The lanterns are flickering, and the light is full of brilliance.

Six sharp arrows suddenly shot at six people at the same time from different directions -- the four forbidden soldiers, Liu Che, and me.

Fast beyond the lightning and through the sky!

I moved faster, picked up Xiao Huo and rolled to the side, and the arrow grazed past me and nailed to the wall behind me. picked up the table and blocked Xiao Huo's side, and shouted: "Stay still!" and quickly ran towards the emperor.

Three of the four forbidden soldiers were shot, and one was in front of the emperor, with an arrow in the chest and an arrow in the shoulder.

Fu Yong seemed to be stunned by this unexpected event, and stood there at a loss. The crowd watching the lanterns on the street was also stunned, and the screams of exclamation for a long time immediately dispersed cleanly.

The blood slowly seeped into the snow and gradually spread.

More than a dozen masked black-clothed swordsmen who looked like ghosts, holding bright and flickering long swords, suddenly appeared on the street, as if they really came out of the ground, and they immediately pounced on the target of tonight's assassination -- Liu Che, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty!

The emperor's expression was grim and fearless, and he slowly drew his sword from his side.

"Bang, bang, bang!"

Four piercing sounds pierced the night sky, and the four black-clothed men were bleeding from their right legs, and they fell to the ground screaming in pain.

I held two guns in my hand, flew in front of the emperor, pointed at the black-clothed people and shouted: "Whoever dares to step forward, I want someone's life!"

When the men in black saw my fierce momentum, they were frightened and didn't dare to step forward for a while.

I glanced at Fu Yong, and he understood, and slowly stepped back with his feet......

A thin man in black, who should be their leader, his eyes behind the black veil shone in the light of the lights, and he didn't say anything, just waved his hand, and the man in black no longer hesitated, and immediately rushed up!

Their eyes were bubbling with Sensen's murderous aura, and the sharp swords in their hands shone with a devouring cold light.

The emperor shouted: "Liu Dan, are you still a woman's kindness at this moment?"

Anyway, he rushed out with a long sword in hand, obviously trying to face the black-clad assassin.

In this big accident, I took a few steps, pulled him back and pushed him aside, and raised my hand to shoot at the swordsman who rushed to the front.

Of course, I will not kill for the emperor's words, I am convinced that murderers will always kill them, and I will abide by my principles, so this shot still hit him in the leg. At the same time, he shouted to the emperor: "Only by keeping alive can we find out the mastermind." ”

My principles made the remaining men in black no longer have any scruples, and rushed towards me and the emperor with a shout of might.

The emperor's face turned pale with anger, and I waved at him and shouted, "Don't run yet!"

After that, the two guns fired in succession, and in the blink of an eye, four more were knocked down.

Originally, there were thirteen assassins, nine of whom were wounded by guns, and the remaining four, these four were extremely agile, and when the guns rang out, they rolled on the ground, taking advantage of the situation to avoid the bullets that were fired, and in the blink of an eye, four long swords stabbed me in both hands and feet. I didn't have time to aim and shoot, and my heart ached that there were few bullets left, so I rolled all the way back and retreated, avoiding the four swords, putting the guns away, and picking up the swords of the forbidden army on the ground.

"I'm here to help you. "After a snort, the emperor raised his sword and fought side by side with me.

It seems that this emperor has just implemented his "respect for Confucianism and suppression of Taoism", and after experiencing the happiness of "Wenzhi", he now has to show his "martial arts". Since he is so interested, I can't spoil his interest, anyway, history records that he can live to be seventy years old, and he will definitely not die this time.

The two of us stood side by side, Liu Che took out his sword quickly and ruthlessly, and stabbed one of the men in black in the chest, and the other man in black took the opportunity to sneak attack, stabbing Liu Che in the lower abdomen with his sword. Liu Che didn't know what nerves he had, no matter what he didn't care about, he seemed to be desperately injured to stab the man in black with a sword.

I have to take care of him if he doesn't care about himself, otherwise the emperor will be injured and my life will not be saved. Then the sword swept away, picking up the snow from the ground, and the snow was sprinkled like lime powder on the other two Assassins who were about to attack me, causing them to stagnate. Taking advantage of this opportunity, I turned sharply, hit the soft underbelly of the guy who sneaked up on Liu Che with my left elbow, and punched him off the jaw. At the same time, he yelled at the emperor: "Don't you want to die?"

