The first to strike was Fang Moyuan.

He has the cultivation of the middle stage of the Yuan Shen Realm, and among all the masters in the Yipinlou, his combat power can rank in the top three. At the beginning, he negotiated with the Baiyi Society in the Flying Snow Building, and it was also because of this strength that he was not besieged to death in the first place, giving Hu Honglian, who was on the periphery, time to support.

Although Zhao Yujie was just a Qi Realm cultivator, at this moment, Fang Moyuan was doing his best, killing chickens with a knife, just seeking to kill with one blow, and not giving the other party any life!

His sword was sharp.

The cultivators of the rivers and lakes who died under this sword were not a hundred but eighty, and there were many masters of the Yuan Shen Realm.

His sword is fast.

In the blink of an eye, he arrived in front of Zhao Yujie, and the true qi urged the rune array on the sword body, emitting a dazzling cold light, and a crane shadow appeared out of thin air, accompanied by a breathtaking loud crane chirp - that was Fang Moyuan's primordial divine power!

As long as this sword hits Zhao Yujie, whether it is pierced into the throat or not, the majestic true qi is enough to shatter the meridians of Zhao Yujie's body, and even completely shatter the opponent's body, making her turn into a puddle of meat under the power of the crane!

Seeing that Fang Moyuan was about to succeed, at the last moment, a hand axe with the shadow of the spirit dragon slashed down from Zhao Yujie's side, and the long sword in Fang Moyuan's hand was right now!

The strength was so great that the long sword was suddenly slashed, Fang Moyuan was stunned, he hurriedly returned the sword to adjust the sword style, and at the same time looked at the person who shot with a solemn face.

It was a middle-aged man who was not good-looking, Fang Moyuan remembered very clearly, the other party was the coachman driving the carriage! But he didn't expect that this person actually had a mid-stage cultivation in the Yuan Shen Realm, and his strength was not weaker than him!

"Xu Minglang actually sent such a good hand to protect Zhao Yujie, how much does this woman care about Xu Minglang?" This thought flashed through Fang Moyuan's mind, but he didn't hesitate in the slightest, swung his sword and continued to attack, fighting with the coachman of the same realm.

Although he was blocked by the coachman and couldn't get close to Zhao Yujie for a while, he was not in a hurry.

He also had three companions, and as long as he entangled the coachman, the companions were enough to take the opportunity to take off Zhao Yujie's head.

Suddenly encountered, although Zhao Yujie was frightened, but did not panic, after being pulled behind by the coachman, she did not hesitate at all, and immediately used her skills to rush to the gate of the silk village at the fastest speed, wanting to go in and hide.

But at this moment, a person suddenly rushed down from the roof on the side, and in the eyes of her, a Qi Realm cultivator, the other party's movements were faster than lightning, and in the next moment, a hand knife would cut off her neck!

In the face of the threat that was close at hand, Zhao Yujie didn't seem to see it, and she didn't have any intention of dodging and staying at all, just burying her head and continuing to rush forward!

She couldn't dodge the attack of a master of the Yuan God Realm.

There is no need to hide.

At the moment when there was no room for a shot, a cultivator rushed out of the oblique stab, and collided head-on with the fourth master of the first grade building who was killed from the roof, still halfway through, and his feet did not touch the ground, and he rolled out on his side with his arms in his arms!

This is Zhao Yujie's second Yuan Shen Realm Guard!

Unlike the coachman, he did not follow in the open, but secretly accompanied and protected.

Two cultivators in the middle of the Yuan Shen Realm, one bright and one dark, accompanied by protection, this is the treatment that only the sons of the family can have!

At the moment when this guard collided with the fourth master of the first rank, on the other side, the third master of the Yuan God Realm of the first rank building had already taken advantage of the weakness, and the black blade like an iron drill in his hand, with the phantom of the python, spitted out the letter with a poisonous tongue, and hit Zhao Yujie!

He hit.

The elite cultivators of Yipinlou have been crawling and rolling in the rivers and lakes for many years, and they have lived a life of licking blood from the knife edge, although they don't know military affairs and don't know how to ride and shoot, but this kind of assassination work can be coordinated seamlessly!

Without any accident, Zhao Yujie was hit in the chest by an iron drill, a fox-like wail, a mouthful of blood spurted out, and the figure that was running forward suddenly flew out several feet away like a broken kite, smashed a carriage, smashed the carriage, and rolled onto the street like a jar, and there was no movement when it stopped, startling pedestrians to scream and dodge.

