. Two of them were outside the tent, and one was in the tent from beginning to end.

There are often a few people in the tent, two of them must be Li Mu's sons, and one is the old general Le Cheng.

Han Lizard knows this. Because he had done his homework carefully before he came.

Han Shu calmed down and decided to go through the plan again in her head.

First, he needed to crawl into the shadow on the side of the tent closest to Li Mu's tent. When prostrating, follow the gap in the artemisia grass on the side of the tent, and move lightly.

He was sure not to make any sound.

This first step requires ten snaps of the fingers.

There will then often be patrols of three people. By discerning the sound of footsteps, Han Shu judged that one of the groups was relatively weak.

He needs to subdue three people at the snap of two fingers. It's not hard for him. Because Han Shu has a unique secret weapon "Flying Locust Needle". If the "flying locust needle" is accurately injected into a person's acupuncture points, it can instantly shut up a person's breath and make a person faint.

So the second step requires two snaps of the fingers.

These movements must not make a sound and alarm the two guards guarding outside Li Mu's tent.

Then Han Shu needed to use five snaps of his fingers to first change into the soft armor of Zhao Jun who had fainted one of the three people. In this way, he had the opportunity to swagger close to Li Mushuai's account.

So this third step requires five snaps of the fingers.

Walking to the door of Li Mushuai's tent should not exceed ten snaps of fingers, otherwise it will attract the attention of others.

Approaching the door of the tent, Han Shu must attack him by surprise, subduing one of the two guards in a snap of a finger.

Then waiting for another patrolling guard to come, Han Shu planned to take him hostage and enter the marshal's tent on the pretext of reporting the military situation to Li Muyu.

This fourth step requires at least fifteen snaps of the fingers.

In addition, all of Han Shu's plans must be carried out at dinner time in Zhao Junjun's middle school. At that time, there was only one guard and Li Mu himself in the big tent, and there was no one else.

At this point, the trick enters the tent, and Han Shu must deal with the remaining guard in three snaps of his fingers. Otherwise, the opportunity to assassinate Li Mu will be lost.

Han Shu is the kind of person who only completes tasks and never kills indiscriminately. So if possible, he didn't want to kill the guards. He himself felt that he was more than seventy percent sure that he would be knocked out of these guard uniforms.

Then, with just five more snaps of his fingers, he should be able to assassinate Li Mu.

So this last step requires eight snaps of the fingers.

He calculated that the whole process could not exceed these forty snaps of fingers.

As for how to retreat after killing Li Mu, he had no idea at all now.

"Acting as an opportunistic" is a substitute for all plans.

The chill crouched quietly in the grass, like a hibernating and dead insect.

As the twilight fell and the light faded, puffs of smoke rose from the tents in the distance. The smell of burning firewood and grass when burying a pot to cook is a little choking in the air.

One after another, the generals withdrew from Li Mu's tent and left. Han Shu heard that in the end, only Li Mu and his guards were left inside.

At this time, the star is already clearly visible in the sky. The dark blue night sky was clear and deep, but it smeared the earth with the last of its dying light.

The chill moved.

As planned, he smoothly approached Li Mu's tent along the gap in the artemisia grass beside the tent wall. Hiding under the tent next to him, he waited quietly for a while, and sure enough, he saw three patrolling soldiers passing in front of him.

The three of them didn't have time to scream, they only had time to open their eyes in horror, and then they fell to the ground and stopped making a sound. But the plopping sound of the fall to the ground was still slightly louder than Han Lizard expected.

It seems to have attracted the attention of the guards in front of the tent. The man glanced this way. Fortunately, the artemisia grass was tall, and the sergeant who fell to the ground was not conspicuous.

Han Shu quickly dragged one of them to the darkest and safest place, and with a very small movement, without making any sound, he changed into Zhao Jun's soft armor.

Then he slowly stood up and strode towards Li Mushuai's tent with his head held high.

The two guards outside the door, one of whom was patrolling around the tent, was now turning behind the tent and was nowhere to be seen.

Another guard saw a Zhao State sergeant swaggering over, and vigilantly drew his sword and asked, "Stop." The tent is not to be approached. What's the matter with you? ”

Han Shu said in a standard Handan accent: "There is a military intelligence report." ”

The guard came up to him and looked at him suspiciously and asked, "What military situation?" ”

Han Lizard was about to take something out of his arms, but in fact, he was only using this hand to attract the attention of the guard, while the other hand was hitting the "Flying Locust Needle" at the same time.

The guard didn't snort before he fell to the ground. Hanshu grabbed him and dragged him into the shadows by the tent with great speed.

By this time, the patrolling guard had turned out from behind the tent.

Han Shu stood respectfully in front of the door. When the guard came, he suddenly pulled out a large knife from behind his back, and pulled it past the guard with lightning speed, and put the knife across his neck.

Suddenly there was a change, and the kidnapped guard just wanted to shout, but he was hit by the cold and couldn't make a sound.

But the guard was fierce and fierce, and while he was struggling, Hanli's knife had already cut through his neck, and blood flowed out.

Han Lizard warned in a low voice, "If you don't want to die, don't move again." ”

But the guard fought to the death. Han Shu had no choice but to slap the back of his neck with a palm, and dragged the limp body to the place where the guard was lying just now.

Han Shu put away the knife, stood outside Li Mu's tent, and learned the voice of the captain who had listened to countless times during the day and said, "General, there is a military report. ”

At this time, the guard inside was heard shouting "Come in". Han Shu lifted the curtain and flew into the tent.