The emperor smiled and said, "I know that you will definitely save me!"

Phew!

As soon as we fought here, the Assassins who had been wounded by my guns struggled to their feet and fled as if they had made an appointment, and the Emperor and I were too weak to chase after them. It seems that they are indeed well-trained, and if they are injured, they will not fight, and even if they can't complete the mission, they will save their lives.

This is different from the cold-blooded killer group I usually know, the killers cannot fail, and once they fail, they are the ones who die.

Who was behind the Assassins? He should not have done much worse to be able to treat the killer so kindly.

The man in black who fought against the emperor was the leader of the assassins, and he was short in stature, but his swordsmanship was extremely powerful, and his moves were ruthless and did not leave the emperor's vital points.

There is a word "martial" in Liu Che's name, because he was born with a love of martial arts and used martial arts all his life. What's more, he does everything on weekdays to learn swords and hunt, and at the moment he is against the assassins, and for a while, he looks like him.

I used a sword to control three enemies, just because I had the idea of not killing, it was inevitable that there would be mercy everywhere under the sword, and I couldn't succeed immediately. But if one of them wishes to leave to help the Assassin leader, I will force him back with a sword, and the Emperor will have a good time with the Assassin.

Ice and snow are frosty, the cold air hits people, and under the street lanterns, only the figures jumping around are seen, and the killing sound of the iron swords intersecting is heard.

Suddenly, a voice came from the end of the long street, and the assassin who was fighting me was startled and shouted, "The officers and soldiers have arrived." ”

I saw the torches flashing on the other side of the long street, and the voices of people were getting closer, it turned out that after Fuyong slipped away unprepared, he brought back a large number of northern troops to come to the rescue.

The leader of the assassins was taken aback and shouted, "Withdraw!"

I was stunned, the voice ......

When the Assassins heard the order, they immediately retreated without hesitation, and my heart was so confused that I groaned and chased forward.

"Poor Kou Mo chase!" I ignored the emperor's cry behind me, I had a mystery in my heart, and I wanted to find out anyway, but I didn't want the emperor to know, so I followed the leader of the assassins unhurriedly and chased after him.

After chasing me for a few streets, the assassin saw that he couldn't get rid of me, so he simply stopped, turned around and stabbed me with a sword, I shrewdly dodged, looked at the surrounding secluded and uninhabited, did not want to spend time entangled with her, and shot her temple: "Don't move." ”

Snowflakes fell from the sky, and it was cool on the face.

Her whole body was stiff and motionless. Removing the sword from her hand, I hesitated and slowly lifted her veil.

A stunned and familiar face was revealed in the cold glow reflected on the snow.

"Sure enough, it's you. "I closed my eyes, and my heart was colder than snow.

"I knew I couldn't hide it from you. A helpless wry smile appeared on the corner of the Assassins' leader's mouth, Zhao Min.

I was stunned, I didn't know what to say for a while, I just felt that after the coldness in my heart, it seemed to ignite a fire, and the feeling of betrayal was like a fire burning.

She is Zhao Xiujiao from the mountain village, Zhao Min from Chang'an, my first friend after coming to the Han Dynasty, the person who knows my secrets the most, and the first person besides Xiao Jian who can be so close to my heart and has entered my heart, but until today, I realized that I didn't know her, and I didn't even know her true identity.

I felt my hand holding the gun trembling slightly.

Zhao Min...... (What should I call her now?) closed his eyes and said calmly, "Kill me." ”

I slowly put the gun down.

She felt something strange and opened her eyes and looked at me quietly, and I looked at her quietly.

I said, "You know I never kill anyone. ”

She said, "I also know you'll be able to dodge that arrow." There was a light flashing in her eyes.

I smiled coldly and said, "I never thought that you actually have a good kung fu, are you really Zhao Xiujiao from the mountain village and Zhao Min from Xiao Liu Pavilion?"

She replied proudly, "I am, but I have another identity that you don't know." ”

I was silent for a moment and asked, "Have you already started planning to approach me when you were in the mountain village?"

She confessed frankly and said, "Yes, on the third day of your stay, I will return to the mountain village." ”

I thought about it, yes, the first few days when Uncle Zhao rented the house to me, I really didn't see his daughter, it is said that she lived in my grandmother's house, and I saw her a few days later.

My heart moved, and I asked, "So, those assassins in Nanshan are also your people, or are you also a participant?"

