Chapter Twenty-Three: The Assassins

Now Liu Xiu was on the left and Wang Xiangzuo was on the right, and the two of them protected the emperor tightly behind them at the same time, fighting with the two assassins.

Seeing that the two of them could not win for a while, he aimed at the empty space, and threw another throwing knife at the emperor's throat.

At first glance, this person is a master of flying knives, and he can find the gap in the sword light and sword shadow, throw out the flying knife, steady and ruthless, and the angle is tricky.

Liu Xiu has always been alert, and when he heard the sound of the flying knife breaking through the air, he was just about to return to split the flying knife to save the emperor, but how could he give him this opportunity.

He flipped the wrist of his right hand to block Liu Xiu's way, and at the same time leaned forward, approaching Liu Xiu, and pulled out a short knife with his left hand and slashed down.

His original intention was to block Liu Xiu's way so that he could not save the emperor, and at the same time, with his martial arts, when Liu Xiu was anxious and distracted, when he was caught off guard, he took out a short knife and stabbed it over, so easy to succeed.

The corners of his mouth are smiling, and his heart is going to kill.

But he never thought that Liu Xiu was actually equipped with kung fu, only to see Liu Xiu flash to the right, kick back with both feet, stick the knife on the ground, balance his body, and lean forward at the same time, which can dodge the long knife and short blade of the beard.

Taking advantage of the stunned beard, Liu Xiu kicked forward, rolled into the arms of the beard, knocked him aside, and at the same time rolled to the side a few times, rolling to the edge of the incense burner that the prince "fell by mistake".

He copied it with his backhand, grabbed the golden incense burner in his hand, and then aimed at the direction of the flying knife, and threw it violently, the incense burner with a golden light in the light like day, galloped away, because Liu Xiu used ingenuity and force, so the incense burner castrated very quickly, and actually rushed in front of the flying knife, blocking the way of the flying knife.

I only heard the sound of "choking~", the furnace knives collided, and the flying knives deviated to one side and fell to the ground.

Wang Xiangzuo was entangled tightly by that person, although he saw that there was a flying knife shot at the emperor, he was unable to save him, and his heart was anxious, and when he saw Liu Xiu knocking the flying knife into the air, he was overjoyed, and the sword dance in his hand was even more powerful, and the assassin couldn't resist it for a while, so he could only support it.

Seeing that Liu Xiu hadn't gotten up yet, he shouted, and slashed down at Liu Xiu with the knife in his hand, Liu Xiu rolled and dodged.

Angry and angry.

And the emperor who stretched out the whirlpool of danger, even when the flying knife shot at him, he did not look frightened.

He has experienced a hundred battles, has seen all kinds of strong winds and waves, can cope with the past, and turn evil into good fortune, at this time there are guards around him, he is not very worried.

His brow furrowed, and his gaze swept towards the crowd in front of him.

The people fled in all directions, blocking the Imperial Guards who were trying to save them, and they could not get close.

Prince Liu Rui, his eyes were sharp, and he subconsciously looked for the prince's traces, but found that the prince had disappeared when he lost the incense burner.

Something is wrong.

All of this qiē happens between the lightning and flint, and it is dizzying.

Several people fought with each other, although Liu Xiu and Wang Xiangzuo were brave, but in order to protect the emperor, they couldn't show it, and slowly retreated, and the battle circle became smaller and smaller, almost close to the emperor.

If there is another throwing knife, the consequences are unimaginable.

Finally, the person who is good at flying knives saw the opportunity, gritted his teeth, and threw out the last flying knife, and the tip of the knife showed a little blue, which was actually quenched poison.

Liu Xiu was surprised when he saw it, taking advantage of the dense battle circle and the crowd of people, he jumped and jumped to the side of the tall man next to his beard, and while he was not paying attention, he kicked him violently.

