Chapter 19: The Cold Light Sneaks Into the Night

In order to avoid unnecessary entertainment, in the past ten days after landing from Jiayu Wharf, Yu Zhongqian's convoy has basically slept in the wild at night.

With two luxury carriages as the core, pack wagons, ordinary carriages, horses and tents are layered in a circle, which is not only a lean and efficient defensive formation, but also allows people and livestock to get the best rest.

Although he passed through several cities along the way, Yu Zhongqian was the prince after all, and he was the grandson of Old Man Fu. Yu Zhongqian didn't want to delay the time to hurry, nor did he want to add extra trouble to these city lords, so he didn't inform anyone, and rode quietly all the way.

After walking for more than ten days, the convoy had little food and water left, and the ten pack rhinos ate an astonishing amount of food every day, so they had to replenish their supplies. After discussing with Yu Zhongqian, the captain of the convoy and the leader of the guard decided to stay and rest in Tianshui City temporarily, and at the same time sent people to purchase food and feed.

After sending someone to Tianshui City to inform him, there were still more than forty miles away from the city, and the city guard of Tianshui City led a cavalry force of three hundred people to escort - this was not Yu Zhongqian's display of the prince, but in his capacity, if he did not notify the other party in advance before entering the city, it would make the other party unprepared, and it would inevitably be rude to be in a hurry.

When you can see the gate of Tianshui City from a distance, the city leader Nuo Yan has already brought the big and small officials in the city to greet him. The three princes of the Great Jin Dynasty, the grandson and granddaughter of the head of the Fu family, any of these identities are enough for him to cheer up his spirit and treat him with the most solemn etiquette. After a series of ceremonies to enter the city, Zhang Nuoyan led the three princes and the county lord of Yi Ning directly to the city lord's mansion and held a banquet.

Some of the people in the convoy arranged to go to purchase supplies, and most of the others also went to the City Lord's Mansion with them. Shi Zhiyi had just recovered from his injury, drinking alcohol was harmful to his body, and at the same time, he didn't want to cause trouble to the city lord Zhang, so he didn't reveal his identity and went to the post house first. Yu Zhongqian's brother and sister were inconvenient and reluctant, so they called two guards to go with him.

Zhang Chengzhu's reception banquet was held from noon to evening, although Yu Zhongqian had a bumpy road, but he had no impatience at the banquet, no matter the status of the toaster, he was all kind and pleasant, which made everyone at the banquet secretly heartbroken, thinking that this behavior was really worthy of the royal family, the biological son of Miss Feng Fu of Puzhou.

When Yu Zhongqian's brother and sister returned to the inn, it was already night. Yu Yining's little girl's family couldn't support it for a long time, so she hurriedly washed up as soon as she entered the post house, and went to rest after saying goodbye to her brother and Shi Zhiyi. Yu Zhongqian didn't know if he had drunk too much for too long, and his sleepiness had passed, but he got up and ran to Shi Zhiyi's room to chat with him.

Yu Zhongqian grew up in Kyoto, the royal family has many rules, whether it is the prince and concubine, there is a strict etiquette process for traveling, he has just completed the ceremony, this is the first time to leave Kyoto alone.

Shi Zhiyi grew up in Yunqi City since he was a child, but in the year of the moon dragon ride, he walked all over the half-moon hidden grassland, and was born and died many times, and his insight is unique. The two are quite curious about each other's experiences, and their views on many things are surprisingly consistent, coupled with their similar temperaments, they have unknowingly talked until late at night.

Just when Yu Zhongqian suddenly realized that it was too late and was about to say goodbye and leave, something happened suddenly!

A crack suddenly appeared in the window next to the two, and two light blue true elements suddenly came in a cross shape, heading straight for Yu Zhongqian's throat!

Yu Zhongqian's body was leaning forward and preparing to get up, when this Zhenyuan appeared, the center of gravity of his upper body was moving forward, and he couldn't dodge for a while, so he could only barely raise his left arm to protect his vital point!

