The carriage shook violently, Xiao Yunjiao held on to the wall of the carriage and barely maintained the balance of his body, and saw through the corner of the curtain that was lifted that there were a few more people outside the carriage at some point, tall, vigorous, all masked, wearing night clothes, and I don't know when they were lurking on the street.

What's more, they all have weapons in their hands.

The identity of the person who came was revealed, and he was an assassin.

There were four assassins, dressed in uniform and tacit understanding, and they had a clear goal of killing the groom who was driving first, forcing the carriage to stop, and then heading straight for the car!

When the crisis came, Xiao Yunjiao was very calm in his heart, and in a moment, there was the sound of the handover of blades outside.

It's the Shadow Guard.

Another guarantee left by the emperor to Xiao Yunjiao.

No one has seen the true face of the shadow guards, and no one knows how many shadow guards there are, they are just like the real shadows, the most noble eldest princess of Dongsheng who silently guardians.

While the shadow guard and the assassin were fighting, Xiao Yunjiao was also thinking quickly in his heart.

She now had a particularly bad premonition that made her heart start beating faster.

Sure enough, there were more than four assassins.

The man in black hidden in the middle of nowhere attacked again from the back of the carriage, Xiao Yunjiao felt that something was wrong, and quickly lowered his body-

A sharp sword stabbed her in the back!

Xiao Yunjiao took advantage of the situation to lie forward, moved to the middle of the carriage, and pulled Xue Ping and Liu Xi over.

Her carriage was so large that she couldn't be hurt by the sword that passed through it if she stayed in the middle.

The enemy is in the dark, she is in the light, and I don't know how many assassins there are.

Xiao Yunjiao smiled bitterly, she knew that there were actually only seven shadow guards.

This team of shadow guards was trained from my grandfather's generation, and there were originally twelve of them.

Each shadow guard has only a code name, and they are lined up from one to twelve. The old shadow guard will find a child to train when he is young, as his successor, and he is now the third generation of shadow guards.

Shadow 2, Shadow 4, Shadow 5, Shadow 8, and Shadow 12 died while protecting her father, Queen Mother, and they had not yet found a successor, so now there are only seven left.

They are not omnipotent, but loyal enough, forbearant enough, willing to live in the shadow of their master until they lose their lives.

Listening to the increasingly fierce fighting outside, Xiao Yunjiao slowly closed his eyes.

She couldn't panic.

This is the capital, and the soldiers who patrol the city are in a team of eight, changing shifts every two quarters of an hour to find the street.

The fighting was loud at night, and as long as it lasted a little longer, there would soon be soldiers to support it.

There were a lot of assassins, and the shadow guards tacitly surrounded the carriage in the middle between the fights, and no one could get close to Xiao Yunjiao for a while.

But the other party was clearly prepared, and a lit arrow galloped from the roof, leading the canopy of the carriage.

"Princess, get out of the car." I don't know if it was Yingji, broke through the encirclement, opened the car door, and pulled Xiao Yunjiao down.

"Protect the princess first." The shadow guard next to him who was covering him didn't reply.

The shadow guard who opened the car door blocked Xiao Yunjiao behind him, but the assassin rushed towards them as if he were endless.

Xiao Yunjiao felt that a long, long time had passed, but in fact, it had only happened in a moment.

Suddenly, she heard the sound of horses' hooves very clearly.

Where does this sound come from?

Somehow, she was still distracted from thinking about it in such a situation.

Every swing of the shadow guard effectively blocked the assassin's attack, but after all, two fists were invincible to four hands, and a cold arrow flew towards Xiao Yunjiao-

The sound of breaking the air, the sound of arrows sinking into the flesh sounded one after another.

Someone has fallen -

It was a black-clad assassin who approached Xiao Yunjiao at some point.

The sound of the horse's hooves was closer, and it rang in her ears, and Xiao Yunjiao only felt an irresistible force grabbing her waist, and then her whole body rose into the air and landed sideways on the horse's back.

She wanted to look back, but was pressed into her arms by the person behind her—

"Hold me."

A familiar voice sounded above his head, Xiao Yunjiao subconsciously listened to his words, and hugged the thin waist of the person next to him tightly with both hands.

She couldn't see anything, she could only hear the strong heartbeat that belonged to Shen Qizhou in her ears, taking her out of the encirclement.

I don't know how long it took, but the soldiers patrolling the city rushed over and joined the battle.

The Assassins did not survive.

The night was dark, and the moon hung high in the sky, covered with a thin veil of dark clouds.

From time to time, the wind blows on the cheeks, and the hair sways with it, and there is a slight itch when it is brushed against the cheeks.

"It's okay." Shen Yuzhou's voice sounded above his head.

Xiao Yunjiao raised her head from his arms, and looked at Shen Yuzhou deeply in a posture that was half leaning on his chest.

The dark clouds were blown away by the wind, and the soft light of the moon shone down from the sky, and the wisps fell on his handsome eyebrows.

Xiao Yunjiao could clearly see the flying dust swirling and floating around him.

The posture of heaven and man is nothing more than that.

"Are you hurt?" Shen Yuzhou saw that she didn't speak, and thought that he had injured her in the struggle, so he frowned eagerly.