Wang Xiangzuo saw that the shape was advantageous, turned over and came behind the emperor, picked up the incense burner that had just fallen with a knife, pinched it in his hand, found the right head, and threw it out violently while he was not paying attention to his beard, knocking the quenching knife aside.

Wang Xiangzuo used great skill, the tip of the knife turned the direction in an instant, and flew out like a wheel, and from left to right, he stabbed the shoulder of the beard with a "poof", so painful that he screamed, took a few steps back, and finally gritted his teeth, and without hesitation, he drew the knife and broke his arm, and the blood sprayed out instantly turned black.

The poison is so violent!

Liu Xiu saw Wang Xiang Zuo Qi Gong Kai, leaned forward, passed in front of the tall man and bearded eyes, and saw the person who threw the flying knife standing there, Liu Xiu slashed the person who threw the flying knife to the ground, used to use too much force, the person fell out, convulsed a few times, and saw that he was not alive.

There was chaos in the square, and when Liu Xiuyu stood up, the crown prince Liu Rui and Prime Minister Yaheng had already led the Praetorian Guards to kill them, while the rest of the assassins were killed almost at the same time, and the two sides drew their swords and slashed together.

Seeing the scuffle, Liu Xiu immediately summoned a Praetorian Guard to defend the emperor, jumped into the air himself, jumped to the emperor's side, and said in a low voice:

"Father, the shape is critical, it is not easy to stay here for a long time, you are ready, the army will come to escort you in a while, and the retainers will escort you away, don't discuss it again."

The emperor's face was like frost, and before he could answer, he only heard a few loud "booms", the lantern shattered, and a figure burst out of it, disappearing in an instant.

The trunk, branches and leaves of the huge lantern tree suddenly shattered, bursting into countless sharp porcelain pieces that swirled rapidly, roaring in all directions, and at the same time, the lantern tree suddenly extinguished.

The square was instantly plunged into hazy darkness, and the sound of broken objects, shrill whistling, and heavy breaking wind were intertwined, but this extremely intense scene only lasted for a moment before it suddenly fell silent.

Although there was still a faint light in the square, it was still dark, and there was chaos all around, and both sides had scruples and did not dare to do anything at will.

Someone from the Imperial Forest Army brought torches, and they held them in one hand and raised their swords in the other, aimed at the unsuspecting assassins, and killed them, and the situation was reversed in an instant.

The firelight re-illuminated the square, and then everyone found that several of the emperor's guards had fallen to the ground, several of them lying on their backs, blood gushing from their throats, and their eyes were full of anger.

But in a moment, killing so many people, everyone was frightened, and they didn't dare to act rashly.

Emperor!

Everyone looked at the emperor one after another, only to see Liu Xiu panting in front of the emperor, and there was a figure in front of him, dressed in night clothes, almost the same color as the night, surrounded by the inner guards.

Wang Xiangzuo took a step forward, walked to Liu Xiu's side, pointed to the blood stains on his arm, and said in a low voice:

"Your Highness, are you hurt?"

Liu Xiu nodded in response:

"It's no big deal, this person's knife is not quenched, there is a dark grid in the lamp tree, the space is small, and feeding poison on the knife is also very dangerous for the assassin himself."

Wang Xiangzuo nodded, and when he saw that another team of Imperial Forest Army had arrived, he gave an order, and everyone immediately rushed up and stormed the man in black.

The emperor behind him coldly looked at the busy people in front of him and didn't say a word.

The man in black has extremely high martial arts, and he doesn't make a move, only after seeing the flaws in the guard's knife technique, he straightens up, and he doesn't see how he makes a move, only to see a black shadow flashing in the torch, and someone falls.

One move to defeat the enemy, everyone has almost no power to resist.

For a while, the guards suffered heavy losses, and suddenly, after stabbing a guard to death with a sword, the man in black jumped up from where he was standing, jumped out, got rid of the guards and killed Liu Xiu.

The man in black moved extremely fast, the guards couldn't react, and his movements were slow, and he watched him dance his long sword and kill Liu Xiu.