Obviously, the assassin was also an expert in the middle, and carefully chose this time to strike!

At this moment, a fair-skinned and slender palm appeared between the cross Zhenyuan and Yu Zhongqian, intercepting Zhenyuan's castration. The flow of brilliance in the palm of his hand is the secret technique of the Shi family's Haoran righteous qi Zhen Yuan Gangjin!

When Shi Zhiyi was still at the peak of the marrow washing, he was able to rely on Zhen Yuangang's strength to reluctantly maneuver with the strong man of the cold window, and after he advanced to the dawn, the power of this set of secret techniques in his hands was no longer the same as before!

The menacing cross-shaped true element, like an ice arrow thrown into boiling water, melted silently in Shi Zhiyi's palm!

At the same time, the window lattice shattered, sawdust flew, and a figure followed Na Zhenyuan and rushed into the house.

Although Shi Zhiyi seemed to have easily dissolved the true element, the realm of the assassin was much higher than him after all, in fact, the qi and blood in his body were surging, and one left arm was still numb and unconscious, but he knew that he was suffering. Fortunately, the appearance of this True Yuan had already sounded the alarm for the two of them, so his right palm was already ready to shoot out towards that black shadow!

With Shi Zhiyi's block, Yu Zhongqian at this time also came to his senses, took out his sword, turned into a cold light in the room, and shrouded the black shadow!

Two silver rays of light moved with the black shadow's mind, and they met this palm and a sword respectively!

A clear sound, a muffled sound.

A large red paulownia bed, accompanied by an astringent tearing sound, broke into two.

A calligraphy and painting hanging in the room of the post station who did not know who wrote it turned into snowflakes in an instant!

Yu Zhongqian flew out upside down, and his body hit the wall behind him heavily.

Shi Zhiyi took seven or eight steps back before stabilizing his figure.

Only then did they see clearly that the black shadow was medium in size, tightly wrapped in a black night suit, and holding a pair of short and sharp blades in his hands, but it was the water-splitting thorn that Shi Zhiyi had heard his father mention before, and that seaside warriors were accustomed to.

Measuring about nine inches long, the weapon is small enough to be hidden on the side of the calf or behind the waist, and is usually used in pairs. Its blade is slender and narrow, and its movements such as stabbing, picking, and slashing are very flexible, and it has little resistance in the water, so it is loved by warriors in the southeastern coastal area. It is said that the head of the Luqiu family in Hailing Prefecture used a pair of water-splitting spines forged by meteoric iron outside the sky.

The black shadow glanced at Shi Zhiyi undetectably, obviously this young man's strength was a little beyond his expectations, but his task was to kill the third prince, so he did not entangle with Shi Zhiyi, and jumped towards Yu Zhongqian on the opposite wall.

Although Yu Zhongqian is at the peak of the marrow washing, his cultivation is quite solid, and he is also remarkable among the younger generation, but after all, he is not yet twenty years old, and the gap between him and the assassin is too big, and he didn't get any benefit from the hard fight just now, and at this time, he was in severe pain, and he couldn't avoid the oncoming stab of the black shadow!

Shi Zhiyi's left hand reached out, blocking the path of the black shadow's advance.

A spike passed through his left forearm, piercing his forearm!

The blow missed, and the other water-splitting thorn in the black shadow's hand was about to stab Yu Zhongqian again, who was still unable to move. Suddenly, he felt an alarm in his heart, and he forcibly stopped his body rushing forward.

A true element, as thin as a cicada's wing, slashed through his throat dangerously, and the edge of the true yuan left a shallow blood mark on his throat.

Behind the black shadow, on the tall cabinet on one side of the room, a fine bone china vase suddenly split in two, the upper half slipped down the broken point, knocked on the tall board, and then fell to the ground again, shattering into a cloud of snow-white ice slag.

And the lower half of the vase left on the tall cupboard is extremely smooth at the fracture, and it is like a natural mix!