Chapter 17 Single-handedly
Frightened to frightened, what will happen to the assassination of the prince, this assassin naturally knows that the ending is a dead word.
But if the assassination fails, when the time comes, he will flee, even if he escapes back to the imperial city and goes to the Seven Princes, he will die.
Anyway, it was a dead word, even if the Assassin initially thought it was a simple assassination.
Even if the person to be killed is a prince, as an assassin, you don't need to care about these things, you just need to complete the orders of your master.
And before the assassin set out, he also thought that killing a prince like Ivan would be like breaking the flowers in the greenhouse.
He only needs to be casual, and he can successfully complete the task, but he can imagine the final outcome, which is the third kind he can't imagine.
There are good and bad things in the end, and even if the Ten Princes' plans are quite meticulous, this assassin despises Ivan's strength.
After a long time and running around the country all year round, Ivan is no longer a person who has no strength, is slow to react, and panicked.
In the face of an emergency, Ivan can still quickly dodge attacks that threaten his life, which can be regarded as a grind.
You must know that even if you hide your identity, there will still be some people who will think badly about Ivan. More often than not, those guards are not omnipotent, and Ivan must have the ability to protect himself in order to keep this path on for a longer time.
The fact that he was able to dodge the assassin's hidden knife in his sleeve was the best proof of this, and Ivan still learned some practical skills.
It is only when danger and death come to them that people realize that there is too far between what they feel and what they actually do.
It was only after the assassination failure that the assassin realized how big the gap was, and even the way to die was not what he had thought of before.
When Ivan dodged the knife and the assassin was discovered on the street, a secret guard who had been hiding around Ivan.
It can be said that there was no hesitation, and the movement was very precise, and a poisonous needle flew directly to the assassin's throat, right in the center.
Within a few seconds, the Assassin was killed on the spot, still wearing a beggar's clothes, and upon closer inspection, he realized that it was a young man.
Ivan watched from afar as the assassin lay motionless on the ground, breathless and completely dead, and he came to his senses.
Because Ivan concealed his identity, the news of his assassination did not spread everywhere, let alone the palace.
That's fine, Ivan is worried that if it reaches the palace, his queen mother will definitely be very worried, and it will affect her when the time comes.
Actually, there was no need for this, Ivan knew that this might be the first time he found out, but it was by no means the last, so he had to be careful.
It's just that the news of Ivan's assassination did not reach the palace, but the news of the assassin's counter-killing came back to the Seventh Prince.
After the Seventh Prince learned the outcome of the matter, he immediately found the Ten Princes, and the two began to have a deep discussion on the matter.
The Ten Princes had long thought about assassinating Ivan, and it would definitely not be as simple as he thought, Ivan pretended to be a pig and ate a tiger.
If you are reluctant to have children, then you must not be able to trap the wolf, the vigilance of the ten princes is very high, and Ivan must have someone to protect.
It was impossible for Ivan to be able to kill the palace single-handedly, and the Ten Princes considered themselves to be very powerful assassins under the Seventh Prince. It's just that the ideas of the Seventh Prince and the Ten Princes are completely different, and it is rarely said that if there is an assassination of the prince, it can be a complete success.
Even if it was to hunt down other brothers outside the Imperial City before, it took a little effort to succeed, and it was normal to fail the first time.
The Seventh Prince naturally understands that when a prince goes out of the city, he will definitely be equipped with secret guards in the palace, otherwise it will be difficult to ensure safety.
And Ivan obviously brought a secret guard this time, but he just needed more thought later, and it was not a big deal.
In this way, after the Seven Princes got the news, they didn't worry too much about it, and gave the Ten Princes one or two assassins of the same level.
At that time, the seventh prince was still arguing with the second prince about some things in the court, and even went to the first emperor to quarrel.
This also caused the Seventh Prince not to be very concerned about the assassination of Ivan, and at most only occasionally asked the Tenth Prince.
What's going on, have you thought of any way, have you thought about how to arrange it next time, and how should the matter of the second prince in the court be resolved.
After the first assassination attempt, the Ten Princes knew that one assassin would definitely not work, and even two would not solve the problem.
So, as before, after learning where Ivan lived, he wanted to ask the Seven Princes for five more assassins.
The Ten Princes wanted to try to get this matter done at once, but five assassins, how could the Seven Princes be willing to let go of so many people.
Even if you don't worry that these five assassins will rebel in the future, if you lose them, then the chess pieces under your hands will naturally decrease.
The small number of Assassins in this area also means that the power and threat of the shadows are reduced, which will affect the main force of the assassin.
The Seventh Prince said bluntly, and asked the Tenth Prince if he could guarantee that the five assassins would be able to kill everyone in Ivan.
The Ten Princes must have shook their heads in recognition, after all, he didn't know what Ivan's strength was, and he didn't dare to do such a risky thing.
But the Ten Princes believed that the five assassins could hurt Ivan's vitality, and even so, in the case of no guarantee of foolproofness, the Ten Princes understood the Seventh Prince's distress. These are the top assassins of the Seven Princes, and if they fail, he will be the one who will be greatly injured.
The Ten Princes understood that the Seventh Prince cherished his chess pieces, and the loss of one of them before might just be distressed, and it didn't have much impact.
If these five were sent out again, and there was an accident, the Seven Princes would be like a broken right arm, and it would be difficult to support them.
The Ten Princes naturally thought about the Seventh Prince, and also for the sake of their own lives, and he was not sure that he would really fail at that time.
Whether Ivan's head landed first, or the Tenth Prince's own head landed first, it is difficult to say, the Seventh Prince is not a kind-hearted person.
In this way, when the Ten Princes hesitated, the Seventh Prince had already deployed all his personnel in the palace and started a war with the second brother.
Before the failure of the first assassination, the Ten Princes actually had a certain wariness of Ivan, but it could not be ruled out as a coincidence.
After a slight hesitation, the Seven Princes had a new instruction that the Assassins sent by the Ten Princes could only use one at a time.
Even if he sent two assassins to the Ten Princes, he could not avoid a series of accidents in the following days.
The two assassinations that didn't take long were nearly a month later, and the Seven Princes didn't have the upper hand in court politics.
The Seventh Prince's heart was naturally angry, and he couldn't find a place to vent, and when the Ten Princes were still arranging and studying Ivan's daily itinerary, he couldn't wait. It's time to assassinate a prince and use blood to wash away his bad luck.