Zhao Min bowed slightly: "Yes, I was here at the time." ”

I swallowed my saliva and stared at her tightly: "The one who stole the gun, are you?"

Zhao Min was silent, which was a tacit acquiescence.

My voice couldn't help but raise: "So, you must know the whereabouts of Hetian Yu?"

Zhao Min smiled faintly and said, "I'm not the only one who secretly covets you?" Hmph, yes, the gun was stolen by me, but the theft of Hetian Yu has nothing to do with me. In those days, I was ordered to spy on you, and when I saw that you often held the jade in a daze, I wanted to find out what was so wonderful about the jade, that it made you so precious. It's a pity that the drama stole the jade one step ahead of me, and then you came to Chang'an, so I found an excuse to follow you, one is to get your gun, but more importantly, I want to get the secret method of making a gun, but unfortunately you only know how to use it and can't make it, so I only took one away for the purpose of studying for the master. ”

"Why don't you take them all?" I asked coldly.

She said: "My master is gifted, and his skills in mechanical craftsmanship are unparalleled in the world. ”

I chuckled softly, "So, your master must have found a way to make a gun." ”

She knew that I could not make a gun, so she did not ask me about it, and if she did, she would have revealed her feet long ago, and she would not have concealed it from me to this day.

Zhao Min looked at me with a firm expression and said, "He will." At the mention of "master", her eyes lit up and her face was full of admiration. You can think of it with your knees that this girl must be the "master" who loves her very much, so she is willing to do anything for him.

I gazed at her white face that shone in the snow, and the feeling of hatred in my heart faded.

I saw my own shadow in her, willing to give everything for love, and even my own life without hesitation. Didn't I make a plan to betray the organization for the sake of freedom and to be with Xiao Jian openly, and finally fell into the Han Dynasty? If I did it, others would naturally do it, what right do I have to blame and hate her?

My gaze softened.

Zhao Min sensitively noticed the change in my attitude, and was quite surprised.

I said, "I have a lot of things I don't understand for you, can you answer me honestly?"

Zhao Min smiled slightly, as if he had expected me to ask this question, and said, "Except for the master's affairs, I can know everything and say everything." ”

What a cool woman, and it is not a shame for me to have such a woman as a friend, even though I have been deceived by her.

I asked politely, "Is Peon one of your people?"

Zhao Min shook his head: "No." ”

"What about Guo Jie?"

"Not really. ”

"What is your relationship with Liu Ling, the lord of the King of Huainan?"

"It doesn't matter at all. ”

"Do you know who the Seventh Master is?"

"I don't know. But I know that there is a characteristic in the Seventh Master. ”

My eyes lit up: "What characteristic?"

Zhao Min seemed happy to give me this clue: "He is missing two fingers from his left hand, and only eight fingers are left. ”

I suddenly remembered that Liu Wan'er had also specifically mentioned the hand of the seventh master before she died, presumably she was going to tell me about the eight fingers, but unfortunately she was killed before she finished speaking. I thought that the line of the Seventh Master had been broken, but I didn't want to get such an important line report from Zhao Min's mouth today, I was so excited that I wanted to jump.

As long as you find the seventh master with these eight fingers, my Hetian jade......

I only heard Zhao Min say again: "Also, Piang is the person of the Seventh Master, and Guo Xie must also have something to do with the Seventh Master." ”

Guo Jie: Yes, I know that he is indispensable.

"You really don't know the whereabouts of Hetian Yu?" I stared at her face, what Guo Jie, what Seventh Master, what is the master behind the scenes, Hetian Yu is what I really care about.

Zhao Min shook his head, frowned slightly, and said, "I don't know how important Hetian Jade is to you, but I think it is necessary to remind you that you care so much about Hetian Yu, if someone with ill intentions gets it, it will definitely be used to blackmail you." ”

I sighed and said with a wry smile: "I'm not afraid that someone will use it to threaten me, I'm just afraid that it won't appear." ”

Zhao Min suddenly said: "If you really want to get back Hetian Jade, there is only one person in the world who can help you." ”

I was stunned, and then I was happy: "Who? Who can help me?"

Zhao Min said, "My master." ”

"Stop!" I rolled my eyes, this little girl was trying to persuade me to join the underworld. "Needless to say, I'm not going to join you. ”

Zhao Min's face sank and said, "Could it be that you really like the emperor?"

Before that, she was my close friend, and the subtle dark tide between me and the emperor was turbulent, so naturally I would not hide it from her.