The inside of the tent was noticeably darker than the outside. Although two candles had been lit, the light of the candles was faint after all, and it only illuminated a small area around it.

The guard stared at him coldly. Han Shu took a few steps forward, making a gesture to bow down, but suddenly reached out and sent out a hidden weapon.

The guard was caught off guard, but he reacted quickly and used the long sword in his hand to block the "Flying Locust Needle" in time, and jumped to the side, shouting "There is an assassin!" ”

But before the guard shouted the words "Defend the General", Hanshu's knife had already arrived. The two of them fought with swords in one place.

Han Li's body was as agile as a ghost, and in the flick of his fingers, he had already gained the upper hand, and he saw the opportunity to slam the back of the guard on the back of the neck with the back of his knife. The guard immediately slumped, and was finally subdued by him.

Han Lizard turned around, only to find a crossbow pointed at him.

How can the battle-hardened veteran Li Mu be a lamb waiting to be killed. On his right arm, he has a repeating light crossbow on his right arm, "Chasing the Wind for a Thousand Miles", and he has taken the lives of many assassins and enemies.

Li Mu pointed at Han Shu with a crossbow steadily. At such a close distance, once the "Thousand Miles Chasing the Wind" is fired, it will be difficult for Da Luo Jinxian to dodge even if he has five light crossbows in a row.

"Throw away your knives." Li Mu said.

Hanli's face turned from white to iron-blue.

"I said throw away your knife." Li Mu's voice became colder and colder. There was no warm and angry expression on his weathered face, but there was a cold ice in his eyes that could only be found on the enemy.

But Han Shu was not any killer Li Mu had encountered before. The reason why Han Shu is the top killer in the Nine Palaces is because he has a unique calmness and quick wit.

His figure paused for only a tenth of a finger, and then he suddenly fell backwards. Li Mu reacted quickly enough. "Chasing the Wind for a Thousand Miles" fired five crossbow arrows in a row slightly downward.

But what I didn't expect was that the cold lizard was like a flipped fish, and it quickly moved away from the ground in an instant.

All five crossbow arrows shot through the tent wall and flew out, leaving five small holes in the tent wall.

Han Shu slid out on the ground for a foot and a half, and then a carp struck, pulled out the double knife behind his back, and went straight to the general Li Mu.

Li Mu's "Chasing the Wind for a Thousand Miles" can only be launched once. It's too late to reload the bolts. When he saw that Han Shu's knife had arrived in front of him, he suddenly flew off the table, blocked the first knife, and his body retreated sharply.

Han Shu's wrist had changed, and the second move's fatal double knife accurately slashed at Li Mu's chest. And Li Mu had no way to retreat at this time.

But just when the tip of Han Shu's knife was three inches away from Li Mu, he only heard two sounds of "Dangdang", and his arms shook at the same time. A swordless scabbard slammed his sword open.

Han Shu looked at it and saw a man and a woman suddenly appear in front of him.

The young man was long and vigorous, holding a gold-gold scabbard in one hand, and pushing the palm with the other, as if a flame and hot wind were striking like a cone.

The girl was extremely fast, and pounced like a tanuki. A silver sword in her hand, glittering in the candlelight, stabbed straight into Hanshu's face.

The people who came were Shao Yi and Feng Luotang.

They had arrived in the morning, and they had been stealthy outside the tent and eavesdropping on Li Mu's military deployment for a day. Hearing that General Li was worried about the latest situation in Fat City, the two of them took the trouble to run around Fat City.

I thought the killer would wait until late at night to assassinate him anyway. I don't want this chill to act at dusk.

Shao Yi and Feng Luotang were afraid. Fortunately, he arrived in time, and almost missed the big thing to save Li Mu.

At this time, Shao Yi added a little anger to this regret. He suddenly opened up his strength, and a ball of phosgene with flames appeared behind him, and the thunder flame order in his palm directly stimulated the cold lizard.

At the same moment, Feng Luotang's silver sword roared in front of Han Shu again, wrapped in a cold breath.

Han Shu instantly felt a blazing heat, mixed with cold, and hit his eyes at the same time. He performed his stunt again, falling backwards and gliding with his back to the ground, narrowly dodging the attack.

Han Shu didn't want to entangle with these two teenagers, he just wanted to take Li Mu's life and complete the task with one move.

Therefore, he suddenly burst out on the spot, jumped out of an unbelievable height, and rushed straight to Li Mu.

His twin knives struck out at the moment when his body swooped forward, and at the same time flew out towards Li Mu from two incredible angles, sealing the dodge and retreat on Li Mu's left and right sides, leaving him with no way out.

At the same time, the person he quickly ejected flew towards Li Mu like a cannonball, and a dagger with a cold light appeared in his hand.

Because he was in the tent, Shao Yi's Thunder Flame Order didn't dare to use it all, but he just launched another scorching force, and once again crashed into the route where the cold lizard was bouncing in the air.

The chill was knocked off like a blasting blast and rolled to the side. Feng Luotang's sword was like having eyes, and it also chased and killed the back of Han Li's heart.

Han Lizard paused in the air, then suddenly fell to the ground and threw himself to the ground, sliding to the side with a translation for the third time, dodging the attack.

Han Shu knew it in his heart. The same move, nothing more than three. This life-saving method must have been fully understood and mastered by the opponent. I am afraid that the next attack will not be dodged again.

So Han Shu decisively decided that he would make the final blow.