When Zhao Yujie was still on the way to fly, a master of the Yuan Shen Realm had already rushed out of the Silk Village!

Looking at his dress, he has a businessman's atmosphere, and he should be the head of the silk village.

At a glance, he saw that the family's master's favorite concubine was knocked away, and he was immediately shocked and his eyes were split!

And at this time, the second guard who knocked the four masters of the first grade building away and made them smash down the wall of the silk village had already drawn his sword in his hand, and in an instant, he stabbed the early stage cultivator of the first grade building Yuan God Realm who was holding an iron chisel!

When the other party launched a surprise attack, he had already noticed it, and hurriedly turned around to block it, but he couldn't rescue it, but after the other party hit Zhao Yujie, he still stabbed the other party in the shoulder.

The head of the early silk village of the Yuan Shen Realm, who rushed out of the door, ignored the assassin in the face of the situation outside the door, and flew in front of Zhao Yujie for the first time, and the long sword in his hand reached out like lightning, and grabbed a long knife that slashed in front of Zhao Yujie's neck and wanted to cut off her head!

"No matter who you are, those who dare to touch the Prime Minister's Mansion, you are all dead today!" The head of the Silk Village was furious, angry and desperate, and attacked the fourth killer with one sword after another, completely ignoring the defense, only wanting to kill the other party here!

After smashing the wall of the silk village, the four masters who had crashed into the wall of the satin village were stabbed in the shoulder of their companion in front of them, and quickly rushed forward, attacking from behind the guard, forcing the opponent to retreat, so that his companion was not killed on the spot.

Fang Moyuan saw the situation in the field clearly, and had already sensed that in the direction of Duwei Mansion and Jingzhao Mansion, there was a strong aura appearing-although Jingzhao Mansion was in decline at the moment, there were many Yuan Shen Realm cultivators in the capital who were on the street, and it was impossible for them not to even come out - and shouted categorically: "The wind is tight!"

With a false blow, forcing the opponent in front of him to retreat, Fang Moyuan took out two smoke pills from his arms and threw them to the ground, and as the white smoke burst out, he took the opportunity to fly away.

Not only Fang Moyuan, but several other Yipinlou cultivators did the same, and they immediately withdrew from the battle circle, each of them quickly fled in a different direction—only the cultivator who had injured his shoulder left with the four masters.

The attack was sudden, and the retreat was swift.

Before the pedestrians on the street could react, their figures had disappeared from the rooftops.

"The thief is leaving!" Seeing this, the coachman was willing to let Fang Moyuan leave, and he was about to pursue with a roar.

"Don't chase, don't fall for the trick of diverting the tiger from the mountain!" another guard stopped the driver. If they split up two people to pursue, can they catch up with the two people, if there are assassins in the secret who continue to attack and kill Zhao Yujie, then the situation will not be good.

The guard had already noticed that although Zhao Yujie was seriously injured, she did not die on the spot, she should have been wearing the top-grade inner armor given by Xu Minglang, so that she could not die under the blow of a cultivator in the early stage of the Yuan Shen Realm.

If only one person pursues them, they may be severely injured or even killed by the other party, and they still don't know who is the attacker, let alone how many people are on the other side, and whether there are other masters to respond.

The coachman was resentful, but he had no choice but to follow the advice of his companions.

He couldn't figure out how there could be four masters of the Yuan Shen Realm, one of them was in the middle of the Yuan Shen Realm, regardless of the risk of being searched and tracked by the government, he attacked and killed a prime minister's concubine on the street!

When the two guards came to Zhao Yujie's side, the head of the Silk Village was already using her true qi to treat her injuries.

Zhao Yujie was not lightly injured, and the Yuan Shen Realm struck with all her strength, which was not something that she could withstand in this Imperial Qi Realm, even if she was protected by a top-grade inner armor and carried the true qi of the power of the Yuan Shen, it also shocked her viscera.

Right now, her face was bruised, her whole body was trembling, the corners of her mouth were constantly bleeding, she couldn't stop it, and her eyes were closed, and she was already in danger.

The coachman took out a bottle of pills, poured out a very precious life-saving pill and gave it to Zhao Yujie, "Send her back to the house to heal!"

When Xu Minglang got the news and hurried back from the imperial city, the powerhouse in the late stage of the Yuanshen Realm in the mansion had already helped Zhao Yujie stabilize his injuries.

Looking at the beautiful woman lying on the brocade couch with a sick face and a depressed expression, as if she might be blown away by a gust of wind at any time, the prime minister couldn't help but be angry.

