Chapter 47 These two are... heading in both directions
Liujing River... should be the place where most fireworks take place. Generally, customers will gradually arrive from the evening (3pm to 5pm).
In addition to satisfying the sleeping habits of most customers, the courtesans and famous prostitutes mostly come out at night.
It was also during this period that the number of carriages and sedan chairs increased on the two roads from Niulan Street to Wangchunmen and from Wangchunmen to Zuixianju.
The second prince made an appointment for sunset (1:00 to 3:00 .), and as he had a habit of enjoying himself with the people but not liking people, the early guests who were supposed to come at this time in the past did not show up.
On Niulan Street, apart from a few pedestrians, the only carriage heading to Liujing River was from the Fan Mansion.
Except for a few servants of the Fan Mansion and Zhongli who came to act as a groom and changed his appearance, no one knew that there was an extra person named Ye Zheng in the carriage. They just thought that the eldest son of the Fan Mansion who had been "dissolute and lustful" in recent days was going to keep an appointment with the second prince.
"After I kill the Northern Qi spy and the Dongyi City swordsman, I will tell you who is behind this."
Ye Zheng said this in a calm tone, which made Fan Xian lean back.
"You...wait!"
"What do you mean by 'the person behind the scenes'? How do you interpret this sentence?"
Fan Xian originally wanted to tease Ye Zheng whether there was something wrong with his XP, but he suddenly realized something and asked hurriedly.
Ye Zheng glanced at him and said, "What's wrong with the literal meaning?"
"No, no, you're trying to hint to me that there's something deeper behind the assassination attempt on me today?"
Fan Xian waved his hands repeatedly.
Yes, you should quickly let Wuzhu kill Li Yunrui. What's the point of killing Lin Gong? It will also give Lao Deng another reason to go to war with Northern Qi.
Ye Zheng just wanted to think about it, and changed the subject, "You are not nervous at all?"
Fan Xian gathered his thoughts, found a comfortable position, leaned against the carriage board, and said with a smile, "I heard Ruoruo mention that she heard from your second sister about some things about you. You are not a reckless man, and you will not do anything without thinking."
"You believe it?" Ye Zheng said deliberately.
"I'm already in the thief's car, what other choice do I have?" Fan Xian spread his hands, looking quite helpless.
"This is your family's carriage." Ye Zheng corrected.
"Your father-in-law's family." Fan Xian refused to give in.
Ye Zheng glanced at him and said nothing.
Fan Xian smiled and started a conversation, "I'm a little curious. You said that in my courtyard that day, why are you here to help me again this time?"
Ye Zheng returned the favor and spread his hands, "You should be thankful that you have a good sister."
Fan Xian looked at him with a smile, the word "disbelief" written in his eyes.
"Someone impeached me for harboring a wanted criminal."
Fan Xian still didn't quite believe Ye Zheng's response.
If this is the case, he will not keep the appointment with the Second Prince, and will go to Guo Baokun later to find out.
"I know you've been having a sweet time with Sister Wan'er recently, but you should also pay attention to news outside of Kyoto, since you're going to take over the financial power of the inner treasury after all."
Ye Zheng's words immediately attracted his attention.
"I think my uncle hasn't told you, but it's not a big secret now. Few officials in Kyoto don't know that the northern border troops are being mobilized, and Qing Kingdom needs this assassination... To be more precise, it's a counter-assassination."
"A war is about to begin." Fan Xian sighed, then understood.
There is no more legitimate reason to declare war than the assassination of Daqing officials by Northern Qi spies and Dongyi City swordsmen in Kyoto.
only…
"Since anyone can come to suppress this assassination, why can't it be me? I also know most of the arrangements for this assassination."
Ye Zheng directly asked back the question in his mind.
Fan Xian's face froze and he chuckled twice.
It’s really not easy, my fellow traveler.
Ye Zheng closed his eyes and crossed his arms naturally.
Seeing this, Fan Xian did not disturb him and secretly thought about the arrangements for Guo Baokun tonight.
From Wangchun Gate, it would take a horse-drawn carriage about a quarter of an hour at most, or a quarter of an hour at the fastest, to reach Zuixianju.
The entire east-west route is an official road.
On both sides, there are tea shops, foot shops, and one or two grass markets.
Halfway through the journey, the road makes a slight turn to the northwest.
At this bend, there is a bamboo forest to the southeast of the road.
If it were a forest or a shrubbery, people would have cleared it out long ago.
