At the end of the day, the night was thick, and the lights of thousands of homes illuminated the entire Jiangning City.

On a roof near Wuyi Lane on the south bank of the Qinhuai River, there is a figure standing on the rubble, motionless, light yellow clothes blending into the moonlight, if passers-by do not look carefully, it is difficult to find a person standing on the roof.

After a long time, there was movement in Wuyi Alley, and the figure on the roof disappeared in an instant. The old man and his party walked out of Wuyi Alley, in addition to the four guards who followed on the surface, there were seven or eight people in the army who followed closely in the secret.

When the old man walked down the Suzaku Bridge with a middle-aged woman who seemed to be his wife and stepped onto the street, four guards faintly protected the old man and the woman in the center. At this time, a figure happened to come from the opposite side, and it didn't seem to notice the old man, and walked not far in front of the old man, and the two guards in front of him immediately gently put their hands on the saber at their waists.

The old man didn't notice the movements of the guards in front of him, but walked forward slowly, and also saw the figure coming over, he couldn't see his face clearly in the moonlight, but he also knew that it was a woman.

The woman was dressed in a yellow and light-colored shirt, and carried a bamboo basket in her hand, in which she could vaguely see a moon cake. It seemed that she had discovered the actions of the guards, and the woman looked up and saw the face of the old man who had lived in officialdom for a long time without being angry and arrogant, and suddenly panicked, lowered her head and did not dare to look at the old man, and at the same time moved a few steps to the left, away from the old man, in order to relieve the tension, the woman picked up the moon cake in the bamboo basket and ate a few bites.

Seeing the woman's movements, the old man smiled lightly and said, "Can you give me two moon cakes, and I'll give you some money." ”

The woman was stunned for a moment when she heard this, raised her head and looked at the old man, and said in a voice like a thin thread: "How dare you ask for an adult's money, not to mention that this moon cake is not worth a few dollars, the adult just takes it." With that, he placed the basket on the ground, and then took a few steps back.

Seeing this, the old man smiled and shook his head, stepped forward to lift the bamboo basket, took out two mooncakes, handed one to the woman beside him, and then walked to the woman and returned the bamboo basket to her. The guards around them also let go of their hands on the hilt of their swords.

The woman breathed a sigh of relief, took the bamboo basket, gave the old man a slight salute, turned around and hurried away.

The old man didn't take this matter to heart, and continued to walk forward with the moon cake in his mouth. And the guard behind the old man looked at the figure of the woman gradually walking away, and didn't think much about it.

After that, the old man walked around the street with his wife, and the people next to him also consciously avoided the battle around him and did not dare to approach. In fact, in the past, officials and the people were not as afraid to avoid it as they are now, but in recent years, there have been too many cases of officials being assassinated, which has led to the current situation of all grass and trees.

After walking for a long time, the group walked to the most crowded street, and the circle formed by the four guards gradually became smaller. Because there were so many people around, the guards secretly sweated and looked around carefully.

Suddenly, the old man walked slowly towards a teenager in the crowd on the street.

"Xu Gongzi also came to see this Mid-Autumn Festival night view."

The young man turned around, was stunned for a moment, and said, "Lord Wang is also a good Yaxing." ”

The guards in front of him seemed to know the boy, and didn't look at him, just at the two women beside him.

The old man and the young man exchanged a few casual greetings, and also introduced the lady beside the young man, but he caught a glimpse of the guards around him gradually leaning over, and his face changed slightly.

Seeing the movements of the guards, the young man was a little puzzled, and looked around, but saw that in the crowd of people coming and going, some people suddenly stopped, and looked at them at the same time, with the position of these people, it seemed to form a large circle with the old man as the center.

The young man knew that something was wrong, and for a while he didn't know whether the target of these people was himself or the old man, so he hurriedly said to the woman beside him, "Take your sister out of here." ”

Suddenly, I heard the old man's voice: "Young Master Xu, their target is only me, you leave as soon as possible to avoid unwarranted disasters, but please take my wife away, and rest assured, they are only interested in me." ”

The woman beside the old man had tears in her eyes when she heard this, and she didn't want to leave, but when she saw the old man glaring at her with a serious face, she had to nod with tears.

Ye Qinghe didn't want to get involved, but seeing that the old man and his wife were deeply in love, he was a little touched, and looked at the old man and said, "This adult, please rest assured, with me, I won't let your wife get hurt." ”

At this time, the people outside slowly surrounded them, and the surrounding people also felt the atmosphere of slaughter, and dispersed one after another, and as the circle shrank, the encirclement also changed from one to two. In order to prevent the patrol from catching the streets and the sergeants from arriving when they heard the news, everyone quickly took out their weapons, and the people in the inner circle held short knives or daggers, and the people in the outer circle all wore short crossbows, and the green crossbow arrows were already wound.

Seeing that the crossbow arrow full of chill was aimed at himself and the others, Xu Ziling frowned, knowing that the top priority was to send the girls out first, so he directly reached out and pulled out Chixiao behind him, and stood side by side with Ye Qinghe, protecting the woman and Ye Qingzhu behind him.

And the four guards beside the old man were also unusual people, and at this time, they all drew their swords and raised their momentum, exuding sword qi, turning each other into horns, faintly forming a sword formation that could be moved.

In the blink of an eye, the people in the inner circle lowered their bodies almost at the same time, and the people in the outer circle raised their crossbows and fired a volley, and dozens of arrows flew in an instant.

The situation is grim and there is no room for carelessness, Xu Ziling and Ye Qinghe glanced at each other, nodded at the same time, forming an inexplicable tacit understanding, one left and one right, the woman who does not know martial arts and Ye Qingzhu are protected in the center.