Xiao Yunjiao shook his head and leaned into his arms again.

Shen Yuzhou subconsciously hugged the person a little tighter, feeling the temperature of the person in his arms, and the heart that was about to jump out slowly returned to his stomach.

He went out of the city to the barracks to train the soldiers today, and he hadn't seen the soldiers being dragged for a long time, and it was dark when he didn't pay attention.

I entered the city in time for the curfew, and it didn't take long to hear the sound of fighting. Without much thought, he immediately rode his horse to the place where the sound came. As soon as I turned the corner, I saw a familiar carriage!

He decisively shot his bow and arrows, and joined the street fight.

Luckily, she's fine.

Xiao Yunjiao lay in his arms and said sullenly, "Go see them." ”

Shen Yuzhou turned the horse's head and led her back to the carriage.

The shadow guards were somewhat injured, and many bloody cuts were cut out on the lighter arms, and a sword was stabbed in the waist of one of the seriously injured, and blood gushed out! But none of them made a sound.

Xiao Yunjiao looked around and said to the soldiers patrolling the city: "Go to the princess's mansion and make a message, ask someone to set up two carriages to pick up people, and bring the palace doctor." ”

She looked at Xue Ping and Liuxi again, "How are you?" ”

Xue Ping Liuxi also hung up the color, but not long after they got out of the car, the periphery was blocked by shadow guards, but it was not serious, it was just a flesh injury.

Xue Ping said: "It's not in the way, thank you princess for saving me." ”

He was referring to the one in the carriage where she pulled the two of them in between.

Liu Xi also came back to his senses and said, "I'm not in the way, thank you princess." ”

The carriage had been punctured by the Assassin's sword, and if the princess hadn't thought of them, the two would have been nailed to the carriage.

Xiao Yunjiao looked at the corpses on the ground, and said, "Since you are fine, then Xue Ping will arrange for the coachman to be buried, and Liu Xi will help take care of the injured." ”

After a pause, she said again: "The guards of the forbidden army have worked hard, brought the corpses of these assassins to the princess's mansion, and asked Dali Siqing and the criminal department Shangshu to bring people to the mansion." ”

"This palace wants to watch them find out about this matter!"

Xiao Yunjiao sat on the horse and said cruel words, but the hand hidden under his sleeve was as cold as a block of ice.

Shen Yuzhou pulled the reins with one hand, wrapped the other around her waist, and held the cold hand with her wide sleeve.

"I'll take you home first." Seeing her nodding, Shen Yuzhou ordered a few forbidden soldiers patrolling the city and the shadow guards who were not seriously injured to take Xiao Yunjiao back to the princess's mansion.

He didn't leave, but accompanied Xiao Yunjiao to Zhiyin Xuan inch by inch.

The moon shone like water, shining on the tiles of the roof, as if even the eaves were coated with a layer of silver frost.

Xiao Yunjiao didn't say a word since he came back, just buried his head and walked forward.

Shen Yuzhou explained a few words to Primrose, stopped talking, and walked around the yard with her.

She's in front, he's behind.

Two bright palace lamps hung on the corridor every few steps, illuminating the shadows of the two people overlapping back and forth between walking, elongating and shortening.

When his shadow covered him again, Xiao Yunjiao stopped-

Turned and buried his head in the broad chest of the shadow master.

Her whole person was inevitably close to Shen Yuzhou, and in front of her eyes was the silver-gray bamboo branch embroidered on his dark shirt.

Shen Yuzhou's whole person also stood tall like a green bamboo, but his head slowly lowered, and his chin rested against the top of Xiao Yunjiao's somewhat messy hair.

The smooth and strong forearms also lifted, clasping her back tightly, as if to press someone into her body.

Almost.

He almost never saw this living man again.

No one knew how frightened he was the moment he found someone on the roof of the house shooting arrows at Xiao Yunjiao, almost heartbroken.

Luckily, she's still here.

Shen Yuzhou's lips uncontrollably touched her slightly cool hair, and her voice was almost trembling

"Don't be afraid."

The tip of his nose lingered with his breath.

Xiao Yunjiao buried herself in his arms and took a deep breath several times.

The situation tonight was really thrilling, and the person in front of her made her extremely reassured, she listened to Shen Yuzhou's heartbeat and said slowly.

"Whoever dares to attack me in the capital must be determined to give it a go. Tomorrow I will have someone look at the portrait of the Assassin, and I will definitely be able to find out the commander......" She paused for a moment, raising her hand to grab his strong arm, "So, don't be afraid, I will live well." ”

It was she who was assassinated, but she said

"Don't be afraid."

Shen Yuzhou lowered his head and saw himself through her bright eyes-

Her lips were pursed, her brow furrowed, and even the hand on her shoulder trembled imperceptibly.

Is that what he looks like?

The two armies faced each other, and he didn't have a trace of fear when the battlefield was bloody, but tonight, in this quiet Zhiyinxuan, hugging her, he felt scared?

Shen Yuzhou hooked the corners of his mouth and laughed at himself silently.

Admit it, Shen Yuzhou, you really regret it.

Three years ago, he should have accepted the decree of marriage, and took her to travel all over the world, regardless of any trivial matters.