"Rice bucket! What is the use of the old man raising you!" Xu Minglang kicked one by one, knelt on the ground to plead guilty, and the two guards who accompanied him to protect Zhao Yujie kicked out the door.

venting his anger, he ordered with a gloomy face: "Check! Find out the person for me! I really ate the bear's heart and leopard gall, if you want to rebel, you can't rebel, and even your father's beloved concubine dares to move?!"

As he spoke, he said with murderous intent: "Let Jingzhao Mansion dispatch all the officials and cooperate with the Xu clan to collect the whole city! Send someone to the Duwei Mansion to ask how they maintain law and order in the capital, if such a big thing happens, if they can't catch people, why should the imperial court give them money!"

The Son of Heaven was angry and ambushed millions of corpses, although the anger of the prime minister was poor, it was enough to make Yan Pingcheng tremble.

After giving the order, Xu Minglang drove everyone out and waited alone in front of Zhao Yujie's bed.

This guard was for most of the day, and even the prime minister's wife was not allowed to enter the door. The prime minister, a white-haired old man, has a deep affection for Zhao Yujie, a pink beauty, which can be seen from this.

In Xu Minglang's opinion, someone assassinated Zhao Yujie, and it was clearly aimed at him.

What kind of enemy can a lonely and helpless folk woman have that is worthy of the other party's use of the four Yuan Shen Realms? The other party must be targeting him, Zhao Yujie was implicated by him and blocked the knife for him.

Because of this, Xu Minglang couldn't help but love his concubine even more.

At night, when Zhao Yujie woke up, Xu Minglang had already returned to the study. As the prime minister, he has too many things to do at the end of the year, and it is impossible to stay by Zhao Yujie's side all the time. didn't see Xu Minglang, Zhao Yujie's heart was cold, and a bad breath rose for no reason.

However, she didn't show anything, but her clear eyes became even colder, like a 10,000-year-old ice stone.

Confirming that she was not crippled and that there was no hidden illness in her body, Zhao Yujie began to think about the whole thing quickly, calmly analyzed and quickly deduced.

There is no doubt that it will only be the Zhao family who will do it to himself. Maybe it was Zhao Ning's personal order, only the other party wanted to get rid of her so quickly!

After the previous failure to send three late stage cultivators of the Imperial Qi Realm to assassinate Zhao Ning, Zhao Yujie thought that there might be such a day. Those who harm others will always harm them, and there is no reason why she is only allowed to deal with Zhao Ning, and Zhao Ning is not allowed to deal with her.

Those who harm others and do not prevent others from harming themselves are self-righteous fools. Therefore, in order to be safe, she blew the pillow wind to Xu Minglang early, and asked the other party to send a master to protect herself when she went out.

Therefore, she was followed by two mid-stage cultivators of the Yuan Shen Realm.

It's just that she didn't expect that Zhao Ning would send four Yuan Shen Realm at one time in order to kill her, a cultivator of the Imperial Qi Realm! If it weren't for the top-grade inner armor that Xu Minglang gave her, she would have died.

"I just sent someone to assassinate him once, and he was able to find my traces so quickly and set up such a murder for me...... When did this guy become so smart?"

Zhao Yujie's eyes flickered, and in the end, she could only admit that she may never really know Zhao Ning.

However, it doesn't matter, as mortal enemies, there will be time to get to know each other fully in the future, and the best outcome is to get rid of each other as soon as possible during this period.

"Judging from the current situation, it is almost impossible to wring Zhao Ningdan out and kill him, and he is pressing step by step, I must not let him continue to target me......

"If you think about it carefully, only by overthrowing the Zhao family first can you have a chance to kill him, so that you can completely solve the problem...... To overthrow the Zhao family, my own strength alone is not enough, I must borrow the power of Xu Minglang, an old pervert!"

Zhao Yujie's thinking gradually became clear, she had been in the Prime Minister's Mansion for a long time, and she had learned a lot about the situation in the imperial court, and she also had a spectrum in her heart about the current situation of the family's struggle, "How to persuade Xu Laogou to hit the power to deal with the Zhao family first?"

After a while, she already had an idea in her head.

After the maid found that Zhao Yujie had woken up, she hurried to inform him according to Xu Minglang's instructions, and when Zhao Yujie's thinking came to fruition, Xu Minglang also arrived at her bed.

For a time, the concubine swore to avenge the concubine, and the concubine asked the concubine to make decisions for herself in tears. After half an hour, Zhao Yujie, who endured disgust and disdain, finally accompanied Xu Minglang to finish this tender scene, and took advantage of Xu Minglang's words to be angry for her, and got to the point.

