Chapter 3: The Night of the Palace The Assassin in Black

It stands to reason that a young lady like me is generally not out of the door, and the second door is not stepping, not to mention that she will learn a good martial arts, but she has not even touched the knife, and I am not such a lady in the boudoir. Since I was a child, I studied with the old man in white in Wuyuan Mountain, not only the martial arts are first-class, but also I have learned the unique superb medical skills of Wuyuan Mountain. My master, the old man in white, is the fifth-generation descendant of the Wuyuan Mountain sect of the Dajin Empire, because he likes to wear a white dress, and he has never married, and his legacy is independent, so he is honored as ---the "old man in white" by the rivers and lakes.

I have been a boy since I was a child, I like to dance and play with swords, and because the family is hereditary after the general, so my parents sent me to Wuyuan Mountain to study with the master of the old man in white when I was young, hoping that I can be unconventional when I become an adult, and it is best to become a generation of women. After studying with the master on Wuyuan Mountain for 12 years, I finally improved my martial arts and had a certain understanding of Wuyuan's medical skills, so the master asked me to go down the mountain and return to the Hou Mansion. Because after all, it is the age of girls, women are not as good as men, and if they become older leftover women, it will not be easy to marry in ancient times.

When I got home, I wasn't used to being confined to my boudoir like my mother or other ladies, and I always liked to pester my father and hang out in the barracks. So after many years of life and death--- Lord Shangyuan, the commander of the left capital, found me an errand in the court.

If you talk about this Lord Zuo Du Wei Shang, he can really be regarded as a legend. He is the only son of the former left commander Shanghong, and he accompanied the emperor to study with my father in his early years, so this friendship is not generally comparable. After the death of Lord Shang Hong, the first emperor gave him the inheritance of the left captain. Later, in 312 years of Dajin, due to the fraud of the Jiangnan scientific examination, many students dominated their studies, and they also jointly played His Majesty, which made Jiangnan's economy stagnant for a while, and it was difficult to move an inch. So, His Majesty sent Shang Yuan to Qingsu. If it was according to the meaning of the ministers of the court at that time, it would be to arrest the students who took the lead in making trouble, cut off their heads, raid their homes, and kill chickens and monkeys to calm down the matter. But Shang Yuan felt that there must be officials for personal gain, causing the unfairness of the scientific examination, which made those students excited, simply arrested, killed, and could not convince the public, so he went to Jiangnan alone, secretly visited, inquired about the evidence, and finally after two months, the truth was investigated and submitted to His Majesty. His Majesty punished those corrupt officials, and took those students who jointly played the exam, and the autumn examination at that time was also re-examined in the cold winter of the ninth month. Because of Shang Yuan's meritorious service, Xian Dite promoted Shang Yuan to the leader of the left, and he was also the youngest first-class member at that time.

My father entrusted Lord Shang and placed me in the Ouchi Guards under the command of his only son, Shang Jinming. Originally, I thought that it was just to protect His Majesty and do some daily patrols, where would anyone really dare to assassinate? Even if there are one or two, with the kung fu I learned in Wuyuan Mountain, it should be enough to deal with it. But just the night before yesterday, a bloody assassination actually began.

Shang Jinming arranged for me and him to be on duty on the same day, first, as acquaintances, and secondly, as a caretaker. Just as we had been inspecting to His Majesty's Taiqian Palace as usual, suddenly Shang Jinming grabbed me suddenly, his right hand in front of me, and his strong arm on the side of him gathered me behind him, and he leaned sideways against the vermilion courtyard wall. I felt that the arm was strong, and I felt safe behind him. At night, it was dark, and the lack of moon hanging in the sky was getting more and more dark, but there were strings of lanterns hanging high at the junction of the various courts, and from the bright light emitted, you could see the silence of the court under the whole night.

Suddenly, there was a rush of footsteps. I saw that a man galloped to the gate of the palace, and with a "whoosh" sound, he threw a fire thunder into the sky, which should be their signal. In an instant, there were hurried footsteps inside and outside the palace walls, which should be the accomplices of that person.

The man who rushed into the palace wall first staggered more and more, not caring if anyone would notice it. Immediately after that, one black shadow after another flashed, and disappeared outside His Majesty's Taiqian Palace in an instant. Shang Jinming turned around and raised his chin slightly at me, his eyes turned sideways to the back of the Taiqian Palace, and motioned for me to go around the back. I moved my footsteps slightly, turned around and scurried upward, my left foot lightly on my right foot, and with the help of my right foot slightly touched the tile on the top of the wall, without making a sound, I quietly came to the back of the palace. I closed my eyes quietly, for in the darkness of the night, the group of black-clothed men were dressed in night clothes, and they were all very good, and it was difficult to discern their position without good ear skills.

I hid quietly behind a boulder that connected the palace to the garden on the left, where there was no light at night, but the hiding was excellent, easy to stand on, and the stone surface was smooth and flat, perfect for "waiting for the rabbit." "It was pitch black all around, and I could only faintly hear the faint chirping of cicadas from the palace in the distance, and suddenly, a rush of footsteps came closer and closer, and the sound was like a regular beating of the light piano keys on the tips of my fingers, and I pressed my body to the edge of the palace wall, quietly waiting for the prey to approach.

Suddenly, with a flick of my wrist, a sharp knife came out of my hand, and the shiny surface of the knife reflected several black figures sneaking up behind me in the moonlight. I jumped sideways into the air, and several identical knives flew out of my right hand, the shiny and sharp tips of the knives, and slammed into the chests of the black-clothed assassins, only to hear a few clangs, and several figures fell to the ground, and they didn't even have time to snort. The assassin at the back of the palace had been dealt with, and I was a little relieved that Shang Jinming was a little relieved, so I walked straight to the front.

I saw Shang Jinming entangled and fighting with a black-clothed assassin, obviously this assassin was the leader of the previous assassins, and his martial arts were strong, looking at his speed of crossing the wall and crossing the line, his light skills were even more powerful. However, Shang Jinming is not simple, he was given by the emperor to walk with a knife very early, and he has already worshiped the three products at a young age, so you can imagine how powerful he is. The black-clothed assassin's figure flashed, and a sharp sword slashed white light in the dark night sky. I saw Shang Jinming jump up in the air, spinning in the air, and then the long sword swayed, and the dazzling sword rushed straight up, like a brilliant silver dragon, as if to be connected with the lightning that fell from the sky, and instantly he took out the hidden weapon hidden in his chest, and in his hand, the knife surface slid lightly on the assassin's right arm, and along with the sleeve, a long and deep cut was drawn, white flesh, bright red blood seeped out of the flesh, and soon dyed the white shirt inside, Yuan Jinming took advantage of the situation to grab the assassin's arm, and twisted his right hand hard, There was a click, and the shoulder joint was dislocated. He danced wildly, his eyes were like cold lightning, and his sword was like a rainbow, but the assassin did it lightly, and even if he was injured, he disappeared into the dark night like a floating shadow.