Liu Xiu's body flashed left and right, trying to escape, but there was a sword shadow in front of him, but there was no flaw, there was no way to avoid it, there was no way to hide.

Wang Xiangzuo couldn't save him, his heart sank, and he shouted:

"Save Your Highness!"

Liu Xiu's face turned pale in an instant, he was definitely not this assassin's opponent.

The assassin was about to arrive, and a slender humanoid let out a scream and galloped from not far away.

Seeing that everyone was blocking the road, she jumped up directly, stepped on the head, turned over, jumped in front of Liu Xiu, and blocked between the two.

It was a delicate woman, standing with a sword, who would have shouted if the general was here, and this woman was the culprit of the persecution of his blindness.

Liu Xiu frowned, her heart was relieved, and she was just about to ask her why she appeared rashly, but before she could speak, she saw that the assassin's body did not stagnate, and she stabbed straight in.

The two Royal Forest Army soldiers who rushed from Wang Xiangzuo took the first step, stopped in front of Liu Xiu, and cut off their heads.

Unexpectedly, the figure in black was extremely dexterous, moving left and right, and actually dodged two slashes respectively.

rolled over from between the two knives, and the man in black aimed at Liu Xiu and slashed with his knife, but only heard a "choking" sound, and the two edges clashed.

It was the woman who stopped him just now, and at this moment she was standing in front of Liu Xiu prettyly, with a pleasant voice and a slight smile:

"I still have some thanks, if it weren't for your good kung fu, I came out without permission, Your Highness will definitely blame me in the future, now it's okay, killing you is also considered to be atonement, I can enjoy the lanterns here and have a good time!"

The masked black-clothed assassin looked at the woman in front of him, only to see that she was also dressed in a night suit, mottled with blood on her body, and she should have experienced a vicious fight just now.

If she hadn't stood in front of Liu Xiu at this moment, the masked assassin would have regarded her as his own.

I saw that she looked haggard and a little pale because of fatigue, but there was a smug energy in the corners of her eyebrows, as if she wanted to show herself well in front of Liu Xiu and make a contribution.

Seeing that the masked assassin didn't make a move, but looked straight at him, the woman's eyes instantly turned cold, flashing with a cold essence, like two ghost fires in the Nine Hells.

Seeing her expression, the masked assassin sneered, rushed forward with his sword, and the woman pushed Liu Xiu back and was about to step forward, when Wang Xiangzuo suddenly shouted:

"Escort! Escort! ”

At this moment, the people had been dispersed and driven away, and the square was empty.

The Royal Forest army arrived one after another, and while the two were fighting, they surrounded the masked assassins, and in the crowd, the assassins did not panic, and their movements were extremely fast, almost killing people with swords.

Seeing that the emperor and Liu Xiu were protected by everyone, the woman in black relieved herself and fought with the assassin almost single-handedly. The two were almost evenly matched for a short period of time.

The two fought for a long time, and suddenly heard the masked assassin sneer, only to see him force the woman back, Xu Huang stabbed, the Imperial Forest Army subconsciously retreated, taking this opportunity, he jumped out of the circle and threw himself at the emperor.

The crowd chased after them.

At this time, the masked assassin's eyes were full of murderous aura, and even if he was masked, he could see the hideous look on his face.

Between the calcium carbide firelight, I saw that his own body was short, rolled a few times, rushed into the imperial forest army guarding the emperor, wedged in between the gaps in the whistling swords, and hit one person under the ribs with his elbow, and as soon as the sound of fractures came out, his left leg came out and kicked hard at the other person's lower pubic place, and the miserable scream sounded instantly.

When he got up again, he had already faced Liu Xiu and Wang Xiangzuo, and there was the emperor behind him.

Such bloody methods made those guards feel terrified, and their actions couldn't help but be much slower, and by the time they came to their senses, the emperor, the king, and the general were already in danger.