Chapter Ninety-Eight: Assassination
Lin Yingxue watched the prince being knocked down by Murong Xun little by little in her previous life, she didn't expect that in this life she would actually try her best to help the prince turn the tables, this feeling has to be said to be extremely amazing.
"Thank you, Miss Five, for waking up!" The prince's sudden thank you interrupted Lin Yingxue's thoughts.
She hurriedly stood up and returned the salute to the prince, "The prince is serious, it's just a little effort, His Royal Highness the prince doesn't need to take it to heart." ”
"No, if there is no fifth lady's awakening today, I am afraid that even if I die on the other day, I will not know how I died." The prince's expression had become solemn at some point, "I will find out the whereabouts of that batch of official silver as soon as possible...... I just don't know if Miss Five has a way to get Goldman Sachs out of prison......"
As the prince spoke, he frowned, "Fifth Miss is a person of great wisdom, and she must know my current situation. Let's not talk about how important Goldman Sachs is to me right now, but let's just say that he has been with me for some years and has always been loyal to me. This time, he was just confused, so he took bribes from others in a fool's mind, so I still wanted to do my best to keep him out, and it should be the reward for his life for me for so many years. ”
When the prince said these words, he spoke earnestly, and there was no hypocrisy on his face.
And the difference between the prince and Murong Xun is also here - if Murong Xun had encountered this incident, Goldman Sachs would have already become an outcast, and even in order to make Goldman Sachs' death worthwhile, Murong Xun might have put the sins committed by others on Goldman Sachs's head, but when it came to the prince, the prince knew that there was little hope of preserving Goldman Sachs, but he still wanted to work hard for it.
Lin Yingxue lowered her head, if you talk about conduct, the prince's character can definitely rank first among all the princes and princesses, but it is far more difficult to be an emperor than to be a good person, which is why the prince will fail in the end.
"I'm sorry, His Royal Highness the Prince, Yingxue is just a woman, saying this to the prince today is just a little foolish opinion of Yingxue, as for the matter of the tall people, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has no way, how can Yingxue have a way." Lin Yingxue frowned and replied in a low voice.
As soon as Lin Yingxue's words came out, the prince seemed to suddenly realize, and hurriedly said: "It's me who should say I'm embarrassed, it's me who is presumptuous." ”
A quick flash of disappointment flashed in the prince's eyes. He has indeed been so anxious these days that he has been out of proportion, otherwise he would not have asked for help from a teenage girl at this time, after all, no matter how smart the person in front of him is, after all, he is still young, and it is not easy to see this matter so thoroughly.
It was he who had too much hope for the person in front of him.
Lin Yingxue took the prince's emotional change in her eyes, she opened her mouth, but she still didn't say anything more and retreated.
- Actually, it's not that she can't keep Goldman Sachs out, it's just that the method is too complicated, and if it weren't for the worst situation, she wouldn't want to use it. And then there is the old saying that Hui Yi is easy to break, before she grows up, she doesn't want to be too sharp, so as not to bring death to herself.
After re-arriving in the front hall, Lin Yingxue's little thoughts disappeared invisibly, she slowly walked up to Murong Yue, who looked bored, and said with a smile: "Princess, let's go." ”
Murong Yue is a child's heart in the end, as soon as she goes on the street, she is like a wild horse that has escaped from the leash, and she just can't pull it when she looks like a happy man, so after accompanying Murong Yue for a whole day, Lin Yingxue and several subordinates are almost exhausted.
"Princess, it's not too early, we should go back to the palace." Seeing that Murong Yue still looked energetic, Lin Yingxue hurriedly found an excuse to end Murong Yue's trip out of the palace today.
Although Murong Yue still looked a little reluctant, after the emperor's previous anger, the childlike princess in front of her was obviously much more honest, and after only hesitating, she obediently got into the carriage and went to the direction of the prince's mansion with Lin Yingxue.
Because she was tired enough today, after getting into the carriage, Lin Yingxue leaned against the wall of the carriage and closed her eyes to recuperate amid Murong Yue's chattering.
Seeing that the little ancestor beside her finally quieted down, Lin Yingxue didn't have time to breathe a sigh of relief, but the carriage stopped abruptly after shaking violently.
"What's wrong?" It was Murong Yue who first opened the curtain and poked her head out to check the situation, but as soon as she opened the curtain, the little guy who was driving the car fell backwards with blood on his face.
"Ahh Murong Yue, who didn't expect such a situation, was immediately startled, and she shrank towards Lin Yingxue's side almost reflexively, "Yingxue, this, what's wrong?" ”
Murong Yue was obviously flustered, and even stammered a little when she spoke.
Lin Yingxue didn't care about comforting Murong Yue at this time, she patted Murong Yue's back as if she was soothing, and leaned out to check the situation outside.
However, as soon as she leaned out, a bright knife swung towards her, her eyes were fixed, and she reacted quickly to avoid it, and after the guards around the carriage who were fighting with those assassins who suddenly appeared found out about the situation on Lin Yingxue's side, they also quickly assigned someone to protect Lin Yingxue.