Seeing the arrows coming fiercely, Xu Ziling wielded his sword and broke them one by one, without leaking, and Ye Qinghe on the side relied on his fist to beat the flying arrows in all directions and fell to the ground. In the center of the encirclement, once the arrow approached the sword formation in front of the four guards, it lost its strength and fell to the ground as if it were shooting at the city wall.

Seeing that the short crossbow had almost no effect, the people in the outer circle immediately put down the short crossbow, drew out the short knife and dagger, and surrounded it together. At this time, the seven secret sentinels who followed the old man also rushed over and fought with some of the people in the outer circle. Although the Dark Sentinel was stronger than the Assassins and others, the Assassins were superior to the number of people, and the knives they held were coated with poison. One of the Sentries was accidentally grazed by a blade, leaving his limbs sore and exhausted, and his throat was cut by the Assassin. Seeing this, the rest of the dark sentinels were inevitably frightened, so they had to fight with the assassins with great caution, and they could not advance or retreat for a while.

From the appearance of the assassin to the abandonment of the crossbow to kill the old man, but after a few breaths, the surrounding people also saw the intention of the assassin and others, for fear of harming the pond fish, and slowly retreated to ten zhang away, but a few people woke up and hurriedly ran to find the officers and soldiers.

Since the target of the assassins was mainly the elderly, the pressure on Xu Ziling and the others was not great, and only a dozen or so people surrounded them.

Seeing the sword in Xu Ziling's hand glowing red in the night, the assassins were a little cringe, just trying to delay time, and didn't dare to come forward to fight. However, Xu Ziling and Ye Qinghe took the initiative to fight, and stepped forward in a staggered manner. An assassin stepped forward with a cheeky head and slashed at Xu Ziling with a knife, but the blade of the sword that glowed red instantly broke and pierced his throat.

Seeing their companion fall in front of him, the rest of the assassins were also inspired by the blood, roaring and rushing forward. Xu Ziling was afraid that the two people behind him would be injured, so he did not retreat but advanced, wanting to strike first. Then he changed his hands to the sword, took a step forward, and swept the sword with a blow. The three assassins in front of him hurriedly resisted, and were swept away by the powerful sword qi, and fell to the ground without moving.

On the other side, Ye Qinghe was tightly guarding the woman and Ye Qingzhu, holding his hands or holding them, or forming fists, or turning his fingers, knocking the assassins who came forward to the ground one by one.

Because Xu Ziling took a step forward, revealing many gaps, the only remaining assassin nearby took the opportunity to raise his short crossbow and shoot an arrow at Ye Qingzhu.

Ye Qinghe, who noticed it, hurriedly shouted: "Qingzhu, get out of the way!" ”

Ye Qingzhu also felt a chill, and when he heard his sister's shout, he quickly moved a step to the left, but he still couldn't avoid it, his shoulder hurt, he snorted softly, and then a wave of dizziness came, and his feet fell down weakly. Seeing that her sister was hit by an arrow, Ye Qinghe suddenly rushed over with red eyes and helped her before she fell to the ground.

Xu Ziling also woke up instantly, full of remorse, and jumped towards the assassin with a short crossbow. The assassin saw Xu Ziling attacking, turned around and wanted to flee, just two steps away, a long sword crossed his throat, he didn't stop for a while, his neck touched the blade of the sword, oozing a wisp of blood.

"Take out the antidote!" Xu Ziling, holding his sword against the assassin's throat, shouted sharply.

The assassin trembled and said, "No, no, there is no need for an antidote, the poison on the arrow only has a paralyzing effect." ”

When Xu Ziling heard this, the hand holding the sword increased a little harder.

The assassin immediately screamed: "I dare not lie to you, in order to avoid accidental injury, we usually only use poison that makes people unconscious, it will not be fatal, just rest for a while." As he spoke, his neck suddenly cooled, and he fell to the ground and could no longer speak.

After dealing with the assassin, Xu Ziling hurriedly turned back to check on Ye Qingzhu's condition, but saw that Ye Qinghe was doing his best to stop her bleeding wound.

See Ye Qinghe's red eyes. Xu Ziling comforted: "The poison in the arrow only has an anesthetic effect, not poison, and it can be cured after a few days of cultivation." ”

Ye Qinghe glanced at him coldly, picked up Ye Qingzhu and left directly, no longer caring about these things that had nothing to do with them, she only cared about her sister.

Xu Ziling blamed himself more and more, but he was helpless, glanced at the woman on the side, and said, "Mrs. Wang, I'll send you away first." ”

The woman cried and said, "Young Master Xu, please go and save my father-in-law." ”

Xu Ziling was stunned for a moment, and turned his head to look at the old man.

It turned out that the assassins only used some people with lower strength to delay Xu Ziling and the others, and they didn't want to kill them at all. All the elites were used to round up the old man.

At this time, three of the four guards beside the old man had already been poisoned, and they were lucky enough to hold on to the enemy. It is necessary to have luck to seal the spread of venom, and luck to hold a sword to resist the enemy, and if you are not careful, you will die on the spot.

And Xu Ziling looked at the assassins who surrounded a few people, and suddenly hesitated, he and Wang Jun met in Pingshui, because of Zhao Gou's reasons, there was no need to fight with those assassins for him, whether he could be saved or not The first two said, even if he was saved, he would offend some of the people behind the assassins, and these well-trained assassins must not be simple, maybe a huge organization or family.

Seeing Xu Ziling's hesitation, the woman was so anxious that she knelt on the ground with a "plop".