Ling Yuxin was stunned again, thought about it for a while, and said bluntly: "That shopkeeper has no reason to lie to us!" ”

"Maybe he didn't mean to lie to us, but he just knew that we had to listen to the story, and in order to earn more silver taels, he told a beautiful story, which is not impossible! Is it too hasty for Miss Ling to trust a stranger so easily? Zhuo Haoxuan's tone gradually became serious.

Ling Yuxin was stunned again, she had never thought of such a possibility before, but at this moment, after listening to what Zhuo Haoxuan said, it seemed that there was indeed such a possibility, but she remembered that Sister-in-law Zhou, who was beaten with a blue nose and swollen face, and was covered with injuries, and said confidently: "No matter who was right and who was wrong before, even if what the shopkeeper said was not true, but at this moment, Sister-in-law Zhou was abused and beaten by Green Willow on the street, these are what we have seen with our own eyes, no matter what happened before, who is right and who is wrong, it is not right for Green Willow to beat people like this, just by virtue of the injuries on Sister-in-law Zhou's body, I can't even leave it alone,"

Zhuo Haoxuan pressed forward step by step, "What if, as the shopkeeper said, the backstage of Green Willow, that is, the backstage of Yanhuan Pavilion, you can't afford to offend?" Have you ever thought that if you come forward so rashly, you are likely to be implicated, and in the end, you may not be saved, but harm yourself. ”

Ling Yuxin pursed her lips, "I don't know what's so great about that Yanhuan Pavilion, and I don't care who the backstage of that green willow is, but I believe that they can't cover the sky with one hand, I only know, I can't see death without help, as for whether I can stop it, in fact, I don't know, but I believe that even if I can't stop it, there will always be other people who can manage this matter, isn't this the official government coming forward!" ”

Zhuo Haoxuan had been staring at Ling Yuxin with a complicated expression, but after seeing her increasingly stubborn expression, he had to sigh and put on a gentle smile again, "Indeed, Miss Ling is right, at the feet of the Son of Heaven, how can anyone cover the sky with one hand and ignore the law and discipline. ”

"Yes." Ling Yuxin smiled sweetly, and suddenly a thought flashed in her mind, and she looked at Zhuo Haoxuan suspiciously and asked, "Wouldn't the officers and soldiers just now also be invited by you?" ”

Zhuo Haoxuan's smile stiffened at the corner of his mouth for a moment, and then he prevaricated: "Didn't that officer and soldier say it just now, it was this matter that alarmed the Son of Heaven and angered Long Yan, and the emperor personally issued an edict, those officers and soldiers should be sent by the emperor today." ”

The suspicious look on Ling Yuxin's face was even worse, but before she could ask again, an exclamation came from her ears.

"Be careful!" Hearing an exclamation in the distance, Ling Yuxin felt that this call was a little familiar at first glance, but she couldn't remember who it was for a while, and before she could think carefully and find where the sound came from, she heard the sound of metal hitting and landing sound not far away.

Ling Yuxin and Zhuo Haoxuan followed the prestige at the same time, only to see a dart and a feather arrow falling to the ground a few meters away, while Xia Huaizhong had already rushed to a few steps in front of Zhuo Haoxuan and Ling Yuxin, and picked up the sword with his backhand and held it in his hand.

Immediately, he saw Zhuo Haoxuan block an arrow in front of Ling Yuxin, and almost at the same time, Xia Huaizhong swung his sword and shot down an arrow that came again.

Bai Zhu in the shop heard the movement outside, so he was immediately alert, and when he quickly ran to the door, he happened to see this scene, so he pulled out the soft sword on his waist again and quickly ran back to Ling Yuxin's side.

Xia Huaizhong also retreated in front of Zhuo Haoxuan with his sword, and before a few people thought about it, he saw dozens of black-clothed masked people coming towards him, led by a few people all holding bows and arrows, while moving forward, they kept shooting arrows, and the original arrow immediately turned into a rain of arrows, rushing towards the four people, obviously their original target was only one person, but now it has become four people.

Bai Zhu immediately stepped forward and blocked in front of Ling Yuxin and Zhuo Haoxuan side by side with Xia Huaizhong, waving their swords together to block the rain of arrows, and the occasional arrow that slipped through the net would be shot down by Zhuo Haoxuan, who was protecting Ling Yuxin's body.

When Ling Yuxin saw the group of black-clothed masked people clearly, she found that they were obviously dressed exactly like the black-clothed masked assassins who attacked her on the way back to Beijing, so she intuitively felt that they must be coming for her, and she couldn't help but panic a little while being stunned. The assassination on the way back to Beijing, she still remembers it vividly, not only was there many guards brought by Wei Chifeng and Li Qingshan, but also Xiao Yurui and a group of masters arranged by him to help, but if Xiao Yurui hadn't taken her away in time, the casualties were still unknown, at this time there were no guards from Wei Chifeng and Li Qingshan, let alone Xiao Yurui and his masters, she subconsciously frowned, and after staring at Xia Huaizhong and Zhuo Haoxuan for a moment, she found that their martial arts did not seem to be weak. But looking at the large number of black-clothed masked people who were about to rush in front of her, Ling Yuxin couldn't help but feel a little worried and scared.

At this time, Xia Huaizhong had also found that not only were the enemies outnumbered, but the opponents did not seem to be weak, and he was worried that once he fought at close range, with the strength of him and Bai Zhu, it would be difficult to resist all the black-clothed masked people, so he immediately waved his sword and said to Zhuo Haoxuan: "Master, there are many of them, when we get to the front of us later, we may not be able to stop them all, this place is not far from the city gate, you take Miss Ling to go first." ”

Zhuo Haoxuan groaned slightly, then immediately turned around and grabbed Ling Yuxin's arm and headed towards the city gate.