With the help of the guards, Lin Yingxue made some time to observe the current situation. She quickly glanced around, and saw that although there were only seven or eight of these assassins, all of them were strong in martial arts - several of the guards and palace people brought out by Murong Yue from the palace had already fallen in a pool of blood in the fight, and only a few guards arranged by the prince to protect them today were still entangled with those assassins, but looking at the current situation, these guards might not last long.
"I'll take the princess first!" After pondering for a moment, Lin Yingxue immediately made a decision. She sat down outside the carriage with a solemn face, pulled the reins again, and tried to control the somewhat restless horse and continued to rush in the direction of the prince's mansion.
Murong Yue had already recovered from the surprise just now at this time, she leaned out of the carriage and said anxiously: "Yingxue, I'll help you!" ”
"No!" Lin Yingxue said without looking back: "The princess goes back to the carriage and protects herself!" ”
As soon as Lin Yingxue's words fell, she heard Murong Yue behind her scream: "Yingxue, someone is chasing after you!" ”
The Assassins were targeting them, and for sure! Although Lin Yingxue didn't look back to check the situation behind her, the huge sense of urgency in her heart still made a little sweat ooze from her full forehead.
Just as she gritted her teeth and drove the horse to run wildly, a black shadow beside her suddenly jumped into her carriage with a light posture, and after the man in black jumped into the carriage, he drew a knife and stabbed at her without saying a word, Lin Yingxue dodged sideways, but because the movement was a little slow, so the arm was quickly cut by the knife of the man in black.
The sharp pain that came in an instant made Lin Yingxue's body tremble, she found the opportunity to kick at the man in black, and took out a small porcelain bottle from her arms, quickly poured out the powder and sprinkled it at the person in front of her.
This small porcelain bottle was actually just an ordinary medicine powder for treating external injuries, but at this tense moment, the assassin thought that Lin Yingxue was spilling some kind of poisonous powder, so he was a little panicked at that time, and Lin Yingxue hurriedly seized this opportunity to pull off the hairpin on his head and stabbed the assassin fiercely, and took the opportunity to kick the assassin out of the carriage.
However, although the assassin in front of him was solved, because of this delay, several assassins took the opportunity to catch up.
"Yingxue, what should we do now, will we die here?" Murong Yue's voice behind him trembled a little.
Lin Yingxue felt the panic in Murong Yue's words, she frowned, looked at the road in front of her again, and said coldly: "Turn the alley in front of you and you will almost arrive at the prince's mansion, princess, you come to catch the carriage yourself, just like you usually ride a horse, don't panic." ”
As Lin Yingxue spoke, she asked Murong Yue to get out of the carriage and handed over the reins in her hand to Murong Yue. After Murong Yue passively took the reins from Lin Yingxue's hand, she couldn't help but wonder: "What about you, Yingxue?" ”
"I'll go down and hold them for a while, or they will catch up, and none of us will be able to escape."
"But ......"
didn't wait for Murong Yue, but after speaking, Lin Yingxue had already jumped out of the carriage with a pale face. Because the wound on her arm had been bleeding, Lin Yingxue's legs were a little weak, and after jumping from the carriage to the ground, she rolled twice around the situation, and then she barely stabilized her figure.
At this time, the few black-clothed people chasing behind her were only a few steps away from her.
Her eyes were cold, and she ran in the opposite direction to Murong Yue, and after the black-clothed people walked to Lin Yingxue's original position, they exchanged their eyes with each other, and then divided into two teams, one team to chase Murong Yue, and the other team to chase Lin Yingxue.
Lin Yingxue was not sure to outrun these well-trained assassins before she was injured, not to mention that she was seriously injured now - after running a short distance, she was chased by the two assassins behind her.
The two assassins didn't have any extra nonsense, they were quick and accurate as soon as they struck, every move and style was aimed at Lin Yingxue's life, Lin Yingxue knew that he was not the opponent of the two in front of him, so he could only use his posture and calm judgment to constantly avoid the tricks of the two in front of him.
But this means must not last long...... She had just thought about it when a knife grazed the back of her neck.
After Lin Yingxue narrowly avoided it, her back was completely soaked with cold sweat, and at this time, two knives came one after another, but due to excessive blood loss, she was already a little physically exhausted at this time, and she couldn't avoid it, her heart tightened, and she watched two sharp blades stab at her.
At this moment, only to hear a crisp sound of 'bang', a knife suddenly appeared in front of her, narrowly resisting the fatal blow for her.
Lin Yingxue secretly breathed a sigh of relief, looked up, and saw three men with strong martial arts also appear out of nowhere, and soon got entangled with the two black-clothed men in front of her, and after the two black-clothed men were forced to retreat a few steps, they knew that today's assassination was impossible to succeed, so they glanced at each other, and immediately used light skills to escape quickly.