Bamboo is elegant and has integrity.
"Coming it." When they were about to reach the bend, Ye Zheng opened his eyes and gave a reminder, while his left hand quietly pulled the bolt of the rear door of the carriage.
Fan Xian cautiously looked outside through the gap in the curtain that was occasionally lifted by the wind, and whispered, "I thought he was waiting for me to return home and would take action in the dark and windy night."
Ye Zheng's eyes gradually gathered coldness, but his tone remained calm as he asked, "Then guess why he attacked you halfway to Zuixianju?"
"Zhongli!"
"Whoosh!"
When Fan Xian was stunned, Ye Zheng shouted loudly.
At the same time as his voice was heard, there was also a strong sound of breaking through the air.
Ye Zheng jumped out of the back door of the carriage and landed on the ground. Without any need to slow down, he twisted his feet and ran straight towards the four female swordsmen who were running towards them from the bamboo forest. Behind them was a nine-foot tall man with a sturdy figure but no slow steps.
Out of the corner of his eye he noticed a siege arrow flying towards the carriage at high speed.
Useless effort!
Zhongli and Fan Xian, who had been prepared, flew away from the carriage, spun in the air, and ran towards the four female swordsmen from Dongyi City who were drawing their bows and arrows.
There was the whistling sound of bodies tearing through the air and the sound of arrows shot by the female archers from Dongyi City breaking through the air.
Some arrows flew towards him, and he would dodge them if it was easy to do so. But if it was difficult to dodge and it would delay the killing process, he would just let the arrows pierce his skin.
Well, it can only pierce the skin.
Cheng Jushu and the four swordsmen from Dongyi City obviously did not expect that there was a master hiding in the carriage.
What was even more unexpected was that Fan Xian had been "prepared for this".
Knowing this, the five people still chose to continue.
Especially Cheng Jushu, he was really frustrated.
When he realized that Ye Zheng posed a greater threat, he howled evilly and ran straight towards Ye Zheng.
Every time he landed, he raised a cloud of dust, and it seemed like he had quite a lot of strength.
These two can be said to be... running in both directions.
Ye Zheng hadn't used his full strength yet, for he was really afraid that the assassins would be frightened when they saw him, and he was tired of chasing them back and forth.
Unexpectedly, I was underestimated.
The distance was at most twenty steps, and in the blink of an eye, there were only four or five steps left. Cheng Jushu threw a straight punch with great force, his true energy and qi power surged with great momentum. At the same time, his left hand formed a claw, as if he was secretly preparing for a follow-up move.
Ye Zheng exerted force with his left foot, leaving a footprint, and his body suddenly dodged to the right, even leaving a shadow, to avoid his punch.
When masters fight, the winner can be seen just by touching their hands.
Just by seeing Ye Zheng's dodge, Cheng Jushu felt something was wrong.
What was even faster was yet to come. In a flash, he heard a wailing of air in his ears, like the hissing sound of a snake opening its mouth. He didn't know when, Ye Zheng's right hand had stretched out in front of him, and the powerful energy contained in it deeply hurt his Adam's apple.
Cheng Jushu raised his left hand with all his strength and mobilized his true energy, trying to use his arm to block Ye Zheng's attack.
Between life and death, he unleashed greater potential.
"puff!"
"Ka-ba!"
The flesh on his left forearm was rotten as if it had been hit by a sharp arrow, leaving a gap, with the bones visible at the deepest part.
A knife-like hand slowly pulled out from Cheng Jushu's Adam's apple. Half of the four fingers were stained with blood, which slowly dripped onto the ground as the hand dropped.
His eyes were filled with disbelief that Ye Zheng could still speed up in the last moment, and... was that an ordinary human's hand?
This person doesn't use true energy?
Cheng Jushu covered his throat, which had a big hole, with his left hand, and stretched out his right hand with five fingers spread out towards Ye Zheng, but his body swayed and fell backwards.
But Ye Zheng had already turned around, and he pushed the ground hard, almost becoming a shadow, and rushed towards the four Dongyi City assassins like lightning.
"Kacha!"
"Kacha!"
The crisp sound of broken bones could be heard one after another.
In less than ten breaths, four female swordsmen with broken arms and legs and missing jaws appeared on the ground.
Blood slowly flowed out from their broken hands and feet. A light breeze swept through the bamboo forest, covering the blood.
Ye Zheng took a breath and then exhaled slowly.
It feels great.
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