Ling Yuxin was caught off guard, and was dragged forward by Zhuo Haoxuan's arm, but she didn't want to leave Bai Zhu alone, but she couldn't break free for a while, so she had to say anxiously while struggling: "No, I won't go, I can't leave Bai Zhu, you let go of me, you let go of me......"

Zhuo Haoxuan clenched Ling Yuxin's hand, his feet did not stop, and said in a deep voice: "You can't stay here, she will be fine, my people will protect her." ”

Zhuo Haoxuan's indistinguishable tone faintly revealed an undoubted majesty, Ling Yuxin was surprised for a moment, subconsciously swallowed the words that had reached her mouth, and no longer struggled to withdraw her hand, but while following his steps, she couldn't help but keep looking back, but when she turned around, she suddenly unexpectedly found that there was an extra person next to Xia Huaizhong at some point, who was helping Xia Huaizhong and Bai Zhu to resist the attack of the black-clothed masked man.

Ling Yuxin felt that this person's back seemed a little familiar at first, but after a closer look, she found that this person was actually Li Qingshan, and she was a little surprised: how could he suddenly appear here, could it be that he had been following him all the time, but thinking that he could at least help Bai Zhu and Xia Huaizhong, he was a little relieved.

This person is Li Qingshan, who has been secretly following, after escorting Ling Yuxin and Bai Zhu all the way to Pinxianglou safely, he has been hiding in the shadows, until he saw Ling Yuxin and Zhuo Haoxuan and others leaving Pinxianglou one after another, he secretly followed them again and approached the crowd, but only stayed on the periphery of the crowd. After receiving the order of Zhuo Haoxuan conveyed by Xia Huaizhong, he immediately went to Dali Temple to convey the message, and when he passed by the pharmacy, he brought a doctor with him, and then he disappeared in the crowd again, and the petty official turned back twice because the situation at the scene had changed, and he did not dare to make a claim without knowing what was going on, so he asked Li Qingshan who was hiding in the shadows for instructions, and it was precisely because Li Qingshan had been hiding not far away, so he found the cold arrow that was secretly shot at Ling Yuxin in time, and threw a dart to shoot down the arrow while reminding him. However, because Zhuo Haoxuan had clearly ordered him to follow secretly in advance, he was not allowed to let Ling Yuxin find out so as not to expose Zhuo Haoxuan's identity, so he had not dared to show up when Ling Yuxin was present before, and only after seeing Zhuo Haoxuan leave with Ling Yuxin did he dare to show up and fight against Xia Huaizhong together.

But as soon as the black-clothed masked man saw Ling Yuxin and Zhuo Haoxuan leaving, he no longer entangled with Bai Zhu, Xia Huaizhong and Li Qingshan, but tried to disperse and bypass Bai Zhu and the other three from both sides, wanting to chase Zhuo Haoxuan and Ling Yuxin, Bai Zhu, Xia Huaizhong and Li Qingshan refused to let them do this, and tried their best to intercept the people who broke through and outflanked them, but the black-clothed masked people were many and cooperable, not only someone was responsible for fighting with them to drag them down, but there were also people waiting for an opportunity to release cold arrows on the side, and the three of them were unskilled, He could only watch helplessly as a few black-clothed masked men successfully bypassed them and headed in the direction where Zhuo Haoxuan and Ling Yuxin had left.

The three of them were all in the same hurry, seeing that there were more and more black-clothed masked people who bypassed them to chase Zhuo Haoxuan and Ling Yuxin, Bai Zhu suddenly became anxious, and deliberately shouted loudly at Li Qingshan and Xia Huaizhong: "My young lady and your son-in-law are in danger, we can't all entangle them here, we have to find a way to get out, you help me block them, let me go first." ”

The black-clothed masked man heard Bai Zhu's words, and naturally shifted his attention to Bai Zhu, at this time Li Qingshan and Xia Huaizhong immediately understood, the two glanced at each other, and their subordinates stepped up their offensive at the same time, and after a few moves, they took advantage of the other party's negligence to break out of the encirclement, and went straight to the side of the several black-clothed masked people who released cold arrows, and sure enough, as they expected, the black-clothed masked people who shot arrows were weak in martial arts, and they were stabbed to death and stabbed by Li Qingshan and Xia Huaizhong one after another. And the black-clothed masked man who had besieged the two of them before was caught off guard by them had also turned around and wanted to entangle the two again, but Li Qingshan and Xia Huaizhong had already planned and would never entangle with them, after shaking a sword, Li Qingshan chased directly towards where Zhuo Haoxuan and Ling Yuxin were, Xia Huaizhong first rushed to the few people who besieged Bai Zhu, and after helping Bai Zhu get out, he immediately chased after Zhuo Haoxuan and Ling Yuxin with Bai Zhu, and the remaining black-clothed masked people saw this, Then he followed the three of them reluctantly.

Zhuo Haoxuan pulled Ling Yuxin all the way and quickly approached the city gate, and the black-clothed masked man behind him was also close behind. Zhuo Haoxuan originally wanted to find the general defending the city, secretly showed the token, and ordered him to retreat from the enemy, but he didn't expect that when Ling Yuxin was still a few steps away, he shouted at the officers and soldiers guarding the city while panting: "There are assassins, there are assassins......"