I flatly denied it, saying, "Of course not." However, just because I don't like the Emperor doesn't mean I can join you in assassinating him. ”

Seeing her gloomy face, I persuaded: "Forget it, Zhao Min, don't do this kind of dangerous thing again, let me tell you, no matter who your master is, no matter how talented he is, in this world, no one can shake the emperor at all, he still has more than forty years of emperor to do, you can't kill him." ”

Zhao Min looked at me in surprise: "How do you know?"

"How do I know what?" I was confused, not even noticing what I was saying.

She stared at me without blinking: "You just said that Liu Che still has more than forty years of emperor to do, how do you know?"

Of course I know, it's all written in the history books.

I wiped my face and said, "I...... I guess he didn't have a short-lived appearance at all. Alas, anyway, I said that you can't kill him, you can't kill him...... Why don't you go back to Xiao Liu Pavilion with me, tonight's incident, just because I didn't see it. ”

Zhao Min looked at me in surprise: "I really don't understand, if you say that you are not loyal to the emperor, even if it is for the sake of Hetian Yu, you will not join us; Liu Dan, what kind of person are you?"

"You don't care what kind of person I am, anyway, I won't hurt you. "I'm bitter. "You're my friend, and I can't watch you go to the end of my rope. Zhao Min, don't be obsessed, you love your master, but he doesn't love you at all and just uses you, to be a killer, to kill, to assassinate a man who doesn't love you, is it worth it?"

Zhao Min's face changed slightly, and he said angrily: "Don't slander my master, he is a person like a god, and you don't know him, how do you know that he doesn't love me?"

I snorted coldly: "Because I have also loved people, and if I fall in love with someone, I would rather die myself than put him in danger, but what are you doing now? Assassinating the emperor! If you love you, how can you risk your own life? In the final analysis, he is just using you to kill people for him." ”

Zhao Min glared at me coldly and said, "I am an assassin, and assassins will naturally assassinate and kill people, and this matter has nothing to do with love." ”

This girl is really stubborn, and I was speechless for a while.

She bent down to pick up the sword and veil on the ground, and I asked, "What do you want to do?"

She also put her sword into the sheath, covered her veil again, and said with a sly look in her eyes: "You refuse to go with me, I refuse to go with you, and you are reluctant to catch me and kill me, so I naturally have no choice but to leave." ”

"Wait!" I called out to stop her.

Zhao Min calmly turned to look at her, from her expression, there was no nervousness or worry at all, obviously she was sure that I would let her go.

I asked, "Why are you telling me so much?"

Zhao Min pondered for a moment and said, "Although the Tao is different, I also treat you as my friend." ”

Friends?!hmm...... Those two words are so good.

I said, "Let me ask you three last questions." ”

Zhao Minjing waited for me to ask.

"The emperor is out of the palace so secretly, how do you know the news?"

Zhao Min smiled: "I'll give you no advice." ”

Diplomatic rhetoric on me?

I asked, "Did you already know in advance that I would be with you?"

Zhao Min smiled again: "What do you guess?" still didn't answer.

I finally asked, "Since you see me by the emperor's side, and you know that you are not my opponent, why do you want to make a move?"

Zhao Min's smile disappeared and said, "Because you have a great merit -- you don't want to kill." ”

There was no teasing and mocking look on her face, and she spoke seriously and solemnly. "For this, I have always respected you, but...... This merit gives us a good opportunity, and I will not give up any chance to assassinate the emperor. ”

Yes, if I refuse to kill, the threat to them will be reduced by half, and even if the assassination is unsuccessful, it will not be difficult to escape. In fact, they did all escape, (including the few who were shot and fled.) This Zhao Min is really calculating.

I was tempted to ask her about the "master", but knew that even if I beat her to death, she wouldn't say, so I didn't bother to bother.

Zhao Min left, and her voice suddenly came from the wind: "If you want to know the whereabouts of Hetian Yu, you might as well ask Liu Che." ”

Emperor?!

The snow was getting heavier and heavier, and I stood there in a daze, looking at Zhao Min's figure and soon disappearing into the wind and snow......

I took a deep breath, and a hint of fear hit me, I didn't know what I was afraid of.

I turned around, stunned!

The people who came out slowly in the darkness -- Xiao Huo, Fu Yong, and the last to come out, wearing black fur, eyebrows like knives, and cold eyes, were none other than Liu Che!!