"After the fall of the Liu family, the gate was shaken, and there was a momentum of uniting to fight back against the door, and they must take action next. In order to distract you and facilitate their layout, it is undoubtedly a very reasonable choice to assassinate the concubine and let the concubine die, so that you do not belong, and you can gain precious time.

"Looking at the government and the opposition of the Great Qi, the only one who has the courage and this strength is the Zhao family, who is the head of the gate! The concubine dares to say that today's assassins will definitely not be caught, and this is because the Zhao family secretly helps ......."

Speaking of this, Zhao Yujie's face was sad, and she said in vain: "The concubine is just a rural village girl, although she is suffering today, but fortunately, there is no big problem, you are responsible for the society of the dynasty, don't break the existing plan because of the concubine." ”

Xu Minglang does have a predetermined plan, that is, to deal with the Chen family in the door first, and then work together to deal with the Jiangmen after stabilizing the inside of the door.

But that was before.

He didn't expect that Jiangmen's offensive would be so big, so careless, and he would directly take action against his beloved concubine! If there was still internal strife at this time, it would undoubtedly give Jiangmen a chance! He should have turned his gun and led the door first to the outside world together.

And today's events also gave Xu Minglang a good reason to unite the family.

Although the Chen family and other families do not agree with him, they are after all the families, and their own interests are closely related to the interests of the civil and official groups.

"You don't have to worry, no matter who the opponent is, I will seek justice for you!" Xu Minglang resolutely expressed his attitude.

Although he dotes on Zhao Yujie and is not stingy with rewards, he can also enhance her status in the Prime Minister's Mansion, increase the industry she takes care of, and send experts to protect her, but as the prime minister and the first person in the family, Xu Minglang will definitely not affect the major events of the power struggle in the court for the sake of the other party.

Even if the other party dies, he will still do what he should do.

It's just that today's events have given him a proper opportunity.

......

The crescent moon is like a hook, almost invisible, which means that the end of the month is in sight, because it is the wax moon, so the end of the month is also the end of the year. Zhao Ning, who was standing in front of the window, raised his head with his hands down, looked up at the half-ringing moonlight, his heart was like a mirror, and he did not stir up a trace of dust.

"I'm incompetent, I haven't been able to kill the target, please ask my son to condemn!"

Hu Honglian finished reporting today's assassination behind him, and squatted down in shame to plead guilty. Based on the relationship between the Zhao family and Yipinlou, the word "guilt" is a bit heavy, but Hu Honglian said it solemnly, which shows that the self-blame is especially great.

"There is no problem with Fang Moyuan's actions, and they are not entirely to blame for not succeeding. But punishment is inevitable. Zhao Ning's voice was very light, without the slightest wave.

He wasn't actually angry.

His purpose has been achieved.

It is naturally best to kill Zhao Yujie and completely solve this hidden danger, which is also the first goal of Zhao Ning's arrangement.

But failing to kill Zhao Yujie may not be so bad.

With Zhao Ning's understanding of Zhao Yujie and Xu Minglang as people, he knows very well what Zhao Yujie and Xu Minglang will react to after this incident.

And that's exactly what he wants.

Worrying about defeat before thinking about everything is Zhao Ning's habit, and it is also the minimum quality that a person who seeks the country and the world should have. For something that he is not 100% sure of, he will only let it go if he is sure that there is nothing to lose if he fails.

And the assassination of Zhao Yujie is a little different: whether it succeeds or fails, it is of great benefit to Zhao Ning.

Of course, the premise is that Fang Moyuan and the others can't be caught on the spot.

There is more than one thing that has a similar effect.

The planner can only be invincible when one thing, whether it succeeds or fails, is beneficial to the planner.

Sometimes, to deal with the enemy, especially to solve the enemy quickly, it is necessary for the enemy to strike first, take the initiative to attack, and provoke trouble.

For example, in hunting, the hunter and the tiger confront each other, whether the hunter shoots an arrow or a knife, the tiger can deal with it, and may not be able to kill the opponent, and only when the tiger takes the initiative to pounce, the trap set by the hunter can take effect.

In this case, how to let the tiger take the initiative is the key to paying great attention to it.

Zhao Ning saw that Hu Honglian's face was not good-looking, so he smiled, "Don't blame yourself too much, and don't worry." It's the New Year soon, so you have to be in a good mood. But any serious action takes time to organize. We can have a good year of eating and drinking first. And for Zhao and Yipinlou, this year is a good year. ”